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Profile Switch is a small program that stores up to 99 different settings for Phone, WiFi, Bluotooth, Data-Connections, vibrate, silent, eg. and create shortcuts to switch directly. Up from 1.3 you can switch automatically at certain times and days. The complete profile will be changed only with one click.
Every profile can:
- switch phone, bluetooth, WiFi and data connections
- auto run on two different times every day or only on selected days
- check your appointments if there is a category to disable auto run
- switch back to another profile in a given timespan
- start up to 3 programs
- close up to 5 processes
- change the system and ringer volume
- change the ringer script
- change the backlight settings for batterie and ac power
- add a shortcut in startmenu to itself
- disable auto starts of profiles if one 'all day event' with selected categories is found, you can select up to 3 categories
- start a profile if a appointment with selected categories will start or end, you can select up to 3 categories
Additional you can:
- disable data in roaming
- switch to a profile if the phone comes back to the home network
- run a profile once after a given timespan
- disable all autoruns up to a given day and time
- start a profile if a pc-connection is detected or lost
- start a profile if a headset is connected or disconnected
- use seperate scripts to vibrate if new calls, emails or sms are incomming
- use separate script to vibrate for reminder (appointments and tasks)
- use categories from your contacts to mute (or not) incoming calls
The pictures are from version 220.127.116.11:
All screenshots small (0,6 MB) - All screenshots large (1,9 MB)
I only tested this application on my HTC HD2, it works in portrait and landscape mode. If you use this on another device, please check the features carefully, especially the block of data when this option is used.
You will find two links in the startmenu folder:
- Profile Switch - the application
- Close Data - a little helper, shut down existing data connection without any visible window. It does not prevent new connections are established (the same funktion like "Close all connections" in the app.
You can edit the language files in the program folder and/or create an new one. For a new translation just copy the 'english.lng' to 'french.lng, spain.lng ...'. But edit/translate only everything after the '=', not on the left side of the '='! Save the file in unicode-format.
Please note:
- Requirements: .NET CF 3.5.
- For update only install the new version.
- Enabled network connections in the settings menu ('Do not switch networks' ) prevent these connections for any switching.
- Shortcuts are saved in startmenu\ProfileSwitch\Profile name.
- Backups are stored in the progamm folder as 'Backup_YYYY_MM_DD_hh_mm_ss'.
- Restore a backup will delete your shortcuts stored in startmenu, these must be set new.
- If you stored a profile as shortcut, the profile name cannot be edited until the shortcut is removed.
- If you uninstall the application, please delete first the saved shortcuts.
- If you want to use automatically switching enable this funktion in settings - Autorun settings ('Activate switch on time').
- Set time to '00:00' will disable automatically switching for this day.
- Important: If you for example sitting in an airplane, you must disable this feature! Otherwise it can turn off the flight mode and your phone on!!
- Using 'Profile switch once' will ignore any settings of 'Activate switch on time'.
- If you set the autoswitch time in more as one profile at the same time, only the first profile will switch. The rule is: 1. Run once, 2. The other times up from profile 1 to 99.
- Don't worry about a new entry in your autostart folder. CheckProfile is only used to set the next autoswitch after reboot or after turned on the device. It don't stay in memory.
- If you use the settings for system and/or ringer volume: My device (HTC HD2) has the option 'Only use one volume'. If you select this, the device will not show this correctly, if different volumes for system an ringer are set in the profile. Hope this also works correctly on other devices.
- Special icons for each shortcut are now separatly. Please download them for your operating system. Windows 6.5.X - store the files in the applications subfolder 'Icons', the files for Windows 6.1 must be stored directly in the progam folder.
- If you change icons for profile and the shortcut already exists, any links to them and the shortcut itself must be deleted and be rebuilt, otherwiese there are no effects taken. In Windows 6.1 you can't edit/change them!
- Special Icons are only shown for the first 10 profiles.
- If you get an error while saving a shortcut to your start menu like this: 'Saving the file failed' - please remove all special characters from the profile name, it's used for the file name.
- Please do not restore any registry settings manually, always use the backup and restore function. If you restore parts of older entrys - the key names and values can be changed automaticly by an update. In this case you must delete the complete section "ProfileSwitch" or restore an older backup created by ProfileSwitch before you manipulate the registry.
- If you select any program or process for closing with a profile, this program must be running currently, otherwise it will not be displayed.
- Please use the function "Close program" very carefully. Only select processes you know!
- The timespan you set in "time to look back if the device was turned off while starting a profile automaticly" must be smaller then the smallest time between two autorun times.
What the program does not and probably never will do:
- Switch the band between GSM and UMTS (auto): There are too many differents between several devices.
- Profile switching based on location or GSM tower-ID's: To do this, the application (or a little bit of this) must constantly stay in memory and check the location.
- Support for any PIN code protected unlocking the phone.
Other languages:
- Polish language from mobione.pl team: http://forum.mobione.pl/. You can get the latest version here: http://www.mobione.pl/dostep/Polish.zip.
- Italien translation from safato: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...&postcount=238.
- Spanish translation from tonybest: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...&postcount=299.
- French translation from Albator V: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...&postcount=397.
- Hungarian translation from zoliwr: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...&postcount=386.
- Czech translation from Stevik: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...&postcount=689
Any Questions? Please don't ask me via PM about any problems. Please, please use this forum.
Change Log:
- [+]The function 'Mute incoming call by category' from the beta version integrates. You can select this function in the vibrate settings and also in every profile. Please note: Don't forget to select the categories!
- [+]One additional profile can run if roaming starts.
- [+]New entry 'Do not switch' in the profile selection for end roaming.
- [-]Using the exclusion function 'All day event' for autoswitch do not work correctly if more then one entry matches on two consecutive days.
- [-]Sometimes the program hangs while exiting the vibrate settings.
- [+]Using the vibrate functions no longer needs a program staying in memory.
- [+]Added vibrate functions for missed calls.
- [+]Added repetitions for all reminders.
- [+]Added vibrate functions to set the sound and other settings for the reminders directly in Profile Switch.
- [+]Settings to hide or show the main buttons on homepage.
- [+/-]Settings menu now divided into several sub-menus.
Please note: If you enable the vibrate functions, Profile Switch will save your currently settings and lock these settings in windows. Disabling will restore your saved settings.
- [-]Repetition of sequence (new emails and new sms) does not work.
- [+]Added an option to use also vibrate settings for the reminder (appointments and tasks).
- [+]Vibrate functions during calls now can set separately.
- [+]Added a function to choose date and time for 'Switch profile once'.
- [-]Function 'switch back to current profile' can crash.
- [-]After a soft reset and also using the custom vibrate settings the program to watch incomming calls can crash.
- [+]Now using the new Sense Interface SDK v1.50.
- [-]After a soft reset and also using the custom vibrate settings the program to watch incomming calls etc. was not restarted.
- [-]Using the custom vibrate settings for calls and a profile is used to set the sound profile to 'ring and vibrate' this profile was not correctly detected on the startpage.
- [-]If vibrate notifications are used and two new messages appears exactly at the same time, profilevib.exe starts twice and can crash if logging is enabled.
- [-]Ringtone settings are lost.
- [-]Switching at end of an appointment doesn't work if it is a recurrence type.
- [-]Switching at begin/end of an appointment doesn't work every time.
- [+]You can run a profile if a headset is connected or disconnected.
- [+]Added a toggle function for phone, wifi, bluetooth and data.
- [+]Added an option to ignore categories for 'Check appointments'. Just leave the categories empty if you want to use this.
- [+]Added a function to use separate scrips to vibrate for new incomming calls, emails and sms. You found these new vibrator settings in 'Settings' - 'Vibrator-Settings'.
To use this new functions, first you must find out the vibrator-adress of your device. Change the adress value and hit 'Test', your device must vibrate.
The script is: 1. value=timespan for vibrate, 2. value=timespan for silence, 3. value=vibrate, 4. value=silence, and so on, times in milliseconds, separator=','. The additional last value is the repeat value (0=without repeat), this value is always required. E.g.: 300,500,300,1000,3
To realise this, a part of Profile Switch must stay in memory to observe a few registry entrys of incomming calls and messages. Similarly it controls the sound settings for all these events. This only is needed if one of these functions is set to 'on', otherwise there is no program in memory.
- [-]Error if you select a program to start with a profile and there are dots in the filename.
- [+]Separately ringtone scripts for every profile.
You are able now to change the ringtone scripts with every profile. The integrated functions (like HTC HD2) are:
Ring and vibrate (Script "av0pw3r")Please note that all these scripts only used by windows if the sound profile is set to "full on" (ring and vibrate).
Vibrate then ring (Script "v3w3apw3r")
Ring only (Script "apw3r")
Ring only once (Script "p")
Ring ascending (Script "c50apw3c150r")
Additional you can create up to two user defined scripts (please see "settings") for any other ringtone by using any combination of this commands for the script ("r" is only usefull at the end of script):
a = activate device
cN = set volume to N in percentage max volume
fN = flash notification LED for N seconds
p = play ringtone
r = repeat
vN = vibrate for N seconds
wN = wait for N seconds
- [-]Corrected a few things to disable data in roaming continuously, I think this function is ok now.
- [-]Error if you first set times for autorun a profile and then later disable this function in settings.
- [+-]Some other small changes.
188.8.131.52 beta
- [+]Disable data in roaming continuously. *) Beta!
- [+]Switch to a profile if the phone changed back from roaming to your home network. *) Beta!
- [+]Start a profile if appointments with selected categories will start or end.
- [+]For Omnia 2 (i8000) users: You can reduce the programs in the selection list. May be it helps?
- [+]You can reset a profile to it's default values (except the profile name).
- [+]Added a setting for "BatteryTimeoutUnchecked". Please have a look into the description for this.
- [+]Added a brief description.
- [+][-]Changed the function to read the language.
- [+][-]Some optical improvements.
- [+][-]Setting 'Wait for Phone' removed, no longer needed.


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Almost 200,000 staff working in UK higher education face major changes to their future pensions after the deficit of the sector's main provider soared to £12.6 billion, an expert has warned.
Despite achieving investment returns of more than 20 per cent in the past financial year – adding an extra £10.2 billion to its assets in 2016-17 – the Universities Superannuation Scheme has seen the hole in its balance sheet increase substantially.
According to its latest annual report published on 25 July, the USS had assets of £60 billion on 31 March 2017 against liabilities (the value of its pension promises to staff) of £72.6 billion, which increased by £12.8 billion. This put the scheme's "funding level" at 83 per cent, significantly worse than the 89 per cent valuation in March 2014 that precipitated the closure of final salary pensions for future service.
If the latest mortality figures are used, reflecting improved life expectancy among USS members, the deficit rises to £17.5 billion, the company's annual report also states.
About 184,000 university staff – mainly at pre-1992 universities – currently contribute towards a USS pension, as do another 6,500 non-university staff working in the higher education sector.
The latest report on the health of USS – the UK's largest private pension scheme – is significant because it gives an indication of the size of deficit at the next triennial valuation, which is likely to be announced later this year.
To ensure that the pension scheme remains solvent, the USS will be required to submit a plan to the Pensions Regulator to reduce the deficit. This could include proposals for universities to increase their contributions from 18 per cent of salary, staff to pay more towards the cost of pensions, the value of future pension payouts to decrease, or a mixture of all three options.
John Ralfe, an independent pensions adviser, said he believed that "drastic action" was required to address the multibillion pound shortfall in the USS scheme.
"Money will need to come out of teaching and research for many years to shift this huge deficit," said Mr Ralfe, who added that "new future pensions will have to change to reduce cost and risk".
The £12.6 billion shortfall is more than twice the £5.3 billion deficit measured in March 2014 and includes savings from the closure of final salary pensions for future service. USS members now receive a defined benefit pension up to a £55,000 salary threshold, with a new defined contribution scheme available for contributions on salary above this level.
Commenting on the USS' latest results, Bill Galvin, its chief executive, explained that "historically low gilt yields and reduced expectations for future investment returns present challenges, which we are working with stakeholders to resolve".
"We don't yet know the outcome of the 2017 valuation but I have no doubt that USS will continue to provide high-quality pension arrangements tailored to the needs of the sector," he added.
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If you think sample sales bring out aggressive types, stay far away from any stores discounting electronics on Black Friday. Instead, opt for the sartorial and beauty routes, which tend to be slightly calmer even at heavily discounted retailers like Banana Republic (though mentally prepare yourself for long fitting room and check-out waits). Don't forget to check opening hours as some stores are opening Thanksgiving eve or, better yet, cozy up with your laptop and shop Black Friday deals on the web.
Here are some of the most notable online and in-store Black Friday deals.
Alice + Olivia: Bring in a new or unused children's toy, book, coat, package of diapers, or buggy and get 15% off your purchase. Proceeds will go to Baby Buggy.
Bloomingdale's: Spend $100 and you'll get a $15 gift card valid through December 24.
Macy's: Storewide and online discounts (see here).
Ikea: 50% off select merchandise.
Earnest Sewn: 25% off all purchases.
7 For All Mankind: 30% off all purchases.
Amazon: A number of limited-supply deals (see here).
Crabtree & Evelyn: A special 18-piece Weekender Collection is being offered for $150 and it includes an overnight tote, a fleece robe, and a variety of hand and body creams.
DKNY: Sales storewide plus an additional 50% off on Black Friday.
All Saints: 25% off select merchandise in stores and a variety of online discounts.
Chantecaille: With every $150 purchase, enter SHOPCHIC at checkout, and get the Les Macarons Palette along with shipping for free.
Woodley & Bunny: Get 15% off your entire purchase and free shipping on orders over $49.
Cyntia Rowley: Stores will be marked down 30%.
Philip B: 20% off all luxurious holiday gift sets with the code NOV 2011.
As U Wish Nail Spa (in Hoboken, NJ): From Noon to 6 PM receive any Manicure and Pedicure Combo for $40, a $100 value (the salon is owned by celebrity manicurist, Skyy Hadley). To book an appointment, call (201) 420-5959.
Bath & Body Works: Spend $40 at any Bath & Body Works store and get a VIP Black Friday Tote, a $130 value, for $20.
H&M: Select stores will be opening at 5 AM and the first 100 people in line will get scratch-offs valued at up to $300. Fashion finds start at $5.
GAP: Until noon, Gap stores will have $19 women's jeans and sweaters and $15 GapKids and BabyGap pro-fleece Gap arch hoodies.
Banana Republic: Until 1 PM, Banana Republic shoppers will save 40% off their purchase and 25% off for the remainder of the day.
Barneys New York: Stores will start their first seasonal markdown on Black Friday. Save up to 40% off regular prices on RTW, shoes and accessories for women, men, and children.
Kiehl's: $20 off your $65 purchase with code HOLIDAY at checkout. This offer runs through the end of 2011.
Esprit: 40% off entire store and site. Early Bird – midnight Wednesday to noon, 50% everything.
Uniqlo: The final +J collection up to 30% off.
Havaianas: Free shipping on all products.
Piperlime: 20% off site wide.
DANNIJO: 20% off site wide.
3.1 Phillip Lim: 40% off clothing, shoes, and selected accessories from the Fall 2011 collection.
Old Navy: Black Friday "Lucky-In-Line"– while you're waiting on line an Old Navy "host" will ask a combo of trivia questions, hold something up, and "dares". For example, "the first customer to hold up a tube of chapstick gets to pick out of the bag" or "first person to sing their favorite holiday song gets to pick a discount out of the bag." The loot bag will be full of coupons valid instantly in the following amounts: $1 off, $3 off, and $5 off. On top of that there will be deals throughout the store.
Intermix: 20% off when you buy two accessories, 25% off three accessories, and 30% off four or more accessories.
DL1961 Premium Denim: To fete their new blog, The Indigo Standard, the brand is offering 25% off their entire website. Enter INDIGO25 at checkout.
Hanky Panky: Thongs as low as $11.99, boyshorts and panties up to 50% off, camis and tops up to 50% off, and free shipping.
Henri Bendel: $25 off every $100 you spend in stores and a Bendel striped cosmetic bag when you spend $150 or more.
Alternative Apparel: 25% off all items from this casualwear brand and free shipping.
Topshop: Spend $100 and you'll get a bespoke bow headband, while supplies last and enter for a chance to win a $500 shopping spree and personal shopper appointment. Selected items are 30% off.
VS Pink: $25 crew neck hoodie.
Opening Ceremony: 20% off outerwear and shoes and 30% off select collections.
Judith Ripka: $100 off any silver purchase and $1000 off any gold purchase.
Marshalls: 60% off from 7 AM to 10 PM.
Tibi: Womenswear and shoes are up to 60% off through Monday and there's an extra 20% off already marked down styles from Friday to Sunday.
Theory: 30% off all Theory, including Theyskens' Theory.
Saks Fifth Avenue: 50% off all sale items before 12 PM; 30% off after.
Hayden-Harnett: 30% off on all purchases up to $500 and 40% off any purchase over $500 Thanksgiving day and 20% on all purchases up to $500 and 30% on all purchases over $500 on Black Friday.
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Morphos OOC, A Pokemon Roleplay (Currently suffering Character Overlaod)
Jan 2 2011, 03:36 PM
Post #1
Life tastes much better with a sprinkle of Awesomesauce on top
Group: Members
Posts: 479
Joined: 26-August 10
From: The Sea Temple
Member No.: 111 663
Team BlackWater
Scientists had been working tirelessly day and night trying to perfect the creation of life. Their top secret research lab located on an uncharted island has never come in contact with outsiders before. They had taken DNA of Pokémon and have been making attempts to clone them. Ever since Project: Mewtwo failed they had been trying to create a powerful Pokémon that will not become self aware, every try had ended in failure. Every time the clone lost its life due to unstable DNA, but then they started to test a new theory. They where combining Pokémon DNA with artificially made human DNA, the tests had given them signs that these PokeHuman experiments would survive and be stronger than any human or Pokémon in existence. The first attempt ended in the clone living for 3 minutes and then dying, but after more years of testing they had perfected the process. They created a whole army of PokeHumans, but soon the experiments realized that they were being mistreated and revolted against their creators. They destroyed the lab, every scientist in it, and took over the island. It has been 10 years since that day and the PokeHumans have been living on the island in peace.
This now beautiful island, which they have named Orion, PokeHumans and Pokemon live together in peace and harmony. There is one large mountain shaped like a crescent moon on the far north of the island named Mt. Midnight, a PokeHuman village is located at the base of the mountain. Gem River and Crystal Lake (located on the East side of the island) are made of water with pure minerals so the PokeHumans and Pokémon never get ill! The island is covered in one large forest except for the secret clearing (West on the island) located in the thickest part of the forest, which can only be accessed by PokeHumans and Pokémon, where another village is located. On the whole South side coast is Summer Beach where on the shore is another village and the most magnificent view on the whole island. They have been living in a land with no troubles, unaware of the dangers that approach.
Files of the project have been found and the police have been investigating why the scientists disappeared. So far they have found no clues due to the file being almost completely destroyed; somehow the press got word of the scientists disappearance and wrote about it in every newspaper! With normal humans beginning to get suspicious the police have declared to give a reward to anyone with information on this matter. The reward, $1,000,000! Now everyone is running around trying to get information, they have been setting out in boats searching for the island, digging through top secret (and nearly destroyed) files, and even shaking down other people for information! Only one of the scientists survived, but he has gone and joined Team Chaos telling them everything.......
Ok, this RP is going to take place on the Island of Orion and anywhere else in the world! (Including Unovia) All PokeHuman characters start off on Orion Island, while all Humans characters can start off in a city (EX: SunnyShore City) and if you really really want to be a Pokémon I'll allow it.
PokeHuman/Human/Pokemon?: (Which are you?)
[b]Pokémon:[/b] (For PokeHumans only, you can use this for Pokémon Trainers too)
[b]Moves:[/b] (For PokeHumans, and Pokémon)
This post has been edited by AquaPrincess: Jan 14 2011, 10:51 PM
Jan 2 2011, 03:57 PM
Post #2
Group: Members
Posts: 2 781
Joined: 31-March 08
From: Paradox Space
Member No.: 1 552
Sweet Nightmares
This somehow makes me want to join
Save me a spot, will you?
Also, question,
What would the limit for characters be?
[Tumblr]~♥~~♥~[God Complex]
Credits! (click to show)
Jan 2 2011, 04:22 PM
Post #3
C'mon, grab your friends!
Group: Members
Posts: 1 150
Joined: 23-June 10
From: The Land of Ooo
Member No.: 102 033
PANE: Roxxy Mauden
OHMAIGAWD WAFFLES!!!!!!! I'm in. Save me a spot please?
UserName: Roxxy
Name: Roxxy
Pokémon: Shiny Zangoose (full-on pokemon)
Gender: Female
Age: 17
Moves: Dig, Focus Blast, Shadow Claw, X-Scissor
Personality: When people describe Roxxy, they mostly say something like "a time bomb waiting to go off" or "a firecracker about to explode". They are actually pretty accurate descriptions of her. She loves to fight, and will never turn down an invitation to. She is not shy at all, boldly standing up to pokemon much larger than her and charming them with her silver tongue.
Description: Shiny Zangoose, but the marking over her eye makes an "X"
Other: Done!
This post has been edited by Roxxy the Zangoose: Jan 3 2011, 06:30 AM
Jan 2 2011, 05:10 PM
Post #4
Life tastes much better with a sprinkle of Awesomesauce on top
Group: Members
Posts: 479
Joined: 26-August 10
From: The Sea Temple
Member No.: 111 663
Team BlackWater
Ok I'll reserve you two!
I knew I forgot to add a rule! Anyway you can have as many characters as long as you can deal with them all
EDIT: Ok I added the rule
Here's My Character!
UserName: Aqua Princess
Name: Picha
Pokémon: She is a Pichu PokeHuman
Gender: Girl
Age: 6
Moves: Thunderbolt, Tackle, Sweet Kiss, Charm
Personality: She is shy and really quiet. Picha is extremely timid and is terrified of humans. She lives in the Forest Clearing Village and likes to take a hidden path down to Summer Beach and watch the sunset. She loves to eat sweet things, especially Pecha Berries. She lives by herself in her little wooden hut. Picha usually wanders the forest looking for pretty things. She has the eyes of a hawk, nothing really gets past her. Picha really only uses her moves if her life is threatend or if she's startled.
Other: She has a box in her house called her treasures box; it's where she puts all of her pretty treasures
This post has been edited by AquaPrincess: Jan 2 2011, 07:19 PM
Jan 2 2011, 05:20 PM
Post #5
Scolipede Rider
Group: Members
Posts: 1 493
Joined: 3-March 10
From: The Door
Member No.: 87 632
I'll join~
UserName: Xya
Name: Unknown
Pokémon: Shibirudon
Gender: Unknown
Age: Unknown
Moves: Crush Claw, Crunch, Wild Charge, Discharge
Personality: Cold and ruthless, ever since it's arrived it's been eating Pokemon with no end in sight. Reports say that it's completely mute and doesn't show any emotions, and when battling its focus is impenetrable. In truth it is very calculative when it comes to being extremely efficient in battling and anything else, and it's so powerful that no opponent has beaten it since it's arrived to the island. It'd be a miracle if somebody defeated it through strength, and nobody knows if it's even possible to break the creature's mind. However it doesn't eat too often, so it's more of a nuisance than a threat to the island, and it seems to prefer hunting in the dense forest at night, whereas its den is speculated to be in a mountain cavern in the north.
Description: N/A
Other: It arrived somewhat recently from the south, floating above the ocean waves as it arrived at the village at the Summer Beach, snatching up a couple of stray Pokemon as it ended its journey. It had quickly defeated a few PokeHumans that attacked it, and fled to the thick forest on the horizon as the reactions of the village to its presence annoyed it. Now it's only occasionally spotted in the darkness of the dense western forest while it hunts for prey when the sun was down. Even though it hasn't yet eaten a Pokehuman, it's definitely large enough to do so and might under appropriate circumstances.
Name: Nogi
Pokémon: Ditto
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Moves: Transform
Personality: If you could compare his personality to someone it would be Shikamaru from the Naruto Anime series. He has a high IQ despite his Pokemon counterpart, and is very calm-natured (and even a bit lazy), but not carefree. He has a tendency to whine when told to do something, and isn't very good at making friends, especially since he feels no need to do so. He never seems to get scared, but gets very serious and thoughtful in tough predicaments, and when he gets angry he merely becomes mildly irritated, very rarely snapping at somebody. He's not interested in girls, and does his best to ignore them when they approach him. If asked to do something, he does it with his very best ability, whether he whines about it or not, and he gets 'angry' if his sleep is disturbed. He has a tendency to sigh often, and only transforms when he needs to; he never wants to.
Description: Image. That, except with no glasses, no watch, no jacket pocket, and white shoes. Transformations are smooth, clean and silent. He's normally seen walking around with his hands behind his head, eyes half-closed and a random twig sticking out of his mouth. Sometimes he can be caught snoozing in a corner.
Other: He was the first successful Ditto creation, and one of the last to be created before the riot. He's blocked out all memories of that incident ten years ago. Ever since then, though, he's wandered the three villages, going in a cycle through them and just patrolling the island. He's never found a purpose for himself except keeping an eye on the happenings of the small world he lives in. He sleeps wherever he can, and nearly everybody knows him.
Name: Akor
Pokémon: Kuitaran
Gender: Female
Age: 21
Moves: Flamethrower, Slash, Odor Sleuth, Fire Punch
Personality: Calm and kind, she's generous with other people and soft-hearted. Despite her amazing strength, she's terrified of large Pokemon, and with panic gripping her she'll drop anything she's carrying and flee for her life, leaving anybody else behind. She's actually quite shy and nervous around people and Pokemon she hasn't met, hoping not to accidentally upset them with something she says or does. She prefers not to fight with others, and when the need arises she can easily overdo her attacks, as though somebody else was controlling her, until she stops attacking altogether and races to be sure the opponent is okay. She never claims promises she can't keep, and is always honest, being it pretty much impossible for her to lie. However she's very good at keeping secrets, but only if the person asks her not to tell about it, and nobody asks about it; otherwise if the subject comes up she may very well say it without knowing not to, and she'll be forced to tell a secret if directly asked about it. If it was an indirect question she still wouldn't tell, though.
Description: Her body is well-formed and has an average build, not too much or too little of anything. She has tanned skin and red hair with blonde streaks, it being the length of her back and straight, with a small flip of hair that falls over her amber eyes. Around her wrists are rock-like bangles attached to her skin, having holes which link to the inside of her bones, them being hollow and connected to an organ in her body that produces fire. Flames blaze from these holes when she battles an opponent, and the same organ also turns her breath to flame, though only when she battles. Rocky formations armor her shoulders and thighs, as well as parts of her back and the tops of her hip. Her breasts are also covered in the stone-like armor, as well as her ankles. The armor also formed on her knuckles, and her fingernail are long, yellow ivory claws that have the potential to kill. She wears loose, dull-orange pants that fall to the ground, and a loose gray jacket with nothing underneath, which she takes off during a battle. She prefers to go barefoot, and her armor is gray in color.
Other: She lives in the southern village with herself, owning a tavern for wanderers. Though she loves plantlife, she knew she couldn't live in the western village because if she had gotten attacked she'd probably burn the whole island down. One of Nogi's only friends, she keeps a special room open for him whenever he passes through. During the riot a decade ago she was helping to attack the scientists when she lost consciousness, and when she reawakened some people would stare at her with mixed emotions; some with ranging shades of terror, respect, awe, hatred, and/or even jealousy, others staring blankly as if they didn't know what to feel. Akor never wanted to know what happened, and never learned of it.
Name: Kergyr
Pokémon: Luxray
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Moves: Thunderpunch, Discharge, Roar, Night Slash
Personality: His appearance is highly intimidating, no thanks to his ability, and though he may seem quite antisocial, he's actually very loyal to whom he believes to be a good friend and lives off moral beliefs just like anybody else. Dislikes wandering around in daylight; he's a night prowler and sticks to the shadows, sleeping in well-hidden areas during the day.
Description: Image. Unlike in the picture, the mane extends to the shoulders and partly down the back. His all-black hindlegs are like a cat's, with large narrow paws and large tufts of fur on the ankles, like an Arcanine's. Long fur wraps around his wrist and his fingernails have been replaced by long golden claws. His fur is coarse where it is long, but soft where it is short. Long rough tongue, enlarged golden canines.
Other: He wasn't really what the scientists had anticipated when they entwined the DNA of a Luxray into his own, but it was certainly more. He was always brilliantly strong and bright for his age, and he would've been one of the most spectacular experiments the program had conjured. That is, until the revolt. Caught in the middle of war, he gave into his bottled up fury toward the scientists and ravaged the main building, killing more than most other PokeHumans. He even put himself in danger to save many of the attacking PokeHumans, and afterward became one of the legendary Saviors that were told in stories swapped between war heroes. However he disappeared after the battle had ended, not claiming the myths as his and becoming his own man, traveling the island at night to battle other formidable Pokemon and PokeHumans to become stronger. Occasionally he'll appear from the darkness to help someone in distress, only to disappear soon afterward. Not much is truly known about this mysterious morph.
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Jan 2 2011, 05:39 PM
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Life tastes much better with a sprinkle of Awesomesauce on top
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Thanks! I got it off of TinyPic.com
Did you kick on my Ditto transformation thing yet? I dare ya! >:D
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Jan 2 2011, 05:44 PM
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Scolipede Rider
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I did, and you better be cautious coming home from the beach at night. >=D
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Jan 2 2011, 06:06 PM
Post #8
Life tastes much better with a sprinkle of Awesomesauce on top
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Team BlackWater
Anyway lets wait for a few other people to join before we start RPing (and yes that means your accepted)
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Jan 2 2011, 06:40 PM
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She's sexy and I know it~
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Add fifth gen, please
UserName: Sackstuffing
Name: Unknown
Pokémon: If I can, Rayquaza. Didn't see anything against that in the rules.
Gender: Male
Age: ...
Moves: Hyper Beam, Weather Ball, Hone Claws, Echo Voice
Other: Unfinished
Oh well WAFFLES
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Jan 2 2011, 06:56 PM
Post #10
Ossum Possum.
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Lol where is 5th gen?
This does look kind of interesting Aqua, but what about making a character that is, say, a Poacher/Hunter? Hunting the PokeHumans for profit (Of course, not an actual Character)
Jan 2 2011, 07:02 PM
Post #11
Scolipede Rider
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I have completed another character profile. It's with my other one.
Jan 2 2011, 07:06 PM
Post #12
I think I just ate a chicken bone.
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HG Party
UserName: Painted Fox
Name: Nyara
Pokémon: Charizard PokeHuman
Gender: Female
Age: 12
Moves: Air Slash, Dragon Pulse, Earthquake(Tm move.), Flamethrower.
Personality: Nyara likes to fly, as in the air she can forget her troubles and worries. She was very shy when the PokeHumans rebelled against the scientists and now she barely makes a sound. She is actually very intelligent, and never jumps to conclusions. Being very quite she notices more things than others. If provoked, she will first try to think her way out of the problem, as she hates to fight, even when her life is on the line, which is never, but she still thinks that. Very naive to a fault, she still believes that humans are not truly, down, deep deep, deep in their hearts, evil. Not very good with others.
Description: Imagine that she has White pants on instead of tights.
Other: Has a special, secret roost on the side of Crescent Mountain.
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Jan 2 2011, 07:10 PM
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Electric Trainer
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Gijinka Academy
Username: Landinator
Screenname: Walreintusk
Name: Skyler
Pokemon: Shaymin Pokehuman
Gender: Male
Age: 16
Moves: Changes throughout roleplay
Personality: Always kind. Energetic, hyper, and fun while in Sky Form, but mellow, calm, and relaxed.
Description: http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f213/sas...kemon/492-1.jpg
Other: None for now
Think we should start now...
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Life tastes much better with a sprinkle of Awesomesauce on top
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Painted Fox accepted! And so are you WalreinTusk! Xya your second character is accepted too!
Exoro Poachers and Bounty Hunters are allowed
And yeah maybe we should start now
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Jan 2 2011, 07:42 PM
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Gym Leader
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Best Team
First of all: WAFFLES + Rofls = lolcakes with a side of BRB All in all, WAFFLES!!!!
Also, can the pokehumans evolve?
Username: rocrocks16
ScreenName: ArcaninePhoenix72
Name: Solas
Pokémon: Arcanine (Pokehuman)
Gender: Male
Age: 12
Moves: Extremespeed, Heat Wave, Flamethrower, and Fire Blast
Personality: Solas is very brave and competitive. If a battle or competition starts, he won't back down. He is also a very kind, caring Pokehuman. Since he does not hurt the innocent, he only eats berries. Solas is moderately high in status, and a fast runner.
Description: Has peach skin, spiky blond hair, and blue eyes. Wears an orange jacket that has the stripes a regular Arcanine bears. These stripes are also on his cheeks. At the sleeves of his jacket, there are puffs of fur, the same color as his hair. His pants are the same color and pattern as the shirt, except the tuffs of fur are larger, and an Arcanine tail is hanging out. his feet are bare, but when he starts running, his hands and feet become Arcanine paws.
Other: Solas is best friends with Surika, below.
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Best Team
UserName:rocrocks16, screen name is ArcaninePhoenix72
Pokémon: Celebi (Pokemon/ Pokehuman)
Age: 12
Moves: Leaf Blade, Energy Ball, Solarbeam, and Psychic
Personality: Mysterious, shy, but open and kind to her friends.
Description: as celebi, normal. As Pokehuman, has long green hair, and peachy- yellowish skin. She has Vivid blue eyes, and wears green eyeshadow. Surika wears a green dress that goes to her feet, which are bare. From the back of her dress are two Celebi wings, and coming from her forehead are Celebi antennae.
Other: Can turn from pokehuman to pokemon, due to a genetic mutation. If you don't approve of this, just keep as Pokehuman. friends with Solas.
Hope this isn't too late! Quote, "Waffles! Yum! Try some Zim!" Unquote, from imagination of Gir
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Jan 2 2011, 08:11 PM
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Giratina, Regigigas, and Hypno <3
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Pfftt, I love that waffles rule. XD
UserName: Shinzoku
Name: Ryell
PokeHuman/Human/Pokemon?: PokeHuman
Pokémon: Cacturne
Gender: Male
Age: 19
Moves: Pin Missile, Sucker Punch, Sandstorm, Cotton Spore
Personality: Ryell feels that he should be leader, or have a position of authority. He does not like to boss people around, but he wants his opinions heard, and won't hesitate to make them heard. In battle, he is relentless and will protect anyone whom he considers a friend. He is also a lot more caring than he looks and usually acts in public, with a kind and sarcastic side as long as nothing to serious is said. Younger PokeHumans seem to like him a lot, and he likes them.
Description: Long green hair falls to his mid back, and long bangs frame his pale face. He likes to wear (and usually does wear) a green hat like many Cacturnes he knows in the wild and wears a mask that goes up to his nose out of habit. His every day wear includes a padded green vest with diamonds, long pants almost too long for him, and a green belt with darker green spikes around it. His hands are covered in tiny, green spikes, and are covered to the elbow in green skin.
Other: Has a little 'brother'
Name: Lark
PokeHuman/Human/Pokemon?: PokeHuman
Pokémon: Cacnea
Gender: Male
Age: 11
Moves: Tackle and Pin Missile
Personality: Lark comes off as quiet and shy as he prefers to make friends in the evening or night. He clings to his older 'brother' Ryell as if the man were the only thing keeping him alive. When he gets away for a while, he's a loud mouth and always excited. It takes many people to convince him if something is serious or not, because to Lark everything is a game; battles, playing, meetings, all of it in his mind is something to laugh at and enjoy, though he does not say that when older PokeHumans are around.
Description: Lark is rather short. He has shaggy green hair and always wears a golden-painted crown Ryell gave him. His button-up shirt is long, down to his knees, green, is covered in tiny green spikes. He wear shorts down to the middle of his shins, and dark green boots hide any remaining skin. Like many Cacnea/Cacturne PokeHumans, the skin on his hands to his elbows are completely green, with tiny green spikes.
Other: Ryell's 'younger' brother.
Name: Polo
PokeHuman/Human/Pokemon?: PokeHuman
Pokémon: Regirock
Age: 19
Moves: Hammer Arm, Zap Cannon, Protect, Hyper Beam
Personality: Polo is completely mental. He easily gets upset or goes insane and flattens anything around him. It's very rare to see him calm, as he always seems very jumpy and terrified. He does not know which side to be on, so he generally runs and hides if any battles are started. It can be very easy or very hard to trick him, as he is quick to trust though can quick to hate.
Description: Eyes are bright and golden-orange in color. Bright ginger hair falls down to his shoulders in the back and gradually gets shorter as it gets to the front. It is very choppy and uneven. His shoulders are padded with thick, jagged, and orange pieces and all across his dark body are pebbles of light tan. He wears sandals and clothes that one would generally see in Egypt with the cool hat and long, tan cloak. Red patches are stitched into the clothes.
Other: He went insane while he was at the lab at the age of 9. When he finally broke out, he disappeared into the mountains and occasionally loud crashes can be heard if you are nearby.
Name: Jerry
PokeHuman/Human/Pokemon?: PokeHuman
Pokémon: Whismur
Gender: Male
Age: 15
Moves: Protect, Rest, Sleep Talk, Hyper Voice
Personality: Jerry is shy but isn't one of those people to shut out the world if someone talks to him. He is almost always used by other people and forced to sing with them, as he has a very pretty singing voice, but he does not like to sing around other people. More often than not, he is seen tapping the tips of his fingers together and looking at the ground, and is very nervous of people finding out he is a Whismur; he should have evolved from his first stage by now, and finds it odd that he hasn't. Right now he is trying very hard to become friends with others, and has quite a few in the village he lives in already.
Description: Oddly, he is tall and darker skinned and generally looks like he'd be a fun person to talk to. His eyes, usually closed, are black and he is able to see where he is going (Brock, anyone? XD). His hair is, puprle, very short in the back and as it gets to the front, it gets longer and longer, his bangs reaching just above his bellybutton. At the tips of his bangs it turns bright yellow. Over a long-sleeved purple shirt is a thin purple vest. His pants are also purple, as is his yellow-toed sneakers.
Other: Unlike a Jigglypuff, Jerry's voice can get extremelly high pitched and ear shattering if he screams or gets scared. The closer to evolution he gets, the more loud and ear shattering his voice gets. One of his friends, Lark, trains with him occassionally and so far, he is extremelly close to evolution. No one can figure out why he isn't evolved now, because his voice is louder than a terrified Larvitar's.
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Giratina, Regigigas, and Hypno <3
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Although there are other Gijinka RPs, this one seems interesting. Mm, waffles.
UserName: Mosica
Name: Myia
Pokémon: Bastiodon PokeHuman
Gender: Female
Age: 17
Moves: Ancientpower, Protect, Heavy Bomber, and Ironhead
Personality: Myia wont hesitate to fight, especially in these times when people are acknowledging the PokeHumans' existence. She keeps her cool, but on the occasion that she would get angered, she conceals it unless extremely angry. Myia likes to win her battles, or any challenge for that matter. However, she will admit her defeat. She also tends to keep to herself and out of others' business.
Description: Click here (But without the shield)
Other: Her home is in the village of Mt. Midnight, but she travels the island, taking refuge whenever needed.
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Farrar, Horner, Stevens, Armstrong highlight U.S. Olympic road team
USA Cycling announces the final selections for the men's and women's road teams for the London Games
USA Cycling today announced the men's and women's road teams for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Sprinter Tyler Farrar and veteran Chris Horner will lead the men's squad, while automatic qualifier Evelyn Stevens is among the women announced in the final roster.
"It feels fantastic to have been selected. I've been waiting for it a long time," Horner told VeloNews. "With my age, as you get older, you know you're running out of years, and you want to go. That feeling doesn't die down; if anything, it grows stronger and stronger. Here I am, 40 years old, going to my first Olympics."
Joining Farrar and Horner on the five-man men's roster are U.S. road champion Timmy Duggan, Tejay van Garderen and Giro d'Italia stage winner Taylor Phinney. The selection committee selected Phinney over national TT champion Dave Zabriskie as the sole representative for the U.S. in the time trial.
Stevens was the top automatic qualifier for London, by way of a second tiebreaker. Stevens won La Flèche Wallonne Femmes in April. When Shelley Olds equaled the feat and tied Stevens on World Cup points with a win at the Tour of Chongming Island, the two faced a UCI points run-off. Stevens earned the automatic nod by topping Olds in season-long UCI points.
Olds may be the women's team's top hope for a road race medal, however, and the selection committee named her as a discretionary team member. Also making the women's roster are defending time trial gold medalist Kristin Armstrong and former TT world champion Amber Neben, who will each compete in the time trial. Stevens, the current national TT champion, will not race the time trial in London.
Phinney, 21, wrote on Twitter Friday afternoon:
"Humbled to have been selected to represent the USA at the 2012 Olympic Games in the Road Race and Time Trial. What an honor! I can't wait!!!"
Speaking in a release on the overall U.S. team selection for road, mountain and track, USA Cycling vice president of athletics, Jim Miller said the selection committee chose a balance of youth and veteran leadership for the Games.
"We have a strong team going to London with a solid combination of experience, leadership and young talented athletes who are all capable of standout performances," said Miller. "Each member of the team is deserving, we're proud to welcome them as a part of Team USA and look forward to a promising Olympic Games."
2012 U.S. Olympic Team Nominations
Men's Road
Timmy Duggan (Boulder, Colo./Liquigas-Cannondale)
Tyler Farrar (Wentachee, Wash./Garmin-Barracuda)
Chris Horner (Bend, Ore./RadioShack-Nissan)
**Taylor Phinney (Boulder, Colo./BMC Racing)
Tejay van Garderen (Tacoma, Wash./BMC Racing)
Women's Road
**Kristin Armstrong (Boise, Idaho/Exergy Twenty12)
**Amber Neben (Irvine, Calif./Specialized-lululemon)
Shelley Olds (Gilroy, Calif./AA Drink-Leontien.nl)
*Evelyn Stevens (Acton, Mass./Specialized-lululemon)
Dotsie Bausch (Irvine, Calif./OUCH Pro Cycling) – Women's team pursuit
*Sarah Hammer (Temecula, Calif./OUCH Pro Cycling) – Women's omnium & team pursuit
Bobby Lea (Topton, Pa./Pure Energy Cycling-ProAirHFA) – Men's omnium
Jennie Reed (Seattle, Wash./OUCH Pro Cycling) – Women's team pursuit
Lauren Tamayo (Asheville, N.C./Exergy Twenty12) – Women's team pursuit
Jimmy Watkins (Bakersfield, Calif./Project London 2012) – Men's sprint
Men's BMX
*David Herman (Wheat Ridge, Colo./Free Agent-Rockstar)
Spot #2 Olympic Trials winner
Spot #3 discretionary nomination following Olympic Trials
Women's BMX
*Arielle Martin (Spanaway Wash./Intense BMX)
Spot #2 discretionary nomination following Olympic Trials
Men's Mountain Bike
Samuel Schultz (Missoula, Mont. /Subaru-Trek)
Todd Wells (Durango, Colo./Specialized Racing)
Women's Mountain Bike
Lea Davison (Jericho, Vt. /Specialized Racing)
*Georgia Gould (Fort Collins, Colo. /Luna Pro Team)
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Arctic Fox Vest
- one skein Blue Sky Bulky
- US size 15 double-pointed needles
- yarn needle
2 stitches =1 inch in garter stitch
CO 16 stitches.
Knit 11 rows, slipping the first stitch of each row to create a clean edge stitch.
Row 12: K4, yo, K2tog, K4, K2tog, yo, K4.
Knit 6 more rows as before.
Bind off very loosely. Weave in ends
CO 2 stitches.
Make i-cord until it is about 15 inches long. Bind off loosely and weave in both ends.
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A top 10 list for local Hurricane Harvey recovery.
City, county must speak with a unified voice about hurricane recovery.
The floodwaters had barely receded and our jean cuffs were still damp as national attention shifted to Hurricane Irma in Florida and Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. Now New Orleans is on alert as Tropical Storm Nate approaches the Gulf Coast.
And yet, as everyone trying to rebuild lives in the wake of Hurricane Harvey knows, our work here in the Houston area has barely begun.
Federal and state governments have important roles to play in the recovery effort. We have previously outlined post-storm agendas for national politicians and elected leaders in Austin. But in the end, city and county officials bear the ultimate responsibility.
Houston is a city renowned for leaping to challenges, to meeting the future on its own terms and to getting hard jobs done right. Here are a few of the tasks at hand.
1. Build local unity
Houston and Harris County must share a single vision and speak in a unified voice about flood prevention needs. State and federal leaders will soon start writing major recovery bills, and we will be able to draw down more if we're all pulling in the same direction.
"This is a negotiation," former Shell CEO Marvin Odum, whom Mayor Sylvester Turner picked to lead recovery efforts, told the editorial board. Negotiations don't work if local officials contradict or undercut each other. Efforts should focus on the big three infrastructure projects - a third reservoir, bayou improvements and coastal storm surge protection. Consensus will also be needed on a new regional flood-control district and the future of the unincorporated county.
Collective buy-in will also make it easier to prevent partisan bickering and rebuff any reluctant developers and other interest groups that want to maintain a flood-prone status quo.
2. Establish new revenue sources
Harris County Judge Ed Emmett is the first to say he hates property taxes, but that's the lousy funding source our state government has given him. Our state leadership needs to cast aside its war on local control to help city and county governments find effective ways to pay for what they need in response to this disaster. Until then, the city and county should not be reluctant to raise revenue on their own. We may need higher property taxes to pay for county flood prevention work. We clearly need to abandon Houston's revenue cap. Whatever efforts local governments undertake to protect the public from future floods will cost money, and they will need new sources of cash.
3. Improve regulations
Building codes must reflect a new normal in which 500-year floods have become an annual menace. Higher foundations, pier and beam construction, stricter runoff mitigation and stringent inspections for roofs and windows all have to be part of this change. Bagby Street serves as an model of water-absorbent road construction that should be adopted across the region.
Both Emmett and Turner have spoken about the need for better rules, and they can back those words with action by ensuring that county and city buildings set an example for sustainable and resilient development, and this includes downtown courthouse facilities.
Local leaders must first follow their own regulations, too. Houston was caught spending developer fees intended for new green space on park amenities in 2013. Harris County is guilty of a similar sin with funds intended for water detention, Jim Blackburn, co-director of the SSPEED Center at Rice University, told the editorial board.
4. Go after polluters and other bad actors
The Harris County district attorney and county attorney can help the rebuilding effort by targeting the companies and industrial sites responsible for the dangerous chemicals and waste that Harvey's floodwaters spread throughout our neighborhoods. Homeowners and other taxpayers shouldn't be stuck with the bill for cleaning up someone else's pollution.
Criminal and civil law enforcement also needs to protect people from being exploited in the midst of disaster, whether from deceitful repair companies, misleading charities or anyone hoping to take advantage of people in a moment of despair.
This includes scrutiny of politically connected contractors scheming to get rich off public rebuilding funds.
5. Equip and train the Houston Fire Department for flood rescues
Houston today suffers more major floods than major fires. But Hurricane Harvey once again exposed the shortcomings of the Houston Fire Department's preparations for citywide flooding. HFD's boat fleet hasn't expanded significantly since Hurricane Rita hit the Texas coast in 2005, even though the city's population has grown by more than 200,000 residents. It's abundantly clear the city doesn't have enough boats to deploy during floods and the fire department still has no swift-water rescue strike team. Houston fire chiefs have asked for more funding for flood training and equipment, but their requests have been rejected by elected leaders. HFD's shortcomings during floods doesn't start at neighborhood fire stations, it starts at City Hall. Mayor Turner and City Council's Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee must undertake a thorough review of what equipment and training our fire department needs to adequately respond to flooding events. Beyond that, we renew our call for a blue-ribbon commission to study how the myriad public safety services now provided by the HFD should be delivered in the 21st century.
6. Create a Lone Star Navy
When television coverage of the Tax Day flood showed children floating out of apartments in refrigerators, an armada of volunteers brought their boats to the rescue. Hurricane Harvey once again proved how private boat owners can save lives. Our neighbors in Louisiana who proudly called themselves the Cajun Navy not only came to our rescue in our hour of need, they also provided us with an outstanding example we should follow. Emergency management officials need to organize our own local navy, encouraging civilian boaters to register for disaster duty so that their rescue efforts can be deployed to maximum effect during floods.
7. Transform buyouts into green space
Buyouts will be inevitable for hundreds, if not thousands, of homes in flood zones. Golf courses will hopefully be repurposed for flood control. But what happens next remains uncertain. Local leaders need to start working on something resembling the Bayou Greenways 2020 plan to turn these areas into parks. Sustainable funding for upkeep will be key if we want these future green spaces to serve as public amenities rather than fenced-off mud holes. Buffalo Bayou Park remains a model for doing this right. Sprawling and inaccessible detention ponds - such as those at Loop 610 and Brays Bayou - should be avoided.
8. Implement better flood alert technology
In an era when drivers can monitor traffic jams on their smart phones, they also should have the ability to check whether flood prone roads and freeways are underwater. Houston TranStar maintains a network of television cameras the public can access via its website, which also provides some limited information on high water spots. But Harris County needs a network of cameras and other sensors focused on key streets and intersections with a history of flooding. Drivers should be able to log on and check flood conditions on roadways before they leave home and get trapped on deluged streets.
9. Ensure economic resilience at a personal level
Natural disasters like Harvey destroy more than homes and cars - they destroy families' economic stations. Local governments cannot be stingy with resources needed to keep people financially afloat. City Hall took the right step last week by allocating funding for affordable housing, but Houston has a poor track record of spending effectively. Now is the time to get it right.
Apartment prices are rising at a moment when renters can least afford it. The mayor should ask the governor to declare an emergency and allow temporary rent control.
The city and county should also serve as coordinators for local charity to ensure that the private sector doesn't overlook any opportunities to help or waste resources through duplication.
10. Build for Houston's economic future
We not only need to think big, we need to think big picture. After the Galveston hurricane of 1900, Houston city leaders immediately saw an economic opportunity and expedited the dredging of a ship channel. As a result, Houston boomed and Galveston withered. At a time when we're rebuilding in the wake of a disaster - and as new battery technology threatens to make gasoline-powered automobiles obsolete - we should also think about what industries our oil and gas based city must attract to ensure its economic strength in the 21st century.


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Qigong and Tai Chi Research
If you are interested in Taichi and Qigong and health care – you must look at the information below which leads you to a meta analysis of research undertaken by Roger Jahnke. Over 77 Randomised Controlled Trials ( the gold standard of research) between 1993 and 2007 are cited.
Exploring the Benefits of Mind Body Practice
The research on Mind-Body practice, the relaxation response, practical spiritual awareness, natural inner healing resources and energy based health and empowerment methods has been subjective for thousands of years – based in oral traditions and highly revered spiritual masters.
Now, in the Western world, through an alternative paradigm of scientific research, the incredible practices of Mind-Body refinement and energy (Qi, Prana) cultivation methods of Qigong, Tai Chi and Yoga are being explored in a more objective context. This is not so much an improvement over the ancient methods, however, it does leverage the application of Mind-Body Energetics Practice into our conventional health care, education and social service environments.
Qigong and Tai Chi, Yoga and numerous other energy based Mind-Body practices are now being revealed as major part of the solution to some of our most dangerous diseases – heart disease, diabetes and obesity, cancer, stroke, asthma and chronic lung disorders. The Institute of Integral Qigong and Tai Chi (IIQTC) is participating on the cutting edge of this research.
The IIQTC is involved in research collaboration with the University of Arizona, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of Arkansas, and University of California Santa Barbara. To review the IIQTC Director, Roger Jahnke OMD's NIH biography
To learn more, visit the following pages:
- A Comprehensive Review of Health Benefits of Qigong and Tai Chi
- Research examining psychological and physiological benefits of Qigong and Tai Chi is growing rapidly. The many practices described as Qigong or Tai Chi have similar theoretical roots, proposed mechanisms of action and expected benefits. Research trials and reviews, however, treat them as separate targets of examination. This review examines the evidence for achieving outcomes from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of both.
- Randomized Control Trials Testing the Benefits of Qigong and Tai Chi
- Table of Citations for Randomized Control Trials (RCT) for Qigong and Tai Chi Health Benefits
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Research Position of the Institute of Integral Qigong and Tai Chi
- The NIH office for Complementary and Integrative Medicine — NCCAM — has declared Qigong and Tai Chi as Mind-Body Medicine.
- National Council on Aging (NCOA), University of Illinois and IIQTC Research Collaboration
- This collaboration led to the National Expert Meeting on Qigong and Tai Chi.
- IIQTC Current Research Project
- Graduates of the IIQTC Teacher Training are participating in research on the effect of the practice of Qigong and Tai Chi on stress.
- Qigong and Tai Chi: Traditional Chinese Health Promotion Practices in the Prevention and Treatment of Chronic Disease
- Qigong research and Tai Chi research are typically viewed as separate. This seminal article demonstrates that the two bodies of research should be combined into one body of greater magnitude and significance. Download PDF.
- Amazing 21st Century Breakthrough
- Incredible research has now proven that Qigong and Tai Chi have powerful effects on gene expression, including the retardation of cell death.
- Table of Qigong and Tai Chi Literature Reviews Since 1992
- Table of Citations for Comprehensive Review of Randomized Control Trials (RCT) for Qigong and Tai Chi


text: Edward G. Muzio is President and CEO of Group Harmonics and a leader in the application of analytical models to enhance group effectiveness. He has started large organizations and small companies, led global initiatives in technology development and employee recruitment, and published papers ranging from manufacturing strategy to individual skills and productivity. As primary developer of his company's educational suite, he serves as advisor and educator to workers at all levels in companies worldwide.


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Daffy, Bugs, and Babs stopped by to pose after winning their game against the Monstars.
This picture makes me SO happy.
Hope to see you this weekend at Ottawa Comic Con 2019!! Come by booths 2606-2608 for free coffee samples and, if you're in costume, a photo-op with the Travelling TARDIS!


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GE reinvents itself as a software start-up6 min read . Updated: 01 Oct 2013, 03:19 PM IST
If IBM and its Indian rivals are only looking at each other as competition, they may have to look again
Bangalore: If the world's biggest software services firms, including International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) and its Indian rivals, are only looking at each other as competition, they may have to look again—and not because of a new start-up in Silicon Valley with a disruptive algorithm, but a customer they have worked with for decades.
General Electric Co. (GE), one of the oldest and among the largest customers for India's $108 billion information technology (IT) industry, is now selling next-generation software platforms for airlines and power firms in a shift that underscores how consumers of software are increasingly evolving into the IT world's biggest innovators.
And so, the next-generation software services firm is not taking shape inside labs of one of the IT world's biggest names, or in a garage in Silicon Valley, but inside a 121-year-old company that makes everything from aircraft engines to diesel locomotives.
By GE's logic, back office projects, software development and software maintenance work will still be carried out by Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS), IBM, Wipro Ltd and other such companies.
Its focus is on software built around its products that helps its customers create new revenue streams and also become more efficient. And key to this is Big Data and analytics, two of today's buzz words in the technology business. GE has around 250,000 turbines, locomotives, medical equipment and other machines installed globally, and generating terabytes of data that can be analyzed to offer niche services for improving efficiency and identifying the next big opportunities for customers.
Ruh is a relative newbie at GE; he moved from Cisco Systems Inc. in 2011. He wasn't convinced GE was the place for him till he met chairman and chief executive officer Jeff Immelt and learnt about the company's plans to combine its big industrial machines with data and connectivity.
"I remember sitting there and Jeff asking me at the end of the interview—are you going to take this up, I plan to invest $1 billion in four years? And that's what changed my mind," said Ruh.
Already, by combining the latest tech solutions such as big data with almost everything it sells, GE is offering dozens of software platforms to its customers across sectors. According to an article in Barron's magazine on 21 September, GE already earns $4 billion from selling software.
At the core of GE's initiative is a trend that has been manifesting itself across products from tablet computers to cameras to cars, even to turbines—using software to increase efficiency.
For instance, GE has around 12,000 gas turbines installed in the world and, just 1% fuel savings in these installations over 15 years can be a $66 billion opportunity, Ruh explained.
By December, GE would have launched some 30 such software platforms that offer services to customers across industries. Airlines can tap into the insights captured by hundreds of GE sensors and reduce fuel costs, plan their maintenance more efficiently, even manage the speed of their aircraft during trips depending upon topography and wind conditions.
Technology research firm Gartner Inc. describes GE's effort as a growing trend among so-called operational technology (OT) firms, a new breed of vendors from outside the software industry with deep expertise in how different sectors work.
"Large IT service vendors (for example, Accenture, Capgemini, IBM and TCS) mostly work on IT projects and support IT departments. Most OT service vendors are very specialized, and there are no large ones. They usually focus on specific industries and even specific process expertise, and they don't have deep or extensive IT strength. However, recently, we have seen some OT service vendors break the mold," said Randy Rhodes, an analyst with Gartner.
"IT providers such as TCS and Wipro have been hiring capabilities and are starting to do hybrid projects, but they lack OT experience. We expect to see more vendors emerging with OT and IT capabilities as the opportunities become larger and better defined," Rhodes added.
And for such firms, the benefits might not be restricted to revenue from software, as GE's experience shows.
"We recently became number one seller of wind turbines from being about No. 7 or 8 few years ago because, thanks to software, our wind turbines are intelligent system," Ruh said.
The plan, he added, is to do such things on the fly—literally.
On 9 October, Ruh and his team will launch a central Big Data platform for GE that will help its different business units develop intelligent software platforms in a matter of days. The inspiration came from studying how Google Inc. and Facebook use internal systems to generate new ideas and products.
"They (Google and Facebook) are our role models. They can create a new retail platform, other innovations on the fly," said Ruh. "So how can we do that in the industrial world?"
While GE will partner with specialized software vendors, even IT firms such as Accenture Plc. in some cases, it's a delicate balance to maintain.
"We have deep domain knowledge, and that is the most critical factor to be able to solve these problems, and that's why these IT vendors will not be able to solve them. They can give you technology, but actual service offerings, they cannot figure out," said Ruh.
Yet, that's what most want to, Indeed, all IT services firms claim their objective is to build deep industry expertise and shift to a revenue model where payments are linked to business outcomes.
"We make our money selling outcomes; they make money by selling technology. We are not an IT company, we are an OT company," said Ruh.
GE's partners include Amazon for cloud infrastructure, Pivotal (a spin-off from EMC Corp. and VMware Inc. in which GE recently invested $105 million) for Hadoop-based cloud abstraction and brokering, and Accenture for industry-specific analytic solution delivery, according to Gartner.
Another important addition to GE's newfound passion for software is Francisco D'Souza, the CEO of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. who joined the board earlier this year.
For software outsourcing vendors working with GE for years, this shift also means a lost opportunity.
"It's a lost opportunity for services firms, not so much for enterprise software makers like Oracle or SAP. We should have taken a lead in partnering with GE in some of these innovations," said an executive at a large Indian company that counts GE among its top customers.
For GE, this shift to the industrial Internet, where billions of machines are connected, and are sharing inputs to enable an intelligent global exchange, is a result of the pressure coming from some software vendors.
"Responding to competitive pressure from other global automation software vendors, GE plans to digitalize real-time data streams from GE machines into new offerings by enabling cloud-based predictive analytics and linking its ecosystem of service partners," Gartner analysts Rita L. Sallam, Lisa Kart and Randy Rhodes said in a June report.
"As machine-generated data increases, GE intends to advance its manufacturing and services leadership into software leadership by creating a platform that bridges operational technology sensor data with equipment service history, inspection details and other unstructured data for actionable insights," the analysts said.
What has positioned GE to leverage the software opportunity is the amount of data captured through its machines and sensors.
"If we collect full flight data on GE engines whole day for one plane, it will be a terabyte of data. If we really collect all engine data it will be petabytes of data. That data is the capability to allow newer innovations in efficiency, forecasting. For us, this is the cornerstone," said Ruh. "The value is not in data but in analytics."
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Series 1 of Humans wasn't short on scene-stealing performances, but we were routinely heartbroken by Will Tudor's sensitive turn as George's (William Hurt) outdated synth Odi, offering apricot jam and memories of happier times. The first series finale seemed to suggest that we wouldn't see the character again, but he's back.
While he can't tell us much about the circumstances of Odi's return, Tudor teases that George's absence will be felt. "What's great about this series, and what it very subtly goes into, is this idea of how you treat a being that looks human but isn't, and at what stage do they become just a machine? And at what stage do people start to treat them almost like humans?"
When it came to getting back into the synth mindset and physicality, Tudor tells us that it was not a difficult process at all. "I'll tell you why: because I've missed it so much that I've gone back into it on various occasions!" he laughs. "What's great about the work that we do with Dan O'Neill, our movement director, is that it's very powerful and so unique, and I think that makes it very easy to keep the ideas in your head. The way synths approach the world is so different that it really stays in your memory and can't be erased. I'll be a synth until I die!"
While he can't tell us much about Odi's storyline, he does say that he's hoping for one of his trademarks to make a comeback. "Maybe he'll move on to different types of jam; different condiments!" he laughs. "What I like about the character is that he latches onto things. If he were to broaden his horizons too much it would be sensory overload, and so he comes back to the same things again and again. I hope we see lots of apricot jam!"
Humans: Series 2 will air on Channel 4 from 30 October 2016. Read our set visit feature in issue 125 of SciFiNow, on sale now.


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Another WordPress Update
I finally took some time to update to WP 2.2.2. Naturally, this update broke Democracy again, so I have to go through my mini-hack that lets it work with WP-Cache and figure out what changed from the original 2.0 to 2.2.2. I also have to go through my plugins to figure out what else I broke. I'm starting to feel nostalgic for Drupal's file structure. More on that later.
Dammit, Debian
It's been 20 days since Wordpress entered unstable. Why the freeze? I thought we had something special. Coffee?
Actually, I'm still waiting for Wordpress 2.1 to enter Debian testing, so I can try it out on Hackwater.net before I go and frag Hackwater.com. Uh, I mean, deploy it on Hackwater.com. But I'm getting antsy. I want to play with the new toy, just like everyone else. I could just install from source, but I like having the Debian-sanctioned packages.
Hackwater.net begins to stir from its long slumber
Wordpress 2.1 came out a couple of weeks ago, so I'll be installing that here soon. I just have to get my plugins and other custom crap out of the way so that I can put it back after installation.
Pythonic, but not prophetic
I was asked to present sample Python code recently. I figured since it was close to hand, digitally speaking, I might as well put it here as part of my code samples. The code below stems from my attempts to keep my dynamic IP address updated with my DNS provider (Zoneedit, if you're keeping score). That can be tricky sometimes; I've had instances when the Zoneedit DNS servers seem completely unresponsive, so no matter how clever the script, it can't really update anything. This is fairly rare, but extremely frustrating when it occurs.
Three Successes
A List Apart came through for me again, helping me build a two-column ordered list for my resume. Getting it to work in IE was much more difficult, requiring the use of one CSS hack and one clever (if I say so myself) relative position CSS property that allowed me to use relative widths for the two list columns. Testing the code in IE brought a slight rendering problem to my attention: the title widget and white background were not loading correctly in IE, but only for pages, not posts.
Addendum to dynamic plugins
I ran my page through the W3C's validator and discovered that it was not XHTML 1.0 strict. It had several errors, and tracking these down led me to discover that my hack to get Democracy to play nicely with WP-Cache still had a bug: I was getting a MySQL error in the code for the poll form, where the form action would appear. This didn't interfere with the page rendering (as far as I can tell), so it was invisible until I looked at the source or, better yet, had a validator do it.
Dynamic Plugins and Caching
How I got the Democracy poll plugin to work with WP-Cache
WP-Cache is a useful plugin. Although I've never been Slashdotted, other people who have and are using Wordpress swear by it. It does have a minor flaw. I have a poll plugin, Democracy, that is obviously supposed to be dynamic. It's rather lame to go to a page, vote on a poll, and not see any results because the page is cached. It turns out that WP-Cache has a mechanism for getting around this, allowing dynamic plugins on static cached pages.
Comment me this, Batman
I've been thinking about comments. Specifically as they pertain to posts, in threaded vs. flat format. The advantages as I see them:
- Threaded allows a person to reply directly and obviously to a specific comment in a post. Comments are children not just of the parent post, but also of parent comments.
- Flat comments allow a person to see comments in a timeline. Comments are children only of the main post.
The disadvantages:
Single blue router seeks external access; no smokers
It occurs to me that I don't know enough about routers and the web servers that love them. One of the minor annoyances I have with Wordpress is that I can't view the site as if I were accessing from outside of my LAN when I'm on my LAN. Wordpress uses PHP to fill out the paths for its various components (i.e. theme files, specifically stylesheets, functions, etc.).
Crossing things off
I've eliminated most of the things in my TODO list from November (yikes, that took a while). Things that are left: books page, music page, other interests page. Perhaps my song and poetry parody page. And naturally, technical issues like getting my header to work cross-platform. With my newly created TODO category, I shouldn't have to resort to kludges to remember what I still have to do. I just need to find all my posts on the subject. Why didn't I think of this earlier?!


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This is just moving forward from this facebook note: to the slut walkers. and to that lovely girl in my office with creamy legs.
In this increasingly amoral society I find it refreshing lo watch young, virile, sexually careless men (totally ripped on cheap wine and brewskies)pass up the party sluts to concentrate on more productive activities such as praying to the Porcelain God.
You know what party sluts I am speaking of: high school girls between the ages of 16 and 19 that look more like they're 23 to 25. They pretend to get drunk on a potent kool-aid trying someone is attempting to pass for wine cooler, then let themselves be fondled and violated ten different ways by male contemporaries they have never met before, nor shall they ever see again.
And boy, do they dress the part! They stuff their firm little hour-glass shapes into dresses so tight that if ink were lo be injected into their skin, it would probably look less binding. If that isn't enough, most of them seem to possess bra sizes large enough to fumigate an apartment complex, but since they don't really wear bras in the first place (too inaccessible in heated moments) they choose to "cover up" (ha!) with what looks like a strap of fringe held up by a glue stick.
It profoundly disturbs me that people that were given the same education by the same teachers in the same school I attended can be so ignorant. I do not wish to come off as high and mighty, bul the empty, incessant chatter I once thought to be induced by two sips of a bacardi seemed to continue even after the effects of alcohol not even equivalent to two capfuls of Bartles & Jaymes wore off.
Their mental capacity only seems to sustain thc likes of mall cruising, flirting with guys, giving hickies that bear a strong likeness to the shape of the state of Madhya Pradesh, shopping for new slutly clothes, and studying up on barracuda techniques.
Overall, the evolution (or, rather devolution) of party sluts which started as a mere petting session with drunken teenage boys has developed into serious breeding grounds for sexually transmitted diseases. The only step left for these giris is to start charging fees. However, being in the world that we are, they'll probably strap credit card machines lo their hip. Hey guys, don't forget your ATM card next time you go partying.


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Stuhr Museum and the Grand Island Fire Department are working together on two projects aimed at preserving Hall County's firefighter history.
Over the next few months, Stuhr will be sharing relevant photos from its massive collection with the GIFD for use on social media. These photos, which begin in the 1890s and go up through the 1930s, show a rich history of protecting the public and vividly show how methods, equipment and safety have changed in the past hundred years or so. These photos will be posted at facebook.com/GI.FireDepartment.
In addition, GIFD will be working in the future to make their history more accessible to the public in a variety of ways. Stuhr will be helping with those efforts through expertise and materials.
For more information on this project, contact Jared Stockwell at the Grand Island Fire Department at (308) 385-5300 or Stuhr Museum at (308) 385-5316 or at www.stuhrmuseum.org.


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Ricardo Martinelli Linares. Firstborn of former President Ricardo Martinelli Berrocal (2009-2014) and Marta Linares.
At the end of high school in 1997, he travels to the United States to study Business and administration at Georgetown University, Washington D.C. where he outstands from his classmates by graduating with the best grades of his generation in 2002. He decides to complement his studies traveling abroad to participate in a school exchange, specifically at the Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain. After some years working, Ricardo Martinelli Linares decides to return to the classrooms to start a master in political systems and economy in which he analyzed and compared the different systems found in Latin America. In 2005, he starts one of his last academic challenges, he decides to travel to London, specifically to London Business School to take an MBA or Master Business Administration.
He began his professional career in 2002 at CITIGROUP Global Corporate and Investment Bank, Panama where he worked as Assistant Manager. Some of his operations comprise team leadership, to improve rating models on emerging market debts, internal analysis of the industry and fulfilling the department goals.
In the summer of 2006, Ricardo Martinelli is given the opportunity to do an internship at Lehman Brothers in London, UK. In which he creates the model of valuation and coordination in the purchase of 400 million euros in oil and gas in the Benelux region for an industry company. By acquiring knowledge in oil-based assets, he creates a pitchbook for a renewable energy company with the goal of reaching a greater number of potential clients.
Later, in 2008, he began a practice in corporate finance at Mckinsey & Company in London, where he developed and structured the financial model for the pricing of hospital services in London. He also held investigations and operations in the Hospital to identify cost savings in the provision of medical services.
Since 2006 until now, Ricardo Martinelli Linares has been directing different companies of the Martinelli Group, such as Ricamar S.A or Super99, Panama's most recognized food retailer where his participation has been vital for the development of commercial and financial strategies.
Ricardo Martinelli Linares also has some diplomatic experience, as he is the first honorary consul of Australia in Panama (2011-2015), representing the country in the G-20 and supporting the Australian citizens with their rights in Panamanian land.