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I lost about three hours looking for a decent (or more realistic) archer stock... I lost all my hope... then I find your stock... and I fucking love it, maybe is not the exact pose I was looking for, but is way better than the others I saw in google
You can always request a pose, if you like. If you let me know and we have a decent day when it isn't raining like madness I can do my best to help you ^_^
woa ?
seriously? that so cool.
Thank you very much, maybe I will rquest for a pose after finish the picture I am drawing right now
seriously? that so cool.
Thank you very much, maybe I will rquest for a pose after finish the picture I am drawing right now
Send me a note on tumblr, tell me who you are over here so I know it is you and can credit you, and tell me what pose you are looking for. I will see what I can do the next time we go out.
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LOve your archer stock!!
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Brazilian Drivers Opt for Ethanol-Gas Mix; Visiting Bush Backs More Usage
Byline: Stephen Dinan, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
SAO PAULO, Brazil - A man drives his Volkswagen sedan into an Esso fueling station here, checks the prices on the sign, and moves up to the pump labeled "alcool" to fill up with an ethanol-gasoline mix called E85 that now accounts for 40 percent of automobile fuel used in this country.
In these parts, ethanol is a sort of like a miracle drug, having helped Brazil to kick its own dependence on foreign sources of oil by the end of last year.
In the United States, Brazil's success story is either a free-market solution the United States should try to match, or a pipe dream that is impossible - and dangerous - to try to copy.
President Bush arrived in Brazil last night, greeted by about 6,000 environmentalist protesters, to finalize an agreement today with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to try to expand ethanol production and use in Latin America and the Caribbean. The two also hope to create an international standard for the fuel that could foster a robust global market.
Mr. Bush, who in January challenged the United States to replace 20 percent of gasoline with alternatives such as ethanol by 2017, will get a firsthand look today at how Brazil created an infrastructure to support its system.
"What Brazil has done in terms of promoting flexible fuel vehicles and getting E85 infrastructure out there is something we should replicate," said Bob Dineen, president of the Renewable Fuels Association.
He said Brazil established incentives decades ago to help move to self-sufficiency, and said the demand has produced the infrastructure - including at least one pump dispensing E85, or 85 percent ethanol blend, at every fueling station in the country. All stations also offer "gasolina," a more traditional blend that contains just shy of 25 percent ethanol, and some stations also advertise biodiesel fuel.
Most cars sold in Brazil are "flex fuel," meaning they can run on either the lower blend or E85.
With E85 only about 70 percent as efficient as the higher-gasoline blend, drivers take that into account when deciding what to buy. With regular gasoline costing 2.69 reals per liter (about $4.85 per gallon U.S.), and E85 at just 1.49 reals per liter, or 55 percent as much, the choice was easy for most drivers yesterday.
Brazil relies on its abundant sugar cane crop to produce ethanol. In the United States, corn is more commonly used but also is not as efficiently processed into alcohol, requiring extra steps.
Mr. Dineen said corn and other grains could never reach Brazil's levels of replacing 40 percent of the gasoline sold in the United States, but said researchers have their hopes pinned on perfecting cellulosic ethanol, which could be made from switchgrass, which can be grown on land that couldn't support other crops. …

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You can use "BW" acetic acid based stop bath for RA-4.
I have had no problems with citric acid based stops ("odorless") either. Try it to see if it works for you.
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You can use "BW" acetic acid based stop bath for RA-4.
I have had no problems with citric acid based stops ("odorless") either. Try it to see if it works for you.
What's the problem with Type II ?
BTW, stop bath is optional in RA-4. If you want to use it, however, you will do fine with any kind of acid stop: vinegar in water, indicator stop, Ilford's vitamin C, etc. Used them all without problem. It may help with consistency of results.
Thanks. I have the Ilford low odor citric acid indicator stop.
I have been told that some stops are not suitable for color products. IDK all of the reasoning, but it may have to do with clearing out the PPD developer from the coating at a suitable pH.
Or is it more baesd upon the paper it is suitable for?
I see Kodak publication j39 recommends Kodak Glacial Acetic.
Any stop of Acetic Acid at 1 - 2% is usable including indicator stop. OTOH, the problems I have heard of relate to Citric Acid. I have no personal experience with CA stops, nor have I seen documented evidence, just internal comments at EK about CA stops and color products. In fact, CA Stabilizers were once used and the norm, but the process also used an Acetic Acid stop.
Thanks for that. Perhaps I'll try with and without CA to see if I need it. j39 says a stop bath or a wash is optional between dev and blix, I'll see.
Anyone know how big ~275 and ~600 foot rolls of paper are? I don't fancy cutting them so I really hope I can still find a supply of pre-cut paper that I like though for snapshot stuff my wife actually prefers smaller prints in the album so perhaps a nice 4-5" wide roll would be good if I could figure out a good way to cut it in dim safelight. Cutting 8x10 in half is probably doable, a couple of 4x5" prints should do especially from 6x7 or 126.
I seem to remember another thread here with a similar subject and more information.
Stop indeed is optional if you can get the developer away quickly as well as possible. For example, with a blade in a processor. Stop is a sure bet in tray or drum processing. Of course you can try without it and it may be fine...


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what type of youtube videos do you watch?
who are you subscribed to and why?
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DH and I go though the trending videos at least once a week. We watch a lot of the prank videos and the educational ones. Mental Floss is one of our faves.
I like funny ones - animal ones, or people doing silly things
Not always, obviously, but I don't go there specifically loking. I never think to. The only time I find myself there is when somebody posts something that catches my interest.
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Calling all Atlanta lads & lassies! Show off your bravery this Saturday, at the BRAVE Highland Games, taking place from 9am-2pm at @Centennial Olympic Park's Game Plaza. Events include archery, caber toss, hammer throw & sheaf toss. The first 100 kids to complete all the activities win a prize!
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11-Year-Old Boy Runs Off, Hops Flight From London to Rome
It's not that uncommon to see children flying by themselves. But an 11-year-old English boy took that concept to a whole new level this week.
It's not that uncommon to see children flying by themselves. But an 11-year-old English boy took that concept to a whole new level this week.
Flight attendants don't get paid if the plane door is open and they don't like pouring Diet Coke either.
The next time someone dies sitting next to you on a commercial flight, you might receive a partial refund. Key word, "might."
According to a report in a Swedish newspaper, a woman was forced to sit next to a dead man aboard a Kenya Airways flight after the he allegedly died shortly after take off.
As I was driving home last night from The Wild Salmon (good food and good music!!), I saw this sign at the Cracker Barrel on the Youngsville Highway:
The The Atlanta Journal-Constitution this morning is reporting that gas prices may be at or below $3 per gallon by fall!
At last, summer vacation time is here. If you haven't started planning, it's not too late. There's a lot of summer ahead of us, and you can still find time to get out of town with your family before school starts back up again. Just make sure you you don't fall into a few common traps and you'll have the best vacation ever.
On Thursday, May 31, country music star Conway Twitty will be honored with the latest marker on the Mississippi Country Music Trail. The marker unveiling is scheduled for 1 p.m. at 700 Second Street in Friars Point, Miss.
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The CJ & Debbie Ray Sail Away Pre Cruise Party 2012 is on Friday, January 20, 2012, at the Pavilion at Cypress Bayou Casino from 6pm-10:30pm.
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Twinkies are exactly what Michael Pollan might refer to as "edible food-like products," being made with a lot of genetically modified high fructose corn syrup and hydrogenated soybean oil. The other ingredients in Twinkies are even more scary — and in fact inspired a book, Twinkie, Deconstructed, by one Steve Ettlinger, who created his table of contents from a list of the Twinkie's ingredients!
Twinkies are obviously connected to food industries such as corn, soybeans, wheat, eggs, and milk, but in fact, Twinkies ingredients are also manufactured with 14 of the top 20 chemicals made in the U.S., not even including salt (which goes into chlorine) or petroleum. The unlikely food sub-ingredients sulfuric acid, ethylene, lime, and phosphoric acid top the list.
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Childhood actors have always treated people like shit because their fans love them and they believe they will never lose their fame, money or power. James Franco's criminal record, criminal friends and proficient drug use probably have lead him to believe he can do whatever he wants and get away with it. Treating people like garbage is what James Franco is best at.
Mel Gibson
Charlie Sheen
James Franco
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Mary lives in a town called Millville, but has to go to a school, called Alexander school for girls, and board there. Things are going well, but downfall, begins to happen, when she starts having nightmares. She begins to make a grusome and startling discovery about Alexander and Alexander school for girls. A battle against good and evil begins. Will Mary, have the power to defeat the evil going around?
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Politics Counts
Add one point to ALL income levels.
Adjjust income levels to reflect inflationary effects on tax tables upwards.
Eliminate illegals from profiting from the Earned Income Credit for kids without SSN's.
Cut spending, expand energy production, eliminate defined pensions for new Fed workers (they can pay into SSN'S and save like rest of us) and demand Reid resign for failing to pass a damn budget sine 2009!
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the 2 guys
McConnell offered to vote on what Obama wanted and Reid said no....guess Dema don't like it either.
Reid just seems so crotchety.....he doesn't know how to get along with people. He also refused to vote on all of those jobs plans that the R's sent him...left 'em on his desk, I suppose.
You make a good point, and just like the health care bill, didn't please a lot of D's....he knows that the proposal that Obama wanted wouldn't even pull in his own.
Obama has his heels dug in, wanting the tax breaks to go away for the rich, and it turns out that the money from that would only run the gov for few days a year.
It's much, much more...he wants to open the door to heavily tax the middle class and try and blame the R's for it......like a camel, getting his nose under the edge of the tent.
The taxes he has planned for the average american, is where the meat of his "revenue" will come from.
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Tyra Banks Considers Stealing a Stranger's Leftover Bacon
If there's one thing Tyra Banks loves, it's bacon. The retired supermodel and host of America's Next Top Model has tweeted about her favorite food multiple times in the past week, beginning with this June 8 revelation: "Maple pepper bacon going in," she wrote. "Smile coming out."
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Later that day, Banks, 39, asked her followers, "After stuffing oneself so much that one wants to pass out two days in a row, does one become a glutton? How many days does it take?" Banks joked about her eating habits yet again on June 10, writing, "One of those days where I wake up and go, 'It would be so cool to be a vegan. Gonna start today!' Then I fry bacon."
Banks' bacon obsession reached an all-time high on June 15. "Lady eating bacon next to me. She just got up and left two pieces. Should I. . .?" she asked. Miss J Alexander, former runway coach on America's Next Top Model, swiftly replied, "No! Don't you dare! Damn, I think it's too late."
The former Victoria's Secret Angel's love of food isn't limited to just bacon, however. According to a June 11 tweet, Banks also has a sweet tooth. "They say you are what you eat," she wrote. "Therefore, I am BBQ and whip cream."
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Because her diet is somewhat unhealthy as of late, Banks is forcing herself to work out more regularly. "The treadmill is calling my name. About to reunite," she tweeted June 11. "There will be tears."
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Up for Grabs, but basically, another subtrope of Non-Human Undead, where the undead happen to have been machines in life. Could possibly be expanded to robots built to mimic the undead. Most of the examples I could come up with are fron the Transformers franchise, so I need a little help. For robots mimicing the undead, there's shade Man and some of the enemies in his stage in Mega Man 7, and Nos-4-A-2 from the Buzz Lightyear cartoon.
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Architect struck off at first ARB public hearing
The Architects Registration Board has made its first conduct committee judgment in an open session.
The first case concerned Cumbrian architect Richard Lindsay in a hearing open to the press and public at the arb's hq in central London just before Christmas. Lindsay's conduct was referred to committee by a lay complainant and his name erased from the register - the board's stiffest penalty. The fact that the case is in the period during which Lindsay may make an appeal prevents the reporting of further details.
A spokesperson said cases would be heard probably every month, with the next one set for the end of January. A similar system of open conduct committee cases is used by the British Medical Association, subjecting doctors to the full glare of publicity and news reports.
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In this age of ubiquitous smartphones, sexually explicit text messages are a vital part of the average American's arsenal of raunch. However, it seems a lot of you people are lying liars, just making shit up to turn your partner's crank. »
Everyone thinks love times were simpler in past eras, when you got married to the first guy you looked at the second you turned 16 after exactly three dates, one side-long glance, and an accidental hand-brush. But if Jane Austen has taught us anything, it's that it has never been simple to like a person, not even… »
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Blasting System And Blasting Method - Patent 8153855The present invention relates to a blasting system and a blasting method for blasting an object to be blasted such as an explosive object in a pressure vessel.BACKGROUND ART There is conventionally known a blasting method for blasting an explosive object, such as a military ammunition used for, for example, a chemical weapon or the like (e.g., a projectile mortar, a bomb, a land mine and a naval mine). Specifically, what is known as the substance includes a steel shell which accommodates a burster and a substance hazardous to a human body. An example of the hazardous substance is a chemical agent such as a mustard gas and lewisite hazardous to thehuman body. The blasting method does not require disassembling for an object to be treated, and is therefore suitable for treatment for the above explosive objects. This method enables treatment for not only well-preserved ammunition but also ammunitionhard to disassemble due to secular deterioration, distortion or the like. Furthermore, it is capable of decomposing almost all the hazardous substances due to an ultra-high temperature and pressure caused by an explosion. The method is disclosed, forexample, in Patent Document 1. However, this blasting method has problems to be solved as follows. Most of the above-mentioned blasting treatment is conducted in a closed pressure vessel in view of outside-leakage prevention of a hazardous substance, or reduction in the impact of a noise, a vibration or the like caused by the blasting onsurroundings. The blasting may generate an off-gas containing a combustible component such as CO, H.sub.2 and CH.sub.4, or a residue of the above hazardous substances. Before the off-gas is exhausted to the atmosphere, the combustible components orresidual hazardous substances contained in the off-gas need to be removed (detoxified) to reference values or below. Removal of the combustible components is also necessary for blasting an explosive object without the above hazardous substances.View doc
Process For Treating Radioactive Waste Water To Prevent Overloading Demineralizer Systems - Patent 8148594The process and apparatus of the invention relate to processing waste water from nuclear power reactors and other sources of water contaminated with radionuclides and other interfering materials and/or contaminates. In particular, the presentprocess and apparatus are related to processing waste waters contaminated with colloidal, suspended and dissolved radionuclides and other contaminates. In the commercial nuclear power industry, there are primarily two types of reactor systems used in Nuclear Power Plants (NPP's), namely boiling water reactors (BWR's) and pressurized water reactors (PWR's). Both use water to moderate the speedof neutrons released by the fissioning of fissionable nuclei, and to carry away heat generated by the fissioning process. Both also use water to generate steam for rotating the blades of a turbine generator. Water flows through the reactor core, isrecycled, and inevitably becomes contaminated with iron (Fe-55), nickel (Ni-63), colloidal and soluble cobalt (Co-58, and Co-60), cesium (Cs-137), and other radionuclides. The water further becomes contaminated with non-radioactive organics, e.g., oils,greases and total organic carbon (TOC), biologicals, and colloids (e.g., iron rust). In a boiling water reactor (BWR), the water passing through the core will be used directly as steam in driving turbine-generators for the production of electricity. In a pressurized water reactor (PWR), the primary water that flows through thereactor is isolated by steam generators from the secondary water that flows through the turbine generators. In both cases, while the chemical constituents of the waste water will be different, these reactor systems will produce radionuclides andcolloidal, suspended and dissolved solids that must be removed before the waste water may be reused or released to the environment. The presence of iron (as iron oxide from carbon steel piping) in Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) circuits and waste waters is a decades old problem. TheView doc
Electrochemical Capacitive Concentration And Deactivation Of Actinide Nuclear Materials - Patent 81434711. Field of the Invention This invention relates to the concentration and deactivation of actinide-containing materials from nuclear fuel cycles. More particularly, this invention relates to an electrochemical apparatus for concentrating and deactivatingactinide-containing materials from nuclear fuel cycles. This invention further relates to a method for concentrating and deactivating actinide-containing materials from nuclear fuel cycles. 2. Description of Related Art The processing of nuclear waste residue waste streams to reduce radio nuclide activity levels and matrix volume is a significant challenge which must be overcome to achieve nuclear stabilization and volume reduction so that geologic repositorieswill provide adequate storage volume. Although these nuclear waste residues contain fairly stable oxide forms, they are very dilute. Residues containing actinides include graphite, pyrochemical salts, combustibles, incinerator ash, ceramic crucibles, plastic filters, and sand/slag crucibles. Currently, most of these wastes are stored and buried. It is known, however, thatincinerator ash, sand and related materials can be treated with oxidative catalysts to reduce plutonium concentrations to a very low level. Some oxides, such as TiO.sub.2 and SiO.sub.2, have been shown to attract actinide cations. See Morris, D. E., "Aqueous Electrochemical Mechanisms in Actinide Residue Processing", Final Report to U.S. Department of Energy, LANL Project 59967,Sep. 30, 2000. In this report, a mediated electrochemical oxidation/reduction process (MEO/R) was used to achieve nuclear stabilization and volume reduction. In particular, sorption reactions of UO.sub.2.sup.2+ and Eu.sup.3+ on SiO.sub.2 and TiO.sub.2and several aluminosilicate minerals were investigated. In this electrochemical process, anion clusters of SiO.sub.2 and TiO.sub.2 are formed in an aqueous solution which adsorb the nuclear cations to form precipitates. Thus, the nuclear wastes areentrained inView doc
Activated Oxidizing Vapor Treatment Method - Patent 8129579The present invention relates to the art of treating articles with highly reactive oxidant vapors. It finds particular application in conjunction with deactivating biological and chemical warfare agents, such as blistering agents (e.g., mustardgas), acetyl cholinesterase inhibitors (e.g., nerve gas), and biotoxins (e.g., botulinum toxin) and will be described with particular reference thereto. However, it is to be appreciated, that the present invention will find application in conjunctionwith the oxidation of other substances. Liquid oxidants have been developed which can deactivate biological warfare agents. See, for example, U.S. Pat. No. 6,245,957 to Wagner, et al. In Wagner, a strong oxidant solution is sprayed as a liquid or foam onto equipment in the fieldwhich is or has potentially been contaminated with biological and chemical warfare agents. After treatment, the solution is rinsed from the equipment with water, which can be permitted to flow onto the ground, as it is nontoxic. Although effective, theliquid Wagner solution has drawbacks. First, it is difficult for liquids to penetrate crevices, fine cracks, ducts, and partially protected or lapping parts. Second, in enclosed spaces, such as in the interior of airplanes and buildings, cleanup anddisposal of the liquid solution can be problematic. Third, liquids can damage some equipment, such as electronic or electrical equipment. The present application delivers the strong oxidant to the surfaces to be decontaminated in a vapor phase to facilitate penetration and cleanup.SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, biological and chemical warfare agent residues are deactivated by oxidation with a vapor phase oxidant. In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, a means is provided for oxidizing biological and chemical warfare agents with an oxidant vapor. One advantage of the present invention resides in its improved penetration. Another advantagView doc
Method For Separation Of Constituents From Matrices - Patent 8129578Since the early 1950's, the various branches of the United States Department of Defense (DOD) and the United States Department of Energy (DOE) have been aggressively developing and manufacturing nuclear weapons and energy components involvingvarious radioactive materials. The process of refining nuclear materials and decontaminating various apparatus used in these processes and others with various types of organic and inorganic materials has generated hundreds of thousands of tons of soils,sludges, debris or other residuals contaminated with radionuclides and various hazardous and non-hazardous organic and inorganic chemical constituents. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has defined a waste that containsradionuclides and hazardous or non-hazardous waste constituents as a mixed waste. Historically, mixed waste was typically stored on site in containers in designed containment areas, or storage vessels or disposed of in landfill cells or trenches. The disposal of mixed waste in DOD or DOE landfills or trenches is no longerpermitted. Due to the promulgation of EPA regulations, mixed waste is not permitted to be disposed of at an EPA approved hazardous waste facility or a radioactive waste facility until the constituents can be separated and segregated from each other. This need to remediate the mixed waste at these sites is being accelerated due to the fact that the DOE and DOD are currently undergoing a major restructuring effort, whereas numerous DOE and DOD facilities throughout the country are beingdecommissioned and decontaminated for light industrial, commercial or residential redevelopment. A large percentage of these facilities contain soil, sludges or other residuals, which is defined by the EPA as a mixed waste. To compound the problem, themixed waste that has been buried in trenches and landfills has had a significant impact on groundwater reserves in some locations. These areas must be remediated in accordance with EPA regulatView doc
Micro Encapsulation Composition For Hydrocarbons And Detoxification Of Highly Hazardous Chemicals And Substances - Patent 8115046The present invention relates, generally, to a composition and method for remediation of hydrocarbon spills. More particularly, the present invention relates to a two-component water based micro encapsulation composition and method for thecleanup of hydrocarbon spills or contaminates on a number of different surfaces and media.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONMicro Encapsulation There are many sites contaminated with hazardous organic substances. These contaminants permeate and adsorb onto soils, diffuse to interstitial saturated zones, dissolve into ground waters, and migrate to subsurface aquifers over time. Contaminants may strongly adsorb on soil structures and be only slightly water soluble, making removal difficult. Thus, the ease of contaminant transport within and removal from the soil by most commercially acceptable technologies is variable at anyparticular site. Likewise, contaminants may be resistant to normal subsurface chemical and biological degradation processes, thus limiting the selection of a treatment process. Depending on the processes, soil, sludge or aggregate remediation technologies are often divided into three categories. One group uses chemical reduction, oxidation, thermal destruction or biochemical means to change the pollutants intonon-hazardous products of different chemical composition. Examples are catalytic dehalogenation, Fenton oxidations, ozone, thermal treatments such as incineration and anaerobic/aerobic bioremediation either in situ or ex situ, bioventing, bioslurry,biofiltration and anaerobic dechlorination. A second category consists of mass transfer technologies that use physical or chemical means to take the contaminants out of the soil followed by treatment or destruction in another process step. These are often called "Pump and Treat"technologies. Steam stripping, soil vapor extraction, soil washing, low or high-temperature thermal desorption and solvent extraction are examples of this second technology category. ThesView doc
Aqueous Phase Oxidation Process - Patent 8115047CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED PATENT APPLICATIONS U.S. Pat. No. 5,814,292, entitled "Comprehensive Energy Producing Methods for Aqueous Phase Oxidation," issued on 29 Sep. 1998, is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. In the event of a conflict, the subject matter explicitlyrecited or shown herein controls over any subject matter incorporated by reference. All definitions of a term (express or implied) contained in any of the subject matter incorporated by reference herein are hereby disclaimed. The paragraphs shortlybefore the claims dictate the meaning to be given to any term explicitly recited herein subject to the disclaimer in the preceding sentence.BACKGROUND A number of attempts have been made over the years to develop a process that is capable of effectively and cost efficiently oxidizing a variety of feed materials. Many of these processes were initially developed for use in smelting or theremoval of metal from ores. These processes consumed large amounts of energy, emitted noxious gases, and rarely achieved complete recovery of all the metals entering the process. They were also limited to very specific uses related to smelting, whichmade them largely unsuitable for use with other feed materials. Other processes have also been developed to oxidize various feed materials. One in particular was an aqueous phase oxidation process that oxidized a feed material in a solution of nitric and sulfuric acid. The reaction occurred in apressurized reactor that was maintained at a temperature no greater than about 210.degree. C. Oxygen gas was added to reoxidize a substantial portion of the reduction products of nitric acid that were formed during oxidation of the feed materials. Although this process was a significant advance over conventional techniques at the time, it still suffered from a number of problems. For one, the process used a significant amount of oxygen gas to oxidize the reduction products of nitricacid. The oxygen gas was initialView doc
Process And Composition For The Immobilization Of High Alkaline Radioactive And Hazardous Wastes In Silicate-based Glasses - Patent 8115044BACKGROUND 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates generally to treatment of high alkaline radioactive and hazardous wastes, and more particularly to processes for immobilizing a waste containing one or more of radionuclides, hazardous elements, hazardous compounds,and other compounds present in the waste. 2. Background of the Invention The use of radioactive and hazardous materials in the world has led to the accumulation of a significant amount of radioactive and hazardous wastes. There is an international consensus regarding the planned disposal of these wastes by buryingthem in the ground in deep geological repositories. At the present time, high-level radioactive wastes are being placed in long-term storage awaiting permanent disposal. Once buried, with the passage of time, groundwater and hydrothermal solutions canmake contact with the radionuclides, hazardous elements, or hazardous compounds contained in the wastes. As a result, groundwater and hydrothermal solutions can facilitate the leaching of radionuclides, hazardous elements, and hazardous compounds out ofthe wastes into the biosphere in which plants and animals live. In addition, even without the interference from groundwater and hydrothermal solutions, radionuclides, hazardous elements, or hazardous compounds could possibly diffuse out of the wastes,resulting in contamination of the biosphere. Therefore, improper containment of the wastes can create a significant problem. There are a number of existing processes that can potentially reduce the leaching and/or diffusion of radioactive and hazardous wastes. The existing processes, however, have various disadvantages. For example, cementation is commonly used toimmobilize low-level and intermediate-level radioactive waste. This process is undesirable because a large volume of cement is required to immobilize a small quantity of wastes vastly increasing the size of the disposal area. Furthermore, cement ishighly susceptible toView doc
Nuclear Waste Removal System And Method Using Wet Oxidation - Patent 8115045The present invention relates generally to components containing nuclear waste and more particularlyto removing such waste from the components. Nuclear waste as defined herein is unwanted deposits, sludges, or salts that reside in a tank, vessel or heat exchanger that are generated during normal operation of a nuclear power plant or other nuclearmaterials facility.BACKGROUND U.S. Pat. No. 5,960,368 discloses a "wet" oxidation process for reducing the volume of low level radioactive and mixed waste to enable the waste to be more economically stored in a suitable repository, and for placing the waste into a formsuitable for permanent disposal. U.S. Pat. No. 6,444,276, hereby incorporated by reference, discloses a method for decontaminating a surface that includes the steps of bringing a surface of a component formed of an unalloyed steel or a low-alloy steel into contact with asolution containing an oxalic acid for dissolving a contaminated layer from the component. One of the most common components containing nuclear waste is a waste tank. Retrieval of waste from nuclear waste tanks is described in, for example, "Tank Waste Retrieval, Processing and On-site Disposal at Three Department of Energy Sites:Final Report" National Research Council (2006) ISBN 978-0-309-10170-7. As described therein, tank waste typically includes supernatant liquid, saltcake and sludge. Typically, in a first retrieval step called bulk waste retrieval, the supernatant liquid is removed using a transfer pump. The saltcake typically isdissolved in water. The resulting solution is then pumped in the same manner as the supernatant liquid. The sludge may be mobilized using larger mixer pumps that mix the sludge into a slurry by directing a jet of water into the waste layer, and thisslurry also is pumped out. What remains after this bulk waste retrieval is called residual waste. The residual waste often includes radioactive material on the internal surfaces of the tank above the level oView doc
Method And Device For Evaporate/reverse Osmosis Concentrate And Other Liquid Solidification - Patent 81140041. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device and method for using a liquid sequestering solidification agent provided to and arranged in a container to convert liquid or fluid based streams provided through a manifold system to the container, intoa dirt-like, solid waste form which meets waste acceptance criteria (WAC) for burial at radioactive and other burial facilities. 2. Background Information Radwaste water in the commercial nuclear power industry is frequently evaporated or processed through a reverse osmosis system (RO) to reduce the volume of the waste fluid being generated and handled. During the evaporation/RO process, theradwaste water will typically be concentrated until the water becomes saturated with one or more constituents or substances found in the water. After the radwaste water is concentrated, the concentrated liquids still need to undergo additionalprocessing to make them ready for disposal. In the past, evaporate/RO concentrates have usually been dried to dry solid for disposal. This drying process normally took place at the actual nuclear power plant, or off-site at a radioactive waste processing facility. The equipment used fordrying is often bulky, difficult to shield for radiological dose, and challenging to mobilize and demobilize. Also; the operating, maintenance and upkeep on this equipment has usually been extremely costly. This is due to the fact that the dryingprocess is very energy and radioactive dose intensive; and the liquids utilized are corrosive and fouling to such equipment. Patent references in the past prior art appear to set forth inventions including: 1. Kath et al., U.S. Pat. No. 6,030,549, showing a process of encapsulating depleted uranium and forming a homogeneous mixture of depleted uranium and moltenthermoplastic polymer; 2. McClure et al., U.S. Pat. No. 5,916,122 showing a method of solidifying specified aqueous wastes by exposing them in measured amounts to neutralized, crossView doc
Method Of Decontaminating Radioisotope-contaminated Surface Vicinity Region By Use Of Nonthermal Laser Peeling Without Re-melting, Without Re-diffusion And Without Re-contamination - Patent 8097765This application claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. Section 371, of International Application No. PCT/JP2007/060872,filed May 29, 2007, which claimed priority to Japanese Application No. 2006-147918, filed May 29, 2006 in Japan, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.TECHNICAL FIELD This invention relates to a method by which areas near the surfaces of apparatuses that are contaminated by many kinds of radioisotopes as the result of handling many radioisotopes in the neighborhood of accelerators, nuclear reactors, RIproduct manufacturing factories, nuclear fuel factories, nuclear fuel reprocessing factories, etc. are decontaminated by non-thermal laser peeling without suffering re-melting, re-diffusing or re-contaminating, and an apparatus used in that method. Whena substance is irradiated with pulsed laser the pulse duration of which is extremely short, ranging from several hundred femtoseconds to less than several picoseconds, it is evaporated or removed from the irradiated region at a sufficiently faster speedthan the energy dissipation of the laser, and the energy dissipation of laser-induced, laser-accelerated or laser-energized electrons and other particles, and the thermal effects of these energy dissipations are transmitted from the irradiated region tonearby areas; this phenomenon is called "non-thermal laser peeling."BACKGROUND ART Conventionally, the areas near the surfaces of apparatuses and the industrial products that are contaminated by radioisotopes are decontaminated by the following methods. (1) The surface is physically or mechanically removed by sand blasting, grinder, surface polishing tool, and the like. (2) The surface-deposited layer contaminated by radioisotopes is chemically corroded away with a chemical agent such as a chelating agent or an acid. (3) The surface-deposited layer containing radioisotopes is irradiated with a continuous laser, a long-pulse laser or a short-pulse laser having a pulse duration with a periView doc
System For Treating Carbon Dioxide, And Method For Storing Such Treated Carbon Dioxide Underground - Patent 8096934S The present Application is based on International Application No. PCT/JP2007/062915, filed on Jun. 27, 2007, which in turn corresponds to Japanese Application No. 2006-178345 filed on Jun. 28, 2006, and priority is hereby claimed under 35 USC.sctn.119 based on these applications. Each of these applications are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety into the present application.FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to the storing underground of carbon dioxide (CO.sub.2) that is in exhaust gas generated from a combustion furnace or an incinerator, and more particularly to a method and system for treating carbon dioxide withoutthe need for a facility that changes carbon dioxide into a supercritical fluid.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION As a countermeasure against global warming, it is Japan's duty to reduce, between 2008 and 2012, the emission volume of greenhouse gas by an average of 6% per annum from the level of 1990. However, in 2002, the volume of Japan's greenhouse-gasemissions increased by 7.6% over the volume for 1990. If this continues, it will be difficult to achieve the 6% reduction goal. Therefore, the government has adopted the Kyoto Protocol Target Achievement Plan, which has standards stricter than those ofexisting countermeasures against global warming, and which presents goals for reducing the CO.sub.2 that is emitted when energy is utilized in various sectors of societal activity. The plan provides that, for 2010 the volume of CO.sub.2 emissions fromthe energy-conversion sector (e.g., power plants) should be 16.1% less than in 1990, the volume from the industrial sector should be 8.6% less, the volume from the transportation sector should not be more than 15.1% higher, the volume from the othersector including the service sector should not be more than 15.0% higher, and the volume of household emissions should not be more than 6.0% higher. However, in Japan, energy-saving measures have already been implemented in the iView doc
System And Method For Accelerating The Conversion Of Asbestos In The Process Of Mineralogical Conversion - Patent 80934431. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to the destruction and recycling of asbestos wastes and, more particularly, to an apparatus and system for the process of mineralogical conversion of asbestos waste to accelerate or otherwise improve the efficiencyof the mineralogical conversion process that is employed for conversion of asbestos waste into non-asbestos products. 2. Description of the Related Art Asbestos is a term referring to a family of historically useful fibrous minerals that most commonly belong to the serpentine and amphibole mineral groups including such species as chrysotile, crocidolite, amosite, and anthophyllite. Moreprecisely referred to as "asbestiform minerals", they are hydrated silicates that generally contain substituted iron, calcium, magnesium, and sodium in various proportions. The Serpentine group of minerals including chrysotile, antigorite and lizarditeare all represented by the approximate composition: Mg.sub.3[Si.sub.2O.sub.5] (OH).sub.4. Of these, chrysotile represents the majority of all asbestos minerals consumed for industrial and commercial purposes. There is substantial variation in mineralchemistry and physical characteristics of asbestiform minerals but they all have similarities in basic structure that is typically modified because of variations in the concentrations of calcium, iron, magnesium and sodium. Asbestos has been used in thousands of products and in numerous workplaces. Although the harm caused by asbestos is not apparent at first, asbestos exposure can lead to serious, debilitating, and often fatal diseases. These includemesothelioma, asbestos lung cancer, and asbestosis. Usually, a period of 10 to 40 years or more passes before the asbestos victim exhibits the first asbestos disease symptoms. In the workplace, there is no "safe" level of asbestos exposure. For thisreason, increased limitations and restrictions on its use in commercial products, handling and disposal have been and contiView doc
Electrochemical Removal Of Dissociable Cyanides - Patent 8093442FIELD OF INVENTION The method of the invention provides means of destroying highly stable metal cyanide ions found in a solution, and converting the cyanide to harmless by-products. Contrary to conventional methods which merely complex the cyanide into amechanically or physically removable complex, the present method destroys the cyanide found in the sample. By judicious selection of the anode, the pH during electro-oxidation, and furthermore preferably by selecting the applied current density, theinventors have developed conditions necessary to destroy the cyanide.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION In various industries, such as aluminum smelters, high amounts of spent potlining or other leachates are contaminated with stable metal cyanides, typically compounds containing the ferro-cyanide complex ions. The management of these industrialby-products is expensive requiring secure containment mechanisms to prevent cyanide leachate migration or runoff. This is of grave environmental concern to the inventors and to society at large. The present invention consists of destroying CN containedin these compounds, by electrochemical oxidation in an inexpensive and energetically economical manner. U.S. Pat. No. 3,816,275 describes a process for the treatment of waste liquors containing a cyano-complex such as ferricyanide by electrolysing the liquor using an iron anode thereby forming ferrocyanide or a ferricyanide ion containingcomplex salt, both of which form a blue colloid of Prussia Blue and surface in the liquor to form a scum which is separable from the remaining of the waste liquor. WO 01/62993 describes a process for recovery of cyanide by electrochemical dissociation of the metal-cyanide complex and electrowinning of the metal while the free cyanide generated in the process is recovered in a membrane. Szpyrkowicz et al. (Annali di Chimica, 93, 2003) describes electrochemical oxidation to destroy cyanide in wastewaters of copper plating, using various anode materials (View doc
Method For Degrading Chemical Warfare Agents Using Mn(VII) Oxide With-and-without Solid Support - Patent 80846621. Field of the Invention The present invention generally relates to reactive sorbents and methods of making and using the same for the decontamination of surfaces contaminated with highly toxic materials, including Chemical Warfare Agents ("CWAs") and/or ToxicIndustrial Chemicals (TIC's), and the like, and for neutralizing such chemical and biological compounds or agents. 2. Description of the Prior Art Chemical Warfare Agents (CWAs) typically classified as litter vesicants or nerve agents, pose a risk to both military personnel and to the population at large. Technologies for the safe disposal, facility and site cleanup and destruction ofstockpiles are needed to protect the environment and the public. Additionally, the use of CWAs and Toxic Industrial Chemicals (TICs) by terrorists is a potential threat to the civilian population. Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents pose a risk tosoldiers and to the civilian population. In the past three decades, CWAs have been used by the former Soviet Union army in Cambodia, Laos and Afghanistan (mycotoxins, yellow rain, tricothecene), by Iraq against Iran ((mustard gas (HD) and nerve agent(tabun)), and Iraq against its Kurdish dissidents (mustard gas (HD) and nerve agent (HCN)). Also, the use of Sarin gas by the Aum Shinrikyo cult, in 1995 was the first known terrorist attack against a civilian population resulting in some 12 deaths and1,000 casualties. Some 20 nations are suspected of possessing CWAs or have the means to make them. Representatives from more than 130 nations signed the final draft of the Chemical Weapons Convention in January of 1993, which outlaws the production, use, sale,and stockpiling of these chemicals and their means of delivery including the destruction of existing stocks by the year 2005. Thus far, about sixty of the signatory nations have ratified the treaty which entails the destruction of 25,000 tons and 50,000tons of CWAs in the United States and former Soviet Union, respectively. ThesView doc


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Marion E. and Mary Ann (O'Brien) Wolfe will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Saturday, August 31, 2013. They were married in Prince George county Virginia.
Marion is retired from Mid-West Metals of Muncie and now does lawn mower repair on the side. Mary Ann is retired from Ball Memorial Hospital. She likes to garden and cross stitch.
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Japan Plans To Deploy Missiles To Strategic Island Near Taiwan
Reports state that Japan is looking to further militarize Ishigaki-Jima with both surface-to-air and anti-ship missiles. Ishigaki Island is just 100 miles east of Taiwan and about 100 miles south of the highly disputed Senkaku Islands, putting it in a volatile yet strategic geographic position. »


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WORTHINGTON – Blue Earth resident Jim Hagedorn has once again announced his candidacy for Congress in Minnesota's 1st District, seeking a rematch in 2016 against Democrat Tim Walz, who is currently serving his fifth term.
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Use fresh mushrooms for this dish. They add a wonderfully concentrated flavour to this fast and easy dish. Serve with creamy pasta and a tender tomato salad. Delicious!
I love Thai food and this recipe comes from a very good Thai restaurant.
A wildly popular dessert that's found at any Rajasthani wedding and at sawan ki teej. It's best had with warm milk.
If you are like me and enjoy besan in sweets, then you will love Besan ladoo. What is even better is that they're very easy to make and keep well for many days. Not that they will last that long!
This is our favourite sweet dish during the winter months. The almonds give warmth to the body as well as strength to fight the extreme cold.
This is a high fibre chapati from north Karnataka. Great with dal, raita, curries or just on its own. Jowar is easily available all over the country.
Peanut chutney powder is called Shenga Hindi in North Karnataka. You can sprinkle this powder on curries, rice or dosas.
Paddu or Gundpangli could be called a cousin of idli. It's a common breakfast item in all parts of Karnataka. Enjoy!
Manchurian easy and short time to cook. Would be good in different combinations with paneer and bread
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how windy is windy enough.... that you would not tell someone to HTFU and just ride?
how windy is windy enough.... that you would not tell someone to HTFU and just ride?
Are they riding with, against, or across the wind, and how gusty is it?
well, I'll admit I'm talking about me, not "they" I haven't been riding that long, so I want to make sure its alright... gusting 20-30.
Chances are it will be a little of everything- against & across based on where we're going. Leaving for a group ride around 6.
with a group it makes it much more bearable....I ride mostly solo and where I ride there is NO protection from the wind...I pretty much draw the line at 20mph
hmmm ok. well since tuesday may be rainy, i just might head over there... if i'm not the only nut showing up to hit the pavement I'll go!
If the wind knocks you over while riding, you may go home.
HTFU It's a bit breezy, but it isn't that bad.
I will be out for a solo ride in it pretty quick. Wind is just there to make you a stronger rider.
"you can never get too low when you're so damn high, on the blessed hellride"
Ohh and I mean HTFU in a nice way.
"you can never get too low when you're so damn high, on the blessed hellride"
Ride in any wind. Just go slower, no need to kill yourself. Windy here today Wind: ESE 37 gust 52 km/h
Yeah its pretty breezy in mn right now, I'm trying to decide whether to go out or not, its definitley over 20mph. So I'm almost leaning towards riding the trainer. Well see though.
just ride and deal with the wind.
if you and your bike begin cartwheeling uncontrollably across the asphalt, it means you've likely wandered into a hurricane and should seek emergency shelter.
And change out the Zipp 808s for Open Pros.
Cyclists of the world, unite! You have nothing to lube but your chains!
If its a constant tail wind, what the heck. A head wind. I like it under 30 mph. But, the worst are those erratic super fast blasts, they can even take a cyclist down.
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I think 40km/h constant or 50km/h gusts is my limit.
Food for thought: if you aren't dead by 2050, you and your entire family will be within a few years from starvation. Now that is a cruel gift to leave for your offspring. ;)
Anytime the wind speed (in mph) exceeds the temp (in F).
Heh. I just checked the NOAA data for this morning. 21mph sustained with 28mph gusts. I should have called in windy.
Cyclists of the world, unite! You have nothing to lube but your chains!
Yeah, I thought these were pretty mythical, like "giant rogue sea waves" until I got hit with what felt like a cyclone. Seemed like 100 mph! Blew my glasses off, danm near wrecked the bike, scared the bejesus out of me cause it was so sudden.
When the wind is up, keep an eye out.
30mph, did it during a race. Maybe more even, soooo much fun.


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I posted some of this info in another thread in the Cyclocross forum about my new bike but I think it's now more appropriate over here. Sorry if that isn't the right way to do it.
I just bought my first bike in many, many years.
2004 Bianchi Axis
I think pretty much everything is pretty much original except the seat, wheels and as I've just discovered, the front derailleur.
The original came with a 105 31.8mm fd but now I have a Shimano Deore LX.
The shifters are 105 STI and the chainset is a Sugino XD500T 26/36/48T.
When I first got the bike the front derailleur simply wouldn't drop the chain down to the smallest ring. I have since tried to readjust the derailleur and can't get it to switch between all 3 rings. I've read Park Tools and SheldonBrown and it's always possible I just haven't been patient enough.
The guy I bought the bike from assures me that it used to cover all 3 rings. However I looked up the Deore LX and noticed that it is a mountain bike derailleur. I then did a search of these forums and some people seem to be saying that road shifters like the 105 STI's don't pull enough to shift mountain bike derailleurs. I don't know if this is true or not but I do tend to believe this guy that he had this thing shifting through all 3 rings.
Just to make sure I'm not missing something, is there a place which has a more visual way of describing the barrel adjusters? I'm not very familiar with these and on my bike the only one I can find for the fd is located on the back of the seat tube and is very hard to turn. Also I'm confused about which direction to turn it to tighten or loosen the cable.
The barrel sits on top of a stop through which the wire exits below and runs down to the front derailleur. The barrel can also be pulled up (toward and over the plastic housing) but naturally springs back down. Is this normal?
Also I'm scared of having over-adjusted the barrel. If I disconnect the fd completely does that completely zero out the effect of the barrel?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I love to tinker and want to learn how to do all this myself. If I am only able to use this fd for 2 rings then that's ok but I want to make sure I've tried everything.


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LEE BEIER is Professor of History and Chair of the History Department at Southern Illinois University, Normal. He has written widely on the history of the poor, vagrancy, and the poor laws in early modern England, and has contributed books, articles, and chapters on this topic. His most well-known work is Masterless Men: The Vagrancy Problem in England, 1560–1640 (1985). He is currently engaged in a study of the poor and the problem of criminality.
TREVOR DEAN is Professor of Medieval History in the History Department at the University of Surrey, Roehampton. Recent publications include Crime, Society and the Law in Renaissance Italy (1994), edited with Kate Lowe, and a study of Crime in Medieval Europe (2000). His interests focus on vendetta and disputes arising from marriage in late medieval/Renaissance Italy, and he is currently researching a range of further crimes in late medieval Bologna including insult and theft.
CLIVE EMSLEY is Professor of History and co-director of the European Centre for the Study of Policing at The Open University. He has published second, revised editions of the popular The English Police: A Political and Social History (1996), and Crime and Society in England 1750–1900 (1996), a major study of Gendarmes and the State in Nineteenth-Century Europe (1999), and has co-edited with Richard Bessel, Patterns of Provocation: Police and Public Disorder (2000). He is currently working on several aspects of policing the state in modern Europe.
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|Reviews for The Midnight Thief
| Enica chapter 1 . 8/4/2014
Soooo cute! Not only does the story make the ending complete it's also very much what most fans wanted. And it's written fluently so you can read it without stopping. Thank you very much for this story. Upload another chapter if you can please!
| yuMeNami chapter 1 . 1/10/2014
That was wonderful. Still, I would prefer if Nezumi actually stayed forever. Sigh. All this leaving, it breaks my heart. No. 6 resonates to me in so much deeper levels.
| Guest chapter 1 . 12/10/2013
aww that was so cute even though this was a couple years ago it's still adorbs :3 good story!
| Guest chapter 1 . 8/31/2013
*-* I swear this fanfic has turned me into a big pile of goop XD I loved it! I swear I wish this was real *A*
| HiddenHero220 chapter 1 . 6/23/2013
"One month. I will return with your heart. Nezumi" *lost all control and starts bawling*
| kurohimex105 chapter 1 . 4/28/2013
awwww it's so sweet I loved reading it, I thought I was gona cry at one point dam you!
| IcyLady chapter 1 . 3/7/2013
Hej so, I wouldn't call it "rather long", but it was quite perfect! Very nicely written too.
I also think that the ending of the anime/novel needs something more and I especially like the compromise you found between giving them a happy ending and keeping Nezumi's freedom.
Thanks for sharing!
| 12-09321-04934287348923 chapter 1 . 3/6/2013
...just might be my favorite.
| ZWorld chapter 1 . 1/2/2013
That was absolutely beautiful! Utterly stunning!
Really great read. Thank you so much for writing such a lovely piece.
I honestly really like this ending. This is probably one of my favourite post-no.6 fanfics.
Ahhh, so speechless!
| Bakanda-In-The-Impala chapter 1 . 10/14/2012
This is so beautiful! Words can't describe how amazing the detail and sweetness of the story is! Amazing work, I'm always happy to read every one of your stories, keep up the good works! :)
| Elliz59 chapter 1 . 5/12/2012
Wow, that was SO sweet.
I've just watched No.6 and was in mood for some FF that would close the story for me, and you did EXACTLY that :) I can sleep soundly now, I know how it all ended :))
I've read some of your other works too and your writing style is really great, you can put so much emotions in the scenes and your dialogues are awesome :) And you understand that characters so much, no OOC here :)
I'll definitely stalk you from now on *creepy smile*
| Labrinthe chapter 1 . 5/11/2012
Most beautiful short story I had ever read, omg 3
This story tugged at so many of my emotions.
| pinlie chapter 1 . 3/27/2012
wow- you blew me away. this was beautiful. thanks
| Tsuna De Vongola Decimo chapter 1 . 3/25/2012
Ahh just adorable! I guess I should go read Macbeth again for review, since I have a test on it soon at school
| imperfect-lover chapter 1 . 2/21/2012
Soooooo sorry I didn't get to read this sooner ( Classes got really busy and I've been bogged down but thankfully, things lightened up a bit for me to get a chance to read this! And it was so sweet! I can definitely feel the difference between this and your newer fics. Your personal understanding of them has increased throughout your writing. However! You worried for nothing! This was absolutely not a disappointment! It was so sweet LOOOVED how Nezumi came through the window just because he couldn't imagine knocking and how Sion thought that was completely normal. As soon as I read it I was like "Yes...If he had knocked...it just would have been so weird lol".
And then this little bit...
""I'm still taller than you."
Nezumi smirked again as he started undoing his usual superfiber scarf and removed his leather jacket. He was wearing a black, long sleeved shirt underneath it which Sion had never seen before.
"I still have hope.""
Hahaha They're banter never ceases to amuse me. Even though your understanding of them has deepened throughout your writing, you still keep them completely in character here as well. )


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