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Fan Vids: Original GTAV Trailer in Madrid, Undead Marston Make-Up Tutorial, Pet Shop Boys Tribute & More
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This week's installment of impressive and innovative fan videos includes a live-action rendition of GTAV's original trailer set against the beautiful backdrop of Madrid, a radiant makeup maestro who knows just how to breathe life into an undead cowboy, a Pet Shop Boys ode to the almighty dollar and enough stunts by land and air to make your head spin.
Grand Theft Auto: Madrid - Real Life Trailer by Zapruder Pictures
The Zapruder Pictures team of Guillermo de Oliveira and Javier Esteban first caught our eye with their 2012 fan-film, Max Payne: Valhalla. In Grand Theft Auto: Madrid, they've used the sun-soaked streets of Madrid, Spain to create an impressive homage to the original GTAV Trailer. Those unfamiliar with the region should be pleasantly surprised at how well the Spanish capital accommodates this re-creation. From the congested traffic grid of Downtown LS (Alcobendas Burgos) to the RON Alternates Wind Farm along the Senora Freeway, each scene is paralleled quite impressively.
Undead Marston // Maquillaje Cosplay Makeup FX // Red Dead Redemption // DIY Tutorial by Keevanski (en Español w/subtitles)
"Cosplay done right" is an expression often reserved for individuals who truly excel at this style of costume-based fan art. We certainly believe that catchphrase suits the multi-talented and exceptional Keevanski - known for her spot on portrayals of popular game characters, hair dressing tutorials and painstakingly hand-crafted and highly detailed game props. In this slick and fun to watch presentation, we see her literally transform into the spitting image of an Undead John Marston with a few well-placed strokes of the make-up sponge, masterful application of studio-quality prosthetics and some great hand-crafted props.
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GTA 5 - "Emergence" | Amazing BMX Stunt Montage by ConsistentHD & ErasableNinja
Previously, we witnessed ErasableNinja bring his A-game in "The BMX Flow" a stylish production with second-to-none bike trick sorcery. In "Emergence", ErasableNinja lends an editing hand to ConsistentHD's first BMX montage. This debut effort features gravity defying wall rides, sick combo rail grinds, perfect plants and flamboyant flips - we also get some truly massive ground-level bowl to bowl transfers at the Rearwall skatepark near the Olympic Freeway overpass.
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GTA 5 BMX - "Statement" A Freestyle BMX Montage by Fishy Dizzle
Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money) - A GTA Online Music Video by vader2K
As the ethereal synths cue up, fans of the 80's may feel Vice City level nostalgic chills running up their spine while watching this totally rad throwback video tribute to The Pet Shop Boys classic hit, "Opportunities". In this greed-is-good visualization, we see a pair of down on their luck friends go from rags to riches, jet setting in the finest accommodations and transport, literally filling up swimming pools with expensive watercraft and dominating the LSI tarmac with their personal Luxor Jets.
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"DANGER ZONE 3" | GTA 5 Jet Stunt Montage #5 by vSubFire
Ace pilot vSubFire certainly wowed us with prior installments of the DANGER ZONE series. In this round, vSub opens by carving an impossibly sharp arc through a docking bay in the Port of South Los Santos. He then proceeds to spin clockwise with a single clipped wing slow and steady against the counter-clockwise spinning blades of the turbines within the RON wind farm and emerges on the other side of the field without a scratch. Top that off with a daring one take sideways navigation of the LS skyline and a precarious pass through the bridges and tree lines of Blaine County and we have another worthy entry in this riveting aerial series.
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GTA 5 Mallard Plane Stunt Montage | "Feather" by Venus & NightMare
Also don't miss these fun vids that we recently spotted and shouted out on Twitter or simply took note of – make sure you're following us there to see some great videos shared on the regular:
- GTA 5 Stunts - Stunt Montage 13 (300k subscribers special) by Kwebbelkop: Le Kops Crew Leader and notable stunter Kwebbelkop goes all out to celebrate his channel's acquisition of 300K subscribers in a dazzling display of spectacular stunts and fantastic feats.
- GTAV Online FEED ME Montage by DropDeadOmix: Drop Dead Omix uses two and a half weeks of stellar game footage from GTAV and Max Payne 3 to straight up devour the competition in a face-blasting array of color and sound.
Above & Beyond "Satellite / Stealing Time" by Михаил Терехин: An avid GTA fan uses greater Los Santos as the canvas and overall backdrop to make a quite unexpectedly poignant and touching music video tribute for his wife.
Shine Thugz - "Hood gone love it" GTA music vidéo (By Jay Rock) by ShineThugz: From the Bolingbroke Penitentiary rec yard to the set-tripping streets of South LS the Shine Thugz show once again they know how to put it down and get proper recognition from the streets.
GTA 5 IMPOSSIBLE STUNTS 2 | Nomad Union Stunt Montage - Omega by RedKeyMon: RKM and the rest of the Nomad Union stunting team are back at it, serving as the veritable alpha and omega of innovative high-quality stunts in GTAV.
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The gut-level elements of risk, trust and survival are a few themes Diavolo will explore in a performance Friday evening, October 15, at Georgia Tech's Ferst Center for the Arts. The program features "Fearful Symmetries," a recent Los Angeles Philharmonic commission set to John Adams' score, and "Tete en L'Air" ("Head in the Sky"), inspired by the surreal work of French filmmaker Jacques Tati, also to music by Adams.
Diavolo differs from just about every other contemporary dance company around, exploring how humans interact physically with huge architectural shapes — such as an enormous cube that transforms into six huge oblong structures, suggesting Stonehenge or a cityscape; or a surrealistic, oversized staircase. The 10-member troupe, comprising dancers, acrobats, actors, gymnasts and rock climbers, explores nearly every way the human body can relate to these forms; they climb, somersault and leap off of precipices. One disappears into a stair. People thrown into survival situations overcome peril through trust and teamwork.
In a recent telephone interview, Diavolo artistic director Jacques Heim told me that he feels a stronger affinity for sculptors and architects than for other choreographers. With no early dance training, Heim got his start in a street theater group, performing on top of subway cars in his native Paris. He later discovered dance at Middlebury College in Vermont and, on finishing a master's degree in choreography at the California Institute of the Arts, began creating dances using large architectural shapes. In 1992, Heim founded Diavolo in Los Angeles, and the troupe has been touring nationally and internationally for the past dozen years.
Some critics have said that Heim's work puts too much emphasis on visual spectacle and acrobatics, that it's entertaining but lacks depth and meaningful content. Naturally, Heim disagrees, saying that the physical striving played out on stage can be seen as a metaphor for the human condition. "What I do on stage is a live, abstract painting," he says. "Abstract, but there are very strong themes, such as human struggle … survival, faith, love."
What makes Diavolo special, Heim says, is something that must be experienced — it's witnessing how hard the dancers work during the course of the program, their fearlessness and trusting rapport. Even after 18 years, he says, presenters still find it difficult to describe Diavolo. But "As soon as you bring an audience into the theater, at the end of a concert, they get it."
Audience members can meet the dancers after the concert in "Dance Dialogues," the first in a series of free, post-performance discussions led by Ferst Center director George Thompson.

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I don't know why I was so excited when I saw this game as having been released, since I own the Gamecube version, which is exactly the same, and the Japanese version had English on it. But there's no such thing as too much Puyo Pop.
Good thing I've got a 5 day weekend.
i'm glad that this is finally out, now one can play the game and hear english voices instead of japanese ones all the time
I've never played Puyo Pop - is it anything like Bust-a-move/Puzzle Bobble? I love those games.
amen to that
Not a fan of this version.
If you do well, there's some sort of special mode with arrows telling you where to place the piece so that you get consecutive clears... which defeats the purpose of it involving intelligence, doesn't it?
Take it off Very Easy, and the arrows will go away.
You seem to have played other versions of Puyo Pop, so you should be starting on Normal at least.


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(It's our finite truths versus the absolute, but at the end of the day we can't get anywhere without the few finite truths that we have learned. We always start with those assumptions)
There is no real wall between science and philosophy. The only difference between the two is one is a creative and assumed world, while the other is less creative and less open to debate. So first off, you need to put aside this notion that to speak philosophy is not to speak science, that's not the case.
Philosophy is Math, Logic, and Creativity.
Science is observation, Logic, Math, and preconceived notions that hold credence(Theories/Laws).
ab•so•lute• free from imperfection; complete; perfect: absolute liberty.
• not mixed or adulterated; pure: absolute alcohol.
• complete; outright: an absolute lie; an absolute denial.
• free from restriction or limitation; not limited in any way: absolute command; absolute freedom.
An Informal Logical argument for living in an inductive, non absolute world
(A world where we know nothing absolutely)
(A world where we know nothing absolutely)
1) Either I my observation and reasoning is limited and imperfect and it will remain that way, or it is perfect and unlimited.
2) Either our observation and reasoning as a species, together, is perfect and absolute, or it's imperfect and we could all still be incorrect. (The earth being flat, spontaneous generation, etc etc)
3) If my observation and reasoning, and the world's scientist's observation and reasoning is imperfect and limited then anything based on that limited observation and reasoning is also imperfect and limited. Therefore it follows that we will never know anything is true or absolute.
4) My reasoning and observations could be faulty. There is no way to prove my reasoning is absolutely correct, or that my observations are completely correct.
5) There will always be doubt and therefore our knowledge will never be Absolute.
That lack of perfection and that inability to prove things absolutely(without any doubt) means anything we try and prove or disprove, or conjecture on (this is 99% likely), is at the end of the day just hearsay. It's our best guess.
So rather than living my life saying, "It's more than likely that gravity exists", I say, "Given the proofs about gravity, I conjecture such and such… ".
From a scientific standpoint, we haven't even seen enough observations to make credible theories.
From a scientific perspective, we haven't even explored enough of our own universe to conjecture about the nature of anything.
But if we use that mentality to color our world, we would never have created the internet, made modern day breakthroughs in medicine, or seen the gigantic feats of engineering that all rely on this faulty inductive science.
I even go so far as to dislike the probability argument. I dislike to hear that something has a more than likely outcome of being true. We all know uncertainty exists, it's just some of us choose to live our lives knowing it's there but accepting certain realities.
• The Theory of Gravity
• The Belief in God
• The Law of Conservation of Matter and Energy
They are all things I know to be true, even if I can't deductively prove any of them correct, beyond a shadow of a doubt.
The people thinking it's my responsibility to prove all those things absolutely are thinking in absurd terms.
Lets accept the doubt that exists in our inductive world, but lets also allow the terms such as "prove, disprove, fact, and fiction".
To live in a world where we cannot accept the idea of a "fact" is the most absurd idea of all.
Let's accept our limited, inductive, and imperfect world and stop thinking in terms of probability and uncertainty.
The existence of truth and falsehood cannot be denied.


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LOOKOUT! the independent research and insights organisation based in Manchester city centre has today, 18th August 2016, confirmed that they will be running a free workshop at the Wirral & Chester Business Fair on the "importance of Knowledge", which will provide an interesting insight into the importance of capturing customer insights to form business decisions rather than make assumptions.
The event will take place at the New Brighton Floral Pavilion on Wednesday 21st September 2016 and will host more than 50 exhibitors and 500 visitors, and is organised by Liverpool BA.
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Model/actress Analeigh Tipton received a late Christmas gift on Friday (27Dec13) - a wedding proposal from her boyfriend.
The 25 year old shared the news of her engagement to boyfriend Aaron McManus with her fans on Instagram.com by uploading a video of the pair beaming while she shows off her diamond ring.
In the accompanying caption, she wrote, "If life was expected, love would be bound to an ideal unattainable to any of us. But thankfully, life and love is filled with unexpected beauty: I met this man six years ago, and today, he has asked me to spend the rest of our lives together--facing all of life's surprises as one. Of course, I said yes."
Tipton shot to fame on Tyra Banks' TV contest America's Next Top Model and has since appeared in films Warm Bodies, the Green Hornet and Crazy, Stupid, Love.


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Dudnyk buys device-marketing expert Stratagem
The formerly independent Stratagem will operate within the structure of Dudnyk's brand, and several key Stratagem personnel will join the new owners.
The northern California acquisition follows Dudnyk's move in February to open a southern California outpost, aimed at servicing clients such as Medtronic Diabetes, added to the roster this year.
"Our focus is communicating with specialty physicians and their patients in the biotech, biopharma, and medical device sectors," said Frank Powers, Dudnyk president (pictured below), in a statement about the acquisition. "The Stratagem team brings us additional senior talent and experience with those audiences and sectors; additional imaging, dermatology, and medical device marketing expertise; plus a strong direct-to-patient (DTP) portfolio."
Strategem accounts include ZONARE Medical Systems, John Muir Health, Valeant Pharmaceuticals and Roche Molecular Systems.
Dudnyk "will bring creative, digital, and scientific energy to our clients," said Susan Hempstead, a former Stratagem exec who is now joining Dudnky as SVP, account management and strategy. Among her colleagues staying on at the northern California shop are Patricia Malone, SVP, creative director, copy, and Paul Harris, SVP, creative director, art.
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As early as 1983, General Motors knew it could make its pickup trucks safer by mounting gas tanks inside the protective truck frame. But the company didn't move the tanks inside the frames for five years. The delay was unconscionable, in light of the scores of deaths from gas-tank fires set off by pickup collisions.
Also unconscionable was the government's approval of the dangerous truck design.
Consumer groups have pried from GM documents on Chevrolet and GMC pickup tests. Those documents indicate that the company knew the gas tanks mounted outside the rails of the trucks' frames were vulnerable. Yet the tanks passed government tests but ruptured in enough collisions to prompt more than 100 lawsuits from survivors, victims' families and consumer advocates.


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>The sense has become less pejorative in recent years
This doesn't look like it should have two different etymologies. 126.96.36.199 21:53, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
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Just looking to combine the two etymologies. Point raised by an anon on the entry's talkpage. Any volunteers? Jamesjiao → T ◊ C 22:18, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
- Volunteers for what? If someone can confirm that the two senses are indeed from the one etymology we have listed, I'll be glad to combine them. But I can't supply that confirmation myself.—msh210℠ (talk) 00:39, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
>The sense has become less pejorative in recent years
>The sense has become more pejorative in recent years
Thanks for the update, Wiktionary! --Æ&Œ (talk) 15:54, 16 July 2014 (UTC)


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AHO 25084 will be a Dunlop Part Number.
I'm hoping some learned sage can id a part for us and most specifically the aircraft used in.
The image shows a unit we have at Ferrymead Christchurch NZ but the interesting thing, apart from what it comes from, is the language on it.
The placard you see in the image has three lines of text being
on one end and the lesser on the other end as you see in the image
and engraved on the ends by the two connectors are
HOGTRYCK and LAGTRYCK along with INLOPP and UTLOPP
Google translates these as being Swedish and the words are Inlet Pressure, High Pressure, Low Pressure, Inlet, and Outlet respectively.
The base is clearly made to "embrace" a tubular member but there are no means of bolting or strapping it to same so that poses the question of how it was located.
Does anyone out there have an id on the unit but specifically the aircraft it most likely comes from?
Given the language the first that comes to mind for it to be here in NZ is the Saab340 but the unit looks to be of an older era and so that doesn't seem to be a runner.
all comments most welcome
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AHO 25084 will be a Dunlop Part Number.
Standard Dunlop pressure reducing valve. This one is ex Vampire, and sits on the engine frame.
That Bruce knows his stuff, obviously had a misspent Yooff it amazes me how quickly the answers are gained here, minutes in fact
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Great thanks guys, I did wonder about the Vampire given the green paint on the base.
Looks like the RNZAF must have picked up some parts originally destined for Sweden then.
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Moosehead Bar & Grill
This neighborhood staple in the Montford bar scene is the perfect place to sit back with a beer on a lazy Sunday, particularly while chomping down on some of the award-winning wings. The top pick: Uncle Donnie's famous blackened wings. Grab your basket and scope out a seat on the roof deck to enjoy the feast.
Flip'n Chicken
Flip'n Chicken's definitely got it right when it comes to its chicken creations. The restaurant prides itself on making its wings fresh every day; in fact, the place doesn't even have a freezer. The must-try flavor? Garlic Parmesan. Order a party pack for the big game and don't forget the homemade blue cheese dipping sauce.
Wing King Cafe
Yes, this local joint borders a gas station, but don't let that deter you; the variety of flavors you can claim inside this hole in the wall will definitely make up for it. You can get Wing King's raved-about birds drenched in 20 different sauces, and you can count on them to be cooked perfectly and seasoned just right. Roll up your sleeves and get down to business... oh, and it's recommended you leave your date at home.
Lebowski's Neighborhood Grill
The Dilworth fan favorite goes to Lebowski's, a laid-back neighborhood grill where the wings are the definite crowd-pleaser. Though it's technically a Buffalo Bills bar (the owner is from Buffalo), don't let that stop you. You really won't regret the visit after tasting the Gold Rush chicken wings -- a perfected sweet-and-spicy combination.
Whiskey Warehouse
The historic section of Plaza Midwood offers up some top-notch food, most particularly in the barbecue category. Whiskey Warehouse is no exception, and its crispy Warehouse wings -- particularly in Sriracha or Old Bay -- are a must-try. Call ahead and order for your upcoming tailgate, or simply enjoy your portion with a side of city skyline from the rooftop patio, which is always a bonus.
McKoy's Smokehouse & Saloon
Having mastered the art of BBQ, McKoy's draws in every type of wing clique -- from biker crowd to corporate group -- in search of a weekday food fest. Known for its slow-smoked meats, McKoy's wings are smoked in-house with pecan wood before being cooked over an open flame. Stop in for the Thursday night game, just in time for $.50 wings.
Kickstand Charlotte Burgers -n- Bar
Kickstand may be known by many for its burgers, but its wings should in no way go ignored. The local favorite has got to be the spicy tiger wings, but you can always spice it up even more with a go at the chef's blazin' hot. While savoring all the saucy goodness of these meats, just make sure to grab some Wet -Naps for the sake of those who have to watch you.
d.d. Peckers' Wing Shack
Don't underestimate the small retail space of this local dive. Tucked within a Park Rd strip mall, d.d. Peckers' can easily be missed, and that's exactly what makes it so appealing. Its meaty birds are raved to be world class and can be ordered in more than 20 different flavors (try the hot gold or honey hot) for up to 100 wings. The full bar inside doesn't hurt either.
Queen City Q
Queen City Q's fire-roasted jumbo wings are smoked low and slow daily and served with homemade sauces, from chipotle apricot to Jamaican jerk. This First Ward restaurant has room for you to spread out with as many friends as you want; plus, a new Concord location is in the works so you'll have more opportunities to get the smoked chicken you've come to obsess over.
Picasso's Sports Cafe
Though Picasso's is down to just one location now in the Charlotte area, it's worth the trip out to University. It may present the standard American sports bar vibe, but Picasso's chicken wings are far superior in terms of typical bar fare expectations. These consistent and perfectly crispy birds can be coated more than 10 different ways, drawing you back weekly to test out your palate on the next taste in the lineup.
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1. Moosehead Bar & Grill1807 Montford Dr, Charlotte
2. Flip'n ChickenCarmel Commons Shopping Center, Charlotte
3. Wing King Cafe13209 Carowinds Blvd, Charlotte
4. Lebowski's Neighborhood Grill1524 East Blvd, Charlotte
5. Whiskey Warehouse1221 The Plaza, Charlotte
6. McKoy's Smokehouse & Saloon4630 Old Pineville Road, Charlotte
7. Kickstand Burgers -n- Bar1101 Central Ave, Charlotte
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10. Picasso's Sports Cafe230 E W T Harris Blvd, Charlotte
Check out Uncle Donnie's Famous Blackened Wings. They will rock your world.
Their Garlic Parmesan wings are going to change your game day.
Don't let it's close proximity to a gas station fool you. You will find fantastic wings here.
As the name suggests, Lebowski's is your neighborhood spot for some good eats and a casual atmosphere. Try the killer Jerk Style Burger with an over-sized patty, pepper jack cheese, spicy pineapple salsa and sweet jerkiyaki glaze.
With a rooftop bar, a whiskey-forward cocktail program, and an endless roster of quality local beers, Whiskey Warehouse leaves little to be desired. The skyline view from the expansive string-light-clad rooftop earns this two-story bar/restaurant some serious street cred in the neighborhood's fast-growing nightlife scene. The ground floor is charmingly rustic, filled with leather couches, tables built of reclaimed wood, and vintage chandeliers -- and the staff clears space for both a live DJ and a dance floor on Fridays, to accommodate the sizable weekend crowds. The cuisine consists mainly of typical bar food -- soft pretzels, nachos, wings -- but drinking is the The Warehouse's primary draw. There are eight separate whiskey flights available, each carefully curated by the trained bartenders, along with several beers on tap, and a list of creative house cocktails, made to order.
This wing joint brings bikers and corporate workers together with their delicious wings and smoked meats.
This lively bicycle-themed haunt serves craft beer alongside a build-your-own-burger menu. Count on sports on the television and try to grab a seat on the patio.
There are 20 different wing flavors here. TWENTY.
Smoking is the name of the game at Queen City Q, from pork and brisket to ribs and sausage. If you can't make a call on your own, go ham and order the Q Platter with all the meat you could dream of, built for customizing with a table full of different sauces.
If Picasso could come back to life and eat wings anywhere in North Carolina, this place would be first on his list.


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WASHINGTON -- The seeds of possible future conflict lay in the agreement reached last week in London that ended the long years of civil war in Ethiopia.
The United States has been urging Eritrea, the rebellious province bordering the Red Sea, a former Italian colony, to consider uniting with Ethiopia in a federal system of government instead of seeking full independence. Such a course, U.S. officials believe, could discourage an eventual renewal of civil strife.
But the Eritreans are bent on full sovereignty. They say they have never been a part of Ethiopia. They announced last week they would run Eritrea under a provisional government that would operate out of their capital of Asmara until a United Nations-sponsored referendum on full independence can be held.


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Hey ladies of pop music, Katy Perry doesn't want to see your birthday suit.
Speaking with NPR, the "Roar" songstress says she's noticing a nude trend in her fellow pop stars these days — and she's not too thrilled about it.
"Like females in pop — everybody's getting naked. I mean, I've been naked before but I don't feel like I have to always get naked to be noticed," she tells radio host Scott Simon. "But it's interesting to see…"
"I'm not talking about anyone in particular. I'm talking about all of them," she explains. "I mean, it's like everybody's so naked. It's, like, put it away. We know you've got it. I got it too."
And don't worry, Perry is well aware that she's been a past offender.
She continues, "I've taken it off for — I've taken it out here and there. And I'm not necessarily judging. I'm just saying sometimes it's nice to play that card but also it's nice to play other cards. And I know I have that sexy card in my deck but I don't always have to use that card."
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FileSystemInfo.LastAccessTimeUtc Property
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Gets or sets the time, in coordinated universal time (UTC), that the current file or directory was last accessed.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Refresh cannot initialize the data.
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The caller attempts to set an invalid access time.
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Top 5 Movies Every Entrepreneur Should Watch
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1. The Social Network:
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While launching a successful business is a goal of every entrepreneur, it's not the only goal in life.
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After her first trip to Los Cabos, Mexico, salon owner Bambi Montgomery knew it wouldnât be her lastâand that next time, sheâd mix business with pleasure. âThe place immediately drew me in with its unique tone, beauty and attention to detail, and the tenderness of the people,â she says. âI started planning Hive on the return flight to Chicago.â
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Creating an Out of Bounds Effect in Photoshop
Images where animals or people bust out of their background are very popular, and it's easy to see why: the results can be very dynamic, adding a tremendous sense of movement. The technique is called Out of Bounds, and here's how you can create it using any version of Photoshop. It's not hard, and it is fun to do.
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4. Cut out the dolphin
Hold Option (Mac) or Alt (Windows) and click between the copied background and the frame layer to disable the Clipping Mask. Then make a selection of the front part of the dolphin, and copy it to a new layer. You can use the Quick Selection Tool if you like, but be sure to smooth out the resulting selection with the Refine Edge dialog box. Otherwise, all that water spray will produce a fuzzy outline. Make sure the cutout is at the top of the layer stack.
5. Make the Clipping Mask again
Make the background layer into a Clipping Mask with the frame layer once again, either by Option/Alt clicking between the two layers or by choosing it from the menu as in step 3. At this stage, you might want to revisit the shape of the frame: when it's vertical, as this is, the whole effect is rather stilted.
6. Adjust the frame shape
You can use Free Transform once again to adjust the shape and position of the frame layer. Because you've now got the full dolphin on view, it's easier to create a pleasing arrangement: the effect here works better when the dolphin appears to come from the center of the frame. This means only a small portion of it is now busting out of the frame—but, as is so often the case, less is more.
7. Add a dolphin shadow
Paint a shadow on a new layer, in black and with a hard-edged brush, beneath all the other layers. It doesn't need to be that accurate. When it looks right, use Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur to soften it. I've chosen a lighting direction coming from the top right, because that suits this image well.
8. Add a frame shadow
To make the background picture look more convincing, add a new shadow on a separate layer behind the frame. It's easiest to draw this with the Polygonal Lasso tool (hint: hold Option (Mac) or Alt (Windows) with the regular Lasso to access this temporarily). Draw along the bottom of the frame, so there's a faint shadow there. Fill with black, then use Gaussian Blur once again to soften it.
9. Group the shadows
Select both shadow layers, and choose Layer > Group Layers. Then reduce the opacity of the whole group. This produces better results than lowering the opacity of the shadows individually, especially when they overlap.
10. Fade the shadows
Make a Layer Mask for the shadow layer (Layer > Mask > Reveal All) and paint on the edges of the shadow with a large, soft-edged brush at low opacity, to make the shadows fade away slightly. This makes them look much more realistic. And now you're done.


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Negroponte to visit Pakistan to convince Musharraf to restore democracy as soon as possibleNovember 14th, 2007 - 3:18 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Nov.14 (ANI): US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte will visit Pakistan this week to press the Musharraf regime to lift the state of emergency in the country.
"He (Negroponte) will be making the same kinds of point to the Pakistani officials he meets with that you've heard from the President, from the Secretary and others," State Department Deputy Spokesman Tom Casey said.
"We want to see an end to the state of Emergency, we want to see elections move forward as quickly as possible, we want to see those elections take place in an atmosphere that allows for free, fair and open competition," The News quoted Casey, as saying.
Negroponte, who is currently on a West African tour, will hold talks late this week with "a variety of senior Pakistani officials", Casey said, without revealing whether the diplomat will personally meet Musharraf.
Negroponte's visit will, however, not be concentrated on the political situation alone. He will also hold discussions on a variety of bilateral issues, including on counter- terrorism cooperation, economic reform and development issues, Casey said.
The Deputy Spokesman said Musharraf had received a "very clear message" from President George W Bush that there is a "change in how we view the government of Pakistan" since the imposition of emergency.
On former premier Benazir Bhutto's statement that she will not serve with Musharraf in the government, Casey said it was for the Pakistanis to decide what kind of political formation they want and the US will not be involved in the issue.
"Clearly we want to see her be able to move freely and conduct her activities as she sees fit," he said.
Casey said Musharraf has taken some "positive steps" towards steering Pakistan back into normalcy, but not enough for the US to "feel comfortable". (ANI)
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For all the deepest thought compiled,
Philosophy to laws of physics
No one's ever heard or seen,
A more beautiful thing,
Than this love that saved us.
In the soundless awe and wonder,
Words fall short to hope again.
How beautiful,
How vast Your love is,
New forever,
World without an end.
The very spark that burns the stars,
Drew near to me today,
The God of everything that is,
Whispered in my ear that His love is boundless.
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text: The Roxy Ride Days cross Canada tour had its second stop this weekend at Mont Avila, near Montreal Quebec, to a sold out crowd of female riders. Upping the excitement were special guest coaches, including: Canadian Roxy rider Joanie Robichaud, recently appointed Transwold Snowboarding's Rookie of The Year, Corinne Pasela, and legend Erin Comstock. The day began with girls showing off their skills in the pro and progression park where the light snowfall gave everything a pretty coating and cushy landing. The Mont Avila terrain park staff did an incredible job with the progression park and really allowed girls to push their comfort level. As with every Roxy Ride Day, the camp ends with a game of R.O.X.Y. which is based on the rules of H.O.R.S.E. or S.K.A.T.E. A trick is called and if you cannot land the trick you receive a letter. The process repeats itself until the girl with the least letters is left standing and is crowned the winner. Taking top honors for the Jump was Gabby Kedzierski, Advanced Rail went to Veronique Laramée and Intermediate Rail to Emilie Fillion. Congratulations to everyone who pushed themselves! On the topic of prizes, a shiny new Roxy Ollie Pop Snowboard needed to be given away. With the ROXY Outdoor Fitness launching this Spring it seemed fitting to have a push-up battle for the coveted board prize. Several push-ups later there was a clear and muscular winner. Great job Chloe Vo! The next camp is at Grouse Mountain, BC on March 16 followed by Lake Louise, AB on March 30. Start practicing your push-ups and dance moves as you never know what the next snowboard challenge may be. Sign up for upcoming camps here.


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Once Jason O'Connor got the hang of Czech nymphing, he started catching twice as many fish on pocket-water rivers and creeks.
"I've been nymphing a long time," he said. "Normally, on the Stillwater River a guy has four fish and that's a great day. With the Czech rig, it's a whole different ballgame. You catch more fish."
Czech nymphing is one of four methods developed for European competitive fly fishing. The Czechs actually copied the Poles and modified the angling technique. Then the French and Spanish came up with similar techniques using longer lines for more wary fish.
At the base of all of the techniques is a simple idea, said Rob Kelly of Wild Fly Anglers. The end of the line has a weighted fly to sink quickly to the bottom where fish are swimming in less current. Anglers utilize longer and lighter rods — 10- to 11-foot 3 and 4 weights, although 9-foot rods also work. They all also use tight lines, there's no slack line while fishing.
None of the techniques use strike indicators, which act like bobbers. And in none of the methods do the fly lines actually touch the water, only the leader. As a result, the casts are more of a lob than a traditional fly-fishing cast.
Czechs and Poles
In a Czech rig, Kelly uses at least a 9-foot, 3x tapered leader. Onto that he attaches a 12-inch high-visibility "sighter" line made of colored monofilament or 30-pound colored backing. Onto the sighter line he ties in 5 to 6 feet of 4x, 5x or 6x tippet material. About 6 inches above the end of the line he ties in a 20-inch section of 4x, 5x or 6x tippet with a surgeon's knot. This longer section of line that is added becomes the leader to the heavier fly that will ride along the bottom of the stream, called the anchor fly. From the 6-inch tag line 20 inches up from the bottom, he'll add a smaller nymph, called a dropper.
"With this technique you're leading your flies," Kelly explained. "You're not pulling them, but you're keeping the slack out.
"You want to stay tight to your flies so that when a fish does take it, you feel it."
The entire leader setup, from the sighter to the bottom fly, should be about two-thirds of the length of the fly rod.
The main difference between the Polish and the Czech rigs, Kelly said, is that the Poles use a heavier 1x leader — about 20 inches long — above the sighter line. The Poles will also lead the flies through the drift faster than the Czechs.
French and Spanish
The French and Spanish rigs employ longer leaders — anywhere from 15 to 35 feet — for waters where the fish are more easily spooked, the water is shallower and the fishing pressure is heavy.
To rig the line for the French method, tie in 9, 12 or 15 feet of tapered 2x to 3x leader. At the end of that attach a coiled sighter line, also called a Curly Q or slinky, with tippet rings on each end. (Tippet rings are small rings that allow the angler to cut off the leader and add a different one, such as when dry flies begin to hatch. Kelly keeps his tied leaders wound around a piece of foam for quick changes.) Below that add 4 to 5 feet of 4x, 5x or 6x tippet. The end of the line is tied the same as the Czech and Polish rigs — with an anchor fly 20 inches below a dropper fly.
Kelly ties the Spanish nymph leader much the same as the French, except he uses 16 to 20 inches of high visibility monofilament line to create the sighter line. Below the sighter line he adds 4 to 6 feet of 4x, 5x or 6x tippet. He places the anchor fly about 24 inches below the dropper fly — 4 inches farther than the French rig.
"The flies aren't necessarily sinking to the bottom," Kelly said. "It looks more like an emerging insect."
The main difference between the two rigs is how they are fished, Kelly said. The French will cast straighter upstream using smaller flies — size 14 and down — in an attempt to stay out of the fish's field of view. The Spanish will still use a heavier anchor fly but will cast upstream and across at a 45-degree angle.
"Most of these techniques we're talking about short drifts, much shorter than with an indicator rig," he said.
Not for everywhere
Although the directions may seem daunting, Kelly said the fishing method isn't that complicated to execute. It just takes time and practice to get a feel for how fast to move the nymphs through the current and to notice strikes, since the takes are subtle.
Although a proven fish catcher, the methods don't work in all scenarios. They tend to be better for pocket-water streams like the Stillwater and Boulder rivers or Rock Creek, as opposed to large tailwater streams like the Bighorn or Missouri rivers. It's also not a technique that can be fished from drift boats or rafts. The angler has to be wading, sometimes fairly deep, so chest waders come in handy.
But because anglers are using longer rods at shorter distances and not worrying about getting drag-free drifts like they would using an indicator, they can fish behind boulders that would normally be difficult, Kelly said.
"You're only limited by how close you can get to the fish," he said. "There is some stealth involved."
He also has caught fish right at his feet. The fishing style also works well in windy weather, since the casts are relatively short.
More fish
Kelly said that since he started using the technique on smaller rivers about four years ago, his catch rates have jumped two to three times what they were when he used an indicator.
"I think you miss a lot of strikes with an indicator because the split shot (used in place of an anchor fly) has to move two to three times farther" for the angler to feel the bite, Kelly said. "With the Czech method, there's no slack line in the system, so you feel the strike right away."
The type of flies Kelly uses doesn't seem to make a whole lot of difference. He typically uses a beadhead weighted rubber-legged stonefly as the anchor fly, using a bigger fly in faster water so it sinks more quickly.
"I tell guys when they're starting off to use heavier flies than you need because you want that feedback" of hitting the stream bottom, Kelly said. "As you get better and develop more of a feel, you can fish lighter flies."
O'Connor is a convert.
"If a guy can nymph fish, it only takes a couple of times to pick it up," he said.
"It takes awhile to get good at it," Kelly said. "But most people will notice a difference in their catch rates right away."


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Open Thread: Friends and Family and Everyone Else
Here's a place to talk about the relationships in your life whenever you want.
This is a dusty VHS of 'When Harry Met Sally,' because this WHOLE ARGUMENTis a dusty VHS of 'When Harry Met Sally.'
Scientists are so horny. Seriously, never ask a rhetorical question around a scientist, because there's nothing they won't make about seed-spreading or cave people sex. "Oh my God, why is this meatball sandwich so delicious?" "Because cavemen had a biological imperative to spread their genetic material to as many females as possible. "
What? 1) That doesn't make much sense and 2) Please don't ruin my sandwich's mystery.I think that's why we see so many studies of whether or not men and women can be friends without wanting to tap eachother senseless. Scientists are in their labs all day, bunsen burning things, being bummed that there's probably no real way to summon Kelly LeBrock by electrocuting a barbie. Eventually they probably just start picturing all of their platonic friends nude out of boredom. I remember AP Biology. Blah blah Krebs cycle blah blah carbon, where are the boobs, this terrible. Take this new reasearch from the ol' horndogs at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (please note that it was not conducted on the main campus, and branch schools are full of crazy nymphos). It's yet another "If One Person Has a Hoo Hoo and Another Has a Winkie, Can They Watch a Bunch of DVR'd Episodes of 'The Soup' Without One of Them Dying in a Sex Accident?" study. Can they? CAN THEY? I need to know, I do this a lot, and I don't want to die in a sex accident (before I'm thirty).
This study is sort of unique: it concedes that male and female friendships can exist without somebody exploding, but it also says that they probably shouldn't exist, period. Because it'll probably end in heartbreak. Hm. Thanks, Professor Harry Reems, but that sounds less like science and more like advice.The study asked opposite-sex friend pairs to anonymously rate how attractive they found their opposite-sex friend, whether they wanted to date the opposite-sex friend, and if they thought their opposite-sex friend was into them. It already sounds kinda mean, right? Who wants to know this? (Also, I'm assuming that these were all heterosexual couples, because my best friend is a dude but he is not really into having sex with me, because I don't look like Tom Hardy or have a penis.)When we were discussing the story this morning, Emily said that it might be fun to ask our straight guy friends if they've ever wanted to sleep with us.
I declined to do this because first off, I'm in a fragile place emotionally and I couldn't deal with my friend Andy, who is a total goober without the sense to lie, saying I'm not his "type."
Secondly, don't you sort of know which of your friends would have sex with you? I don't think people -- male or female -- are generally very slick about who they'd do in a pinch or a drunk Christmas party closet. We don't do as much quiet, Topher Gracian harboring of feelings as we'd like to think.
I admit, there have been cases in which I've had feelings for somebody but the thought of acting on them turned me into some kind of repressed English butler, scurrying off to a drawing room to arrange tea roses. There are these kinds of grey areas, sure, but I can pretty much scroll through the non-relative heterosexual men on my G-chat list or my Facebook and go, Would do me, wouldn't do me, total stranger, guy who would probably do me based on my Facebook pictures but would be slightly disappointed by IRL me but might do me anyway, did me, did me, did me. I briefly considered, a la the study, how much I wanted to do these guys, but I'm a bad control, because I have a crush on every boy. It was a bit like, Sure, sure, sure, sure, sure, no, no, no, no, no hahahaha NO, sure, eh why not. (Except a lot longer, because I have like, a thousand friends.)
Literally SURROUNDED by platonic dude friends. I look sad because none of them want to make love to me.
But the more scientific study than mine had grimmer results. Men usually were hotter for their platonic friends than the women were for theirs. (Why? Because men are programmed to want to bone all the time, every day, or their man fluids will back up and start bubbling gooily out of their ears like an obscene human baked brie. - Science.) Additionally, people who were sexually interested in their platonic friends tended to be dissatisfied with their current romantic partners. Wait, wait. What?Listen, I haven't dated anybody for a bit, because I'm too busy and important. But I don't feel like being attracted to a guy friend (or, okay, everybody) has ever been the reason I felt unhappy in a relationship. So maybe it's a causation and correlation issue. The fact that I'd potentially do my buddy in some kind of desert island scenario doesn't mean anything other than that I have something entertaining to think about when he's telling a boring story and I'm just watching his pretty mouth move. If you're so overwhelmed with sexual longing for a friend that it's making you dissatisfied with your current partner, you can't pin that on some idea that "hardwired mating instincts" make boy-girl friendships impossible. I think that means you're in a dissatisfying relationship and/or you want to bone your friend.This may also be a case where simply participating in a study contaminates the results. How did the conversation go that got these "opposite-sex friends" into the science lab? Oh, hey, you up to anything on Saturday? I thought we might participate in a free research study about whether or not men and women who are friends secretly want to do each other at the University of Wisconsin. No, not the main campus. Eau-Claire.The implication again and again seems to be that we ultimately don't have control over our sexual impulses. That a girl in a relationship shouldn't have a guy friend, because she'll ultimately want to have sex with him and cheat on her boyfriend, or that a guy shouldn't be friends with a woman who doesn't want to have sex with him, because he will allow himself to be taken advantage of for hugs and free rides to the mall and late night shoulder crying, because he wants to have sex with her so bad that he can't extricate himself. I tend to dislike science that seeks to exonerate people for being shitty. I tend to really dislike the studies that suggest that there are scores of lovelorn men out there, being "friend-zoned" by women who like the attention but are unwilling to remunerate for it with sex. There is no such thing as "a friend zone." That's called "knowing somebody who doesn't want to fuck you." I doubt that these studies will go away, or that some weirdo with a clipboard will stop insisting that my guy friends all are being secretly driven mad by thoughts of railing me when we're hanging out together. I know it's positively erotic when I do that thing where I complain that his house smells like socks, make fun of his beard, and constantly ask for romantic advice that I refuse to listen to. Any friend of mine, male or female, has probably heard my boner-wilting Nico impression or seen me eat a mozzarella stick, and I don't think you can be attracted to somebody after that.
Still, I really resent this nascent implication in these friend studies that women continue to be like this and men continue to be like this so we should stop expecting all people to be decent to one another. It's mean spirited and pointless. It doesn't serve anybody to suggest that we're slaves to our impulses to hump eachother -- in addition to being borderline rapey, it is science by Steve Harvey, and it is dumb.
Besides, if I do have a friend who I secretly want to meatball sub, that's private. I can control both my impulse to rip his clothes off or do that thing where my tongue rolls out of my head and makes a little staircaise. That's what's separates civilized society from those pervy-ass scientists.


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This month Rob Fischer discusses biscoradio.com...
When you ask what the most important thing about a band is, the answer is simple. It's the music. biscoradio exists to deliver the music of the disco biscuits to the people.
In early 2002, I was blessed with some free bandwidth, enough to provide a poor quality (30 kbps) audio stream to 10 people. I started out playing music from all sorts of genres, but quickly realized that not many people would tune in because they didn't know what would be playing at any given time. So, inspired by www.weenradio.com, I figured I'd take the most interesting live band I'd seen, the disco biscuits, and set up a streaming radio station for them. This way if someone wanted to hear the disco biscuits, well, they could tune into biscoradio and get some instant gratification.
Within a few months, the 10 slots were filling up daily and it was time to expand. I got in touch with www.streamguys.com, and they hooked me up with a bandwidth deal that I've exploited for years, giving biscoradio 35 streams of 128kbps stereo "cd-quality" disco biscuits goodness. Around the same time that streamguys helped me out, I also started messing with YaBB message board software. I figured I'd test it out on biscoradio before I recommended it to a client, and amazingly, people started posting and the software was stable, free, and it worked. Although we've grown to over 1200 registered users, we've kept the friendly community feeling that we've had since the beginning. I'm constantly amazed by the generosity and helpful nature of the disco biscuits fans.
After about 6 months of setting up playlists and controlling what was being played, I decided it was time to turn over control to the people listening. As Microsoft had just released C#.NET, I figured I'd try messing around with that, so I wrote a radio control program to listen to winamp and load up whole shows based on votes cast on the website.
So, biscoradio has constantly running elections to determine what will play next. While other sites will let users request single songs, biscoradio is unique in the world of streaming radio in having listeners vote for whole shows. Democracy is king.
After running the site for awhile, I became a member of the biscuits taping community, Plan C(think of PCP in phish days). This group of people record shows, track them, listen to find the best source, etc.
While Plan C wants to propogate flawless copies of shows and doesn't release a source to the public until it has been listened to by a couple people, biscoradio has the honor of being able to play shows as soon as the taper gets them transferred. So, in the days following a show, biscoradio usually gets it played for up to 85 listeners at a time, before it is available to the public on archive.org. The biscoradio message boards have a private area that just deals with Plan C issues and sources. By embracing the taping community, providing bandwidth and a discussion area, biscoradio has helped spread the music of the biscuits beyond just the streams.
Biscoradio has streamed the music of the biscuits, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for over 3 years now, and has grown to include an active message board, extensive show information, and has become a place for the tapers to get their shows released through Plan C. For almost 2 years now, biscoradio has been completely financially supported by the listeners. It's refreshing to have a site that doesn't have advertisements where the content is good enough that the users are willing to chip in a few dollars here and there to keep it coming.
So, if you want to hear the music of the disco biscuits, the place to go for instant gratification is biscoradio.com. – A huge thanks to foss of www.nurbs.org for site design and the initial streaming radio idea and also to rebdrew, who provides the bandwidth and hardware for the website. Without these two guys biscoradio would not exist.
Thanks to The Disco Biscuits, Jon Goldberg and the Plan C community, and our wonderful message board moderators – zippy, BernieBoop, burnout, Keelan, and Chucky.


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