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1. Re: Relative Link PathsBobLevine Jul 27, 2007 4:43 AM (in response to (Grant_O'Neill))> Every time I change a drive letter or folder name where a linked file is stored...
You've got me curious...why are you doing that?
2. Re: Relative Link Paths(Grant_O'Neill) Jul 27, 2007 4:08 PM (in response to (Grant_O'Neill))I have a huge image/vector library which I'm constantly adding to, rearranging etc. I like everything to be very structured, so from time to time it's necessary to rename a folder in order to encompass a description of its contents more accurately.
Additionally, when upgrading program versions, some folder structures have become obsolete. For example, InDesign CS3 allows me to place INDD files within others, thus eliminating the need for a special PDF folder I used to keep PDF versions in. However, this folder also contained other PDFs, but overall it no longer logically fitted within its parent folder, so I had to distribute the files differently.
I'm sure that makes no sense to you, but basically I'm forever streamlining my files and folders. :)
3. Re: Relative Link PathsPeter Spier Jul 27, 2007 4:59 PM (in response to (Grant_O'Neill))so how does a relative path help you here? If you move or rename the folder, you destroy that path information the same as you would for absolute paths. Your example implies the linked file is located in the same folder as the document, I think.
4. Re: Relative Link Paths(Grant_O'Neill) Jul 27, 2007 5:23 PM (in response to (Grant_O'Neill))Yes, the example is where a file is located within the current folder.
Say your document is located here:
You have placed files, located here:
Later, you rename the root folder thusly:
With an absolute path, all files that were within the "Clients" folder will now have broken links. With a relative path, the links remain intact. If you had other linked files not within the "Clients" folder, you could set them to absolute paths, so that those links also remained intact.
5. Re: Relative Link PathsPeter Spier Jul 28, 2007 3:02 AM (in response to (Grant_O'Neill))Well, it appears to me that is exactly the way it works now on my system. I've just renamed root folders for several clients with various link patterns. One has links in the same folder as the doc, one in a sub-folder directly below the doc, and one has some in many places, including a completely different branch of the directory tree under the same client root, i.e the document is in clients\clentname\newsletters\month and some links are located there, but others are located in clients\clentname\logos\better.
Changing the root name of the clientname folder in each case caused no problem whatever with missing links. If you rename the "better" folder to "use these" I'm sure you will have trouble, but that's because you've destroyed the relative tree structure within your root.
6. Re: Relative Link Paths(Dave_Saunders) Jul 28, 2007 3:44 AM (in response to (Grant_O'Neill))The way it works right now is a mix between absolute and relative. It stores absolute addresses. But if it can't find the link at the absolute address (e.g., because of some renaming of the sort just discussed), then it will look for them inside the document's folder, although just how deeply it will look, I'm not sure.
This is how packaging works. You package a file and all the links are copied to a Links folder inside the package folder. When that package is moved to another computer, the links can't be found at the addresses held in the InDesign document and so it checks inside the document folder and there they are.
What relative addressing would allow would be the kind of sharing of common elements that can be done on web sites by using links that go up a level, across to another folder and then down.
7. Re: Relative Link PathsPeter Spier Jul 28, 2007 3:54 AM (in response to (Grant_O'Neill))>What relative addressing would allow would be the kind of sharing of common elements that can be done on web sites by using links that go up a level, across to another folder and then down.
I'm doing that now. As long as you don't rename a folder in the middle of the path (i.e. everything is below the folder you rename) it works fine. If the target is in a folder on a different branch of the same tree and you rename something partway out that branch, you break the link.
8. Re: Relative Link Paths(Dave_Saunders) Jul 28, 2007 3:58 AM (in response to (Grant_O'Neill))Peter,
Yes, it works on a single machine, but if you try to move the whole project to another machine (or disk on the same machine), the "relative" links are all broken. Relative links make for easy moving of stuff. Generally, InDesign documents are held in static locations so relative links aren't that important, but there are times when I've wished for them.
9. Re: Relative Link PathsPeter Spier Jul 28, 2007 4:30 AM (in response to (Grant_O'Neill))I'm a little confused now about how you want to move things. Moving the whole project implies moving the links as well as the document, at least to me, and that says "package," but I'm playing with simply moving directories.
I've just moved a document from one physical drive to another on my workstation and opened it without any issue -- the links stayed where they were and were still accessible since they are on the same machine.
I've also just moved the document back, then moved the entire client folder to the second drive so nothing was left in it's original location. Again, the document opened as if it were never moved, which implies to me that I could move it to a second physical machine the same way (and in fact I have -- most of my client folders are duplicated on my laptop).
I think Grant's problem is that he is interrupting the path information by changing the names somewhere besides the top level. I don't think you can expect any application to figure out that instead of looking in fred\martha\george\larry it should look in fred\martha\josephine\larry.
10. Re: Relative Link Paths(Dave_Saunders) Jul 28, 2007 4:37 AM (in response to (Grant_O'Neill))But packages don't work at a project level -- think of a book with 15 chapters with a mix of project art and chapter art. You really only want the project art once. That's where relative links would help me.
11. Re: Relative Link PathsPeter Spier Jul 28, 2007 4:54 AM (in response to (Grant_O'Neill))I don't do a lot of booked projects, and so I don't have your scenario, I guess. Can you package a book or do you need to do the files individually? If the latter, I can see where it would take some manual work to move everything into one links folder after doing the packages. Perhaps it would be more useful to ask for the ability to package a book if that can't be done now.
12. Re: Relative Link Paths(Dave_Saunders) Jul 28, 2007 5:06 AM (in response to (Grant_O'Neill))This comes up about once a year, so it's not a big deal. I was just explaining a circumstance where the feature would be useful. I usually end up packaging each chapter and not worrying about the duplication -- it's not that disk space is an issue any more.
13. Re: Relative Link Paths(Grant_O'Neill) Jul 28, 2007 7:14 PM (in response to (Grant_O'Neill))I don't really do books/packages very often either. In fact 99% of my work is printed internally so I never really have to transport it around.
The only real reason I ever rename folders and end up with broken links is because I'm constantly refining my folder structures and file naming conventions.
I think you could both agree though, that there is some utility value in allowing both relative and absolute paths, even if for only a minority.
14. Re: Relative Link PathsPeter Spier Jul 29, 2007 4:48 AM (in response to (Grant_O'Neill))Grant,
If you rename a folder in the middle of the path, or move a file to a new location, how do you expect to InDesign to know the new name and/or location? I can't see how relative/absolute comes into play here, but maybe I'm just dense this week.
We've already established that you can move an entire branch or rename the root folder without losing links -- you just can't screw around in the middle somewhere.
15. Re: Relative Link Paths(Bucky_Edgett) Oct 23, 2007 7:15 AM (in response to (Grant_O'Neill))Maybe part of the problem here is the loose use of the word "relative." In Grant's OP, he specified that he'd like to be able to use the Web convention "../../image.psd" In this case, ID would know to go UP the hierarchy a certain number of levels (depending on how many ../'s there are), and THEN search down through all directories.
Currently, ID WILL automatically search down from the document directory. Thus, IN A SENSE, ID has "relative" capabilities, but only down, see?
Of course, Grant, telling ID to go up a certain number of directories before beginning a downward search won't truly solve your problem. You'd still have to be able to guarantee you didn't move anything out of the specified "top level" directory.
16. Re: Relative Link Paths(Grant_O'Neill) Oct 24, 2007 11:19 PM (in response to (Grant_O'Neill))Bucky, that's exactly right. But assuming you just changed the name of one folder in the process (not the top level folder), then it would indeed be beneficial.
17. Re: Relative Link Paths(Raymond_Gerrard) Nov 19, 2007 3:24 PM (in response to (Grant_O'Neill))can't everyone stop asking why it needs to be done and just tell us how to do it. The guy wants to use relative links because he damn well feels like it so stop asking him why and just tell him how its done because I also need to know. We've got 20 staff each working on 2-3 ~150 page magazines/books each with a tonne of links and every time they're packaged and saved on to our file server and re-opened on another machine, the docuements need to be re-linked. It can be done automatically but this process just takes too damn long in some cases. We need to be able to open these docuemnts on differnt machines and be able to start working on them immediately. We've got deadlines and can't afford to waste time re-linking.
How the hell do you make all the links in a document relative instead of absolute... simple bloody question. how the hell do you do it???
if you don't know, please don't answer!!!
18. Re: Relative Link Paths(Dominic_Hurley) Nov 19, 2007 4:22 PM (in response to (Grant_O'Neill))> How the hell do you make all the links in a document relative instead of absolute?
You do realise this is a feature request forum and that this thread exists precisely because it can't be done?
19. Re: Relative Link Paths(Graham_Cooke) Jan 22, 2008 2:25 PM (in response to (Grant_O'Neill))Maybe this won't apply to the person with the ID software issue.
However, you can make relative links in a PDF. At least in my experience with MS Word, it is relatively easy - no pun intended.
It requires setting the relative link in the origin document as a hyperlink, and then PDFing the MS Word file - using the Distiller button - directly from MS Word. Maybe you have this capability from the ID software. Check for a PDF Maker toolbar in "View Toolbars" to see if the button is available.
My biggest issue is getting Acrobat to PDF any individual or batch of files and maintain the relative links I set within MS Word.
For some reason, Acrobat changes all my relative links to absolute links. I wish it wouldn't do this, as our department has a large number of files that occassionally have to be rePDFd, and the batch process is the easiest method of PDFing over five hundred files at a time. (We have a document repository of over 15,000 files in over 1,600 folders. We also make our repository available on DVD; this is why we use relative links.)
Graham Cooke
20. Re: Relative Link Paths(Sherri_Vance) Feb 15, 2008 11:54 AM (in response to (Grant_O'Neill))It seems incredibly strange that Adobe hasn't incorporated relative links within InDesign. If InDesign essentially uses an XML structure under the hood, why (oh why?) wouldn't they use a web convention like relative links, which is both more useful and more consistent with XML/HTML conventions? It's hard to believe that relative links aren't facilitated by InDesign. But given the posting above, I guess they aren't. Heavy sigh.
21. Re: Relative Link Paths(Bryan_Mitchell) Jun 4, 2008 12:11 PM (in response to (Grant_O'Neill))The fact that Adobe changes relative links to absolute links creates a big problem, especially if you're making the changes from a mapped or share drive. Any ideas on a resolution?
22. Re: Relative Link Paths(mike_baxter) Jun 6, 2008 2:55 PM (in response to (Grant_O'Neill))I think I have a resolution, and if anyone looks at ...(gasp)...Dreamweaver they can see it.
There's a little file manager in there (Files panel) that changes links when you move files.
That's what I'd love to have in Indesign.
I have spent hours relinking files since so I've had plenty of time to wish for a better system.
yes you could package the files up in a separate folder. But then anytime you alter or replace an image, you have to alter the package, or several packages... it's just not clean when you get down to it and you have to be very patient and well organized and methodical. I'm already patient and methodical enough right now, I don't want to get even more so.
Have a good one
23. Re: Relative Link Paths(Grant_O'Neill) Jun 6, 2008 4:13 PM (in response to (Grant_O'Neill))Mike, that's a good idea but how would you envisage it working? Say you had 50 linked files in your document, would it list the full path of each one and keep track of things when you move a file? And what if you moved a file while the document was closed? How would it keep track?
Obviously we're only talking about relative link paths but I'm not sure how an equivalent of the Dreamweaver Files panel would work.
24. Re: Relative Link PathsPeter Spier Jun 6, 2008 4:47 PM (in response to (Grant_O'Neill))I may be wrong, but I think Dreamweaver can only deal with moved links when you use the Dreamweaver links palette to move them.
25. Re: Relative Link Paths(mike_baxter) Jun 9, 2008 1:30 PM (in response to (Grant_O'Neill))Dreamweaver changes links whether files are open or closed. And yes if you change links outside of the program, you lose the link. Moreover, it only manages the links in a single site at a time.
You could compare the html files in Dreamweaver to the pages in Indesign.
the links panel might have a little file manager in it.
Trouble is, in an Indesign catalog type environment there are many links that do double or triple duty in many Indesign projects.
That's why the ultimate answer is to turn Bridge into an enhanced type of file manager that manages all links. You would set up all the files you want to change links in. That would be easy, it would be big list of your current Adobe files and projects. And when you move files around in Bridge, the program would update the links in Indesign, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, and others, including the program where links are the most troublesome of all -- Premiere....
26. Re: Relative Link Paths(Grant_O'Neill) Jun 9, 2008 3:52 PM (in response to (Grant_O'Neill))I think you misunderstood what I meant by "open document". If Dreamweaver is closed entirely, it doesn't keep track of files that move. And if you already have Dreamweaver open and you move files, Dreamweaver can only keep track of that if the file is within the directory structure, AND moved through the program. If you move the files through Windows Explorer then it still loses the link. I see that as the major issue here.
How would a file manager in InDesign solve this?
27. Re: Relative Link Paths(mike_baxter) Jun 10, 2008 10:54 AM (in response to (Grant_O'Neill))Well, as I saw it, you have a file manager that also updates links as files are moved around. The file manager would cover the same range as "Windows Explorer", but it would not be windows explorer, (unless it's enhanced with some kind of plugin). That's why I suggested Bridge for the job. Does that make sense as a concept?
28. Re: Relative Link Pathsviveredesign Sep 9, 2008 6:40 PM (in response to (Grant_O'Neill))When our company moves a job folder to the archive drive, all the links are broken even though the folder's inside structure is unchanged (i.e., /root/layout.indd is the file, and /root/links/ contains all artwork).
If we ever have to resurrect that job, it takes as much as an hour to relink all the items...
Any solutions?
29. Re: Relative Link PathsPeter Spier Sep 10, 2008 5:05 AM (in response to (Grant_O'Neill))Are you using the Package command to make the archive?
30. Re: Relative Link Paths(Nick_Burdine) Dec 1, 2008 7:28 PM (in response to (Grant_O'Neill))We spoke to an Adobe customer support rep on this very issue after migrating to newer servers recently and the support person commented that Adobe's "official" position on this issue is that InDesign wasn't designed to operate in a networked environment and there is no fix or work around. Thanks Adobe for making things even more difficult on top of your memory hog applications.
31. Re: Relative Link Paths(Scott_B_Henderson) Jan 19, 2009 9:48 PM (in response to (Grant_O'Neill))We would do *anything* for relative paths in InDesign.
For a variety of reasons we have to copy InDesign projects from one server to another (server upgrades, document owner moves offices etc.). In most cases all our linked files are contained within a 'links' folder adjacent to the .Indd file. Even though InDesign stores absolute paths, it is clever enough to look inside the 'links' folder *if* the linked file can not be found along the stored path.
But, if the project is copied to another sever and the original server is still available on the network, InDesign will continue to load linked files from the original location (which may be on the other side of the planet in our case), not the copied to location on the new server. Suddenly an InDesign file grinds to a halt.
Do the same thing with one of our CAD projects, and everything works sweetly (most CAD packages have the option of storing paths as either relative or absolute).
Absolute paths also defeat the benefits of using DFS (Distributed File Shares) in a windows environment for the same reason.
Very frustrating!
32. Re: Relative Link Pathscalirockangel Apr 8, 2009 4:01 PM (in response to (Grant_O'Neill))
I also just realized how much I would love to have a relative link option in InDesign. I've learned to deal with the packaging idea, but it kind of unorganizes my files... Here's my scenario:
I have a custom media kit I make for many clients, based on a template. There are many many elements involved so I have subfolders under my assets folder (which is my name for links) for each section. If I package it, all subfolders are lost and all links are stuck in one folder, making it very hard to navigate to what I need to change. If I could drag the file and assets subfolder to the new clients name, keeping my subfolder organized, it would be much easier to just open the files in the new location, change them, and have inDesign update the links. As it stands now, if I did that, inDesign would still pull from the original folder and I would have to relink everything to the new folder.
It's not a matter of packaging not being able to solve the problem, the issue is that I find it much more of a hassle and much more time consuming that way, when relative links just seem more intuitive in this case. Not to mention, it takes a lot more time to open the doc, package, and find the new place, rather than the simple drag and drop idea.
I think having the option to have links be relative or absolute would help me out GREATLY. I am sure there are others in my position.
33. Re: Relative Link Pathsmdwolff May 6, 2009 3:16 PM (in response to calirockangel)
Indesign CS4 has a 'Relink to Folder' option in the Link palete flyout menu. The problem with this is tha t it does not search subfolders.
This would solve the problem by selecting 'Relink to Folder' you would be able to select the parent folder even the whole drive/server and Indesign would find it where ever you placed it. As long as you chose a folder in the higherarchy above the image you want to link.
But in my tests Indesign will only find the links if you point it directly to the folder that contains the missing links.
I have a problem, where our catalog was out sourced, and now I want to relink it to our huge image library that is organized as follows: server/alphabetically1/comapny/alphabetically2/product (e.g images/C/Canon/P/Canon Powershot G10.eps).
To relink my files I need to relink them individually to the 'alphabetical2' folders.
Maybe someone knows how to write a script for this?
34. Re: Relative Link PathsNicStage Jul 21, 2011 12:26 PM (in response to (Grant_O'Neill))
I'm amazed that, this many years later, this simple feature request still hasn't been addressed. It isn't terribly confusing. "Relative" and "Absolute" are just two different methods for locating a referenced resource. More specifically, the difference is simply in where ID begins looking for the resource. Although they are both so simple, it would be easy to impliment the feature as a per-document (or even per-link) option.
This document:
Contains a link to this resource:
Imagine that we save the entire contents of the project folder on a network drive (or check it into a versioning system, or whatever), and the location on that computer becomes:
When ID opens document.indd and encounters the link, it sees this information: /archive/project/images/photo.psd and it begins searching for photo.psd from the root. So it asks "Is there a folder in / named archive?". If it can't find the folder so it begins a sort of convoluted process of searching in other places (read previous posts to learn more about how). Suffice it to say that ID's process will fail to locate photo.psd due to the fact that the project/ folder is located in a folder named something other than archive/.
If ID would implement relative linking, it would see the information ../images/photo.psd when it encounters the link and begin searching from the folder where document.indd currently resides. So it begins looking in the project/ folder and, it doesn't care what the name of the parent folders are.
35. Re: Relative Link PathsCousin-Jack Aug 22, 2011 2:04 PM (in response to (Grant_O'Neill))
Another vote for relative paths for Indesign hyperlinks.
I need to distribute a final PDF on CD-ROM that links to all sorts of files (Word docs, images, other PDF's, Excel files, etc...). If InDesign had relative links when I export to a PDF, I could put the CD on any computer and the links would work fine. Now I have to relink every link in Acrobat everytime there is an edit, no matter how simple. What a waste of valuable time.
36. Re: Relative Link Pathsndr111 Sep 9, 2011 3:59 PM (in response to Cousin-Jack)
Well said, really frustrated that InDesign does not support relative link paths. been search around for a workaround and found out this feature has been requested awhile back, many versions ago. i dont know maybe i have not searched long enough for a workaround.
37. Re: Relative Link PathsPickory Sep 13, 2011 8:11 AM (in response to NicStage)
Hello Every One,
I am I reading this right. If all the images ( images just for now ) are stored at the same folder level as the document, or within sub folders at the same level as the document ID fails to find these images when the folder containing the document is moved to a new volume?
38. Re: Relative Link PathsNicStage Sep 13, 2011 8:23 AM (in response to Pickory)
Hi P,
Yes, this is true. InDesign is not capable of creating or automatically following relative links. When you store the resources for your indd file in the way you mentioned and move the indd file and those resources to a new location (while maintaining their locations relative to each other), InDesign will not be able to automatically locate those resources when the indd file is opened from the new location. It will prompt you aksing if you want it to "fix" "broken" links. If you confirm that dialog, it will alter the document's links and create a new revision of the file simply because you opened it.
It get's very frustrating in a team environment where InDesign documents are under revision control.
39. Re: Relative Link PathsPickory Sep 13, 2011 8:41 AM (in response to NicStage)
I did a quick test.
I created a folder in my documents folder, copied a png file into it, created a document in that folder and placed the png file. Closed the document and copied it to my pen drive and opened it from the pen drive. The link palette showed that the image path was still to my documents folder. I closed the document and renamed the folder in my documents folder and reopened the document from the pen drive, the path to the image was now showing the pen drive.
Is that not what you want to happen?
I did my test test on Mac CS4.


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"Touché!" Voltaire shouted from the circle of onetime agnostics he had been regaling all morning with witty aphorisms. Still smarting from the centuries-long probation he had been made to endure in the company of Jeremy Bentham and other atheistic piranha still in purgatory, he welcomed the chance to prick the divine ego for having made it so difficult to find any sign of transcendence in human history.
"And what kind of evidence might have been enough?" the Godhead asked, trying to humor what he knew to be the Cambridge scholar's rather simplistic, scientistic mind-set.
"Well, a little order in your universe might have helped," Russell barked. "Dropping us humans onto such a desolate, wobbly and generally uninhabitable block of atoms didn't do much for your reputation as an Intelligent Designer!"
"So, what would you have wanted me to do, construct a perfectly predictable world and refrain, as Albert Einstein claimed I had, from rolling the dice? I would've thought you'd have had a keener appreciation for a little chaos and chance-play in the world about you!"
Out the corner of his eye, Russell caught a glimpse of Augustine winking to Thomas Aquinas. Grinning sheepishly, the Cambridge don continued: "Well, it's nice to know you enjoyed gambling, but you hadn't forgotten, had you, that a lot of human lives were at stake? For all that we mere mortals could tell, whatever game you were playing was doomed to failure from the start, and we'd all find ourselves in a cemetery of dead stars. Might not a few better clues from you about where your imagination was taking us have helped stem such a tide of pessimism?"
"I tried. Ever read that book I wrote about how my son was sent to draw the whole of the universe back up into the glory of his own resurrected body?"
"Yeah, I read it," Russell replied. "First as a kid and then once again, years later when I already had one foot in the grave. But I could not make any more sense of it the second time than I had the first. It did not seem to match any evidence I had come across in my years of scientific research and philosophical speculation."
"That, my dear professor, may have been your problem! Had you put your scientific instruments aside for a moment and, instead of gawking and thinking so much, tried to catch an intuitive glimpse of my evolving universe from the inside out, you might not have missed so much of the evidence that was there for all to see or hear."
"I was a scientist and a logician, not a poet! What did you expect?" Russell protested.
"Pythagoras was a scientist, and he didn't have trouble hearing the music of the spheres! Nor did Samuel Taylor Coleridge, who appreciated empirical observation but complained about the 'hollowness of scientific abstractions' and posited a 'poetic world' that could not be 'verified' by scientific reasoning."
Upon hearing the Godhead refer to one of their own kind, a cheer went up from a crowd of Romantic thinkers congregated nearby around the mellifluous Goethe. He had been lecturing them on how the "delicate empiricism" of a "spiritualized science" investigates "that which can be investigated," but "quietly reveres that which cannot be investigated."
"Did you hear that?" the Godhead asked Russell. "Wasn't that what your friend Ludwig also had in mind when he warned you that the existence of the universe is not so much a 'brute fact' as it is an imponderable 'mystery' that must be 'passed over in silence'?"
"Probably so. All that brilliant gray matter of his seemed to turn to mush in the end."
Wittgenstein, just starting to take a harp lesson from one of the angels, overheard the slur from his onetime mentor, but showed no sign of pique.
"I guess you thought my apostle Paul had gone mad, too, when he started waxing poetic about the difference between material and spiritual bodies?" said the Godhead.
"You got that right! All that mumbling about 'star differing from star'! Democritus was more to my taste."
"Is that why you embraced the Epicurean way of life?" the Godhead inquired, while feigning an accusatory grimace.
"I took my pleasures," Russell conceded, "but I wasn't on an ego-trip, if that's what you're implying."
"Lighten up, Bertrand! I was just joshing. You wouldn't be here today if I hadn't taken some notice of all the good work you did fighting for nuclear disarmament and other pacifist goals."
"Trust you also noticed my efforts to help people find meaning in their lives by engaging themselves in projects bigger than their own egos?"
"I did, and I would have given you much more credit for it had you not always insisted upon uncoupling such altruistic behavior from any worshiping of me."
"Thought you had long since died and that it was time to get along without you."
"Fair enough, if you were only thinking of yourself; but did you need to share such bad news with the masses?"
"Nietzsche thought so!" Russell exclaimed. "As did Sigmund Freud and his followers, all of whom thought it was time to stop offering their fellow humans false consolation."
"Well, my blessing on them! I know they meant well. But did it never dawn on any of you that, as my good servants Carl Jung and Unamuno frequently pointed out, there are a lot of people in the world who cannot cope with a reality unbuffered by their trust in me as their provident father?"
"So, we should have left them wallowing in their wishful thinking?"
"Bertie, my boy, you forget that I'm actually here. Freud was half-blind. But yes, even if I were but a figment of their imagination, you would have done the masses much better had you left them secure in their beliefs. Nietzsche did them no favor and, inadvertently, probably inclined many of his fellow countrymen to sell their souls to the Nazi thugs who butchered my chosen people."
"You blame Nietzsche for that? What about all those Christians and other religious people in Germany, and around the world, who did nothing to help the Jews escape the tyranny of Hitler? What about the pope? Did his or their belief in you make them any more compassionate? And what about yourself? Where were you when your supposedly chosen people needed you most? Can you blame them now, after Auschwitz, for chiming in with Nietzsche's declaration of your death? And speaking of Nietzsche, where is he? Is he here yet?"
"Not yet," the Godhead replied ruefully. "He's been a hard nut to crack."
"Where were you when your people needed you most?"
"I was there, in Auschwitz, Buchenwald and every one of those horrible death camps. And I dare say, contrary to Rabbi Rubenstein's understandable disbelief, many Jews did find in their conviction of my presence the strength to die with dignity and, in the tradition of all my suffering servants, gave up their lives as sacrificial lambs for the rest of mankind. Look around you and you'll see many of them now basking in their glory. Just as I had gone down into Egypt with their father Jacob and brought him back up, so I went down with them and have now brought them up to their eternal reward."
"Could you not have spared them all that suffering in the first place by keeping your creatures under better control?" Russell pressed. "How can you claim to be the lord of history when the forces of evil always seem to have the last word? That book you wrote says you actually hardened the Pharaoh's heart. Did you harden Hitler's heart too? And what about Caligula, Genghis Khan, Stalin, Pol Pot and the other tyrants who have terrorized their human subjects? Were they merely instruments of your divine wrath, and if so, how were we supposed to believe that you are a God of love?"
"What they did, they did by their own choice. I set all my human creatures free and gave everyone grace enough to overcome their brutish instincts. It has surprised and disappointed me, too, that so many of them have relapsed into their jungle pasts. My heart goes out to their victims. But I would have to say I am pleased so far with the outcome."
"That's easy for you to say, sitting up here on high, far removed from the daily vicissitudes of human affairs. Spend a day or two in old Calcutta, Istanbul or Mexico City and you might wish for another universal flood."
"Have you forgotten? I did come down. Kenosis is my middle name. Remember how they crucified my son? Remember his heart-rending cry of despair from the cross? How better could I have answered you rebels? What more could I have done to acquit myself of the evil you impute to me?"
"Did you have to take the children with you?"
"What children?"
"Those your church likes to call the Holy Innocents? Wasn't Dostoyevsky's character, Ivan Karamazov, justified in putting you on trial for conditioning the arrival of your son on such a loss of innocent lives?"
"That was not my doing; the birth of my son was an act of unconditional love. That King Herod's inability to tolerate my presence drove him into such a savage frenzy of killing was no fault of mine or of my son. Read my book again and you'll see that Jesus loved children and warned that anyone abusing them would be better off being thrown into the sea with a millstone around his neck."
"You might want to remind your clergy of that."
"I will—and not only them, but your fellow professors as well."
"So, may I stay?"
"Without a doubt!"
"What does that mean?"
"Go figure."
Loved it!
Cool. I am sending a copy to an aetheist friend of mine.
Continues to show that God has a sense of humor about or with us, Greart job, thank yuu.


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By now, you're familiar with the terms Vette-Rod, Pro Touring, Pro Street, and Resto Mod. Here's the car that defines another term: Pro Classic. It's Rich and Barbara Lagasse's '63 Corvette Z06 Coupe, the same car whose construction was featured in the Corvette Fever series "Split Personality."
How do you put the term Pro Classic into words? Let Rich spell it out. "We're trying to take advantage of how far the Corvette has come, from a technological standpoint," he says. "We're trying to upgrade the handling, comfort, ride, and performance with modern technology, while using primarily Corvette components that are currently available, to improve all those areas. When it comes to the exterior and interior styling, we make only subtle changes, within the context of the original styling, which are designed to improve their appearance, performance, and function."
The Lagasse's trip through the Corvette hobby began in 1989 with an all-original '66 big-block coupe that was restored only in those areas absolutely necessary, such as rebuilding the engine, which was in sad shape. After participating in NCRS Chapter and Regional events and receiving Top Flight awards, they found themselves with the dilemma of not feeling comfortable driving an original car as much as they had planned. Their feeling was that "a car is only original once in its life, and we felt a responsibility to preserve the car as it was." As a consequence, it became more "garage furniture" and not driven often.
The Lagasses then began purchasing and restoring other Corvettes which they felt more comfortable using the way they had planned. But then the itch to design a Corvette reflecting their ideas took hold. "While we really enjoyed those cars and the events we participated in, we began to look for a different way to enjoy the Corvette hobby," Rich says. "There are many different avenues to come at it. We decided that our focus would be to find a way to retain the integrity of that original styling, but develop a car that would make use of the current technology available and incorporate our own design ideas." As a result, they built their first Pro Classic in 1998, which was a '67 convertible. Having enjoyed that project so much, a '62 followed in 2001, following the same approach.
When planning began for their next project, the Lagasses decided to build a Vette to compete for the "big trophy" at one of North America's longest running rod and customs shows: the Ridler Award at the Detroit Autorama. That highly-sought-after prize, named for legendary Detroit show promoter Don Ridler, recognizes the finest of the new, never-before-seen-anywhere show vehicles. "We fully knew what we would be up against but believed that a Corvette hadn't competed in the Ridler in over 30 years. We wanted to have the experience once in our lives and represent the Corvette hobby as best we could," Rich says.
The C2 they started with was far from pristine-in fact, it was far from a complete car. "If you look back at the very first article, Installment 1, you'll see a picture of what we started with. It was virtually nothing but a bare shell," he says. "It had a modified rolling chassis, which we sold to a fellow who had a car with a rotten frame, but everything else was missing. As far as what we ended up with, (there was a picture of the body [in Installment 1] after it was media-blasted and the nose was removed). It looked like a horror story and definitely not what we usually advise people to use for a project like this. Our advice to anyone who asks is to start with as complete a non-numbers-matching car as you can find. Sometimes we should listen more closely to our own advice!"
The build, as shown in the "Split Personality" series, was painstaking, but a mutant monster was not to be its final outcome. Instead, the red coupe met the extremely exacting standards of the Ridler class. "First of all, you have to be accepted in order to get in it," Rich says. "Then, when you arrive, they go through an entire evaluation of the car to make sure that it's as you presented it in your application." It also has to comply with a long-standing Ridler class rule: Contestant vehicles must be newly constructed, never shown or seen in public before in their finished state. "They also do a full operational check, because they want to make sure that it isn't just a 'shell' but actually a driveable car. When you get there, you have to start it up, it has to move on its own forward and backward, and it has to turn and stop, before they'll accept you into the Ridler class. We crossed that hurdle, and there were a total of 23 or 24 cars that were accepted into the class."
From that number, eight were selected as "Great 8" Ridler finalists. Though the Z06 didn't make it into the "Great 8," it was fortunate enough to receive several honors at 2008's 56th Detroit Autorama, scoring First Place in its class (Sports Car), as well as awards for Outstanding Paint, Outstanding Sports Car, and winning the prestigious CASI Cup, named for show producer Championship Auto Shows Inc. "We were told that's considered the Best in Show, outside the Ridler Award," Rich says.
They also came away with more than the trophy hardware-appreciation from fellow car-people, as they'd received with their previous Vette projects. "What we will remember most were the people we met and the comments they made. What we value the most is that people will look at what we've done and can appreciate, at least to an extent, what we went through to design and build it, and make it come out the way it did. That's really our greatest satisfaction-when somebody says, 'Wow! Look at that!' or maybe just seeing the expression on their faces."
While pro shops build many of the cars competing in the Ridler, Rich says the bulk of the labor that went into his Pro Classic Z06 came from him, his family, and friends. "The satisfaction that we get out of this type of project is that it's our concept ideas, our build, and our hands-on work, both design and construction, through every phase," he says. "A project of this extent involves many skilled and dedicated people, such as the folks at the Corvette Center who did the body and paintwork, the chroming by Allied Metal Finishing, the chassis from SRIII Motorsports, upholstery work by Interior Motives, as well as the custom machine work and many other components." Rich adds, "When you put 12,000 hours of your own time into something over four years, and you divide that time into days, you see that it was virtually an everyday, full-time project for those four years."
Over those four years, Rich showed how each area of his Pro Classic Z06 came together in the "Split Personality" series. He says it was a way to answer questions that Corvette lovers have asked and give folks some ideas and suggestions that may save them time on their own projects. "The main reason we did the project series was that we receive a dozen emails a week from people with questions such as 'what did you use' and 'how did you do this kind of thing.' We thought we could reach a broader audience by writing the articles. Putting the articles together was more work than you'd think, but we really enjoyed doing them."
When building a car for a major show like the Detroit Autorama, the pace quickens as the clock ticks down to show time. "The last three days were literally around-the-clock," Rich says. "It was finished enough to load at 6 o'clock on the morning of the day that we left for Detroit. We went to bed for three hours, then left-in a snowstorm-at 9 a.m." Though finish detailing hadn't been done, they got help with that once they arrived. "Fortunately, four friends of ours-Jim and Janet Dawes, Matt Devlin, and Dave Laney-flew out to give us a hand, and our two sons, Chris and Mike, were also there to help." [NOTE: A picture of the "Split Personality Team" is in the Dec. '08 issue, page 36. That article also credits family and friends for their help in the project.]
"Without their help at the show, as well as the many friends who helped us towards the end of this project, we never would've been ready for the Detroit show," Rich says. "During the last few months of the project, we had friends of ours coming in and out of our garage, seven days a week, giving a hand when we needed at least two pairs of hands in order to put some things together-including my wife, who was here at all hours. One night I was under the dash, working on wiring and upholstery at 2:30 in the morning, and Barb was there handing me tools and feeding me grapes and cheese to keep me going."
Rich says that over the years that they've been building Corvettes, they've met many fellow Vette enthusiasts at the shows they've participated in, as well as businesses involved in other Corvette projects. "The times that people say, 'We have pictures of your car posted in our garage as inspiration'-that's the kind of comment that gets to you," Rich says. "It says that you've done something that's reached someone to the point where they use that to inspire what they want to do. That's the aspect of these projects that both Barb and I value the most. Building something that gives us the ability to express our own ideas and bring them to life has renewed our enthusiasm for the hobby. That's what's different about doing this kind of project versus the restorations we've done in the past, where you have guidebooks and factory manuals to go by. These projects really leave it open for you to design the kinds of things that you want. Hopefully, when it's all said and done, it comes out as you've pictured it in your mind."
If the reaction to one of their earlier Vettes is any indication, the Pro Classic Z06 will get plenty of attention from the most devoted people in the world of Corvettes. "On one of our previous cars that we brought to Carlisle in 2001, the '62, Dave Hill brought his entire engineering team over to look at it," Rich says. "As a matter of fact, I came back to the car once and saw this guy under the car, with his rear end sticking up in the air. I told him, 'I have pictures that will save you the grass stains on your knees.' He responded by saying, 'I have to see this for myself,' and it turned out that the fellow was Dave Hill! And, one of the Corvette engineers told us, 'I don't want to swell your head, but our last night's dinner conversation was primarily about your car.' When Corvette engineers can appreciate something that an individual has done, that's high praise, certainly. But that was our other car!"
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Christopher Smith will join Accenture Federal Services on April 9 as chief technology and innovation officer, the company announced today.
Smith will retire April 7 from the Agriculture Department, where he served as CIO since 2009, leading one of the largest federal government migrations to cloud computing and large-scale data consolidation efforts.
Reporting to Kay Kapoor, who leads Accenture's federal business, Smith will be responsible for developing the technology agenda for the company's federal business and overseeing services provided to federal clients in strategic areas such as secure cloud computing, big data, logistics and supply chain and cost reduction.
His federal government experience also includes senior positions with the General Services Administration and the Internal Revenue Service, and he served 25 years with the Air National Guard as a communications officer.
Smith served as co-chair of the Best Practices Committee for the Federal CIO Council and as government chair of the American Council for Technology/Industry Advisory Council's Executive Leadership Conference.
He also is a 2012 Fed 100 winner, given annually by Federal Computer Week.
He received his bachelor's and master's degrees in public administration from the University of South Florida and he earned a master's degree in management information systems from George Washington University.
Accenture, of Dublin, Ireland, ranks No. 33 on Washington Technology's 2011 Top 100 list of the largest federal government contractors.
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David Hubler is the former print managing editor for GCN and senior editor for Washington Technology. He is freelance writer living in Annandale, Va.
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March 3, 1999
House Passes House Joint Resolution 32, the Social Security Guarantee Initiative
On March 2, 1999, The House of Reprentatives passed H.J.Res. 32, the Social Security Guarantee Initiative, by a vote of 416 to 1. The resolution expresses the sense of the Congress that the President and the Congress should join in undertaking the Social Security Guarantee Initiative. This initiative would strengthen the Social Security program and protect the retirement income security of all Americans for the 21st century in a manner that:
- ensures equal treatment across generations to all Americans, especially minorities and other low-income workers;
- recognizes the unique obstacles that women face in ensuring retirement, disability, and survivor security and the essential role that the Social Security program plays in protecting financial stability for women;
- provides a continuous benefit safety net for workers, their survivors, their dependents, and individuals with disabilities;
- protects guaranteed lifetime benefits for current retirees and those nearing retirement; and
- does not increase taxes.


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The first rule of business — any business — is this: Do what you do well.
And what Chicago does well is drink.
Oh, there are other things to be sure (architecture! comedy! baseball!), but in this city, booze is as much a business as it is a way of life. Perhaps that passion stems from Chicago's history. It was, after all, a bootlegger's playground during Prohibition.
After bellying up to some of the city's best bars, I can say the tradition lives on. The craft cocktail movement, which reimagines classic drinks using modern techniques and house-made ingredients, is alive and well here.
As an eager imbiber, I was ready to explore, yes, but my quest to sip at some...


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I don't have a lot of people confess their love to me, to be honest; but I guess I've had a few. Most of the people that get to know me know I'm pretty unattached and aloof.
One female, (who I actually felt bad for) was moving, so she planned these little gifts. I pretty much put them all in my closet as I didn't find any of them useful, but the last one came with a note exclaiming her love. I never talked to her again.
One female was getting married and for 2 months straight she would call, and text me. It was really uncomfortable because of her situation, but I was "the guy that got away". So I think she was having a crisis and cold feet, and ultimately just wanted to see if there really WAS something between us. There wasn't. She eventually blocked me on facebook because she embarrassed herself, despite me telling her it's okay.
Um, the last one I can think of is this poor girl in highschool who was really shy and overweight. Despite me being not interested in relationships in the least, I actually really do love people in a very general love for humanity, good will towards man, benevolent way; so I don't enjoy these situations and I always feel for them. But anyway, continuing the story, she walked towards me and was visibly nervous, shaking, etc. After a few moments of awkward conversation she finally expressed her feelings and all I could really say was, "I'm sorry, I don't feel that way about you." Tears swelled up in her eyes, and because the memory stands out in my mind, I always make myself very clear with female friends.
And although I've never had any guys confess their love, I have had a few express their intense desire to... do things to me. Again, same response, "I don't feel that way about you, I'm sorry.".
"Hey mister! I am mad scientist! It's so cool!" - Okabe
I was blind sided. My act of friendly gesture on what I think about movies had cornered me on a restaurant filled with the suitor and suitor's friends. Discussing movies, like what the OP is currently fascinated about, was not a good idea in my part. It creates a delusional ideal that what they watch on movies could happen to them, filled with giant rainbows and farts of butterflies. They just want the asian experience since I was the one who's currently present there on that time. Love is for hippies. My existence is solely for the purpose of science and art. Not in particular order.
I just ended up paying for two. The horror.
word of the day: facetious
One was at a park. Only one worth remembering.
My current boyfriend confessed to me that he loved me when we were doing hw. Or should I say was doing homework and then got sidetracked.
Oh lawd!!! xD Hahahahahaha!!!
"Where do we go- around it, above it, beneath it?!" "No, we go through it!!"
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I was blind sided. My act of friendly gesture on what I think about movies had cornered me on a restaurant filled with the suitor and suitor's friends. Discussing movies, like what the OP is currently fascinated about, was not a good idea in my part. It creates a delusional ideal that what they watch on movies could happen to them, filled with giant rainbows and farts of butterflies. They just want the asian experience since I was the one who's currently present there on that time. Love is for hippies. My existence is solely for the purpose of science and art. Not in particular order.
I just ended up paying for two. The horror.
Abstract art is a beautiful thing...wouldn't you say? But for the sake of humanity please speak clearly as to what situation you are trying to portray or say
good bye
This guy that I was into a lot confessed that he found me attractive which I thought of it as "he likes me" sorta thing but at the end things didn't go right and now we're not talking.
wow. its been a long time crunchyroll.... how y'all been? ^0^
The only girl that ever actually confessed to me face to face was in kindergarten or 1st grade.. Everytime after I've found out a girl dug me, was from other people or over the phone(random times).
It's pretty normal when I get confessed to :v
It's not like they hire a sky writer to tell me >.>
More like "um...do you wanna go out?"
Or they give me a letter
Either way being confessed to has never made me happy...
Even if they are cute :O
"do you want to sit on my face."
VintageVengeance wrote:
"do you want to sit on my face."
Last name: ever, first name: greatest
pandrasb wrote:
"Maybe you haven't been confessed to yet or confessed to someone yet"
I'm in this category, I only had a crushes in elementary, middle school... all ending in a crash and burn Dx
In high school didn't have a crush, unless you count famous actresses
well I have never confessed to anyone, but women are puzzled by me for some reason and become very shy
when they are thinking of me as more than a friend. every female friend I ever had has become possessive over me. They like
the way I fully show my attention to them or something like that(once you become my friend IRL I will spoil you with attention)
I've even have female FRIENDS(who have boy friends) get jealous of me flirting with women in front of them...I would be too confused
as to why this happen, but neither of us are interested in each other as nothing but friends. <==== I know long story.
One of my female friends (who has a boyfriend) was getting all weird clingy one day and she told me to listen to this song
...so we both put on one ear bud each and there was some female singer I didn't recognize basically singing about how
she loves this guy but that she's too scared to tell him but how that she wish she could tell him and the singer was soo emotional almost like she was crying while singing.
it was soo unexpected and awkward, but I didn't know if she was giving me a message or not so just said ummm...it was a good song after it ended. we were friends through work and the next day she quit...soo I still don't know if that could be considered a confession or not. I would have to go with not....I have had my share of female friends or the friends+ but I mean just say directly the three words I love you....not lets go out or something like that. Does anyone confess in that fashion anymore. I know that when I find the one that I won't hesitate to say it at all.
good bye
Put a red rose in my mail box.
When I feel like someone likes me I avoid them
There have been a couple times where I have been blindsided or cornered.
These two guys (who i both had no interest in) started competing for me? The really shy timid on asked me out first in front of the egotistic one. I said no. Then the egotistic one asked me out the next day in front of the shy one. He was shocked that I told him no also.


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Review: Shakira's new album should be much better
Shakira, "Shakira" (RCA Records)
Shakira's domination in America has dwindled since she became a hip-swiveling goddess of festive pop hits like "Whenever, Wherever" and "Hips Don't Lie."
Already a superstar in her native Colombia, the multitalented singer-songwriter-instrumentalist took the American pop scene by storm when she made her U.S. language debut in 2001 with personal, rich songs about romance and more. But her recent albums haven't matched the spark, edge and charisma from her work a decade ago, and her new self-titled release, while enjoyable at times, doesn't showcase this Grammy-winning, Golden Globe-nominated superstar in the right light.
"Shakira," her tenth album, features the 37-year-old taking a back seat as lead songwriter and producer, and that doesn't come off as a wise move. "Dare (La La La)," helmed by Dr. Luke, Max Martin and others, sounds like a Jennifer Lopez song, and that's not a compliment (sorry, Jenny). While Shakira's stint as a judge on "The Voice" has been pleasurable to watch, her duet with fellow mentor Blake Shelton on the country-feeling "Medicine" is a bore, though it was co-written by Academy Award nominee and hit country songwriter Hillary Lindsey.
Even the duet with Rihanna, the up-tempo lead single "Can't Remember to Forget You," comes off as a cry for a pop hit. The song lacks energy though two superstars are part of it, and the collaboration feels forced (Rihanna and Shakira are both signed to Roc Nation management).
The album's lyrics also lack emotion and depth. It's a far stretch from Shakira's earlier songs, such as her Latin pop breakthrough "Estoy Aqui (I'm Here)" or the part-gritty, part- bouncy "La Tortura." The new album follows in the footsteps of her last two albums, 2009′s "She Wolf" and 2010′s "Sale el Sol," which have bright spots, but still didn't carry the oomph and appeal of her earlier work.
Shakira does move the needle a bit on the reggae-laced "Cut Me Deep," which features the band Magic! Nasir Atweh, the band's lead singer, is part of the songwriting duo The Messengers, who have penned hits for Justin Bieber, Chris Brown and Pitbull.
"Spotlight," co-written by Lindsey and produced by Greg Kurstin, sounds arena-ready, which is excellent for an entertaining performer like Shakira. And the album's most honest moment is "23," a sweet ode to her 1-year-old son's father, soccer player Gerard Pique, who is 10 years younger than Shakira (he was 23 when they met). She co-wrote the simple guitar tune with Luis Fernando Ochoa, who collaborated with Shakira on her third album and major label debut, 1996′s "Pies Descalzos."
Full-blown reunion please?
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Wal-Mart and Warner Bros. struck a deal making the retail chain the only place to buy tickets to the first U.S. screenings of the next Superman film, "Man of Steel." Benjamin Fritz reports. Photo: AP Images.
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... I ... oh ... the man of steel taking to the skies again this summer but there is only one place you can buy tickets to the first US screens hit a tells about what could be an unprecedented partnership as Wall Street Journal media and marketing reporter ... Benjamin Fritz thanks for being with this ha lot people myself included and I'm pretty excited about this film but ... this is also worth a were talking about what you've been reporting on ... tickets for a June thirteen screening the night before the film actually opens on the big screen ... who's got the tickets ... only at Walmart and only in short she wanted to get to the boat will Wal-Mart ... starting and eighteen ... and and buy from there we have ... never been done before ... very unusual partnership icing both sides think if there's something in it for me to them ... let's start with I let's start with Wal-Mart what why would they want to invest in this kind of film promotion ... well due to many of the moment when the cookie can cope with the movie that happen ... to the European industry especially the women could be built or otherwise ... struggling at the following ... email it to get more people like to give people a lot of ice cream and merchandise ... and in a pre order the DVD ... and DVD that being here with the home to the home video copies a big deal here enough I in terms of of the studio Time Warner ink I let's one-day white that all your eggs in one basket ... with Wal-Mart is the promotion you get for this film ... and all those Wal-Mart Stores worth it ... oh yeah that didn't even have the promotion and ... every Walmart store knew that the ... signage ... for to steal given that the traffic they had been fashioned into the advertising ... battle to water bother cooking is looking for the fact that it was never called our customers ... when people usually rush of wind and then go and buy tickets ... they're hoping that the early screening will happen abroad that the people rather than the hard work and felt that he can voice ... and Internet chat that social media buzz coming from a broader ... group of people ... and it did tend to usually get that rich meaning to the moving them ... all the dollars for a minute I know one obvious question comes to mind is Wal-Mart getting a slice of the ticket sales ... not that that that that the money in particular going to be sure ... to get it that way you live with that I think both Wal-Mart ... and were rather sheepish right that that the other direction looking to make more money off ... the coast this evening as far as we know it is hard to reporting has turned up this this has really been tried in this fashion before why I think that isn't what any inherent risks of the ... studios wouldn't ... you know about piling everything all they're paying all their hopes for this this this night for screen on one retailer Aldi the decline ... well Charlie away at the moment and we can to get it open or whatever don't usually shop at Walmart we went to the movie right away and a half to waking up is the isthe kit yes there ... and you know we I'd usually has been available for sale and a number of places that you can aam but the movie tickets and a bridge across the region many people as possible ... so actually limiting it to the public light eliminating the number of places that are selling ... any product ... when you talk to her strategy ... tickets on sale in


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Well yes and no.. she enjoys typical TV like walking dead, game of thrones, dexter, etc. etc. and has an interesting place in her heart for BBC drama's ( ie. downton abbey ) that I don't always understand.
To that end I think the key is just a really good story with characters one can get drawn in by and isn't not completely over the top.. problem is the only zombie one I really know is HOTD, closest thing to thrones I have seen is SAO lately, dexter.. well there is monster and a few good ones but I think that might be a bit dark for starters, and BBC type historical drama I haven't seen alot in anime and thats why I am hoping that people here will have some good suggestions..
As for those of you with the jokes.. not exactly helpful answers but you did make me laugh
How about Dusk Maiden of Amnesia, Fairy Tale, Haibane Renmei, Hanasaku Iroha, Kids on the Slope, Kimi ni Todoke - From Me to You, Occult Academy, Otome Yokai Zakuro, The Mystic Archives of Dantalian, or Usagi Drop. All but one of those is currently listed on Crunchyroll. The first season of Kimi ni Todoke is much better than the second.
Sacred Blacksmith or pretty much any of the popular anime on netflix are good gateway anime. Angel Beats being the best ofcourse.
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what about Chihayafuru
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Golden Boy is the only real choice here.
Alternatively i'd recommend Baccano, it's one of the more "Western" animes and the characters and story are definitely unique and memorable.
If I had a type it'd be you, fortunately I don't have a type so please stop.
If she likes Dexter, I would totally suggest Deathnote. I haven't seen a whole lot of it, but you could maybe try Case Closed. I'm a fan of Penguindrum, that has some comedy and a little bit of the fate/ destiny kind of thing. Good Luck!
Ummmmm, I would start with a movie before you delve into any series. A series is always way more daunting to take on for an anime new-comer. Therefore, I suggest practically anything by Studio Ghibli if she is into art at all and especially if she likes stories that focus on characters instead of events. I would saw either Howls Moving Castle, Castle in the Sky, or Princess Mononoke are good choices. My favorite is Castle in the Sky, but if she already thinks "anime is for kids"....I would go with Mononoke or Howl instead.
Also, if she can stand reading subtitles I usually introduce people to anime through subbed series because the voice acting is usually better and if they don't mind reading subtitles chances are they're going to like the sound of another language.
Death Note is great too if she likes Dexter.
Greylurker wrote:
what about Chihayafuru
This. The beauty of poetry and the intensity of a high-speed card game come together in a fantastic blend, the characters are all wonderful, and the whole thing looks gorgeous. It's a great example of something that you just wouldn't find outside of anime.
Of course, maybe you're just going to start by showing her some dubbed anime (in which case, I can't help you).
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End of Evangelion.
Real answer: Bunny Drop.
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Waterford principal will retire at the end of next school year
Leave it to a former English teacher to find the perfect words to describe how he knew it was time to retire.
"It seemed like a period at the end of the sentence, you know what I mean?" Donald Macrino said.
Macrino, 62, the Waterford High School principal, announced recently that he plans to retire in June 2013 after the next school year. He agreed to stay on for his 17th year as principal to oversee the school's transition to its new $67 million high school, which is under construction and is slated to open next April.
A City Councilman in New London, his native city, Macrino has enjoyed a long career in education and in 2008 was named state Principal of the Year by the Connecticut Association of Schools.
This fall he will enter his 40th year as an educator. He will have 20-year stints in both New London and Waterford.
"He is a person when you think about it who just completed his 39th year and he still has the energy and dedication to approach whatever challenge comes his way," Superintendent of Schools Jerome Belair said. "He's been instrumental in this new construction of the high school. We're very fortunate that we can have him here for an additional year."
Macrino, a graduate of Eastern Connecticut State College, worked as an English teacher at New London High School and later dean of students. He took an assistant principal job in Waterford at Clark Lane Middle School and later became principal at the high school.
He said that in recent years students have come to rely on schools and teachers more because they have less outside support. That has created a need for teachers to be better prepared and trained, and Macrino praised his staff in Waterford for being just that.
He also said he found many opportunities to help children with problems "outside of grammar or literature" in his early days in New London. Becoming a principal presented further opportunities to do the same.
"When I became an administrator, I was dealing with that all the time. It was an opportunity to really contribute to the betterment of a young person's life," Macrino said.
An avid car racing fan, Macrino said he plans to continue to spend a lot of time with his family in retirement. He and his wife, Pati, live within a mile of the couples' three children.
While some future opportunities may also arise from being a member of the executive boards for the National Board for Secondary School Principals and the Connecticut Association of Schools, Macrino said with the new high school set to open he felt it was the right time to step aside.
"It's sort of like when you're in the line to get on that gigantic roller coaster. You're not sure whether you should go through with it or not," Macrino said. "But then you jump in the car and enjoy the ride. You try to find the most appropriate time to end one's career and move on to the next stage."
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Psalm 118 - "Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his steadfast love endures forever!"
Nearly 400 years ago in the month of November, a sailing ship anchored off what is now called Rhode Island. The ship was the Mayflower. It carried a small group of religious outcasts from Europe. They built the first permanent English-speaking community in North America.
The observation of Thanksgiving celebrates their courage, determination and faithfulness.
No immigrants to North American have ever been more carefully screened for purity, piety, good character and proper theology. These were the "pilgrims," the Puritans who were to write the beginnings of North American lifestyle.
For them the Bible was the foundation of all thought and action. It provided them with a total pattern for emotional, intellectual, social and civil life. The Puritans wanted a "purer" form of religion than they had experienced in Europe. They wanted to cleanse the church of hierarchy, of set prayers, of vestments, of outward signs, of all that might detract from the purity of thought and worship, including even wedding rings and Christmas!
Today the Puritans are easily criticized. Their rigidity in all aspects of life sometimes led to abuse of those who failed to live up to the strict code of conduct.
Today we use the word "puritanical" in a negative sense. Surely we do not want to be mean or unforgiving when people do things with which we do not agree. However, we could benefit from the adoption of some of their better qualities. Among these are:
…Industry. The Puritans lived by the conviction that God was glorified in hard work and the attendant results. We call it the "Protestant work ethic" today. Work for them was more than doing a job. It was the way in which God called out a person's entire range of gifts and graces.
…Morality. They leaned heavily on the "thou shalt nots" and included more things in the 'shalt not' list than we would. Surely music, dancing, fine clothes and theater are not inherently evil. However, the Puritans felt that giving up these small pleasures for a deeper dimension of joy was the godly way of life.
Many today would agree that we have moved too far in the opposite direction to the point that some people feel there is nothing that should be restricted. It seems that even when squarely confronted with our sins, humans struggle for the creativity to evade indictment.
Among some of the more notable responses to being caught red-handed are these: French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing, when caught accepting $250,000 worth of diamonds as a "gift, - "so what!"; the Duke of Wellington, when a former mistress threatened to publish an extremely explicit set of memoirs - "Publish and be damned!"; Grover Cleveland, when news of the existence of his illegitimate son hit all the papers - got elected; Richard Nixon, when trying to face down the Watergate debacle - "I am not a crook!"
We would do well to follow the example of our Puritan ancestors and examine everything we do in light of what would be pleasing to God.
…Simplicity. The early Puritans were forced to lead simple lives by the nature of their circumstances. However, their descendants made a conscious choice to live simply. Today the phrase "Live simply that others might live" is one that would benefit our whole world.
Jesus taught all would-be followers to relinquish the love of "things," the desire for "stuff" that fills our hearts with an insatiable desire for more and controls the mainsprings of our lives. Jesus revealed to the rich young man the heart of his shortcomings. His "stuff" blocked the staff of life. His love of stuff blocked his way to genuine discipleship, to the kingdom of God. Jesus challenged the man to give up his trust in things, to relinquish his hold on what he held, to give up his control, to take up God's security (Luke 18:18-25).
Another man who came to know Jesus took up the challenge of living simply and decided to divest himself of a remarkable fortune. Charles F. Feeney was a quiet, virtually unknown New Jersey Irishman. However, he just happened to be worth somewhat over $600 million. Committed to living a simpler, less consumptive lifestyle, this rich man gradually, almost furtively, gave away $600 million without anyone knowing about it. All he kept for himself was one half of 1 percent of his entire estate for his "old age." Feeney owns no house, no car, and lives a simple, unremarkable lifestyle.
…Community. There are many voices in our culture encouraging us to look out for Number One. The Puritans may have at times been too involved in the lives of their neighbors, yet their motives were genuine concern for the welfare of the community and of their neighbors.
In his 2003 ASCD Educational Leadership article, Creating a School Community, author and educator Eric Schaps states, "a growing body of research confirms the benefits of building a sense of community in school. Students in schools with a strong sense of community are more likely to be academically motivated (Solomon, Battistich, Watson, Schaps, & Lewis, 2000); to act ethically and altruistically (Schaps, Battistich, & Solomon, 1997); to develop social and emotional competencies (Solomon et al., 2000); and to avoid a number of problem behaviors, including drug use and violence (Resnick et al., 1997)."
What is true in school is true for the rest of society.
As you and your family gather this holiday season, give some thought to the Puritans and what we can learn from them today. People are intended to work hard, live a moral life, live simply and be in harmony with our neighbors.
May your Thanksgiving celebration and the coming holiday season be filled with gratitude to God for all the blessings and joy of family and friends surrounding you.
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Emily Ann Saam, 17
Emily Ann Saam 17, of Wapakoneta died at 12:50 p.m. Thursday, July 11, 2013, from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident at State Route 501 and Linzee Road.
She was born in Lima on June 3, 1996, to Kelly and Alex E. Saam Jr. and Jennifer E.(Rhodes) and John Ickes, both of Wapakoneta who survive.
Survivors also include a brother and four sisters, Alexandria Adams, Harlie Ickes, and Madison, Drew and Lindsey Saam; grandparents Vera Potter, of Lima, Joann and Richard Rhodes of Alger, Kim and Chuck Quick, of Wapakoneta, Mary Ann and Alex Saam Sr., of Cridersville, and Connie and Neal Brincefield of Wapakoneta, and numerous aunt, uncles, and cousins.
Emily had just finished her sophomore year at Wapakoneta Senior High and was planning on attending Apollo Career Center this fall to pursue a medical career towards being a marine biologist. She was also going into her 12th year of dancing of which she especially loved tap dancing. She really enjoyed reading, horses and sharks. She was also employed at Bob Evans here in Wapakoneta where she worked as a greeter. She will always be remembered as being a big sister to her brothers and sisters whom she loved unconditionally.
Funeral services are scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. Sunday at Schlosser Funeral Home & Cremation Services, with the Rev. Steven Nelson officiating. Burial will follow at Greenlawn Cemetery, Wapakoneta.
Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be directed to the WHS Flag Corps in which she was member of.
Condolences may be expressed atschlosserfuneralhome.com.


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Man ignores officer's warning, plunges 50 feet to death
Man ignores officer's warning, plunges 50 feet to death
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Police say a man fleeing from officers plunged an estimated 50 to 60 feet to his death in a deep ravine.
The chase and fall happened shortly before 3:30 a.m. Wednesday, behind stores on Presidential Parkway in Macon.
Macon Police Chief Mike Carswell said an officer spotted a vehicle with two occupants behind a closed sporting goods store. A police statement says the officer began questioning the men, and one became combative so the officer pepper-sprayed him and took him into custody.
Macon police Sgt. Melanie Hofmann said the other man ran and started climbing the fence. Hoffman said the officer warned him not to climb the fence because of the ravine below. But the man went over the fence anyway.