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By Ryan Tyner / January 15th, 2015
The official twitter for Xenoblade Chronicles X, which the staff including Director Takahashi use to share information about the game, has tweeted the following tweet. Roughly translated, it says not to worry about rushing to beat the first Xenoblade on the New 3DS, because the stories between the two are not directly related. Xenoblade for the New 3DS comes out in Japan on April 2nd. Xenoblade Chronicles X comes out in Japan on April 29th.
So there you have it. They are not directly related. I suppose it's possible there could still be a surprise relation to Xenoblade but it's looking less likely. It is strange though how similar the character shown in the original trailer looked to Shulk, but now it seems like it wasn't Shulk after all.
Xenoblade Chronicles X has a target release of 2015 for the West but no specific date has been given. It can be pre-ordered now at Amazon.
— XenobladeX ゼノブレイドクロス (@XenobladeJP) January 15, 2015
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Insights into the Eastern Christian Iconography
For the Eastern Church the icon is not a means to put the imagination into motion. The icon is not a picture; it is rather a vehicle of grace and life.
It elevates and purifies the faithful by bringing him in the presence of the invisible kingdom of God.
Today we shall explain in a simple way the symbolism of the icon of the nativity above.
This icon follows a traditional motif.
At the centre is the Virgin Mary and Mother of God kneeling in adoration in front of her son, Jesus. Joseph, her spouse, is also kneeling in adoration, but he is positioned at a lower level than that of Mary. Below there is a shepherd sitting serenely and playing his pipe. Some sheep are turned toward Joseph. Behind the Virgin there are the Angelic host pointing to the star of Bethlehem and seemingly guiding the three Wise Men who are approaching with bowed heads in veneration, bringing their gifts. To the right, a shepherd, prompted by an angel is coming to the grotto carrying in his shoulders a lamb to offer to the Holy Family.
Baby Jesus is in the centre of the dark grotto wrapped in swaddling clothes. His face is that of an older child. His crib is not in the shape of a manger, but rather in that of a tomb.
The surface of the top of the grotto is very rough, sharp and as if broken. In the rays of the star there is the form of a little cross. Sparse vegetation is present.
The Virgin is clothed in a purple/red robe over a blue dress. Three stars are on her robe, one on each shoulder and one on her headdress. On the top of the icon there is the Greek inscription saying The Nativity of Christ. Next to the Virgin Mary the first and last letters of her name "Mother of God" (M R – G d) and next to Jesus likewise the first and last letters of his name, (J s – C- t) i.e. Jesus Christ, in Greek.
What is the meaning of all this?
Obviously, the important person here is first of all Jesus, who is lying at the centre of the icon and in the middle of the dark grotto: The Son of God and Son of Mary, comes into our world, darkened by sin and evil.
His crib in the form of a tomb reminds us his purpose of coming to be one of us: He comes to freely give His life for our salvation. His serious non-babyish countenance denotes who he is, namely, the Wisdom of God.
The Virgin Mary is on a plane above the Magi and the shepherds and Joseph, because she is the Immaculate Mother of God (Aspilos Theotokos). The colours of her clothes are not random: purple/red is the colour of royalty, but also of Divinity; blue is the colour of humanity. She is wearing purple over blue, because she is all-human, (blue), however, she is clothed (from above, through grace) Divinity (purple). The three stars on her denote her status: Virgin before, during and after the Birth of Christ.
The presence of the animals, in and outside the grotto symbolize the eventual redemption of all nature, i.e. of the whole universe.
The rugged and broken earth symbolizes the irruption of the Divine into our world and the rupture of the natural laws, that is the Virgin Birth, the Incarnation of the Son of God, the Salvation through His death and the redemption of the whole world.
As we can see from this example, in Byzantine iconography nothing is left to chance. The different icons are stylized in a very definitive way in order to proclaim through the beauty and symbolism of colours and postures and landscape etc. the truths of Faith.
Historically, this style and motifs became more-or-less fixed especially after the long conflict of Iconoclasm that troubled the Eastern Church for almost a hundred-and-twenty years, (726 A.D.-843 A.D.), starting with the Emperor Leo III who banned the icons.
After all, the icon is the result of the faith and life of the Church. It is the life of the Church lived in Christ. Its beauty awakens vital forces of life. God is Beauty par excellence. Christ showed us the fullness of beauty and of being. The icon carries within it the love of God's beauty and the beauty of His love.
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1 - Prevent Whites from complaining by intimidating them through shame and guilt (i.e., "White guilt"). The left would embark on a campaign which would constantly remind Whites of their past injustices (e.g., slavery, Native Americans, etc). For defiant Whites who still complained about non-White immigrants, the left would browbeat them with name-calling such as, "racist", "bigot", and "Nazi." Such name-calling would effectively humiliate most defiant Whites into silence. It would also act as a warning to Whites in general as to what they can expect if they dare criticize non-White immigrants (legal or illegal).
2 - The other end of political correctness deals with propaganda and indoctrination. Whites are told that masses of non-White immigrants are actually a good thing. As the media tells us, non-White, non-Western immigrants "enhance the human experience in the United States" and, "bring new ideas to our American culture" (Time Magazine, Feb. 1998). This is the doctrine of multiculturalism and we are lectured repeatedly on how glorious it is. American cities that are multicultural are touted as "cosmopolitan" and "sophisticated" whereas cities that are primarily White are portrayed as "backwards." As with any well-orchestrated propaganda campaign, multiculturalism has its own lexicon. Expressions such as "celebrate diversity" & "diversity is our strength" are designed not only to reduce White resistance to multiculturalism but to flip White thinking entirely i.e., towards embracing multiculturalism. Essentially then, such leftist propaganda is a method to trick Whites into embracing the very thing (i.e., multiculturalism) which will obviously lead to their demise in the West.
In summary, political correctness, as applied to third world immigration, is a leftist scheme (mostly Jewish driven) intended to counter Whites who object to massive non-White immigration (legal or illegal). Whites are falsely conditioned to believe that multiculturalism is a good thing and those Whites whom object are shamed into silence.


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Thus the practical implementation of Eligea's mission is to provide tools for values-based choice.
Consulting goal: to Prepare companies for success in the age of sustainability! ™
Eligea's major Project is the design and production of a digital environment for a community of users who can incorporate their personal values explicitly into their economic activities. Because the members of this community will be able to act on – and even promote – values of importance to them, we see them as members of a new kind of market – The Intentional Market (TIM), in which they can support sustainability, social responsibility etc. through their participation in the market. Further, they can leverage the collective impact of their shared values.
The intent is that once this community is built it will be owned and controlled by its members.
Guiding Principles
- Be genuinely trustworthy—In addition to trustworthiness, we must have nearly utter transparency
- Participation —Everyone can, will, and should participate in this process. We're designing the system to be participatory at all levels, or in as many ways as we can. The users of the system are engaged in the design. We are creating a specific feedback processes to empower the users in how they can participate in the further development of the interface environment and community
- People and groups should be able to act on their values—If every individual had the ability to clarify and act on their own personal values, the cumulative effect would produce a far more powerful leverage for change–the kind of full participation that real sustainability will require
- Bringing technology into the service of movements towards sustainability— 1) Technology is accelerating very fast. 2) Transformation towards sustainability is happening too slowly. We want to put 1 in service of 2.
- Build an "Intentional Market" where people can connect their values to their commerce decisions (values-based connections for individuals, communities and business)
- The 'Visible Hand': the idea that the individual can contribute a level of intentionality to the market process. Invisible hand is: if everyone operates according to their own self interest then the market will act as though there is some sort of intelligence behind it. Our system brings a collective intelligence rather than a pseudo intelligence. Its not that: everyone acts only in their narrow self interest and then social value happens; its more like (through the interface) people acting in their wider self interest because they recognize that social value is in their self interest.
- Collective Action & Cumulative Effect (Consumer Power)—Leveraging collaboration (collective influence) to achieve more effective outcomes—We're providing the tools where a million people (individuals) with shared values can act in ways that are as impactful as a megacorp. Two things: 1) The inherent nature of the interface environment is implicit within everything within the system. "In everything I do, I have a sense of shared values (collaboration) with those who I am connected with"., 2) There are lots of opportunities for forming collaborations which the interface will shed light on—it allows for more formal collaborations by aggregating and brokering information. Everything you do is a collaboration because you are always operating, linking with those who you share something similar with. Interface acts as 'broker' of collaborations that become relevantly obvious (the system knows the collaboration would be beneficial and would meet previously expressed needs).
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Tears of joy were shed by Hawke's Bay Hospital's frontline paediatric staff at the Countdown Kids Hospital Appeal announcement this morning, with the news a special isolation room and dedicated outside space for immune-compromised kids would become a reality.
Countdown's Hawke's Bay Group Manager, Wayne Dohmen, announced Hawke's Bay District Health Board (HBDHB) would be awarded with the second biggest cheque ever received by the DHB since the appeal began, revealing the top two wish lists requests had been granted totalling a whopping $113,349.00.
A Children's Ward isolation room/outside space was granted the full $80,500 wish list request and a Colposcope for the Paediatrics area, listed second on the wish list was also granted at a total of $32,848.56.
Since 2007, Countdown Kids Hospital appeal has donated $710,996 to Hawke's Bay Hospital and today's donation now brings the grand total to $824,345.
"The Countdown Kids Hospital Appeal shows that there are many ways everyday Kiwis can assist children on the road to a healthier life – you don't have to be a doctor or nurse to help," said Mr Dohmen.
"We see this appeal as part of a commitment to giving back to local communities and supporting good causes that make life that little bit better for future generations."
HBDHB paediatric leaders present, who work frontline with immune-compromised children where the special isolation room/outside area can now be built, shed tears of joy at today's announcement.
"This means so much, it will make such a difference to our patients and their families, we are overjoyed," Associate Clinical Nurse manager Patrice Nicol said.
HBDHB service director of the Community, Women and Children Directorate, Claire Caddie, thanked Countdown on behalf of the DHB saying they were blown away to receive their top two prioritised wish list.
"The DHB as an organisation, from Board to Directorate commend, acknowledge and are delighted to be one of the DHB's who are regular recipients of the Countdown funds.
"Our teams across the region have enjoyed holding and attending a range of fundraising activities, including our Wairoa team who don't have a Countdown but held an amazing Trivia and Karaoke night raising $2,500.
"The isolation room and the child colposcope have been wanted for some time, so this is really significant. Thank you so much," she said.
Pictured: HB Countdown Kids Appeal team members alongside HBDHB's Community, Women and Children Directorate representatives.


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Autumn is my favourite season by far. Since I haven't been well, my sister, Liv and I decided to have a relaxing day with a picnic lunch, breathing in the woody air in Daylesford. It was a simple set up. Some things you won't see in these pictures are the wasps hovering about the dropped leaves, the tiny spiders that kept dropping on us or little green bugs that ended up all over the blanket. I hated how I looked, particularly because I'm still fighting against this hateful haircut, but there you go. Enjoy!
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Consistent with a famous bible based story, before humanity chose to manufacture a tower that might achieve the distance to paradise (the Tower of Babel), there was a solitary dialect, generally spoken and grasped by all. As the story goes, humanity was disciplined for the hubris of building this tower by having their one all inclusive dialect transformed into many distinctive dialects. The powerlessness to convey in one another's dialects brought about mass perplexity and a definitive annihilation of the tower.
If the story in general is truth or fiction is not the remarkable indicate think about here: what is correct is that today there are between five and six thousand separate dialects spoken far and wide, and that the ineptitude to convey in one another's dialects can for sure cause mass perplexity and, at least, a disintegration of goodwill between distinctive societies.
Having the capacity to talk an alternate individual's dialect is a discriminating ability, particularly as expanded travel chances, satellite customizing, and universal utilization of the web have started to make a genuinely worldwide group. However when is the best opportunity to start studying an outside dialect? Numerous masters might say the sooner the better, and actually, there have been various studies and reports, some going again to the 1960s, showing that the perfect opportunity to start contemplating an outside dialect is in rudimentary school.
There are numerous profits to beginning an outside dialect at a basic school level. Kids in that age bunch who study an outside dialect have been indicated to have more stupendous mental adaptability, innovativeness, different thinking aptitudes, and higher-request thinking abilities, and in addition enhanced listening aptitudes and remembrances. Some might say that these are profits of mulling over a remote dialect at any age, not just in primary school-so why begin that early if the same profits could be picked up all in all simultaneously by beginning in, say, lesser high? Strictly from a legitimate perspective, starting a remote dialect prior might take into consideration a more drawn out arrangement of guideline, expanding the probability that a tyke might accomplish accurate capability in a dialect. At the end of the day, if a kid doesn't begin contemplating a dialect until green bean year, they might just have the chance to study a dialect for four years before graduating, and that is not dependably enough to guarantee accurate capability. (A few specialists look after that at least six to eight years of study is needed before indeed, approaching profiency.) If a tyke begins four years prior, he or she has the chance to ace the intricate punctuation structures and realize accurate capability in a manner that is essentially not conceivable in a four-year program.
Back in the 1960s, the outstanding etymologist, Noam Chomsky, put onward his own particular hypothesis about the need for beginning remote dialect studies prior, proposing the presence in the human cerebrum of a "dialect procurement apparatus" which empowered people to study dialects effortlessly up to a specific age (more often than not interfaced with the onset of adolescence). When that age was arrived at, he speculated, dialect studying could even now happen, yet with essentially more stupendous challenge and substantially less probability of realizing a local level of familiarity. Later studies based Chomsky's hypothesis, improving it into the "Critical Period Hypothesis".
Etymologists and scientists press on to level headed discussion the legitimacy of these two hypotheses, yet notwithstanding, there are plainly numerous profits to starting the investigation of an outside dialect at an early age, and, in spite of the fact that the U.s. does not order investigation of an outside dialect, numerous different schools far and wide do. In a study led by the Center for Applied Linguistics in 2001, analysts discovered that a significant number of the nations in the study had broad or required remote dialect necessities for understudies by the age of eight; different nations presented outside dialect by the upper rudimentary reviews at any rate, and numerous offered, or even needed, the investigation of a second outside dialect too. By complexity, the dominant part of U.s. understudies don't even start mulling over a first outside dialect until the age of fourteen.


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It was over 14 years ago when I first got involved with Scope. I was in my thirties and I ran the London Marathon for them. It took me four hours, 17 minutes and 50 seconds, just getting inside the four hours, 18 minute barrier that all serious athletes are aiming for. I didn't know too much about the charity then – my friend had told me that I could get a guaranteed place in the race if I ran for them – but over the last decade and a half I have become much more involved in the fantastic and important work that they do and had some amazing experiences thanks to Scope, their staff and the people they are working with. I will never forget the look of joy on the kid's faces as they performed at a Scope Christmas play, when they were dressed up as dancing Christmas trees.
At one event I asked a wheelchair user how best to refer to people who don't have a disability and she replied, "We call you the not-yet-disabled." I don't think a single sentence has had a more profound effect on my outlook. Even if you're one of the increasing band of people who think we shouldn't be working together to make life equal for everyone, then perhaps you can appreciate that eventually all the issues that Scope tackle will one day apply to you. Supporting them means you might one day be supporting yourself.
Every year I try to raise as much money as I can for this charity whose work I've realised is vital to so many disabled people and their families. Scope exists to make this country a place where disabled people have the same opportunities as everyone else.
This year, they've just launched their new strategy which sets out to reach two million disabled people by 2022 and move towards everyday equality. It's a very exciting time for Scope and I am proud to be a Patron.
Oh Frig, I'm 50!
I'm turning 50 this year. My days of being not-yet-disabled are numbered! For a comedian who has found it hard to face growing up and managed to retain a large degree of immaturity, that's a startling milestone. Luckily I can turn my angst, disbelief and existential horror into comedy, so that I'm back at the Edinburgh Fringe with a brand new stand up show. I first did the Fringe, what seems like yesterday, but on checking my diary I see was in 1987. That can't be right. My calendar must be malfunctioning. Also my mirror.
As usual I will be using the opportunity of a new live show to raise money for Scope, with a free programme that I give out at all my Edinburgh and subsequent tour dates, followed by a collection at the end of each show – people don't have to give anything, but they invariably do. It's probably slightly easier than running a Marathon. Though lugging the boxes of programmes around is at least giving me some exercise in any old age.
How you can help!
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Please give generously! I hope to see you at my Edinburgh Fringe show in August. Head to the Edinburgh Fringe festival website to find out more about my show, 'Oh Frig, I'm 50' and book tickets.
And make sure you visit Scope's website to find out more about their new strategy and their plans to drive social change so that disabled people have the same opportunities as everyone else.
Award-winning comedian, writer, author and broadcaster Richard Herring is back with a brand-new show, 'Oh Frig, I'm 50', this year . Scope Patron Richard has raised an incredible £305,000 over the years, and he's using his new show to raise even more money for the charity.


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Singapore bids farewell to the National Stadium today. I would have gone to experience the Kallang Roar one last time if not for work. The new sports hub @ Kallang won't be the same. But i'm sure it'll be bigger and better. I'll always remember the National Stadium for the Semi-Pro League and Malaysia Cup games it hosted. So yea, lets revisit the Malaysia Cup days...Just for old times sake. Heh!
Jun 30, 2007
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MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (Jan. 24) - Avenging a 1-0 setback at Wesleyan the night before, the visiting Connecticut College women's ice hockey squad rallied to tie Wesleyan twice this evening, then got the game-winning goal with :08 left in overtime off the stick of sophomore Cassie Hunter to secure a 3-2 NESCAC win.
The Camels upped their seasonal record to 10-5-3 with a 5-3-2 conference record as they remain in the hunt for a home playoff berth with six NESCAC games remaining. The Cardinals dipped to 6-9-1 on the year, 2-7-1 in the league.
Hunter netted both the game-tying goal with 2:11 left in the third period as well as the winner, giving her four goals on the season. Her winning tally came on the power play as Wesleyan was whistled for a penalty with 2:02 to go in the extra frame. The Cardinals killed off 1:50 of the 4-on-3 situation. With a faceoff in the Cardinals' defensive zone to the left of junior goalie Corinne Rivard, Camel sophomore Jane Pagano got the puck to her teammate sophomore Julie Beattie just inside the blue line. She sent the puck forward and it tipped high off the stick of a Cardinal player to Hunter between the circles. She settled the puck, wheeled and smacked a shot past Rivard.
Her tying goal came on a rebound with a pile of players in front of the Cardinal net as Connecticut had pulled its senior goalie Kelsie Fralick for about two minutes, and applied continuous pressure which eventually paid off. After Wesleyan held a 21-19 edge in shots through 40 minutes, Connecticut College generated 21 shots to Wesleyan's eight over the final nearly 25 minutes. The Camels had eight shots in overtime, seven of them turned aside by Rivard, who finished with 37 stops. Fralick picked up 27 saves in the Camel net.
Wesleyan led 1-0 and 2-1 on goals by senior McKenzie McPike and junior Laura Mead. McPike's fifth goal of the year came on a rebound at the 13:34 mark of the first period. Mead, who netted her second of the season, made a strong individual rush up the left side from center ice and went in past the Camel defense, wristing a perfectly place shot short side between the keeper and post, just under the crossbar at 4:37 of the third period. In between, Connecticut College got the only goal of the second period from Amelia Dineen as the senior netted her third of the campaign with a redirect of a shot from the left side by sophomore Lauren Bishop. That came at 15:08 of the middle stanza.
Up next for the Camels is a trip to NESCAC front-runner Amherst (11-1-3, 6-0-2) Sat., Jan. 31 to begin a NESCAC series.
Wesleyan moves out-of-conference for its next outing, hosting Nichols Wed., Jan. 28.


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"We need a change."
image credit: foxspain
One of the things I love most about the Web is the creative atmosphere the Web creates and fosters for individuals.
There are very few barriers on the Web. You are free to do whatever you want and if it's accepted by a group of passionate people you can achieve great success.
The Web has and will be a platform for creative expansion as long as people continue to be inventive and innovative.
We need a change
The time for change comes quick on the Web. What's the standard today won't (and shouldn't) be the standard tomorrow.
Just because Google is the leader in search on the Web today doesn't mean they'll be the leader in 10 years, 5 years, or even tomorrow.
Google was created by individuals who saw room for change and improvement on the Web. They didn't see any barriers in front of their vision. They were only limited by their drive and imaginations.
The blessing and curse of formulas
Formulas are both a blessing and a curse for creative minds.
Innovators work hard to hone their craft and create their own formula for success. It's a blessing when a craftsman comes up with a new formula that revolutionizes an industry.
It's possible to continue with this formula for awhile and continue feeding off of its success.
This is where the curse comes in for formulas.
As one formula is gaining acceptance and getting mainstream attention, others are working hard to create new and more innovative formulas for success.
In the Web world, others are creating new formulas for successful e-commerce sites, social sites, and other Web tools.
What works today or even in the near future won't work forever.
What we really need on the Web is a continuing push from individual entrepreneurs like you to create new formulas for success.
The pioneers and new sensations on the Web create their own formulas. They create their own path. They learn from what those before them accomplished and mold their own niche. If these new pioneers are driven enough and unique enough they might just swing the direction of the Web.
We can't spend our time trying to repeat the success of those who came before us. We have to create our own success in our own ways.
Twitter is starting to find a niche in Web search (See what's happening – right now). It's interesting how a niche site and tool has been able to catch on with early adapters and now with the larger general Web population.
Will Twitter be able to take away some of the search market from Google? Probably (it's already starting…to a degree). Will Google be able to get it back? Possibly, but they can't keep up with everybody.
The solution
The solution for businesses on the Web is to institute a work ethic for yourself and those around you to continually work to create new formulas.
When you hit on a successful formula be sure to see it through its entire existence, but always know that one day it will run its course.
Prepare for the day when today's success won't be relevant.
Decide today that you'll continually be ahead of the competition.
Will you lead us?
When businesses reach the mainstream, they often lose the focus and niche-attention that allowed them to grow during their early days.
Just because Google had success with their formula doesn't mean their formula will be successful in the future. In is almost certain that another formula will cause another revaluation on the Web.
It could of course be Google that continues to change the formula for success on the Web.
But it could just as easily be a guy in his basement working on some amazing idea that will revolutionize the Web again in ways we can't even dream about right now.
Google took a shot at changing the landscape of the Web and they succeeded. They took an entire industry with them on their vision for the Web. They changed the way we think about Web.
It takes pioneers like Larry Page and Sergey Brin to continue leading the Web and the hunting industry in new and better directions.
Will you lead us?
Web influencers don't want to find themselves in a situation where they're only repeating the same formulas as their predecessors.
Don't let yourself get caught up with attempting to copy the formulas of others.
Be the person who asks others…
"Are you sure Google done it this way?"
This post was inspired by the Waylon Jennings song Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way?
I love this cover by Jack Ingram and Miranda Lambert as well
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Facebook's Path To Ubiquity And Thoughts For Your Next Startup
A Path To Rapid Growth: Find Your Formula
Related posts on Hunting Business Marketing
The Merle Haggard Guide to Everlasting Success
The George Jones Successful Career Guide


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Anyway, the Seated Leg Extension looked a lot like one of the machines I was using. Today, while looking for a video of the machine, I found a website which confirmed that this exercise could injure the knee joints unless the person used a light weight stack when lifting. Or avoided the machine altogether.
So what should I do to strengthen my knees? My reading has shown me that to strengthen my knees my hamstrings and quadriceps must be exercised. I did a little online research and found two sites. Looks like I can't get away from doing squats and lunges after all.
See you in my next post. Until then, think healthy, think fit.
The article "Six Exercise Machines You Should Do Without" minus the photos:
Video of the seated leg extension machine:
Knee Strengthening Exercises:
Knee Stretching Exercises:
Videos Showing Exercises for People with Arthritic Knees Using an Exercise Theraband (for knees, the Leg Press, the Seated Knee Lift, and Sit-Stand Squats):


text: I know this is a popular series, this is one of the reasons I wanted to read it. I wanted to know what the fuss was about and try and understand why there are now 18 of these books. Stephanie Plum is desperate for a job, just desperate for money in general. To make ends meet, she starts working for her cousin's bail bonding place as a bounty hunter. In this novel she tries to bring in a guy who is wanted for murder, Joseph Morelli, who is also a cop and an old romantic interest from her past. Hilarity ensues when she realises she has to physically apprehend these criminals and doing it with her mere female hands will not do the trick. She enlists the help of a guy named Ranger, buys a gun and some spiffy spray which knocks out its target cold and also steals Morelli's car in an effort to lure him out and get him. As if catching Morelli isn't hard enough, she's also got to be careful of a psycho female bashing boxer named Ramirez. I really enjoyed One For The Money. I thought it would end up being more of a chick lit but it was a real thriller in the end and I really wanted to keep reading to make sure Stephanie kicked some serious arse. I liked how Evanovich made Stephanie Plum into this woman who was trying so hard to make it on her own and she wasn't a damsel in distress, even when she's being terrorised by this Ramirez character, she's not all "why me?" or doesn't go cowering in the shower. Yes, she locks the doors and windows like a responsible young lady and she takes all of the help she can get, but she doesn't give up. Even when her eyebrows are burnt off by a car explosion. That would be enough for me to call it a day.I also reviewed this book on my youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ7ftiuhf04


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All parts included - minifigure, display plate, paper, and original bag.
Minifigure comes with a free printed name label for Brick Display Case.
The below description is taken from LEGO.com.
Scratchy is a thoughtful and kind-hearted cartoon feline who wants nothing more than to eat his best friend Itchy.
Unfortunately for him, Itchy is a lot better at tormenting cats than Scratchy is at catching mice!
For example only, below display case, name plates, extra bricks, and minifigures are not included.


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The Ghana Tourism Authority's (GTA) Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Akwesi Agyeman has said that his office is set to collaborate with the Arts and Tourism Writers Association of Ghana (ATWAG) on their maiden workshop for members.
The workshop which aims at empowering members to properly play their gatekeeping and agenda setting roles will also help arts and tourism writers who lack knowledge of the elements of journalism to learn fast to enrich their work online and offline.
According to Mr Akwesi Agyeman, most writers lack the understanding of tourism and therefore end up disseminating irrelevant information to readers and the general public, he said "Collaborating with ATWAG on these kind of trainings, will make members including bloggers to understand the industry architecture, so they can be abreast with our activities in order to give their audience the right information to help sell Ghana in terms of tourism."
He added that "The bloggers should be educated and informed to disseminate the right information concerning the arts and tourism."
The president of the association, Mr William Aseidu, who spearheaded the meeting also said that, "ATWAG's empowerment programme will help writers to familiarize themselves with the news element rather than concentrating on the speed to break news to promote tourism with our arts. We want to strengthen the arms of arts writers so they can report well. Working with GTA is a laudable cooperation."
The Vice president, Mr Francis Doku also commented that "We are in the speed era, Journalist should take their time to apply the news element to make their stories complete. They fail to apply these elements, which include verification of information and balance in news writing especially bloggers"
Mr Mic Yeboah observed that most writers thought more about content than style of writing credible news and most writers also refuse to use the 'five W's and H' in their news writing due to the speed to be the first to break news on their various news portals.
The Executives who were present at the meeting include, Mr William Asiedu( President), Mr Francis Doku,( Vice President), Mike Yamoah (Secretary) and Kwame Dadzie (PR) who presented a citation to the CEO of GTA as a token of their appreciation for honouring their invitation , for the inauguration and induction of the association's executive on March 2, 2018.
Source: www.dailyheritage.com.gh


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Skill Work: Gymnastics Pulling
Rope Climbs
Pull Ups: Kipping, C2B, Strict
Muscle Ups: Bar or Ring Progressions
Toes To Bar
Pick one of the above. Whatever you feel like your weakness is, I will work with you on any of these movements.
3 Min. AMRAP
3 Deadlifts @80% of max
3 Burpee Over Bar
Rest 3 min.
3min. AMRAP
5 Deadlifts @70% of Max
5 Burpee Over Bar
Rest 3min.
3min. AMRAP
15 Deadlifts @60% of Max
Max Burpee Over Bar


text: CANstruction Orange County combined the fun of a design/build competition with an ingenious way to feed hungry people with architectural, engineering, planning and design teams creating phenomenal structures built of canned food. The exhibit was viewed at South Coast Plaza in September in conjunction with Festival of Children. PixelThat! Photography


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Shattered Innocence – Chapter 1 – The Call of Darkness
Shattered Innocence
Note: This story takes place after the first attack on Konoha and Naruto's fight with Gaara and just shortly after Tsunade became the Fifth Hokage.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, nor am I affiliated in any way with Naruto. I just like the show and manga so I wrote this fanfic.
Beta reader: Kiiroi Senko! XD
This fanfic belongs to me. If you want to use it in any way shape or form, you'll need my permission first.
Hello everyone. This story is actually an enhanced version of the first story I ever wrote and also the one that introduced me into the world of writing. It isn't quite as developed as "Eyes of the Broken Soul" but I still think I did a nice job of it.
However, being my first story, it also had its stains as well, which I have done my best to repair, but now it's looking better than it had when I first wrote it.
I hope you enjoy.
Chapter 1 – The Call of Darkness
The light sparkle of soft, warm sunlight slowly crept across the river that bordered the training grounds of Konoha, causing it to glisten brightly in a dance of illuminate shades of orange and gold while three eager genin waited not so patiently on the bridge it flowed gently underneath. The sharp evidence of suggestive taunts and insults scattered throughout the cool morning air, betraying the evidence of an argument and disturbing the otherwise blissful peace.
It was just another day in the village of Konoha as Team Seven waited for their ever late sensei, who had still yet to make his usual flashy appearance. Naruto and Sasuke were once again bickering with each other over some meaningless debate while Sakura was once again desperately trying to calm them both down, much to her own growing lack of success.
After a few failed attempts at what many would regard a wasted effort, the pink haired girl finally gave up with an exhausted sigh, before spinning on her heels and walking over to the edge of the bridge that they had gotten all to familiar with.
'These two will never learn will they?' She thought quietly to herself, suppressing a disgruntled huff as she ran her fingers through her hair. 'I mean it's not like we haven't done this enough times already…'
As if to calm her wavering tension, a small breeze suddenly picked up in the air, gently caressing the young genin in a cool embrace while tickling her pink locks of hair against her cheeks. Sakura just leaned quietly against the edge of the wooden bridge and stared at her wavering reflection as it glimmered and danced atop the water's surface, while enjoying the soothing comfort of the warm sunlight touching against her face, the bickering of her teammates now becoming nothing but a faint whisper as her thoughts began to flood her mind.
She couldn't help remembering back on everything that had happened over the past few weeks in the chaos of the chunin exams, from the attack on Konoha by Orochimaru, to the battle with Gaara and how Naruto and Sasuke fought to protect her from harm. The girl couldn't help the small flash of a smile that appeared on her face, or the deep sigh that left her lips, although it didn't go unnoticed by her two colleagues.
Sakura immediately snapped out of her trance only to see Naruto's hand waving in front of her eyes, clearly given away by the bright orange sleeve that adorned his wrist. She then turned around to see two sets of eyes staring at her, blue ones filled with worry and concern, while dark grey ones held what could only be described as a knowing glint.
"You zoned out there for a second." Sasuke smirked, showing an unusual amount of humor in his expression.
"Are you alright? You looked like you were daydreaming…" Naruto continued in his stead, clearly worried about his female teammate.
It was hardly a secret that the boy had always had a crush on Sakura, mostly because of his numerous and unrelenting displays of affection that were often promptly squashed, much to his own embarrassment, and it was something that Sasuke couldn't help but take advantage of.
"Don't worry, it wasn't anything about you, dobe…" The Uchiha quipped with a small grin appearing on his otherwise stoic expression.
He was satisfied, of course, to see the blond's face redden in frustration following his jab, the other boy now completely forgetting about his concern and replacing it with nothing but loathing anger.
"What's that supposed to mean, Sasuke-teme?!?!" Bingo! The bait had landed its prey…
"Who are you calling a teme, idiot?!?!" The dark haired boy retorted, with just as much enthusiasm.
"Oh well, there they go again…" Sakura sighed, before looking back up at her teammates with a tired expression.
The argument hadn't even lasted a whole of ten seconds and Sasuke already had Naruto trapped in a headlock, all the while shouting insulting profanities into the blond boy's ear. Of course, his opponent wasn't going to take things lying down and was desperately trying to escape the Uchiha's grasp.
Sakura could only smile as she took in the scene she had gotten all too used to witnessing over the past few months that they had spent with one another, while thinking quietly to herself of just how fond she had grown of the two of boys. Even despite the fact that Naruto often irritated her beyond belief, she found herself realizing just how important the blond was to her and how she would be there for him like he had always been for her.
Thankfully for the girl's failing patience, Kakashi finally made his arrival in a flashy display of smoke as he puffed into existence, holding the distinctive bright evidence of small orange book in his hand that all three youngsters had become all too familiar with seeing. Both Naruto and Sasuke immediately disengaged their deadlock before turning to glare at the late arrival with deepened scowls etched clearly onto their expressions.
"You kept us waiting for two whole hours!!!! What took you so long!?!?!" Kakashi was just about to reiterate the excuse he had been concocting on the way over to them, but he was cut off before he even had the chance to utter a single syllable.
"And don't give us that nonsense about helping some old lady with her shopping bags!!!!!" The masked jounin just let out a wavering, lazy sigh, doing little to hide his obvious disappointment.
"Damn, I guess that means I've used that excuse before, haven't I?"
"Five times this month already…" Naruto retorted sharply. "This would have been the sixth time…"
"Wow! That's impressive…" All of them turned to Sasuke as he spoke in a near whisper, although he was sure to be loud enough to be heard. Naruto just raised his eyebrows curiously.
"What?" The blond asked cautiously, causing the Uchiha to suppress another confident smirk. "What's so impressive???"
"Oh, I'm just surprised that the 'dobe' can count after all…"
The brief moment of eerie silence that followed was only marred by the rustling of leaves as they swayed in the gentle breeze and even Kakashi could have sworn that he heard a pin drop on the other side of the village. It hardly lasted long, however, and soon the two boys were at it again, causing both their sensei and Sakura to shake their heads dismissively.
"Sheesh, when will you guys give me a break? I have enough grey hairs as it is without you two giving me any more. Next thing you know, I'm going to start balding, although that would save me money on hair gels. Anyway don't you want to hear about the mission we have today?"
Naruto's eyes immediately widened with glee at the thought of what they might be doing and he did little to hide his excitement. Kakashi silently wondered if the blond genin might have just spontaneously combusted on the spot, although that would do little to help the integrity of the wooden bridge underneath their feet.
'I wonder what we're doing today??? Will it be an awesome B-rank mission or… or maybe we'll finally get an A-rank mission for once!!!'
However, despite his excitement, Naruto's thoughts and hopes were abruptly shattered as Kakashi opened his mouth to speak, announcing the mission they would be receiving for the day.
"Today…. we are all helping to rebuild the Ninja academy!" The masked jounin announced cheerfully, knowing all to well the response he was going to get.
"What!?!?!?" Naruto cried in anguish, gaining a predictable sigh from his sensei. "We're ninja of Konoha, not some construction crew!!!"
The boy was clearly upset by what he thought was a complete waste of his skills and even Sakura and Sasuke seemed a little bit disappointed, although they at least managed to hide it better. With another deep sigh Kakashi started to explain.
"Look Naruto, Konoha is still trying to recover from Orochimaru's attack and is currently in a weakened state. If we don't work hard to rebuild as quickly as possible we could be under threat of another attack."
"But…" Naruto started before Kakashi quickly cut him off again.
"BUT WE have a duty to protect our village and its people above all else, including our own personal desires, and right now the best way to do that is by helping to rebuild it together. The sooner we get Konoha back on its feet, the sooner we will start getting more high ranked missions flowing in again." Naruto just sank in defeat. It was hard to argue with the masked jounin when he put it that way.
"Fine!!! Lets get going…" The boy groaned distastefully, putting a smile on his sensei's face.
After that, the team made their way over to the ninja academy, where they immediately got to work under Iruka's supervision. Naruto and Sasuke were clearly still in a competitive mood, because soon after they started with their work, their rivalry sparked off a competition as to who could get the most done in one day.
Naruto had a major advantage in numbers, however, and he wasted little time in conjuring up a small army of blond clones to assist him in his task, while making quick work of their repairs. Although the orange clad genin would have faired a lot better if it weren't for his own clumsiness. Sakura herself was just content to leave the two boys to their own devices, especially if it meant taking some of the load away from her own hands.
Iruka, on the other hand, couldn't help the smile that etched itself onto his features as he looked on at his orange-clad former student, who now seemed to be much happier than he had ever appeared before, with friends that he cared for by his side. To see the boy laughing and smiling genuinely was something that warmed the chunin's heart. Naruto was finally happy, he could tell that much just by the glow he saw in his cerulean eyes.
"He's getting a lot better now, isn't he?" Iruka turned around to see Kakashi walking up to him, with his small orange book still firmly in hand. The scarred chunin's smile widened even further at that and he let out a deep sigh of content.
"Yeah… I suppose he is. I can see that he's a lot stronger than he ever has been before. I think he just needed someone to be there for him, even if only as a friend."
Iruka still couldn't help but worry though. He knew all too well how the villager saw Naruto, as nothing more than the monster that had destroyed their lives and taken away their loved ones. The boy had managed to survive their cruel glares and hateful wispers this far, but the chunin couldn't help but worry that they might take their hatred even further than that one day. After all even the smallest snowfall can sometimes be enough to start an avalanche.
He only wished that he could show everyone else what he saw in the blue-eyed boy he had come to think of as his own son.
After a long day of working non-stop, the sun finally began to make its way slowly over to the horizon, setting the sky ablaze in a colourful painting of oranges and pinks. Team Seven had now regrouped just outside of the academy and were saying their good-byes for the evening, all content with what they had achieved in such a short space of time.
Naruto's and Sasuke's rivalry had pushed the two beyond the call of duty and Iruka could only marvel at how much they had managed to achieve in one day of work, no doubt because of their competitive natures and unwillingness to lose to one-another. The chunin quickly sent the blond haired boy on his way with a light, affectionate tap on the head, before watching him trot out of the front gates and falling alongside Sasuke, who was also ready to leave. The boy only turned around to face them when he realized that someone wasn't with them.
"Aren't you coming Sakura-chan?" He called back, noticing that the girl was still standing with Kakashi and Iruka.
"Not just yet." She replied. "You two go on ahead, I just need to talk to Kakashi-sensei for a moment. I'll be fine for tonight."
Naruto just bowed his head in disappointment and then started on his way home, with Sasuke walking at his side. It was a few minutes before either one of them spoke, although surprisingly enough, it was the Uchiha who eventually broke the silence.
"Well, it looks like I won again… loser." The dark haired boy quipped nonchalantly.
"What do you mean 'you won'??? I'd never lose to you, Sasuke-teme!!!!" Before Naruto could get any further than that, Sasuke interrupted him with a raised hand, halting the boy in his tracks.
"Well, I guess this is where turn off. The Uchiha district is down this way. Don't get lost on your way home loser…" Naruto was about to retort, but found himself unable to find any real comeback. So instead, he just replied as normally as possible.
"Don't worry, I won't. Oh… and Sasuke…" Naruto's voice suddenly dropped into a far softer tone, something that surprised the dark haired boy listening to him.
"It… it was fun today…" Sasuke simply turned his back on the boy and continued to walk his way home, only raising his hand up to wave goodbye.
"I… guess it was fun…" He murmured under his breath, with an ever so slight grin appearing on his face. Luckily, his words weren't loud enough for the blond to hear, otherwise he would never live it down. Naruto just watched as his friend walked out of view, before letting out a deep sigh.
"Friend… he is my friend now, isn't he?" The boy was just about to continue home when a cold voice called from the corner, halting him in his tracks.
"Why would that Uchiha kid be friends with a monster like you!"
Naruto turned to the source of the voice, only to see a tall, dark haired man walk out from the shadow of a nearby alleyway. His eyes burned with a dark hatred that, with a single glance, burned into Naruto's heart with his convicting stare. Behind him were even more villagers and even what looked to be shinobi, judging by their uniforms, all holding sticks and branches or other makeshift weapons. Some of them even had pots and bottles and other household items firmly in their grasp.
"What's going on? What do you want with me???" Naruto took startled step backwards, his own survival instincts quickly guiding him away from the mob and warning him of the danger he was now in. He couldn't help the fearful gulp that caught at the back of his throat, or the panic that gripped his heart.
"You stupid little monster!!!! My family is dead because of you!!!! Don't act so innocent, we all know you're not just a child!!!!" The man then walked up to the blond boy, batting a wooden plank into his hand.
"Now… now you'll pay for your crimes and for the ones you took away from us…" Two shinobi then came up from either side and grabbed Naruto's arms before he could move to get away. The boy's struggles to get free quickly proved futile and soon his body simply resigned to the fate that now encroached on him.
"No… please… it wasn't me. I didn't do anything wrong!!!" Naruto's cries fell on deaf ears and soon the mob closed in around him, holding him the cold glares of their dark, convicting eyes.
The shallow sound of shuffling feet whispered across the cool night air as a young kunoichi slowly made her way home, pushing through the dusty streets of Konoha while her aching joints pointedly reminded her of the labor she had partaken in that day. Sakura held her arms in a tight hug as the tried her best to keep herself warm in the icy night chill, rubbing her shoulders briskly to create any kind of friction she could muster.
"It was so warm today, why is it getting so cold tonight? If I knew that it would be like this I would have brought a jacket with me." The girl just let out a deep, shuddering breath, before shaking off the icy chill that ran down her spine.
The moon had already all but disappeared from the sky, following its monthly cycle, leaving only a small illuminated crescent shape remaining amongst the stars, so their was little light being provided by its scant illumination. It was unusually dark in the village of Konoha and that, coupled with the sudden icy weather, gave the eerie impression that there was an ill omen being carried by the wind.
Sakura quickly closed her eyes in concentration, before pushing chakra through her body in order to warm it up a bit, knowing that it was now getting dangerously cold. She had always been good at controlling her chakra, being able to send it back and forth to any part of her body when needed, so it took very little effort to help control her body temperature.
'I hope Naruto made it home in time.' She thought quietly to herself, knowing that Naruto's chakra control was as sufficiently developed yet. The pink-haired girl knew that Sasuke would be fine, but she couldn't help worrying about her other blond counterpart.
"Oh stop being such a worry-wart Sakura, he probably got home ages ago and he wears that massive jacket of his all the time anyway!"
Sakura quickly shook off the knot that formed in her stomach, but it did little to help the uneasy thoughts that gnawed at the back of her mind. She soon found herself wandering back onto the conversation she had with her sensei only a few hours before.
"Kakashi sensi, I'm a bit worried about something. It's… it's about Naruto."
Kakashi looked over towards Sakura in a startled surprise. It was odd for her to worry about her blond teammate at all, much less admit to anyone that she did, so his curiosity quickly got the better of him.
'Well, it looks like the team is finally growing together a bit more.' He mused to himself before answering.
"What seems to be the problem Sakura?" The girl just stared down to her feet, shuffling her toes along the ground while holding he hands idly behind her back. He didn't know whether it was because she was embraced or just afraid, so he tried to appear as inviting as possible, if only to ease her tension.
"Well… I've kinda started noticing things, you know… um… well…" The girl then took a deep breath. "I… I don't know how to ask this, but…"
"It's alright Sakura, you can tell me what your thinking. I wont say anything to anyone if that's what you're worried about." The girl just let out a deep breath and nodded her head in understanding before finally voicing her concern.
"… Is there… something wrong with Naruto?" Kakashi's only visible eye widened in light of the query presented to him.
"Wrong? What do you mean?"
"I don't know…" The girl respond uneasily. "It's just… it's the way everyone seems to look at him. I've started noticing that everyone looks at him as though he has some sort of contagious disease, like he is unwanted."
The masked jounin was now shocked beyond belief, but he expertly hid his expression lest his student catch onto his surprise. Sakura never noticed things like this about Naruto before when they first started out as Team Seven. Then again, back then she only thought of him as an nuisance. Now it seemed as though she really regarded him as a friend.
"It's nice of you to worry, but don't let it get to you, Naruto is a strong person…"
"But why?!" Sakura cut him off short. "Why do they look at him with those eyes?!" Kakashi let out a deep sigh before answering as best he could without giving anything away.
"Naruto has had a… complicated… past. Let's just say that it involves an event that happened a while ago that people find hard to forget."
"Did Naruto do something… wrong?" Sakura asked carefully, concern now becoming evident in her voice.
"No, he didn't do anything wrong." Kakashi quickly assured her. "In fact it has nothing to do with what he did at all, but rather what everyone thinks he did." Sakura was now completely confused, but Kakashi quickly reassured her with his famous 'eye-smile', before placing a hand on her shoulder to comfort her as best as he could.
"Don't worry too much about it, I'll take care of him. You just make sure you're there as his friend, no matter what happens, alright? That's all he needs…"
Sakura tightened her grip around herself as the icy wind howled around her, shrieking and whistling under the near moonless sky. As she walked past the front gates of Konoha, a sudden fear started to sneak its way into her mind. The abrupt wisp of clattering shutters and rustling leaves quickly snapped her to attention, causing her to carefully glance around to see if their was anyone else nearby.
'Maybe I should have asked Kakashi-sensei to walk me home…' She mused thoughtfully.
Just then, something caught at the corner of her eye. The gates to the village were wide open, creaking and winding as the wind rocked them back and forth. The girl's gaze was drawn even further out before settling on the faint trace of a glowing light as it flickered in the distance, sputtering in the wind that rustled through the leaves.
'I wonder who would be all the way out there in this cold…'
Sakura slowly made her way over to the village entrance, now holding her hand against her chest to ease the sudden discomfort that gripped her heart. She couldn't help but feel uneasy, as though her mind was warning her of something wrong.
"Maybe someone's in trouble. I better go and have a look, just in case…"
The pink-haired girl made her way through the giant wooden gates and then headed out into the forest that bordered Konoha's walls, while searching for the source of the light, but as she got closer a strange scene met her eyes. There were a few burned out torches lying around, sprawled across the earth, even some broken bottles and sticks.
"What on earth was going on here???" The girl then pushed even deeper, allowing her instinct to carry her forward while guiding her through the trees. After a few minutes of walking, she entered a small clearing hidden in the forest, carrying her gaze to a startling scene.
What she saw stunned her completely. Small pieces of torn material were scattered all over the forest floor, some of them even covered in blood. Wooden planks and some broken glass bottles were also present along the ground, amongst many other items, including bloodied kunai.
It almost looked like something akin to a war zone, only there was no sign of any struggling or resistance. It was then that the kunoichi suddenly noticed the colour of the material that littered the floor. It was orange. Sakura's heart suddenly froze in panic while a wavering gasp left her lips.
"No… it couldn't be, could it?"
The flickering torch that she had seen earlier now caught her eyes again, drawing her across the clearing towards the source of soft light. As she approached the tree it stood under Sakura was compelled by a sickening fear to look up. As she raised her head skywards, her eyes widened in terror, before filling with tears.
"No… NO!"
What she saw, in all her horror, was the young boy that had become one of her closest friends, now hanging from the tree with his neck tied in a noose and his hands tied behind his back. His cloths were torn and battered and blood stained most of its surface. His body was also filled with cuts and bruises, betraying the evidence of a horrible torture he had obviously endured. Dry tear stains were also evident on his cold lifeless face, mixing with the dirt and blood that covered it, and Sakura almost collapsed to her knees in shock.
"Someone… someone … SOMEONE HELP!!!"
The pink haired kunoichi quickly pulled out a kunai from her holster, more out of automatic response than actual sense, and hurled it at the rope that held Naruto, snapping it in half and causing the boy's limp body to fall to the earth. She managed to catch him just before his broken body hit the ground and quickly turned him onto his back, cradling him in her shaking arms.
"N.. Naruto…"
The girls then removed the noose that was tightly tied around Naruto's bruised neck and placed her hand on an artery to check for a pulse. After waiting for what seemed like an eternity a sudden flicker of faint life could be felt. Causing the girl's heart to leap into her chest.
"He's… still alive!!!" Sakura gasped, tears now streaming down her face.
However, her relief was short lived and she knew she had little time to waste. Naruto's pulse was extremely weak as it was and his body was now icy cold from exposure. If she didn't get him to Tsunade as quickly as possible, he would die from his injuries.
Sakura quickly cut off the rope that bound Naruto's hands together with a kunai before standing to her feet with the boy in her arms and stumbling back to Konoha as fast as her feet could carry her.
It took the girl only a few moments to get out of the woods and soon she was quickly passing through the front gates to the village with only a brief stumble to bring her pause, all the while carrying a lifeless Naruto in her arms. He was slightly heavy for her to handle properly with her current strength, but that didn't matter now. Nothing else mattered except saving her teammate. Saving her… friend.
'Who would do something like this? Why would someone do this to Naruto?' Sakura thought bitterly to herself.
Her tears that streamed down the girl's face only served to hide the sheer amount of determination in her eyes. The kunoichi didn't even know how she was able to carry Naruto while still retaining the strength to move so fast, but she didn't care either.
Memories started to flood her mind as she made her way through the dark streets of the village, memories of all the times Naruto had saved her, during the chuunin exams when Orochimaru attacked them and during their fight with Gaara. Even the conversation she had with Kakashi sprang up in amongst other thoughts.
Sakura promptly shook them all off, while regaining focus of what she was doing and remembering the importance of her haste. An inner strength seemed to grip her heart as she raced back towards the Hokage Tower, a strength that she had never felt before in her life.
She would save Naruto, just as he had saved her so many times before. She wasn't about to let him down.
Alright, that's it for the first chapter. As I mentioned before, this is an enhanced version of my first ever work, so although it has been improved quite a bit, it is still derived from my first attempt at writing.
It isn't as good as "Eyes of the Broken Soul", in my own opinion, and not quite as well developed, although some of its ideas and themes did carry over to a degree. However, it is important to me because it was the start of something I love doing.
I hope everyone likes it.
Writer – Me of course!!! XD
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Sinking Island places the player in the shoes of Detective Jack Norm, called to a private island to investigate a murder. The investigation mostly consists of clicking on everything in every room of the insane private hotel on this island and asking everyone about everything, listening to their endless monologues. Even the island gets bored of this very quickly and starts sinking, so you have limited time to complete the investigation.
Well, maybe. Let me explain.
There are two modes in which you can play this game: adventure mode, which works somewhat like Gabriel Knight 3 (triggering certain events or taking REALLY long advances the time, and new stuff happens, like dinner, or coffee, or dinner, or your wife calls, or dinner), and timed mode, in which you indeed have limited time to finish up the game.
I didn't try timed mode, but adventure mode certainly tried my patience: it's still time-based, but the timing is such that it assumes you want to listen to everyone drone on about absolutely everything. If you skip stuff, you will have lots and lots and lots of free time to wander around and admire the gorgeous scenery while you wait for the next dinner or phone-call-from-wife event.
This is, as I said, extremely tiring. Another thing that's rather tiring is that Norm asks everyone the same questions using the exact same phrase. This is occasionally amusing when he basically calls a young woman a hot chyk to her father's face, but those failures are too rare to make the game so bad it's good, and instead it's just booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooring.
The game is also advanced by solving several posed questions like "Who killed X" or "Was Y stolen?" For those, you go into your PDA-like device, which presents you with a list of empty clue fields you need to populate with the things you found -- photos, footprints, fingerprints, items, statements, and documents. So, for example, the "Was Y stolen?" question might require a document, two fingerprints, a photo, and four spoken statements. It is up to you to find the correct ones (thankfully the game will tell you how many you have) and use the Clue-inator to verify the solution, at which point it's spelled out for you again. You also use the PDA to check peoples' fingerprints etc.
Fortunately a person I needed to talk to vanished mysteriously and then the game crashed, so I watched the ending on YouTube. Absolutely everything is laid out in that ending, so ... the developers themselves didn't think anyone would pay attention? I don't know or care.


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- Mount your ISO file. I use Virtual Clone Drive and it mounts to the F: drive.
- On your mounted drive, run the prerequisiteinstaller.exe file and it will start installing the prerequisites.
- You will have to restart the server periodically when it tells you to.
- After each restart, mount the ISO again and in a CMD prompt type F: (mounted drive)
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The Nile Project, consisting of East African musicians from nations around the Nile river basin, astounded the ballroom with its collective talents.
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Another comfort of modern pressure cookers
A quick tutorial in how best electric pressure cookers work: Once snapped available, the tight-fitting lid traps steam, raising the pressure up to maximum of 15 pounds per sq . inch, or psi, before a release valve takes over. This increases the boiling point of water up in the normal 212 degrees (on the ocean level) to about 250 degrees. Depending on what you're cooking, for most cooker will take up to 20 mins to pressurize. And once a dish is conducted cooking, it requires to come back down, which—you guessed it—may take another 15 to 20 min. You can cheat and make use of the quick release valve, which jettisons each of the steam on the machine in approximately a minute or two. But this agitates the meal and can bring about dried-out meat and blown-out bean skins. Unless a recipe specifically necessitates using it, it's safer to avoid the temptation.
If you've ever used a pokey cooker before, then you certainly already know basic fundamentals of using a pressure cooker. You prep your meals, stick it in the pot, select your settings, and wait. The biggest difference with for most cooker could be that the wait time is drastically less.Another comfort of modern pressure cookers is always that many of these appliances have a very built-in "sauté" function, making these machines able to cooking "one-pot" meals. Many recipes involve you to brown your meat or sauté your vegetables before starting the cooking component of your meal.
You'll will need to go through a specific process setting things such as temperature and cooking time, so please read your manual before you begin cooking. The one thing that most pressure cookers have in common, however, is the fact they require liquid. A pressure cooker functions turning liquid into steam, and using that steam to build up for most and cook your meal. Most recipes will instruct one to add water, broth, or some form of sauce for a meal. If your recipe doesn't, first thing you should do is atart exercising . water on your pressure cooker. Then, customize the recipe.
Pressure cookers work through the use of steam heat to food inside an airtight environment. The buildup of pressure caused when steam is trapped in the pot allows temperatures to increase above those attainable in nonpressurized vessels. As a result, when compared to conventional cookery, most foods cook 70% faster with 50% less fuel. Imagine brown rice in quarter-hour, lentil soup in 2, broccoli in 2. Moreover, with for most valve open, for most cooker doubles being a pot for all-purpose cooking.


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Attached one simple building example file.
You may have to change some of the properties to get this to work at your end, (I am working in Netherland Environment).
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Roland's Fantom – Continuation
Well, hello again!
Today I'm going to continue to talk something about Roland's Fantom. On the last Sunday I talked about the Fantom's specifications and said some details about it, so, let's move on. I'll not be able to finish this article today, there's really too much to write about Fantom, and it's a hard task, so… sorry. :(
Today I added a pretty cool link as well: Yamaha Synth.
It's Yamaha's official website about music production products. You can find very useful information up there. Be sure to check it out!
This article is an extention of the previous article "Roland's Fantom" published on August 3, 2008 by Breno Ronchini
Well, today I'll talk a few stuff about Fantom's sampler.
For one, Fantom's a sample-based synthesizer, which means that it's oscillators don't generate waveforms but playback audio files (such as AIFF, WAVE or MP3) to create the basis sound for your patch. This said, we can assume that it has a hard disc with all those audio files, a total of 256 MB of more than 2150 sample waveforms. Well, in equipments without a sampler built-on (as Fantom FA76, for instance), you can't add or change it's sample waveforms, so, you are limited to it's own preset base-sounds. So, it's safe for me to say that, with a built-on sampler, you can add sample waveforms. But… why? How can this be good for sound creation?
Well, it's simple: imagine if you want to play a chord sequence, and, in every first chord, you want a singed stuff like some "Oohs" or something. If you're not able to sing it while playing it live, you would want another person to sing for you, or your equipment to play a recorded sample of it. Well, with built-on sampler workstations it's possible, and with Fantom, it's even easier.
Roland's Fantom FA76, Fantom S, Fantom X7 and Fantom G7
Fantom has an input for mics and for guitars or other instruments as well, so you can simply connect it into the back of your workstation and you're ready to go. Once you've setted up your equipment for recording your sample, just hit Sampling then hit Start and record it. With the recorded sample, you are able to set it for a whole patch, for just one key, for one of the 16 touch pads, or anything you want. Of course you're not able to record only external samples, but also Fantom's own sounds as well.
Other cool feature is that it's possible to edit these samples with your Fantom. You can cut, split, add effects, reverb and chorus, reverse it and many other cool options.
Also with Fantom G, you are able to control a sample's tempo independently from it's pitch and vice-versa.
Another pretty cool feature is the Skip Back Sampling. From the moment that Fantom is turned on to the moment it's turned off, this workstation keeps on recording it's own output. So, if you're playing and, in a moment of inspiration, happen to play something you simply love – and when it happens is, sometimes, pretty hard to repeat it, huh? haha – you can simply press Skip Back Sampling button. What happens is that Fantom captures anything up to 14 seconds of it's own output and makes a sample out of it. You got your sample and you can do anything with it as you would to any other sample.
So, in addition to this informations, you can also see the Fantom's X and G videos at RolandUs.com here:
Fantom X and Fantom G. These videos contain some really cool informations and tips about it, so, it's also good to check out.
I'll continue with Fantom's informations later on, keep on passing by. ;)
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Nice review of fantom information! Very interesting blog spot for all the different synths. j


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