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If you're experiencing an Achilles heel injury, the pain can be agonising. Athletes of both amateur and professional status can find the answers they're looking for with our four essential exercises, that can make Achilles heel injuries a thing of the past.
To complete this exercise, stand facing a wall with posture erect, feet shoulder-width apart, and your toes just a few inches from the wall. Then, simply bend your legs at the knees, while keeping your upper body upright, so that your knees lightly touch the wall. You may have to adjust the distance from your feet to the wall to accomplish this effectively. Return to the starting position, and then bend your legs at the knees again, but this time point your knees to the left as you move them toward the wall. Note that this produces a perfect 'eversion' of the right heel, which is exactly what happens to your heel when you pronate during the stance phase of running. What happens is that this motion replicates the twisting forces applied to the Achilles and calves during running, helping them to fortify themselves in a rotational as well as straight-ahead plane. Return to the starting position, and then bend your legs at the knees again, but this time move your knees toward the right, giving your left heel a nice eversion. Come back to the starting position to finish the cycle (straight-ahead, left, and right). Repeat several more times, and your first experience with the Eccentric Knee Squat is over.
Over time, the two-footed Eccentric Knee Squat will become a piece of cake. That will be the signal for you to abandon the two-footed version of this exercise and move on to the one-footed Eccentric Knee Squat. This squat is exactly like the two-footed one, except that now full body weight is on one foot, as it is during real running. You repeat the same pattern (straight-ahead, left, and right) which you used for two-footed eccentric squatting, carry out several reps on one foot, and then move over to the other. The toe of the non-weight-bearing foot can be tucked neatly against the heel of the weight-bearing foot as you complete the drill. You'll soon find that the one-footed knee squat is an absolutely dynamite activity for boosting Achilles and calf strength - in the same planes of motion (front to back, side to side, and rotational) which are present during the stance phase of running!
To carry this one out correctly, start by standing on your right foot only as you face a wall, with your right foot about 30 inches or so from the wall (you may need to adjust this distance slightly). Your left foot should be off the ground and positioned toward the front of your body, with your left leg relatively straight.
Then, bend your right leg at the knee while maintaining your upper body in a relatively vertical position and nearly directly over your right foot. As you bend your right leg, move your left toes toward the wall until they touch, keeping the left leg relatively straight. End the movement by returning to the starting position.
Next, conduct essentially the same motion, but move your left foot forward and to the left, again keeping your left leg straight and attempting to make contact with the wall. Your left foot may not quite reach the wall, since you are moving in a frontal plane (from right to left) in addition to the straight-ahead, sagittal plane.
Return to the starting position, and then carry out essentially the same motion, but with your left foot crossing over the front of your body and going to the right as you attempt to touch the wall. Then return to the starting position. Do a few (4-6) reps (the straight, left, and right motions make one rep) on your right foot, and then attempt the same exercise with your body weight supported only on the left foot. Like the Eccentric Knee Squat, the Balance and Eccentric Reach with Toes forces your calf muscles to work eccentrically and in a variety of planes of motion, as they do during the stance phase of running (you will really feel it!). Both exertions also do a nice job of strengthening your knee and hip muscles and coordinating their activities with what is happening down at the Achilles and calves.
To complete this little beauty, simply stand on your right foot about an arm's length from the wall, with your left leg flexed at the knee and your left shin roughly parallel to the floor. You should be standing with erect posture, and you may place a finger from each hand on the wall for balance.
Then, simply bring your left knee forward until it touches the wall - while moving your upper body backward from the hips so that it remains roughly over the right foot. You will feel a very fine strain in your right calf and Achilles-tendon region. Finish the movement by returning to the starting position.
By now, you know what should come next. Again, thrust the left knee forward to the wall, but this time move the knee in a frontal plane (toward the left). Return to the starting position, and then move the knee well toward the right. Finish by going back to the starting position. Continue this pattern (straight, left, right) a few more times, and then change over to the other foot. As you move knee to the left and right and back to the starting posture, you'll notice that your activity is forcing the calf muscles and Achilles to withstand ankle-twisting rotational forces and side-to-side (frontal-plane) movements, not just straight-ahead pulling. That's what you want, because improved strength in all appropriate planes of movement will make you a more stable, injury-resistant athlete!
This will actually be the easiest movement to carry out, since it's somewhat similar to traditional stretching routines for the calf-Achilles complex. Begin this one by facing that familiar wall, about an arm's length away, with your weight supported on your right foot, your right knee slightly flexed (as it would be during the stance phase of running), your left leg imitating the swing phase of the gait cycle, and your hands against the wall for support. Then, simply rock forward toward the wall, so that you feel a nice stretch in your right calf and Achilles tendon. After 20 seconds or so, pronate your right foot (roll it toward the inside), and hold the stretch for 10 more seconds. Finally, supinate the right foot (roll it toward the outside), and hold for 10 seconds.
After you have stretched for a total of about 40 seconds, lean toward the left so that your right Achilles tendon and calf are now being pulled in a lateral-left direction. Hold for 20 to 30 seconds or so. Finally, lean toward the right, crossing your left leg over your right, so that the right Achilles and calf are being pulled in a lateral-right direction. Again, hold for 20 to 30 seconds. Repeat one more time, and then shift over to the left foot for the same pattern of stretching.
If you want rid of your Achilles heel injuries then working the four essential exercises into your regular training regime is a good starting point.
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Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the inn
The children were whining and raising a din:
''Santa won't find us cause we're in a strange town.''
But holiday travel need not let you down.
The storybook image is one of children waking up Christmas morning and running downstairs to see what Santa left under the tree. But the reality is that Christmas is the busiest travel time of the year, with people vacationing or visiting far flung family and friends.
Colleen Phillips of Portland, Ore., for instance, always takes her children to see her parents and her husband's parents, driving more than 500 miles to three different towns.
They've tried all the permutations; staying in a hotel, staying with family and visiting before and after the holidays so that they can have Christmas morning in their own home.
''I think it's important to see family around the holidays,'' Phillips said. ''I think that's what it's all about.''
While traveling with children over the holidays has its own rewards, it also has additional challenges.
Marianne Neifert, a pediatrician and author known as ''Dr. Mom,'' said even when children are enjoying a trip, they may have some sense of loss because the holiday isn't unfolding the same way it would at home.
''Having something celebrated in a familiar way brings a lot of reassurance and comfort to a child,'' she said, ''especially this year with all the upheaval.''
That doesn't mean families should stay put for the holidays, but a little planning and foresight can go a long way.
The Phillips' for instance, bring their own stockings whenever they are away from home on Christmas Day, and they write a letter to Santa so he'll know where to deliver the presents. The year they stayed in a hotel, they brought a small artificial tree from home.
The farther you travel, the more creative you might need to be.
If the scene from your window is a sandy beach, then regardless of how festive the hotel lobby is, you might get your children involved in decorating your room to help evoke the holiday spirit. Or you can call ahead and ask to have the room decorated for your arrival.
You can request milk and cookies for Santa on Christmas eve, or get help finding a restaurant that serves potato pancakes on Hanukkah.
''Think of everything you do at home and ask the concierge to run interference for you, or your travel agent can help,'' said Kathy Sudeikis, of All About Travel in suburban Kansas City, Mo.
Bring along some traditions from home -- Christmas stockings, Hanukkah menorahs and familiar holiday books and videos -- but also be open to trying some of the local ways of celebrating, said Lisa Bain, executive editor of Parenting magazine.
''You want to hang on to your traditions, but one reason why people travel during the holidays is to do something different,'' she said. ''You're creating a special memory for your child.''
Similarly, Bain suggests a combination of gifts from home and local gifts to mark the vacation.
Air travelers need to be especially prudent about gifts because of the logistics of getting them to and from your destination.
You might consider ordering them from catalogs or on-line retailers, and having them shipped directly to the hotel or family you'll be staying with. This not only keeps the children from finding the gifts, but it's especially useful this year, because airlines will not allow wrapped gifts in carry-on items due to security concerns. (Just remember to bring wrapping paper, tape, batteries, and an extra suitcase to bring the gifts home.)
For older children, Sudeikis recommends gift certificates to chain stores like the Gap that can be used on the trip or at home.
Dr. William Sears, author of more than a two dozen books on parenting, cautions parents not to get fixated on the gifts.
''Kids need the relationships of the holidays. The time together,'' he said.
For that reason, Sears thinks traveling over the holidays can be an asset. ''It's an opportunity for family rebonding away from the usual distractions of work and housework,'' he said. ''You want your children to remember more the relationships than the stuff they got.''
That's what the Phillips' do with the long hours they spend driving.
''We try to make the trips fun in the car. We try to go by houses with lights and sing Christmas songs and have time to talk in the car,'' she said.
Even when they're staying in a house full of people, Phillips said they always try to find some quiet family time on Christmas Day. They'll sneak off to a bedroom to play with a new toy, for instance.
And the opposite is also true. If you're on a vacation with just your immediate family, don't forget that there are people the children would normally see on Christmas.
''Make sure you call home and give them a chance to connect with whomever they're not seeing,'' Bain said.
It can take some extra work, but traveling over the holidays can make the celebration extra special.
''We're definitely exhausted by the end of the season, but we have a good time and get something out of it or we wouldn't continue to do it,'' Phillips said.
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EMERYVILLE — A man suspected of trying to kidnap a 5-year-old from the arms of a relative Friday afternoon has a long arrest record for violent crimes, according to court records.
Eddie Fontenette, 46, is being held on $150,000 bail at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin on charges of attempted kidnapping, child endangerment and violating probation, records show. He has a record of 11 felony cases in Alameda County and dozens of misdemeanors.
Police said Fontenette allegedly approached a person who was holding the child just after 2 p.m. at San Pablo Avenue and 53rd Street. He tried twice to wrest the child away, but ran when the relative, who was not identified, began screaming for help. Police arrived quickly and arrested Fontenette nearby, Emeryville Sgt. Andrew Cassianos said in a statement.
The child, a boy, was not injured, Cassianos said Saturday.
Court records show Fontenette was sentenced to three years in state prison for assault with a deadly weapon. He's faced the same charge four other times in Alameda County since 2005 and has also been arrested for burglary, battery and felony vandalism.
He is due in Superior Court on Tuesday to be arranged on the kidnapping charges.
Staff writer Harry Harris contributed to this report.
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5/27/2009 11:18am, #11
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I haven't tested the claims of Pose running so can't defend it or otherwise, but I don't see how cultivating a (supposedly) more efficient stride would lessen its cardiovascular impact to the degree that it dramatically reduced health benefits.
When I find a way to run a marathon without breaking a sweat, I'll let you know.[/quote]
Sweet, 'cause I wanna whup some Kenyan-marathon-runner-butt and I need all the help I can get.Lord Krishna said: I am terrible time the destroyer of all beings in all worlds, engaged to destroy all beings in this world; Of those heroic soldiers presently situated in the opposing army, even without you none will be spared.
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5/28/2009 9:38am, #13
Calm down, it's only ones and zeros.
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My Bullshido fan club threads:
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Tom Kagan can lick my BALLS
Tom Kagan teaches _ing __un and bigotry?
Tom Kagan: Serious discussion here
Lamokio asks the burning question is Tom Kagan a ***** or just cruising for some
I'm Dave the gay Kickboxer from Manchester and I have the hots for Tom Kagan
World Dominator 'Kagan' in plot to lie about real Kung Fu and Martial Arts
Tom Kagan just gave me my third negative rep in a day
I am infatuated with Tom Kagan
Tom Kagan is a fat balding white guy.
5/31/2009 1:25pm, #14
I've been a terrible runner my entire life. The old joke is that I took up fighting because I couldn't run fast enough to get away. Chi Running and the POSE material both provided advice that improved my stride (thus reducing my lower body pain from running), so I give them a cautious recommendation. That said, actual qualified coaching is far and away the best way to improve quickly at just about anything...Most people do not do, but take refuge in theory and talk, thinking that they will become good in this way -- Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, II.4
6/01/2009 1:23pm, #15
years of TMA kata when i was younger means running now pains my knee joints significantly.. even with correct technique it just huts a little less. Swimming is always a no-impact alternative
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This guy was re-elected?
To the editor,
American taxpayers took another hit from the president's decisions. This one came as a result of his decision to bail out General Motors, now known as the Government Motors.
In essence, this company now belongs to the unions and Uncle Sam. The bail-out costs bond holders millions, and the original stock holders were left out of the deal. Taxpayer money was used to buy stock.
After the bailout, that stock went down and now the CEO of GM has stated that, like all investors, the government should swallow the loss of all that money and that there is no pay back owed to the government. Thank you Mr. President, for another waste of taxpayer money.
Put this along side of the 7 solar panel companies that got government loans and all went bankrupt, the electric car that got money from the energy department and went bankrupt followed by the electric car battery company, again government money and again bankrupt.
Shovel ready jobs that no shovels showed up for, $800 billion that was to go to roads, bridges and school repairs and it went to keeping union workers of the job.
The shock of all this was - it happened during his first four years - the news media covered it all up and the man was re-elected to office. What will he do for his last 3 years?
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Enterprising Eagle Point has inaugurated a series of municipal improvements, the bank of Eagle Point having purchased the $10,000 bond issue recently voted by the citizens.
Enterprising Eagle Point has inaugurated a series of municipal improvements, the bank of Eagle Point having purchased the $10,000 bond issue recently voted by the citizens.
Contracts have been let to Chris Natwick for paving and macadamising the streets and work was begun this week. A rock-crushing plant, loaned by the county, has been installed on the line of the Pacific & Eastern and is now in operation, supplying materials for the paving.
Mrs. Alzira Clay will not go to the Oregon state insane asylum, although ordered sent there by County Judge Tou Velle last week, and since then kept by attorney's appeal in the county jail. Yesterday the judge revoked his order of confinement on application of Mrs. Clay's daughter, who has arrived from the east, and will take her mother back with her and take care of her.
Deputy Sheriff Hughes of Siskiyou County, Calif., who brought Lester Hicks, the young horsethief back from Dorris, whose confession has resulted in the arrest of W.Z. Mynatt, Roy Wyatt and C.A. Wooden of Sams Valley, is convinced that the gang has conducted horse stealing as a profitable business for some time. He states that Mynatt is the ringleader and moving spirit in the enterprise. He was formerly a resident of Dorris and bears a shady reputation. Mynatt made a proposition before his removal, states Mr. Hughes, to parties in Dorris to work that end of the business — Mynatt, to send animals stolen from Oregon, and Dorris parties to send him horses stolen there.
Young Hickson has made a complete confession and says that Mynatt first started him on his career of horse-stealing years ago and has been the chief beneficiary of his operations.
The Sparta building in which the Better Baby contest is to be held from 1 to 4 o'clock on the Fourth has ample provisions for heating, all the arrangements are perfected for a successful day and all the mothers are eagerly co-operating.
The silver cups offered by Martin J. Reddy and Judge Tou Velle are going to some baby. Is it yours? Other prizes are to be given. All babies up to three years included.
The examinations will include height, weight, quality of skin, fat, muscles and bones, disposition, energy, expression and attention.
Dr. Ja.W. Marion's talk to mothers comes at 2:30. Mrs. B.A. Bird's demonstration of the handling and dressing of an infant at 3:00.
The drugstores will have exhibits of babies' needs.


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Former Gov. George Pataki continues to toy with the idea of running for president, saying in an interview with the Fiscal Times that he's contemplating it.
Pataki explored a run four years ago, but decided against it. Last year, he formed Revere America to boost his profile nationally and raise money for GOP congressional candidates. This year, he's formed a new group, No American Debt, which has led him to tour New Hampshire, Iowa, and Washington, D.C.
The three-term governor from Garrison, Putnam County, expressed disappointment so far with the GOP's crop of presidential candidates.
From the interview:
TFT: Is there anything that would push you into the race?
GP: Well I'm not running now, but I think we do need someone who has both a serious deficit- reduction program that they can outline and a good chance of defeating President Obama come next fall. So hopefully a candidate will emerge from the GOP field that does that, someone I could feel strongly about and support. I'm disappointed that Mitch Daniels didn't run because had he run, I think he would have made this an issue, and he certainly has the track record in Indiana of success to point to, but I hope someone fills that void. And if not, I'll certainly feel compelled to take a look.


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Being a super hero is a thankless job. It is never easy, but Jumbo tirelessly helps the weak and crusades against evil (whether the recipients of his actions want his "help" or not). When he sees someone truly needing his help, he resists his greatest weakness and comes to the rescue, finding a friend in the process.
Using the same characters from How to Cheer Up Dad, Koehler offers a humorous story where the illustrations add much to the meaning of each situation. This would be a solid addition for younger readers.
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I lose interest too quickly to write multichaptered stories but hopefully I can work my way up to that point.
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Sevierville police say Jonathan Miniard allegedly embezzled $15,000 from the New Center Little League Football Association. He's also accused of using that money for personal use.
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MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif.(Feb. 16, 2006) -- Female African-American Marines were nonexistent in the 1940's.
That changed in 1949, when Annie E. Graham (Gillard), the first African-American woman to join the Marine Corps, and the following day Anne E. Lamb (Ellis) joined.
"It was a great thing," said retired Master Gunnery Sgt. Nathaniel R. Hosea, a former Montford Point Marine.
Then in 1950, Anne Grimes became the third African-American to enlist.
"I met a (black) female Marine during World War II. They were a tough line of women," said Hosea.
Retired Sgt. Maj. William "Movin" Vann said seeing a female African-American Marine was a great experience.
"We were elated to see black female Marines because we had paved the way," said Vann, a former Montford Point Marine. "It was progress as far as African Americans serving in the Marine Corps."


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January 10, 2008 02:45 IST
Maruti [Get Quote] Suzuki India will not cut the price of its hugely popular 800cc model or launch a smaller model to take on Tata Motor's Rs 1 lakh people's car, according to Managing Director Shinzo Nakanishi.
Tata Motors [Get Quote] will unveil its small car on Thursday, the opening day of the 9th Auto Expo in the capital. The Maruti Suzuki chief said he would visit the Tata Motors pavilion, and added in jest that he would take his engineers along with him.
Only recently, Suzuki Motor Corporation's Chairman Osamu Suzuki said it would be difficult to make and sell cars at the Rs 1 lakh price point.
Asked about the impact Tata's ultra low cost vehicle may have on Maruti's dominant position in the market, Nakanishi said a lot would depend on the growth of the market in the coming years.
Assuming the market grew to 2 million units by 2010, he said Maruti Suzuki hoped to sell a million units and maintain market leadership.
"That (one million units) is the capacity we have committed to have by 2010. So, if the market (hypothetically) grows to 3 million units, we will have a third of the market share," he said.
The company, Nakanishi said, would beef up the engine development programme and a new one-litre engine would go into the yet-to-be-launched A-Star, expected in India by the year-end. The concept form of the A-Star was displayed at the Auto Expo on Wednesday.
Capacity at the new plant at Manesar, Haryana, would be scaled up to make three lakh engines, for the export market too.
Nakanishi said the company would make fresh investments in R&D in India that would mirror its the facilities in Japan.
The company had said last year that it would invest Rs 1,750-3,500 crore over three to five years to beef up R&D here.
This investment would be utilised initially to effect changes on new variant launches, and ultimately focus on new product development. Design and styling, he said, would come last.
The location for a new R&D centre is yet to be finalised.
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a giant tethered helium balloon that displays real-time reports of atmospheric pollution by a colorful lighting system, which can be seen from more than 20 km (12.4 miles) away. the balloon's color signifies the ambient air quality using 3 projectors that are located in the middle of the balloon. for example, red signifies highly polluted air, orange for polluted, yellow for moderate, light green for clean, & green for very clean.
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I feel the shopper was being very passive aggressive in getting huffy with me when she simply could have asked me to move instead of inventing a scenario in her mind where I am deliberately blocking her. Since she didn't ask me to move politely, I feel she doesn't have a right to express her annoyance at me when I politely said 'excuse me' because she was blocking me. Also, should I have been gracious and apologized for being in her way when she first said I was blocking her or is an apology not necessary since she approached the situation in a rude way?
I'd be so very tempted to say, "Use your words."
Quote from: TootsNYC on April 16, 2014, 11:26:47 PMI'd be so very tempted to say, "Use your words."I've done that a couple times, actually.
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(NC)-Could back-to-school season be a stressful time in your house? As a parent, you might be relieved to be getting back into the school routine, but your kids could be looking at the upcoming year with a sense of dread. Your child might be feeling overwhelmed at the prospect of new school challenges, a new teacher and friends, and a busy extracurricular schedule.
In the 2008 Health is Cool! survey by Desjardins Financial Security, 91 per cent of parents said they often deal with an overloaded family calendar. Whether it be too much homework, after-school sports commitments or even social activities, recent studies have shown that too many environmental stresses early in a child's life may cause negative physiological effects on their long-term development. The good news is that parents and caregivers are in the best position to teach children life-long stress management skills.
"Any time of transition, including back to school, can create a range of emotions in children, including worry and stress," said Dr. Ester Cole, psychologist and past Chair of the Psychology Foundation of Canada (PFC) and the Ontario Psychological Association. "Helping your children with reliable information and a few simple tips on how they can have control over their everyday lives often helps the family as a whole."
Here are five tips for parents and caregivers to help kids adjust to the back-to-school season:
1. Prepare for school a week before
Go shopping for new school supplies, arrange get-togethers with classmates, practice the route to school, have them review some of the school material from last year and get them back into a school-time sleeping schedule.
2. Write a must know list for the school and teacher
This list will provide important information about your child for the teacher, school office or day care staff. Include information about allergies, illnesses, physical limitations or any other requirements your child might need, like an ideal seating arrangement for your child in the classroom.
3. Watch out for possible signs of stress in your child
Watch for these signs: disturbed sleep, headaches and/or stomach pains, a reduction or increase in appetite, anxiety or poor concentration. Ask your kids if they have any concerns about the new school year, then follow up and provide information, reassurance and problem-solving help.
4. Avoid overloading your child with too many competitive activities outside of school
Sometimes the best cure for stress is to give kids time for activities that we consider non productive as adults such as playing with a dog or building a rocket ship. Doing nothing is fine too!
5. Relax yourself
In the Health is Cool! survey, 89 per cent of parents said they had difficulty finding time to relax, whereas close to 73 per cent admitted that their stress level had increased or stayed the same compared to one year ago. What's the bottom line? Monitor and manage your own stress effectively so they can mirror your good stress management techniques.
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The 16-year-old actress and model Lily Rose Deep has been chosen as the face of the campaign for the new fragrance N°5 L'EAU. The AW16 campaign directed by Johan Renck.
However, this isn't Rose's debut for Chanel, she has already been the face for the Chanel Pearl eyewear collection revealed in September 2015.
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Lily also starred in Chanel's casino-themed AW16 haute couture show for he first public appearance playing roulette alongside Julianne Moore and Kristen Stewart in an embellished, pastel blue two- piece with a matching silver necklace.
According to the French house, Lily Rose Depp "embodies her generation and its values of freedom and boldness to perfection, bringing to the iconic fragrance of the house her youthful freshness and beauty."
She indeed has Chanel running in her blood, following her mother Vanessa Paradis's footsteps, who is also an actress, model and Karl Lagerfeld's long time muse and has been a spokesmodel for the house since 1991.
Aside from modeling for Chanel, Depp is investing lot of her time acting. She has three films coming out this year: Yoga Hosers (in which she stars alongside her father, Jonny) directed by Kevin Smith, Planetarium directed by Rebecca Zlotowski, and The Dancer directed by Stéphanie Di Giusto.


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We'll be attending this years KBIS show in Chicago, the giant trade show full of what's new in Kitchen and Bath design. The preview photo above is of the Poggenpohl P'7340 kitchen, targeted at men...
...which is set to debut at KBIS. Designed by Porsche in collaboration with Poggenpohl, it features a docking station for electronic devices, a built-in TV and electronic controls for cabinets, drawers and the drain stopper, according to Metropolis.
The director of Porsche's design studio, Roland Heiler says, "The car has ceased to be man's one and only toy. Today men covet mixers, toasters, and KitchenAids just as much as navigation systems, mobile phones, and audio components."
What do you think of the idea of a macho-ed out designer kitchen?
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A few introductory thoughts on needs.
Needs are value-neutral.
This is pretty important to me. In looking objectively at how RPGs get put together, the goal shouldn't be to push a single agenda, but rather to understand how things can fit together. Physics doesn't tell you how you should move objects, around, it just tells you how the forces you put into place will play out.
Just the same, I'm interested in looking at how needs of players and the techniques used to support them interact with each other. I'm utterly uninterested in promoting "a good game does this," except in the most generic terms. I'm also utterly uninterested in condemning, vilifying, or praising any needs, 'types' of players, game systems, games, mechanics, or anything else. It's too easy of a trap to fall into, and reduces the value of any work done.
Ideally, the result of this work will be a catalogue of common needs, techniques which can meet those needs, and how those needs and techniques interact. As such, my hope is that it serves as a useful reference that tells someone how to make games that satisfy different types of needs. If I judge needs as "good" or "bad", this reduces that value.
Needs should be written in a positive fashion.
I don't mean that you can't have a need like I don't want to worry about character optimization. That's a perfectly valid need. This point isn't about that.
This is an extension of the first point. If I'm going to write a need, I'm going to describe it in a way that doesn't make the person with that need seem like a jackass.
And if I can't do that, I'm just not going to write that need down.
BTW, if you do see something that seems offensive, I ask you to kindly remember that I'm deliberately trying to not be pejorative in my descriptions. Please try to read what I'm saying from a non-aggressive view, and if it still seems offensive, please let me know so that I can either explain myself or change the wording.
At the end of the day, I can't catalogue every need ever, since they're inherently personal. If I can't find a way to sympathetically phrase a need, I see one of two reasons for this: Either I just am out of touch with it to the point where I can't understand it, or it's just inherently the product of somebody with some level of abnormal, harmful psychology.
Now, the majority of needs that I can't figure out how to phrase in a positive light will be the first category. They'll be perceived as negative by me because my worldview and understanding is just so foreign that I can't see the value in them. Since I'm unwilling to use pejoratives to discuss them, I'd rather just "back-burner" them, and hopefully someone will work on these with me and be able to explain more positively what the real driving need is.
Is it possible that this will introduce bias into any work done here by omission? Of course. But I'd rather suffer from bias by omission than bias by insulting people. I also want to bring other people into this work, and make any needs that I "omit" available to them for re-wording, as a way to control for this bias.
I'm uninterested in enabling anti-social jackasses.
Now, if a need truly is I want to abuse people at my table, or I want to be as disruptive as possible and deliberately frustrate people or even I want a place where I can get away with yelling at people, then I'm just not interested in those types of things. I would call these things abusive behavior, and it's not something I want to promote by even listing it as a player need. If you feel like that's something you want to promote in your game or system, knock yourself out. But I'm not going to contribute to that.
Now, as part of this, I'm also not going to dwell on these types of needs, at least partially because of potential inability to disambiguate between truly anti-social needs, and simply me not understanding the actual needs of players.
People know what they like. They know what they need. They may not know how to express that.
Unfortunately, I don't think that any of this will be as simple as just collecting data. My experience, in general, is that people tend to focus more on what things they've experienced that meet their needs, rather than those needs themselves.
Someone may claim that they have the need I want a flexible character creation system. To me, flexible character creation is a technique (and utterly vague – it can mean very different things). The technique of flexible character creation can satisfy many needs:
- I enjoy character optimization
- I want to continually learn things
- I want to show off my system mastery
- I want my characters to be mechanically distinct
- I want my character sheet to reflect my character's individuality
- I don't like being told what I can't do
- I want to be able to make a unique character
- I want to play the character that's in my head
These are all different, and valid needs. "Flexible character creation" may meet many of these needs, but it's secondary – conceivably, another technique could meet one of these needs quite well. Additionally, different forms of "flexible character creation" may meet only a subset of these needs – while a system allowing for a high degree of character optimization may engage those that have the need I enjoy character optimization, the implied forcing of not having sub-standard builds may, in actual play, lead to exactly the type of "cookie-cutter" character builds that those with the need I want to be able to make a unique character or I want to play the character that's in my head.
Unfortunately, when discussing what people get out of RPGs, or like in RPGs, this type of issue is incredibly common. People will often respond with either specific techniques that may satisfy several needs, vague descriptions that could mean very different things coming from different people, or even buzzwords that have very little inherent meaning. I suspect that a lot of the work I will do on this subject will involve driving down to the actual needs that people have.


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Discussion in 'Windows Desktop Systems' started by dpr, May 26, 2005.
Which is better NOD32 or kapersly in terms of detection rate and low on system resources
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It's kaspersky, not kapersly. I vote Kaspersky though I've never used NOD32.
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Browse around the following then make your own decision.
comprehensive AV-comparison
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Kaspersky is known to have better detection rates, but NOD32 is lighter on resources. It's a trade-off, so depending on your hardware configuration, pick which one you think is appropriate. They're both very good, and you won't go wrong with either one of them.
Interesting. Somehow I've never seen AVG fare well in any test I've looked at so far, yet there are people who continue to recommend it. I don't understand. Is it just because it's free?
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loko how peope fawn over firefox because its free
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NOD32 and kaspersky are the top 2 av scanners in the 2005 tests to date. take your pick.
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And because people say it's faster and cures cancer.
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weird according to that link it ranked avg 54% i thought it was the best
I've been using kaspersky primarily because of the low sys usage and the detection rate
Have not used nod32 but K is a damn sight better than AVG/norton and mcaffee, thats for sure.
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Look at my comment above. Check out some other comprehensive tests as well. It's far from being the best. I have no idea where people got that impression from.
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I've never seen a virus on an up to date avg...I've seen viruses on both norton and mcafee
I haven't seen too many nod's or kap's, I'm told they're incredible
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I have seen a lot of sites giving it 99% detection rate etc. I always thought that NOD32 was the best too, then I started reading this thread. So I went a looked up some NOD32 tests and found quite a few that indeed did rate it 99% detection rate, what I didn't realize initially was that on reading further NOD32 detected 99-100% of the test group of virus', trojans etc. The test groups only consist of very few items, I found that once the number of items in the test group went up that the percentage started to drop. My guess is that the site the Net posted using a more comprhensive test group then some other sites. Not the NOD32 is bad, i use it, but after this I might look into Kaspersky a little deeper.
I've been using the Kaspersky Personal and I love it. I get a warm tingly feeling when I see the little K in the lower right corner of my browser when I visit pages
I've used nod32 for a while now and have no complaints. I have used KAV in the past, but it didn't gel for me
Nod32 is pretty solid if you take the time to set the extra setting.
This guide details how to do that for each module of Nod32.
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Do you have a link to one of these tests?
Perris, these independent tests use huge datasets. For example, the test linked to above used ~91,000 samples. Don't you think a test with that much data is more trustworthy than a few isolated, observed cases?
ya, this is why I don't understand why I norton and mcafee don't do well in my practical observation
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Jewelzz was using AVG when Sober.P got through.
I do not know if it was up to date but I assume it was.
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I don't have much onhand, but I can remember looking at the virus bulletin, http://www.virusbtn.com, page when I first started using NOD32, at the time I think nod32 had the most vb100 awards - "A VB 100% award denotes that the product in question showed, in its default mode, 100 per cent detection of In the Wild test samples and no false positives in a selection of clean files. " Nod32 was supposed to be the top rated anti-virus according to VB site.
Of course this was before I realized that their test sample apparently only contains the top 100 In the wild Virus'. So that makes it kind of misleading
I don't have any links, but I also was on another page a while ago, they took a few sample sets with various virus' in them and rated NOD32 at 90% with 384 Infected files, 84% with 500 infected files, and the % never went below 66% iirc, but it did continue to drop little by little and more and more different virus' were added. They also mentioned on this site that alot of anti-virus developers put special care into being able to achieve the vb100 award since that seems to be an industry standard.
Obviously I don't know the legitimacy of this site, so maybe I'm wrong or misinterpreting.
Sorry i don't have more for you, a few hours ago I could have just gone into my history and pulled out the sites, unforuntatly that is not possible at this moment.


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Is this a bug or have they made Zojja bald in cutscenes since i last played?
Is this a bug or have they made Zojja bald in cutscenes since i last played?
Mob grinding for the most part seems to be a choice though. I mean, most hearts offer about half a dozen different ways to complete it, most of which don't include killing anything at all. Plus, if you're lucky enough to have an event occurring then you'll usually finish the heart by finishing the event.
Well, not that I disagree with you, but there are some events with lasting action. A good example are the centaur camps in Harathi Highlands. Yeah, you do have to defend Junction Camp every 20 minutes or so, but as long as you hold onto it none of the other camps get retaken. (Although, having said that it's kind of a shame since retaking all the camps is one of the funner event chains I've done. :P)Ohh yeah, that farmer is being attacked by bandits who are pilfering her crops, and kidnaping her moas (I think she said moas) I killed dozens of them, completed the renown heart, and she even sent me a letter saying how her life is perfect. Except I show up at her farm and its still crawling with bandits, which are still stealing the crops. My actions had no lasting impact at all. And there's other players doing what I just did mere minutes before. So that line was bullshit.
That does happen sometimes, but I've seen my fair share of enemies actively being a nuisance.To use that same example about that farm with the bandits, while the woman may say she's being attacked by bandits, and that they are stealing her crops and kidnapping her cattle, in reality, the bandits are in a cave, a few dozen yards off her farm, none are in the immediate area, and none are attacking the farmers or anything like that.
I know I'm in the minority in this, but I'm actually tired of always being the hero, it also seems incredibly unrealistic in MMOs. (I'm the hero! Along with 500k+ other people!) I was kind of shocked that someone else besides me for once became top dog. (Or cat if you play Charr. ;P) However, having said that I found the personal stories disappointing once you get to the point of Zhaitan-related stuff. Prior to that at least depending on my choices my alts had a fairly different and racial-specific experience, but then it just becomes the exact same thing for everyone.This is not MY STORY, this is Traeherne's story. He more or less kidnaps all protagonism once he's introduced (and he shows up out of frikking thin air BTW, unless you play a Sylvari in which case you have SOME info about him but not much) and we are tossed aside while he hogs all the glory. /sighs it was bad enough when Tirion did it on WOTLK and Thrall did it on Cata, sadly, Traeherne is doing it at least on vanilla GW2. Here's to hoping I can at least be the protagonist of MY story on the first expansion? I can only hope.
I always had a love/hate feeling towards phasing. Yeah, it was cool in some respects, but in others (such as trying to group with others who haven't done the content) it became a royal pain. There were also situations of things you could only farm and/or complete during particular phases and other such nonsense. Plus, there's no going back if you enjoyed something, it's gone and done forever.At least in wow with phasing, once you complete the story of a certain area, and rescue a village, IT DOES remains rescued. Stonard comes under attack by the alliance at the ending of the revamped swamp of sorrows in cataclysm, and after repelling that attack, the alliance does not mobilizes again.
GW2 is actually really close to how I described my ideal MMO to some friends.I wanna clarify that I'm not Thrashing GW2, nor saying wow is superior, despite my grievances with this game, its a DAMNED GOOD GAME, and one I can recommend with FLYING COLORS to just about anyone, but their manifesto is full of crap.
I would say GW2 is probably the ultimate MMO for players that enjoy casual play, alts and merely trouncing about the game world.
The first Guild Wars games were fairly casual friendly. In the sequel Anet seemingly hit the sweet spot for the millions of players who enjoyed running around Booty Bay or collecting holiday presents on however many alts they desire.
It's a tailor made MMO for the largest segment of the "new" MMO audience. The people who enjoyed like Wrath of the Lich King and the like.
I guess the best part of the game is the lack of monthly fees, along with the "no-tag" mobs, this really RUINS every other MMO. In wow, ever since they added Cross-realm Zones, leveling is a PAIN IN THE ASS, because there are too many players, and not enough mobs to meet the demand. This can also be the case in every MMO where once another player tags the mob, its out of your hands. In here, there is no tagging, so you actually get happy when you see other players, rather than pissed off.
I remember there was this renown heart I was doing that involved getting into a cave to kill some skreets, I was 2 levels under the renown heart, and because of this, the mobs kept kicking my ass because I was alone. Cue 3 other players that showed up, all of them of my level, and even though we weren't in a party, we still started killing stuff together, and what was borderline-impossible, suddenly became not just possible, but fun. This is a HUGE deal for me, and I wish not just wow, but EVERY mmo would just get rid of that stupid mob-tagging mechanic. Its stupid, its obsolete, it encourages selfishness and discourages playing with other people.
Those 2 are the features I love the most, but are not the only ones. I'm gonna quickly mention the features I love about this game: Love that pvp is completely separated from PVE, that there are no "melee and Ranged" classes, since all classes can be either and perform equally well at both, that the character creation is quite complex, that you can customize the color of your armor for free at any time, really short loading screen times (this is what ended up being the last straw on SWTOR for me, its UNBEARABLE loading screen times) art style, music by Jeremy Soule (it feels like I'm playing an expansion of Skyrim, because the music is really reminiscent of that game. That man is a GENIUS)
The game may not be perfect, but hey, what game is? :P
Anyhows, happy new year everyone.
Por que odiar si amar es mas dulce? (*^_^*)
Rarely do I have time to read the loading screen text when moving from like Ziost to the fleet. All depends on your hardware. I notice almost no difference in the loading screens of GW2, SWTOR or Secret World.
Tera's loading screens are so fast all I see is a flicker for a second or two.
Very optimized game, Tera. Superb.
I hate to say it, but I've found most of the music in GW2 to be somewhat generic and forgettable. Maybe my expectations were too high because everyone was non-stop raving about the score being done by Jeremy Soule, and I did like the music in Skyrim, but I'm really not a big fan of GW2's music. It's not terrible, but it's not anything I'll be looking to buy the soundtrack to either.
Do you have an SSD?
Switching to SSDs for gaming dramatically effects the dreaded "loading screen".
I concur, at launch my ssd would teleport me near instantly from one place to another but atm it takes a couple of seconds for LA (and some other places) to load it varies from 15-40sec and nothing has changed on my side afaik
"fear not this night" with the vocals. The most epic piece of game-music for me personally since "Arthas, my Son".
IMO I love the musical score on GW2, but then again, its hard to find an RPG (Online or not) these days that has bad music. Its like the first thing they do on the early alpha is get as epic a soundtrack as possible and then work on the game. Even the most generic, crappy RPGs I've played have had some frikking awesome soundtrack, like Spellforce (Clicky) which was a rather lame RPG, but had a truly gorgeous soundtrack.
World of Warcraft, Guild Wars 2, Lineage II, SWTOR, Age of Conan, Aion, Terra, Rift, Silkroad, Cabal, and DOZENS of other MMOs, regardless of their quality as games, have simply amazing soundtracks.
The same can't be said by other genres in videogames, I mean, its not that common to find shooters or strategy games with decent soundtracks (Though they do exist) and lets not even start with racing games or sandbox games. But RPGs? yeah those you can have a full-proof bet that the music is gonna be awesome even if THE REST OF THE GAME sucks.
Por que odiar si amar es mas dulce? (*^_^*)
WoW did have an amazing soundtrack. I can only comment up until Cata though. Rift's was definitely what I'd consider more background, almost ambient. I honestly couldn't hum you a single tune from Rift after a year of playing it except maybe the theme that plays in Meridian. I played Tera for 4 months and don't remember much of the soundtrack at all.
Totally unrelated, I'm debating rerolling my level 80 elementalist to human (she's currently Asura). Since there's no race change available rerolling's my only option. What sucks is she has maxed Artificing/Jeweling, but maybe I can find a guide to level those up cheaper than the first time.
At any rate, I'm wondering what to do with her karma, she has 16,500 currently. Anyone have a suggestion as how to best spend it?
Any particular reason why you are re rolling a different race with the same profession?
I looked at the January monthly and it has fractals again, ugh. Guess I won't be getting this one either.
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The leveling process is of no consequence, I love leveling and it goes by quickly. Only real downside is losing two 400 crafting professions, but like I said, hopefully I can find a guide to level them up again as cheaply as possible. I do wish karma were account bound though, I've no idea what to spend 16,500 of it on that'll be useful.
Why not make a necromancer or mesmer? Or do you not like those professions?
I'd use the karma to get obsidian shards.
Artificing and JC are the two cheapest proffesions afaik. Most profs average at around 8-10g while art only cost me 6g and jc was also around 8g.
http://pwniversity.com/guide/gw2-artificer-guide has a good way of boosting your crafts, it hasn't been updated since the method remains the same but prices have changed so you may want to check what components actually are cheapest. It will look like this method costs you a lot more but keep in mind that everything you gather can now be sold.
So cute. I love it.
http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/c...i_obtained_my/Shameful parenting AKA How I obtained my unbreakable choir bell
My 6 year old son has been playing Guild War 2 casually since the beta weekends. I actually made a few Tyria with Tots youtube videos to capture his hilarious reactions to playing the game.
Well today he was playing and he called me over as he usually does to help him clear out his inventory, which was full. So I went over....sell junk....vendor...vendor...vendor....salvage...vendor...etc. As I got to the end of his inventory, my eyes grew wide as saucers. Sitting there was the Unbreakable Choir Bell. I blinked in disbelief. I knew he liked going after the Wintersday present boxes, but he couldn't have gotten more than a dozen or two presents in the time he had been playing.
I couldn't believe his luck. So I did what any respectable father would do: I swallowed nervously as a bead of sweat rolled down my cheek and said, "Son, can you let Daddy sit down for a second please?" He complied. "See this bell you got? It does the same thing as these other bells you have, but it never runs out. Can Daddy trade you some mini pets and a gold piece for it?"
He said "Sure!" and I quickly transferred the bell over to one of my characters. I completed the transaction by giving him a few mini pets and the gold I had promised. But my son is sharp and noticed how enthusiastic I was. And even though he is only 6 he said, "Dad, can you at least tell me how much gold that bell is really worth?"
HA! Needless to say, I had to promise to buy him more pets, weapons, armor, etc. whenever he asks for something.
Smart kid.


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Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Behind the Orange Curtain
I recently drove down to Santa Ana to check out the Bowers Museum. I was completely surprised not only by how beautiful the facility is but by the diversity of their art collections and exhibitions.
The early California art was as expected and beautifully displayed. But the Pacific Islander and Asian art was a surprising delight.
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LCB Executive & Sub-Committees
The LCB is governed by the Executive Committee elected from various bodies within Recreational Cricket in Lancashire.
The LCB Executive Committee is made up of the following members:
- President: Michael Cairns (Chairman of LCCC)
- Chairman: Dr Tony Crook
- Vice Chairman: Bob Hinchliffe
- Hon Treasurer: Bill Robinson
- John Barrow (Amateur Cricket Leagues)
- John Charlson (Professional Cricket Leagues)
- Alan Wright (Professional Cricket Leagues)
- John Heaton (Lancashire County Cricket Club)
- Geoff Ogden (Lancashire County Cricket Club)
- Ken Standring (Lancashire County Cricket Club)
- Brian Woodhead (Lancashire Cricket Partnership)
- Hugh Evans (Merseyside & South West Lancashire Cricket Development Group)
- Mike Hill (Greater Manchester Cricket Partnership)
The Vice Presidents of the Board are: Mr John Barrow, Mr Derek Birchall, Mr John Brewer, Mr Norman Brown, Mr John Cleworth, Mr Tony Crook, Mr Tommy Dainty, Mr Colin Dunkerley, Mr Eddie Hayes, Mr J Halliwell, Mr K Hampson, Mr Peter Harrison, Mr John Heaton, Mr Eric Hudson, Mr H Hunter, Mr Ray Millward, Mr Frank Pickthall, Mr Arthur Rose, Mr Peter Sutcliffe, Mr Ray Tyler, Mr Charlie Walsh, Mr Peter Westwell, Mr Tommy Wilson, Mr Alan Wright.
Sitting under the Executive are various Sub-Committees and affiliated groups / bodies, which are charged to deliver various aspects of cricket in Lancashire. These Sub-Committees and affiliated bodies / groups include:
- Development Sub-Committee: Ken Standring (Chairman), charged with delivering the bulk of LCB activities and the development of cricket within Lancashire.
- Recreational Cricket Sub-Committee: Dr Tony Crook (Chairman), charged with liaison with affiliated leagues and organisation of LCB Knock Out and Shield Cup Competitions, plus a reporting Sub-Committee for the LCB Association of Cricket Officials.
- Development of Excellence Sub-Committee: Geoff Ogden (Chairman), charged to deliver all aspects of Representative / Elite cricket at junior boys, girls, women and disability levels.
Other affiliated bodies that fall under the LCB umbrella, but are constituted within their own right are:
- LCB Coaches Association: Tony Potter (Chairman), charged to deliver all aspects of the development of coaching, improving standards and coach education.
- LCB Association of Cricket Officials: John Smith (Chairman), charged to deliver all aspects of the development of umpires & scorers, improving standards and courses to increase the number of officials in cricket.
- LCB Groundsman's Association: Paul Tatton (Vice Chairman), charged to deliver all aspects of the development of groundsmen, improving standards and courses to increase knowledge in groundsmanship.
- Lancashire Cricket Federation: Ken Standring (Chairman), charged to oversee all Lancashire County U19 boys programmes.
- Lancashire Schools Cricket Association: D Houghton (Chairman), charged to oversee schools competitions and administer the Levels of Excellence scheme on behalf of the LCB and the District Cricket programme.
Please find below an organisation chart of the LCB Committee & Groups structure.
LCB Committees & Groups Structure (58 Kb)
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A little Better
The animation could be quite a bit better so just work on that and the timing was pretty good but it could be made a little bit longer and the voices seem to die off at some parts.
The storyline really does add suspense and I enjoy the characters and there personalitys especially mike's (???) very nice series actually and the audio choice was pretty good.
I like when he finds out he has 3 or 2 roomates named mike (I forget) nice work.
Loved it.
Awesome, Keep it up. Random = funny to me.
nothing too new or interesting. was kind of eh..
Really dig this flick...
Who doesn't like a film about a bunch of foul-mouthed college kids slumming around and getting into a bit of crazy ass mischief? Also, there were some relatively subtle hints of some really nice Kevin Smith-ish material throughout, and that added a good bit of fun.
Contantly entertaining, made me chuckle a bit, and kept a smile on my face the entire time. And that's what makes a -damned good- flash in my book. I'm really looking forward to the next episode :)
super, but your Voice actors seems to be a littlebit unpassioned to me...
Yeah well none of these guys ever really did anything like this (I'm not that great myself), its hard to find good voice actors