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I was wondering if we can max all skills in the game or we have to choose wisely because they might have a limit?
Fully Inked is an achievement that requires you to "Earn every tattoo by learning all the skills". This confirms that it is possible to earn all skills and since there is no new game + mode, it must be possible to earn on a single playthrough.
It is unlikely that all story and side missions combined would provide enough XP to unlock all skills however given the enormous amount of enemies populating the game world, it is very likely that you could pick up any remaining skill points by grinding enemies.
As other posters have mentioned, enemies respawn in the areas around an enemy-controlled outpost (red bubbles on your map). You could clear these areas multiple times (as long as you don't actually capture the outpost) OR you could maximize the amount of XP earned from each enemy you encounter by performing headshots (2.5x XP) or special melee takedowns (3x - 7.5x XP).
If you are set on unlocking all 24 skills as soon as possible I would make unlocking the Death From Above and Death From Below skills a priority. These skills allow you to perform melee takedowns from above or below an enemy for a 5x XP bonus. There are also upgraded 'Dual' versions of each of these skills which allow you to subdue 2 enemies at once (7.5x XP). Getting these skills early and using the takedowns often could significantly shorten the amount of enemies required to earn all skill points necessary.
There is more than enough experience to unlock all skills relatively easily if you play your cards right - clearing all outposts undetected will take you to level 18 or so, not counting the XP from kills. Relics and lost letters also award XP, 250 and 500 points respectively; it may not seem like much, but the extra XP adds up quickly. After you reach the second island about 2/3 through the story enemies will give double XP and you will have access to Heavy Beatdown, which awards about 500 XP per 2nd island heavy.
For clearing outposts, I suggest foregoing the extra XP from takedowns and instead to rely on long-range sniper headshots - you may miss out on a hundred XP points or two that way, but you have a much better chance of clearing the outpost undetected for a massive 1500 XP bonus.
I have unlocked all the skills: it's not too hard if you are willing to spend a few hours grinding.
I did it on the south island at Charlie Camp (x238 y512). I left the area controlled by the enemy and I had unlocked the penny pincher skill. I planted land mines on the road outside Charlie Camp. You will get 120xp for each car (multiple kills). I also picked off cars with the rocket launcher. You need to loot the bodies to pay for the ammunition (I don't think you will get enough loot without penny pincher unlocked). Also you will find two cars parked in a road block north of charlie champ (both cars can be picked off with one rocket).
You should be able to get 5-10 cars which each cycle so it will take you two or three cycles to earn a skill point. It gets a bit hairy at times (if there is too much debris on the road the pirates will dismount and chase you). If things get too hot you can fast travel to Charlie Camp, restock, heal and buy more health syringes.
You can unlock all of the skills by simply playing the game, finishing it and going to capture the outposts, only one skill left for me and I finished the game, also captured all of the outposts on the upper island. And there are plenty of outposts on the lower island left.
I always selected the skill that I thought I will most need, so I started with the health and reloading guns time. If there is something I would have done differently would have been to unlock the heavy-takedown faster, after I unlock-ed it, it was 80% easier taking down those big guys from behind. I play mostly in stealth takedowns and 100m sniper shots, don't forget to first disable all alarms, if you are lucky you can shoot them from far away and the enemy wont hear you(make sure you disable the alarm or shoot all of them, shooting one wont disable the other alarms in the outpost)
Oh and btw I see Stephen saying buy health syringes, never spend money on that, just cut some green leaf like 10, and craft them rather than buying it.
TL;DR: Yes you can unlock all skills by finishing game and then liberating outposts.
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You go Montay! Show that stiff how it go.Hide replies
What about 'Dumb Waiter' ghost?? he's the second coming of Toni K00ky. TIA got me on the sp. U know who I mean!!!
This really shows how the rest of the team feels about Jennings' leadership role.
Says ALOT when your teammates don't elect their starting point guard, Jennings, as a captain.Hide replies
Sure does.
It means they selected someone else>
ASKED and ANSWERED {Rural}.Hide replies
Yessir. Building up to the big crescendo. The Thursday night chat.
I've got one in to CC Gardner effective 11-hundred hours.
I think you get special treatment if you sign it: GlennInTampa?
That only applied to former Czar, Garry D Howard. I think Mike Hunt had a restraining order on him.
U r so right, cluster lemmings zeppy, Glenn had developed his Supa Suck-uP RELATIONSHIP some time before, lets say, they both departed.
Very pedestrian Charles chat, when you going to him him witt the 'moxie' Steiner?
Good Gawd, i think Steiner turned into GiT AND charles turned into Garry G. there for a moment. Mutual Man-i-mation goin on?
Offended because Charles rightly rejected, once again,your retread Cherokee Parks question, or truly jealous that Mr Kstein and his Bulls-Centered worldview have eclipsed your irreverent and trifling high jinx? With the hour of decision so close at hand, have you finally succumbed along with the fading prospects of your supposed blog domination? Never sated by being a mere "trickle down" content source, Kstein has long been recognized a the prototype for the "engine" of blogdom, a true "content creator". Now is the time to put aside your sophmoric 'mud slinging" and aim for a more principle centered blogerati.
Let us not assassinate his spelling further, Wingo. You have done enough. Have you no sense of decency sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?
As the season breaks upon us, we must remember. There is no Bogut Bucks and Jennings Bucks, there is the Milwaukee Bucks. There is no Skiles Bucks, and Hammond Bucks and Kohl Bucks and Nelson Bucks, there is the Milwaukee Bucks.
It is time for all of us to work hand in hand, re-becoming the eighth seed we never weren't.
Close, but NO stimulus $'s for your M00nBase, Glemm! My ? for Charles was actually: Who has MORE body ink, Corree Parks or Monta Ellis? AND ............all of the bLognazatti here know that the 'Special, Big K' IS TRUELY the bLoFather, just ask B-Ball Staci or his proconsul, SvM, OR HIS fANd00m spell checker AND...............even his Chief Technical Officer, Buck Krakkens (who I think is working for Carl Ichan, on the side).
\That is all....................for now!!!!!
Close, but NO stimulus $'s for your M00nBase, Glemm! My ? for Charles was actually: Who has MORE body ink, Corree Parks or Monta Ellis? AND ............all of the bLognazatti here know that the 'Special, Big K' IS TRUELY the bLoFather, just ask B-Ball Staci or his proconsul, SvM, OR HIS fANd00m spell checker AND...............even his Chief Technical Officer, Buck Krakkens (who I think is working for Carl Ichan, on the side).
\That is all....................for now!!!!!
"Dunleavy said he had been a captain before with Golden State and Indiana but never had been chosen by his teammates...."
"...never chosen by teammates..."
Apparently there are other avenues to this place of Captain.
Well, glad we got that taken care of uh {rural].
Now, lets belly up...its five o'clock somewhere>
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There are. Remember in fall of 2000 when George Karl stripped the C's off Big Dog and Ray's jerseys and gave one to Earvin Johnson? Seemed to light a fire under Dog but sent Ray into a funk for a few weeks. But then, half the team had the flu and they were 3-9 at the time. I think Sam I Am and George are still laughing about it.
In recent years, the captain has been a unanimous Bogut thing, and there was always a Ridnour, RJ or Moute around to help. And Delfino, too. This year leadership seems kinda murky with Jennings' contract and Moute being out with the bad knee -- Ersan not being too vocal. But really, we've got four -1/2 guys who can ball -- BJ, Ellis, Ers and Dunleavy with half a Gooden. Somehow they have to lead with Luc - who has the most years with Skiles - not there.
Confidence-inspiring, isn't it?
Is Jennings demanding a recount?Hide replies
Hey!!!!!! keep politics off this bLog, Aughttahh, Inside Pitch said so!!!!
I am (almost) sure Jennings is contacting Mrs. Katherine Harris as we speak. There must be some "chads" out there..., somewhere.
It pains me to that sainted woman have her name dragged through the mud of this blog. What sort of a Red Stater are you?
To: Mr. Brandon Jennings
From: Rest of the team
Re: Team Captain
Date: One day prior to start of 2012-13 basketball season
Sorry, Brandon. We must send you this indirect, but assertive message. Taking over games while the rest of us watch flat-footed is not the way to be chosen as team captain.
Take a few shots less, especially when we are open. Be a leader, even if your hoisted shots number might decrease. Then, maybe you will become a team captain.
Of course, by that time you might be gone.
I wonder...
... if Jennings' teammates used the WD-40 stat to make their decision.
Harris starts. Really no other option, Skiles has pretty much said so already "..but he's got to match up against some of the better players, and opening night it's Paul Pierce."
Bigger questions: Who did Larry "They look like big, good strong hands. Don't they?" Sanders vote for?
Did Drew Gooden vote for Bango just to be different?
Did Joel Przybilla vote for Beno Udrih because he thought his name sounded like Ben & Jerry?
Congrats to the two captains, now prove it on the court.
Trade Jennings if you can this year while he's lighting up a "contract year" and keep the momentum of this slowly growing good team going. Getting rid of the deadwood contracts is harder in the NBA than any other sport. It has to be done first, and it's a thankless job. Now Hammonds can actually trade from some strength.
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Skyrim - I basically beat it. I'd spent at least 120 hours, which is unprecedented for me. I beat the questlines for the Winterhold College, the Companions, the Dark Brotherhood, the Thieves Guild, the Daedric quests, the Civil War, and then the main questline. The level of designing that went into this game is staggerring. Any one of those questlines would have made a decent RPG. Then you beat the game and it lets you continue as if you've done nothing special, totally encouraging you to stay.
The glitches were a big problem. At first it would crash a lot, forcing me to restart the PS3. Then came the slowdown/laggy graphics issues. The best way to fix that was to go indoors and wait for several in-game days. Then there were some logic gaps...worst was the Theives Guild, where early on you get the Theives Guild's special armor. I didn't like it so I sold it. Then a little further you get to trade in that armor for a better suit. But if you don't have the armor anymore you're completely screwed because the NPC just keeps asking if you have it. She's a fence, which is gone at that point. And at the end of the Theives Guild quests, you need her again for a final upgrade. So I couldn't officially complete that line (and get my PS3 trophy) because I sold the stupid armor. Considering the level of detail that went into this game, you'd think they would've polished it a bit more before release. I guess it was more important to get the game out for Christmas.
Uncharted 3 - Pretty good, but it felt clunkier than the previous entries. The controls just felt less refined. I liked how the storyline focused more on Drake & Sully's relationship, whereas Sully was barely in the second game. I wish they'd stop having Drake & Elena break up between each game. And the Uncharted games do exactly what the Tomb Raider games do, and exactly what the Indiana Jones movies did - The hero is always pursuing an artifact that promises great fortunes, only to find said McGuffin is actually a danger that had been sealed away for a reason. The hero never gets the treasure and instead learns about themselves. It's tried & true, but Uncharted needs to tighten up if it doesn't want to become Tomb Raider after a few more entries.
The Legend of Zelda - Skyward Sword - Zelda games have the problem of loading 90% of their plot into the first two hours of the game, so you have to slog through kiddie characters before finally getting released into the game world. There is an over-abundance of tutorials. I get that they're going for younger gamers, but I wish there was an option to skip learning how to use the bombs that I've been throwing for 25 years now!
The gameplay is tweaked a bit. Instead of an overall overworld, the surface plays as sort of a pre-dungeon dungeon, where searching objectives must be completed before you even get into the main dungeon. I like that they're experimenting with the formula, as that's a main complaint about the Zelda series, but I miss the open-world aspects where you can go anywhere you want, unlocking puzzles with newfound weapons.
I had to buy a Wii Motion Plus controller (apparently they don't make just the add-on component anymore), so I essentially payed $90 for this one. It's not quite worth that price tag (esp since I don't expect to buy any more Wii games), but it does use the controls well. With a little refinement, this game could be a lot better. It's just sorta making me want to replay Twilight Princess.


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Value System…What's In Your Wallet?
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"What's In Your Wallet?" Capital One has been asking that question since 2005 via their tag line. Well I have a tagline, "Nobody Gives A F#%K!" what's in your wallet ĀHowever, I do care about what's in your HE(ART) and your soul, because the impact of what we find there can change lives.
Value Systems, I confront them and assault them daily. Art (and in this case an ipad) is my weapon. (wink) .
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Chili's Pansear
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This Pansear is a Fire-type Pokémon owned by Chili.
This Pansear belongs to Chili of the Striaton City Gym and made its first appearance in Triple Leaders, Team Threats!. It was the first of the three brother's Pokémon which Ash battled. It went up against Ash's Tepig and was defeated, despite Chili thinking he had the advantage because it was a fire type against a fire type and it was Ash's first battle with Tepig.
It was also seen in A Call for Brotherly Love! when Cilan battled with Chili, but Pansear ultimately lost. It then battled Ash's Oshawott and won due to Cilan helping Chili and Pansear train.
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I am running Atlassian JIRA on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin). I would like to automatically start JIRA whenever the system boots. For this purpose, I created script
jira in
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I can manually start / stop JIRA by calling
/etc/init.d/jira accordingly. However, JIRA does not start during the boot process. In
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jira started... which I added in
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WACO (February 19, 2013)-A state district court judge declared a mistrial Monday in Waco while the first witness was testifying in the trial of a man accused of habitual family violence.
State District Judge Matt Johnson sent prosecutors packing when he determined their first witness violated the rules of court.
Ronald Wayne Kennedy, 42, was being tried on two counts of assault family violence, each enhanced by a prior conviction and each as a habitual offender.
When the first witness, who spoke only Spanish, took the stand she was instructed to testify through an interpreter only on issues pertinent to the charges being levied in the case.
But during her testimony she referred several times to incident that had happened before, which was outside the scope of the current trial.
She was reminded several times that testimony about prior events was improper but she refused to heed those warnings.
After several statements about prior events, Johnson ruled her testimony was improper and declared a mistrial in the case.
Rod Goble, one of Kennedy's defense lawyers said Tuesday the witness testified for about an hour and 15 minutes and by 4:30 p.m. Johnson had halted testimony and declared a mistrial.
Three options remain in the disposition of the case now, Goble said.
Prosecutors can choose to re-try the case, the parties can reach a plea agreement or the charges against Kennedy can be dismissed.
Kennedy remained in the McLennan County Jail Tuesday after Johnson remanded him to custody with no bond.


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I've written an upstart task that modifies /etc/network/interfaces. (Actually a file
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start on condition do I need to declare to let my task run before any networking jobs?
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Background: I need a VM template that can be cloned and the clones configured through a script. Among other settings, I need to give them a static IP address to access them from the host. I use guestfish to write a config file to one of the virtual disks and let a script apply these settings to the system. I don't want that disk to contain an actual system settings file. I can't modify /etc directly, because that disk is shared (copy-on-write/diff) among the clones and guestfish apparently doesn't support that type of image. I could also let them use DHCP and setup a server that assigns IP by MAC, but I'm afraid of the complexity. I could also add just another virtual disk for configuration files, but if possible I'd prefer to store settings directly on the system disk image.
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Couple Youtube questions. Shakiness feature and Adobe Flash.
1. Adobe has announced that they will no longer create new versions of flash for Android operating systems. Ice Cream Sandwich is the last version that will be able to download Flash. If you install Jelly Bean (v4.1), you will not be able to use Flash. So my first question is how will you be able to view Youtube videos? Aren't those delivered using Flash?
2. I uploaded a video to Youtube yesterday that I took while handholding my phone. There was some shaking in the video. Youtube detected that shakiness and asked me if I wanted to fix it automatically. I said yes. First, that was a cool feature but when I look at the video now, it is free from shaking and there's some additional blurriness that I didn't notice in the original video. I'm assuming this is due to the removal of the shaking. Or, is it due to the MP4 to Flash conversion?
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I was playing around with an idea just the other day. Total thought experiment.
What if Adobe comes out with it's own OS. If they drop support for iwhatever and Android could they be a late comer and dominate the market?
Are they being paid to only develop for one OS?
Will they allow google to develop a generic flash player?
Sorry OP no answers for you.
Wow, 9 hours later and nobody has an answer to these questions. I'm shocked.
@cengland0 could it be we are to use the youtube app to watch videos on our phones.... my android browsers are not that good for youtube compared to the app.
With HTML5 there will be no need for flash perhaps they will move to a HTML5 format. Chrome on a PC supports HTML5. I have chrome beta on ICS.
part 2 My guess is you are correct. A blur is less strain then a jerk on the eyes.
I am not an expert just good at guessing?


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9 Actors Who Do the Exact Same Thing on Every Movie Poster
You wouldn't think there'd be many specific rules for movie posters beyond "make the star look cool" and "don't show any dong." But as we've mentioned before, certain actors seem to have amazingly specific and arbitrary elements that must be included at all costs, logic be damned. For instance ...
#9. Colin Farrell Is Always Staring at the Corner of the Poster
Colin Farrell is a man of many faces, and all of them seem oddly fascinated by the corners of his posters. Seriously, he's covered all four corners by now, multiple times:
"Nothing soothes my troubled soul like a 90 degree angle."
It started innocently enough in the poster for 2001's American Outlaws, with an understated corner-spotting pose he'd later break out again in 2010's London Boulevard:
This was followed by a couple of romantic roles where he was clearly way more into the corners than his supposed love interests:
"They're just not pointy enough. Not like you, corners."
What is it that Colin Farrell finds so perplexing about corners? It's like his characters in these posters are becoming self-aware, peering into the edges of reality, unable to comprehend a world in three dimensions.
That or Farrell is constantly trying to remember where he left his keys.
Either way, after much deliberation, Farrell seems to have decided that the upper right corner was his favorite, and has spent much of his time staring dreamily into it (while continuing to neglect hot co-stars).
"Oh, corner. Why can't I quit you?"
#8. John Travolta Is Always Separated from His Co-Stars
You know how some people don't like the different foods on their plate touching? John Travolta is like that, only with the actors in his movies -- there's always something (a logo, a blank space or whatever) keeping him separated from everyone else. Sometimes he's on the top:
And sometimes he's on the bottom:
Denzel's superior facial hair threw him down there.
Sometimes he's on the left:
And sometimes he's on the right:
Hell, sometimes he even appears to be behind his co-stars:
Where he uses Thetans to shrink street gangs.
And other times he appears to be in front, with some type of gun in between:
"I'M NOT GAY. I have a large compensating gun as a barrier."
It's like he has some contract demand that he doesn't have to be in the same room with the other actors when publicity photos are taken. And then when somebody tries to show him a group shot they constructed out of Photoshop, he's all "WHAT IS THIS WITCHCRAFT! HURRY, DRAW A WALL BETWEEN ME AND JOAQUIN PHOENIX BEFORE HE TRIES TO STEAL MY SOUL!"
#7. Jim Carrey Has Really Flexible Arms
If his posters are to be believed, Jim Carrey movies are marketed exclusively on his ability to spread his arms. For example, all we know about Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events is that Jim Carrey's arms are in it, and something scary is happening to children in the space between them.
Also, this image only makes sense if one arm is coming out of his head. Now you can't unsee it.
This tendency started with the poster for Dumb and Dumber, which called for a seemingly impossible shot where both titular characters grab each other's head from behind at the same time. Carrey's ability to rise to the challenge gained him superstar status and a role in Batman Forever.
"Damn it, Steve, don't you know people only pay to see my wacky arm action?"
After half-assing it for Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (which featured only one elevated arm), Carrey was back in full swing for Liar Liar -- in this poster, he's saying, "Look, America. Look how wide I can spread my arms."
This was all leading up to Yes Man, which depending on the market featured Carrey stretching his arms in a field ...
... while bungee jumping ...
... or on the back of a motorcycle driven by Zooey Deschanel.
"Your arms are inferior, and the whole world shall know it!"
Of course, this was probably less "let's reference other posters" and more "they're frozen this way by now."
#6. Johnny Depp's Is Hiding the Top of His Head
Usually you can tell what type of movie Johnny Depp is starring in by the type of headgear he's wearing on the poster. For example, you can tell how fantastic his films are by how much shit he's put on his bandanna: ranging from "nothing" in realistic drama The Brave to "a complete dead bird" in the upcoming Lone Ranger movie.
We can expect Lone Ranger to have aliens and time travel in it.
Want to know how intoxicated he gets on a film? Just look at the color of his fedora. The brighter the tone, the more wasted he gets.
We'll admit there are a few other things to go by on the Fear and Loathing poster.
Meanwhile, his weirder films rely on a series of increasingly complicated top hats: The stranger the hat, the creepier the character.
It says something when we'd rather choose the guy with the gun to babysit than the other two.
Apparently Johnny is pretty self-conscious about the top of his head: Even when he doesn't have a hat on, he always makes sure to crop that part out of the poster.
... usually while looking to the left and/or standing by his female co-star.
In sum, Depp has gone through a lot of trouble to hide his hair over the past couple of decades ... but we remember what it looks like, Johnny. We remember.
Sweet Jesus.
#5. Jennifer Aniston Is Always With a Guy and Never Really Happy About It
Jennifer Aniston has been in a lot of romantic comedies; more specifically, romantic comedies where she's sitting or standing next to her co-star and looks at him like she could do a lot better. And that goes for everyone from Happy Gilmore to King Leonidas:
In the case of these films, she's probably just standing in for the audience.
The plot for all these movies calls for that type of reaction, but even when it doesn't, she still looks utterly disappointed. It's not really something she can control. It's like once you've dated Brad Pitt, every other male on the planet is sort of "meh."
But ... Paul Rudd!
However, the dissatisfied look can also be found in some earlier roles that predate her relationship with Pitt:
"Hands off my subpar boyfriend, bitch."
So who's she measuring these guys against? David Schwimmer? Or does it go back even earlier than that? What does it take to impress Jennifer Aniston?
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I'm interested to buy a NN5 with a R-D16 rotator, and I want to know if it's possible to mount the NN5 on a ballhead without the R-D16 (to save weight during a long trek ; I will use the rotator otherwise).
I've seen that the two anti-twist pins on the lower rail can be removed, and that the center hole used to fix the NN5 on the rotator (between the two pins) is threaded. What is the thread size of this hole ? Is it a standard 1/4'' or 3/8''? In this case, I think it will be easy to mount the lower rail on a tripod or ballhead screw.


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Could you please explain why the syntax in the following stanza is wrong?
by that sturdy assertiveness
that walled England the din
of traffic in my mind quietens,
Could you please explain why the syntax in the following stanza is wrong?
There is nothing I can see wrong in the syntax of that stanza. In fact, unlike much poetry, there is no serious lexical ambiguity; and with a single comma it would render just fine as a prose sentence:
Take "that sturdy assertiveness that walled England" to mean "the trait that formed a wall around England, which I will call 'sturdy assertiveness'" ... and thus shielded [as I am from such assertiveness], the noise of traffic in my mind becomes still.
There are two slightly different answers to your question. As a matter of formal grammar it is missing a comma.
However, there is something else worth pointing out. One of the things that sets poetry apart from prose is that it uses the form of words to convey meaning besides the strict semantics. This is true of prose to some extent, but it is a more important part of poetry. In simply poetry for example, rhyming schemes give a cadence to the meaning that enhances the reading pleasure.
In the example you gave the structure is rather awkward. The third line contains an obvious semantic break that isn't reflected well in the structure. I'd suggest this would be better:
You might even break the fourth line into two, as a kind of ragged cadence seems to be the author's intent.
I'd also say it is an interesting sentence. I think it is unusual the way there is a huge pile of words before you hit the verb. As you are reading all the qualifiers you are thinking, and thinking "what is the point of this sentence." I suppose it builds a sense of anticipation.
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There was a lot of celebrating in the gymnasium Tuesday night after Lauralton Hall pinned the first defeat of the season on the Pomperaug High girls basketball team, 65-45.
The Panthers' run toward an undefeated season came to an end, but the South-West Conference's Colonial Division champs knew this meeting with the Crusaders was just one stop on the road to the conference championship game where, in all likelihood, Lauralton (15-1) and Pomperaug (17-1) will renew what is now one of the SWC's most intense rivalries.
But it proved to be a frustrating stop nonetheless for the Panthers. In a game rich in contrasting styles, it was Lauralton, not Pomperaug, that imposed its style of play on the contest. As Pomperaug coach Joe Fortier noted when it was over, it was a good lesson learned.
"We will remember how this felt, and what we did wrong," Fortier said. "We will learn from this and get better."
Purely from a statistical standpoint, there are obvious problems when playing Lauralton. The Crusaders are big and physical, and that showed in the rebounding department. Lauralton enjoyed a 38-24 edge on the Panthers. Pomperaug also tossed the ball away liberally, committing 24 turnovers to Lauralton's 13.
But there were issues that took Pomperaug out of its quick, transition game. For one, Hannah Metcalf came off the floor after picking up two quick fouls in the first quarter. And with 7:22 left in the second quarter, Gabbie Holness picked up her second foul. Holness was not coming off the floor no matter how many fouls she picked up, but that wasn't the half of it.
Down in a heap on the floor on that same play, with an ankle injury, was Morgan Metcalf. The senior forward limped off and never returned.
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It was a crushing departure for the Panthers.
"Take a player like (Morgan) out, and it changes the game," Fortier said.
With both Metcalfs sitting, Lauralton dashed out to a 10-point lead. Pomperaug made a run, though, led by Holness with a 3-pointer and a drive, a Hannah Metcalf trey — yes, she came off the bench rather quickly — and then two hoops on the break from Katelynn Perrotti.
Pomperaug trailed by only two at the half, 27-25.
But Lauralton did what it wanted to do from that point on. The Crusaders slowed the game down, got into their half-court offense and crashed the boards behind Olivia Levey (13 rebounds, 10 points) and Emma McCarthy (22 points, 12 rebounds). Carly Fabbri (18 points) hit a pair of 3-pointers out of the locker room, and Lauralton ran away with the second half. Michelle DeSantis also added 13 points and seven assists.
The Panthers managed just 10 points in each of the third and fourth quarters. Three players fouled out (Holness, Hannah Metcalf, Olivia Bonnanzio), and Morgan Metcalf missed the final three quarters.
"It was almost like we won a tournament or something," said Lauralton coach Amanda Forcucci about her team's reaction at game's end. "It is a regular season game. But Pomperaug is a good team, and this is a benchmark for us. Take nothing away from our kids, they executed, but when Metcalf went down, (Pomperaug was) not 100 percent. That was not their full team."
Holness was typically brilliant for Pomperaug, with 28 points, five assists and four steals. But the Panthers played this game with starters on the bench, due to injury or foul trouble, not on the floor. Pomperaug's leading rebounders, Perrotti (seven boards) and Gabi Penzetta (five), did that coming off the bench.
"We didn't play well at all, but we were still in the game," Fortier said, talking about the team's gutsy run in the second quarter to get the game close by the half. "But you can't do that for 12 or 15 minutes of the game."
True. It needs to be for 32, and it helps if you can keep your players on the floor. There will be another chance to do that. These teams will probably meet again with an SWC championship on the line.
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EDIT: Let me try to make the question clearer.
Consider the invertible sheaves $\mathcal{O}(d)$ over the projective space $\mathbb{P}^n$ where $d\in \mathbb{Z}$. Now, if $d>0$, among many properties, it is known that the space of global sections of such sheaves $V=\Gamma({\mathbb{P}^n},\mathcal{O}(d))$ encode information about embeddings between the projective spaces $\mathbb{P}^n$ and $\mathbb{P}(V)=\mathbb{P}^N$.
My question is the following. What kind of information do the sheaves $\mathcal{O}(d)$ encode when $d<0$?. By "information" I mean, in which context do they appear and seem to be helpful?
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Is there a difference between the words 'modify' and 'edit'? I am creating a form that will allow users to make changes to their order - what should the call to action button name be - 'edit your order' or 'modify your order'. Is there any difference in the user expectations when they see either of the two names? Please let me know your thoughts.
I'd say it's a matter of context.
Edit is good for content, documents, text. (related to: editor, books, newspapers, mags).
Modify is good for tweaking a part of something, maybe text but it could be anything, maybe more visually related adjustments - eg modify shape rather than edit shape?
So - interestingly, you'd be likely to edit your document and modify the header of that document.
Change is good for a choice or a collection of things, like a shopping basket or an order, or for replacing an email address or a password for example. Witness the google search result count (ref @jbreckmckye's reply) for 'change your order' being 75 million.
Users will recognize them as interchangeable, although 'edit' is the more common term. A google search for "edit your order" raises 52 million results, compared to 9.7 million for "modify your order".
Generally, though, you shouldn't worry which one you pick - just that you use it consistently.
One caveat: 'editing' is easy to convey visually with pen-and-pencil images. I don't know of any widespread alternative that fits 'modifying'. Another reason to prefer 'editing'.
I'm not a native english speaker, but what I can say is that I'd understand both. Looking at the definition I'd probably go with modify:
Both of them mean to change something, but I see "modify" more often in a commerce setting and "edit" more often when talking about documents. So my gut feeling is that "modify" will seem more natural to your users, but you might want to look at some of your favorite commerce sites to see what they do.
"Change" is another word you might use.
As this is an order for something I'd go with "modify your order".
It's the more natural English expression (at least in the UK!) and as such it reads better (to me).
"Edit" implies changing the "thing" - usually text - whereas "modify" is the more general term that applies to everything. You might be seeing more Google hits for "edit" as this usage has grown with the spread of computers and people's acceptance of the "edit" menu on most applications.
I believe that "edit" is pretty common in database applications. If you search for "edit", "modify" and "change" at iconfinder.com, you'll get more than 1000 hits for "edit" and only 4 hits for "modify" and "change".
That said, I always look at amazon.com when it comes to online shopping and managing orders. Over there they use "View, Modify, Track or Cancel an Order" and they use "Change Account Settings". If you open an order, they use "Change Delivery Address", "Change Payment Method", "Change Shipping Speed" etc...


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Ive been building various monster grinders lately and using water flows to bring the items dropped to a collection point. I've noticed that the items pushed along by the water travel much slower than a player being pushed. Does anyone know why? Is it intentional?
Silly answer: The resources are being shoved along the ground and dragging on it (they're not floating, after all), whereas the player is at risk of falling over, so must walk with the current to keep their balance.
Actual relevant information: Note that resources move far faster in a water current on top of ice (faster than the apparent current!), and slower on soul sand. This indicates that the slowness of resources is mostly caused by friction. Maybe the player inherently "has less friction", and therefore moves faster.
[I say "resource" rather than "item" to refer to dropped things because of the convention that "items" are those things-you-can-carry which are not blocks (so resources are both items and blocks), and Notch called them resources at least in the past.]
One theory, and most likely why, is that Notch wanted to make sure the player could move fast enough, faster than the items, so the player could collect them.


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Hello Everybody,
Is there a proof of Sobolev embedding theorem without using the GNS or Morrey inequalities? If so, can you provide me with some references?
Background: I happened to attened a talk on Computational PDEs and Sobolev spaces. The speaker made a reference to a proof by S. L. Sobolev using polynomials. But, unfortunately he does not remember any references.
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One Duplex, Three Renovations
A couple of successful television writers stop at nothing to perfect their New York home, a process that involves three different remodels over five years.
Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess, writers and producers best known for the HBO series "The Sopranos," know it can take a number of drafts to get a script just right.
A Tale of Three Remodels
First Renovation
- Cost: $140,000
- Notable cost: Labor ($60,000)
Second Renovation
- Cost: $250,000
- Notable cost: Frameless glass shower door ($5,000)
Third Renovation
- Cost: $320,000
- Notable cost: Cabinets ($85,000)
Backyard and Patio: $170,000
Total for All Renovations: $880.000
What cost more than expected? The backyard started off as a $60,000 project. They expanded the scope and spent $120,000.
What cost less? They nixed the idea of raising the ceiling on the lower floor, saving $20,000.
The same was true for the renovation of their Greenwich Village townhouse, which has gone through its third—and they say final—redo. Over five years, the couple updated the kitchen twice, the living room twice and the master bedroom and office twice. "We just thought the place could be better," explained Ms. Green.
The couple, who are married, bought the 1,700-square-foot, two-bedroom, two-bath duplex in a 19th-century townhouse for $2.1 million in 2006. They liked its red Federal-style exterior and its location—close to Washington Square Park and a subway that could take them up to the "Sopranos" set in Queens. The yard, though only about 500 square feet, opened from the kitchen and was a perfect space for their dog, Silenzio, a Chihuahua and miniature Schnauzer mix.
There was also a lot they didn't like: The floor plan exaggerated the smallness of the space and the décor felt dowdy and dark. Having seen recent sales that valued their home at $3 million, they decided they could spend a total of $900,000 for all the various renovations and still not lose money if they wanted to sell. "Mentally, that was the price at which I would make myself quit," said Ms. Green.
The first renovation, soon after they bought the house, redid the 40-square-foot kitchen. They spent about $140,000 knocking down a wall that divided it from the dining room and adding marble counters, an island, a brick patterned backsplash, new appliances and tiled floors.
Two years later, the couple did a second, larger redo, which included overhauling the master bedroom and bathroom, an office and a powder room, all on the bottom floor. It took five months and cost about $250,000. And while the couple helped to pick out the materials and approved the design, over time they grew dissatisfied with the result. "We made some mistakes," said Mr. Burgess. "It felt like a motel," said Ms. Green.
Renovations have put strain on many a marriage. Fortunately, Ms. Green, 67, and Mr. Burgess, 61, collaborate on their home much as they do in their writing. They first met at the Iowa Writers' Workshop in 1976, where Ms. Green taught Mr. Burgess. They moved to Los Angeles, where Ms. Green started writing for a television show called "A Year in the Life"; subsequently she enlisted Mr. Burgess to help on "Northern Exposure." It was while working on a show called "Almost Grown" that she met "Sopranos" creator David Chase, who hired them as the first writers for the show. Collectively they have won five Emmy Awards and three Golden Globes.
The couple left "The Sopranos" in 2006, moving on to create the CBS series "Blue Bloods." In 2010, they decided to improve their yard and back deck, spending about $170,000 on wrought-iron rails, a fountain, stone for their patio and ivy-covered walls. Mr. Burgess says he uses his outdoor kitchen to cook for many of their dinner parties with friends, who over the years have included "Sopranos" actors, food writer Ruth Reichl and chefs such as Mario Batali and Nancy Silverton.
Still not satisfied with their home, the couple decided to launch into another renovation. In 2009, they hired Los Angeles-based designer Christine Markatos Lowe to tackle the upstairs, two years later expanding her task to the entire home.
Ms. Markatos Lowe wanted to keep what she called the Edith Wharton vibe of the house but modernize it, making the small space feel larger, lighter and less visually chaotic. To do this, she replaced the marble fireplace mantles with Federal-style wood ones painted white. She ditched the ceiling fans, covered yellow walls with sage-colored wallpaper, darkened the blond wood floor and installed wool carpets. The couple agreed to a $20,000 19th-century cabinet suggested for the dining room but rejected the $12,000 fireplace screens. ("Sometimes you feel like you just have to say no," said Ms. Green, adding she still might get them one day.)
The biggest fix was replacing the chunky bookshelves that partially divided the dining room from the living room with walls, making the space less cluttered. Ms. Markatos Lowe also integrated the kitchen better with the dining room, painting the dark cherry cabinets a cream color.
Downstairs, in the master bedroom, they discussed raising the ceiling to make the room feel less cramped. But after finding out that would add about $20,000 to the bill, Ms. Markatos Lowe decided to get the same effect by covering the dark wood walls with light-gray wallpaper, adding built-in bookshelves and designing them a new bed. This last renovation cost $320,000.
The couple says the house is finally how they want it. But they confess they're already thinking about a new home: On the wish list is an apartment high off the ground with views and a doorman to accept packages when they travel. They considered Paris, but decided New York is really now home. "After you go to France six or seven times, you realize you're not French," joked Mr. Burgess.
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I have diamond-shaped polygonal bullets. There are lots of them on the screen.
I did not want to create a vertex array for each, so I packed them into a single vertex array and they're all drawn at once.
| bullet1.xyz | bullet1.rgb | bullet2.xyz | bullet2.rgb
This is great for performance.. there is
struct Bullet
vector<Vector3f*> verts ; // pointers into the vertex buffer
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This works fine, the bullets can move and do collision detection, all while having their data in one place.
Except when a bullet "dies"
Then you have to clear a slot, and pack all the bullets towards the beginning of the array.
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According to the documentation I can execute a program somewhat like so:
destination knotifier { program('/path/to/executable'; };
And it will send the log to the stdin of the executable. But what if the program I'm executing would need the input as an argument to an option? Is there a way to do that? Or do I have to write a wrapper for the program I'm executing?


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Welcome to the first ever Miss TDP competition! Before continuing to the theme for round three, we ask that all members read the following rules and procedures if they are competing.
Due to a drop out, there was no voting elimination for the last round, but there will be in the next round. The following members are still competing in this competition and are the only ones allowed to post here:
THIS IS NOT A DISCUSSION THREAD NOR THE PLACE TO SUBMIT DOLLMAKER ENTRIES! Before you post here, I suggest you stop. All non-entry posts will be deleted. If you have questions, direct them to Silver_Wolf_Kitty. If you want to discuss the contest, the official Miss TDP clique(found here) is suggested.
1. Character. When entering Miss TDP, you need to enter with one character and stay with it the entire time. This means that your dolls hair, eye, and skin colour must remain the same throughout, unless otherwise stated in the round theme.
2. Base. You must use the same base set throughout, so pick one with a variety of poses. This base should also be medium in size for handdrawn dollers (comparable in size to the "Moe" bases here: DHF : Doll on the Hill Factory). Dollmaker users should use the shuni style base.
3. Theft. No stealing the work of another. This applies to both handdrawn and dollmaker participants, so do not submit a doll that someone else made or, for handdrawn dollers, mix and match pieces of completed dolls that are not your own. All work should be original and failure to comply will result in disqualification.
4. Props. Props and backgrounds are encouraged, but should not be massive. We will ask too large of entries to reduce their size, so be reasonable.
5. Transparency. We ask that all dolls have transparent background and is a GIF file. If you dont know how to do this, see the following thread: How to Make Backgrounds Transparent
6. Forbidden. Sexually explicit, nudity(artistic nudity must be okayed first by Silver_Wolf_Kitty), or overly bloody dolls are forbidden. Entering one could result in disqualification.
7. Theme. Every doll should relate to the theme. While we encourage creativity, failure to keep with the theme can get you eliminated automatically that round.
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9. Competing. You can only submit one entry for each cometition, so choose wisely. The rules are being changed to allow crossover, but we ask that handdrawn dollers stick to the dollmakers if they are inclined to compete in that arena.
10. Animation. Animation is forbidden in the competition. We understand that many users like glitter, blinking, etc, but it takes away from the creativity and creates an unequal playing field for those who cant animate.
The audition round procedures are no longer in place, these are the procedures that will be followed in the future.
1. Participants enter a doll every two weeks in the set thread. They may enter it sooner, however further edits are not allowed after the doll is entered. No matter what, the two weeks are a guaranteed time slot(unless all entries are received before it).
2. Any participants who fail to meet this deadline will be eliminated. Deadlines are not being extended for anyone, so do not ask. Special extensions may be asked in the event of a long trip or medical/family emergency, but you must contact Silver_Wolf_Kitty immediately if this occurs.
3. After two weeks, the judges will then provide critique on each entry and select a bottom two for the round.
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5. Votes are counted and the bottom participant is eliminated, then the next round begins.
The theme for round three is "Jewel Fairies". This means that competitors need to select a jewel color(such as Ruby Red, Emerald Green, Sapphire Blue, etc) and use it for their entire doll. The fairy should be in entirely that color, with the exception being one piece of black or white clothing or accessory and metal palettes(which should be using sparingly). Competitors are not permitted to change their character's skin, hair, or eye colors in this round.
When your doll is ready, we ask participants to post their handdrawn doll in this thread. Round three will close the evening of September 15th! After that, the judges will submit their critiques and then public voting of the bottom two for the round will begin.
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Name: Lola
Jewel colour: Turquoise turquoise. XD
Basically lola is now dressed up as a turquoise fairy. She may have small wings but she makes up for it with her big attitude. She's quite a modern fairy hence the arm warmers and short skirt. Those fishnets took ages and ages and ages. I don't think I have any colours apart from turquoise and I hope it's turquoise enough and not too blue.
She has no shoes because I can't really think of what shoes a fairy would wear. Not flip flops that's for sure.XD
Judges' Critiques
Its a good entry but its a little bland. Plus, its a really bright colour and it almost clashes with the black hair. The same colour over and over again makes it really hard to focus on one item. This is why we allowed you to use the other neutral colours, so it wouldn't clash as much,
I agree with Singer. There is way too much of the same bright green shade, that doesn't really seem very much like the Turquoise I'm used to seeing, which is usually more blue. Also, this doll was clearly rushed. You should've taken more time to smooth out the curves of the wings and to work on the outlines. The accessories look blotchy, especially the necklace, and you probably would've been better off with wider spaces for the fishnets. It has potential, but I feel this doll was a huge miss.
Character: Mandy
Jewel: Lapis lazuli
Base: nicolabear on deviantART
Mandy (a singer/actress) has a new movie role! She's not so happy about dressing up as a fairy, and only being a supporting role, but business is business. She's always a little grumpy when she doesn't get her way. :P
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That is so cute! The colours blend so well together. The wings are my favorite and the make-up too! Although, why no shoes? It just dawned on me that she doesn't have any shoes. Overall, great job!
This doll is adorable. The shading on this came out wonderfully, especially the poof of the skirt. Interesting choice to add the freckles/glitter that matched her hair, definately a risk with her skin tone, but I think it turned out very nicely. The pixel mushroom was a nice touch, definately an above and beyond move that shows exactly why you are in this competition. Overall, this is an excellent doll.
Character: Ashley
Jewel: Cartoon Dolls - Doll maker and Dress up games to dress up dolls and avatars - Making Cartoon Dolls @ TDP
Base: DHF : Doll on the Hill Factory
With a colour scheme like this, I just wanted to make something asymmetric and eccentric. Since her outfit is so colourful, I decided not to add many accessories so it wouldn't look too busy. The wings are made of wire, with gems set in them (I couldn't get Ashley to wear traditional fairy wings XD). Design of the wings was inspired by this stylized butterfly: http://vector4free.com/_images/vectors/normal/76.png
Judges' Critiques
Awesome idea! I wouldn't have even thought of doing a muliti colour jewel. And I know you said that with the major colour scheme you didn't want to add to many accessories but I think just a simple necklace or bracelet would have been nice because she does look a bit bland where her clothes aren't. What I also could have seen on there is maybe a simple tattoo on her right shoulder or her stomach but I also know those are hard to pixel. Overall, great job!
When you approached me about a multi-colored stone, I was a bit worried about how you would do it, but I think this came out brilliantly. I'm glad you chose to do a gradient and not separated colors, I think then this doll would've flopped big time. I really think the wire wings were an original concept and it definately added to the eccentric nature of this doll. I agree with Singer that you could've gotten away with a simple necklace or bracelet of the same metal since it looks a little empty on top, but it still is a very beautiful doll.
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Character: Saguna
Stone: Lace Agate (File:Gem.pebbles.800pix.labelled.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia , last row, second from the right)
Base: CCG (21) Fantasies , Medley
The reason it's posted as a PNG with a link to the GIF version is simple; Iaza eated it. Badly. It might not be obvious right off the bat where it was eaten, but if you guys do the zoom-in thing to check shading and do comparisons between the two and all you'll definitely see it. Especially in her pants and in the stones.
Anyway, I chose the Lace Agate because it's a very pretty, very light stone. I wasn't entirely sure how many shades there are of it, so I did do a few shades that were darker than what's seen in the image. The wings' gems are being held up by ghosts, as we tried finding a good set of wings for Alvin to wear and it just wouldn't work. So, found a bunch of Lace Agate gems and had her ghost friends hold them up. That won't disqualify her, will it? >.>;
Judges' Critiques
Its a little bland coming from you but its nice and simple. I would have thought you would have done some more...well, out there, but this is also a nice post from you. I would have chose a different colour for the pants, simply because I think it clashes a bit with the outfit, but that also could be the white background playing with my eyes. Overall, very nicely done.
My first thought was "Man, I wish I had her hair!". Its so beautifully styled and it was a nice touch to toss it over her shoulder. I think the issue that this doll has though is the wings are dominating it. I think they are incredibly beautiful, but Alvin is definately overshadowed here. Maybe a different base pose would've fixed this problem. As for the colors, it definately became a problem when the transparency couldn't be done. It is beautiful, but the white background definately makes the palette colors all blend together. Its a great doll and its a shame the background couldn't be made transparent without destroying it since I suspect it would've looked very good.
I stare at the girl in the mirror: T-shirt, torn up jeans, no beauty queen.
But the way that you see me, you get underneath me, and all my defenses just fall away, fall away.
I am beautiful with you, even in the darkest part of me. I am beautiful with you;
Make it feel the way it's supposed to be!
Character: Tiffany
Jewel: Diamond
Base: *DEAC loves you.
Tiffany is a diamond fairy, and she chose to be a diamond fairy because diamond is the birthstone for April, and her birthday is April 16th.
I had a lot of fun with this doll, even though the white palate was hard to work with. I added a silver belt, bewcause I thought that it was missing something, and even gave her a diamond wand, one that she normally uses as a baton, and twirls around her fingers, but almost always end up dropping it.
Judges' Critiques
Very cute idea but wasn't the best well thought out plan. First, very light pallette. When your working with a light pallette, add a darker background so it is more easily shown. This is mainly for the wings. Second, the lips. A little too light. You should have done a darker pallette or just kept them neutral. Third, the light pallette makes her look really, really light skinned for some reason. Most of the time, it goes the opposite way but on my computer its not. And fourth, the hair doesn't look that great with this outfit. I think its just that the lightness of everything is a little too much. However, the diamond baton was a nice touch and that looks really nice and the diamonds on the side are nice. Overall, it was a decent effort. Although, I did notice you are the only one with shoes. xD
I agree that the palette choice ended up becoming an issue with the doll. It is a cute concept, but once all the white got together, it turned into a mess. I believe that working with this much white is generally a risk in dolling and sadly this was a miss. I think the biggest issue, of all the tiny things, is the white lips. If you had done a bright red, I think this doll could've been improved significantly. Nice accessory choices though, I notice that you had shoes, which seems to give this doll a more urban slair than the other fairies. I like it, I just would've liked to see more.
baby, you got me. ♥
Character: Gabriel
Jewel: Ceylon White Sapphire
Base: Poupe-base by GigideMortimer by ~GigideMortimer on deviantART
I chose the Ceylon White Sapphire because someone had already picked Diamond and it was too late to change the colour of my doll, I placed her on a black background because it is hard to see the white on a light background, I hope you like her as a LOT of work went into creating Gabriel as a fairy and I am very proud of her.
Gabriel is on her way home from a Fairy Gathering in the woods, she is normally a fairly good girl but tonight she is in a good mood & feeling a little tipsy due to the fact that she had a little too much honey wine, The Love spell that she was supposed to learn for the fairy elders backfired and ended up on herself, so to her dismay instead of falling in love with the local hottie that she has had her eye on she ended up falling in love with you guessed it...herself
Judges' Critiques
This is a great entry. It was well thought out and well put together. I love the outfit and the hair and the background was a nice touch to make sure everything stood out enough. Overall, great job!
You know, I never would've put my money on you becoming one of the top contenders since you are just beginning, but I think you are bringing a level of creativity to this competition that the other contestants would do well to be wary of. I really love the shaping of the outfit, it was creative and well done with the shading, the only issue is the black shorts. A little more work on their shading would've fixed that issue though. The one thing I say was done wrong is the wings need to be lowered(they are currently coming out of her neck ), but other than that, this is an excellent doll.
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Scene At The 56th Bakersfield March MeetWritten by on July 10, 2014 Contributors: Marc Gewertz, Kleet Norris Nostalgia drag racing might be the healthiest, fastest-growing "sport within the sport," thanks to what the Smokers started on this abandoned military base in 1959.
Prior to March 1959, nobody could've guessed that a meet hastily organized around Don Garlits' first appearance west of Texas would be renewed even once, let alone for the next 55 years. Things didn't look too promising after the disastrous 28th edition, either. NHRA's expanding schedule during the late '70s—in particular, March's new Gatornationals, clear across the continent—siphoned off local and touring pros obsessed with chasing Winston points and bucks. Consequently, attendance plunged so dramatically that Bakersfield's fabled March Meet vanished from 1989's major-event calendar, presumably into history.
Riding to the rescue in the early '90s was an unlikely savior: so-called nostalgia fuel racing, a regional, loosely organized activity that began as exhibition runs during Baylands (Fremont) Raceway's annual Father's Day Drags, then percolated for a decade in California. After various underfunded, inexperienced sanctioning organizations failed to stage a successful March Meet—or two, in one forgettable year—local boy Jack Williams persuaded Goodguys to revitalize the show by renting Famoso Raceway in March 1994.
With Williams, NHRA's first Top Fuel world champ (1964), as the respected event director, the meet grew and prospered until 2006's debacle. Within weeks of Williams' sudden death, "weeping" ground water bubbled through the old, cracked track surface, resulting in a scary series of Sunday crashes and the first cancellation in event history. That decision, and another to refuse ticket refunds, alienated racers and fans alike. Many unfairly blamed track lessors John and Blake Bowser, who were helpless to intervene. Considerable negativity and pessimism lingered long after the Bowsers negotiated the subsequent edition's return to local control.
Jam-packed staging lanes, the addition of a fourth day, and SRO Saturday crowds confirm that the March Meet has finally regained the momentum and good faith interrupted eight years ago. Moreover, nostalgia drag racing might be the healthiest, fastest-growing "sport within the sport," thanks to what the Smokers started on this abandoned military base in 1959.
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Can you spot the '34 Chevy in this photo? Neither can we. As much as older fans anticipated Bakersfield's first open AA/Fuel Altered Eliminator since the '70s, the track's acceptance of long, winged "transformers"—i.e., modern Funny Cars wearing coupe and roadster bodies—and implementation of a 6.00-second breakout generated pre-race controversy that only intensified during qualifying and eliminations. While the Sullivan family's Fiat (far lane), the Marcellus & Boyd Winged Express, Rich Guasco's Pure Hell, and other crowd favorites were screaming flat out to the finish line, the nontraditional transformers resorted to bracket-racing techniques: shutting off early, then hitting the brakes and/or parachutes to avoid running under. That's how Dan Hix (near lane) coasted, literally, into this final round, where a 'chute-slowed 6.11 at just 206.16 mph held off Jeremy Sullivan's 6.21 and WFO charge of 220.55 mph, top speed for the class. In hindsight, a maximum-wheelbase rule excluding 125-inchers might've proOne opponent's breakage, another's red light, and two holeshots added up to the biggest victory of James Day's career. He upset a quicker, faster Del Worsham in Round One, 5.841/244.65 to 5.831/250.04, and hung the holeshot of the meet (0.043 versus 0.200 r.t.) on low-qualifier Dan Horan in the Funny Car finale, 5.88/228.31 to 5.726/255.19. Gary Turner built his own '78 Dodge Challenger body for brand-new Victory Race Cars pipe.Ron Anzalone has returned this old favorite to competition, still powered by a big, 300ci Kay Sissell-Mike Kirby Stovebolt. The antique T went two rounds in the 9.60-indexed Nostalgia Eliminator III.The swap meets accompanying Famoso Raceway's two biggest annual meets are famous for the quantity and quality of speed equipment. This eye-catching display was consistently surrounded by would-be slingshot heroes each day, but the 180-inch roller sat unsold on Sunday morning. The asking price was $5,500. (The phone number is 520/820-5202.)When (twin) brothers Scott and Peter Menges found this shoebox Ford, the engine was in the middle of the car and the front end was lying next to it. They brought it back to their speed shop in the central California coast town of Atascadero, put a big cam in the 413-inch mill, returned the motor to the front of the car, and fabbed the tilt nose. They hadn't raced it yet, but "the car moves," they told us.The '36 Dodge's hood panel is raised not only to show off its transplanted Chevy six, but because the 292ci engine was left idling in the swap-meet area, generating smiles and extra attention. Unseen goodies include a 3-inch dropped axle, '67 Chevy rearend, Pete & Jake's shocks, and fresh everything. Roman was asking $9,800, and may still have the truck (try 559/359-2082).All Buick and all bitchin', this sleeper '36 Special coupe belongs to Bob McGiffin of Leona Valley, California. Dual quads feed the nailhead.It's a wonder what lowering and shaving will do for just about anything, as illustrated by a mild custom Karmann Ghia, of all things. (Just ask the guy whose Viper coupe was mostly overlooked next door.) Owner and painter Sal Contreras, 32, brought the sporty '63 VW back from the dead at Central Body and Paint in nearby Delano.
Runner - up Jeremy Sullivan lost the war but won our hearts in the final round. Without the benefit of a modern chassis or any aerodynamic aids, Mike Sullivan's son somehow kept a traditional, legal AA/ Fuel Altered straight at 220-plus—almost fast enough to surprise a sandbagging transformer. Regular HRD contributor Kleet Norris caught the clutch-dusted action.Second-generation AA/FD driver Terry Cox hopped directly from his father's Cheetah IV fueler into the '20s-vintage seat of a pedal-powered custom built by his Sacramento bike shop, College Cyclery. Painter Jason Haskin's design was inspired by an old poster of the AA/Fuel Altered campaigned by the Burkholder brothers—one of whom, Pete, went through school with John Cox. The sting of a "first-round-runner-up" finish was lessened, a little, by Terry's personal-best 260.46-mph speed (second only to Tony Bartone's 262.13).


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As alcohol awareness week gets underway, some students on Western's campus are getting an up close look at what its like to drive while intoxicated.
WKU's Health Services, Police Department, and a number of student volunteers have been working to give students the chance to see the effects of drunk driving, all while participating in hands on activities like the simulated drunk driving test.
If you want to learn more about alcohol awareness week and test your skills on the road, volunteers will be out on Western's South Lawn on Wednesday from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.
And on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m., Tom Forte, from Bowling Green's Police Department, will be speaking on "Alcohol and the Law" in room 305 of DUC, on WKU's campus.
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What to Expect in a Normal Delivery
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Helping the baby along
Internal Monitors on the Baby
For most patients, external monitors are adequate; however, if the baby's heart rate becomes worrisome or if it's difficult to tell how well a patient is contracting, internal monitors may be recommended. A fetal scalp electrode is placed on the baby's head to measure the baby's heart rate and any abnormalities. There might also be an IUPC (intrauterine pressure catheter) inserted that is not attached to the baby, but is a flexible probe inserted between the baby and the uterine wall through the vagina. This device detects the strength of the contractions and offers a more accurate interpretation of labor. The IUPC also serves as a means to increase the amount of fluid surrounding the baby, called an amnio infusion. This occurs when saline or water is transfused into the space around the baby and provides additional cushioning for the umbilical cord in times of stress. When the patient gets internal monitors, the external monitors are removed. There is a slightly increased chance of infection, which is why these monitors aren't routinely placed on all patients.
Using Pitocin to Speed Up Labor
If your labor has slowed or stopped and the doctor has made the assessment of the three P's and it is still possible to deliver vaginally, then the doctor might administer pitocin through an IV. Pitocin is a medicine that stimulates the uterus to contract. It mimics the body's own natural hormone called oxytocin, which is supposed to do the same thing that is, speed up labor. Pitocin is generally a safe medicine; however, there are some precautions that need to be taken for example, its dosage needs to be carefully regulated.
In rare circumstances, the uterus may become overstimulated, in which case the uterus contracts so frequently that the baby receives less oxygen. This may lead to a decrease in the baby's heart rate as the uterus doesn't have any downtime from the contractions. When the uterus is contracting, oxygen is at its worst for the baby. During the relaxation phase between contractions, the baby's optimal oxygen status is usually restored.
If, by some chance, the contractions become too frequent, the doctors will recommend turning down or turning off the pitocin temporarily in order to give the baby a break and a chance to recover sufficiently. In extreme circumstances, when this does not work, the doctor may recommend that the patient receive a different medication to relax the uterus and counteract the effects of pitocin temporarily.
One other potential complication from pitocin is that the uterus could rupture, due to hyperstimulation (overstimulation) or extreme contraction strength generated by the drug. For these reasons, the drug is carefully monitored at all times.
Repositioning the Baby
If the doctor determines that your lack of progress is due to the baby's position or malpresentation, then the doctor may attempt to reposition the baby's head during a vaginal exam, if at all possible. To do this, the doctor will gently feel the landmarks on the baby's skull to imagine which way the baby's head is pointed. Then he will attempt to turn the baby and correct any malpresentation that exists.
Many times, labor will resume in a normal fashion after repositioning without any further intervention, and the mother will eventually reach maximal dilation of 10 centimeters. When the mother is maximally dilated and effacement is 100%, then she is ready to push.
Pushing and Delivery
Usually, the patient's nurse or doctor will have coached her ahead of time so that she knows what to expect when they ask her to push. Pushing is timed to coincide with each contraction for maximum effect. When the uterus is contracting, this is the best time for the mother to exert her pushing efforts in order to deliver the baby. A contraction lasts approximately one minute. She will be asked to push three times during each contraction, with each effort lasting approximately 10 seconds.
In-between contractions, the patient is asked to rest and not push, but to take slow deep breaths of oxygen in order to give the baby as much oxygen as possible. Remember, this is one of the most stressful times for the baby. Not only is the uterus contracting, but most of the amniotic fluid has leaked out so there is less cushioning to counteract the pressure that is being generated by the contracting uterus. Also, the space is tighter for the baby as it works its way down the birth canal.
In the early stages of pushing, the doctor or nurse may be examining you simultaneously with your pushing. For the doctor, this is a good opportunity to see how effective the patient is able to push.
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I see some sites are blocked for IT security at schools, colleges and offices. But, why are some obvious good sites blocked too?
What's the real reason behind blocking the social sites? Even legitimate sites like Twitter which acts as a knowledge repository?
There are all sorts of security risks - the ones I tend to highlight are:
Obviously you also have the time-wasting aspect - social networking can be a huge time-sink. One thing to be aware of is that now everyone and their dog has a smart phone, the social networks are available whether or not you allow it on the company network, so the time wasting may still be an issue.
Number 1 - as others have mentioned - is control: you should be working, not playing on facebook, or telling your dog on twitter that you just got yelled at by your boss (for playing on facebook).
Number 2 - is bandwidth. Even if there is plenty of bandwith available, there is no reason to waste it on, well, sites that you shouldnt be using when you're working. And if it's not being used - then they can cut their pipe, and pay less to the ISP...
I think that in most organizations, except for the most secure/paranoid, its not really about security. And in many of those places, there's no Internet at all, anyway...
In short - because you should be working. And, in general, any truly relevant knowledge available via social sites is equally available elsewhere.
Others have pointed out that social sites are loaded with malware and waste people's time. However, there are surely legitimate business uses for social sites like leveraging them for sales and marketing. Therefore organizations need to implement network security technology that enable them to enforce policies that control who has access to which social networks and for what purposes.
Many of you mentioned time-wastage as a reason for preventing access to social networking websites.
An interesting response to this is a local corporate bank allows access to most sites, and has the popular ones tiered.
Tier 1 - Financial Times, Washington post, etc - unlimited use
Tier 3 - Twitter, Facebook, gmail, etc - 10 min slots (total 30 min per day)
Tier x - unranked websites - blocked.
Unfortunately, it does require someone to rank all major websites, but it means that productivity is maintained as the staff are directed to leave the page when the time limit is met.
Also, content control is not managed, so there has to be an additional system!!