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(06-22-2014, 09:03 PM)DnALANGE Wrote: I might try this soon.
just 1 thingy... a little info about the story.. storyline?
(06-23-2014, 12:42 AM)AGP Wrote: I'll give it a play-through. Is this a final version or are you just looking for critiques to make it better, what's the plan?
EDIT: Started playing through your story, but I'm stuck in the library, assuming I need to be looking for a key but not finding one.
(06-23-2014, 12:48 PM)DnALANGE Wrote: Error:
Couldnt load kartta.map or something..
3\10 for me.
(06-24-2014, 02:01 AM)AGP Wrote: Well, I also got the error (kartta3.map). It seems that it was trying to read from a different file location than what was there, as I noticed it said redist folder, while my Amnesia copy is from Steam and is not located in such a folder. Whether that is the answer or not, I've no idea, but I will review what I have thus far played.
Spoiler below!
- There were quite a few texture and model issues, walls poking out from other walls, models squished so tight they overlapped into each other (in the case of one table being slightly inside of a wall and a few pictures that were either too far in or too far out).
- There were some spelling errors, nothing horrible. This is just a nitpick.
- In the house, the masionbase wood walls became too repetitive. Even though there are only the two mansionbase walls to choose from, you can easily break up the monotony by mixing it up between the two or even using planes to create brand new walls!
- The first monster appearance wasn't that great. He kind of just appears right in front of you, which makes the message "Try to sneak away" a little mean. It's hard to sneak away when he catches you immediately after spawning. In addition, the monsters are overused far too much. It got to the point where I really wasn't scared anymore because I knew five seconds later, another would show up.
- The opening was completely lacking any ambience. There was nothing there to suck me in. This is the part where you really need to make some sort of impact. While there's no requirement in anything that demands you have a super dramatic or intense introduction, something that is enticing helps to hook in your audience. Just dropping off the player without anything, while not hurting you, it's certainly not helping.
- There was one mysteriously lit area in the first map, by the stairs. Where was this light coming from?
- The office door (and I think several other doors) were missing the unlock door sound. Also many of the doors were missing text. I don't know if this was on purpose, but those door texts ("Office Door", etc.) can be quite helpful to the player. This also goes for items. Labeling a key as "looks important" isn't very helpful. Try something more like "This key might go old, rusty door".
- The mementos weren't helpful in the slightest, only announcing what was obvious ("find way across", "unlock the door"). Mementos are to help players keep track of what to do when they get stuck or to make something more clear ("I need to find the key that unlocks this door. Maybe it's matches the door somehow?").
- The transitions didn't feel very fluid. Most of the time, I felt confused as to where I was going or what I needed to do. Sadly, I didn't pick up much on whatever story was there. All I could gather was there was torture going on, which is pretty typical of Amnesia stories (trust me, I'm guilty of this as well). I would recommend making whatever story is there a little more prominent, otherwise, you get a "funhouse" effect: wandering from room to room experiencing assorted and unrelated scares.
- In order to get past the library, I had to open up the map in the level editor. This is probably just due to me not paying close enough attention, but regardless, this was another part where some sort of hint would have been great, because initially I was looking for a key to that back door until you mentioned a secret door. Maybe putting in a slight gap between two of those bookcase to let the player peer in and notice would be a nice touch, but that's just a suggestion.
- On good points, I enjoyed some of the ways you set up the maps. They were interesting and different and some of the non-monster scares were intriguing.
My final thoughts are that, while this isn't terribly impressive, there's definite potential! And for a first attempt, it's not too bad. Believe me, my first version of "Helena" was quite awful.
Hopefully, you get that map error solved.
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On the evening of 26 February 1863, armed boats commanded by Acting Master Robert B. Smith from the Union sidewheel steamer Fort Henry captured Anna while that schooner was attempting to slip through the blockade and enter the Suwanee River with a widely varied cargo from the Bahamas. The prize's master, Capt. H. Hanson, acknowledged that he was endeavoring to run the blockade."
The report of this action does not mention that the prize had ever carried any other name. However, later records maintain that she had been called La Criola when captured and was renamed Anna at the beginning of her service in the Union Navy. A schooner called La Criolla had been captured by the Union sidewheeler Bienville some 25 miles southeast of Charleston bar and, subsequently, had been condemned and sold by the Federal court at Philadelphia. It is possible that the purchaser of La, Criolla renamed her Anna and she was the vessel captured on 26 February 1863 by Fort Henry. If so, she had been built, according to an inspecting officer from Bienville, ". . . in one of the Northern States in the year 1857, and was [originally] named Nora." However, evidence that this was the case is far from conclusive.
Anna was condemned by the Key West prize court and the Navy purchased her on 11 March 1863 for service in the East Gulf Blockading Squadron. Her name first appeared on the list of vessels composing that squadron in a report dated the 16th and bore the notation, "Tender to Dole, fitting out." By 1 April she had begun her active service and was stationed at Boca Grande. However, for some unknown reason, the vessel's name appeared as Annie and so it remained throughout her naval service. Almost a year later, on 8 March 1864, the squadron commanding officer, Acting Rear Admiral Theodorus Bailey, explained this discrepancy to the Navy Department. "The tender referred to, when captured, was called Anna, but she has, by some inadvertence, been always called the Annie, since being taken into the service of the Government, and I am of the opinion that it would be more convenient to preserve the name of Annie. "
On the morning of the 13th, Annie-Acting Ensign James S. Williams in command-took her first prize, the schooner Mattie which was attempting to run into the Crystal River, Fla., with a diverse cargo. Williams placed a crew on board the prize and sent her to Key West in charge of Master's Mate Marcellus Jackson.
About half an hour before noon on 28 April, Annie sighted,chased, and fired upon Dream before that British schooner escaped into Spanish territorial waters off Cuba. This action
prom mpted a protest by the English master and added to the already large list of incidents that kept relations between the Federal Government and the United Kingdom tense throughout
the Civil War.
Annie scored again while proceeding to Tampa Bay on 11 July when she took the whaleboat Alice and her crew of six-from Havana-behind Cotteral's Key. Williams had been informed of the presence of the boat by the keeper of the Northwest Channel lighthouse who feared that she might attack his outpost. Another prize came Annie's way on the afternoon of 20 October he captured the British schooner Martha Jane, outwardbound from Bayport, laden with cotton. Ten days later, Annie joined the armed launch of the screw gunboat Sagamore-which she was then tending-in chasing Meteor and caught that British schooner which was attempting to slip into Bayport with an assorted cargo from Havana. Annie and the launch again teamed up on 7 November when they took the British schooner Paul which-although cleared from Havana for Matamoras--was ap- the Florida coast with diverse merchandise.
Sometime during the second half of February 1864, Annie left Sagamore and was attached to the screw gunboat Takoma; and, thereafter, she acted as a tender to several other Union block- On the morning of 2 March 1864, Annie anchored at 9:00 a.m., some five miles from land. Two hours later, a lookout reported having sighted a small boat approaching. At noon, the boat reversed course and fled, prompting the Union warship to give chase. Thirty minute's sling brought her within sight of ". . a schooner inside the reefs" and toward which the boat was rowing. At 1: 10 p. in., Annie ". . . anchored in 6 feet of water . . . " and sent an armed boat to board the schooner. However, the fleeing boat reached that vessel before the Yankee sailors boarded her, set her afire, and then hurried on shoreward. At 2:00 P.M, Annie's men went on board the schooner and found her to be a new vessel of about 80 tons carrying an assorted cargo which included a large amount of ammunition. The rapid spread of the flames forced them to leave the prize which exploded about three minutes after their departure.
Later that afternoon, a skiff flying a white flag came alongside Annie. Its sole passenger, a man who ". . identified himself as Allen A. Stephens. and reported that he 'was one of a group of 20 men "about to rise against the rebel Government. 'and requested arms for his company. After promising Allen to report the incident, they allowed him to return to land, but no further mention of this man appears in the Official Records.
During the remainder of 1864 Annie continued to serve in the blockade of Florida's gulf coast. On 30 December she departed Key West and headed for Charlotte Harbor for further blockade duty. About a fortnight later, her hulk was found resting on the bottom in about six fathoms of water. She was a total wreck, apparent the victim of an explosion; and no trace of her crew was found.

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From Just Cause 3 to World of Tanks, video game designers push the tech behind game explosions to their fiery limit.
In the opening moments of Just Cause 3, an innocent looking gas tank tumbles down a hill and winds up blowing up an entire city.
Creating impressive fiery blasts can be a challenge for any development team. Great explosions that capture the player's imagination tend to put a strain on the system's resources, and the team must carefully manage visual effects and physics of a blast to achieve ultimate destruction.
There is an art to simulating perfect chaos, and games like Just Cause 3, World of Tanks and Sniper Elite 4 have mastered the darkness. These games enlist some seriously impressive technology and design techniques for the sheer joy of blowing stuff up.
1. Just Cause 3's Playground of Chaos
The Just Cause franchise began as a parody of action movies that "jump the shark." Three games later, even high-octane film director Michael Bay would be hard-pressed to top its endless explosions. The series is beloved as a playground of anarchy and chaos, where a single bullet can set off incredible chain reactions, causing entire facilities to erupt.
Game creators guide this chaos, but never want to put a limit on the player's control.
"It is impossible for us to predict every possible scenario that can play out," said Christofer Sundberg, chief creative officer at Avalanche Studios. And nor do they want to.
Much of Just Cause 3's mayhem stems from a design philosophy known as emergent gameplay, where the developers create simple rules that govern a world. But then, the player is let loose without restraint, resulting in unexpected bouts of destruction.
"Everything from AI to physics simulation has a certain degree of dynamics [in Just Cause]," said Johan Fläckman, the studio's vice president of technology.
This means the game's explosions are able to respond to player interaction more than usual, so things often get out of control. Fläckman said he's constantly amazed by the unintentional havoc their creative fans wreak on their world.
2. Strategic Bombing of Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak
In Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak, the player is given the keys to a massive, futuristic army and sent off to battle on a warring planet. During the game's development cycle, the need for many different types of explosions arose quickly. The team created more than 210 unique explosion effects to account for all the diverse ways that military units can blow up, from electrical explosions to mushroom clouds of black smoke.
"We felt that explosions were a really important part of making exciting vehicle combat," said Steve Mumford, senior VFX artist at Blackbird Interactive.
As a result, at any given time half the map is lit up with firefights. However, the mayhem comes at a cost to CPU performance. During intense moments, the game's frame rate can dip, slowing the speed of battle. To find a solution, the programmers created visual tools that determined which explosions were hogging the resources and took them down a notch.
3. World of Tanks' Rugged Ruins
Ever since developers added destructible environments to World of Tanks, no building has been safe. In previous versions of the game, houses simply turned into a pile of rubble and dust when hit with a projectile. Now, they explode with finesse. Pieces of brick and debris go flying and cause damage to surrounding objects. The second story of a building will collapse when the ground floor is taken out.
Instead of relying on better graphics to make bigger, flashier explosions, the team used physics calculations to create eruptions that pack a punch.
According to Josh Bancroft, a community manager of developer engagement at Intel, realistic destruction falls squarely in the CPU's wheelhouse.
"Do you want to see the pieces rip apart, and be able to follow all the pieces as they explode?" he said. "To have that level of reality and immersion, you need to have more CPU performance."
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Sniper Elite 4 offers a precise anatomical breakdown of an explosion's effect on a virtual avatar. Not only are enemies sent flying through the air by the blasts according to the laws of physics, but the enemies also have a realistic skeleton and organ systems. The game even models the effects of shrapnel tearing through a battlefield.
In the future, the development team hopes to push the tech even further.
"[I'd like to have] skeletons dynamically shattering with real-time physics simulations," said Oliver Cullen, senior VFX artist at Rebellion. "Getting organs to wobble and tear with every possible scenario would also be interesting."
Of course, these kinds of calculations would require an excessive amount of processing power.
For now, the CPU already has its hands full rendering the physics of large scale destruction of bridges and radar dishes in the environment.
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While physics are important, explosions also need to sound mighty. To make sure that Halo Wars 2's explosions were as authentic as possible, the U.K. based studio Creative Assembly traveled to the U.S., where they were allowed to record the sound of flamethrowers and also run over cars with a tank.
"We worked with 343 Industries studio to capture the sounds of weapons and explosions: M40 rifles, a Barrett M82 rifle, .50 caliber weapons you can't get ahold of in the U.K.," James Magee, the game's audio designer, said in the Microsoft News Center.
The live explosions and real-life gunfire serve as a counterpoint to the game's soundtrack, which was recorded with an 80-piece symphonic orchestra and, as usual with games in the Halo franchise, a large choir.
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Making a PDF grayscale with ghostscript
September 30th 2008
A request from a friend made me face the problem of converting a color PDF into a grayscale one. Searching the web provided some ways of doing so with Adobe Acrobat, via some obscure menu item somewhere.
However, the very same operation could be undertaken with free tools, such as ghostscript. I found a way to do it in the YANUB blog, and I will copy-paste it here, with a small modification.
Assuming we have a file called color.pdf, and we want to convert it into grayscale.pdf, we could run the following command (all in a single line, and omitting the "\" line continuation marks):
-sColorConversionStrategy=Gray -dProcessColorModel=/DeviceGray \
-dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH color.pdf
I prefer the above to YANUB's version below (in red what he lacks, in blue what I lack), because a shell operation is substituted by some option(s) of the command we are running:
-sColorConversionStrategy=Gray -dProcessColorModel=/DeviceGray \
-dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH color.pdf < /dev/null
A sample Perl script to alleviate the tedious writing above:
use strict;
my $infile = $ARGV[0];
my $outfile = $infile;
$outfile =~ s/\.pdf$//;
$outfile = $outfile."_gray.pdf";
system "gs -sOutputFile=$outfile -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sColorConversionStrategy=Gray -dProcessColorModel=/DeviceGray -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH $infile"
Assuming we call the Perl script "togray.pl", and that we have a color file "input.pdf", we could just issue the command:
and we would get a grayscale version of it, named "input_gray.pdf".Tags: en, FLOSS, howto, linux, Perl, programming, PS/PDF, software
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26 Responses to "Making a PDF grayscale with ghostscript"
Jose on 06 Nov 2008 at 4:19 am #
Great post and it also works in Windows with Ghostview (http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/doc/GPL/gpl863.htm).
The only thing that I had to change was the exe.
gswin32.exe -sOutputFile=grayscale.pdf -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sColorConversionStrategy=Gray -dProcessColorModel=/DeviceGray -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH color.pdf
I did try the perl script but it should work also.
CC on 02 Feb 2009 at 13:07 pm #
this is very useful; I just have to add a couple of commands to go back to the EPS format without loss of quality.
>> pdfcrop grayscale.pdf
This command let you remove the white spaces around the picture (introduced with the previous command): this is particularly useful if you want to insert the picture into a LaTeX file. The standard output file name is grayscale-crop.pdf (the -crop part is added)
>> pdftops -eps grayscale-crop.pdf final.eps
Finally, you revert your pdf file to the original eps format.
I searched for such a solution for a long time: I am going to add the whole tutorial to Goggle Knol, obviously citing this webpage: I hope it is convenient for you!
isilanes on 02 Feb 2009 at 13:37 pm #
Thanks CC,
The contents of my blog are licensed under a Creative Commons license (ups, I thought I had a tag somewhere, but now I only see the "Copyright (c) handyfloss 2009" at the bottom. I'll add a CC tag some day), and you may use them any way you see fit, provided that you cite the source, and you make no commercial use of it.
So, yes, putting it in Knol is fine with me. Actually I find it very flattering (and undeserved).
CC on 02 Feb 2009 at 13:59 pm #
Well, this is the link:
It is not flattering nor undeserved: I only think it could be useful (it was for me) to publish this with the correct references.
And then..... I was eager to try this Google Knol ;-)
Julien on 29 Oct 2010 at 22:59 pm #
Thanks for the script, was really useful to me today!
Marcello on 23 Mar 2011 at 10:28 am #
Hi, thanks for the script, but it doesn't work for me. I have a PDF obtained from scanning a paper doc. Each page is composed of a single, full-page embedded jpeg (color) image.
I still haven't found a way to convert that file to grayscale without resorting to manual, single-image conversion.
Thanks anyway. Page bookmarked.
Marcello on 23 Mar 2011 at 10:36 am #
Sorry, my bad, I actually forgot the "=Gray" bit after -sColorConversionStragegy! Now it works like a charm, thank you!!
Paul on 30 Mar 2011 at 11:55 am #
Hi! Great little script. Makes my live a lot easier when writing my thesis.
Michael on 12 Aug 2011 at 14:18 pm #
Hi! Excellent work, thanks!
However, I would need additional functionality as my target is to convert a PDF into black & white (monochrome). I would like to define a threshold - actually I am most interested in a threshold value of 100%: Black pixels (rather vectors) should remain black and everything that is not purely black should disappear (i.e. turn into white).
The following link refers to similar ideas: http://www.rhinocerus.net/forum/lang-postscript/354259-using-ghostscript-convert-postscript-pure-black-white.html
However, I cannot apply the parameters correctly.
Could any of you gurus help me and provide a proper ghostscript command line that does the desired job?
Many thanks in advance
isilanes on 16 Aug 2011 at 9:09 am #
Sorry Michael, I don't know how to help you. The thread you link to contains a couple of interesting solutions. I understand that they didn't work for you, in which case I really don't have further ideas (even the ones in that thread were above me). Good luck!
Jonas on 09 Nov 2011 at 14:38 pm #
just what I want to do, but I get the error below. And I can't figure out whats wrong.
gs -sOutputFile=grayscale.pdf -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sCCompatibilityLevel=1.5 -dProcessColorModel=/DeviceGray -sColorConversionStrategy=Gray -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH 03_00_00_551.pdf
ESP Ghostscript 815.02 (2006-04-19)
Copyright (C) 2004 artofcode LLC, Benicia, CA. All rights reserved.
This software comes with NO WARRANTY: see the file PUBLIC for details.
CRIT: rangecheck in .putdeviceprop
mandev on 19 Dec 2011 at 14:11 pm #
@Jonas : -sCCompatibilityLevel=1.5 is wrong => -sCompatibilityLevel=1.5
2xJoe on 22 Dec 2011 at 11:53 am #
This hint was very usefull to me, thanx a lot!
GS does the magic that corel and cs5 denied to me due to a obscure "host application error."
Sherilyn Muckelroy on 05 Jan 2012 at 9:37 am #
Thanks, bookmarked!
hyangyt on 24 Jan 2012 at 14:35 pm #
is there any way to convert a pdf to pure black & white (monochrome) with ghostscript? Thanks.
hyangyt on 24 Jan 2012 at 14:57 pm #
This code works fine(for major cases) (see http://superuser.com/questions/200378/converting-a-pdf-to-black-white-with-ghostscript)
pdf2ps color.pdf color.ps
gs \
-o bw-from-color.pdf \
-sDEVICE=pdfwrite \
-c "/setrgbcolor{0 mul 3 1 roll 0 mul 3 1 roll 0 mul 3 1 roll 0 mul add add setgray}def" \
-f color.ps
but how to convert color pdf to monochrome pdf directly(without converting it to ps first)?
isilanes on 24 Jan 2012 at 16:16 pm #
Hi hyangyt,
I can't really help you. Is there any reason why PDF -> PS -> PDF is not acceptable for you?
I have tried the code you show, and it actually works on PS files, but not PDFs (if we do not convert the input PDF to PS before applying gs, the output PDF is still a color one). It strikes me as funny, since gs should also handle PDFs!
I must also say that your code seems to convert text to B/W, but not images, at least in a couple of tries I've made.
hyangyt on 25 Jan 2012 at 4:28 am #
I found a way to do it, please see my post:
hyangyt on 25 Jan 2012 at 4:30 am #
It converts PDF to DJVU first, then convert to B&W PDF. It seems work much better and faster, and works for images, too.
isilanes on 25 Jan 2012 at 9:34 am #
Thanks hyangyt! Very nice of you to share your solution.
jan on 21 May 2012 at 1:08 am #
thanks for the summary of the gs commands!
tiny comment on the perl script -- if the file name doesn't end with .pdf, the input file will be overwritten. it might be better to check and add _gray at the end anyway, even if there's no .pdf ending.
isilanes on 21 May 2012 at 8:39 am #
Hi jan,
Thanks, your warning is so true! However, it a PDF without a .pdf ending is used, the user deserves whatever happens to it ;^)
I'll check it and fix it.
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Paul on 05 Oct 2015 at 13:10 pm #
first of all: Thanks!
Is it possible to modify the pearl script that I can use it for a bunch of pdf files and don't have to type in every single pdf file in a folder (maybe including subfolders)?
Thanks again
PS: I tried the command and the file size is not really smaller (max. 10%) I was assuming a higher reduction of the file size.
isilanes on 05 Oct 2015 at 14:01 pm #
The following Python script will convert all PDF files in a directory into grayscale, if called from within that directory:
import glob import subprocess as sp for fn_in in glob.glob("*.pdf"): fn_out = fn_in.replace(".pdf",'') + "_gray.pdf" string = '{0} -> {1}'.format(fn_in, fn_out) print(string) cmnd = "gs -sOutputFile={1} -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sColorConversionStrategy=Gray\ -dProcessColorModel=/DeviceGray -dCompatibilityLevel=1.5 -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH {0}".format(fn_in, fn_out) s = sp.Popen(cmnd, shell=True) s.communicate()


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Published: 2008/11/25
by Jesse Jarnow
10 Years, pt. 3
BRAIN TUBA: 10 Years, pt. 3
Hey hey Dean –
Sometimes, I'm not sure what the point of being up here is, when I can just open this laptop and pick up a signal. It's very hard for me not to open it frequently. (Because, holy shit, dude: Twitter.) Lately, I've had Kzzzknkh—a boy from the village—take it away from me. He has no interest in using it, thankfully. Or, at least, he expresses none. I think he understands it as a producer of bad energy. Given my stress during the hours when it's open, apparent by occasional tremors and defeated postures, I can't see how he'd think otherwise. Most of the day, when I don't have it on, it's very nice. Sometimes, I just sit, bundled in my yak-fur parka, and space out for hours staring at the stars through the fire-hole.
I wish I could say my thoughts were pure, Dean, but they're not. I'm not up here meditating, after all. I read this article, pondering deep into the naval-like maw of the universe, and wondering if Google is making us dumber. Maybe so. Regardless of whether Nicholas Carr is right or not (he's not), the underlying premise is the same: that there is something truly important about long works, long thoughts, that they are capable of conveying something more profound than the quick hits of information from Twitter, blogs, email, texts, links, etc.. (I'm personally of the mind that the latter allow people access to the world—the whole world, filled with different scenes and group-minds and cadres and cabals, local and global—in something approaching real-time, but that's a different story.)
It's the same basic premise that runs through jamband culture. In fact, for all of the jamband scene's lip service to community, eclecticism, or anything else, this is really the only irreducible bit of the genre's ethos, probably 'cause it's right there in the name. This is what jambands can fall back on, morally speaking, when everything else goes to sod: that long, formless freedom that unfolds as it has to. It might suck, but that's built-in, too. So, while I don't think Google is making us dumber, they've definitely changed the game of human thought, which—in turn—makes this long-form approach to music even more idiosyncratic.
Like trying to save for the coming depression, jambands might be wise to consolidate their aesthetic assets, or at least call into question what they are. It seems like the musicians could reduce so many other factors, and the jamming would still exist. One aspect built into the idea of the jamband model is that there is a jamband model, invented by the Dead, refined by Phish, followed by everybody else: tour the circuit, gradually build the size of the venues, until maybe you can headline summer sheds with thousands of barefoot hippies dancing. But that's not a very pleasing spiral. It's kind of ugly. Other parts are built-in, too: the audience's familiarity with the repertoire, genre games, danceable tempos, etc.. Any one of them—though not all—of these could be changed, though.
Last week, for example, I taught Kzzzknkh and his friends how to build circuits, very simple ones that make one note each, that changes depending on the current going into it. We made 17 of them—there were 17 kids—and, during one of those weirdly tropical mid-winter days, we went to this cave where they like to hang out. We set them up there, in this big space, one end of which is fronted by a frozen ice sheet. They tied them all over the place, the circuits, with bits of yarn—from dangling roots, tucked in nooks, etc.—and set them going. When they all got going, some of the frequencies started canceling each other out, making these primitive beats. Naturally, the kids started dancing — goofily, at first, but with increasing conviction. Gnnnkkz, one of Kzzzknkh's friends, went over to listen to his for a second, opened it up, and bent it until the pitch changed. The kids loved this, and soon they were all alternating between playing with the circuits and dancing. It was fun to watch, Dean.
I don't mean this as a literal solution, but—if the rainbow-colored dream umbrella of the jamband scene is really as rainbow-colored as is claimed (and not merely a parachute)—then perhaps it should open a little wider. But, of course, if you're not a jammer, why would you wanna be in a jamband these days, anyway? What does the jamband scene have to offer to a new, open-eared musician? Oi, Dean. All these questions, Dean. Some other time, perhaps. Kzzzknkh is looking at me sternly. I think he wants the computer back. This ran a little long, anyway.
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Tobias Nergarden, owner of the Real Estate Marketing Insider named Silicon Valley an important commercial real estate market and advised commercial realtors to consider adding listings from the area to their holdings. Mr. Nergarden's announcement was prompted by reports in the San Jose Mercury News that the Silicon Valley commercial real estate market is poised for growth in 2013.
The past year bolstered the Silicon Valley economy in many ways, and as a result, the commercial market in the area has boomed. Following an influx of new hiring and new business into the area, Silicon Valley is reporting an increased demand for office and research space. Reports from Colliers International indicate that companies are looking to purchase a combined total of 7 million square feet of business space. More than half of that space is sought by firms looking to add more than 100,000 square feet. Meanwhile, the health and stability of the tech industry means that consolidation or space release is unlikely.
Mr. Nergarden believes that all commercial realtors should have listings in the Silicon Valley area, and should actively seek real estate leads in the Valley as a matter of course. For realtors that do not have Silicon Valley listings yet, REMI advises that now is the right time to find some. The surge in demand for commercial space and the low turnover will inevitably mean that new spaces will need to be built. The Insider expects upwards of 1 million square feet of new real estate to be built this year, and realtors that can make themselves the selling agents for the land or the new buildings will see a quick turnover and a generous commission.
Mr. Tobias Nergarden of the Real Estate Marketing Insider advised commercial realtors to explore listing opportunities in the Silicon Valley area. This advice was prompted by news that the real estate market in the Valley is poised for extreme growth this coming year, including the building of a great deal of new commercial space and a high volume of activity.
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The worst of the financial crisis passed early this year, yet employment continues to decline with more than 2.6 million jobs lost since February. And continued job loss is leading to calls from various quarters for more short-term stimulus policies to expand employment. A recent stimulus proposal, gathering considerable attention is a "hiring tax credit," in which businesses that expand their employment receive a temporary tax credit for new hires. (The New York Times discusses the basic idea behind the tax credit.)
Businesses, however, are somewhat divided about such a policy, with some companies expressing reservations about whether this idea will generate much new hiring, while others support it. It might seem odd that what apparently is a very pro-business program has detractors among leaders in the business world. This division is not surprising, because a hiring tax credit is a subsidy for at least some job creation, and subsidies result in winners--those who receive the subsidy and support it--and losers--those who don't receive it and don't support it.
From a business hiring perspective, the program clearly separates these two camps. The simplest principle behind hiring is that the value created by an employee must exceed the cost of employment. For many firms today, product demand remains weak, which means that there is a very large gap between the incremental value generated by a potential new hire compared to that worker's employment cost. This means that companies in this situation are not expanding their workforce, and a hiring tax credit would not bridge the large gap between value creation and employment cost. This reasoning explains business responses such as:
"I'm a small business owner. Did anyone supporting this idea walk down Main Street (not Wall Street) and ask the small business owners exactly what these new employees would do once they were hired? Job growth comes after revenue growth and cash flow. It's that simple."
In contrast, there are some businesses experiencing increases in demand, and thus are expanding employment, even in our current weak economy. A hiring tax credit is a monetary transfer from taxpayers to these expanding businesses because at least some of their new hires would have been made even without the plan. This inability to identify marginal hires--those hires in which the difference between employee value added and employee cost is small--means that this program necessarily involves subsidies involving job creation.
But isn't it possible that the credit will help induce many new marginal jobs? This is hard to say, as the difficulty in identifying marginal jobs makes it inherently difficult to determine how many jobs it would create. This program would create potential job matches in which a job applicant and employer would like to make a deal but simply cannot agree on employment terms. For example, if the monetary difference between the parties' desires is small enough so that it can be bridged by a hiring tax credit, when there is nothing else the two parties could do to close the deal on their own.
Thinking about job creation this way should have a familiar ring to those of you who have bought or sold a home in which one or more realtors accepted a reduced commission as a last resort to close the deal. In this case, the taxpayer takes on the role of the realtor by taking a hit. But in contrast to the realtor who can identify the marginal deal, the taxpayer also takes a hit on a number of other deals that would have closed without any intervention.
By trying to target new job creation, a hiring tax credit has the potential of creating loopholes in government programs. For example, a program that subsidizes new hires over existing employees creates incentives to replace old workers with new ones. Gross flows of workers--the absolute numbers of jobs created and jobs lost within narrowly defined industries--are huge compared to net job creation within an industry. That is, even in industries with very little net job creation, such as manufacturing, both job creation and job destruction represent as much as 15% to 20% of annual total employment.
This means that the normal market forces of supply and demand already substantially reallocate workers across firms within an industry, with many workers moving from one firm to another. Changing the relative cost of a new hire compared to an existing worker would lead to even more worker reallocation across firms. But in this latter case, the reallocation would not reflect the normal competitive forces of moving resources from the least productive to the most productive firms, but rather would reflect the benefits from simply reallocating employees for a tax break.
The program might also treat new and established businesses differently, giving one type of business preferential treatment over another. Specifically, if start-ups were included, this would provide significant cost advantages to new businesses, since all of their hiring is de facto job creation. On the other hand, excluding start-ups provides a cost advantage to established firms and penalizes new business.
Another caveat is that the anticipation of such a plan creates an incentive to delay new hiring. That is, businesses may wait to add workers if they believe that a hiring tax credit is likely to be passed by Congress. This is also a significant concern, because employment tends to lag the business cycle, even after the economy has begun to improve. And businesses tend to increase the hours of existing workers, rather than add new workers to meet higher demand. Thus, this plan could perversely prolong the recession that it is intended to solve.
Many of the unintended effects that could arise from a hiring tax credit would be eliminated if the proposal were for a payroll tax cut, which does not confer a cost advantage to new hires over established workers. But while a payroll tax cut would seem to make better economic sense, it would face an uphill battle in Congress, with last year's fiscal deficit coming in at $1.6 trillion, and with a large deficit in the coming year, reflecting both the weak economy and the deficit created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Rather than continuing along the path of temporary "fixit" programs that may not work as intended, we should make long-run policy changes for which there is more economic support, such as revising and simplifying the tax code to increase the long-run incentives to work, save and invest. Recently, one of UCLA's Ph.D. students in economics, from Argentina, remarked to me, "U.S. economic policy, with so many gimmicks, looks a lot like what we do in Latin America. Why is the U.S. doing this? It has never worked for us."
Lee E. Ohanian is professor of economics, and director of the Ettinger Program in Macroeconomic Research at UCLA. He is the author of "New Deal Policies and the Persistence of the Great Depression," with Harold Cole.
Forbes columnist Thomas F. Cooley is away this week.
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Convenience purchases increase, not only in the convenience stores itself, but indeed also in grocery channels, restaurants, and petrol stations, as well as within the new trend with home deliveries from restaurants. The consequence of this changed behaviour is that households reduce their traditional consumption in the FMCG market.
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2015 Honda Odyssey
EX-L 4dr Minivan (3.5L 6cyl 6A)
Mileage: 38,767
$455/mo est.
$411 below market
Price Analysis
41 Days on Lot
$515 price drop
Vehicle Details
Vehicle History & Condition
1 Owner
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List Price:
38,767 miles
Ext. Color:
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Int. Color:
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Drive Type:
front wheel drive
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60-40 Third Row Seat
Manual Folding Third Row Seat
Express open/close glass sunroof
Rear spoiler: Lip
Bluetooth HandsFreeLink wireless phone connectivity
Audio system security
Digital Audio Input
In-Dash single CD player
Audio system memory card slot
MP3 player
SiriusXM AM/FM/Satellite Radio
Radio Data System
SiriusXM Satellite Radio(TM)
Speed Sensitive Audio Volume Control
Total Number of Speakers: 7
Braking Assist
ABS and Driveline Traction Control
Stability control
Privacy glass: Deep
Machined aluminum rims
Wheel Diameter: 17
Wheel Width: 7
Leather steering wheel trim
Leather shift knob trim
Metal-look/piano black dash trim
Beverage cooler in console
Video Monitor Location: Front
Trip computer
External temperature display
Manufacturer's 0-60mph acceleration time (seconds): 7.6 s
Power remote driver mirror adjustment
Heated driver mirror
Heated passenger mirror
Electrochromatic rearview mirror
Power remote passenger mirror adjustment
Dual illuminated vanity mirrors
Daytime running lights
Driver and passenger heated-cushion, driver and passenger heated-seatback
Rear heat ducts with separate controls
Remote window operation
Audio controls on steering wheel
Power liftgate
Power remote trunk release
Front and rear reading lights
Anti-theft alarm system
Leather seat upholstery
Bucket front seats
Split rear bench
Fold forward seatback rear seats
Rear seats center armrest
Tilt and telescopic steering wheel
Speed-proportional power steering
Suspension class: Regular
Interior air filtration
Automatic front air conditioning
Dual front air conditioning zones
Tire Pressure Monitoring System
Cargo area light
Max cargo capacity: 149 cu.ft.
Vehicle Emissions: ULEV II
Fuel Type: Regular unleaded
Fuel Capacity: 21.0 gal.
Instrumentation: Low fuel level
Clock: In-radio display
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Dusk sensing headlights
Driver Seat Head Restraint Whiplash Protection
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Coil front spring
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Coil rear spring
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Double wishbone rear suspension
Front suspension stabilizer bar
Variable intermittent front wipers
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Spare Tire Mount Location: Inside
Black grille w/chrome accents
Center Console: Removable with covered storage
Overhead console: Mini with storage
Curb weight: 4,526 lbs.
Gross vehicle weight: 6,019 lbs.
Overall Length: 202.9"
Overall Width: 79.2"
Overall height: 68.4"
Wheelbase: 118.1"
Front Head Room: 38.3"
Rear Head Room: 39.4"
Front Leg Room: 40.9"
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Front Shoulder Room: 64.4"
Rear Shoulder Room: 63.5"
Front Hip Room: 58.2"
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Hawk-headed Parrots, Deroptyus accipitrinus, are native to the Amazon basin. According to Forshaw (Parrots of the World), Hawk-heads inhabit undisturbed lowland rain forests on higher ground and tend to avoid flooded forests, forest margins, and clearings. They feed on fruits, seeds, nuts, berries, leaf buds, and vegetable matter. They congregate in small groups.
Relatively small, Hawk-headed Parrots are 31-35cm long and weigh 190-274g. They are striking birds with buff-white crown and forehead, cheeks brown streaked with white, nape and hind neck dark red edged with blue, green backs and wings, and breast and abdomen dark red edged with blue.
The crest or ruff configuration of the Hawk-head is unique in parrots. When a Hawk-head is excited or angry, the ruff is raised in a fringe that surrounds the back of the head. According to Low (The Complete Book of Parrots), Hawk-headed Parrots are not easy to breed. They lay two or three eggs and incubate 26 days. Babies fledge at about 9 weeks. Hawk-heads in breeding situations can be extremely aggressive towards both aviculturists and mates.
Hawk-heads have been known to kill mates, even in pairs that appear to be closely bonded. We have observed males in nest boxes that make Eclectus hens guarding their eggs and babies look like fuzzy cuddle bunnies. Open the inspection door and all you see is a crest surrounding a beak trying to eat your face!
We started with three pairs of Hawk-heads; only one is still together. One male killed his hen. Compatibility did not appear to be an issue, because we had watched the birds copulate several times.
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Another male severely injured one of his hen's wings, which had to be amputated at the elbow. This pair is separated. The third pair is still together, and so far both birds are intact. This potential for aggression should be seriously considered if you are thinking about breeding Hawk-heads.
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The Isle of Man overseas aid committee has donated £25,000 to help efforts to control a cholera outbreak in Sierra Leone.
The death toll since January has risen to more than 200 and a further 10,000 people have been infected.
The island's government has given the money to the international charity Oxfam which is working in the capital, Freetown, one of the hardest hit areas.
Committee Chairman Phil Gawne said the charity work would save lives.
A spokesman said: "The charity will provide access to clean water and sanitation facilities and undertake hygiene promotion in slums so that local people can take action to protect themselves against cholera.
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"It will also ensure that a government hospital in Freetown is equipped with proper sanitation facilities."
It is thought the outbreak was directly linked to Sierra Leone's past conflict, which caused a massive migration from rural to urban areas, resulting in overpopulation and poor sanitation.
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Alex Rodriguez's fight for his baseball life kicked off in fittingly dramatic fashion Monday, as the beleaguered Yankees slugger faced off against his primary accuser.
Anthony Bosch, the owner of the now-shuttered Biogenesis anti-aging clinic in South Florida, arrived at Major League Baseball's Manhattan headquarters at about 3:15 p.m., as announced by his spokeswoman
Joyce Fitzpatrick, to begin testifying on MLB's behalf in Rodriguez's appeal of his 211-game suspension.
Bosch, looking considerably cleaned up from his previous photos, is purported to have extensive evidence — including text messages, emails and notes of regimens — linking Rodriguez to the purchase and usage of illegal performance-enhancing drugs. Rodriguez, after initially denying any connection with Bosch, has since conceded through his attorney, Joseph Tacopina, that he had a "consulting relationship" with Bosch.
Rodriguez and Tacopina reported to MLB's Midtown office at 9:27 a.m. and departed at 5:59 p.m. A-Rod declined comment besides saying, "Excuse me" to the army of reporters and photographers on site. Tacopina, asked how the day went, responded, "It went well."
Bosch was still being questioned by MLB attorneys when the session adjourned for the day, a source familiar with the situation said. On Tuesday, Tacopina will likely get his chance to cross-examine Bosch. It's critical for Rodriguez's case that he discredit Bosch.
The fact Bosch didn't even show up until the hearing was well into its first day bodes poorly for an expedient hearing. It now appears unlikely that the hearing will conclude by Friday, the last day of the first window that independent arbitrator Fredric Horowitz has given the participants. The hearing would not simply resume on Monday, but rather on a later date that is convenient for Horowitz, who normally works out of Southern California.
That comes as bad news to the Yankees, who are desperately hoping Horowitz upholds Rodriguez's entire suspension and does so quickly. The Yankees are determined to drop their 2014 payroll under the $189 million luxury-tax threshold, and it will be far more challenging to do so as long as they don't know how many dollars, if any, they must allocate for the third baseman, who is set to make $25 million next season, plus would earn a $6 million bonus if he hits six home runs to tie Willie Mays' career total of 660.
The Yankees also will not be thrilled by the public cries of support for Rodriguez and against them and MLB. As Rodriguez arrived in the morning, a group of about 10 people held signs, which included
"LEAVE A-ROD ALONE" and "Bosch Liar." Moreover, a group called "Hispanics Across America" announced it will rally Tuesday morning while wearing jerseys sporting Rodriguez's number 13 and protesting against Yankees president Randy Levine, the Yankees and MLB.
In a statement, Fernando Mateo, the president of HAA, said: "A-Rod has been drug tested more than any Major League Player (sic) and has never tested positive for the use of steroids. Randy Levine and the NY Yankees are responsible for this unfair 211 game suspension."
Tacopina went after Levine in a series of August interviews, accusing him of sending threatening emails to Rodriguez and telling surgeon Bryan Kelly, who operated on Rodriguez's left hip, that he didn't want to see A-Rod on the field again. Those claims might not be part of Rodriguez's defense at all.
Mateo continued: "The punishment does not fit the crime. A-Rod is innocent. If A-Rod is found guilty by association a 50-game suspension like every 1st time offender would be fair."
Rodriguez has said he'll attend every day of the hearing. He's just getting started — and so is Bosch, for that matter. Terry Gonzalez-Chavez, the spokeswoman for Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine
Fernandez Rundle, said that office issued a subpoena for Biogenesis documents.
"We do believe there may be issues of state concern in this case and we are investigating them," Gonzalez-Chavez said.
While Team A-Rod had been hopeful the threat of further penalties would cause Bosch to cease cooperating with MLB, baseball officials believe Bosch is ready to divulge all details in the case and face all consequences. Bosch showing up Monday was a good first step for MLB.


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WASHINGTON — The shooting of Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords on Saturday struck home with members of Congress, reminding them anew of their own vulnerabilities.
Shortly after the shooting, Rep. Dennis Cardoza, D-Calif., said he and other House members received multiple e-mail warnings from Capitol Hill law enforcement officials.
"They told us to increase our vigilance, and to have more security at our public events," Cardoza said, adding that "we will follow the recommendations of the police."
One e-mail advised lawmakers that "the U.S. Capitol Police are directly involved in this investigation" and urged members and staff to "take reasonable and prudent precautions regarding their personal security."
During past security scares, as in the days following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, some House members undertook some simple precautions such as keeping the doors closed to their Capitol Hills offices.
At the same time, lawmakers are obliged by their profession to be out in public. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, for instance, made a point of declaring Saturday afternoon that she would still be holding a previously scheduled "Community New Year's Celebration" on Market Street in downtown San Francisco.
As a member of congressional leadership, Pelosi already receives the protection of armed, plainclothes officers from the U.S. Capitol Police. Rank-and-file members of Congress, by contrast, do not typically receive federal protection outside of Capitol Hill.
"It's a real problem," Cardoza said of the security conundrum. "You want to be accessible, but I also care very deeply about the security of my staff and of the people who attend these public events."
Cardoza said security considerations contributed to his previous decision to relocate his congressional district offices to government buildings that already maintain a security presence. He indicated security concerns also played into his earlier decision to curtail some public town hall meetings during the politically heated summer of 2009.
Threats against lawmakers are not uncommon. Cardoza said his office has been on the receiving end of some. He added that Giffords, a friend and political ally for whom he campaigned in Arizona during 2008, had previously reported that one of her own congressional offices had been vandalized.
"She's been concerned," Cardoza said.
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Project to determine feasibility of moving courtrooms to Safety Center
November 25, 2008
Moffat County has hired an architecture firm to draw up plans for renovating the Public Safety Center with courtrooms, beginning a long process with an uncertain end.
At its meeting Monday, the County Commission approved a $115,700 bid from Denver-based Klipp, which specializes in civic projects.
The firm will survey deficiencies with the current court setup at the County Courthouse, study how possible it is to construct a courtroom addition at the Safety Center and devise preliminary architecture schematics and cost estimates for such a project.
In addition, Klipp will study the same information for moving Moffat County Social Services into the Courthouse and use space leftover by departing court staff.
Commissioner Tom Gray said if there is room for Social Services, the county could sell the agency's current building on Breeze Street.
Gray said building courtrooms at the Safety Center is a "logical" step for the county. It would eliminate the cost and hassle of prisoner transport, as well as provide an instant means of court security, which has been a concern of court staff.
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Gray added that nothing is certain for a project in its literal infancy.
"Nothing will be done tomorrow," he said. "Right now, we're looking at exploring options and being prepared for the future, whatever that might be."
According to the county's bid request, Klipp should be finished with its analyses by July 31, 2009.
Klipp did not submit the lowest of eight bids received, but was the second most expensive, coming in almost $75,000 more than the low bid of $40,800, submitted by Reilly Johnson Architecture, also based in Denver.
A committee made up of Commissioner Tom Mathers, Moffat County Sheriff Tim Jantz and Evan Herman, 14th Judicial District court administrator, narrowed the bids down to three companies to invite for face-to-face interviews, which included Klipp and Reilly Johnson.
Jantz said the committee's philosophy was to invite those companies that made a personal site visit to Moffat County before submitting a bid. It also was important that the company have prior experience designing jails and courtrooms.
Klipp was the best choice, Jantz said.
"Their personability was a big factor, and their past history with all the jobs they've done," Jantz said. "They understand what we're looking for and our needs and our wants."
The project still came in under its $150,000 projected cost. The county will pay 25 percent of Klipp's $115,700 bill, with the other 75 percent covered by a grant from the Colorado Court Security Commission, awarded in October.
The county's bid request also asked for companies to submit prices for a final construction phase.
Although the eight bidding companies submitted costs for this phase – including Klipp's of up to $440,800 – the bids were so different that the commission decided to postpone its award for the final phase, County Budget Analyst Tinneal Gerber said.
If the commission elects to pursue construction, it may advertise for new bids, or it may contract with Klipp, Gerber said.
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My cousin is older than me and smarter than me.I got him come over to my house to help me with my homework. He started with giving me questions on paper and told me to do it while he wait. Sometimes he fell asleep, or read a book between questions. At one time he give a hard one. I have to think hard about it and still can't figure out the answer. I told him to guide me in this question. He sits right behind me at the same chair, hold my handand write the steps with my hand. At first I thought I would be OK because he is my own cousin. Then his left hand slightly touched my breast. He said "Oops sorry". We both left in silence. Then just as we continue the steps, his left hand rub my right breast. I don't know what to do. Suddenly he kiss me in the neck, I said "stop it, carry on with the steps". Then he carry on with his left hand still on my breast. Then he slowly move his hand downward, and start to slip it under my boxer than under my pants. Then he touches my vagina, I feel hot and cold and can't do anything. He move his right hand to under my skirt and then under my bra, and began to caress my left breast.
Suddenly he put his right hand away, and just when I thought it was over, he snap my bra from behind and then caress my bra freely. I think I can feel his erection from behind. He inserted his finger to my vagina and started to finger-fuck me. I cannot enjoy a thing, I'm still in the state of shock. Then he kiss my all over neck. Suddenly, he arises, put off his hand. He helped me stand, and before I realize it, he pulls my boxer and pants down, leaving my vagina uncovered. I feel ashamed and try to cover it with my hand. He hugged me and reaches to my back and pull off my T shirt. I try to refuse, but he somehow pulled it off, along with my bra. Then I left standing naked, with my hand covering my breast and vagina. But I was so stunned that I cannot do anything about it. He reaches out to my and give me my first kiss. I kinda like it. Then he pull me and lay me on my bed. He open his shirt and jeans, and his shorts. He kissed my hard, and start to kiss my nipples. I want to cover it with my hands, but he put them away, Then suddenly I felt something I haven't felt before, I feel I kinda like this, and I put my hand behind his neck. Then he lowered his body, kiss my belly button and he start to kiss my vagina. Then, he insert his tongue on my vagina. I was so startled. Then he say " Do you like it?". What can I say? I ws left speechless. He kept lick me until I feel something wet inside. I thought it ws his saliva, but it isn't. After he finish with my vagina, he stand up, open my cabinet and looking for something. I said "What are you looking for?". He said "Souvenir". He take out my white hankerchief and put it under my hips, right under my vagina. And still didn't get it. He back on my top and kiss me. He told me to open my leg as he about to enter his to mine. First stroke, nothing happened, although I feel like in heaven when he entered me. At the second thrust, Ouch! it's hurt. It must be my hymen. Now I got it. That's why he need my hankerchief. I started to cry, because it hurts. He kiss me and say "don't worry, everything will be just fine". I'm still crying, so he kiss my eyes, and lick my tears. He asked me, Do you want to look at it. I nodded. He raised his body a bit, so I can look at it by raising my head. I saw his penis pumping up and down my vagina. I'm crying again.Suddenly he stopped, Then I realized that his penis is buried deep in my vagina. Then I can feel his penis shot his sperm inside me. Then he fall down on me, and kiss me and say "I love you". I'm still crying by then. We kept this position for about 10 minutes, and his penis is still buried in my vagina. Then he pulled it off, wipe the blood, and asked me wether I want to keep the hankerchief or he will. I said I will. He smile, kiss me again, cover my naked deflowered body with blanket. He puts on his shirt and jeans, and walk away. then he came back, open his jeans, open his pants again. I was shivering, I thought he was going to enter me again. But he didn't, he did playing around by open the blanket, kiss my vagina and put the tip of his penis on my vagina. Then he pulled it and tell me to keep his pants, as his souvenir, then he take my pants with him. I still can smell his penis through his pant. I was laying naked under the blanket and crying for about one hour. We still met until this day. Sometimes he kissed me deeply but he never screw up with me again.


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Wash and dry your hands thoroughly. Combine the water, 1 cup of sugar, and the corn syrup in a medium saucepan. Stir them together with very clean fingers, making sure no lumps of dry sugar remain. Brush down the insides of the pan with a little water, using your hand to feel for any stray granules of sugar.
Cover the saucepan and place it over medium heat for 4 minutes. After 4 minutes, remove the lid, increase the heat to high, and bring to a boil. Do not stir from this point on. Keep an eye on the pan. It will be very bubbly. When stray sugar crystals appear on the side of the pan, brush them down with a wet pastry brush.
As the sugar cooks, the bubbles will get larger. Insert a candy thermometer, and when the temperature reaches 300 degrees F, lower the heat to medium, which will slow the cooking. Continue to cook the sugar until it reaches 350 degrees F. It will be dark brown. Remove the pot from the heat and let it sit for 1 minute, or until the bubbles subside.
Add the cream to the caramel. It will bubble up vigorously, so be careful.
Vigorously whisk in the remaining 1 tablespoon sugar, creme fraiche, lemon juice, and salt. This sauce is now ready to be served warm or cooled to room temperature. It will keep stored airtight in the refrigerator for up to 1 month. When cold, it has the consistency of peanut butter.
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IHTM: I Tried a Skincare Product That Jacked Up My Skin Barrier So Here's How I Handled It
I basically called my mom for help. Except when I say mom, I mean an esthetician.
The Age of Discovery was a period of intellectual stimulation, artistic innovation, and global European expansion. Although this period saw groundbreaking developments in math and science, health and beauty standards were often based on wishful thinking and quixotic cures.
Women of the seventeenth century were no stranger to DIY remedies, and beauty tips were often inserted into cookbooks and housekeeping guides, the ladymags of the 1600s.
These guides are incredibly rare; many manuscripts predating the nineteenth century live in special collections of museums and research libraries. For Christmas this year I received a reproduction of one of these beauty books from 1608, called Delights for Ladies to Adorn Their Persons, Tables, Closets, and Distillatories: With Beauties, Banquets, Perfumes and Waters.
Talk about a long title. Although I'm super excited to have gotten this, the reproduction was made from a scanned version of the original manuscript, which means I don't get to see the beautiful color illuminations on each page.
Delights for Ladies is filled with recipes for every household item a lady of the time might have needed, from candies to candles to face powders and hair dye.
Some of these recipes sound like they could work today and some of them are definitely better left in the past, so let's take a look at how women during the Age of Discovery cared for their skin. Because this book was written in 1608, the language is REALLY different to what we'd use today, so for the sake of clarity I've translated the Early Modern English into contemporary English.
Breast Milk To Keep Skin Clean And Clear
To make the simplest cleanser, it was recommended to combine water with breast milk (or cow's milk as an alternative) and wash the face nightly with the mixture. This combination guaranteed that the skin would "wax faire and clear," and also help heal sunburned skin.
This probably isn't the worst beauty cure to come out of history, although I can't imagine too many people would be willing to steal lunch from a baby just so they could wash their face. However, I have heard many people recommend milk baths for really bad sunburn.
Lemon Juice And Salt To Help A Face That Is Red Or Pimpled
Like the Victorians, Discovery-era people were OBSESSED with zits. Delights for Ladies recommends the following for acne-prone skin: dissolve table salt with lemon juice and use a linen cloth to pat the combination on any spot that is inflamed or covered in pimples. After a few applications the skin should be clear of these impurities.
Salt and lemon juice on a zit sounds incredibly painful. I'm imagining the time I got lemon juice in a paper cut--no thank you. Plus, contemporary research has shown that the acidity of lemons can actually do more harm than good to your skin.
Water Distilled With Elder Leaves To Remove Freckles
This recipe was given by "a mysterious traveler" who had cured himself of freckles: Wash your face in the wane of the moon (both morning and night) with a sponge dipped in water that has been distilled with elder leaves. Let the water dry on the skin. The water MUST be distilled during May.
First: a mysterious stranger? Not a very reputable source. Second: Never trust a person who tells you to get rid of your freckles. (Anne of Green Gables taught us that.) This mystery man also didn't leave any mention of what happens to the poor fool who distills their water in April or June… More freckles? A sudden breakout of facial boils? There's just too much at risk here. No thanks, Stranger.
Just about every beauty recipe in Delights for Ladies uses water, some type of powder, and either flowers or lemons. Floral and citrus scents were often used to cover the scent of B.O., human waste, and sometimes even death. People from that era would have gone absolutely nuts over a place like Bath & Body Works.
While some of these recipes served as a base for later beauty remedies, most are definitely best left in the past. I'd rather listen to my dermatologist over a mysterious freckle-curing stranger any day of the week.
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There's a lot of people who think that the US is still this great capitalist country. Yet, as we've seen, most everything that we buy is made in China, which last I checked is a Communist country.
How can anyone think that we're a capitalist republic, when we take advantage of the communist regime of China, amongst others? How is it that CEO's and the wealthy businesses of the US be called anything other than Corporate Communists, immoral and dishonest? The whole US system is corrupt, and I don't see how anyone can excuse it by calling it "free market" economy. There's nothing free about it, it's based on economic slavery of people.
When we buy things that are made by people who work 6 days a week, in horrific conditions, sleeping in the factory floors at night, etc...are we not buying into the corrupt system tacitly? How can this be right?
Last week there was the threat of mass suicide at Foxcon in China, which is the largest US company operating in China. Should Americans pay more for these things being made in the US with labor laws, etc...that cost more money, but in turn, do the US economy and the world a favor by demanding better labor standards the entire world over. These are US companies working oversees and doing what they would never get away with here, which is wrong, IMO.
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In recent years, sex ed has become a hot-button topic across the country. Advocates of abstinence education ridicule the increase in sex-awareness programming in schools, while sexual health activists decry students' lack of access to materials that may protect them from sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and unwanted pregnancy.
On most college campuses, the latter group appears to be winning. More than ever, student health groups are working to spread awareness about STIs and HIV, and more health centers are providing information and resources. Yet STIs persist on campus: 20 percent to 25 percent of college students either have STIs or have transmitted them, and a large number of students remain underinformed about their risks.
Most college freshmen have a basic knowledge of sexually transmitted infections, according to George Gianakakos, who volunteers with the group Sexual Health and Assault Peer Education (SHAPE) on Northwestern University's campus. "I think if people were questioned regarding STI and HIV prevention, they would give pretty standard answers — wear a condom, don't have sex, etc.," Gianakakos says. However, freshmen tend to be in the dark about such preventative measures as female condoms and dental dams. Students' main concern is pregnancy, he says; they often assume that despite the prevalence of STIs, they are not personally at risk.
Students at other campuses expressed similar sentiments. Since sexual education is usually taught in middle school or early high school, when most kids aren't having sex, they associate STIs with "other people," and that mentality sticks, creating a pervasive stigma. It's a kind of sexual-health Catch-22, according to Katie Guilfoyle, Northwestern's health education department coordinator. "The students that are affected by STIs are silent, and so the myth that only certain people are affected gets perpetuated," she says.
Guilfoyle adds that bacterial STIs are seen as more acceptable than viral STIs; students with chlamydia know they can clear up the infections with antibiotics, but herpes hangs on for life. This notion makes it even more likely that students won't inform their partners of a viral infection.


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Peter, here's my (lbisandman) review of Carmen's in TripAdvisor: Exceptional" 5 of 5 stars Reviewed 2 days ago NEW This is my 3rd review of Carmen's in Beach Haven and the 2nd one about their Mother's Day buffet. I'm having a difficult time coming up with fresh superlatives to describe how good our meals have been. Last year I wrote, "Anytime you get fresh, sweet oysters, steamed shrimp, lox, crab legs, plus seafood crepes and rare roast beef along with the expected assortment on the buffet table you move from excellent to extraordinary." Nothing has changed. This Mother's Day everybody including our 5 year old grandson had a great brunch and a good time. For those who think value is important, I would agree; but it takes second place to the meal and the service. At Carmen's my experience suggests the food is, and has been, perfect every time. The service is always attentive and efficient, and all of the above comes at a reasonable cost. That's pretty much the definition of a great value in a restaurant. You would think it should be easy to find a great meal, excellent service and good value on Long Beach Island – a summer vacation spot second to none – but unfortunately that isn't the case. Carmen's is the exception – because in my opinion, the place is exceptional. A word about the owners – I noted during our meal that both husband and wife made it a point to circulate among their customers; doing their best to ensure a good time was had by all. It's not big, so reservations make sense. Customer service and great food – hard to beat. Visited May 2016 5 of 5 stars Value 4 of 5 stars Service 5 of 5 stars Food
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Carmen's did my Son's wedding on Sept. 20, 2015. Everything was delicious and everyone raved about the food. Joann and Peter are wonderful to work with. We also had the rehearsal luncheon at Carmen's and Peter made wonderful suggestions the food was completely different from what we were having at the wedding. The dishes were unique and everyone raved about the food. Peter and Joann make you feel like family. I was so relaxed knowing that they were taking care of everything. Thank you again for making Albie and Nicole's wedding a memorable day.
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Had dinner a few weeks ago. Wonderful as usual, we are never disappointed. Please send info about breakfast with Santa.
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Enjoyed an evening at Carmen's. The food was excellent, the atmosphere inviting and the service was authentically warm . Enjoyed a selection from the Sunset menu which included a generously portioned delicious Calamari appetizer followed by the main course of Tempura Fried Cod Fillet with gourmet mashed potatoes, fresh green and baby carrots. The desert that followed, a homemade cookie bowl ala mode was more than delicious. My wife enjoyed a delicious Caesar salad followed by the Shrimp and Chicken in a sun dried tomato white wine sauce and finished up with the same desert as I. BYOB and enjoy the best gourmet food and personalized service on the Island second to none.
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Prior to seeing Les Miserables, I had the pleasure of escorting 30+ Club Members to dine at Carmen's. From the initial planning to the enjoyment of the luncheon, our contact with Carmen's was top-shelf. The food was exceptional and the staff could not have been more accommodating. Thank you for your efforts. Phyllis Shorey
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