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awesome map again! just saved it into my inspiration folder.
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This is what has become of my "digital resurrection project 1" map http://www.cartographersguild.com//s...tion-Project-1. I have assigned it the identity of Schwari, Maloumba which is an African analogue on the same geofiction world as Torentine. It is that nation's largest city at about 2.7 million. On the Aged Maloumba map you'll find the city on the southwest coast of the Atisa Queendom. I thought it best to keep it simple and plop it onto a parchment that looks like it's been through the ringer. I didn't want to mess with it too much and lose the hand-drawn look.
It looks like it wasn't quite finished in that world, likely the artist was "erased" or suffered an early death due to acute "wingu" addiction. The drug that keeps Maloumba's male workforce in bondage.. Maloumba is all about women.
We'll call it finished in this world even if it never was there.
The map is hand drawn from years ago and i just layered in some effects in photoshop. I used coyotemax's awesome beaten gold style download for a really quick nameplate.
Hope you like it.
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p.s. i realize the gold circle looks just a bit meso-american.. but hey it kind of looks african-ish
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awesome map again! just saved it into my inspiration folder.
That looks really awesome. But then so did the initial drawing you posted.
I have just one criticism and that's that the burnt edges have a very hard edge and there's some bits of frayed edge of the paper on the right that just wouldn't be there. It looks like maybe you magic wanded and cut it from a different background or something. Anyway, I wold try and soften them up somehow.
Still, fantastic map.
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all right mr. picky (ramah).. just kidding, i'm actually glad of the advice.. so i took it and fixed the edges (for the most part). It looks much better under scrutiny..
i wasn't looking at it very closely and was trying to avoid detail work on this one. Cartographersguild.com is no place for shortcuts! (0:
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While this is an absolutely awesome hand-drawn city map, and one of the best I've seen in a long time, I'm having some trouble reading it. I take it that the city is located on a river delta, and the buildings are concentrated on the little islands while there are bridges connecting these islands. But I'm seeing some conflicts in the outlining of the waters. What I think should be water appears to be land with scattered concentrations of buildings on it. Is it me reading the borders incorrectly? What are the dotted borders outlining? Is there a difference in depth of the water? Pray tell.
Also, the compass rose looks a little strange. It has what appears to be roman numerals, like on a clock, but from what I can tell, they translate to 6, 8, 9, 9, 10, 11...
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As for the rivers.. the dotted lines demarcate the floodplain channels which are dry for part of the year (and used for agriculture) and have roads criss-crossing them with the occasional bridge for the wet season... so some of those little islands are only part time islands. Many buildings/yards back right up to these flood areas. The year round river channels have a definite, albeit thin, line boundary. As for random darkened areas there are probably stains on the paper.
Does that help?
Last edited by a2area; 01-18-2010 at 09:56 PM.
Ah, yes, now I see. That makes a whole lot of sense. Now I also see that there's a difference between roads and bridges crossing the floodplains. It's like a Nile-inspired river thing.
And as for the compass rose, I totally get it. I actually did the same thing with the first map I posted here, Oshen-Dan-Desh. I didn't feel like making my own symbols, so I sort of accidentally came across that silly "Webdings" font, and thought I'd just use them.
Very nice! (and not just because you used one of my effects, hah).
I kind of like the unfinished look, you have a good basis for why. And anyone using this for an adventure would have freedom to play around with the unfinished areas I could spend years running adventures in here!
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Yes! There are hints given
No! I only believe in what I see
he can do clones because this is not a very powerful technique
That would be extremely hax'd if he could
If speculation is proven accurate, his power would severely increase.
This kid a complete ****n idiot. No common sense !
Originally Posted by UchihaKira
Don't you have to make a kage bunshin for the academy exam? lol if not even genin K11 can do it Im sure Minato can
Lol really? So for you to pass the exam you have to read a forbidden scroll? That makes total sense.
Originally Posted by Swizzik
Bushin no jutsu =/= Kage Bushin no Jutsu
Kage Bushin and Bushin no jutsu are two different jutsu.....
By your logic since Sasuke was considered a genius he can do kage bushin too, in fact Shikamaru knows over 1000 jutsu.... -___-
In the first place sasuke was never a jounin.he was a rouge nin,while minato was a jounin even sensei and last but not the least he was a hokage so yeah he can do the kage bunshin.
Last edited by amsy; 10-10-2012 at 02:07 AM.
minato fights with brains he does not make unnessesary move in a battle,he uses the most suitable method that can yeild greater possitive results,and the kage bunshin is mainly used for diversion or aid as naruto uses it to make rasengans and rasen-shuriken.in all his battles,shown both in manga and the movies non requires him to make a diversion and he doen't need any aid in making his beautiful rasengan unlike his untalented son(just kidding),if he does he knows that it will only be a loss of chakra.so he sticks to the important points in the his battles.that is why he never uses the kage bunshin but i think yes he can do it.
Wow hottest thread? Obviously he can he is Kage level. I can't imagine what these 7 pages of comments say.
I say "yes. Most definitely".
Minato was obviously strong enough to use Kage Bunshin, but he probably didn't liked it, or he never had to use it. Thats why we haven't seen him using it. But come on! He was the Hokage, for gods sake!
Originally Posted by Blaze Release
Op it seems you are lacking, either that or too slow or perhaps fanboysim has clouded your judgement. Maybe all three contribute to your failings. You said i didnt prove anything, actually i did.
I proved that the two are different techniques (bunshin and kage bunshin)
Proved that its a kinjutsu which wouldnt be taught at a academy
Proved that its hashirama's scroll
Proved that its him who forbid it.
Ive proved all your points wrong, however i didnt prove whether minato can use it or not, because that was never the aim unless you can upload me a quote saying he cannot, however i can upload you a quote which says that he might have it however your post doesnt do this idea justice. Reason i didnt even bother to disapprove of him having it is because its unknown and the petty attempt of you to try and approve it wasnt good enough and that me being nice. If you still cannot grasp that what hiruzen said, he never mentioned minato, previous could mean any of the previous hokages, uploaded you a quote from the DB, then uploaded the Image aswell and yet you cannot take this in, then ive nothing more to say. Btw op if you go back to when naruto first learnt the technique he said "kage bunshin no jutsu" and you even upload the page where he said this. What he did with the technique was due to his reserves which allowed him to maximise it, however the vast majority of ninja's do not have that reserves in the first place
As for those trolls/butthurt fans who have somehow added itachi to the thread/has called those are arent in favour of this idea haters must be either stuck on stupid/trolls are not very bright. I guess going against the op which is wrong, is hating. To me hating is when you post nonsense and outright hate on a character without giving any evidence, however id like to think ive done the opposite. The only point i couldnt prove was whether minato had this technique or not and as i said that was never the aim because it cannot be proven or dispproven, but since for unkown reasons itachi has somehow creeped into this thread due to butthurt minato fanboys who cannot accept the truth and simple logic that its unknown are just butthurt, i guess its only fair that i also include itachi in this thread. As he said "you lose";
Btw op if you go back to when naruto first learnt the technique he said "kage bunshin no jutsu" and you even upload the page where he said this. What he did with the technique was due to his reserves which allowed him to maximise it, however the vast majority of ninja's do not have that reserves in the first place
Blaze, as i've said, saying that I'm wrong in your 1st post means that you disagree with the idea that he possibly can. Meaning, you are in favor of the opposite. Check the quote above, you mentioned that naruto did the tech because of his reserves but one thing you failed to see that Minato > Kid Naruto because the same Kid who performs Kage bunshins failed to summon bunta thus needed Kurama's chakra.
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I totally agree with u. Even though the multi shadow clone is a jounin lvl. tec., the shadow clone is a basic tec. which evry1 has to master before becoming a genin of the leaf. Every leaf nin. knows it nd i c no reason to disbelieve a kage like Minato cant do it. Every1 does nt use it bcuz they may be either bad at it or its nt their style or they r bad at its chakra manipulation or they dont kno how to use it.
in order for u to graduate u have to know kage bushin
I WILL USE LOGIC NOOOOO Minato can't use kage bunshin,Why?cous hes Dead.
Originally Posted by Blaze Release
Its only on here that you would get away with such a thread, because majority are lacking the basics. On another forum you'd get dispatched with minimum effort. You should look on the bright side though, ill take it easy. Ill admit i just skim read your thread and i believe i got the basics.
First is that the academy DO NOT teach forbidden technique's. Thats what kinjutsu is and that is what a kage bunshin is unless you want to challenge me.
Also production of bunshin is what is needed to graduate at the academy rock lee couldnt have used this technique since he has no talent so he mustve graduated by other means and the same was naruto who couldnt produce this technique, his problem was chakra control. However he used the kage bunshin which to iruka was enough to graduate him. What im saying is that there are other way to get graduate, though minato wouldnt have the problems that lee and naruto faced im confident he knows the bunshin no jutsu, however the kage bunshin im not too sure about
Second mistake you made was to confuse a bunshin no jutsu to a kage bunshin no jutsu. The two techniques are different. The bunshin no jutsu is what is taught at the academy at the DB states;
one Technique (分身の術, Bunshin no Jutsu)
Ninjutsu, E-rank, Supplementary
Users: Uzumaki Naruto, Haruno Sakura, et al
Creating one's own after-image and confusing the enemy!!
A ninjutsu that creates an after-image of one's own body, without any substance. Since the clone itself doesn't have the ability to attack, and thus can only be used to confuse the enemy, it is mainly used in combination with other ninjutsu. It's a basic technique, but depending on one's ingenuity, it can be used effectively.
[picture of Sakura and two of her clones attacking Ino]
↑As Ino said, the "Clone Technique" is a ninjutsu that every ninja can use.
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A kage bunshin in the DB is;
Shadow Clone Technique (影分身の術, Kage Bunshin no Jutsu)
Ninjutsu, B-rank, Supplementary
Users: Uzumaki Naruto, Hatake Kakashi, et al
A ninjutsu that creates a true copy of something. What makes it different from the normal "Clone Technique"* is that it creates a clone with substance, making them able to perform physical attacks. It's a high grade ninjutsu, allowing the clone to various techniques of the user. It used to be Naruto's worst skill, but nowadays it's his favourite by far. The way he uses it is also extraordinarily clever.
That shadow
It changes into yet another real body!!
[picture of Naruto attacking Zabuza from behind]
[picture of Naruto attacking Neji from the ground]
←↑By using the clone to attract the enemy's attention, the real body can appear from an unexpected place and launch an attack! This is the clever way the "Shadow Clone Technique" can be used.
*Clone Technique (分身の術, Bunshin no Jutsu)
First Databook, page 170
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Third is that what ibusi said isnt statute. Hokage's do get the availability of scrolls to learn, however you have to remember that learning all those techniques in the scroll takes time. Something that hiruzen managed to do and that is why he got his nickname, not only god of shinobi but also the professor and was hyped to have known al the techniques in konoha. He was the longest reigning hokage therefore he has in him what it takes to learn all those techniques, but also the sarutobi clan are known to be quick learners. To put it simple, minato's time as hokage was most likely the shortest because the gap between when obito attacked the village and when he become hokage (shortly after the 3rd war) isnt that great. He no where near had the time hiruzen did to learn all those techniques in the scroll.
May i also that the scroll of the hokages is hashirama/tobirama's scroll and not hiruzens or minato's. The senju are hyped to be masters of all forms of ninja art, but also if you go back in manga chapters you'd see hashirama with several scrolls with him. Those are his scrolls that he left for the next generation of hokages. Ive read the whole thread and you must be trolling to think those scrolls are minato's. Hiruzen got the nickname professor for his vast knowledge in ninjutsu and he got this title during his prime. In his prime was when he was the sensei of the sannins and the sannins who were around12/13. Meaning if minato was born he was either an infant or wasnt even born at all. How the hell did he create those scrolls when he most likely wasnt even alive for hiruzen to learn the techniques in them and get the title professor. Its obvious its one of hashirama's scrolls;
Some people have no idea what mizuki was talking about when he said that "scroll was used to seal you". Mizuki asked naruto to steal the scroll of seals for him. The reason he believed that, its what was used to seal naruto (fox) is because its the scroll of seals, however he is wrong because that is hashirama's scroll, but also the shiki fuin ISNT in that scroll, but also how the hell does he know what seal was used to seal naruto to my knowledge the shiki fuin is a technique that only a handful of people know, to an extent that orochimaru a kinjutsu/fuinjutsu expert had no ideaw what the technique was but also was mizuki wasnt there during that night when minato used it. He just put 1 and 2 together and guessed that its one of these seals that was used to seal the fox because that is the scroll of seals, however he is wrong. Even this page should clarify it;
Ite very possible that minato knew how to use the kage bunshin, however you havent done him justice at all. You'd probably want to dispute this however you shouldnt bother, i just came here to reply to my fans but also;
You got the two techniques mixed upNinja's can still graduate from the academy without needing to use the bunshin no jutsuThe scroll was hashirama'sThe academy will not teach kinjutsu's which is what kage bunshin is
All youve said from start to finish is WRONG!!!. I hope you are still a fan of mine though?
Like a Blaze!
No. It's not stated or shown anywhere in the manga that Minato can use kage bunshin.
And for someone who prefers brain over eyes, you seem to lack some critical thinking:
The fact that bunshin is an exam for graduating from the Academy doesn't mean anything at all. Kage bunshin is a completely different technique, that's the first thing. The exam type might have changed one hundred times over, that's the second thing.
Every other person of whom we think they can use Kage Bunshin has either used it or was stated to be able to use it. Minato is not any of those cases.
He probably knew how, but it wouldn't suit his style or chakra levels.
this is stupid, ppl are getting out of hand with the whole "If I don't see it then it must not exist" thing that is going on throughout the base. Minato was capable of it, but it doesn't suit his style as his chakra is better spent using s/t techs.
Originally Posted by Retsu
this is stupid, ppl are getting out of hand with the whole "If I don't see it then it must not exist" thing that is going on throughout the base. Minato was capable of it, but it doesn't suit his style as his chakra is better spent using s/t techs.
Because without these people (myself included) vs. threads would be swarmed with people saying the 3rd Raikage would just make 10 shadow clones that can't be touched because his armor is so tough. Regardless of the level of technique or ability, if a character doesn't show a technique, they can't be said to have it.
Originally Posted by Necromancer4276
Because without these people (myself included) vs. threads would be swarmed with people saying the 3rd Raikage would just make 10 shadow clones that can't be touched because his armor is so tough. Regardless of the level of technique or ability, if a character doesn't show a technique, they can't be said to have it.
still, to assume a kage level ninja doesn't know shadow clone is stupid considering we've seen both his student and son use the tech, and honestly who gives a rats ass as to what some butt hurt fan says about a vs match, next thing we'll be seeing is Hashirama is unable to mold chakra threadz sprouting up everywhere.
Wait what...? The stupidity of some people amaze me... F*ck it. Zabuza, Ibuki, Ebisu, Gaara, Orochimaru, Gai Sensei and Neji and all the Kage's can do shadow clones even Kushina could. Anyone who argues with me is a retard simply because those are all jounin level ninja or above hence they must be able to do Kage Bushin. (Sarcasm...) Seriously please show me where in the manga it's even stated that he can do the technique....
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William McKenna passed away Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, at Temple University Hospital surrounded by his loving family. He was 67.
Born in Philadelphia, he was a resident of Southampton for the past year and previously of the Tacony Section of Philadelphia.
Bill was a Philadelphia Fire Lieutenant with Engine 38 and retired in 2004 after 38 years of service. He was a U.S. Army veteran and a member of the A.O.H in Tacony.
Bill was an avid sports fan.
He will be sadly missed by his beloved wife, Carolyn (Gill) McKenna; his daughter, Lisa Scidurlo; and his sons, William Jr., Timothy and Thomas McKenna. He was the brother of Artie (Betty Ann), Edward, John (Donna), Maureen, Patrick (Suzie), Robert and Madeleine McKenna and is also survived by seven grandchildren, one great grandchild, and many nieces and nephews.
Bill was preceded in death by his parents, Edward and Elizabeth McKenna, and his sister, Rosemary Scocca.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend his viewing from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, and from 9:15 to 10:15 a.m. Wednesday morning at the Tomlinson Funeral Home, 2207 Bristol Pike, Bensalem. His funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m., Wednesday, at St. Leo's R.C. Church. Interment at a later date will be in Resurrection Cemetery.
Memorial contributions in his memory may be made to the Lymphoma Society, 2 International Plaza, Suite 245, Philadelphia, PA 19113. Tomlinson Funeral Home,


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IN NEW YORK, A SMART AND SOPHISTICATED SPRINGThe New York spring 2009 men's market shows ended Wednesday, with shrunken leather jackets, washed blazers, stripes, textured summer knits, ultra-technical raincoats, tailored shirts with smaller collars, shorts, odes to classic American sportswear, Yves Saint Laurent's play with form and urban-safari themed collections as the strongest trends of the week.
In its third instalment, Capsule showed a sense of identity. The 70 collections, mostly a mix of Scandinavian and American brands, were smart yet experimental, and in many ways defined the look of new luxury that until now had been a stranger to American stores. Our Legacy, Wood Wood, Fifth Avenue Shoe Repair, Corpus, B Store, Chronicles of Never and Public School had some of the strongest collections here. Worth also noting were Maui & Sons' madly addictive reproductions of original surfwear patterns and cuts.
Two new shows nodded to a new generation of emerging streetwear void of contemporary clichés such as over-embellished back pockets and skulls. At Rewind, Cargo hosted half a dozen streetwear brands, including immediates and holiday pieces by Leroy Jenkins and Triko, and sporty timepieces by No Label. The line to watch, however, was Amivectic, a new line by Triko's Hector Estrada, which offered luxurious wrap cotton shirts and knits for guys. The MVMT.NYC, a new heritage streetwear show by new and former designers of brands such as Rocawear and Gawsie Athletic, made its debut in SoHo next to Adidas' headquarters. Notable items included denim and new camo hoodies by Expansion, island-inspired prints and ombre guayaberas by Top Rankn and highly imaginative tees by No Love Lost. Grin & Fury, with its dark yet witty graphics shown alongside burn out "batstooth" prints, was sophisticated and thoughtful. It underscored the sensitivity of its contemporaries to cultural diversity and the idea of "better" streetwear.
While the buzz at The Collective was all about whether Dunhill was previewing Kim Jones's new work for the storied British house (spring 2009 did offer glimpses of Jones's light-handed approach to classical men's tailoring as in perforated leather linings and lightweight anoraks), Blue held its own with some substantial collections on show, including Conference of Birds, with its South American-flavored jackets and tie-dyed tops, Nicholas K and its oversized cardigans and urban safari-styled long jackets in mustard tones, and 429/NUMBER:Lab, with its athletic-cut basics with reversible styles and tweaks to collars. Tony Melillo was memorable for his shorts as was Plaster. Orlando Carreras had some of the most delicate and directional fabrications of the show, including striped sheer tops for layering.
Once again, ENK and IMG teamed up to produce runway presentations for brands, including Charles G. Bailey, Conference of Birds, Nicholas K, Obakki, Buckler and Orthodox, which touched on the season's trend in lighterweight blazers and double-breasted, cropped jackets. Obakki, meanwhile, was all about tone-on-tone effects, gray, innovative tie-dye treatments and double-layered cotton pullovers. Designer Treana Peake also showed great dark, low-crotch denim.
Not all was lost at Project New York, which could have done with a tighter brand mix. Modern vintage as a style was done well by CPT by Cockpit USA, Pratt's and Mike & Chris, while newcomer Mottainai offered unique overdyes and recycled treatments in denim. Spiewak's cross-dyed, colorful poplin jackets and other technical, lightweight innovations were a fresh approach for the brand and unexpectedly one of the most directional offerings this season.
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A Feb. 22 special election is scheduled to determine a replacement for Democratic Sen. Yvonne Wilson. The 81-year-old Wilson recently retired with two years remaining in her Senate term.
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NOTE: These ingredients and instructions are exactly as Stacy gave them to me. I followed all her suggestions and the result was great. I will let you decide on that for yourself.
1 medium yellow onion, chopped
3 cloves garlic, minced ** I just used garlic powder cause I didn't have garlic **
1 1/2 lbs ground turkey
1 (10 ounce) can diced tomatoes with mild green chilies ** I used original rotel**
1 tsp ground cumin
1 TBSP chili powder ** this still wasn't enough for me .. I kept adding more **
1 tsp dried oregano
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 TBSP light brown sugar
1/4 tsp ground cayenne pepper ** I added a little more **
1/4 tsp fresh ground black pepper ** I added a little more **
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1 (15 ounce) can black beans (rinsed and drained)
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Monday, April 30, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) — One World Trade Center, the monolith being built to replace the twin towers destroyed in the Sept. 11 attacks, claimed the title of New York City's tallest skyscraper on Monday, as workers erected steel columns that made its unfinished skeleton a little over 1,250 feet high, just enough to peek over the roof of the observation deck on the Empire State Building.
City officials and iron workers applauded as the first 12-ton column was hoisted onto the tower's top deck.
"This project is much more than steel and concrete. It is a symbol of success for the nation," said David Samson, chairman of the Port Authority, the agency that owns the World Trade Center.
Clear skies afforded an immaculate 360-degree view from the top, although it wasn't easy getting up there. After riding an elevator to the 90th floor, a small group of officials and journalists had to climb three steep ladders to reach the top platform, which was encircled by blue netting along the perimeter.
The milestone is a preliminary one. Workers are still adding floors to the building once called the Freedom Tower. It isn't expected to reach its full height for at least another year, at which point it is likely to be declared the tallest building in the U.S., and third tallest in the world.
Those bragging rights, though, will carry an asterisk.
Crowning the world's tallest buildings is a little like picking the heavyweight champion in boxing. There is often disagreement about who deserves the belt.
In this case, the issue involves the 408-foot-tall needle that will sit on the tower's roof.
Count it, and the World Trade Center is back on top. Otherwise, it will have to settle for No. 2, after the Willis Tower in Chicago.
"Height is complicated," said Nathaniel Hollister, a spokesman for The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitats, a Chicago-based organization considered an authority on such records.
Experts and architects have long disagreed about where to stop measuring super-tall buildings outfitted with masts, spires and antennas that extend far above the roof.
Consider the case of the Empire State Building: Measured from the sidewalk to the tip of its needle-like antenna, the granddaddy of all skyscrapers actually stands 1,454 feet high, well above the mark reached by One World Trade Center on Monday.
Purists, though, say antennas shouldn't count when determining building height.
An antenna, they say, is more like furniture than a piece of architecture. Like a chair sitting on a rooftop, an antenna can be attached or removed. The Empire State Building didn't even get its distinctive antenna until 1952. The record books, as the argument goes, shouldn't change every time someone installs a new satellite dish.
Excluding the antenna brings the Empire State Building's total height to 1,250 feet. That was still high enough to make the skyscraper the world's tallest from 1931 until 1972.
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> Excerpts from the conference of Research Strategies for Assessing the Behavioral Effects of Food and Nutrients appeared in Science in 1982. The paper stated, 'The effects are subtle, but a number of scientists are finding that people do react to what they eat.'
> In 1983 Wurtman wrote in Lancet,
"Most drugs that modify normal or abnormal behaviors do so by changing the amounts of particular neurotransmitters present within the brain synapses or by influencing the interactions between transmitter molecules and their postsynaptic receptors. If a food constituent can be shown to cause similar changes in the release or the actions of one of these neurotransmitters, there is every reason to expect that the nutrient will also be able to influence behavior."1
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> Dr. Wurtman and colleagues began studying the effects of food on brain biochemistry at M.I.T. over ten years ago. Their work appears to be focused on the investigations of amino acids and their role as precursors of neurotransmitters. However, vitamins and especially minerals are also known to affect brain function.
1. Wurtman RJ: Behavioral effects of nutrients. Lancet, May, 1983.
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As for myself, I have had one hell of a life, it has made me weaker and stronger, meaner and more loving. I know I know submissives don't want to hear that; god forbid, their Dominants might have a weakness but if you walk around in that fantasy world just keep on walking please. I am super sweet and kind myself but have a wonderfully sadistic side. I don't look at inflicting pain as being mean (although I can be mean) I look at inflicting pain as meeting a physical and emotional need of the other person. But this is all very deep stuff that we won't get to right away anyway soooo let's just start with a conversation okay?
The person I would like to meet
I would love to meet a very sweet and kind woman who enjoys being submissive, serving a woman that she's not just attracted to but can look up to as well. I would like to not only have fun with her, take her to events, use her for my own pleasure, and take out my frustrations on her BUT I will NOT be able to stop myself from protecting her, guiding her, teaching her, caring for her and drawing out all the wonderful creative amazing characteristics that live within every woman. I am very much pro-women.
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Right now I do SEO. Search Engine Optimization is what businesses pay people like to me to do to increase their internet presence. I can get them on Google Bing ect. I can set up and run their businesses Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr accounts ect.
What do you like to do for fun/hobbies?
Fun? Fun always includes one of two things. Being out with friends finding new and interesting things to do ORRR it includes me being alone or being alone with people I love like my children or a significant other.
Hobbies are anything to do with art, reading, writing that kind of stuff.
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A great date to me is when the other person takes me to places they love, a great date is when the other person shares themselves with me, shows me who they are and what they are passionate about.
If you are divorced/widower, you can talk about how that happened here.
Wow! ok.....
I am divorced from a man, I knew 2 weeks after marrying him I had made a huge mistake but stayed, finally just got fed up.
What is your fantasy vacation?
O good question!
Fantasy vacation would be being in a place where we could hike mountains one day and hit the beach the next with a great hotel included lol
What is your academic background?
I am currently in college for an associates to begin with, then the program transfers over to a four year school for my Bachelors...it's alot cheaper this way, I don't know if many people know that or not.....
Where did you last vacation and did you like it?
I have not taken a long vacation in a long time but I love spontaneous road trips to close destinations like Ind. Beach ect.
What do you find attractive in people?
A heart of gold is one of the best things to find in a person. Someone who you can tell right away are not out to hurt others or talk bad about people behind their backs. Someone who wants to treat people right no matter who they are are the best people to find! I also find twisted sense of humors to be great and optimism is sexy!
What do others do that irritate you?
Talking bad about others to me irritates me because that lets me know that they talk bad about me to others....lying is very irritating, I am 35 and have not needed to lie about much of anything since I left home at 16 LOL of course I lie to my children, santa and babies come from clouds in heaven LOL but lying's not really needed when you're an adult IF you strive to do whats right in your life and to others....
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I love till it hurts....no matter who you are, what you are, what you've done, where you've been or are going I will accept you and treat you with the utmost respect.
What one thing would you change about your personality if you could?
Change about my Personality.....hhmmmm.....maybe....personality is a weird thing to change....I don't even think I understand the question. It depends on what you define as a personality....umm....I will come back to this.....let me know if you have any ideas ok?
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Well although I am a Dominant woman who enjoys being served, the thing I love the most is giving. Even in the Top position I am giving just as much as my submissive is because I am meeting their needs too sooo its like the circle of life really lol
What is the favorite thing you like sexually done to you?
I call it a hand job for women, I enjoy fingers that are lubed up rubbing all over my clit and lips, I don't even need penetration just an amazing muff massage LOL
What fantasy(s) are you still waiting to experience?
To be honest I have done everything on my sex bucket list at this point in life. I try new things because I don't know yet if I like them. I have done alot of sexual things in my life so far.
What fantasy(s) have you already experienced?
HA name it
Do you have any STDs (Sexually Transmitted Diseases)?
No I do not
Are you looking for a one night stand, to play for a while, or a long-term Adult relationship?
To begin I am looking for a friend that may grow into a D/s relationship that may grow into a deeper and more meaningful emotional and physical connection.
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Location: Hilliard, Ohio
What was your inspiration for the room?
We were inspired by the clean look of the French Provincial dressers – they brighten the room and add a delicate feel to the space. We also love the antique look of the Jenny Lind-style crib. With all the crib options out there, this one is very simple and dainty and can go with almost any style nursery (and can fit almost any budget!) Although we loved the look of some of the larger, traditional, convertible cribs, we didn't want a clunky piece that would weigh the room down.
Describe your decorating style:
My decorating style tends to be Vintage-Modern, overall. For the nursery, however, there is definitely a wide variety of styles – contemporary rug and artwork, antique furniture pieces, and lighting that is a little more modern – but when you stick within a chosen color scheme, I think it can all blend together well.
Favorite Items:
I love the combination of the dresser with the mirror and green lamps. I think it all really pops off of the bead-board wall. I love that the furniture is very flexible and versatile – it can be used a changing table now, a dresser for a toddler, teenager, or adult, or even used in a hallway or dining room in the future.
I also am fairly fond of my rocker – it was a $25 Goodwill purchase for my first apartment. It is still in great shape, and the teal piping and buttons really give it character.
Any advice to share with other expectant moms planning a nursery?
Great looking, quality furniture doesn't have to cost an arm and a leg (like most nursery furniture sets do these days). I am a firm believer that with furniture – the older the better. They don't make stuff like they used to. Why not find an old piece of furniture, give it an updated look with a little paint and new hardware, and save some money while you're at it? Not to mention, if it gets scribbled on, scratched, or dinged by thrown toys – you already have the paint to cover it up! It's a win-win!
Room Resources.
Crib: Jenny Lind-style crib ($170) from Amazon.com
Rug: TJ Maxx Homegoods
Rocking Chair: Goodwill
Dresser and Chest: Dixie dressers found on Craigslist – refinished by The French Canary
Glass Knobs: Bubble glass knobs in Mint from Anthropologie
Green Lamps: Midland Antique Mall (drum shades from Meier were added)
Mirror and Green Accent table: Garden Ridge
Bookshelf: Craigslist
Artwork: Most of the art was found in the framing department at Hobby Lobby half-off. I found all the 5×7 flowers above the crib and the dog and cat prints all pre-matted to fit in 8×10 frames. Hobby Lobby was also having a half-off sale of picture frames that week, so I got several of the white frames there, and the remaining silver frames from Walmart.
Ottomans: I found both the green and white ottoman, and the white foot stool at Marshalls and TJ Maxx Homegoods, respectively. Both on clearance section because of a small scuff on one, and a missing floor glider on the other. Nothing a little magic eraser won't fix!
Bedding: (my one splurge!) Serena and Lily Natasha Collection
Mobile: I made this myself by using a couple metal rings, dowel rods and string from Hobby Lobby, and tying on Pomwheels from The Pomtree on Etsy
Splurge vs On a Budget: Boy and Girl Twin Nursery
Last week, I told you all about Kristy {a facebook fan} who is expecting boy and girl twins. I came up with a color scheme for the mixed gender twins and this week I'm sharing with you a complete design board.
Two, actually!
The first is the Splurge! nursery with a price tag of approx. $3,935. The second? That's the On a Budget! nursery. By replacing just 3 items, the price tag on this one is $1,400 less.
1. The color scheme: I've chosen four colors for the room. Lilac and a light blue are the primary colors for the design. Lilac for the baby girl. Light blue for the baby boy. Sage (light green) is the complimentary/unifying color. It looks fantastic with both lilac and blue. Gray is the neutral background for the entire color scheme and the wall color.
2. Baby Girl Bedding: Serena and Lily Crib Bedding Set Lulu, $395.
3. Baby Boy Bedding: Serena and Lily Crib Bedding Set Dylan, $395.
4. Cribs: Oeuf Eco-friendly Sparrow Crib, White, $690 each {splurge!}; Storkcraft Sheffield Stages Crib, White, $99 each {on a budget!}.
5. Ceiling Lamp: Normann Copenhagen Norm 03 Lamp Shade, $200 {splurge!}; Ikea Knappa pendant lamp, $34.99 {on a budget!}.
6. Dresser: Ikea Hemnes 8-drawer dresser,White, $299.
7. Fabric for Curtains: Serena & Lily Fabric by the Yard Diamond Leaf, $50 per yard {splurge!}; Home Decor Print Fabric-Croscill Felton/Kiwi, on sale for $14.99 {on a budget!}.
8. Rug: Shaggy Raggy Lime Jersey Cotton Rug, $66.
9. Glider: NurseryWorks Empire Rocker, $1,100. A chunk of the budget went to this chair but it's my favorite piece in the room. It's elegant, neutral and can be moved to any other room in your home once it's done it's duty in the nursery.
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Design Dilemma: Choosing a Color Scheme for Boy/Girl Twins Nurs
Kirsty, a Facebook fan, expressed some difficulty choosing a color scheme for her nursery. She's having mixed gender twins and can't settle on a color for the walls.
I offered to help.
* I've also put together this Boy and Girl Twin Nursery design board using the same color scheme.
What we're reading: Nursery Style
I received a belated birthday present about 2 weeks ago from a very good friend of mine. She knows me too well because this might go down in history as one of my favorite birthday presents!
Serena Dugan and Lily Kanter, the incredibly talented ladies behind Serena & Lily, have authored Nursery Style. This book is a guide for expectant parents designing their nurseries. It helps you define your style and is illustrated with hundreds of pictures of nurseries that are sure to inspire.
Nursery Style is like a crash course in nursery design! It elaborates on different types of cribs and decorating styles and provides you with creative tips and tricks of the trade. You'll be feeling like a professional designer in no time with this book.
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Design Advice: Moroccan Inspired Nursery
Moroccan inspired patterns and colors have become increasingly popular over the past several months. Vibrant colors and intricate, yet sophisticated, patterns are the cornerstone of Moroccan interior design.
Today's design advice is a Moroccan nursery inspiration board influenced by geometrical patterns and rustic textures.
1. Bedding: This was the starting point for the design of this nursery. I love the Serena & Lily Nursery Basics crib sheets! Depending on the sex of your baby or your personal preference, you could use one or all of these sheets. From top to bottom: Spring Green Florentine, Aqua/Melon Mosaic, and Grass Trellis; $36.
2. Paint: Ultra Premium Voyage 4006-1B from Valspar.
3. Crib: Ray Crib without panel by Muu; $795. I splurged on the crib. I just couldn't help myself.
4. Curtains: Linen Sheer White Curtain Panel from Crate & Barrel; $24.95-$49.95.
5. Hamper: Rattan Elephant Hamper in brown; $99.
6. Rug: Wool Rug Spectrum Pewter from Company C; starting at $146.
7. Wall decals: Moroccan Bubble Decals from Etsy seller ByrdieGraphics; $52.
8. Arm chair: angelo:HOME Harlow Arm Chair Yellow and White Floral, $309.
You might be wondering why I didn't include a changing table or dresser in this mood board. The truth is that I didn't find one to my liking for this particular room. I would suggest incorporating a dresser that meets your needs and painting it a vibrant green, blue or melon.
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OAKLAND — In his pregame media chat, Warriors coach Mark Jackson laid it on the line, "Tonight is a big night for us."
Why so big?
The Warriors were playing the Portland Trail Blazers, the surprising Blazers who are way ahead of the Warriors in the Western Conference standings. And the Warriors have been slumping.
A while back they had a 10-game winning streak. But coming into the Blazers game, they had lost five of seven games and were giving up points by the ton. Which means they weren't playing defense — and that's very bad for a defense-first team.
So, Sunday night's game was a State of the Warriors Game. Could they play well, could they beat an elite team? As a general rule, teams that beat elite teams are themselves elite teams.
The Warriors want to be elite.
Maybe they are. They won 103-88. Easy. A walk in the park. An elite kind of night.
Before the game, Jackson made a pretty good case for Portland. "Tonight, there's no answer for Damian Lillard in pick-and-roll situations and isolation situations," he said from his coaching situation. "There's no answer for LaMarcus Aldridge. We've got to contest shots and try to make them uncomfortable."
Well, the Warriors had answers to every question posed by the Blazers. When it came to shooting, Aldridge couldn't hit the broad side of a barn — he hit two of 14 shots and David Lee made him look mediocre. And Lillard had a pretty good night — 16 points — but wasn't in the same universe as Stephen Curry, a more dangerous shooter, just a better player. Which means the Warriors corrected their defense — they had given up 120 or more points in three of their previous five games.
Before Sunday's game, I asked Jackson, "How do you get your guys to play better defense? Do you yell at them, plead with them?"
"I coach them," Jackson said. "Hold them accountable. 'Understand how teams are going to hurt you.' You prepare. You talk about it. Playing in this league, there's going to be nights when you have it and there's going to be nights when you don't have it. The great teams, in spite of not having it, find ways to get it done."
"How do you hold your players accountable?"
"You hold them accountable by discussing it, whether it be timeout, whether it be taking them out, whether it be correcting them, whether it be practice tomorrow. There's different ways to hold them accountable. I don't believe holding them accountable is cussing them out and disrespecting them because then they have the right to hold me accountable by doing the same thing to me. We don't do that here. We are a professional basketball team with grown men. This is not the first time that we've either played great for a stretch or did not play great for a stretch."
Someone mentioned the Warriors' pregame film session was "grueling." Grueling was Klay Thompson's word.
"Probably a little uglier than normal," Jackson said. "You win 10 straight games, I'm sure they probably wanted to see Part 2 of it. When you're losing, the film is telling. Sometimes, you may think, 'I wasn't as bad as I was,' and then looking at the footage, it exposes you and it exposes you in front of everybody. And the problem with showing the latest film, it wasn't one guy. So, it wasn't comfortable, but we are a team that we challenge each other and now it's about going out and correcting the mistakes we made."
The Warriors corrected their mistakes. They are good enough right now to go deep in the playoffs. You'd expect nothing less. Someone asked me on TV recently what the Warriors need to go to the NBA Finals. I said they need nothing. That's pretty close to the truth. Their starting five are fabulous, have everything. They could use one more scorer off the bench, someone who comes in and, boom, scores 15 points. They have time to get him. And they'll improve when their backup centers get well.
But right now, they can compete with any team. On certain nights, they can beat any team. They ran the Blazers off the court. True, this was Portland's fifth game in seven nights. But still.
Afterward, Jackson praised his team's defense, as you'd expect. He singled out Andre Iguodala, the big-deal acquisition in the offseason. He wants Iguodala, who scored 12 points, to get more involved in the offense. I don't know Iguodala. I'm told he's soft spoken and introspective. So here's Iguodala — call this the Andre Primer.
Me: Why did you guys play better defense tonight?
Iguodala: Coach told us we're going to get traded if we don't play better defense so our backs were against the wall.
Me: Now give the real answer.
Iguodala: It happens like that in the league. You go through phases where you're stuck on major areas.
Me: Mark Jackson told us he wants you more involved. Has he told you that?
Iguodala: Definitely.
Me: What does he mean by more involved?
Iguodala: Rebound. Be more aggressive on the offensive end. Just taking shots. Might have to take one or two bad ones to keep yourself in rhythm.
Me: Is it that you're very humble, that you don't want the spotlight on you?
Iguodala: No, not at all. I've been there before. I'm just trying to build with these guys, trying to build the chemistry. The main thing is not to force. When you start forcing, that's when you don't have great chemistry with the guys. They don't know what you're going to do, and you don't know what they're going to do. It never flows. Sometimes you've got to sacrifice for the flow of the game, for the flow of a teammate. Throughout the course of a season, teams are going to lock in on our shooters and that will open it up even more (for him).
"All these games are to build up for the playoffs. I may only take three or four shots but there's an endgame to it. When it really counts I'll be ready for it."
Call that Andre An Introduction.
For more on the world of sports in general and the Bay Area in particular, go to the Cohn Zohn at cohn.blogs.pressdemocrat.com. You can reach Staff Columnist Lowell Cohn at email@example.com.
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What happened was that the 10 game winning streak had made the team a bunch of Little Lord Fauntleroy's. They didn't want to get theirs hands dirty working,only wanted to spend. ie: Shoot as soon as they get the ball.
That's another thing..this team's not so great shooters like Thompson -and others too..go down court and chuck one up..While Bogut and Lee are still running down court. No chance at all for a rebound. I see the "premier" teams laugh as they get second and third chances against the Warriors. Those teams wait until their big bad 300 pound 7′ footer can tip one back out.
And one other thing…The Blazers didn't see Jackson's crazy "All 5 rest at the same time" strategy. That's when Jackson gets the crazy idea that the Warrior second team( A team that IF THEY were a franchise,would be the worst NBA team ever) can hold a lead vs say the best of the NBA? is the suicidal strategy. This game,Jackson went conventional. I think Mark learned why no other NBA coach pulls all his starters at the same time. …
The Warriors second team should be called the Washington Generals.
Last year Lowell,on the Warriors blog (Trib) somebody had mentioned Curry's yellow shoes. So ,I went off..They should wear Gold Lame shoes I said,with Apollo like angel wings on the sides..PIMP MY SHOES! I sezed.
And the night of the Grammys? Curry had custom Gold Lame shoes.
Either I write things of fantastic co incidence that local stars repeat " We have a chain of command"- Sabean (Nueks firing)…"He's Superman" (Gore)Harbaugh"..or now they wear a shoe I designed.
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Some eighty years ago, Freud proposed that anxiety was "a riddle whose solutionwould be bound to throw a flood of light on our whole mental existence."Unlocking the mysteries of anxiety, he believed, would go far in helping us tounravel the mysteries of the mind: consciousness, the self, identity, intellect,imagination, creativity — not to mention pain, suffering, hope, andregret. To grapple with and understand anxiety is, in some sense, to grapplewith and understand the human condition.
The differences in how various cultures and eras have perceived and understoodanxiety can tell us a lot about those cultures and eras. Why did the ancientGreeks of the Hippocratic school see anxiety mainly as a medical condition,while Enlightenment philosophers saw it as an intellectual problem? Why did theearly existentialists see anxiety as a spiritual condition, while Gilded Agedoctors saw it as a specifically Anglo-Saxon stress response — a responsethat they believed spared Catholic societies — to the IndustrialRevolution? Why did the early Freudians see anxiety as a psychological conditionemanating from sexual inhibition, whereas our own age tends to see it, onceagain, as a medical and neurochemical condition, a problem of malfunctioningbiomechanics?
Do these shifting interpretations represent the forward march of progress andscience? Or simply the changing, and often cyclical, ways in which cultureswork? What does it say about the societies in question that Americans showing upin emergency rooms with panic attacks tend to believe they're having heartattacks, whereas Japanese tend to be afraid they're going to faint? Are theIranians who complain of what they call "heart distress" suffering what Westernpsychiatrists would call panic attacks? Are the ataques de nerviosexperienced by South Americans simply panic attacks with a Latino inflection— or are they, as modern researchers now believe, a distinct cultural andmedical syndrome? Why do drug treatments for anxiety that work so well onAmericans and the French seem not to work effectively on the Chinese?
As fascinating and multifarious as these cultural idiosyncrasies are, theunderlying consistency of experience across time and cultures speaks to theuniversality of anxiety as a human trait. Even filtered through the distinctivecultural practices and beliefs of the Greenland Inuit a hundred years ago, thesyndrome the Inuit called "kayak angst" (those afflicted by it were afraid to goout seal hunting alone) appears to be little different from what we today callagoraphobia. In Hippocrates's ancient writings can be found clinicaldescriptions of pathological anxiety that sound quite modern. One of hispatients was terrified of cats (simple phobia, which today would be coded 300.29for insurance purposes, according to the classifications of the fifth edition ofthe Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, the DSM-V) and another ofnightfall; a third, Hippocrates reported, was "beset by terror" whenever heheard a flute; a fourth could not walk alongside "even the shallowest ditch,"though he had no problem walking inside the ditch — evidence ofwhat we would today call acrophobia, the fear of heights. Hippocrates alsodescribes a patient suffering what would likely be called, in modern diagnosticterminology, panic disorder with agoraphobia (DSM-V code 300.22): thecondition, as Hippocrates described it, "usually attacks abroad, if a person istravelling a lonely road somewhere, and fear seizes him." The syndromesdescribed by Hippocrates are recognizably the same clinical phenomena describedin the latest issues of the Archives of General Psychiatry andBulletin of the Menninger Clinic.
Their similarities bridge the yawning gap of millennia and circumstances thatseparate them, providing a sense of how, for all the differences in culture andsetting, the physiologically anxious aspects of human experience may beuniversal.
In this book, I have set out to explore the "riddle" of anxiety. I am not adoctor, a psychologist, a sociologist, or a historian of science — any oneof whom would bring more scholarly authority to a treatise on anxiety than I do.This is a work of synthesis and reportage, yoking together explorations of theidea of anxiety from history, literature, philosophy, religion, popular culture,and the latest scientific research — all of that woven through somethingabout which I can, alas, claim extensive expertise: my own experience withanxiety. Examining the depths of my own neuroses may seem the height ofnarcissism (and studies do show that self-preoccupation tends to be tied toanxiety), but it's an exercise with worthy antecedents. In 1621, the Oxfordscholar Robert Burton published his canonical The Anatomy of Melancholy,a staggering thirteen-hundred-page work of synthesis, whose torrents ofscholarly exegesis only partially obscure what it really is: a massive litany ofanxious, depressive complaint. In 1733, George Cheyne, a prominent Londonphysician and one of the most influential psychological thinkers of theeighteenth century, published The English Malady, which includes theforty-page chapter "The Case of the Author" (dedicated to "my fellowsufferers"), in which he reports in minute detail on his neuroses (including"Fright, Anxiety, Dread, and Terror" and "a melancholy Fright and Panick, wheremy Reason was of no Use to me") and physical symptoms (including "a suddenviolent Head-ach," "extream Sickness in my Stomach," and "a constant Colick, andan ill Taste and Savour in my Mouth") over the years. More recently, theintellectual odysseys of Charles Darwin, Sigmund Freud, and William James werepowerfully driven by their curiosity about, and the desire to find relief from,their own anxious suffering. Freud used his acute train phobia and hishypochondria, among other things, to construct his theory of psychoanalysis;Darwin was effectively housebound by stress-related illnesses after the voyageof the Beagle — he spent years in pursuit of relief from hisanxiety, visiting spas and, on the advice of one doctor, encasing himself inice. James tried to keep his phobias hidden from the public but was oftenquietly terrified. "I awoke morning after morning with a horrible dread in thepit of my stomach and with a sense of insecurity of life that I never knewbefore," he wrote in 1902 of the onset of his anxiety. "For months, I was unableto go out in the dark alone."
Unlike Darwin, Freud, and James, I'm not out to adumbrate a whole new theory ofmind or of human nature. Rather, this book is motivated by a quest tounderstand, and to find relief from or redemption in, anxious suffering. Thisquest has taken me both backward, into history, and forward, to the frontiers ofmodern scientific research. I have spent much of the past eight years readingthrough hundreds of thousands of the pages that have been written about anxietyover the last three thousand years.
My life has, thankfully, lacked great tragedy or melodrama. I haven't served anyjail time. I haven't been to rehab. I haven't assaulted anyone or carried out asuicide attempt. I haven't woken up naked in the middle of a field, sojourned ina crack house, or been fired from a job for erratic behavior. Aspsychopathologies go, mine has been — so far, most of the time, to outwardappearances — quiet. Robert Downey Jr. will not be starring in the movieof my life. I am, as they say in the clinical literature, "high functioning" forsomeone with an anxiety disorder or a mental illness; I'm usually quite good athiding it. More than a few people, some of whom think they know me quite well,have remarked that they are struck that I, who can seem so even-keeled andimperturbable, would choose to write a book about anxiety. I smile gently whilechurning inside and thinking about what I've learned is a signaturecharacteristic of the phobic personality: "the need and ability" — asdescribed in the self-help book Your Phobia — "to present arelatively placid, untroubled appearance to others, while suffering extremedistress on the inside."
To some people, I may seem calm. But if you could peer beneath the surface, youwould see that I'm like a duck — paddling, paddling, paddling.
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Only post prose. All poetry submissions will be declined.
Why?: Look at our name. Now back at us. Now look at our name. Now back at us.
You're welcome, Sergeant Sarcasm.
Post in the appropriate folder. For now, they're only two, so it shouldn't be hard.
Why?: Organization!
If you are writing a series please only submit the first chapter (and a prologue, if it has one) of your story.
First, this is a rule because readers are not looking at a group's gallery only for one deviant's work; they look to find the work of many people in one place.
And second, if anyone wants to read a story, they will start with the beginning, right? If you can get the reader hooked, they will look for the rest of the story in your gallery, meaning more exposure for you, less cluttering for us, and more entertainment for the readers!
Objection: But look at all those posts belonging to a single deviant that are getting accepted!
Solution: Those are integral stories. Short, long, you can read them all at once, so each one is a fresh one.
Hear that?! Short* stories can flow like puke after a huge party!!
* - It's what I like to call stories that are not published chapter after chapter, bear with me!
We do not accept fanfiction.
(I only now realized that I only posted this precious bit of information in the F.A.Q. blog, but not here.)
Why?: Good question. First reason would be that it's amateurish. Most writers (not all) start with fanfiction and proceed to more advanced levels of writing, which have deeper meanings and rounder characters.
The second reason would be that we wouldn't like to have a fanfiction filled gallery where one must look for hours before they find what they were looking for.
If you would like to post fanfiction, I suggest you join fanfiction.net (www.fanfiction.net) where you can submit every form of fanfics anyone ever imagined.
I have a request to ask of you, guys. Would you please be on the lookout and report deviations that get in the group and are fanfics? I read them all and check their categories, but I can't recognize all fandoms.
Thank you!
Before leaving the group, remove any deviations you have submitted.
Why?: Because we are not here to showcase your work while you happily wander off.
Breaking of this rule will result in a permanent ban.You want out, stay out.
If your piece is submitted in a poetry oriented group, it will be denied.
Why?: Dude, we told you. This is a group for prose. If you yourself admit your work is poetry, then what the heck are you doing here?
As soon as I think of more, I will post them and update the blog so it appears again.
If you still don't understand why some of our rules are rules, please ask in a comment below.