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What you need to know
The most typical example of compound growth is compound interest. Interest is a sum of money that gets added on to a bigger sum of money (e.g., the balance of your bank account), typically once a year. The amount of interest added is determined by a percentage value of the bigger sum.
Suppose you have a bank account containing £100. Compound interest works like this: each year, the bank calculates the interest for you based on a percentage interest rate on your account, say 3%, and adds it your total balance. In this case, 3% of 100 is 3, so your £100 would become £103. Then, at the end of next year, it adds another 3%, but now that 3% amounts to more, because we're taking 3% of £103 – in other words, we're getting interest on last year's interest, which is precisely what compound interest is. So, at the end of the two years your money increases by £3.09 rather than just £3, meaning you'd have £106.09 in total.
There is an alternative called simple interest. You don't really see this so much in real-life scenarios, but you might be asked a question about it regardless and fortunately for you, as the name states, it's not so difficult. Simple interest works like this: you don't get any interest on your interest, only interest on the original balance. In the above example, if it were a 3% simple interest rate (as opposed to a compound interest rate), then the interest you would earn each year would remain at £3 and not increase. So, after 2 years you would have £106 rather than £106.09. Hardly a tragic loss, but when numbers get bigger and many years pass, these things can make a big difference.
You may have noticed by now that this is going to require a good understanding of how to use percentages, so now is a good a time as any to brush up on them here (percentages gcse revision). We'll see in this next example how using percentage multipliers can save us a lot of time.
Example: James deposits £24,000 into a savings account. Work out the difference between his bank balance after 6 years with an annual simple interest rate of 4% and an annual compound interest rate of 4%.
Firstly, we'll sort out the simple interest case.
4\%\text{ of } 24,000 = 0.04 \times 24,000 = \pounds 960
This is an annual rate, and we're looking for the total after 6 years, so we need to add six lots of this interest onto his total to get our answer (in the simple interest case).
\text{Total after 6 years } = 24,000 + (6 \times 960) = \pounds 29,760
Next up, the compound interest case. In this case, because the interest is included in the calculation of new interest each year, and we're looking at 6 years in total, there could be a lot of working out involved. Fortunately, there's a better way! Roll on percentage multipliers.
The percentage multiplier for a 4% increase is 1 + \dfrac{4}{100} = 1.04. What this means is that in order to increase a number by 4%, all you need to do is multiply that number by 1.04. That reduces the amount of work we have to do down to multiplying by 1.04 six times, which can be reduced even further by considering that
24,000 \times 1.04 \times 1.04 \times 1.04 \times 1.04 \times 1.04 \times 1.04 = 24,000 \times 1.04^6
Now, all we need to do to work out the result of 6 years of 4% compound interest on a balance of £24,000 is calculate the value of 24,000 \times 1.04^6. We get:
\text{Total after 6 years } = 24,000 \times 1.04^6 = \pounds 30,367.66
That means, the difference between the two totals is
30,367.66 - 29,760 = \pounds 607.66
I told you it could make a big difference.
In practice, all you need to do is times your total by the appropriate multiplier (here, 1.04) raised to a power equal to the number of times the interest is being added (here, 6 times). It's almost always annually, but there's no reason they might try and trick you by asking a question about interested being added every 6 months.
Compound decay is very much the same thing, only the numbers go down. This means that your multiplier should be a number below 1 rather than above 1. Other than that, we figure out our answer in exactly the same way.
Example: Aza buys a car for £17,000. The value of this car will experience compound decay at a rate of 25% per year. Work out the value of the car after 8 years.
The percentage multiplier for a 25% decrease is 1 - \dfrac{25}{100} = 0.75.
We will multiply the starting value by 0.75 raised to the power of 8, since the car will be undergoing a 25% decrease 8 times.
\text{Value after 8 years } = 17,000 \times 0.75^8 = \pounds 1,701.92
Questions on this topic are worth a lot of marks but if you're smart about answering them, they can be sorted out in no time at all, so get practising.
Example Questions
1) Sun wins the lottery and chooses to deposit $1,400,000 into a savings account which offers 2.4% annual compound interest. How much money will she have in this account after 4 years?
The percentage multiplier for a 2.4% increase is 1 + \dfrac{2.4}{100} = 1.024.
So, we will multiply the starting amount by 1.024 raised to the power of 4 to account for the 4 years of compound interest gained. This will give us our final answer.
1,400,000 \times 1.024^4 = $ 1,539,316.28
2) The population of an endangered species of tiger is currently 234 and is predicted to decrease at a rate of 18% per year. Riley thinks there will be less than 100 tigers of this species left in 5-years-time. Assuming the predicted decrease will happen, is she correct?
The percentage multiplier for an 18% decrease is 1 - \dfrac{18}{100} = 0.82.
So, we will multiply 234 by 0.82 to the power of 5, to check if the population will fall below 100 after 5 years.
234 \times 0.82^5 = 87 \text{ tigers, to the nearest whole number}
This is less than 100, therefore Riley is correct.
3) (TRICKY) Hernando buys a house worth £268,000, and its value rises at a compound rate of x\% per year. After 2 years, it is worth £292,662.70. Work out the value of x.
This is a tricky one. As we know the outcome but not the percentage we're going to have to set up an equation which we can then solve to find the value of our percentage, x. To do this, let's work through the steps of the normal process, putting x where the percentage value would typically be.
So, the percentage multiplier for an x\% increase is 1 + \dfrac{x}{100}. We will leave it in this form (we don't really have much choice). We know the result of squaring this and multiplying it by the starting value, so let's express that as an equation.
268,000 \times \left(1 + \dfrac{x}{100}\right)^2 = 292,662.70
Now, we must solve for x. First, we divide both sides by 268,000.
\left(1 + \dfrac{x}{100}\right)^2 = \dfrac{292,662.70}{268,000}
Then, take the square root of both sides.
1 + \dfrac{x}{100} = \sqrt{\dfrac{292,662.70}{268,000}}
Then subtract 1 from both sides and multiply by 100.
\dfrac{x}{100} = \sqrt{\dfrac{292,662.70}{268,000}} - 1
x = 100\left(\sqrt{\dfrac{292,662.70}{268,000}} - 1\right)
Putting it into the calculator, we get
x = 4.5
Hernando's house increased in value by 4.5% per year.
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Rose, by virtue of working at the Shopaminit was first to arrive. She also put the "closed" sign up in the window right before one o'clock and shooed off customers who wanted to come in to buy snacks.
"Just gas," she told anyone who tried the door. "We're doing an inspection. We'll open in about an hour."
Dre and his grandmother arrived next and were ushered in with the briefcase.
Skip was last, and he came with a friend. An intense-looking man with too-dark hair and almost too-much aftershave helped him out of the Cadillac Escalade and into a wheel chair.
Skip didn't much look like the man he'd been the previous night. His clothes were clean, and he wasn't covered in blood, he looked weaker and less formidable in the sweatshirt and track pants.
He looked old.
After he was ushered into the store and the door was locked behind him, Skip got right down to business. He thanked them for their help. They'd probably saved his life by calling the ambulance and very likely kept him out of deeper trouble by keeping his things out of sight.
He didn't pretend that they hadn't looked inside the briefcase.
"It's not my money," he said. "Honestly, under different circumstances, I'd have been pleased for you to keep it. The money, to me, represents a lapse in judgement and a near loss of what I hold dear. I appreciate you keeping it for me. I want to return it to its owner."
Megan handed the briefcase to Skip, who opened the case and took out a single slip of paper from a pocket in the lining of the case. He closed the lid and handed the case to his associate.
"You have my phone, as well," he asked.
Dre gave him the cell phone, which he put in his pocket. Then Rose handed over the gun.
"I was tempted to use that," she said. "Almost did."
That raised an eyebrow. Skip asked, "Is there a problem?"
Rose shook her head. "No problem at all."
"I made some promises," Skip said. "I'll need your names and phone numbers. I will have someone give you a call about the college."
"What if I don't want to go to college?" Dre said.
"Then you don't have to, but you don't get the money instead." Skip looked at Megan. "This will be no other strings attached. I'll make sure he gets books, tuition, room and board –all of that, but anything beyond that is on someone else. Does that seem fair?"
She nodded.
Skip turned toward Rose.
"What can I get for you? Maybe something for your baby? Do you want to go to school?"
Rose thought about it and then said, "Can I get a little more time on that favor?"
Skip looked at his watch.
"I'm leaving the state in just a couple of hours," he said. "If you want something from me, you kind of need to tell me before I go. Because once I'm home, there's not going to be anything I can do."
So, he gave her the number for his phone, the phone he planned to get rid of the second he returned home.
"You maybe have a day," he said.
Rose took the number and said, "OK."
"Why are you giving all that money back?" Dre asked, abruptly. "Who turns down a million and a half dollars?"
Skip smiled and said, "It's a matter of principle. I was asked to do something that was against my core beliefs. I'm a believer in free enterprise, self-determination and liberty. I was asked to do something that went against that very much, that would have undermined my beliefs and changed the future."
"You crazy?" Dre asked. "You saying you from the future?"
The man laughed and said, "No, but I was given a look at it. The people on this list are all good people. Some of them are going to run for election in the next few years. They represent the best your state has to offer –good, solid god-fearing people, decent people who don't think government can solve every problem, who want their neighbors to keep what they earn and just want to raise their children the way they say they want to and not what some liberal do-gooder says is the right way."
Skip said, "All of that is probably out of your pay grade. The important thing is I decided not to do what was best for some deranged special interest and instead listened to my heart."
"Well," Megan said. "Good luck with that."
Benjamin Gardner had a temporary access ramp and a nurse standing by when Skip arrived for their meeting at his home. As soon as he was in the door, he asked Skip if he needed anything, if he wanted something to drink. He asked about how he was feeling.
For a liberal scumsucker, he was very hospitable, pleasant. Skip thought he'd have made a good Republican if he had half a brain.
Skip had Al hand over the briefcase as soon as they were alone in Benjamin's pot-drenched office.
"I'm afraid I can't accept this," he said and before Benjamin could resist, Skip said, "Obviously, it's going to take a while for me to recover my health, but to be fair, I can't say that I entirely support your plan. Something about it rubs me the wrong way and I do hope that you will reconsider."
Benjamin sagged behind his desk and pouted.
"Is it not enough money," he asked.
Skip told him, "Throwing money at things isn't always the solution to a difficult problem. I appreciate your passion, commend you on it, but your method is misguided. I think you have to let the free market of ideas run its course." He shrugged. "So, I appreciate the offer to do business and for the trouble you went in locating me –also, thank-you for the flowers. They were very thoughtful, but I am returning your fee and my travel costs.
"This is not for me."
For a second, Benjamin tried to argue, but Skip put up his hand and Al glowered at him, slightly. Skip was a sick man, but he wasn't prepared to suffer any foolishness.
"Well, alright," the millionaire hippie doo-dah said. "Have a safe trip home and get well soon."
"Thank-you," Skip said and Al led him out.
As Al and Skip drove down the hill to meet the ambulance to take Skip to the hospital in Cleveland, Al said, "It's a shame you had such a bad trip. Giving up a mill and a half couldn't have been easy."
Skip laughed and said, "Sometimes you have to spend money to make money. I gave the money back but kept the list. While you were getting our coffees at the hotel this morning, I called a foundation friend of mine and explained the list and what it was."
"They were very excited about it," he said. "They offered twice that much, sight unseen. We're going to talk about it when I get to Cleveland."

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What a night! You said goodbye to 2015 and brought in the New Year in style. You and your friends had fun and you threw a party no one will soon forget. Now, it's time to start the hard part – the clean up!
Post party cleanups are never very much fun, especially if you indulged in a little too much in the champagne the night before. As you clear away the confetti and dig through the decorations, you might have a few unpleasant surprise additions to your decor – stains on your laminate flooring.
Stained laminate is frustrating. You loved your party but that's not the record you hoped to keep from it forever. Never fear. There are ways to remove stains from laminate and restore your flooring to its perfect look.
Mix a Different Kind of Cocktail
Most of the time, laminate can be cleaned with just a damp cloth and dry mop. When it comes to more challenging stains, you might need something a little bit more aggressive.
To create a cocktail that'll remove colorful stains from your flooring, here's what you'll need:
- 1 cup white vinegar
- 1 gallon of warm water
Mix these together in a bucket. Then, dab your rag in the mixture and apply the solution only on the stained part of your flooring. With some gentle scrubbing you'll be able to remove the stain and restore the look of your floor.
Use Acetone
Harder stains, such as lipstick and shoe scuffs, might require a little extra care. For these types of stains, use an acetone based cleaner, such as nail polish remover. These can be harsh on your flooring so you shouldn't use too much of it. Only use this cleaning option when no other options work.
Ice it Out
Do you have gum or candle wax stuck to your floors? Ice it out instead of scrubbing and scraping. Apply an ice cube to freeze the gum or wax. Once frozen, use a plastic scraper (such as one you'd use on your dishes) to gently pull the gum or wax off the floor. Don't use anything sharp like a knife or metal scraper as these can damage your floors even further.
Replace the Plank
If none of these tips work, you might need to replace your laminate flooring. That's a job that sounds much more daunting than it really is. All you have to do is remove the baseboards around the perimeter of your room and then pull up each piece of flooring by unlocking it from the other. Once you've reached the stained plank, remove it and replace it with a new one. Then, replace all the other planks after it. Your floor will look like new again in minutes!
We want to see those tough stains! Take a picture before you start cleaning and share with us how you removed the stain from your laminate.
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In spite of the recent attempts to clamp down on VPN use in China, VPN provider VyprVPN continues delivering its service to users in China thanks to its proprietary VPN technology, Chameleon. Chameleon scrambles OpenVPN packet metadata to ensure it's not recognizable via deep packet inspection (DPI), while remaining fast and lightweight. Chameleon is available in the VyprVPN apps for Windows, Mac, and Android.
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Lately, a photo of a man grabbing a woman's breast in the car while driving is captured by the speed camera and has become viral online. As shown in the photo, a silver Nissan was driving at the speed of 92 km/h on a fast lane with the speed limit of 80km per hour. In the photo, one can clearly see the driver's appearance, and how the driver put his hand on the passenger woman's breast.
(Key: The following is submitted to me by ChinaHush reader, blogger Carlis:)
I found this piece of QQ chat log showing us how network supervision is delivered to each web portal. (QQ, or Tencent QQ, is the most popular free instant messaging computer program in China)
From Netease:
A young man named Yang Huajun (not his real name) likes to go online, one time by chance he joined a QQ group, and the members of the group often posted some pornographic videos and pictures. Out of curiosity, Yang Huajun often watched these pornographic materials, not for long, he started to download them in order to view them at any time. Until he was arrested by the local police, he was not aware of that his action […]Read more…
Last week Han Han already mentioned about this news in his blog, The Chinese new year is here soon, people in China should be careful sending text messages, especially if you are in Shanghai, you don't want your cell phone to stop working while sending text, and then going to the local police station to write a promise note on new years day! Here is the actual news and some netizens' reactions.
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This year was the best year of my life with all the flaws, bad days, sad days and experiences. It started off with me trying to lose weight in order to finally somehow be together with my first love. I was living my life for him in a way for months until one day when … Continue reading Reflecting on the BEST YEAR OF MY LIFE
Month: December 2018
What I learned from my past CRUSHES – n.3 – Madguy
Well, this one was the biggest jerk of them all probably. Don't get me wrong, I don't talk bad about someone just because they didn't like me back. No. I talk bad about someone when they truly did something shitty to me and he very much did. I don't get why or how this whole … Continue reading What I learned from my past CRUSHES – n.3 – Madguy
Live for today, tomorrow may never come
I used to live my life worrying about things that were yet to come. I would be out with friends but in the back of my mind I was planning what I was going to learn first for the next day. It wasn't really fulfilling. What changed me was Claire Wineland. The idea of not … Continue reading Live for today, tomorrow may never come
I know that it is a Mental Health Monday but it is also Christmas here in my country today. Therefore I have decided to not drag that here now. I just want to wish you all a Merry Christmas. I used to be so hung upon the idea of presents and stuff. But now I … Continue reading MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE
What I learned from my past CRUSHES – n.2 -My Ideal/Perfect Guy
Oh boy, is this a good story. I didn't wanna give the guy a nickname because with the one I am thinking of everyone would know. So I was heartbroken from my crush before this one and that scared me so much that I decided that I would never love someone again until I met … Continue reading What I learned from my past CRUSHES – n.2 -My Ideal/Perfect Guy
Diary Days – n. 18 – Enjoy the sadness
We hung out the other day with my friend and for some reason I felt utterly sad.. I reminded myself of the last time we hung out like that and the last time I felt that type of sadness. It was when we watched "Love, Simon" and afterwards we listened to "Wild Heart" from the … Continue reading Diary Days – n. 18 – Enjoy the sadness
Never cutting again – On Self Harm – Mental Health Mondays
I wanted to write about this topic again because it is an undeniable part of me. I haven't cut in a long time and I never intend to ever again. I stopped counting the days I was clean for because I wanted to be clean forever. And I will be. I have too many great … Continue reading Never cutting again – On Self Harm – Mental Health Mondays


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Thinking Things into Existence – Be Specific
Thrilling Thursday- it is thrilling to make plans with specificity and purpose. Last week in this section we talked about how in order to bring our ideas from thought to completion, our plans must be SMART: Specific Measurable Attainable Realistic Time Bound This week we are examining the idea of being specific. Our thoughts strong and with our thoughts we have the power to bring things into existence. One of the first things we must do in our trek toward accomplishment is to have specific goals and plans. Let's look at the following two illustrations: 1. I want to get a job. 2. I want to get a job as an attorney with a major law firm, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, specializing in bankruptcy and consumer law paying a salary of $125,000 per year. It is clear to see that example … Continue reading →


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Do you know what your healthcare dollars pay for? Each month, you send off your monthly premium (or watch it get deducted from your bank account), but do you know what it pays for? What are you supporting with that?
I know. Well, I don't know what YOUR healthcare dollars pay for. But I know what OURS pay for. Last month, it helped cover baby delivery costs for a young Christian couple in Colorado. This month, it's going towards hip surgery for a mom who works at LeTourneau University. And our extra funds are helping a 13 year old girl fight ovarian cancer in Texas.
Each month, Greg and I eagerly await the arrival of the Samaritan Ministries newsletter to see what our assigned "need" for the month is. This month, we were excited (and amazed) to find out that we were sending our gift off to a family that has hosted us numerous times on our road trips!
And I just thought that was cool! One more way that we get to bear each others burdens as brothers and sisters in Christ. And isn't that the way it's supposed to be?
If you're Christian and you're wondering about affordable options for medical expenses, I would encourage you to check out Samaritan Ministries. We love it! Whether we're sharing in someone's expenses or they are sharing in ours, it's been a blessing all the way around!
No, I didn't get paid to write this post. I simply got so excited this month when we discovered that we personally knew the people we were helping that I had to write. This was just too fun!


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The Elections Commissioner should have power to guide the police and security forces during an election, SAARC election observers said. SAARC election monitors' team leader N. Gopalaswami said the polls chief should have more say when it comes to activities of the security forces during an election.
"In many of our countries once the election is declared the activities of the civil administration and that of the local police come under the jurisdiction of the Elections Commissioner. Therefore he can direct them to take action against any violations," he said.
Mr. Gopalaswami said in India the Elections Commissioner had the power to stop any politicians from making media statements during an election and thus have a control over the media.
He made these comments while expressing concern on the publication of a false copy of a Tamil newspaper in Jaffna and on the excessive reports published on it by some electronic media.
When asked to elaborate on what he would recommend with regard to extra powers for the Elections Chief, Mr. Gopalaswami said Sri Lanka should make her own decisions.
Making an overall assessment on the recently concluded provincial council elections, he said the poll was conducted in a free and fair manner at polling stations and in the counting centres on the day of the polling.
But he expressed concern over several other matters such as the involvement of the army in the attack on a candidate's residence in Jaffna where an officer attached to the People's Action for Free and Fair Elections (PAFFREL) was also injured.
Mr. Gopalaswami also expressed concern over the behaviour of some government officials during the elections.
However he commended Elections Chief Mahinda Deshapriya for providing vehicles for Internally Displaced People to get to the polling stations. This had helped the IDPs who had to travel for several hours to get to polling stations. According to his assessment 26 per cent of the IDPs in the North were able to cast their votes. Mr. Gopalaswami also commended the Polls Chief for taking a decision to shuffle the ballot boxes before the counting of votes. This he said had prevented post-election violence.
Daily Mirror, September 25, 2013
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This year, you will plan your church's one hundred millionth women's tea. The women will arrive, potluck offerings in hand. They will find a seat a table that is beautifully decorated, sipping on tea, and noshing on shared bites. A singer will lead them in several songs to set the mood. The speaker will address the group. We will laugh. We will cry. We may feel convicted or inspired. Then the ladies will pick up their purses, say their goodbyes, and head out the door.
It's the same old Women's Ministry routine you have been executing for as far back as you can remember. Perhaps you really like these special events. Or, it's just "what has always been done". You see the same faces, you may have even long given up on trying to attract the women who don't attend.
Or, maybe you lay awake at night… knowing there is something more to Women's Ministry than what you have been doing. You can feel the Lord is calling you to something different. You don't know how. Or what it would look like. You just know that you are not satisfied with the same old, same old.
What if I was to suggest that the Lord is not calling you to something necessarily new… but instead the Lord is bringing you back to the way it was mean to be?
In the month of August we are going to look at the Biblical defense of Women's Ministry (why we should have one), the Biblical Model of Women's Ministry (what it should look like), The Detour (where we went wrong), and how to Reroute (find our way back). We will also look at Significant Female Leaders in the early church through modern times.
It is time to breathe New Life into the Women's Ministry.


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Athena and Bobby continue to investigate the serial bomber who is terrorizing Los Angeles. Things take a dramatic turn when another package is left on Athenas doorstep,9-1-1 Seasons 1-3 DVD prompting the two to figure out that the bombers motive is revenge on first responders. Later on,9-1-1 Seasons 1-3 Firehouse becomes the latest target injuring everyone on board. The bomber is revealed to be the teenager whose father destroyed their restaurant at a previous call. Bobby puts himself in harms way to stop him and is hailed a hero and returns as Captain.


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Spots on a bug that's supposed to have spots is kinda cute.
Brown spots on your face or neck or arms where you don't want them is not cute (unless they're freckles and we think freckles ARE cute!)
Yeah, we know the sun is the major spot-making bad guy, but there are others that are not so apparent.
Here's a list of some surprising spot makers: More problematic for ethnic skins, but everyone can take note
- Heat – from the kitchen, the sauna, the jacuzzi, work
- Bug bites
- Skin allergies
- Pimples that you just can't keep your hands off of
And here's some ideas to help mitigate some of the situational spot-causing events above
- In the kitchen – keep a fan nearby to cool you off. Hard to do if you work in a restaurant, but try to keep the air moving.
- Sauna – short stays. Really, though, we're not convinced a sauna is a good idea. It's really hard on your skin and can dehydrate you making not only spots, but wrinkles.
- Jacuzzi – short stay and how about a spritz bottle with some cool water? At least you can help lessen the heat effect on your face.
- Work environment – if you have to work in a hot warehouse or in high temperatures outside, wear a hat and use a spritzer or a water soaked bandana on your head or around your neck. The idea is to keep temperatures in the skin lower. Drink ample water. Your body temperature can go up quickly if you are dehydrated.
- But bites – avoid them. If they love you, use a repellant. Cover arms and legs if you're in bug territory. Try some extra Vitamin B2. It's the histamine the bugs love, so if you tend to have seasonal allergies, you might also be a "magnet" since the allergic among us usually have higher histamine levels. Talk to your doc about anti-histamines.
- Skin allergies – don't scratch. Scratching causes inflammation and inflammation can cause brown spots.
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Friday, 30 March 2018
NFL performs "The French Mistake"................from Rico
It's one thing for art to imitate life, but when life imitates art, well...we now have the NFL imitating a scene from the Mel Brooks film "Blazing Saddles" and they're going to do "The French Mistake" voila!
This is sheer marketing genius! Determined to rid themselves of any remaining fans after last season's "kneelers" the NFL has decided to add men, dancing men, to their cheer leading squads.
- Appropriately, California's LA Rams are the first in the race to the...ahem...'bottom.'
It makes perfect sense on the Left coast. After kneeling players, why not male cheerleaders? They already know how to kneel.
- Roughly 1% of the total population might actually start watching the NFL just for the prancing fairies (the percentage is much higher in California); the other 99% probably not so much.
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Do you remember when you took your driver's test? Mine was in 1953.
I showed up in front of the old Malone Armory with butterflies in places other than on my windshield. The course begins heading up a grade. There was no functioning emergency brake on my '39 Ford coupe, so disaster struck as soon as tester told me to drive away from the curb. I tried to fake releasing the emergency brake with one heel on the actual brake pedal and my toe on the accelerator.
The car rolled backward about two inches before the clutch engaged. I was dead in the water. I heard a gruff voice saying, "YOU FAILED." With my chin on my chest, I went home and got permission from my dad to use his much newer Buick with an automatic transmission. I went back to Malone and passed with flying colors.
We all have pet peeves. I'm far from squeaky clean, but I've learned many of life's lessons the hard way and safe driving is one of them. I try to come to a complete stop at every stop sign. It's the law.
Another peeve—improper use of turn signals. I love to walk through our neighborhood and cringe as I count the vehicles at Morrisonville intersections that blow stop signs with impunity along with drivers who never use their turn signals at all. When I first took my driver's test, we had to use hand signals.
What bothers me even more is drivers who refuse to turn headlights on when they are needed or legally required. I won't get into the different vehicles that have automatic lights, but I have found that some drivers are not aware of the distinction between parking lights and daytime running lights. Do you know how yours work and when they are legal to use?
The law in this state requires drivers to have headlights on half hour after sunset and half hour before sunrise. Using high beams and low beams properly is also important for your sake and that of oncoming drivers.
When you have your windshield wipers on, you must also use your headlights. Each time I drive in the rain with lights and wipers on, I count vehicles who are not complying.
New York State law says you must have your headlights on anytime visibility is less than 1,000 feet. That can include a multitude of conditions. There is recent news that headlights on many newer cars are less efficient than they should be.
I have a son who blew my mind when he told me some cars are so equipped that their taillights do not come on with their daytime running lights. That is a scary thought. He keeps telling me and I'm telling you--read the manual, learn the laws and think always about driving safely. I'll try, if you will.


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We met Victoria and Will for their wedding at The Mackey House. We began with getting ready photos, then took wedding party photos around the property. It began to rain as guests were arriving for the ceremony so we moved indoors for additional photos. The couple had not planned to see each other until the ceremony and they stuck to their original plan and waited for the storm to clear. (Amazing!) Everyone was incredibly supportive of their decision and full of optimism that the ceremony would be outdoors as planned. As soon as the rain ended, the sun emerged and they had their wedding ceremony. One neat aspect of the couple's wedding ceremony was that Victoria's family brought sand from Chile and then the couple combined it with sand from Will's family farm in Georgia. Victoria and Will are an awesome couple and they have a special way of making life so fun for everyone around them. Their wedding was a fantastic celebration for everyone involved! They're getting ready to relocate to London and we are so excited for them to begin their new adventure!
About Us: Will and I met at the University of Georgia while both pledging for AKPsi Sorority/Fraternity during the Spring of 2010. It was not until one of our final pledging events that we got to know each other better. I'm originally from Chile, but grew up here in the South, and Will was born in Tennessee but grew up here in Georgia as well. Oddly enough, the high schools we attended were very big rivalries! Who knows, maybe our paths crossed during a football game or the local hangout at the movies! I'm currently a project manager at a market research firm, PVR Research, in Atlanta, and Will is a business analyst for a software company, ClickFox. We were originally going to move to Colorado soon after getting married, but a curveball has been thrown at us; we are now moving to London! We are both very excited and in awe to start our new married life in a different country.
What made you select The Mackey House as your Ceremony and Reception location? Will proposed on my birthday and that weekend we headed to Athens, GA to celebrate with friends. On the ride down, I began to Google locations in Savannah; I came across the Mackey House and fell in love with the venue. Many of our friends and family were worried that we had selected a venue without seeing it, but it turned out pretty darn well!
Where did you get the inspiration/ideas for the details? Inspiration came from my crazy ideas as well as my best friend who texted me a thousand ideas as soon as I told her I was getting married. I wanted a fun and colorful wedding, and thought a fun, yet a classy carnival theme would be perfect. Our wedding cake was a 3-tier ice cream cake from Cold Stone Creamery, and in addition I had ice cream cupcakes and sandwiches for the guests. Of course Pinterest and Instagram helped too!
Advice for other couples who are in the process of planning their wedding? We used theknot.com to keep up with RSVP and they have a great wedding checklist too! We planned our wedding within 4 months and I would recommend that to anyone – get the planning over with as fast as possible! I can't imagine planning for the entiree year – seems so long! Many of our accessories came from Etsy.com— This is your best friend for everything! I bought almost anything and everything from Etsy including cake toppers, garter belt, monogrammed shirts for my bridesmaids, flower girl basket, and much more! We opted to use the trolley cars to transport our guests to and from the Mackey House. So much fun! We recommend using wedding trolleys to anyone who gets married in Savannah and had our rehearsal party on the Savannah River Queen Boat– best time ever!
Honeymoon: We had the most amazing time ever in Costa Rica! We opted to stay away from resorts, because we wanted to venture out on our own.
Approximate # of Guests: 180 /Wedding Gown: Anya Bridal /Shoes: BCBG /Hair & Makeup: Ellen Beauty /Bride's Jewelry: Macys and my grandmother/Bridesmaid's Dresses: I had them choose whatever navy dress and shoes they wanted from whatever website or store they wanted! /Groom's attire: Savvy Formalwear/ Guest Accommodations: Savannah Hilton, Courtyard and Staybridge Suites /Transportation: Old Savannah Tours / Rehearsal Dinner: Savannah Riverboat Cruises


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Grad speech by Tim Minchin, U of Western Australia.
A poignant and very funny transcript.
Watch: https://youtu.be/yoEezZD71sc
Six: Be a teacher! Please! Please! Please be a teacher. Teachers are the most admirable and important people in the world. You don't have to do it forever but if you're in doubt about what to do be an amazing teacher. Just for your 20s be a teacher. Be a primary school teacher. Especially if you're a bloke. We need male primary school teachers. Even if you're not a teacher, be a teacher. Share your ideas. Don't take for granted your education. Rejoice in what you learn and spray it.
Seven: Define yourself by what you love. I found myself doing this thing a bit recently where if someone asks me what sort of music I like I say, "Well I don't listen to the radio because pop song lyrics annoy me," or if someone asks me what food I like I say, "I think truffle oil is overused and slightly obnoxious." And I see it all the time online – people whose idea of being part of a subculture is to hate Coldplay or football or feminists or the Liberal Party.
We have a tendency to define ourselves in opposition to stuff. As a comedian I make my living out of it. But try to also express your passion for things you love. Be demonstrative and generous in your praise of those you admire. Send thank you cards and give standing ovations. Be pro stuff not just anti stuff.
Eight: Respect people with less power than you. I have in the past made important decisions about people I work with – agents and producers – big decisions based largely on how they treat the wait staff in the restaurants we're having the meeting in. I don't care if you're the most powerful cat in the room, I will judge you on how you treat the least powerful. So there!
Nine: Finally, don't rush. You don't need to know what you're going to do with the rest of your life. I'm not saying sit around smoking cones all day but also don't panic! Most people I know who were sure of their career path at 20 are having mid-life crises now.


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Britain wants Charles as king
PRINCE CHARLES has overtaken his son William as the people's choice to succeed the Queen, according to a YouGov poll for The Sunday Times.
In a shift of mood after the diamond jubilee celebrations, Charles is now considered the best person to take over the throne, reversing previous findings that the crown should go straight to William.
A fortnight ago, 44% of people said they would prefer William to be the next king, compared with 38% who favoured Charles. Following the jubilee, the figures have been exactly reversed.
The last poll to record Charles as the favoured successor to the Queen was in 2005. The celebrations, including Charles's witty speech after Monday night's concert and the way he stood in for his father, who was


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Workouts shouldn't stop because you can't make it to the gym. Now all your excuses are gone. This is a short, intense workout that doesn't require any equipment. 20 Alternating Lunges 10…
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Selling Your Own ProductsSelling your own products, of course, isn't the easiest option. You are going to have to go through a whole variety of different processes in order to not only create your own goods, but to also ensure that they are safe and that they will sell for a profit. But, it can prove extremely rewarding and even more lucrative. Selling your own products means that you will have something completely unique to offer the consumer market. You can guarantee your goods' quality and you can really generate some brand loyalty by offering something that nobody else has. So, let's take a look at some of the processes you will have to go through if this is the path that you want to take!
Market Research
When you have an idea for a product, it's easy to run away with it and take it for a lot more than it's genuinely worth. Market research puts you in touch with consumers and gives you insight into their thoughts on your ideas. If the feedback is positive, it may be worth going ahead. But market research can help to highlight areas for improvement or change too!
Product Design
Once you have an idea for a product and have checked that it's worth pursuing, you should engage with product design. This is a process that ensures that your ideas can be brought to life and that they will work or turn out as your expected.
It's all good and well following the previous steps and coming up with a great idea. But ideas don't necessarily sell. You have to have something solid and tangible to offer your customers. This is where the manufacturing process comes into play. Manufacturing will take your product concepts and designs and bring them to life. You need to ensure that this process is carried out properly first time round, as mistakes can result in huge expenses - you can't sell faulty goods to your customers. Now, you have a few options when it comes to manufacturing. Many small businesses will outsource this process. This puts the work and responsibility into someone else's hands, lifting pressure from your own shoulders. However, this also relinquishes a lot of your control over your own products. As your business begins to grow and expand, you may want to bring things in-house for the sake of secrecy regarding your process, profit, and taking control of your brand. You can view program here that will help you to achieve this.
Selling Others' ProductsSelling others' products can save you a whole lot of energy, investment, time, and effort. If you sell white label goods, you don't have to worry about the manufacturing process and as long as nobody else in your area is selling the same items, you can still provide customers with something relatively unique. If you become a stockist of branded goods, you can make money from items that customers already recognise, trust, and enjoy.
There are legalities surrounding selling others' goods that you need to be aware of. It is not generally legal to purchase someone else's goods, remove their branding and replace it with your own, or pass their branding off as your own. However, this can all prove to be an extremely grey area. If you have any questions regarding the legality of any of your business plans, it's generally best to reach out to a lawyer. They will know the ins and outs and can give you specific advice regarding what you are planning on doing. You don't want to find yourself involved in any lawsuits!
Sure, it's going to be a relatively tough decision when it comes to whether you should sell your own products or sell someone else's. But at the end of the day, it is something that you are going to have to face and decide on pretty early on in the process of establishing your business. So, start mulling the subject over sooner rather than later. Once you've reached a decision, you can really get the wheels of your project in motion!


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How much is too much? (Part 2) International Olympic Committee consensus statement on load in sport and risk of illness
PainSci summary of Schwellnus 2016?This page is one of thousands in the PainScience.com bibliography. It is not a general article: it is focused on a single scientific paper, and it may provide only just enough context for the summary to make sense. Links to other papers and more general information are provided at the bottom of the page, as often as possible. ★★★★★?5-star ratings are for sentinel studies, excellent experiments with meaningful results. Ratings are a highly subjective opinion, and subject to revision at any time. If you think this paper has been incorrectly rated, please let me know.
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The modern-day athlete participating in elite sports is exposed to high training loads and increasingly saturated competition calendar. Emerging evidence indicates that inappropriate load management is a significant risk factor for acute illness and the overtraining syndrome. The IOC convened an expert group to review the scientific evidence for the relationship of load-including rapid changes in training and competition load, competition calendar congestion, psychological load and travel-and health outcomes in sport. This paper summarises the results linking load to risk of illness and overtraining in athletes, and provides athletes, coaches and support staff with practical guidelines for appropriate load management to reduce the risk of illness and overtraining in sport. These include guidelines for prescription of training and competition load, as well as for monitoring of training, competition and psychological load, athlete well-being and illness. In the process, urgent research priorities were identified.
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- "How much is too much? (Part 1) International Olympic Committee consensus statement on load in sport and risk of injury," Torbjørn Soligard, Martin Schwellnus, Juan-Manuel Alonso, Roald Bahr, Ben Clarsen, H Paul Dijkstra, Tim Gabbett, Michael Gleeson, Martin Hägglund, Mark R Hutchinson, Christa Janse van Rensburg, Karim M Khan, Romain Meeusen, John W Orchard, Babette M Pluim, Martin Raftery, Richard Budgett, and Lars Engebretsen, British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2016.
This page is part of the PainScience BIBLIOGRAPHY, which contains plain language summaries of thousands of scientific papers & others sources. It's like a highly specialized blog. A few highlights:
- Effectiveness of customised foot orthoses for Achilles tendinopathy: a randomised controlled trial. Munteanu 2015 Br J Sports Med.
- A Bayesian model-averaged meta-analysis of the power pose effect with informed and default priors: the case of felt power. Gronau 2017 Comprehensive Results in Social Psychology.
- The neck and headaches. Bogduk 2014 Neurol Clin.
- Agreement of self-reported items and clinically assessed nerve root involvement (or sciatica) in a primary care setting. Konstantinou 2012 Eur Spine J.
- Effect of NSAIDs on Recovery From Acute Skeletal Muscle Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Morelli 2017 Am J Sports Med.


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Marco Rubio Defends Anti-Gay Americans from 'Hate Speech'
Republican U.S. senator from Florida and current presidential candidate Marco Rubio spoke to the Christian Broadcasting Network on May 26 and expressed his concern on the characterization that Christianity is now a form of "hate speech."
"If you think about it, we are at the water's edge of the argument that mainstream Christian teaching is hate speech. Because today we've reached the point in our society where if you do not support same-sex marriage, you are labeled a homophobe and a hater," Rubio said.
"After they are done going after individuals, the next step is to argue that the teachings of mainstream Christianity, the catechism of the Catholic Church, is hate speech and there's a real and present danger," he continued.
It has always been clear where Rubio stands on the issue of same-sex marriage — he is personally opposed to it, but believes state legislatures and citizens should vote on the issue without interference from the federal government.
These most recent comments seem more conservative than what Rubio has stated in the past.
On April 14, Rubio appeared on MSNBC for an interview and was asked his position on same-sex marriage.
"Ultimately the decision on how we define marriage has always belonged to the states. If in fact, as the polls indicate, a growing number of Americans believe that marriage between two individuals of the same sex should be legal, then they can petition their state legislatures and change their state laws. And in fact, I suspect you'll see that happen. It's already begun to happen," Rubio said.
Rubio's comments to the CBN could have been just to gear up the religious base of the Republican constituency. While evangelical conservatives make up nearly one-third of the Republican Party, top Republican officials warned of statements that may be perceived as anti-gay could affect the GOP's chances of gaining new voters, particularly those under 30, in the future, Newsmax reported.
In a poll released by Quinnipiac University on May 28, Rubio trailed Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton by just four points 45 to 41 percent, showcasing that his statements may have no effect on his campaign.
Sources: Newsmax, CNN, Quinnipiac University
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Grilled Aubergine Salad
Recipe by:Bobby Flay
- 1 Italian aubergine, cut into 1-inch thick slices
- 1 large red onion, cut into rounds
- Canola oil
- 1 avocado, halved, pitted and flesh chopped
- 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
- 1 teaspoon Dijon Mustard
- 1 tablespoon coarsely chopped oregano leaves
- Honey
- Olive oil
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 lemon, zested
- Parsley sprigs, for garnish
Brush the aubergine and red onions with canola oil and arrange on the grill. Cook the aubergine until soft and grill the onions until they have a slight char. Remove from the grill to a cutting board and let cool slightly. Once cool, roughly chop and add them to a serving bowl along with the avocado.
In a small bowl, whisk together the red wine vinegar, the Dijon, and oregano. Add honey and olive oil, to taste, and blend until emulsified. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
Add the dressing to the aubergine mixture and toss. Garnish with lemon zest and parsley sprigs and serve.
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7 Good Reasons To Include Hemp Seed In Your Diet | Amoils.com
It was not that long ago that I wrote a post about hemp and asked the question "why is this amazing and versatile crop not allowed to be grown in the US"? I explored how the hemp plant, and the different parts of the hemp plant, had so many varied uses.
Here is more detail about the hemp seed itself
It is important that we learn as much as possible about the hemp plant because unfortunately the general public continues to lump it together with its marijuana cousin. THC is the name given to the active drug in marijuana. In fact the THC content of hemp is less than 3% while marijuana plants typically have 15-30% THC.
The content in hemp therefore makes it completely useless as a drug
The growing and use of hemp has been around since the beginnings of recorded history and in many great civilizations. The edible portion of hemp is the meat of the shelled seed which resembles the seeds of other grains such as wheat and rye.
There is lots of good news about hemp seed
1. By far the most important feature of the hemp seed is that it contains both of the essential fatty acids or EFAs that the human diet needs, namely linoleic and alpha-linolenic acid, plus a complete and balanced complement of all essential amino acids.
2. Compared with most nuts and seeds, the fat content of shelled hemp seed is relatively low, and hemp food products have a low cholesterol content and high content of the natural phytosterols that reduce cholesterol levels. Hemp seed has a favorable unsaturated-to-saturated fat ratio.
3. Hemp seed is an excellent dietary source of easily digestible, gluten-free protein, comparable to that of soy beans and better than that found in nuts, other seeds, dairy products, meat, fish or poultry.
4. Hemp seed protein also has a high content of arginine and histidine which are both important for children during their growth spurts. In addition, hemp seed protein also has plenty of the sulfur-containing amino acids methionine and cysteine, to help in proper enzyme formation along with other amino acids for the metabolism of exercising muscle. Hemp protein includes 10 essential amino acids for humans.
5. The GLA (that is gamma-linolenic acid) and vitamin D content of hemp foods may be beneficial in preventing and treating osteoporosis while those "before mentioned" EFAs can reverse scaly skin disorder, inflammation, excessive epidermal water loss, itching as well as poor wound healing while benefiting atopic eczema and psoriasis. The presence of both EFAs and GLA means that hemp seed oil is highly sought after for effective skin care and cosmetic products such as soaps, shampoos, skin lotions, lip balms, conditioners and more.
6. The fiber content of hemp seed flour is 40% higher than any other flour grains while the hemp seed itself is full of a wide variety of other vitamins and minerals.
7. All the good things in hemp seed make them ideal as part of a diet for preventing cardiovascular disease, for helping to delay or reduce the the neurological effects of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, while offering protection against colon, breast, and prostate cancers.
Hemp seeds are often known as hemp hearts and are available, though not grown, in the US
They can be purchased online or in natural health stores. Other major and healthy hemp food products are hemp seed butter (resembling peanut butter), cold pressed hemp seed oil, hemp seed flour and hemp protein powder. Consume on their own or use along with other grains, seeds, nuts and oil as wished. With their nutty but mild flavor, hemp seeds are delicious on cereals and in salads or can be added to a variety of foods such as oatmeal, soups and meatloaf.


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Territoriality is a complex phenomenon, which includes gains in fitness due to resource monopolization in the territory and the cost of defense that increases with territory size and with the number of floaters challenging territory owners. The theoretical models of territoriality allow for several outcomes depending on the value of environmental parameters: population density is regulated either by limited number of individuals that are territorial and the exclusion of nonterritorial individuals from reproduction or by changes of territory sizes. Territories are of different qualities and usually the best ones are the first occupied. An open question is why some individuals accept territories of much lower quality than others do, and why some accept the status of floaters. There are several hypotheses explaining it, all of them based on the concept of evolutionarily stable strategies. First, the evolutionarily stable bourgeois strategy predicts that an owner should win a game over a challenger; however, this theory allows also the so-called paradoxical bourgeois strategy in which a challenger wins. Second, stronger individuals usually win and the territory owners can be stronger either before they obtained territories or because ownership makes them stronger. Third, sometimes keeping a worse territory with poorer reproductive output is better than being a floater without a possibility to reproduce. Fourth, floaters still have a chance to reproduce in the next season and they may gain some advantages: higher probability of survival than territory holders, which have to defend territories and pay cost of the reproductive effort. A younger or a weaker individual may obtain higher lifetime reproductive success by refraining from reproduction in 1 year and reproducing later, stronger and more experienced. Theoretically, it is possible that within a single season individuals differ in their ability to survive and reproduce, but their lifetime reproductive success is very similar. Large differences within one season prevent population extinctions at the time of temporary resource shortages, and generally make the population more stable.
According to the Darwinian theory of natural selection, organisms should maximize their reproductive output, bringing about population increase to the point of resource shortage. If there is sufficient amount of resources but some individuals do not reproduce and the population size is at a level lower than possible, it seems to be against the theory. Such a phenomenon can result from the territorial behavior but it also occurs in some populations without a clearly expressed territorial-ity. For example, population of prairie deermice brought from the field was 5 times smaller than the same species kept for 30 years in captivity. Since the food, water, and nesting sites were supplied ad libitum, the population increase has been prevented by the more aggressive behavior of wild deermice, as compared to those in captivity. Laboratory mice populations are also able to stabilize their number much below the level available by the amount of food, water, and nesting sites. However, any changes of the cages, in which these populations are kept, for the new cages, even smaller than the former ones, result in temporary population increases to much higher density. It seems to be due to the destruction of social hierarchy that prevented population increase, social hierarchy, which is somehow related to a spatial distribution of individuals within cages.
Conclusively, competitive behavior may express itself by formation of territories and by social hierarchy, not by direct competition for resources, and it allows for lower population size than physiologically possible. Such behavior does not require group selection and it can be explained within the framework of Darwinian individual selection.
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We're guessing they had to hide his face so that the Gene Roddenberry estate didn't break his legs.
Adding to the "who the hell is that"-ness of the whole thing, Pegg's flabby prosthetic face was augmented by digital effects to make the character "as gross as possible," thankfully stopping short of adding puke stains to his overalls and making Axl Rose his roommate. Pegg's voice has also been altered in the movie, changing the pitch of his lilting British accent to a low, cranky growl -- less Shaun Of The Dead, more Buffalo Bill from Silence Of The Lambs. And while we're on the topic ...


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It doesn't mean too much to me whether or not the forum splits from FA mainsite, however I would like to see it intact. I used to have a lot of fun back there between the years of 2011 and 2013. In recent times my life took a few turns and I lost touch, but I hope never to drift too far from places like this. I'm starting to get slightly attached to some of you schmucks, both here and over there. :v
I guess it's just some sentimental thing, I'd be sad to see the site just disappear, even if it was the best thing for it.
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We'll find a reason, or else realize that we don't need one.
The thing of it is, FA and FAF always were two separate entities in virtually every way that matters. I, personally, always thought it was utterly retarded to let that dictate every single thing about the way they operate in tandem as functionally two sides of one community. Why, when there is so much overlap in userbase and governance, to the point mods and admins from one are frequently also mods and admins of the other, there should be this obsessive distinction between the two, is beyond me. But the FAF forums, whatever they will be called, are now it seems beyond FA. So the fuck be it.
If anything, this will just improve FAF.
Especially considering that Neer just wanted to completely wipe the community, before he was bargained with. It would have disappeared entirely if it had stuck with FA.
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Going through this thread, I'm surprised at how many usernames/avatars/sigs I recognize. I guess the mass exodus of 2012 moved everyone who left here.
Really, this is damn near a kind of Year Zero for the fandom. You may as well be resetting time. Which is ironic because Neer was ready to wipe the forums, and all its history, to reset/bide time for him.
Boy I never thought I'd see a DC/New 52 reference here, of all places.
Ohey! Taralack! I didn't know you also had a Weasyl-account?
As for FAF... the domain-move is pretty much certain, no? To something at corvidae.org, if I read it correctly.


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Man, her last work, who seem'd so fair,
Such splendid purpose in his eyes,
Who roll'd the psalm to wintry skies,
Who built him fanes of fruitless prayer,
Who trusted God was love indeed
And love Creation's final law–
Tho' Nature, red in tooth and claw
With ravine, shriek'd against his creed–
Who loved, who suffer'd countless ills,
Who battled for the True, the Just,
Be blown about the desert dust,
Or seal'd within the iron hills?
No more? A monster then, a dream,
A discord. Dragons of the prime,
That tare each other in their slime,
Were mellow music match'd with him.
— Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Tooth and Claw, by Jo Walton, has been described as "Pride and Prejudice of the dragon world", but I think this does the book a disservice.
Pride and Prejudice, in my opinion, dragged a little. Tooth and Claw does not. At all. From the very first scene, I was dying to find out what happened next, and how the various intricacies of the plots would work themselves out.
The book does share some similarity of style with the classics, but it lacks the thing that irritates me most about those books. Jane Austen, along with most of the other famous authors of the period, writes assuming a level of basic knowledge about the society in which the characters live. That's fair enough – and modern authors do it too – but now that society has changed, I can't help but feel there are little nuances of meaning which escape me. Little jokes, which, if only I knew more about the society they lived in, I would find hilarious.
Tooth and Claw is set in another world. Jo Walton goes through the world-building process that readers of fantasy and science fiction will be familiar with. Her dragon society is not just human society with dragon characters, but involves new rules for what is "normal" – such as eating the remains of your parents after they die, culling the weak, and so on. Sure, there are some things which stay the same – like the distinction between the gentry and the poor folk – but it's all explained.
One of the interesting things was the effect that biology has on their marriage practices. Maiden dragons are gold. If they get too close to an unmarried male dragon who loves them, then they blush pink (later to turn red when they've laid their first clutch of eggs). This means that everyone can tell if you've been alone with a male. A maiden who blushes before she has become betrothed is considered spoiled. It leads to some fine predicaments for two of the characters. If you wanted to, you could read all sorts of political messages into that.
Tooth and Claw doesn't take itself too seriously. It has a kind of dry wit spread throughout which made it very good reading. For example, the scenes have headings, and throughout the book there are a great number which are called "A confession", "A proposal", "A second confession", "Two deaths and a third proposal" and so on. Near the end there is one which is titled "The narrator is forced to confess to having lost count of both proposals and confessions".
I would recommend this book for people who like the style of classic novels, people who like dry wit, people who like dragons, and people who are any combination of the above.
Left Behind: A Novel of the Earth's Last Days is unashamedly and firmly in the category of Christian Fiction.
The book begins with the sudden, unexplainable disappearance of hundreds of thousands of seemingly random people across the globe. People disappear from their beds, from their cars (moving or otherwise), from planes flying at 40,000 feet. They leave behind only their clothes.
Everyone has a theory. Space aliens, technological problems, nuclear accident, sun spots. As time goes by it becomes clear that the correct answer, though most refuse to accept it, is the Rapture. God has come and taken his people away, and everyone else has been Left Behind.
Since all of the "proper" Christians have been taken, the characters are all atheist, agnostic, or "Sunday" Christians. During the course of the book they move through various stages of their spiritual journey – some end up accepting God into their lives and some don't. I won't tell you which are which. I felt that the non-Christian portions of their personalities could have been developed a little more.
The book is, if you can read past the blatant attempts to convert people, an entertaining read. The Antichrist makes an appearance and the stage is set for many disasters on the world stage.
However, it is very obvious that it was written as the first in a series, rather than the series coming later when the first book was successful. The story ends quite abruptly, leaving me with a vague sense of disquiet and a lot of loose ends.
Despite the unfinished nature of the tale, I don't feel any great rush to read the next one.
I went to see the film adaptation of The Host, by Stephanie Meyer, at the weekend.
All in all, it was a remarkably accurate adaptation, considering what the film industry normally do to books. I did spot a few places where the action was subtly different to the way it was described in the book, but the main plot items were all there, and all in the right order. There were no characters missing, or extra characters, as sometimes happens.
For those who don't know, the Earth has been invaded by body-snatching alien "Souls", who have turned it into a paradise with no war, hunger, disease, or rude people. The down side, of course, is that you lose control of your body, causing most people to just give up and fade away. Melanie, one of a small group of human survivors, is captured and infested, but she resists, causing her alien companion no end of problems. And, incidentally, being involved in a complex love-polygon in which the Soul and the Host are in love with different people.
It must be tricky to make a film adaptation of something where a large portion of the action occurs inside someone's head, but they did very well. The person in control of Melanie's body always speaks out loud, with the passenger doing voice over, so you can tell who is speaking. Their arguments are some of the best things about the film.
The characterisation worked well in both book and film, although in the film the relationship between some of the humans was not as clear as it could have been, and you don't get to know some of the supporting characters as well. There's only so much you can do within a sensible film time-limit, I suppose.
I enjoyed the book more than the film; whether this is because of how the action translated to the screen or because I already knew what was going to happen when I watched the film I don't know. However, while I would happily read the book again (in a few years time), I'm not sure that I would bother watching the film again.
Think you know fairy tales? Think again.
Marissa Meyer is back with book 2 of the Lunar Chronicles, the story of Scarlet Benoit. Scarlet is on a mission to find her grandmother, kidnapped from their farm several weeks ago. The police have given up, convinced she left on her own, but Scarlet's not alone – a street fighter nicknamed "Wolf" is helping her. Those with any recollection of childhood stories will be a little suspicious of his motives, but Meyer manages to keep you guessing for a long time.
And then there's the little matter of why Grandma was kidnapped. Scarlet's grandma was in the military, but that was decades ago. Surely she couldn't know anything worth kidnapping her over?
Meanwhile, a dangerous fugitive has broken out of prison. Cinder, the cyborg from book 1 who lost her foot while running away from the ball, is on the loose! All she wants is to be left alone, but she knows that's not an option. So she's determined to find out more about her past. Why does she have no memories before the age of 11? Is there anyone who knows her story?
And, as the two women strive to find out the truth, the Lunar Queen makes her preparations for an invasion of Earth.
I loved this book. The characterisation is impressive, the plot moves along at a pace that had me glued to the sofa, and there were enough little twists that knowing your fairy tales doesn't help you predict what's going to happen in anything more than a general sense.
In fact, only one thing annoys me – we're expected to wait until 2014 for book 3!
The threads of five seemingly unrelated lives are woven together to create a story which hangs together in the end. I found my enjoyment increased once I reached the point where I could start to see some of the connections between the different people.
A university professor, making ends meet by singing backing music for resonance advertising and the occassional high-class soiree; an honest senator trying to get re-elected and run his district well; the crooked head of a multinational family-run corporation; a police detective investigating a series of suicides (or are they murders?); and a researcher working for a news corporation looking for the next big story.
Each of the characters percieves beauty in a different way, from the traditional music/art to the beauty inherent in politics, police work, and data analysis. That explains the "beauty" in the title, although I had to look up "archform" to find out what it meant. This is what Wikipedia says:
In music, arch form is a sectional structure for a piece of music based on repetition, in reverse order, of all or most musical sections such that the overall form is symmetric, most often around a central movement. The sections need not be repeated verbatim but must at least share thematic material.
This does describe the book quite well, in fact. One theme in several sections, all revolving around a central mystery.
At various points in the book it is pointed out that what is technically beautiful might not appeal to everyone – and this is the case here. The book was quite slow to get started. I found the constant jumping from one character to the next to be irritating, as it took much longer to find out anything about the characters. However, overall it was a good read.
A survey which was released recently has discovered that "middle age" is now later than we previously thought. Almost 20% of people said that middle age is a state of mind, but of those who specified an age, the average was 55. Previous estimates have been around 36.
The thinking is that people are living longer, so the boundaries are having to be redrawn. One statistic in the article sprang out at me: there are more people over 65 than there are under 16.
I have a habit of taking trends to their extremes to see what would happen, so naturally this statistic reminded me of Children of Men, a film in which no children have been born for 18 years.
The film is a loose adaptation of a PD James novel by the same name. I've seen the film but not read the book, so I decided some research was in order and hunted up a copy to read.
(Warning: this post contains spoilers for major plot points).
The Film
It's been a while since I saw it, which means this section is mostly focussed on the points which are easy to remember. The UK is one of the last remaining functioning governments in the world, partly due to their extreme stance on immigration. The chaos is immense.
In the midst of all this a man, Theo, is kidnapped by activists and asked to accompany a young woman on a journey, as protection for her. He agrees, and it's not until after quite a few shenanigans that he discovers why she is so important: she is pregnant. The activists are planning to use the child as propaganda, so the two of them run away with the intention of delivering her to a group of scientists who are trying to cure the infertility crisis.
The baby is born on route, and Theo is gravely injured in some fighting. The pair are last seen in a small row-boat, Theo slipping into unconsciousness as the scientist's ship approaches through the fog.
There was one scene in the film which I think will stay with me for many years to come. The baby is born during a battle between the activists, immigration prisoners in a prison camp, and government forces. The building in which they are trapped is surrounded and under heavy gunfire. Suddenly the sound of a baby's wail fills the air. Nobody has heard this sound for two decades. The fighting stops as people look at each other in bewildered awe. The young mother carries her child out of the building, through the surrounding army to the relative safety of the rest of the battle.
And then the fighting recommences.
The transition from awed silence to deafening gunfire is instantaneous, as if someone has thrown a switch and recalled all of the soldiers to their duty. It is a stark reminder of something – something which I am having trouble putting into words, and which is perhaps best left as an unstated feeling.
The Book
The book, as I was warned, is much more cerebral than the film. The film was, for the most part, strict action-adventure. The book, in comparison, gives detail on the political structure of the country, and even hints of the way the rest of the world is coping.
The book is written partially as a third person narrative, and partially as a series of diary entries by Theo, who in the book is the cousin of the Warden of England and therefore slightly more immune to punishments than the average person.
The differences were not limited to the amount of background detail that was included. There were differences in plot, both major and minor. The ending, in particular, was radically different, with Theo killing his cousin and taking on the role of Warden to protect the newborn child and his mother.
One of the minor differences was the way the infertility presented. In the film, the women are barren; in the book it is the men who suffer. The book also came up with both a sensible response from the government (compulsory sperm testing of all healthy males in an attempt to find someone who could father a child) and a way that the pregnancy could have occurred without them knowing (the father had epilepsy as a child and was exempt from the testing).
I was impressed with the way the details were doled out at just the correct pace, interspersed with enough action to keep me interested. Some of the details of social response to the situation were fascinating just from a psychological viewpoint, though they added very little to the plot.
All in all, I would recommend both the book and the film, for different reasons. I may have to investigate and see if other books by PD James are equally enthralling.


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