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Here are two low-cost ornaments that you can make with the help of your children that require little fuss and effort.
Kids will have a jolly good time crafting non-edible Cinnamon Ornaments and Candy Trains for the Christmas tree and for their friends and family members.
They add a personal touch and make perfect gifts that will have both the giver and "getter" smiling in delight for many Christmases to come.
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Get ready to shake it like a Polaroid picture (and by Polaroid we mean an animated logo)!
Animated logos are on the rise, and it's no surprise. Our eyes gravitate towards things that move: ocean waves, blazing fires and computer screens. That same eye-catching magic has recently surfaced in logo design, too.
We want you to know how to make a logo spin, bounce, fold, warp, transform and more, so we've broken down this logo dance into nine steps. Let's start learning the moves.
Logos that rotate
One recent trend in animated logo design is rotation. For investment company Lux Capital one thing is clear: make money. Design studio Mucho plays with the idea of addition, multiplication and profit by rotating the "X" in Lux. Additionally, after the "X" rotates, it rises upwards and to the right, another nod to the idea of profit.
The Giant Owl logo takes a different approach to rotation. The circular forms start by rotating like a film reel, then they blink like owl eyes. This is the practicality of animation; we wouldn't necessarily understand what those shapes were without the movement. The animation opens up doors to logo design concepts that wouldn't succeed with static art.
Terri Timely is a duo of directors that specialize in quirky and comedic short films. Their logo uses animated rotation to add character and personality to the logo design. All of the elements of the clock spin in a silly and rapid manner. The rotation takes a logo that is quite modest and turns it into something fun and playful.
Logos that hide & reveal
Everyone loves a "big reveal." It's used in magic acts, narrative storytelling, game show prizes and even in logo design.
Check out how Pentagram uses a reveal to expand on the concept of "opening" in their logo for OpenView. The logo begins with the "O" and "V" characters, then spreads them apart and reveals the full logo name in between. This use of a reveal allows the logo to transition seamlessly between its full form and its "shorthand" version.
In the Biber Architects logo, Spin takes a minimal and "small" approach to the "big" reveal. The logo begins with an abstract image, portraying the stem of the "i" in negative space. This concept speaks to light and dark, or the photographic and nuanced aspects of their architectural design. As the logo animates, it hides the dot of the "i" behind the second "b," which brings even further attention to the negative space in the logo. The David Rowland logo by ico Design uses similar animation.
Delfina Foundation, an artists' residence non-profit, is represented by a bold and modern monogram. The logo reduces down to an underline, then to nothing, and finally completes its cycle by revealing the "D" and "F" again. It has a utilitarian feel and quite simply it works. This straight-forward functionality represents the idea that Delfina Foundation is bringing functionality to artists.
Logos that are hand-drawn
Hand-drawn logos—both skeuomorphic and real—have been around forever. It's no surprise that designers have started using animation to take that style to the next level.
Faymus, Tangled and Embla all use animation to visually articulate the process of "drawing" or "painting" the logos. The animations exaggerate the logos' hand-drawn appearances by showing us the artistic process: from smooth brush strokes to blotchy marks to swirling pencil design.
The Feral Sphere logo by Mind Design takes a different approach by using animation as a method for iteration. In other words, each frame of the animation portrays a new version of an organic, living logo. This concept works well for a fashion company that creates their products using organic materials sourced using renewable energy.
Logos that transform
Every aspiring logo owner has done it before: asked a designer to merge a rhinoceros with a moving truck, a coffee cup with an owl or combine two objects that represent their business. Luckily, with animation it's no longer a tall order!
Even Google relies on animation to transform the word "Google" into a microphone, a pulsating wavelength, bouncing dots and a shorthand "G" logo. Similarly, designer Gun Karlsson uses animation to change the word "Brikk" into a neon glowing brick. Designer William Kesling morphs the word "Labs" into abstract globs with photographic fills.
Logos that expand
Dynamic branding has always been a challenge of figuring out how to make a logo fit within any dimension or scale. Animation is one tool that can facilitate that process. For example, the Ideo Architekci logo design contains a yellow grid based area that can expand or contract to fill any space. It's a great solution, especially given that architecture often works with similar grid systems and floorplans.
Animated expansion serves other concepts, too. The Eat logo by Fable literally eats as the typographic characters get bigger and bigger with each "bite." In contrast, the Stevenson Systems logo expands the "S" into a series, or a stack of systematic parts.
The logo for furniture designer Simon Pengelly expands by adding lines or layers to represent the layering of plywood. Not only does this speak to the material in his products, it helps the logo fit into different spaces throughout the company's branding!
Logos that swap elements
The trend of animated logos has also brought many designs that replace one aspect of the logo with a set of interchangeable parts. For example, in the Bang PR logo explodes the word "Bang" and fills the center with an interchanging set of PR related successes, such as "10 billion 'likes'" and "HEROIC STUFF".
Meanwhile, Sello uses interchanging animation to replace the "o" in Sello with a set of circular objects that people sell on the platform. The Hotel Koster logo by Bedow swaps out simple illustrations of three parts of the hotel; the dining room, bar and terrace.
Logos that rearrange
In a slight shift from logos that swap, we find animated rearranging, where existing logo elements move around into different compositions.
Modhouse, a sustainable modular home company, represents their product with an animated logo built of modules. In the animation, we see each "module" of the logo come together and rearrange themselves in a central location on the grid.
The Sim Smith logo plays with the idea of a picture frame featuring rearranging content—a perfect idea for an art gallery! Meanwhile, Design Torget rearranges the letters "D" and "T" to represent different products they sell.
Logos that warp
Stretching and warping are like the fireworks of animated design. The University of the Arts Helsinki logo looks like a bouncing building full of creative artists who are about to bust the walls down.
But not all stretching and warping logos have to be explosive. The wonderfully modest logo for Rikstreatret, a touring theatre company, features a black border or "stage" that stretches and warps, speaking to the idea that they perform in many different spaces of different shapes and proportions.
Logos that travel
Making objects move is one of the most basic fundamentals of animation. Let's look at how designers take this simple concept and run with it. PR firm Flight shows us a logo that creates trails from left to right, a wonderful visual articulation of flight that feels like we are moving or traveling across each letter.
Restaurant Common Lot uses movement to give each "O" a life of its own. The restaurant is inspired by common land, grazing sheep and shared plates, and the "O"'s can be perceived as grazing animals or traveling people coming together at a dining table.
Designer Brien Hopkins gives the shining beam of a lighthouse by allowing it to flash across the logo from left to right, and to complete the number "6" with its creation of negative space.
Logos that are 3D
We can't forget one of the most game-changing evolutions in technological history: 3D.
Check out how the Haverstock logo by Spy uses a three-dimensional fold to bring six striking vertical lines into the shape of an "H." Meanwhile designers at Commando Group spin and rotate the symbol for 4B on 3D axes.
It's time to get moving!
Now that you've seen how designers like to move it, we hope you are feeling inspired to shake things up, too. Don't be afraid to approach the idea of an animated logo in your next design endeavor. These nine examples of animation can showcase your brand in a way you never thought possible.


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There's a new leader on SplashData's annual worst passwords list and it's not a tough one to guess.
The most common, and therefore worst, password of 2013 was "123456." "Password" fell to number two for the first time since SplashData started tracking passwords on the Internet. Rounding out the top five are "12345678," "qwerty," and "abc123."
SplashData creates its annual list of worst passwords by looking through millions of stolen passwords posted online in the previous year. The massive breach suffered by Adobe in November 2013 influenced the list, with "adobe123″ taking the number 10 spot. "Photoshop" ranked 15th.
Several common passwords are simply random words and phrases, such as "monkey," "iloveyou," "shadow," and "sunshine."
"As always, we hope that with more publicity about how risky it is to use weak passwords, more people will start taking simple steps to protect themselves by using stronger passwords and using different passwords for different websites," Morgan Slain, CEO of SplashData, said in a statement.
The company advises that people and businesses with vulnerable passwords change them right away. Coming up with a secure password is not as easy as using mixed characters, according to SplashData. It's best to come up with a string of random words separated by spaces or other characters. SplashData used "cakes years birthday" and "smiles_light_skip?" as examples. No matter how strong the password, it should not be used on multiple accounts.
And in a plug for the company's product, SplashData suggested people use a password manager if they struggle to keep all their passwords straight. Its SplashID Safe is available for Mac and Windows.


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Did it come with a card attached that says, "Thank you for being a friend"?
A 1991 painting depicting a topless Bea Arthur that was created by artist John Currin has sold at an auction Wednesday for $1.9 million. The sale was part of a larger Christie's auction in New York of post-war and contemporary art that brought in a total of $495 million -- a record figure for any art auction.
The Christie's sale featured 72 items by many of the most coveted names in 20th century art. Works by Jackson Pollock, Roy Lichtenstein and Jean-Michel Basquiat brought in record auction amounts. Among the collectors reported to be in attendance were Los Angeles billionaire Eli Broad, J. Crew Chief Executive Millard Drexler and model Kate Upton.
ART: Can you guess the high price?
Pollock's drip painting "Number 19, 1948" brought in $58.4 million, easily exceeding the high end of expectations of $35 million. The New York Times reported the painting previously sold for $2.4 million. Lichtenstein's painting "Woman with Flowered Hat" brought in $56.1 million; it had been owned by Ronald Perelman, the New York billionaire.
Basquiat's painting "Dustheads" fetched $48.8 million. An Andy Warhol self-portrait went for $5.2 million.
Other artists represented in the auction were Urs Fischer, Cy Twombly, Bruce Nauman, Ed Ruscha, Willem de Kooning, Sam Francis, Frank Stella and Donald Judd.
Nestled among the highly valued works of art was Currin's "Bea Arthur Nude," an oil painting that depicts "The Golden Girls" actress, who died in 2009, with her breasts bared. The piece had been expected to bring in $1.8 million to $2.5 million.
Currin is known for his sexually provocative paintings, some of which depict famous women in various states of undress.
On Tuesday, a Sotheby's sale of contemporary art brought in a total of $293.6 million.
Chinese bowl bought for just $3 sells for $2.2 million at auction
Edvard Munch's 'The Scream' goes for $119.9 million at Sotheby's
Artworks by Barnett Newman and Gerhard Richter set auction records
TONYS 2013: Nominees, photos and full coverage of the awards
CHEAT SHEET: Spring Arts Preview
PHOTOS: Arts and culture in pictures


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A cool, quick, quick-thinking rookie, Roethlisberger, already 6-0 in the NFL going into the Cleveland game next Sunday, fits the Steelers as if born to play in Pittsburgh. When he came to them last summer, providing precisely what Coach Bill Cowher lacked and needs, they otherwise were (as they remain) one of football's great teams, perhaps right now the greatest.
As the Philadelphia Eagles discovered in 27-3 defeat last Sunday, the Steelers' offensive line is their strength.
Cowher also fields a wholly successful 3-4 defense that hinges on USC-trained safety Troy Polamalu and four large, fast linebackers.
And in the scoring department, the Steelers have assembled four big guns, wide receivers Hines Ward and 6-foot-5 Plaxico Burress and running backs Duce Staley and Jerome Bettis. Six weeks ago, Cowher, looking at his 1-1 team, could count on every man but one. And since then, that one has won them all. Not that Roethlisberger is Cowher's first good passer. Todd Blackledge, Neil O'Donnell, Kordell Stewart and Tommy Maddox seemed promising too. But for whatever reason, they didn't quite fit. Big Ben fits.
Steelers' Soft Passes Identify New Passer
AS THE STEELERS asked the big guy to throw the ball half the time on first down, Roethlisberger hit the Eagles Sunday with a pair of touchdown passes in an aggressive 21-3 first half that showcased a new kind of quarterback. Never in pro football has there been an era when such soft, easy passes flowed out of the grip of a passer of that size (6 feet 5, 242 pounds). There was no zip whatever on Roethlisberger's fastball, just fluidity and great accuracy. He simply laid the ball out there at the right time precisely and usually in the right spot. With Roethlisberger in their pass offense, the Steelers call no deep crossing patterns, no deep square-ins or square-outs. Football fans looking for power passes must look elsewhere.
Even Roethlisberger's occasional bombs arrive as soft floaters. For, whereas power passers are typically as big-armed as Brett Favre, Roethlisberger is equipped with the small arms of a much smaller man. In Pittsburgh, offseason project No. 1 seems indicated: intensive physical conditioning for their big new quarterback, who, however, the way he is, would have been drafted first, ahead of Eli Manning, if he'd attended Michigan, say, rather than Miami of Ohio. They tell you in Ohio that when Michigan and Ohio State finally recruited him, Roethlisberger had by then promised to play for the only school that had known about him, and had called him, earlier, Miami. To Roethlisberger, a promise is apparently a promise. He looks to be that type.
In defense of their 18-point lead, the Steelers, in the second half of the Eagle game, ran the clock with Bettis except on third-down plays. And though third down normally means heavy pressure on the passer, as it did this time, and though third down should therefore always belong to the defensive team — which on that down knows pass plays are imminent — Roethlisberger nonetheless hit most of his in the second half as he and Bettis preserved their first-half momentum, moving the cautious Steelers to a pair of field goals. That finished off undefeated Philadelphia, reminding onlookers that, a week earlier, the Steelers had as surely dominated undefeated New England.
Coordinators Take Charge of Cowher's Team
COWHER HAS THREE new secret weapons, in all, in his 13th year as the NFL's senior head coach. The key is Roethlisberger. Second, Cowher himself seems to have mellowed and is now beloved by all his players. Or maybe that's been true right along. Maybe he's naturally gruff but good-hearted. And, third, he has reorganized the coaching staff, putting two assistants in full command. They are offensive coordinator Ken Whisenhunt, a clever jumped-up tight end who has taken charge of offense, and defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau, a former NFL head coach who has rejoined the Steelers to take defense off Cowher's hands.
One mark of a heads-up offensive coordinator is whether he's ready with special plays for special occasions, particularly early on when a game is on the line. And last Sunday, Whisenhunt was ready twice with the calls that produced Pittsburgh's first two touchdowns. The first such play, sent in after Roethlisberger had passed Pittsburgh down the field, was a surprise reverse that Ward ran for 16 yards and a 7-0 lead. Reverses don't always or even usually succeed. They typically work only when there's no good reason to look for a reverse. For his second number, Whisenhunt played on the defensive tendencies of the Eagles, who, as Roethlisberger passed to Ward for a 20-yard touchdown, didn't pursue him on a double-motion pass play that did look a bit screwy, as if Ward were confused. Never bet on that.
LeBeau is one of several sound defensive coordinators now at work in the NFL. His forte, the unusual blitz, involved all 11 potential rushers last Sunday in one or another charge at the passer. On one play, LeBeau sent three Steelers on an outside blitz from the same side of the line. That rush, combining a Pittsburgh linebacker, cornerback and safety — none taking the shorter inside route — overwhelmed the Eagles. By comparison, the Eagle defense usually blitzed from the wrong side of the scrimmage line as Roethlisberger or sometimes Bettis made big plays the other way. Thus LeBeau demonstrated again that one mark of a heads-up defensive coordinator is that his team looks as if it knows what it's doing. That's also true of an effective offensive line coach, and Cowher has one of those too, Russ Grimm, the former Washington hog whom he has elevated to assistant head coach. No surprise that the offensive line makes the Steelers what they are.
Colts Know How to Run One-Back Football
THE INDIANAPOLIS COLTS, who won a 31-28 game from Minnesota Monday night, might not have enough defense to last long in the playoffs this winter. But they've been showing the league how to run the ball from scrimmage. Again against Minnesota, in the Colts' basic formation, they didn't have a a blocking back on the field.
Instead, lining up with one running back behind the quarterback, the Colts attacked the Viking defense with three wide receivers. As running back Edgerrin James carried 26 times for 123 yards, his wide receivers tore off in all directions, taking along the Minnesota people assigned to cover them — the very people who could have been tackling James.
Thus, as James averaged more than 4.6 yards a carry, he was frequently racing through cleared ground after taking handoffs from quarterback Peyton Manning and choosing the most promising open spaces in the Viking line.
Football's conservatives, by contrast, are still trying to ram holes in the defense with fullbacks or blocking backs assigned to lead their ballcarriers through the line. In this system, the blocker, not the running back, chooses the hole — which isn't always the runner's preference — and the choice has to be made two steps earlier, often before a better hole opens.
The truth is that, most of the time, a blocking back simply gets in the way of the running back. Moreover, he's usually blocking a linebacker — the very player who comes out of the game, anyway, when a third wide receiver forces the defense to insert a fifth defensive back.
Both Indianapolis and Minnesota have this figured out. Both played one-back-three-receiver football Monday night. And both threw the ball effectively. They didn't throw it often enough, to be sure, considering the sorry state of their defenses, but that's another story. At least they both know how to run.
Ram Pass Offense, Not Play-Calling, Best
THE ST. LOUIS RAMS with the best pass design in football — and some of the best pass-offense personnel of recent NFL years — are for familiar reasons only 4-4 as they start the second half of the schedule against division-rival Seattle Sunday. The Ram problem is play-calling.
Through three years and two Super Bowls, Coach Mike Martz has shown that he's the best passing coach football has yet seen, but, now, he wants to integrate running plays with pass plays and can't find the right recipe. In their big years, the Rams didn't need a running game. And now, every week, they're proving that they still don't understand the problem.
Thus, Martz has been operating a schizoid offense. Running the ball when defenses expect a run, he bulks up with tight ends and blocking backs. Then, passing the ball when defenses expect him to pass, he takes out the beef and inserts more speed.
The result is that, at the start of most of their offensive series, the Rams — instead of passing aggressively to take a lead, as they once did — are now wasting downs with power runs into run defenses. Falling behind, they try to catch up by passing into pass defenses; and with quarterback Marc Bulger a sitting duck in the pocket, sacks are inevitable. And the offensive line takes the blame.
A 40-22 loser again last Sunday, Martz could have taken New England with two simple play-calling changes.
First, he could have more often parlayed first-down passes, as he did for the only touchdown scored by the Rams when in the first three quarters the game was on the line. That time, 59 yards away from a touchdown, Martz called a beautiful first-down, fake-pass, fake-draw-play bomb that advanced the Rams to the Patriot 11. There, where Martz has lately tried to run the ball on futile power plays, he called a first-down touchdown pass, Marc Bulger to Isaac Bruce, a play on which Bruce was in the clear by five yards in all directions.
Second, Martz could have made the Ram running game an integral part of the passing game by lining up in a pass formation even on running downs. Twice, he did do that, most notably when the Rams spread the defense with four wide receivers on a two-point conversion try and then sent Marshall Faulk scooting straight ahead for the points.
Passing is what the Rams do best — better than anyone — and the most effective way for a passing team to run is to:
1) Threaten pass on every running play with three or four wide receivers (as Indianapolis and Minnesota both did Monday night.) This pays off particularly in short yardage.
2) As a general rule, run on passing downs and pass on running downs.
The most effective way to play offensive football, as the Rams proved long ago, is to pass aggressively at, say, the start of each game, striking for the lead while defenses are bulked up and psyched up to stop the run. Whenever the Rams have come out in their best basic formation — with one back and three wide receivers (Indianapolis' basic set Monday night) — at least one wide receiver has customarily been open.
But that hasn't been the Ram way lately.
On any Ram first down, a power run is a wasted play. Even if the runner pounds out a decent five yards, which essentially never happens, the offensive team has thrown away the best passing down.
On every first down, the defense has to honor the run, and Martz is free to choose from his endless selection of marvelous pass plays, short, mid-range and long.
On first down, Bulger can neutralize the blitz by alternating one-step, three-step, five-step and seven-step drops or with a short rollout in either direction.
Football fans across the nation, who fondly remember the magic of The Greatest Show on Turf, would love to see the results of a one-game experiment in which Martz never fielded fewer than three wide receivers on any down. The pass would be there. And so would the run.


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Debugging Rails, new features and performance optimizations
Hey all, Exciting new features and optimizations can now be found in the nightlies and I'd like to take some time to go over the biggest changes. arachni_reproduce A new executable is now available, called arachni_reproduce, that let's you reproduce all issues in a report and then create a new …Read More
Arachni Framework v1.4 & WebUI v0.5.10 release
Hey folks, There's a new version out and you definitely don't want to miss this one. A lot of effort has been put into this release and the improvements in performance, coverage, integration and portability (yes, there's finally a Windows package) speak for themselves. So, as usual, let's go over …Read More
Massive performance optimizations now in the nightlies
At the end of the v1.3 release announcement I mentioned something about massive upcoming optimizations, some of these changes can now be found in the nightlies. See, I've got a large list of optimizations that I'd like to implement in Arachni, some more novel and radical than others. A few …Read More
Arachni Framework v1.3 & WebUI v0.5.8 release
Hello good people, There are new Framework and WebUI versions out, with some interesting goodies. Framework As usual, let's start with the most important Framework updates. Options There's a new option called --browser-cluster-local-storage, allowing you to populate the browser's localStorage from a JSON file. New audit options for new elements: …Read More
Arachni Framework v1.2 & WebUI v0.5.7.1 release
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Arachni Framework v1.1 & WebUI v0.5.7 release
Edit: The SecToolMarket industry-wide scanner benchmark has been updated to include Arachni Framework v1.1. You can consult it for an independent comparison of all webappsec scanners. Hint: If you don't care about SWF and VBScript Arachni tops the scoreboard. Hey folks, Arachni Framework v1.1 & WebUI v0.5.7 are out! This …Read More
Arachni Introspector preview/demo: The first Interactive Application Security Testing system for Rails
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Help us test Windows support and XML, JSON auditing
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Alice has a violent vision of Bella's future and the Cullens consider changing Bella ahead of schedule. Jacob cannot bear the thought and considers war. After their decison Alice has strange visions of a silver-haired vampire and her mate.
1. Ultimatum
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Edward's POV
I watched as the sun slowly rose, spreading light throughout the bedroom. The sunlight gently shined against Bella's skin, illuminating her, making her snow white skin glow. I held her in my arms, she was soft, and oh so fragile. She was so breakable, so tiny. As I remembered how clumsy and ungainly Bella was when she walked or tried to dance I mulled over how she could have ever survived nearly nineteen years of life without me to act as her sentinel.
I wondered how such a beautiful and breathtaking person could ever have chosen me, out of all of the people in world. If you could even count me as a person. I wondered how such a delicate swan could ever love me, the hideous coveting beast. I had stolen her away. I had snatched her up from real life and pulled her into my own world forever shrouded in shadow, my world that should not exist, my days forever without sun, my twilight. I am inhuman, dead, cold, a thief, a manipulator, a liar, and a murderer. She is innocent.
As I watched her sleep I ached at how perfect she was. My eyes ran up and down her face, taking in her features. Her brown hair that was fanned out behind her and had suggestions of red in it in the sun. Her widow's peak that cut sharply into her smooth and pale forehead. Her wide chocolate eyes that were closed now and her feather duster eyelashes that fluttered as she slept. Her long thin nose and her high and jutting cheekbones. Then finally, her full blood red lips. I reminisced about the feel of her smooth lips against mine and sighed.
With her thin frame curled against me I could imagine no happier place in the world than being right here, with Bella in her bed while she rested. I smiled and was there for a what seemed like a long while.
"Edward," she murmured sweetly in her dreams (I envied her for a moment I wished that I could have sweet dreams of her, too). The sound of her tinkling voice sighing my name never failed to stir me. Indescribable emotions ran through me when I heard it. Those little whispers told the me the whole truth, the entire truth. Bella's murmurings told me everything that I needed to hear. I never grew tired of hearing Bella sing my name or tell me that she loved me as she slept.
She shifted in my arms pressing her feverish chest against my cool one and her thumping heart against my still one. The sound resonated and echoed throughout the room that was so full of her scent. My senses immediately and unavoidably heightened. My pupils dilated, growing larger and taking more light than necessary. I could see straight through her! I could see beneath her nearly translucent skin, I could very clearly see the blood vessels rhythmically working beneath her paper-thin skin. My ears pricked. Her breathing and wildly beating heart filled my ears like an alluring symphony, the sound engulfed me. I could hear the blood swishing through her veins and arteries. And oh! That scent. That lovely scent like a lone luscious passionflower blossoming among spiny cacti in a desert of sand. My backmost teeth rhythmically spurted acidic venom which coated my tongue. My muscles tensed in anticipation.
I imagined bringing my teeth down to her throat and slicing through her like butter. The blood would flow freely and readily, a honeyed waterfall of crimson. I'd consume it all greedily. Isabella's lifeblood would sustain me better than anyone else's, it would make me as strong as I could ever possibly be. Bella wouldn't even realize her death, it would be over so fast. I would drain her until her heart slowed and then finally stopped. She would turn cold and limp in my arms. Forever asleep. Horror enveloped me.
I immediately unwrapped my arms from around her and shot out of her window and to the forest behind her house. Dry sobs poured for my mouth. What kind of a monster was I? What man wants to kill the woman that he loves? My sweet, sweet Bella! I trembled and stared at the hands that had been itching to pin Bella beneath me and tear her throat out. I ran those same villainous hands madly through my hair and fell to the fern covered ground. I wallowed in my monstrousness.
"Edward?" Bella's voice called out to me, wondering why she had not woken up in my arms. "Are you still here?" She inquired. Instantly I composed myself. I stood up, shook out my hair, dusted myself off, and put myself at her bedside.
"Morning, love," I said, as if there was not a single trouble in all of the world, "breakfast time for the human."
Bella's POV
Edward appeared instantly beside me. In the light that shined in through my window he was beautiful. The sun shined brightly on Edward's alabaster skin, making it glow insanely, shooting rainbows, as if there were tiny diamonds embedded in its surface. His always windswept copper hair framed his statuesque face perfectly. Huge dark golden eyes stared back at me, glinting mischievously like a puppy beckoning for play. In his tight white t-shirt I could see the outline of each and every one of his lean muscles perfectly. He grinned crookedly at my doe-eyed expression, I guessed that he heard my heart speed up.
Suddenly he was on top of me in the bed.
"Cat got your tongue, love?" Edward whispered huskily, his cool breath tickling my ear. I was going to spontaneously combust. He held me in his arms securely, there was no chance that I could escape his firm hold. Edward laughed gently and put his nose to my neck, inhaling deeply, and then sighing at the scent. His cold nose gently nudged at the nape of my neck, causing me to shudder. This cool tickling made me to squirm against him and he groaned softly. He kissed my neck, gently making his way up to my cheek. But that wasn't enough, it was never enough. When his lips met mine I bit down on his lower lip with my teeth, trying to hold him there. His lip felt like a cold stone in my mouth. Edward's breath caught in his throat. Unexpectedly and to my blissful surprise Edward began to attack me with his tongue.
His lips crashed against mine, his kisses were wild and almost pleading. I moaned helplessly in his arms as our tongues waged war, shooting electricity through my body whenever they touched. I threw my arms desperately around him and entwined my fingers in his hair, trying to pull him closer. Edward complied to my wishes and pressed himself roughly against me. My face burned at the feel out Edward through his clothes. Edward wrapped my leg around his waist and ran his hand maddeningly slow up and down it. He slowly and methodically grinded against me, I whimpered my pleasure.
Edward's mouth roamed, sucking, biting, and kissing my neck, slowly making his way lower. I gasped when his hand made its way up my stomach and gently fondled my breast. This was not like him. I arched my back into him and welcomed the change.
"Edward, Edward, Edward," I sighed.
In one swift movement Edward ripped my pajama shirt from my body and kissed my breast. My sharp yelp seemed to wake him out of whatever trance he had been in.
Edward looked at my naked chest in surprise, he had not even realized removing my shirt. When he looked for it and saw it torn on floor his brow furrowed. To my disappointment Edward looked at me worriedly and pulled my comforter around me to cover me up. He got up out of the bed and sat in the rocking chair at the other side of my room. He buried his face in his hands and said:
"Damn it, Bella, damn it, damn it, damn it."
His frustration very nearly brought me to tears.
Edward POV
I wanted to be close to her so badly and I couldn't. For the first time in my existence I found myself hoping for Bella's transformation. I found myself wishing for the damned transformation to hurry up and get here. This was an old argument, an old fight.
"I don't know what more to say, Bella."
"I know," she sounded close to tears.
"We've gone over this so many times before."
"I know. I'm sorry for pushing you."
I wanted to say that it wasn't her fault and that I was the one to blame, but we had had this conversation so many times before that I didn't bother. Can a vampire grow weary? I walked back over to her, hugged her gently, kissed her softly, and ran my hand through her hair. I lifted her up and muttered, 'breakfast' before dashing down the stairs and into my kitchen. A familiar scent met my nose. A girl even smaller than Bella was already preparing eggs and bacon. She was small with short inky black hair that fell around her elvish face in chunks. Her eyes were wide and the same golden shade as mine, her skin an identical marble complexion. Alice.
Alice's POV
"I left the others messages. Rosailie, Jasper and Emmet'll be here soon, but Carlisle and Esme are out hunting," I told Bella and Edward. I noticed that Bella was not wearing a shirt. Hmm. "How do you like your eggs, Bella?" I asked her.
"Er… fried." Bella said before asking, "what the hell are you doing here?" Edward stopped me before I was able to speak.
"This is not the time for this," he said. Stupid mind reader, I shot him a bunch of mean and nasty thoughts. He was really beginning to annoy me. I snarled angrily in his direction. Bella's heart raced and she jumped up.
"What is going on?" I considered telling her now despite Edward's warning (it had been so horrific… so much blood) but I changed my mind.
"Like Edward said, 'this is not the time'. The others need to be here for this."
Bella's POV
This whole 'let's not tell Bella what's going on to protect her and accidentally hurt her even more' business is beginning to bore me. How many times must I go through this? I was trying very hard not to scream. I folded my arms, pouted, and tapped my foot impatiently. Edward stood stone-stiff against a wall and waited while Alice flipped eggs.
There was a burst of cold air when the front door flew open. The Cullens had made copies of the keys to my house? Pale-haired Jasper, blonde-haired Rosalie, and Emmett (black curls and all) strode gracefully into the kitchen.
Emmett swung me around in a circle and chuckled softly as I tottered when he let go. He looked over at Alice cooking eggs and snorted before muttering 'human food'. Then Emmett looked me up and down and broke into shouts of laughter.
"Looks like Edward and Bella have been naaa-ughty!" He said in response to the bed sheet wrapped around my otherwise naked chest. I hadn't remembered to put on a new shirt. I blushed darkly as even Rosalie began to titter.
"There is nothing funny about this," Jasper said seriously, "Bella, we've reached an ultimatum.
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It's been said that a week is a long time in politics, but in the world of internet governance, a week can be a lifetime or a nano-second, depending on your perspective. I must admit that during the past week at the third meeting of the UN Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation, I experienced both forms of time distortion.
This was to be the last meeting of the working group which began its work in February 2013. Its task was to make recommendations "on how to fully implement [the WSIS] mandate". The working group report will be an input to the overall review of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society in 2014.
Since the meeting last November, a subgroup (the Correspondence Working Group) has been working, under terms of reference from the WGEC, on further research and analysis about the possible gaps in mechanisms for dealing with internet related public policy issues.
The week began optimistically, under the able guidance of the Chair, Peter Major. There was some useful information sharing, many recommendations were tabled and there was eventual preliminary consensus on several of them. It was a good beginning. However, and perhaps inevitably, we did not get to meaningful debate on the real issues, namely, those raised in all the submissions in 2013. Instead, the conversation just continuously steered back to 3 issues:
- whether there should be a new government only mechanism;
- "enhanced cooperation" – it's meaning and the whether or not it had been fully implemented or not; and
- the juxtaposition of democracy VS multistakeholderism – for an engaging summary on these see also Avri Doria's blog post on the meeting.
It soon became obvious some working group members had rigid positions from which they did not seem willing to move. This meant that at times the granular nature of drafting by committee was eye-watering, especially by 9pm on Wednesday night. But the Chair's desire for consensus kept him optimistic and when by Friday it was clear more work was needed, the discussion quickly moved to next steps: a further meeting and some more work by the Correspondence Working Group. It might have felt as if progress stalled.
But there were some significant steps forward. First, in relation to the need for a new mechanism: although views on this were initially characterised as being only two (for or against) in fact there was a range of views and several proposals for how enhanced cooperation could next evolve. For example, the idea of some kind of a platform (maybe in CSTD maybe elsewhere) for sharing information and resources, gained a lot of interest. By the end of the meeting it was clear the destructive binary of winning or losing on the concept of a new mechanism, had moved to a more inclusive acknowledgement of diverse views and diverse options for the way forward.
Second, the debate about the IGF was more positive. There were explicit acknowledgements of the IGF and enhanced cooperation as complementary processes. While criticism of the IGF was still made, it was much less on a purely philosophical basis and there seemed more acceptance that it filled a particular role. And even more promising was to see a draft proposal that the IGF have some ability to make recommendations – such a step seemed impossible even a year ago. So, overall, I feel somewhat optimistic.
However, elsewhere the complex wheels of power between governments continue turning and I feel the Tunis Agenda is like one of those ships stuck in a political ice flow which is slowing going to crush it. For example, during our meeting, China issued a statement on behalf of the G77 group of countries, calling for a new UN Summit on the Tunis Agenda. While I do wonder if we need to move beyond the Tunis Agenda, I do not know how that can be done in a way to advance civil society interests or to ensure they are able to participate as equal stakeholders. But those are issues for another day.
A particular highlight during the last meeting was the excellent presence of civil society observers in the room including: Anja Kovacs, Sam Dickinson, Matthew Shears, Joana Veron, Lea Kasper and Deborah Brown. They kept tweeting, sharing ideas, talking with other working group participants and supplying quips and critical comments. There were also a small number of remote participants, including Nnenna Nwakanma – but we need more.
So, while we did not complete our work, we did make some progress. We have not given up and we will be back in May.
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Life in Soviet Russia: Private Moments
Are you ready to make an immersion into the glorious life of Soviet Russia? If yes scroll down, this one today differs from other retrospective series we had before by the manner of compilation – it's not a one collection but is assorted mix came from different sources. Each photo is an individual shot from the fate of some random human who lived in Russia at that times, sometimes those moments were sad, sometimes joyful and photos share this mood with us now:
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140 responses to "Life in Soviet Russia: Private Moments"
Very good post.
who is the man pictured with the board full of mathematical equations – does anyone know?
No doubt about it.
A lot of babushkas! Isnt that scary??? :-)))
Bishop and I are refering to EnglishRussia's "Babushka".
"Babushka" means "grandma" on russian…
just a teacher, no more than that, i think
Jesse James!
IMHO that is a fragment of a well-known photo, at full photo the board is _much_ bigger and the man stays at the very corner of it. It's 1970 or about, some conference in Moscow, but I can't recall the name of that man.
Is this the photo you're thinking of?
No, it isn't. the photo you've posted is from former Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic nowadays). An it's real. I've heard, that this photo is from CVUT university in Prague, and lectures of this teacher were really hard-core 🙂
It seems to be some physics lecture, because there are mentioned some line-wires, charge, decrease of mass etc etc.. + I recognize some derivatives, which looks real.. 🙂
It's not russian, it's czech..
Those equations are a hodge-podge lodge collection of nonsensical mathematical expressions. Seems to be some reference to nuclear decay with gamma emmission and then non-sensical limits of integration and elements of matrix notation. Just a big hodge podge lodge of subterfuge and mind-boggle for the uninitiated. Very much in keeping with Soviet-era ideology and doctrine. Some stern-faced guy exuding false confidence. Not worth the chalk it scribbled with.
It's a legitimate perturbation theory calculation with completely sensible limits, of ordinary difficulty. There is no hodgepodge, Soviets were second to none in physics.
Too much photoshop
pis` pis` i bayen`ki ! right ?
Excellent post…
By the way I visited a couple of years ago Crimea during summer… and really liked. Particularly, Yalta, the palaces, the nature…
Does anybody have any old pictures from the commnunist times
taking during summer of this beautiful holiday destination?
Please, post pics or the link if you do.
absolutely fascinating.
That is a bunch of photos, indeed!
Very nice post!
Amazing set of photos…. Russians are a beautiful people.
Actually not that much has changed, Russian life still has the same kind of feeling to it. And I mean that in a positive way.
I don't agree.
The certainties which the soviet state provided have gone, life became more difficult for many. Everybody had a job back then, even a 'virtual' job was still a job. (I pretend to work and you (the state) pretend to pay me – popular expression from soviet times). People now are 'free' but have in many instances difficulty handling this 'freedom' since Russians have never been free for a 1000 years or so. Luckily the new 'democratic government' is there to help out those unfortunate ones – vote for the strong man, he'll show you the way !!
Anyway, excellent post! Don't really get the guy with the high heels though – never saw this type of Russian machismo before.
"Luckily the new �democratic government� is there to help out those unfortunate ones – vote for the strong man, he�ll show you the way !!"
All empty promises. Medvedev promised to double pensions as soon as he is in office. Let's hold him to his words, shall we?
Typical lie. He wont do that.
Of course things did not change for the good. And I fear they will not in the near future. Russia is a police state and will stay that way, I'm afraid. A banana republic, I'm sorry to say so. Every government likes to have the amount of control the Russian government has [and to which the Russians are used to]. Privacy is not really valued by Russians since they are not used to it and have no clue. Like a sarcastic comment once stated: Russia is even more defined by what it lacks and needs than by what it has.
Double the pensions… even if he does it is still not enough to live on.
maxD, get better ?!! Goooood. ))
the thing with pensions is that they get the pension on the base of their last salary, and most of times it was a soviet salary when the ruble had much more value.
The one with the line of children receiving medicine from a bottle isn't from the former Soviet Union, the buldings are wrong and so are the clothes. Looks like Britain to me!
But a great post!
Exactly. The rest looks fine.
Greetings from Lithuania
I always enjoy the old photo series you run
How was the sex life back then?
Were people more restrained than they are today?
They had abortions back then?
Speaking for myself my wife is Russian, this woman has no hangups when it comes to sex. To her it is not a weapon, it is not a tool you use to get your way, it is not what empowers her or gives her a sense of identity as it does women in the west and America. It's a mutually enjoyable experience to be shared as often as possible.I have absolutely no complaints.
Russians are a very sexual bunch of rabbits, the Spartan life they tend to lead lends itself to it and while they seem to like to keep it private make no mistake it is definitly there.
If anything, I found that Russian women are much more liberal when it comes to sex. It is clearlly reflected in the way they dress and how much more revealing they are then their western counterparts. However, I too have no complaints 🙂
Yes and A LOT!!!
Is that Гагарин?
Three photos beneath the dude playing pool?
It sure looks like him.
The finest series of photos of the Russin people I have yet seen on EnglishRussia. To Russia!
Yes sir,i wish i was the part of these happy peoples,but some dreams can`t be true.God bless them.the peoples with great ideas and reason to live for humanity.long live humanity! ! ! ! ! !
Photo #18. Babushka aims true.
What is the name of this structure?
Richard, That is the Monument to the Conquerors of Space. Moscow, 1964.
Wow. What a great post. Amazing photos.
Best post ever on English Russia! THANK YOU
Good post!
I think I have seen several of those pictures before, probably in another post here on ER. And I am quite sure I saw the PЕПСИ-КОЛА picture in colour before. 🙂
Photo #46 – an IPOD!
Quite impressed! The Best pictures ever! Спасибо! (from tokio)
Here are many beautiful people in nice photos. My favorite is # 53, and you can see it if you scroll down to the big clock sitting on the beach (how do they keep it from falling over?), then down one more to the people on the subway, then my favorite!–The Disco Ladies!
Let's sing a happy song for Russia. Everyone, sing:
(music, please)
Shake it up, shake it down
Move it in, move it round, disco lady
Move it in, move it out, move it in round about, disco lady.
That last one looks like Anthoney Bourdain to me.
Great post!
how many feelings here!
nice! 😀
Marvelous collection. It reminds one of the "Family of Man" collection of photos.
Many thanks for this collection. As I have stated before, we have be become aware of our commonality. These photos do that.
but the head of the little girl doing ..that.. aerobic stuff, looks way out of proportion.
My fave picture here is the pepsi machine one, especialy considering that there are some serious dental issues going on in some of the other images.
the woman in that photo looks a bit like Jack Black.
I'm suprised a lot of the black and white photos are so sharp.
Analog film has no pixels and cannot be compared to it. It contains all the information of the scene [well, depending on the film's speed of course] and only suffers from the limitations of the printing paper and the film's graininess.
Like comparing an analog audio recording with a digital one. A digital one has a certain sample rate ['pixels' in photo/film] which means that every xth second a fragment of the audio is being sampled. A CD has 44100 fragments[samples] p/sec, studio recordings can have up to 192000 fragments[samples] p/sec. Still, it is a collection of fragments, not the whole. Same with digital photography, every picture is a collection of fragments [pixels], not the whole. But since our eyes are not that good, we are easily fooled.
Actually, film does have a grain size. That's where the grainy film effect comes from. It's also why black & white photos are sharper (smaller grain size).
And analog recorders have flux limits for magnetic recorders and viscosity limits for physical media like vinyl and wax. Many people don't notice because the rolloff is more gradual on the high end which most people don't hear that well anyway. Also, past sound engineers adjusted things very carefully to get the maximum dynamic range with the least distortion. Today's mass produced music is digitally compressed (in audio terms, not information theory) into it's upper dynamic range to make it sound louder because most people think louder=better. They do the same with modern TVs makeing them very bright and over coloured and fake looking.
The girls have got some old equations for rockets and satellites on the ground.
The guy's got some old Soviet style Quantum Mechanics formulations on the board. The interesting thing is that formulation looks more like he was working twords LQG.
The man playing pool is actually Gagarin himself.
🙂 Great pics, and it is heartwarming to see how(judging by the feedback) most of us have learnt something valuable of the Russians; they are talented, resourceful lovable people to whom I raise my hat. Respect!
Bloody Oath, Ari The Finn
Great, heartwarming photos.
Communism for USA !
Well EU has already adopted that ideology and is fast on it's way to becoming the new Soviet Union, why not the US?
Good one! =)
The Russian women I've hooked up with in my past enjoyed sex very much!
Amazing photos.
It's Zooey Dechanel in pic 4
It definitely is. I was wondering if I was the only person to notice that that picture is from Almost Famous. Nothing to do with Soviet Russia!
Don't know if it's Zoe on #4, however it's defenitely my idea of the perfect woman from head to toe and backwards…
High five to the soviets who built this amazing creature, hurray!
Hey, pic #4 is Zooey Deschannel!! LOL
Nice photos. My grandmother still has those dresses.
The great thing about school uniforms was that kids from poor families weren't jealous of kids from more well-off families. But in America it is labeled as oppressing the individualism.
Really great photos ^^
They breaks a lot of taboos
Awesome POST!
Is that uranium or some other radioactive material in 114 enlighting the room? Shows how much Russians care for their kids.
Try not to be foolish. It's kids standing around an HID lamp to get UV radiation so their skin produces vitamin D (which westerners get from dairy food). Something to do with a lack of sunshine in the north during winter. Strangely that photo was published in National Geographic magazine about 30 years ago.
these are Lovely, thanks.
Good post, thank You.
That was also life.
Raimonds Pauls that young? Amazing!
The stewardess on pic #4 is probably still working in Aeroflot
Great photo set!!! Good work/Molodets!!
This scene is just like the one in S.T.A.L.K.E.R 🙂
best pics ever
Who took these pictures? They nice… good post 🙂
Russia is really a great nation with great people. i lived there for 3 years when i was in my high school and i made many russian friends with whom i still keep contact with. Regrettably many people tend to think of russians as bad people because of the all Cold War propaganda. But as you can you see from the pictures russians are just like us.
you should respect a person at least for learning any other languages except for his mother tongue.
Awesome post. Who's the photographer?
well it might not have been, their all from around the same time, same style. Could just be some guys portfolio.
I am always amazed that the world has devolved to what it is now. Most of us have become poorly paid worker bees.
Communism was no failure. I would say capitalism has except for a few.
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Very nicely done. They should put year and location.
The guy with the 3 miniature trucks looks like Gallagher, except he doesn't have the Soviet version of a sledge-O-matic..
Excellent photographs…it's as if you have entered a time machine…
imagine how much the US and the USSR could have accomplished had we been working together – these photos prove once again we are all people – the social and political lenses we see through divide us so.
1980's syndrome
I'm so much impressed by these amazing pics. They're so true, so real.They made me remember the times of Socializm, they perfectly convey the atmosphere of these times..as if the whole life passed in some minutes..
great pics.
its hard to find something like in US or UK-related WWW-cities.
i ride 33 bus for years 😉
even in L Breshnev time 😉
Great post, good old time. W CCCP.
This post is very good! Deeply enjoyed! This pictures have some kind of poesy in it, some sort of nostalgia for a vanished era. It might sound polemic, but I think there were so many things we could learn from Soviet Union…
Awful and horrible times of Soviet Union are too vivid here. Oh, I am so very happy that it all ended. Soviet Union was the worst experiment in the history of humankind.
"The certainties which the soviet state provided have gone, life became more difficult for many. Everybody had a job back then, even a 'virtual' job was still a job. (I pretend to work and you (the state) pretend to pay me – popular expression from soviet times). People now are 'free' but have in many instances difficulty handling this 'freedom' since Russians have never been free for a 1000 years or so. Luckily the new 'democratic government' is there to help out those unfortunate ones – vote for the strong man, he'll show you the way !!"
This is the best comment I've ever seen in English Russia.
The man said the truth.
And most of pics are fake, for example there were no black people in russia, and all over soviet union, so howcome do we see a photo with a black guy looking at some statue? (http://englishrussia.com/images/soviet_b&w/17.jpg)
And the girl in http://englishrussia.com/images/soviet_b&w/4.jpg is obviously not from any soviet country.
This post has most of the components all posts in this website have- mixed feeling of nostalgia; mixed photos from russia and not russia (but still claiming it is russia or soviet times, while it isnt), and even some propoganda (russian or soviet) in some posts.
"And most of pics are fake, for example there were no black people in russia, and all over soviet union, so howcome do we see a photo with a black guy looking at some statue?"
Can you imagine that there were a lot of foreign students in the Soviet Union? Many of them were black. There were also many "children of international love". Several times in my live I saw black guys, who speak perfect Russian and whose mentality is totally Russian. They were born in Russia from Russian mothers but look like Africans.
I am not completely sure about this particular photo, but you definitely underestimate skills of the Soviet fashion designers. May be not all women were wearing such dresses everyday, but there were good tailors in the USSR and some women were making orders from them.
Come on!, the girl in the 3rd photo is Zooey Deschanel in "Almost Famous" Great post
I know that is just what I was thinking! It doesn't even look Soviet Era-ish at all.
me 2 %)
Very good photoes
Real sensation, feelings of those times
Thank you for the post.
So nostalgic 🙂
Page bookmarked, to remind me, from time to time, what beauty means…
when i saw this pics i remembered Beatles's song 'Back in URSS' 🙂
I love the photo of the baby sleeping by the train set. Thanks for sharing these.
Great photos! Some are very professionally photographed!
Takes me back to the good old times 🙂
Murzilka was a great didactic magazine for children and i dont remember anything concerned with war and germany and so on
Nice!, found your blog on Yahoo!.Glad I finally tested it out. Unsure if its my Chrome browser,but sometimes when I visit your site, the fonts are really tiny? However, love your page and will check back.Bye
I became speechless…love these photos!!!
thanks for sharing! would've been interesting to try out one of those lada rally cars
Thank you for these lovely pictures. My mother had a big collection of glossy Soviet magazines that she collected and I grew up seeing the proud and graceful people that Russians were and still are.
Today, the Russians I know are still the same even with all their problems and it is indeed a pity to see this country lost in turmoil.
The girl in the third, or fourth image(6161 in background) is stunning. And all around nice look into life under soviet russia.
Yes, very typical photos. I've seen hundreds similar in collections of friends of mine.
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It was a great time!
Such wonderful pictures, especially the happy children. I bet they would all say that their childhood was very happy.
Archive of old soviet magazines – http://journal-club.ru
Viva USSR! Viva Stalin!
4th down is Zoey Deschanel in Almost Famous which was shot in the United States in the Mid 90's. Not soviet russia. http://www.fedge.net/~zdeschanel/photos/famousgallery.html
Honestly i can believe this picture, if girls are that pretty and intelligent in Russia ill move there
I liked all the pictures! Russian people must be as friendly as any people fron any other country… We got to recon that russian people grow at the shadow of a nuclear war aswell the rest of the world… during the cold war.
Now that's part of a past where all of us must learn to don't be as fool again.
I hope one day can go there to be between you and feel what you feel, what you think, what you believe and your hopes and wishes.
Big hug, and glad to help me to get in the right place the pieces in the big puzzle that's the russian way of life and culture.
Best regards from Argentina!.
Nice photos (and women! xD), very ilustrative and not like you normally see (propaganda of either side, etc.)
And, is the man in photo 60 with TWO hero of the Soviet Union medals? That are the maximum medals.
And he is so young.
He is Gagarin. The first kosnonavt (1961).
don't forget the propaganda newspaper in 60's, and see with these photos the real life in the soviet..
and now, today in the newspaper, read article about iran, with other attention..
Third one from the bottom, the 3 girls pulling the lady in the sled.. I really like this photo. The old lady in stripes in the background adds a great touch to the composition, too.
Also like the people dancing by the lake with the cassette player.
whats the history of the photo 116 where it looks like the two soccer players were about the fight and the ref was blowing the whistle???
Thoroughly enjoyed looking at this collection of photos. Each one is interesting in itself. Of course they do present a somewhat idyllic appearance of Soviet life; that is understandable; most citizens of most countries like to show the best of their countries. I would like though to have seen a bit more of a balanced approach myself. For instance, there is not one photo of, in or around an apartment block; where the majority of Russian lived. Some of these shown would given a more genuine look at Russia. I am sure there were many good sides to Soviet life. And there is no mistaking the beauty of Russian women!
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Variational theory of minimal surfaces
Fernando Codá Marques, Princeton University, Andre Neves, University of Chicago
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Monday, October 30, 2017 - 3:00pm to 5:00pm
Fields Institute, Stewart Library
Minimal surfaces are solutions of the most basic variational problem in submanifold theory, that of extremizing the area. These surfaces have been intensely studied for the past 250 years and have found striking applications in other fields of mathematics. We plan to discuss the basic variational theory of these objects, including the questions of existence and regularity. We will talk about unstable minimal surfaces obtained by min-max methods and their recent impact on the field. This includes in particular the solution to the Willmore Conjecture (1965).


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Drug and Alcohol Withdrawal Information
People who are addicted to drugs or alcohol are slave to substance abuse; they believe that they are able to think or function properly only when they take resort to drugs. The intense craving for drugs when they are denied or not given, leads to withdrawal symptoms. When a person continues to take drugs, the blood stream is filled with toxins and there is a definite change in the way the neurons in the brain communicate processes to various parts of the body. The drugs take over the production of the generating 'pleasurable or happy' sensations in the brain. For instance, when a person takes heroin, this particular drug stimulates the release of dopamine and the brain eventually loses the ability to produce that chemical by itself. In other words, a person becomes mentally dependent on drugs to feel the 'high'.
When the drug is denied, the brain is not able to produce feelings of pleasure or happiness on its own as it has become slave to the drug. During the process of detox when there is no drug given, a person goes through uncomfortable withdrawal symptoms because the brain has to become adjusted to the process of working on its own. So let us go through the withdrawal symptoms for each of the drugs and find out how the body and the mind react when a particular drug is denied.
The chronic abuse of alcohol, otherwise known as alcoholism, is a disease that affects millions of Americans every day.
Drug withdrawal symptoms occur when a person who is addicted to an illicit or prescribed drug stops using the drug abruptly.
Prescription drug withdrawal and abuse are less visible problems than those related to abuse of illegal drugs.
Most mind-altering drugs, including alcohol, cause severe, uncomfortable and even life-threatening withdrawal symptoms when an addict suddenly stops using them.
Drug and alcohol withdrawal treatment, which prevents symptoms caused by abrupt withdrawal of substances to which patients are physically addicted, is the first phase of substance abuse rehabilitation treatment.
Signs and Symptoms of Withdrawals
Alcohol:Though many refrain from calling it so, Alcohol is one of the most commonly abused drugs in the world. Withdrawal symptoms can kick in within 6-48 hours of the last drink and can be in the form of hallucinations, slurry speech, seizures and tremulousness. For the person who is severely addicted, there can be serious withdrawal symptoms in the form of a condition known as 'Delirium Tremens' (DTs) that includes hallucination, confusion and impairment of the autonomic nervous system that can happen between 48 and 96 hours after the last drink.
Heroin: Heroin withdrawal symptoms start within 6 to 8 hours after the last does of heroin is administered. These withdrawal symptoms peak in the duration of 48 and 72 hours from the last dose and then recede in a week's time. Heroin withdrawal symptoms include dilated pupils, fever, chills, stomach cramps and diarrhea, vomiting, loss of appetite, irritability, panic, nausea, muscle cramps and runny nose.
Cocaine: Cocaine is one of the fastest acting drugs; the withdrawal symptoms are usually mental in nature; for instance, angry outburst, irritability, agitation, depression, tension, panic, lack of motivation, extreme craving for drug, muscle pain, insomnia, careless about personal hygiene etc.
Meth: Meth is a stimulant drug medically linked to amphetamine but can pose stronger stimulant reactions to the central nervous system. Some of the common Meth withdrawal symptoms include anxiety, fatigue, intense hunger, moderate to severe depression, hunger pangs and disturbed sleep. Like most drugs, the intensifying of the withdrawal symptoms depend how on this drug has been used. Commonly, it is seen that cravings, depression, confusion, restlessness, tiredness, insomnia and lethargy can last up to 48 hours.
Vicodin: Vicodin, a prescription medication for relieving pain, is also abused a lot causing severe addiction problems. There is a hydrocodone component in this drug which makes it addictive. Due to the opioid characteristic of hydrocodone, Vicodin can give the same high as heroin does and the withdrawal symptoms are also similar. Some of the withdrawal symptoms associated with Vicodin abuse include irritability, muscle cramps, diarrhea, vomiting, nausea, sweating, fever, chills, loss of appetite and cold flashes.
Nicotine: Nicotine addiction or smoking is the most common addiction people suffer from. The withdrawal symptoms kick in for the first three weeks after you leave smoking (the bigger the addiction, the more severe the withdrawal symptoms). Sadly, it has been seen that the cravings in most cases are so intense that people end up smoking again. Some of the withdrawal symptoms include intense craving to reach for a cigarette, drowsiness, headache, lack of ability to think properly, behavioral changes, depression, mood swings, irritability and anger, sore gums and constipation.
Caffeine: Caffeine withdrawal symptoms are seen in people who are addicted to drink caffeinated beverages like coffee, tea and colas. Some of the caffeine withdrawal symptoms include lethargy, lack of energy, sleepiness, difficulty to concentrate, inability to get bowel movements naturally till one has the caffeine drink, anxiety and depression. Usually, these are mild to moderate symptoms and can be intensified if the person is highly addicted to caffeine drinks. Having these beverages in moderation can keep the withdrawal symptoms in check.
Coping With Detox and Withdrawal:: Most withdrawal symptoms of drugs usually subside in a period of two weeks; you should have the determination to battle through them. In a detox center for drugs or alcohol, there are detox- specialists who will help you cope with withdrawal symptoms in a better manner. Most of these symptoms though uncomfortable are not life-threatening and can be overcome with a positive attitude.
Dot not let withdrawal symptoms stop you from seeking treatment, when it comes to alcohol, nicotine and drug addiction. These are temporary obstacles that your body develops when you are denied drugs. With treatment and determination, you will not only be able to counter withdrawal symptoms but also experience sobriety.


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Baldwin, SM, Bercaw, JE, Henling, LM, Day, MW, and Brintzinger, HH. "Cationic alkylaluminum-complexed zirconocene hydrides: NMR-spectroscopic identification, crystallographic structure determination, and interconversion with other zirconocene cations." Journal of the American Chemical Society 133.6 (February 16, 2011): 1805-1813. Full Text
Baldwin, SM, Bercaw, JE, and Brintzinger, HH. "Cationic alkylaluminum-complexed zirconocene hydrides as participants in olefin polymerization catalysis." Journal of the American Chemical Society 132.40 (October 13, 2010): 13969-13971. Full Text
Adler, MJ, and Baldwin, SW. "Direct, regioselective synthesis of 2,2-dimethyl-2H-chromenes. Total syntheses of octandrenolone and precocenes I and II." Tetrahedron Letters 50.36 (September 9, 2009): 5075-5079. Full Text
Baldwin, SM, Bereaw, JE, and Brintzinger, HH. "Alkylaluminum-complexed zirconocene hydrides: Identification of hydride-bridged species by NMR spectroscopy." Journal of the American Chemical Society 130.51 (December 24, 2008): 17423-17433. Full Text
Mao, Z, and Baldwin, SW. "New spirocyclic oxindole synthesis based on a hetero Claisen rearrangement." Org Lett 6.14 (July 8, 2004): 2425-2428. Full Text
Baldwin, SW, and Long, A. "2-tert-butyl-3-methyl-2,3-dihydroimidazol- 4-one-N-oxide: a new nitrone-based chiral glycine equivalent." Org Lett 6.10 (May 13, 2004): 1653-1656. Full Text
DeGrado, TR, Baldwin, SW, Wang, S, Orr, MD, Liao, RP, Friedman, HS, Reiman, R, Price, DT, and Coleman, RE. "Synthesis and evaluation of (18)F-labeled choline analogs as oncologic PET tracers." Journal of Nuclear Medicine : Official Publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine 42.12 (December 2001): 1805-1814.
Long, A, and Baldwin, SW. "Enantioselective syntheses of homophenylalanine derivatives via nitrone 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions with styrenes." Tetrahedron Letters 42.32 (August 6, 2001): 5343-5345. Full Text
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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- Fall ball at Tennessee Tech is in full swing, as the Golden Eagles held Game 1 of their annual Purple and Gold intersquad series Wednesday afternoon at 4 p.m.
The Gold half of the Golden Eagles seized control and kept it throughout the game, putting their first run on the board in the second inning after Frankie Beech singled up the middle and rounded the bases to advance to home on a sacrifice play at first base.
An unearned run for the purple bats in the top of the third tied the game, but senior Seth Edwards and sophomore Michael Morris secured the eventual win for the Gold in the bottom of the third. Edwards went yard with two men on to give his team a 4-1 lead, which Morris extended with a two-RBI single to left field, yielding the would-be game winner and putting the Gold up 6-1.
Edwards and Morris each went 1-3 on the day, while sophomore Zephan Guyear and senior Frankie Beech contributed with 2-3 in plate appearances for the Gold team.
The Purple bats made a run for it in the top of the fourth as freshman Zac Flynn stepped up in his first scrimmage with an RBI single to make the score 6-2. Sophomore Austin Wulf facilitated two unearned runs when he reached first on an error, but the three-run inning wasn't enough to push the Purple ahead.
Game two of the series will be played Thursday afternoon a 4:30 p.m. at Bush Stadium.


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Lakha might never have come close to winning Gauri's affections, but here's a contest everyone wins! :) Leave your captions in the comments section. The best entries get a mention and link within this blog post. Ladies: It can definitely be what Gauri would say, too, so have at it!
Here's a sample of entries, please see comments for all. Thank you everyone!
- Anonymous: "You know, Lakha, looking like a 19th century woodcutter is one thing....but smelling like one...?"
- dunkdaft: "Aati kya khandala?"
- Shell: "Lakha, it's not how big your axe is, it's how you wield it!"
- maxqnz: "Ashutosh can't edit So I must fix O rey Chori - axe the gori"
- Sujoy: "Gurrl! Imma chop yo wings, coz I ain't lettin my angel fly away."
- Louella: Lakha: "Lakha badnaam hua, darling tere liye!" Gauri: "Bhuvan, Bhuvan ki jawaani..."


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The eye can be analyzed with relative ease regarding both its function and its structure. A functional examination consists of the capability to move in the orbit and the reaction of the pupil to light and lodging.
The function of the eye might be tested in numerous ways. The client may be asked to recognize illuminated letter or items of varying sizes on exactly what is referred to as the Snellen chart.
Alternatively, the assessment of the structural part of the eye might be made in numerous ways. Stress within the eyeball is measured by a "tonometer." In specific diseases, specifically in glaucoma, the stress in the eyeball is increased markedly.
However, it needs to be well bore in mind that a patient with an eye issue might have other issues also. Frequently other physical conditions are primary and affect the eye as a repercussion. The appearance of the eye can inform the physician and the patient to problems in some disruptions of other parts of the body even before other signs provide themselves.
One's dependence on sight is emphasized when one faces a possible or short-lived irreversible loss of this essential sense. When corrective procedures are looked for, particular kinds of vision correction such as contact lenses or eyeglasses are prescribed.
On the other hand, some individuals are troubled with the truth that they have some framed lenses or contact lenses in front of their eyes.
For this reason, advanced surgical operations were established to encourage decreased usage of contact lenses or glasses. Among which is the now popular LASIK eye surgical treatment.
Generally, LASIK eye surgery is the short term for "Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis." Like its concrete counterpart, LASIK eye surgical treatment is another type of vision correction. The only difference is that with this kind of surgical treatment, one's vision is fixed permanently.
With LASIK eye surgical treatment, the refractive errors in the cornea are completely transformed. This can be done using an "excimer laser."
The primary purpose of this surgical treatment is to create a threadlike, rounded "flap" in the cornea utilizing a blade referred to as "microkeratome." In a series of unfolding and laser processing, the cornea is lastly reformed, allowing better the eye to direct more light into the retina.
Appeal vs. Disadvantages
Amidst the growing appeal of LASIK eye surgery, there are still disadvantages that individuals must understand. Most likely, the main reason this kind of eye surgical treatment has become well accepted is due to the fact that most of its cases had actually been successful.
In spite of its success, there are still some drawbacks. Here is the list:
1. It is an operation used to the most delicate part of the eye
Because LASIK eye surgery includes the here are the findings operation of the retina, which is among the most delicate portions of the eye, the majority of people say that the operation can be extremely dangerous.
Simply puts, a simple error could nearly trigger an person's life time loss of sight. It is important to think about many aspects prior to choosing whether LASIK eye surgical treatment is the best corrective measure one has to undergo.
2. It is not a perfect procedure
LASIK eye surgical treatment might fix your vision but it does not necessarily indicate that it can provide you a twenty-twenty. Even if analytical reports show that 70% of the patients might have 20/20 vision, this does not always indicate they have ideal vision.
Given all these things, it can be deduced that, in spite of the appeal of the operation, LASIK might not always be the perfect eye surgery the way the majority of people here are the findings view it
On the other hand, the evaluation of the structural part of the eye may be made in several page ways. It ought to be well kept in mind that a patient with an eye issue might have other issues. Frequently other physical conditions are primary and impact the eye as a repercussion. The look of the eye can signal the doctor and the patient to difficulties in some disruptions of other parts of the body even prior to other symptoms provide themselves.
Like its tangible equivalent, LASIK eye surgery is another kind of vision correction.
2 Considerations You Do Not Have Knowledge Of In Connection With LASIK Eye Surgical Operations
The eye can be analyzed with relative ease regarding both its function and its structure. A functional examination consists of the capability to move in the orbit and the reaction of the pupil to light and lodging.


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Climbing time in Margalef
For the past three weeks or so, I have been just climbing and not doing anything else for the first time in a looooong time. I've been soaking up the rest time and starting to get back to feeling normal after the whirlwind of the last few months.
I'm in Siurana (Spain) right now, climbing limestone. It always takes some time for mind and body (mostly the skin on my middle two fingers!) to adjust to this alien rock type again. On the first couple of days I just took in some classics like Kalea Borroka 8b+, Migranya 8b and a flash of La Cara no Miente 8a+. Since then I have been heading over to Margalef and soon found myself staring the belay of an 8c+ in the face on redpoint. But I hesitated, feeling I was out of gas and came off. That was a shame since heavy rain the next day flooded the river and made the crag inaccessible for several more days.
Always after climbing big projects like Echo Wall, I have to take quite some time to figure out if I still want to be climbing at all. That's not to say I've ever felt that I don't want to, but after such a big experience I think it's normal to have some months of figuring out where you stand and what you want to do next.
After I did Rhapsody in 2006 I got pretty psyched to do a lot of training and increase my level a bit. I already had Echo Wall in the back of my head, but the main reason was just because I enjoy training. I am feeling that again right now, especially as the last month's training seems to have had a good effect on my level.
I have hard projects on my list in bouldering, and winter climbing already, but not really any in trad or sport climbing. In these disciplines I'll need to travel a bit, and see what comes my way. That will be fun! As soon as I'm back, the ice tools will be out and I'll be in the cave getting strong on axes for the big yin.
After the flood
The dam at Margalef having it's work cut out
We made an impressive dam across the swollen river with a bit of Scottish caber tossing from Michael and myself and got back to Cova Soliada for another shot at the 8c+, Sin Domesticar (a Dani Andrada route from earlier this year). After two flood enforced days rest, I was feeling in good shape and dispatched this on my first try, with possibly over a minute on the bat hang at the lip of the roof. My toes are getting stronger. Here is a wee youtube of this:
After that I spent some time tussling with another 8c, L'Espiadonis, which I tried to redpoint with a totally duff sequence several times. Once I gave it some respect and worked out a decent method, it only slapped me one more time with a fall tickling the finishing jug before allowing me to climb it:
It's been good so far to spend time consolidating 8c and 8c+ and doing some more routes quickly, for a while. I needed to do this just to see what it was like again. I don't get a chance to do that in Scotland at all because I've done all the hard routes and the projects are all sick hard. But perhaps out of habit or more probably personality, I have confirmed for myself once again that I am happiest in long term project mode, on proper hard routes.
Alicia climbing with the aid of the car's full beam
So I had gone back to trying things in the 9th level for the rest of my time, but when Dave Redpath left without finishing an unbelievable roof at Margalef that he had bolted earlier in the trip, it was time to back onto seek and destroy mode. Dave reckoned it would go for me but sounded hard above the lip of the cave. After a couple of hurried work sessions I set off and swung through the roof to arrive at an uncomfortable bat hang in a great position on the lip. The hang was a toe-torque rather than passive jam, so after a minute I found that my feet were too tired to let me pull back up to the holds. Doh! What the hell am I going to do now? After a few sets of crunches and pathetic swings at the pockets, I resorted to clambering up my own legs to regain upper body contact and get on with the crux. Happily the unintended extra stay in upsidedown land, and extra arm swinging helped shift the pump in my arms and a grunt around the lip got me quickly to the belay and my first Spanish first ascent – Knuckleduster 8b.