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StarMenu: custom QML component plugin
This article introduces StarMenu, a QML pop up menu.
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The StarMenu is a QML contextual pop up menu that can be launched by clicking or tapping on a component like with MouseArea element. The StarMenu's menu items are defined using StarItems. This plugin was developed with Qt 4.7.4 and tested on linux, windows, Nokia N900, Nokia C7-00, Nokia N950 and Android Galaxy tab GT-7310 (with Necesistas ).
Note: The documentation to install and use the plugin is in the project wiki page.
StarMenu is hidden by default and opens in response to a user action. The purpose of StarMenu is to manage all StarItem childs. By default they are arrange in a circle shape and, in the center of it, it is painted a star polygon shape with as many spikes as the number of StarItems. It can be visible or not by setting the boolean starCenterVisible property. The circle shape amplitude is given by radiusH and radiusV properties.
Clicking on the center of the current menu, will close it and goes back to parent.
It's possible to click on the center of the first menu to close all.
visualParent property is used to bind the close menu action to a specified item, so, instead of clicking on center of StarMenu, it's possible to set visualParent to the main window and close menu everywhere on the screen.
When using visualParent, it come handy the color property to set a transparent color to the clickable area to close the menu. Changing StarItem visible property, makes all StarItems position recalculated with only visible items.
StarMenu {
id: starMenu
anchors.fill: parent
radius: 130
StarItem {
width: 64; height: 64
Image {
anchors.fill: parent
StarItem {
StarMenu {
It is possible to bind animations to StarItems. When a StarMenu is raised, the StarItems circle shape has the center located by the mouse click (or tap) position and their opacity, rotation, x, y property are set to 0. By doing this:
StarItem {
Behavior on x { NumberAnimation { duration: 1500; easing.type: Easing.OutBounce } }
Behavior on y { NumberAnimation { duration: 1500; easing.type: Easing.OutBounce } }
Behavior on opacity { NumberAnimation { duration: 2200; easing.type: Easing.OutBounce } }
StarItems are animated from center to their final position.
StarMenu has also a delayChangePos property. For example, when it is set to 100, the animation of the second StarItem is started after 100 ms, the third after 200 ms and so on. StarItem has also a delayChangePos property and if it is set, it take priority over the StarMenu delayChangePos property.
StarItems can also contain any other component instead Image component used in these examples:
StarItem {
width: 320; height: 240
scale: 0.3
zoomHoverValue: 1
Behavior on scale { NumberAnimation { duration: 500; easing.type: Easing.OutQuad } }
Column {
Button { text: "Hello Qt" }
Switch { }
RadioButton { }
StarItems can be arranged in a spiral shape, in a grid shape or in a line shape. StarMenu shape property could have the following values:
- StarMenu.ShapeCircle (default value)
- StarMenu.ShapeGrid
- StarMenu.ShapeSpiral
- StarMenu.ShapeLine
Rows in grid shape are arranged centered by the mouse click and are spaced by spacingH and spacingV properties with columns count defined by columns property. Spiral shape takes care of startingRadius value to start drawing StarItems and radiusIncrement property to shape the spiral. Line shape has a startingAngle, radiusIncrement and startingRadius properties.
StarMenu has the center where user clicks. This center can be defined everywhere in scene coordinates by setting center property.
Here some examples which you can find in the source code of starmenudemo in the project wiki page. There are also other useful links like Getting started, Overview and a developer documentation.
This is the example number 9 (Menu9.qml) in starmenudemo sources. It will explain how to make a drop down menu with StarMenu plugin.
Lets start with a Rectangle component with StarMenu as a child:
Rectagle {
id: mainButton
property int itemsW: 100
property int itemsH: 36
width: 150; height: 30
StarMenu {
anchors.fill: parent
starCenterVisible: false // don't display the star polygon
shape: StarMenu.ShapeLine // define the shape that entries will assume
visualParent: mainWindow // set the sensible area to the root scene item
color: Qt.rgba(0,0,0,0.6) // set the color of the sensible area
delayChangePos: 150 // entries are arranged with a delay
radiusIncrement: 0 // the entries are arranded with no offset
startingAngle: -90 // the line shape direction
startingRadius: 0 // offset of the 1st entry
center.x: mainButton.x+mainButton.itemsW/2
center.y: mainButton.y+mainButton.height+mainButton.itemsH/2
in this code we start to define itemsW and itemsH for the dimensions of the menu entries. StarMenu is anchored to mainButton, so when it is clicked, the menu will pop up. A plus to the comments in the above code, the center property needs an explaination. When StarMenu opens, all entries are placed where the user clicks. This behavior can be changed by setting a value to the center property. In this case, we want to rise the menu just under mainButton. Since this center is also the center of the 1st item, we calculate the x position to be aligned to the left of mainButton and y position to be at the bottom of mainbutton plus the mid height of 1st item.
Now lets start to add as many StarItems as you like:
StarItem {
id: firstItem
width: mainButton.itemsW; height: mainButton.itemsH
scale: 0.9
zoomHoverValue: 1
Behavior on x { NumberAnimation { easing.amplitude: 0.3; duration: 800; easing.type: Easing.OutBounce } }
Behavior on y { NumberAnimation { easing.amplitude: 0.3; duration: 800; easing.type: Easing.OutBounce } }
Behavior on opacity { NumberAnimation { duration: 1000 } }
Behavior on scale { NumberAnimation { duration: 200 } }
Rectangle {
anchors.fill: parent
border { color: "#000000"; width: 1 }
Text {
anchors.fill: parent
verticalAlignment: Text.AlignVCenter
horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignHCenter
text: "item 1"
As mentioned before, all menu entries are placed in center before the menu opens. So it's easy to animate the transition to the open state. Also opacity, rotation and {{Icode|scale} can be animated. In StarMenu component we set the delayChangePos to 150 (ms). If we want to override this value for a particular entry, we can just add to this StarItem its own delayChangePos property. Another nice feature of StarItems is the zoomHoveValue property. In this case, since there is the text that will be distorted with a scale > 1, we started with a scale of 0.9. When the mouse is hover the item, it will be scaled to 1 with an animation. The StarItem interaction with the user can be managed by these signals:
while for StarMenu are available these:
Now, lets say we want a sub menu when clicking an entry. Just add a StarMenu component as a child of this entry:
StarItem {
id: secondItem
Rectangle {
StarMenu {
anchors.fill: parent
starCenterVisible: false
shape: StarMenu.ShapeLine
visualParent: mainWindow
parentVisible: true
center.x: mainButton.x+mainButton.itemsW+mainButton.itemsW/2
center.y: secondItem.y+secondItem.height/2
StarItem { ...}
StarItem { ...}
StarItem { ...}
The only thing we should take care for this example, is the center property like explained before. Another thing we should consider is the parentVisible property. By default when a sub menu is opened, his parent is hidden. With this property set to true, it will stay visible.
About the opening action event by user click, this can be overridden by setting open property of StarMenu to true. So i.e. when the application starts, the menu can be already opened without the user click:
Component.onCompleted: starMenu.open = true
This is the example number 6 (Menu6.qml) in starmenudemo sources source. It will explain how to create menu entries dynamically with StarMenu plugin.
We need at first a XmlListModel to get the feed from Flickr:
XmlListModel {
id: modelList
property string tags
function commasep(x)
return x.replace(' ',',');
query: "/rss/channel/item"
namespaceDeclarations: "declare namespace media=\"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/\";"
XmlRole { name: "url"; query: "media:content/@url/string()" }
onTagsChanged: {
if (tags !== "")
source = "http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/photos_public.gne?"+(tags ? "tags="+commasep(tags)+"&" : "")+"format=rss2"
onStatusChanged: {
if (status === XmlListModel.Ready && count>0) {
repeater.model = modelList;
Then a TextInput component to get the user search words to be used as a Flickr image search:
Rectangle {
id: rectangle1
x: 0; y: 0; width: 200; height: 40
TextInput {
id: textEdit
anchors.fill: parent
onAccepted: {
repeater.model = undefined;
modelList.tags = textEdit.text;
We can now use StarMenu with, as child, a Repeater. With the delegate a StarItem and the modelList as the model:
StarMenu {
id: starMenu
anchors.fill: parent
visible: open
visualParent: mainWindow
color: Qt.rgba(0,0,0, 0.8)
center.x: mainWindow.width>>1
center.y: mainWindow.height>>1
starCenterVisible: false
delayChangePos: 60
shape: StarMenu.ShapeGrid
columns: 8
spacingH: 10
spacingV: 25
Repeater {
id: repeater
delegate: StarItem {
width: 150; height: 200
Rectangle {
anchors.fill: parent
color: "#490202"
clip: true
Image {
anchors.top: parent.top
width: 150; height: 200
fillMode: Image.PreserveAspectFit
source: url
opacity: 0
onStatusChanged: if (status==Image.Ready) opacity = 1
Behavior on opacity { NumberAnimation { duration: 5000; easing.type: Easing.OutQuint } }
} // Repeater
When the user will press return key to accept, the model of repeater wil be reset and the {{Icode|modelList} will be retrieved from Flickr. If all is gone well and the modelList is filled, all the entries of this StarMenu will be filled with images and it will open itself (without user interaction).
This menu has a grid shape so the images are shown in a grid with 8 columns, spaced vertically by 25 pixels and horizontally by 10. The visualParent is the mainWindow. Doing so, a click outside the entries will close the menu.
With StarMenu way, it is easy for example, to add a menu for each image. Inserting a {{Icode|StarMenu} inside the {{Icode|delegate}, it will come handy to pop up a menu with entries like "download", "thumb up", "share" and so on. Maybe with a circle shape kind menu or a drop down menu like in the previous tutorial.
This is the example number 10 (Menu10.qml) in starmenudemo sources source. It will take an overview on how to create a simple dock menu with StarMenu plugin.
Lets start with the main qml file. Iside it put rectangle (button) where the menu will be binded to and the dock's background:
import QtQuick 1.1
import StarMenu 1.0
Rectangle {
id: main
width: 600
height: 400
Rectangle {
id: pressMe
width: 100
height: 50
Text {
anchors.fill: parent
text: "press me"
Rectangle {
id: mainRect
x: (main.width-width)>>1
y: main.height-height+radius
width: 380
height: 90
radius: 13
visible: menu10.menuOpen
gradient: Gradient {
GradientStop {
position: 0
color: Qt.rgba(.1,.1,.1, 0.2)
GradientStop {
position: 0.450
color: Qt.rgba(.3,.3,.3, 0.8)
GradientStop {
position: 0.500
color: Qt.rgba(.8,.8,.8, 0.8)
GradientStop {
position: 0.600
color: Qt.rgba(.5,.5,.5, 1)
main is the main view and the background is positioned at bottom center of the main view. It is visible only when the StarMenu with id menu10 is open. Now create StarMenu component:
StarMenu {
id: menu10
anchors.fill: parent
starCenterVisible: false
shape: StarMenu.ShapeLine
startingRadius: -mainRect.width/2+32
radiusIncrement: 10
startingAngle: 0
center.x: mainRect.x + (mainRect.width>>1)
center.y: mainRect.y + (mainRect.height>>1)-10
function setStartAnimPosition()
animate1.starty = si1.y;
onCenterChanged: if (open) setStartAnimPosition();
onOpenChanged: if (open) setStartAnimPosition();
StarItem {
id: si1; width: 64; height: 64
onHoverItem: animate1.start()
onLeaveItem: { animate1.complete(); animate1.stop(); si1.y=animate1.starty; }
Rectangle { anchors.fill: parent; color: "#ff0000" }
SequentialAnimation {
id: animate1
property real starty
loops: Animation.Infinite
running: false
NumberAnimation { target: si1; property: "y"; easing.type: Easing.OutSine; to: animate1.starty-20; duration: 250 }
NumberAnimation { target: si1; property: "y"; easing.type: Easing.InSine; to: animate1.starty; duration: 250 }
The StarMenu properties are defined to center the menu into the background rectangle. With startingRadius the line shape rotation origin is set to the center of the bounding rect of the menu. With radiusIncrement we defined the space between StarItems and with startingAngle the menu will be horizontal. When StarMenu is open or when the mainRect changes position (the main window resizes), the function setStartAnimPosition() is called to initialize the animation position. The StarItem will catch onHoverItem and onLeaveItem signals to start and stop bouncing animation. It this example the menu has only 1 item with its own bouncing animation. You can add as many StarItems as you like with their own animation and maybe use the Drop down menu example to add a pop up menu to the dock's items like in the starmenudemo app.
Below the home project link. You will find sources of the plugin and the demo in the wiki project and the git repo in the Source tab. There are aslo a deb package for Nokia N9/950 and a sis package for symbian Anna or Belle.
I will be glad if you find this component helpful and I will greatly appreciate any feedbacks or suggestions to improve it. Feel free to contact me or use the discussion page on the project wiki.

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Yes, probably so. We need to remember that not every job needs an 'outside the box' thinker. Some of us need 'robots' that follow instructions to the 'T' and perform a task repetitively all day long, every day. I don't need them trying to re-invent the wheel, I just want the dam wheel built the way I tell them.
"I'm in sales."So am I which is why I have been subjected to these type questions. Context is my difference with standard HR "DIH*" questions. If an HR department exists then it is a given that said department can not ask the questions as I suggest because they do not possess the industry specific information to ask those types of questions without suffering from DIH themselves. The easy answer for them is to ask how many gummybears would it take to fill an airplane. *Deer in headlight
Posted by: TscarboroughPhar, for a very narrow range of positions, I agree. For the other 99.5% I disagree.
The way I look at it, the manager responsible for the employee should handle the vetting, the interviews and the hiring. After that it is HR's job to maintain the employee until the controlling manager terminates the employee, and then it is HR's responsibility to handle the separation. HR should not be directly involved in hiring/firing decisions.
Posted by: Chicago Bob The several points I have made have not been addressed/responded too...wonder why?They're resume/credentials are all provable so capability is removed from the equation....unless you too lazy to pick up the phone
Bob - this is the second time in this thread I will say it: you nailed it--(so, I hope you are not accusing me of ignoring your responses). My overall point to this thread is that in this economy the vast majority of final candidates for a vacancy have superior technical skills to perform the required job tasks...the assessment of those technical skills is borderline irrelevant. We then need to find a meaningful way to differentiate between the equally technically competent finalist candidates to 1) select the best candidate for the organization, and 2) avoid lawsuits--(which is a significant management concern). Again, in my professional experience, that is exactly what these type of interview questions afford.
Mr. Phar Lap,Oh no...I was not referrring to you and while monitoring my new ignore-o-meter, it indicates that you,indeed, are correct sir.And I am merely TRYING to suggest that it would be more beneficial to take the prospect out for a drink instead of the techniques you suggest. Jus my opinion...(I got lot's of 'em)
I chose mine by where HE took me out for dinner and drinks...guess they do things differently now a days though...


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5 Best superhero game to datejayd9885 | 25/10/2011 | See all jayd9885's reviews (1)This is hands down the best superhero game that has been made to date, the freedom element works extremely well and the dark snowy setting looks visually fantastic.There is so much to do outside the campaign, there are quite a lot of side missions - some are only one mission long and others go on for longer. I dont want to give anything away but one mission has you simply fighting some waves of enemies and then another has you trying to locate a killer by tracking his phonecalls across the city.Then there is also all the riddler trophies and the riddles, there are hundreds of trophies set across the game and some can only be collected once you have the relevant gadgets like in Arkham Asylum.Another reviewer mentioned you have to play as Catwoman, this is true however her missions aren't very long and how long you spend playing as her outside these missions is entirely up to you.If you played Arkham Asylum you will find the controls and gadgets are pretty much the same but with a few small tweaks like the added ability to glide across the city.As for Batman not being able to swim - the guy has hundred of pounds (weight not money) attached to him in the form of his suit and all the equipment he carries on his tool belt - i would love to see anyone swim comfortably with all of that crap on them!I've spent a lot of time exploring Arkham City and doing side missions and have probably spent 2 hours on the campaign, so far i have not lost interest in this game in any shape or form. The campaign has some new characters thrown in and some appearances from those who were in Arkham Asylum.Do yourself a favour and buy this game now!
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4 Not a Batman fan? Buy it anyway!ThatMichaelKid | 27/10/2011 | See all ThatMichaelKid's reviews (1)Well, let me open this up with the these facts. I'm NOT a Batman fan, I (used to) think that he was the most irritating 'Super-hero' ever, never thought he was accounted as a Superhero because he didn't have powers, Hero maybe but not Super. I have the previous game, I haven't beaten it and I haven't played it for months, not that it isn't good it's just not great for me.EVERYTHING changed with this game. I brought the game on the 21st Oct (Release) and I beat it Wednesday 26th Oct, this is because it because addictive and I literally had to try beat it, I had it set on easy so I can challenge myself later on but nevertheless certain missions were hard to complete, challenging to say the least.This is one Batman game that you should definitely get, the story is amazing and definitely follows the previous game, Arkham Asylum which you should also play to get a feel for this game. The visuals of the game are just as good, if not greater, than the story, everything about it just so planned out, I absolutely loved each and every bit of the game, except one.Catwoman. Don't get me wrong, obviously it's a Batman game and it's not like they're going to make an individual game for certain characters (so I don't know what the review about it being a Batman game has to do with playing as other character or whatever), but I mainly brought the game for her. She's personally my favorite character, she has a good story line but literally 4 levels are hers, and that's not very many out of the how many levels you play as Batman, especially since you need a code to unlock Catwoman. I felt restricted by her movements when climbing walls and stuff, it wasn't as free as I've have liked which didn't give me the freedom I was expecting with her, I was expecting so much more. Hence why I gave it four stars (five if it was like this or if I only enjoyed Batman's area, just felt a little, not greatly, let down by this.)That is literally my only downfall to the game, not a lot of trouble with it just my personal opinion. However, that shouldn't stop you getting the game whether Catwoman, Robin or Batman is your favorite. The fighting is amazing also.I hope they put more into the next one, if they make one, and I hope more is put into Catwoman if she's included and playable!


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My Lady of Grace
Mar 1 '12, 4:54pm
Inn of the Wayward Soul - Pre-Game RP
Isaiah greets you as you enter.
Please seat yourself! First ales are on the house!
Life is full of treasures. Be sure to take the time to pick them up and look at them.
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Paranoid Angel
Mar 4 '12, 12:45am
Lamére was thrilled at the exclamation. She had yet to have any ale, her understanding of the drink made it into something she wasn't particularly interested in spending her hard earned gold on. Free though? Free she liked. She had already unwound her eidolon before entering, it's presence having a negative effect on people, so she dragged herself in by her arms and pulled herself up onto a chair, smiling prettily.
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Potato Cannoneer
Mar 7 '12, 6:27am
He exclaimed. His following laugh was loud and much like a loud bark.
"That's what I like to hear!"
It was easy to see Tanvas, with a grin on his face, was a human born for battle or for mercenary work. It was in the water, he laughed, smiled, and walked to the counter, headed there to collect the prize he had unknowingly earned. As he came to stand by the smooth wooden counter, dented by the strikes of many-a-flagon-smack, he turned about and leaned back against it trusting the inn-keep enough to turn his back to him. In exchange he got to peer about the busy room. Right away his eyes came across the strangest of being you could find in an inn: A mermaid. Now, Tanvas wasn't much of a thinking man but he knew enough to find this abnormal. The lady herself was a beauty, a wonder to behold. Her hair and eyes matching in their exotic coloring, skin clean as if coming from a bath. He, along with many others were captivated by her, though none dared to approach. But unlike the others, Tanvas had more curiosity than sense and more gall than guile.
Having received a his free ale, he took a swig and made his way over, pushing those who became obstacles calmly but forcibly out of his way to do so. He pulled a chair out and took a seat, not inquiring whether or not he was allowed. The chair creaked lightly as his weight rested upon it and he set his wooden flagon down on the table. He got comfortable and address the lady, either confidence or stark obviousness leaking into his voice.
"Not to alarm you or nothing but you seem to be far from the water's edge, miss. Not to say I ain't happy to see you here. You're better looking than most that I've had the fortune to meet... But I can't help wondering what a business a merfolk's got walking about up here.
" He paused a moment to look at her tail, returning his eyes back at her's, shooting a puzzled look.
"How'd you even walk here?"
His voice mirrored his look.
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Great Wyrm
Mar 7 '12, 6:40am
Soulan enters the establishment and is immediately taken aback by the barkeep's out burst, but graceously accepts his offer thinking it best to not appear an oddity so soon after his arrival. He takes an ale and looks for the closest available table, somewhere which offers a sufficient amount of shade from the lights. The birthmarks on his face, looking more akin to flesh colored tattoos than birthmarks, often attracted too much unwanted attention.
"Do you have anything prepared as a supper or perhaps a menu of some sort?..."
He offered no unnecessary information and did whatever he could to manage to ask his question using as few words as possible.
He seemed a bit unbalanced by the man who was more than extatic with the news about the ale as well as attempting to be more than friendly with the oddly propportioned woman...He called her a merfolk...Soulan had never met a mer-person before. And he wasn't immediately intended on doing so now. He simply wanted his meal and to be on his way as soon as he felt there was going to be any unwanted attention. Mostly looking for immediate signs of agression. He avoided any lingering glances at the two as he awaited his answer from the barkeep.
"I do not fear death...I was not alive for billions upon billions of years before I was born and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it."
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Paranoid Angel
Mar 7 '12, 12:33pm
As the man sat without invitation, Lamére slowly raised a delicately curving eyebrow. She wasn't used to people being so forward with her. As he spoke she was plainly amused however. "
Isn't it obvious?
" she asks with a playful smile, taking her first drink of ale. She visibly cringed as the thick drink slid down her throat, then looked pleasantly surprised as the warm feeling made it to her stomach. One sip and she was already flushed, "
I'm an explorer!
" she said a little louder than intended, a grin on her face. She took another drink, cringe-surprise-smile, "
As for how I got to my seat, I crawled of course.
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My Lady of Grace
Mar 7 '12, 2:27pm
Isaiah hands over a small piece of wood with a scroll nailed to it.
Special of the day is fish. More precisely, shark. There's also the stew and venison. Anything else, just ask.
He goes back to serving the incoming patrons.
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Potato Cannoneer
Mar 7 '12, 4:48pm
"Exploring, huh?"
Tanvas leaning back in his chair. To him it was a fine occupation, exploring, having done so himself while travelling the caravan roads. It also made sense that a mermaid would want to explore the land, most having not come out of the water due to obvious reasons... They didn't have legs. Most need legs to travel here. Still she was doing a fine job so far.
But putting that aside, she seemed new to things on land. The way see grimace upon taking to her drink was rather amusing to watch, but she remained confident enough to address him, a armed stranger. He liked her already, grinning in return. Or maybe that was the drinking jitters getting to her. He couldn't know... Tanvas had never drank with mermaid before. Sounded like a song though.
"Fine with me, it is. You're gonna be crawling alot if you want to explore everything, y'know. I wish you luck and all the strength in Golarion."
Tanvas raised his drink to her, and waited for a clash between them before taking a deep swig.
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The Cute One
Mar 7 '12, 5:09pm
The door opens to the Inn as a young, red-headed woman in leathers walks in, arms over her head in a stretch. The woman rolls her neck and pops her back, before she drops her arms and arches an eyebrow at the barkeep. "That's good marketing for ya'," she drawls lazily. Starting to head for what appears to be a comfortable seat, Sidryn pauses and blinks. "There.. is a mermaid in the bar," she drawls aloud. Then she blinks again before rolling her shoulders. "You don't see that everyday. I think I'll lake this place," she notes before continuing to a seat, waving her hand for a drink.
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Paranoid Angel
Mar 8 '12, 12:07am
Lamére raised her drink in a mirrored salute, knocking her mug against his before taking a quaff a tad too big. She spluttered and coughed for a moment, hand out to signal she was fine, then cleared her throat, flushed but smiling nonetheless. "
I appreciate the concern, but I get around just fine. I wish you luck and strength as well. Tell me, what is it you do, Mr....? I don't think I got you name,
" she realized after a moment, "
My name is Lamére Seapearl, and I think I'll have some of that shark.
" she nodded to Isaiah, rolling her wrist to indicate she wished an audience with him.
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Become the Master of Your Outcome
Mar 8 '12, 12:18am
A deft hand catches the door before it can close.
strides into the bar, all pomp and purpose. Head arched back, he saunters his way to the bar and slaps the counter upon hearing free ale.
"Aha! Yes! I shall take this ale with enthusiasm, good sir!"
His wide grin is feisty and young, brash and wild. As if this weren't enough, his armor and
are shiny and undented--this young man had never seen battle, or at the very least his equipment hadn't. A warrior... he had to be a novice at best, or anything but.
grabs a stool next to the bar, but does not sit. Instead he positions one leg, knee bent and stiff, on the stool's footrest, leaning into the pose. He swipes his flagon and swigs, spilling the dark liquid down his chin. He laughs and wipes his face with the back of his wrist, peering into the bar. Surely one of these souls is in need of a swordarm. Surely one has some deed they need done, with some coin to pay.
And you were slipping away.../
What do I say to you?/
What do I say to you?
And if I want you to stay?/
What do I say to you?/
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I had heard years ago that Brooke Sheilds had fired her mother as her manager and that her mom was the typical show biz mother... It was interesting to read Brooke's side of it and how she saw her mother.. They had a loving, yet very difficult relationship, mostly because of her mom's drinking.. I can relate to many of the conflicts she faced, as my mom is also very difficult.. Brooke's mother eventually developed dementia.. I can also relate to that, as both of my parents have different forms of the disease.. My heart broke for her in many parts of the book. It's well written and very well performed.. She sounds like your typical bossy only/oldest child at times, and I'm sure her mom probably very much resented a child telling her what to do.. and there's a little air of entitlement here and there that kind of turned me off... For that I took off one star, but overall, interesting story.
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The book is misleading.. I expected stories about near death experiences as seen by a physician, but this book is about Reggie Andersons personal life, from childhood to present, about falling in love with his now wife, about how his religious beliefs have helped him in every aspect of his life. It's basically a book on Christian belief. I tried to listen to it off and on for almost a year and finally gave up, as it does not have any content I expected from the title and description. Although Reggie seems like a very kind and nice man, and his story is written with humor and love, it just isn't about what I thought it was.. He's very clearly a man with strong Christian conviction, so if you enjoy reading about that, you'll enjoy his story.. If you are hoping to read about patients who had near death experiences or were healed after encounters with the hereafter, you just won't find that in this book. Disappointing...
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bionic wrote:either you're a genius or you will die resented by many, old and alone.
People , their bodies get old, scaredd, they get ill..sometimes really ill.
I am thinking that genuine LOVE an dohsycal attraction aret wo different things.
Also, the understanding of this has MUCH to do with SOUL growth, or lack there of, and maybe even going backwards. As I believe is possible in the labyrinth of the souls journey. ( it reminds of the souls battle between instant gratificatrion and geniune appreciation)
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1 May 2012
Why is the Taliban seen to be adopting more of a PR and social media approach?
Is it a surprise that the Taliban are embracing the world of social media to research, reach and promote to its audiences? Lets not fall into the false sense of security that social media wouldn't be attractive to a range of individuals and groups regardless of whether their motives are sinister or not. Lets also not get ahead of ourselves as we've discussed many times before social media isn't new and from our experience it's been present within digital environments for longer than many realise. It stands to reason that the Taliban has been using the Web and related technologies well before now, adapting as necessary and opening up to more platforms as they evolve.
A BBC article highlights how the Taliban is using Facebook, a Q&A section on its website and other platforms to interact with individuals in what appears to be a very considered public relations approach. That's right, you've read it correctly - the Taliban is embracing PR; no doubt taking a few leaves out the books of propaganda experts. There is a saying that is often used in the world of technology; "adapt or die" (which has a bitter taste given the subject matter and here) we're seeing an approach in how even the most extreme of examples can find a niche to reach its target audience.
The Q&A section on the Voice of Jihad website (the official site of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, the Taliban self-called name for its movement) is a relatively recent feature, with the BBC reporting it was added in February. The site affords the Taliban the platform to have conversations with its audiences, existing and potential (both local and further a field) and respond to questions across a variety of subject matter. The cynical minded could surmise that this could be an attempt to soften areas of comms to present different sides of that the website strives to achieve – creating entertaining stories from the world of media.
It has long been debated that future wars will be digital and virtual, and this certainly seems to be the reality that is being played out right now. If the article by The Guardian is an indication of what may transpire, cyber warfare will be high on the agenda of both sides (and many fractions in between).
In fact, on the other side of the fence Google is providing funding for two years for a new social network called, "Against Violent Extremism" The site aims to link up former terrorists and radicals as well as victims in an effort to combat extremism, and is thought it will have over a thousand individuals collaborating.
It will be interesting to see how developments unfold, indeed how audiences, governments, social networks and the web at large react in managing and being exposed to such sensitive communications. As the thirst for technology grows there aren't any other more effective ways in reaching mass populations than the web. What is more concerning for governments is this can be done anonymously, perfect for propaganda, especially when finding and shutting them down becomes a challenge in itself.
An awful lot of messaging and propaganda was done "under the radar" so to speak, not accessible to the masses before, even though the communities and digital environments have been in existence for decades. The hype around social media certainly draws attention to how different groups on either side may use social media to champion causes, acting a catalyst that makes them more visible. What remains to be seen is whether these communications become lost in the increase of noise that we're all exposed to, whether it's via social media channels or more traditional means and if they strike a cord.
For now, the world just became that little bit more complicated.
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