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You may be familiar with an image of a detective holding a large magnifying glass to look for clues. Well actually this kind of magnifying glasses may really help anyone look for anything especially when you are looking for something pretty small. Magnifying glasses come in different sizes, magnification capabilities and shapes. It may be handheld, hands-free and may also be as large or how small the user wants it to be. Small, pocket-sized magnifiers may be easy to bring anywhere however large ones may need care in transporting it from one place to another. Large magnifying glasses may need a holder or a carrying device to ensure the safety and security of the glass. And so what are these magnifying tools for? Here are some uses of a large magnifying glass:
For different kinds of hobbies
Working and admiring different kinds of hobbies may require the use of a large magnifying glass. With this tool, you will never have to tire your eyes anymore. You can easily find tools and work on small hobbies like woodworking, carving, stamp collecting, painting, sculpting, model building and jewellery making. You will also be able to admire different works of art and different creative works with the use of a large magnifying lens.
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You must have heard about building fire with the use of a magnifying lens; this is why it is an indispensable tool that you need to bring with you when you go camping or exploring outdoors. Aside from building fires, magnifying lenses may also be used to admire nature especially small creatures like insects, birds and plants. You may also use a magnifying glass to check on soil samples, barks of trees and so many more.
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Different industries require the use of a magnifying lens to magnify objects or systems like in electronic systems and electrical circuits. Workers in factories and manufacturing plants especially for electronic equipment use magnifying lenses as they assemble and solder motherboards and as the finished products are inspected for quality. Since these industries work on minute circuits and components, magnification is essential to make sure that the device or equipment will work as efficiently as possible.
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I can't think of a worse way to advertise a $4,995 synthesizer than to create this promotional video. I have a feeling that after the camera turned off, the lady in the video turned to her teenage son, smirked, and said "Who said your old mom didn't know how to dubstep! That's what I call a real Skrillex!"
And yes, seriously, it costs $4,995.00.
because it demonstrates the actual audio capabilites of the synth to the absolute extremes? there are a million reasons, and playing some generic moog funk bassline isn't gonna sell this thing in this day and age.
also because they're selling the modular capabilities of it, and this is very typical modular synth work / performance.
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The dude seems surprised that a big Moog like that costs $5000. Instruments aren't cheap.
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I love how her and him can still be close friends after breaking up after about four years of being together. Even so, I still have so much hope in him. I know how much his family still love and care for my sister and I. (But more importantly how much he, himself, cares and loves my sister). We're a family regardless of all the BS that went down within the past 5 months. I still consider him a brother of mine.
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Honey Boo Boo and her redneck kin know what they're doing; do viewers?
Is Here Comes Honey Boo Boo an exploitative freak show? Or a glimpse into a little-known demographic, namely the white working poor of the American South? (Or, as Mama June likes to say, rednecks.) Are little Honey Boo Boo and her down-home family Southern Gothic signs of American decline or vulnerable rubes who need to be protected from the amoral, all-devouring cameras of TLC?
There's an unprecedented amount of uneasiness about this reality-TV family, a chubby, cheerful bunch from small-town Georgia who debuted on the child-pageant circus of Toddlers and Tiaras and now have their own spinoff show. Whether these reactions involve unhappy hand-wringing or an all-out hate-on, they are fundamentally esthetic. What's expressed as moral outrage often tracks back to disgust -- a sense that we need to be ashamed for these folks because they don't have the good sense to be ashamed of themselves.
First off, I would say that this clan is better behaved than a lot of "classier" reality TV stars. There may be a lot of public farting on Honey Boo Boo, but there's none of the back-stabbing, table-flipping hysteria you see on the Real Housewives franchise. These folks are also blessedly free from the naked status anxiety and claws-out competition that animate shows like The Bachelor. In one sense, Honey Boo Boo's family is a lot less vulgar than the Kardashians.
"We are who we are," proclaims Mama June proudly. In its own funny way, the family works, as a close, supportive and affectionate matriarchy led by the 32-year-old June (soon to be a grandmother when 17-year-old Chickadee has her own baby). Honey Boo Boo is a homely little thing who often seems incoherently hepped up on Mountain Dew and too much attention, but her sturdy self-confidence is fascinating.
By the admittedly low standards of reality TV, the family is surprisingly functional. What really gets most viewers, then, is the way these people look and sound. Mama tips the scales at 309 pounds and has crusty deposits in the folds of her chins. The teen girls have conversations about boogers. Sugar Bear, Honey Boo Boo's stringy and nearly silent daddy, chews tobaccos and spits into a jar.
Esthetically, they're a hot mess, and they seem to provoke an unspoken longing for a time when poverty resembled Depression-era photographs by Walker Evans. Back then, the poor looked lean and austere, the planes of their faces sculpted by hard times. Their sharecropper cabins were spare, not packed with ticky-tacky stuff and fatty processed food and shelves of budget toilet paper. They kept body and soul together with a bit of migrant pea picking, not through "extreme couponing" binges at the Piggly Wiggly.
Of course, nobody wants to admit to experiencing this kind of reactionary nostalgia -- it's repugnant! -- so feelings about Here Comes Honey Boo Boo get turned into vague liberal guilt or conservative outrage.
It doesn't help that the stage is set so shoddily by TLC, which not only starts every episode with hillbilly establishing shots (roadkill, train tracks, cars on blocks) but has also made the dubious decision to subtitle a lot of the family's drawlin' Georgia dialogue, as if America's poor lived in a foreign country. At one point, a pet pig, Glitzy, is brought into the house, probably by some TLC producer who has fond memories of Arnold Ziffel from the 1960s TV show Green Acres. Unfortunately, Glitzy lacks Arnold's porcine poise and craps on the kitchen table.
The tendency to turn "hicks" into exotic entertainment -- which runs from The Beverly Hillbillies back through Hee Haw to Ma and Pa Kettle -- makes it easy to view the family as victims. But like anyone who makes it to "the big show" in reality TV, Mama seems highly aware of how her clan presents to the world.
Far from being the unknowing butts of a huge middle-class joke, they're shrewdly in on the laughs. Mama June is a born performer who knows they need to keep the country-trash clichés coming (even while they're banking big TLC cheques that mean Sugar Bear won't have to be semi-toothless for much longer).
Meanwhile, Here Comes Honey Boo Boo is seen to be dragging around tons of symbolic weight, with a lot of media punditry predicated on the idea that Mama and her kids are representing the redneck demographic. But imagine the outcry if you told wealthy married women in large urban centres that they were being "represented" by The Real Housewives of New Jersey. Or if you informed mothers of ballerinas that Dance Moms was a peek into their strange little subculture. Or suggested to parents of multiples that Jon & Kate Plus 8 really illuminated their daily lives. I think even huffers and junkies might claim they're being misrepresented by those over-the-top, attention-seeking addicts on Intervention.
At this point, reality TV is incapable of describing anything other than its own tired tropes. The only group that can be properly represented on its ritualized, remarkably similar shows is the People-Who-Really-Want-To-Be-On-Reality-TV demographic.
Here Comes Honey Boo Boo doesn't tell us much about rednecks, but it says a lot about our increasingly jaded viewing habits.
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Windows 7 Home Premium
7 pro/home mixup. more of a repair Q.
I have a system I've been trying to repair for a week.
It has an Athlon II 170u CPU, 4GB RAM, 64bit Windows 7 installed.
Service Pack 1 installed.
The PK on the side of the machine is for Home Premium.
The System Details screen shows Professional.
If I try to extract/check the PK from the registry with ProduKey, it shows "Windows 7 Home Premium"
On boot/login, I would get errors from a coouple of programs (groovemonitor.exe being the 1 I remember) concerning error code 0xC0150004.
I removed everybit of spyware/malware/crapware/toolbars/weather gadgets/shopping enhancers/search enhancers/language translators/etc. I eventually uninstalled every .NET I could, every Visual C++, Silverlight (actually I think Silverlight was one I couldn't uninstall).
I ran the installed McAfee. Removed it, installed MSE. updated and ran MSE. installed, updated, ran Spybot, Malwarebytes, superantispyware, hitman pro.
Hooked the drive up to another working, clean system, virus-scanned, ok.
SFC /scannow kept failing at 64%. I manually found and replaced the files than the CBS.log complained were missing from the store as well as the manifest.
SFC /scannow now fails at 63% :-(
Still get 0xc015004 at log-in. Now also get a dotnet 2.0.50127 (I think - 2.something) error.
Try to repair with Windows 7 OEM HP disk - it says you must be running Windows 7 SP1 to repair.
Try to repair with Windows 7 OEM HP SP1 disk - it says you must be running Windows 7 SP1 to repair.
Try to repair with Windows 7 OEM Pro disk - it says Windows 7 Professional cannot be upgraded to Windows 7 Professional.
Try to repair with Windows 7 OEM Pro SP1 disk - it says Windows 7 Professional cannot be upgraded to Windows 7 Professional.
At one point I'd had enough and was going to do a new install - It was only SimplyAccounting, MS Office and Printer that I needed to re-install anyway. But the new install failed each time.
I ran memcheck86 and Microsoft's ram tester.
I ran chkdsk /r on each partition.
IE 9 is also horribly slow and crashes when displaying most Microsoft sites.
No helpful restore points and even the recent ones I was not able to restore to.
I was also not able to uninstall IE9 or SP1. I suspect it was installed with a SP1 disk and maybe someone tried to repair it before with a Pro disk.
Any ideas about how to force a repair install? Or fix the conflicting info between Computer Properties shows "Professional" but ProduKey shows "Home Premium" (and the windowsNT\currentVersion registry key also shows Home Premium).
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Stocks turn lower on global concerns
A Fed official also expresses doubts about QE3. But US home prices are up more than expected, and consumer confidence is at its highest in 7 months. Toys R Us plans to hire 45,000 holiday employees.
By Andrea Tse
Stocks lost all earlier gains Tuesday as global economic worries overshadowed better-than-expected readings on U.S. housing prices and consumer confidence.
The market pulled back also as Philadelphia Federal Reserve President Charles Plosser said the Fed's latest stimulus effort won't do much to boost economic growth or lower unemployment, CNBC reported.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average ($INDU) was down 13 at 13,546. The S&P 500 ($INX) was down 1 at 1,455. The Nasdaq Composite ($COMPX) was down 6 at 3,155.
The S&P/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index showed an annual return of 1.2% in July, beating the consensus of 1% and prior return of 0.6%.
The Conference Board reported that U.S. consumer confidence jumped to its highest level in seven months in September as Americans are more optimistic about the job market and income prospects, Reuters reported. The index rose to 70.3 from an upwardly revised 61.3 in August. It was the highest level since February and topped economists' expectations for 63.
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In Europe, a meeting on the state of the euro economic and currency union is expected between European Central Bank President Mario Draghi and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
In corporate news, Toys "R" Us said it will hire 45,000 holiday employees across the United States. The retailer, which hired about 40,000 seasonal workers last year, said it retained about 15% of its holiday workforce after the season ended, Reuters reported.
Hiring will begin this week and continue through December.
Caterpillar (CAT) on Monday said it's taking a measured view of the global economy over the next few years, issuing a 2015 forecast below estimates.
Yahoo (YHOO) CEO Marissa Mayer is expected to unveil her strategy for turning around the struggling Internet giant. Reports say Mayer will probably focus on search and ad technology.
Red Hat (RHT), the software maker, on Monday came in a penny short of Wall Street's profit expectations for its fiscal second quarter.
Paychex (PAYX), the payroll processor, on Monday posted fiscal-first-quarter earnings that narrowly topped analysts' estimates.
Jabil Circuit (JBL), a provider of electronics manufacturing services, is expected to report fiscal-fourth-quarter earnings of 58 cents a share in the August-ended quarter on revenue of $4.22 billion.
Come on people China just injected 290 billion yuan into it's economy
so now we have
1) USA Bernanke throwing $80 billion a month into the stock market
2) Japan throwing 120 billion yen a month into the stock market
3) ECB throwing 300 billion euros a month into the stock market
4) China throwing 290 billion yuan into the stock market
It's a mad house of monies printing out there and the total collapse of the western and eastern economies are now assured.
For a while there it looked like the eastern economy was going to survive but they have decided to join the march madness. The march to the fiscal cliff and off.
Yep if the stock market doesn't move up 600 points today you will have lost the diff in monies as inflation is now going to be sky high folks.
1. I voted Democrat because I love the fact that I can now marry whatever
I want. I've decided to marry my German Shepherd.
2. I voted Democrat because I believe oil companies' profits of 4% on a
gallon of gas are obscene, but the government taxing the same gallon of
gas at 15% isn't.
3. I voted Democrat because I believe the government will do a better job
of spending the money I earn than I would.
4. I voted Democrat because Freedom of Speech is fine as long as nobody
is offended by it.
5. I voted Democrat because I'm way too irresponsible to own a gun, and
I know that my local police are all I need to protect me from murderers
and thieves.
6. I voted Democrat because I believe that people who can't tell us if
it will rain on Friday can tell us that the polar ice caps will melt
away in ten years if I don't start driving a Prius.
7. I voted Democrat because I'm not concerned about millions of babies
being aborted so long as we keep all death row inmates alive.
8. I voted Democrat because I think illegal aliens have a right to free
health care, education, and Social Security benefits, and we should take
away the social security from those who paid into it.
9. I voted Democrat because I believe that businesses should not be
allowed to make profits for themselves. They need to break even and give
the rest away to the government for redistribution as the Democrats see fit.
10. I voted Democrat because I believe liberal judges need to rewrite the
Constitution every few days to suit some fringe kooks who would never
get their agendas past the voters.
11. I voted Democrat because I think that it's better to pay billions for
their oil to people who hate us, but not drill our own because it
might upset some endangered beetle, gopher or fish.
12. I voted Democrat because my head is so firmly planted up my azz,
it's unlikely that I'll ever have another point of view.
Oh goodie...............now we're going to show 150,000 part-time, temporary, minimum wage, employees show up in the next payroll and jobs reports! And, don't forget, they hope you'll spend all of that minimum wage money back in their store on Christmas gifts for your families.
Wally World is going to hire 52,000
Kohl's is hiring 50,000
Toys R Us is hiring 45,000
Any others? How about target...........can't they hire 50,000 and try to make the next set of jobs reports look better?
Housing prices going up..........just means property taxes are going up! Consumer confidence is up ..............really?
sure, sure....housing "better than expected" but a CAT company saying "don't think so"....... CAT also dropped their bomb before closing Monday afternoon. that is telling
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Based on his track record so far, "do what we must" is code for cowering, begging, pleading, whining, weeping, apologizing, bowing and appeasing.
Who would win in a fight between Obama and FDR? While Obama was kneeling to kiss his ring, FDR would pin him under his wheelchair.
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Daimler AG is one of a shrinking number of automakers that continues to build its own transmissions, but the parent of Mercedes-Benz is now looking to change that. The automaker has been holding talks with rival BMW about possible powertrain collaborations including transmissions. Mercedes already supplies the two-mode hybrid transmissions that BMW is installing in its forthcoming ActiveHybrid X6. However, a proposal to build a joint factory to produce automatic transmissions in the U.S. for the vehicles being built by both companies here has reportedly been scuttled.
Automotive News also reports that a second proposal to shift Daimler's European transmission operations to a new joint venture with BMW and ZF has also been abandoned. The two automakers had been discussing a jointly developed eight-speed automatic transmission but could not agree on technical details.
Mercedes is still looking for ways to offload its transmission operations, saying that it is not core to its business. This will be increasingly true if more of its vehicles switch to electrified powertrains where single speed reduction gears are all that is required. The two companies are still discussing collaborations on engines, however, including a new three-cylinder unit.
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West Forsyth 37, Johns Creek 16
Gladiators lead early, suffer first loss in battle of unbeatens; West Forsyth takes over in second half
October 17, 2012
CUMMING, Ga. In the end, West Forsyth simply had too much talent and depth for a gritty Johns Creek team to handle.
But after the Gladiators' 37-16 loss at West Forsyth last Friday night, Johns Creek's coaches and players could look back at the game and wonder how much two plays affected the outcome.
The first of the two critical plays occurred late in the second period, with Johns Creek holding a 16-3 lead against the unbeaten and state-ranked Wolverines.
Johns Creek had just stuffed West Forsyth on three straight plays from the Gladiators' 1-yard line, and quarterback Skye Overton nearly broke a huge run on the next play before being tackled after an 18-yard gain.
But Overton threw a pass he would dearly love to have back, with the Wolverines intercepting at the Gladiators' 25. West Forsyth scored with less than 25 seconds remaining in the half to cut the deficit to 16-10.
Johns Creek took a quick 6-0 lead in the first quarter on a 61-yard run by Overton, who rushed for 161 yards on 25 attempts and passed for 224 yards. Next, the Gladiators drove to the 13-yard line and stalled. So kicker Kyle Fowler came on and made a 30-yard field goal for a 9-0 lead.
Chase Solomon, who had 103 hard-fought yards, added a 22-yard burst to put the Gladiators ahead 16-3 midway through the second period.
The Gladiators had 497 yards of offense, putting together scoring drives of 82, 79 and 80 yards on their first three possessions. But they weren't able to turn yards into points in the second half, and West Forsyth pulled away.
The Wolverines scored touchdowns on five straight possessions and held the Gladiators scoreless in the second half. But Johns Creek did not go down meekly.
Trailing 23-16, the Gladiators mounted a sustained drive that began with a successful fourth-down conversion from their 22. Facing another fourth-and-1 from the West Forsyth 15, Johns Creek tried a bit of trickery, but the Wolverines were prepared and stopped the play.
Two plays later, West Forsyth broke a 72-yard run one of five gains of 50 yards or more by the Wolverines leading to the clinching touchdown.
The next two Johns Creek possessions ended on interceptions after the Gladiators drove inside the West Forsyth 25, and the game ended with a Johns Creek receiver tackled one yard shy of a touchdown.
"We made some mistakes, coaching and physically," Johns Creek coach Mike Cloy said of his team's first loss. "Offensively, we had too many penalties and turnovers to win a game like this.
"They're good." he said of West Forsyth. "And they two-platoon. We don't quite have that luxury."
The Wolverines' advantage in depth was a factor in the second half, but an outstanding Johns Creek defense was never really able to slow down West Forsyth's sideline-to-sideline offense.
West Forsyth amassed 604 yards total offense, averaging more than 11.5 yards per play. On their first three series, the Wolverines gained 205 yards but came away with just three points. Johns Creek bowed up when it had to, making an interception and stopping two drives that were 5 yards or less from the goal line.
The Wolverines' three primary rushing threats all went over 100 yards, combining for 461 yards on 41 carries. Each had at least one gain of 50 yards or longer. West Forsyth passed sparingly, but hit a 79-yarder to set up one score, and added a 6-yard touchdown from A.J. Erdely to Jake Wieczorek.
Erdely rushed for 142 yards and two touchdowns, one on a 52-yard run, while Wieczorek added 191 yards on 12 carries, including a 60-yard score.
Johns Creek, 2-1 in Region 6-AAAAAA and 5-1 overall, is at home Friday night against Lambert (also 2-1 and 5-1), looking to break out of a four-way tie for second in the region behind West Forsyth (3-0, 6-0).


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Can My Mother Hear Me in Heaven?
- Monday, January 16, 2012
At her funeral I prayed for Jesus to tell Jessie that we really wished she were still here on earth us, but that we did not begrudge her one bit the great time she was having in Heaven.
Brian, I find myself still quietly praying those prayers still today—thirty-eight-years later. I don't know if Jessie can observe or hear from me directly; on the other hand, I know that God can, and that makes me confident that Jessie knows as well. Ask God in prayer to tell your mom whatever you want to tell her. It just may be that God passes the message along.
Thanks for the question. I hope my thoughts are helpful.
Love, Roger
Dr. Roger Barrier recently retired as senior teaching pastor from Casas Church in Tucson, Arizona. In addition to being an author and sought-after conference speaker, Roger has mentored or taught thousands of pastors, missionaries, and Christian leaders worldwide. Casas Church, where Roger served throughout his thirty-five-year career, is a megachurch known for a well-integrated, multi-generational ministry. The value of including new generations is deeply ingrained throughout Casas to help the church move strongly right through the twenty-first century and beyond. Dr. Barrier holds degrees from Baylor University, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and Golden Gate Seminary in Greek, religion, theology, and pastoral care. His popular book, Listening to the Voice of God, published by Bethany House, is in its second printing and is available in Thai and Portuguese. His latest work is, Got Guts? Get Godly! Pray the Prayer God Guarantees to Answer, from Xulon Press. Roger can be found blogging at Preach It, Teach It, the pastoral teaching site founded with his wife, Dr. Julie Barrier.
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I do blog about WoW. First, my silly paladin pugging stories that I later converted to Manalicious: http://manalicious.wordpress.com. I've been blogging almost two years now, and it's been a really fun experience. I end up writing about guild leading, news, raiding, mages and paladins (depending on what I'm playing) with some art stuff thrown in approximately weekly for good measure. I suppose it's an eclectic mix.
I did want to mention, since a few people have remarked that they sometimes want to write something but don't necessarily want to maintain a blog to do so - that in addition to the "Seed" program here on WoW Insider (which is limited to folks in the US, no love for us Canucks) most bloggers would also LOVE to get guest posts. It can be a nice way to ensure content, let someone dip their toes into blogging or say their peace on one particular topic, without needing the commitment of starting a blog themselves.
That said, if you find you often have things to say about WoW, start your own blog and make it known! I love finding new blogs to read. Blog Azeroth (http://www.blogazeroth.com/) is a great place for new bloggers to announce themselves, meet, and participate in things like shared blogging topics.


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Commentary: Delusions in Ryan's vision of Medicare
Paul Ryan has bold economic ideas. Or maybe he doesn't. It's really hard to know what Mitt Romney's VP pick thinks, since his budget plan includes Obamacare's $716 billion in Medicare savings over 10 years, but his election plan has him saying he would restore those spending cuts. Romney is accusing president Obama of "robbing" that money from today's beneficiaries.
Let's set the confusion aside for a moment and look at where the projected cuts would be made.
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Miyata probably thinks Tama saying stupid things might be the cutest thing ever.
M: Well, we have different colors, the three of us (for DREAM BOYS JET). Tama is red, Senga is blue, and I'm yellow. And then, Tama would say, "Oh, aren't we red, blue and yellow? ♪"!
You're so cute, you idiot! Isn't that a cute story?
T: Isn't it pretty normal?`
2: "Aren't we red, blue and yellow~ ♪"
T: No, you don't have to say that, you'd notice just by looking!
T: And I don't talk in a foolish way, like that!
M: No, no, you do, but you don't realize it yourself.
2: But that's cute too!
T: No really, do you have to tease me like that?
2: You're a prettyyy booy!
M: Say something cute!
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I'm generally not a drug user, and none of my close friends are, so it's hard for me to answer that. However, I do know that if you're someone interested in those things, it's definitely easy enough to find. I'm sure a large majority of students take part in at least some drug usage.
As far parties, it's the same way - it's easy to find if you're looking for it, and theatre parties and frat parties at cornell are definitely the most intense, I'd say.
On the opposite end, to answer another anon question that I have in my inbox, if you want to avoid that scene, it's really easy as well. I don't think Ithaca is really a huge party school, I'd say it's kind of in between. If that's stuff you're not comfortable with, it'll still be easy for you to avoid it and find likeminded people.
To both anons: Good luck, and thanks for your questions, and be safe! Remember that all that stuff is illegal, I feel the need to make sure it doesn't seem like I'm condoning any illicit behavior :)#Anonymous #drugs #drug usage #party #party scene #Ithaca #Ithaca College #questions #college #straight edge #hard core #alcohol #college life
First of all, I just want to apologize to everyone for not really being on tumblr lately, and thus not having a chance to answer all the questions or post the stuff that has been submitted.
Anyway, as someone who identifies with the LGBTQ community myself, I've found Ithaca to be very welcoming. There's several GSA/Gay Rights/etc groups on campus, and I feel as though being part of the community is really common and no one really even questions it.
I'm sure there are some people who are terrible about it, but I certainly haven't had much, if any, exposure to them. Ithaca is really welcoming in general, and I think you'll easily find people who support you and make you feel safe.
There's also LGBTQ support available through the health center/psychological services, I believe, to help any students who are struggling or want to be directed to other resources and groups!#Anonymous #gay #lgbt #ithaca #college #ithaca college #campus #friendly #services
Whoops, I haven't really been on tumblr much lately, so I've been terrible at running this blog.
Anyway, yes, there's people of many cultures here at Ithaca. I've known a few people from Pakistan, someone from Sri Lanka, people from various other middle eastern countries, and plenty of people from other Asian countries. I can't speak to any exact numbers, but they are around!
Okay, can I just say how much I love that this blog is becoming a resource for prospective and future students? Like, that makes me so unbelievably happy since it makes me feel like I'm doing something somewhat useful with my life, even if it's just running a silly little blog!
I definitely really love all the people I've met here. Obviously depending on your major and personality you're going to meet different people, but I've found that it's so much easier to make genuine friends here. It really helps that you're all going to a school that you CHOSE to go to, rather than because you ended up in the same geographic area by happenstance. Also, it's a legitimately beautiful campus. It can get a bit snowy or all around depressing, but even when it's rainy, being able to look out from certain spots and see the lake is awesome. On a similar note, the town is really great. Maybe not the most exciting place in the world, but it has a lot of really cute shops, some pretty good restaurants, and it's pretty beautiful.
The one piece of advice I have is to come in with at least a bit of a plan of what you want to do and what classes you want to take over the course of your time in Ithaca. If you're going into a field where an internship is important, keep that in mind now - not all of the advisers really emphasize the importance of at least having an idea. Everyone says it's okay to not know what you want to do until your second year, but I don't think that's true. At the very least, have an idea and a backup plan by the beginning of your second year. I promise it will make thinking about the future a lot less stressful. Registration for classes can be one of the most terrifying, stressful things ever because so many classes require overrides or fill up before you can get them, and Homeconnect is pretty awful. But as long as you plan ahead, you should be alright.
Also, definitely make sure to ask around for opinions on professors. In my department specifically I've noticed a lot that there's either really fantastic professors or really terrible ones, and not really any inbetween. It can be frustrating, but I'm totally okay with having a couple bad professors if only because I've had so many amazing ones here as well. If you let me know what major you're planning on heading into, or what things you're considering if you're exploratory, I can probably give you a bit of advice regarding that as well!
Anyway, I pretty much just love everything about being here. It really is home for me, and I know it's that way for many other students on campus as well. I really hope it lives up to whatever your expectations are, and I'm more than willing to continue to be a resource for information, opinions, and advice whenever necessary (this goes for everyone reading this blog, especially other prospective and future students!)
Hope that helped!#Ithaca #College #Ithaca College #freshman #incoming students #campus #beautiful #happiness #little things #littlethings
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It's a bloody nightmare. I actually like pvp, but I stand at the back and heal. I don't like being forced to use my dual spec, which is there for me to grind in, not for me to pvp in. I'm a PVE player, I enjoy PvP healing, but I hate PVP dps. In a normal world I do sometimes capture flags in EoTS but not when everyone goes barmy over the bloody flagpoint. ofc if we were all in premades it would be a lot easier, but the bulk of us try to do this in pugs, and ohmigod is this painful.


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Intuitive explanation of parallel transport and geodesics
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draw a triangle going around the corner of a cube, with one edge in each face. Try to translate a vector around that triangle, keeping it parallel all the way around. It may help to cut the cube along one edge and flatten it out. Then see where the vector ends up after translation all the way around. Remember how you have to re identify the edges if you cut it. I claim the vector will end up perpendicular to where it started.
Moreover the angel sum of your triangle, measure on the surface of the cube, is 270 degrees, hence off by exactly the amount of the total parallel transport.
By the way if this is right, it checks with your sphere example. I.e. a "triangle" made on a sphere by subdividing a circumference into three equal parts, has angle sum off by 360 degree, so is undetectable in this simple way under parallel transport.
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How to Create the Right Character for You in Skyrim
This article will tell you how to create the right character for you in the RPG Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
1If you think that one race looks cool, just go and pick it. Don't worry about the stats if you aren't playing on Expert or Master. They don't really matter as the game mechanics in Skyrim mean that you get better at whatever you do (for example if you use the fire magic you get better at the skill Destruction which the fire magic is governed by and the amount of magicka used in a spell is proportional to the amount of Destruction skill).Ad
2Try to think of a person you would like to try to play as (maybe one of your friends or someone in your family, maybe a celebrity or a film character).
3You can always try to think of what race you would be if put into the world (for example if you are from Eastern Europe you may argue that a Nord would best fit that ethnicity).
4Think of what kind of character you usually play then choose the race that best fits for that kind of "class" (for information on which "class" fits which race go to the How to Play Skyrim on Master Difficulty page and go to Choosing a Race part). For example if you want to play an archer then a Bosmer is always a good pick because of their 10+ to Archery .
5Try to think of what kind of action you want.
- Do you want fast paced action where you go from one opponent to another? Then it's probably best for you to try combat (close quarters).
- If you want everything to be strategic where you think about which one to take down first then it's best if you tried stealth.
- If you just want to blow stuff up then you could try magic.
- If you want to do a mixture of stuff then try using skills in both areas (for example if you want to be able to take down the right guy and then defeat the rest close quarters then you might go for stealth/combat approach with skills in both)
- Now refer back to step 4.
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Published on October 19th, 2013 | by Nick Kitchen
The Second Phase of Doctor Who?
Could Doctor Who be heading off on a new journey for its second 50 years? That's what silver-tongued Steven Moffat appears to be hinting at in a recent interview.
Speaking with SFX about the upcoming special, The Day of the Doctor, Moffat teased that the Doctor has found his mission:
We've got to set the Doctor off in a brand new direction. It's chapter two of his life. Now something happens to him that changes the way he thinks and the way he will adventure from now on.
You can celebrate an anniversary in many ways – - I think the most productive one within the narrative is to say, 'This is where the story really starts. This is where he finds his mission, he finds his destiny.'
Let us take time to assess the score, shall we? We already have a huge episode celebrating the 50th Anniversary coming up. Did I mention that David Tennant and Billie Piper are along for the ride? What about the mystery of John Hurt being revealed? And let's not forget the upcoming Christmas regeneration from Smith to Capaldi. That's enough to get even the most causal Whovian to become excited. Now, we factor in the importance of the events of the upcoming special: the "Mad Man with a Box" who has travelled all throughout time and space with little thought of where he was headed next will finally have a guiding purpose.
The stakes have always been high for the 50th Anniversary special, and with each passing comment and tease from the "Moff", they only seem to get higher. Balancing fandom expectations and reigning in new viewers was always going to be a huge challenge; adding the narrative needed to propel Doctor Who's future, and you have almost unattainable expectations. Can Moffat succeed? Can he deliver on all of these claims and promises in 75 minutes?
And probably most importantly, what is the Doctor's mission? Share thoughts down below!
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I have always found one of the most appealing aspects of the character to be that he is is in essence a lonely wanderer through time and space. More often than not being unaware of where and when he will land next, and who or what he'll me when he arrives. Regularly picking up 'strays' to take on the ride to, perhaps unconsciously, keep him from straying too far into the darkness that he is of course more than capable of and to prompt him to continue to love the universe after such a long life and to fight all the evils he continues to face. I have every faith in Moffat but I agree that he has an impossible task ahead of him to please everybody. Not sure what I think about the word 'mission' but I will reserve judgement (as we all should) until I've seen what appears on screen.
I'm sure it will only be a "new direction" in the sense that the 2005 series was underpinned by the new direction of the Time-War's aftermath. It was still Doctor Who as it had always been, but underpinned by an extra narrative motor to create mystery and give the Doctor substance. I guess there'll be something new that similarly hovers in the background, informing his character where needed.
Moffat has talked about "game-changing" episodes several times before, but none has ever dented the central construct of the show.
I have to say I don't understand the need to change or play with the central concept too much. He is an exile, a lonely wanderer who has and sometimes creates adventures. Mostly the show is at its best when it's not about the Doctor ( an increasing pre-occupation of Moffats) but about the people and creatures he meets. A simple backstory to great story telling. What's to change?
Yeah, I think it really will be just "a new direction"—can't make too much out of half of what he says. Hartnell ventured into a lot of historicals, Troughton had the monster of the week, Pertwee was based on earth with UNIT and Baker seemed to blend all of it together and brought it to a higher level. The '80′s floundered around a bit aimlessly but they gave us a direction again in 2005 with the Time war status. I think a brand new setting/direction is a good idea and something I've thought about. don't be too surprised if there's not a more setting in the era of Vastra and Strax.
Jenna Coleman said much this in an interview a while back – that after the special, their would be a clean slate and a fresh start.
It'll be interesting to see what happens – but I wonder if the complete absence of any sign of Rose in the publicity photos and the "Bad Wolf" in the poster might suggest some timey wimey shenanigans are afoot…
I'm trying to take Moff's comments (about anything, really) with a pinch of salt. Much of what he says is either flat out misdirection, or its vague enough to lead to wild speculation. I *do* think with Capaldi they've cast someone with the potential to be Pertwee-esque. And the Pertwee era, with its Earth-based stories, and the heavy involvement of UNIT, was certainly a change in direction for the show.
We'll see… not long to wait now.
Moffat loves to tease. Who knows what this new direction will be? Perhaps the Bad Wolf hint in the poster will mean Rose alters things for the Doctor. Perhaps he discovers that some Time Lords survived, or left something behind that if found would bring them back without messing up time and space, and the Doctor's mission is now to seek that out. A treasure hunt, rather like the Key to Time.
To be honest this is the first thing I've heard that actually has me slightly worried about the anniversary ep! All this talk about "finding his mission" and "destiny"…. it's all a bit grandiose and I don't care for that, really.
Hopefully it simply means "we're dealing with that regeneration limit stuff, dealing with the Time War and moving on from there."
I'm sure Moffat's much too smart, however much he tries to tease us, to tamper too much with the basic premise of the show!
Indeed. Adding interesting new ideas and concepts to give the show a whole new dimension is good. "A clean slate" would be crap.
Actually, thinking about it, doesn't this contradict what he's said about tying up loose ends at Xmas anyway? If there's a clean slate, what loose ends would there be?
i keep wondering if moffat isn't digging himself into a bigger and bigger hole.
Hopefully the inclusion of Hurt, Because We Want To, Tennant and The Daleks means that the Doctor can finally forever get over the guilt of ending the Time War. He did what he had to do without exemption. In fact there have been more Daleks in the tv show AFTER the Time War than before. He can move on, and we will never ever have to hear him whining and being all emo about what he did.
More Daleks, but less Time Lords.
Hmm. I'm not sure I like the idea of the Doctor with a "mission". I think one of the reasons that DW has survived so long, is that its structure is so loose – anthing can and will happen. You start adding a mission and you tighten up the structure, every story will be geared to resolving that mission and the fun of not knowing what you're going to get goes out the window. Having said that, the Doctor has had missions in the past – the Key to Time for instance and it has worked, but only because it's been limited. If the new Moffat mission is along those lines then OK. But in the case of DW I'm not a fan of long story arcs (though loved it in Babylon 5!).
I think the 50th will deal also with the Doctor's regeneration limit and we'll find out the Matt is actually the LAST Doctor (his other regeneration a having been used up by the John Hurt Doctor and the 'regen energy into the hand' but at the end of season 4)…. So I think the Doctor will have used up all his 13 lives and get given a whole new regeneration cycle at the end of the 50th (where we'll also see Capadi's Doctor briefly) this allowing a whole new set of adventures to begin…:)
What a surprise. Another gimmick that will forever change Doctor Who from Moffat. So another companion-centric series with a convoluted year-long plot that fails to deliver the goods?
Why not just tell a damned story?
It all sounds like woolly spin – nothing to fear. Steven Moffat can't do anything that would harm the series' basic principles.
Personally, I'd prefer to see the Doctor as a wandering Time Lord again. It would actually be a refreshing move after years of arcs, some of which have been more successful than others. Probably won't happen, though, due to the nature of modern serial drama.
But I'll tell you what I want – what I really, really want:
Apart from the first ever series, there have only been 3 seasons in Who's history not to feature returning foes. (S7, S13, S16 (Key to Time), all of which are generally viewed positively within fandom.)
As much as I've loved some of the recent returns for baddies and am looking forward to the Zygons, I'd like a fresh approach with that proviso, just for one season – no Daleks, no Cybermen, no Master, Weeping Angels, Ood or Silents or whatever – to force the writers to come up with new ideas.
These are exciting times. Dr Who is gonna be watched by more people than ever in less than a month's time. No programme can survive 50 years,with a little blip, unless it touches the hearts of people and means something. I have converted my Dutch girlfriend and her two children who never miss an episode now. It doesn't matter how old you are, where you're from,what you do, it's cool to love Dr Who!
Bring back more multi-episode stories next year. I want cliffhangers. Not ones like Slyvester McCoy in Dragonfire but ones like Barbara with the Dalek. Still possibly the greatest cliffhanger in TV.I'm not old enough to have seen it at the time. Anybody out there who did? It must have been amazing.


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Just as useful is the air suspension, which will raise the body by 5.7" to improve its ground clearance to 11.6".
A graphic in the central display shows you the percentage of differential lock as you maneuver through an obstacle. You can also feel individual wheels being locked and released as grip is found at any corner.
Wheel travel has been extended by the new suspension, allowing 10.2" of movement at the front and 12.2" rear, providing exceptional articulation in the harshest conditions.
We should also add Hill Descent Control, Gradient Release Control, Hill Start Assist, Dynamic Stability Control, Traction Control and Roll Stability that serve the driver as you tackle off-road obstacles.
In short, the Range Rover feels as unstoppable as ever. This is just as well when you're aiming $100k between narrow trees on a sandy path with rocks jutting through. The high approach and departure angles meant we were able to clear everything northern Arizona threw at us.
If we're honest, it appeared as if the car was quietly laughing at us. There was a hint of derision each time we climbed a sand bank, crossed a creek or traversed rocks. Was that all we had?
We were greeted by many perplexed stares as we negotiated our way past campsites, gold prospectors, hikers and target shooters. It appears that luxury SUVs are an unusual sight in Arizona's woodland. Little did they know we were enjoying air-conditioned massages while using the five surround cameras in the $1550 Vision Assist Package to watch the vehicle behind, check obstacles ahead and clearance on each side.
If we'd had tents onboard it would've redefined glamping. However, all our electronics needed charging each night and memory cards downloaded, so we afforded ourselves the charms of The Motor Lodge in Prescott (themotorlodge.com) - a boutique motel we chanced upon. It's close to downtown and comprises individual cabins with a cool '50s motoring theme. If Bigfoot should draw you to Prescott we highly recommend a stay.
After a full day's drive and several hours plunging into the Prescott scenery, our BFRO guide Tim Zamiski could finally do his thing. Unfortunately, he hadn't bargained on herding cats as our group of ADHD sufferers toyed with cameras, phones and garments.
Although quiet-natured, Tim's piercing eyes told a story. It was about a man who wished he hadn't volunteered for this assignment, yet was resigned to seeing it through.
His first advice was to observe a noise protocol. I believe the phrase was "shut up and listen," but I might have misheard.
Tim menacingly swung a pickaxe handle, his eyes flicking from face to face as he silently decided who to leave in the forest. The axe handle is a key tool in the Bigfoot researcher's arsenal, used to make "knocks", which is thought to be a form of Bigfoot communication. It also served to get our attention.
As we hiked through the woods, smashing the undergrowth underfoot, we became aware that Tim was able to avoid snapping branches or crushing pinecones. He had the agility of a mountain lion, seeming to float above the foliage like a camouflaged Jesus.
With eyes constantly on the swivel and ears tuned to the forest's calls, we'd stop to inspect sandy areas. The soft sediment would allow us to identify telltale footprints. Somehow, Tim could traverse the narrow trails without disturbing its sandy corridor, while we stumbled into the trough, eliminating any chance of forensic examination.
During one such exploration, Tim chanced upon a small footprint. It was a distinctive humanoid shape, with recognizable heel and toe impressions.
This deep into the forest, with only ATV tracks, hiking boots and animal tracks as evidence of life, this was an anomaly. There was only one footprint and steep banks on either side.
The chance of a barefooted child wandering in this environment and altitude was unlikely but Tim couldn't rule it out. He was eagle-eyed in spotting it but equally quick to dismiss it as inconclusive.
What impressed us about our BFRO insider was how much evidence he rejected. For some reason we expected every snapping twig and animal feces to be heralded as proof of Bigfoot's existence. However, Tim was the opposite. He dismissed everything, clearly irritated by hoaxes and misinformation that only confuse the public. Tim and the BFRO want only hard evidence to prove the animal's existence.
We received some interesting insights into Bigfoot behavior, generally prefaced by the acknowledgement it's supposition rather than fact. But Tim did suggest the Bigfoot community may migrate through Arizona, being found at higher climes where deep snow had closed the roads to us that time of year, but also moving down to the desert in search of prey. There's even a theory about hibernation, and that each community follows different patterns.
Food sources seem to indicate an omnivore, living off flora and fauna as it becomes available. However, its movement, socialization and communication remains theoretical. Yet its existence is beyond doubt in the mind of Tim and his fellow researchers.
Stood in the woods, overlooking a deep valley, armed with our FLIR thermal camera (see sidebar) and night vision goggles, we were tooled-up to find Sasquatch.
I tried my hand at "knocking", using Tim's axe handle on a nearby rock: the hollow sound echoing through the valley. Tim also demonstrated a Bigfoot call, preferring one that rises in pitch and intensity. If anything had been tempted to respond, it remained quiet, while Alex's attempt to mimic would have sent them running for the undergrowth.
Not since I asked my first girlfriend to show me her boobs have I ever wanted to see something so much. Yet we scoured the forest and hillside opposite without reward. The NVG and thermal turned night into day as the image intensifiers brought amazing clarity. But even the deer and turkey we'd seen in daylight were refusing to make an appearance.
Armed with our gadgets, knocks and calls, the best tool in a Bigfoot researcher's belt is patience. You spend hours listening, waiting, hoping, tuning into the forest. Sometimes you get a result, but on this occasion we didn't
Buoyed by the popularity of Animal Planet's Finding Bigfoot, Tim reports increased interest in his research. The BFRO organizes field trips for the curious, instructing them in the same track and observation techniques he demonstrated to us. You can find details on the organization's website, along with maps of recent sightings and reports. There's a form to submit if you have a sighting, which will be investigated by researchers like Tim, who seem to approach each with healthy skepticism.
What was refreshing was Tim's optimism. It's what makes the TV show so addictive. Faced with disbelief or ridicule, having scant evidence, Bigfoot proponents know it's there. "I just want to prove to myself that it's real," Tim explained. "I don't want to prove it to the world or to science, just myself.
"We go out maybe twice a month to search and investigate. Maybe we hear a call or a knock, maybe we find footprints, or maybe we don't. At worst we find nothing, but we're in a beautiful place enjoying the scenery and nature, so it's always a good weekend," Tim explained.
Switching off our equipment and returning to the vehicles, you had to wonder if we were alone. Were we being watched by something smarter than ourselves? As I fired up the V8, heated the seats and set the navigation, I knew it wasn't smarter. Yet we all desire simplicity, and I decided we should find space in our cynical lives for some of the optimism the Bigfoot researchers show. It was refreshing and certainly tempted us to return for another trying at 'Sasquatching.
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The School Days Gone By exhibit, produced by the Morse Museum and Cultural Centre, outlines various aspects of rural school life in Saskatchewan from 1912 to 1979. This exhibit allows people to reminisce or learn about the types of items you would see in a typical small town prairie school.
The Morse Museum and Cultural Centre is an active facility that is truly the heart of the community. The pride begins with the struggle to save the building itself. It began as a four room school in 1912 and, due to the increasing population of Morse, was expanded in 1928 with the addition of two more rooms. In 1961, another addition to the school was made. The school board felt it was necessary to build a new school because the old one was deemed unsuitable because of its size and age. The two schools were attached and used together until the closure of the old school in 1979. Upon closure of the old school, it was initially slated for demolition. However, after a significant struggle, the building was the second in Saskatchewan to be designated Municipal Heritage Property. Five years later it opened as a museum, gallery, gift shop and tea room. Among the exhibitions in the museum is a 1912 classroom. Your tour through this exhibit will give you a look at some of the items on display in that classroom exhibition.
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