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Since getting my 7970 I've been thinking of reinstalling Skyrim and playing with mods this time. I've looked through the top 100 rated mods at Skyrim Nexus, and I like a lot of them. I mainly want to improve visuals and any gameplay elements that were missing or shallow to enhance the game. The problem is, a lot of the ones I looked at tweak similar things, and it's hard to tell what can or should be combined and at what point you're using too many that may overlap, cancel something out from another one, or conflict somehow. Is the Skyrim HD 2K Textures mod complete yet? Does it cover the whole game now? Can anyone show me more convincing screenshot comparisons of it vs Bethesda's HD pack than the author of the mod has shown on Nexus? I basically want to cover the whole environment. Objects, weapons, NPCs, terrain, foliage, sky, weather, lighting, etc.
Most of the mods i use are included in STEP (http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/11) I'm a Admin on the STEP forums which can be found here (http://forum.step-project.com/index.php) which is where alot of people post about mods that can help improve skyrim and other stuff like that
You should contact Crazyeyesreaper here on TPU. Hes half retarded but hes an idiot savant when it comes to game engines.......especially the one in Skyrim.
The one that changes the HUD, inventory system and such to a much more organized view, I think is Sky UI? The one that makes Dragons much more strong for epic grand battles. 2K HD Texture Pack is a must if you're rig can handle it. also add some water/smoke/cloud/whatever effect mods. Also the ENB Series filter looks fantastic too, I almost use it in every game compatible. I forgot the names, haven't played skyrim in months
The idea of a pack of mods (like STEP or something) seems like a good way to start, since all mods in it are likely tested to work together well. That is IF it has everything I want. There's a LOT of mods that have interesting features. I know a lot of people rave about enb, and a lot of the screen shots shown of it are nice looking, but some videos I've seen of it look like there's too much bloom at times, and it's one of the mods most complained about for performance hit and/or compatibility. I've heard some say they prefer the one that allows customization, can't remember the name, sorry. The menu organizing one sounds good, but does it also categorize the favorites like the mod that is specifically for that? I don't want to overlap mod features in what I choose. I guess I'm going to have to read more detailed descriptions. The night I looked at Nexus' top 100 I kinda skimmed through the brief outlines of details because there was so many to look at. Again, can anyone tell me if Skyrim 2K Textures is finished, or are there a lot of places in the game that are still vanilla textures?
I can assure you that all the mods that or included in the current version of STEP have been tested and all work very nicely together and as for the textures alone a good thing to look at is Texture Pack combiner (http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/20801) the creator of the TPC has put alot of work checking out alot of the best textures throughout the nexus and has created a bat file to combine most of the best textures
SkyUI is a must. The game is nearly unplayable without it. You will need the Skyrim Script Extender(SKSE) to use it though. AFAIK is is compatible with categorized favorites. PISE makes the game a little more challenging, though it's still too easy IMO. Dance of Death+Crimson Tide is a great combination. I also use SweetFX to sharpen and tint the game a little blue. Vanilla looks sort of green to me. The ENB's cause too big a performance hit for my system, and they tend to look cheesy to me anyways. I need to configure one to be more mild. I don't know if you can force ambient occlusion through the catalyst control panel like you can with Nvidia, but if you can it makes the game look much better without too much of a performance hit. Otherwise you'll have to use an ENB to do it. You should also use the Unofficial Skyrim Patch and the unofficial patches for Dawnguard and Hearthfire if you have them.
Looks like I'm going to need some better details on what STEP changes than what I can find on Nexus. The base description is very vague. Does it change sky, water, model detail, terrain, foliage, and weapon detail? Does it change menu, favorite or dialog organization? About all the description emphasizes is there's no content change and that it's meant to enhance vs change vanilla Skyrim. I'm starting to think I'd prefer a pre-assembled pack of the more popular mods that lists each mod and what it does. Having to wade through a hundred change log version notes is not my idea of easy to read descriptions. I'm going to have another go through the Nexus top 100 mods and make a list of the ones I'm most interested in, then come back and post it to get more input from those whom may have tried them. I've seen several Google links talking of and showing examples of what Skyrim can look like with 100+ mods, but none of them seem to list which ones are used. It's damn frustrating. If I'd reached Skyrim nirvana after installing numerous mods, were I to show a video clip of it or write an article about it, I would pay tribute to those whom made them by listing them all.
OK, here's the list of mods I narrowed down to that I am most interested in. It's roughly HALF of all the top 100 listed on Nexus. Can anyone tell me if any of these would overlap, cancel out or conflict with in any way other mods on the list? FXAA SKSE SkyUI Texture Pack Combiner A Quality World Map ApachiiSkyHair Immersive Armors Skyrim HD 2K Textures (if it covers ALL textures) W.A.T.E.R. S.M.I.M. Better Females (or is the a suitable one for ALL NPCs?) Enhanced Blood Textures Categorized Favorites Menu (or does SkyUI cover this?) Deadly Dragons Skyrim Flora Overhaul Glowing Ore Veins Unofficial Skyrim Patch Enhanced Night Skyrim The Dance of Death No More Blocky Faces Project Reality Auto Unequip Ammo Improved NPC Clothing (or does HD 2K cover this?) Convenient Horses Immersive HUD Unofficial Dawnguard Patch Better Dynamic Snow Realistic Ragdolls and Force Weapons and Armor Fixes Player Headtracking Lush Grass Wearable Lanterns Wet and Cold Winter is Coming Frostfall Footprints Immersive Weapons Feminine Running & Dash Serious HD - "SHD" (if HD 2K doesn't cover landscapes) The Eyes of Beauty Weapon Retexture Project - WRP SkyTEST - Realistic Animals and Predators Unoffical Hearthfire Patch Build Your Own Home DUEL - Combat Realism (does this improve followers too?) Better Dialogue Controls Guard Dialogue Overhaul Complete Crafting Overhaul Smithing Perks Overhaul Possibles: UFO? Moonpath to Elsweyr? aMidianBorn Book of Silence? Interesting NPCs? (skeptical as it's a "work in progress") Lots of lighting mods, but I like that Project Reality is high on the top 100 list and endorsed a lot. It also comes with enhanced weather effects, though not sure it's compatible with other weather related mods like Frostfall. I don't think CCC can force AO, but RadeonPro can. Here's some interactive before/after shots using AO with RadeopnPro: http://www.radeonpro.info/en-US/Gal....com/Hhj3S.jpg&b=http://i.imgur.com/yzaub.jpg http://www.radeonpro.info/en-US/Gal....com/zTF53.jpg&b=http://i.imgur.com/wgUvs.jpg http://www.radeonpro.info/en-US/Gal....com/AFh2d.jpg&b=http://i.imgur.com/iDANO.jpg On gameplay realism, I picked DUEL over PISE due to being endorsed more and detailing how it improves AI searches after stealth attacks, combat, and unpredictability. He literally drew an extensive algorithm diagram of it's AI structure too. Lastly, are there any NPC mods that make ALL NPCs look better? Does No More Blocky Faces suffice for that, and is it compatible with Better Females? I basically want females looking somewhat of this quality: Does anyone know what mod is used to make females of this quality?
in that screensoht i think that is better females by bella i'm pretty sure and i think aMidianBorn Book of Silence is a must his work is by far the best for armor retextures also another good addition to your list is Static Mesh Improvement Mod - SMIM (http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/8655) also with a few of the mods you have choones it would be a good idea to check these out Sharlikrans Compatibility Patches (http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/26230) there all patches to mods that are no longer really worked on but this guy has remade them with the latest creation kit to get rid of any errors and stuff like that they work really good in my opinion one more for a little better sound FX is Improved Combat Sounds (http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/5289) And i personally choose RCRN with RCRN Plus - ENB by TheCompiler (http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/180)
Actually SMIM is in my list. Better Females too, I was hoping it was that one. I'll check the feedback on Improved Combat Sounds, seems interesting. The RCRN - Plus ENB screens look pretty good too. Still hoping someone can tell me how complete Skyrim HD 2K Textures is? I basically want to avoid abrupt texture differences while traveling through the map.
sorry diden't notice you have mentioned SMIM already really i still think you should use Texture pack combiner which will make the most complete texture pack and then everything will be redone and looks really clean i do have a copy of Skyrim Realistic Overhaul 1.6 if needed to complete the packs
Spend the time and do this right (like it sounds like you are doing) and you are going to be freaking blown away.
YA i have spent alot of time on my skyrim and right now how it looks it is almost photorealistic and my install folder size is at 26 GIGS compaired to like 7 gigs stock
Is that two separate mods or one? Can you give more details about what it/they does and what mods on my list aren't needed if used? Yeah I want to do this right this time. I held off for along time to get a top level GPU at a good price, but I don't want to rush into this. BTW, has anyone made an overall NPC dialogue mod? I have the guard one on my list, but it's mainly the repeat vendor and random character banter that gets annoying for me.
There is no NPC dialogue overhaul yet but it is beeing worked on. And all the mods you have listed work really great with TPC. Now TPC (Texture Pack Combiner) is the work of by downloading all the mods the TPC have listed on its page on the nexus and then it picks the best out of them all and creates a textures folder that will have all the best textures to use with your game so you will get the best experience and everything will have a smooth transistion from one texture to the other nothing like a nice sharp HD texture to a plain SD texture you will not find that with TPC All the info you need is on the mods page found here http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/20801
So I take it Skyrim Realistic Overhaul is a separate mod then? TPC is just a hub for the texture mods you use? It contains no texture mods itself? (EDITED) Just looked for SRO and apparently the author has been banned from Nexus, so it's nowhere to be found there. Makes me skeptical how well compatibility with mods listed on Nexus is maintained by him.
Ya TPC is not a texture mod its self it is a dat file someone created to combine the best textures/files from all the mods in the list on the nexus page and as i said before i have the SRO files if needed
LOL, the mods have the women in this game looking sexy enough to be distracting even WITH their clothes on, and I'm thinking there wouldn't be too many places they could realistically go without clothing with the weather as harsh as it is anyway. Which brings me to my next question. Anyone here tried the Frostfall mod? One of the first things that struck me as odd when I started playing Skyrim is there's no weather effects to stamina or health. You can literally run around in a blizzard in your skivvies. Frostfall is highly endorsed and the camping element sounds interesting. Reason I'm asking about it though, is despite the author claiming to have minimized tedium, I'm sure it probably feels a bit laborious to some. Oh, and sorry but due to glossing over it, I neglected to ask you about Sharlikrans Compatibility Patches. In the description it's seems to say in many cases you may need the original version of the mods you use for it to work. Is this mod really that necessary, and wouldn't it be hard for him to keep such a thing updated properly so everything stays compatible? Most highly endorsed mods on Nexus (3000 or more endorsements) come with the claim that they're highly compatible with most mods. When I feel I've gleaned enough info about what mods to use, and thanks for all the help btw, I'm going to post up an outline of how I plan to go about installing them, then compare notes with the way you guys have done it. That should be forthcoming soon. Meanwhile I'm reinstalling Dishonored with the new Dunwall City DLC in between gathering more input on Skyrim mods.
With Sharlikrans Compatibility Patches you will only need the original mod if the original mod has more then just .esp or .esm like they they have a .bsa file or textures or anything then you will need thoes files also from the original mod then just overwrite the original mod files with the one's from Sharlikrans Compatibility Patches but if the mod you have choosen only has a esp or esm file then you will only need the from the Sharlikrans Compatibility Patches Sharlikrans Compatibility Patches mod are only for mod's made along time ago and are really not worked on any more by the original mod maker. Like that huge navmesh issue that was there a few patches ago like where any mod even if the mod diden't have navmeshes still came with a navmesh error that is all fix plus a few other things AS for STEP i personally fidn it best just to use that as a guideline not strictly follow it but just a guideline to kinda get your barrings as to what mods would be compatitable with one another and don't forget about BOSS and Wrye Bash there both not optional i think EDIT: I have almost finished uploading what i find the most complete/lore friendly retexture pack for skyrim the Skyrim Realistic Overhaul if needed let me know i have the latest version 1.6 with the dawnguard retextures too I could post my load order/mods i'm useing and i have a nice smooth play with no crashes anything and i get a solid 60 FPS in outside areas and a solid 45 or higher FPS in busy conjested city's/areas SRO 1.6 http://www.mediafire.com/?s6iv38uv1...af4ypj2rmn4d3,an631hjhtgrhm5z,101yxh5j5zwchua


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Proponents of a plan to allow 90,000-pound trucks on Ohio highways say it will spur economic development and increase efficiency.
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The provision to increase truck weight loads from 80,000-pounds on state roads was added to the state transportation budget, sponsored by state Rep. Ross McGregor, R-Springfield.
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McGregor supports the provision because he said it's an opportunity to make Ohio more competitive and would reduce the number of trucks on the road.
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The provision was added to the bill by state Rep. Lynn Wachtmann, R-Napoleon. The Ohio Department of Transportation is in favor of the proposed language, McGregor said, because the agency believes it won't affect safety or harm roadways.
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ODOT has endorsed the plan, but couldn't be reached for comment last week.
The County Engineers Association of Ohio, County Commissioners Association of Ohio, Ohio Township Association and the Ohio Municipal League sent a joint letter to state Sen. Gayle Manning, R-North Ridgeville and chairwoman of the Senate Transportation Committee, asking to have the provision removed from the transportation bill.
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"A driver of any overweight vehicle is not going to know when those changes occur," Pausch said.
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Pausch estimates it could cost $40 million statewide to implement a new bridge load rating process with the new weight requirements.
Clark County Engineer Johnathan Burr estimates his office has spent about $300,000 in the past five years to load rate 80 percent of the bridges in Clark County. He planned to finish the project by October.
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According to the letter, Congress has authorized a study to examine safety and infrastructure issues surrounding the increased weight limits, which would be completed in 2014.
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Mark Shuman, the owner of Shuman Specialized Transportation, doesn't like the proposed increased weight limits because customers will expect companies to carry that weight all of the time.
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"It's more wear and tear, more costs, longer stopping times," Shuman said. "It would be good for shippers, but it's bad for safety and trucking companies."
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As of 2012, Marina's population is 19,718 people. Since 2000, it has had a population growth of 3.71 percent.
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The unemployment rate in Marina is 11.00 percent(U.S. avg. is 8.60%). Recent job growth is Negative. Marina jobs have Decreased by 0.88 percent.
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I was cruisin' Sears today and ran across this circular saw:
The regular price is $139.99 and it was NIB @ 50% off plus another 10% off that price. I'll rarely use it, but I'm a sucker for a "good deal." It will replace a cheap circular saw I bought 16 years ago.
I don't know much about power tools. Just wondering -- is this purchase a good deal? If not, I can always return it.


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VideoMixer.OSDItemZOrderGet method |
Obtains the current Z-Order applied to the graphical item on the On-Screen-Display (OSD). The value for the Z-Order can be modified through the VideoMixer.OSDItemZOrderSet method.
For further details about the use of the embedded video mixer see the VideoMixer object section.
For details about video mixing/blending refer to the How to use the video mixer tutorial.
[Visual Basic] control.VideoMixer.OSDItemZOrderGet ( nMixerUniqueId as Long, nItemUniqueId as Long, nZOrder as Long ) as enumErrorCodes |
[C++] short control.VideoMixer.OSDItemZOrderGet ( long nMixerUniqueId, long nItemUniqueId, long *nZOrder ); |
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Unique identifier of the video mixer returned by a previous call to the VideoMixer.Create method |
nItemUniqueId |
Unique identifier of the item returned by a previous call to one between the following methods: VideoMixer.OSDItemPictureFileAdd, VideoMixer.OSDItemBitmapAdd, VideoMixer.OSDItemTextAdd or VideoMixer.OSDItemRectangleAdd |
nZOrder |
Reference that, on return from the method call, will contain the Z-Order for the given OSD item. Items with a lower Z-Order value will stay on top respect to other items having a higher Z-Order value; for example, an item with Z-Order 0 will stay on top of any other item but, in case two items should be assigned the same Z-Order, the latest one having got the same Z-Order will be placed on top of the previous one. |
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An error occurred, check the LastError property value in order to get the error code |
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How does fs04 compare with fs02 in terms of fps with the same settings (apart from the 3d clouds)?
I've been having sleepless nights about this for a while now...:-(
Thanks for your help
How does fs04 compare with fs02 in terms of fps with the same settings (apart from the 3d clouds)?
I've been having sleepless nights about this for a while now...:-(
Thanks for your help
I'm going to go out on a limb and say there is little framerate difference between the two if clouds and water textures are not factored in.
I will go a little further out on a limb... :)
I havent looked deep intoit yet, measuring actual rates and all, but this version is just plain smoother then 2002, I have yet to experience any sort of stutter really when flying my GA planes around the Ohio area, and the scenery levels are actually set a little higher then 2002 was (slider wise)!
I have been very pleasantly surprised, 2002 with the same level of graphics does not run nearly as well. (New mesh, landclass, 3d clouds etc..)
Though the one slider I have down is the clouds, they are a frame killer :)
You are going to lose sleep when you get FS9, but not from frame rate concerns. You will most likely be up all night flying. I think you will be pleasently surprised. You will get at least the FRs you are getting with FS2002 but with more graphics and quality.
Don't worry, be happy. You need to get your rest, you are going to need it.
Don (yawn)
Thank you gents (I assume) for your replies, I am considerably relieved as I got reasonalbe perfomance on my machine even though it's not that hot and a upgrade is not immenant (although in the near future I hope).:D
Here's a test pic. Same airport, same slider settings (max) same weather, etc. I couln't post the other pic so I'll send it in the next message
But the results seem to agree with what has been mentioned. Very little difference in fps performance. In some cases slightly better. Except in one area. Weather. It seems that the weather preset from th menu doesn't effect performance as much when compared to the dynamic weather. I encountered a large frame rate hit during thunderstorms. But when I picked thunderstorms in the menu weather, the rates dropped very little.
Here is the same airport in 2004, even same runway & direction, etc and the rates are very little different. Again, the 15min updated dynamic weather seem to greatly reduce fps. Mine fell down to 7fps
Dunsul.....Whats your system specs?
Cheers, Ryan
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On my 900 MHz Athlon, 256MB RAM, FX5600, when I first fired it up and raised the default settings to be close to what I used in FS2002, the frame rates were roughly comparable, even with clouds in the scenic Caravan flight. I've played with higher settings of some things, and in some cases frame rates dropped to very jerky (2-6 fps), but at the settings I first used (and what I'm going back to), it's a definite improvement overall, with comparable smoothness.
I've even found power lines, telephone poles, and even a gas station, all in the Denver area.
Larry N.
More than anything, that is a great comparison of the improved scenery (terminal) area and concrete textures.


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Army vs National Guard
Army is the major portion of Armed Forces of the United States which are responsible for performing operations which require military's assistance. Army is one of the seven Uniformed Serves of the United States. United States Army has been created on 3rd June 1784. The army has to take the responsibility for providing support to the Defense Strategies and National Security Strategies. Army of United States comes under the department of Army which is a part of Department of Defense. The official with highest rank in Army is Chief of Staff of Army. United States army constitutes of about 1,112,703 soldiers belonging to different parts of the National Army.
National Guard is a portion of the defense forces of United States which is divided in sub units in all the states of United States. The National Guard performs all of its operations under the order of their respective governor of the state. National Guard has the responsibilities to provide its services in disasters and emergencies such as national calamities like floods, earthquakes or hurricanes. A unit or member of National Guard can join the Army of United States, the reserve component of US Army on recognition from the federal government. The duties of National Guards involve responding to national emergency. National Guards can also be called to respond to effects for invasion and for the execution of laws in case of any emergency by the President.
Difference between Army and National Guard
Army and National Guard are two different branches of the components of national security. Army is a force which has to perform its services for the state in safeguarding the strategies of the Untied States and the cases which involve national security. The difference between National Guards and Army is the services which they provide and the way they offer services. National Guard is an old military force of the United States but has been created after the National Army making Army a senior institution with more responsibilities. Army is responsible for performing its own services while National Guards have to provide the assistance to main branch of army in case it is needed. Else, they are to perform operations in all the states according to the instructions provided by the governor. Army comes under the command of Secretary of Army while National Guard is under command of governor of the state. Members of the National Guard are referred to as 'Civilian Soldiers' and they are not full-time soldiers. They have the option to pursue careers other than their career in uniform. On the other hand, members of Army can only have one career and that is their career as soldiers. Army comes under the federal control while National Guard comes under the dual control of authorities of state and federal government. National Guard force has to perform dual rules such as performing most of the domestic duties such as providing relief to citizens in case a natural disaster hits the country. National Guard and Army of the United States have number factors which makes them different from each other on basis of their responsibilities.
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KOLKATA: The CID on Thursday appealed to an Alipore court for custodial interrogation of Debolina Chakraborty, a member of the Matangini Mahila Samiti, who was arrested on April 9 for leading the Nonadanga eviction protests. She has been charged under UAPA in a two-year-old case for suspected links with Maoists.
Wit this, the Mamata Banerjee-led government has sent out a clear signal that it will not follow in the footsteps of its predecessor in dealing with the mass organisations dubbed by police as Maoist-frontal bodies. The erstwhile Left Front government under Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee had not arrested Debolina in 2010 in spite of the CID claiming to have proof of insurgent links.


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Pro-Choice Voter Guide: Arizona District 03
Rep. Raul Grijalva
Rep. Raul Grijalva (D) is pro-choice. He is the incumbent.
NARAL Pro-Choice America PAC has endorsed Rep. Grijalva.
Rep. Grijalva earned a 100-percent score in NARAL Pro-Choice America's 2011 Congressional Record on Choice.
Voted twice against the proposal to block Planned Parenthood from receiving any federal funds, which would have denied millions of Americans access to contraception, cancer screenings, and other basic medical care.
Voted against H.R.3, a bill that would ban abortion coverage in state health-insurance exchanges; impose tax penalties on small businesses and many individuals who purchase private health plans that include abortion coverage; and make permanent several restrictions that block many women from accessing abortion care.
Voted to ensure that hospitals must provide emergency abortion care to women who could die without it.
Gabriela Saucedu Mercer
Gabriela Saucedu Mercer (R) is anti-choice.
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Blanca Guerra (L) has no known position on choice.


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Lessons for Survivors
Charlie Cochrane
ISBN: 978-1-937692-14-8 (print)
ISBN: 978-1-937692-15-5 (eBook)
Pages: 200
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Cambridge, September 1919
Orlando Coppersmith should be happy. WWI is almost a year in the past, he's back at St. Bride's College in Cambridge, he has his lover and best friend Jonty Stewart back at his side and—to top it all—he's about to be made Forsterian Professor of Applied Mathematics.
With his inaugural lecture to give and a plagiarism case to adjudicate on, Orlando's hands are full, so can he and Jonty afford to take on an investigative commission surrounding a suspected murder? Especially one which must be solved within a month so that a clergyman can claim what he says is his rightful inheritance?
The answer looks like being a resounding "no" when the lecture proves almost impossible to write, the plagiarism case gets turned back on him and Jonty (spiced with a hint of blackmail), and the case surrounding Peter Biggar's death proves to have too many leads and too little evidence.
Orlando begins to doubt their ability to solve cases any more, and his mood isn't improved when there seems to be no way of outsmarting the blackmailer. Will this be the first failure for Coppersmith and Stewart? And how will they maintain their reputations—professional, private and as amateur detectives?
"onty and Orlando are engaging character[s] and their relationship is warm with a spice of mischief as they try to out-do each other in their pursuit of clues. The book offers a convincing insight into the language, attitudes and social standards of the time and the mystery is pleasantly intriguing. Lessons for Survivors is a very enjoyable read."
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Metascore®Generally favorable reviewsbased on a weighted average of allcritic review scores.
That's what's intriguing about the film: Instead of pumping up the plot with recycled manufactured thrills, it's content to contemplate two reasonably sane adults who get themselves into an almost insoluble dilemma.
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Unfaithful doesn't push the melodrama the way "Attraction" did, but it lingers in the mind as much.
All the accolades Lyne got for "Fatal Attraction" -- and didn't really merit -- he deserves here.
Meticulously crafted and beautifully performed.
Sensational sex-and-its-consequences melodrama.
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not for kids
Not for kids, but some adults will like it.
What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that this movie contains a number of elements that may be upsetting to children. The theme of infidelity runs through the movie, and it creates some tense scenes of home life. Connie's seduction is quite overwhelming, and the sex scenes are intense and graphic. There is also one pretty violent scene.
Messages: Not an issue
Violence: One graphic violent confrontation.
Sex: Intense and graphic sex scenes; adultery.
Language: Strong language.
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You mean radio, tv, the mall, and everywhere else in America?
I wish.
I just start listening to Sufjan Stevens when it snows. That's all the christmas (or christmas like) I need.
Tis a damn shame too.
Nothing wrong with the over dramatic cheese fest that is a normal Within Temptation song but throwing Christmas lyrics to that is like throwing vomit on to pizza.Quote:
And you say dreadful like it's a bad thing; Within Temptation's always been heavy on the cheese. :D
That story gives me a chuckle every year.
LOL ....thanks to Jibs, I just listened to my first Christmas song today. =)
gotta love irony, the loudest metal band in the world playing silent night :p


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The following article appeared in the November 2004 edition of Lipscomb's Torch magazine.
Lavender Scholarship encourages Christian education
by Katera Bolander
David E. Lavender was one of 1,500 Christians gathered in Wichita, Kansas in 1952 for the Wichita Forum. There, Lavender heard James Nichols telling about the desperate need of missionaries to go to post war Europe, specifically to Italy. Lavender was working as an aircraft engineer at Cessna Aircraft Company at the time and gave that up to answer the call of doing mission work in Italy.
Lavender and his wife, Edith, were encouraged to go to Italy by several of their close friends. The next day Lavender's boss, Earl Lauer, who attended the Wichita Forum with Lavender, told him that he "should leave engineering and go and help the people in Italy to know of the Christ who died for them." Encouragement also came from Maurice and Marie Hall, who visited and prayed often with the Lavenders about their decision to go to Italy and even postponed their own trip to France so they could all sail together.
In October of that year, Lavender, his wife and their (then) four children sailed to France then went on ti Italy. They were in Milano for six months, but the government would not issue them a visa. In March 1954, they went to Trieste, which was still under Allied Military Government making it possible for them to stay there. They worked there for two years, planting a church and working out an agreement with the Italian government when Trieste was given back to Italy in October 1954 that allowed the church to function and to display a sign outside their building. As a result, all congregations in Italy were allowed that privilege.
From 1956-58 the Lavenders returned to the United States. For their second trip to Italy, they went to Udine and worked until 1961 when the family (now six children) returned to Columbus, Ohio due to schooling issues with the children. Lavender resumed working as an aircraft engineer and he returned to Italy to conduct gospel meetings on two occasions.
Then, in 1965, a group of college students held a spring campaign in Columbus and met an Italian family while doing door to door work. The students enjoyed that experience and it launched the idea of taking a group of students to Italy for a summer campaign. Lavender again quit his job, this time to raise money for this effort. As a result, the 1966 mission trip to Italy became one of the first planned summer-long campaign attempts in a non-English speaking country.
Lavender and his family led the group since they had lived in Italy for six years. While planned as a one-time project, it went so well that the work continued under the Lavenders' direction for 13 years. The project became known as "Project Italy" and was a highlight in their lives. He hoped that eventually, it would serve as a basis to supply new missionaries to the work force in Italy. He said that they would do all they could to inspire youth to think in terms of mission service to God. During the "Project Italy" mission trips, hundreds of young people participated in the mission effort. Many of the students who went on "Project Italy" trips have returned as full-time missionaries.
Lavender died in March 2004 after a lengthy illness. Just before his death, an endowed scholarship was established in his name at Lipscomb University. The David Lavender Missions Scholarship was created to assist students with their Christian education at the university. The minimum endowment level for the scholarship has been set at $25,000. Lipscomb officials hopesto achieve that goal by summer 2005 in order to award the first recipient in the fall of 2005, said Earl Lavender, son of David and Edith Lavender and professor of Bible at Lipscomb.
"Contributing to this scholarship is a great way not only to honor my father, but to continue his vision of proclaiming the good news of Jesus to every person alive," said Lavender. "My dad was passionate about this up to the day he died. He spent his last few weeks, knowing he was dying, trying to convince everyone he knew to obey Jesus Christ. Of course, he received his passion for this work from the Father of us all."
To contribute to the David Lavender Missions Scholarship, send donations earmarked for Lavender Missions Scholarship to the following address:
Janis Adcock
College of Bible and Ministry
Lipscomb University
3901 Granny White Pike
Nashville, TN 37204-3951
For more information on the Scholarship or to request a hard copy of this Torch edition, contact Mark Jent at 615.279.6261 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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well actually just 604m above ground. at Preikestolen, Norway. I had this printed in metallic paper and framed it in my study, its gorgeous!!!
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Monday, June 25, 2012
"Clary wondered if there were any ugly vampires, or maybe any fat ones. Maybe they didn't make vampires out of ugly people. Or maybe ugly people just didn't want to live forever."
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text: Intel Capital, the venture investment arm of chip giant Intel, reported yesterday that it has invested $65 million across sixteen companies, across nine countries. The investments included CloudFX (Singapore); Cloudian (Japan/USA); CSDN (China); DotProduct (USA); Fileforce (Japan); Interlude (Israel); Lintes Technologies (Taiwan); Mobiles Republic (France/USA); Perpetuuiti TechnoSoft Services (Singapore/India); Prism Skylabs (USA); Reduxio Systems (Israel); Rocketick (Israel); Savaari Car Rentals (India); SBA Materials (USA); SkySQL (Finland); and WiTricity (USA). Individual amounts of investment in each of those companies was not announced.


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Reaching from "The Beach" To "Millionaire" To "127 Hours," the Danny Boyle Success story
In 2000 this movie came out called "The Beach", starring Leonardo DiCaprio and directed by Danny Boyle. Roger Ebert, who's pretty much the main film critic I depend on these days, gave it two stars and called it a "seriously confused film."
Mr. DiCaprio's been on a roll lately—"Shutter Island" (2010) and "Inception" (also 2010) are two of my favorite movies of all time—and Danny Boyle has crushed his last two releases ("Slumdog Millionaire" and "127 Hours"), so I watched it.*
It was, well, OK. About what a two-star review merits, I suppose.
* (Because it was late, and Katie was away in New Orleans and I wasn't sleepy. Maybe I hoped it would lull me to sleep, so I could stop writing and thinking. Man, if I wasn't married, I would so have insomnia.)
What I love is that 10 years—a whole freaking decade—later, Mr. Boyle has an Oscar under his belt for "Slumdog Millionaire"—another one of my favorite movies of all time—and was praised by Mr. Ebert for "127 Hours" with a four (out of four) star review and this: "It's rather awesome ..."
And so it seems in one's pursuit of success, of greatness, he must


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Peninsula Bike Party's next big monthly ride (every 4th Friday) is April 27 and will start and end at the Mountain View Caltrain Station. Riders will meet at 7:30 pm and roll out at 8:00 pm. The route is now available at http://ridewithgps.com/routes/1105355. This month's theme is Comic Books. Dress up as your favorite superhero (or villain)! The route is 21.5 miles and includes 4 downtowns: Mountain View, Los Altos, California Avenue, and Palo Alto! 6 riders joined Test Ride #1 on April 19. Test Ride #2 will start on Wednesday, April 25 at 7:00 pm to work out the remaining bugs.
Everyone's Welcome!
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Peninsula Bike Party is a monthly night-time urban slow-paced social bike ride. The route is always different, but is determined ahead of time and includes built-in party stops (regroups to socialize and allow slower riders to catch up).
Peninsula Bike Party rides the San Francisco Peninsula. We've ridden as far north as San Bruno, and as far south as Santa Clara. But most rides start in Redwood City, Palo Alto, Mountain View, or Sunnyvale, at or very near a Caltrain station.
Our big monthly bike party ride takes places the 4th Friday of the every month at 7:30 pm.
Our smaller regular rides include the Werewolf Ride (every full moon at 9 pm), Freak Bike Friday (every other Friday at 11:30 am), Rush Hour Rush (5 pm on Mondays or Wednesdays), and SJ BOMB (when the wind is blowing hard to San Jose).
Peninsula Bike Party is organized entirely by volunteers.
Riders have different reasons for joining Peninsula Bike Party, but for most, it's because it's FUN!
Peninsula Bike Party follows all applicable traffic laws. Here are our Six Ride Rules: 1. Stop at Lights, 2. Stay to the Right, 3. Pack your Trash, 4. Don't get Smashed, 5. Ride Straight, 6. Don't Hate!


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Coweta Cup: Gollnick leads the way again for Lady Vikings
By CHRIS GOLTERMANN
Northgate junior Hailey Gollnick admits she likes the view from up front on the cross-country course. She had it all to herself on Saturday at the annual Coweta Cup Championships at Northgate High.
Only the pedaling of a mountain biker could manage to stay ahead of the Lady Viking, who breezed to her third consecutive county title in one of the best performances of her varsity career. What made this year's effort that much more enjoyable however was sharing in a team trophy with a young group of teammates on a day where her first-place mark of 19:35 came just seconds off a personal best.
"I've gotten to love it more," she said, afterwards. "I feel like I'm so blessed to be able to run like this. It just opens your eyes to how much I can push myself."
Northgate's initial four scorers all finished within the top six on Saturday to pace a 27-point effort to outdistance Newnan (36) and East Coweta (36) among team scores. Only a personal-best time by Lady Cougars sophomore Elizabeth Westerfield and an equally strong effort by Lady Indians junior Darian Pugh — both of whom shaved a minute off last week's marks at the ASICS Invitational — came between the Lady Vikings top foursome.
Freshmen twins Erica and Taylor Lee placed third and fifth, respectively in 20:40 and 20:51, and sophomore Caitlin Bellora took sixth in 20:54 to get a jump on Newnan's pack of runners that finished seventh through 10th to complete its scoring behind Westerfield.
The Lady Cougars, looking for their second straight county championship, when Northgate freshman Abby Coe's 12th-placed effort in 22:24 completed the Lady Vikings scoring and equally sealed the team trophy.
On a fast day that saw the majority of runners shattering last week's times either from the ASICS run or Northgate's trip to the Pike County Invitational, Gollnick's pace trumped them all. By the start of the second of three loops on the 3.1-mile course, the majority of which was comprised of the pasture adjacent to the high school off Fischer Road, it was just her against the clock while finishing 1:12 ahead of last week's victory at Pike County and a mere nine seconds from tying her personal best of 19:26.
Last year, Gollnick earned a county title in 21:09, an improvement that was as much a reflection of her decision to train year-round. Instead of taking the winter and summer off, the Northgate standout began the 2012 cross country season fresh off trip to the AAU and USA Track & Field Junior Olympics. She's well on pace to both qualify for a return trip to the GHSA State Championships in Carrollton and improve on last year's finish of 20:34 with hopes of also running at nationals.
"This year I trained year round instead of stopping," she said. "Usually in the summer and the winter, I stop. I haven't stopped training since last year. I want to do really well at region and state. After this, I'm going to try and go to cross-country nationals."
Gollnick has equally emerged as a leader of a steadily improving Lady Viking lineup that included just one senior on Saturday. The times by the Lee sisters and Bellora were all at least two minutes faster than last week's on a tough Pike County course. It's a role that's come on the persuasion of Northgate head cross-country coach Chris Kimes.
"At first I didn't really know what to do," Gollnick admitted. "Now I can give some advice and see if I can help them out."
While Northgate now begins its push for the Region 4-AAAAA championships in two weeks where it will face tough competition from Fayette and Henry county lineups, Newnan's girls seemed to put themselves in a position to contend for a Region 3-AAAAAA title while led by underclassmen.
Westerfield's improvement led the way with the sophomore overcome with emotion after discovering she had bettered last week's time by 62 seconds. Junior Junior Hannah Hudson (7th, 21:05) and sophomore Anna Haydon (8th, 21:19) also improved over last week for the Lady Cougars.
Sophomore Maya Sherman (9th, 21:59) and junior Ally Thomas (22:14), who was a minute faster than at the ASICS meet, rounded out Newnan's scoring.
East Coweta was led by Pugh, a junior, who was 1:06 faster than at the ASICS meet. Junior Rebecca Baker placed 11th in 22:19, followed by senior Amber Williams (23:10), sophomore Anna Weatherly (24:15) and junior Sydney Bollinger.


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Hatsune Miku Live Party 2011 - Rave 18 Movie Theater - 11/10/11
Personal bias: I've seen Hatsune Miku in concert.
The crowd: Junior high and early high school kids, many with their parents.
Random notebook dump: I'm listening to kids scream during a concert film for a singer who isn't human. The line between fiction and reality may not exist much longer.


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Mistake accepted. How was Dora the Explorer? Good cartoon tonight?
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Friday, April 29, 2011
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
GAH! About to head out for the day and just realised it's my day to post! Hate to do this, but here's a panel I just finished working on for my next T-Bolts arc. It doesn't give anything away about the story, except that THINGS ARE NOT GOOD.
Monday, April 25, 2011
Panel in progress, gonna be drawing a lot of this guy over the next few weekends for some sample pages. Superheroes are fun.
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Concept art
spent the first half of today doing the boring type of painting
(Walls with a roller)
but made up for it by painting the fun way this evening.
tomms sunday funnies
Friday, April 22, 2011
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Magnus colour test
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Here's a character I'll be drawing more of in the coming months in THUNDERBOLTS; if you're not familiar with her, her name is TROLL.
Jordie helped me out with the colours on this, ie, she did all the nice bits.
Monday, April 18, 2011
Sniper Wolf
Another Metal Gear Solid character, Sniper Wolf. How I'd love to have a crack at drawing these guys in a book someday. Adored the Ash Wood art in the series from IDW a few years back.
Moondog Mondays
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Another sketch from my mispent youth
From the same pile of college sketches as the wonderwoman one.
Pretty poor attempt to stylise the anatomy but sure I was only
a bairn.
I think this intended as part of a batman art swap with mr. Mooney
which I never finished ! (blush)
Friday, April 15, 2011
One Of Those Months
I'm all over the place, Mick-Lickers and could be for a while. So here's a panel from Transformers: Infestation #2, in which a lass gets nibbled by a bald guy.
Nick's Friday Roche Trip
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
GREEN LANTERN (Alan Scott)
On twitter I was challenged by the co-writer of the upcoming Image book PIGS to draw Alan Scott. Never let it be said I don't bow down to peer pressure.
Again, fantastic colours by Jordie.
Monday, April 11, 2011
Cyborg Ninja
Here's another of my favourite Metal Gear Solid character designs, Cyborg Ninja. Roughed this one out while I was mulling over who to draw for the Japan theme a couple weeks back, so figured I'd finish him up this week since I liked the pose.
Moondog Mondays
Sunday, April 10, 2011
I was sorting thru boxes of old college stuff yesterday and found
this. It's about 12 or more years old but I thought it was a cool
sketch all the same.
this. It's about 12 or more years old but I thought it was a cool
sketch all the same.
Friday, April 8, 2011
From the Vaults
One of a number of colour sketches for a TF project that looks unlikely to ever see the light of day. Sniff.
(I almost forgot it was Friday.)
Nick's Friday Roche Trip
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
The Conan of Brooklyn
Herc #1 is out today and the concept for the story is great. He takes my train now too so I gotta ask, where was he to wake me up when I drunkenly fell asleep and missed my stop last Saturday night hmmmm?
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Friend of the blog Si Spurrier has a new book out from Marvel; Age of X Universe. Picked it up last week; it was a lot of fun. Ye should check it out!
Monday, April 4, 2011
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Miyazaki tribute
bit strange making miyazaki San the forest god but
I thought it was a funny image at least :)
this is a bit bigger than a3 watercolour and pencil - my
attempt at mimicing the masters watercolour storyboard style.
tomms sunday funnies
Art for Japan
As well as the Miyazaki tribute and this Kiki piece I'm including these two earlier pieces in case someone is interested in them .
tomms sunday funnies
Friday, April 1, 2011
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