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Music in the Air oil on linen canvas 36 x 36 inches 1993-1994
This painting was created during the time my brother was dying of cancer. He loved the music of the jazz greats of the past, especially Duke Ellington and Bix Beiderbecke.
In the hospital room and later in the nursing home where he subsequently died, we played tapes of Bix Beiderbecke's music. The pure, beautiful, and tense sound tumbling from his horn seemed to provide serene and happy moments for my brother. To him, the painting expressed the lilting qualities of great jazz music.


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I love the early ones the best though because it was just so basic and the comedy was really excellent. Chris Barrie and Craig Charles had this great chemistry back then and Norman Lovett was just awesome, plus Danny John-Jules was better in those early episodes as the Cat.
It's a genius comedy though. I remember watching them over and over when I was a kid. Now I have the boxsets and I love them. I'm probably due to start watching them from the beginning again some time soon. I love that show!
I find it hard to choose between season 1 and 2 compared to 3-6. 1 and 2 as you said has the great chemistry between Lister and Rimmer and the Cat is great but it lacks Kryten who adds to the group perfectly.
Yes, but no male Holly in 3-6. Although Hattie Hayridge was pretty awesome as well.
I don't know why but 1 & 2 will always be my favourites, although I love 1-6 full stop. As far as I am concerned, the series ended with series 6 though, as I cannot stand 7 and 8. Especially 8. Don't even get me started on 8.
I keep meaning to re-read the books at some point, which I haven't read since I was a kid. I wonder if they will be as good as I remember?
I haven't read them but my mate said they were wicked, most of the comedy can translate into a book pretty easily I am guessing.
Red Dwarf should have gone the way of classics like Fawlty Towers and The Office and stopped after a couple of series.
Back to FM... I've noticed a couple of people on about having two or even more saves running concurrently. I don't have time to play one as much as I would like!
I agree with Nobby on the save front!
I was going to start my first FM11 save with Sporting Lisbon, with the title "It's time to break out the L word!.....Lisbons"
But, I've changed my mind on the team!
You're going to Leverstock Green instead?
Jeez I haven't posted my career for a while.
You can tell theres a new FM around the corner with the lack of action in this forum, As soon as 11 comes out just think how many people are going to put there careers on here. ooooh exciting times.
I need to update three seasons in my career, but I really cannot be arsed
Come on Deisler, that's just not the spirit.
I finally updated my career thread. It's been a month!
I wish FM11 would hurry up I want to start a new career thread.
I've tried to have a few saves on the go at one time, what with my calcio one, my international one and my Saints one. Lots of great ideas for saves but not enough time to play them all was the result.
Ultimately, I found that it just hasn't worked. I tried playing a season here and a season there but one saves hooks you in and you end up spending all your time on that one. Then you forget where you were on the other one and it becomes a chore to get back into it.
I've reached the conclusion that it's definitely better to concentrate on one save at a time, which is why I'm focusing on my Saints save only right now.
Having said the above, I would like to go back to my calcio save at some point to find out what happens to Davide Vanghi & Umberto Eusepi.
It's all fine and dandy if you have the time to devote to two saves...
Get a job you work shy bum.
Why does the winking smiley looks like you're ****ing yourself laughing?
Not been in here in a while. Not had the internet for around 2 months and my laptop broke but have bought a nice shiny one and will get back in at some point when the new games comes out. Just started a save with Dortmund so will update in the Career Updates Thread.
People have probably noticed that I've added FM10 tags to all of the existing FM10 threads, in anticipation of the FM11 threads starting. If any of them have been labelled incorrectly, just let me know so I can change them.
Just a reminder, if you are starting a new thread for FM2011 there is no need to add a version tag with it. Any new FM2010 (or older) threads will need the tag added so people know it is an older version.
Looks a bit messy at the moment but it should sort itself out as the new threads are created
You messy sod Dafuge.
So who here will be doing a career game at the start of Fm11 and do you plan on being one club forever (Dafuge's challenge) or play more of a journeyman game - and which countries do you plan to load?
I'm planning on starting a journeyman career as soon as I get the game and the first patch is released. The only thing I haven't decided is quite which leagues I'll be loading.
Has anyone had any experience running a long term game with a low performance rating? I have a feeling my FM2010 game was 5 stars for game speed so I'd be interested to hear just how slow things can get in the future.
I will be and I can never say I will be one club or journeyman. There have been times before when I have set out to do one of the two and ended up doing the other, so now I just see how the game goes.
Memory: 8192MB RAM
I've no idea what that means but the huge RAM seems to give me 5 stars for performance. I'm currently thinking about loading leagues that drop it down to 2 stars for speed, but will think about it if that means it will crawl in 40 seasons time.
No idea about the xml files, I've never used them.
I always stick to 3 stars as a minimum and thats only if I really have to as I'm quite conscious about game speed after a number of seasons.
I plan on England (to L2), Wales, Spain (top 2), Germany (top 2), Brazil (top 2) and Mexico (top 2) as things stand, not sure about going outside Europe.
You can definitely load more than 100 leagues, since I could do to it with 4 GB ram and a 2.1 Ghz dual core processor. Of course, I never managed to play 40 years into a save...but 100+ will definitely be fine even though I went over the recommended player limit.
Are you planning to have a global save, or just a European leagues save? All European leagues out of the box without any xml files should get you a little over 100 leagues (give or take, since I always use xml files so I'm not exactly sure).
Since FM is still a 32 bit application, you won't use all 8 GB of ram (only 4 I believe), but you have a quick processor so you can load quite a few leagues.
And if any of you pre-ordered through Steam, I'm delighted to say you can pre-load now.
Can you guys let me know if you see a working New Zealand league to download for FM11, I really want to get start on continental dominance again. Very interested to see if more people will take part in the challenge if it is started as early as possible. I would do it myself but last time I tried it did not work properly.
I am making the £7 train journey to buy FM11 on Friday after work, so the game is costing me a bit more than normal.
I can confirm after preloading on steam and having a look on the editor that xml files from FM10 were loadable in FM11. Although, they are from a year ago so they all probably need updating anyways...
I really hope someone re-creates those West Asian leagues so I can start my FM11 career game.
That's great news means I can just alter the teams and away I go on Friday.
Pre-ordered the game but now I have to go out of toen on Friday evening so there's a big chance I'll miss the release day delivery
I'm considering installing via steam this year after hearing about the achievements and trophy room. Anyone else doing this/did this last year?
I was thinking about using steam but I have heard a couple of people say it can take ages to load the save, not sure if that is if you just download it from steam. What is the trophy room, I am guessing it records your trophies through your career.
I saw a screenie with actual trophy graphics on display
Nice, think I might activate via steam then or do you have to download via steam to get that?
You can install through steam whether you buy the game from them or not, even with the boxed version (apparently)
Just an FYI for folks in here, I'm taking my first crack at the editor.
I can't figure out how to do the leagues, so instead I'm using my media background to try to put together an XML of US/Canada media sources.
So far, I have the newspapers in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, and Toronto.
Still working, and it may come to nothing, but figured I'd let folks in here know (especially rancer, for his next crack at TFC. )
Sounds good, I plan a decent MLS career at some point on FM11 so hope you are successful in making it all adds to the realism of the game.
Just wondering what star rating people get when loading these huge journeyman career games.
when i loaded most of the leagues with 2 or more leagues (using max of 3 leagues in one country) on medium im getting 3 still
Could we start a new "FM11 Career Anecdotes & Updates Thread" and sticky it at the top? I like to hear about everyone's careers, even if it's a couple lines here and there. The Anecdotes thread seems to get lost down the list... and newcomes can't find it easily. I think if more people used it, there might be less very-very-short career threads that take up space. (Yes, I'm guilty of that, too.)
1. All newspapers in MLS ciities and their beat writers (it looks like the National Post and Globe and Mail, and Chicago Tribune do not have dedicated writers for TFC and Chicago Fire respectively, at least not that I could extrapolate from stories on their websites)
2. Other non-newspaper sources: ESPN, Soccernet.com, FoxSoccer.com, Soccer America and Sports Illustrated. From them, I've added Alexi Lalas, Jen Chang, Steve Davis, Allen Hopkins, Jamie Trecker, Paul Gardner, Ridge Mahoney, and Grant Wahl.
3. Plan to add the CBC and TSN as Canadian media sources. If rancer or other Canadians could let me know some of the personalities, I'll add in specific journalists for those media outlets as well.
4. I will test out of the above edits in a game, and if it works then I'll probably end up adding some of the fanzines like Buzz Carrick and 3rdDegree.Net.
5. If you have other media sources or personalities that I'm forgetting about (just remembered Glenn Davis myself), let me know.
Canadian TV personalities:
- TSN: They don't have a Soccer analyst
- Rogers Sportsnet: Gerry Dobson, Craig Forrest
- The Score - James Sharman, Kristian Jack, Sid Seixeiro (tbf, he's a news anchor but he co-hosts 'The Footy Show' with Sharman and Jack, both who are also bloggers on The Score), Joe Ross (blogger), Thomas Dobby (blogger), Brendan Dunlop (blogger)
- CBC Sports - Jason de Vos, Nigel Reed, John Molinaro
I hope King Jeff knows some more, these are from the top of my head and a quick wiki check.
Last edited by rancer890; 05-11-2010 at 00:09.
Hmmm. May need to do some extra work on the media edit.
Nick Dasovic just got the TFC job, and at the press conference was fielding questions from "A Journalist" with Sports Illustrated, Soccer America, and the Washington Post, but none of the Canadian outlets.
IIRC, SI lists TFC as an "American" club, but I set the Toronto newspapers to cover TFC. :/
Wonder if I have to set them to cover United States in addition to Canada.
Last edited by Jason the Yank; 05-11-2010 at 02:47.
Why is TFC considered American in the game again?
BTW, I haven't started a career game, is it possible to add in the media outlets and whatever after I start a game and add it in later? I'm mainly waiting for correct media outlets and real agents file and then I can start.
Dunno. This is my first crack at editing.BTW, I haven't started a career game, is it possible to add in the media outlets and whatever after I start a game and add it in later? I'm mainly waiting for correct media outlets and real agents file and then I can start.
The good news is, the Toronto Star and Toronto Sun were represented in the pre- and post-match interviews. I'm still getting "A Journalist" listed though.
Also getting the likes of the New York Times showing up at a Columbus-Toronto press conference. I have a pretty good guess as to why that's happening. (I've had all the US media outlets set to cover MLS, the US Open Cup, and CCL competitions. So I think that's why I'm getting that sort of thing)
Game just flies by when you're unemployed. Barely ever stops to give you a chance to look at job vacancies.
Bought my game from play.com as I prefer having the game physically (am stuck in my ways) and it was posted Tuesday so am awaiting a postman who will hopefully have the game.
If you start unemployed and are not bothered where your first job is then set it to apply for any job and just holiday mode it with it set to stop when someone offers you a contract. It's how I do it as a 6-month wait for a first job does get boring.
just played my champs league qaulifier with TNS and both games ended with a total of 5 red cards...4 where mine...crazy shizzle
OK, game arrived, am running
England (top 4)
Germany (top 2)
Holland (top 2)
Italy (top 2)
Scotland (top 4)
Spain (top 2)
Wales (prem)
34000 players, estimated game speed of 4 stars
I really hope these Egyptian and New Zealand leagues I used for FM10 work properly on FM11 would hate to start my continental dominance and get stuck after 15 years.
Although Tunisia still doesn't work because no teams in the Amateur IV division so I'm working on that.
Tried New Zealand early hours of this morning and it worked well, I wanted a UAE league but that file doesn't work.
German file also crashed on me so I redid Regionalliga, and might do the 5th tier if I had some info.
If anyone has a working Tunisia file I would appreciate it thanks.
Not sure who did the New Zealand one I had I just found something on the PC called New Zealand.xml tried it and it worked, holidayed 2 seasons and it was fine.
I tried to load the UAE one I have and got the following message.
Could not process rule group setting in (file location) Emirates President Cup too many teams(160 requested from Emirati First Division A(8 team)
I don't have a clue about editing.
Does anyone (like Jason) know if I add teams in the MLS Academy Division they will work properly with their parent clubs in MLS?
downloading other leagues and things will stop me from doing these type of challenges cos i aint a clue how to dl and where they go and stuff.
If that league is not the top league could I simply delete it?
Got my copy from Steam this morning, very nice. Think I will lay my FM10 Leyton Orient game to rest. Going to have a go an MLS game until Christmas, when hopefully all the XML files and the like will be out. Lets see if this dynamic rep thing works in north america!
Rancer do you have a UAE xml anywhere mine just will not work the cup competition is a bit confusing to edit properly.
The only workaround I can think of atm is to delete the cup.
Is there any bloody way to stop the editor from considering the USSF-D2 the 3rd division? Why is the PDL hardcoded in the game in the first place... (Jason please help )
I managed to get it working had to switch how many teams from each division were selected to enter the cup. I also had to add teams from the third tier into the second tier in order for it to work. Hopefully it will load now.
Has everyone planning a career game seen this thread?
I'm holding off starting until we know if it will be save game compatible. Gutted really.
Well that sucks bad, had Spain down as one of my journeyman countries, although have also had issues with no one wanting to employee and Sunday league rep unemployed person :S
Yeah I just saw it...I loaded up a 102 league career game and probably going to play it a little. I don't want to edit FM10 xml files anymore and just want to start playing!
I am trying to do my challenge of winning every champions league trophy I always load Spain on nearly every save I do, I will have to leave it now.
Simple question everyone, V.Varen Nagasaki (again) or Chongqing (Chinese club)? I'm undecided right now.
Go for the Chinese one.
Chongqing rancer. V.Varen Nagasaki was done last year
Have been holidaying to see who I am likely to get if I start unemployed and always get Aberystwyth which I had in FM10 Might just start with Bala town.
Okay AcidBurn and Raware, I'll post up my career when I'm done a year in game.
I'm getting a bit fed up with this Spanish issue and I'm starting to consider just starting a game anyway. I may need to start again but at least I'll get a while to enjoy the game before finding out whether I'll need to start again.
Just messing around with Italy and England loaded instead of England Spain, started unemployed and ended up at Auckland City where I started on FM10 not sure if I go with them or holiday again and see what happens.
nice to see that bit of welsh in you mate....


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The question I ask is in the title. This should be quite well-known, and in fact probably I am going to get the response that it is the definition. To convey my confusion, I have to convey my understanding of what is a differential form and what is the contangent bundle. To simplify things, we assume that our whole setup is immersed in the Euclidean space.
$1$. Differential forms.
We take the definitions from Rudin, Principles of Mathematical Analysis. This is for an open set in $\mathbb R^n$.
Suppose $E$ is an an open set in $\mathbb R^n$. A $k$-surface in $E$ is a differentiable mapping $\Phi$ from a compact subset $D \subset \mathbb R^k$ into $E$. $D$ is called the parameter domain of $\Phi$ consisting of points $\mathbf u = ( u_{i_1}, \cdots , u_{i_k} )$.
A differential form of order $k \geq 1$ in $E$ is a function $\omega$, symbolically represented by the sum
$$\omega = \sum a_{i_1, \cdots , i_k}(\mathbf x) dx_{i_1}\wedge \cdots \wedge dx_{i_k}$$
where the indices $i_1, \cdots , i_k$ range independently from $1$ to $n$, and so that $\omega$ assigns to each $k$-surface $\Phi$ in $E$ a number$\omega(\Phi) = \int_\Phi \omega$ , according to the rule
$$\int_\Phi \omega = \int_D \sum a_{i_1, \cdots , i_k}(\Phi((\mathbf{u})) \frac{\partial ( x_{i_1}, \cdots , x_{i_k})}{\partial ( u_{i_1}, \cdots , u_{i_k})}d\mathbf u $$
where $D$ is the parameter domain of $\Phi$, and the functions $a_{i_1}, \cdots, a_{i_k}$ are assumed to be real and continuous in $D$.
So in the above definition the differential $k$-form is a certain integral for functions on compact $k$-surfaces. Thus a differential form can be treated as a measure for the $k$-surfaces, which can be integrated.
$2$. Cotangent bundle
We take this from wikipedia.
Let $M \times M$ be the Cartesian product of $M$ with itself. The diagonal mapping $\Delta$ sends a point $p$ in $M$ to the point $(p,p)$ of $M \times M$. The image of $\Delta$ is called the diagonal. Let $\mathcal{I}$ be the sheaf of germs of smooth functions on $M \times M$ which vanish on the diagonal. Then the quotient sheaf $\mathcal{I}/\mathcal{I}^2$ consists of equivalence classes of functions which vanish on the diagonal modulo higher order terms. The cotangent sheaf $\Omega$ is the pullback of this sheaf to $M$.
Now, Def 2: A differential form $k$-form $\omega$ is a section of $\wedge^k\ \Omega$.
We consider an open set in the Euclidean space and look at the two definitions. A priori, to my eyes, both appear to be different things. It needs to be proved that they are the same. Please help me out with a reference with the required proofs.


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A Healthful Diet for Lactating Mothers
Because human milk represents the ideal food for young infants, it's only natural to focus first on the type of diet a mother needs to consume in order to produce nutritious milk for her baby. Concerns about the adequacy of their diet cause many women to doubt the quality of their milk. But a mother's diet doesn't have to be perfect in order for her to make adequate milk and to nourish her baby well. Human milk produced by women all over the world is amazingly uniform in its composition. When mothers are poorly nourished, the quantity of milk they produce may be reduced, but the quality of milk tends to be fairly consistent. The process of lactation assures that human milk will have the right amount of nutrients-even at the mother's expense, if she doesn't eat a balanced diet on a given day.
Keep It Simple and Build on Your Success
Since lactation follows pregnancy, chances are good that you already are familiar with the basics of sound nutrition. If you gained at least twenty-five pounds during your pregnancy and delivered a baby weighing more than about six and a half pounds, you probably already have an adequate diet. Just keep up the good work! Women who require additional nutrition counseling include those who gained less than twenty pounds during pregnancy or who gave birth to a baby weighing less than six pounds at term. Other women who should receive special dietary advice include those who are underweight with little body fat; who are on restricted or specialized diets; who have chronic health problems (such as diabetes) or medical conditions causing malabsorption (such as cystic fibrosis or inflammatory bowel disease); who suffer from eating disorders; or who delivered twins.
Specific Nutrition Recommendations for Breastfeeding Women
Eat three balanced meals a day and nutritious snacks. Consume a variety of foods in as natural a form as possible to obtain the calories, protein, vitamins, minerals, and fiber you need for optimal health. Eat plenty of fruits, vegetables, and whole-grain breads and cereals. Limit your intake of sugar, salt, fat, and highly processed foods. The Food Guide Pyramid shown on page 180 has replaced the former Four Food Groups as a suggested outline for daily eating. Because most American diets are too high in fat and saturated fat, the Food Guide Pyramid emphasizes food choices that help reduce fat intake. The layout of the guide visually reinforces the relative number of servings from each of the five major food groups. The largest number of daily food choices (six to eleven servings) should come from the bread and grain group. Whole-grain breads and cereals contain more vitamins and minerals and provide more fiber to prevent constipation. At least five servings of fruits and vegetables (two to four servings of fruits; three to five servings of vegetables) are recommended each day-most Americans fall short of this recommendation. Fruits and veggies are a nutritious, low-fat source of calories, vitamins, minerals, and fiber. Make an effort to eat vitamin A-rich produce often, such as carrots, spinach, sweet potatoes, and cantaloupe. Three servings of milk or other dairy products are suggested for breastfeeding women (four servings for teen mothers). Recent evidence has confirmed the importance of adequate calcium intake in the prevention of osteoporosis (brittle bones) in later life. Dairy products are the best source of dietary calcium. Milk and milk products also provide protein, vitamins, and minerals. If you don't like milk or have a milk allergy or milk intolerance, I advise you to get nutrition counseling and, if deemed necessary, to take appropriate supplements to replace essential nutrients in milk. Lactating mothers also should eat three servings of meat, poultry, fish eggs, nuts, or dry beans each day. Meat or meat alternates provide protein, vitamins, iron, and zinc. The small tip of the Pyramid serves as a reminder that fats, sweets, and soft drinks should be consumed only sparingly.
While your body is producing breast milk, it requires more calories than usual. Most lactating women will need to consume about 500 additional calories above their normal prepregnancy food intake. An individual mother's calorie requirements can vary widely depending upon her basic metabolism and level of activity. Nutrition experts recommend that breastfeeding women consume 2,700 calories per day. However, recent studies of healthy lactating women in the industrialized world showed their actual intake of food to be approximately 2,200 calories per day while breastfeeding, or about 15 percent less than the recommended value. Most nursing mothers will need to consume at least 2,200 calories per day to provide necessary nutrients and to maintain milk production. At this level of calorie intake, a lactating mother can still expect to lose weight gradually during the course of breastfeeding. This is because the body contributes an additional 500 calories each day from body fat stores to help subsidize lactation. Thus, it is nature's plan to store up extra fat during pregnancy so it will be available to contribute to lactation after delivery. Body fat stores are decreased during breastfeeding, particularly in the thighs and hips.
From Dr. Mom's Guide to Breastfeeding by Marianne R. Neifert. Copyright © 1998 by Marianne R. Neifert. Used by arrangement with Plume, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
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Time to make the donuts in College Station? Dunkin Donuts says soon.
Tuesday, the national breakfast chain announced plans to open a location in the College Station area as part of a major expansion in Texas.
The Medallion Donuts group is slated to open five Dunkin Donuts restaurants from Waco, Temple and Killeen down to College Station, with the first opening next year. All would be up and running by 2017.
Another 11 locations are being set for Northeast Houston -- including The Woodlands -- from 2013 to 2019, while five are planned for West Houston.
"We've had incredible momentum in Texas over the past few months and are excited to continue growing the brand in new and existing markets," said Grant Benson, CFE, vice president of Development, Dunkin' Brands, Inc in a statement Tuesday. "Our secret to success is our passionate franchisees who provide a high-level of customer service to our guests every day. We believe these new franchisee partners will cultivate lasting customer relationships and become integral parts of their communities."
The company will soon begin looking for specific locations for the new restaurants.
Dunkin Donuts has announced plans to double its number of nationwide locations over the next 20 years. It was founded in 1950, and currently has more than 10,000 restaurants in 32 countries.


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Halloween Dolls & Stories Contest - 10-01-2012, 08:04 AM
Welcome to Halloween 2012! To enter this contest, just take one of the six dolls below and write a short story about the doll. It can be anything you like; romance, comedy, horror... just make sure that it's Halloween themed! Yes, you can choose the same doll your friend did, just as long as your story is different, it won't matter.
The best story out of the bunch will be chosen on the end date of the Halloween events, which is Halloween itself; 31st October and the winner will receive a beautiful doll made specially for this event! The story doesn't have to be very long, but I would prefer a minimum of two paragraphs for it, please. Runners up will also get treats. Have fun! ^_^
Once you've chosen your doll and thought up your story, please post it in the thread. Make sure you clearly post which doll your story is about; if you want, you can repost the doll to illustrate the story.
Good luck!
im going to start this when i get home from work. i have the start of my story but can it be more than 2 paragraphs?
EDIT: alright here is my story. i am doing a story on the ghost doll.
This is the tale of the "Weeping Widow." It all started one Hallow's Eve. Elle was getting ready to go out to a halloween party when her fiance called. "Hunny, i have a surprise for you. Meet me down by the old town church in an hour...and wear something nice." Elle quickly changed into her best silk dress and threw on her grandma's pearls, and she was ready to go.
Elle arrived at the old town church, only to find her fiance wasn't there. She didn't think anything of it, she just thought he was running late. She began to explore around the church and found a bunch of tombstones. There was no cemetery in sight. She began reading the names on the tombstones and realized they were names of her ancestors. Elle was definitely scared and getting even more scared by the minute.
"Rob? Are you there?" No answer. "I'm getting really scared. If you're there please say something." A loud ominous voice replied, "Elle.......Elle." "Who said that?" "It's me Elle." "Who are you? Leave me alone." Next thing she knew, there was pure silence. It was getting really foggy out and she went back to her car. She went to start it but it wouldn't start at all. The battery was dead. Elle took a flashlight and started walking to try to find her way back into town. The more she walked the foggier it got. At one point she couldnt see anything. She heard something moving behind her so she quickly turned around to try to see what it was. Elle couldn't see anything and then........WHAM! Something zoomed past her, knocked her down and made her drop her flashlight.
Elle couldn't move, all she wanted was for this to all be a huge nightmare. She closed her eyes and got into a feetle position. One minute she is laying there in pure silence, and the next she is surrounded by huge gusts of wind and something pierces her heart. Elle couldn't believe she was now a ghost. She searches for whatever pierced her but finds nothing.
To this day, Elle haunts the old town church as she continues to search for her murderer and her lover. Some say to this day you can still hear her weeping cries and see strands of pearls floating around and shining in the full moon.
and thats my story. hope it's alright!!
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Callisto sneered at the abundance of bodies filled to the brim with various drugs and cocktails. She both hated and loved Halloween.
It was perfect for her kind to mingle with the food, but unfortunately this was a day that the excess of humankind went to extremes that just wasn't seen most days.
"Hey pretty lady!" Drawled a drunken frat boy. He apparently thought a hat and boots made him a cowboy. "Let's dance."
Callisto's eyes widened as the drunkard, instead of pulling her to the dance floor, almost pulled them both on the floor.
"Idiot." She mumbled as she shook the cowboy off. He landed on the floor and looked up at her bewildered, as his friends laughed uproariously.
Callisto turned and proceeded into the kitchen, hoping the cool breeze from that direction was an open door. Upon entering the kitchen she did find the door open and currently coming in were a group of giggling and screaming scantly clad girls being chased by frat-Dracula. She watched as the spectacle ran into the next room then turned back to the door, hoping to make a quick escape. But the most interesting thing that she had seen all night had just entered the house. The young man was perfect. She could tell just from scenting the slight breeze that came in with him, that he hadn't been partying at all.
"Um, he...hello."
"Hello." Callisto purred in response.
"Um, I'm looking for Travis and Eric." The young man said after an audible gulp.
"Oh," Callisto smiled "And who might you be?"
"Well Lucas," Callisto said, sauntering up to him, "I believe they are around back. I'll show you."
Callisto laced Lucas' fingers with her own and pulled him out the kitchen door and around to the darkened back of the house.
"Where..." Lucas began but Callisto interrupted him by roughly pushing him against the house.
"You smell divine." She purred, sniffing his neck.
"Wh...what are you?" Lucas shivered.
"Just close your eyes." Callisto whispered.
Callisto sighed as she licked the blood off of her fingers. The boy's blood had been ambrosia. It had been like sunshine and she found that she had been unable to drain the boy. So she had left him back by the kitchen door after healing the marks on his neck.
Now she sat on the mountain overlooking the college campus, watching to make sure nothing would happen to her lovely boy. She would definitely be coming back for him.
So there's my story. Not very good, but I was inspired. ^^
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I walk down the path that leads to the forest. As I walk, I glance from side to side. Is that white teeth that shine in the moonlight, or just the moonlight splashing on a leaf? I do not know. All I know is that my village has for the past few weeks been invaded by wolves, who appeared out of the forest to attack the villagers. Some were torn apart and feasted on, the wolves lapping up their blood and devouring their warm flesh. All who fought the wolves were soon bested. The wolves are too strong to fight; I know this to be true.
But I have a better idea. It has been written that she who goes to face the wolves will be the one who survives the killings. This is what I must do to survive, no matter what. I reach a clearing in the forest, with a still pool. A white flash, seen out of the corner of my eye. The moonlight again? No, it is a white wolf with glowing yellow eyes, the alpha of the pack. I know what I have to do. I walk towards him, and put my arms around his furry neck in an embrace. I rub my cheek against his, and caress his softly furred head. He looks me in the eyes and we understand each other.
I have no loyalty for those in my village, the ones who shunned me and turned away when all I wanted was love. This is how I will repay them; by becoming one with those who will welcome and accept me. The wolf bites into my shoulder. It hurts but it is a glad pain, and I submit to it, throwing my head back in ectasy. It takes a long time, but eventually it is over, and I stand up. Now I am on four strong legs rather than two weak human ones. I turn to see my reflection in the pool; I am a silver wolf, with a black ruff around my neck and a white tip to my tail. I am far more beautiful as a wolf than I ever was as a human.
The other wolves howl in savage welcome as I become one of the pack. I turn my face towards the road where the village lies. I can see it much more clearly now, with the new senses I have been gifted. I only wait for the okay from the white wolf, the alpha. He gives it with a savage howl, and as one, the pack with I among them, race along the road. This will finish it once and for all, recreate the village as a ghost town, inhabited only by restless spirits. I am ready for the reckoning.
How long can our story be? I started to write one, but I'm afraid it's too long. I tend to get carried away when I start writing, lol. I've finished it, but it's a tad over 1,300 words at the moment... Is it okay to enter a story that long?
Here is my story, its a bit long and but I wanted as much detail as I could use.
Now I will tell you all a tale. It's called "The First Witch."
Many years ago, in a small town, there lived a girl named Shana. She lived in a nice house with her lovely
mother and her very brave father. Shana's heart was very soft, and her mind was very keen. When you looked
into her eyes, they listened, but when she listened with her ears, she could see your mind. These are are very
unique traits that set her apart from others.
When the sheep were attacked by wolves, the farmers would call for vengeance upon the evil wolves. But,
Shana would say, "the wolves aren't evil." She knew that it was no more evil for a wolf to kill a sheep, than for
a human to kill a sheep. She still was not angry with the wolves nor the farmers. She understood the wolf's
need to eat and the happiness in their hunting. She also understood the farmer's instincts, and their emotions,
as well as their feelings and grown of their minds from young to old and all the lessons that they learned. She
understood a mother's love for her children, a girl's jealousy, and a man's fear. She knew the meaninf of running
water, cloudy sky, and even the names of the stars, and eventually she knew life and death.
Shana's family loved her dearly, but the other people of the town did not. They feared what they couldn't
understand: death, lightning, plague, nightmares, ill omens, and Shana too. They began to despise her. Their fear
and distrust for her grew and grew; until one day, they decided to kill her.
They gathered saws and chisels, axes, picks, and scythes, and they went in search of her. They found her
beyond the outskirts of town. She and a Willow were dangling their toes in a brook. They called out to her,
"Shana, we are done with your unnatural ways, we will have done with you!" Shana became sorrowful that her own
people would do such a thing and she wept. The mob would not be forgiving. They just marched closer.
As the people raised their hands against her, they were taken by disaster! The Earth, the Air, and
the Water, the Tree's and all the higher things had grown fond of Shana. They loved and treasured the only
human they'd ever known, who shared their understanding and acceptance of the world. As the people drew
their wills against Shana, so did the world draw its force against the humans! Some were swallowed by the Earth,
and some were strangled by the Willow. Water leapt up and drowned some of them, and many were abandoned
by Air and could not breath and died.
News spreads like wildfire, and soon the people of the world had heard the story. But they did not know the story
to be true, but as the legend of the Wicked Witch, Shana. You see, Witches are not evil, but precious,
and the world preserves them. It is true that people die by hunting Witches, but it is their own evil, and no other, which
kills them.
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Not Manila but still a thrilla.
Molly Barnes hit a go-ahead 3-point shot with about 5 seconds left in overtime, and the Durango High School girls basketball team overcame a long Cheyenne South (Wyo.) comeback to win 56-54 in extra time Friday night to begin its Palisade Holiday Tournament.
�We won an overtime thriller,� DHS head coach Nancy Smith said.
�Really exciting. More exciting than I really wanted it to be,� she said with a chuckle.
The Demons took a sizeable lead in the third quarter, Smith said, before a heavy dose of defensive aggression led to some foul trouble, foul-outs and 35 total free-throw shots for the Bison to force overtime.
�We were very aggressive. We were trying to be,� Smith said. �We just haven�t learned how to not foul them and let them off the hook.�
Still, in the extra period, Smith said defense won the day, along with strong performances all around, including some from players who moved up from junior varsity.
�Everybody went in, and everybody contributed,� Smith said.
�(South) hit some clutch shots, but then we hit some more,� she said. �We hit more thankfully.�
Katie Wiegert led the Demons with 13 points, followed by eight each from Jessi Sigillito, Alyssa Montoya and Barnes.
Smith�s �crazy stat� � Emily McCue pulled down 21 of Durango�s 36 rebounds.
�One thing that was really sweet was I never felt as a coach, �Oh no, we�re going to lose this.� Even when they kept creeping back and creeping back,� Smith said.
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I've been implementing the SAT based on: http://www.geometrictools.com/Documentation/DynamicCollisionDetection.pdf for 3D collisions
On page 7, in the table, it refers the 15 axis to test so we can find a collision, but with just Ax, Ay and Az, I'm already getting collisions.
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SetGlobalNumber("MF_KRIS_QUEST", 1); // As you can probable tell, this line will set the value of the MF_KRIS_QUEST global to 1.
SetGlobalNumber("MF_KRIS_LEVEL", nLevel ); // Again, as you can most likely see, this will set the value of the MF_KRIS_LEVEL global to whatever the value of nLevel is.
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int nQuest = GetGlobalNumber("MF_KRIS_QUEST"); // As you've probably worked out by now, nQuest will be the value of the MF_KRIS_QUEST global.
int nQuestLvl = GetGlobalNumber("MF_KRIS_LEVEL"); // nQuestLvl will be the value of the MF_KRIS_LEVEL variable.
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5 Bizarre Ways the Human Brain Is Dooming the Economy
When the economy goes bad, we all want to blame somebody else, from politicians to banks to shape-shifting alien reptiles. And while much of that finger pointing may be justified (except for the reptiles thing), the problem comes down to how all of us are wired. Remember, what we all think of as a "normal" human life -- education, career, finances -- is in fact a very recent invention.
And when we try to wrap our hunter-gatherer brains around concepts like student loan interest rates and year-end bonuses, it starts misfiring in all sorts of ridiculous ways ...
#5. Fear of a Bad Economy Makes Us Worse Employees
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We've spent a lot of time as a species evolving to respond to bear attacks. Our fight-or-flight response gives us a burst of energy that we use to either scamper away at Mach 30 or punch that bear right in its stupid face. But times have changed: These days, most of us are in less danger of a bear attack than we are of getting laid off, so what physiological response have we evolved for that? Not a great one: Basically, we just get shitty at everything.
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"I could've sworn I knew how to do this yesterday."
While our reaction to physical danger is to hulk out and kick-punch our problems away, our reaction to constant, looming money danger is to be less sure of ourselves, less aggressive, and less good at everything we do. We basically shut down, which isn't just bad for ourselves, it's bad for everyone: A tired, dejected workforce isn't exactly the shot in the arm an ailing economy needs. Right now, about half of all workers are too stressed at work to do a good job, and American businesses are losing $300 billion every year to this kind of self-conscious worrywart bullshit.
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You have to be pretty sad to mope through the entire GDP of Norway.
But it's not just the economy: Whenever the tax season rolls around, or literally anything bad to do with money happens at all, the stress kills our productivity. It's a system that is really good at punishing failure, but, as a result, really bad at encouraging you to try something new (like, say, leaving your job to go back to college or starting your own business). We won't branch out and take risks until "the economy" improves, but "the economy" doesn't improve until people branch out and take risks.
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Both sides represent a swift kick in the financial ass.
In other words, as a species, we just can't take the pressure of this system we ourselves designed (so our economy is basically a really passive-aggressive Skynet). But regardless of how the economy goes ...
#4. Most Employees Don't Care About Their Jobs (and Many Try to Sabotage Them)
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Even in a perfectly functioning system, not everyone is going to love their job -- the world needs more call center techs than dog sitters. But the actual numbers for today's job market are startling -- a Gallup poll says that 70 percent of you care nothing about your job, and a mind-boggling 1 in 5 of you hate it so much, you're actively trying to sabotage your company.
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It starts with not refilling the pot; it ends with a bomb.
The way Gallup phrased it was that workers were either "not engaged" (didn't give much of a shit about the quality of their work) or "actively disengaged" (actually trying to undermine the work that others were doing). Yes, suddenly so many things about your office -- or your most recent encounter with customer service -- make perfect sense. That's a fifth of all workers who are looking through the company refrigerator trying to work out whose lunch to pee on first.
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Just another reason to never leave an open Mountain Dew unattended.
And before you go making a bunch of assumptions about who these dead weight employees are, keep this in mind: The survey shows that the people with all the advantages are also the most miserable, since highly educated young men are statistically the least committed to their employer. Part of that is stuff we've already explained: People are under the impression that college guarantees them a good job instead of just guaranteeing them the opportunity for a good job. When they learn the truth, they feel cheated and decide that the best revenge is to do awful work.
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"Your cable went out? Probably demons. Pour some holy water in the box and you're golden."
And this isn't new. We can try to blame the recession or any number of things that might have led to a drop in workers' morale, but the truth is that Gallup runs this poll annually, and since 2003 the results have been exactly the same -- only 30 percent of workers in America like their job. As a society, we're just terrible at A) plugging the right people into the job they're meant for and B) making sure they grow up with realistic expectations of the world.
So the good news is that you're not alone. The bad news is ... well, you're not alone.
#3. Money Destroys Creativity
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Here's a fact that flies in the face of everything you think you know about capitalism: The more money you stand to earn from a job, the more you suck at that job.
At least if the job requires any kind of creative thought and problem-solving. Studies show that, if your job is to enter piles of records into a database or wax floors, cash bonuses do make you work faster. But if your job is to invent a new type of database or come up with a creative way to improve floor wax, the promise of more money only clogs up your brain.
"I'M RICH! Now, what button makes the compu-thingy turn on again?"
Just think about how many of the greatest innovations of the recent past have been given away for free. Linux was developed for free and now powers 1 in 4 corporate servers and Fortune 500 companies around the world. Wikipedia is one of the greatest sources of information in human history, and the people who've written and edited all that content have done so for free.
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All the hours will be worth it when absolutely no one sees the "about" page.
Now, there are CEOs everywhere reading this (they all read Cracked, right?), rubbing their hands together and saying, "Yes! Finally I have scientific proof that my creative workers function better in poverty! Anderson, cancel everyone's bonuses!" But obviously that's not the answer. Remember what we said above about how people stop taking risks when money is tight?
Well, the people who are able to create tons of great things in their spare time do it because they're thinking about the project and not about the money. Put them in a position of financial desperation, and you get distracted people so scared of not getting the bonus that they won't do anything too crazy (or innovative). No, what you need are people who aren't worried about money either way. You do this by, instead of promising them a bonus for results, just giving them the money up front.
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"I can't be creative until I've bought some paint and a shit-ton of absinthe."
Again, this doesn't work in low-level jobs -- if you want the average human to work extra hard at the machine that injects Twinkie filling, you usually need to promise them a reward for going the extra mile. But at higher level jobs where workers are more autonomous and have to be creative with their solutions, pay them well and let them do their thing. What motivates us from that point are more abstract things like greater autonomy, self-improvement, and creating awesome things we can show off to the world.


text: Dollar dilemma There they go again. The Government Accountability Office says converting from dollar bills to metal coins would save $4.4 billion over 30 years, since coins last much longer than paper bills. But the public remains obstinate. The U.S. Mint has tried everything to persuade the public to switch, from politically correct, quarter-sized designs of varying shades (Susan B. Anthony; Sacagawea) to coins depicting presidents (production was suspended a year ago) to silver-dollar-sized coins (the Eisenhower dollar). But do we really even need to be having this conversation in a time when debit-card readers are ubiquitous, and the Mint has whole warehouses filled with unused, unwanted dollar coins from past years?


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I want to know how is inorganic phosphate able to inhibit alkaline phosphatase.
When alkaline phosphatase dephosphorylates a substrate one of the intermediates in the reaction pathway is a phosphorylated form of the enzyme in which the phosphate from the substrate has been transferred to the enzyme. This phosphate is subsequently lost by hydrolysis. Under certain conditions alkaline phosphatase will actually catalyse a reverse reaction - the addition of inorganic phosphate on to alcohol substrates, and this also proceeds via the phospho-enzyme intermediate, but proceeds in the opposite direction.
This means that phosphate will inhibit the enzyme as a phosphatase via the formation of the phospho-enzyme, thus blocking the active site to substrates for dephosphorylation.


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I have time to read about one current "business trends" book per month.
Is there a site that I can go where I can read a review summarizing the kernel ideas of the top ten "business trend" books for that month?
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NYU Launches $1 Billion Campaign for Scholarship Aid
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NYU President John Sexton today officially kicked off NYU's Momentum Campaign, NYU's effort to raise $1 billion to expand and improve scholarship aid at NYU. The focused, six-year campaign will raise both current funds and gifts for the endowment to provide financial aid assistance in perpetuity.
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Is It Time to Ditch Your Workout Gear?
Have your battered running shoes and stretched-out sports bra had enough? Here's when to call it quits with your workout gear
How to care for them: Wash sweatbands, hats, and visors after working out (most are machine washable). Wipe down helmets after every use; if you don't, sweat and bacteria can build up on them, causing breakouts.
When to toss: When sweatbands and hats become stretched out, ditch them. Check the fit of your helmet regularly and replace it if it gets loose, since a proper fit is crucial for your safety.
*Sources: Janette Janero, group fitness director at Florida International University. Phylise Sands, founder of Red Daisy sports bra line. Kebby Holden, co-founder of SOAS athletic apparel line for triathletes.
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This is great! I hate throwing out workout gear and buying new stuff because, let's face it, I don't really look that great the gym no matter what I'm wearing! But I should definitely invest in some new running shoes.
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Ah sometimes it's things you don't really want to get rid of..oh well
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I love new white socks, need some new tennis shoes too. New year new items!
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I find the special work out shorts and t-shirts mostly useless. I'll be sticking to my extra cotton shirts and shorts for that.
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I know I need some new running shoes but I just can't let my beloved Pumas go!
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this is all common sense yet i didnt know it..lol
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Wow! I did not know that one had to replace shoes and hats. Thanks for the info.
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I still feel the swaying as I sit to write this. It's the gentle side-to-side sway of the carriage passing over the joints in the rails as it carries us from the town of Jasper, through the Canadian Rockies into British Columbia and the heart of logging country.
It's definitely a unique way to view the landscape. We seem to be skirting along the edge of ponds and the forest surrounds us. Nearing our overnight stop in Quesnel, we saw evidence of the huge lumber industry in this area. Sawmills dotted the landscape, huge operations with logs and lumbers stacked and ready to ship to its various destinations. The two largest lumber companies in the province, we were told, export $5.2 billion in softwood lumber annually. Amazing!
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Algebraic calculations with their mysterious mixture of letters and numbers have been named as number one in the Top 10 of the most confusing things we might come across in our lives. Surprisingly, handling and changing foreign money made the top four, coming in behind 'understanding the theory of relativity', and just beating 'the opposite sex'.
This survey of 3000 holidaymakers by onepoll.com has resulted in the leading foreign exchange specialist Travelex, creating a 'Plain English guide to exchanging currency'. It is the first guide of this kind to receive accreditation from Plain English Campaign for the clarity of its wording, and its explanations of foreign-exchange jargon.
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Plain English Campaign calls for 'clear and straightforward' manifestos
Gordon Brown has announced the general election is to take place on 6 May 2010. Plain English Campaign is pleased to know that the Prime Minister is appealing to the public for a 'clear and straightforward mandate'. For over 30 years Plain English Campaign has been fighting for 'clear and straightforward' information from Parliament and government offices.
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Following complaints from drivers over the Easter break, we are highlighting the confusing and unnecessary road signs that have appeared up and down our roads and motorway.
Road users have asked us whether the increasing numbers of messages and signs are a help or a distraction. They have quoted 'Don't drink and drive' messages and advice to look at websites as particularly annoying. And some visitors from abroad have struggled with phrases such as 'adverse weather ahead' instead of simply being told to expect rain, fog or snow.
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Plain English Campaign congratulated campaigners and welcomed the recommendation from Ofcom that mobile termination rates should be lowered. Ofcom's proposals could see mobile termination rates gradually lowered over the next four years, from the current 4p a minute to 0.5p, providing the recommendation survives opposition during the remaining 12 months of the consultation period.
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Which power brings crystal-clear bills?
Plain English Campaign and Which?, the consumer group, are celebrating a breakthrough in energy billing. The first plain English npower bill has received the campaign's Crystal Mark for clarity.
Chrissie Maher OBE, founder of Plain English Campaign, says, "This positive action from one of the big six marks a silver lining for the public who have been left in the dark for too long with confusing bills. It's bound to save time and money for everyone. I know it would help in my choice of energy provider, if I can understand what I'm paying each quarter."


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I'm looking for a Magnezone to be traded to my HG game. I can offer Ho-oh, Charmanders, cyndaquils, or Red Gyarados. The Charmanders + Cyndaquils will be Lvl1 though, and I can get whatever nature you want.
I'm looking for a Magnezone to be traded to my HG game. I can offer Ho-oh, Charmanders, cyndaquils, or Red Gyarados. The Charmanders + Cyndaquils will be Lvl1 though, and I can get whatever nature you want.
Platinum FC: 3740 4887 3102
looking to trade your shiny low lvl magnemite for my 4th gen shinies and/or items or legendaries
I am trying to fill my pokedex, and one day i will succeed!! only 9 more to go..
my Friendcode for White is;0776 3707 3593
Other friendcodes only given by request!
ill take any low level magnemite as long as it doesn't have a special atk lowering nature pm me if you have one.
Looking for a modest/magnet pull/hp fire magnemite/magneton/magnezone with 31 IV in sp.att/speed/HP if so PM/vm me with offers and I will vm/pm you with a list of tradables.
HG fc:0132 0664 3881 @ savior
BLACK fc:3095 8852 9856@ paul
PaRtY BoYz!!
Looking for any magnezone, willing to trade starters i have. Don't care about nature or ivs, PM me if there's any other pokemon you want for a magnezone.
I have a few chained Shiny Magnemite for trade, most of them are Timid nature but I have a few others. Looking for the Pokemon in my signature.
Fourth Generation Trades
Chained Shiny UT Pokemon I Have:
Non-Shiny Pokemon I Have:
*Any breedable Pokemon from any of the first four generations*
w/ Wish, Yawn, Endure and Flail
Pokemon I Want (Legitimately Obtained):
Spring 2010, Gamestop 2010, Mikena or Shokotan Pichu (Aka Pikachu Colored Pichu) UT
Shiny UT Pokemon I don't have, especially legendaries
Events I don't have
Pokemon Diamond - 493/493 Pokedex - FC 3824 9654 7441 - Main Gen 4 Game
Pokemon SoulSilver - 102/493 Pokedex - FC 5415 5688 9688
Pokemon White - 199/649 Pokedex - FC 4384 8136 8226 - Main Gen 5 Game
what do you want for it
I'm looking for a random magnemite. I offer the DWs in my sig.
I have a bunch of recently caught magnemites. I'll take just about anything for them, PM me w/ offers.
Black 2 FC: 2667-2901-5780
Looking for Modest Magnemite with HP Fire. PM with offer
Looking for a magnezone for ss, i'll offer the best i have!
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ADHD is "attention deficient hyperactive disorder." ADD is simply "attention deficient disorder." In a given school, it seems a huge number of kids have been diagnosed with ADD or ADHD, and many more suspect they have the disorder. But do they?
ADD and ADHD are different animals. Both are caused by the brain working in a different way than is considered "normal." (But what is normal, really?)
Speaking very generally, kids with inattention ADD can pay attention to things, but can't maintain it. Their minds wander off no matter how hard they try. These kids forget details and have trouble staying focused, even when you're talking right to them. This is also the kid that is always distracted, disorganized and can't seem to finish anything no matter how much they mean to get it done.
Now, these descriptions and symptoms are just that – symptoms. Like individuals, no two cases of ADD or ADHD are the same and they can affect people very differently. You don't have ADD just because you can't sit still for an hour long lecture. Kids are supposed to have energy, and being loud and running around are also typical kid and teen behavior. Only a doctor can actually diagnose ADD or ADHD.
Every kid is different and these researchers feel that some kids might just have more energy than others. Other doctors and scientists feel that our current lifestyle has a lot to do with false ADD or ADHD diagnoses. In short, some kids actually have ADD or ADHD, others might just be told they do because they show a couple of the symptoms – only a specialist can tell.
We play a lot of video games, are on the computer a lot and watch movies that have fast action. We want things now, and are used to high energy, fast thoughts, rapid movement and changing sights. This is something that has just started in recent generations.
For lots of kids, teachers are the first to point out to parents that there might be a problem with attention or too much energy. Unfortunately, to a lot of old fashioned teachers wanting to move and talk constantly seem wrong. It's also obviously wrong (to these old teachers at least) to not be able to focus on what the teacher is saying or not finish your math homework.
That's not to say some kids don't really have ADD or ADHD – they do. Those with ADD have a serious brain condition. The rest of us are just bored with the lectures and worksheets that are supposed to help us learn. I'm just saying that to at least a few researchers and a lot of kids, movement, talking and wanting the teacher to entertain us rather than preach to us is not abnormal – it's becoming the NEW normal. Some teachers, parents and maybe even doctors just need to catch up to the rest of us.


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In addition to Adobe Flash, what other tools people usually use to make text animations.
By text animation I mean, like animations that has a narration and word or letters from the narration dance on the screen, change in size and color, bump to each other, fall down or fly away.
I am looking for something that professionals would use, some like what is used to produce this video:
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All of the pro video editors have a means of animating titles to some degree, some are better than others. I am only experienced with Sony Vegas Pro 10, but I have seen my colleagues use Adobe Premiere with Adobe After Effects to create some mind blowing 'dancing' titles. Vegas has plugins available to boost their basic package but the basic package can do most if not all the effects you have in your example while Adobe's Premiere and After Effects might be able to take this to another level as in more 3d attributes.
I recommend a pro video editor over power point as you have tons of flexibility (avi, mov, mp4, m2t, etc) vs. only a ppt file. However, there are many products available to convert ppt files into video such as this free version I just found:
Caution: I have never tried this product so I am uncertain on quality.
I should mention that animating titles is not the only thing going on in your example, there is some degree of track motion control and pan/crop as well not to mention compositing.
If you are seriously looking for a pro product, I would seek advice from professionals that already use these products in conjunction with trying out the trail versions if available. I do know that Sony Vegas Pro 11 is available for free download for a 30 day trail. Most of these products will cost between $500 and $2500 and the learning curve can be heavy.
Sony Vegas trial version: http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/download/trials/vegaspro?keycode=64506
This is a serious product that costs you both time and money.
I would recommend posting on the appropriate forum on creative cow to seek more inside advice.
Hope this helps
Adobe After Effects is probably the most common application for creating motion graphics. There are plenty of books and tutorials out there to get your started.
Powerpoint is often used for this sort of simple animation in corporate environments.
MovieMaker can do this sort of thing on home movies.
Your example looks like it was made in Aftereffects.
Apple Motion that comes with FinalCutPro is very versatile and if you like Apples approach to video editing you'd like it.


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"Alright, let's add some resistance until you feel your front wheel ascending up your first hill of the night," states your Spinning® teacher as you abide by his/her request. Upon that initial ascend you feel your legs and hips fully engaged as your heart beats faster and the sweat droplets begin to increase. You realize in that moment, that it is time to really work.
In Breaking the Chains of Obesity, 107 Tools, tool # 53, Climb a Steep Hill Every Week, gives the reader the visual of turning a proverbial climb into a physical climb. In other words, the power, the strength and the work that ultimately goes into climbing a hill always yileds with the accomplishment of reaching the top. In life, we encounter metaphoric hills in our minds, yet we feel powerless to push through these hills to the top. The question is why? What are we missing? What do we need? Once we can identify the answers to these questions, we can continue pushing up those hills until we get to the top, as we do in Spinning® class.
Life has many hills and mountains in it. Life isn't a valley of flowers with sunshine every day. However, it's how we approach our hills and mountains that molds the types of lives we live. So, if you feel like you possess an athletic mind, then life's hills is just another challenge. If you do not live in the mindset of an athlete, then listen up. Life tests us. Life is uncomfortable. Next time you go to Spinning® class, think about all the emotions and feelings you are undergoing and ask yourself why you're still pushing. Why are your pedals still moving and your mind still engaged in what the teacher is saying? Why? And how?
Take this level of consciousness and apply it to other areas of your life that may appear to be pushing back at you, just like that lovely hill did to you in Spinning® class. Instead of contemplating and perhaps turning around and going down the hill back to comfort, take on the challenge, push to the top and allow yourself the surprise of what lives on the other side of that hill. Sometimes, it's exactly what you've always dreamed for. Sometimes, it's simply just a stronger sense of self! Either way, good luck with a different mindset!
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When I am working on a big document, I find the srcltx package to be extremely useful. However, I also really like the hyperref package. Is it possible to use both? In particular, is there a way to use ForwardDVI and inverse search with PDFLaTeX?
If using pdflatex you should switch to using the SyncTeX patch (included in pdfTeX 3.1415926-1.40.8 and later), which is generally enabled with the flag
Not all PDF viewers support it yet though. You can see it working in TexWorks IDE.
SumatraPDF allows forward and inverse searching, but is Windows only. It works seamlessly with MikTeX 2.8 and WinEdt 6.0. I haven't tried it with TeXLive or other windows editors.


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I'm from India. Recently I've applied for the Isle of Man - UK visa for some official purpose. I intended to stay at london over the weekend to explore the city. I expected to receive the UK Visa as it is the one which is used throughout the United Kingdom including Isle of Man but they gave me an Isle of man Visa. Now, Can anyone tell me if I can stay in London or any other part of mainland UK (England & Scotland) with that Isle of Man Visa?
The UK and Isle of Man form a Common Travel Area. There is no passport check between the UK and the Isle of Man. Moreover, you will always arrive in the mainland UK if you are travelling to the Isle of Man, so any visa issued should give you at least transit rights to visit the UK. Visas for the Isle of Man are issued through UK visa offices. You need an Isle of Man visa as the UK visa does not automatically give you the right to enter the Isle of Man
So in short, it's almost certain that your Isle of Man visa will give you the right to visit the UK. And in any case nobody will check your passport between IoM and the UK. Your visa will probably spell out your entitglements. If you are still in doubt, check with the office that issued the visa.


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Could you perhaps post a sound file with you talking about something naturally? Reading a text for a first or second time, you can't produce the natural rhythm of speech, which makes the evaluation more difficult and less precise.
This may be an odd place for this question, maybe I should have posted this under Pronunciation and Phonetics, but since English teachers hang out mostly here, I though this would be the appropriate place (and also this question is primarily aimed at teachers).
I've been trying to learn the "received pronunciation" for some time, and I'm curious to what degree I have succeeded. If you could attach a percentage to my accent, ranging from 0% to 100%, obviously 100% corresponding to the degree of proficienty to that of a native speaker.
If a native speaker (altough I welcome everyone to leave a response), preferably from England could listen to this audio clip and share his or her views, I would be very grateful.
Here's the text I read: Deductive reasoning - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
And here's the audio file: Download Deduction2.mp3 - Kiwi6.com Mp3 Upload
Thank you very much!
Could you perhaps post a sound file with you talking about something naturally? Reading a text for a first or second time, you can't produce the natural rhythm of speech, which makes the evaluation more difficult and less precise.
Wow... You have done a great job!
I'm not sure about the accent or intonation...but your pronunciation is definitely British.
Without the 'Member Info," I would have thought you were British (or at least educated in the UK).
Keep up the good work!
I tried putting down your introduction ...for my listening practice.
Hi, uh...thank you for...uh... listening to this...uh... sound file.
Uh... the purpose of this, ?????? for me to find out to what degree I sound like a native speaker from England(s?).
I('m) very curious about that. So, I'm gonna read this...uh... text from Wikipedia.
Um...This entry is on deductive reasoning. So...uh...here it goes...
I couldn't catch '??????' part...
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I'll try to record a more spontaneous sample of my speech, though I don't think it's going to be much different from my reading voice.
Anyone from the UK care to comment, or should I really record a sample of my non-reading voice?
I agree that speaking naturally is better than reading- it can make a difference to the intonation and gives a clearer picture of natural speech with its hesitations, changes of thought, etc. Hearing it cold, I would guess that you had travelled around a bit- the rising intonation at the end of statements is more commonly associated with Australian English, though it is growing among younger BrE speakers. Some of your sounds remind me of Birmingham speakers- you say find almost as foind. Quite a lot of it does sound like BrE to me. I'd be interested to hear some unscripted speech.
Here's the unscripted recording. I'm looking forward to hearing from you.
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Again, I tried to put down everything you said (just for my listening practice) :
...Right. So, thank you for listening to my previous recording. This one is going to be different in that I'm just gonna talk about something spontaneously. So, I'm gonna talk about my experiences of learning English.
I began learning English ????? was about twelve years of age. Around that time I became familiar with the English language literature. However, I didn't start paying attention to the correct pronunciation until I was about sixteen, I guess. Um...
I really became fascinated by different kinds of accents because there's such a variety of English accents. And none of them are quite alike, so I really wanted to learn one, or several, but I think I have my hands full with just one. So..I chose the most neutral accent spoken in the United Kingdom, which is the...um...received pronunciation. Prior to...um..learni...um..prior to starting to learn English, I was already proficient in two.... our? different languages because I was raised bilingually, and so, I think this really gave me a head start. Right, so...that's all I wanted to say, and thank you for listening.
P.S. I might have caught some of the words in the wrong way...
Please note that I'm not a teacher.
It sounds more Brummie/Midlands than RP to me, but even knowing beforehand that Chicken's a non-native speaker, he didn't sound like a non-native. If you played this to native speakers, there might be some discussion about where he's from, but it would be which part of Britain and not which country IMO. Kudos to Chicken Sandwich, who shows it can be done.
I agree completely with Tdol. I would never have guessed you weren't from Great Britain if I didn't already know that. I would be unable to place you in a particular place in Britain though. I agree that this is not RP.
PS: I actually spent some time in West Midlands myself, and your accent is indeed quite similar to that, but I would hesitate to call it Brummie. One clear difference in my opinion is that the Brummies I met often used [ʊ] instead of /ʌ/. You don't do it as far as I can tell.
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Kimmie (whose name has been changed for reasons you'll soon discover) begs me to join her and some guy she met the weekend I almost broke my celibacy vow on a double date (his name is Sean). My designated snore for the evening is Sean's cousin, dude named Ronald with a funny walk (fail) and Converse shoes (win). I'm hardly capable of saying no to people when they plead so off we go: Kimmie, Sean, Ronald and myself.
We arrive at a restaurant called Carrabas 'round 9 and soon as we sit Sean orders a bottle of wine for the table. Glad for the much needed social lubricant as it's obvious this is destined to be one of those awkward blind date situations that never end well, I smile appreciatively his way. I'd already done my own mandatory liver lubricating at home prior to being picked up and am feeling pretty chirpy, indulging Ronald in a conversation about the importance of Scorsese films and lack of depth in present-day movies.
Once our food arrives, Kimmie excuses herself to go to the bathroom but when I try to follow she gives me the evil eye which means Stay put. I'm puzzled but comply, awkwardly making conversation with two strangers over shrimp linguini and Robert Mondavi wine. Five minutes feel like five hours and still no sign of Kimmie, so I take it upon myself to check up on her
The restroom only has one stall with a mirror and sink outside so I figure Kimmie's inside peeing. I've known her since we were kids so instead of knocking I just open the door and almost fall back at the site of her in front of the mirror.
Apparently, while poor Sean was ordering bottles of wine and whispering sweet nothings in her ear in an attempt to seal the deal, Kimmie was having text sex with some guy she likes who lives in Atlanta. I've never really taken part in "text sex" so to speak but seriously could she have picked a more inopportune time?
Me: What in the fuck are you doing?
Kimmie: I. I was just, ahhhh, taking sexy pictures for Josh.
Me: Josh? Who in the world is Josh? And why are you doing this now while I drown out there in shitty conversation?
Kimmie: It's the kid I told you about that I met on Twitter.
Me: (roll my eyes so much I catch a glimpse of my own thoughts). Twitter. You met a guy on Twitter and you're taking naked pictures while you're on a date with another guy and leaving me out there to die of boredom with Ebert & Roeper?
Kimmie: I'm sorry (gives me a sheepish look). You don't understand how this guy makes me feel, Annah. You're too, well, you're too you. You don't understand.
Me: Kim, you don't understand how he makes you feel. You've never even seen the guy. It's fuckin' Twitter. Really?!
Kimmie: Shoots me a blank, puzzled look.
Me: No worries my friend, take your time and I'll cover up for you. Just come back when you're good and ready.
I head back to the table and promptly order a dirty martini, no olives.
"Is everything alright?" Sean asks with a concerned look on his face that almost makes me feel sorry for the poor schmuck.
"Kimmie has the shits," I smile sweetly, burying my face in my glass of wine without waiting to catch a glimpse of his reaction.


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Today, we live in a culture that is increasingly hostile to biblical values. It takes great courage and faith to live as a follower of Christ in a world characterized by moral depravity, injustice, idolatry, and more…but it is possible!
Dr. Michael Youssef invites you to take a walk through the book of Daniel with him. In Leading The Way Through Daniel, the first volume of the Leading The Way Through the Bible commentary series, you will discover how a man of God lived a godly life in a godless culture.
Like Daniel, we are living by faith in a faithless culture. Leading The Way Through Daniel equips you to stand for God's truth despite great opposition. This timely devotional book is ideal for personal or group use.


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Good morning, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill.
Councilwoman Letitia James is looking for her next batch of unpaid summer interns. Ideal candidates will be passionate for serving the public, very organized and good at communicating constituents' needs. Interns will be assigned to specific projects in housing development, housing and homeless issues, environmental, district public health and educational after-school programs, according to Ms. James' office.
We spotted an interesting job posted on Craigslist this weekend. The ad asks for animators to join an upstart animation studio based in Fort Greene. The animator will be part of a team that is making a "10 minute animation for a festival run, personal calling card, and eventual superstardom." Do you have the digital and artistic chops to win the spot?
Diane Ravitch, author of "The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice are Undermining Education," will be speaking at P.S. 321 tonight. Ms. Ravitch will talk about education reform and how to support good education for all children. The free event begins at 6:30 p.m. in school's auditorium.
We're looking for community contributors who'd like to cover two meetings this week. The first meeting, organized by Councilwoman James and Community Board 2, is an information session on a proposal to create loading zones along Lafayette Avenue. The zones would facilitate vendors of the Brooklyn Flea when they unload and load their goods on Saturdays. The meeting will take place tonight from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Teen Challenge building at 444 Clinton Avenue.
The second meeting, happening tomorrow night from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., is a public workshop on the proposed plaza at the Putnam Triangle on Fulton Street. The Fulton Area Business Alliance is looking for ideas from the community on how to best plan and design the space. The meeting will take place in the Grace Agard Harewood Senior Center, located at 966 Fulton Street.
If you're interested in volunteering to report either or both of the meetings let us know by e-mailing firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Friday, July 15, 2005
(ELGIN, Ill.)-Columbia College-Elgin awarded a $500 scholarship to Margaret Grundmeier of South Elgin in honor of Frank S. Westling. Westling was a former dean of the college's Extended Studies Division, which serves adult learners and military personnel nationwide.
Grundmeier is a senior business administration major and shelving coordinator/page supervisor at the Gail Borden Public Library. She demonstrates leadership by participating in the North Suburban Library System Page Supervisors Group and attending supervisor training workshops.
The scholarship was awarded to one student at most of Columbia College's 30 nationwide campuses. To qualify for the Westling scholarship, applicants had to:
- Complete a scholarship application
- Pursue degree completion with Columbia College
- Have a minimum Columbia College GPA of 3.0
- Have residency of at least 15 hours with Columbia College
- Have a history of leadership and service to their community, school or country
- Write a 400-500 word essay on their achievements and career goals
"Columbia College is proud to offer this scholarship to students at our extended campuses," said Mike Randerson, Columbia College vice president for Adult Higher Education. "Frank Westling was instrumental in establishing the Extended Studies Division to serve working adults and military personnel, and he would be pleased to know the scholarship is helping fulfill the educational goals of students around the country."
Prior to joining the college, Westling served in the U.S. Army for 31 years and retired as a colonel. He was a highly decorated infantry soldier and was awarded the Purple Heart, Bronze Star Medal and Silver Star.
The Westling Scholarship is a nonrenewable scholarship and will be awarded to a new student each year.
Columbia College was founded in Missouri in 1851. Today, the college serves 20,000 students at its Day Campus, Evening Campus, Graduate Program, 30 nationwide campuses and Online Campus.