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Dubai, Aug 11: He may be cooling his heels and nursing a gammy hamstring, consequently missing out on four months of international cricket. But the left-arm Indian pacer is not missing out on a series of LG ICC award nominations, the ceremony of which will be held on Sep 12.
In the generous list of nominees, Zaheer has made the cut for the ICC Cricketer of the Year award, for Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy as well as the Test Player of the Year and ODI Player of the Year.
Zak's team-mates in Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni -- have all been nominated in two categories each.
Apart from Zaheer, five other cricketers, which include the English duo of Jonathan Trott and Graeme Swann, South Africa's AB de Villiers and Hashim Amla and Australia's Shane Watson, also figure in three varying categories.
Meanwhile, even though their batting is taking a beating in the ongoing Test series in England, Tendulkar and Dravid also feature in the list of nominees for the Cricketer of the Year and Test Player of the Year award, while Dhoni has been nominated for ODI Player of the Year and LG People's Choice Award.
Other Indian cricketers to have been nominated for this year's ICC awards are Ishant Sharma (Test Player of the Year), Harbhajan Singh (Test Player of the Year), Gautam Gambhir (ODI Player of the Year), Virat Kohli (ODI Player of the Year), Munaf Patel (ODI Player of the Year), Virender Sehwag (ODI Player of the Year), Yuvraj Singh (ODI Player of the Year), Jhulan Goswami ( Women's Cricketer of the Year), Poonam Raut (Women's Cricketer of the Year) and Abhinav Mukund ( Emerging Player of the Year).


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Naomi Shibab Nye
A poet to be known, By: Dunya Salem
Naomi Shibab Nye
Naomi was born on March 12, 1952, in St. Louis, Missouri. She had a Palestinian Father and a American Mother! She lived in Ramallah in Palestine, Jerusalem. She then went to San Antonio, Texas where She received her BA in English and World Religions from Trinity University. She has written about 30 poems and many more! This picture shows a touching Saying what is in the photo!
Naomi has written many, many poems!
Nye gives voice to her experience as an Arab-American through poems about heritage and peace that overflow with a touching spirit. The poet William Stafford has said, "her poems combine transcendent liveliness and sparkle along with warmth and human insight. She is a champion of the literature of encouragement and heart. Reading her work enhances life." Here is a poem she has Written!
Streets by Naomi Shihab Nye
A man leaves the world and the streets he lived on grow a little shorter.
One more window dark in this city, the figs on his branches will soften for birds.
If we stand quietly enough evenings there grows a whole company of us standing quietly together.
Overhead loud grackles are claiming their trees and the sky which sews and sews, tirelessly sewing, drops her purple hem.
Each thing in its time, in its place, it would be nice to think the same about people.
Some people do.
They sleep completely, waking refreshed.
Others live in two worlds, the lost and remembered.
They sleep twice, once for the one who is gone, once for themselves.
They dream thickly, dream double, they wake from a dream into another one, they walk the short streets calling out names, and then they answer.
I like this poem because I feel as if it is saying remember the ones who you have lost and this poem has a warmth to do so.

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text: People have told me I'm incredibly clever, analytical, etc. which I always took as a compliment. However, compared to many of you wiki-bloggers I feel so dumb. Some of you guys catch details that went over my head, articulate such eloquent theories, process the storyline with apparent ease, and so forth. It has been an experience of it's own to get to indirectly know some of the regular bloggers. The screen names for people are almost as much fun to read as the blogs themselves. Mine is boring. Next time I get devoted to a blog, I'll know to put much more thought into my screen name. It's been a fun trip!


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Big Long Driller is the 5th mini-boss in Madworld.
Big Long Driller is a large creature with a elephant-like mask. He carries a drill for a weapon.
Big Long Driller made his first appearance in the second level in the Mad Castle level. He often appears out of nowhere and tries to kill Jack with his drill. During the Power Struggle, Drill tries to drill through Jack, but Jack uses his chainsaw to block Driller's drill. After Jack out-strengths Driller, he processes to cut Driller open, and sometimes even cuts Drillers head off. But most of the time, Driller will retreat underground so he doesn't get killed.
Big Long Driller also appeared in the Casino Level and the Tower Level. During the Tower Level, Driller also has two Big Bull Crockers teaming up with him and this time, Driller has nowhere to hide, so Jack can kill Driller.
Madworld Villains
Little Eddie | Jude the Dude | Von Twirlenkiller | Rinrin | Shogun | Yokozuna | Shamans | Frank | Elise | Kojack | The Masters | Martin | Mystery Final Boss |
Big Bull Crocker |
Yee Fung |
Tengu |
Death Blade |
Big Long Driller |
Cyber-Slicers |
Noa | Leo Formont | Mathilda | Agent XIII |


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Conference paper
Privacy Guarantees through Distributed Constraint Satisfaction
The reason for using distributed constraint satisfaction algorithms is often to allow agents to find a solution while revealing as little as possible about their variables and constraints. So far, most algorithms for DisCSP do not guarantee privacy of this information. This paper describes some simple techniques that can be used with DisCSP algorithms such as DPOP, and provide sensible privacy guarantees based on the distributed solving process without sacrificing its efficiency.
- doi:10.1109/WIIAT.2008.177
Keywords: Distributed Constraint Satisfaction ; privacy
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Aug 24
2016Fromt the UCSB Current article, An Unexpected Finding: In the pursuit of a new class of photovoltaic materials, researchers at UC Santa Barbara happened upon an entirely different discovery that addresses a centuries-old mystery of chemistry: Why does an iodine solution turn blue-black when starch is added to the mix? The exact structural-chemical mechanism that... read more »
Aug 7
2016Professor Irene J. Beyerlein joined the UCSB Materials faculty as a member of the Structural Materials research group on July 1. Her primary appointment is in Mechanical Engineering. Prof. Beyerlein's research focuses on the creation and design of advanced materials with unprecedented structural performance under extremes of strains, stress, and temperature. The... read more »
Jul 29
2016UCSB Materials will welcome Assistant Professor Kunal Mukherjee on November 1 to the Electronic and Photonic Materials research group. Prof. Mukherjee is interested in synthesizing compound semiconductors for improved optoelectronic, imaging, and power generation devices. This involves developing a detailed understanding of thin film growth phenomena in semiconductor... read more »
Jul 28
2016From a story in The Independent written by Maddie Lee: Three Central Coast companies are the recipients of the newest series of United States Department of Energy grants awarded to small businesses. Awarded in late June at $1 million each, the grants for SixPoint Materials, Inc., MicroBio Engineering Inc., and Freedom Photonics, LLC encourage further clean energy... read more »
Jul 15
2016Craig is the Founder and CEO of DfR Solutions, a company providing software and consulting services to the electronics community. When Craig founded DfR eleven years ago, he noticed there were numerous industry standards in place to ensure quality manufacturing, while there was nothing that helped technology companies guarantee a reliable design. He decided to change... read more »
Jul 15
2016From the UCSB Current: UC Santa Barbara Materials and Electrical and Computer Engineering professor Shuji Nakamura has been elected to Academia Sinica, Taiwan's preeminent research institution. Nakamura, UCSB's sixth Nobel laureate, is among 22 new scholars and scientists elected to the prestigious academy at its biennial Convocation of Academicians earlier this... read more »
Jul 8
2016Update: An article on the student-led diveristy symposium at TMS 2016 is featured in the June issue of Journal of Materials. This story was originally published on May 10, 2016. Materials Department graduate students Wennie Wang, Natalie Larson, and David Hwang organized a day-long symposium, "Transforming the Diversity Landscape," at the TMS 2016... read more »
Jul 1
2016John English is an unassuming man who cultivates lifelong relationships. He pretends to be gruff, but he's actually a pretty nice guy. And he's always making wisecracks. John is also, of course, extensively technical – he is a co-author on 223 technical publications – and is largely credited with building the Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) Laboratory at UCSB. Two years ago... read more »
Jun 14
2016UCSB Materials will welcome Assistant Professor Chris Bates on July 1 to the Macromolecular and Biomolecular Materials research group. Prof. Bates's research sits at the intersection of chemistry, materials science, and physics, leveraging a variety of synthetic and physical experimental techniques to design, create, and probe the structure and properties of soft matter... read more »
Jun 13
2016Marissa Lafata, a Ph.D. student in Materials at UCSB, recently received the International Symposium on Superalloys Scholarship from TMS. Funding for the scholarship is provided by the Organizing Committee of the International Symposium on Superalloys. Only two scholarships are awarded each year and they are available to undergraduate and graduate students majoring in... read more »
Jun 9
2016From the UCSB Current: Aiming to develop high-performance materials for use in extreme environments — one of her primary research interests — UC Santa Barbara materials professor Tresa Pollock and her team are collaborating with GE and others to push the effort forward. Their work, supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF), is the subject of a new video produced... read more »
Jun 6
2016The UC Santa Barbara Alumni Association announced the election of five new members to its leadership, which includes Materials Department alumnus, James Rogers, Ph.D. 2012. James and the other newly elected Board members will each serve a three-year term, beginning July 1, 2016. The UC Santa Barbara Alumni Association promotes and cultivates alumni connections to create... read more »
May 27
2016Bob is Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Milo Sensors, Inc., a startup whose first product is a wearable, non-invasive alcohol sensor. In January 2015, Bob met Evan Strenk, another UCSB alumnus (B.S. in Film Studies, 2014), and they became teammates in the 2015 New Venture Competition for UCSB's Technology Management Program. After winning the New Venture... read more »
May 25
2016Tom Nizolek, a Materials Ph.D. student, was awarded the Agnew National Security Fellowship and will be be joining the Materials in Dynamic and Radiation Extremes Group (MST-8) at Los Alamos National Lab (LANL). The Agnew fellowship sponsors a postdoctoral researcher pursuing "cutting-edge experimental, theoretical, computational science, and engineering research aligned... read more »
May 19
2016President Obama awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation to UC Santa Barbara research professor Arthur Gossard in a special ceremony at the White House on Thursday, May 19. Prof. Gossard is a professor emeritus of Materials and Electrical and Computer Engineering and he is among eight recipients of the National Medal of Technology and Innovation and nine... read more »
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2016On Friday, May 13, the Materials Department showed its appreciation for the hard work, dedication, and endless hours the graduate students give during the year by holding the annual Ice Cream Social. Materials Department Chair Prof. Tresa Pollock, along with Prof. Dan Gianola and Prof. Galen Stucky scooped ice cream for over an hour to the ravenous students who happily... read more »
May 11
2016John is an Associate Professor and Vargo Teaching Chair in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada. He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor in the School of Dentistry. John's primary research goal in structural materials is to improve the performance of materials as they relate to other fields. As a result,... read more »
May 6
2016A day of celebration to honor the 80th birthday of UCSB Prof. Fyl Pincus was held on Thursday, May 5. Prof. Pincus's birthday celebration consisted of technical presentations from colleagues who hail from near and far. Following the presentations, Prof. Pincus was honored at an afternoon reception. Prof. Pincus arrived at UCSB in July of 1985. He holds appointments in... read more »
May 5
2016Congratulations to Materials staff Tawny Hernandez, the Department's Financial Analyst, and Yukina Warner, Corporate Programs Manager for SSLEC, on receiving 2016 Citation of Excellence Awards. The Award acknowledges and celebrates outstanding achievements and meritorious service of career staff. Each year, only ten awards are give. Tawny received the 2016 Citation of... read more »
May 2
2016The Materials Department at UCSB would like to congratulate our Winter 2016 Ph.D. graduates and welcome them into the Materials Alumni family. We caught up with each of these graduates to learn about the exciting steps they will be taking as they embark on their careers. Lars Bjaalie, Understanding and Engineering Two-Dimensional Electron Gases in... read more »
Apr 20
2016Professor Shuji Nakamura traveled to London, England on April 14th to receive The Asian Award for Outstanding Achievement in Science & Technology. The Asian Awards were born out of a simple vision - to create an event which would honour only the very highest levels of achievement from within the worldwide Asian community and to create one of the most important events... read more »
Apr 18
2016Eric is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at the Colorado School of Mines and has a co-appointment at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Through his research, Eric seeks to design new materials for energy conservation through a mixture of solid-state chemistry and material physics. The nexus of heat, light, and electricity offers both challenging... read more »
Apr 11
2016Professor Robert (Bob) Odette has been selected as a 2016 Fellow of The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS), in recognition of his "sustained contributions to irradiation effects in materials, leading to improved regulatory guidelines for nuclear reactor safety and development of advanced materials for fusion energy". As a TMS Fellow, Prof. Odette is honored as a... read more »
Apr 11
2016From the UCSB Current: "Using state-of-the-art theoretical methods, UCSB researchers have identified a specific type of defect in the atomic structure of a light-emitting diode (LED) that results in less efficient performance. The characterization of these point defects could result in the fabrication of even more efficient, longer lasting LED lighting. "Techniques are... read more »
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I am an idiot.
Somebody told me today... Impossible is not what it was meant to be.
Impossible means 'I'm possible'. Quite clever.
I found a new game on the net. Lol... kind of funny. Dance Monkey.
I'm missing soccer already. August couldn't come any sooner? :(
On the next season, these are the club that I would support.
Purely because I am a loyal fan.
Newcastle United
I am into underdogs this time around. Plus, still have much love for Owen.
Bayern Munich
Again, I am a loyal fan. In addition, Jurgen Klinsmann ought to make games more interesting. Hopefully Poldi will be able to play more.
Inter Milan
I must support the team that is coached by The Special One; Jose Mourinho. This is going to be superb season For Inter!
IF Elfsborg
2 words : ANDERS SVENSSON.
They also happen to have a killer logo for their team! I am not kidding. Possibly the best football team logo ever!
*i don't think they show the Swedish league here thou. Bummer!*
I should post entries not concerning soccer sometimes eh?
x deez x
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LEDs (light emitting diodes) are used in all sorts of clever things which is why we have included them in this kit. We will start off with something very simple, turning one on and off, repeatedly, producing a pleasant blinking effect. To get started, grab the parts listed below, pin the layout sheet to your breadboard and then plug everything in. Once the circuit is assembled you'll need to upload the program. To do this plug the Arduino board into your USB port. Then select the proper port in Tools > Serial Port > (the comm port of your microcontroller). Next upload the program by going to File > Upload to I/O Board. Finally, bask in the glory and possibility that controlling lights offers.
The code
Turns on an LED on for one second, then off for one second, repeatedly.
This example code is in the public domain.
// Pin 12 has an LED connected on most Arduino boards.
// give it a name:
int led = 12;
// the setup routine runs once when you press reset:
void setup() {
// initialize the digital pin as an output.
pinMode(led, OUTPUT);
// the loop routine runs over and over again forever:
void loop() {
digitalWrite(led, HIGH); // turn the LED on (HIGH is the voltage level)
delay(1000); // wait for a second
digitalWrite(led, LOW); // turn the LED off by making the voltage LOW
delay(1000); // wait for a second
NOT WORKING? (3 things to try)
LED Not Lighting Up?
LEDs will only work in one direction. Try taking it out and twisting it 180 degrees. (no need to worry, installing it backwards does no permanent harm). You can consider like a diode that we will try in one of the next experiments.
Program Not Uploading
This happens sometimes, the most likely cause is a confused serial port, you can change this in tools>serial port>
Still not Success?
A broken circuit is no fun, come to visit us and ask some support. You will meet nice and friendly people.
Making it better changing the pin:
The LED is connected to pin 12 but is possible to use any of the microcontroller's pins. To change it, simply disconnect the wire and plug to a different pin (from 0- 12). Check on the specific page of the manual where you have listed all the pins.
check this amateur video showing the experiment working


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Friday, December 16, 2005
Power-One Expands Patent Lawsuits
Camarillo-based Power-One has expanded its patent suit against competitor Artesyn Technologies, the company said yesterday. Power-One said that it has added two additional patent applications to the list of patents it says that Artesyn has violated. The company also said that it has sued Silicon Laboratories for violation of the same patents. Power-One is looking for an injunction against Silicon Laboratories products for prohibit selling and manufacturing of Silicon Laboratories digital power supply controllers.


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Needless to say, I am pretty excited about this gentleman gracing my screen again tonight.
Month: February 2014
Fun Memories from Childhood
Every once in a while, a smell or an object will hit me with a nostalgic wave. Does that ever happen to you? Not just a passing "Oh, I remember that!" but a huge wave that hits you like a strong deja vu, making you so sentimental it almost brings you to tears. Thanks to BuzzFeed, so many things we have enjoyed as a kid have been brought on into the spotlight again, but most of them are consumer products. I'm talking mostly about memories.
♠ Crayon shavings
♠ Apple butter on a warm graham cracker
♠ Plastic charm necklaces
♠ Bike shorts under dresses. Clarissa did it, so you better believe I did.
♠ OTTER POPS and DIY frozens. My cousin and I used to freeze bowls of Dr. Pepper and then sit on the stoop and scoop to our hearts content.
♠ Reading encyclopedias/Greek myths/Egyptian myths just for the sake of it. Not having to use it for reports, just the nerd in me reading encyclopedias for fun.
♠ swimming until my lips were blue and my dad forcing me to get out of the pool
♠ splatter paint (or spirograph style) shirts. I had at least 2 shirts with my name on them, covered in splatter paint or in that spirograph style.
♠ air popped popcorn
♠ notes and back-and-forth journals.
♠ CKOne and Gap Grass. Those smells are like Proust's madeleines, instantly transporting me to my old room, reading sassy and pairing combat boots with dresses.
Galentines Day
Just wanted to wish all my lady friends a happy Galentines Day. I love the thought of celebrating your friends by joining up for breakfast, throwing parties, giving little fun presents and generally, just loving on your BFFs.
This year, I decided to create a Pinterest board, to keep all my ideas all in one place. Some are extravagant, but most are either DIYs or under $30.
If a close friend of yours lives long distance and has a "regular" place she gets coffee, tea, or whatever, call ahead and prepay for her. Yes, it takes a little bit of work, but the surprise will be WELL worth it. Or, send her a book/movie in the mail via amazon, or even gift cards to her local movie theater, so you can chat about the latest novels or movies you've experienced together! I also am fully promoting courting lady friends if you feel you don't have at least one real true friend.
For some other ideas for spreading love or other kindnesses, check out Scathingly Brilliant's "Try a Little Kindness" series, complete with printables. Or create your own dip dye stationery to gift to your BFF, so you two can keep in touch in a more intimate way than email.
Victoria Will's Tintypes
I know that everyone and their mother has been talking about Victoria Will's tin types, but I just had to post a couple because as someone who has worked in a darkroom, and has made a few Van Dykes, the way these look is absolutely STUNNING.
Jason Momoa
The poses were planned out before the photo was taken, and it was taken with a long exposure, so it must have been thrilling to watch as the actor kind of settles in and holds whatever pose they chose. It really makes staring into their eyes more uncomfortable, because they have had time to sit and focus on the camera, to really kind of think about what they are doing.
I just love them. It has definitely inspired me to keep going on my portrait project for the year. I may not be skilled enough to create tin types, but maybe I can figure out how to be more comfortable with a subject.
Of course this one of Hoffman is one of my favorites. One of the last photos taken of him, ever.
Pen Pal Scavenger Hunt Revealed!
Thanks to this Secret Penpal Scavenger Hunt, I have a new pen pal that could very well help me step up my creativity in regards to mail art.
The hardest part was waiting. I was so excited to open it up, I couldn't even wait til the next day to get good lighting for the shots, so my photos are all "moody," i.e. at night.My pen pal's name is Katzi, she lives in Georgia, and she seems majorly rad. She is incredibly clever, patient, and sent me the coolest pen pal package ever.
One of my favorite elements, besides the Bettie Page!, was her flash drive. She works in audio/visual stuff, so she sent me something I can plug into my computer and see her town and her life, almost through her eyes. Very cool.
She sent me a mini writing kit, goodies from her favorite coffee shops/restaurants around town, and little crafts she used to make. As a bonus, she saw the "My Home Bar" series on my site, and sent along some Prohibition-era cocktail recipes, and I just about swooned! Many of them I haven't tried yet, so I gotta grab a new bottle of gin and get my flapper dress out!


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to everything there is a season
In another season, that may as well have been in another lifetime but was only five months ago, my life changed. Or rather, I changed my life. I left my desk job, began this blog, opened an online shop, and registered a business. I named it after one of my tattoos, two tigers inspired by a book of old Chinese ink drawings, alike but unique, placed in a yin yang position as a symbol of both balance and completion. Since autumn 2002, they have been perched on the back of my left shoulder as guardians and reminders of the spirit of fierce pursuit and wise poise I wish to bring to all my endeavors, but never have I needed to draw upon their strength and grace as I have this year. When the time came to create a signature image for my new professional artistic activities, the obvious choice was some rendering of this old tattoo. After many failed attempts to re-create it, I simply turned my back on the mirror over the sink in my bathroom, stood on tiptoe, and took the photograph you see in the banner at the head of this page. It strikes me now that all the elements that went into this capture – resourcefulness and spontaneity, something familiar, yet requiring a literal stretch to achieve, self-reflection and self-revelation – were ideal auspices for the new life ahead.
In one of those amazing instances of good timing and good fortune that occasionally befall me, the newsletter pictured above, the biannual publication of the Vermont College of Fine Arts, of which I am a graduate, showed up in my mailbox last week. I recalled sending a thumbnail image and a quick alumnae update to their website months ago as I began my brave new life, and that it was the first time I really felt I had anything legitimate and worthwhile to announce to such a readership. Imagine my delight when my image was chosen to grace the cover of the bulletin of a multidisciplinary academic arts program that is now considered one of the best in the country, appropriately one about which most of its students claim "it changed my life!" In January 2003, a few months after receiving my two tigers tattoo on a visit home to New York, and a month after turning 40, I received my MFA in poetry in what I consider my second home, Vermont, after avoiding the perils of traditional schooling for nearly two decades. But this place is nothing if not untraditional. The students are all ages, from all over the country and world, and many have full rich busy lives outside of the arts they are somehow still amazingly devoted to and talented at producing. They are not concerned with following trends or making it big, just making good work, better work, the best of which they are capable. Then something wonderful happens, and these unprepossessing outsiders, misfits and underachievers start publishing, and showing, and performing everywhere. Receiving this item in the mail was the perfect way to reaffirm how far I have come in 2010 and how far I will go in 2011.
spoiled for choice
One of the things I've come to understand along the way is that while I have an inner need for peace, quiet and singularity of purpose, I am always going to be one of those people who can't just do one thing and certainly can't do nothing at all for very long. I've spent a lot of time this year trying to choose between being a writer, a photographer and a maker of apparently highly desirable crocheted accessories, and have finally decided that Two Tigers Creations is all of those things – written works, photographic works, and yes, even a seasonal line of fiber works that are a little less than art but a lot more than craft. I'm a maker of things. I am happiest when engaged in the process of creation at some level – the planning, the execution, the completion, and the true conclusion in the joy of handing something I made to a stranger and knowing it gives them joy. I can't and won't choose between the ways I can do this. If this means violating one of the cardinal rules of self-promotion and marketing, which is to specialize and streamline, the better for the limited attention of the public and dealers to grasp who you are and purchase what it is you have to offer, so be it. I'd rather enjoy doing three things I love and always feel I am not giving enough time to each, than do just one and always feel I have abandoned some essential part of my creative motives and mission.
ever onward
This is the week I (and others I'm sure) typically spend time looking back or looking forward, cleaning up or clearing out the old to make way for the new, whether it's closets and files or a soulsearching review of the year. I do all of that, filling bags with shredded paperwork, and also making lists of what I am proud of and grateful for, and where I found myself lacking, and finally constructing a highly flexible and provisional plan for both my soul's journey and my practical agenda in the months ahead. I thought I'd share some of this online, as they say that announcing things to the universe by offering them in written form or spoken aloud is a good way of letting the universe know you mean business. And I do mean business this year, literally, because one of the main headings on my To Do list is to Be a Better Businesswoman, right next to Be a Better Artist and Take Better Care of Myself and Others. I have barely begun this list and it already bears the mark of a former library assistant's zeal for organization, classification and a ruthless attention to detail, so I'll give you instead the spirit of the Better List, which is to make peace with the ongoing challenge of balancing financial necessities and creative urgencies, including better self-promotion online and off (yes, this means you will see me on facebook soon, just in time for it to be replaced by something else!), revisiting the darkroom skills I learned many years ago among other ways of exploring classic photographic techniques, tools and presentation, a new book of poems and photographs, a calendar, and the item that never leaves my list from year to year – lose 15 pounds!
yesterday and forever
As for what I am most proud of and grateful for, see above. Thank you, Brian. And thank you, all you good blogfolks who follow me and support, inspire and encourage me though we have never laid eyes on each other and don't even share a time zone or in some cases a language or a continent! I wish you the best for a new year full of courageous acts of creativity, good health and positive progress for mind body and soul, and new discoveries and pleasures where you expect them least and when you need them most!
Gone for the year - see you in 2011!


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Unfortunately I've only ever been a 5 out of ten (see photo) but I would like to for once be the best looking guy in the room. How can I improve my looks, see photo below:
Girls, How can I improve my looks?
Unfortunately I've only ever been a 5 out of ten (see photo) but I would like to for once be the best looking guy in the room. How can I improve my looks, see photo below:
Have an opinion?
What Girls Said 5
I think you are average.
However, that's not the most flattering photo of you.
Also please, show an entire body shot.
The overall package allows a person to have attraction to another... not just solely a face (although that is good too).00|00|0
alright try the photo I've uploaded now
Where? its the same one.
ah sorry look back at my previous questions, there's some good quality photos of me there
I'm sure that's not the most flattering picture of you but you could trim the top of your hair, it looks like you have a nest growing. I really wouldn't change anything else about your looks. You are pretty cute! But unfortunately, you will just have to wait to look older and by then your features will change too. You are one of those who look as if you will age gracefully so don't even worry.00|00|0
thank you, yeah there are better pictures of me out there! i'm 22 now, how old would you say i look right now? i don't drink, do drugs, smoke or even have sex and I eat healthily so that should keep me looking young haha.
You're welcome! You look like you're 16. Give it about 3 more years and you will notice changes. And also, working out is always good too, muscle definition is always killer 😎
i think you look great, maybe a 7 or 8 :)
I dont think you need to improve but here are some suggestions you can try:
1. wearing different color contacts
2. keeping up with good hygiene and maybe using cologne
3. get a new hairstyle to mix it up or even use some gel
4. use a skin screen for a fresher look if you want
5. dress confident and feel confident
be yourself! because thats the best thing you can do :D so good luck!00|00|0
Dude, you look fine! Don't change who you are! Nobody's perfect. I've always been a 5/10 too but I don't let that bring me down :)00|00|0
Honestly the way a guy dressed can change the way the look a lot. Preppy style to me makes a guy looks 10x hotter. I wouldn't say you're a 5. I'd give you a 7.5. And personality can honestly make an actual 4 go to a 10 for me. So looks aren't everything. Also haircut man, I'd suggest one.00|00|0
haha i like your comments, if i had a haicut could i stretch you to an 8 or 9? i'm a nice person, very straight- don't drink and smoke etc.
Lol thank you and we'll Personality would do it more for me. But lol yes a haircut would def boost you up for me :) and that's good 😊 nice guys are always more attractive.
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I think Lady Gaga is batshit crazy and have pretty much avoided her music at all costs - but this link was sent to me and i'm in awe at how great it was!
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Jul 21, 2011 at 8:45 UTC
Yeah... she is pretty out there. I have heard that beyond all the crazy stuff, she actually does have some talent. Looking at this video I tend to agree.
Oh, and have have you seen the Weird Al parody of Born This Way? It's hilarious.
Jul 21, 2011 at 8:50 UTC
I have one word for all that crazy stuff she does: Marketing
If I were trying to distinguish myself from all the other talented people out there I would find some way to make myself incredibly unique. I'm not saying she doesn't have issues, but I would have to tip my hat to the record label or her manager / her for the job they've done. There ain't too many people out there who haven't heard of her by now. The fact she can also sing is a nice bonus, but by no means necessary - can you say Milli Vanilli?
Jul 21, 2011 at 9:23 UTC
yup...she is earning a buck by acting strange....strange makes you interesting...
acting "normal" doesn't get you into the headlines.
She is this generations Madonna (kind of).....probably won't last as long
Jul 22, 2011 at 9:13 UTC
This is actually a pretty good song, not that I dislike some of her more poppy songs, but they often sound like songs by Madonna or Ace of Base. She certainly is no madonna, though. As far as acting weird she wan't anything til she started acting weird.
Aug 5, 2011 at 12:58 UTC
I can actually listen to that.
The first time, and perhaps only time, I will say that in relation to lady GaGa
Aug 5, 2011 at 1:20 UTC
though I'm not a fan, the music is really not all that bad. But her lyrics seriously suck
Aug 5, 2011 at 4:54 UTC
well as proven from American idol you have to be beautiful,and talented to make it especially if you are a woman.
just think the record company's pretty much controlled who got famous for years, bands with some talent and one good song. but if you didn't have a gimmick you were looked over. and i think Lady GAGA is not pretty enough to have a career without the gimmicks even if she is talented. when I say pretty enough I do mean by Hollywood standards.
Aug 24, 2011 at 9:03 UTC
I really like Slate magazine's take. She's appropriated the drag-queen aesthetic and realized her product is celebrity performance-art; Music is really only part of it.
That being said, OtR's version of Bad Romance (actual out-and-about or studio) actually made me appreciate the actual song (and you can see how the video is part of the overall performance).
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The search for Dr. Gideon Marconi.
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| Vynne chapter 1 . 6/1/2006
Aw, that was so beautiful! That was sort of how Loot and I met...Except the cutting eachother part...He walked up to me and I told my grandma he'd be good. She said the first one on him when we get him home gets him. Took be a few second to register he was at a dead run with I jumped on him after getting him out of that trailer...I'm thinking of putting him in a LotR fic...He'd be fun to do. He hates men...*laughs at all the thoughts* And Gimli seems to despise horses...*laughs at all those thoughts too* Anyway, this brought tears to my eyes...Well, almost. I thank thee!
| Arien chapter 1 . 1/3/2005
I love this story! Now we know why she chose Windfola on the ride to Minas Tirith.
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| Raksha The Demon chapter 1 . 1/2/2005
Very nice story! I could feel the close bond between Eowyn and Leoflic.
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First of all: congratulations with winning!
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Masterfully told, a well deserved winner!
| Nightstorm7 chapter 1 . 1/1/2005
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What would you do if a baby was left at your doorstep with a note from her mother saying she would be back some day? Could you care for that baby, even come to love her, knowing she could be taken from you at any time? I don't know that I could be that selfless, deal with that loss. In Baby we bear witness to the quirky, loving and ill-fated family that must deal with such sadness.
Patricia MacLachlan proves to be a master of the metaphor in this beautifully written story that, at its core, is about the importance of words; learning them, sharing them, avoiding them, and most importantly, hearing them.
Although some aspects of this story are mournful, what we take away from Baby is a family's ability to put the pieces back together after a profound loss. Anyone having gone through a similar tragedy would draw inspiration and strength from this family, just as they did from the baby on their doorstep.
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Author | Ranjana Gupta | Wednesday, May 12,2004 7:25 AM
The B-school fad has apparently crept into the domain of mass communication as is evident from the communication training institutes of various hues that are coming up, particularly in places that see high media activity. The emerging institutes believe there is a hard-felt need for well-trained media professionals in the industry which traditional institutes are apparently failing to provide. Of course, the established institutes take a view that the upcoming institutes reflect a fad that is reminiscent of the mushrooming of B-schools in the 1990s.
In Delhi, seasoned advertising professional Sajal Mukherjee has recently set up an institute called Futursitix Media & Communication Centre that will cater to the emerging needs of the industry at the entry-level positions. exchange4media.com had reported earlier on this.
Mukherjee said today that the institute will offer post-graduate diploma courses in media and marketing besides extending refresher courses for professionals in the industry. "The vacuum in the industry for good professionals needs to be filled," he said.
Mukherjee is assisted by advertising professional Vivek Dev Sharma who was responsible for developing the prototype at MICA for this venture.
Meantime, Hindi print media major Dainik Jagran is all set to kickstart its Jagran Institute Of Management and Journalism In July 2004. Ajay Upadhayay, Director of the institute, said the programme will include post-graduate level courses in print, broadcast and advertising. "Hands-on experience will be given to the students," he said, adding that the institute "will produce the right kind of professionals".
Namrata Suri, Director, New Institute of Advertising, too is of the belief that traditional methods of training in communications have given way to more modern methods which newer institutes specialise in.
But Atul Tandan, Director, Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad (MICA), likened the new trend of upcoming communications schools to the mushrooming of B-schools in the country sometime ago. Taking a cue from the B-school trend, he said that only leading schools like MICA, Symbiosis, IIMC, Asian School Of Journalism, Department of Mass Communication, Panjab University, and MCRC, Jamia Milia Islamia would produce quality professionals for the industry.
Supporting Tandan's view was Archana R Singh, Lecturer, Department of Mass Communication, Panjab University, Chandigarh, who said that a basic level of maturity is required to understand communication. Graduates with sound knowledge undertaking communication courses from recognised universities do a good job, she said, adding, "Private institutes may provide short-term fill-ups but serious professionals need good training."
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This is my great, great grandmother's bread recipe, and every generation does it their own way. It is very dark and heavy, but really good, especially warm.
Top Review by HeatherFeather
This was wonderful. It has a delicious, not too sweet taste and was very soft and rich tasting. If you have never had brown bread before, don't expect it to rise up tall and slice neatly - this is more of a tearing bread (I consider brown bread to be in the same family as soda bread and beer bread) and sits very low in the pan. It is dense and chewy - just as it is supposed to be. This would be a great accompaniment to a hot bowl of oatmeal on a cold winter day - drizzled with butter and syrup, yum! Thanks for a great recipe!
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- 1 egg, slightly beaten
- 1 tablespoon melted lard
- 1⁄4 cup sugar
- 1⁄4 cup molasses
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup graham flour
- 1 cup white flour
- 1⁄3 cup water
- salt
- raisins (optional)
- walnuts (optional)
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- Melt lard and cool slightly.
- Place egg, sugar, molasses and lard in large bowl.
- Stir until well blended.
- Sift together baking powder, baking soda, salt and flours.
- Add to molasses mixture in 3 increments, alternating with water and stirring well after each addition.
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World Of Warcraft TrinityCore Linux Private Server Guide
I have already posted on how you can setup and configure World of Warcraft Private Server Using Trinity Server Emulator on Windows. If you want something more stable then Windows then you need to setup World of Warcraft server on Linux. It is very complex for a newbie to setup a World of Warcraft server on Linux so it is recommended that you follow World of Warcraft Private Server Guide for Windows, if you don't have any prior knowledge of Linux operating system.
How to Install TrinityCore on Linux
TrinityCore is a rather complex and demanding software, and as such it may seem quite daunting to install and maintain.
This how to guide will attempt to help you with installing World of Warcraft Private Server on Linux, and also show how this can be done in a way that also guide you with the basics of how Linux compilations works.
I advice you to read your distributions documentation on how to install packages, and also have at least knowledge of how it works with regards to adding users.
Most of this is based on the use of a Debian-based distribution, though we'll try to inform as best as we can when something differs totally.
Getting Started
I advice you to run/install TrinityCore on a dedicated machine, or a machine that you know you have full control over.
It is recommended that you DO NOT install the software on a shared server solution or any server where other users may have access or might require resources to be available at all times.
Requirements to Install TrinityCore on Linux
This list gives an absolute minimum of packages required to work with a basic install of TrinityCore, and is in no way meant as "the ultimate solution of packages".
Please read the distribution documentation or other guides on other packages / solutions that you might want installed, for example LAMP (Linux w/Apache, MySQL and PHP).
Debian-based distributions
sudo apt-get install build-essential autoconf libtool gcc g++ make cmake subversion mercurial patch wget links zip unzip unrar
sudo apt-get install openssl libssl-dev mysql-server mysql-client libmysqlclient15-dev libmysql++-dev libreadline5-dev zlib1g-dev libbz2-dev
RedHat-based distributions
Redhat-based distributions does not (as far as we know) include CMake by default, and requires extra repositories to be enabled.
Please refer to the distributions archive and/or secondary repositories (ex. RPMForge)
Installation of the packages mentioned underneath will require either root-privileges, or the use of sudo prepended to the respective commands.
yum groupinstall "development tools"
yum groupinstall "development libraries"
yum install gcc-g++ mercurial wget links zip unzip unrar
yum install mysql-server mysql-client mysql-devel
yum install openssl
Not included in default package-repositories (as mentioned above)
yum install cmake
Creating a user to work with
Start with logging in to your Linux-machine and create an account for the server itself – on most recent distributions this can easily be done with the following command :
sudo adduser <username>
Note : Change <username> into the preferred username of your server-account – we will as far as possible avoid using specific usernames in this guide.
Installing ACE (Adaptive Communication Environment)
TrinityCore requires a specific communication-library for inter-process communication, and as such needs special attention on that matter.
Due to that most distributions (even the most recent ones) does not supply the version required by TrinityCore as part of their basepackages by default.
To start the installation, log in to your previously created user :
su - <username>
cd ~/
Replace <username> with the username you chose when creating the account.
Downloading and unpacking the ACE-library
wget http://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE-5.7.8.tar.gz
tar xvzf ACE-5.7.8.tar.gz
cd ~/ACE_wrappers/ mkdir build
cd build
Configuring, compiling and installing ACE
IMPORTANT : If you are the owner of the machine, and at this stage want the ACE-library to be available for other users on your Linux-machine (and also making it easier for yourself at later stages), please follow alternative 2.
Alternative 1 : Local installation
../configure --prefix=/home/<username>/.sys/
make install
Again, replace <username> with the username you chose when creating the account.
Alternative 2 : Systemwide installation
sudo make install
As stated above, alternative 2 will build the library as a user without any specific privileges, and then install it into /usr/local as root (the superuser), reachable for other users that wish to use it for their own projects.It is safe safe to allow this library to be installed system wide.
Installing libMPQ (MoPaQ) MPQ-reader library
Configuring, compiling and installing libMPQ
IMPORTANT : If you are the owner of the machine, and at this stage want the MPQ-library to be available for other users on your Linux-machine (and also making it easier for yourself at later stages), please follow alternative 2
Change directory to <your-sourcedir>/externals/libmpq/ before doing this
Alternative 1 : Local installation
./configure --prefix=/home/<username>/.sys/
make install
Again, replace <username> with the username you chose when creating the account.
Alternative 2 : Systemwide installation
make sudo
make install
As stated above, alternative 2 will build the library as a user without any specific privileges, and then install it into /usr/local as root (the superuser), reachable for other users that wish to use it for their own projects.It is safe safe to allow this library to be installed system wide.
Installing OpenSSL (as known as libSSL)
The procedure described here has been created on a time that the version 0.9.8n was the newest one, it should also work on newer ones.
So if you want a newer (or maybe older) version check ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/o/openssl/
32-bit Debian-based distributions
wget ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/o/openssl/libssl-dev_0.9.8n-1_i386.deb
wget ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.8_0.9.8n-1_i386.deb
wget ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/o/openssl/openssl_0.9.8n-1_i386.deb
sudo dpkg -i libssl-dev_0.9.8n-1_i386.deb
sudo dpkg -i libssl0.9.8_0.9.8n-1_i386.deb
sudo dpkg -i openssl_0.9.8n-1_i386.deb
64-bit Debian-based distributions
wget ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/o/openssl/libssl-dev_0.9.8n-1_amd64.deb
wget ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.8_0.9.8n-1_amd64.deb
wget ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/o/openssl/openssl_0.9.8n-1_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i libssl-dev_0.9.8n-1_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i libssl0.9.8_0.9.8n-1_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i openssl_0.9.8n-1_amd64.deb
Other distributions
For cases where you want to run an even newer release of OpenSSL than mentioned here, or your distribution not supplying a version that isn't of recent date, please check your distributions repositories or documentation.
You can also retrieve it as sourcecode at http://openssl.org/source (feel free to use newer packages if you really feel like it). To build it from source code, here's a primer :
wget http://openssl.org/source/openssl-0.9.8n.tar.gz
tar -xvf openssl-0.9.8n.tar.gz
cd openssl-0.9.8n
Alternative 1 : Local installation
./config --prefix=/home/<username>/.sys shared
make install
Replace <username> with the username you chose when creating the account.
Alternative 2 : Systemwide installation
./config shared
sudo make install
Please note that any old revision of the OpenSSL package installed by the distribution may/will interfere with the new version. See your distribution documentation for information on how to remove it to be able to use the new one.
If you have done the systemwide install, you will no longer need any extra parameters for SSL when compiling TrinityCore.
Optional software
These tools are only needed or useful if you are connecting from a Windows host to your Linux machine
Graphical database-viewing/editing
Please note that the software called Navicat is NOT supported due to issues with how it handles SQL-files with "/* */"-style comments. It is advised that you stay well clear of this program unless you really are looking for issues.
Remote console connects to the server
Putty Tray
Filetransfer through SFTP or FTP
Building the server itself
Getting the sourcecode
cd ~/
hg clone http://trinitycore.googlecode.com/hg/ trinitycore
A directory trinitycore will be created automatically and all the source files will be stored in there.
Compiling the Source Code
Creating the build-directory
To avoid issues with updates and colliding sourcebuilds, we create a specific build-directory, so we avoid any possible issues due to that (if any might occur)
mkdir build
cd build
To configure the core, we use space-separated parameters attached to the configuration-tool (cmake) – do read the entire section before even starting on the configuration-part.
This is for your own good, and you HAVE been warned. A full example will also be shown underneath the explanations.
cmake ../trinitycore/ [additional parameters]
Parameter explanations
-DPREFIX=<path to install core and tools> (path where your compiled core/tools and libraries will be stored/installed to)
-DACE_LIBRARY=<path to ACE library> (path to your libACE.so file – do not use if you have ACE installed systemwide)
-DACE_INCLUDE_DIR=<path to ACE includes/headers> (path to the libACE include directory – do not use if you have ACE installed systemwide)
-DOPENSSL_LIBRARIES=<path to OpenSSL libraries> (path to your OpenSSL libraries directory – do not use if you have OpenSSL installed systemwide)
-DOPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR=<path to OpenSSL includes> (path to your OpenSSL includes directory – do not use if you have OpenSSL installed systemwide)
-DDO_SCRIPTS=1 (compile core with scripts * )
-DDO_TOOLS=1 (compile core with extractiontools for maps and vmaps)
-DDO_CLI=1 (compile core with command line interface support * )
-DDO_RA=1 (compile core with remote access console support)
-DDO_SQL=1 (copy sql files to target directory when installing)
-DCENTOS=1 (use this for Centos/RH/Fedora and RedHat-based distributions)
Note : * means "used by default", and does not need to be set.
The above parameters when combined into a full example :
cmake ../trinitycore/ -DPREFIX=/home/<username>/server -DDO_RA=1 -DDO_SQL=1
The above will turn on the remote console access system, and install the SQL-files into the server-directory under the /home/<username>/server/shared/trinity/sql/ directory.
Note that you WILL have to configure the server well if you ever want to use the RA-access functionality.
Note: New users are advised NOT to use the RA-feature without understanding the security-implications involved!
Building the core
After configuring and checking that everything is in order (read cmakes output), you can build Trinity (this will take some time unless you are on a rather fast machine)
make install
If you have multiple CPU cores, you can enable the use of those during compile :
make -j <number of cores>
make install
After compiling and installing, you will find your core binaries in /home/<username>/server/bin, and the standard configuration files in the /home/<username>/server/etc folder.
(As usual, replace <username> with the username you created earlier). Now you can continue reading on and learn how how to update the sourcetree.
Keeping the code up to date
TrinityCore developers are always at work fixing and adding new features to the core. You can always check them here.(Link http://code.google.com/p/trinitycore/source/list) To update the core files, do the following :
cd ~/trinitycore/
hg pull -u
Now return to the compilation-section again, and repeat the instructions there.
Installing the databases
Fetching the databases
Simply type in the users homedirectory the following :
hg clone http://trinitydb.googlecode.com/hg/ trinitydb
A folder trinitydb will be created and all files will be stored in there.
About the MySQL server installation
When configuring MySQL make sure you remember the password you set for the default root account and that you enabled both MyISAM and InnoDB engines. You can leave all the other settings as default.
You might want to enable remote access to your MySQL server if your are also testing a website for your Trinity server or if you have friends testing with you which need access from remote locations.
Remember that this will decrease the security of your MySQL server in general, and is not adviced without prior knowledge on how to secure it.
Installing the Trinity DataBase Project (TDB) Database
NOTE: This guide is only for a fresh and new installation of TDB, so do not follow this if you already have a working database. You have been warned, all database content will disappear if you do.
A short primer on what the databases do
Trinity needs three databases to run:
(contains realm- and account-data (logins/passwords and accesslevels ++)
(contains characterdata and certain worldstates)
(contains gamecontent such as spawns, quests, stats, quests, etc.)
Installing the databases
The first two are taken from the core installation directory, while the world database is taken from the TDB directory.
Create the three databases by importing /home/<username>/server/sql/create_mysql.sql – you now have three databases called realmd, characters and world.
Import realmd database structure by importing /home/<username>/trinitycore/sql/realmd.sql
Import characters database structure by importing /home/<username>/trinitycore/sql/characters.sql
Unzip /home/<username>/trinitydb/fulldb/TDB_333.9.29_7925.zip and import world DB structure and contents by importing TDB_333.9.29_7925.sql in the world DB.
Import in the world DB the following files in this precise order:
Import all *.sql update files from /home/<username>/trinitycore/sql/updates/ which start with a number above '8307' so that your DB structure is up to date with the revision you just pulled and compiled.
Also note that we STILL use the generic <username> extension here, use the username you created for the server earlier!
Now your world database-structure is for TrinityCore revision 8307. You need to import the update files to have the proper world/characters/realmd database-structures for the revision you just pulled and compiled.
You will notice they are all named XXXX_world_tablename.sql or XXXX_characters_tablename.sql or XXXX_realmd_tablename.sql – make sure to import these into the correct database.
XXXX_world_tablename.sql —> world database
XXXX_characters_tablename.sql —> characters database
XXXX_realmd_tablename.sql —> realmd database
Keeping the database up to date
TDB developers are always at work fixing and adding new data to the database, but unlike core development, database updatepacks come more on a 1-2 times a month basis with many fixes from here and a lot of new data from developers and contributors.
We'll use the same procedure as for updating core, just on the databasefiles instead.
cd ~/trinitydb
hg pull -u
Setting up the server
Now that you have the source compiled and the databases installed, you need to set up the server.
Extracting dbc, maps and vmaps files
In order to run, TrinityCore needs dbc- and map-files. In addition, if you want to enable vmaps (Making NPCs unable to see through walls etc.) you will need to extract them as well.
Warning: use Trinity's extractors. If you use extractors from other projects it is almost certain that your Trinity Core will not recognize the extracted data!
To get the Trinity extractors you have to build the project with option -DDO_TOOLS=1 (#Parameter explanations).
dbc and maps files
cd <your WoW client directory>
cp -r dbc maps /home/<username>/server/data
Visual Maps (aka vmaps – optional)
You can also extract vmaps which will take quite a while depending on your machine (1-2 hours).
cd <your WoW client directory>ta
mkdir vmaps
/home/<username>/server/bin/vmap3assembler Buildings vmaps
cp -r vmaps /home/<username>/server/da
Configuring the server
First of all you need to create 2 files : worldserver.conf and authserver.conf in your /home/<username>/server/etc/ folder.
You'll find 2 files named worldserver.conf.dist and authserver.conf.dist. Copy these to their namesakes without the .dist extension.
cp worldserver.conf.dist worldserver.conf
cp authserver.conf.dist authserver.conf
Now you can go ahead and edit the two files (worldserver.conf and authserver.conf) to your liking, with the following notes in mind about them.
Edit MySQL account username and password (instead of trinity;trinity).
LoginDatabaseInfo = "127.0.0.1;3306;trinity;trinity;realmd"
WorldDatabaseInfo = "127.0.0.1;3306;trinity;trinity;world"
CharacterDatabaseInfo = "127.0.0.1;3306;trinity;trinity;characters"
If you extracted vmaps then edit the following :
vmap.enableLOS = 1 <— set this to 1
vmap.enableHeight = 1 <— set this to 1
vmap.ignoreMapIds = "369"
vmap.ignoreSpellIds = "7720"
vmap.petLOS = 1 <— set this to 1
Edit MySQL account username and password (instead of trinity;trinity).
LoginDatabaseInfo = "127.0.0.1;3306;trinity;trinity;realmd"
You need to make sure that the authserver directs incoming connections to your realm.
In the realmd database there is a table called realmlist, where you need to edit the field address according to your needs
127.0.0.1 — Leave default localhost if you are connecting alone from the same machine TrinityCore runs on.
<Your LOCAL NETWORK ip> — Use the machine's LAN ip if you want other computers from the same network as the TrinityCore server to connect to your server.
<Your PUBLIC NETWORK ip> — Use your PUBLIC ip if you have friends and testers which need to connect your server from the internet.
Warning: The TrinityCore development team/owners and the TrinityDB team/owners DO NOT in any case sponsor nor support illegal public servers. If you use these projects to run an illegal public server and not for testing and learning it is your own personal choice.
-DLARGE_CELL=0 has been deprecated and is not used at all (remove this if ever used before)
-DDO_MYSQL=1 has been deprecated and is not used at all (remove this if ever used before)
-DSSLLIB=<path> has been deprecated and is not used at all (remove this if ever used before)
-DDO_DEBUG=0 not required, as its default is : 0
-DDO_RA=0 not required, as its default is : 0
The new method for custom SSL-libraries are:
-DOPENSSL_LIBRARIES=<path to OpenSSL libraries directory>
-DOPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR=<path to OpenSSL includes directory>
The paths for installation can be done without any other parameters but this :
It will create the following structure:
<path>/bin/ – binaries will be placed here
<path>/etc/ – configfiles will be placed here
Also, compile has been tested on Debian 5.0.4 x32/x64, Ubuntu 10.04 x32/x64, Centos 5.4 x32/x64 – all without problems IF YOU DO NOT MESS AROUND ON YOUR OWN!
Do NOT add your own compiled libraries on recent distributions, this is not required, and will only lead to confusion. If you face any problems in configuring World of Warcraft Private Server on Linux, let me know, I will try to help.
Disclaimer: The TrinityCore Development Team and Owners, the TrinityDB Team and Owners, SegmentNext and the writer of this article DO NOT in any case sponsor nor support illegal public servers. If you use these projects to run an illegal public server and not for testing and learning it is your own personal choice.


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Lords of Midnight is a guild that was founded in early vanilla WoW back in the day.
We've been around for a long time and have been raiding for the same amount of time.
We've had brother and sister guilds but as it stands we're now on our own.
To be hardcore has never been our goal, but we have been blessed with some skilled players and
are trying to get as far as we can with every content patch.
In terms of progression we managed to get 12/14 during 5.4 and we're fairly happy with the results.
The enviroment:
Casual, light-hearted and mature.
I'm not too certain about mature anymore, but we do our best.
In any case; most, if not all, of all member are above 18 years old and we're trying to keep it that way.
When raiding we don't want be picking on each other, we're trying to enjoy ourselves.
We expect our raiders to read about their class, rotations, gems etc so we can focus on the fun parts in terms of raiding.
Mistakes will be made and we accept that and move on. Unless they are made by a n00m.
We expect you to feel the same about raiding.
If you're very hardcore, you'll most likely find us too relaxed.
If you think you can just come and go whenever you want, not making sure you have gems/enchants
flasks and pots then you are probably a bit too relaxed.
Raid Times
20:00-23:30 every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday.
We don't schedule many alt or achievement runs but we have people interested in those things
so you will likely be able to find people to do such things with.
Applying as a raider:
Read the template for filling out an application and take your time to present yourself
in a post of your own.
As it stands, we're full on tanks and healers.
We're not really lacking dps either but we might accept exceptional applications.
Applying as a Social member
Just write about yourself, why you want to join our guild etc
Make a new post and name it after your character name and mark it with [Social]


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Informative, Biased & Preachy
I haven't listened to any others. But I probably would just to compare the tone from this to his other work.
I felt like he did an average job. I wanted more emotion and varying pacing. It seemed to move exactly at 5mph regardless of the content. However, he did a fine job.
"How we manipulated public perception and won!" This would make an incredibly interesting documentary. However, if this was turned into a documentary I would assume a more balanced perspective would be given.
This book was wonderful. It may not seem like that from the answers above. I was turned off by the self-righteous tone of the author. I agree with many of his beliefs and disagree with a few. But even as he spoke about changing the tone of the HRC and the GLBT's approach to winning over public perception and using anger instead of just vocalizing it... he still spoke really condescendingly about any person or religion or organization that challenged his personal beliefs. Almost like beating them was just a means to an end and they didn't really matter in the scheme of things. This was very bothersome to me. A minority should be able to have compassion for other minorities/groups challenges and perceptions.It really detracted from the overall message that I think was amazing! The overall concept is EXACTLY what Black Lives Matter should implement to shift public opinion ASAP.He used the phrase "I knew we were on the right side of history" probably over a dozen times as a way to basically say everyone else is wrong to believe differently than he did, or feel differently. For someone who wants other people to respect his views and feelings, he didn't offer genuine respect back. At least not in the writing.I think that with a few edits to remove the negative underlying message this could be one of the most important books on compromise, learning to respect others, seeking common ground and finding mutual solutions to HUGE social problems we would have for this generation. And that is high praise from me indeed.I was able to read past the understandable contempt and truly appreciated the wisdom of working with others in challenging situations. Fantastic ideas here. WAY too much political-view superiority and preaching. And I am not a right-wing conservative.
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Want To Try Out Ball Pan But Girlie Theme- Ideas Please!
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Hi there,
I'm relatively new to caking, and making cakes for everyine so i can practise. I'm making a bday cake for a lady in work and would love to try out my ball pan. (As it's a surprise and no one is paying i figure i can use the opportunity to play!)
Other than a teapot, does anyone have any suggestions?
Have made a chocolate devils food cake and frozen it, so i could just make a regular round cake.
Also, tips for getting the fondant to go on neatly would be appreciated! I have enough trouble with normal shaped cakes!
Thanks so much in advance.
How about a hat? You really only need 1/2 a ball for that. As far as covering with fondant if you just cover 1/2 a ball you may find it goes on very easy.
Yes, applying fondant to a ball shape is far easier than one with sharp corners.
Ball pan ideas:
a 'puffy' fish
a grassy hill (decorate with flowers, butterflies, etc.)
lady bug
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|Kumo Gaki
|Suzume Sakyo
The Kumo Gaki was a kumo, member of a race of ghostly spiders. This one was special, it was also a gaki. It lived in the Shadowlands and used an immaterial and ghostly giant web to catch its prey. [1]
Sharing a name Edit
The Kumo trapped a Crab bushi, Kaiu Shinya, and forced him to share his name. The spider began to become the Crab's mirrored image. With every day passed Shinya lose a bit of his own identity and memories, consumed by the gaki. When the kumo could pass as Shinya himself returned to the Crab lands, it left behind the bushi. [1]
Rokugan Edit
The gaki knew Shinya had escaped and told the Crab forces his story, but switching who was the kumo and who the bushi. So the real Shinya was pursued by magistrates for years. The spider ghost moved to Ryoko Owari Toshi, [1]
Weaponsmith Edit
He became a renowned weaponsmith who used his supposed battle injury - no right leg below his knee, to gain respect from other citizens. He began to create elaborated leg replacements. In 1121 the Gaki even managed to be bethrotheed with a young woman of the Sparrow Clan, Suzume Sakyo, and they married in 1122 after a courtship of not even three months. [2] Some of its weapons were crafted tainted. [3]
Exposed Edit
The creature noticed the real Shinya was arriving the city to confront the Gaki. Its wife was pregnant and they began to prepare their departure. The spider spirit knew it was too weak from being in human form to kill Kaiu Shinya, so he would try to escape. [4] It was eventually found by its twin and both fought. A group of magistrates arrived, but they could not know who was the true one. [1] It was unclear if Shinya survived or the gaki.
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