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It's no secret that video game campaigns have become shorter over the years. Defeating an RPG on the SNES could take more than one hundred hours. But there are no rose coloured glasses here, a large amount of this content was padding. The fact that a game's length was long was due to padding jaded both gamers and developers towards making a game long for the sake of being long.
This one apparently is. Selling like hotcakes
Easy there man . Lets wait for the numbers . As for whether it is worth it or not, we will see on what the consumers think
Ok. I'm with that. I can wait for official numbers.
So what am I suppose to do with my crystal ball now?
My point is: how it sells, will determine it worth. If huge amounts of people buy it, the it is worth the asking price. Someone written opinion has no place in determining worth.
@BigPappy That's not exactly how it works though. You're more likely to get an accurate answer from it's sequel as people then know what they can expect from it as a whole.
Multiplayer only games hold more replay value than Singleplayer only games except for some RPG's, both depend on quality aswell though, if its not good its not worth money
"Easy there man"
Where does that reluctance come from? What reason cold you have in mind for someone to go "easy?"
How does that news, be it true or false affect you?
Depends on the quality and content of the game. The cynicism can't be leveled at all multiplayer only games. If you enjoy it for a year then you could easily argue it being worth it. Hate it then its obviously not worth it. Personal preference.
@sammy777 yeah its really awesome I haven't had any frame rate or lag and I've been beasting already.
ALSO...is a single player only game worth 60? I think games should cost $50 for full games weather it be SP and or MP.
Apparently they are worth over 100$ when we look at call of duty and battlefield with their season pass...
If the game in question is good, then the answer is yes. The same rule applies for Single player only games. Speaking of which inFamous: SS in less than 2 weeks, hell yes.
I think it depends on what the game offers compared to whatever the standards for that genre are. For example, if the norm for $60 is 10 multiplayer maps, splitscreen, singleplayer and an offline co-op mode, for a multiplayer only game to have value at the same price, you'd think they'd have to offer up something to compensate, like more maps or more game modes.
If two restaurants are offering a meal for $50 - one is a complete steak dinner with a couple of sides and the other is just a steak and nothing else...you'd hope the meal that's just a steak either offers more steak for your dollar or it's one damn fine piece of meat. Otherwise, where's the value?
I think a multiplayer only game could be worth $60, but it'd better offer something extra compared to it's direct competition to make up for it's shortcomings. Otherwise, it's simply not worth it. As the article states, either make up for it elsewhere or lower the price.
@ darkride
But that's where personal preference comes into play.
Personally I'd take the Filet Mignon over the flat iron steak and two sides.
I think a multiplayer ONLY game can be $60 if it has continued support and FREE map packs. Not having pre-planned map packs (DLC), like TitanFall.
IMO, the downloadable maps should be free.
In your dreams dude.
They will milk those wiling to pay for DLC bone dry. As if 15 maps was worth 60 buck to begin with!
Lol that makes no sense. Single payer games get paid DLC all the time, why should multi be different?
In single player anybody can have fun by completing that game or even make an effort to find secrets and get trophies/achivments.
Try doing that in COD or in Titanfall...you will be killed 2 second s after each re spawn UNLESS you are so good you can actually compete in there, which most of us wont even bother!
Thats why games must have some kind of single player experience or be from the start multi-player only WITH either a reduced price or significant content to justify a regular price !
When it comes to DLC thing are a bit shady..is the developer willingly trying to milk you by not releasing a complete game at launch and 'providing' it to you as DLC later on?
Even worse is when they sell you that incomplete game with those missing parts -DLC on disc waiting for you to pay again for them to unlock it! Disgusting!
What do you say in the the case of Titanfall with its 15 maps and a hand full of modes when all big shooters COD/Battlefield/Killzone etc come with just as many and a 6hr plus single player campaign?
I mean if this aint a ripoff then what the hell is?
More people buy Toyota's than Ferrari's are you suggesting toyota is a better car?
More people play COD than Fallout, skyrim uncharted or such are you gonna suggest cod is the best game?
Crapton of people have watched twighlight best movie?
Alot of people listen to justin beieber and his songs usually hit #1 chart best artist?
Dont sh*t yourself mate sales do not = quality. HOWEVER IT CAN.
Sales dont make a good game, good games make good games
So going by your logic a heck of a lot more people buy the ps4 over the xb1 does that mean its not the better console?
I believe that sometimes sales are indicating a reliable level of quality when the competing sides are pretty similar.
Toyota vs Ferrari? Really the former has a price average car line up of about $15-20000 while the latter over $150,000. Yes Toyota performance wise is not better than Ferrari but when reliability comes in question Toyota wins hands down! Not a good comparison...
If you ask me it all comes down to a combination of consumer awareness, consumer financial state, hype susceptibility and personal preference...
@UltraNova he's not talking about systems, he's talking about games and it's true sales don't always equal quality. If you're going to get 100hrs of straight fun quality multiplayer gaming for $60, that doesn't seem like a bad deal at all. Where as you might have a 10-15hr single player game that's $60, I guess it's all about the experience you get for the money you spend.
Toyota's do go over 300,000 mi if you change the oil regularly....that's a pretty good car.
If this game was launching on PS4, your agrees and disagrees would be the other way around.
Idk i paid $33 for it is it worth that? sureeeeeee
If a game is MMO, then its worth it, If its something like COD, then hell no!
Nope, because when the servers shutdown its a paperweight. Similar to MAG.
The way I look at it is if you take a multiplayer game you are the one responsible for getting enjoyment out of matches which later on will become repetitive because you've of played them so many times in the space of a few hours. However with a single player game it's up to the developers to craft a single player experience that you will enjoy, since you won't be replying the ENTIRE single player game in a few hours like how you could play dozens of multiplayer matches in most likely the same time frame then it's up to the developers to give you the best experience you can.
I mean obviously with multiplayer the developer has to do the work aswell, they have to create the maps, the structure, balance it etc but at the end of the day you replaying it over and over is what is making you feel like you've gotten your moneys worth while with single player games it's mostly up to the developer to craft an experience for you which you'll play through....then you have collectibles, and maybe side quests or other smaller things to keep you going.
I think I would get more enjoyment from something like Assassins Creed 4 doing EVERYTHING (Main missions, side missions, collectibles, exploring, upgrades, hunting etc) then doing the same old repetitive modes over and over and over again, which you would find in any online game. If you were given only the online of AC4 would you feel satisfied enough...of course not.
You could play death match dozens and dozens of time in the space of a few hours but if you were playing AC4 for example you'd be not even half way through the main story, by the time you've fully finished a game like that a person who plays only multiplayer games would of been long gone off it and onto the next multiplayer type game. (By the way I'm just using AC4 as an example)
It's hard to explain in my opinion but hopefully you'll see my point.
This is a silly opinion at best. I don't see how anybody would get that quickly bored with their game unless they had they had a very short attention span, or they really liked to burn money. There are millions of people who play multiplayer only oriented games (LoL, Quake, CS:GO, Dota 2, WoW) and have been doing so for decades now. It's really ridiculous to say it's not worth 60 dollars just because it's a multiplayer only title. The real question should be whether or not the game is as enjoyable as you want it to be for 60 dollars.
Besides, it's odd how you cite Assassins Creed 4 as a good way of putting a bunch of stuff in the game when it's usually already been done in all the games before it. Again, it really comes down to enjoyment. There were probably just as many side quests and collectibles in AC4 as there was in AC3, however I felt like my 60 dollars was justified with AC4 because I ENJOYED the game. Not because of how much padding it had in it.
I'm not saying you would get QUICKLY bored of the online what I'm trying to say is (going by my example) by the time you get half way through AC4's main quest for example you would of played deathmatch (or other modes) so many times that it would start to feel a tad repetitive.
By the time you finish everything in your lengthy single player game (which would take a while) the other person could be on his second/third brand new multiplayer game or even be on an old one....lot of people go back to different online modes when it takes their fancy.
I mean hey if you get enjoyment out of a multiplayer only game fair enough but what I'm trying to point out is it's really up to you to see if it's worth it since you would have to have a very long attention span to do the same matches over and over again. You load up, find a match, pick map, play some rounds, end match, search for new playlist...rinse and repeat.
I chose AC4 as an example because it was the game I'm playing on at the moment, thats all. First game that popped into my head.
"Not because of how much padding it had in it."
You do realise I'm not trying to say thats the ONLY reason, don't you....I'm just trying to say that kind of thing helps when trying to justify paying full price to a multiplayer only title. With some single player games there is a lot of variety, multiplayer games...not so much.
I mean look at DLC, all you really get for online games is maps, new weapons/skins, modes etc but with single player it can be anything the developers like. I'd rather pay for something like Shivering Isles then Five map packs.
"With some single player games there is a lot of variety, multiplayer games...not so much."
That's only an opinion though. Variety can be what you make of it. Others might find variety where all you see is repetition. For instance, in a game like Battlefield, there are a ton of weapons, multiple classes, a bunch of gadgets and gear, vehicles, destructability, multiple support options, etc.
For the bigger multiplayer fans out there, these things can take on a huge amount of variety, and the game moves away from simply being about killing the other guy.
Things one can do (using BF for this example)
1. Provide sniper support (spotting, picking off enemies)
2. Be the guy going around with an automatic weapon thinning out the herd (for fun, or to help team mates capture objectives.
3. Hide in a tactical spot, providing spawn points close to objectives for other team mates, while also planting a spawn beacon in another spot and a motion sensor to provide even further tactical support.
4. Get in a tank and provide offensive support
5. Get in a tank and provide transportation
6. Get in a chopper and provide offensive air support against ground units, or provide air support against planes and other choppers
7. Get in a chopper as a passenger engineer whilst providing repairs for the pilot and also providing offensive support against other choppers with a stinger missile.
8. Stay at and defend a point the whole match to ensure it stays safe
9. Be the guy that's constantly running to capture the next point as you finish with one, go to another.
10. Be the guy that heals and revives your teammates
11. Be the guy that gives your team mates ammo when they need it.
12. Be a jet pilot and take out other jets and helicopters
13. Have fun by unlocking and experimenting with every single weapon, or try and complete different challenges to unlock everything you can(vehicle weapons, soldier weapons, soldier gear, customization things like gun camos, soldier camos, different knives, etc.)
14. Be the guy that's just constantly driving people around to objectives (whether it's in an attack boat, tank, apc, helicopter, jeep, atv, dirt bike, smaller attack boat, jet ski).
I could list quite a few more things, but I'm sure you get the point of what I'm trying to say, the point being that people such as myself can find a lot of variety in a multiplayer game. There are a ton of different roles to play, and a lot of ways to play them. My personal favorite is to blow up vehicles (tanks, helicopters, jeeps, any ground or water vehicle) with RPG rounds.
Someone who doesn't much care for multiplayer might look at that list and say "but those are pretty much all just slight variations of the same thing", and to those people, it might be, but it isn't to me. I could say the same about many of the aspects of single player games.
You would be surprised what little things people can think up to vary the multiplayer experience for themselves.
But I do think you have the right overall viewpoint on the matter, in that it's up to the individual person to decide whether or not the game is worth it to them. I'm just trying to point out to you, that to MULTIPLAYER FANS, there can be quite a lot of variety and ways to vary the experience, even though those ways might not be so obvious to those who don't play (or like) multiplayer games, they are there.
Look, all I have to say is that if the game is good the game is good. There are THOUSANDS of people who still play games like CS, Starcraft BW, Quake, and multiple other multiplayer only games because they're GOOD. You only get bored with something if it happens to be bad.
You're so fixated on the fact that it will be repetitive, when in fact every single match can play completely different from the last you played. People play CoD and Battlefield multiplayer year round on nearly all of the released titles and don't get bored with it.
Again, you like saying a game needs variety, yet you use Assassin Creed as an example even though they reuse assets and side quests in nearly all their games. Quake III had 4, count 4 different game modes and around 26-27 maps total. I bet you 100 dollars that you can boot up Quake III right now and still find a playable and active lobby. Quake III released over a decade ago, and is still being played by people in 2014, not because it has a wide variety of sidequests and missions, but because it's fun. Ya know, the main point of any video game.
"Look, all I have to say is that if the game is good the game is good"
So am I but the article is about if it's worth it....yeah it might but for how long. If your not going to get a ton of replay value from it then is it worth the investment, especially when money for some is hard to come by these days.
Things can be good and you can still get bored with them. I played a crap load of The Last of Us online mode after I did everything in the single player...I ended up playing so much I burned myself out. Maybe I'll go back to it, maybe I won't....who knows but if that game didn't have the single player I probably would of sold it ages ago.
"Again, you like saying a game needs variety, yet you use Assassin Creed as an example even though they reuse assets and side quests in nearly all their games"
Oh come on, they are the same structures but they are always different when it comes to missions and such....especially the main ones. Sure the Assasin Contracts play out the same and yeah maybe the collecting is the same aswell but with the new enviorments and time eras, along with brand new features they give us they feel different enough for us not to notice....however with some multiplayer games it's not the case. As I've said
Find Multiplayer Match
Start game
Play a few rounds
Manage loadout/gear.unlocks
Find new match
Rinse and repeat
That gets more old then when your in a single player game even if it's something like AC where some gameplay elements have been done before.
I mean look how long Mario has been going for, I'd take playing Super Mario 3D World over anything online related and would happily pay full price for a single player only game because it's worth it.....more then the same rinse and repeat matches you do on nearly every online game, which houses the same boring structure
If you like it fine, I'm not arguing to that but please don't say someone's opinion is silly just because you don't agree with it
Counter strike players have been playing the same game off and on for 10+ years almost every other day with some breaks for some. TF2 still has players that's been many people's main game for 7 years. You get 1000s of hours from certain Multiplayer games and if you absolutely love It then you won't become too Tired of it (sometimes you gotta take a couple of months off to not burn out) my point is the replay valuevis insanely high. Hell look at WOW or Eve Online. Still going very strong. I Don't have an example of something lasting as long as say Pac man because Multiplayer has only been around for around 18-15 years but I'm sure that in 2025 many people will STILL be playing Counter strike or TF2.
Actually, most SP games are very repetitive, specially the one you mentioned, and are way too predictable.
As I read one of these days from one old MW2 designer, the MP games have to be designed in a way that new people can play, but experienced players keep finding better ways to improve their knowledge and skills.
MW, WaW and MW2 are masterpieces when it comes to level design. In no other MP shooter I've seen so much attention to the position of every object on the map. Every crate, window, door has or blocks a line of sight that means something on their maps.
Sadly, on any subsequent CoD games, this has simply vanished.
Anyway, my point is: usually, SP games are WAY more repetitive than MP games, which are much more unpredictable.
Another thing: What makes MP games so compelling is the improvement of the players' skill, so you'll be playing the same 10, 15 maps, but really differently than one week before.
I know people will disagree. It is the internet trend now, to say that SP games rock, even when 99% of these are ultra boring and only recycle the ideas and mechanics of the other games, but I don't mind.
i have never played any multiplayer in my life
i love Single player only
so for me it's a no
Really?! You're missing out on a lot of fun!
Multiplayer isnt for everyone. I played all the call of dutys and from battlefield 2 - BF4 but the first multiplayer I played was Black Ops II. Like Ezz2013 I prefer single player campaigns however I enjoyed the titanfall beta so Im on the fence with this one.
Why is it okay for a game to be SP only but not MP only? If a developer wants to focus on just making 1 part of the game the best it can be (e.g. SP, MP) why is that only an issue for MP?
because one requires internet connection at the other doesn't.
You do realise a lot of single player games, when it comes to the reviews, get called and sometimes reviewed a little lower because of a no online mode, even if the game doesn't need it.
Theres just more stuff you can add to a single player game then an online only one.
I've yet to see a SP only game have more "stuff" than an MMO like WoW.
MMO's, well thats different in some areas, I think the article was talking more about games which houses multiplayer games with deathmatch and all that stuff.
When you buy an MMO you know what your getting and they are usually supported and packed way more then what other "death match" type multiplayer only games have
Destiny for example will most likely be crammed full of more content then a game like Titanfall will ever have, even with DLC ....yet your paying the same price for them. I think thats what the article is trying to say.
60 bucks is good. Especially when you compare it to mmo's which have expansions that are 60 additional bucks, as well as 15 bucks a month just to play ONE GAME. Titanfall has enough content for the money, trust me.
Nothing wrong with it, cost on the otherhand is generally justified for SP games as they require more time and effort compared to MP games.
SP requires extra time for story, sound, cinematics, level design etc.
MP only games should always be cheaper IMO.
Playing with your friends and family over long distances and every game is a competitive math is really worth. Much better long term investment than a single only player game like inFamous because once you beat it, now what?
I have spent 800 hours playing Battlefield Bad Company 2 multiplayer. That is roughly 100 times longer than most single player games.
You tell me if MP only is worth $60!
In the end however, it is all relative. To some its worth it, others want both and some want just SP.
Shouldn't cost be based on time and materials spent rather than random users playtime?
By your line of thinking then even small indie games should cost $60.
Well, I usually base me purchase based on how good the product is, not how much time went into making it.
By your line of thinking, Duke Nukem Forever should've been $600.
I'm certain if he spent 800 hours on an indie game, he'd be okay with a 60 dollar price tag. Besides, you're using over bloated budgeting for development purposes (CoD comes to mind) for a reason why a game should be 60 dollars.
@Ducky, the ceiling limit is meant to be $60 US.
Game prices should never be open ended.
@Robochobo, People have already put hundreds of hours into Don't Starve, doesn't make it worth $60. I've put over 300 hours into Warhawk and it is easily in my top 5 games of lastgen but that doesn't make it worth full price.
So you're telling me that even though you played a game for 300 hours it's not worth it over the game you spent a possible 6 hours on? Are you serious right now?
Yes, because you pay for quality not quantity of time spent.
A 5 bedroom mansion does not cost the same as a normal 5 bedroom house. You may spend the same amount of time in each but one is of higher quality and features hence why it deserves to cost more than the other.
MAG didn't cost $60.
I also wouldn't pay for MAG 2 at $60.
Just ignore BitbyDeath, he is a Titanfall hater because it is not on the PS4, simple as that.
Here is the exact quote from him regarding MAG and a possible sequel to that online only full retail priced game on PS3. Post#28
"If they ever do make a MAG 2 it needs splitscreen. That was the only thing holding me back from buying it."
Wait, I thought it was the price?
@BitbyDeath after reply,
"MAG didn't cost $60"
Oh yes it did, it might have drop in prices over time but it was definitely $60 at launch.
"I also wouldn't pay for MAG 2 at $60"
You don't have to, just like MAG and every game that is release (single or multiplayer), it will be cheaper after a few months.
Ok, I stand corrected then.
MAG still isn't worth $60 and neither would any online only game.
I'm not singling out Titanfall, nor am I here to hate on it, I just don't believe any online only game which requires less effort than SP should cost full price.
Depends on how extensive the multiplayer is and if they are going to end up charging you for future content.
Content is key, indeed. If there are just a handful of modes, a handful of maps, and anything beyond that costs extra, then the answer is no.
If there's a slew of modes and maps, and if subsequent new content is free or extremely cheap, then the answer is yes.
I bought DCUO when it first released, and it probably wasn't worth a full $60 at the time. Even so, there was a helluva lot more to do in DC Universe than there is in Titanfall. Replay value isn't really a question; the nature of any good multiplayer-heavy title is to have high replay value.
But the amount of content is another story entirely. And I think Titanfall may fall short there, in terms of justifying a $60 price tag.
It all depends on the individual. What a strange article.
looking back at MGO and Uncharted online, if had paid full price, I wouldn't be mad at $60.
But if you had paid $60 for MGO it would be a worthless game because the servers are now gone!
Warhawk was the best 60 bucks I ever spent in my entire gaming career. So I say yes.
I still use the Jabra to this day. Even took part in Warhawk day. Great game!
Same here man. I have 1200 hours on it over 6 years. Good times. On the flip side I'll replay Persona 3/4 or Fallout 3 every now and then and get maybe 80-100 hours if I do EVERYTHING.
Warhawk cost $40 US.
You are so stupid dude, guess what KZ:sf costs 40 too! all games typically lose value as time goes on Durpa durpa derppppp
If you bought it in-store, it was $60 since it came with a bluetooth headset.
Yup...next story. This complaint always confused me, being as a large number of people buy COD and never play the campaign anyway...
Yes I have been playing multiplayer only games for years they are battlefield, cod, halo, star wars battlefront, boaderlands and now titanfall....if they had single player I wouldn't know
Listing Borderlands just ruined the credibility of your comment.Borderlands is all about the campaign.
Halo's campaign was awesome, the CoD campaign are sometimes good(bought mw 1-3 for the campaign ). Can't speak for bf though.
Anyhow most mp only games I play cost around 15 dollars.
Personally, no. But I might change my mind after I play it.
The only games worth a full 60 in the past gen, TO ME have been from Bethesda...and I thoroughly mean that when I say the elder scrolls and fallout games were worth 60. Other games? Idk...sometimes I feel a little jipped.
Will titanfall be boring, the division, destiny...etc
Most shooters are played Online anyhow so if multiplayer is as engaging as singleplayer then it's worth it.
MMOs are built off just multiplayer and they are what they are.


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Technology Literacy Assessment for 2015 Now Available to Texas Districts
Continued partnership between TCEA and Learning.com provides 8thgrade technology literacy assessment at no cost to districts
Portland, Ore. and Austin, Texas (Jan. 6, 2015) – For the fifth straight year, Texas districts will have free access to a technology literacy assessment for eighth grade students through the continuation of a partnership between the Texas Computer Education Association (TCEA) and Learning.com. More than 166,000 assessments were delivered by 291 districts during the 2013-14 school year.
For districts who have not already registered, they can request participation by completing an online request form at: http://www.tcea.org/assessment. The deadline to register is Feb. 12, 2015 and the last day the assessment will be available is June 12, 2015.
The online assessment is based on the Technology Applications TEKS (TA-TEKS) and includes a blend of interactive, performance-based, multiple-choice and knowledge-based questions to measure and report technology skills for middle school students.
"It's imperative that today's students have digital literacy skills and are able to apply technology to their learning," said Keith Oelrich, Learning.com CEO. "The assessment provides Texas educators with data to help them better understand student skill gaps so they can provide targeted instruction to ensure their 8thgrade students are prepared for high school."
"This assessment helps educators provide the best possible instruction for their students, which is TCEA's foremost mission," Executive Director Lori Gracey commented. "By extending our partnership with Learning.com, TCEA can support even more teachers, administrators, and students who are using technology for teaching and learning."
About Learning.com
Learning.com provides solutions to help schools, teachers, and students excel in a digital world. By incorporating Learning.com's curriculum and assessments into core instruction, educators help their students develop 21st century skills. With Learning.com's digital content management solution, districts can seamlessly access, organize and share digital content to meet their instructional goals. Learning.com also offers industry-leading professional development services to support educators as they integrate technology into the classroom. Founded in 1999, Learning.com currently partners with more than 2,500 districts to help prepare their students for success in college and future career opportunities.
About TCEA
TCEA is a member-based organization devoted to the use of technology in education. Our primary focus is on integrating technology into the PreK-12 environment and providing our members with state-of-the-art information through conferences, workshops, newsletters, the Internet, and collaborations with higher education and business. For more information, visit www.tcea.org.


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As I enjoy my (potentially) final summer break, I can't help but think about a concern that has loomed over my head since I started my education.
It started out simply—if you copy another kid, you get called out and people like you less. You become a social pariah until someone else screws up worse than you. Or pees his pants or something else equally mortifying.
What scared me then, and continues to scare me now, was being falsely accused of copying someone else. However, that fear has shifted to the academic realm. Plagiarism is scary.
When I was in high school, one English teacher was particularly strict about plagiarism (not that plagiarism is something to be taken lightly). She mentioned a website that dissects papers and highlights every bit of text that came from somewhere else, like a passage from a novel or an opinion from another writer. But, the website also contains papers from other students, it can track whether the author of the paper copied it from somewhere else. After highlighting all the foreign text, the teacher has to decide whether each source was properly cited.
Considering that teachers have been drilling proper formatting for citations into my head since I can remember, I shouldn't have worried so much about this website. But, since I am who I am, I found something about which to obsess.
Think about it. There are twenty-six letters in the alphabet, and everything I have ever reading is just these letters, arranged in various ways. But there are only so many possible permutations, and there is a chance that the conclusions I drew from reading something could be similar to the conclusions someone else drew after reading the same thing. We might even express our thoughts in a similar way, using similar words.
But, if that person's paper is fed into the website before mine, I could be accused of plagiarism, even though I've never seen the other paper. In this hypothetical, I would be screwed, and would sound like an idiot trying to defend myself.
As I extend the scenario further, dipping into things like doppelgangers and parallel universes and all that, I find myself freaking out more and more. It's like that cliché about how I'm special, just like everyone else or whatever. It's really unsettling to think about and as I start to think about clichés and how anti-clichés are becoming clichés too my mind becomes a mess of panic until I find something to distract me.
I suppose this would be where I would put something revelatory about how I've gotten over it and am completely normal now, but that would be a giant lie. I'm still terrified about being a copycat, and will continued to be terrified for as long as I continue writing. It's just something I have to live with, like my frustration with eating string cheese (THERE'S NO WAY TO EAT IT SO THAT IT'S PERFECTLY SYMMETRICAL).
Everything will be okay.


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The Palacio Minetti is a building in Rosario, in Santa Fe Province, Argentina. It is located at one end of the pedestrian segment of Córdoba St., within the historical district known as Paseo del Siglo.
The palace was projected in 1929 by the architects José Gerbino, Luis Schwarz and Juan Bautista Durand, who were commissioned by Domingo Minetti, a vegetable oil and mill industry businessman, for the design of new corporate headquarters for Minetti y Compañía. It was built by Candia y Cía., and finished around 1931.
The building is considered one of the finest examples of Art Deco in the city. Its structure is based on a portal with four columns in red granite and a tall white façade ornamented with uniform rhomboids. At the top there is a stepped pyramid, crowned by bronze statues of two women holding a torch.


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There are quite a number of crafty ways to get your foot in the door for a bit of popularity on YouTube. It would seem like it is an easy venture. Simply create something sensationally stupid and get enough views, then you are rich! It really does not work that way at all. While there may have been some flashes in the pan as with any type of fame, there are only a few who truly stand out.
You have to wonder how they got to the top. Did they buy their views and their likes totally? It is highly doubtful. There has to be something likeable about YouTube videos for them to gain significant likes and views. This is clearly a catch-22 and it seems almost insurmountable if you don't know one simple trick of the trade. You can literally buy youtube likes and this will help get more natural attention to your videos. It will help gain more subscribers over time because viewers will see that your material has been appreciated before.
This is what it takes to get a following for others to even have the idea that they will like you. It is largely a matter of a psychological game so it is high time you jump on the wagon if you want to succeed like other people are. If, for a second, you think this interesting tactic is not being used and that it is just a scam, you may want to do some more research. In reality, these services are real and legitimate businesses offering something you could painstakingly coordinate yourself or contract to a good, professional service.
Everything that you try to express should be a message that you believe to have meaning. If it is for promotion of products or services, the videos should highlight those products and services. The same is true for educational and constructive videos. Whatever your niche may be, the most important thing is to deliver what you say that you are going to in the video. For this reason, the initial likes and views may need to be purchased in order to pique interest among the potential audiences and the existing ones.
Ultimately, you should put together a cohesive campaign if your goals are long-term. Much of the work you will be doing on YouTube will be heavily promotional. The time and money you invest into production and marketing should pan out. When you buy the likes or views, the results are usually fast and you will need to respond accordingly. Be certain that you maintain social media responses and continue to add lures and incentives to view more original material.
You may also do well to create more than one channel. This is an idea that comes from e-commerce and you can use it to your advantage. Sometimes the same audience is attracted to different venues. If you can find a way to post your videos and market them across separate genres with different audience appeal, you will most likely gain a broader viewership.


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If you have been following my blog, you know that I started a new job about a month ago. Back in the day, when I was either Super-woman or seriously jacked on caffeine, I was able to manage a family and a job easily. Or at least I thought it was easy. Now, however, it all seems very, very hard.
Last fall I also had the genius idea that the answer to our schooling issue this year was to keep our middle child home, where I would lovingly teach him myself. While this theory was very romantic, the reality of it was less so. It was tiring and often trying, when my normally agreeable child showed me that he was anything but.
I also started this blog, nearly 2 years ago. I spent a lot of time cooking, shopping for cooking and thinking and planning for cooking. Then there was the photography, editing and blog writing. Not to mention eating. It is no mystery why I have become a chunky monkey.
When these 3 aspects of my life came crashing together recently, I found myself in a tailspin. I literally am losing my hair. I am tired. I am back to craving caffeine like a fiend. I now honestly don't have time to work out, whereas before it was just a lame excuse.
So when I got a copy of Miette's cookbook from the library, I was so pleased. I haven't really had time to experiment in the kitchen since my job started. I was also craving chocolate, which is the only thing besides Chinese food that I crave when I am in an emotional state. The cover cake had my name all over it. It is a dark, double chocolate cake with a pink raspberry buttercream. I was so very looking forward to this cake. Because I actually had time to cook, I was like a Tasmanian Devil in the kitchen. I had been prepping vinaigrettes, slow roasting ribs, marinating steaks, cleaning veggies, etc. It was a crazy mess, but I was so happy. I was going to eat a great meal and finish it all off with a piece of heaven. It was going to be a good day.
But as the day progressed, I was feeling worn out. A common feeling these days. But that was OK. I was in the homestretch. All the hard part was done. It was just time to eat and then put my cake together for dessert. Only… it didn't go that way at all. After cooling the cakes, they wouldn't come out of the pans. I had liberally buttered and sugared them. They should have come out. But they wouldn't. And my buttercream was so pale that it barely looked pink at all. Maybe they used coloring for the photo shoot. It is so hard to tell these days. My husband is always saying to me, like I am the last one to get the joke, "It's CGI."
So after feeling really crappy about it for a moment, I decided "To hell with it! I am going to make this work and eat it and enjoy myself!" I put my anemic frosting on top of the cake. I scraped the bits out of the bottom of the pan and sprinkled them on top. I drizzled the remaining fruit syrup over the lot and ate it. And it was good.
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Marketing analytics wave is on roll in India
NASSCOM, in association with AbsolutData Research and Analytics, on Tuesday released a report titled, 'Marketing Analytics – An opportunity for India to Lead'. According the report the Indian marketing analytics industry is expected to grow from its present value of $200 million to $1.2 billion in 2020 at a compounded annual growth rate of 25 per cent. The NASSCOM president said, "Over the past few decades, the evolution in traditional media and the emergence of digital media has revolutionized the way products are sold to the customers. Marketing analytics play a pivotal role in helping marketers take informed data-driven decisions and effectively reach out to the audience. The marketing analytics industry is poised for exponential growth and India will be one of the foremost forces leading this revolution. This report is an effort to showcase potential of analytics to organizations, analytics players and prospective employees and will help pave the way for concerted effort to increase the usage."
At present most of today's top analytics software and services are offered by foreign companies. However, Indian IT companies also have modest analytics offerings, with some even specializing in business analytics. Due to their relatively strong presence in the business process outsourcing (BPO) and IT fields, Indian companies have a natural advantage in pushing their own analytics offerings. India has a distinct advantage in delivering analytics with an abundant supply of "trainable", cost effective analytics talent and players with extensive analytics delivery experience. "As we spoke with clients and thought leaders in the US and Europe, it became apparent that India has a leadership position and is well ahead of the curve in marketing analytics," said Anil Kaul, CEO, AbsolutData.


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The effects that coconut oil gives are very significant for the human body. It contains plenty of fatty acids that can deeply affect the human health. It has plenty of health benefits, including fat loss and improved brain function.
So here are the 10 best health benefits that coconut oil provides:
1. Unique combination of fatty acids and also powerful medicinal properties.
People used to believe that coconut oil is dangerous and avoided it, because it more than 90% of the fatty acids are saturated fats. And this was proven to be wrong and the artery-clogging myth was revealed, by numerous studies that showed that the saturated fats are actually not dangerous at all. And the saturated fats in coconut oil are not the same as in meat and cheese.
The coconut oil is very easy to metabolize, and a biological source of energy. It is also abundant in Medium- chain triglycerides, which absorbed very quickly and because of this, they are had been incorporated in different treatments such as for digestion problems, liver disease, fat indigestion, diarrhea and lung condition.
It also has therapeutic effects on several brain disorders due to the rich content of medium chain triglycerides.
2. People who consume coconut oil have the best health on the Planet
People who are familiar with the health benefits of coconut oil and want to improve their health consume it on a regular basis. People from some countries make it a dominant portion of their diet. For example, people from Tokelau, in the South Pacific, and the statistics show that they have no record of heart disease due to the fact that they are highest consumers of saturated fat (60% saturated fat) and this also applies for the people from Kitavans.
3. Coconut Oil increase energy expenditure–burn more fat
Obesity is the major problem in the world. So if you are trying to burn more calories, coconut oil is the solution for that. Due to its content of medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs), it can be extremely helpful in burning excess calories and increase the level of energy expenditure. And it can also lead to major weight loss due to the high amount of burned calories with the help of medium-chain triglycerides.
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A novelty activity among animal lovers, but what about those who see felines as foes
Words by Mia Simone Rush
Video and Graphic by Megan Ellis
Photos courtesy of Amy Peddycord
"They can smell fear," the nice lady told me. "They cling to it."
"Yeah, and what's even worse is if they know you're afraid and you just so happen to be allergic," said the nice lady's friend. "You're not allergic, right?"
"No," I replied. But I was fearful, and for the next hour, I would have to grapple with that fear.
I am terrified of cats — the kind of terrified that brings me to tears. Yet I don't quite understand where this fear comes from. Maybe it's my belief that black cats are bad luck. Maybe it was my mother telling me not to interact with the ones in the neighborhood because they could have rabies.
Whatever the cause, I was now subjecting myself to yoga — a seemingly peaceful activity — in a room filled with cats. And the people who love them.
But maybe facing this fear would be great. After all, it was in the name of charity.
We entered the room where the event would take place. A small area toward the door was blocked off for the cats. The cylindrical barricade attracted the attention of the other participants but not me. I looked for a spot far from the barricade.
Pet yoga is a relatively new trend. At the Animal Rescue League of Iowa, the proceeds directly benefit the organization while giving the cats an opportunity to find a new home. Participants can register online for $10 or pay $15 at the door. During the event, cats roam freely. Some are completely in the mix and interact with participants, while others hang around the edges, waiting for it all to be over.
I thought of myself as one of the cats on the outskirts of it all. I tried to hide my fear as much as possible. I prayed that when my eyes were closed, one wouldn't sneak up on me and catch me off guard. I listened as the yoga instructor, Amy Becker, talked about breath and how important it was to be calm and present. I was working on it.
Breathe in through your nose. Exhale out your mouth. That was my focus. I became less concerned about the cats and more concerned about my breathing — until a cat entered my bubble. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath, but when I opened my eyes it was near my belongings.
The cat was black. "Remember, black cats are bad luck," I told myself as I tried my hardest to not lose focus. Breathing, Mia, breathing. Relax. It's fine. What's the worst thing that can happen? I put my energy back into myself.
And then the cat threw up. Twice. I was done with cat yoga, but it wasn't time to go.
The Animal Rescue League isn't the only organization bringing animals, yoga and charity together. At Invoke Studios in Indianapolis, yoga instructor Amy Peddycord teaches a similar class annually. The only difference is it's with dogs. All proceeds benefit FACE, a low-cost animal clinic in the surrounding area.
"By no means am I a doga expert. I've taught yoga for 15 years," Peddycord said. "I read a book and went online, learned enough to teach a charity class, but I'm not like some people who do this all the time."
The class is not as chaotic as one would think. By the end of the session, the animals seem calmer. The event has become a bonding experience between the owner and the animal.
"I think that everybody likes their dog and everybody likes charity," Peddycord said. "I don't think that if it was once a week without charity that we would get such a good drive."
The class ended with a breathing technique: putting the same energy out as we wanted to receive back. My eyes were closed and I felt relaxed. The soothing music had a way of taking me to another place where cats weren't all round. But when I opened my eyes, they were everywhere, and the last place I wanted to be was in that room.
But I was relaxed, and maybe charity was the reason I was able to make it the whole session without a major meltdown.


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Step 1: Start with a patterned, high-waisted skirt.
Step 2: Add a top in a different pattern. Bonus points if it has a peter pan collar.
Step 2: Add a top in a different pattern. Bonus points if it has a peter pan collar.
|Bonus points if you also put up a photo where it looks like you have a very thin mustache.
Step 3: Throw a slouchy cardigan over it.
Step 4: Put on a wish-bone bracelet.
Step 4: Put on a wish-bone bracelet.
Step 5: Add knit tights and black patent flats.
Step 6: Spoiler alert, you already saw Step 6. Sorry. Put on a brightly colored lipstick.
Step 7: Take a photo where you put your hands in your pocket and stand pigeon-toed. It'll be adorable.
Extra points for the following:
--a hair bow
--nail art
--mary jane's or oxfords (which reminds me that I have a pair and am now a huge failure)
And you're done! Unless you want to give some half-hearted nod to the fact that guys will hate this look as if you actually give a flying fuck.
Sidenote: I might have just made fun of this look, but you better believe I've worn it 500 times, including today*.
Another sidenote: I had the worst case of bitchface during this photo shoot.
If anyone cares, I got the cardigan, tights and shoes at Target, the skirt at Urban Outfitters, the blouse at a local boutique in Kansas, and the bracelet at Maurice's. Everything is old, which is why I never actually link anything. The lipstick is Revlon in the shade Lollipop.
My dog, who put up with my photoshoot with a look of confusion, would like to wish you a happy weekend:
*Wrote this ahead so today was Wednesday or something. Full disclosure and all that.


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- The LeanAgile Trainer is an Individual Contributor that provides training tteams adopting the scaled agile framework, specific tSAFe, scrum, lean and Kanban. This person will be responsible for providing knowledge and expertise around leanagile processes while training key roles in the organization tleverage practices learned in day to day operations and engagements.
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- Experience in training at all levels of management within the agile framework (portfolio, program, team)
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When we were given the assignment to create a new website for Northern State University, we saw the opportunity to go beyond a well-designed, superbly functional site. We saw the chance to build an NSU brand personality that reflected the culture and Midwestern values of the university. A personality that would have strong appeal to millennials and give confidence to their parents that NSU was the right choice to make.
Located in Aberdeen, South Dakota, the quintessential college town, NSU reflects the qualities of the community around it: safe, friendly, welcoming and authentic. All of this is captured in two words: True Northern. This message is communicated throughout the site in visuals and text. For example, a dynamic Social Wall was created to give students an unfiltered, direct view of campus life. A virtual tour showcases the beauty of the campus. And the shots of real students used throughout reinforces a feeling of friendly authenticity.
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I take .112 of snthroyd and I sweat like a pig. I am so tired I also have MS and other things wrong with me that causes me to be on oxygen and I must use a wheel chair. I also take Lexapro 20 and avinza 90. Is there any way to stop the extreme sweating and tiredness and pain?
Synthroid and MS - what can I take for the extreme sweating and tiredness and pain.
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Hi Irene, I'm no doctor, but I noticed that no one has answered your question and I don't want you to think that we don't care on this site, we do care.
May I ask you a question? Are you taking an opiate pain med, like Avanza?
Or have I misspelled that medication?
IF you are taking an opiate pain medication, you may need a small increase OR the medication itself can make you perspire like mad.
You need to talk to your neurologist about what you can take for pain. You should NOT have to suffer needlessly. I would think that you would at the least be on oxycodone, but your Avanza may be stronger (I need to look it up and find out if it is stronger).
There are medications for hyperhydrosis, or excessive perspiring but I'm sure they come with their own set of side effects. But, the benefits may outweigh the side effects.
Your medications may be making you tired, or your illnesses may be doing it. Talk to your doctor frankly and don't be embarassed to tell her/him that you are IN PAIN, and about the excessive perspiring. You may leave the doctors office with RX's in your hand that help your pain and other issues.
Best wishes to you, and I hope you come back and let us know you are feeling better,
Hello Irene --- I also sweat constantly and it's very embarrassing and does affect my everyday activities. I don't have an answer to help you because I also asked my neurologist if there is something to help with my sweating and he said he didn't know of any.
Maybe that has changed in recent years but that was his answer to me a couple of years ago. Maybe he didn't take it as seriously as he could have but believe me I have tried dealing with it.
One thing that I do, do to prevent it or stop it after it begins is to drink cold water immediately when you first feel it coming on. It takes me 3 large glasses in pretty rapid succession to cool off and be comfortable. Thats the only thing I do. It works for me and it cools down my core temperature and I'm comfortable again. It took me a while to find the right formula that works for me and it's 3 glasses of cold water and you have to catch it before you start sweating. I'll usually go to 4 glasses if the sweating has already begun.
Hope this helps you!
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18 eIf I go out into the field,
behold, those pierced by the sword!
eAnd if I enter the city,
behold, the diseases of famine!
fFor both prophet and priest ply their trade through the land
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As the hotel it is situated in, the Kitui Cottages Restaurant is a modern, high standard place. The price is a bit higher than other restaurants in town, but it is clean with tasty food and excellent service. This is the most western-like restaurant in the Kitui area, and is recently built. Although the service is good, you may have to wait a while before the meal is ready.
There is no outdoor area, but the indoor area is very nice. As many of the restaurants in town, it also has a television turned on, so that you can watch the news as you are eating. This can be a bit disturbing for those who enjoy dining in peace. They are also building an Internet café that will be opened in 2011. The Kitui Cottages is about a 5 minute drive from town center.
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184.108.40.206. -Helix
The helix is a coiled structure. It is not linear like primary structure of protein. Pitch is a feature of a helix. Pitch is defined as vertical rise of helix per turn. With x-ray diffraction studies, Pauling and Corey (1951) found that a polypeptide chain with planar peptide bonds can form a right-handed helical structure by simple twists about the -carbon-to-nitrogen and the -carbon-to-carboxyl carbon bonds. The helix is so named because of the mobility of a-carbon atoms.
The -helix is stabilized by hydrogen bonds between the NH and CO groups of polypeptide's main chain. The CO group of each amino acid is hydrogen-bonded to the NH group of the amino acid that is situated four residues ahead in the linear sequence . Thus, all the main chain CO and NH groups participate in hydrogen bonding.
There are 3.6 amino acid residues per turn of the helix. The pitch is 5.4 A° for the alpha helix. For a polypeptide made from L--amino acid residues, the a-helix is right handed with torsion angles –57° and –47°. (An -helix of D--amino acid residues is the mirror image of that made from L-amino acid residues: It is left handed with conformation angles 57°, 47°, and n-3.6. The pitch is same for both the L-amino acid and D-amino acid).
Many globular proteins contain short regions of such -helices, and the transmembrane portion of a protein is usually -helices. In a helix, R group is projected outside because R group is more bulky so not present inside the helix.
Keratin and collagen are almost entirely alpha helical in structure. The charged amino acid destabilizes the -helical structure and beta sheet and hydrophobic side chain are compatible with the formation of alpha helices and beta pleated sheet.
In aqueous environment, an isolated -helix is usually not stable on its own. The basic structural unit of -keratin usually consists of three right-handed helical polypeptides in a left-handed coil that is stabilized by cross linking disulfide bond.
220.127.116.11. Amino acids affecting a-helical structure
4.2.2. sheet :
sheet are formed by hydrogen bonding, between the alpha carboxylic (CO) group of amino acid with the alpha amino group (–NH) is adjacent amino acid. It exist in antiparallel and parallel form. Antiparallel sheet are more stable. Sheets are common structural motifs in proteins. In globular proteins, they consist of from two to as many as twenty two polypeptide strands. In -sheet hydrogen bonds are more or less one. In antiparallel -sheet hydrogen bonds are more than one and in parallel it is less than one. Parallel and antiparallel -sheets are connected by loops.
The energetically preferred dihedral angles , are –135° and 135° respectively for sheet. However the and angles are –140° and 135° for antiparallel Sheet and - 120° and 115° for parallel sheet.
Globular proteins consist of an average, ~31% a helix and ~28% b sheet. The remaining polypeptide segments of protein are said to have a coil or loop conformation.
Silk fibroin is one example of a protein that has the antiparallel pleated sheet structure. It is a member of a class of fibrillar proteins called -keratin.
4.2.3. Turns :
Turns are secondary structure. They are reversal in nature i.e. they reverse the direction of polypeptide chain. In turn three amino acids participate. Turn is stabilized by hydrogen bonding between the CO of residue 'n' and the NH of residue n + 3. Proline amino acid usually present in turn at position number two.
Only helix can form turn, proline amino acid is sometimes known as "helix breakers". Because they disrupts the regularity of the a helical backbone conformation.
Types of turn
Basically turn are of two types designated as I and II. Type I turn contain all residues in position n to n + 3. In type I turn proline is present at position number two and the 3rd position is acquired by any amino acid..
Type II turn contain proline at similar position to type I turn, but the third amino acid in type II turn is Glycine.
4.3. Super secondary structure
They are also called as motif, it is a folding pattern involving two or more elements of secondary structure. Motif provides function to domain. They are of different types simplest among them with specific function consists of two alpha-helices joined by a loop region.
Examples of motif are :
4.3.1. DNA binding motif :–
A motif specific for calcium bending and is present in paravalbumin, calmodulin, troponin c, and the proteins that bind calcium and thereby regulate cellular activities.
4.4. Tertiary structure of protein -
Tertiary structure of protein is a three dimensional structure of protein. Tertiary structure is formed during protein folding. Protein folding involves the interaction of diverse R group (side chain) of amino acids. Various forces are involve in formation of tertiary structure.
1. Hydrogen bonding
2. Disulphide bond
3. Electrostatic or Ionic bond
4. Hydrophobic bonding
The protein can be classified broadly based upon the tertiary structure.
(A) Globular proteins have a core of hydrophobic amino acid residue and a water exposed, polar, charged hydrophilic residue on surface. This arrangement makes protein soluble in water and stable in conformation. The disulphide bond increase the stability of protein. The protein folding process in achieved with help of chaperons
4.4.1. Importance of tertiary structure
Protein specific function depends on tertiary structure. If this is disrupted, the protein is said to be denatured and show loss its activity. eg : Denature enzymes loss its catalytic power with denatured antibodies can no longer bind with antigen. A mutation in the DNA may alter the amino acid in protein which resulted into improper folding. Misfolding protein fail to perform its function.
4.4.2. Some of examples includes :
Cystic fibrosis is caused because of failure of the mutant CFTR protein to its target place in plasma membrane.
Diabetes is caused by improper folding of mutant versions of : V2 the vasopressin (ADH) receptor and aquaporin.
Hypercholesterolemia is caused by failure of mutant low density lipoprotein receptors to reach the plasma membrane.
Osteogenesis imperfecta is caused by failure of mutant type one collagen molecules to assemble correctly.
Mutant protein form inclusion bodies that is aggregation of insoluble protein caused by nonfunctional deposits.
4.5. Quaternary structure :
Quaternary structure is formed by more than one polypeptide. A protein with multiple polypeptide chains is multimeric in nature . Multimeric protein exhibit quaternary structure.
One Subunit Monomer
Two Subunit Dimer
Three Subunit Trimer
Four Subunit Tetramer
More than four–Multimers Changes in conformation within individual subunits can cause change in quaternary structure.


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A video downloader makes it easy to download videos from various sites on the internet. When looking for a good software for downloading videos, you will be required to look at the options available online. However, you have to take time and find the best video downloader. The best way to determine a good software is to look at the features that are available. Each one of them is unique, so you need to find one that will be able to serve your needs well. Here are some tips on finding a video downloader with the best features:
Easy to use
The first thing to check when looking for a video downloader is to find one that is easy to use. When it comes to ease of use, it is important to check the interface and check if it is easy friendly. A user-friendly interface will allow you to download the videos as soon as possible. The last thing that you want when using a video downloader is to spend all your time trying to figure out how the software works. Always make sure that the interface is simple and direct to the point.
Ability to convert videos
A good video downloader should allow you to convert videos without any problems. Most of the videos are available in different formats, and the software should be able to convert them to mp4 format. Mp4 format is one of the most common video formats so the video downloader should allow you to do that. The video conversion feature is one of the features that a good video downloader should have.
User security is an important feature when using any downloading site. Making sure that you only download secured site is important. When making online downloads, there is always the risk of downloading malware and viruses. A good downloader should be able to limit the risk as much as possible and provide you with secure downloads. For instance, you should be able to see the source of the video before you download it to make sure the link is secure.
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About writing, books, life, and other stuff I might find interesting;-)
Monday, January 24, 2011
It's My Birfday
16 comments:
- Meredith said...
Happy almost birthday!!! I do birthday resolutions, too--I feel like that makes them more personal. Have a fabulous year!
- January 24, 2011 at 12:46 PM
Cute pic, lol!!!
Happy Birthday!
Resolutions are tough...mine go down the drain too. ;)
- January 24, 2011 at 1:12 PM
- Jai Joshi said...
Cinette, Happy Birthday! I hope that this year goes well for you and that you achieve all you dreamed of.
That's such a cute pic!
- January 24, 2011 at 1:39 PM
Well, well, well...hope you have a great birthday. I totally hear you about the extra 20 pound thing...although at the moment it's more like 50, until baby #4 is born that is! And I was running too but had to stop because of knee issues. Karl has plantar fascitis too so I know how much of a pain that can be. Anyhow, have a great day and Happy Birthday (to the left side of our brain...remember that?)
- January 24, 2011 at 1:50 PM
- Suzie F. said...
Happy Birthweek, Cinette! I hope you reach your writing & personal goals during the new year.
- January 24, 2011 at 6:07 PM
- Carol Riggs said...
As The Toilet Flushes! LOL You crack me up. Happy Happy Birthday to you on Wednesday! Have a great one, and may THIS YEAR be your best, rah!
- January 24, 2011 at 6:43 PM
- crosscribe said...
I like the whole 'birthday resolutions', too! I sort of did that this past year, but I also have a bit of a cheat as my birthday is rather close to the new year. So it's like I can catch it either way. ;-)
- January 24, 2011 at 8:44 PM
Happy almost Birfday! Mine was at the beginning of the month, and I have to agree that birthdays sometimes have more of the kick-in-the-pants feeling to them than New Year's, especially if your birthday is in January ;-) I hope you achieve everything you set yourself out to accomplish this year.
- January 24, 2011 at 8:44 PM
- Colene Murphy said...
Happy early BIRTHDAY!!! I hope you have a great year!
- January 24, 2011 at 9:25 PM
- Faith said...
Happy Birthday! This will definitely be the year. But enjoy your cake first... start those resolutions the day after!
- January 25, 2011 at 7:23 AM
- Hart Johnson said...
That's the attitude! I hope it all works out for you exactly like that! Have a great birthday!
- January 25, 2011 at 10:35 AM
- Jayne said...
Happy Birthday! I agree with Hart - what a great attitude - it's that sort of positivity that makes good things happen. Yeay you!
- January 25, 2011 at 11:53 AM
- The Golden Eagle said...
Happy Birthday! :)
I hope you have a wonderful year ahead of you.
- January 25, 2011 at 1:32 PM
- Jemi Fraser said...
Happy Birfday!!! Sounds like you've got a magical year in store - it'll be fun to watch! :)
- January 25, 2011 at 6:29 PM
- Stina Lindenblatt said...
I hope all your birthday wishes come true (especially the agent and book deal one). :)
- January 26, 2011 at 5:31 PM
- cleemckenzie said...
Hey! Happy Birthday. May your wishes come true.
- January 29, 2011 at 10:23 AM


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What does your music library say about you?
*Put Your iTunes, winamp, mp3 player or whatever on SHUFFLE
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1. What do your friends say about you?
In & Out of Love - Bon Jovi
2. How would your coworkers describe you
Lights - Journey
3. How would you describe yourself?
Some Gave All - Billy Ray Cyrus
4. What do you like in a romantic partner?
Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
5. How do you feel today?
Crazy on You - Heart
6. What is your life's purpose?
Join Together - The Who
7. What is your motto?
Hallelujahs - Kathy Troccoli
8. What do you think about the most?
He Will Carry Me - Mark Schultz
9. What are you going to do on your next vacation?
Holding On To A Dream - Billy Ray Cyrus
10. What do you think of your first love/date?
Go Rest High On That Mountain - Michael English
11. What is your life story?
Promise - Vanessa Hudgens
12. What did you do yesterday?
Brown Eyed Girl - Billy Ray Cyrus
13. What do you think of when you see the person you like/love?
Just To Know You - Mark Schultz
14. What describes your wedding?
We Come To The Party - Corbin Bleu
15. What will they play at your funeral?
It's Your Call - Reba McEntire
16. What is your obsession?
I Wonder - Billy Ray Cyrus
17. What is your biggest fear?
Revenge - Plain White T's
18. What is your biggest secret?
Welcome to the Jungle - Guns N Roses
19. What is your biggest turn-on?
Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
20. How do you describe your friends?
The Greatest Man I Never Knew - Reba McEntire
21. What would you do with a million dollars?
I Will Tell the World - Ray Boltz
22. What is your biggest regret?
Go Light Your World - Kathy Troccoli
23. What would you rather be doing right now?!
Rock and Roll Dreams Come True - Meat Loaf
24. What will you post this list as?
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Media tributes, a concert and photo exhibition helped mark Fidel Castro's 88th birthday on Wednesday.
Elusive Castro misses 88th birthday
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Elusive Castro misses 88th birthday
But the retired Cuban president was nowhere to be seen.
The leader of the revolution hasn't made a public appearance since January.
Despite stepping down in 2008 for health reasons, Castro still meets world leaders in private – most recently Russia's Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping.