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Man, I wish I had the room for that equipment.
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I need a bigger apartment....
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I actually switched from Shavette to straight razor a couple days ago. I have to say, I much, much prefer the straight. It feels nicer, and has a much more satisfying weight to it. Since most shavettes use half a DE blade, I find their shorter length to be really annoying. Cream accumulates faster, and you have to wash it more often. Shavettes also tend to irritate your skin more in my experience. Every time I shaved with mine, I felt like a cactus. After switching, no irritation whatsoever.
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Straights are much nicer to shave with than shavettes, and you'd be better spending your money restoring that beauty.
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I'm from the States, but my family is Italian and we've always prepared them the same was as far as I know. To me, it's the best way to eat an artichoke.
Hit the artichoke on the counter upside down a few times- This loosens the leaves.
Work the leaves a little bit to open them up and get some gaps in them.
Pour Italian breadcrumbs (or breadcrumbs flavored with Italian herbs) into the leaves. Make sure to get breadcrumbs down in all the nooks and crannies.
Drizzle olive oil over the entire artichoke. Not so much that you're soaking the breadcrumbs, but enough that the breadcrumbs are moistened. (Too little and it will turn out dry, too much and it will be soggy).
Put the artichoke in a pressure cooker and allow it to steam for about 20 minutes, then turn off the heat and let it sit in the cooker until the pressure subsides.
Eat it by pulling off a leaf at a time and scraping it against your teeth. You get the flesh of the leaf and the breadcrumbs with each bite, and the stalky part is left behind.
After you eat the leaves, the heart is left. Cut off all the fuzzy stuff because it's sharp and will make you choke. Then eat the heart, it's the best part!
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Stuff it with breadcrumbs, drizzle with olive oil, pressure cook, enjoy
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It's not as bad as the hype says it is. Remember that the stories you hear only come from the people that care to tell them, and the people who did sink $150k into school and now don't have a job usually care about telling their story (and telling it loudly). The people who don't have a problem finding jobs don't take to the internet and post about it.
Also contrary to popular belief, you don't need to go to a T20 or a T14 or a T6 school to land a job. Take, for example, the Denver area job market - it's dominated by CU, which is well into the latter half of tier 1 schools. Same things in Seattle - UW and SU dominate the market, UW being ranked similarly to CU, and SU being midway through tier 2 (I think they are like #75, but are also #1 for legal writing... case in point - who really believes the "rankings" ?)...
My experience? Without being too specific, I had a 3.9 GPA and an LSAT in the low 160's. Got into some great schools, transferred from a public to private school (which is WAY better IMHO). My law school GPA isn't great, but not bad either, and I have a steady job as a law clerk. I'm not really that worried about finding a job after graduation... by now I'm familiar with the work of the major firms in the area and talking intelligibly in an interview about the areas of law I'm interested in is not a problem at all...
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Know your stuff, work during your summers, and make sure you do good (and clear ) work.
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In a products liability tort action involving a manufacturing defect, all the middlemen may be joined in the suit and found strictly liable (meaning they may be found liable without proof of careless or fault). The reasoning is that although they did not cause the defect, they nonetheless sold a product that was defective. Most jurisdictions impose joint and several liability, which means each of the defendants is liable for the entire amount of the damages though the plaintiff may only collect up to the amount of the injury (to clarify, if one of the defendants is insolvent or has no insurance, the other defendants bear the load so that the victim's collection is not reduced).
There are two major schools of view in tort law, there is the non-instrumentalist view as nuttybuddy mentioned, that the purpose of tort law is to redistribute injury to compensate the victim because the corporations have deeper pockets and can more reasonably handle the damages. The instrumentalist view, which is more of an economical approach, is that the purpose of tort law is to discourage non-efficient behavior, making everybody better off as a whole.
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google products liability, manufacturing defects
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That does not mean it is not ambiguous. I could mean the father was little. For example:
My father nearly killed my brother when he was little. He was always asking his school soccer mates to kick him in the nuts, and my brother seems to have brain damage now.
You can use this sentence to see how the other is ambiguous:
>My father nearly killed my mother when he was little.
Here, we understand that the father is the he and not the mother although it is a poorly constructed sentence.
It seems to me that you might be missing that one of the foundations of humour is intentional misunderstanding, even when it means stretching the rules.
>My mother nearly killed my brother when he was little.
If given this sentence, a comedian can still take advantage of the pronoun and use it to call the mother a "he". This is the nature of humour.
If I had tried to pull a grammar nazi on the post, your evaluation would be correct; however, you've missed the most important aspect of my post: I was not saying that the poster was wrong, merely twisting words for the amusement of my reddit brethren and myself. It is very possible for the mark to be correct and the comedian to be incorrect while the outcome contributing to the merriment of all—except one stickler.
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>Whether you meant to say the father or the brother was little, you put it after "brother" so that's what you're modifying.
That's assuming that they meant it that way. It perfectly acceptable to assume that they made a mistake.
Edit 2:
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Was the original sentence correct?
Yes.
Did the English language leave room for ambiguity?
Yes.
Was it a joke?
Yes.
Was it funny?
No.
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Research!!! Getting an enthusiastic research professor is the key to everything, I think. He started me on this project the semester before I had even started QM A, and basically taught me all the physics I needed to know himself (QM and Mech II and Numerical Analysis were a breeze afterwords!). I have a working knowledge of some aspects of QFT and Many-Body soley through him, and I now see why research is so important-- you learn more than you can imagine while working on an interesting problem of your own with your professor. I'm having a blast!
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RESEARCH!
Also: if you want to do theory, you may have some luck in the applied math dept of your school. My school is heavily experimental, which i have zero interest in. I work for an applied mathematician who has a M.A. in physics (yes, he went to grad school twice to avoid being an experimentalist haha)
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I have been having a similar glitch in iTunes where it tells me 8 out of the 32 GB on my phone is free and I tried to update an app on my phone and I get a "no free space" error. The phone only saw 300 MB free. I restarted both computer and phone and the 8 GB was free on both ends.
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iTunes can glitch.
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No, you're that special person that views all people who own guns as potential murderers. Do you view every one who owns a knife as a potential murder too? Check your kitchen before you answer... How about people with cars? They could kill someone driving to work! That person with cleaning supplies in their cupboard could poison the fresh water supply! When do we stop regulating for the worst case scenario?
This says more about you than anyone else; you don't trust your self enough to allow anyone else to have a firearm.
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Nerf the world; Crateguy can't control themselves.
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Pretty weak argument. I'll grant you there are two baseball teams, but the Cubs are way more popular than the Sox. I understand Chicago demographics...North side Cubs fans are the douchebag rich white people while the south side is lower class, more minorities and Sox fans. I'm generalizing here. The suburbs, the rest of Illinois and Iowa are Cubs fans for the most part. So it's safe to say that the MAJORITY of Bears fans are Cubs fans as well. Or at least, the Cubs are the most popular team among Bears fans.
And yes, generally speaking, people from a city are fans of every team of that city. A transplant to Chicago will still cheer for his hometown team. A FIB who moves elsewhere will continue to cheer for the Chicago team. So saying someone will adopt the Cubs but not the Bears is pretty silly. Maybe as a fairweather Cubs fans...well, that doesn't make sense...maybe as a douchebag who goes to games because it's the thing to do, but not a TRUE Cubs fan.
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FIBs cheer for the Bears and Cubs. Yes, there are exceptions, but there is a high enough correlation among the two fan bases to accurately say "they have pretty much the same fan base"
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You can never open your mouth around here without some "expert" trying to one up you and back it with shitty credentials.
I'll bite, because you're wrong.
So, you're talking about resetting the BIOS to factory defaults, but not actually disabling the password. Problem with this: the SATA devices are usually still going to be first in the boot order above external USB devices. You can probably circumvent this by using a cd/dvd to boot as they are usually ahead of the SATA HDDs by default, or removing the HDD, but this isn't going to give you access to their data. In fact why don't you just remove the HDD and access it via a cradle if you're going to be ripping the internals out...?
Better yet just enable administrator account and set a blank password...
You make the point that less desktop PCs have proper hardware security... how many home users do you think have data worth stealing? The example was one in the workplace too. I'm going to assume the examples were not no-name brand hardware DIY machines.
The OP sounds like it was written by a kid who'd been fantasizing about doing something like this not someone who'd actually attempted it. Probably explains why they deleted, so many holes in the argument put forward...
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BIOS Passwords are not reset, that was my argument. Using a UFD to boot won't work in this scenario either, and the post never talked about having a bootable cd/dvd.
Source: more years with hardware than you obviously...
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The MMO 'hack' aftermath :
Later that day, Bob logs in and soon realizes something is amiss. Promptly, he fills a request to the game support. Since the support staff has to deal which such stuff on a regular basis, they know the drill. Quickly after checking the server logs they notice the user was not logged with an usual IP the day he transferred most of his stuff to the same character. In a matter of minutes, they set a new random password for Bob's account, give him back all the transfered stuff, and ban the wanabee 'hacker' account in the go. Mission accomplished...
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Hacking advice' on reddit will get your MMO account banned.
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you forget to mention that some hackers use a combination of those ways you have stated. We have all heard of a trojan horse, which catogory do you think that falls under? A RAT for example, which is legal and easy to obtain, crypt, bind, and use. You need social engineering to get the RAT on the target's computer but the RAT itself is software. This is one i have used, but I am sure there are many others.
For clarity;
Trojan horse: a computer virus that allows a hacker access to a computer.
RAT: Remote Administrative Tool, a trojan horse used in schools and workplaces everywhere which allows a user to view, keylog, an control a target computer.
Crypting: A process of encrptying a computer virus(or any program) and attaching a stub which decrypts the virus in RAM before running the virus. A good Cryptor will make a virus FUD.
Binding: The process of attaching a computer virus(or any program) to another file so that the virus runs when the file opens.
FUD: Fully Undetectable; the state of a program where when the program is tested against the 14 most popular antivirus softwares it will not be detected as a virus.
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Some hackers use a combination, such as trojan horses
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Good stuff man, just a few things:
After falling sky, GO HARD. Gen has a pretty weak defensive game, meaning after that falling sky >> backdash, I want to see you doing lk roll or mk roll to do a left right mixup.
After falling sky, backdash, lk roll.... you're still completely safe, if you instead do MK roll, you're still safe, but you have far less frame advantage to work with on your knockdown.
I saw you caught him pressing wakeup throw once with your cr. hp, that's good shit. Keep it up.
Also, I didn't see one step kick in st. hp. Not confident with the link yet, or just didn't think to do it? I believe from memory step kick >> st. hp connects on a crouching gen, which means you should do it most of the time you go for step kick xx dash.
Your mid game needs a little work. You're focusing too much and this gen should blow you up with hands. Instead look to press your advantage once you've landed a st. lk, as I believe you are +3 after hit. This means you can set up a step kick that has a 4 frame startup if you time it right.
You're going to counterhit gen a LOT if you try practicing this.
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Step kick after standing light kick, you're at frame advantage.
Work on the 1f link (Step kick >> St. hp)
Press your advantage after falling sky, as it is a hard knockdown.
Keep practicing!
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The boyfriend here.
I learned a year or two ago. What she said earlier about the pupils, as an example CAN mean love/attraction (you can imagine why I told her about that one, I'm sure) but it can mean probably four other things. That's not really as important.
If you look up the show you mentioned above, you'll see that the work that Dr. Lightman did is actually a true study. Paul Ekman is the real Cal. Unmasking the Face is one of the better books.
It should be mentioned as a warning, that not EVERYONE possess the skill to read micro expressions. It's easy to get fooled, but that's typically if you're dealing with someone devious. Otherwise, it's pretty simple to read a person. However, I have a few friends who believe that they are naturals at this. I test them, and they are... Well, not. I let them have their fun, though. It's a fun thing to know, and it'll probably bring you joy next time you go to your significant other or a person you aim to date, and you can say "hey, I can tell that he/she/it likes me!"
I do warn you, though. If you do possess the gift, you have to "turn on" your ability before you read someone. It's a conscious effort. I had to promise myself I would not read my lady friend here, unless I really thought something was wrong.
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I've worked on being able to, but not everyone possesses the ability. Books by Paul Ekman, especially Unmasking the Face. Be careful with the ability, if you do possess it. It can hurt more than help.
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No there isn't for as far as I am aware, but there are some simple solutions to this:
If you own the game on steam (or add the victoria2.exe to steam) you can press shift+tab to open the steam overlay. this features a clock.
Alternatively you may press alt+tab or the windows button (assuming your keyboard has one of those) which will take you to your desktop which features a clock in the taskbar.
You can also run the game in windowed mode. Windowed mode is not natively in the game's settings and must be activated by changing the game's settings file. This file is located under your documents/Paradox Interactive/Victoria 2 in the settings.txt file. By default this file will have fullscreen set to off, simply change fullscreen from yes to no. While you are here you may also want to edit the game's resolution so it doesn't take up all of your screen and you are still able to see the clock. in the end it should look something like this:
gui=
{
language=l_english
}
graphics=
{
size=
{
x=XRES
y=YRES
}
refreshrate=60
fullscreen=no
shadows=yes
and so forth
XRES = horizontal resolution
YRES = vertical resolution
DON'T FORGET TO SAVE YOUR SETTINGS.TXT
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Add to steam or tab out or windowed mode
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Well look. It's obvious why she didn't want you to know. She was worried about this exact thing happening. You're paranoid that something went down and that she's just trying to play cover up. While it is wrong of her to try to be secretive of it, my gut tells me she's doing it on good intentions. She thought more drama would come of telling you than of you never finding out about a non-eventful night.
The other week, my best friend slept in the same bed as my then recently ex-gf... And since things were ugly near the end, she even made a threatening suggestion that something would happen when he visited. But alas that was just a front. And she later admitted that when he came over she had to clear the air about that cuz she thought I may have mentioned it to him (i didn't). At which point he completely agreed that nothing was going to happen.
On a sidenote however, years before I dated this girl. The same two had hung out secretly and at some instance drunkenly hooked up... And whether it was a different time period entirely or they were legitimately trying to cover up, they made it explicitly clear that nothing happened. Since I found out about it so long after the fact, I couldn't piece together the actual time frame from when it happened and when they were telling me nothing was going on.
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from my experience I can say 99% sure nothing happened because you're in a relationship and friends respect that. She's just trying to protect you from your own anxiety... But I may be wrong, so talk it out with her.
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I just had a conversation about this with my roommate. The way I see it, this direction is not going to help. Regardless of wether or not violent video games desensitize kids, taking them away isn't going to make anything better. If you take a negative away, without adding a positive, clearly you're leaving space open for more negatives. The best thing at this point, which is better said than done it seems, is to spend more effort in the school with children. We've heard it all before, but it's true.
There was an article I read a few days ago about the difference between violent video games in the US and say Asia. Even this they play just as many, if not more, violent games, you don't hear about them pushing to throw them away cause some crazed adult went on a killing spree. (I'm paraphrasing, anyone who knows the article I'm talking about could link it)
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Bottom Line, we need the educate are kids, not just about guns etc, but in general. We need children who want to go to school, who feel safe and happy there, and who want to become something. Removing violent video games isn't going to get us there IMO
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I remember some time ago, when I was still living at home, I was watching the episode of The Office where they are talking about changing their insurance policy. I don't really watch the office anymore but from memory one of the fat guys complained that the new policy wouldn't cover his Anal Fissures.
Being about 14 I decided a quick google was in order and so I went about it and ended up on wikipedia reading about anal fissures. Shortly after my brother came into my room to talk to me about something, we talked for a while and then he left. After he left it hit me. He had seen. He knew. I had been caught reading about anal fissures.
I forgot about this event until 2 weeks ago at my 21st birthday party where my brother made a speech. It was the normal birthday speech with embarassing stories and tales of brotherly adventures. He closed his speech of with the story of how he found me reading about anal fissures and that he convinced mom to buy softer toilet paper to help me through this painful and embarassing period.
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Brother caught me researching "Anal Fissures", convinced I had one, embarassed me at my 21st
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i had some sort of food poisoning, and in about 4 hours from when it started, I had to go to the hospital. I think I had 2 bags of fluids. My roomate came home and I was fine and he said the word food, and I ran for the bathroom. But this time I realized I was starting to pass out. (I passed out once before) I couldn't really hear anymore, and knew I couldnt stand up past a hunch and it became hard to see. He dropped me off at the door to the ER where I wabbled in, and basically passed out at check in.
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It's amazing how fast you can get dehydrated.
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My fiance got hit by it for about 3 ish days of hard core vomit and shit. I was hit with EXTREME symptoms but only for about a day. I was in such intense stomach pain that when I had my first bout of diarrhea it induced vomiting which splashed out of the pot I had onto the floor. Where I lay for about 10 mins before the pain subsided slightly and I managed to clean everything.
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it can be short and terrible or long and slightly less terrible.
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I caught I while away on field work. One girl came along after being ill for a few days before hand, by the end of the week 13 out of 30 of us had it. One loo between 10 people is not ideal! I only vomited once when I had it- (had the poos for days) and that was after 3 days of nothing but cherry powerade. I passed out in my bathroom and came to surrounded by a neon pink spiral of vomit all running down the walls, my front, my back, out my nose and in my hair. Gave myself a concussion for the fall. Wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.
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Norovirus turned me into a neon pink vomit tornado
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So once a friend of mine invited me to his birthday party at his grandma's house (it was very big and nice and we were like 13 years old, so this was all acceptable), his mom drove us there. On the last day of a week-long party he got the virus.
When driving back, he launched a stream of vomit out the window. It was so sudden that he couldn't even ask his mom to stop the car. As a result, the whole rear end was covered in lunch.
Then 15 minutes later the mother launched a projectile of vomit at the steering wheel and the windshield. Luckily, she didn't freak out and managed to stop the car safely.
She then opened the door and started puking on the road. The son (who was sitting in the front passenger seat) also started puking out the door. Must've been an interesting sight for other drivers, with both doors open and puddles of vomit around the car.
I got the virus the next day. I genuinely wanted to die. The closest I got was sleeping for 20 hours a day for the next couple days.
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We're driving down the road, vomit's spraying all around...
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Had it going around Indiana a few years ago.
FUCK THIS VIRUS IN THE FACE.
My boyfriend was feeling sick and I was like, "That sucks" since I'm the one who usually has a shit immune system and gets sick. I honestly felt fine one minute, started to feel a bit bad then out of nowhere it started. I thought maybe I was being a hypochondriac because he said he was sick but then in a matter of minutes it felt like my organs were trying to all expel from my body at once. I laid on the bathroom floor crying for an ambulance (yes, dramatic). The assholes at the ER were thinking we were there for the flu. Got checked in and when my then 2 year old threw up all over the floor I think they realized that we all were really beyond flu sick.
Got to the hospital, had an IV put in and had to hang there for a while. The only part that sucked was when I started to finally feel a bit better I was beyond dehydrated and thirsty and they wouldn't let me have anything to drink. Felt completely better a few days later but the antibiotics at the hospital did the trick which made me feel a hundred times better during my time in the ER.
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If you suspect you have norovirus and can afford to go to the hospital do it. Don't suffer through it. You will seriously want to wish death upon yourself, no joke.
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A word here and there when I feel strongly about something or have stepped on a Lego is one thing. Curse words help relay a person's frustration in a unique way because of the 'taboo' around them. They're just more special that way. But cussing all of the time? I'd rather say "freaking" than "fucking." First, "fucking" implies the action with something that I'm trying to show I dislike. Plus, cussing really isn't polite, and it shows disrespect to those around the cusser.
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I'm stupid. Here I am, discussing politeness on the Internet.
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Curses are best for stepped-on Legos, overuse of them feels disrespectful to me.
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Well, the criteria are:
Long-standing and strong identification with another gender
Long-standing disquiet about the sex assigned or a sense of incongruity in the gender-assigned role of that sex
The diagnosis is not made if the individual also has physical intersex characteristics.
and
Significant clinical discomfort or impairment at work, social situations, or other important life areas.
When I was a kid, I didn't know I was female. I thought I was the same as my younger brother. That matches the first requirement.
When I started showing signs of puberty, I attempted to stop my breasts from growing by putting Nair on my nipples. That would count under the second requirement. [It didn't work, by the way.]
I have no intersex characteristics so that's the third one done.
And for the fourth, I started refusing to go to middle school once puberty started. I felt awful being made to dress like a girl. Girls, trying to be helpful, kept trying to get me to wear make up and things. I ended up being homeschooled for middle school, but it set my education back quite a few years. More recently, I had a lot of trouble making new friends because I didn't want to have to explain my gender and past. Most of my friendships have been online, until recently. So it's affected my life in a lot of ways.
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Yes, I meet the criteria. I just don't have crippling dysphoria anymore.
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I never said I was representative of the entire trans community. In fact, quite a few times, I said that other trans people do feel different than I do, just so people wouldn't assume that my views are the same as everyone else's.
And I'm sorry if I offended you by not following the transition steps to the letter. I'll be sure to amend my behavior in the future and not do what makes me happy.
I wasn't aware that there was only one way to be a man, and only one way to transition. TIL. I guess all the nearly 4,000 men at /r/crossdressing are doing manhood wrong and should just go transition, or otherwise, hide away and be ashamed. I'm allowed to crossdress just as much as any other man.
Also, I do meet the criteria. See [here]( for more information.
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This person thinks that there is only one definition of a man and is no better than people who think that transmen should just be lesbians.
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My pattern is I get some loss one week, the next I am back up, about half as much, the following week some loss again. It's two steps forward, one step back, and it's hard to keep psyched, but I've recognize that the loss isn't a straight line, and that I am losing.
The holidays led to my gaining a little more than on my usual "one step back" but I am not too off, and the holidays are over for a while.
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Everyone's path is different, but probably a straightforward loss with no setbacks is unusual. You're doing fine.
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As someone in teacher's college, I may be somewhat biased, but I think this is terrible. Bill 115 was never about a wage freeze on teachers. Teachers proposed to freeze their wages on their own before bill 115 ever existed. the main issue with this bill is the removal of the bargaining rights, and the restrictions on sick days. I don't know about anyone else, but I would rather a teacher just take the day off if they're not feeling well instead of coming in sick, doing a half-assed job and possibly getting the students sick as well.
Also, the article mentions hos Ontario reached an agreement with the Catholic teachers, and therefore the Public teachers are just being unreasonable. Ontario reached an agreement with the Catholic unions, but the Catholic teachers are pissed about this "agreement" and last I heard were taking action against their union for accepting the deal.
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Everyone (including the government probably) would have been perfectly happy if the government didn't shove their nose into this.
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I second his second of his second of the motion.
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seconding should not be sequential.
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Paper-mache takes a long time to dry depending on how many coats it has. It can take up to a day or so. The joke depends on how long it took Duncan to come up with their assignment. This implies that it took Duncan a long time to come up with a crappy paper-mache diagram although it's a rather easy asinine assignment that would often be viewed as unnecessary busy work. Remembering when I was in class no one wanted to do paper-mache simply because how tedious the process was.
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Paper-mache takes a long time to dry and Duncan is not a great professor.
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Dammit! I hoped that you were going to make your
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longer than the original content.
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See Im not so sure about this. From the "Shut up" interview moment to last night I don't know which one is the real Chip Kelly.
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Who is the real Chip Kelly?"
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I've had this when I've gone to "download" a game when I've already copied it into my steamapps directory (from/to my laptop or something), and it's just checking/verifying the data for what it has left to download.
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Steam quirk when files already exist
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I dont thoroughly enjoy the idea of having armed police on campus but I understand the response. I lean more libertarian (so theres that), I also am not excited about the prospect of hiring some 100,000+ more federal employees and paying for their pensions. My ideal solution would be as follows:
A full time school employee may concealed carry on campus, however, the gun can only be carried onto or off of campus 30 minutes before classes start and after the last class ends. During school hours the gun must be in a safe that requires keypad entry (or bio-metric entry, the teacher can choose), in a key locked cabinet in that teachers desk. The locked desk or safe is not to be unlocked during regular school hours. If the safe is unlocked during school hours it auto calls 911 and the school goes into immediate lock down. The program would be completely voluntary to the school (community) and its employees.
Edit: the teacher must previous obtain a CCW, own their own gun, and pay for the safe themselves unless the local community wishes to. There will be no public record of which teachers have a gun on campus to prevent students from stealing said gun or targeting that teacher in an attack, police and the principal are to be the only ones allowed to officially know.
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police aren't necessarily bad, I would just rather have rules set up so citizens can protect themselves, if they so choose
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I guess you could say this is keeping trees on trees
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that cat:)
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I was about to say "You're doing it wrong" and then I read your entire description... apparently my brain does an automatic
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on long titles.
That stuff looks awesome!
I'm with camillabok on this one though, why not start today?
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I don't think it's because of of grey storytelling verses black and white. It's mostly because of at the time that the anime internet community blew up, people had just finishing watching Dragonball Z, and stuff like Cowboy Bebop, and wanted more battle series that were dark and violent.
One Piece seemed anything but that. It's artwork (probably the biggest factor tbh as stupid as it sounds) was anything but serious or dark. It was super goofy, and not all that "good." Comics like Naruto and Bleach though? Way different they had artwork more in line with stuff like Dragonball Z and Cowboy Bebop, and although they had their humor, they started with a more serious tone.
One Piece characters were a lot more ridiculous and silly looking as well for instance. Luffy himself, Zoro using three swords, Coby, Helmeppo, Buggy's whole crew, Usopp, Kuro's crew, etc. One Piece also didn't really grip me until the Arlong arc where we got good crew character development, and the first villain that involved more than just terrorizing the island of the week.
One Piece also didn't kill anyone outside of a few characters in flashbacks, where as Naruto and bleach had characters dying.
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It wasn't edgy enough at the time. This isn't the case anymore however, and the biggest thing keeping people from watching One Piece now it seems is the length.
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from what i've seen on the cop shows, the ANPR flags vehicles that are not listed on their database that they're insured, then they call up the insurance company to check that they do not have valid insurance. This guy had physical proof that he had insurance, so imo the cop was being a dick
From wiki:
>The insurance certificate or cover note issued by the insurance company constitutes legal evidence that the vehicle specified on the document is insured. The law says that an authorised person, such as the police, may require a driver to produce an insurance certificate for inspection. If the driver cannot show the document immediately on request, and proof of insurance cannot be found by other means such as the Police National Computer, drivers are no longer issued a HORT/1. This was an order with seven days, as of midnight of the date of issue, to take a valid insurance certificate (and usually other driving documents as well) to a police station of the driver's choice. Failure to produce an insurance certificate is an offence. The HORT/1 was commonly known – even by the issuing authorities when dealing with the public – as a "Producer".
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cop was a dick
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We had been together for about 2 years, and our wedding was 3 months away. I had run out of my birth control (nuva ring) and honestly was uninterested in going back to planned parenthood and facing the issue with insurance I had. I also didn't like the part of the city I had to drive to in order to get there, so it was a combination of laziness and being uncomfortable with the situation. We knew we wanted kids. So we just kind of splashed around in the shallow end for a while. Had unprotected sex, but would pull out. Then one day I straight out said that I didn't want to go back on birth control and my fiance at the time was totally fine with that. So we decided to continue our sex life, without precaution and see what happened. We weren't going to specifically try, weren't looking at ovulation, nothing like that... until one night after some passionate love making, my fiance looked at me and said, "Hey, do me a favor... get pregnant." So I got an ovulation app on my phone, found my fertile window was just days away. We ended up getting pregnant right away. My period was a few days late and I had no signs of it approaching like I usually did, so we bought a test. I waited till morning, but of course it was on my mind so I woke up around 5am and took the test. Within two seconds I could see the faint line and I knew. I went back to sleep with the test on my night stand and waited for my fiance to wake up. A few hours later we both stirred awake in bed and he looked at me and said "So?" and I got to say "I'm pregnant." We just held each other there for awhile. I will never forget that morning and I know just how lucky we are to have succeeded in conception so quickly and easily.
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decided to stop using birth control, but we weren't going to "try" until he said "do me a favor, get pregnant"... so I did :) right away
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You see darius heading your way like a bull and is followed (!) by his teammates. He is getting to you on flash + grab range - I flash
You see singed running towards you on his ult - I flash before I get flinged
You see jax setting up his stun and going into range for his jump (or flash jump) - I flash
etc.
All these above when you are out of postion and bruiser is followed by teammates. If he isnt followed just crush him, because HE is the one out of position and your teammates are closer.
Also dont take this like its the only truth - thats my style, mostly because I main no escape adc like ashe or kog
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bruiser heading(!) on face with my teammates closer = dont flash
bruiser heading(!) on face with his teammates closer = flash
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First of all you should have ran cleanse because they were running some strong cc. You cannot afford to get initiated on by shens taunt and be debuffed by the damage reduction or get stunned by sona or feared by nocturne. Your net , your trap and your range should be enough to keep the divers at bay. In these cases placing a trap infront of you and microing around it makes it even harder for champions like those to go on you because they will get snared ( even if noct ults he gets snared ). Choose your targets wisely at first taking precautions about what cooldowns the enemy team has on their skillset. You knew Nocturne had randuins so you should not even try to get close to him or focusing him because it would lead you to get AS debuffed. Shen on the other hand can be "ignored" after he taunts. You can probably take a couple of hits from him and still be at like 55-65% at the end of a small skirmish. The main problem would be when both of them initiate on you. They become sort of an unkillable duo flying through the air which could take you down with ease. The only way to avoid getting focused is to not grow aggro or have an escape plan. You need to stay far when the teamfights initiate so that you become less prioritized over your teammates. This makes them focus them and not you and gives you free shots at them or maybe the other carries. If they do initiate on you anyways you need to have an escape plan up your sleeve. Net over a wall or flash, go into a bush to loose sight , place some traps etc...
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Run cleanse if comp has good CC , use your skills to maximum utility ( especially traps ) , Look out for key cooldowns that lock you up and take advantage, know the enemies damage, be careful with the aggro your positioning brings, have an escape plan.
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Hey, let me start out by saying that your progress is AMAZING and you are such an inspiration! Go girl!
That white bra, however, judging by the photo, doesn't look like it fits very well at all. :( As a fellow busty gal, I am a little bra obsessed and on a bit of a mission to help other girls out. You can take what I say, you can ignore it, whatever floats your boat. Not trying to offend, just trying to help if I can!
Firstly, the back band looks to be way too big. It's riding up to your shoulder blades, when its supposed to sit parallel to the ground underneath your bust. Secondly, the cups look way too small, as you have some bulging and overflow in the front. (Dreaded quad-boob.) Most women are wearing a band that's too big, and a cup that's way too small, so you aren't alone. I was in a 38D before measuring myself and getting fitted into a 34E (uk sizes). The second bra looks like it fits better, yay, but I always try to convince women to double check their fit. US bra companies are notorious for fitting us wrong.
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you look smokin' hot, total inspiration! my friend's blog fullerfigurefullerbust.com has some awesome bra fit tips, if you care to humor a random girl on the Internet!
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Yes. The Bolshevik uprising did lead to a civil war (see below for a link). It's not as clear cut as CheeseGetsMeHard says. It's really about who writes the history books. I would say a Civil War is a protracted conflict (i.e. a real war) waged between combattants from the same ethnic/geographic/political area. Think American, Spanish civil wars.
But arguably the Spanish Civil War was a revolution against Franco as well. It just led to a Civil War.
So I guess another answer is that a civil war is a war, and a revolution is either fought (and won) against an oppressor, or over (and won) fairly quickly. If you're fighting others of your culture/ethnicity/country and it's protracted, it's probably civil war.
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It depends on the history and the historian
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Stupid article on several levels, but just want to express something - the scale of energy in electrical devices is on a totally separate level than the mechanical energies humans are used to in day to day life.
There is about 720 Joules per gram in a lithium ion battery. 720 Joules in gravitational potential energy is how much it takes to lift 74 kg (full grown man) by one meter. How much fucking tapping from your finger do you think it'll take to produce 720 Joules? Do you think you could tap enough in your phone's battery life (about 48 hours) to make that much energy?
I had a friend doing a project at MIT, who was trying to harvest kinetic energy from a rainfall using piezoelectrics. I did a back of the envelope calculation - the amount of energy you could get from a block sized rooftop during a heavy thunderstorm could only probably charge 5 or 6 laptop batteries.
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The scale of electric energy is just too much greater than the scale of kinetic energy. You simply can't harvest grid-level waste energy from human kinetic energy.
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Paper (papyrus in the ancient world) can't survive in the long term except in special circumstances. It can be burned as you mentioned, but it's also vulnerable to water and humidity. If a piece of papyrus wasn't stuck in a cave in the Judean desert, buried under the sand in Egypt, or preserved by the eruption of Vesuvius, it hasn't survived.
Parchment, made from animal skin, was used in the Middle Ages and is stronger than papyrus. We still have parchment manuscripts from late antiquity that have survived intact, and more may yet turn up.
That said, the Romans did leave behind quite a bit of documentary evidence. Many papyri from Roman Egypt have been found, as have countless stone inscriptions from all over the empire.
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there is no Roman paper archive because the Romans wrote on perishable materials.
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This circle represents "People who are breaking my heart," And this circle represents "People who are shaking my confidence daily." And where they overlap, Cecilia.'
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That Bitch, Cecilia!
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You can stay for the whole game, and the food pretty good (I actually think that the food is more than "pretty good", but none of my friends, or myself are blown away by it). They have chefs at some stations making fresh food and preparing it for you. The food is not AMAZING, but once again, pretty good. $55 does seem a bit steep, but if you love good food and mediocre basketball (I'm not hating, I'm a Magic fan myself just being honest), it is worth making a reservation, and the seats where you can watch the game from are awesome.
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Probably and yes.
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Last year purple pass was a nightmare. one night we were waiting for a shuttle for HOURS before one got there. ONE. took another hour and a half for us to get on another shuttle. Oh and after the event we were waiting in the parking lot until about 10:30 in the morning. Added bonus Duded running it were assholes.
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FUCK PURPLE PASS
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No. Way. This exists.
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I LOVE EVERYONE
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It was one word shorter so it still works.
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It was one word shorter, it still works.
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No one cares.
Dude is lucky enough to be related to a Hollywood bigwig. He can't act and never has been able to act. His face shows one of two looks consistently for EVERY emotion. I put him on par with Steven Seagal for acting ability and his best movie was the one that was never done.
Nicholas Cage deserves no happiness for the filth that he's put on the big screen. The only movies that ever were successful were successful in SPITE of him, not because of him.
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Ugh.
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I main mid but since I am at school, i'll respond to your questions in this thread and I can't go on my client.
(IGN: Pho Oh Three)
My s2 Elo Range(2.2k-2.8k) played with all kinds of high elo top tier people.
My S3 Elo(2k+)
Generally in lower tier Elo range, Eve can stomp really well because in lower tier, lanes do not use pink wards to stop Eve ganks and would not have the game knowledge as much as higher elo tier players.
In Higher elo, teams will use pink wards to counter your early ganks and post level 6 ganks.
And also in higher elo, most banned heroes atm are: Eve, Nunu, LeeSin, Katarina, Twisted Fate, Khaizx, Amumu, Pantheon, Shaco.
So as you get higher, you will get less chances to play Eve so start to learn more OP heroes. There are alot of OP heroes and you can't ban them all.
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The higher that you get, people know how to counter Eve well. Eve is mostly banned so start to learn other OP heroes.
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I would say the two movies have a different focus – I would say, roughly: FoK -> health benefits of veganism; Vegucated -> everyday vegan life style.
I'd say that FoK is a way better documentary because it tells a story in a way that you want to follow even if you're not really interested in the beginning. The style is rather boring, classic interview-centered doc. But FoK basically makes a strong case.
I didn't get that feeling from Vegucated. The running time in Veg. is spent less on arguing convincingly for veganism but rather on tips for the everyday aspect. This will be interesting mainly for people who are already convinced. Also, to my taste, the movie wasn't very coherent in style and had a bit of exerted humor at points (e.g. the scene with the supposedly funny "show" about what's not vegan).
As much as I would subscribe to the message of either film, I'm afraid neither seems likely to convince many meat eaters to think again. If I was to show someone a movie that gets them to think about their dietary choices, I would rather show them [Our Daily Bread](
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FoK, but both could be better.
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Sorry I think I forgot to add a sentence in there. We did get mortared and rocketed, but no dudes charging the gates or anything. And the mortars and rockets were VERY ineffectively shot. They were basically just hopeful shots.
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Shit was real, but it wasn't as real as you had it.
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Most people confuse love with devotion. People often think that they are in love because they feel like they can't live without someone. Love is when you would go without, so that the other person can benefit. I know that’s not a definition, but I don't think it can really be defined. Its like "seeing" air. You can't see it, you just see the results of it when you blow up a balloon.
I think a good litmus test between love and devotion is, if the person would really be better off without you, and you encourage them to go. Devotion would do anything and everything to keep that person in their life. Love would support them and encourage them to go. For example, if a boy falls in love with a girl but the girl is in love with someone who is on long-term military assignment far away. When her love comes back home, a boy who really loves her will step out of the picture so she can be happy, while a devoted boy would try to convince her that the other guy left her and doesn’t deserve her. The argument is invalid either way, since she will obviously do what she is going to do regardless of what the boy says. Its just an example.
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love is self-sacrifice.
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I don't think this is a very good suggestion. Not to sound like I'm one of those "exclusive" assholes per se, but I paid real money for skins that I like and want to show off.
-If Lee Sin is free, I want to play him. In champ select everyone and their mother is thinking " oh god its free week lee prepare to kick away from team ". Then loading screen pops up with the Dragon Fist splash art. While it might not mean I'm a pro at the champion I'm playing, for some one to own an expensive champion AND a skin means they are at least a bit seasoned with that champ.
-This doesn't always hold true , but skins=skill to SOME EXTENT . I have invested 1820 RP into Brolaf, but only after playing him for an extremely long time. If someone has a skin, then logically they plan on playing that champion for a long time/have already played them.
-I know we all know that person who buys a champion and skin with them straight away, or the people who are new to a champ and have a skin that was on sale, but the general majority of people who own skins have an idea of what they're doing with that champion. Making skins free for freeweek champs would cause unnecessary confusion while also decreasing sales. Why should I have to convince a random person that I own Lee Sin and X of his skins just because Lee is free? What if I suck at Galio but I am using Gatekeeper and I miss an ult "GG this freeweek skin but 0 skill" or "this noob says he have galio legen. skin look he missed fkin ult".
-One of the reasons I personally believe riot doesn't implement a direct skin viewer tool is because the image the skin splash has as opposed to the in-game model. I would have never bought Muay Thai Lee while knowing what the animations were, but the skin came out, I happen to be a Lee main, and I wanted to own all his skins (plus the splash looks really good).
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no pls.
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As /u/PolgaTheGrate indicates, there's some ability to determine with relative certainty from background knowledge, some educated guesses (colors that would have been likely to be paired with a known color), and some pure guesswork (anything that looks okay colorized that way).
Some of these old pictures and movies have period hand colored versions out there, my great grandparents have a photo that was hand colored by the photographer and likely represented truth fairly accurately as the photographer would have taken notes for coloration.
At the same time there are almost certainly times when attempting to reproduce the original color would not actually work well. Again, as Polga mentioned, sometimes colors were chosen not because they look good in color, but because they produce a specific effect in black & white. It's a common misconception that B&W responds to luminosity the same way our eyes do. Particularly older film responds most strongly to blue and very poorly to red. So if someone wore a brilliant red dress, it probably would look very dark in the final result. You could not easily recolor this to produce that red, it would come across as burgundy. So if you wanted to reproduce the scene as-shot (given you know all the original colors), chances are it's far more work than it's worth.
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It's actually very likely that there are many colors that are wrong, both because there's a lot of guessing, and also because colors farther away from blue in the rainbow turned far too dark to reproduce well.
More reading viewing: Siskel and Ebert on colorization (4 parts):
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Going to 4chan for something other than /b/ is like reading Playboy for the articles. Sure, there's some good stuff in those other boards, but anyone that has an intelligent, thoughtful conversation anywhere there could likely be better served on another site. There's a reason /b/'s so popular -- without it, 4chan is just a generic anonymous message board on a variety of topics better discussed elsewhere.
My response is, obviously, not in direct relation to your rambling, incoherent post (which does little to help your thesis that this group into which you personally designate yourself is full of people who can carry on conversations and are not in fact, a bunch of 16-year-old, angst-ridden, people-just-don't-get-how-unique-and-important-i-am mentality).
You close your post by saying that Reddit's "stict collective thinking does not translate with ours." The fact that you claim to be a part of something so unique it has its own collective consciousness is interesting, because the last time I checked, the site was still anonymous. How can you have a collective anything when there's no continuity or community.
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We're talking internet message boards here. Let's tone down the histrionics about 20-ish% or so.
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One thing I was hoping to see in their article but did not in my brief scan of it:
If you mix and match shooting brass vs. steel, you will probably see extraction problems. I have seen this first hand myself.
My theory is this: When a cartridge is fired, the case is "fire formed" to the chamber - it expands to fill it.
Brass, being softer and more malleable, tends to expand and stay, whereas the steel tends to expand and contract a bit more.
If you shoot steel-cased ammunition, you may end up with a dirtier chamber than when shooting brass, due to the steel case contracting after the initial explosion. This allows some venting back past the cartridge and puts residue in the chamber.
If you then subsequently shoot brass cartridges, they fire-form to the now residue-lined chamber walls, and will frequently stick there due to the residue left from the previous steel cases.
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Shooting brass cases after steel may result in stuck cases.
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I haven't played this game yet, but after reading some comments from players who finished the singleplayer and how they praise the story and gameplay aspects, I bought it on Amazon now, instead of Steam since the price is the same with %75 discount. Buying this game from Amazon can return to you as a benefit like a $5 coupon when the Summer Sale hits.
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Amazing story and awesome game, buy it from Amazon and activate it on Steam to create a chance for a holiday coupon.
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I had to loop up the meaning of iatrogenic infection. Informative, but I'll probably have forgotten it within a week.. D:
In any case, I'm all for informing the sector. Even for strongly urging everyone to take flu shots. But I doubt making the shots mandatory would have the desired effect. (Same goes for firing nurses.)
First reason is the general dislike people have of authority telling the people what to do. Making anything mandatory will cause friction. In this case that would probably mean more time for anti-vaccers in the spotlight. On top of that, since nurses are a representation of the population (of which still a significant portion doesn't like taking flu shots), forcing shots on the sector might lower the influx of new nurses. And I think there's already a shortage of nurses right now (at least, that's what the media here in the Netherlands tells us).
I know you didn't mention mandatory flu shots, so I hope you don't take all this as a straw man argument. Just me trying to clarify my point of view.
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Unintended consequences of regulation makes me wary of forcing the issue.
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Not sure if this will be seen but working for a large vendor has taught me a lot. One I'm not sure how folks claim this is BAD customer support. Bad customer support would be totally leaving you out to dry. Bad customer support would be having no fix at all. Bad customer support would be calling you a liar and telling you they didn't do that.
There are two things to remember here. The first being that a company gets scammed all the time. Anyone who has worked in any type of retail situation whether online or off knows this. So you create a few hoops for scam artists to jump through. Most scam artists or people just looking for freebies will go the most simple basic route possible. By having them do something this makes it less desirable to lie and try to cheat the system you help curb this. Two, it is really expensive to have a system like Amazon or Zappos. Those companies make hundreds of millions of dollars. So they can afford to securely keep credit card information on file and afford to have a deal worked out with FedEx/UPS to get a break on the cost for shipping an empty box and getting a return tag. Long story short if you're an online company for the most part your only option is to have the customer mail the item back. Think about what happens when you don't return the original item to Amazon. You get charged for it. So in order to again stop scams some fail safe needs to be there. In Amazon's case it's keeping credit card information on hand, so that is how they avoid number 1. Small companies do not have this option.
This also helps with diagnosing future problems. Of course in this case it was simply an error of putting the wrong item in a bag, but still the policy does help with that.
Now should they cut you break? I guess that's up to them...however they are simply doing what they have to do to survive. I have a hard time believing they wouldn't comp you store credit for the cost of shipping.
Just MHO.
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Companies are forced to take this policy due to $$$ going out the door.
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I think the thing you're missing in your analysis here is that there are plenty of vendors in this industry who are willing to take the risks, and clearly it's working for them. These are one-or-two person outfits, too, it's not like they're the Amazon of vaping. Yeah, they might lose money on the gamble sometimes. But there are going to be plenty of times when they step up, do something awesome for someone who really needs it, and they're going to reap the rewards.
The perfect example has to be the recent post where a redditor had his order stolen in the lobby of his building after delivery, and IVape replaced the whole $150 order for free. At the time I'm typing this, it's the #2 thread on the front page of the sub. I know I specifically placed an order with IVape in direct response to the last thread on the subject, when they said they would replace it, because I felt like it was important to do more than say "That's cool of them."
And by the same token, I don't foresee ordering from this vendor after reading this thread, because if they screw up I don't want the hassle that OP is dealing with here. I'd rather give my money to the vendors who are willing to go above and beyond.
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It's not just about the money they lose, it's about what they gain from over-the-top excellent customer service.
(edited for typing and wording derps)
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Hi Leo!
My name is also Leo and I'm also from Brazil :O I played a few months from 1-30 and silver in ranked on the NA server and transferred to BR during the second wave of free transfers.
Personally, I know the NA server has a lot of trolls and flamers I just feel the BR ones are more passionate. They use VERY colorful language and would actually be pretty witty if they weren't so angry all the time. BRs tend to lose their cool faster and it is really annoying to deal with, but don't think other servers don't have people like this too.
Best way to deal with it is play with friends (add Barten01 if you ever wanna play on the BR server) and mute anyone who tries to ruin your game.
I am speaking from experience on the NA and BR servers but I'm 100% this applies to EU, Asia, and any other servers out there.
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Happens to everyone. Flamers, ragers and trolls come in every shape and size. Play with friends
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You guys do realize that giving people food doesn't magically cure poverty, right? I'm not saying bibles do, but it's not the answer. I live in Haiti, and it's actually pretty bad to just bring food, because the people here become dependent on people bringing them food and don't do anything for themselves. It's a real problem.
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bringing Bibles and food doesn't help like you think it does
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If you take anything away from high school, let it be that you should just do what makes you happy. It may seem strange to others, but who gives a fuck what they think?
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In the immortal words of /b/: "Do it, faggot."
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For me, I got my two second shooting gigs through a Facebook group of photogs. Someone posts when they need one and where the wedding is and you leave your info and they contact whomever they like from that list. It's not ideal as of course a ton of people want to shoot all the time, but it works occasionally.
I love second shooting even when I have my own weddings too. It's nice not to have all that pressure and just concentrate more on making good photos. I also learn a lot each time. Hoping to do a few more this year interspersed with my own weddings.
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look for a facebook group of photogs in your area.
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what does it look like? Feel like? Sound like?
Not a clue.I don't think it's something that we can really grasp. The following is talking about the nature of God, but I think the same idea can be applied to the afterlife:
>Let us suppose a mystical limpet, a sage among limpets, who (rapt in vision) catches a glimpse of what Man is like. In reporting it to his disciples, who have some vision themselves (though less than he) he will have to use many negatives. He will have to tell them that Man has no shell, is not attached to a rock, is not surrounded by water. And his disciples, having a little vision of their own to help them, do get some idea of Man. But then there comes erudite limpets, limpets who write histories of philosophy and give lectures on comparative religion, and who have never had any vision of their own. What they get out of the prophetic limpet's words is simply and solely the negatives. From these, uncorrected by any positive insight, they build up a picture of Man as a sort of amorphous jelly (he has no shell) existing nowhere in particular (he is not attached to a rock) and never taking nourishment (there is no water to drift it towards him). And having a traditional reverence for Man they conclude that to be a famished jelly in a dimensionless void is the supreme mode of existence, and reject as crude, materialistic superstition any doctrine which would attribute to Man a definite shape, a structure, and organs.
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Plato's cave.
All I know is that it's supposed to be good, and that I'll be with God. Beyond that.... shrug
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I'm big into primary research so I checked out the charity with the help of [this overview page]( The charity actually seems to be extremely transparent and garners high ratings.
From there I dug deeper into the original financial documents when I discovered you can access their audited financials for 2011 . In that document you can find that
>Robin Hood’s Board of Directors, through their personal contributions, fund the
unsponsored costs of events, all staff salaries and benefits, and all other non-personnel operating expenses.
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Because Robin Hood’s Board of Directors pays all overhead costs, 100% of all unrestricted donations from the public go directly to organizations helping New Yorkers in need.
So while there are a number of big, big CEO guys and their likes on the board of directors, this seems far from a financial play. I imagine the most uncouth thing they do is use it for charity tax write-offs.
With that in mind, I started digging through their investments in other funds (page 13).
Their largest investment ($7 million) is in the Brevan Howard Multi-Strategy Fund Ltd which is a massive hedge fund of over $2.3 billion (and part of the $27 billion Master Fund) but does not seem to have any direct connections to any board members. Elliott International Ltd is another hedge fund that I could not connect. The investment in the The Children’s Investment Fund lost money (which is appropriate). King Street Capital Ltd. is another giant hedge. My vetting became much less rigorous after this as it's a lot of information to dig through.
The one interesting investment was Viking Global Equities III Ltd. (held by Morgan Stanley Fund Services) which turned $674K into $4.2 million (provided I'm reading this right) though that seems to just be a $674K increase in the amount of funds they have previously invested. Apologies to those more financially savvy than myself who see errors in my interpretation.
Ultimately, the amount of money they are investing in these multi-billion dollar hedge funds (no more than $10 million into any of them) is nothing more than a drop in the financial budget and far less than the grants and direct donations the organization gives.
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Looked into the Robin Hood Foundation and didn't find anything out of the ordinary.
EDIT: fixed typos
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Forgive me if this is a stupid question, but I've been seeing a lot of Sandy Hook conspiracy posts, and what I've gathered is there's a lot of information supporting the theory that this wasn't just a freak accident. I've seen "actors" who are supposed to be the parents of the deceased, relief pages posted early, etc. etc.
What am I supposed to make of it? I'm reading the information but it's getting jumbled in my head. What does it mean? Were all of those children ACTUALLY murdered? If so, where were the real parents and where did the kids come from? Was it all staged? Where does the use of actors come into play and why?
WHY? Why would this be a conspiracy?, is my question. Don't take this as me trying to question that it IS one, I've seen plenty of info that says the shooting (and the Colorado one as well) were "inside jobs" I guess it would be called, can anyone explain WHY that would be?
I know they're trying to instill fear, but for what purpose? I've seen stuff about FEMA camps, etc. The only thing I'VE gathered would be that these shootings were placed to alter the public mindset surrounding gun safety, but the public is SCREAMING "BAN AUTOMATIC WEAPONS". I feel like that would be the opposite of what they want from us. Is it to put armed officers around the country? Is it just to scare us?
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IF this is a conspiracy and it was some sort of inside job, WHY?
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you're very close with your final question - the answer lies in how we got from hardware instructions to software instructions.
They started by telling the hardware what to do - set this valve to on, make this valve turn on/switch off when this one does, etc.
Then they started building meaning into these hardware on/offs - so that off, on, off (010) represents the number 2; on, off, off (100) represents the number 4, etc.
Then they began to express some of these chunks of hardware logic as numerical and logic operations - adding numbers, finding the result of one number OR another, and now flipping a bunch of switches to represent a number could be thought of as "storing a number"...
Eventually, over time, more and more complicated numerical operations (which were really switch-flipping operations in hardware) got to be grouped together and represented by assembly language commands.
And then modern programming languages were developed, which allowed us to write something much closer to English that could be converted to assembly language (and ultimately to hardware instructions).
To use an analogy, think about a modern car. You don't have to crank a handle to start it or manage the choke, or pump the brakes repeatedly to stop suddenly, because those things are now done automatically. At the start, the human had to understand the machine, and know about the engine, and tell the engine exactly what to do. Over time, these instructions could be automated and simplified so that the human can deal with the car in his terms - pressing "start" or turning the ignition without having to worry about starter motors or chokes for example.
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What starts as literal instructions of what to do with the machine, gain a shorthand langauge for controlling the machine more easily, and that shorthand language can be used to build even shorter, simpler control language.
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This is open for discussion, a 'dotatie' is taxmoney which is used for the normal functions of a member of the royal family. Imo this excludes helping nephews and nieces.
But the real worrying thing is there's absolutely no control on how they spend their money.
Also it's a known fact that starting an enterprise for this purpose is only a privilege for smart or wealthy people. Normal working middle class, who wan't to give something to their children are most likely not doing this because it also costs some money to do this.
EDIT:
I take everything back what i said ...
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the entire royal family shouldn't receive taxmoney they are rich enough.
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I'm a WVU fan so my opinion is somewhat biased. I believe he was highly rated out of HS, his father is DC at Alabama where his brother is a Safety, so he definitely got the short end of that straw. He'd be the perfect member to any NFL team, as long as that team doesn't ever want to be good. He improved his SR year but he's been downright god awful for much of his career. Now he's been at a severe disadvantage with like 15 coaches the last three years and playing at that shitstain of a school, but I'd venture to say there's not a single Pitt fan sorry to see him go. Most are elated that they finally got rid of that turnover machine. I on the other hand am horribly saddened, I'd love to see him become lifelong QB at Pitt and spin them into a spiral of mediocrity for decades to come.
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Fuck pitt.
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I hit every league on my way from Bronze to Diamond and the promotions were relatively easy, mostly because I focused on macro mechanics and as those improved I overran supply-blocked scrubs. But having way more stuff than your opponent doesn't guarantee victory in Diamond league. My APM and mouse accuracy haven't improved at NEARLY the rate my macro did. As a result I'll be a base up and have 1/4th the unspent resources of an opponent and still get crushed.
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getting out of diamond has, so far, been impossible.
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Just looking at it right off the bat (didn't read through it but skimmed through) some format-like changes would make the guide much more appealing and easier to read.
In some parts it seems that you've forgotten how to separate long posts into paragraphs. In the areas where it looks like you have paragraphs there is no space between and just makes the guide harder to read. Quite frankly I kinda say "no thanks, not reading that" because it looks like a massive wall of text.
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Paragraphs with a space separating them.
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I was in a relationship while I was still in love with my ex.
The ex in question and I met in kindergarten, and I knew right off the bat, even as a five year old, that I felt something different for her. We grew up close because it was a small school, my older brother was best friends with her older brother, etc. She was my first crush, my first love. I was a nervous, shy kid and then teenager, so I never did work out the courage to tell her how I felt. After high school, she moved across the country for college, we found each other on MySpace, and I said something about how "I had a huge crush on you in elementary school!" - she said she felt the same way about me then, and, after testing the waters, we figured out we both still felt that way about each other. I was elated. She came home for spring break, we spent every hour of it together. I kissed her for the first time and had never been happier. We worked through a long distance relationship for about a year and a half, then it got to be too much, and she broke up with me for some douchebag pothead she met down there.
I struggled through the next 6 months or so, a new girl started at work, started flirting with me, I ended up going out with her for 5 months or so, and thought about the other one every minute of every day. No matter how much I tried, I couldn't make myself forget her, or feel the same about the new girl. Luckily, she realized that [she had made a huge mistake]( and we ended up getting back together.
Now we're engaged.
edit: Shit, sorry for the novel.
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Yes I have.
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In addition, when you throw needles away into the trash bin in California, AB 939 (I think that's the code) sends some of the trash to a recycling sorting facility in order to reclaim some of the materials. In those sorting facilities, there are belts that move the trash past a line of workers that hand sort as much recycling from trash as possible. Though they wear gloves, when needles are mixed in with the trash they can come flying out of the device that dispenses them quickly, impaling the workers hands. Beyond causing obvious pain, this can spread blood borne pathogens the inflicted.
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Throw a needle in the trash - it might end up in a waste facility employee's hand.
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I see [what you mean]( but I also think the ship may have sailed to hold on to the formal meaning of deconstruction - the new, less specific, meaning has reached saturation in the lexicon.
In literary work, yes, you should strive to correct your colleagues. But people are going to continue to use it to refer to the idea of breaking something down into its smaller ideas and inspecting each of them, because it is a far more intuitive use of the word. The original meaning is too mired in another "stuffy" (read: professional) term, structuralism, for that meaning to make sense to anyone without a formal background in literary analysis.
Source: I use this word all the time because I've never done literary analysis where specific terms for analytical methods were employed. Definitions help streamline things, and it beats the hell out of the acronym bloat you get in so many other specialties, but I language complicates itself by appropriating words sometimes and I think this is one of those times.
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the word is already out there in the ether, and even specialists appear to recognize that both meanings are valid. I'd let this one slide.
Minor edits for comma overuse formatting and punctuation.
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Never delete a photo before you take it! Explained: if you do, you will end up having less photos to work with and this reducing your chances of good photos. More importantly, I'm constantly surprised by when I think something is uninteresting, then I take a pic of it and see it on screen and then suddenly see something interesting in it. Or, you shoot it anyway which them gives way to an idea for how to shoot it creatively.
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taking more pics increases your odds for a good photo
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It probably was, given it's on the Democrat's stated positions list, but for him it was probably just in the bit of the list headed: "Nice to haves".
Now there's more political will to carry it and it's another front which he can fight the Republicans on so he has leverage for all of the other things he wants (Debt ceiling, etc).
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gun control is now a big pawn in a shitty chess game.
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It means "if you aren't in love with me as much as I am then you are my enemy and I can abuse you all I like," also known as splitting (with a side of extreme psychological projection).
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she's a cunt
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No. Just... no. Intermittent fasting may cause decreased overall blood sugar levels due to increased insulin sensitivity. However, there is no evidence that this will result in "brain degeneration," and in fact, a great deal of evidence that IF, caloric restriction, and ketosis all confer neuroprotective benefits. The mechanisms for these neuroprotective effects are unclear, but based on current science, appear to be mediated through similar means, as IF, restriction, and ketosis all result in huge increases in insulin sensitivity. Neuroprotection has been demonstrated not only in correlational studies, but also experimental studies, which is certainly worth giving some added weight.
The studies which have shown correlations between breakfast-taking and glucose levels are massively confounded by conventional wisdom. That is, "healthy" people - those who eat right and exercise in general - might know that breakfast is good for you (because they have been told that all their lives), while unhealthy people might skip breakfast out of convenience. In any case, it's only correlation.
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There is no meaningful evidence that an early breakfast is good for you. There is strong evidence that IF is good for your body and brain.
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I am a pluralist and consider many religions or philosophies or world views to be potential paths to salvation. However, I consider the essential teachings of the Bible, the
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version, to be "love God, love your neighbor." Everything else discusses or shows how hard it can be to follow those two simple rules.
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I only listed real life ones as kind of a stepping stone (it also didn't register in my head that he said DM). In a fantasy setting, you'd have more even more possibilities, but the idea of a Circus gets trickery to. The idea of entertaining a crowd with amazing displays of ability becomes less amazing if such things have the potential to be common place.
Example: in real life, a lion tamer is amazing, because of the aspect of danger. If its a fantasy setting (DnD as prime example) and its a druid with a lion animal companion, the threat of danger diminishes and the act goes from fantastic to mundane.
If a magician made an acrobats net invisible to give the illusion of danger, and the crowd found out, they might feel cheated.
Even with no net, the acrobats illusion of danger is diminished thanks to the existence of healing spells or even a costly resurrection, should they fall.
To set audience at ease, I'd actually have center ring be an anti-magic field, to start.
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A fantasy world circus needs to be cranked to 15, because even 11 isn't that noteworthy.
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I'm thinking "MyFirstApp."
...suggestions for names would be greatly appreciated, I'll admit. You can find the deets in my post history, but the
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is: MyFirstApp turns your android into a motion-based HID. :E
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Sorry, totally missed your actual question. I have a pattern I made for generic bodies, and adapted it for Boba. The details were all done freehand, and involved so much trial and error, and I can't remember exactly what I did in the end.
After doing these. my fabulous Sister bought me the best crochet book in the world - Creey Cute Crochet, by Christen Haden, and I became distracted by making Zombies instead. Her patterns are infinitely better than mine.
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I've just discussed crochet at length on a Star Wars forum. My husband is facepalming as we speak.
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I do hate to be a naysayer here, but seeing as what you're looking to use it for it's going to be quite difficult to find someone completely willing to do that for free.
It's custom artwork. Used for a tattoo. Doesn't matter if it's just a few lines in a general box shape or not. Tattoos are personal.
Tattoo art is very customized to you, and odds are it's going to require revision to make it exactly what you want. And then it's going to go to the tattoo artist who is going to say the same thing and revise a little more so it works on your skin. I would advise talking to a tattoo artist. They may not be Whovian, but if you show them a picture of the TARDIS and a general idea, they can probably get you what you want. They're artists after all, it's in the name. It's what they do. And as you know, tattoos (good ones) aren't cheap. They're well worth it in quality, despite me having none, you can tell when something's been done meticulously. A tattoo artist uses skin and ink as their mediums of choice, whereas most artists you will find on reddit will be exclusively sticking with paper or a computer screen-an entirely different beast.
Had you left out the tattoo bit, I'm sure you would have had some more people pouncing on it to draw it. I certainly would have. But any time I've drawn flash art, it's not cheap for me (I'm not a digital artist), and even then it's probably got to be retooled by the tattoo artist because of sizing issues with what part of your body you want it on, and your own skin and what they feel will look best as it ages and heals. Especially with you wanting something minimalistic, not that line art tattoos aren't popular by any means, but nuances that happen with hand drawn, or even digital art, aren't going to be entirely possible with a tattoo and you'll still need to talk with them anyway to get it just right for you.
I didn't mean to turn this into a long post-just kind of happened. I'm sorry!
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Talk with your tattoo artist you're going to. It's what they do.
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Think of it as being like 2 cars on a circular race track.
The car on the inside (closest to the planet) will move faster than the one on the outside.*
So, set your orbit to be about 2km less than your target and time your launch so that you are 100km or less behind. Once in circular, stable orbit, with careful use of the time speedup you will see the distance decrease. As you get close use low rocket thrust or RCS to adjust your orbit to get on an intercept path. This will mean raising your meters per second to match the object your chasing. At about 10km adjust your orbit so that you lower your relative (to the thing your chasing) velocity, otherwise you'll come in too hot and whoosh past. Or hit it, like I do...
I strongly recommend MechJeb and it Rendezvous module for learning what all the relevant numbers mean. You can see in real time what all of your control inputs do to your attempt at docking. When you get the hang of what's happening you might find that you don't need Mechjeb as much.
*Fun thing about orbital maneuvering is that to catch an orbiting object from behind you slow down (moving to a lower diameter orbit) and to let something catch up from behind you speed up (going to a higher diameter orbit).
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Orbital dynamics makes my head all noodly.
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They're both right. Female redditors are, on average, pretty young. They buy cheap-QUALITY clothing at stupid prices because they have significant disposable incomes and little discernment. They're more excited about the styles and corporate images being offered by these chains than they are by their quality and pricing.
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That's because the people recommending sites don't have a clue.
Edit: yep, I'm standing by this. I'll change my mind as soon as I see one of these threads and no one has posted & upvoted Forever 21.
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My boyfriend as a cache of standard responses that aren't supposed to make any contextual sense, and they're sort of an inside joke with us. Things like "No, you" or "Me too" or "Your face". It maintains the flow of conversation like "uh-huh" for normal people and neither of us pay particular attention to it most of the time.
One day I commented on how the road we were walking on was really flat (compared to another segment of road), to which he replied with an automatic "No, you". The look on his face when he realized what he'd said was priceless.
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SO accidentally calls me flat, apologizes profusely.
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As another avid book collector, I shed a tear for you, unfortunately i do not know what causes that.
I remember back in oblivion i used to manually pick up the books and try to place them on/in the shelves. hard work but the end result was always worth it.
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Dont know how to help, book keeping in tamriel evolved dramatically over 200 years...
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I assume the SEO aspect was never a topic with the ones who remade the website. Your boss accepted what they offered, he is the one responsible. He should have looked for a consulting agency before taking a risk of such magnitude.
If the new website works properly based on the written requirements, no price discount should be asked/given.
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SEO has little to do with a development process when it hasn't been specifically addressed in the requirements.
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Had a friend and my girlfriend over and ended up playing three games:
Blood Bowl : my girlfriend beat us with her elves, with more than 10 fans of second place.
Tsuro : we played twice. I won the first game, and then my friend won the second.
King of Tokyo : we ended the night with King of Tokyo, and me and my friend didn't even break double digits for victory points before my girlfriend got to 20.
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my girlfriend kicked our asses.
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If your work computer is on a managed network, you shouldn't install java if it's not already installed. Java has been having security issues and some admins are pulling the browser portion from their networks.
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You should ask your IT guy at work if it's OK to install java on their computer.
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Pfft thats nothing. Last semester I had problems sleeping so "Call Me Maybe" was my alarm clock sound to get me up in the mornining. One day I accidentally pressed "remind me" and 30 minutes later in class the song goes off. A week went by and everyone just stopped caring.
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you're fine.
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I picked up Ticket to Ride on the iPad first, then went and bought the physical version.
I have not bought Ascention or Neuroshima Hex and I don't intend to as, honestly, I think the iPad versions play better then the board game version. That said, I've bought all the IAP for these apps.
Also I played BattleCON on the iPad and that convinced me not to support the kickstarter as it's just not my sort of game.
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Yes and No.
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you're a young guy my friend, keep your options open.
to be honest, i feel that at this stage of your life you need different women to fulfill your certain needs. I know that i may be condoning cheating on your girlfriend but you're a young guy your hormones are through the roof and let's face it. at this age (i am 20 years old so i can relate on the hormone bit) we're practically sex addicts. who knows maybe tomorrow or the next few months you guys may not even be together (knock on wood) all i am saying is that perhaps you can share your 8" gift to other women, it's a win win situation if you ask me. but only if you would be up for it.
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if your girl won't put out, then you need a next girl to "vent" to
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TV doesn't know you exist, while the internet does. If you want to watch a web stream, you have to specifically request it from a server, and that server has to deliver it to you individually. With TV, you simply 'pick up' on a signal, and no-one is any the wiser.
Because TV is essentially passive, it takes no more technology to broadcast to 20 or 20,000 people. With the internet, each individual viewer requires their own connection.
Funnily enough, Digital TV does 'load' in a way. Whereas in the old analog system, the video signal was simply demodulated and sent to the screen, digital tv data needs to be demodulated, demultiplexed and uncompressed before you see it, introducing a more significant time delay (which is why changing channels isn't as instant as it once was).
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TV is like showering a crowd with a fire hose, while the internet is like giving everyone a water bottle.
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I don't know where I got the bad impression of a trappers. Some reason I have this image of some guy stumbling out of his truck beer-in-hand up to his trap. Only to find out he caught something out of season that he has to release with a broken leg. After releasing the animal he then throws his empty beer can at the animal to make it run away. He then says to himself, "Well, maybe tomorrow" before wandering back to his truck.
Glad I can put that image to rest. Sad thing is I know several people who trap. I should just go check lines with them someday.
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Thank You!
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