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Opera has released an alpha build of their upcoming 9.5 release. "Following the release of Opera 9 last year, we re-wrote Opera's rendering engine for the coming Opera 9.5 release. As a result, Opera 9.5 contains more than a year's worth of speed, standards and performance improvements."
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So what your saying is that, similar to IE, the popularity of Firefox is not due to technical excellence but to the fact that it's bundled with just about every linux distro? Oh the irony!
All joking aside, Firefox is a simple, easy to use browser. It obtained "critical mass" while Opera was still an ad-supported browser and I think that's the real reason it became so popular.
Personally, I prefer Opera (I even paid for it before it became free)for it's speed, configurability, and its great features (gestures, ad-blocking, tabs, session saving, etc.). It's exciting to see it moving forward.


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Jason Phats' new single Can't Stop features Røde NT2 and Universal Audio UAD processing
Since leaping to fame in 1999 with the multi-million selling single Turn Around, Jason Hayward - AKA Jason Phats - has been working non-stop with his DJ'ing musical partner Russell Small, and as the duo Phats & Small they've recorded and produced remixes for the likes of Jean Michel Jarre, Simply Red and The Lighthouse Family.
Jason Phats at the console of his Brighton project studio
Alongside his Phats & Small commitments, Jason has also been busy setting up a record label, Mutant Disco, and has taken on the mantle of producer for a variety of forthcoming coming projects.
Hayward's home studio in Brighton is based around Logic 8, and he's recently boosted his DAW plug-in arsenal with the purchase of a Universal Audio UAD Nevana system, which provides a full suite of UA's highly regarded Neve plug-in emulations, including the 1073 & 1081 EQs and the 88RS channel strip.
Since acquiring the Nevana Pack, Hayward has expanded his rig to include all of the current UAD plug-in range, and while he names the Fairchild 670 emulation as his favourite, it was the Pultec EQ that he got to grips with first. "It just gives it that glorious American sound, so when you're working on dance music you can just put it on the bass and drums and it brings everything together - and gives it real warmth. In fact, I have to say the UAD plug-ins are absolutely phenomenal."
Hayward's also a convincing advocate of his Røde NT2 microphone. "I've had it for six years and use it on every vocal I record, and it's been used on all three Phats & Small albums. The standout feature for me on the new single Can't Stop is Ben Ofoedu's vocal; that was recorded with the Røde NT2 and processed through the UAD's 1176 and Fairchild plug-ins."
"The NT2 has been fabulous," concludes Hayward. "I've used it on absolutely everything since I bought it. I feel a bit guilty sometimes because I virtually never put it back in its case, but it never lets me down and in six years I've never even had it serviced."
This year looks set to be an exciting one - Can't Stop is due for release in September and will be followed up almost immediately by another single, and there's also a new top-secret collaborative audio-visual project on Jason's Geek label. Add the work he's been carrying out with several new artists in various capacities, and it looks like Jason Hayward's studio will be at the centre of the UK music scene for a while to come...
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Personally I left CR in 2008 due to the inactivity of users.
It seems that this is happening again with many users going on hiatus'.
So, this is a thread where you can add those with similar interests and share your own.
Fill out this form:
☆ Username:
☆ Age:
☆ Anime/Manga?
☆ Dramas/Movies?
☆ Music taste?
☆ Other interests/hobbies:
☆ Feel free to add those who share the same interests as you
☆ Edited: In order to make this thread "not personal" I have taken out my example of filling in the form
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Activity of users doesn't really matter, forums and comments are more than a little immature anyway. Most people are here for anime and rarely write a forum post or a comment, and I don't believe they really matter in the context of Crunchyroll. This is my third or fourth post and I am a member since 2009 Winter season.
"This post has been reported to moderators."
^ lol, I'm not trolling nor am I being offensive.
Take it down if you will. People post troll threads all the time and they very rarely get taken down.
Ungolianth wrote:
Activity of users doesn't really matter, forums and comments are more than a little immature anyway. Most people are here for anime and rarely write a forum post or a comment, and I don't believe they really matter in the context of Crunchyroll. This is my third or fourth post and I am a member since 2009 Winter season.
To some people it does. I can assure you many people post in forums, haven't you seen the threads with over 1,000 of posts and comments? A lot of people are not only here for the Anime but also to make friends who also enjoy the same hobbies as perhaps where they live they have nobody to talk to about anime.
If you saw the "suggestions" thread many users wanted more social features such as chat rooms and so forth.
You're 25, you're obviously going to have different views than a majority of the teens/youths who use this website.
I believe It's not a personal thread as it applies to every user.
Dark-Rumia wrote:
not sure if this is a personal thread?
It's similar to thread where people ask whether people like one genre of anime or another genre etc.
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Ungolianth wrote:
Activity of users doesn't really matter, forums and comments are more than a little immature anyway. Most people are here for anime and rarely write a forum post or a comment, and I don't believe they really matter in the context of Crunchyroll. This is my third or fourth post and I am a member since 2009 Winter season.
I honestly don't see whats wrong with this thread and I would question what the reason would be if it were to get taken down. If anything I'm happy to see one like this.
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A lot of people are not only here for the Anime but also to make friends who also enjoy the same hobbies as perhaps where they live they have nobody to talk to about anime.
I'm glad there's others out there who feel the same way I do. I don't have anyone to talk to about anime where I live.
So...I'll start
☆ Username: Savio_no_Shiva
☆ Age: 20
☆ Anime/Manga? Comedies and Mecha (Tantei Opera Milky Holmes, Nyarko-san: Another Crawling Chaos, Infinite Stratos, Strike Witches)
☆ Dramas/Movies? Conspiracies, Action, Comedies, Marvel and DC films.
☆ Music taste? Dance, Rock, DnB, Vocaloid
☆ Other interests/hobbies: Games (JRPG's and 2D fighters) , Collecting plushes and figurines, Drawing Manga, Football (Chelsea fan)
☆ Username: leexlee
☆ Age: 18
☆ Anime/Manga?
I stopped watching/reading both; probably why I left CR; I got bored and came back O:
☆ Dramas/Movies?
Taiwanese & Korean Dramas/Movies but CR doesn't offer many, another reason why I stopped using CR (but I don't watch much anyways).
☆ Music taste?
R&B, Rap, Hip-Hop.
☆ Other interests/hobbies:
None really, I'm pretty bland.
☆ Username: -Aidan-
☆ Age: 19
☆ Anime/Manga?
Action and mecha/gundam, and some romance ones.. but sadly the quality of action anime lately hasn't been that great. But action manga are plentiful, currently reading: naruto, one piece, gamaran, the breaker: new waves, noblesse, girl of the wild's, magician, fairy tale, beelzebub, HSDK, and many more.
☆ Dramas/Movies?
Not into dramas. But as for movie taste, i'm into action, thriller, rom-com, comedies.. and really anything that's good? lol.
☆ Music taste?
Umm.. i love old songs better, can't really list what i do listen to cause i'll listen to almost everything. But i don't listen to country, heavy metal, or anything similar.. and not much rap either, just from select artists (j. cole, lupe, tech n9ne).
☆ Other interests/hobbies:
Hmmm, i love martial arts? Might be obvious from my taste in manga/anime lol. Also love playing soccer, competitive or for fun i enjoy it either way, and volleyball/beach volleyball. My only "hobby" per-se would be gunpla? Which is basically building and/or customizing gundam model kits :p i used to like drawing, but that kinda died down..
Best Parody: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-eCB6R5tCM
☆ Username: You can read can't you?
☆ Age: 23 years young/8465 days old.
☆ Anime/Manga? Black Lagoon, Black Blood Brothers, Hikaru No Go, Ronin Warriors, YuYu Hakusho, Sailor Moon and Outlaw Star.
☆ Dramas/Movies? The Century of Self, Police Academy, Naked Gun series, Jungle Fish 2, Enter the Dragon & more~
☆ Music taste? Mostly Jazz and anything that's not vulgar.
☆ Other interests/hobbies: Drawing, gaming electronics, poetry, helping others, daydreaming, sleep, learning new information, puzzles and eating.
I'm on Semi-Hiatus with one reason alone, SCHOOL.
And I hate it. School's making ALMOST everyone inactive.
I can only go online when there are no homework or whenever I procrastinate from them <.<;
☆ Username: ugh.
☆ Age: 19y/o but with a heart of a 14y/o.
☆ Anime/Manga? Lots to list. But mostly reverse harem, comedy and romance.
☆ Dramas/Movies? I do not.
☆ Music taste? Anything catchy <.<;
☆ Other interests/hobbies: editing, being a bitch.
Dulce, Mimmy. Create one more stupidity here and I'll hate you 2. I'm serious.
☆ Username: Panzerveps
☆ Age: 29
☆ Anime/Manga? Anything goes, but all time favs are: Gossick, Steins;Gate, Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Dance in the Vampire Bund (manga), Detroit Metal City (manga), Fairy Tail (manga)
☆ Dramas/Movies? Mostly action movies and thrillers. 80's classics are the best!
☆ Music taste? Thrash Metal and a lot of other Metal subgenres. Also listen to old Italodisco classics and some modern and classic pop.
☆ Other interests/hobbies: Warhammer, PC/console games and restoring my car to it's original '86 beauty!
☆ Username: Rajyrr
☆ Age: 21
☆ Anime/Manga?: Manga? Eeeehhh .. ehh. Ehh ... Manga. Anime? YEEEAAAH! Anime is the bossest! I'll pretty much watch anything after enduring the first 25 episodes of Blood+.
☆ Dramas/Movies?: I don't like drama, generally. I also generally don't like watching movies. Too little bang for my buck.
☆ Music taste?: Virtually anything other than rap music or country music.
☆ Other interests/hobbies: Videogames. Pacing around wildly. The gym. Philosophy. Steeling myself for the next incredibly stupid thing a hateful idiot states out loud. I sometimes laugh to the point of tears ..
☆ username: rotisserie
☆ age: 25
☆ anime/manga: dbz/ ranma 1/2/ rurouni kenshin/ fma/ yu yu hakusho/ numerous others (see profile)
☆ drama/movies: save the drama for yo mama. now then.. star wars/ ju-on/ bruce lee movies/ 28 days later/ kill bill/ kung fu hustle
☆ music taste: reggae/ hip hop/ r&b/ techno/ trance/ soul/ motown/ rock
☆ other interests/hobbies: traveling/ working out/ drawing/ websurfing/ living in the moment
the fullmetal pharmacist!
☆ Username: im a sky that shits mangoes
☆ Age: almost 18
☆ Anime/Manga? Gintama, Ao No Exorcist (manga - tbh, I loathed how they did the anime), The Drops of God, Deadman Wonderland, Steins;Gate, InuYasha, GTO, Gantz, Elfen Lied, Azumanga Daioh, Chihayafuru, Any Leiji Matsumoto's, Shirow Masamune's, Makoto Shinkai's work
☆ Dramas/Movies? V for Vendetta, Watchmen, Dawn of the Dead (George A Romero's)
☆ Music taste? John Mayer, Metal, J-Rock, Jazz, House, Deadmau5, Skrillex, Aviicii, Adele
☆ Other interests/hobbies: Knitting, Web design, traditional art (e.g. painting), sewing
I want to be a mango forever.
☆ Username: fuck this already
☆ Age: fifteen
☆ Anime/Manga? ლ(́◉◞౪◟◉‵ლ)
☆ Dramas/Movies? ლ(́◉◞౪◟◉‵ლ)
☆ Music taste? vomit noises
☆ Other interests/hobbies: whatever
☆ Username: ShanHikari
☆ Age: 24
☆ Anime/Manga: I'll watch most animes that make me think, some harem and comedy but it has to be good.
☆ Dramas/Movies: Dr. Jin, few other random ones, mostly love stories.
☆ Music taste: Jrock, Jpop, Classical
☆ Other interests/hobbies: I love classical literature, drinking tea, writing general fiction and poetry, I'm a college student studying English Literature & Japanese. Plan to go to a masters program later. I'm married, 4 years, and have a son. That about sums me up.
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October trial date set in Colorado movie attack
CENTENNIAL, Colo. — The man charged in the mass shooting at a Colorado movie theater in 2012 now faces trial in October.
However, Judge Carlos A. Samour added as he set the date Thursday that it's possible the trial may be further delayed as prosecutors and defense attorneys spar over sanity evaluations of James Holmes.
"As much as I know people are eager to have this trial take place ... I also want to make sure we're doing things right," Samour told lawyers at a court hearing, noting that, among other factors, a mental health expert may ask for more time to examine Holmes. "We're all going to have to be flexible."
Samour said the trial would start Oct. 14 with the opening of a lengthy jury selection process. Samour said 6,000 potential jurors will be summoned, and those who respond will be interviewed by lawyers at a rate of 300 a day for at least two weeks to determine the panel.
Holmes is charged in the July 2012 attack that killed 12 people and injured 70 at a movie theater in Aurora, a Denver suburb. He has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
At the hearing Thursday, Holmes wore a red jail uniform and sat quietly at the defense table.
A lawyer for Holmes, Tamara Brady, told Samour that Holmes would challenge the judge's Feb. 20 order granting a prosecution request that Holmes undergo a second mental evaluation.
"That could delay things as well," said Brady, who had asked earlier Thursday that no trial date be set yet.
Brady said that when the challenge to the mental exam is formally lodged, likely within the next two weeks, Holmes would also request that the evaluation be postponed until the question is resolved. Samour had earlier given the state hospital until July 11 to submit a new report on Holmes's mental state, and trial cannot begin until that report is complete.
Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty, which, like the insanity plea, is a factor that means extra time in court for special arguments.
The original trial date was in August. That was pushed to February after prosecutors announced they were seeking the death penalty. The February date was abandoned when prosecutors requested that Holmes undergo a second mental health evaluation.
In granting the request for a second mental evaluation, Samour said the first evaluation by the state mental hospital was "incomplete and inadequate."
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"What happened to the mouse?" occurs when a minor character, action, or very minor plotline is suddenly dropped from the story for no apparent reason, without any real explanation about what happened to it, and without a resolution.
There are several main reasons this happens: in movies, the most common is that scenes are excised in editing, but references to them still remain elsewhere in the film. Another common reason is that a Wrong Genre Savvy audience mistakenly attached too much importance to what always was intended to be a throwaway. A third is that The Law of Conservation of Detail was not properly applied: a Bit Character was a little too lively, so that he didn't appear a throw-away, as why was that much detail given for one?
If the element comes back just as you've forgotten about it, this is actually a Brick Joke or a Chekhov's Gun. If the element doesn't come back, but the show hangs a lampshade on it at the end, then it's Something We Forgot. If it escapes your notice until after the show is over and you've gotten up to go to the fridge to make a sandwich, it's Fridge Logic.
Alternately, if it's a character that's disappeared, it's a variation on the "What Now?" Ending; not only are we unclear what happens to the character, but this also can leave doubts as to whether they even survived once they broke away from the other characters.
Another character or the Narrator may remark that they were never heard from again.
The trope's name refers to a scene in The Last Emperor in which the title character violently throws his beloved pet mouse offscreen. There's no sound of the mouse hitting anything, but it's never seen again, leaving its fate ambiguous... in the theatrical cut, anyway.
What Happened to the Mouse moments can be very rich soil for Epileptic Trees or Wild Mass Guessing.
Not to be confused with Aborted Arc, which is when a major story arc or plotline is dropped without resolution, or Chuck Cunningham Syndrome, where a major character just plain disappears.
A What Happened To The Mouse that is deliberately created and where the creators have no intention of ever resolving the question is a Noodle Incident. A What Happened To The Mouse that is returned to as a Brick Joke is Something We Forgot.
Often the result of a Wacky Wayside Tribe, a Forgotten Fallen Friend, a One-Scene Wonder, or a Big-Lipped Alligator Moment.
Compare with Left Hanging, Uncertain Doom, Kudzu Plot, Red Herring Twist, Out of Focus, Put on a Bus. Related tropes include Never Found the Body and "What Now?" Ending. May involve a Shrug of God. See also Offscreen Inertia if you imagine the plot line still stuck at that spot for eternity.
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- In The Brothers Grimm story Maid Maleen, she is imprisoned with a servant. They break free, and get a job. After that, Maleen ends up marrying the prince, with no more mention of the servant.
- In Rapunzel, the woman who took and raised Rapunzel does not appear again after throwing Rapunzel and her lover into the wilderness. Certainly she is never punished.
- In Sleeping Beauty, the evil fairy curses the princess, and sometimes she's the old woman who gets her to prick her finger, but she never appears after that. Certainly she is never punished. Disney rectified both of the above examples, of course.
- In "The Benevolent Frog," the Lion Fairy does not appear again after her encounter with the king when she imprisons his wife and daughter in the castle.
- In "The Bee and the Orange Tree," when Aimée stings Tourmentine, the ogress and her husband disappear from the story.
- In "The King of The Golden Mountain," we are told at the beginning that the merchant has a son and daughter. The daughter never appears again.
- In The Six Swans, a witch married to a king turns her six stepsons into swans. After six years, their sister manages to bring them back to normal and they all live happily ever after but the Wicked Stepmother never appears again and neither does the king who doesn't know what his wife has done.
- In "The Golden-Bearded Man," the titular man promises to repay the prince who freed him a thousand-fold and vanishes. He never appears in the story again, and the prince is helped by various animals.
- A Crown of Stars: In chapter 8 Shinji and Asuka run into their counterparts of another universe. After that chapter those counterparts were not seen or mentioned again.
- In the beginning of Power Girl fanfic A Force of Four, Kara and the JSA wonder why most of super-villains have been gone since the last Crisis. It's revealed in another Dark Mark's Supergirl fanfic -Hellsister Trilogy- which they were forcefully recruited by Darkseid to conquer another Earth.
- One episode of Script Fic Calvin and Hobbes: The Series has Calvin and Hobbes attempting to transport their snowmen to safety. Once Calvin's mom brings him a camera, the plotline is abruptly dropped and never referred to again.
- In the Battle Royale fanfiction Heads is Heads, Toshinori is left behind by everyone after the 13 living students escape the island and his ultimate fate is left unclear.
- In Twillight Sparkle's awesome adventure, Celesia's nuclear weapon arsenal is brought up once and then never mentioned again.
- The same thing happens with the weapon that only The Chosen Mare can wield. It's the MacGuffin for the first half of the story, and then completely ignored in the second half.
- My Brave Pony: Starfleet Magic:
- Inquirius and Cookie Dough (who was a core member of Star Fleet in the first one) don`t play any role in the sequels. According to Word of God that`s because he had no idea how to use them anymore. The same goes for Abra Kadabra, who is only there to make Goldwin come alive.
- Another example is My Brave Pony: Star Fleet Magic II one-shot character Cerise, who, despite being a high-ranked Starfleet member and being only the 3rd character shown to be able to use the Uniforce, is only mentioned once in passing later. Averted from VI onwards where she's made a more recurring character... who completely sucks at doing her job so Lightning can save the day.
- Go Jyu Sentai Gigaranger: The Shadow King is never referenced after Episode 9. It's explained away by the end of chapter narration that the timeline shifted.
- In Vinyl and Octavia Machete Their Way Through the Jungle, Vinyl's motivation for going to the jungle and fighting her way through it (alongside Octavia) is so that she can find an ancient treasure which she thinks can save her dying father. After this story, her father is never mentioned again and it's unrevealed what his fate is.
- At the end of PnF: Stolen Identity, Phineas and Ferb leave Ferb's Evil Twin by the lake with the device he had Phineas help him build...yet we don't know where the Evil Twin came from, why he picked Phineas, why he looks like Ferb and why he needed the machine to begin with. Though given the author's style, this isn't as bad as it could be.
- This is actually inverted in Fist of the Moon. Most readers completely forget that Mamoru is supposed to be somewhere, as he never appears or is mentioned in the first few chapters. Then he returns in chapter 5, and we discover he was studying abroad in China. (So basically, we found out the mouse is okay before we're told it was thrown off-screen).
- In Thousand Shinji, it's never revealed what happened to the remaining Rei clones after the battle against Armisael. Or the NERV staff who survived the Final Battle.
- The Second Try: After Lilith is destroyed and Gendo shoots himself in the head, it's never revealed what happened with Adam being implanted in his hand. However, when he semi-wakes up from a coma during the last chapter, he notes that he can't feel his right arm. Hmmm...
- Once More with Feeling: After her chat with Shinji next to his mother's grave, Ghost's Lilith wasn't seen again. Several readers wondered what happened to her.
- Embers: In chapter 51, the flashback/vision to Temul's attempt to warn the Western Air Temple about the upcoming Fire Nation attack, we learn that Gyate (later revealed to be Aang's mother) had a daughter, who was almost old enough to be given to the Eastern Temple to be raised. And that she was pregnant at the time of the attack. The fact that Aang may have relatives out in the world is never touched upon again.
- The Great Starship Battle: None of the plot threads are resolved and we never find out what happens to the surviving characters beyond a vague description of the Doctor's other selves being "destroyed by fire and paradox".
- This trope is addressed by Yukari in Fantasy of Utter Ridiculousness. Antagonists that Coop had previously fought with but threatened to resurface at the end, only to never be seen again past their debut episode, were dealt with by her in some way. The last remaining fragment of the REGIS Mk. V, for example, was given to Suika to be crushed within one of her black holes.
- Take a Break, a British magazine which publishes readers' Real Life stories, once featured a story about a young girl, Cassie Griggs, who was disqualified from a talent contest after her mother was accused of trying to pass another girl off as Cassie. At the mother's request, Cassie was allowed to perform, but was not given any marks, resulting in her coming last. However, as no follow-up has (to date) been published, it's impossible to know how this setback affected Cassie's attitude to talent contests in the long term. She could have picked herself up and entered another contest, or her confidence could have been knocked so badly that she was never able to perform again. We just don't know.
- Möte i Monsunen, a song from 1935 by the Swedish musician Evert Taube (known to write all manner of gibberish and getting away with it because of his status as a national hero) has an ending very reminiscent of this trope. A sailor by the name of Fritiof encounters another sailor, and tells him of when he sailed across the seas with wild animals on board. A few of the ending lines would be something like this, translated from Swedish: "But, Fritiof, the elephant, what became of it?" "When we meet again, I will give an answer to your question" and then promptly the conversation gives place to a description of how Fritiof rows back to his boat.
- The Big Pun song Twinz has an opening verse about a gangland hit gone wrong that is so catchy that it pretty much makes the song. Once the listener is told that they killed the wrong man, the hit is never mentioned again. Even worse, the video for the song covers an alternate plot that does not exist in the song.
- Justin Bieber, in his song Omaha Mall, goes to check out some girls. He says they look good, but you never know in Omaha Mall and suddenly girls are never mentioned again in the song.
- The Lamb of the Genesis Concept Album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway is mentioned only once, in the very first song on the album.
- In James Blunt's "You're Beautiful", the first verse ends with the line "...but I've got a plan." We never find out what this plan involves, or if anything happens as a result of it. He later goes on to say that he "[doesn't] know what to do". The music video suggests his plan is to commit suicide.
- Hansel and Gretel (the originals). They release the Seven Deadly Sins on the world from their adoptive mother's corpse, and we never know what happened to them after that, or why the heck they did it. Next we see them, they've reincarnated as Conchita's servants.
- In many versions of Arthurian legend, Arthur's mother has three daughters with her first husband: Morgause, Morgan le Fay, and Elaine. The first two play pivotal roles in Arthur's life, but Elaine is typically mentioned once in passing and then never heard from again, possibly because she's unremarkable in a tale of the remarkable - her life's achievements amount to marrying according to her station and bearing a son (her son's accomplishments boil down to being a lesser Knight of the Round Table who goes on one quest, fails miserably, and has to be rescued by Lancelot).
- Elihu spends a few chapters ranting at the eponymous character of the Book of Job, then disappears and isn't mentioned in the last portion, where God rebukes the rest of Job's "friends".
- A common interpretation is that Elihu doesn't get rebuked by God because his points, against both Job and the other companions, were correct. If anything he's sort of an inversion—Job's three friends are mentioned for thirty-odd chapters before Elihu suddenly speaks up out of nowhere. Then again, Elihu could just simply show up as a troll wanting to get his two cents in before disappearing.
- If Elihu gets it, then Satan must be fuming...one of the two main protagonists who have a bet over the temptation and scarification of Job, he isn't involved any more after the first few chapters.
- In the New Testament, we never hear any word of Jesus' stepfather Joseph after the "Did you not know I would be in my Father's house" incident when He was twelve. Church tradition says he passed away some time before Jesus started his ministry.
- There's a pastor's story about a nice guy whose family went off to Christmas service without him. He wasn't a believer, because he doesn't get why God would become man. After his family leaves, some birds fly into his window in the heavy snow, and he tries to herd them into his warm barn nearby. After being frustrated in his attempts, he muses that if he were a bird, he'd be able to get them to understand. Then the church bells happen to start ringing, and he sinks to his knees as the Eureka Moment washes over him. The story ends there, with no mention of what happened to the birds.
- In The Eddas, specifically the Prose Edda, the first man and woman are created by Odin and his brothers Vili and Ve. These brothers are never mentioned again anywhere, despite the obvious importance of such characters. Some people have rationalised this by suggesting that they're avatars of Odin himself, who occasionally appears as a trinity to confuse people. In the Poetic Edda, the three who defeated Ymir are referenced as Odin, Hoenir, and Lodur — Hoenir being a once-mentioned god who acts as a hostage after the war with the Vanir (traded for Njorth, Frey, and Freyja). There are some reasons to think that Lodur might be another name for Loki. Still, this is the older and less-mentioned version, meaning that it might just be a mistake, or a fragment of a different myth.
- Thomas Paine wonders in his book The Age of Reason what happened with the dead who rose after Jesus died according to the Gospel of Matthew. Did they go home, back to their graves, or what? It's never said.
- A two-week 1995 FoxTrot storyline had Paige getting the role of Cleopatra in the school's Anthony and Cleopatra play, (with Morton playing Anthony, of course). The story ended before the play started, with Roger noticing Paige's name in the play program. After that strip, the story suddenly ended, with no actual strips of the play being performed, and the story was never mentioned again.
- In a 2010 Funky Winkerbean storyline, the title character was involved in a near-head-on collision with a woman yaking on a cell phone. This catapulted Funky into a brief Time Travel (or was it) arc. When we come back to the present, Funky's in the hospital with assorted injuries. Not a word was spoken, before or since, about Cell Phone Lady.
- This 1988 Garfield strip has a blind date of Jon's named Gwen, who dresses as absurdly as he does on dates and finds him cute. Garfield even says "God made two of them!" Although she would have been a good recurring character, perhaps as a Distaff Counterpart of Jon, she was never mentioned again.
- An In-Universe example in Peanuts, as Snoopy is writing his novel. He links all of the various subplots together in one sentence and boasts about how nicely everything fits together... that is until Linus reads it and asks, "But what about the king?" Snoopy throws his typewriter at him.
- Often occurs in Professional Wrestling, after Tonight in This Very Ring is invoked (as mentioned on that page).
- An especially egregious one from WWE NXT. At some point it stopped being a competition (which may very well qualify as an example itself) and was more or less third brand not unlike a lesser version of WWE's version of ECW. William Regal was eventually made matchmaker (GM for all intents and purposes) which led to a number of plotlines that were hastily resolved when it was decided NXT would tape exclusively at Full Sail University in Orlando, Florida... all except one: In the last month of the show someone was going around attacking various wrestlers. Percy Watson, Alex Riley and Derrick Bateman all ended up on the receiving end of beat downs by the unknown assailant who attempted to frame (perhaps?) Percy for the latter two attacks. However after the Full Sail tapings WWE decided not to show them until they could secure a TV deal for the revamped NXT and so it's gone back to being taped before Smackdown with all the plotlines dropped... including the mysterious backstage assailant.
- Another example is the Anonymous Raw GM. After a month or so period where the Raw GM position consisted of Vickie Guerrero and then Bret Hart the GM position was instead given to an anonymous person who issued directives via emails sent to a laptop read by Michael Cole. This continued for a year before Triple H became WWE COO and the Anonymous Raw GM was almost immediately dropped with no resolution or even a hint as to who the GM was actually supposed to be. (John Cena did lampshade the plot thread just after John Laurinaitis assumed power as GM, arguing that WWE should "bring back the computer.") Almost a year later, and long after anyone cared, it was eventually revealed that it was Hornswoggle, an apparent reference to when he was equally anti-climactically revealed to be Vince McMahon's supposed long lost son.
- GTV, a hidden camera segment during the Attitude Era. It was never revealed who was behind the camera. According to WWE's web series, "Five Things," the person running GTV was going to be Tom Green as part of a working relationship between WWE and MTV. However this angle never played out, so when GTV was dropped, the man behind the camera remained a mystery for at least a decade.
- Then there was that time Samoa Joe got kidnapped by ninjas. He was gone for like a month or so, came back, and nothing ever came out of it — considering how Joe was acting very similar to how Abyss was acting at the time, it was widely believed he was originally slated to be a member of Immortal. Of course, this was neither the first nor last time TNA did something like this, with Vince Russo booking and all.
- During Season 3 of Lucha Underground, Sexy Star was harassed by a mysterious tormentor who put a spider in her locker, then sent her one in a present delivered by a clueless Ricky Mandel. Another spider was also seen crawling ominously across the floor (or wobbling haplessly across the floor as it was dragged by a piece of string) behind Sexy without her noticing in another scene where she talked with her friend The Mack. Initially she believed she was being harassed by old rival Mariposa (of the Moth Tribe) and although Mariposa denied it, Sexy beat her up in a match. Then when spider-themed luchador Veneno debuted (and promptly got squashed by Cage) Sexy ran out hysterically accusing him of being behind the spiders and laying into him, but during a mask vs mask match arranged between them Veneno was (illegally) unmasked by Joey Ryan and revealed to be an alias of Cortez Castro, removing him from suspicion. And after that... it was never mentioned again, with Sexy moving on to a totally unrelated feud with Taya.
- American Top 40: An occasional feature was "Whatever Happened To ... ?" where host Casey Kasem would profile a one-hit wonder, or early prolific star of the rock era who suddenly disappeared off the charts, quit recording, etc. Casey would simply explain what said artist (or group, as appropriately) had been doing in recent years, if they were involved with current projects, and so forth. Sometimes, he'd even play the song they were best known for.
- One of the most popular "Whatever Happened To ... ?" stories was of Jeanine Deckers, a Belgian known as The Singing Nun, whose song Dominique hit No. 1 in the US in late 1963. Casey's stories on Deckers would always explain that The Singing Nun gave all royalties to the convent but left it in 1966, and later the Belgian government made a claim for back taxes to the tune of $63,000 ... more than Deckers could afford, and no documentation existed that she had donated anything to charity. (The common stories are that her attorney failed to document it and/or that the Catholic church had either destroyed all records of it after they and Deckers broke ties, or that they simply did not have any more responsibility for her and did not have the funds.) Updated several times through the years, the final chapter came in 1985 when Casey announced that Deckers had died (of suicide) at age 51.
- Two entire specials were based on the "What Happened to the Mouse" concept one in July 1973 and the other in April 1975 where Casey played the biggest singles by the One-Hit Wonder acts of the rock era. The 1975 special had a slightly different chart, with a few different songs added and a different No. 1 song.
- Janis Ian, whose 1968 hit "Society's Child" was played for the 1973 show, was deleted from the 1975 updated special. She had just released a new single, "At Seventeen", and although it had yet to make the Hot 100 there were already strong vibes about the song. The good feeling was justified: The song became a long-running hit in the summer of 75, eventually peaking at No. 7.
- Eddie Izzard's Dress to Kill tour featured the 'Firework joke' which he repeatedly references throughout his performance then ends the show without telling it. It's lampshaded by several people in the audience who immediately begin asking for it. He doesn't.
- Billy Connolly performed a long, long routine beginning with his account of a mysterious body found in the street in one of the more exclusive and upmarket suburbs of Edinburgh. He then meanders off into the intricacies of going to the toilet on aircraft, and how the food chain works, and the sheer logistics of so many people on board aircraft who will all need to use the toilet at some point... he gets back to the mystery corpse in Corstorphine (and its effect on local house prices) about twenty-five minutes later. By which time everyone's forgotten how the story started.
- Romeo and Juliet: Where the hell does Benvolio go after Mercutio dies?!
- It has been speculated by a commentary on the book that Benvolio's line "That is the truth or let Benvolio die" is significant, given that he lied and said Tybalt started the fight with Mercutio (when it was the other way around). It is unlikely, however, that he was actually killed, so his disappearance remains a mystery.
- At least one revision done long after Shakespeare died had one of the nobles at the end of the play announce that Benvolio was also dead. They still fail to mention how.
- Another common interpretation is related to Benvolio's Meaningful Name. "Benvolio" means goodwill in Latin. He's around for all of the more comedy-like parts — perhaps Benvolio is only a metaphor after all.
- It has been speculated by a commentary on the book that Benvolio's line "That is the truth or let Benvolio die" is significant, given that he lied and said Tybalt started the fight with Mercutio (when it was the other way around). It is unlikely, however, that he was actually killed, so his disappearance remains a mystery.
- In Macbeth, Fleance speaks a grand total of two lines, escapes death at the hands of the murderers Macbeth sent after him and Banquo, then...disappears. He's not even mentioned at the end. More than a bit puzzling because per the witches' prophecy, he's destined to someday be the rightful king of Scotland, and, as he's now missing and with no living guardians, it's more than a little important that someone find him. In Holinshed's Chronicles, which Shakespeare based much of the plot on, he kept running until he settled in Wales and it's his son who came back and became king.
- In the epilogue to Angels in America, we see Prior, Belize, Louis, and Joe's mother are all pretty chummy with each other five years after the events of the play, but Joe seems to be pretty much forgotten.
- Cyrano de Bergerac: Did Viscount de Valvert survive his Sword Fight with Cyrano at Act I Scene IV or not? The last we see about him was that his friends carried him after his defeat, and after a little mention by Roxane at Act II Scene IV, we never heard of him again.
- The Taming of the Shrew starts out as a play-within-a-play; a lord and his servants trick a drunken peasant named Christopher Sly into thinking that he's the lord by dressing him up and waiting on him, telling him that he's been mad for years. They all sit down to watch a play about Katerina and Petruchio...and then they don't show up again. One ending has Sly waking up, convinced that he dreamed the whole thing and eager to try the trick of "taming a shrew" out on his own wife; however, many scholars think that it was added later and that Shakespeare never wrote it.
- In King Lear, Shakespeare decides to Shoo Out the Clowns and have the Fool drop out of the plot after Act 3, even though he was a constant companion of Lear up to that point. Some stage productions interpret this as the Fool dying — perhaps influenced by the line "My poor fool is hanged" in the last scene, though most critics interpret that line as referring to Cordelia.
- When Iago's plan starts blowing up in his face in Othello, Iago frantically covers his tracks and implicates Bianca in the plot to kill Cassio. Bianca is arrested and dragged off, and that's the last time she's seen. It's not even stated if she'll be released after Iago is finally exposed.
- Similarly, Adam, beloved Old Retainer and sidekick of Orlando in As You Like It, disappears after they arrive in Arden. Since Adam is elderly and nearly starves to death on the journey, some productions imply that he died; scholars speculate that the actor who played him may have needed to double as someone important during the second half of the show. (Whatever Shakespeare's intention was, Adam doesn't die in the source material.)
- In Henry IV Part 2, all of Prince Hal's old Eastcheap companions are rounded up and sent to prison once he ascends the throne... except for Poins, who hasn't been seen or spoken of since the end of Act 2. This is particularly jarring in The Hollow Crown, where his role is expanded considerably, but he still disappears without explanation.
- Watching the original play version of Peter Pan, you might wonder, "What happened to that rich cake Hook was going to kill the Lost Boys with"? There are several answers to this question:
- A stage direction after Hook enters, discouraged that the boys have found a mother, suggests that he "has perhaps found the large rich damp cake untouched".
- The novel expands this as one of the Noodle Incident adventures the children have in Neverland: "[The pirates] placed it in one cunning spot after another; but always Wendy snatched it from the hands of her children, so that in time it lost its succulence, and became as hard as a stone, and was used as a missile, and Hook fell over it in the dark."
- In the musical, the boys find the cake at the end of the "Wendy House" scene. Wendy tells them not to eat it, and they go inside.
- Cirque du Soleil's Mystère raises this question by leaving a key character (and more importantly performer), Brian Le Petit, out of the curtain call. The answer is All There in the Manual: when Moha-Samedi hauls him out of the theater, it's for good, as Brian wasn't "part of the show" to begin with.
- Sideswipe in Transformers: The Ride is last seen getting sucked into Devastator's vortex. It is never made clear whether he was destroyed or made it out in time.
- BIONICLE, due to its nature, has plenty of examples:
- The Dark Hunters guidebook mentions that Shadow Stealer is currently coming back from a mission and is ready to face his "master", the Shadowed One. It was deemed an irrelevant Narrative Filigree and never touched upon again.
- The same happened to Aphibax's secret mission to track the events on the island of Voya Nui.
- Order of Mata Nui agents report in the book Bionicle World that Karzahni is training his Matoran slaves in order to conquer the outer world he just learned of. The plot had been Retconned out of the story, so he went to fight without them, taking his Manas crabs instead.
- The book also mentioned that Roodaka had become the ruler of her island and will probably train her people to form an army. What became of it: Nothing, as her island was destroyed by Kaiju, and her status was never touched upon.
- What more, the book revealed the Mana-Ko, formerly believed to be beastial guardians of the Big Bad, were actually secret double agents for the Order (good guys), and would be called into war. The war did happen, but they were never mentioned again.
- The eponymous slime of Unicorn Jelly simply disappeared after episode 581. Before To Save Her, the author claimed it was an intended symbolic plot point about childhood, magic or something or another.
- In Questionable Content the character Sara just disappears and is never mentioned again. The Cast page lampshades this by saying she was eaten by an allosaurus. Author Jeph Jacques says he just dropped her for being boring.
- In 2012, three new characters were introduced as library interns: Claire, Emily and Gabrielle. Claire became a major character and started dating Marten. Emily is a popular recurring character. Gabrielle largely vanished after the introductory story. She appears in 21 strips; Claire and/or Emily are in 19 of those, and in the other two Gabby does not speak.
- You'd never know in Ciem that resident Depraved Bisexual Poison Dart Eddie even had a sidekick, as he is so quickly brushed aside and never mentioned again. Even Claire Rauscher has the decency to at least return in a later chapter, if only to fall to her death.
- Sluggy Freelance had a minor one where a reader actually asked, "What happened to the demonic ferret?" The answer was, "She's still there with the other demons, I just forgot to draw her."
- Get Medieval's "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue is infamously missing Oneder, Iroth's bodyguard-turned-Muslim holy warrior. In the annotated reruns, Ironychan stated that she left out Oneder (and Sir Gerard) because she felt there was nothing really left to say about them.
- Also; Asher's kitten. It disappeared shortly after Asher received it and was unmentioned for months, until it reappeared after the "Trip To The Moon" arc. Ironychan has never said whether or not this was planned all along or whether the constant cries of "WHERE'S THE KITTY" caused her to bring it back.
- Monette's baby, in Something*Positive. The full humor and drama of an unplanned pregnancy are played to maximum effect, but Monette's baby disappears from the plot with barely a ripple (subtle clues in the dialogue reveal it was either stillborn or died very shortly after birth). Millholland lampshaded the baby's absence much later in a filler strip in which the baby turned up in a Lost and Found box. Word of God says it was stillborn.
- Jessica's pregnancy in Better Days, though it's possible that the sequel, Original Life (which follows the children of Better Days' main characters) will bring this up.
- In Original Life, it is shown that Jessica has many children (enough so that Elizabeth feels uncomfortable asking her to take time babysitting her own kids).
- Elizabeth's father all but vanishes as the series goes on. This is notable since he was written as being a reasonable parent to Elizabeth as opposed to her strict mother, and backed his daughter on things like having Fisk over. One has to wonder why he had no input in his wife all but forcing their daughter to marry someone she didn't care about.
- In Bob and George, on average once per Mega Man (Classic) game parody, Mega Man would beat one of the Robot Masters without killing them, and for the most part they never showed up again, though they spawned numerous Epileptic Trees. However, on rare occasion they showed up again, especially Shadow Man, who became a running joke due to his stealthy nature and the Epileptic Trees about his disappearance.
- Shadow Man in particular said, after his initial appearance, that he'd disappear into the background until he was needed once again, which seemed a natural set up for him to return. It was years before he really did, and at every new plot development he was tagged as possibly being behind it. One fancomic lampshaded this by having him come and say the reason he hadn't shown up again was because, as a ninja he would return and strike when least expected... but the readers kept expecting him.
- Emily from Mortifer. Last appeared on this page, and was promptly never seen again. This trope was barely averted however, when a fan drew a (spoileriffic) piece of Fan Art lampshading it, which the author saw, stating that she had completely forgotten about the character and that she would try to find a way to bring her back into the story.
- Narrowly averted in YU+ME: dream . The author realised she was going to do this with No Face, a minor but very scary enemy and so Dropped a Bridge on Him for completeness. Lia had just made a FaceHeel Turn and he got in her way. Cue a Neck Snap in the background of a conversation.
- For a long time it looked like Haban and Breya Andreyasn in Schlock Mercenary were heading this way, made more glaring and worrisome by their last appearance ending on an ominous note, though the enemy AI claimed they were not killed. But then six and a half years after disappearing, they got better.
- Sonichu in spades. The author's wild-running attention span has caused him to start and drop so many plots and characters, it isn't even funny.
- Rumors of War: Who was that walking around as Couric? Where did Penelo disappear to? What about the rest of the characters on the ship in the first Story Arc? What about all those character Nenshe recruited to the Order of Orion? (Some of these turn into Brick Jokes later in the comic.)
- Averted in 1/0. By the end of the strip's run, every character that has ever appeared, even those you thought were one-off throwaway characters, has been accounted for.
- Homestuck:
- There is Minihoof, Dirk's pet miniature pony, who has not been seen since he entered the Medium, roughly six months ago in-comic. This is kind of concerning, given that Minihoof is tiny enough to be easily crushed and it's not certain Dirk has been home to feed her...
- Sollux says here that all the trolls are going to die, or just that "we all" are going to die, and he specifically mentions that he will die twice. As of October 25th of 2014, Vriska and Karkat have been killed twice each, and possibly Kanaya if her transforming into a rainbow drinker is counted as a "full death," and maybe Tavros, Nepeta, and Feferi counting their spirted selves exploding (which would also bring Vriska's death total at three). Either Sollux conveniently left out that he's not the only troll (and definitely not the only one) who will die more than once or the story's planning underwent a few changes from that point. This prophecy has not been mentioned since then.
- Not mentioned, perhaps, but not forgotten. Every single troll has died in one timeline or another as of this update, the doomed timeline that John is from having massacred them.
- Despite the vague implications that were set up, the story surrounding what happened to Mituna to leave him brain-damaged may never be gotten, as Meenah wound up the only Pre-Scratch troll to be given a focal role in the finale. Granted, it may not be relevant to the big picture in the end, or maybe Hussie meant to address it at some point but got caught up with some hundred other plot threads or plain forgot.
- The ending of the comic leaves a lot of unresolved plot points, and the fates of various characters are unknown.
- In the My Little Pony arc of Murry Purry Fresh And Furry, it is ominously mentioned near the beginning that Molly is no longer a friend to pony land, possibly setting her up as the Big Bad of the arc. However near the end the author simply lost interest in continuing, abruptly ended it with Princess Celestia being arrested and called it quits without never once mentioning Molly again.
- The titular character in Oglaf barely appeared at all in the first place, and hasn't shown in the comics in years.
- On the occasion that Penny Arcade indulges in continuity (for example, Anne's new table-top game crew in 2014), the multi-part comic will suddenly end as soon as Jerry and Mike run out of jokes or come up with a joke that would only work individually, abandoning anything that was potentially brewing in the multi-part.
- Sam & Fuzzy has this happen often, as the story over the years has created Loads and Loads of Characters, and many have unresolved plot points, from simple ones like "Did Mr. Ackerman get repaid?" to complete story arcs like Detective Morris's investigation.
- The Story of Anima has Jade's briefly seen caretaker, who vanishes from the story after only one page. When mercenaries attack the airship, not only is her fate left uncertain, the cast themselves seem to forget she even existed.
- This is actually a power of henchmen in Nodwick. They have a Become Irrelevant power that allows them to vanish any time no one is directly paying attention to them.
- Defied in The Order of the Stick. A mini arc featured the group of heroes tangling with a Bandit Clan, and the father & daughter team that led the bandits were spared at the end of the arc and given just enough characterization that fans frequently speculated on when/how the two would return to the story. The fan speculation and questioning irked author Rich Burlew enough that he wrote in a single comic where the two encountered a much more plot critical enemy, engaged in some Mugging the Monster, and were summarily killed for it.
- Averted in Daughter of the Lilies; in a magical university setting, a frog is used as sacrifice to summon a demonic entity that, as intended part of the experiment, possesses the frog. Readers commented that they wanted to know what happened to the frog, and the author did indeed reveal the ultimate fate of the frog.
- In Girl Genius, Agatha sends out four messenger clanks while in Sturmhalten. One of them is shown successfully escaping the threat that destroyed the first three... and is never shown or mentioned again, especially not by its intended recipient. And likely never will, having lost all plot-relevance after the Mechanicsburg arc.
- Aitor Molina Vs: Pandemia said something about a clone in AMvs Seahorse Seashell Party and it was never brought back.
- Subverted in Hateful Comparisons: Vete A La Versh vs. Telegordo with "The Mandarin" Bator Medina.
- From "Swimming!", an early episode of lonelygirl15: "Whatever happened to that girl, Cassie?" Over 430 episodes later, we're still none the wiser.
- The White Parade has a variation of this. Part III sees Ean sending Allys on an errand to fetch a sandwich from the Subway across the street from the hospital where he's staying... only for it to never be mentioned again once it's retrieved.
- This strange youtube video takes this trope quite literally. It features an animated mouse who just walks across the screen and then is never seen again.
- The Literal Music Video for Anything For Love has Meat Loaf continue to complain about his dropped necklace long after it stops being relevant to the video's plot.
- In Kung Tai Ted's review for Tiger Love, Ted becomes so disturbed at the scene where the titular tiger mauls a boy that he breaks character and asks if the child actor actually got killed.
- The interstitial webisodes aired prior to The Walking Dead's second-season premiere revolved around a survivor named Hannah and her attempts to protect her family from walkers. At the end of the webisodes, Hannah (running to escape the city with her kids) manages to kill a zombie that bites her, and tells her children to run away as fast as they can before she turns. We see what happens to Hannah afterwards (she's eaten by a horde of walkers, and becomes the titular "bicycle girl" that Rick Grimes discovers in the pilot episode), but what happened to her kids?
- The Nostalgia Critic invokes this trope with his "but what happened to Boomer?" rants in various movie reviews, everytime a character's fate, especially if it was a dog, is not resolved in a movie, at least for a while. If it is before the end credits roll, a short "Boomer will live!" scene is shown. Boomer was a pet dog in one of the reviewed movies.
- At the end of Spoony's Ultima VI review, Chuckles the Jester is given a Sinestro Corps ring from the Gate Cleaner. Since the review, Chuckles has not been seen or mentioned and it seem whatever storyline was being set up was dropped.
- In a Tweet, Noah (Spoony) explained that his dog Oreo got into his prop closet and tore up the Chuckles costume, forcing him to retire the character.
- Ultra Fast Pony:
- In "Pega Please", the central conflict of the episode is the question of how to deal with a sleeping dragon that's spewing smoke over Ponyville: should the protagonists approach the dragon diplomatically, or just kill him? The climax comes when Fluttershy berates the dragon for using a word he's not allowed to use, then in the denouement, Twilight explains that the dragon is now "dragone". Whether the dragon left peacefully or in pieces is never clarified.
- In "Pinkie's Day In", Pinkie Pie suddenly acquires two babies, apparently via kidnapping. Mr. and Mrs. Cake leave to find the babies' original parents, but they're completely unsuccessful. It becomes a moot point by the end of the episode, so the babies' origin stays a mystery.
- Chakona Space features Allen Fesler's Tales of the Folly series. Chapter 2 introduces Captain Foster's cockatiels. After chapter 3, they are never mentioned again.
- Vinny's Tomodachi Life streams feature one character who is sent off to visit other islands via StreetPass. Since Vinny never uses StreetPass (presumably because of the innate danger of taking a valuable modded 3DS to conventions and the like), said character is never seen again.
- Occurs in The Sick Land once the main character and narrator, Alex, arrives at the Facility. While the fate of the first research station, where the story starts, is witnessed by Alex (and thus, the reader), and the entire second half of the story takes place in the Facility, not a single word is mentioned about what happens to the second station and Alex' former colleagues there.
- The Happy Video Game Nerd: It was never explained what HVGN's mom (or a hallucination thereof) was doing in his house in the "Little Nemo in Slumberland" review.
- Early on in Twelve Hundred Ghosts London built a wall to keep zombies out, which made Scrooge even richer. It's never brought up again.
- Most of us have had an online friend disappear without a trace. Chances are you'll never know what happened to them. The same could be true for people you used to know, especially if they've moved away.
- Happens a lot in dreams. Sometimes, there will be at least one moment where something that seemed important will just disappear without a trace and be totally forgotten for the duration of the dream.
So, er, guys, what did actually happen to the mouse?
It's in your hand. You're using it right now.
But what if you're using a laptop?
Integrated into your keyboard.
I'm using a touchscreen.
Please kindly change "keyboard" to any parts of the machinery that replaces the function of the mouse.


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Bike & Ride
CAT wants to help people get around Savannah as easily as possible, so we've equipped our standard buses with bike racks. We're also launching CAT Bike, Savannah's first bike share program (learn more below). Ride a bus AND ride a bike–you no longer have to choose just one.
When you take a CAT bus around downtown Savannah, any surrounding area, or one of our beautiful college campuses, you'll be glad to be able to get around big areas easily without having to walk long distances. CAT customers also bike & ride when their closest bus stop is a distance away or when the closest bus route doesn't match up with their travel times but a farther bus route does. Don't have your own bike? No problem. Become a member of our bike share program and borrow one whenever you like.
General information about Catching a CAT with a Bike:
- Your fare covers it. It doesn't cost anything extra.
- No special passes or training are required.
- Bike racks can hold up to two conventional, two-wheeled bicycles. Space on bike racks is available on a first-come, first-serve basis.
- You (not the bus driver) are responsible for dealing with your bike and the bike rack during your trip.
- Streetcars, Shuttles, and the Ferry do not have bike racks, but folding bicycles are welcome on board.
How to use the Bike Rack
- Wait at any bus stop with your bike. Please remove any loose items from your bike before the bus arrives.
- When the bus pulls up, indicate to the operator that you want to load your bike then go to the front of the bus where the bike rack is.
- Unfold the bike rack which folds out forward, away from the bus.
- Lift up your bike and place it, front wheel first, into the wheel slot. When both slots are empty, use the slot closest to the bus first.
- The rack has a support arm in front of each wheel slot. Pull out the one in front of your bike and bring it over the front tire. Make sure everything is secure, but do not lock your bike to the rack.
- Get on the bus and enjoy the ride. Keep an eye out for other riders using the bike rack as you may need to get out and move your bike so they can access their bikes.
- When you're ready to get off, tell the driver you need a moment to get your bike. Exit the bus at the rear like usual.
- Unhook the support arm, fold it down, and remove your bike. If there are no other bikes on the rack, please fold it up and secure it to the front of the bus.
- For your safety, return to the curb with your bike and wait for the bus to pull out before crossing the street.
An innovative bike sharing program for all your short, downtown trip needs
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General information about the CAT Bike Share program:
- CAT Bike provides residents and visitors an inexpensive and fun way to to execute multi-modal trips.
- It is a membership program that offers several options: Annual, Weekly, and 24-Hour. Corporate and Community Memberships are also in the works.
- This program kicks off with 2 stations: one at the Joe Murray Rivers, Jr. Intermodal Transit Center (Rivers Exchange) and one at Ellis Square. Bikes can be checked out and returned to each station interchangeably.
- Cyclists must be 18 years or older. Ages 16-17 permitted with parent or guardian.
- CAT Bike is planned to operate from 5:30 am–11:00 pm. Equipment must be returned by 11 pm.
- Program will not operate during inclement weather.
- Participants must abide by City of Savannah and State of Georgia bicycling laws. Our friends at Visit Savannah also have some helpful information specific to riding in Savannah.
- Use of helmet at all times is strongly recommended.
More Information about Biking in Savannah
The Savannah Bicycle Campaign, a nonprofit advocacy organization dedicated to making Savannah better for bicycling, has created a free bike map and guide for Savannah and Chatham County. Click on the image to read the guide or pick up a copy in the lobby of the Transit Center.


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11:00 pm
Everyday Edisons "I Can Finally Grasp It!" We've all heard that "a friend in need, is a friend indeed," but for inventor, Mark Stark, it was no question that his friend needed a helping hand. Born without his left hand, Mark's friend, Dave Vogt never knew what his friend was working on in his shop and garage for months and months until one day, he presented Dave with an artificial hand that would change his life. A heart-warming story of compassion and friendship, this episode brings to light a need, an idea, a prototype and, of course, a challenge to our Everyday Edisons team. D
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Everyday Edisons "Happy Trails (And Trials) to You" The waiting is over! A year after the casting calls, our 10 inventors are eager to know what's become of their inventions. In our final episode of the season, we reveal the status of each prototype, where they are in the timeline of success and how our Everyday Edisons team has worked with inventors throughout the season to help them to achieve their ultimate goal. Some may see their products stocked in major retail stores, others on direct response television spots and a few may face further obstacles to their success. D


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So, how was the Rider's Poll?
Epic, it was my first time to Vegas.
Hell of an occasion for your first trip to Vegas, huh?
Yeah, it was, was that a question?
It was a quick trip for you wasn't it. How many hours total were you in Vegas?
About 11 hours.
Where'd you come from?
I came form Jackson Hole and nipple deep powder. It was kind of a tough decision, to either stay and slash nipple deep powder or go check out the chip and dale dudes in Vegas.
Why'd you make the call to go?
You only get nominated for rookie of the year once in your life and to get nominated for video part of the year on top of that was super crazy.
How much was that last minute plane ticket?
About two G's, crazy huh. It was a grand from Jackson to Salt Lake, which is about a 40 minute flight, but it's a good thing I just signed with Nike huh. (Laughs).
What'd you think of the Rider's Poll Awards?
Do you mean the bro show? The bro show, fo sho. It was crazy. It was probably what the high school quarterback felt like every day at high school.
Were you a little overwhelmed by it all?
No, I wasn't overwhelmed, but I was nervous. Yeah I was nervous incase I won, cuz I didn't know what I was going to say, there was like fifteen hundred people there, wouldn't you be nervous. I was scared to go up on stage.
What went through your mind when you found out you won?
I blacked out (laughs) and then I woke back up when I was off stage.No, I don't know, it was just crazy you know, that it really all happened.
At the end of last season did you ever think that everything you filmed would be lead to a video part that was nominated for part of the year?
No, at the start of the year I was just super excited that I got invited to film with MDP People. I was going be siked if I got a half part or something. It was crazy, but my year ended up going really well. I was just in all the right place at the right times. Yeah, I guess I'd say I just had a really lucky year for snow and landing tricks.
Lucky huh? You're chalking it all up as luck?Yeah, you know it's just a roll of the dice. (Laughs)
Who did you vote for video part of the year?
Wolle. Yeah, he's the future of snowboarding. People are always asking what's the future of snowboarding, or where is snowboarding headed and how can it progress. Wolle is the future, he's doing what's next.
And now you're back in Jackson Hole for the competition, how's it been?
It's been good, like I said, nipple deep pow, it hasn't been optimal conditions for a contest though, there's almost too much pow. But the contest is good, it's the first of it's kind and it won't be the last.
Anything else you want to add?
Thanks to Transworld, thanks to the people that voted and we should all be thankful that it is actually snowing this year.


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Welcome to Foxburg Wine Cellars. Nestled within the majestic Allegheny Mountains of Western Pennsylvania, overlooking the Allegheny River, Foxburg Wine Cellars is only minutes off Interstate 80 near the St. Petersburg or Emlenton exit.
Foxburg Wine Cellars opened their doors May 1, 2003 and specialize in low sulfated, naturally processed wines, all made and bottled here in Foxburg, Pennsylvania. We feature one of the largest tasting/retail outlet stores in Pennsylvania, offering over 30 varieties of wine, wine accessories, glassware, clothing, gifts, meats, cheeses, coffees and home winemaking supplies. Tour our winery any day of the week and lounge in our outdoor, grape-arbor covered patio for an experience of pure wine enjoyment.


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With Tim Thomas still out East, Jerome James still injured and John Salmons and Brad Miller in street clothes, the Bulls dressed eight players Friday night at the United Center.
"Seven-and-a-half," cracked Lindsey Hunter, in a nod to his 38 years.
Short-handed but scrappy, the Bulls notched an impressive 116-99 victory over the high-flying Nuggets, who played the second half without Kenyon Martin.
Martin's back spasms must have flared anew inside the Nuggets' locker room when he watched Joakim Noah take a sweet bounce pass from Luol Deng and slam home an exclamation point that capped a 10-0 run and snapped an 87-87 tie. All with Derrick Rose on the bench as the rookie sat for the final 9 minutes 27 seconds.
"I liked Kirk [Hinrich's] demeanor out there," coach Vinny Del Negro said. "He guarded Chauncey [Billups] well and stabilized us, got us in our sets a little better."
The Bulls responded with 50.6 percent shooting and a 22-4 edge in fast-break points. They are now a half-game behind the Bucks for the last Eastern Conference playoff spot.
Everybody contributed. Ben Gordon scored a season-high 37 points, Tyrus Thomas and Luol Deng posted double-doubles with a combined 43 points and 24 rebounds and Noah turned in a strong second half to finish with 13 points and seven rebounds.
"We have resilient guys," Del Negro said. "I like the direction and the mind-set. I'm happy we stayed together after a [poor] first quarter."
Salmons and Miller watched Friday morning's shootaround at Berto Center, passed their physicals Friday afternoon at the United Center and sat waiting in their uniforms before tipoff when word came Sacramento hadn't finished physicals for Andres Nocioni and Drew Gooden.
Thus, the players weren't eligible.
Likewise, Larry Hughes didn't play in the Knicks' blowout of Toronto because Thomas is taking his allowed 48 hours to report and is scheduled to arrive Saturday for his physical.
Del Negro confirmed James' ruptured right Achilles' tendon has the center in a cast and could prevent him from joining the Bulls. Insurance is expected to cover James' contract. Afterthought Anthony Roberson was in street clothes.
Del Negro said he wouldn't have started Miller or Salmons after just one shootaround but definitely would have played them if allowed.
The Bulls didn't need them, rallying from a 10-point first-quarter deficit to close the first half with an 18-7 run with Rose on the bench. Gordon scored nine in this stretch as the Bulls sank six straight shots and forced a 54-54 tie at halftime.
Behind a huge, 15-point third quarter from Gordon, the Bulls pushed their lead to 11 during the period.
"We knew if we didn't bring it against a good Denver team, we'd get killed," Hinrich said.
By Sunday's game in Indianapolis, Salmons and Miller will be available and Thomas could be. Del Negro said, barring weather problems, Thomas will practice Saturday and travel with the team to Indiana.
Expect more scrappiness—and for Hunter to find his other half.


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Style # 216431
Get front and center with this bebe dress, featuring a pop-bright paisley print and an effortless design. Made from a lightweight scuba-inspired fabric that is discreet and comfy. Try yours with a pair of metallic heels and statement earrings.
- 96% polyester, 4% spandex
- Dry clean
- Made in USA
- Center back to hem: 34" (86 cm)
- Model is 5'9" and is wearing a US size S
Paisley V Neck Scuba Dress is rated out of 5 by 9.
Rated 4 out of 5 by Sommersprossen from Hermoso love it! I bought this dress to go to California and I just love it! I have gotten so many compliments and have to say this is a very comfortable dress to wear, it fits perfect and the colors are so summery that you can wear it out during the day or at night. I got a XS and don't regret it since I'm 4'11 and 110lbs and as a Latina it makes my curves look fabulous!
Date published: 2013-08-29
Rated 4 out of 5 by vidalbowen from unique dress Definitely go one size down for a fitted look other than that the dress is beautiful
Date published: 2013-08-08
Rated 5 out of 5 by Vivi from It's great It fits well and looks unique. I'm 5'4''and 97lb, XXS works very well for me.
Date published: 2013-08-06
Rated 5 out of 5 by LuluB from Love it I love this dress, color is fabulous, fit is perfect. Another signature bebe dress!
Date published: 2013-08-03
Rated 5 out of 5 by GorgCC from Absolutely fabulous!! I absolutely love this dress. Im a small and it fit great all around. 100% happy!! :)
Date published: 2013-08-01
Rated 5 out of 5 by LadyD from Love the fit I bought this dress today because I fell in love with the fit. I got it in a small and it looks and feels perfect. I can't wait to wear it
Date published: 2013-07-31
Rated 5 out of 5 by RacerGirl from Very comfortable and sexy dress! This is a great dress... Fits nice but it was a little long on the length as it kept wanting to ride up my legs. I usually wear S to XS. Went with XS so the length was great and didn't ride up while walking. Runs a little large so if you want a fitted look go 1 size smaller. There's enough cleavage if you have some to show but not overly showy by Bebe standards. The lining is sufficient where you can get away without wearing a bra with this. Colors are vibrant.
Date published: 2013-07-24
Rated 5 out of 5 by TurtleGirl from Love this print Great little dress, though with the lining makes it warmer then I expected (but not uncomfortable, just a surprise). Sales person suggested XS for me, and though it did fit, it was a tad tight making it so the dress began to ride up the first step I took. So went with the S (which is my usual size for Bebe dresses) and it fits perfectly.
Date published: 2013-07-23


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TomTom launches Speed Camera app for iPhone
~ New app will keep drivers safe and informed ~
Amsterdam, 4 May 2012 – TomTom today releases the TomTom Speed Camera app for iPhone, giving drivers access to fixed and mobile speed camera alerts. Powered by the largest European driving community with 1.6 million drivers in 15 countries*, the app improves safety by keeping users informed about speed limits during their journey. Consequently, it helps users to avoid costly speeding fines and, in some countries, points on their driving license.
The TomTom Speed Camera app offers access to TomTom's premium Speed Camera service in a standalone app. The app has a new dedicated user interface that is easy to use. It informs drivers of their speed, the speed limit, the type of camera ahead and the remaining distance to reach it. A colour-coded warning system quickly and effectively alerts users if they need to slow down.
"Our Speed Camera service can be of real benefit, helping people to stay focused as they know where the next camera will be," says Gerry Hinds, Vice President Mobile at TomTom. "We all know that confident driving is safer driving. And that's why we're so pleased that we can now offer this accessible service to a much larger segment of the driving community."
The app includes real-time customer reports from drivers that share newly added or removed cameras with each other. It gives drivers 95% coverage of fixed camera locations and real-time updates for mobile speed cameras. In addition, the app offers average speed check support. This helps drivers stay below the limit within average speed check zones.
Availability and pricing
- The TomTom Speed Camera app for iPhone is now available for download from the Apple App Store.
- The TomTom Speed Camera app itself is free to download, but requires a monthly or annual subscription that can be purchased from within the app.
- TomTom is offering an introductory price of €1.59 for one month or €18.99 for 12 months.
- Normal price will be €4.99 for one month, €29.99 for twelve months.
*The app is available on iPhone in the following countries: UK & Ireland / Austria & Germany / Belgium, Netherlands & Luxembourg / Spain & Portugal / Italy / Poland / Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland.
Notes for editors
- Images of the latest app are available at
- Interviews are offered by Mark Huijnen, Product Marketing Mobile at TomTom.
- World-class mapping technology - reliably pinpoints your exact location and that of speed cameras.
- Support from TomTom's Speed Camera community – 1.6 million users in 15 countries can help improve the quality of the service by sharing newly added or removed cameras with each other.
- Easy, one-tap camera reporting – helps drivers to share mobile camera locations with the rest of the TomTom community.
- Real-time updates on mobile camera locations – gives warnings on mobile speed cameras, including reports from our own trusted TomTom Speed Camera community.
- 95% coverage of fixed camera location - provides the driver with thousands of up-to-date fixed speed camera locations.
- Precisely timed camera alerts – with a countdown of distance to an approaching camera, so the driver knows the camera's exact location.
- Early warnings for cameras around corners – so that drivers are not caught out by cameras when they turn onto a new road.
- Average speed check support - monitors a driver's speed to help them stay below the limit within average speed check zones.
- Speed limit display - even when there is no camera approaching.
- Colour-coded warning system – makes it easy for drivers to see if they need to slow down.
The TomTom Speed Camera app does not offer turn-by-turn navigation
The main TomTom Navigation app for iPhone and iPad offers turn-by-turn navigation as well as the Speed Camera service, and is available in the 'navigation' category of the App Store.


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ZubZub needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 87 designs submitted by 22 freelance designers.
PC Help Forum (PCHF) is a 6 year old tech support site. Priding itself as a family friendly, accurate and technically sound website, PCHF has grown very well in its niche. With a fantastic dedicated team from all over the globe. Catering for all PC users, whether they are expert or novice the advice is tailored to make sense to the individual requesting help.
The target audience for this website is basically anyone that owns or operates a PC, laptop, notebook, netbook...you name it! From young to old, the demographics of this site have no boundaries.
1. Everything on the logo must be unique
2. Would like a Web 2.0 and/or Techy look and feel to it
3. Must have the same wording as the current logo - see http://www.pchelpforum.com
4. Colors can be anything that goes with the current theme
5. Logo must fit 291 x 72 (for now) but be re-sizeable with Photoshop etc...
6. Overall, the logo must be instantly recognizable as belonging to the site
7. Final product must be editable within Photoshop
8. Mascots are welcome
Main requirement is for a logo that will become instantly recognizable as associated with PC Help Forum. Professional, clean and brandable.
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We call S(u) the space complexity of the vEB tree holding elements in the range 0 to u-1, and suppose without loss of generality that u is of the form 22k.
It's easy to get the recurrence S(u2) = (1+u) S(u) + Θ(u). (In Wikipedia's article the last term is O(1), but it's wrong because we must count the space for the array.)
Van Emde Boas gave in [1] the trivial bound S(u) = O(u log log u), and later in [2] he found a clever way to combine the data structure with other one so that to reach space complexity O(u), while mantaining the O(log log u) time bounds.
But modern references present the original data structure and state without proof that the space complexity is O(u). For instance, the very recent 3rd edition of "Introduction to algorithms" by Cormen et al. leaves it as an exercise.
I tried with some friends to [dis]prove the O(u) bound without luck.
[1] http://www.springerlink.com/content/h63507n460256241/


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After a particularly stinging loss to Georgia Tech on the heels of successive Auburn and Florida defeats, the late, great Lewis Grizzard wrote � nothing. Actually he scripted one sentence but only one and in a feat never seen before or since went to press with a blank column. Blank newsprint is, and always will be, an anathema, but Grizzard�s journalistic moxie could not be denied.
The day after the market shed 350 points, a handful of fisherman had a similar idea taking advantage of a glorious South Walton morning by doing nothing, at least with their portfolio. While I don�t fish, I do monkey-boat and it was a moment the TDC wishes it could bottle.
A line of showers came through late the day before. Instead of typical muggy summer weather following a shower, early morning risers enjoyed low humidity and pleasant temperatures. I needed to scoop up my legally stored (yes Turtle Watchers) kayak from the beach but couldn�t keep it out of the water. Watching the fishermen planted the seed for this column.
This is not a buy, hold and forget column, but rather a don�t panic sell column. Should you buy, sell or hold depends on your goals, time horizon and risk tolerance. A few weeks ago a relative of mine flagged me down electronically and badgered me about the market, �Why did you let it go down? I got out back in 2009 then got back in last year.� Deep sigh, just because you can go online and make the trades yourself doesn�t mean it�s a good idea.
Washington Irving, America�s first great writer, penned a tale featuring a slothful character named Rip Van Winkle. To avoid work and to escape his ever-nagging wife, Rip takes to the hills and stumbles on a gregarious group in the middle of a big party. After several games of nine-pens, multiple rounds of spirituous drink and much conviviality, Rip lays down for what turns out to be a multi-year snooze.
Pretend you are Rip � for me a bit of a reach since my wife never nags � and you take a nap on Dec. 31, 2007, waking up early Friday, June 21, 2013. Trying to catch up on the news you hear all the gloom and doom regarding the market decline.
When our 21st century Rip clicks on his accounts he likely is befuddled since the Dow Jones Industrial Average grew more than 11 percent during his nap coupled with 2-3 percent annual dividend income. When Irving�s Rip woke up, he declared his allegiance to King George III sleeping through the American Revolution while our modern day Rip would have been just as confused with the market decline chatter.
After the worst market decline in more than 80 years, his portfolio grew. Sometimes nothing is a pretty cool hand.
A 2 percent, one-day decline or advance certainly warrants attention. A sharp decline likely bothered you more than a similar spurt upwards. Relax � it�s human nature. If retirement is 10-plus years away, what do you care? With a closer retirement date or during retirement, consider adjusting your portfolio, especially if your stock allocation has grown. Capital gains spend just like dividend or interest income and can have more generous long-term capital gain tax rates.
Should you sell, maybe, but never panic sell.
Buz Livingston, CFP, has the only investment management firm in the entire world headquartered in Blue Mountain Beach. He helps clients along Florida�s Emerald Coast and around the country with financial decisions. Contact him at 850-267-1068 or www.livingstonfinancial.net. For timely financial tweets follow @BuzLivingston.


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Performance should always come before a fancy graphical interface. No one wants ugly, unintuitive menus, but neither do we want our computers to slow down when there's a fancy animated window popping up.
Kaspersky Internet Security 2012 is a good looking program that's easy to navigate, but it comes at an unnecessary performance price. It's a shame, because on the whole this is a very solid security package.
The parental control tools offer decent control over what content children can see and who they can talk to online. We found the website filtering effective and easy to use, with sensible categories. Our instant messaging chats were logged, and conversations were easy to follow if there's a certain contact you're unsure about.
You can also track word usage, entering words you want to be alerted to when they're typed into a website, search engine or message. We chose the relatively innocuous 'beans' as our keyword and sure enough, each time we typed it, it was logged by the software. We could see where the word was typed, but not the context in which it was used, so its usefulness was limited.
Social network monitoring was hit and miss, taking a while to display messages sent via Facebook, and ignoring Twitter altogether.
During a scan, Kaspersky Internet Security 2012 maxed out our test PC's CPU, and even lightweight programs became unresponsive on occasion.
Our initial scan of the test PC (with 435,379 files spread over two hard drives) took one hour 19 minutes to complete. This was noticeably faster than G Data Internet Security 2012, though most of the time difference is down to G Data's DoubleScan technology.
This version benefits from better cloud protection, with on-demand whitelists and sandboxing of unknown threats. We found this to be a very good security package, but with a bit too much bloat.
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Pets, Pets, Pets
My column below is a "Basset Blast from the Past", first published in the Beacon on September 6, 1984. At that time my pal Leslie Hill and I were volunteers for the now-extinct League for Animal Protection South Shore Chapter (LAP). We had been visiting Babylon Shelter each Saturday and co-writing "Pets" almost two years before we met the incognito, stray starlet of the following story:
This is the "tail" of a Harriet without an Ozzie. On several occasions we've been called upon to do dog detective work. Our clients (the dogs) are usually oblivious to all the hoopla they cause. Harriet was no exception.
Recently we received a call that the folks at the North Lindenhurst 7-11 (near the precinct) had found a Basset Hound. They rescued her after she almost caused several accidents as she leisurely strolled across Route 109. It was Friday evening and the shelter was closed. "Could LAP help out?" was the phone request.
We arranged to take her to the shelter Saturday morning, and in the meantime the store crew tried to find her owner. They soon found out that probably nothing could draw a bigger crowd of sympathetic helpers than to tie a soulful Basset to the store post with a sign: "Do You Know This Dog??" Several customers felt they recognized her. Some even drove her to suspected addresses, but no leads came through. One kind employee took the Hound home overnight. Maybe it's just that everyone can identify with the pathetic expression on a Basset's face.
The next morning we picked her up. Before going to the shelter we decided to take one more spin around both sides of Route 109 in case lost signs were posted. Our pooch passenger was not fazed by the trip, and promptly rested her head in a five pound box of biscuits on the car seat. Again she looked familiar to residents we met, plus she responded to every Basset name they called her. "Here, Peaches….Hi, Clementine" brought the gal over to the window to give wags and kisses to complete strangers, yet pseudo-recognition did not bring her home.
At the shelter we heard we that we missed a couple looking for a Basset by ten minutes. One phone call revealed our client's true identity. She was "Harriet," a nine-year old overweight Basset who had wandered about a mile from the home of the frantic people who were dog sitting her.
While we waited for her guardians to return to the shelter, we tried calling her real name. "Harriet, Harriet", but no response. Oh, no, could we have the wrong overweight female Basset Hound?
Finally "Harriet" spoken in a different tone of voice brought her over to plant a big, wet lick across the face. When her relieved caretakers arrived, she pretended not to hear their gentle scolding- "Harriet, what a bad girl!" Instead, she instantly fell asleep on their back seat.
The moral of our "tail": Basset Hounds do not run away; they walk away, very slowly; and when they do, they travel under assumed names.
Update 2011: We didn't take her photo, always Polaroids back then. However, I can still picture the unrepentant Harriet driving away in the back of her pet sitters' car. I've crossed paths with many Bassets since the 7-11 mystery Hound. Although tempted to name each stray female "Harriet", I must resist. She was the one and only.
For Adoption at Babylon Town Shelter (643-9270) Lamar St., W. Babylon: This super sweet Miniature Pinscher #94943 also likes to give kisses. She was found outside the Deer Park Post Office. Although somewhat visually impaired, she does see that she loves everyone. Meanwhile this young male yellow Lab #94050 was picked up in Wyandanch. He is goofy in that "Labbish" way, and, of course, will need the basics of obedience.
Male: "Alec" the Siberian Husky; "Santo" the German Shepherd; "Jacque" the Jack Russell Terrier.
Female: "Lucy"- black Lab/Sharpei; "Mona Lisa", "Polly", "Trixie" "Lydia" – Pit permutations.
Cats: "Snowball & Jules"- lovely sisters in the lobby. Upcoming Events:
*Free Rabies Vaccines for Dogs & Cats: Sat. May 21 from 10 am to 2 pm- Because of a grant from Pet Peeves, Inc., Last Hope Animal Rescue is able to host a free rabies shot clinic open to all Long Island pet owners at Babylon Town Shelter. No appointment necessary. Dogs must be leashed; cats need to be in carriers. For more info, contact 516-223-6673 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
*Last Hope Wantagh Grand Opening Weekend: Everyone is invited to the official grand opening of Last Hope Animal Rescue's new Wantagh Adoption Center, 3300 Beltagh Avenue (the former Bideawee Home). The Sat. June 4 festivities from 11 am to 4 pm will include a blessing of the animals and facility, balloons, face painting, raffles, jewelry sale, tours of the new shelter, and more. Then on Sunday June 5 from 11:30 to 3:30, the celebration continues with a brunch at George Martin's Grill Fire, 33 W. Sunrise Hwy. in Merrick. Tickets are $45 per person. See www.lasthopeanimalrescue.org.


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CA. The College Budget (BP)
The budget is developed by the faculty, administration, staff and Board of Regents to accomplish the educational purposes of South Plains College. The budget originates with faculty or staff members; it is reviewed, consolidated, adjusted and approved by the administration; and it is finally approved by the Board of Regents after an official public hearing. Once the budget is formally approved, it becomes a guide for expenditures, alterable in total, only by the Board of Regents.
Budget Preparation
South Plains's budget formulation is driven by a "zero-based budget" philosophy. This means that a budget is developed on the basis of new and existing goals and needs for the new budget year. Needs must be established and justified for each item of the new budget. Early each fall, faculty, staff, departmental chairs, directors and deans begin their budget planning process. This includes the evaluation of existing goals, developing new goals in necessary, projecting future needs and cost estimates.
Planning hearings will be held in the early part of the spring semester. All department heads will present their significant budget requests to the Executive Council and the appropriate Dean/Director. The Executive Council will consider those requests from the standpoint of student benefit and projected funds available for the upcoming fiscal year. The Executive Council will then issue the necessary planning guidance for the departments to complete their respective budgets. Upon receipt of the final budgets, the Vice President for Finance and Administration will compile the college-operating budget for the next fiscal year.
In May, a summary of the budget parameters will be presented to the Board of Regents for their review. In June, a detailed preliminary budget will be presented to the Board of Regents for their review. The Board will consider approving the budget at the August meeting.
Distribution of Approved Budget
The Business Office will distribute departmental copies of the current budget to appropriate personnel in August of each year.
Transfer of Funds
The transfer of funds from one operating fund to another, except for transfers resulting from the following of generally accepted accounting principles and authorized fiscal procedures (e.g., transfers to fund debt service) will be authorized by the Board of Regents.
Individual departmental accounts may be adjusted by the administration.
Financial Reports to the Board
The Board shall be presented a financial report of the College's operations at its regular monthly meeting. As unbudgeted operational needs are identified, the President shall notify the Board of anticipated institutional expenditures necessary to maintain the College's program.
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Microsoft has made Vista's Service Pack 1 near-final 'release candidate' available for download to the general public, after initially choosing to restrict it to 15000 beta testers when it debuted last week. According to a blog by ZDNet.com's Mary Jo Foley, a Microsoft representative said the build contained a "number of bugs that testers encountered in previous prerelease versions of SP1". The update is largely a collection of bug fixes and performance and compatibility improvements, but includes some minor new features.


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Teenage pop star Justin Bieber battled through illness as he kicked off his new tour in Arizona on Saturday night (29Sep12) and refused to stop the gig even after he vomited onstage.
The Baby hitmaker played the first show of his Believe world tour at the Jobing Arena in Glendale, Arizona but he shocked fans when he threw up on the stage in front of the entire audience.
The incident was caught on film and he subsequently left the stage to compose himself, asking the audience on his return, "Will you love me even tough I'm throwing up on stage?"
Bieber refused to let his ill health affect his performance and continued the show to the end as planned.
He subsequently addressed the incident in a series of posts on Twitter.com, posting a picture of himself in bed, adding, "Great show. Getting better for tomorrow's show!!!! Love u (sic)... And... Milk was a bad choice! LOL (laugh out loud)."


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Are you enjoying the change in weather?
If you could choose anyone to be president of the United States, who would it be?
What show are you most looking forward to seeing this fall?
Have you ever met a famous person?
Which college football team will end up on top this season?
What do you like to do at the lake?
"What is your favorite football team?"
Have you ever taken a train trip? If not, where would you like to ride a train to?
Who is your favorite all-time sports figure?
What is your favorite children's or family movie?
What are your plans for the Fourth of July?
What is your favorite summer food?
How do you deal with summer heat?
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