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Lance Golinghorst
Senior Manager, Strategic Pricing, Target
After Lance Golinghorst (MBA 2001) earned an undergraduate degree in engineering, he worked at Archers Daniels Midland as a front line operations supervisor.
"It was a great experience in managing and motivating a team, and in recognizing that there was so much I didn't know and could learn," he says. "I was good at engineering, but I didn't have a passion for it. I realized that in order to broaden my opportunities outside of engineering, I needed to go back to school and better understand how the various pieces of the business puzzle fit together."
"When I started at Tippie, I thought I would pursue finance and my internship was with Kraft in operations finance. That experience gave me exposure to brand management at a world-renowned brand management company. After completing the internship, I knew I wanted to pursue brand marketing. Fortunately, I had a few offers at graduation and was able to join Proctor & Gamble in category management and sales. I spent my first two years after graduation in Arkansas, focused on growing P&G's baby care business at Wal-Mart."
After a few promotions, Lance gained responsibility for P&G's entire paper business with Safeway.
Lance was recruited away from P&G to work for DemandTec, where he used his consumer products and retail background to help the pricing analytics company expand its business. He led product implementations and consulted with several retailers, including Target. Eventually, Lance had the opportunity to join the Target team.
"My Tippie MBA has been invaluable," he says. "My experience and training at Tippie has helped me evaluate career opportunities and make sound decisions. Much of this experience comes from the classroom but even more is available from experiences outside the classroom. Many students enter business school in a career exploration phase. Having constant interaction with peers of varying levels of experience in work and life creates an incredible opportunity to learn."
Lance not only sharpened his analytical skills at Tippie, but he also worked successfully with teams and developed his leadership skills.
"Business is very relational and you have to quickly become comfortable understanding how to be most effective working in a group," he says. "At Tippie, work groups change daily. The format, case studies and group projects, all helped me learn how to work as a team and contribute as an individual. That's the kind of thing I have to do every day. Tippie also provides many opportunities for students to take on formal leadership roles, in projects or student associations. I took advantage of those."
If he had to do it all over again, would he still choose Tippie?
"Absolutely. Tippie is a great school with a great reputation. I was able to develop the same core competencies I would have at a top-name school, but without a huge amount of debt. That has given me flexibility and freedom to take control of my career."


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Professor Bobbitt Talks About Combating Terrorism
Professor Philip Bobbitt recently addressed students and faculty on the subject of international terrorism, challenging the audience to rethink its assumptions about war, extremism, and international law in a lecture titled "Can We Combat International Terrorism Consistently with International Law, the U.S. Constitution, and American Values?"
"We used to think victory is the defeat of the enemy, like in chess or football," said Bobbitt, the Herbert Wechsler Professor of Jurisprudence. "I win, you lose. It's not so anymore."

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I have just acquired this (large, heavy,expensive) lens. Does anyone else have experience of using it on the D700 with an NN5? At present I have an NN3 which I use with my 10.5 FE + DX body. So it looks like an upgrade to the head is required.
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A Tuesday morning fire destroyed the Bob Lucas residence in Crossville.
Lucas served for almost 20 years as Crossville's police chief.
Firefighters were called to the residence around 6 a.m. While battling the blaze, an 8-inch water main feeding the hydrants broke, forcing firefighters to call in help from surrounding communities to feed water by transporting it in tankers to portable tanks.
Firefighters from every department in White County as well as from Griffin, Ind., and other Posey County units responded.
No injuries were reported.
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Is there a future for ETSU football?
One of the most talked-about topics Wednesday at ETSU concerned the possibility of bringing back football.
The program was dropped after the 2003 season for financial seasons, and many students are excited to see what the future holds. "I think it is a phenomenal suggestion to reintroduce football back to ETSU," said student Patrick Oaks.
And many are already planning where they will be on game day. "I would for sure go to the games," said student Taylor Kennedy.
Kennedy also added, "Everybody pretty much leaves on the weekends, so it'd be nice to have something to do on the weekends here."
The talk of bringing the program back has come up many times in the past along with one hurdle many feel is in the way: money.
Student Chris Hickman said, "I'd pay whatever to have football here."
But on the other hand, the possible new addition could bring in even more new elements. Student Government Representative Gabrielle Billiot said, "Not only football but a marching band, cheerleaders and everything that comes with it; there's so many opportunities."
The future of Buccaneer football is unknown, but for fans knowing there are talks is a step in the right direction. Now this is only a preliminary idea and much more discussion will be needed before a decision is reached, but committee leaders are hopeful for more research by the spring.
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TOPEKA, Kan. -- Soldiers of the Kansas National Guard's Agribusiness Development Team 4 will be welcomed home from an agribusiness mission in Afghanistan during a ceremony on Thursday, June 7.
The ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. in Hanger 680, Army Aviation Support Facility #1, Gary Ormsby Drive and J Street, Forbes Field, Topeka. The doors will open at 9 a.m. The public is invited to attend.
"This team has done an outstanding job of building on the work of the three previous teams to mentor and assist the people of the Laghman Province in making a better future for themselves," said Maj. Gen. (KS) Lee Tafanelli, the adjutant general. "It's in missions like this that the Kansas National Guard shines, missions where we not only use the skills we have as soldiers, but also the knowledge and expertise we have as citizens of Kansas."
ADT #4 is comprised of approximately 60 members of the Kansas Army National Guard under the command of Lt. Col. Russell Richardson.
The soldiers deployed in September 2011 to the Laghman Province in Afghanistan. They worked in conjunction with the Provincial Reconstruction Team, USAID, USDA, the Department of State and other agencies to assist in building capabilities for increased agricultural production, training and services, and improving the safety of food and other agricultural products that are produced and distributed to the Afghan people.
They also assisted in the development of sustainable agriculture and other related enterprises to increase the economic well-being of the Afghans.


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Javascript SDK provides FB.login function to easily login other users. I just wonder whether there exists a way through PHP SDK that realize the same function --- that is click the login button and then allow the user to login and also allow the app to use the user's info?
The reason I ask the question is that someone told me that it's possible to be hacked if implemented by javascript and it's somewhat securer by the use of server-side PHP. Can anybody tell me the exact idea of this?


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Linguistics at NC State
Linguistics at NC State is a relatively small but highly productive program that combines research and engagement. The linguistics program, initiated in 1993, operates as a subdivision within the English department, and consists of an undergraduate minor in Linguistics and a Master's level graduate program in Language Study and Linguistics with an emphasis on sociolinguistics, and a new Sociolinguistics Speciality in the Sociology Ph.D Program. NC State currently has six faculty members in the sociolinguistics concentration within the English Department as well as several others in the Foreign Languages and Literatures Department, making it one of the most concentrated sociolinguistics programs in the United States. In addition, students may take courses through the consortium at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and Duke University.
The centerpiece of the NC State program is the opportunity for students to become actively engaged in field-initiated research and extension while receiving close professional mentoring by faculty. These activities are supported through a variety of external and internal research grants as well as endowment funding. The establishment of a number of field research sites and a state-of-the-art linguistics laboratory afford students a unique opportunity to develop first-hand research skills as well as skills in working with communities in outreach programs.
Visit the news page to see upcoming events and happenings in Linguistics at NC State.
Watch this video about the linguistics program at NC State, from Walt Wolfram himself:
NCSU Linguistics | NCLLP | Tompkins Hall | Campus Box 8105 | Raleigh, NC 27695-8105
919/515-4151 | walt_wolfram at ncsu dot edu


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KILLEEN (March 9, 2013) -- Have you ever thought about being a roller derby girl? Jerri Bullock became interested in the game several years ago and joined a league in Temple. Her grandfather became sick and Jerri had to quit the league to take care of him. "He made me promise when he died that I would get back to derby, but to do it my way," said Bullock, owner of the Wicked City Derby Damez in Killeen. In August, after going through all the legalities, Bullock began networking with people in the community and got 40 girls to join. "We do have a lot of new girls, there are 14 rostered girls and we are trying to build a league of 8 teams," she said.
Once the teams are formed, Bullock wants them to face off against each other and become an entertainment venue in Killeen. She will also have a separate travel team that will go to nationals and regional games. Also included is a team called the Wicked City Kidz and includes boys and girls ranging from 5-to-17 years of age. The women's team has ages ranging from 18-to-55.
So what does it take to be a derby girl? "You have to be able to control your temper, because it does get rough and there is a lot of contact," said Bullock. "You can't be thin-skinned and you need to be able to shut-up and skate."
The name of the league was based off of Bullock's upbringing, good versus evil. She was in Killeen in the 70s and said it was a really rough town back then. "Killeen was a wicked city back then," she said. When she came back in 2012, she saw that the community had greatly improved and decided to make her own difference. "Having the Wicked City Kidz is a way to get kids off the street and focus them on doing something positive," she said. "I want to take back and give back to this community because it's become a really good community." She is very excited about the downtown renovation in Killeen.
Bullock also hopes to make a difference for those in the women's league too. "We have a lot of ladies that have come from really rough backgrounds and things like that and this has really helped them to come out into a better place." Even though these women are beating up on each other in the ring, in the end, it builds camaraderie and self-esteem. "These girls have a lot of heart."
The training involves a lot of repetition, stopping, falling, going through a rigorous skills assessment. "We want to make sure that when you fall, you do it properly so you don't break a leg or your tail bone," said Bullock.
On Saturday evening, Wicked City Derby Damez played their first game against the Hell Rio Rollers at the Killeen Events Center. Their next game in Killeen will be April 13.
The league has practice on Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Killeen Events Center and there are several openings for more players.
To find out more about joining the league or purchasing tickets, call 254-217-6517, or visit their Facebook by clicking the link below.


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Facebook has always had a weird relationship with colleges. It was created by a college student and originally exclusively used by other college students. And even though a billion people are on the network, there's a general sense that it's mostly young people who're using social media.
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The 9 Most Badass Last Words Ever Uttered: Part 2
Hello there, dear readers. We hope you're having a wonderful day. We just wanted to take a moment to remind you that you are most likely going to die in total obscurity.
Sad, we know, but it doesn't have to be that way.
While we can't all pioneer nanosurgery or discover the Higgs boson, we can all plot out something epic to say with our dying breath. Hopefully history will remember us for our sick burns and ballsy braggadocio, even if it forgets everything else. Hey, it worked for the folks below.
#9. Lawrence of Rome/Saint Lorenzo
Quote: "This side's done."
These days most theological discussions break down thusly:
Person 1: I believe in X.
Person 2: I believe in Y.
Person 1: You're a Nazi fag.
Back in the third century, these interactions had much the same flavor, but the stakes were a bit different:
Person 1: I believe in X.
Person 2: I believe in Y.
Person 1: Why don't you believe in X? I would love to explore your belief system further in hopes of bridging our -- hahaha just kidding; I've already set you on fire.
We're not saying it's a better system, but if you leave a comment you should probably lock your doors at night.
Lawrence of Rome was one of seven deacons in charge of the riches of the Catholic church. The Roman prefect apparently got a memo that Rome would really appreciate more riches (you don't say?), so he demanded that the church turn them over. Pope Sixtus II, already condemned to death, instructed Lawrence to distribute the church's jewels and treasures to the poor. And he did so.
When asked by the prefect to produce that wealth, Lawrence gestured to the crowd of peasants and said that they were truly the riches of the church. As emotionally stirring as that quote was, the prefect's lifelong hatred of ham-fisted Hallmark card metaphors manifested itself in an immediate death sentence for Lawrence of Rome.
Imagine the heartwarming music skittering to a stop, and then the match flaring.
Lawrence's execution was to be carried out over a torture-sized George Foreman Grill; he was literally barbecued to death. Just before he gave in to his burns and died, Lawrence reportedly advised his captors: "This side's done. Turn me over and have a bite." This marks both the first and the most accurate instance that "Bite me" was used as a comeback.
For this he was made patron saint of cooks and chefs, because Catholics enjoy a laugh as much as the next guy.
#8. Joan Crawford
Quote: "Damn it, don't you DARE ask God to help me."
Dang! That, uh ... that really raises the bar for "defiantly blasphemous last words of celebrity actresses." Unless Anne Hathaway gets terminal cancer and tells God to "make sure he's wearing clean underwear, because I don't want my feet to get shitty while I'm kicking his ass," Crawford will probably reign supreme in the Best Sacrilege from a Supporting Actress category for decades.
Madonna would need to sacrifice three goats per tour for the rest of her career to catch up.
Since most of our grandparents are too disappointed in our life choices to read this site, we're going to go ahead and clarify that Joan Crawford was a silver screen icon, best known for films like the 1945 Mildred Pierce, where she shouted more dudes to pieces than a Dovahkiin. In general, Joan Crawford was a stubborn, headstrong, unruly bitch in the most awesome sense of each of those words. So it's no wonder that, on her deathbed, her last moments were spent reprimanding a housekeeper who'd had the audacity to pray for Crawford's soul within earshot. She died a Unitarian, so we're not sure if she was offended at the religious presumption of the maid or if she just didn't want God to think she needed help from any man.
"Satanic knife fight!"
#7. Georges Danton
Quote: "You will show my head to the crowd: It is worth seeing."
During the rise of the French Revolution, Georges Danton was a prominent mouthpiece for popular sovereignty and was among those who voted for the beheading of King Louis XVI. The ensuing emergence of conflicting political factions led to more beheadings, counter-beheadings and casual Friday beheadings, and even produced a small contingent of revolutionary hipsters who mostly whined about being into beheading way before everyone else.
As an evolutionary survival tactic, French royalty started to produce tiny tiny heads.
Danton's rise to power alternately placed him in harmony and disrepute with those manning the guillotine. It was simply a matter of time before he finally fell afoul of Robespierre (easily the guillotiniest guy during the Reign of Terror). Danton's final demand that the executioner consider his head a treasured keepsake in an era when the severed head market was absolutely saturated was as courageous as it was arrogant. It's the sort of bragging that we wouldn't hear again until the age of modern hip-hop ... if modern hip-hop started from the assumption that every rapper was about to have his head chopped off.
It was also an especially ballsy thing to say for a guy who looks like a cross between Miss Piggy and Jack Black.
#6. Hannie Schaft
Quote: "Ik schiet beter!" -- "I could shoot better!"
As callous as it sounds, it's not surprising that people doomed to be executed manage to summon some pretty choice last words. Knowing your fate is sealed and having ample time to stew over it really gets the creative juices going. It's why our writers always do their best pieces at gunpoint, which works out great, since we have no shortage of people eager to hold guns to their heads. And yet, Hannie Schaft still manages to up the ante with the cutting brevity of her last words.
"Help help I'm tied to a chair and forced to write captions 24 hours a day." -- Schaft, weirdly.
Schaft, a Dutch communist resistance fighter during World War II, was involved in the distribution of illegal resistance newsletters and the theft of ID cards, which she'd turn over to her Jewish friends to help them avoid detection. She was arrested at a military checkpoint on April 17, 1945 and interrogated for days before being sentenced to death. Two German soldiers brought her out to a field strewn with the bodies of fellow freedom fighters to be shot. Now, accounts vary as to whether the first volley wounded her or missed her entirely, but in either case, Shaft awesomely used her final breath to hurt the feelings of some inept Nazis.
Before turning to stone and screaming defiance to the sky.
And hurt they must have, since the soldiers who were botching the execution were using a fucking machine pistol.
#5. Fabrizzio Quattrocchi
Quote: "I'll show you how an Italian dies!"
In 2004, an insurgency group calling itself the Green Brigade of the Prophet took four Italians working in Iraq hostage and shot an execution video, which they then sent to Al Jazeera television. Instead of inspiring fear and terror in the hearts of their enemies, however, the whole thing served to make the group look like a bunch of rookies who needed war lessons from their substantially more put-together captives. When it became apparent that Fabrizzio Quattrocchi was going to be killed, he tried to tear off his own hood and shouted his last, instructive words: "Now I'll show you how an Italian dies!"
Note: These last words lose potency if you were born somewhere other than Italy.
So, what's the answer? How does an Italian die?
Well, a lot like anybody else, really. Except a whole hell of a lot cooler, and while making his killers look like the utter assholes that they are.


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- BSO Case Number: several
- PIO Number: 02-1-4
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- Cooke's Goose Restaurant, 3750 N. State Road 7, Lauderdale Lakes on 12/2/01
- China Duck Restaurant, 4273 W. Commercial Blvd., Tamarac on 12/16/01
- Bangkok Palace Restaurant, 4345 N. State Road 7, Lauderdale Lakes on 12/17/01
- China One Restaurant, 1581 S. State Road 7, North Lauderdale on 12/31/01
- Unidentified
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Broward Sheriff's Office Robbery detectives are seeking the public's help in the hopes of identifying a group of serial restaurant robbers.
The unidentified black males are responsible for holding up restaurants in Lauderdale Lakes, North Lauderdale and Tamarac. The armed thieves usually strike late at night.
The suspects started their crime spree December 2nd at the Cooke's Goose Restaurant, located at 3750 North State Road 7 in Lauderdale Lakes. The four male suspects entered the restaurant just after midnight and robbed the patrons at gunpoint (only one handgun was seen) of cash and jewelry. No injuries were reported.
On December 16th two, from the same group of suspects, entered the China Duck through a rear door during closing time shortly before 10 p.m. The two armed bandits robbed restaurant employees of jewelry and cash. No injuries were reported.
The next day (December 17th), two of the suspects entered through the rear of the Bangkok Palace, located at 4345 North State Road 7 in Lauderdale Lakes, around 10 p.m. The two desperados fled empty handed, and no one was injured.
The most violent robbery occurred New Year's Eve around 8:30 p.m. when two of the suspects entered the front door of the China One restaurant at 1581 South State Road 7 in North Lauderdale and robbed the employees at gunpoint. One of the victims, who apparently didn't react quickly enough to the suspects' demands, received a deep cut on her head after being struck with the suspect's gun. Without warning one of the suspects, fired several shots inside the restaurant, striking another victim in the hand. The suspects fled with the victims' purse and wallets. The male and female who were assaulted were treated at Broward General Medical Center.
Anyone with information on the identity or whereabouts of the suspects is urged to call BSO Robbery Det. Lou Pugliese at (954) 321-4270 or call Broward Crime Stoppers, anonymously, at (954) 493-TIPS.
- INVESTIGATORS: Robbery Det. Lou Pugliese, CI
- THIS REPORT BY: Veda Coleman-Wright/PIO
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the background for question - specifications of binary32 float
My question is about assumption, that first (leading) bit is always 1, so we do not need to store it. That's true, but it has another role in number.. we know, where it starts. So after extracting that first non-zero bit, we don't know where number starts, unless there's another non-zero bit right afterwards.
In that wiki article, they use number (1.100011)binary. So fraction is 100011 and we can build up that number back without problem. However, what about (1.000011)binary? we extract 1 and we're left with 000011, and as we can't store leading zeroes inside zero-initialized bitfield, we get 11. But what happens, when we want to build it back? we get 1.11 and that's wrong.
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Native American Life on the Great Plains
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Male Duties
In many tribes of Northern Plains Indians, the primary occupations of men included raiding and hunting---both difficult and dangerous tasks. In times of conflict, men went to war and a war chief, like the Hidatsa chief Lean Wolf pictured above, assumed leadership of the village.
Fun Fact: In addition to hunting, raiding, and fighting, men also spent time seeking spiritual knowledge.
Photo source: Library of Congress
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Since Michael Stailey brought this topic up in the filibuster: What the Hell were you thinking?
That was my reaction every time I saw any of the ads & trailers for Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's new movie The Tooth Fairy. I know Johnson wants to make PG flicks, but is this the best script he could find(?). Which executive thought kids would be rushing to the theaters (& dragging their parents in as well) to see The Rock in a tutu? Didn't anybody learn anything from the Hulk Hogan bomb Mr. Nanny?


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September 19, 2013
World trade negotiations in the Doha development round have stalled. More than 120 countries have antitrust laws but there is no international framework. Meanwhile, corruption persists as a major obstacle to economic development. A panel of experts will discuss how trade, competition and corruption impact poverty in developing countries, and how we can move ahead on Thurs., Sept. 25, 6:00pm. at the NYU School of Law (Greenberg Lounge, Vanderbilt Hall, 40 Washington Square South).
Speakers at the event include: Jagdish Bhagwati, University Professor, Columbia University; Eleanor Fox, Walter J. Derenberg Professor of Trade Regulation, New York University School of Law; Kevin Davis, Beller Family Professor of Business Law, New York University School of Law; and Pradeep Mehta, Founder and Secretary General of CUTS International.
Merit Janow, dean of the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, will serve as moderator. Trevor Morrison, dean and Clarence D. Ashley Professor of Law at NYU School of Law, and Peter Henry, dean of the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at NYU, will make welcome remarks.
The program will celebrate the 30th anniversary of CUTS, a leading global NGO that does pioneering work on markets and development.
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My assumption is that dogs vary so much in size because of artificial selection pressures coming from human breeders, but are there genetic loci that roughly determine approximate size? Do other feral species of animals exhibit such a wide range in sizes or is this something that only occurs when breeders intervene?
This is a fascinating bit of genetics.
Dogs are especially variable in size and many appearance, behavioral and temperamental phenotypes. It was long expected that variations in developmental genes were the reason that dog breeds were responsible for the amazing flexibility of dog sizes. One early locus found was IGF1 (insulin like Growth Factor 1).
This 2011 PLOS paper actually review the specific genotypes of dog breeds and identifying loci that are strongly associated with breed phenotype supports this idea.
Emphasis added.
This theory has an intuitive appeal as well - no dog breeds (I think) are larger than the wolf, the stock from which all dog breeds are descended. All such breeds being derived from earlier developmental stages of the wolf makes an intuitive, if imprecise description of the effect here.
Regardless, dogs remain an important model organism for so many traits because relatively few genomic regions can cause so many important phenotypes, including size, but also behavioral and morphological variations.
In the below figure you can see how few genomic regions are responsible for the 46 breeds Vaysee et al. examined.


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Lindsay Lohan Gossip
Lindsay Lohan gossip, latest news, photos, and video.
Smutty Social Media, Friday August 14, 2015
This 2003 Vanity Fair cover has been floating around Insta – Mandy Moore posted it. And out of all of them, would it have been so hard to predict that Lindsay's career would be in the worst shape? It's not even a career anymore – she basically just hangs out with people who can give her stuff. Full Story
Smutty Social Media, Wednesday June 17, 2015
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There are a lot of celebrities in Italy right now. Here's Ellen Pompeo in Sicily. Reese is in Rome. Sicily ❤ Full Story
Lindsay Lohan has a new boyfriend
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After "working so hard" to complete her community service Lindsay Lohan spent the weekend in Venice, Italy with Mathia Milani, supposedly her new boyfriend. Since there was something to celebrate, well, Lindsay never really needs an excuse, so they celebrated with a toast. And since she's officially off probation, for the first time in 7 years, well… you can see for yourself what's in that wine glass. Full Story
Dear Gossips,
Today was Lindsay Lohan's deadline to complete community service. There was a lot of speculation about whether or not she'd actually be able to do it. And if she couldn't, she supposedly was going to flee the country on some rich dude's payroll. Amazingly, she got it done, just in time. According to TMZ, Lohan has logged 125 hours and will be finally off probation. And how did this happen? Here's how she put it on Instagram:
"Hard work pays off." Yes. The hard work involved putting in "nearly 8 hours a day for several weeks without a break to get the job done".
So… 8 hours a day is considered hard work now?
Yours in gossip,
Smutty Social Media, Friday April 24, 2015
Yesterday Lainey wrote about RDJ walking out on an interview. When I watched the clip, the one thing that really struck me about it is how un-RDJ he was about it. This guy knows how to be a movie star, like George Clooney knows how to be a movie star and Julia Roberts knows how to be a movie star. Full Story
Long Island Yard Sale
Yesterday, a short post on Lindsay and Dina Lohan showed up on TMZ, and it involved Dina selling Lindsay's stuff - shoes, clothes, furniture, artwork – that is being stored at Dina's house. Basically, the Lohans have entered Judge Judy territory. If you watched the docuseries Lindsay, aka "Lindsay smokes and bitches about moving," you'll know that she has a lot of sh-t. Full Story
Smutty Social Media - Monday, March 9, 2015
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(Lainey: a new feature because celebrities can't help over-sharing on social media…) First off, she's stealing a phrase from a reality TV star. Second, can you break the internet when no one gives a sh*t about you anymore, Lindsay Lohan? It's cringe-worthy. Does she even feel embarrassment at this point? Break the Internet with clothes on😎. Full Story
Back for the action
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Lindsay Lohan is back in Los Angeles. Didn't I just read an article the other day about how she's all about London now because she can go for a run and watch the BBC and not get papped all the time? She's been papped a LOT in England, like several times a week, but whatever. Full Story
Lindsay Lohan for makeup
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Not that I'm in any position to, on profile, but I would be the worst person to promote baby products. Obviously. I don't do baby culture. In that sense, do you think Lindsay Lohan is the best person to be promoting makeup? She was out last night in London at a makeup launch for Charlotte Tilbury's Backstage Beauty Booth counter in the Beauty Hall in London. Full Story
She only missed one line
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London last night. Opening night. Lindsay Lohan in Speed-the-Plow. Reviews have been mixed. Overall the play is a medium. Some reviews were impressed by her performance, others just had no time for it. Here's the detail they all agree on though: She only missed one line. So that's the standard now, is it? Sh-t. Full Story
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Unanswered: grid drag and drop problem
Hello all. I am working with Grid and grouping view. I added possibility of row drag and drop through groups and every time I move some row it is always places on the bottom of that group.
Here is my code for that:
new GridDragSource (grid); GridDropTarget target = new GridDropTarget (grid); target.setAllowSelfAsSource (true); target.setFeedback (Feedback.INSERT);
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The problem happens because the grid Store puts the DND element at the end and the View is sorting by group. You can solve this problem in two different ways.
1. Implement your own loader with valid sorting and pass it to your store.
2. Just nullify your store sorter in the grid. => easier way...


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Boulders penguin colony
Boulders Beach – bowled over by birds
Cape Town and her surrounding coastline offers the visitor some wonderful beaches, but none are more interesting nor more beautiful than the Boulder's Beach in Simon's Town. This beach, with its wind sheltered bays and safe sandy shores, is home to a breeding colony of over 2000 endangered African Penguins.
A National Park
Boulders Beach forms part of the Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected Area and an entrance fee is required to access these sandy shores that are home to the tuxedoed little bird. Strictly controlled access to this beach by the SANparks authority ensures that it is always clean and tidy and that the facilities are well maintained and spotless. These facilities include toilets and outdoor beach showers. The beach is seldom crowded and is a real hit with little one's as it offers a very gentle and warm ocean swimming experience.
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Once through the turnstiles, one can stake your claim on the pristine sand and then freely explore the large 540 million year-old granite boulders, small rock pools and little bays in the close proximity of the flightless little swimming birds.
To view the African Penguins and their nesting and breeding sites, a superb walkway has been established that takes the visitor on an intimate tour of the area these endangered birds call home. African Penguins were previously referred to as the "Jackass" Penguin due to their donkey-like call, but a more diplomatic choice of name saw them re-christened as African Penguins. The area is patrolled by park rangers to ensure both the visitors safety and the safety of the birds.
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29km from Oudtshoorn, at the head of the picturesque Cango Valley, lies the spectacular underground wonder of the Klein Karoo - the Cango Caves. Situated in a limestone ridge parallel to the well-known Swartberg Mountains, you will find the finest dripstone caverns, with their vast halls and towering formations.
Southern Suburbs
The Southern Suburbs are a tourist's delight. The area, which stretches from the slopes of the Table Mountain range to the False Bay coast, offers natural attractions and a vibrant nightlife.
St James
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Llandudno and Sandy Bay
Only 18km from the Cape Town city centre, an arc of fine white sand gives away the secluded location of one of Cape Town's most beautiful beaches, Llandudno.
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Admission to the M.Ed. program in technology education is granted after a favorable review of application materials. A minimum undergraduate cumulative average of 2.75 and Miller Analogies Test score of 383 or Graduate Record Examination average score of 450 for the verbal, and quantitative components and a 3.5 for the analytical writing component of the test are required. Probationary admission may be granted at the discretion of the department.
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Actinoplanes Philippinensis: Effect of Carbon Sources on Zoospore Production
Date: May 1968
Creator: White, Olivia
Description: Actinomycetes are able to utilize a great variety of carbohydrates, like sugar. The particular kind of sugar and its concentration has decisive effect on the growth of microorganisms. The proper nutritional media aids also in the production of spores. Based on this generalization, that the growth and sporulation of microorganisms are greatly influenced by the nature and the concentration of carbohydrates, an attempt has been made to study Actinoplanes philippinensis with respect to this influence.
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The Adaptability and Present Status of Andropogon Ischaemum L. in Denton County, Texas
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The Age and Rate of Growth of the Black Crappie, Pomoxis Nigro-Maculatus (Le Sueur), and the White Crappie, Pomoxis Annularis Rafinesque, in the Koon Kreek Klub Lakes, Texas
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Creator: Elliott, James M.
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Altered Leukemogenic Activity by Thyrotropic Treatment of Leukemic Mouse Thymus in Vitro
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Our Lady the Immaculate Virgin
"In cases which concern private revelations, it is better to believe than not to believe, for if you believe and it is proven true, you will be happy that you believed, because our Holy Mother asked it of you. If you believed and it should be proven false, you will receive all the blessings as if it has been true, because you believed it to be true." Pope Urban VIII
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Grilled Peel 'n' Eat Shrimp with Old Bay, Basil, and Lemon
Categories: Entertaining, On the Grill, Spicy
Type: Appetizers and Snacks
Type: Appetizers and Snacks
Shrimp is fun to eat with your hands, and tastes wonderful when seasoned with old bay, basil, and lemon.
Serves: Serves 4 as an appetizer
- 1lb (450g) medium-large (16/20 per pound) shrimp, rinsed and drained
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- Kosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper to taste
- Juice of 2 lemons (about 1/2 cup)
- 1/4 cup roughly chopped fresh basil
- 3 tablespoons butter, at room temperature
- 2 tablespoons minced garlic
- 1 tablespoon Old Bay Seasoning
- 6 dashes Tabasco sauce
- Kosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper to taste
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- Build a fire in your grill. When the coals are all ignited, the fire has died down, and the temperature is medium (see Gauging the temperature), you're ready to cook.
- Using a small, sharp knife or small scissors, slit the shell along the back of each shrimp, and remove the vein.
- Toss the shrimp with the oil and salt and pepper in a large bowl. Put the shrimp on the grill over the coals and cook until they are opaque throughout (4-5 minutes per side). To check for doneness, cut into one of the shrimp at its thickest point to be sure it is opaque all the way through.
- While the shrimp are cooking, combine the lemon juice, basil, butter, garlic, Old Bay Seasoning, Tabasco, and salt and pepper in a large bowl and mix together well. When the shrimp are done, add them to the bowl and toss gently until the butter is melted and the shrimp are nicely coated. Serve the shrimp right out of the bowl, with another big bowl on the side for the shells.
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Rahman Ali, 69, is the younger brother of former world heavyweight champ Muhammad Ali. Rahman has been in the national spotlight in recent weeks after stories surfaced in a London paper and then in the National Enquirer that attributed quotes to Rahman concerning his brother's failing health, and mistreatment of Muhammad by his wife, Lonnie. Rahman sat down with me for an exclusive interview on Feb. 7, to dispute the stories and to set the record straight.
KENT TAYLOR: What do you have to say about the articles that have come out in the last few weeks (and the quotes) that have been attributed to you?
RAHMAN ALI: I have not read the articles that have been said about me in the newspaper, but I heard one statement about Lonnie, and my sister-in-law called me and said, "Rahman did you say these things about me and Muhammad?" I said, no, it was all taken out of context, I did not say what they said. I totally deny what the press has said, I would never, ever hurt Muhammad or Lonnie, or say negative things about them. They are very positive people. All of the things that have been said about me were taken out of context. I was misquoted, totally misquoted, I did not say those things.
TAYLOR: What is your impression of your brother's condition right now; how is he doing?
ALI: As far as I know he's doing fine. He's alive, he can breathe and see and hear. His mind is alert, as far as he has come in life, he's doing wonderful. His condition is a very bad disease, he's fighting it very strong, with the help of his sweet wife Lonnie. Something else he told me, he said, "Rahman do not worry about me, my motor skills are bad, but my mind is clear." He told me that about four or five months ago.
TAYLOR: When is the last time you actually talked to Muhammad?
ALI: About three or four weeks ago, we talked by telephone. His speech is slurred, he said a few words to me that made me feel good, he said, "I love you Rock, I love you, brother." That was all I needed to hear.
TAYLOR: One of the quotes that you say were taken out of context, that was attributed to you, states, "In my opinion Lonnie is evil." Did you say that?
ALI: Never, never, ever said that. That's a complete, outright lie. Just look at me, sir, that is a lie, I never said that about Lonnie. I was completely misquoted by the press, misquoted by the press, I did not say that.
TAYLOR: How would you describe your relationship with your brother?
ALI: Excellent, heavenly, heavenly, divine. You understand what divine means? My relationship with my brother is divine, holy, sacred. We're very, very close. He's my best friend next to God and my wife.
TAYLOR: Did people call you and reach out to you to try and stir up a story?
ALI: No, no one did that. A few reporters called me from London when they heard about this controversy. I did not talk to them. I said, I did not say those things.
TAYLOR: What has Lonnie meant to Muhammad?
ALI: Everything, everything. Before he got sick and could not talk, he said, "I love Lonnie dearly." She is his everything. He loves Lonnie. My wife is everything to me. Lonnie is a sweetheart, she is a beautiful lady, I love Lonnie dearly for taking care of my brother the way she does.
TAYLOR: When you and your brother started boxing, how quickly could you tell that he had a gift?
ALI: He's a miracle. I go back way before that. From the time he was, he is 18 months older than me. I was 10 when we started boxing, he was 12 years old. He said then, "Rudy," my name was Rudy Clay, he said, "Rudy, I'm going to be world champion, heavyweight champion of the world." He told the kids in the neighborhood, they said, "No, Cassius, you can't be champion." He did everything that he said.
TAYLOR: As much as he accomplished in the ring, as much notoriety as he has received, has it ever amazed you?
ALI: No sir, it didn't amaze me. I always knew he would do it.
TAYLOR: You knew he would be that big?
ALI: I knew he would be bigger than life. I knew that in my heart, because he was so sweet and kind and good to people. He's been blessed by God, he's been blessed by God to do this. He's a saint. Everywhere you go in the world, "Ali, Ali!" Africa, Asia, Russia, China, he's like a God. He was born to do this, it was no accident.


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If $d^2|p^{11}$ where $p$ is a prime, explain why $p|\frac{p^{11}}{d^2}$.
I'm not sure how to prove this by way other than examples. I only tried a few examples, and from what I could tell $d=p^2$. Is that always the case?
Say $p=3$ and $d=9$. So, $9^2|3^{11}$ because $\frac{3^{11}}{9^2}=2187$. Therefore, $3|\frac{3^{11}}{9^2}$ because $\frac{2187}{3}=729$. Is proof by example satisfactory?
I know now that "proof by example" is only satisfactory if it "knocks out" every possibility.
The proof I am trying to form (thanks to the answers below):
Any factor of $p^{11}$ must be of the form $p^{k}$ for some $k$.
If the factor has to be a square, then it must then be of the form $p^{2k}$, because it must be an even power.
Now, we can show that $\rm\:p^{11}\! = c\,d^2\Rightarrow\:p\:|\:c\ (= \frac{p^{11}}{d^2})\:$ for some integer $c$.
I obviously see how it was achieved that $c=\frac{p^{11}}{d^2}$, but I don't see how what has been said shows that $p|\frac{p^{11}}{d^2}$.


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Let $k$ be a field and $A\subset \mathbb{N}^d$ a vector configuration. Let $R,S$ be commutative $k$-algebras, both graded by the affine semigroup $\mathbb{N}A$. Is the 'multidgraded Segre product' $R \otimes_{\mathbb{N} A} S := \bigoplus_{\mathbb{N} A} R_a \otimes_k S_a$ known in the literature?
I believe that Segre product, at least in the particular case of grading over $\mathbb Z$ or $\mathbb N$ (I don't know what a vector configuration is), appears in literature in many places. One such place I am aware of is the book by Polishchuk and Positselski "Quadratic Algebras", AMS, 2005, where it is used to construct non-Koszul algebras with mutually inverse Hilbert series (p. 59 onwards). It is used also in the operadic environment (see, for example, a draft of the book by Loday and Vallette at http://math.unice.fr/~brunov/Operades.html ) what encompasses the above-mentioned algebra case and, probably, many other cases, including yours.
I found a precursor of the notion in the paper "On unmixedness theorem" by Chow (American Journal of Mathematics, Vol. 86, No. 4, Oct., 1964). He considers a Segre-type product of the form $\bigoplus_i R_{id} \otimes S_{ie}$ for given bi-degree $(d,e)$. This captures the idea of giving linear relations on the generating degrees (of the sub-algebra of the tensor product).


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1956 Ford F-100 - From A Boy's Dream To A Man's RealityWritten by on May 9, 2011 Robert & Kristen Anderson's '56 Ford F-100
It all started with grandma. When Robert Anderson was a freshman in high school--dreaming about driving--his grandma got him a subscription to CLASSIC TRUCKS. The rest was left up to a young boy's dreams. Robert instantly had wide eyes when he saw the custom Ford trucks in the magazine. (Who could blame him? They're cool.) In particular, he wanted to purchase a '56 Ford, because he liked the front grille. He managed to get odd jobs building fences, hacking tree limbs, and mowing lawns to purchase his very own tailgate mobile.
Robert searched high and low and waited for the newspaper to come every Sunday so he could read the classifieds. On one lucky Sunday Robert saw a '56 Ford for only $1,200 and decided to take his dad with him to see if it was a smart purchase. The truck was all there, but the brakes were leaking faster than you could put fluid in the master cylinder, and the windshield worked better as a kaleidoscope than a wind brake. Luckily, his parents shelled out the extra cash to fix the stoppers and windshield; the rest, however, was up to Robert.
It was around 1998, a few years out of high school, when Robert wanted to lower the F-100 by welding on a Camaro front clip to provide a smoother look and ride. With great intentions we tend to get ahead of our pocketbooks and either let our projects sit or, in worst-case scenario, sell them to the highest bidder. So the truck sat in the garage with pieces scattered everywhere. The F-100 was looking more like a laundry table than a piece Americana.
A few years later Robert was passing through Lake Elsinore, California, and knew of a Ford F-100 builder, Bobco, from all the old CT magazines he used to read. He made his way inside to check out the F-100s that were being worked on and instantly hit it off with the owner, Bob.
This is also where Robert saw a lot of the trucks he grew up reading about on the walls of Bob's shop and office. Robert told himself that one day he would come back and have Bob help convert his boyhood dreams into a reality, but at the time he was working on creating a new business to provide for his wife, Kristen, and future family.
Skipping ahead to 2005, Robert had saved a few pennies and contacted Todd at Walton Fabrication to build a custom frame. When the frame was done it also sat for a few years until his piggy bank was replenished--and, with kids in the house, the frame was taking up much needed space. In 2008, almost 10 years after Robert met with Bob at Bobco, he returned--this time with his '56 F-100.
The usual rust repair was performed, along with tons of other slight tweaks and modifications Robert could afford. Most of the attention was spent on getting the bodywork ready for paint. "The paint gets the most recognition from strangers," Robert says. The chance to build the dream '56 Ford is, in most cases, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Robert would like to thank his wife, Kristen, for putting up with his shenanigans, as well as everyone who took part in the build, no matter how small. CT
Robert & Kristen Anderson
Torrance, California
1956 Ford F-100
Frame: Walton Fabrication
Modifications: custom frame
Rearend / Ratio: Currie 9-inch / 3.90
Rear suspension: four-link TCI
Rear brakes: Currie disc
Front suspension: TCI Mustang II
Front brakes: TCI 13-inch disc
Front wheels: 19x8 Schott Americana
Rear wheels: 20x10 Schott Americana
Front tires: 255/40R19 BFG g-Force
Rear tires: 295/40R20 BFG g-Force
Gas tank: rear mounted
Engine: 351W stroked to 392
Heads: AFR aluminum
Valve covers: aluminum
Manifold / Induction: Edelbrock Air-Gap / Holley 750
Ignition: MSD
Headers: Doug's Headers
Exhaust / Mufflers: Flowmaster / 2-inch dual
Transmission: Gearstar Ford AOD
Modifications: 2200-stall converter, shift kit
Shifter: ididit
Style: '56 Ford F-100
Modifications: shaved and smoothed
Fenders: stock
Hood: stock
Grille: stock
Bed: Bed Wood and Parts
Bodywork and paint by: Bobco in Lake Elsinore, CA
Detail and Polishing by: Dave Sylican of Innovative Detailing
Paint type / color: PPG / custom mix
Headlights / taillights: H.O. / LED
Outside mirrors: stock
Bumpers: stock, moved in
Dashboard: shaved and smoothed
Gauges: stock
Air conditioning: Vintage Air
Stereo: Alpine head unit / MB Quart mids / JL Audio amps and subs
Steering wheel: Budnik
Steering column: ididit
Seats: bench
Upholstery by: Elegance Auto Interior of Upland, CA
Material / Color: leather / gray two-tone
Carpet: gray


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The Night World {RP} - 11-03-2011, 11:26 AM
1. This RP is for humans and Night Worlders. That means made vampires, born vampires (lamia), werewolves and shapeshifters. If you are unsure about anything, feel free to PM me. This RP is open to everyone.
2. Abide by the rules laid out in the stickies. That means no godmoding or Mary Sues, among other things.
3. Please obey the rules of this world, which are detailed in the plot explanation. Also, do not introduce any other types of vampire/shapeshifter. If you try and introduce either Meyerpires or Meyerwolves, you will be in trouble.
4. Please try to have an equal number of human and Night World characters; if there are too many of one faction, I may ask you to either change your character or introduce one from the other side.
5. There are no character forms; please describe your character in your opening paragraph.
The Night World isn't a place. It's all around us, a secret society of vampires, witches, shapeshifters and other creatures of darkness that live among us. They're beautiful and deadly and they could be anyone you know. Your boyf could be one, and so could your teacher. Even the town mayor, the police chief or the President. There's no way of telling, which makes it all the more dangerous. The Night World's laws say it's alright to hunt humans, to kill them, to toy with their hearts. However, there are two things they forbid; to let humans find out about the Night World, or to fall in love with them. The penalty for breaking these rules is death, tho there are those who manage to escape the penalty. It's still not something that Nightworlders want to risk and in any case, many Nightworlders despise humans. The laws are enforced by the Night World Council, which is made up of the elders of all the Night World groups; vampires, both made and lamia; witches and shapeshifters. All Night Worlders wear the symbol of a black flower, depending on species. This will identify them to other Night Worlders and can be worn as jewelry, clothing or as a decoration on accessories.
There is a belief in the Night World that two people are destined to be together, no matter how many years lie between their births. This is the soulmate principle, and your soulmate is your other half who you are connected with forever. Soulmates have a unique connection which means that once they meet, they will know each other instantly. Soulmates also have the ability to completely enter each other's mind, to know their soulmate from the inside out, to touch their very soul. When this occurs, their minds are forcibly opened to each other and they can explore their memories, thoughts, and feeling freely. Each person's mind is different; some very light, others, dark. Something has been happening recently; Night Worlders are finding human soulmates. This love is forbidden and can end in disaster for all concerned, but there are not many who can fight against the silver cord which connects each pair of soulmates to each other. The Council will kill any human and Night Worlder soulmate pairs if they find them, but then, the Council has other things on its mind at the moment.
A vigilante group which calls itself the New Order Of Night (NOON) has risen to try and take control. They wish to destroy the human world from within, by changing as many humans as they can rather than killing them, tho they will do this as a last resort if the human refuses to be turned and join them. NOON is run by three former Night Worlders, including the hybrid Nofret, who started NOON as revenge against the Night World Council who decreed that she was an abomination. Nofret is a vampire/shapeshifter hybrid and her parents were killed by the Council. She formed her own faction, which steadily grew in number due to its relaxed rules and kept in the shadows til it could realistically challenge the Council. Now, NOON is a force to be reckoned with, but its leaders prefer not to challenge the Council til their hand is forced. In the meantime, they do their damage around the areas where they live, turning humans with impunity and spreading their beliefs whereever they can find willing listeners. They also have allies on the council; Mordred Redfern, one of the oldest members of the oldest lamia family, is one. He sees nothing wrong with what NOON are doing and turns a blind eye.
The world is changing. Nothing is certain any more, whichever world you live in. Are you a human, going thru your daily life, unaware of the other world which exists alongside your own? There is still school to attend and various activities outside of school to keep your interest. You may yet be dragged into the other world, either willingly or otherwise. You may be a Night Worlder, in which case who's side are you on? You might find your soulmate in the human world, and will have the choice of keeping the laws of the Night World or giving in to the uncontrollable impulse to be one with your other half. The choice is in your hands.
Notes on the races.
The Night World species are vampires, both made and the ones born that way (lamia); witches, werewolves and shapeshifters. Humans exist in the regular world. The characteristics of the species are as follows; please stick to them.
Lamia can age, and stop their aging at any time. They can also have children. Made vampires stop aging at the point of being turned and can not have children. Both types of vampire can eat human food if they want, but must feed on blood at least once a day. Vampire cells are unable to carry oxygen and therefore, vampires must acquire human blood cells for them to breathe. Blood is also nutrition and power to vampires. Sunlight, garlic and crosses do not harm these vampires. Made vampires are created by exchanging blood with vampires while still human. No human over the age of twenty can be turned into a vampire; they just burn out after that age. Both lamia and made vampires have superhuman strength, speed, and agility and can have telepathic powers. The first vampire in existence, Maya, was originally a witch. In her quest for power and immortality, she became the first vampire by the use of powerful magic, which involved drinking the blood of infants. Maya bore a son, Red Fern, who became the ancestor of all lamia vampires. Despite the fact that the first vampire was a woman, vampires (particularly the lamia) are a very patriarchal society. Burning and wood will hurt vampires. The symbol for lamia is the black iris, which is also the name of a Night World club. The symbol for made vampires is a black rose.
Witches are closer to humans physically than the other Night World races and are a matriarchal society who can do magic. They trace their descent to an ancient tribe ruled by Hecate Witch-Queen, and later by her daughter Hellewise Hearth-Woman. All witches are considered to be 'daughters of Hellewise', although the Harman family are direct genetic descendants traced through the female line. Hellewise is the sister of Maya, who became the first vampire. Witch society is composed of 'Circles' to whom all witches belong. Those who take to heart Hellewise's bidding to 'harm none' belong to Circle Twilight, while Circle Midnight is made up of witches who practice darker magic. The Inner Circle is a coven of the nine most magically talented witches. The most important of these are the triad of the Maiden, Mother and Crone, positions which are held respectively by Aradia, The Maiden; Cybele, The Mother; and Grandma Harman, The Crone. All witches are answerable to the Inner Circle before the Night World council. Witches practice magic with the aid of herbs, gemstones, effigies and incantations, all of which may be used in a spell; they worship the Goddess in her many manifestations, celebrate Samhain, and probably other festivals on the Wheel of the Year. However their magic is innate and does not always require external aids, although these can accentuate their power. Human psychics in the series are "lost witches" who are unaware of their true descent. Burning and iron will hurt witches, and their symbol is the black dahlia.
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A werewolf is a subspecies of shapeshifter, so werewolves are allied with shapeshifters rather than other Night World races. Werewolves (sometimes called 'wolves or just wolves) can transform from human to wolf (and vice versa) at will and do not rely on the phases of the moon, tho these are important to werewolves in other ways. Werewolves are wolves that take human form, rather than the reverse. This means that they have animal instincts and urges, even in human form. There is no difference between those who are made and those who are born; werewolves can make other werewolves by biting them during full moon time. The bite is usually in the shoulder or arm, and the human will gradually change into a werewolf during the time the moon is full; by the time the moon begins to wane, the transformation is complete. This also applies to shapeshifter transformations. Unlike vampires, werewolves must kill every time they feed because they need to consume organs. Thus, Night World law states that werewolves can only kill and eat animals. In the Night World, werewolves and shapeshifters are treated as second-class citizens and are the victims of prejudice and racism. Burning and silver will hurt werewolves, and their symbol is the black foxglove.
Shapeshifters had control of the world long before witches and vampires. Their leaders were known as "Dragons", beings that could change into the form of any animal as long as they have had physical contact to that animal. To kill a dragon you must take off all of its horns.The more horns it has the more powerful it is. Normally, shapeshifters can only change into one pre-determined animal form. The witches rose to power and put the dragons to sleep, except for the youngest one; the dragon princess who was only a child at the time. All of the ruling house of shapeshifters are descended from her. The descendants of the ruling house of Drache have the ability to choose what animal they will become, but this choice is permanent. Shapeshifters have to eat flesh every day but are not under the same restrictions as werewolves. A shapeshifter form can be any animal or bird form, but not insects or fish. Like werewolves, there is no difference between born and made shapeshifters and humans can be made into shapeshifters in the same way. A human turned by a shapeshifter will have the same shape as the one who turned them. Burning and silver will hurt shapeshifters, and their symbol is a black lily.
Humans have been ruling the world since after the vampires, which is why members of the Night World must keep its existance a secret. Humans are unaware of the existance of the Night World, and believe that vampires etc are made up creatures. They read stories about Night World creatures and watch movies, which are full of inaccurate details. Hunters are humans who have found out about the Night World, and seek to destroy Night Worlders. They are constantly in danger from the Night World and must keep their faces covered while out hunting, and their identities secret. Old Souls are humans who have lived before. Humans are reincarnated several times, but will only remember their past lives if they are Awakened Old Souls.
The alarm clock shrilled out next to a bed that contained a sleeping form. A moment later, and a hand emerged under the bedclothes to switch it off. Then the boy who's hand it was sat up in bed, running his other hand thru his messy hair. School again; he thought briefly about not going, but gave up on that thought. After all, there was very little to do in the town, and especially in the collection of trailers where his pack had made their home. The locals tended to avoid this area, calling it a commune of weirdos and perhaps worse, which was just how the werewolf pack liked it. No-one had the authority to move them, and no-one would try, anyway. Dolph had dark blonde hair and blue eyes, and was about average height. About half an hour later, he had washed, dressed and was on his way to school. It was important that he attend; not doing so would attract attention, and Night Worlders seldom liked to do that. It was far easier to blend in with the humans and keep them in ignorance of the world that ran alongside theirs.
In a house on the other side of town, a human boy was getting ready to walk to the school. Lee Sheppard yawned as he brushed his teeth after breakfast, then checked to make sure he had all his things before he left the house. His mother called out a goodbye as he walked thru the door, shutting it behind him. Lee was fairly tall and thin, with black hair and grey eyes. He was on the track team, but had little or no interest in other sports. Running was good enough, and it helped keep him in shape. Lee didn't have a girlf; however, there was one girl in his class who had something about her, something that made him want to get to know her. Her name was Miya and Lee had crushed on her for quite a while. Maybe soon he could ask her out; maybe it would be today that he'd get together the courage to do so.
In the middle of the town was what looked like to the unassuming eye as an old abandoned house. Rather a large house, almost a mansion. Its windows were boarded up; it was rumoured to belong to a guy who lived overseas. Certainly, no-one had ever seen him. The house was avoided by the locals just as certainly as they avoided the collection of trailers that were over on the far side of the town. A girl crossed the road and walked towards the building. She had long dark red hair and green eyes. She walked with the ease of a predator, taking long strides, and there was an inhuman look of beauty about her. She in fact did not look at all human, and she wasn't. Nofret was a hybrid, the result of a vampire and shapeshifter, and she was a rare creature. Tho hybrids did exist, there were hardly any of them in the world due to the Night World considering them abominations. Nofret didn't care a jot for the Night World; that was why she'd formed her own faction; the New Order Of Night. And that faction was growing day by day; Nofret smiled evilly as she unlocked the front door and let herself inside the house.
Lopakhin pulled his wheeled suitcase along behind him as he left the airport, muttering about TSA and airport security and how he was getting quite tired of the patdowns. He made sure to do this well aways from the airport; people tended to make a scene if you b*tched about the TSA agents too much. He stopped at the curb to wait for his taxi, pulling his long gray-streaked black hair back into a ponytail. He needed to dye it again; he was stressing out far too much lately. "Now where am I supposed to meet her," he muttered, checking his phone. "... ugh." He wrinkled his nose delicately; he was supposed to meet with NOON and by extension Nofret, and he wasn't looking forward to it at all. He dealt primarily in cattle selling - as in actual cattle, cows and the sort, not humans. He didn't look down on feeding on humans - he just couldn't stand doing it himself and he had no idea why.
He wondered if maybe it was just the fact he was made and not born, at times, but that made little sense because few other mades seemed to have the same feelings about it. With a grunt, he picked up his suitcase to put it in the back of the taxi that pulled up, got in, and told the driver the address.
Miya was sleeping in. Well, sort of. She was already at the school and was sleeping at one of the cafeteria tables. She rather enjoyed being able to sleep where-ever she wished and did it often, and she often slept like the dead even in the randomest, most uncomfortable looking places. She had little to fear, really - at least from humans who had no know-how. Miya was a lamia vampire and had been born during the colonial era of the United States, back when it had simply been a group of colonies on the brink of war. She remembered little of that time, or of the war; her family had fled the fighting and stayed in a strange house made of dirt. Though, once the war had ended, they'd returned to their well-off stature.
Though her family was affluent, Miya didn't act like it. She was a cheerleader - but also a huge theater geek and was currently assisting the drama teacher as an aid, having exhausted the regular classes. Her favorite subject was science, even though she'd been in the class hundreds of times by now, and her favorite branch of science was biology.
She was also quite into gothic fashion; though most of it was extremely uncomfortable to wear, she did love the gloves and long sleeves and corsets. In fact, that was her clothes for the day - a long-sleeve black sweater with thin leather gloves, a black corset, and slim black jeans. Goodness, it was black everything - even her hair, which was wavy to her shoulders. Her green eyes blinked open sleepily and stared at the clock on the wall. Ugh, it wasn't time for home room yet.
Arik Roarke opened his bar early that day - though this was mostly to showcase the restaurant that was being added to it. He loved to cook and his daughter Jesie was going to handle the bar for him.
Now he just had to wait for customers.
... dammit. He yawned and rubbed his face, staring sleepily from behind the kitchen counter.
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!
Emily Rosewood sighed as she made her way to school. Great, I just LOVE being the new kid halfway through the school year, she thought sarcastically to herself. She shoved her way in to the old, half-decrepit high school and made her way toward the principle's office, following the signs hanging from the ceiling. Gym... no... caffeteria... no...
Emily was an extremely curvy sort of girl with a large chest. Her hair was a mess of black ringlets tumbling down her back. That day she wore a red long-sleeved tee-shirt and a pair of dark-wash skinny jeans, and she knew she looked great. The jeans hugged every curve, but the fabric was stiff enough that it didn't exaggerate any pudge. The long-sleeved tee was loose around the belly but strained at the bust, thus making her waist look absolutely tiny.
She'd gotten herself expelled form the last school... but what did those people expect her to do when those idiot jocks tried to get in her pants? Just let them treat her like an object to be won? Hell no! She'd kicked them all where the sun don't shine... and a few other fights later, she was expelled. Forced to go to this school.
The young teen girl with the carefully pleated hair came to a decision; she was going to join Circle Twilight. She was a short girl with dark skin and was "full-figured", meaning that she had a little extra curve to her body than was desirable.
Melody Richard was a shy, sweet sort of girl. Despite this, it had been a tough decision on what circle she ought to join; she felt pressure to go into Circle Midnight, as most of the rest of her family -excepting her grandmother- were in Circle Midnight. But at long last, Melody figured out that following her own heart was more important than conforming to anyone else's desires...
Now, if only she could convince her mother of that.
He had such striking yellow eyes. A true golden color, sparkling, electric, metallic. Those eyes were the only thing distinctive about him, however; the rest of him was small-boned, and his hair was a simple short cut and reddish-brown in color. His face was thin, most people would say "fox-like".
They'd have no idea how right they were. Farron was a fox shapeshifter, and a member of NOON.
He found the large, abandoned house easily enough; it was a bit conspicuous, what with the locals all avoiding it as though it were haunted. Hell, he'd even hear a few rumors about such a thing...
Humans are fools, he thought to himself as she went for the house.
Dolph walked into the school building, his senses on alert. The school was mainly full of humans but there were a few other Night Worlders who attended. Some vampires, more shapeshifters and witches, and of course the other werewolves from the trailer park, tho none were in his year. A witch taught Biology and ran the Nature Club after school. But it was mainly a school full of humans, or vermin as Dolph tended to think of them. He didn't like humans at all, considering them weak and shortlived, and wished that Night World law didn't forbid hunting them.
Lee went to homeroom early for a change; he usually just got in there with only seconds to spare. He wondered if there were any new kids; sometimes there were one or two. Despite the fact that the school was untidy and discrepit, Lee liked it as it wasn't too big a school and generally he got on with most people. There were a few exceptions, of course; in his class, there was Dolph, who Lee had never really liked. He came from a trashy trailer park, with other weirdos, and he himself was weird, so Lee avoided him.
Miya grabbed an apple on her way to homeroom, taking a bite out of it with a satisfying crunching sound. She quite disliked the feeling of apple peel between her teeth, though, and spent much of her walk to homeroom trying to get it out from between a canine and the molar next to it. "Ow. Ow. Ow." She stepped into class and sat in her usual seat, pulling a script out of her bag to read.
Lopak dialed Nofret's number and listened to his phone ring. If or when she picked it up, he said, "I'm in town. Please remind me why you have a hovel for a home."
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!
Dolph came into homeroom and sat in his usual seat. He yawned; he'd stayed up late hunting the night before. The trailer park backed on to a forest, which in turn backed on to a nature reserve, so there was a wide range for the 'wolves to hunt. The school Nature Club occasionally took walks in the reserve in the early evening, so the best time to hunt was after dark. Sometimes Dolph hunted with other members of his pack, or just with his mother, or alone.
Nofret picked up her ringing phone as soon as she got inside. "Secrecy, darling," she replied, a visible smirk in her voice. "The vermin of the town avoid the place, and it therefore attracts no attention."
"That in itself is rather risky." He looked out the window of the taxi cab; the driver was a shapeshifter so he was perfectly fine discussing this on the phone. "It's only a small matter of whether or not you'll get caught."
Miya looked up when Dolph came in. "Hello." As with most vampires, she didn't exactly look at werewolves with any measure of respect, but she was at best polite with them.
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!
"It doesn't matter if we do," Nofret said with a small frown audible in her words. "We're powerful enough to challenge the Council, and they know full well we are."
Dolph in return, like a lot of 'wolves and shapeshifters, didn't think much of vampires. But he wasn't about to be rude to them unless they started it. So he returned Miya's greeting.
Miya went back to reading her script. It was Moulin Rouge! and was her favorite musical.
Lopak sighed. "I worry about that often. I'm pulling up now." He hung up as the car came to a stop, and he paid the cabbie, climbed out and took his bag out of the trunk before heading up to the door of the house and knocking.
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!
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