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All VR missions and charactersStart a new Missions file and enter UUDDLRLRBA as a name. |
Solidus strategyDuring the last fight with Solidus, before he sheds the tentacles from his suit, you can run off the side of the building and hang on the ledge. Solidus will come over and say "What are you doing?" and go for an overhead double sword strike. When he does this, press the button to climb back up and Solidus's attack will go through you, giving you a free shot at him. This can also be done to avoid his homing missiles, but you must climb back up at just the right time to avoid all four. |
More air and gripTo make your O2 or GRIP gauge decrease slower, make sure you have full health. Use Rations to restore your health if necessary. |
Easy Pull-upsInstead of doing half an hour of pull-ups, go to a place with two rails at the top and bottom, evenly lined up. After that, do the hang-drop-catch ten or twenty times to get a fast level 2 and 3 grip. |
Easter Island head on Plant chapterLook under one of the desks in the computer room on B1 of the Shell 1 Core. You will see an Easter Island head (Masi). |
WatchThe second time playing the game, Raiden will not only wear sunglasses but when you pull out the SOCOM or any other gun, he will be wearing a watch on his left hand in first person view. |
Coolant defenseWhen you are bombarded by guards, do not immediately shoot them. Take out the Coolant spray that Stillman gave you at the start of the game. Spray the Coolant at them and they will protect their faces. While they are doing that, use the opportunity to shoot the guards and run. |
SunglassesComplete the game two times and Snake and Raiden will be wearing sunglasses. |
Emma comments on Plant chapterWhile sniping the guards to get Emma across the oil fence, get Snake to snipe for you. Use the directional microphone to listen to Emma talk to herself. She says things about how she thinks Raiden is cute. |
Panicked guard
Boxes on Plant chapterIn the strut where the boxes are found, you can put on a box and go to the bottom. Once there, you climb on the box delivery port and wait for the conveyer belt to stop. Depending on what box you have on, the belt will take you to where those boxes are supposed to go. For example, the orange boxes will take to the cafeteria. |
Get Hideo Kojima's pictureDuring the Tanker chapter in Hold No. 2 where the Marines are located, take a picture of the right screen with the camera that Snake uses to photograph RAY. A face will flash on the screen when you take the picture. If you upload the photo for Otacon's viewing, he will be scared. The face is of Hideo Kojima, the creator of the Metal Gear series. |
Alternate ending sequenceComplete a Snake Tale to unlock the M9. Start game play and use M9 to stun the Bosses instead of killing them to view an alternate ending sequence. |
Thermal Goggles on Tanker chapterAfter you defeat Olga, walk up the stairs. You will see a ladder. Climb it and go all the way to find the Thermal Goggles. |
Choking enemiesA reliable and silent method for knocking out an enemy is to choke them until they lose consciousness. However, this technique has a very high chance of "accidental death" due to the enemy's neck breaking. It takes eleven chokes including the initial grab to eliminate the enemy. Therefore, choking the enemy around ten times will result in the enemy being "knocked out". |
Unlockable CharactersUnlock the following characters by performing the corresponding tasks:
Waking the President on Plant chapterDuring the Plant chapter in the Extreme and European Extreme modes, you have to wake up the President. To do this, toss a stun grenade at the wall directly in front of the elevator. When he wakes up, go to the wall and put your back against it. After that, find a location where there are no crates and keep knocking. When he gets there, run to the place where you have to shoot out the Nikita. That will distract him and move him from the electric box. |
Easy radio shots
Collecting dog tags
Sick guard on Plant chapter
Secret passage on Tanker chapterIn the Holds 2 room, go all the way to the left to find a hatch. Open it and climb down into a small area. Crouch and go through the vent on the ground. You will eventually see a gun clip fall through and a man will start talking. His shadow will be on the ground. Wait there until his shadow leaves, then move through the area. After getting past that, you will reach an opening and an intermission sequence will begin. After it ends, crawl through a vent on the right side of the small room. After crawling through, you will find a ladder. Climb up the ladder, and it will lead you to a small perch. Look down at the bottom of Metal Gear RAY, and you will see Ocelot standing there. He will then go away. You can repeat this and experiment with things to do with Ocelot. |
Angry characters on Tanker chapter
Automatic rationsWith a ration icon equipped, when your life reaches zero the ration will automatically restore part of your life so you do not have to. |
Get Hideo Kojima's dog tagWhile playing on extreme mode, when you meet Snake in Arsenal Gear Ascending Colon to get your things back, knock him out. Unequip your weapon, drag him, and he will drop Hideo Kojima's dog tag. |
Shaver on Plant chapterYou can get the shaver in the Plant chapter only under the incredibly difficulty setting. You will give it to Snake later, who will shave his beard near the end of the game. |
Kissing posterWhen playing as Raiden in the large shell, find the Shell One mess hall. Enter the men's restroom. There will be a girlie poster on door of the stall on the left. Get in that stall and close the door. Enter first person mode and zoom in on the poster. Raiden will make a kissing noise. |
Deactivating C4 bombsWhen deactivating the "Baby C4 bombs", the final one for the very easy and easy difficulty settings is under the submarine hanging from the ceiling in the bottom of Strut A Shell 1, where you started out as Raiden. The one on the hard difficulty settings always move around the room, usually in the caged area under the stairs or behind the computer controls. |
Guard with red eyesAny time you kill a guard and shoot his eyes, they normally will not get bloody. However, there is a guard in the Plant chapter where this does not happen. After you have defeated the Harrier you will proceed to a path on the side of one Shell. You will find a guard on the roof that urinates off of it. Use your silenced AK to shoot him down. This is very hard, but you can have a chance to shoot his head when he speaks about his urge to urinate. If you miss the first time, shoot the wall under him. He will walk to the noise, then return and start talking again, giving you another chance. When he falls, approach his corpse and shoot his eyes, which still will be open. They will have blood in them. |
Domino effect with guardsIn the holds, stand near any guard and do the punch, punch, kick combo. They will go flying, knocking down almost half of the guards. Also grab the guards by the projectors and hold them up. After that, do the combo for longer distance. |
Genola strategy on VR MissionsWhile playing the VR Missions as Metal Gear Solid 1 Snake, you will have to fight Genola. To defeat him, simply aim the Stinger Missile Launcher up and look for a lock-on square. Lock on to it and shoot a missile. When it hits, Mech Genola will appear and defeat Genloa. |
Costume and weapon bonusesComplete all of the Snake Tales twice and complete 100% of all VR missions. Then, complete the entire game under any difficulty setting. Start a new game with the save file that was completed. You should now have access to Snake's Tuxedo and Metal Gear Solid costumes in the items list. The M4 and AK7 rifle will also be placed somewhere within the Tanker. |
Vulcan Raven action figure on Tanker chapterWhen you enter the engine room, there is a small Vulcan Raven figure standing on the ground with a flashlight shining on it. If you shoot it, it will start shooting very small balls around and will repeatedly say "Raven!", or something similar. |
Gurlugon kills himself on Snake Tales (External Gazer)While playing through Raiden's variety VR missions and you reach Gurlugon, hide behind the tall box on the left closest to Gurlugon. When the box is destroyed, a magazine appears. Gurlugon will go crazy and ends up killing himself. This counts as a success in the VR mission. |
Knock out guard with cigaretteHave Snake or Raiden put a cigarette in his mouth, then hold up an enemy and move as close as possible to him. He will start to cough. After he coughs about four or five times, he will fall and become stunned. |
Metal Gear RAYS strategyUse the following strategy under the hard difficulty setting. During the first part, the organization of the machines allows you to win easier if it is done fast. Immediately hit the machine in the middle, then hit the machine in the right corner, followed by the one in the left corner -- always one leg and one head, so that it starts again. Do this three times and on the fourth quickly select which machine you want to fight and hit it. In the second part, run towards to avoid the machine's attack. Stay in the center to prevent being attacked by homing missiles and getting stomped. If you get in position and can hit it, attack fast but concentrate on the head. The position makes it more difficulty but you have two chances. When the machine near attacks quickly escape from it. If you stay exactly in the front the others, the machines will hardly attack. During the beam attack, quickly avoid it and use the Stinger. To detect the beam, note that the near machine will face your horizontal line and nod before attacking. At that moment, avoid. After the near machine is defeated the two others will usually start approaching you. Try guessing your next opponent and take his life down and hit the other consecutively. Note: If you get far from the machines and go back, the near machine will usually launch horizontal homing missiles. Watch what the near machine is doing or wait for its attack to become safe to quickly avoid it. Do not run forward until you are safe or the machine will get you. |
Digital camera
Snake laughing on Tanker chapterWhile going through the rooms with all the Marines, stop in the second room next to the projectors. Look on the left hand side of the table that they are on. You should find a button there. Face it, and press ACTION. It should switch the screens that the projector is on. Repeat this, and eventually something else will appear on the blank screen. Continue pressing the button until it cuts to a sequence where Snake keeps pressing it. Note: Eventually something will happen and you will be caught and fail. Also, pay attention to which screen the Marines are looking at for an added laugh. |
Avoiding detection
Wake up a guard in sneaking modeWhile Ninja Raiden is in sneaking mode, walk up to a knocked-out guard and enter first person view. Send a thrust (stab) into the enemy's head. This will wake him up. Kill the guard and hide his body so the other soldiers will not find it. |
Vamp strategies
Angry characters in Plant chapter
Rubber duckYou can find a rubber duck in the water floating in the basement of Shell 2 Core (under the hard difficulty setting). On the way to find Emma, at the second air pocket right before the hallway with two mines, there will be a small yellow rubber duck floating. |
Masked SnakeWhen Emma is crossing the oil fence, look with your PSG-1 sniper rifle. Snake will have a green mask on his face. |
Bonus items for dog tagsUnlock the following bonuses by collecting the corresponding percentage of total dog tags per chapter on any difficulty level:
Stealth apparatus: 76 dog tags (50%)
Stealth apparatus: 121 dog tags (50%) Orange wig (grip gauge will not diminish): 170 dog tags (70%) Blue wig (Oxygen gauge will not diminish): 218 dog tags (90%) |
Bird talk on Plant chapter
Metal Gear Solid 1 SnakeComplete 100% of the VR missions as Snake, Pliskin, Tuxedo Snake, Raiden, Ninja Raiden, and Raiden X. |
USP Suppresser on Tanker chapter
Thermal Goggles on Plant chapterWhen you are at the start with Raiden (and he is wearing scuba gear), dive into the water. The Thermal Goggles will be almost at the bottom, in the right corner. You will see a package in the water if you look carefully. |
Alerted poster girls on Tanker chapterWhile in the room with all the lockers, open one of them with a girl's picture on it. Go against the locker door. Go nearly inside the locker and knock on the girls leg. She will now have an exclamation point above her, and there will be a clearing or an alert mode in play; just quickly go into the locker and crouch. You can knock on her leg about six times in a row and the guards will be confused for awhile. |
Codec comments
Exploding posterWhen going through the engine room, you will eventually find yourself underneath a Russian guard that is standing on a ledge hanging above you. If you watch his pattern, you will notice that he is using binoculars to look at the wall. Look around the wall behind you. You will notice that he is looking at another one of the pictures of the Japanese girls. While he is looking at it, shoot it with any weapon (preferably the silenced USP if available). When you shoot it, it explodes. Note: Doing this sends you into alert mode; be prepared for the backups. |
Get taken away by Gurlugon on Snake Tales (External Gazer)On Raiden's seventh variety mission in VR mode, when fightingGurlugon, equip the enemy uniform and the AK and let Gurlugon attack you. He will stop the attack and fall in love with you. He picks you up and leaves with Raiden, and Raiden tries to get free. Note: This counts as a mission failure, but is funny to watch. |
Bird droppingsComplete the Tanker chapter with Snake, then get to the roof with Raiden. You will see a group of birds. Shoot one with the M9. The rest of the birds will fly around. If you see one go directly above your head, it should send some droppings on you. You have to be in first person view. The bird droppings will also come off the screen when you go back to third person view. |
Collecting claymore minesGet close to a claymore mines, then get into a prone position over them. The claymores will be placed into your inventory |
Fire extinguishersIf you shoot a fire extinguisher while close, your character will cough and you will lose health. |
Bug splatterIn the Shell 2, B1 after retrieving Emma, go to the elevator. Plant a C4 in the center of the bugs crawling around on the floor. Walk a short distance away and enter first person view. Detonate the C4. If done correctly, bugs should splatter all over Raiden's face. |
Hostage commentsIn B1 of the Shell 1 core, where all the hostages are located, you can get a good laugh by pointing the directional mic. at every hostage except for Ames and pressing Action. Some will be scared, some will get angry, others will simply turn their head away, and some may have something interesting to say. You eventually will find Jennifer, the secret service agent Snake rescued in the "A Wrongdoing" Snake Tale. It is recommend that you have stealth equipped while tying this, as the more racket you cause the more guards will be called in to patrol the area. |
Scared womanIn Shell 1 Core: Main Hall, go to the flag pole. Put the D Mic up and press ACTION near the woman. Raiden should ask her if she is Ames. Look at her and the floor near her to see that it starts turning yellow. |
Hidden Metal Gear and Z.O.E. games on VR MissionsWhile in Photography VR Mission Level 3 with Snake, where you are on level B2 Computer Room in the Shell 1 Core, go to where the node is found. Look on the left-side wall using first-person view. You should see a game called "Metal Gear: Ghost Babel" and another game called "Z.O.E.", which is also one of the boxes. |
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harpie commented on the diary post Omar Khadr Leaves Guantanamo, While Press Refuses to Report His Water Torture by Jeff Kaye.
Jeff, look at this:
US use of truth drug revealed; Sydney Morning Herald;10/1/12
The documents, which were standard operating procedures for nursing staff, were obtained by the independent US news outlet Truthout, and reveal that the rationale for the drug's use on all detainees was to prevent motion sickness.
harpie commented on the diary post Omar Khadr Leaves Guantanamo, While Press Refuses to Report His Water Torture by Jeff Kaye.
Not only "murder", but "murder in violation of the law of war" LINK
"Astoundingly, according to the Pentagon, a detainee may be convicted of murder in violation of the law of war even if they did not actually violate the law of war."-Lt. Col. David Frakt
How many soldiers have died in Iraq and Afghanistan? Omar Khadr [...]
harpie commented on the diary post Omar Khadr Leaves Guantanamo, While Press Refuses to Report His Water Torture by Jeff Kaye.
I really appreciate how you got the whole real story together in one place in this article…all of the often covered-up, ignored and mis-stated parts of the journey of Omar Khadr. I'm trying to be hopeful that things will be better for him now, but am afraid it won't. Thank you for all you do, [...]
harpie commented on the blog post Report on US Torture and Rendition to Libya Details New Waterboarding Claims
Dear Jeff, I add my voice to greeharper, wendydavis and others above. THANK YOU! I have taken quite a long break, but it feels as if I'm already sunk as deep as ever. [Among other things, page 7 of this report]
Following on to what greenharper says about lack of adjectives: I've spent the last dozen years ever more frequenly saying "We live in an inhumane society." Just this morning I decided that the final "e" in that adjective was no longer necessary.
But then sometimes I wonder why the word which means marked by compassion, sympathy, or consideration for humans or animals [humane] is related to the word "human" at all.
harpie commented on the blog post Report on US Torture and Rendition to Libya Details New Waterboarding Claims
[…] Libyans interviewed for this report were rendered back to Libya within about year of the date when Libya, the United States and the United Kingdom had formally mended their relations, seven within the five months. The mending of relations was very publically marked by a visit from British Prime Minister at the time, Tony Blair, to Libya on March 25, 2004.
Belhadj's transfer occurred just weeks before UK Prime Minister Tony Blair flew to Tripoli on March 25 for a very public rapprochement with Gaddafi. The same day, Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell announced it had signed a deal worth up to £550 million (approximately $1 billion US) for gas exploration rights off the Libyan coast. […] -
harpie commented on the blog post Unemployment is Killing People
It probably comes down to how one defines "finacial elite". Clearly, people in Geithner, Bernake and Greenspan's league [the policy makers] don't have to worry much about losing their jobs and not being able to find another one. [Even John Yoo got a pretty good job, after all.]
harpie commented on the diary post Rock n Rollers: Krugman and The Firebaggers by Presumptuous Insect.
omg, I really needed that, PI!
I have a funny feeling I'll be snorting at inappropriate moments all day now because of you. ;-)
harpie commented on the blog post BART Shutdown of Cell Phone Services Part of Wider Crackdown on Protest
o/t [from Glenn Greenwald's Twitter feed]:
Does Obama camp see upside in pissing off the left?; Greg Sargent; 8/17/11
The story exploding on the left right now is that the Obama campaign's state director in New Mexico sent out an email containing a blog post mocking Paul Krugman and the "firebagger liberal blogosphere"for criticizing the debt ceiling deal negotiated by the White House. Liberal bloggers are asking whether this is the latest sign that the Obama team sees percentage in dumping on the left — or "hippie punching," as the blogospheric parlance has it.
The Obama official, Ray Sandoval, circulated the email just after the debt ceiling deal passed Congress, hammering lefty critics for deriding the deal as a surrender. Sandoval's email included a blog post that derided Krugman as a "political rookie" and decried critics for "pure, fanatic, indomitable hysteria."
The term "firebagger" appears to be a reference to Firedoglake, whose bloggers frequently hammer the White House for giving too much ground to Republicans. [...]
harpie commented on the blog post Fmr. Classification Czar: Sanction Those Who Improperly Classify Information
The Constitution Project joined the ACLU in
Urging Congress to Rein in Excessive Government Secrecy [pdf]; 7/28/11On August 4, they wrote:
Department of Defense Proposed Rule, "Defense Federal Acquisition
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[Footnote 4 is a link to their 2009 Report on this topic.][...] The NPRM essentially constitutes an end run around the new controlled unclassified information registration process outlined in E.O. 13556, and contains objectionable provisions that treat unclassified information as if it were classified in direct contravention of the
presumption of openness established by E.O. 13556. Such a proposed rule is inconsistent with the Executive Order and should be abandoned. [...] -
harpie commented on the blog post The Week at The Dissenter — CIA Escapes Contempt Charges PLUS Water Torture Revelations
bmaz has a problem with my comment like this on an emptywheel thread, here. I responded immediately after.
It is likely that Dozier did not "manipulate" alone, so it's not fair for me to single her out.
harpie commented on the blog post The Week at The Dissenter — CIA Escapes Contempt Charges PLUS Water Torture Revelations
Well, today Dozier has a "scoop" about dead SEALs in Afghanistan.
Do we believe her?
harpie commented on the blog post Sunday Talking Heads: August 7, 2011
Well, transcribing that in itself was a mighty job [I know, I've done it] and I am very pleased that you had the foresight make it available.
harpie commented on the diary post The NYT Misrepresents China's Options and Accounting Identities by Dean Baker.
I left a comment for you here:
http://firedoglake.com/2011/08/07/sunday-talking-heads-august-7-2011/#comment-2408792That was a great job you did!
harpie commented on the diary post The NYT Misrepresents China's Options and Accounting Identities by Dean Baker.
Huntsman advisor: Romney must disclose his Chinese business ties; Josh Rogin; FP; 8/5/11
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harpie commented on the blog post The Week at The Dissenter — CIA Escapes Contempt Charges PLUS Water Torture Revelations
Andy Worthington covers Jeff's TruthOut article:
New Revelations About The Use of Water Torture at Guantánamo; 8/6/11
harpie commented on the blog post Sunday Talking Heads: August 7, 2011
[Sorry...don't know how else I might get in touch with selise...]
Selise's August 1st post about James Galbraith has been linked to by Yves Smith at Naked Capitalism:
James Galbraith on How Fraud and Bad Economic Thinking Got Us in This Mess; Yves Smith; Naked Capitalism; 8/7/11
harpie commented on the blog post The Week at The Dissenter — CIA Escapes Contempt Charges PLUS Water Torture Revelations
That's great about being on Savage's radar, Kevin! Congratulations!
Savage mentions Steven Aftergood's discussion about Brinkema's mention of "felony", but here is the link to the piece:
Is Unauthorized Receipt of Classified Information a Felony?; Steven Aftergood; Secrecy News; 8/4/11
Could the unauthorized receipt of classified information be a felony? Judge Leonie M. Brinkema made that startling claim in passing in a July 29 memorandum opinion (pdf) in the case of suspected leaker Jeffrey Sterling that was unsealed yesterday. But her statement is almost certainly a misunderstanding and a misrepresentation of the law. […]
harpie commented on the blog post Navy Veteran Who Became an FBI Informant Discusses Why He's Suing Rumsfeld for Torture (VIDEO)
[…] In Camp Cropper, he was subjected to "enhanced interrogation techniques" — torture — like food manipulation and walling. And, in his appearance on "Countdown," he suggests "there may have been other Americans being held at Camp Cropper." […]
Here's another case: an Army vet [John Doe] imprisoned at Camp Cropper:
U.S. citizen and Army vet claims U.S. tortured him in Iraq; Michael Doyle; McClatchy; 8/3/11
A U.S. citizen and Army veteran with a horrific tale of abuse in Iraq can keep pursuing his case against former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and others, a federal judge has ruled.
In a pointedly detailed 47-page opinion, U.S. District Judge James Gwinn declined the Justice Department's bid to dismiss the complaint filed by a man known only as John Doe. Though the facts have not been tried, the alleged abuses are serious enough to overcome Rumsfeld's invocation of qualified immunity. […]
harpie commented on the blog post Boycott of UK Torture Inquiry by Human Rights Groups is Official
New from Andy Worthington:
Britain's Secret Post-9/11 Torture Policy Revealed: Was Tony Blair's Government Guilty of "Developing Something Close to a Criminal Policy"?; Andy Worthington; 8/5/11 -
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October 30th, 2013 08:43 PM #6
@saracita00 - I feel like that would be a great solution! Just what would I use? I had planned to use Pearl or June in honor of my sister (June is her birth month), but I really don't like June or Pearl in any spot except for the very last possible spot, if that makes sense--I am really not too fond of Lilia June Amelie or Lilia Pearl Amelie (although I like Pearl more than June here). Lilia is already honoring my grandmother, but I don't honor my sister terribly much on my list, so I figured if I had the opportunity, I should take it. (Which brings up another idea--Lilia Rebecca? Lilia Rebecca Eve, maybe, or Lilia Rebecca Amelie, or Lilia Amelie Rebecca? For some reason I feel that Lilia Amelie Rebecca works better than Lilia Amelie June or Lilia Amelie Pearl? It sort of breaks up all the "ill" and "ee" sounds because of the harsher "bec" sound, maybe? Either way, this is giving me more options... (Lilia Amelie June, Lilia Amelie Pearl, Lilia Amelie Rebecca, Lilia Rebecca Eve...)
@ahtemom - thanks for the suggestion! I almost convinced myself that it could be a great option, and then I remember how much I hate Pearl up front.
I looked it up on forvo, and apparently in France, it's mostly said more like AH-mee-lee, as opposed to ah-MILL-ee? Does Lilia AH-mee-lee sound any better? At least, it's not sounding as bad to my own ears... Regardless, I'm still very much in love with Lilia Amelie.
Anyone else want to weigh in?Ashley
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October 30th, 2013 08:56 PM #8Senior Member
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I love it, it sounds almost musical! Beautiful combo. I really, really like it. Lots of great potential nicknames, too
Mama to Amelie Clara (2008) & Daisy Madeline (2013).
Alice Tallulah, Polly Matilda, Rosalie Faye, Lucy Annabel, Maya Lillian, Hazel Kate, Eva Blossom, Juliet Lila, Ivy Camille.
Charles Joshua "Charlie", Theodore Samuel "Teddy", Elliott Daniel, Noah Zachary, James Oscar, Arthur Philip, Rowan Isaac.
October 30th, 2013 08:58 PM #10
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October 30th, 2013 09:07 PM #12
Eileen. Which I rather hate, honestly. It's important for me to honor family, but I won't use a family name I hate, haha. I hear Eileen is a Scottish form of Helen, so I suppose any Helen(a) variant would work--Eleni is my favorite. And I have Eleni on my list for her, but I'm not sure I can imagine using Eleni as a middle. I suppose I could use Lilia Eleanor, but I have only heard it rumored Eleanor is a form of Helen?
And, hahaha, I think my sister would disown me if I used Reba in her honor! She absolutely hates it (I tried to nickname her that once--I thought it was rather cool).
I'm open to any ideas you have. Here's a link to my full list, so you can avoid names I've already used, if you wish. There are about half a dozen flower names I've been wanting to get on my list, but I don't know if I'd really like to use them with Lilia? Daisy and Zinnia are my favorites, lately. www.babynames.com/namelist/9683212 And meh, my Charlotte combo isn't exactly set, so feel free to suggest Olive or Jane variants, if you like. I've thought of Lilia Jane Amelie, but I'm not to sure about it... I like the other options more, honestly.
ETA: I rather like the idea of Lilia Ruby, in honor of my other sister (and grandmother)--who have Ruth in their names, but I'm not sure what I'd do for a second middle. Lilia Amelie Ruby sounds kind of stupid, and I don't like the alliteration of Ruby Rebecca/Rebecca Ruby.Ashley
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Ubon Ratchathani Flower Festival
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Address: Thung Kham Nam Saep Stadium, Warin Chamrap, Warin Chamrap, Ubon Ratcha Thani 34190 Thailand See map
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Ubon Ratchathani Flower Festival is held every February at Thung Kham Nam Saep Stadium, Amphoe Warin Chamrap. The festival features floral floats, decorative and flowering plant contests and a whole range of products for sale.
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To protect and enhance the environments of small islands , especially those in tropical areas, and to assist islanders in the pursuit of development options that preserve the special qualities of island life.
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I would encourage anyone living in the Eastern Caribbean islands who has any sort of environmental group to contact IRF and hook up with them. They have a lot of resources, including students doing doctorates looking to do their thesis on island projects. There is nothing like a keen student with a slew of University resources behind him running a field study and focussing attention on your part of the beach!
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Where are the protons and electrons in a Neutron Star?
What happens to the particles in a star when it collapses to form a neutron star. I have read that a thimble of matter from a neutron star can weigh thousands of tons. This fact is really hard to wrap your brain around. Does it mean that all the neutrons in the atoms are compressed together. If so what happens to the protons and electrons?
Neutron stars are a fascinating testbed for all sorts of extreme physics and studying the details of their interior is still an active area of research. The reason I mention that is simply to say that what happens to the protons and electrons is complicated. The short answer they turn into neutrons.
Here's the slightly longer answer. Neutrons in atomic nuclei are very stable, but free neutrons outside a nucleus will decay in a proton and electron (and technically a neutrino) in about 15 minutes through beta decay. In other words neutrons = electrons + protons. The reason normal matter isn't comprised entirely of neutrons is electron degeneracy pressure. If you've ever taken chemistry, you're familiar with the Pauli exclusion principle that dictates where an electron may be in the shell of an atom. The abbreviated version is two electrons can't occupy the same place, so they fill themselves up orderly in shells. If you try and squish matter really tightly, this in ability to be in the same place at the same time actually acts like a force holding the atoms together. This is called electron degeneracy pressure and is what supports a white dwarf together against gravity.
In a neutron star gravity has overcome electron degeneracy pressure allowing the protons and electrons to combine into neutrons. Now the force holding the star together against gravity is the neutron degeneracy pressure. Neutrons, like electrons, are fermions, and two neutrons may not be in the same state, and this neutron crowding provides a supportive force against the intense gravitational pressure. As I alluded to above the details are more complicated, but it's safe to stay we will likely never be able to simulate the states of matter in a neutron star on the Earth.
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One of the September's blogs here talked briefly about inventory turnover and turn rate. Turnover is the rate at which you sell the products in your inventory.
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Dūst Moḥammad (1826–39; 1843–63)
Advancing from Kashmir in 1818, Dūst Moḥammad, younger brother of Fatḥ Khan, took Peshawar and Kabul and drove Shah Maḥmūd and Kāmrān from all their possessions except Herāt, where they maintained a precarious footing for a few years. Balkh was seized by the ruler of Bukhara; the trans-Indus Afghan districts were occupied by the Sikhs; and the outlying provinces of Sind and Baluchistan assumed independence. Ghazna, Kabul, and Jalālābād fell to Dūst Moḥammad.
Dūst Moḥammad established the Bārakzay (or Moḥammadzay) dynasty. His position secure after he assumed the title of emir in 1826 at Kabul, he decided to recover Peshawar from the Sikhs. Declaring a jihad, or Islamic holy war, in 1836, he advanced on Peshawar. The Sikh leader Ranjit Singh, however, sowed dissension in Dūst Moḥammad's camp, the invading army melted away, and Peshawar was lost to the Afghans.
In November 1837 Moḥammad Shah of Persia laid siege to Herāt, which the British saw as the key to India. The Russians supported the Persians. The British, fearful that Persia was falling completely under Russian influence, entered into alliances with the rulers of Herāt, Kabul, and Kandahār. A British mission to Kabul under Captain (later Sir) Alexander Burnes in 1837 was welcomed by Dūst Moḥammad, who hoped the British would help him recover Peshawar. Burnes could not give him the required assurances; and when a Russian agent appeared in Kabul, the British left for India.
With the failure of Burnes's mission, the governor-general of India, Lord Auckland, ordered an invasion of Afghanistan, with the object of restoring Shah Shojāʿ to the throne. In April 1839, after suffering great privations, the British army entered Kandahār; Shojāʿ was then crowned shah. Ghazna was captured in the following July, and in August Shah Shojāʿ was installed at Kabul. The Afghans, however, would tolerate neither a foreign occupation nor a king imposed on them by a foreign power, and insurrections broke out. Dūst Moḥammad—who had escaped first to Balkh, then to Bukhara, where he was arrested—escaped from prison and returned to Afghanistan to lead his partisans against the British. In a battle at Parwan on November 2, 1840, Dūst Moḥammad had the upper hand, but the next day he surrendered to the British in Kabul. He was deported to India with the greater part of his family.
Outbreaks continued throughout the country, and the British eventually found their position untenable. Terms for their withdrawal were discussed with Akbar Khan, Dūst Moḥammad's son, but Sir William Hay Macnaghten, the British political agent, was killed during a parlay with the Afghans. On January 6, 1842, some 4,500 British and Indian troops, with 12,000 camp followers, marched out of Kabul. Bands of Afghans swarmed around them, and the retreat ended in a bloodbath. Shah Shojāʿ was killed after the British left Kabul.
Though in the summer of that same year British forces reoccupied Kabul, the new governor-general, Lord Ellenborough, decided on the evacuation of Afghanistan. In 1843 Dūst Moḥammad returned to Kabul. During the next 20 years he consolidated his rule by occupying Kandahār (1855), Balkh and the northern Khanates (1859), and Herāt (1863), the last less than a month before his death in June.
Shīr ʿAlī (1863–66; 1868–79)
Shīr ʿAlī Khan, Dūst Moḥammad's third son, then became emir, but his two elder brothers took the throne from him in May 1866. Shīr ʿAlī regained his throne in September 1868. Shīr ʿAlī's reception of a Russian mission at Kabul and his refusal to receive a British one, on British terms, led directly to the war of 1878–80. Shīr ʿAlī, leaving his son, Yaʿqūb Khan, as his regent in Kabul, sought help from the Russians, but they advised him to make peace. Shīr ʿAlī died in Mazār-e Sharīf in 1879.
Yaʿqūb Khan (1879)
The Treaty of Gandamak (Gandomak; May 26, 1879) recognized Yaʿqūb Khan as emir, and he subsequently agreed to receive a permanent British embassy at Kabul. In addition, he agreed to conduct his foreign relations with other states in accordance "with the wishes and advice" of the British government. This British triumph, however, was short-lived. On September 3, 1879, the British envoy and his escort were murdered in Kabul. British forces were again dispatched, and before the end of October they occupied Kabul. Yaʿqūb abdicated and was given exile in India, where he died in 1923.
Modern Afghanistan
ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Khan (1880–1901)
The British finally withdrew from Kandahār in April 1881. In 1880 ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Khan, a cousin of Shīr ʿAlī, had returned from exile in Central Asia and proclaimed himself emir of Kabul. During the reign of ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, the boundaries of modern Afghanistan were drawn by the British and the Russians. The Durand Line of 1893 divided zones of responsibility for the maintenance of law and order between British India and the kingdom of Afghanistan; it was never intended as a de jure international boundary. Afghanistan, therefore, although never dominated by a European imperial government, became a buffer between tsarist Russia and British India.
ʿAbd al-Raḥmān exerted his influence, if not actual control, over the various ethnolinguistic groups inside Afghanistan, fighting some 20 small wars to convince them that a strong central government existed in Kabul. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān was so successful that, at his death, his designated successor and eldest son, Ḥabībullāh Khan, succeeded to the throne as Ḥabībullāh I without the usual fratricidal fighting. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān can be considered the founder of modern Afghanistan.
1From promulgation of new constitution on Jan. 26, 2004. 2Thirty-four members are appointed by the president, while the remainder are indirectly elected. 3Three seats are reserved for Kuchis, Aghan Pashtun nomads. 4Six additional locally official languages per the 2004 constitution are Uzbek, Turkmen, Balochi, Kafiri (Nuristani), Pashai, and Pamiri. | |
Official name | Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (Jomhūrī-ye Eslāmī-ye Afghānestān [Dari]); Da Afghanestan Eslami Jamhuriyat (Pashto)1 |
Form of government | Islamic republic1 with two legislative bodies (House of Elders [1022]; House of the People [2493]) |
Head of state and government | President: Ashraf Ghani |
Capital | Kabul |
Official languages | Dari; Pashto4 |
Official religion | Islam |
Monetary unit | afghani (Af) |
Population | (2013 est.) 27,522,000 Expand |
Total area (sq mi) | 252,072 |
Total area (sq km) | 652,864 |
Urban-rural population | Urban: (2011) 23.5% Rural: (2011) 76.5% |
Life expectancy at birth | Male: (2012) 48.5 years Female: (2012) 51.1 years |
Literacy: percentage of population age 15 and over literate | Male: (2006) 43.1% Female: (2006) 12.6% |
GNI per capita (U.S.$) | (2009) 457 |


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