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Fran Coca & Freya Prowe
Local Artist Gallery: Angel Settell
September 5 - 28, 2014
Aqueous, featuring work by Fran Coca (Salamanca, Spain) and Freya Prowe (Berkeley, CA, US) will run September 5th-28th, with an opening reception on the First Friday Artwalk September 5th 6-10pm at Darger HQ. Concurrently, Angel Settell's recent watercolors will be exhibited in the Local Artist Gallery. Fran Coca, Freya Prowe and Angel Settell all reference liquid or fluidity in their work. Coca's digitally created work has the illusion of being oil paintings with lush brush strokes, Prowe uses Sumi ink in her Rorschach-inspired paintings and Settell's small portraits are watercolor.
Spanish artist Francisco José Coca Gallego's (Fran Coca) work is a research project on new technologies applied to the image. Inspired by David Hockney's recent digital paintings, Coca creates illusory paintings by utilizing specific paint IOS (ArtRage, Layers and Artstudio). Once printed, the digital file is deleted, keeping the work unique and original. Fran Coca received his BA at the University of Salamanca. He has had solo exhibitions at Simulations íes Vasco de la Zarza Avila, Galeria Punto Raya, Galeria La Casa del Siglo XV, Segovia, Galleria Alhadros, Ibiza, CB Art23 Gallery and Palace garci-big box Duero. Coca's work can be found in the collections at the Contemporary Art Certro DA2 in Salamanca, the City of Salamanca and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Madrid.
An American artist that spent much of her childhood in Germany, Freya Prowe's work reflects the European fairy tales that informed her early imaginary world. Prowe states, "I was raised on a rich diet of German fairy tales or Mårchen. These stories have informed much of my artwork in the past, and I credit the shadowy and fantastical content with some of the darkness in my own work. Several motifs are central to my work involving Mårchen, including adventures in the dark forest, children, flora and fauna. These motifs are omnipresent in Mårchen, and provide the characters and context in which the drama unfolds." Prowe's recent work employs the specific properties of Sumi ink. She begins with works on paper works on paper with an inkblot, created by a splot of ink applied to one side of the paper, and then gently folding it over to create the symmetrical ink blot made famous by Rorschach, the Swiss Freudian Psychoanalyst. From this point of departure her artistic narrative unfolds. The images are both fragile and horrific, seductive and deformed, and playful and violent. By utilizing the contrast of the flow of ink and paint with strong lines and repeated patterns, the work addresses the conflict and tension inherent in the beauty and repulsion of the human condition. Prowe received her degree in Fine Arts from Pitzer College in 1994. In addition to painting and drawing, Prowe has studied textile design in Java, Indonesia and Zurich, Switzerland. She has shown extensively in California and much of her past work currently resides in private collections throughout the United States, Europe and Canada.
Lincoln artist Angel Settell will exhibit her latest series of small watercolors in the Local Artist Gallery. Settell creates realistic expressive work based on personal imagery in her everyday life. She also uses everyday mediums mixed in her watercolors such as red wine and tea.


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Legislators claim the new bankruptcy law will make it harder for "rich" people to avoid paying their debt. But read this to see what others are seeing.
One of the biggest problems is…
Victims of the hurricane will find their legal obligations onerous. Since people do tend to file bankrupty after they lose their home, jobs, and the like (duh), they will find it difficult to be granted an exception. The courts require paper documentation of the filer's financial status – much of which may be lost in homes flooded for weeks.
Even a Louisiana Senator who has witnessed the devastation in person has is being exceedingly conservative with the doling out of compassion.


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The new Wonder Woman film is shattering records (and glass ceilings) left and right. The Patty Jenkins-helmed epic had the biggest opening weekend ever for a female-directed film, raking in an impressive $223 million—and the numbers keep rising. In other words, the movie is a bonafide smash.
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1. Wonder Woman is coming to the United States. "The story will take place in the U.S., which I think is right," Jenkins told Entertainment Weekly. "She's Wonder Woman. She's got to come to America. It's time."
2. It's still in very early stages. Wonder Woman producer Charles Roven told CinemaBlend that there isn't even a script yet. "We really want to focus on this movie, and I think the result of this movie is going to really define what the future of Wonder Woman is in the movies other than the fact that you know that she's in Justice League," he said. "And we're really happy about that! But I think we're all pretty pleased with the film, and you guys have been great, giving us amazingly wonderful positive feedback."
3. The movie won't be set in modern times. In an interview with Uproxx, Jenkins hinted that the sequel might take place in the 1930s. "I'm definitely planning something more interesting using that period of time," she said. "Definitely, it's the plan. I can't say what it is! But it's definitely right in the pocket of what you're talking about." (Interestingly, THR's recent article implies the sequel would be "contemporary," so maybe Jenkins had a change of heart?)
4. Director Patty Jenkins and DC Films' Geoff Johns are already working on the script. "Patty and I are writing the treatment right now," Johns told Variety. "The goal is to make another great Wonder Woman film. I had a blast making it with Patty the first time. We've got a cool idea for the second one."
5. It will take place in the 1980s, and Diana will fight the Soviet Union in the Cold War. According to TheWrap.
6. The official title of the film is Wonder Woman 1984. Entertainment Weekly reports the film takes place in, you guessed it, 1984.
7. Chris Pine is somehow in the film. His character, Trevor, sacrificed himself in the first film. However, he comes back.
8. Kristen Wiig will play Cheetah, Wonder Woman's nemesis. Bless up.
9. It looks like Wonder Woman will be keeping her iconic costume. It's truly timeless.
Check back here for more updates on the Wonder Woman sequel as they come in.
RELATED: I Didn't Know How Much I Needed a Wonder Woman Movie Until I Got It


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Read from April 05 to 06, 2014
To tie in with Robert's most recent release of the third book in the Shameless series, Shameless Corruption, I introduce you to the first in the trilogy…
Synopsis: High-flying executive Caroline and barrister Robert have been married for three years, and the demands of work have left little time for their relationship. Caroline is angling for a promotion, which will mean spending more time away in Germany. On a management development course in Spain, Caroline is tempted into indiscretions with some of her colleagues, a fact that is noticed by course leader and former chief executive Melody Bigger.
Melody sees in Caroline aspects of her younger self and a barely suppressed exhibitionism. She draws Caroline into a plot to put pressure on Von Wolfswinkle, the German delegate to the European Central Bank. His opposition to Eurobonds is causing hardship across southern Europe, and Caroline is inveigled into a peculiar relationship with Von Wolfswinkle based on his voyeurism and her exhibitionism. Melody wants Caroline to influence the banker's recommendations to the forthcoming European economic summit.
As Caroline is drawn into a seedy world of private parties for bankers and politicians, she soon realises she has damaged her reputation and her marriage. How will she ever be able to face her colleagues and her husband again?
Bookish things: 196 pages. The cover is quite striking. The writing well constructed and easy to read.
Where to buy: Steam eReads website for $2.99 in multiple formats or Amazon on kindle for $0.99.
My review:
Bookshelves: steamereads, blog-review-req, indie-author, indie-review-copies, 4-star-review, a-lil-sexy, crime, f-f, romance-ish
The first SteamEreads novel, and the first erotic tale written by a man that I have read.
What a ride.
I was pleasantly surprised that the story actually took a forward stance throughout the tale and the sex (albeit quite prevalent) was not the main focus. This meant that rather than a number of fantasies written down with tenuous linking plot, the reader is exposed to a quite complex tale of espionage, duplicitous actions and intrigue.
The characters were flawed, emotional and greedy, and yet, also showed strength, weaknesses and ingenuity. This meant that they felt real (and from the authors notes at the end if the book, it appears they very well could be based upon real people!) This meant that I cared about what happened to the characters, I went along with Caroline for the wickedly sexy ride she found herself on and I longed for the ending to work out for all involved.
The writing was solid, a few minor typos, but nothing major, and they weren't bad enough to bother my reading either.
I would have liked some more detail in the final scenes, it all felt a little rushed, and also a little comical and far-fetched towards the last few pages. At one point I even laughed at the silliness of it all.
If you're after an erotic book that has a bit if everything in it, try Shameless Ambition, it's got F/F, group sex, a touch of light BDSM, D/s themes, voyeurism, outdoor sex, and exhibitionism, just to name a few. I doubt you wouldn't find something to enjoy in that lot!
This was a great, warm, wet, welcome into what SteamEreads has to offer. Great work Robert! I hope you've got more on the way.
A couple of things I noticed:
5% – should blond be blonde? Since it's talking about a woman.
19% – …what (to) say in her text…
47% – …it would give her (a) chance to sort…
**Note: I was provided with an electronic copy of this book in return for an honest review**


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Welcome to my unofficial MUD review page. This is by no
means the definitive guide to the existing MUDs on the
internet. I admit it, I'm biased towards certain MUD-genres and for me, first impressions are very important as
I tend to decide whether or not I want to continue playing in a mud within the first half hour of logging in. MUDs
are judged for their themes as well as their originality and newbie-friendliness. Last but not least, these are
just informal and subjective ratings so don't let my prejudices influence you too much when choosing a
suitable mud for yourself. Take this review with the tongue-in-cheek spirit in which it was written.
MUDS reviewed
|Core 2696
|Elephant MUD
|Avatar III: The Crypt
|New Moon
|Lua-Uhane MUD
|After Hours
|Aargh MUD
|Metropolis MUD
|Digital Horizons
|Lost Souls
|Nuclear War
|Moonshadow MUD
|Bad Trip
|Rubber Room
Aargh MUD
Address: aargh.world-net.net 1234
Type: Envy 2.0
Official Blurb:
At AAAAaaaargh! we are working our way toward a unique roleplaying Mud. We are gently switching to an environment based loosely on Wiccan beliefs, which means that our main guideline is: As it harms none, do as you will. We take harassment very seriously and deal with troublemakers promptly. We offer color, PKilling by registration, seasons, bank system, covens, 7 classes, 30 races, marital system and our exclusive multi-class by procreation. A source of great pride to us is the fact that females are treated with great respect in our world-- we now boast an all-female Amazon race.
Our goal is to provide a game easy to understand for people without experience but complex enough for the veterans. We encourage players to develop their characters at their will, as long as it doesn't affect other people's fun, all while keeping the outside world in the proper channels.
We are constantly working toward bettering our Mud. Soon to be implemented: Religions/Cults, new classes, innate skills for races, a Court House and much more!
Naturally what attracted me to this place was its Wiccan, female Amazon theme - certainly a first for any mud. But this is a DikuMUD, not a playing environment I am wonderfully familiar with. I logged on as a bloodthirsty Amazon, eager for action, glory and all that pseudo-macho bullshit. There were about 8-9 players logged on when I was there, and the chat line was fairly lively and friendly. I found the game's version of newbieland very quickly and started slaughtering mages, thieves, psionicists and other very easy NPCs who died after a few blows, without putting up much resistance. It was amazing how I managed to eviscerate and decimate just using my bare fists. My fingernails aren't even that long. The newbie area was quite well-organised but I found gameplay a bit repetitive after a while. I was also gaining experience very, very slowly, despite having whacked what seemed like 30-40 monsters.
After Hours
Address: ra2.randomc.com 2000
Official Blurb:
After Hours mud was once a very popular mud. The mud lost its site, and unfortunately the backup that was made at that time was faulty.
Now, an old backup of the mud has been found, and we're looking forward to rebuilding our mud to be more popular than ever! We have a good computer and a T1 network link, and dont worry as we're backing up the mud every month. So, stop on by and try one of the more unique and fun LPmuds on the internet.
Avatar III: The Crypt
Address: avatar.co.uk 1099
Type:Proprietary (this should be interesting)
Official Blurb:
Avatar III The Crypt has been running for the last 5 years in the UK on direct dial as a commercial game, and has now been opened up for free access via the Internet since Jan 1. It is one of the very few MUDs that has merged the best aspects of AD&D® and MUD gaming into a true Multi-User Roleplaying system, and one of the friendliest games around.
Play with multiple classes, questing, parties, continuous ecosystem, highly sophisticated parser, lots of magic, weaponry, armour, shopkeepers. The list is endless, and probably looks no different to all the other games! Superficially, a 'serious' AD&D® implementation; but examine anything and you'll find Python or Disk World style humour everywhere.
Avatar III runs with two other games, Shades and Trash, on the Games.World Best of British MUDs site at http://games/world.co.uk. Don't be put off by 'connect refused' as Avatar server currently closes 0400-0600 GMT when mudconnect's spider goes spinning its web! See you in Lomah! Vick
Address: dragon.kdi.com 7777
Official Blurb:
This, I would have to say, is my dream mud. There is so much to this place, I really can't say much more other than to check it out.. Our player base isn't as huge as it used to be, due to us switching sites repetitively, and a few IMPs who are now gone. Point being: This place has the most broad prospectives, the most modern themes, and it's HUGE. Huge as in, 91 different areas. Over 325 skills and spells. 9 races. 5 classes. Lots of clans, clan eq clan skills.. added RACE skills.. it's absolutely insane. It lives up to it's name, too.. for you pothead/trippin' balls' foolios.. Example: Bongs.. Yes.. bongs.. a 'pack' and 'hit' command. It heals you. And the acid/shrooms. Talk about ANSI.. This mud has the best colors I've ever seen, and when you eat the acid.. Random trippy messages, too. Anyways, this may offend some, I am sure, but this is my playground, and not reality. Our coders rule, our quests are awesome. We have SO many added things.. That is just ONE of the things. Heh, Point being: It rocks me, it rocks you, it rocks everyone.. It's the creation of many, over a year old. Just go to it, You'll be hooked.
Core 2696
Address: core.aa.net 4000
Mudlib: Nightmare 3.2.2
Owner: Grey
My character:
Official Blurb:
Core 2696 is based in the year 2696 A.D. on a remote planet (the inhabitants simply call it the Core) at the edge of currently explored space. The settlement was originally established as a mining colony. However, the miners, refiners, and other workers revolted and ousted The Company. The leaders of this rebellion are now known as Citizens, and they are in financial and political control. As a Curmudgeon (player), your goal is to accumulate enough experience, wealth and power to eventually allow you to become a Citizen. Citizens, in turn, vie against each other for ultimate political control (wealth, resources, etc...). Core 2696 features a player-run merchant shop system, futuristic races, occupational classes, and guilds. A mass-transit system allows you to quickly travel from one Citizen's dome to the next. Everything in the entire game is completely mappable on graph paper (no overlapping areas). Player-killing is allowed, but only in designated arenas. (Other players can bet on the outcome as the computer lays odds!)
Certainly a MUD with a difference! Tired of the average fantasy medieval fare, I logged on here hoping for something a little extraordinary. And different, this certainly was. This MUD has been constructed in 3-D cartesian geometry - the command 'compass' indicates your present position in 3-D space, and your x,y,z coordinates. Which was helpful, because there were so many possible exits in every room that I was very quickly confused and hopelessly lost within 5 minutes of logging in. Players here ARE friendly though, especially Citizens (the coders) who quite patiently answered my inane newbie questions on the newbie chat line. Tells between players, for added realism, are restricted - you have to use a portable Comm Unit that runs out of batteries periodically and needs to be recharged. The standard classes here are Tech, Miner etc. and even the skills have been changed drastically - for instance, 'computer interface', 'inspection' are skills to be cultivated - making this a nerd's paradise. The Citizens compete among themselves, each owning a "dome" (domain) furnished with basic amenities for their curmudgeon employees. You can choose to be employed at a particular Citizen's dome and help them in some way by being productive, earning credits (gold) as you do so. I found that corpses could be picked up and processed at certain Citizen's domes - it helps in the economy somehow, although I'm still unclear about how that concept works here. I managed to find a few cockroaches in a particular dome to slaughter - I was told that as a lowly newbie, I had to satisfy myself with killing cockroaches until I solved a few quests and improved my skills somewhat. Hmmph. Well, the plus points are the friendly people who are usually willing to answer any convoluted questions I may have such as: "Where the #$#% am I??". One guy even dragged me around, showing me the cyber sights. Very Orwellian. It is also very unique as far as MUDs go. But the layout is confusing and it isn't much fun being a clueless newbie. And after 5 attempts to play here, I'm still clueless.
Official Blurb:
Dartmud is based on an older code base, but has been around for over six years at five different sites. Dartmud is a matue mud, not one going through rapid change and upheaval.
This was the very first MUD I played when it was open for beta-testing in late 1992. A hardcore role-player's mud indeed! Battle systems, skills etc. were complex and realistic but nevertheless, some friends of mine managed to find ways to 'trick' the game's AI to advance their skills. You are allowed to decide which body part to aim at while in combat with an opponent - i.e head, torso etc. Another slightly annoying feature was that my character tended to get hungry if I left it to idle for too long. Leave your player idle for too long and you might find yourself dragged into different rooms by other players, usually with dastardly motives in mind. Player killing was encouraged in the test version and we eventually left the mud because of it. I wasn't heavily into role-playing then, unlike most of the people who played there religiously.
I came back here to see how much things had changed in almost 4 years of absence. One has to register as a player through email before one is even allowed into the game.
Digital Horizons
Mudlib:2.4.5 LPMudlib
Owner: Zac
My character: Rhino (newbie)
Official Blurb:
Digital Horizons is a fantasy themed mud dedicated to a friendly player environment with help administrators. We offer many options to the prospective player such as class and technical guilds (players can join one of each type), spells, ansi color, ASCII art, built-in alias system (i.e. macros) for long commands, a party system for adventuring with others and sharing experience, player-killing by registration, and much much more! We hope you'll stop by and give Digital Horizons a chance. =)
I first used this MUD as a talker since it had relatively little lag no matter where I was telnetting in from (the server is on a really fast backbone, so I hear).
Address: discworld.imaginary.com 4242
Mudlib: Discworld LP
Owner(s): A big old bunch of people
My character: Rhiannon
Official Blurb:
Discworld is a flat world ten thousand miles across that rests on the backs of four elephants who stand on the shell of Great A'Tuin, the sky turtle, as he, or, as it might be, she, swims through space. From Ankh-Morpork, jewel (okay, so it's a carbuncle) of cities, venture hubwards across the brassica'ed Sto Plains to the Ramtops, cross the Circle Sea to the dark and mysterious continent of Klatch or even brave the Rim Ocean and visit the secretive kingdom of Krull, balanced on the very Edge! Discworld is a mature mud of several years standing whose mudlib has spawned several sister muds. The mud is infinite in size due to several areas which have no limits on them. It offers an interesting and fun environment based on the Discworld series of books by Terry Pratchett with 6 guilds, limited player killing, an advanced combat system, and most of all, humour.
I'll have to agree with the blurb up there and say that the salient feature of this mud is its offbeat sense of humour. There's never a dull moment on the Disc. Shout '888' and you're booted out of the game. A gecko takes note of your possessions before you are allowed to depart. Beware the Dibbler and his sausages. I started playing here when it was based in CIX, England - the majority of its players were from the UK (with a liberal sprinkling of US, Australian and NZ players) and held frequent 'mud-meets' at the Cambridge pub on Charing Cross Road in London. Items picked up in your inventory stay with you throughout your life in Discworld, despite reboots and crashes. I hung out in the post-office and bantered with Bimble and Rizzo, or occasionally, partied with crossdressing, gender-bending wizard Veronica in his/her Amazon's Only Club with male strippers and a chauvinist pig ready-to-slaughter-and-roast. Very realistic MUD with a nice weather daemon. Shouts can only be heard in nearby rooms and not throughout the MUD. Instead of the usual chat channels, there is a talker stick you can whisper into. Based on the fantasy book-series, this is an extremely charming and innovative mud that never fails to entertain me time and time again. Newbies have to solve a little quest (finding a womble's lost brooch) before they are allowed to wander off into the main area. It boasts a diverse range of players from all over the globe.Very highly recommended.
Elephant MUD
Address: elephant.org 4444
Mudlib:TMI/Nightmare II based, running on MudOS.
Location: London, England
Owner: Larnen the elephant
My character: Rhiannon (a newbie druid)
Official Blurb:
Elephant MUD is some 4 years old now and is based in London, England. It was started by a couple of students who were unhappy with the lag that UK players often experienced when connecting to the USA. We have a permanent player base of between 1 and 2000 players, with several 100 deleted on each idle player purge. The mud is heavily themed in a fantasy medieval environment with Orcs, Dwarves and Elves and the like fighting to preserve (or bring down) the last vestiges of civilization on the continent, namely the town of Drakenwood and its neighbours. We have a fair number of available races and 8 classes that people can play. Naturally, each race has its distinct preferences and specialities, giving them advantages in certain professions, although some of the most powerful characters are those that have somehow become Noble in unusual race/class combinations. We also allow multi-classing at higher levels, and have a hierarchy of Nobles from 25th upwards. Player killing is legal on Elephant MUD. Or at least, from an Admin point of view. The Town Council disagree however, and so if you may happily PK, your fellow players are organised to deal with those who do so indiscriminately. Admin will, though, deal with persistent PKers who are only doing so to cause grief to others. The MUD is an eternally growing and changing place, and newcomers are always welcome. And who knows, you might just decide to stay.
I stumbled upon this MUD entirely by accident while playing muds from my computer lab. Who'd have imagined that someone had installed a fully-functioning mud in one of my computer lab's machines? Curious and fascinated, I approached the shy and quiet ;-) Goth who seemed to be spending an inordinate amount of time tapping away at one of the Sparc20 machines in the lab, and he turned out to be Larnen the elephant, God of Elephant MUD. He showed me the innards of a mud for the very first time - awfully grand of him. ;) This piqued my curiosity sufficiently and I logged into the machine (with NO lag for a change!) and checked out the Nightmare mudlib's generic area (Krasna Square, Imperial Way etc) for the first time. I found that I could only kill cute little rabbits and squirrels arranged randomly around a house. Rather more accustomed to slaying fire-breathing dragons and golems, I became disillusioned quickly and slinked back to Lustymud, returning to Ele Mud mostly only to chat with uni-mates.
I went back there recently, after it moved to another server, and found it dramatically changed - for starters, I could no longer find those sweet, chirruping Disney critters and instead, stumbled upon a user-friendly newbieland where I was given some basic equipment by a benevolent NPC. I learned enough to join a guild (hail the druid tree-huggers!) and there was ample equipment strewn around the druid class hall. The players are generally friendly (predominantly UK-based), and the MUD is fairly crowded (6+ players) in the daytime.
Fool's Domain
Address: 220.127.116.11 4000
Type: Circle 3.0 patchlevel 11
Official Blurb:
Fool's Domain is a brand new mud looking for players. Right now, we're stock, but tomorrow we wont be. We're adding races, and more classes--the 'Fool' class being one of our original ones. We don't use a theme, because all our builders have such interesting ideas we want to try all of them! Come see the Land of Tarot. Come visit Heaven. Wander the jungles of the wookie villiage. :)
Player-testers: Come visit us. Your opinions will always count with us. The immortals here are helpful and friendly, determined to provide a good time if it kills ya. :)
Lost Souls
Address: lostsouls.org 3000
Mudlib: LSLib 1.3, Amylaar 3.2.1 driver
My character:
Official Blurb:
Medieval fantasy theme with a coherent theme and cosmology; strict quality standards. Detailed limb-based combat (how many muds do you know of where you can tear someone's arm off and beat them with it?). Unlimited player advancement, 13 guilds, 32 starting races, dozens of areas, adventuring companies, equipment saving, ranged weapons, color. Running with LSLib 1.3, a highly evolved 3.2 mudlib featuring the work of some of the best coders on the net. More fun than you can stand.
Address: looney-1.savvy.com 8888
Type: ?
Official Blurb:
LooneyMud is unlike most muds based on cartoons and sitcoms. There are five different guilds you can choose from and there are some quests. It's also a social mud, some people just like to come on and chat. There are huge areas you can discover and there are tons of monsters to kill. After 4.5 years LooneyMud has become pretty large.
Lua-Uhane MUD
Address: linus.actioninc.com 4000
Mudlib: Nightmare 3.2.2 (modified)
Location: California, USA
Owner:Tombombadil and Scorpian
My character: Rhiannon (QC Archwizard), Cinnon (player, monk), Echo (player, bard)
Official Blurb: N/A
A role-playing mud with a very consistent fantasy medieval theme. I started coding there in Aug 1994 (beta-testing stage) and only began life as a player about a year later. There are all the standard Nightmare classes + 1 new class (cleric, monk, rogue, fighter, monk, kataan, bard) and races with their own distinct cultures, characteristics and languages. Playing there as a newbie can be quite difficult and your success is heavily dependent on your starting statistics (dexterity, strength etc.) and requires determination and persistence as well as a bit of luck. A wide range of skills can be developed by constant practice. Quests are necessary to advance levels here but are not as important as in other muds, I reckon, as you can get away without doing quite a few of them. Player levels are unlimited - beyond High Mortal, the sky's the limit. Guilds are being currently worked on. It has its own unique spell system added to standard NM spells. Tarantia, its main city, is also subject to periodic invasions by everything from the putrefying undead to looting pirates who kill indiscriminately.
This mud has a very loyal player base, with a fairly large player base - but most people who play there own at least 2-3 characters. As a newbie, life may not be very interesting but things will start to pick up beyond level 15. Newbies generally get help from other players - you just have to meep for help on the chat channel, or alternatively, pick up freebies from the newbie equipment store in Seojan!
Address: lusty.com 2000
Mudlib: LPMud 2.4.5
Location: A SUN Sparc20 (?) machine in the University of Michigan
Owner: Berhan (formerly Lusty, after whom this was named)
My character: Artemis (and various others)
Official Blurb:
LustyMUD is one of the oldest US muds, established in early 1991 and operating almost continuously since then. There is a huge variety of areas with very imaginative themes and strategies. The mud's economy is player-run with guilds that players manage in order to gain various benefits (heal rooms, teleport rooms etc). Check out some of our games and puzzles (the Puzzle Palace is an all-time favourite, for example) or simply hang out in the bars and socialize. Newbies and old-timers, all are welcome on Lustymud.
[Contrary to what the name may imply, this is a G-rated mud.]
Well, this blurb should really be updated. No one ever hangs out at the Puzzle Palace anymore, for example. The puzzles there are quite clever (and one or two can be quite mentally taxing) but most people tend to prefer hacking and slashing to painstakingly working out Mensa-type puzzles. This mud is extremely imaginative with a very simple player interface that makes it ideal for beginners to muds who aren't so much into serious role-playing as just having a good time. There is no particular theme to this mud :- its wizards have coded everything from the Seven Heavens and Sesame Street to the planet Hoth (for all the Star Wars junkies out there) and a steaming tropical jungle. It is a mind-boggling mix of medieval, contemporary and futuristic themes which seem to blend quite surprisingly well. The most unique thing about this mud is its guild system and economy. The guilds are wholly player-managed, and its guildmasters are not too different from the CEOs of corporations. They recruit members, define guild policies and determine their guild strategies with the ultimate goal of reaping a tidy profit and having lots of fun at the same time. There are 4 distinct types of guilds - pubs (Artemis was the guildmaster of Safe House for almost 3 years), distillers, breweries and grocers. Corpses of slain monsters are never wasted - in fact they are 'processed' as food and raw material for drinks - quite a disturbing food cycle there, but no one seems to mind. It is a very social mud as well, where you can just hang out and talk with other people instead of killing monsters. There is even an ingenious tank game (in ASCII text) where you can pit your skills in a tank war against other players, and a player-run newspaper where players registered as reporters are free to submit articles and their ravings about anything under the sun.
I started playing there in Dec 1992 and was hooked for 3 years, finally giving it up in favour of real life!
|Social Rating:
|Excellent. People are generally friendly here and the guild camaraderie is unbeatable. However, because of its old mudlib, it doesn't have chat channels, which is unusual for a sociable mud.
|Player Population:
|Very high. Can reach a peak of 40+ players on some weekends. Most players are from the US, and come from the early 20-something college crowd, although they seem to be getting younger and younger now....
|Role-Player's Rating:
|Very low. Simplistic player interface, extremely limited spell-casting, no races, no classes, no defined skill-set. No night-and-day or weather. Just experience points and strength. A hardcore role-player would get bored here very quickly. Another major drawback is that there are only 19 player levels.
|Player Killing:
|Disabled. You can pit your skills against another player in a specially-designed arena but any kills are not recorded as actual 'deaths'. Of course there are other, more subtle and ingenious methods of killing a player but they are generally frowned upon and if you are caught trying to kill another player, you'll be dealt with severely by the wizards.
|Overall Rating:
|Very good - areas are extremely creative, original and well-planned. It has a very close-knit player community. You can always pop into a pub, stick a coin into a jukebox and chat with other people who are just hanging around. Not so good for people expecting more complex and realistic gameplay.
Metropolis MUD
Official Blurb:
Players on MetropolisMUD play themselves in a near future city. Quests are based on urban life, but we do have a number of fantasy quests which, while not strictly on-theme, are integrated into the MUD via books players read in the city or people they come across. MetroMUD boasts several player home areas as well as a virtual museum.
Official Blurb:
MoonMUD is a Circle3.0 variant combining the best of our Circle2.52(unoff) mods with the extended capabilities of 3.0. As of 12-25-95 there are over 4300 rooms with a like number of mobs and objs in some 70+ zones. Offerred are many unique spells, various free transport systems to most of the major areas, user attainable immortality, free access, many spec procs and unique to MoonMUD zonefiles including turn of the century historically accurate railroad zones with operating, ridable trains, a geographically accurate Buffalo, NY zone where OJ wields a very sharp knife, Barney the Dino with spec proc who you can KILL!, NO MIDGAARD, some very powerful objects and spells, extended levels, all immortals can practice all skills from all classes, continuously updated zonefiles, continuously added spells and objs, continuously created spec procs, very easy to very tough zones for a wide range of playbility, helper admins and routines for new players and much much more.
Soon to be added are more zones, more classes, multi-classing, more hand built spells, more railroads with trains, possibly multi-session playing and basically everything we can jam into it! MoonMUD represents 2 years of development and will continue to grow! Have fun!
I'm looking for a MUD with a difference, and I think MoonMUD may be made just for the likes of me.
Address: asylum.aloha.com 4000
Mudlib: Nightmare 3.3.2 (modified)
Location: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Owner: Mooncrow
My character: Rhiannon (an idle immortal)
Official Blurb:
Moonshadow is a fantasy role playing mud, primarily combat-oriented. The mudlib is markedly modified from the stock Nightmare, including overhauled classes (warrior, mage, gypsy, monk, seeker, darkspawn), a highly modified combat system, improved and expanded chat, socials and skills. The command systems have both extensive ansi-colour support or compact plain-text alternatives, allowing for players with fast or slow links to thrive.
Areas on the mud make up a diverse mixture, ranging from light humour and puns to a dark, macabre tapestry of ghosts, gargoyles and undead apparitions. Moonshadow ended its beta test period in July 1996 and opened to players with approximately 200 rooms in play and approximately 100 more in development.
Moonshadow replaced Lua-Uhane in the aloha.com server and most of Lua-Uhane's 'old guard' i.e original coders and players migrated here. Some of Lua-Uhane's older areas have also been ported here - Cowboy's hilarious Undead Poets Society among many others. The classes, despite having different names, correspond to the classic Nightmare class-system (warrior=fighter, mage (unchanged), gypsy=rogue, monk (unchanged), seeker=cleric and darkspawn=kataan). One of my main gripes is that there are so few players on whenever I log on. I haven't played seriously here to be able to discern the real differences between this MUD and Lua-Uhane, but going by the old areas I've played and the quests I've done, this MUD is worth a go. And the wizards who run it are especially nice. ;-)
New Moon
Address: eclipse.cs.pdx.edu 7680
Type: LPMud, Discworld/New Moon mudlib
Official Blurb:
New Moon, a brave new world where epic tales of medieval fantasy are made, offers:
Nuclear War
Address: nuclearwar.astrakan.hgs.se 4080
Location: Sweden
Type: LPMud
Official Blurb:
Nuclear War is a cyber themed mud set in a post nuclear holocaust age where the world is ruled by mega corporations and unruly street gangs. The mud offers optional playerkilling, a friendly tourguide system, and five very original guilds.
Address: powerstruggle.col-ed.org 3000
Type: LP 2.4.5 (modified)
Official Blurb:
Powerstruggle is a mud based in a nice little town called Netherton in a modern-day setting. That is to say no shoulder-mounted rocket launchers, or fire breathing dragons, but there's a hell of a lot of fun stuff! We completely make the mud the way we (we being the admin and the players) like, if something is fun, we'll put it in! We also have some of the coolest admins around, who are open to ideas and questions, have warped senses of humour and are damn good coders, and are actually ACTIVE (despite the rules for enforced idling for admin!), so things get done! We allow multi-charactering, there are many lifestyles, and players can create their own groups like guilds), and have lots of secret areas and fun stuff you find by exploring, as well as a lot of very special features that are unique to this mud! Examples... nah, you'll have to come see to find out :) Pop in and see us at our new site (powerstruggle.col-ed.org 3000), running on a dedicated machine with a good dedicated link! Come along sometime and join in the Powerstruggle!
My character: Artemis
Official Blurb:
I checked out this MUD after Lustymud went down temporarily in mid-1995. I found the social scene quite similar to Lustymud's and EOTL's, with very ebullient players and wizards alike and a convivial newbie-friendly environment. It is set in the medieval times and you have to work your way up the ranks by killing NPCs and solving quests. The player interface is relatively simple, and there are several guilds you can join. The chat lines here are very lively and newbies are encouraged to ask for help and directions. A note of warning though: steer clear of those players armed with water balloons, you could end up one very wet newbie! ;-) Ragnarok went down for many, many months and has just recently been re-established. It has a very unique mapping system where you can map your movements and have an ASCII map emailed to you. There are lots of amusing trinkets for a player to toy with as well.
Address: mud.lds.ac.uk 6969
Mudlib: Hacked Discworld
Official Blurb:
You're trapped in a MentalHospital surrounded by guilds of pyromaniacs, necropheliacs, schizophrenics & kleptomaniacs. Rn about, explore, and perform quests or just hang out and chat while trying to escape the hospital or ultimately become one of the hospitals directors and designers.
The new mud on the block may have a position for you if you're qualified and dedicated.
Certainly another MUD with a difference. Unfortunately I had to check in my rubber, inflatable pet sheep before entering here! Well, the theme and blurb were certainly eye-catching and snared MY attention (I've always been a closet pyromaniac) but the mud itself left a lot to be desired. No one was on when I walked around as a nosey, prodding Guest. The hospital was smallish and the whole area was chock-full of typos! A QC wizard's worst nightmare! Readability and playability is so important when it comes to mudding and this place didn't score too well on either count, although it tried its best to be humorous. The skill and scoring systems are relatively simple. Unfortunately I couldn't kill any of the doctors wandering about because... they had stethescopes? And the guards sneered at me when I hurled my feeble little newbie body against them in a vaguely threatening manner. Oh well. This might be more fun if someone would tell me what to do.
Viking MUD
Address: viking.pvv.unit.no 2001
Location: Trondheim, Norway
My character: Calypso (hapless level 3 or 4)
Alright, how do I talk about this MUD without slagging it off just a wee a bit? Probably unfairly too, since some friends and I had unpleasant experiences there in mid-95 and never bothered to go back since. A lot of the generic LPMud area remains unchanged in this MUD (humpbacked bridge, Harry). The player interface is more or less similar to LustyMUD's (relatively simple) with few spells, no races, classes etc. The most interesting thing I found about this mud was its quests which players have to solve in order to advance levels. Its often-rude players are the main reason I stay away from this place. This is not a generally newbie-friendly mud in my experience. Requests for help over the [chat] line usually go unheeded. There are some very nice people here, but they are generally exceptions to the rule. Player killing is permitted during Anarchy. Players get a chance to vote on whether or not they want Anarchy (vote for Anarchy? Tis just a bit paradoxical). During Anarchy, no one is safe from slaughter, unless one hides out in the sanctuary (Odin's temple) which very quickly, fills up with ghosts of dead players. Ghosts cannot regain their bodies until Anarchy is over - and it doesn't last very long. As a newbie, I logged on during Anarchy, asked for directions to the Post Office, was given false directions into a different room and immediately slain with 2 quick blows.


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Life is constantly throwing curve balls and introducing new challenges. We gain all kinds of experience from different areas of our lives and develop our human capital. Once we reach a certain age it becomes clear that if we don't pursue our passions we may never achieve our dreams. Our human capital can play a major role in helping us reach our goals.
Since 2nd year University at Ryerson back in 1991 I have had the dream of becoming a voice actor. I worked in radio for many years where I honed my voice acting abilities. But life took a crazy turn in 2000. I lost my radio gig due to corporate restructuring.
It took me a year to find a new path and somehow I found myself back in University for Accounting, of all things. I was on the CA track. I made it through the degree without any problems. I even passed my first professional exam. Unfortunately I failed my 2nd professional exam twice. I took myself out of the CA process because I realized that becoming a CA wasn't my dream. I still wanted to be a voice actor. At this point I had accumulated nearly 6 years of full time accounting experience. I found that I enjoyed bookkeeping. That's why I took on bookkeeping clients when I left my Accounting job to pursue voice acting.
Bookkeeping gives me the steady cash flow I need to fuel my voice acting venture. Bookkeeping is not my plan B. It is an integral part of my plan A. In fact, I do my own bookkeeping and tax returns. I don't have to pay an accountant to take care of my growing business!
Play to your strengths. Use your human capital to maximize success in the pursuit of your goals.


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Coffee in Venice Beach With LA Galaxy Teammates Brian Rowe & Baggio Husidic
We recently ventured out west to Venice Beach, California to hang with Baggio Husidic and Brian Rowe of the LA Galaxy. Prior to shooting these dapper gentleman in the "Newman" and "Cobain" we sat at Gjusta (Coffee Shop/Restaurant) for a Cortado and discussed what they love about Southern California.
The "Newman" is our dark raw denim jacket. Made from Candiani denim with a Kuroki denim contrast on the collar and sleeves, we've custom embroidered the waistline with arrows and finished off our jacket with antique brass buttons. We added stretch to our "Newman" to ensure a comfortable and tailored silhouette.
The "Cobain" is our vintage washed jacket. We used Candiani denim and hand washed/distressed each jacket. Our embroidery is custom like all of our jackets and we added antique silver buttons to finish it off.


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I'm receiving an error(8453) Replication Access was denied when my writable domain controllers (one 2008 R2 Ent and one 2003 R2 Ent) try to replicate to and RODC (2008 R2 Ent)
I've give the Read-Only Domain Controllers group in the domain Replicate Changes permissions. Is there anything else I should be looking at?
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What do you have between the main DCs and the RODC?
FW / Router?
Anything that can block the access / replication ? Or are they all part on the same LAN/VLAN ?


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For any of you who know me, you know that I love to bake cakes. Well, I don't necessarily love the baking, but I love the decorating! I'm starting to like the baking too, as I learn to be more patient. Before, I just wanted to hurry and get the cake made so I could decorate it, ya 'know? It would be like a sketch artist to have to make their paper before they could actually sketch something. But I am now seeing the beauty in the actual baking part of it and it helps that I have some fantastic tried and true recipes. I skip the whole "from scratch" concept and just "doctor up" cake mixes with recipes from the cake doctor, Ann Byrn. Not because I'm totally opposed or scared to bake from scratch, but because these doctored cake mixes are sooooo good!! I take a lot of care in to how the cake actually tastes as well as looks because people don't want to eat dry, tasteless cakes with frosting that tastes like a stick of butter dipped in sugar. (That's how I feel about grocery store bakery cakes). The cakes actually taste like they were made from scratch but are super easy. My favorite is her "Darn Good Chocolate Cake" which is made from a Dark Chocolate Fudge cake mix and has chocolate chips in the batter. Yum! I love to pair it with a whipped chocolate ganache filling and whipped cream frosting. So good! That's exactly what I did yesterday for our Little Flowers party. And for those who don't like chocolate, I also made a vanilla yogurt cake made with, you guessed it, vanilla yogurt! It was so moist and delicious, another wonderful recipe from The Cake Mix Doctor.
This weekend I will be making a cake for my Nana's 80th birthday. She loves strawberries and her favorite dessert is Strawberry Shortcake. So, the obvious would be to make a strawberry cake. I'm using a plain cake mix but adding fresh strawberries, coconut and pecans. Wanna guess where I got the recipe? From the Cake Mix Doctor, of course. I hope it's delicious!
Here's my Little Flower cake. I was running late for the party (who, me?) and put the flowers on when we got there, so it's a bit sloppy looking. But the girl's loved it. Chatterbox helped put the flowers on and did a great job! And here she is with her certificate of completion.
Having to make two cakes in one week while trying to manage a household and take care of a 5, 3 and 1 year old who has an earache, along with many other things happening in the week can be a bit stressful to say the least! (Yes, I actually offered to make these cakes. But when I said I'd do the Little Flowers, I didn't realize it would be the same week as Nana's party) And may even make you a little crazy and you'll find yourself doing things like this to all your cake ingredients:
I'll let you know how Nana's cake turns out.


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LCD Soundsystem and Björk join The xx as All Points East headliners
31 October, 2017
The xx will be Saturday headliners at next year's All Points East Festival
LCD Soundsystem and Björk have joined the big-name acts set to appear at next year's All Points East Festival – a brand new 10-day event taking place in Victoria Park.
Already among a stellar line-up are Saturday headliners The xx, as well as Lorde, Beck and Father John Misty.
LCD Soundsystem will top the bill on the Friday, and Björk has been confirmed as Sunday's headliner.
The festival, which takes place between May 25 and 27, is a major part of Tower Hamlets' bid to be London Borough of Culture.
Tickets go on sale at 9am this Friday, November 3.
Visit www.allpointseastfestival.com
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Last year I was wandering around to several Hobby Shop, to find Racing Miku 2014 Prize Figure that usually available for UFO Catcher crane game. You see, these kind of figurine are cheap and not as good as a hundred dollars Scale Figure in term of build quality and painting.
But some of it are surprisingly good enough.
And while people in Japan could play UFO Catcher Arcade machine to get these kind of prize, less fortunate people can still buy it.
While I'm wandering around aimlessly, I was surprised to see this Racing Miku 2015 with affordable price. Lying alone on the shop counter, so lonely and need some love.
I don't have to think twice to snatch this Racing Miku 2015.
It's a dead cheap, damn it. I guess walking from Grogol Station to Mall Ciputra is worth every drops of my sweat.
And I waste one Roll of 36 Frames camera film for this figurine. But since to develope the film into negative is quite pain in the ass, so I brought my beloved Olympus Pen to take the shots.
Upon opening the box, you will find if this figurine still in separate parts and need to be assembled. It remind me of Nendoroid Petit and other trading figures, only this one is bigger.
The figurine it self is good, but like I already told you before, there are several inferior in build quality and painting.
These are the obvious cons list:
Seam lines.
Yup, since this is a cheap and mass production item, so I guess the company won't be bother to scrub and polish the seam.
Unpainted Skin
Usualy, a Scale Figure will be painted in matte skin color, or matte coated if the plastic color already identical with the skin color. But this one is not.
Paint bleed.
The paint job is not that great. There are several bleeds around here and there.
I took the photos at Taman Menteng.
Probably this Park is the best park to go if you're living in Jakarta.
Since I arrived nearly at 12, the sun light is on a bad position, so I have to take the photos from shady area. I also using reflector to illuminate some of the dark part. Especially around the eyes, aaaand under her skirt.
I'm a pervert, I know…
Okay, let's discuss a different point.
In broad daylight, the sun above your head, you will never get this kind of lighting without a reflector.
Without reflector, the area under her skirt will be so dark, as dark as your pathetic future
Also, you need a CPL Filter.
This kind of filter will cut some light reflection from the surface of your figurine. And why do we need CPL filter?
Without this filter, your figurine will look too plastic because light reflection will make it glossy. Now, most 100 Dollars class figurines are painted in matte for skin and clothes, but cheap ass figurine does not always got this kind of treatment.
Okay, let's be honest here. I actually not too fond of fixed pose scale figurine, not only too pricy for me but also eat alot of space.
When I realize it if this Racing Miku 2015 can actually standing without the displaying base, I decided to keep this figurine.
Now lets check it out the detail
Pay attention to her side waist. See the laces? That is a painting, not a sculpt work. I cannot complain about this when remember the price range.
Look at the "Max Factory" label on her arm. That is a small decal, and it still look so detail.
The Goodsmile Racing logo is printed nicely on her chest. And Crypton Future Media name also extremely detail for this size.
With naked eyes, you will not be able to read the "Future Media" letters on the Crypton logo.
And like I told you before, there are some flaw here and there. The color gradation from Pink to orange on her vertical seam is suck pretty much
The backside of her stocking is surprisingly painted nicely with minimum paintbleed.
I keep looking at this part because of this :p
However the frontside of her stocking are in the opposite.
Her Umbrella, which is also her Jousting Lance is suffering the paint imperfection because of the size, price, and molded in one parts.
Multiparts accessories can be painted easily for color separation.
And, again. This is 25$ figurine, don't expect too much on this.
Here is a curious question…
Why putting the FREEing logo on her ankle?
She's already wearing ankle guard. The logo will be less visible.
Okay, next…!
In case you are wondering, this is Yu Pack Danboard JapanPost version. There are various paint and theme for this Danboard, like Tamiya, Wonder Festival, Amazon, etc.
And that camera is my Nikon F3.
My film camera, not a digital camera. This camera is a professional camera during it's era, and now serves as collectible-nostalgic item.
Man, when I saw someone actually do own a great condition of F3 by my own eyes at Pasar Baru (a marketplace where you buy and sell used/vintage cameras in Jakarta). I was actually stopped and hoping if he want to sell his F3 to a store. And when that happen, I was planned to "intercept" him and asking for his price.
But it turn out, he just bought his F3 from a vintage camera shop
I was full of envy…
Living in a big city sometimes could be problematic. When you are looking for good photography spot, like a place full of colorful flower, all you get is green tree.
Well, I'm not saying green tree and plants are bad, but if everything is all green, sometime you really want to see other color than green
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Meet Annata, the first Xoloitzcuintle puppy born in Australia was delivered earlier this month at Kudah Veterinary Practice in Kelmscott, Western Australia. The Xoloitzcuintle, also called the Mexican Hairless Dog or Xolo for short, is a rare breed that has risked extinction many times. The puppy was born via IVF thanks to sperm that was imported from Norway for a whopping $3,000. The pup's owner has said she hopes to give the unique puppy to a passionate pet lover in Australia. Source & Photo: Perth Now.
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Sunday, 1 March 2009
Forgoing Duty Free Alcohol...
for the premium lounge. Well, it was either $45 for alcohol or $30 for five hours in a lounge with internet access, free food, showers, and a place to nap in front of the beautiful mountains in Vancouver, so I chose the latter. It sucks leaving home after a visit. I'm all gross from crying.
Posted by Suzer at Sunday, March 01, 2009
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2 comments:
- Erin said...
I think you made the right choice! :-)
- 8:42 am
- A Free Man said...
You made the right choice. Hope you had a safe trip back!
- 11:28 am
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Most Americans will be �falling back� this weekend as daylight-saving time takes its winter hiatus, but your computer, telephone and other programmable electronic devices may be a week ahead of you.
Texas and most of the rest of the nation reverts to standard time at 2 a.m. Sunday, seven days later than has been the schedule for decades. In 2005, Congress approved legislation as part of an energy bill extending daylight-saving saving time this year. In areas where state legislatures have not exempted themselves, clocks now move back one hour on the first Sunday of November and move forward one hour on the second Sunday of March.
The dates were standardized by Congress in 1966, setting the switch-overs on the last Sunday in April and the last Sunday in October. In 1986, the start date was moved back to the first Sunday in April, and it had remained on that schedule until this year.
Daylight-saving time decreases the amount of daylight in the morning hours so that more daylight is available during the evening. But not everyone benefits. Farmers and others who rise before dawn may have to operate in the dark a while longer before daybreak. Changing lifestyles were a factor, but it also proved to a fatal blow to driver-in movie theaters.
Daylight-saving time, however, can bring many benefits. Research has shown that more available daylight increases energy savings while decreasing the number of traffic accidents, traffic fatalities and incidences of crime. But the transition can be difficult, especially in the spring, when the first day lasts only 23 hours. Traffic accidents, for example, increase on that first Monday after the time change goes into effect.
Congress noted other advantages while updating legislation in 1986, including �more daylight outdoor playtime for the children and youth of our nation, greater utilization of parks and recreation areas, expanded economic opportunity through extension of daylight hours to peak shopping hours and through extension of domestic office hours to periods of greater overlap with the European Economic Community.�
Unfortunately, many electronic devices with clock-calendars � things like VCRs, telephone systems, computers and watches � that were manufactured before Congressional action in 2005 were programmed with the old daylight-saving time schedule. Those clocks �fell back� an hour last Sunday.
Owners who adjusted the time this week will need to change it again Sunday. Otherwise, you can let things run an hour late until the revised time change makes it right.
For detail-oriented folks, software patches exist to correct the schedule on many of these devices. But if that�s important to you, you probably handled it last spring.
If you didn�t, you may need to mark your new 2008 calendars with these dates: Daylight-time will begin on March 9 and end on Nov. 2.
That is, assuming Congress doesn�t change it again.
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Thanks for choosing this Sith name generator! If you have seen Star Wars movies (and we assume you have) you must remember a fictional organization known as Order of the Sith Lords. In the universe created by John Lucas and his colleagues Sith members reoccur as antagonists of the main characters. Dark Lords of the Sith are absolutely dedicated to the philosophy of the organization and try to destroy the "good guys" using the dark side of the Force.
The word "Sith" was first mentioned in the film Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope, which began the legendary saga. However, back then it was used in a slightly different meaning and the notorious organization was not formally introduced of even mentioned on-screen right until Star Wars: Episode I- The Phantom Menace reached the cinemas. Since the late 1970s Sith members have appeared not only in numerous episodes of Star Wars movies, but also variety of comics, books and computer games. This is why we believe that this Sith name generator will actually be useful for the widest range of people. Not only it will come in handy for all the artists, authors, screen writers and game developers, it will also help our fellow gamers. Obviously, it is much easier to pick a name from the set of options than come up with one relying on your own imagination.
While developing a database for this Sith name generator we have drawn inspiration from the names of actual Star Wars characters, such as Ajuna Pall (the first dark Lord of the Sith), Aloysius Kallig (another ancient Sith Lord), Assajj Ventress (this Sit assassin appears Star Wars: Clone Wars comics, TV show and movie), Abeloth, Mas Amedda Amee, Darth Andeddu, Bail Antilles, Garm Bel Iblis, Depa Billaba, Borvo the Hutt, Maris Brood, Noa Briqualon, Malcor Brashin, Sora Bulq, Arvel Crynid and many others. Thus we can guaranty that all the names we have here will fit into the Star Wars universe just perfectly.
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How long do I keep migrating stuff from my blogger address. It is time that I had a dedicated wordpress blog!
Need to think of something soon.
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How long do I keep migrating stuff from my blogger address. It is time that I had a dedicated wordpress blog!
Need to think of something soon.
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The great man whom I greatly hate-my Father-has decided that come what may he will continue to drink himself to death. All medication suggested by doctors will not be taken. He feels that a great injustice has been meted out to him. Two sets of sleeping pills prescribed by the doctor are rotting in their strips untouched by him.
The fights continue at home. I am losing my sanity and returning home has become a dreaded prospect. I am seriously contemplating some drastic step and just do not know what to do! Perhaps I will be forced to admit my father to an alcohol de-adiction centre. That remains the only option now.
God give me strength in times of darkness and suffering!
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A constant process of evolution.
A new theme-Misty Look designed by Sadish.
I have a feeling this theme will last longer!
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Movie-Nan Kadavul.
Cast-Arya, Pooja and others.
Year of Release-2009.
Genre-Drama. Bala is one director whose movies mix the commercialism and realism in the right proportions. His three previous movies have been box-office hits but this time I believe Bala might be lucky if the movie recovers its production costs. The problem being it took more than 3 years to make with several heroines being cast and then replaced. The movie presents a stark portrayal of the organized beggary in India, specially in Tamil Nadu. If you thought Slumdog had difficult scenes, then this movie will shock you. Bala presents a coterie of real life beggars-Eunuchs, midgets, deformed people, physically challenged people, blind people. The attention to detail is indeed detailed. A man visits Kashi/Benaras to find his son Rudra-whom he had abandoned 14 years ago in the holy city based on the advice of an astrologer. The beginning is flawed and a bit unbelievable when the man spots an aghori-Arya and faints. He realises that Arya is his son Rudra in just one glance. The story shifts to Malaikottai in Tamil Nadu, where a tall bald man is a kingpin running the beggar-mafia. Pooja is introduced as a blind girl singing in the train and getting alms. Pooja is inducted into the bald man's group and is made to sing at a temple atop a hill. Arya stays there smoking ganja and uttering mantras once in a while. A Keralite businessman comes to the bald man and pays money and takes beggars to Kerala. He comes again with an offer of Rs 10 lakhs to buy Pooja as a companion for a man whose face is deformed. When his goons come to kidnap Pooja, Arya bashes the group and kills the businessman. Then a court case scene follows. A bit of forced humour perhaps! A final confrontation with the bald-headed villain follows with Arya killing the villain. Then comes the twist-an expected one-Bala killed the heroes in his earlier movies-here he kills Pooja. Pooja pleads with Arya to save her from the pains of the world. The next scene shows her lying in a pool of blood. So we assume that Arya kills her to guide her to her salvation. A role worthy of an award by Pooja. Arya has worked reallly hard for his role and deserves applause for his physical makeover. Music is great. We can only sympathise with Bala and pray that his next venture has a strong script. How about a crime thriller Mr Bala or an urban college romance?
Posted in Uncategorized on February 21, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Well Kate Winslet is as ravishing as usual. But if you tend to overlook the fact that the lady is practically naked for most of the movie, one realizes that it is a powerful role that she has enacted.
Ralph Fiennes is a succesful lawyer who recounts his past. His affair with a ticket-checker Kate, when he is just a 14-year old boy. They make love on the sly and Kate forces the boy to read works by folks like Shakespeare and Marx.
She is convicted of persecuting Jews and commits suicide in jail. There are too many loose end s and the big secret that Kate is illiterate and the other secret which you figure out by watching the movie.
The movie is likely to be seriously censored and folks preparing to salivate in the theatre better go buy a dvd and watch the movie.
This could have been a movie on a totally different plane and explore the anguish and helplessness of the young boy and the tortured Kate but somehow peters down into a well cinematographed piece of soft-porn with mainstream actors, a decent background score and a story that tries to recreate Germany during the Second World War.
The chap David Kross (young Fiennes) would have enjoyed the most I feel. Jokes apart the movie covers a wide range of topics-sexual awakening, forbidden relationships, persecution of Jews, war crimes tribunal, wrong judgements, guilt, emotional self-punishment, etc……
Somehow I felt that the movie was an attempt at winning an award and not a genuine effort from the director Stephen Daldry.
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Got a new theme today. Will have to customize it with my own images for the header. Let us see what happens!
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The situation is not at all bright. Everyday there is news about Microsoft cutting jobs, or IBM cutting jobs, the list continues with all industries getting affected by the global economic meltdown. Earlier the lunch session used to be a time when colleagues would discuss movies and cricket. The past two-three months have seen a big change as everyone is worried and insecure about their jobs.
Rumours about three senior managers quitting, people being asked to leave, well I just don't know. Things are not rosy and it looks that there is going to be a lot of heartburn by the end of March.
Hastily convened meetings asking employees to stay calm and focus on improving productivity does not work wonders.
Let me see what happens!
In all probability it might be curtains here too:]


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Start a Conversation Today
Approach someone this summer at an event, party, industry meeting or anywhere you go . Take the initiative and do not wait for them to approach you. The key to creating connections is starting a conversation. The secret of conversation is to ask open-ended high-gain questions, like:
"What brings you to this meeting?
"What kind of work do you do?"
"I'm new to this association, what can you tell me about it and how are you enjoying it?"
These are some of the very same questions I've been asking people as I start conversations and connect now that I have relocated to the West Coast of Florida. Just this week, I found myself at a meeting for the Performing Arts Center here. I introduced myself to the coordinator and knew a bit of information since I had done some research and then sat down next to two people at a round table. Just by asking some 'open ended' questions and listening, I walked away with two new connections and one has already emailed me for a coffee date.
I'm following exactly the approach I lay out in my Networking Checklist.
The quality of the information you receive depends on the quality of your questions. Think of the environment of where you are meeting, find common interests and learn about the other person.
When we have a conversation, it may lead to a business or personal relationship, however the first step is Rapport. From rapport, a relationship may develop and could lead to new business. Any relationship, when nurtured, can and will lead to long-term continued success.
Meet someone new in order to welcome and create these opportunities. If nothing else, you will hone your presentation skills and that is always a major plus and you will get ready for the next person who may be that golden opportunity and you may be able to help them.


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Since the February Wrap Up, neither Sandy nor Holly finished any series enders.
Which series enders did you finish? Link up below. Don't forget to include the title, your name, & your blog name (Ex: Requiem - Sandy @ Somewhere Only We Know) Also, the March giveaway runs from March 25th - April 25th. On April 25th we will use random.org and the linky entries to pull a winner.


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Bingo has always been a social game. However one thing the fun filled game has lacked since the beginning of time was a team concept. Traditionally, if I bingo in a game, that means you would lose.
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Kansas Teachers Again Lowest on Creationism
A new survey again shows Kansas secondary biology teachers have the lowest rates of creationist belief of teachers in any of the states surveyed. Repeating a similar 1991 survey done before the many controversial hearings on the creation-evolution debate in 1999–2007, the results, presented at a September conference of the Kansas Association of Biology Teachers and due to be published in an upcoming Kansas Biology Teacher journal, verify that the general press image of Kansas being backward on evolution is completely opposite of the facts.
Percent answering "Yes" to:
"Creationism Has a Valid Scientific
Foundation" or Equivalent
While those of us in science education are worried with such high figures, there is reason to believe that creationist-belief-that-contradicts-science may actually be substantially lower for all of these states including Kansas.
In 1991, 85 percent of Kansas biology teachers marked that they thought "...the modern theory of evolution has a valid scientific foundation." But 25 percent also marked that they thought "...creationism has a valid scientific foundation." Add 85 percent and 25 percent and you have 110 percent of the teachers. The paradox is that ten percent marked that they agreed with both statements.
After the 1991 survey, I chatted with teachers in the field. Some explained that they marked both because they were not literalist and 3.5 billion years of evolution was no problem. But they did believe in a supernatural creation of the universe in the beginning, and in some cases, a supernatural instilling of the soul on the evolutionary route from ape-men to humans. In neither case would their beliefs interfere with teaching modern evolutionary biology.
Our 2009 study showed the same "overlap": 94 percent agreed with "the modern theory of evolution has a valid scientific foundation" while 23 percent also marked that they thought "creationism has a valid scientific foundation." This year, 17 percent had marked both! Of those who believe creationism has a valid scientific foundation, half do not think creationism should be taught in public schools. And a fourth of teachers who "believe creationism has a valid scientific foundation" indicated they did not understand Intelligent Design, a recent variation rejected by the federal court.
A big divide remains between small rural schools and larger Kansas schools. Today, 36 percent of biology teachers at small rural schools (under 100 enrollment) are creationist, while this drops to 15 percent in schools with 100-399 students. Rural teachers are more likely to be trained "second field" and are less likely to pursue an advanced degree since they have to teach across many disciplines. Other research also finds that small rural Kansas schools are more subject to influence from a few local personalities, while our larger schools can ignore the larger pool of therefore-less-influential people and pay more attention to state and national standards.
Some media perpetuate the perception that science and religion are not compatible. But most Christian denominations have no difficulty with evolution. In 1998, Molleen Matsumura in the National Center for Science Education Reports found, "of Americans in the twelve largest Christian denominations, 89.6% belong to churches that support evolution education." Churches that have no problem with evolution are non-literalist and include: United Methodist Church, National Baptist Convention USA, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Presbyterian Church (USA), National Baptist Convention of America, African Methodist Episcopal Church, the Roman Catholic Church, the Episcopal Church, and others. While we did not ask for the church affiliation of biology teachers, our results reflect this widespread acceptance.
Hard-core opposition to evolution among Kansas biology teachers is probably around six percent, dramatically lower than for any other state surveyed.
Sadly, that will not stop late night talk shows from portraying Kansans as anti-evolution hayseeds.
John Richard Schrock