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Keyframes are used to log any changes you make to properties. When you change a property value which has keyframes enabled, the new value will be stored on the current frame as a keyframe. By creating multiple keyframes on different frames you can change a value over time.
Activating keyframing
Keyframing has to be explicitly turned on for each property you want to animate.
If keyframing is turned off, any changes you make will affect the setting for the duration of the layer. Moving to a different frame and making a further change will also make that change for the entire layer.
Once keyframing is turned on for a property, every time you make a change it is stored on that precise frame as a keyframe. You can the go to different frames and make adjustments to create multiple keyframes. HitFilm then animate the setting from one keyframe to the next.
To turn keyframing on and off click the circle to the left of the property. When activated the keyframe icon will turn blue and a new keyframe will be placed at the playhead's current position.
Creating keyframes
Every time you change a setting in HitFilm, a keyframe is placed on the timeline at the playhead position. Keyframes contain information about the changes you make.
HitFilm automatically interpolates from one keyframe value to the next. This means that you don't need to animate every single frame.
For example: If you have a keyframe on frame 1 which positions a layer on the far left of the screen, then another keyframe on frame 24 positioning the layer on the far right, HitFilm will animate the layer moving from left to right over the course of those 24 frames.
Navigating by keyframes
Once you have created several keyframes it can be useful to quickly move between them on the timeline.
You can do this using the previous/next keyframe controls at the top of the timeline, which jump your playhead between keyframes for the currently selected property.
You can also double-click on a keyframe on the timeline to jump the playhead to that position.
Adding and removing keyframes
Sometimes you may want to add or remove a keyframe to the current frame without actually changing any settings.
This can be done by clicking the add/remove keyframe button at the top of the timeline (positioned between the keyframe navigation arrows).
If there is a keyframe on the current frame already, clicking the add/remove button will remove it.
If there is not a keyframe on the current frame, a new keyframe will be created using the settings from that frame.
Editing keyframes
Once a keyframe has been created you can make further adjustments to its position and behaviour. To edit the value of an existing keyframe you first need to move the playhead to the keyframe. If you don't do this, you will instead create a new keyframe on the current frame. The easiest way to do this is simply to double-click on the relevant keyframe.
Selecting keyframes
Keyframes can be selected using the Select tool. Selected keyframes are highlighted in blue.
|Simply click a keyframe to select it. Selecting a different keyframe will deselect the first one.
|Holding Ctrl while selecting keyframes enables you to select multiple keyframes.
|Multiple keyframes can also be selected by dragging a selection box.
Moving keyframes
Selected keyframes can be moved around the timeline by dragging them with the mouse.
Keyframes can only be dragged horizontally on the timeline. They can't be dragged onto other properties.
If you want to transfer keyframes from one property to a similar property in another layer you can copy and paste them.
Selecting three or more keyframes and holding the Alt key while dragging on the keyframe to the extreme left or right of the selection scales the keyframe positions.
Scaling the keyframe positions may create sub-frame keyframes which don't exist on specific frames. These cannot be directly edited without first being moved to a primary frame position.
Changing temporal interpolation
Interpolation affects how HitFilm animates from one keyframe to the next.
You can change the temporal interpolation by right clicking selected keyframes and exploring the Interpolation menu, or using the interpolation buttons along the top of the timeline. The interpolation menu also displays options for spatial interpolation, which you can find out about in the chapter Spatial animation in the Viewer.
|Linear: Interpolates from one keyframe to the next without any smoothing. The value changes the same amount on each frame.
|Smooth: As the keyframe approaches, the size of the value change per frame will get smaller, resulting in a gradual adjustment into and out of the keyframe.
|Smooth In: The smoothing only occurs on the left of the keyframe.
|Smooth Out: The smoothing only occurs on the right of the keyframe.
|Constant: Each keyframe value is held as a constant until the next one is reached. There is no interpolation.
Temporal interpolation is represented on the value graph as a curve. A steeper curve represents more rapid and abrupt interpolation. See The value graph for details.
The temporal interpolation of a layer's position property is also represented as dots on the motion path in the Viewer, with each dot representing a frame. Linear interpolation will show evenly spaced dots, as the value change on each frame is the same. Switching to smoothed keyframes will cause the dots to accumulate towards the keyframe, as more frames are used to create a more gradual value change. Therefore a denser cluster of dots indicate relatively slower value change, while sparser dots indicate faster change.
Here is linear temporal interpolation represented on the Viewer:
And here is the same animation with the keyframe on the right set to Smooth In:
Note how the second example has a tighter cluster of dots (frames) as the layer approaches the keyframe on the right. Also note how the layer itself (the small, grey square) is further to the right in the second example, even though both images were taken on the same frame. This is because the change of value on the left half of the animation, where more distance is covered in viewer frames (dots) is greater than on the right.
For more information see Spatial animation in the Viewer.


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Venus Fly Trap at one point. Maybe at a conservatory or zoo, or even on TV. And we've all seen carnivorous plants in science fiction. Heck even Roadblock from G.I. Joe has had one run in too many with voracious flora.
But this isn't sci-fi, it's a real meat-eating plant! CNN takes us to the Philippines to where the plant was discovered:McPherson told CNN:
"Around the mouth of the pitcher are secretions of nectar which attracts insects and small animals. The rim has lots of waxy downward-pointing ridges which help prey fall directly into the pitcher.Still not grossed out? Here's a video of the plant feasting on a rat. And a slightly longer clip with narration explaining the deviousness of said plant. Enjoy!
"The pitchers are half full of a liquid consisting of acids and enzymes which help break down its prey."
The insectivorous, sometimes carnivorous diet is crucial for the plants' survival says McPherson.
"These plants grow in really harsh areas where soil quality is very poor -- often pure gravel or sand. Catching insects allows the plant to augment nutrients that it otherwise wouldn't have access to."
The plant is named for famed broadcaster and naturalist Sir David Attenborough who although had nothing to do with it's discovery, was deemed an all-around, nice enough guy to name a deadly flesh eating plant after. Although he did do a segment on Venus Fly Traps, so that would seem to make sense.
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text: Cancer care for adults could be improved if caregivers provided the empathy they provide to children, the authors suggest. ESB Professional/Shutterstock.com Mei 18, 2018 How lessons from childhood cancer care could improve adult cancer care Leonard L. Berry, Texas A&M University ; Hetal Modi, Texas A&M University , dan Tracey Danaher, Monash University Pediatric cancer is one of the cruelest of diseases, and caregivers develop special skills to help their patients. Research shows that caregivers for adults could learn some things from them.


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A topic going around the web this morning is a report from Motor Trend on BMW's M Sport division and their plants to move towards four and six cylinder turbo engines.
If you're a loyal reader of our blog, then you might recall that back in November, we reported similar news regarding BMW's decision to steer away from the large naturally-aspirated engines and replace them across the M line with turbo engines.
MotorTrend talks about the new M cars coming out in 2014 with the first turbo engines, but that's a bit of a misconception. The first M models to be powered only by turbo engines, in this case the twin-turbo ones, are the X5 M and X6 M which will be unveiled next month.
The so rumored BMW 135i Supersports, an M1-like model, is being confirmed once again, as a car that will be placed below the M3.
We are working on it, but only as business cases are concerned, as solutions are concerned. Because you're looking at a car in the neighborhood of 1300 kilos (about 2860 pounds, roughly equal to a VW GTI). And you would need at least 300 horsepower. I would love to have a car like that in our range. It would also be a good thing to get the interest of younger customers again.
The long time rumored turbo four-cylinder engines are definitely coming.
How far along is a turbo M four cylinder? "At the very beginning. This would mean a twin turbo four cylinder in a car that is below the M3. This would only be a story for the next 1 Series, so you'd be looking at 2014 or so."
Rumors are that BMW has not decided yet is if the new engines will be inline-six or the more popular V6 engines, but of course, take this with a grain of salt. According to Ludwig Willisch, BMW's M division CEO, the new M3 will have a wider body, similar to the platform of the new 3 Series.
Of course, the use of a twin-turbo engine will add more weight to a car that has been criticized of growing in size with each generation, but Herr Willisch doesn't seem to be too worried.
Engines don't need to be more powerful for the next car. As long as you have lighter weight, you have better performance
But in the end, BMW seems to be seriously considering the V6 option since it gives them the possibility to move the engines further downwards providing a better balance and weight distribution.
Metrics and intensive testing will decide the faith of the new M engines, and either an inline-six or V6 option, will provide the customers with the desired outcome: a high-performance, fun to drive BMW.
Even though we covered in the past many of the things published by MotorTrend, I encourage to head over and read the full article, it's a nice refresher and comprehensive article.[Source: MotorTrend via Autoblog ]


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Sports-and-Recreation The wave board as a very unique a different design then most boards on the market. The board only has two wheels, which are free to rotate an entire 360 degrees, located under two separate decks that are connected by a spring loaded torsion bar. The decks are able to twist opposite of each other. It is this technology that allows the board to be propelled without your feet ever needing to touch the ground. The wheels are sized at 77mm and 85A, and the bearings are ABEC5. Waveboard wheels are designed to take the wear and tear of continual use. Your feet never have to touch the ground when riding and because of this any wheels would wear down much faster. The waveboard wheels keep you riding longer before you need to change them. The 360 degree rotating wheels connect to the decks which are made out of high quality and very strong ABS plastic. ABS plastic was used because of the strength it has. The board can take a lot of wear and tear before it will ever break. The one draw back is that the board is slightly heavier then most boards, although weight is not going to matter when you are cruising down the street with the waveboard under your feet. On top of the decks are the face plates and grip. Outlining each deck are traction plates. These traction plates give you grip around the entire perimeter of each deck. Therefore if your feet slide for some reason the traction plates will grip your shoe and hold you on the board. In the middle of the top of each deck are the traction pads. These traction pads are little sections of grip to grab onto the middle of your shoe and also help give the board its sleek look. The last things on top of the decks are the interchangeable deck plates. There are silver decks, green, orange, red, pink, checkered that can all be put on any waveboard. These decks are all about the design and look of the board, and created interchangeable so you can customize your waveboard. On the underside of each deck the plastic is sand blasted for protection. This is also where the screws are located to remove a deck plate and change it. The two decks are connected be a spring load torsion bar. This is the most important technology of the waveboard. This torsion bar is what allows each deck to swivel individually to produce the motion you need to propel yourself without pushing off the ground. The free swiveling 360 degree wheels twist and turn as your feet swivels each deck. The correct motion is an S shape with your shoulders and hips and it is this movement coupled with the technology of the waveboard that propels you forward. When you get good at the waveboard you are not going to think of how it works. It just becomes so natural, and you will be able to balance like you are walking. Hopefully understanding the technology and how it works will help get you started and more comfortable on your waveboard quicker. About the Author: 相关的主题文章:
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He made the distance. They mapped it.
Disclaimer: Naruto is the property of Masashi Kishimoto.
Notes: I wasn't intending to write another dreamfic like Trivium or Aquarium Steps, but this sort of just happened. :S Anyway, please do review if you like :D.
i. A Map in Outer Space
In dreams, space has no linearity. It is appropriately envisioned like the charting of a map: at various intervals in time, one takes note of the placement of things in the universe and plots them. With the accumulation of points and diligent bookkeeping, an accurate portrait of space may be made.
So Sakura keeps a tally of distance. Meticulously.
If asked /how much/, she would have given the numbers that denoted it: kilometres, miles, inches-distance and all its units. All measurements were varying, they changed based on where Sasuke was, where she imagined he would be.
As for the space between her and Naruto, it fluctuated frequently. But the overall average of between had been an increasingly lessening value.
If asked /how/, Sakura would have no answer. She would have liked to blame it on time, but that's not really true. There hasn't really been any intervening time between with and without in the slightest. Two years was moment. Two years was lifetime.
More accurately, Sakura woke up one day and Sasuke had vanished from the axiomatic humdrum of reality, into the fringe ethers outside of the periphery of their existence. How was not the question so much as why. In terms of consequentiality, Sasuke was simply not there anymore. But he had never ceased to exist.
It was there that the cruel irony lay. If he had died, it would have given them closure, a finale they could have bundled up nicely in words and painful ceremony. An ending they could have sought shelter for and waited out like a violent storm. It would wreck and it would ruin, but they would linger in pensive silence for its passing, then total the ruins of their lives and slowly begin piecing them back together. In all theoretical sequences, it would have been better if Sasuke had died, but Sakura wasn't intent on becoming a liar and therefore couldn't say so.
But truth was not a finite concept. It was relative, like time or position in the dreamplane. Like Sasuke, who possessed myriad, shifting definitions based on the here or not here frame of perception.
For the longest time, Sakura-needing to think of these things because Naruto never did-contemplated the after. There was here and now and then there was Sasuke; but there would time and existence outside of that and what of it? They had been searching for so long, but the unasked question had never been brought to light. What would they do if he didn't want to come home? The likelihood of him abandoning all hopes of revenge were near impossible. Letting go would be the rational thing to do, she figured stoically, but theirs were not practical hearts. The fact remained that there was a glaring and heartbreaking truth here. She had watched Naruto chart out their voyage with trembling fingers and come to an important realisation.
Space was paradox with no true definition. The universe expanded with every second lost in their immense, variable mess of a timeline.
The fact remained that there would not always be a map for their distance. How would they find him then?
ii. The Triangulation Method
In their dreamlives, Earth was an insubstantial, undefined thing. It possessed no gravity; they rested there by the weight of their own free will-or at least according to the whims of their subconscious. It had no magnetic field and thus all compasses led nowhere, least of all to him.
Triangulation was the best method but an obvious problem existed. The land was a shifting, changing behemoth and neither of them could draw any lines because no topographic feature was static. So Naruto wove the threads and Sakura wound them around the landscape, trailed them back and took snapshots from a mountain.
If the world was to hold still for one moment in time, there would be patches of earth seen from space covered with a large scale grid-pattern in yarn. Marking areas already travelled, marking how much less distance they had to travel to Sasuke.
Right after Sasuke had left, near the time these dreams had started, Naruto tied a blue string around her wrist tightly. "This one's the most important, Sakura-chan," he told her with a smile, holding up his own wrist and the matching string there. She had squinted off into the distance to see what they were attached to, but the two lines extended out towards the flat, empty horizon, with no anchor in sight. "Make sure it holds tight, okay?" Naruto smiled at her, she smiled back. She knew where their tethers led.
But thinking about it now, there were some things that were just too hard to hold onto. Keeping track of Sasuke was akin to tying their strings to a whale. They had no mastery over its will, no comprehension of its foreign language. It went where they couldn't follow.
So the two of them tried to parallel his journey as best they could, trekking through paths of earth and water alike, enjoying the scenery along the way. But the journey was getting perilous, both in this life and the other. How much longer would they be able to stay in tow?
One particularly stormy night, Sakura had feigned rest in the damp hull of a ship they had bartered passage onto with spare rolls of thread. Beside her was Naruto, unsleeping and oddly contemplative, lightly tugging at the yarn around his wrist and thinking of how many miles they had to cover until they reached him. If she had merely reached out and slipped the worn loops off of both their wrists, watched the lines retreat away from them, towards the horizon and their unapologetic and uncompromising anchor, she could have managed to veer their ship off a course of likely suffering.
Instead, Sakura had breathed herself into heavy oblivion, blinking with heavy lidded eyes, once, twice, while staring at the still form of Naruto, meticulously tying tiny knots in their fraying lifeline to Sasuke with a trembling delicacy she had once thought beyond him.
The heart worked in funny ways, didn't it?
iii. Toponomy for the Laypeople
So what of the landmarks, then? Where did they exist on the shifting face of their dreams? They would have needed established edifices, things that were relatively constant and unchangeable. In this world, such things were a rare commodity.
Near the start of their journey, the two of them had docked at a port town briefly while the ship they were on had stopped for supplies. There, they had run into Ino.
"Sakura!" She had been standing near the waterside a little way away, waving at her friend exuberantly. Apparently they had just missed the other two-thirds of her team, who had docked a leaving ship just moments before. "You'll run into them eventually," she assured Naruto flippantly. He blinked, mildly offended by her familiar attitude, before leaving to obtain more thread, promising to be back by nightfall.
Ino wrapped her hand around Sakura's wrist and tugged her into the crowd of people. Sakura couldn't help noticing that she placed her fingers right over the blue yarn, only glancing at it briefly.
After a day spent roaming the market, they returned to the assigned rendezvous point. Naruto wasn't there yet. Ino bought candied apples and handed one to Sakura, resting beside her on the dock and swinging her legs in the empty space above the dark water. Sakura asked how long the ocean had stayed there.
"Have things been moving?" Ino asked back, clearly perplexed by the question. "I haven't noticed. I've been here a while. I'm not going anywhere, too, at least until the other two come back."
They sat for a moment, eating their apples. Sakura licked at the caramel thoughtfully, then decided to ask. "Why are you here?"
Ino swung her legs back and forth. "I don't know. We're looking for something, I guess. Why are you here?"
Sakura explained their journey in light detail. Ino nodded understandingly. "Basically, you're looking for something too."
They were looking for Sasuke, Sakura had said, but figured Ino's wording was more correct. What was it they were looking for? Him, the way he used to be, but that was a goal with little chance of fulfillment. They might eventually need to settle for something else.
"I wondered what the thread was for," Ino added, raising an eyebrow. "No offence, Sakura, but blue's not your colour."
Sakura swung at her with the apple viciously but had to settle for mock anger considering her candied weapon. Ino laughed, dodging the swipe.
"So why not let go?" Ino asked lightly. "Sounds like you'll run out of time."
Naruto had come back then, with a wavering gait, trying to walk without dropping the armfuls of thread he held in both hands. Sakura sighed at his clumsiness.
"Ino? You're still here?" He wondered out loud, dropping two spools as he did so. He glanced down at the dock. "The water's still here too..."
Sakura didn't say so, but she had a feeling Ino wouldn't be leaving for a while. She picked up a spool from where it had fallen near her feet. "Say, Ino," she asked, unrolling a length of the thread. "Mind if I give you this?"
Her friend glanced at the yarn with disdain and laughed, asking: "Maybe. Do you have another color?"
They tied the loop around her wrist firmly, making sure there would be enough slack before the next triangulation point, and left. They called that country /Ino/.
iv. On Matters of the Weather
Rain spells here were long and heavy. The clouds swept in suddenly, angrily, and poured their wet contents relentlessly onto the land underneath, irregardless of all the people there.
They had been standing on the deck of the ship at the time, contemplating the cracked earth beneath them. An ocean had existed here the night before but moved while they slept, pulling away from each shore before slipping away into the night, leaving behind trails of fish and seaweed in its slippery wake. The ship and all its occupants were suddenly left stranded, a beached, wooden whale.
And then the rain came in. Sakura had watched it fall contemplatively, shuddering as cold drops of water splattered against her skin.
Naruto noticed the movement and turned to her with a surprised grin. "You're not scared of the rain, are you?"
"No, it's just cold and wet," she told him. After a moment, added: "You shouldn't have to feel that way in a dream," mostly to herself.
Naruto cocked his head to the side, contemplating her cryptic words. He abandoned his thought process after only a moment, grinning widely before suddenly hoisting Sakura up in a piggyback and leaping off of the deck. She shrieked with surprise. He ran out into the rapidly filling valley; the cracked mud hungrily lapped up water, regenerated its broken surface with the lifeblood. All around them, the rain collected and rose.
Naruto and Sakura stood in the middle of that great sinkhole, heads tilted towards the sky.
"Hey, Sakura-chan," he said suddenly. She looked down at his sopping, smiling face. "You shouldn't be scared of a little water. It's the same stuff we saw last time, or the time before that." The rain. The water that moved all around this insubstantial place. Somewhere out in time, it once dripped down the pale curve of Sasuke's cheek.
The water level kept rising slowly, steadily. They ought to go back, or else catch cold. Naruto kicked out at the puddle of water around his ankles but tripped over a raised patch of earth concealed there, dropping Sakura at the same time.
"You were heavier than I thought," Naruto offered with an apologetic grin when she rubbed her sore backside. She gave him a half-hearted punch for the comment.
"But listen," he turned to face her, belly down in the water and immersing half his head as he did so. "Doesn't it sound weird? Kind of like a heartbeat." His words was light, his tone reverent. He pressed his ear against the ground; she watched him for a moment while wriggling her wet toes in the rising rainwater. After a beat, she followed suit.
The undulating fluid was alive with sound, a rumbling, echoing sort of noise that suddenly brought her own breathing into stark relief. Naruto grinned; his smile was a brief flash of light in all that water. He blinked once, twice; she heard the movement through the waves. With her mind, Sakura followed the path of air up through the trachea, past the beating heart and out of the prison of her lips.
In the end, it was all that they were made of. Air and rhythm. Space and light. It held a rather simplistic beauty, all encompassed in the rainsong. Their symphony.
"What do you think he's listening to now?" He asked then. The water and sky stretched infinitely into the curved, distant horizon, one luminous monochrome slate for as far as Sakura could see. Naruto's blue eyes glittered among all the grey.
She lowered her eyelids and nestled her head back in the cold water. It was reasonable to say that there would not always be time like this, that dreams would not always link her back here, their blue gridlines were finite. There would not always be two accompanied with a question mark, nor the slender curves of their still forms engulfed in the wet dullness. There would not always be endless miles of monochromal sky and land and the hovering medley of notes from their lonely melody. Their symphony for him.
But there would always be the rain.
v. A Dreamlife for the Relatively Rational
She had been the first to catch a glimpse of his late, famous heart.
He called her name then, while her fingers were pressed against the smooth column of Sai's throat, and from those syllables an aching, claustrophobic rush of emotion came forth, rending Sakura's steely logic entirely. It affirmed a fact that had not yet occurred to her: there was no charting of Sasuke's heart. In its dark depths it bred a story that, even watered down with time, could never be labelled beautiful. It was a tragedy of the worst degree, without logic or reason rooted in science or even fate, but full of raw, seedy hate and pain inimitable by the worst torture. This was a distinction of utmost importance. The reason why its trajectories would never be found.
But it existed, in the same kind of way some people understood the concept of god. Some things you don't need to see to believe in. Their religion was built off of something far less tangible than relics: the pledge both had made to find him again. Sakura shouldered the burden of both their promises, a feat Naruto managed readily. Despite the fact that he possessed no effortless grace or propriety in the slightest, he still accomplished the near impossible. He rendered not having into beautiful brilliance. Only Naruto could make missing an art form.
But hurt was relative; it could be washed away by ample amounts of time. Where the time would come from, that was another matter.
Sakura stood there, almost content with the canyon-unit of distance between them and the elegant curve of his lips around the syllables of her name. It felt like more than she was ever supposed to have had.
Truthfully, the semantics of the argument did not lie in entitlement. Upon closer examination of the storyline of Konoha (in real time, of course) evidence pointed to the fact that the three of them were heirs apparent to a long, convoluted line of non-parallel existences.
But fate, too, was relative. Sasuke had rendered it so.
Sakura was not an artist. She would never be able to meld this into something memorable and beautiful in Naruto's effortless way. She was a woman of medicine and understood it as such: Sasuke's sickness had crept up a remnant limb of their three-man cell. Incompleteness was their ailment, it reeked of sadness in the worst sort of way. She should have hacked off the offending extremity while she still had the opportunity. There was still a minimal chance of recovery.
But she didn't remember anything except the heavy burden of the yarn around her wrist, the uncontrollable flow of time, slipping away from them. And a sudden urge to laugh at the ludicrousness of her intent to sever this one and only fraying and tremulous lifeline. Admittedly, it would have been merciful to have done so, but Sasuke had never been merciful. They were more like him than they had once thought.
She would never hack off that leg because they needed it to stand upon. Instead, the two of them banked on the impossible chance that the disease would recede, repair the already rotting flesh and restore their once-easy gait. That this, like time, would soon pass as well.
Sakura had always bordered on closet optimism, after all. And every time he saw a slender hand, pale and stark in moonlight with a finger-length greater than that of the palm, Naruto would look for Sasuke.
vi. The Rainmaker
When they had met him again, Sakura's dreams had not let her forget the encounter. They played on a sick loop for many nights in a row, all variations on the same scene.
Sasuke wrapped an aristocratic hand around the curve of Naruto's shoulder; leaned in close like he was telling a secret. Said, "On my whim, this time you'll die," with an angry fire in his eyes.
It's funny that so little distance could be the most fitting tribute to the miles and miles of space and time the two of them have endured. But it had been too, too long for it to end like this. Sasuke's words were believable, frightening. He exuded power; his form was alight with it. His words were menacing, a testament to his enormous ego. His words were, as they still remain, the saddest, most stupid thing Naruto had ever heard.
He couldn't help it when his hands fluttered to motion at his side. Will lost substance, turned to water; he was driftwood in its gyres. And slowly reached up, unwillingly, towards white skin but no alternative end. To shake him violently or else tenderly press fingers against all that cold fire.
In the space bridged by the arcing path of Sasuke's sword, contact was made.
There were these things: one less litre of blood in Naruto's body when the blade drove cleanly through his back. One more time Sakura stood, helpless, as her boys brutally collided. One more tug at her fraying thread, now strangely fused, telling her that she had lost her chance in this lifetime. One more touch for the number of times they had brushed up against each other, all adding up to the one conclusion that had always been the most obvious thing in the world.
There was no letting go now.
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The halogen G45 golf ball bulbs are a great replacement for traditional incandescent bulbs as they are similar in both size and colour. This is an intentional and extremely helpful characteristic as it doesn't affect how the bulb is used or its purpose. The halogen technology that these golf ball bulbs uses, can give approximately 30% energy saving over traditional incandescent bulbs. Overall, the only difference between the incandescent bulb and the halogen is the energy saving capabilities that is available with the halogen.
The golf ball coding is G45. Alongside the amount of energy that can be saved, the halogen golf ball light bulb has a 2000 hours rated life which is a longer life than many halogens are expected to have.
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Defining hair stylist, hair artist, esthetic makeup artist, and fashion makeup artist
Many of us can't tell the difference between hair stylist and hair artist, or a "Visagist" (German for esthetic makeup artist) and a makeup artist in the fashion world. Today I wanted to get some clarity, and decided to interview my friend of many years (and when I was still living in Switzerland also my favorite hair stylist) Bjoern von Rotz. He originally started his career with a classic hairdresser / hairstylist education, and then took additional trainings to become "visagist" and makeup artist. Since then, he has worked with clients like Elle, Cosmopolitan, GQ, and Vivienne Westwood, regularly does makeup and styling at fashionweeks and on tv, teaches at seminars, and leads his own hair atelier and a makeup & hair artist school for creatives who also dream of pursuing this passion.
Astrid: Björn, how would you describe the key difference between the German term "Visagist" and Makeup Artist?
Björn: The "Visagist" (esthetic makeup artist) tries to conform with beauty norms of society, such as almond shaped eyes or a perfect foundation. For example like at a beauty pageant.
Typical makeups: evening makeup, wedding makeup and so forth.
The makeup artist is focused on authenticity, individuality, and recognizability. He does not have to comply with a perfect beauty norm. When doing the foundation, the pores still have to be visible.
Typical makeups: pin-up, gipsy, nude and so forth.
Astrid: In what industry or fields can these types of makeup artists work?
Björn: The "Visagist" (esthetic makeup artist) does makeup consultations, works for portrait photography or in the sale of decorative cosmetics. The makeup artist works for photography and movies in the advertising world, for editorials, catalogues, and fashion shows.
Astrid: What kind of people can they work for?
Bjoern: A "Visagist" (esthetic makeup artist) can work with cosmetic studios, hair stylists, sales and consulting of decorative cosmetics, and classic tv studios.
As makeup artist, you work independently for agencies or fashion-focused hair- and makeup ateliers.
Astrid: What's the difference between a hair stylist / hair dresser and a hair artist?
Bjoern: For the hair stylist/hairdresser, the customer is the most important thing, and the haircut should last six to eight weeks. For the hair artist, the moment is the most important thing. The result doesn't have to please the model, but is tailored for the photographer, designer, art director or the audience.
Astrid: As makeup and hair artist, do you have to do a classic hairdresser / hair stylist education?
Bjoern: No. You mainly style the hair without cutting, so you don't need to have a hair stylist / hairdresser education. But you should go to a school which focuses at least 1/5th of the education time on hair.
Astrid: What are the differences between the definition "Hair and Makeup Artist" versus "Makeup and Hair Artist?"
Bjoern: The term that's mentioned first is always the specialty or the field of bigger experience.
Astrid: You have your own academy. What kind of education do you offer there?
Bjoern: We offer a 9 month education as Makeup & Hair Artist. Each seminar day, we have a different topic (for example architecture, film, divas, music, art, and so forth) which we use as inspiration for makeup and hair creations. We call the academy "The Make-up & Hair Circus", because a circus is a great metaphor for the kaleidoscope-like diversity of this profession and the people in it.
Thank you so much Bjoern!


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Japanese video game high school offers real degrees
A new type of high school is about to open its doors in 2015. The big difference with this school and others is that your whole high school career can actually take place as a game from the comfort of your own room. Your school ID? An avatar!
With the problems facing public education, along with parents wanting more control of their children's education, more and more kids are being homeschooled every year. A school in Japan is taking homeschooling to another level, attracting students by creating an entire virtual high school that can be attended through your computer.
Once enrolled, students will be asked to create their school ID with an avatar of their choosing. That avatar will take virtual classes with an actual curriculum taught by virtual teachers. This already sounds awesome, but it gets even better. You actually only have to go to a real physical campus 4 days out of the entire year. So basically, all you have to do is play a game on your computer, and you can get perfect attendance!
If you pass your classes and receive the appropriate credits, you will receive your diploma after your senior year. And this diploma from Avatar High School is no different from one you would get at a conventional school. Yes, it's going to be certified.
High school can be fun for some, a waste of time for others. For kids who are part of the latter group, this virtual school just may be what makes learning fun.
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World of Warcraft addonsCataclysm offers some new great features to WoW! Players can play as two additional races! Play as Goblins and Worgen! With the Alliance and the goblins of the Bilgewater Cartel for the Horde, and the worgen of Gilneas. Six new high-level zones have added as well - Mount Hyjal and Uldum in Kalimdor; Vashj'ir and the Twilight Highlands in the Eastern Kingdoms; Deepholm in the elemental plane of earth; and the PvP zone and daily quest hub Tol Barad (according to the World of Warcraft wiki). Player will also be excited to see that the Level Cap increased to 85.
Character stats and gear will be revamped. WoWers will see the elimination of some stats, there will also be major changes to base stats. This includes strength and agility affecting attack power, intellect creating spell power, etc. There will also be an addition of Reforging to the game, which will allow the ability to add or switch certain statics on gear in return for removal of others. A common theme often seen in other RPG style video games, but new to WoW through the release of Cataclysm. There are too many World of Warcraft addons list, but one more to note is to add, a new Archaeology profession!
If you've never played, you should try the World of Warcraft free trial. This video is insanely popular that hardcore gamers even play on various versions of World of Warcraft private server. Virtual items are bought with real world money. Players by the hundreds download World of Warcraft expansions on regular basis.


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Lenten season: Use time to grow in faith, hope and love
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,
As we begin the pilgrimage of Lent during this holy Year of Faith, let our Lord Jesus Christ into your heart! He longs to be enthroned in you, so that you may be fully united with Him in His saving Passion and Resurrection. These days of Lent allow us to prepare for that union, in this life and in the next.
Remember that "faith" means several things. Faith is first and foremost a divine gift. We receive this gift when we are baptized, or if we are older, when we clearly and freely express the desire to be baptized. Faith as gift is simply the desire for union with God. God gives us the power to believe, to want to be united with Him, so that we may share Christ's new life in the sacraments.
Faith is therefore also that we believe in the Good News of our Lord Jesus Christ. The act of believing, of having faith, is not merely having an opinion about spiritual realities, nor making a choice among possible options. It is a firm and certain conviction, inseparable from the fact that this gift of faith is something received from outside of us. "The Gospel I preached is not something man made up. I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ." (Gal 1:12) If there is a gift, there must be a Giver. To believe is simply to accept the gift, and therefore to have a friendship with God which comes before every other experience and reality.
Faith therefore expresses itself in certain ways. It has a shape, a content, consistent with the gift and reception of such a desire for union with God. Faith is moreover not only individual, but also historical. The content of faith, the "what" which fills and expresses that saving relationship, is the actuality of God giving the gift of faith, from Abraham to today. The Covenant with Israel prepared for the Covenant with Christ, which is the Church. "Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit." (Mt 28:19, Catechism of the Catholic Church #2) Thus faith is necessarily "one," the same for all; and "holy," because it is from God; and "Catholic," universal and unchanging; and "of the apostles," because of the actual ministry of Jesus Christ in this life.
This "what" of faith includes not only the statements of faith, like the Creed we recite each Sunday, but also the daily living out of what those statements mean. "All Christ's faithful are called to hand it on from generation to generation, by professing the faith, by living it in fraternal sharing, and by celebrating it in liturgy and prayer." (Catechism of the Catholic Church #3) To be Catholic, then, is only to hold this gift of faith firmly as the unshakable bedrock of our life, and to desire, not only for ourselves but also for all those around us, to be one with God in the Church, as we profess it, live it, and celebrate it.
But we must all admit that there is a great deal of our daily life which is not of the faith. Hence we need the season of Lent for our ongoing conversion. We need to chip away at those parts of our life where faith is not our bedrock and desire, not what we clearly profess, live, and celebrate. And we need the help of the Church to do so, in the sacrament of Confession and in mutual encouragement.
Lent calls us to renew our faith through prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. Growing in faith always starts with a return to prayer. At its heart, prayer is spending time with God. This is why prayer is essential to strong faith; how can we desire to be with God, if we are not willing to spend time with Him?
The Church's sacraments and liturgies are indispensable forms of prayer. The Church reminds us that it is a serious sin to miss Mass on a Sunday or holy day of obligation, except for a grave reason such as illness. But we also need to be well prepared to enter into this prayer. We can be well prepared for the Holy Mass by reading the Mass readings beforehand, so that we can truly listen to the Word of God being poured into our hearts. We can also attempt a regular examination of conscience, worship our Lord outside of Mass in the Holy Eucharist, and pray every day in other ways. All these will help us be truly present to God in the Holy Mass and to grow more and more eager to be joined with Him in the sacrifice of the altar.
Our daily prayers can be quite varied. St. Paul tells us to "pray without ceasing," and we can strive to do this by having the simplest prayers – "Thank you, God," or "Praised be Jesus Christ," or "Lord, help me" – ready in our mind at all times. We can read and pray the words of Scripture each day. We can pray a daily Rosary, or the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, or one of the many Litanies available to us in the Church. We can pray by contemplating God and His joyful and merciful works in the depths of our hearts, with or without words.
And of course, a life of prayer leads also to the sacrament of Confession. The more time we spend in God's presence, the more we will desire to be pleasing to Him, and the more we will recognize and try to avoid the reality of sin in our lives. The opposite is also true; when our hearts are not filled with prayer, we can so easily fall into pride and selfishness. This is why Confession is an underused treasure. I urge everyone to go to Confession at least once during Lent.
During Lent, we also practice fast and abstinence. "Fasting" means eating little or no food. "Abstinence" means not eating any meat. The Church asks us to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday; a minimal fast means eating only one full meal that day, with two small meals and nothing between meals. Fasting is required of adults aged 18 to 60, unless illness prevents. All of us who are 14 years and older must also abstain from eating meat on Ash Wednesday and all Fridays in Lent. Friday abstinence throughout the year is also spiritually beneficial, and I again encourage you to try this very Catholic practice. Some measure of fast and abstinence is also encouraged, even for those for whom it is not required.
Another form of abstinence is the common practice of "giving something up" for Lent. This practice helps us to desire, and to practice, deeper union with God. What are the things that hold us back from giving everything to Him? What are the things about us we wouldn't want our children to imitate? We can change this bad habit by not doing it for a while, or at least by doing less. We're not supposed to return to the bad habit after Lent, either. Choose this kind of abstaining carefully, and, as I have encouraged you before, don't just give it up for Lent; do so for the whole year! You will find Christ filling the place vacated by the bad habit, if you look for Him there.
Almsgiving is the charitable giving of one's resources (time, talent, and treasure) to the needy. If you don't already do so, find a new way to give this year. Perhaps you have a relative or a neighbor who needs more of your time. Perhaps you could find a way to donate something you would otherwise just throw away. If you do already give alms, use this Lent to renew your commitment and your willingness or cheerfulness in giving.
My dear friends, use well this season of Lent, and this whole Year of Faith, to grow in faith, hope, and love. We who bear the name of Christ are not concerned only with our own individual souls, but with the salvation of all. Christ died for all, and shares His mission with every member of His Church. If we are complacent about our faith, we rob our neighbor of our hope and love, and of the graces God would give them through the witness of our faith. May the mercy and love of God overflow in your heart, so that every day you may give joyful witness to Him with every part of your life.
Your brother in Christ,
Most Reverend R. Walker Nickless,
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The Child as Natural Phenomenologist
Cloth Text – $89.95ISBN 978-0-8101-2881-1
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Publication Date
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The Child as Natural Phenomenologist
Primal and Primary Experience in Merleau-Ponty's Psychology
Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908–1961) is well known for his work in phenomenology, but his lectures in child psychology and pedagogy have received little attention, probably because Talia Welsh translated the lectures in their entirety only in 2010. The Child as Natural Phenomenologist summarizes Merleau-Ponty's work in child psychology, shows its relationship to his philosophical work, and argues for its continued relevance in contemporary theory and practice.Welsh demonstrates Merleau-Ponty's unique conception of the child's development as inherently organized, meaningful, and engaged with the world, contrary to views that see the child as largely internally preoccupied and driven by instinctual demands. Welsh finds that Merleau-Ponty's ideas about human psychology remain relevant in today's growing field of child studies and that they provide important insights for philosophers, sociologists, and psychologists to better understand the human condition.
"This book is an informative, valuable and thought-provoking contribution to the Merleau-Ponty's interdisciplinary work on child psychology. Scholarly and comprehensive…this present volume deserves to be welcomed and studied carefully by students and scholars in embodiment theory, Gestalt psychology, phenomenology, psychoanalysis, and by anyone interested in the philosophical relevance of early childhood for the constitution of an individual's subjectivity." —Horizon


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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The new school year is bringing new frustrations for some parents in Pittsburgh city schools. Parents are concerned because their children have to walk through rough areas to get to school.
Pittsburgh Public Schools opened on Thursday and some parents are already complaining about a lack of school bus transportation.
The former Langley High School now serves students from Kindergarten through grade 8.
Some parents in Crafton Heights told KDKA-TV News that they are worried about their children's safety and the school district isn't doing enough to safeguard small children.
"They closed the old school, which was a distance to walk. Now, they put them farther out, and I'm worried that somebody's baby is going to get hurt," says Gloria Cowherd of Crafton Heights.
"The street that they want them to go down is the same street where a guy got car jacked," says mother, Kim Hightower.
Students from Crafton Heights and other neighbors have to walk or find other means of school transportation because the Pittsburgh School Transportation
Guidelines state that free bus transportation only kicks in for students who live more than 1.5 miles away.
Students from grades 9 through 12 are eligible for transportation if they live more than two miles from school.
"It's really a shame that there's no bus transportation for these children to go to school" says mother Jessica Fulton.
In Brighton Heights, 10-year-old, Justice Olds says she was approached by a strange man at a Port Authority bus stop, who looked and talked suspicious.
"He was standing there for a minute and then he asked me how old I was," says Olds. "I told him to leave me alone.
Old's mother, Milissa Boschele, says a lack of bus transportation is putting children in more danger than is necessary.
A spokeswoman for the Pittsburgh School District says on two occasions, the district has asked PENNDOT to declare the area near Langley hazardous, which would allow school buses to transport children who live within the 1.5 mile limit of the school.
PENNDOT has since rejected those requests.
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These are non-alumni celebrities. Alumni celebrities are listed under Famous Alumni.
Celebrities who have appeared on UC's campus
These are non-alumni celebrities. Alumni celebrities are listed under Famous Alumni.
Screen stars
- Jimmy Dodd (Mickey Mouse Club leader, homecoming parade marshal, 1957)
- Steve Allen (television personality, TV Academy's Hall of Fame, appeared at CCM event, 1968) See picture and read more.
- Phil Donahue, HonDoc '88 (TV talk-show pioneer, commencement speaker, honorary degree recipient, June 1988)
- Ben Stiller, Molly Ringwald, Andrew McCarthy (actors, filming "Fresh Horses" on campus, 1988)
- Jodie Foster (actress, on campus filming "Little Man Tate," 1991)
- Ben Stein, HonDoc '02 (TV series host, commencement speaker and honorary degree recipient, 2002) Read more and see photo.
- Bob Hope, HonDoc '70 (actor, comedian, UC Fieldhouse, May 1963; guest speaker for UC Day Banquet and received honorary degree, April 1970)
- Bill Moyers, HonDoc '98 (PBS and CBS journalist, commencement speaker and honorary degree recipient, 1998)
- Diane Sawyer, HonDoc '92 (ABC news anchor, commencement speaker and honorary degree recipient, 1992)
- Chris Tucker (actor, met with law students to discuss fighting AIDS in Africa, Decembeer 2002) Read more.
- Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara (husband and wife comedy duo, October 1967, Wilson Auditorium; also on campus watching son Ben Stiller, filming "Fresh Horses," 1998)
- Lewis Black (Zimmer Auditorium, 2001)
Rock, pop artists
- Harry Belafonte (UC Fieldhouse, September 1966)
- Dionne Warwick (Wilson Auditorium, October 1967) Read alumna's memories of the event.
- The Four Tops (Motown quartet, UC Fieldhouse, tickets $1-4, May 1968)
- Peter, Paul and Mary (Armory Fieldhouse concert in support of a political campaign, October 1968)
- Andy Williams and Roger Williams (Homecoming concert, UC Fieldhouse, Oct. 25, 1968)
- The Bryds (free concert, Wilson Auditorium, March 18, 1969) Read alumni memories of the event.
- Peter, Paul and Mary (Armory Fieldhouse, tickets $2.50-$4.50, May 1969)
- John Hartford (folk singer who won a Grammy for writing "Gentle On My Mind," Wilson Auditorium, October 1969)
- John Denver and Laura Nyro (two concerts, Wilson Auditorium, Jan. 23, 1970, tickets $1.50 for students & $2 for public)
- Blood Sweat and Tears (homecoming concert, UC Fieldhouse, 1970)
- The Fifth Dimension (concert, UC Fieldhouse, Feb. 21, 1970, tickets $2.50-$4.50)
- Grateful Dead (in concert, UC Fieldhouse, April 3, 1970)
- Country Joe McDonald (concert, Wilson Auditorium, Oct. 1, 1971)
- Ike and Tina Turner (concert, Fieldhouse, Oct. 30, 1971)
- Seals & Crofts (Jan. 16, 1973)
- Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention (May 13, 1973)
- Grand Funk Railroad (Nippert Stadium, July 29, 1973)
- Linda Ronstadt (Aug. 12, 1973)
- Beach Boys (Nippert Stadium, Aug. 12, 1973)
- Maynard Ferguson and the Modern Jazz Quartet (concert, Wilson Auditorim, January 1974, tickets $4)
- Sergio Mendes and Brasil 66 (concert, Fieldhouse, tickets $2.50-$4.50, Feb. 22, 1969)
- Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Don McClean (Nippert Stadium, Ohio River Rock Festival, Aug. 3, 1975)
- Joni Mitchell (Armory Fieldhouse, Feb. 10, 1976)
- Jackson Browne (Armory Fieldhouse concert, Oct. 1, 1976)
- Paul Simon (in concert, Shoemaker Center, April 1991)
Jazz artists
- Louis Armstrong (jazz trumpeter, 1956-57) Read more.
- Wynton Marsalis (jazz trumpeter, Corbett Theater, CCM master class, October 2008) Read more and see photos.
- Dave Brubeck (jazz pianist, Corbett Auditorium, February 1968)
- Herbie Mann (jazz flutist, Wilson Auditorium, 1970)
Innovators making a better world
- Orville Wright, HonDoc '17 (inventor, commencement speaker, 1917( Note: Wilber had already died by that time.
- Neil Armstrong, HonDoc '82 (first man on the moon; engineering instructor, '71-79; commencement speaker) Read complete feature.
Writers, playwright, poets
- Robert Frost, HonDoc '54 (resident poet at UC, 1950s)
- Edward Albee (playwright, guest lecturer, 1990s)
- Maya Angelou (author, poet, guest speaker, UC Leadership Lecture Series, 2006) Read more.
- Norman Vincent Peale, HonDoc '68 (minister, author, received honorary degree 1968)
- Elie Wiesel (human-rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Shoemaker Center, May 2000)
- Ann Landers (Eppie Lederer in real life), HonDoc '74 (syndicated columnist, received honorary degree, 1974)
- Andy Warhol (considered an "underground film producer" at the time, discussed filmmaking and showed his film "The Factory," TUC, Feb. 27, 1969)
- Jim Borgman, HonDoc '91 (Pulitzer-winning political cartoonist, commencement speaker, 1991)
- Frank Duveneck, HonDoc '17 (realist painter, 1848-1919; commencement speaker, 1917)
Classical musicians, dancers
- George Balanchine, HonDoc '67 (School of American Ballet founder, received honorary degree, at the dedication of UC's Corbett Center for the Performing Arts at CCM, December 1967; appeared at a UC ceremony, UC Campus Union, October 1966)
- Van Cliburn, HonDoc '74 (pianist, appeared at a Phi Mu Alpha fraternity event, April 1963)
- Peter Nero (Grammy-winning pianist, conductor, 1969)
- Philip Glass (composer)
Speakers on political, social issues
- Paul Newman (actor, made a political speech in Wilson Auditorium, April 1968, and again in Tangeman University Center in October 2004)
- Margaret Mead, HonDoc '65 (anthropologist, lecture on "College Students' Disillusionment: Vietnam War and National Service," February 1968; lecture on cross-cultural communications, January 1965; received honorary degree)
- Rev. Jesse Jackson (civil-rights leader, spoke at a Freedom Rally, Wilson Auditorium, December 1969)
- Coretta Scott King, HonDoc '04 (widow of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., commencement speaker, 2004, when she received honorary degree) Read more.
- Jane Fonda (actress and poltical activist, spoke at UC Fieldhouse to protest the Vietnam War, October 1973, with husband Tom Hayden)
- Brendan Fraser (actor who starred in "The Mummy" triology, appeared on campus in a political panel discussion, Tangeman University Center, October 2004)
- Bono (lead singer of the rock group U2, met with law students to discuss fighting AIDS in Africa, December 2002) Read more.
Politicians, government officials
- Barack Obama (U.S. president, appeared on campus two nights before his election in 2012 and 2008; also in February 2008 for the primary campaign) Read more about the 2012 rally and more about the 2008 events.
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt (in 1936, while campaigning for the U.S. presidency, which he won) Read the whole story.
- Colin Powell (former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, then secretary of state; spoke at Shoemaker Center, May 1998)
- C. Everett Koop, HonDoc '91 (U.S. surgeon general, received honorary degree)
- Dick Thornburg, HonDoc '64 (U.S. attorney general, received honorary degree)
- Bruce Babbit, HonDoc '95 (secretary of the interior, commencement speaker, received honorary degree)
- Shirley Chisholm, HonDoc '75 (first black woman elected to Congress, , received honorary degree)
- Jesse Jackson, HonDoc '79 (civil rights activist, commencement speaker, received honorary degree)
- Richard Nixon, vice president, delivered the UC Day Banquet address in April 1954
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Jason Young is an example of how perseverance pays off. He made it to the finals in Comfortech Idol 2004, but lost in a tight race to Michael Youngs. He returned to Comfortech Idol in 2005, determined to win . . . and he did!
Jason was born into an HVAC family and has worked for the same company for 11 years.
In both of his Comfortech Idol appearances, Jason won audience favor with his easygoing nature and charming sense of humor. He describes his sales philosophy as, "Have fun, and the customer will, too."
I recently caught up with Jason and he was gracious enough to share some of his insights with us.
Charlie Greer: What is your level of technical expertise in HVAC?
Jason Young: I have worked as a service technician and as an installer. Since being a salesman in my company also means being a project manager, I'm often involved hands-on. I'll strap on the tools several times a year. Also, I volunteer several days per year in construction and maintenance of worship-related buildings in my community and elsewhere. This helps keep me sharp.
CG: Have you had any formal sales training?
JY: I take all the sales training I can get my hands on. I've attended sales seminars by every wellknown HVAC sales instructor, which has been very beneficial. However, I'd have to say that the Bible-based ministerial training I've received, where I've learned such personal qualities as empathy, good communication, and proper motivation, has been more effective than all of the industry-specific courses combined.
CG: Describe your sales process.
JY: It's different every time. I hate being tied to a formal process. I like it to be more fun than that. I want to let it flow naturally, like a relaxed conversation with a friend.
At times, the client and I will start at the equipment, the thermostat, the kitchen table, or the outdoor unit. We usually run a few laps around the house examining registers, the load, the duct system, and the equipment configuration. I also look at the family's lifestyle. Many questions are asked; problems and concerns are identified.
We'll stop anywhere to talk. Maybe we'll stand in a back bedroom for 10 minutes discussing continuous fan and variable speed, or 15 minutes in the backyard talking about their incredible calla lilies.
When we settle down at the kitchen table or living room — or even back yard, if it's a great day — we continue our discussion, while calculating the load and building a system.
We discuss some of the things that make our company special, but by this time they probably know much of it already. It's particularly effective to relate specific solutions to concerns we identified together while walking around.
After building the right system together, I ask for their approval to get the work scheduled.
CG: How long does your average sales call take?
JY: Anywhere from one to three hours.
CG: What do you do during your sales presentations that you feel gives you the edge?
JY: I listen to the client, take notes, and actually give them what they want.
Instead of being pushy, I try to treat them the way I'd like to be treated.
I look for ways to demonstrate technical proficiency, so they feel they're in good hands. This can include the use of a Magnehelic gauge, anemometer, or other diagnostic tool. It can also include a simple illustration or analogy to help them understand a complex concept.
Additionally, I think appropriate use of non-HVAC technology has helped give me an edge. When I'm taking notes on my Palm, showing past job photos on my laptop, or printing a proposal to my wireless printer, I feel my clients are reassured about the technical ability and market leadership of my company. In a computer-savvy market like Portland, OR, this can sometimes be even more of an edge than HVAC expertise.
CG: How many closing attempts do you usually make during a sales call?
JY: Trial closes begin right away — such as asking, "When we replace the furnace, do you think you'd like us to haul away the old one and recycle it?" — then it's not at all unexpected or uncomfortable when I do ask for the order.
I seldom need to ask more than once. However, if additional attempts are made, I make sure that something about the offer, or their understanding of it, has changed. If I have to repeatedly pester my client, then I'm not really treating them the way I'd like to be treated.
CG: What percentage of your sales calls includes a quote on Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) products?
JY: One hundred percent of them. Bringing up IAQ products helps to increase sales, helps build trust, and demonstrates technical proficiency.
CG: How does recommending IAQ help build trust?
JY: When the customer and I discover IAQ problems, and I offer solutions, whether they accept my offer or not, I've demonstrated I know what I'm doing, I'm looking beyond the box and I'm there to help.
CG: What percentage of your sales includes IAQ?
JY: About 70% of my sales include the common IAQ products such as air cleaners and UV lights. I find that more and more homeowners are interested in, and buying humidifiers. I probably sell more humidifiers than anyone in my market.
I consider variable speed an IAQ improvement because so many IAQ products are enhanced by the variable speed. So, if I rephrase your question to, "What percentage of your sales include an IAQ improvement?" then it's about 95% because nearly every furnace I sell is variable speed, and usuallyincludes a programmable stat.
CG: Can you describe your favorite closing technique?
JY: "In view of all of the benefits we've outlined, do you see any reason not to get this scheduled today?"
CG: Where do you get most of your leads?
JY: From referrals, tech leads, and direct mail sent to our existing customer base. You could say that our satisfied customers are our largest source of leads. I also run a lot of Internet leads, as well as some generated through newspaper ads and the Yellow Pages.
CG:What is your advice to HVAC residential replacement salespeople?
JY: Treat your clients the way you'd like to be treated if you were in their shoes. Better yet, treat them the way you'd like to see some random guy treat your grandmother in her own house.
Have personal integrity at all times. Pretend there is someone looking over your shoulder all the time. It will only help you in the long run.
CG:What did you do with the $1,000 you won from Comfortech Idol 2005?
JY: We made a hurricane relief trip to New Orleans. My brother (and co-worker), his wife, my father, another technician from my company, my wife, and I were all privileged to serve for two weeks donating our skills toward rebuilding some of the hardest-hit homes in the region. What a great experience. And, the Comfortech Idol Award played a major role in getting us there.
What is Comfortech Idol?
Comfortech Idol is the search for the best HVAC salesperson at HVAC Comfortech.
In a contest that is loosely based on the hit television series "American Idol," HVAC salespeople compete head-to-head by role-playing sales calls in front of a crowd of HVAC contractors. The contestants are then critiqued by HVAC sales trainers and past Comfortech Idol winners. The audience votes on which contestant they feel best exemplifies excellence in HVAC sales.
Comfortech Idol is both entertaining and educational. At Comfortech Idol you see how real, working HVAC salespeople respond to the tough objections such as, "Your price is too high," "I want to think it over," and "I want to get other bids."
The grand prize includes $1,000, a write-up in Contracting Business magazine, and bragging rights. All contestants are awarded various other prizes.
There is no charge to enter or watch Comfortech Idol. All elimination rounds and the finals are free and open to all registered attendees of HVAC Comfortech.
Complete details on Comfortech Idol 2006, including an online entry form, can be found at www.hvacprofitboosters.com
Meet Comfortech Idol 2005
Name: Jason Young
Charlie Greer is a service technician, a salesman, a sales trainer, and sponsor of Comfortech Idol. For information on Charlie's products and seminars, go to www.hvacprofitboosters.com, email [email protected] boosters.com, or call 800/963-HVAC (4822).


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Hamlet was adapted to film by Laurence Olivier in 1948. Many still consider this the best version of the play ever recorded. Olivier gives a stunning performance in the title role. The film was released by Universal-International and is now available on home video.
The British Broadcasting Company has produced several excellent audio book versions of Shakespearean plays. Their version of Hamlet is performed by Kenneth Branagh and features Derek Jacobi. It is published by Bantam Doubleday Dell. This audio book contains the fulllength, unabridged version of the play.
Christopher Marlowe's epic work Tamburlaine the Great has been recorded on audio cassette by The Center for Cassette Studies.
The Marlowe Society maintains a website on Christopher Marlowe at http://www.marlowesociety. org with comprehensive information on Marlowe's life, a newsletter, and links to other interesting information.
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So if you couldn't tell from some of my nostalgic posts on my visit to New York this summer, I've been experiencing quite the change of heart, missing my first and true love that is New York. And having picked up, packed up and moved to a completely new city in about 2 months' time once before, I know that in spite of having just signed a lease this May, converting my gym membership to a two-year one, and signing a phone contract (all not so dissimilar to my state of affairs one year ago), I am not necessarily by any means "stuck" here in Hong Kong.
Being in New York, I realized some very important things. Firstly, New York is the best city in the world. And secondly, it takes a lot more than an apartment, a gym membership, a phone, even a handful of friends and fun times to call a city a Home. And as corny as it may be – it takes Love.
For me, I realized that Love would come in the form of either a very special partner who can support me in my craziness, and keep me calm in my over-thinking mind, OR come from the passion derived in an occupation that draws me back into the community around me, creating and doing something that makes me feel alive. Let me just clarify for a second here, though — I'm not saying that you can only live somewhere with a significant other or an amazing job, I'm just saying for ME to be so very far from the city I love, where I was born and raised, where my family remains, where all the friends who know me best live or live nearby, and where culture, arts, and diversity continue to thrive in spite of a poor economy, I need one of those two things to keep me halfway around the world, all the way in Hong Kong. Further, insofar as a job is concerned, I knew I could not just accept a job in HK doing the same things I'd do in NY — that it had to be a role unique to my very far-away environs, or else I'd just be keeping myself unnecessarily apart from NY for no valid reason.
It's a good lesson to learn, albeit a tough one. Hong Kong has been a wonderful experience. I really needed to get away from New York when I did, and I've met so many amazing people here, heard so many interesting stories, gotten to travel, and really just begin to experience life in Asia… so where is this post going? Am I leaving Hong Kong now on the eve of my one-year anniversary??
No, not quite. In fact — here is some startling news! I got a job! Here in Hong Kong! And indeed, via pure networking.
This all pulled together in the past two months or so. Shortly before I left for my month in New York, I'd sent off an e-mail to one of the contacts I had made during my big networking efforts in the Fall. This contact was a lawyer who was a friend of a friend of mine back in New York. When we met, I had gotten to HK only a month or so before, and told him my story, and met up to gather data on the legal scene in Hong Kong. He worked for a major investment bank here, and transferred here with his wife and two kids about 2 years ago.
Anyhow, because I'd remembered how kind and supportive he'd been, I thought to shoot him an email to let him know about my decisions to stay in Hong Kong and rent a "real" apartment. This led to a catch-up over dinner with his wife, also a lawyer here in HK, and his announcement that he'd actually be leaving his job at the bank soon to lead the HK launch of a NY-based law firm. I was thrilled with the news, and really did not think he would be giving me a job or anything like that, but about a week later, Bill sent me an e-mail suggesting that I might be of help with this launch, in some part-lawyer / part-administrative capacity, especially given my language skills.
I was more than thrilled about the opportunity. This particular law firm is a sophisticated boutique, and is among very few American law firms expanding, rather than contracting at this time. I thought the opportunity unique enough to warrant quite the interest, and then Bill set the wheels in motion for me to meet with the New York partners during my visit home.
Anxious to hear back, I finally got word once I returned to HK, and accepted the offer immediately. Work begins in mid-September.
So will I be staying put now? Is this enough to make Hong Kong Home? I'd like to say yes, but I have only been extended a 3-month contract to start with, and can't say what might happen with this job. It's an interesting opportunity, certainly unique to being in HK, and has a lot of potential to be something huge, but at this premature stage, I just can't know.
Plus, I'd been rather sullen lately, missing New York, finding HK extremely superficial and vapid in many ways. But the bottom line is that I need to grab each moment for what it's worth and squeeze the value out of it for me.
Anyhow, while the verdict is still very much out on what I'll be doing this time next year, life is undoubtedly going to really change for me come next month (my anniversary month, no less!) with a job at long last!


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Ali Fazal has dabbled in various genres and projects, be it chocolate lover boy to horror flick. Apart from exploring different zones in Bollywood, he also starred in Hollywood flick FURIOUS 7 as well as did a web series film and recently he was seen in a music album with Zareen Khan.
And now Ali has tried his hand with a rom com HAPPY BHAG JAYEGI, with a lovable character 'Guddu' along with Jimmy Shergill, Abhay Deol and Diana Penty. On the other hand he is gearing up to commence shooting for next Hollywood flick with actress Judi Dench
In conversation with Ali as he speaks about his film HAPPY BHAAG JAYEGI, on why he is prefers multi-hero projects and his next assignment.Excerpts of the interview:
You signed HAPPY BHAG JAYEGI after a year, why the break?Yes, my last movie was KHAMOSHIYAN post which I did a Hollywood film FURIOUS 7 and then I did few web series. The reason I took up this role was I loved Guddu's role a lot and I instantly said yes.
Tell us about your role?Guddu is an aspiring musician who struggles hard and how he falls in love with Happy and the journey unfolds.
This movie too has two more actors any reason of not taking up solo hero roles?That is not the case, I loved the script of HAPPY BHAG JAYEGI it was fun and every actor has a set role in it. I do have solo films in hand one is TADKA with Taapsee Pannu and LOVE AFFAIR. I will soon start shooting for the film once I am back with shooting for my next Hollywood film with Judi Dench.
Tell us something about your next Hollywood film? It's opposite actress Judi Dench wherein I play a guy Abdul from Agra who goes to London and is thrown into a fancy place all of a sudden. Its reel and real for me, that's just what, happened to me. Stephen liked my audition and I did reading sessions with Judi Dench. It's a journey from teaching the Queen Hindi and Urdu to becoming her confidante and political advisor they shared a unique relationship.
You have worked in FURIOUS 7 and now gearing up for next Hollywood as well, any particular actor you would want to share screen space with in Hollywood?I am already blessed that I am already doing a movie with Jude Dench. I would love to work with every Hollywood actor especially Ryan Reynolds, he is one of the most great actors and some actors like Meryl Streep she is superbly sexy. I would love to share screen space with her.
Which Indian actor should be there in Hollywood but is not there?I feel Om Puri has been doing Hollywood flicks since long but he isn't marketed well, that's why not many people know that he is also a Hollywood star. I feel good that Bollywood actors like Deepika and Priyanka have already made us proud


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Skip to comments.Report: Federal Judge Compromised Investigation By Prematurely Mirandizing Tsarnaev
Posted on 04/25/2013 5:50:27 AM PDT by servo1969
Thanks to the "Public Safety Exception" to Miranda (which was created in 1980), the government is not forced to choose between treating a suspect as an enemy combatant or immediately allowing said suspect to hide behind an attorney and the right to remain silent. In extraordinary circumstances, when a suspect is believed to be part of a broader conspiracy that might result in the loss of innocent life, authorities have 48 hours to question the suspect before mirandizing him.
Dzokhar Tsarnaev, the man suspected of being a co-conspirator in the Boston Marathon bombings, was mirandized after only 16 hours of questioning. According to a Fox News, FBI officials were "stunned" when federal District Court Judge Marianne Bowler arrived at the hospital and read Tsnarnaev his rights. Sources told Fox News that this premature action might have hurt the investigation.
Apparently, prior to Judge Bowler reading him his rights, Tsarnaev was cooperating with investigators. The arrival of public defenders and the Justice Department, though, compromised the interrogation and now the belief is that "valuable intelligence may have been sacrificed as a result."
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
She's a braindead liberal first and a judge second.
Pray for America to Wake Up
Holder sent in his shock troops.
How does he qualify for a public defender? He been living the life of the rich and famous. Attending some of the most expensive schools in the nation, fancy cars, party, party, party.
So the Judge just shows up at the hospital?? Who sent her or was she "self radicalized?" We need an investigation within the investigation. The FBI should be checking her out, as well.
IMHO it's a case of, "Quick, quick! We've got to shut him up."
Of course the interesting question is WHY?
no doubt she has a homosexual lover on one side and one from AlQaida on the other.
Said it on the other thread, I'll just repeat myself.
"I'll just say one thing.
Communists in our top tier government ARE really pushing hard for CW II."
IF people don't feel the government can protect them, they WILL meter out their own justice.
Ominous dark clouds ahead.
So the White Hut and al Qaeda reached out and
SELECTED a judge.
How special is that?
Ping to another Holder outrage!!
Obama and Holder sent that judge from the DOJ.
Please help spread the word!
One Word Sabotage
Transcript of bedside hearing:
Why did they let this bitch in? Funny how Obama ignores seperation of powers for (non-)recess appointments and amnesty, but respects it for compromising terrorism investigations.
How did they fit all of these people in the romm LOL.
Jennifer Daskal she is the ring leader
The current Justice Department employees who previously represented Guantánamo detainees or terrorism suspects are:
Tony West, the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division.
Jonathan Cedarbaum, of the Office of Legal Counsel.
Eric Columbus, senior counsel in the Office of the Deputy Attorney General.
Karl Thompson, of the Office of Legal Counsel.
Joseph Guerra, Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General.
Tali Farhadian, an official in the Office of the Attorney General.
Beth Brinkmann, Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Division
Pray for America to Wake Up
The Wake Up won't come out of any sudden moral awakening or political epiphany; it will be in the form a calamity. Most likely an economic collapse. But other possibilities abound.
Fingers start pointing in embarrassing directions when a 19 yr old kid who knows too much keeps talking.
A Magistrate judge is NOT an Article III judge.
This is unConstitutional as well as obstruction of justice.
"Communists in our top tier government ARE really pushing hard for CW II."
I agree they keep pushing and pushing hoping Real Americans will be the first to fire back. They know we have a greater respect for the law than the left. Eventually the left will have to fire the first shot and I think most of us can site numerous occasions where they already have and we did not respond. Time will come when we must respond. I think we at at that time.
Is this traitor to the American people judge protected from telling us who sent her?
If not, then what agency must tell us they sent her?
We must know the source before they bury it like they have done with the 212.3B Saudi rag head they first arrested.
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I'm not usually big on tees, but this one caugh my eye.
I just sold my BBQ today in preparation for the big move. I would love to get the new EVA SOLO Gas Grill for the new place
Why have a boring plank in your backyard when you can have a stylishly designed swing by TUNTO
Kevin Dart has new prints available. I love his fake exploitation movie poster style. (He's also at ComiCon right now)
this is a couple months old, but im not sure how much attention it got.
too bizarre not to post.
the classic enzo mari zoo puzzle features prominently in tomorrow's nytimes article on yves behar.
Modulex and Lego masterpieces.
Pretty little barebones workstation.
incredible, its made of straws! padlab has loads of other straw inspired objects too.
Pixile is a mobile projection system using sculptural installation. The Pixile creates a holographic illusion of spherical objects spinning, changing and reacting to each other in mid space.
love the pushmepullyou animal prints, but have held off on posting them...but today...the anteater wins. =)
Mattias Adolfsson is a new hero of mine. not only can he sktech gorgeously, his sketches are also delightfully playful. the layout of his sketchbooks is prety sweet too.
one more from r.los. how many times have you wished you could bring your bed with you...i know i will at 6am tomorrow...
oooh...love these lamps made from old CDs. =)
for some reason the SIXIXIS hangers reminded me of this piece by studiobility
gauckler's portfolio is filled with treasures...and the most bizarre characters!
Iron Lung t-shirt. Cool design.
I will have this on my bed some day...
Hello? Hello?
Mazen Kerbaj decided to stay in beirut, and is blogging from there. It's harder to ignore a war when it becomes personal. I love his drawings
HAHAHA. I'm surprised I actually kinda like their album cover art!
theme hotel rooms are all the rage these days, but hotelfox seems by far the nicest. the good spirits room is my fave!
these bike frames are wild. not sure whether they're cool or ugly, but definitely different. if i were the cycling type...i might be tempted.
no, its not just crickets in a maze. it's CRICKET PACMAN! yes, its quite amzing and yes you need to check it out.
this image made me so proud of america. the article is about how messed up and wrong it all is, which is true. but professionalism in children beats the amateurism in this country.
Urban Chaos, also old news, but I still love his sticker set
these guys are old news, but they're still kinda awesome...
Artistic and scientific images from the Wellcome Trust's Biomedical Image Awards. Including this beautiful electron micrograph of a piece of pork.
the god antennae gives a whole new meaning to wild. just needs one long spike to pick up lightning...
not hardcore as some of the tapes we've seen, but this swallow tape is really cute! as is much of sewell's stuff.
i randomly stumbled this ozzie architect's site and couldnt get over how gorgeous this image is...(it looks even better without the crop).
i know, ANOTHER one, but i cant help myself, this is just too awesome.
not usually a fan of the new scientist, but this ridable robot was kinda sweet.
Concert Posters by F2 Design.
Modern Trailer Homes.
Silkworms form a fan. Let five or six wilkworms wriggle on the frames of a fan and the fan will be completed in three days.
Self Destruct control panel via USB.
Floating Bed - crazy round hammock - call it what you will - its unique and i wonder if its comfortable/a good use of space.
Cool french espadrilles from The String Republic. I would order a pair if I could make up my mind as to which one I like best.
I could have used those this weekend, for my "must drink everything before the move" party
Okay so we know that Target has been hooking up with some big name designers. Now they're hooking up with some smaller designers like Evan Hecox. I want this clock! And it's glass, not plastic!
fine. here. this is Mojizu.
New tech/design/etc blog from the kids who bring you Mojizu. you KNOW the character design community people.
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The number of health maintenance organizations certified to operate in Florida has more than doubled in the past two years, with growth particularly evident in Broward, Palm Beach and Dade counties, a state survey shows.
State records show that of the 43 HMOs treating patients in Florida, 29 have received state certification since 1984, including 18 serving South Florida.
``Nearly 1 million Floridians are members of HMOs, and that membership along with the number of HMOs around the state is growing rapidly,`` said state Insurance Commissioner Bill Gunter.
In response to the HMO boom, Gunter recently issued a guide to inform consumers about the alternative health-care organizations. The pamphlet, available locally at Insurance Consumer Service offices in Miami and West Palm Beach, lists the advantages and pitfalls of joining an HMO.
``It`s important that consumers know what to look for when choosing an HMO and how HMOs differ from other health-care plans,`` Gunter said.
U.S. Rep. Dan Mica, D-Lake Worth, has been concerned about the growth of HMOs. Earlier this year, Mica held public meetings in Broward and Palm Beach counties to assess the impact that HMOs have had on Florida`s health-care industry. State officials, he said afterward, should keep a close watch on the burgeoning industry.
Darlene Farmer, executive director of Miami-based HMO America, which operates in several counties and began treating patients in Broward and Dade earlier this year, said HMO growth has been impressive.
``South Florida certainly has been a good market,`` Farmer said.
HMO directors and advocates cite several reasons for the apparent popularity of the alternative medical services:
-- Low costs.
``We`ve seen skyrocketing health insurance rates in the last few years,`` said Gary Gunter, president of the Florida Association of HMOs in Fort Lauderdale. ``With HMOs, you pay a low fixed fee and get a lot more for your money.``