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Posts with #convert wvm to mp4 tag
Convert WVM to MP4 for playing/editing/uploading
Q: "Which program to use when I need to watch WVM file?"
Q: "How can i convert a video file from WVM to play on my iphone??"
Q: "any wvm to mp4 converter?"
Q: "How to convert a .wvm file?"
Can't open a .wvm file?
When you double-click a file to open it, Windows examines the filename extension. If Windows recognizes the filename extension, it opens the file in the program that is associated with that filename extension. When Windows does not recognize a filename extension, you receive the following message:
Windows cannot open this file:
To open this file, Windows needs to know what program you want to use to open it...
Can I change the extension of files?
Changing the filename extension of a file is not a good idea. When you change a file's extension, you change the way programs on your computer read the file. The problem is, changing the file extension does not change the file format.
So you'd better convert WVM to MP4 with a professional video converter for more usages like playing on iPhone, iPad, Samsung, TV, Xbox, PS3/PS4, Plex, etc.
Method 1. HandBrake
Handbrake seemed on its last legs back in 2006 when the software's initial creator, Eric Petit, dropped off the face of the Earth, but development carried on with the help of a few ambitious folk who were driven to update and revise the existing software for a changing world. The open-source video converter now boasts one of the most expansive software packages for ripping and converting video files for playback on number of popular devices such as iPods, AppleTV, and Android tablets. The interface is sleek and well-designed, yet intimidating, offering a variety of customizable, borderline-advanced features that take a bit of getting used to before you can really capitalize on their capabilities and intuitive uses. However, the HandBrake guide and forums are always available if you need help without having to spend ample time fumbling with the program.
Handbrake also doesn't feature any ads or bundled malware – a welcome touch – but conversion speeds can drag and the software isn't light on system resources. Other noteworthy features include an abundance of video editing tools for splicing, adjusting framerate, and adding subtitles and assorted video effects before viewing the results in a live preview window. Experienced users can even queue multiple encodes for quicker batch processing and expedited results sans tedious manual input. Handbrake simply can't be topped when converting files to MP4 or MKV format, but it also isn't for beginners unwilling to learn the software.
Method 2. Pavtube Video Converter
Platform: Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows XP
Languages: English, Chinese, Japanese
Pavtube Video Converter is best all-in-one video converter for Mac to convert, edit and preview videos. It has an excellent compatibility of various formats like SD/HD/4K UHD MP4 and other, H.264, H.265, MKV, AVI, WMV, MOV, VOB, etc. You can convert any media with this Mac media converter in perfect quality (even in high-definition or 3D) no missing key frames, redraw issues, or crashes. Besides, this powerful video converter can encode your media files to a smart TV for streaming and playback directly with Samsung/Sony/Panasonic/LG TV presets supported.
More features of the best WVM to MP4 converter:
1. Support wide range of video formats in 4K UHD/HD/SD.
2. Convert any videos to 200+ hot iPhone iPad Android devices.
3. Create the perfect home movie with this powerful video editor: Trim, Crop, Rotate, Watermark, Subtitle, Change Aspect Ratio, Brightness, Contrast, Deinterlacing, Special Effects, and more.
See also:
WRF to MP4 ǀ MP4 to MP3 ǀ MOD to MP4 ǀ MP4 to Ogg ǀ MP4 to AAC ǀ FFmpeg File to MP4
MP4 to MPEG ǀ MP4 to ProRes/ProRes to MP4 ǀ VLC to MP4/MP4 to VLC
PS: If you are a Mac user, you can get Pavtube Video Converter for Mac.
Step-by-step guide to Convert WVM to MP4 on Windows
Step 1. Click "Add video" button to add your video files to the program. Or directly drag the video you want to convert to the left item bar.
Step 2. Set right output format. Click "Format" bar, and select .mp4 from "Common video" or "HD video" or "3D".
Tips: The default settings may not satisfy you, and you can click the "Settings" button to change the settings by yourself including video resolution, bit rate, audio sample rate, audio channel etc. for full screen playback smoothly. Or keep no changes, which is also a good choice.
Step 3. Click the "Convert" button on the main interface and the software will start to convert to friendly video formats immediately. When the conversion finishes, click "Open" to find the converted video files.
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Saturday, February 13, 2010
Love Is All We Need
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The cosmic connection strikes again! I just love this film, it would definitely be in my top ten movies of all time.....fabulous performances by Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis - who even looks gorgeous dressed as a woman!ReplyDelete
And Marilyn is wonderful in it although I have read so much criticism of her during filming...most of it from Tony Curtis. Wonderful movie though, so funny.
Happy Valentines!
Dear Marsha, Your post puts me in the mood to watch this movie! again.ReplyDelete
May you have a SwEeT and HaPpY Valentine's Day.
Sending my luv your direction in blogland, my friend.
Enjoyed your writing,
d from homehaven in good ole Kansas
Thank you so much for your wonderful comments, each of them mean so much to me. After all, the interaction is the reason we blog. xx's

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The Nintendo NX will launch globally in March 2017, Nintendo has confirmed.
Nintendo made the announcement during an investor earnings call.
Nintendo of America later confirmed the news via Twitter:
Many expected the console to release during this year, around the holiday season.
It is surprising that Nintendo has decided to skip the Christmas period – the biggest sales season of the year – and wait almost an entire year between announcement and launch of its new console.
Related: Everything we know about the Nintendo NX
While many hoped to be playing a shiny new Nintendo console this year, it looks like we'll have to wait quite a bit longer before we get the NX in our hands.
Nintendo also confirmed that the NX will NOT be at this year's E3. The equally-surprising call suggests that Nintendo will host a bespoke Nintendo Direct much closer to the console's launch date.
What do you think? Are you disappointed that we have to wait another year for a new Nintendo console? Or with the already packed festive period, are you glad that there's a bit of a gap before Nintendo's new-gen console? Let us know in the comments below.


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Each year, RIT hosts the PLTW NYS STEM Conference. We recommend as much participation from your school as possible as this is a great opportunity for state and industry-wide networking, discussing best practices and learning more about PLTW. The conference location changes each year and offers the latest information about the PLTW program. This conference can be especially beneficial to those who are new to PLTW or for those who have not been to a recent conference.
There are no costs for the conference other than travel or accommodation expenses for which the schools are responsible.
The 2016 NY STEM Conference is scheduled for Thursday, October 13, 2016 in Rochester, NY at the RIT Inn and Conference Center. A room block is available for overnight accomodations on October 12. To make reservations, contact the hotel directly at (585) 359-1800. A special RIT rate of $94/night is available.
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Harry Potter
From Fan History Wiki
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Harry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The books chronicle the adventures of the adolescent wizard Harry Potter and his best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The central story arc concerns Harry's struggle against the evil wizard Lord Voldemort, who killed Harry's parents in his quest to conquer the wizarding world and subjugate non-magical people (Muggles). Several successful derivative films, video games and other themed merchandise have been based upon the series.
Fan Fiction
The first fan fiction did not arrive until 1999. On September 4, 1999, "Harry Potter and the Man of Unknown" by Gypsy became the first Harry Potter fan fiction posted to FanFiction.Net, what was to become the largest archive of Harry Potter fan fiction on the net, reaching over 250,000 stories by June of 2006 and 431,000 stories by November of 2009.
The Harry Potter fan fiction community redefined what a large on-line community meant. Prior to this, the largest community was the X-Files community. The size, shape and actions of the community would be defined by the sheer number of new people who came into the fan fiction community, shaping it in their own ways. The relative access to youthful members as a large component of the community with an educated elite at the top helped set a stage for a fandom that would be driven by a cult of personality, a cult whose size and scope had never been seen in fandom before.
The Author
Joanne Murray (born Rowling) was born on July 31, 1965 in Chipping Sodbury, England.[1]
Because her publishers feared that boys would not read a book series if they knew it was written by a woman, Murray went by the pseudonym "J.K. Rowling."
Some parts of the Harry Potter fan fiction community consider the movies to be canon. Some do not. Murray's interviews and posts on her website are frequently considered to be part of the canon as they help explain things, such as what the name "Ginny" is short for. However, some fans say they would rather she explain these things within the canonical books and do not consider Murray's interviews and or her website canon. These fans sometimes cite inconsistencies in her interviews, such as differences between book evidence for the Weasley children's ages and her own estimates presented in interviews.
The following are terms that have been used in the Harry Potter fan fiction community:
- Angst is a piece of fan fiction that is emotionally wrenching or a piece where a character deals with an emotionally distressing situation. In certain fandoms, angst has a derogatory over tone as it compares to melodrama. In this context, this term is often used in the Harry Potter fandom. The use of the term predates 1997.
- Dark! is a name prefix that tells the reader that the story or characterization is a dark one. An example would be Dark!Harry. In this case, the story or characterization discussion would focus and focus on Harry Potter in dark way.
- Dubcon refers to fan fiction which features stories where there are dubious consent issues.
- Slash - homosexual relationship. Slash fanfiction (Slashfic) is VERY common in Harry Potter, some famous pairings being Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy, Harry Potter and Severus Snape, etc. None of these pairings are true to canon, however. Unless, that is, you accept Murray's interviews as canon, in which case Dumbledore/Grindewald may be considered canonical.
- Twincest refers to an incestuous relationship between twins, such as between Fred and George.
- Hurt/Comfort refers a story in which the story tension rides on one or more of the characters getting badly hurt, followed by the other comforting them.
Popular Ships
Fan fiction policy and history
Interviews with the author
In an interview found on Scholastic's web site, Murrays is quoted as saying the following about fan fiction based on the Harry Potter books: "I've read some of it. I find it very flattering that people love the characters that much." [2]
In an interview found on Barnes & Nobles's web site dated September 8, 1999, Murray is quoted as saying the following about fan fiction based on the Harry Potter books: "Yes, I do. And I have been staggered by the response. I only recently found the web pages devoted to Harry, and it was like Christmas -- Christmas in August." [3]
In another interview dated October 20, 2000 found on Barnes & Nobles's web site, Murray is once again quoted regarding fan fiction:
- Hello, I would like to know if you ever read any Harry Potter fan fiction on the Web.
- I have read some, and I've been very flattered to see how absorbed people are in the world.
Murray mentioned dealing with fan mail in a July 2000 interview with Newsweek. The interviewer, Malcom Jones, asked her if she answered her fan mail. Murray replied with the following:
- Yeah. I have help now. But letters get - I don't know if I should actually say this in NEWSWEEK. I have a set of criteria for letters I want to see personally, so they will get filtered and they will get handwritten replies. I get letters from children addressed to Professor Dumbledore [headmaster at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the books' setting], and it's not a joke, begging to be let into Hogwarts, and some of them are really sad. Because they want it to be true so badly they've convinced themselves it's true. So those are some that get pulled. [4]
Fan sites and the Internet are mentioned in an interview in the fall of 2000 with Murray by the BBC. She said:
- The Internet! Twice I've been on the internet. Friends of mine were telling me what's on there and I'd never gone looking before. First time, I thought I was never coming back, it's too scary. Some of the stuff that's out there is very weird. Second time I went in there someone had set up an unofficial fan site where you can be sorted, they have a Sorting Hat, and I was Hufflepuff. I wasn't that pleased! If anyone's meant to be Griffyndor, it's me. [5]
On November 26, 2007, JK Rowling all but gave her official blessing on fan fiction. [6] [7]
This acceptance of Harry Potter fan fiction seems be okay with Scholastic. Arthur Levine, a co-editor of the fourth Harry Potter book, said in an interview for USA Today that is is "just fantastic" and "It's the highest compliment you could possibly pay to a work of imaginative fiction that the reader would be so involved and feel so much a part of the world of a book that they would want to go there and stretch their imagination." [8]
Warner Brothers
Warner Brothers, who owns the copyright to much of the Harry Potter franchise, is not always as kind. (For more information on who really owns, click here. JK Rowlings apparently abandoned her application.)They have gone after people who have used Harry Potter on their web sites and aggressively fought for the rights to domains related to Harry Potter. This has shut down a few Harry Potter fan sites with some fan fiction. There has been no real effort on the part of Warner Brothers to seek to put an end to Harry Potter fan fiction.
In an article titled "When HarryTM Met Selling" in Chico News and Review dated November 15, 2001, the idea that Warner Brothers won't go after fans writing slash is confirmed when it says:
- A pornographic fan fiction chain email has already criss-crossed the nation (A fan called only C-ko described Harry and his enemy Draco getting ... carried away). Rumor has it that the new corporate folk want to clamp down on the more erotically inclined Harry Potter fans on-line. But surely they'll never be so foolish as to threaten the vast self-perpetuating viral marketing machine that is their on-line fan culture. [9]
Rediff Guide to the Net confirms the concept that Warner Brother has taken a negative view of Harry Potter slash but have, so far, taken no action in an article titled "The Secret Life of Harry Potter" dated December 19, 2001. [10]
In an article from the San Francisco Chronicle dated November 18, 2001, Harry Potter WB related executives released a statement regarding Harry Potter fan fiction:
- "It is not only our legal obligation, but also our moral obligation to protect the integrity of our intellectual properties," the statement says. "This is especially true in the case of indecent infringement of any icon whose target audience is children." [11]
- Although Warner Bros. goes on to declare its commitment to "protecting First Amendment rights," it appears that billable hours are about to start piling up. [12]
- "We are considering all our options," the statement concludes.[13]
For general information regarding Harry Potter law suits and other activities by Warner Brothers and Nancy Stouffer not referencing fan fiction, please see HPFGU Lawsuits FAQ.
In August 2007, allegations came up that Warner Brothers was putting pressure on LiveJournal to remove material from pornish pixies. This was mentioned in two places. The first said:
- Obviously, as said above, I removed the art anyway, despite what I said in my response. I posted to speculate on the possible reasons for them deciding my age statement was inadequate, as well as touching on the fact that, according to this post by khohen1, Warner Bros themselves sent a Cease and Desist to LJ regarding a locked post on PP. Chances are fairly high that their C&D was regarding my post.
- Case and point: Today they received something along the lines of cease and desist from Warner Bros, regarding a LOCKED post, that is not open to the public. WB was obviously informed of said illegal/iffy content by someone in the community who is probably there acting as a troll to stir shit up. I know this has happened before, to other communities, most notably the media sharing communities.
- This is why this stuff is happening, you guys. If us LJers could keep quiet and not stir shit up that doesn't need to be stirred, LJ could continue to blithely ignore us and let us on our merry way. It's when we start turning on ourselves that we bring the heat down on us." [14]
The second confirmation said:
- She didnt' actually give me details, her point in telling me this was that no, it's not just the fringe radical groups that are noticing this kind of stuff, there are actual big corporations that literally spend millions of dollars a year on lawyers that deal with this specific kind of crap, that do contact LJ about stuff like this. And also to highlight the point that it's the people within our own ranks that are shitting on our parade. THAT is why LJ is having to pay attention, and honestly? Not blaming them there. [15]
On August 19, 2007, the following appeared in article by Murdo Macleod in The Scotsman, a Scottish newspaper:
- Slash porn
- LAWYERS for the promoter of the Harry Potter films are clamping down on so-called 'slash porn' featuring the world-famous boy wizard.
- It is estimated that there are more than 700 websites worldwide publishing lurid homosexual tales about the lead character in the best-selling books by JK Rowling.
- Mainly penned by women, the genre has seen Harry Potter caught in flagrant with a variety of other males featured in the series.
- The authors steadfastly refuse to accept that their work is pornography, claiming instead it is an art form.
- But now websites used by the 'slash porn' writers are being closed down after legal warnings.
- The bizarre craze started about five years ago in the United States but it has now become such a huge global problem that a decision has been made to act.
- But the move to shut down the sites has not been universally welcomed.
- One online contributor recently wrote: "Some Harry Potter fans have had, for a long time, those kind of fantasies about the characters.
- "Slash fans are not new nor rare. I understand that it goes against some policies to publish this kind of stuff but, again, people are allowed to have their own fantasies.
- "If they can't put them on this website they'll just start one of their own."
- A spokesman for AOL Time Warner, which owns the film rights to Harry Potter and which has been instrumental in cracking down on 'slash porn', said they were determined to maintain their character's image.
- He added that it was their "moral obligation" to act: "This is especially true in the case of indecent infringement of any icon whose target audience is children."[16]
The Fandom
Based on keyword searching for "harry potter," more women than men are using search engines to look for Harry Potter information on the Internet.
Based on keyword searching for "harry potter slash," more men than women are using search engines to look for that material.
Having babies
The Harry Potter fan fiction community tends to not deal much with babies in the present timeline for most heterosexual pairings. Characters like Ron and Hermione might have children but only after they age to a time when they can give consent. In that case, the babies don't tend act as plot devises to bring characters together but to show a committment as a couple, in a pre-existing relationship. The reader is generally left to understand that the pair is a given for the story, with out a back story needing to be established.
Exceptions to that is the Snape/Harry (Snarry) and Harry/Draco (Drarry) pairings. These pairings are frequently the subject of mpreg, although mpreg is used as a plot device for other slash pairings. It is frequently used in humor or angst in stories.
For a timeline of Livejournal community creations, see Harry Potter LiveJournal timeline. For a mailing list timeline, see Harry Potter mailing list timeline.
- The first Harry Potter book was published in the United Kingdom by Bloomsbury Publishing.[17] The first edition had 500 hardback copies.[18]
- On September 1, 1998, the first Harry Potter book was published in the United States. [19]
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets was released in the United Kingdom. [20]
- On October 15, 1998, FanFiction.Net was founded.
- In June 1999, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets was published in the United States. [21]
- On July 8, 1999, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was published in the United Kingdom. [22]
- On September 4, 1999, "Harry Potter and the Man of Unknown" by Gypsy became the first Harry Potter fan fiction posted to FanFiction.Net, what was to become the largest archive of Harry Potter fan fiction on the net.
- In October 1999, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was published in the United States. [23]
- Harry Potter's Realm of Wizardy was an early Harry Potter fan fiction sites. It was created by Gypsy.[24]
- On September 17, 1999, the Harry Potter for Growns Ups mailing list was founded. [citation needed]
- The Great Shipper War started on Harry Potter for Growns Ups. [25]
- Gypsy's stories were discussed on Amazon.com's Harry Potter boards in 1999. [26]
- I remember Gypsy too, but I didn't actually read fic back then, I just read about it in the discussions over at Amazon.com's Harry Potter boards. That would be a fun chapter of fandom history to write on. The HP board at Amazon was huge. And then overnight, about a month or so before GoF came out, it vanished. No warning, no trace. All posts were lost, the members scattered, the-site-that-must-not-be-named refused to comment on exactly why the boards were pulled. [27]
- On February 3, 2000, the hpslash mailing list was founded.
- In July, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was released worldwide. [28][29]
- On July 6, 2000, Salon.Com ran an article about Harry Potter. The article only briefly touched on fan fiction, but plugged Lori Summers's Paradigm of Uncertainty. [30]
- Priscilla Spencer wrote the "Harry Potter Mary Sue Litmus Test."
- By August 2000, professional authors such as Peg Kerr had joined the Harry Potter fan fiction community. [31]
- On October 23, 2000, Majolique posted perhaps the first Snape/Harry fic, "Midnight Confessions". [32][33][34]
- In December, PotterWars was created to aid in a fan's legal defence. [citation needed]
- Jenna's Unofficial Harry Potter Fan Club was a popular site around 2000 in the Harry Potter fan fiction community. [35] Lar deSouza was a contributor, providing some excellent art work.
- In January 2001, rising tensions caused the HP4GU mailing list to split.
- On January 5, 2001, The Sugar Quill was opened. [citation needed]
- On January 30, 2001, the mailing list Harry_Potter_Playground4Grownups was created. [36]
- In March, Harry Potter AuthorFic category was removed from FanFiction.Net, leading to the demise of authorfic.
- On March 25, 2001, the hpslash community was founded on LiveJournal. [citation needed]
- harrypotterfanfiction.com was founded on May 9, 2001. [37]
- In June, Virtual Hogwarts OnLine (HOL) was founded. [citation needed]
- On July 22, 2001, FictionAlley.Org, a fan fiction archive, opened. [citation needed]
- During the fall of 2001, the Harry Potter fan fiction community started to suffer its first real fractures. Prior to this, almost everyone had used FanFiction.Net. While Fiction Alley filled some of the void, some parts of the fandom (such as the Snapeslashers) had already closed off from the rest of the fandom, and a number of redundant archives were created, allowing further sequestering based on friends and shipping preferences.
- During the fall and winter of 2001, the Harry Potter fandom received a large influx of media fen. By and large, these media fen congregated in Snape slash fandom, and specifically on the Snapeslash mailing list. [38] The new mediafen were largely congregated on LiveJournal. Many of these new media fen became part of the Snape/Harry pairing community. This community had just become popular, in a large part due to Telanu's "Tea" series. [39] It was this group of media fen who began to use the "smoosh" style pairing names, such as Snarry.
- On September 28, 2001, the mailing list WhenIKissedTheTeacher was founded. [citation needed]
- In November, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was released in theaters. [citation needed]
- In November 2001, the Harry Potter fan fiction community would eventually get to a point where a large contingent of the fan base the works of several big name fans and their fanon universes to the original canon. [40]
- On December 18, 2001, Mooncalf coined the nickname "Pit of Voles" to describe FanFiction.Net. [citation needed]
- This year was the start of the slash revolution on FanFiction.Net. [41]
- Hermione's name begins to be shortened to Hr instead of H in order to differentiate her name in referring to pairings like H/D, as fandom became more slash centric. [42]
- The Unofficial Harry Potter Fan Club closed down. [43] [44]
- Around 2001, places like SlashCity and many others would not host Harry Potter fan fiction because of the fear that they would receive a cease and desist letter from Warner Brothers. [citation needed]
- Around 2001, Pokemon and Digimon fans were annoyed at Harry Potter fans for writing what they considered pedophilia fic. [45]
- On August 12, 2002, badfic community on LJ, was founded. [citation needed]
- On September 12, 2002, FanFiction.Net banned all fan fiction rated NC-17 from their site. This left parts of the fannish community in turmoil as the fan fiction community has never been a cohesive group with a single group understanding of what those ratings meant. FanFiction.Net's policy change said NC-17 was banned but the site took no action in defining what the difference between material rated R and NC-17 was. [citation needed]
- On November 15, 2002, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets was released in theaters.
- On December 2, 2002, harrydraco was created. [46]
- Efforts were made to restrict access to adult materials after the Restricted Section was targeted with a cease and desist notice for their adult content. This event happened shortly after an article by The Scotsman newspaper which focused on this content.
- On January 13, 2003, RestrictedSection, a Harry Potter fan fiction site, received a cease and desist letter. The date on this letter erroneously read 2002. [47][48][49]
- www.psa.shadow-wrapped.net also received a cease and desist letter for adult Harry Potter content. (Chilling Effects)
- A search for "Harry Potter slash" on Google resulted in over 70,000 pages. [citation needed]
- A survey was done at Montgomery Blair High School by a member of the school's newspaper staff, finding that only five percent of students had heard of fan fiction. [50]
- Fandom_Wank faced a number of issues this year as it began to form into one of the most influential communities in fandom. The community was ToSed from LJ and Blurty, and briefly moved to Yahoo!Groups before finally finding a home at JournalFen. [citation needed]
- Nimbus was held in July.
- In January, there was a British Harry Potter fan fiction conference, called Oxt00b. [51]
- In January 2003, the first Harry Potter slash zine was published. [citation needed]
- In June, there was a another British con, called Punt00bage. [52]
- On June 21, 2003, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was released.
- In September, the Harry/Ginny fan fiction site Gryffindor Tower closed. (fandomquibbler)
- On November 3, 2003, Pornish_Pixies was founded.
- By this time, general English language based message boards in Asian countries or for Asians living in English speaking countries started adding or having represented fan fiction communities. Many of these sites and boards were catering to younger writers between the ages of eleven and eighteen.
- In April, the Harry Potter fan fiction community discussed the issue of "Is the Harry Potter fan fiction community dying?" fandomquibbler)
- In June, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was released in theaters.
- On July 21, 2004, hogwarts_elite was founded. [citation needed]
- By 2004, a number of X-files fan fiction writers who were part of the "Yes Virginia" group of fan fiction authors had migrated to other fandoms, such as Harry Potter, bringing their traditions of machete beta reading with them.
- At Eclecticon 2004, many fandoms were represented with their own panels, including Harry potter.
- In February, a number of fan fiction sites received cease and desist letters from the Motion Picture Association of America, alleging trademark infringement and demanding that the sites stop using the MPAA rating system. A number of sites, including FanFiction.Net and FanDomination.Net, changed their ratings systems in response.
- In March, SkyHawke, an automated fan fiction archive with a large Harry Potter user base, banned all fan fiction with chan in response to a legal situation in Australia.
- In March, Charity Wank happened. [citation needed]
- On July 16, 2005, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was published.
- In June, the Harry Potter fan fiction community went through the Bad Penny debacle.
- Also in June, the 250000th Harry Potter fan fiction was added to FanFiction.Net.
- On February 15, 2007, the release date for The Deathly Hallows (the seventh book in the series) was announced for July 21, 2007.
- On March 28, 2007, the United States, United Kingdom, and adult UK book covers for The Deathly Hallows were released.
- On July 22, 2007, an American Republican party connected IP addressed blanked the Harry Potter page on Wikipedia and then left spoilers for the final book. [53][54][55]
- On August 4, 2007, Encyclopedia Dramatica added an article about Meyshi. [56][57]
- In October 2007, "Rowling sues to block book version of Harry Potter fan site" . The site being sued is the Harry Potter Lexicon. [58] [59]
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- On April 14, 2008, the Sydney Morning Herald ran an article called JK Rowling takes fan to court.
- On September 8, 2008, the courts ruled in favor of JK Rowling and Warner Brothers in the case they brought against the Harry Potter Lexicon and Steve Van Der Ark. [60]
- On November 1, 2008, Harry/Draco was slammed on the LiveJournal community sf_drama. [61]
- In early January 2009, the Gawker reported that LiveJournal had laid off 20 of its 28 staff members. They also characterized the site as being home to "troublesome clique of Harry Potter erotica writers, whose outré tastes ran afoul of LiveJournal's efforts to comply with U.S. child-pornography laws." [62]
- In June 2009, Harry Potter fans who tried to download the newest movie online before it had been released in theaters had their credit card numbers stolen. [63] According to Sky:
- Cybercriminals are planting links on blogging websites to tempt eager punters to watch the soon to be released Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince for free.
- Clicking the link opens a new page where the Potter potty are apparently just a press of the mouse away from an early premiere.
- But first lovers of JK Rowling's fantastical creations are told they must download and install a "streamviewer" in order to watch it.
- Like a bad spell the streamweaver downloads "malware" which secretly records personal information such as passwords, and bank card numbers.
- These details are gathered by hackers often working for organised crime networks and sold on. [64]
This section needs more information.
See Cassandra Claire, Charity Wank, Meyshi and Fandom Wank.
The Internet
Social Networking/Blog Sites
- In October 2007, the bebo group dracomionewedding was created. [65]
- In November 2007, the bebo group hermione-and-draco was created. [66]
- In January 2008, the Draco/Hermione bebo group HG-DM-Wedding was created. [67]
- In January 2008, the Draco/Hermione bebo group BEBO_5586708847 was created. [68]
- In June 2008, the Draco/Hermione bebo group dramione4ever was created. [69]
Parts of the Harry Potter LiveJournal community left LiveJournal in 2007 as a result of StrikeThrough and BoldThrough. This move was further helped by the sale of LiveJournal to a Russian company, SUP.
LiveJournal has played an important role in the Harry Potter fandom. Its growth was fueled by people transitioning from mailing lists to the service because of icons, the ability to customize pages, the ability to be more off topic. Some of the more influential Harry Potter LiveJournal communities include pornish pixies and hp_girlslash.
See Harry Potter LiveJournal communities for a list of Harry Potter LiveJournal communities and details regarding their specific histories. See Harry Potter LiveJournal timeline for a timeline of community creation dates.
Mailing Lists
Mailing lists were key to the early organization of the Harry Potter fandom. They were first created in the late 1990s/early 2000s. Influential mailing lists include HPforGrownups and HP Paradise.
See Harry Potter mailing lists for information on specific mailing list histories.
There was a small base for the Harry Potter fandom on usenet by 2000.
Influential fanworks
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Fandom Members
See Harry Potter fans.
Fandom size
As of November 22, 2006 there are 1,617 on Twisting the Hellmouth [70] and 273,736 on FanFiction.Net. [71]
As of May 23, 2007, there are 507 Harry Potter stories on FanLib. [72]
As of December 7, 2007, there are 971 Harry Potter stories on FanLib [73] and 331,844 on FanFiction.Net. [74]
As of February 19, 2008, there are 1377 Harry Potter stories on FanLib. [75], 2023 on Twisting the Hellmouth [76], and 343,429 on FanFiction.Net. [77]
As of May 3, 2008, there are 1740 Harry Potter stories on FanLib. [78], 2070 on Twisting the Hellmouth [79], and 9,509 on FanFiction.Net. [80]
External Links
See also
- Harry Potter DeadJournal community size
- Harry Potter Inksome community size
- Harry Potter InsaneJournal community size
- Harry Potter Journalfen community size
- Harry Potter Scribbld community size
- Charlotte Lennox: http://www.journalfen.net/community/bad_penny/
- Chilling Effects: Fan Fiction. Retrieved April 28, 2005, from http://www.chillingeffects.org/fanfic/
- Fandomquibbler on LiveJournal.
See also Harry Potter bibliography.
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Seeing snow in Minnesota during the month of April isn't all that unusual. In fact, folks around the state are pretty accustomed to it.What is unusual, though, is seeing snow at all for Miami Marlins rookie pitcher Jose Fernandez. Apparently, the 20-year-old had never seen snow flakes until Monday when Miami's game against the Twins was postponed due to inclement weather."I just want to see it,'' he said Monday afternoon shortly before going shopping for a winter coat. "There's stuff piled up but I want to see it coming down.''How could this be, you ask? Well, Fernandez has spent majority of his lifetime residing in places near the Equator. He defected from his home country of Cuba in 2008 and attended high school in Tampa Bay, Fla. Then, he was drafted by the Marlins and sent to the Gulf Coast League, where he pitched in cities which rarely see any snow.So, as weird as it may sound to hear that a grown man has never seen snow before, it makes more sense knowing Fernandez's background.Via Eye on Baseball
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I'll just add that the laptop uses a Nvidia GT 445M 3Gb video card. I'm guessing that isn't quite as good as the Alienware option, but is the difference worth the $800 price difference?
I was hoping someone could quickly explain to me why the 'gaming' computers are worth it. On just Dell's website I could create a laptop with a better i7 core, more ram, a bigger harddrive, and similar video cards for $800 less than the alienware version!
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Tonight has seen some pretty amazing things. The kind of things that will continue the transformation of American politics, and lead the GOP down a path towards further isolation among a group of mostly rural, elderly, angry, "Religulous" white men.
Congressman Chris Shays of Connecticut has lost. And with his loss, there is not one member of Congress from New England that belongs to the GOP. Democrats have picked up two more congressional seats in New York, leading the Republican party further along the path of extinction. The once powerful Yankee Republican faction now only controls a handful of congressional seats out of 29 from NY. Perhaps they should spend more time reading about the fate of the dinosaurs rather than simply assuming they walked the Earth with humans in 1850.
Western libertarians who used to support Republicans have learned that being sent to Guantánamo is worse than having taxes raised on wealthy Americans, and this is seeing New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, and Montana become swing states open to the appeals of both parties.
And these are only some of the trends. The Midwest, with job losses too many to enumerate, has rejected GOP "free trade" economics, and now even Indiana has joined Ohio, Michigan, Iowa, Minnesota, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin in screaming "enough". It's time to put Main Street before Wall Street again. And finally, found in the excitement of African-American voters and addition of two-thirds of Hispanic voters to the Democratic coalition – combined with some well-educated whites who have moved down from the north-east – now certain parts of the south, such as Florida, North Carolina, Virginia and Georgia are competitive. These same demographics will soon see Texas and South Carolina added to this list.
In other words, Barack Obama and the Democrats are a national party now, while the GOP has become regionalised and fallen behind the times. What a difference a few years can make. It will now be up to Obama and other leading Democrats to solidify these gains through smart politics and smarter policy. So we can all breathe a bit easier, by putting the Bush years behind us forever.


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The spacious attic room situated in a welcoming home offers a new bed, chest of drawers and TV. The shared bathroom features an electric power shower and guests are welcomed to use the apartment's kitchen. A front and back garden can also be used by guests. A number of amenities can be found in the surrounding streets including a large supermarket and several excellent restaurants. A typical Irish pub across the road from the apartment hosts authentic live music twice a week.
A bus line at the end of the road has frequent connections to Dublin's city centre. Within 20 minutes guests can be at the 02 Arena, Dublin University or Croke Park Sports Stadium. Dublin Airport is a 15 minute journey away via car.
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Margaret i jej mąż są przyjaźni ludzie, przyjazny i mają dobre mi pomóc w czasie mojego krótkiego pobytu.
Ich dom położony jest w spokojnej okolicy, zaledwie kilka kilometrów od centrum miasta.
Pokój jest proste, czyste i wygodne.
To jest prawie jak w domu.
Margaret i przygotowuje premię śniadanie ...
Margaret et son mari sont des gens accueillants,sympathiques et m'ont bien aide lors de mon court séjour.
Leur maison est située dans un quartier calme, a quelques kilomètres du centre ville.
La chambre est simple, propre et confortable.
On y est quasiment comme chez soi.
Et Margaret vous prépare le petit déjeuner en prime...
I am Maria and I have been staying 6 days with my 15 year old son at Margaret's house, we are from Madrid and wanted to visit Dublin. We have been very happy in Margaret's house, she and her husband are very friendly, we have had wonderful breakfast with them. The heating was very good, the neighborhood in which the house is very nice and quiet. There is a super supermarket next door. And the bus stop 16a Dublin Center was nearby and passed every 15 minutes. Fantastic hospitality. kiss Margaret.
Was received warmly at Margret,
She and her husband have told me many tips from Dublin and the surrounding area.
Here it is fun to stay.
thank you
I stayed in august for four nights in the attic and the experience was superb. Nice and quiet place 15 minutes from the airport and 15 minutes from the heart of Dublin by bus number 16. The place was really confortable. A big big Thank you to Margaret and Gordon for their kindness and hospitality. 100% recomended!!
This room was totally the right decision for a short trip to Dublin. Margaret and Gordon welcomed us very lovely. The room was clean and comfortable. We had the possibility to use the kitchen, so everything was like you´re a part of the family.
We stayed for four nights and felt absolutely welcomed. Our flight was a bit delayed and when we arrived (it was raining), Margaret was already looking for us, picking us up on the way to their house. The house is very nice and Margaret and Gordon provided us with great tips for our stay/travel in Dublin. It was a great stay! With Margaret and Gordon you won't find only a place to stay, but also a warm place to feel like home.
Margaret and Gordon where very lovely and helpful hosts.
We had nice talks at breakfast and they gave us helpful information about some nice places in Dublin. The room is lovely as well. We can definitely recommend them and would come back!
Margaret and her husband are very polite and friendly. They help us every time. The house is very well situated between the centre of the city and the airport. Travel by bus is very easy. We hope come back and see you and the beautiful Irland again.
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I woke up curled in a ball on the sofa. It was evident I'd fallen asleep during some point of the discussion following my explaining where Lucas had crawled from.
I was surprised either Nina or her brother Charlie believed me. I mean, just think about it. Your best friend/sister's best friend needs your/your sister's help to get away from a man who she knew because every night, instead of dreaming, she went to a place called Dreamland with lots of other people who also did the same thing, but they all keep it a secret because they don't want to be branded as mentally unstable and like to lead perfectly normal lives. It sounds like the fiction of a mad person, right? Amazingly, it was Charlie that believed me before Nina. Charlie said it all made sense and once her brother had agreed, Nina followed suit.
Then it was time to talk about what to do next. It was obvious I couldn't go back to my old flat, it would be risky to work regular shifts alone at the coffee shop in case Lucas planned something. This meant Charlie offered to take me to and from each shift. In fact, he insisted. As for college, Nina could help me deal with getting around with a friend there.
We made it so I would never be alone. Charlie was using money from his parents' fortune, whereas Nina wanted more independence and freedom to build her own future, rather than riding on what her parent's had done for themselves.
I knew when I awoke that I had a shift from 10am until 2pm. Looking at the clock, I decided to get ready. It was 9:14am and I wanted to shower before putting on my work clothes. Before too long I was ready and so was Charlie. I hadn't eaten, but I figured I could grab a muffin or something before my shift started.
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Welcome to round three of winter storm delays over the last few weeks. This time the snow is falling on the Windy City. Chicago's two airports, both major hubs for connections across the country and beyond, are being forced to cancel hundreds of flights today as conditions worsen. Flight tracking sources are reporting over 1,800 flights have already been cancelled in the area, and more are to come as major cities deal with the storm's fallout. Flying out of the Minneapolis/St. Paul, Milwaukee, and Indianapolis airports will also prove difficult.
Though the storm is expected to let up by Wednesday in the Midwest, it will most likely continue to wreak havoc on the East Coast through the end of the week. The coastal storm will lay a few inches of snow on the DC area, and while New York and Philadelphia will see less precipitation, the wind will be high enough there to cause delays and cancellations.
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HomeSure Services, Inc., CentralProtect Home Svc. Plan--Cross Country Home Services, Inc. President Sandi Finn. DECEPTIVE: Contract contradicts itself about coverage limits: listed $1,000 once vs. $15,000 listed twice and only listed $15,000 in Advertising. Fort Lauderdale Florida
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I purchased CentralProtect Home Service Plan from HomeSure Services, Inc. (Cross Country Home Services, Inc. (CCHS)) of Ft Lauderdale, FL, which as per the agreement provides repair and/or replacement coverage up to $15,000 per year for a heating system that performs the same primary function, and has a "Capacity Comparable with the covered item [my heater]".
The contract states in bold print in section one titled "BASIS FOR COVERAGE" We agree to paid the covered costs [Claim: Agreement Aggregate: $15,000] to repair or replace the items listed as covered on your Agreement Coverage Summary…
When my heater could not be repaired, HomeSure's written response was "The Company has approved the maximum allowed of up to $1,000.00 towards the replacement of your boiler." This letter then references a sentence in the contract that unequivocally contradicts the rest of the contract and all three of their unsolicited marketing pieces that they had mailed me. The Agreement Coverage Summary page of the contract and the contract clearly states that the Home Service Plan covers up to $15,000 Annual Claim Limit. The so-called $1,000 limitation is NOT stated in the "GENERAL EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS" section of the contract but the $15,000 limit is.
NOWHERE is the $1,000 limitation stated in the Sales Literature but the $15,000 limit is stated. The estimated cost for the 29% smaller replacement of my Oil Fired Steam Boiler is $8,100 not $1,000.
Buyer Beware: Central Protect Home Service Plan from HomeSure Services, Inc. subsidiary of Cross Country Home Services, Inc. Ft Lauderdale, FL. Home Protect Home Warranty
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Located in the heart of Rouen, this hotel is within a 10-minute walk of Rouen Cathedral, Rouen Opera House, and Church of Saint-Maclou. Rue Saint-Romain and Gros Horloge are also within 10 minutes.
Along with a meeting room, this smoke-free hotel has a library and multilingual staff. WiFi in public areas is free. Other amenities include a front-desk safe.
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INTER - HOTEL Notre Dame Rouen features a library, multilingual staff, and room service (during limited hours). Wireless Internet access is complimentary.
INTER - HOTEL Notre Dame Rouen is a smoke-free property.
- Total number of rooms - 28
- Number of floors - 3
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
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This property has received its official star rating from the French Tourism Development Agency, ATOUT France.


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French journalists who escaped Syria return home
The long and treacherous journey home ended Mar. 2 for two French journalists trapped for nine days in a besieged Syrian city — an experience one called a "non-stop nightmare." After landing outside Paris where the French president and loved ones awaited them, one was carried from the plane on a stretcher, while the other smiled joyfully and punched his fist in the air.


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kcpl has been charging me with these out standing amounts of fees. First they told me for the month of August my bill was 381.00 andSeptember my bill is the same just recieved a bill October 12th 2013 and my bill is now 728.00. Im not sure whats going on but im not rich. I have the same problems with the Water Company and that bill is over 3,000.00 because they say I have a leak that my Landlord can't find, but yet they said its not there job to come out.
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The 2017 Blowing Rock Charity Saddlebred Show will be held June 8th-11th. The 2017 Hunter/Jumper Shows begin on July 25 and continue through August 6.
Come see our facility, shop our vendors, and enjoy a beautiful mountain spring, feel the cool summer breezes and marvel at the finest display of show horses in America.
Please note: The Preserve will not be open to campers and trailer day parking during the Blowing Rock Charity Horse Show. Spectators are welcome and encouraged. Please come and enjoy the show with us.
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|Show – Blowing Rock Charity Horse Show Saddlebred Division
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I have seen the Clumber Park Trail 10k in May this year and am interested. I have always been a road runner, quite a slow pace due to asthma, but in past dont half marathons and 10 milers, one kilomathon.
Do i need any special skills or training or should i pick a lesser distance?
Please help if you can ;0)
I love trail running, but have never been a keen road runner. If you have asthma you might enjoy trail running more as the pace is likely to be slower than road running. I'm doing a half-marathon trail run on Sunday; I'm not as prepared as I would like but at least the scenery will be enjoyable!
aye you'll be fine. and you'll never go back to boring tarmac.
Go trail, its like discovering tonic after getting hooked on gin!
Hi Muppet I was wondering the same thing... I've seen some Lakeland Trails in Cumbria which look interesting but have never run anything other than roads and the local park. Would it be too ambitious to try these?
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Great line.
sue - no. not too ambitious.
thanks guys/girls,
Just been for first run (for over a year) and only did 5k, seems i am about a 10 min mile, so not quick but not bad for me.
Guess I just build it up bit by bit, til race day. Did feel alive ( once lungs allowed me to breath) and realise that I am a different person after I have been running, its a total release like nothing else, it clears you mind. Love running how ever slow!!


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Everyone loves a new Lamborghini, and a mega gallery of the Huracan certainly pleased Internet viewers. In addition, pricing on the 2015 Ford Mustang was popular as well as the announcement of the new Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat sports car.
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|Reviews for Existence
| TheMarkOfSerafina chapter 3 . 12/18/2016
I have always loved two narrators in one monologue thing, sure it makes things a little bit confusing but it is always well worth it~ Love Tara and Daniel, they are so cute together!
| Mille chapter 1 . 12/11/2016
I like it:)
| GNatGirl13 chapter 3 . 5/24/2012
Any chance of this ever being updated?
| Lizzy85cec chapter 3 . 11/24/2010
So... I obviously have a lot of time in my hands and reading your stories has me hooked. Loved this Existence chapters, I've tried to imagine the gang having kids and I just couldn't see it. But the way you created them fits perfectly, its nice to wonder about something and someone giving you a picture of it :)
| WouldYouKindly97 chapter 2 . 7/27/2010
cool story, but theres one bit i dont understand-liam mentions anya, is that xanders daughter, or is he, like, phsychic?
| K.C. Cullen chapter 3 . 6/11/2010
lol. I love them!
| notevenifyoukillme chapter 3 . 1/19/2010
Hahaha. I love it.
| LucidKren chapter 3 . 11/14/2009
[chuckles] I found this chapter highly amusing. XD The others were brilliant too. I adore Liam! So cute.
Anyway, I really enjoy this concept, so I'm going to check out your other writings. Good job!
| LEMarauder chapter 3 . 10/11/2009
*hyperventilating with happiness* Ohmygosh that was the single greatest futurefic I have ever, ever read! Seeing Buffy and Angel's history retold through Kathy's perspective was so cool, and you definitely infused highly recognizable characteristics from both her parents into her. Like you, I just wanted to pull cute little Liam into a Slayer-strength hug; I like that fact that he's normal among a paranormal family, even if he still feels a little unsure of himself about it. Okay and...the twins. Wicked. Cool. Their dialogue (as well as individual observations) was SO perfect and hilarious that I could just SEE Willow and Oz: The Next Generation. (And they were totally talking about S8 in regards to their lone successful attempt at magic, right?) Thank you so much for dusting this off and sharing it with us lucky masses! Oh, and nice touch with the final bit of Author Commentary ;)
| Aireon Maris chapter 3 . 8/16/2009
Suweet! Okay, I now have the hugest crush on Daniel! Love it!
| GreekGirl94 chapter 3 . 6/28/2009
*sniff* That was beautiful. :') Well, the first two chapters were, the last one was simply adorable and hilarious. I especially loved the first chapter with Angel and Buffy's oldest child; I love the idea of Angel naming his daughter after his little sister, and I'm very proud to say that I realized who Kathy was named after the second I read the title of the chapter. :) The characters that you created fit in perfectly with what I imagined to be "the happily ever after" waiting for the characters of Buffy and Angel and, although you only provided us with an all too short chapter on each of the characters, with the way that you described them, its almost as if you provided us with a story about them. I loved Angels relationship with his daughter Kathy, and I love how Buffy's son Liam can live out what had always been Buffy's dream; a normal life. Then there's the matter of Willow and Oz's children, who are just too cute and hilarious. I really hope that you update soon, and, (maybe) possibly consider doing a full story with all of them together, after your done with your current "projects" (which I really hope I get a chance to read sometime soon). I love how the characters describe one another, but it would be so awesome to see how they actually interact with one another. Thanks for the awesome read and please update soon!
| leiar chapter 3 . 6/26/2009
I love it! 2 of my favorite buffyverse pairings (Willow/Oz and Buffy/Angel) which sees them having happy, normal(well, as normal as they can get, anyway) families. and, it focuses more on sibling relationships than any other kind, which is awesome cause most people ignore the potential in sibling relationships.
i probably won't read much else of yours until i've finished watching BtVS and AtS (right now i'm in season 3 of angel/6 of buffy) for spoiler reasons, but i definitely love the world you created (if nothing else, !WillowOz!) (and yeah, i use way too many parenthesis...bite me) (as long as you're no a werewolf or a vampire)
| infinity-for-eternity chapter 3 . 6/25/2009
the scooby gang: next generation is turning out great. just wondering, what happened to faith and wood's unborn kid from season 9? do faith, wood and family still live in europe?
| boop-oop-ee-doo chapter 3 . 5/25/2009
This is great!
| jojotheorange chapter 3 . 5/19/2009
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Property Location
With a stay at Courtyard by Marriott Linz in Linz, you'll be connected to the convention center and minutes from Design Center Linz, and close to Musiktheater. This 4.5-star hotel is within close proximity of Linz State Gallery and Lentos Art Museum.
Make yourself at home in one of the 236 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and flat-screen televisions. Wireless Internet access (surcharge) keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with shower/tub combinations feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones, as well as laptop-compatible safes and desks.
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When trying to start PSI3, I get the message "Unable to retrieve PSI User ID from Secunia"
Tried fixes from threads with the same problem with no success.
I can access https://psi3.secunia.com
Just did a fresh install of Windows 7 including IE11 and https://*.secunia.com is set as a trusted site in IE11 and scripting is enabled.
My default browser is Chrome.
The Secunia PSI Agent is running.
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Re: st: xtmelogit vs hlm
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On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 6:32 AM, Neal Beck <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
> As OP, turns out that on RTFMing I can easily get HLM and xtmelogit to within 10%, quite good enough for govt work given the differing numerical methods. Why Stata thinks that I might (as a default) want to estimate a mixed model with the random coefficient centered on 0 (that is, no fixed component entered automatically) is well beyond me. But not reading the FM is not a good excuse for assuming that all Stata syntax looks like R syntax (mutatis mutandis).
Can you propose any good default value for a random effect other than
zero??? You can suggest the developers to issue an error message, which is
probably quite proper. A random effect without a fixed effect is somewhat
weird, but you as a user might have a different idea. If R defaults to
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I'd be curious to learn more about where the mismatch was.
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In 2011, there was a cleansing of sort in the social bookmarking/sharing world. Some of the larger social news sites over the past four years (e.g., Mixx and Yahoo Buzz) were retired and another (Digg) was on a serious decline. Let's dive deeper into the changes, trends, successes, and audiences for the 2012 social bookmark landscape.
The 'Social Bookmark Site Swing'
As you can see from the above graph from late 2010 thru June 2011, Digg was the clear social news/bookmark champion. Digg controlled the lion share of the social front.
Mixx and Yahoo Buzz were still contributing content members (no pun intended) as well. This trend continued through about mid 2011 when Digg began to lose share, while Mixx and Yahoo Buzz closed up shop. By the end of 2011, Reddit, Stumbleupon, and Pinterest (a 2011 new entry) began to emerge as dominant players in the social news/bookmark space.
Notice a trend here? All the sites that outgrew the old channels were more community based with stronger visual ties (with the exception of Reddit). Pinterest and Stumbleupon are both strong visual social news sharing portals, whereas Reddit prides itself on a strong organic community base.
Who & How to Social Share in These Channels in 2012
"Know thy audience." Now more than ever, it's of the utmost importance to cater the social sharing of content with the audience that will listen and engage with it.
Reddit Audience
The Reddit audience is predominantly male (70 percent), 61 percent of viewers are between 18 and 34, and 62 percent of the audience makes roughly $60,000 a year or more, according to comScore. The type of content you would share with the Reddit audience should be vastly different from the content you would share with a Pinterest viewer.
Ideas for Success
Ideas should include funny and/or original pictures or honest cutting-edge content perspectives on current events to spark conversation with others. Strong comments and following up on posts in this medium are critical to engaging the audience.
Another approach to try is asking for honest product feedback from Redditors who have interest in your marketplace. Microsoft is a perfect example of a company that succeeds with this tactic. Reddit is made up of real people who watch the site closely and want to keep Reddit as an organic, social sharing community.
Campaign Success Example
Microsoft, a company that has had brand issues in the past, reached out on Reddit and asked for feedback about its IE9 browser back in 2010 and was greeted with a lot of engagement from Reddit.
Pinterest Audience
A Pinterest audience is predominantly female (68 percent), 57 percent of viewers are between 18 and 34, and 57 percent of the user base makes at least $60,000 annually, according to comScore.
Ideas for Success
Pinterest is based on online scrapbooks and pictures that you share with people. You build your following similar to Twitter and Facebook by following and friending people.
Some ideas to spark interest could include a vacation scrapbook you could share if you were an online vacation booking engine, or a scrapbook of images to share about a day trip to Disneyland. If your business is a food site, you might try creating a recipe scrapbook to spark engagement with the Pinterest user base.
Campaign Success Example
Whole Foods is an organic food company with brick-and-mortar retail stores. It has had great success on Pinterest. Whole Foods built scrapbooks for followers around recipes, creative holiday projects, kitchen designs, and eco-friendly practices. Here's a link to the company's Pinterest account where you can review its approach and success.
StumbleUpon Audience
A StumbleUpon audience is predominantly male (60 percent), 60 percent of its viewers are between 18 and 34, and 58 percent of the audience earns $60,000 a year or more, according to comScore. The type of content you would share with this audience should differ vastly from what you would share with a Pinterest viewer.
Ideas for Success
This audience is heavily based on visually stimulating content; in general visual content achieves the best results. Heavy content doesn't do as well on this medium as say Reddit.
Interesting infographics, interactive pieces, and videos all do well on this medium. Think about an interesting piece like a timeline graph (perhaps something about Whitney Houston, which is topical right now).
Campaign Success Example
The University of Phoenix took advantage of education trends in an interesting interactive piece that was picked up by StumbleUpon.
With a change in the landscape from last year to this one, the keys to success for social bookmarking sites in 2012 revolves around:
- Understanding your audience (demographic data).
- Creating content that fits the medium you're targeting.
- Looking at the successes of other brands and emulating or building from it.
- Seeking out and engaging with users in the mediums who could become brand advocates.
- Researching emerging trends and behaviors that might trigger the next round change for new social sharing news sites going into 2013. (Good sources include Google Trends and comScore)
Taking these factors into consideration will lead to more success and hopefully more viral sharing on other media, along with additional traffic and link equity for your sites and web pages.
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Pinterest made a clear declaration of intent last week with the announcement that Randy Keller, Google's former head of image search, has joined the photo sharing site as Head of Search.
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Published in conjunction with the 2002 Phytoplankton Productivity Conference, March 18th-22nd in Bangor, Wales, and includes chapters by the 13 keynote speakers at the conference. Individual chapters are be written by leading authorities in the selected areas drawn from both the freshwater and marine communities and include reviews of physiology and biochemistry, measurement of phytoplankton productivity, the supply and uptake of nutrients, variability in processes and production, the evolution of the carbon cycle, and ecosystems.
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Hello, everyone, it's Davi here again, and welcome back to my tutorial on Nodes part 10. Last time, we were doing our stone stacks here to create our 3D look. So let go inside, and if you remember from our last video, we only did 10. And I know because I've done this before, it takes 40 of these to really give that height that I want. You can choose any numbers you want, but I think it looks good with 40. But I only did 10. And the reason I did that is because we are going to do it 10 by 10 and putting them inside a composite so we can paint it with a different color. So we get that grey that gets darker and darker in 3D as it goes away and away from the camera.
So first let's copy this stack of 10 copies. And lets copy and paste it 4 times, so we get 40 copies. Let's create a composite in here so we can bring everything together. So let's find a composite on our node library and attach it in here. Then let's attach each of them to the composite so they are all visible. There. Now we still need to connect everything to that same peg, right? Just like we did before. So I'm gonna do this but I'm gonna fast forward it because it takes a long time and you already know how to do this.
There, so everything is connected and it already looks 3D, but we want to have that color that gets darker and darker. And now that we've separated our copies 10 by 10, let's just add some color scales in here on each one of these composites so we can have those colors. So let's find the color scale and attach it on this one and the next one and so on, there. On the first one, let's move the value down to 0.85 and you can see that we already changed the color on this first section here that corresponds to these 10 copies of stacked images.
Now, let's go to the second one and give another value but a little darker, so let's give it 0.65, there. Maybe that's too dark, 0.7, there. Let's keep doing this. And the next one 0.6, the last one is gonna be the darkest one, so 0.45, its gonna be really dark, there. So now we have the effect we want. A really cool thing about Harmony 12 is that now we have the ability to choose on view preview resolution and you have these options used because once you start to use a lot of 3D and a lot of these Nodes, it starts to take a lot from your machine and depending on which computer you have, the render gets a little slow because it's a lot of things to process. If you go here and choose, let's say half of the screen resolution, it's going to preview on a lower resolution, it's not gonna look as good, but it's gonna be way faster to preview.
The last thing I want to do on this video is to prove that black stroke around the 3D part and we know how easy that is because it's just copy group that we already did on the first tutorial, which is this one, the black outline. Let's copy this one, go inside our stone group and here is our stone stack group. Lets paste it in here, connect it and there we go. So I'll see you on the next tutorial.


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How the Angels Can Assist You in Every Area of Your Life. Healing with the Angels is an inspirational work that reveals how to work with the angels to improve your physical, mental, and emotional health. The author's case studies show how depression, anxiety, sleep disorders, and other common maladies can be lifted with 'angel therapy.' Topics include: angel therapy for illness; healing others with angels; angelic messages about weight, exercise, and diet; sleep therapy from the angels; angelic clearing of psychological and emotional issues; releasing addictions and obsessions; and advice on how the angels can heal us of worry, guilt, and other destructive mental habits.
Dr. Doreen Virtue is a spiritual psychotherapist who works with the angelic realm including the fairies. Dr. Virtue is the author of 23 books on MBS issues. Dr. Virtue rediscovered her childhood clairvoyancy when she reacted to a life-saving message sent to her from a guardian angel. Her practice then naturally evolved into 'Angel Therapy' in which she combines her skills as a Doctor of Psychology with her spiritual abilities working with the angelic, elemental, and ascended master realms.
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Elizabeth Taylor was buried alongside her last ever love letter from Richard Burton.
The fascinating life of Hollywood's last superstar
Since the late 1960s the nebulous concept of stardom has been subjected to a systematic inflation of values. In a routine television series, for instance, the status of some obscurely minor supporting performer is frequently aggrandised into that of "guest star"; many of the freakish menagerie of hangers-on who peopled Andy Warhol's Factory-produced psychodramas complacently styled themselves "superstars"; and Barry Humphries' alter ego, the redoubtable Edna Everage, has risen almost imperceptibly from the humble rank of "housewife" to that of "megastar".
Tributes have been pouring in for Elizabeth Taylor, who died yesterday
Richard Burton wasn't just another over-hyped hellraiser with a tawdry love life and a legacy of lousy movies. Look again at the star who brought beauty to the screen, says Geoffrey Macnab
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Ken Annakin directed over 50 films, ranging from documentaries and popular British hits, such as Holiday Camp and Miranda, to epic international productions including The Longest Day, Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines and The Battle of the Bulge.
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