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Grunge is worthy of more than just a footnote in the history of rock. Briefly, in the early nineties, it made rock music commercially successful again as Nirvana's Nevermind knocked the Prince of Pop's Dangerous off the top of the charts, and grunge bands became millionaires.
Cameron Crowe is a rock journalist turned film-maker who decided to 'write a love letter to Seattle', the home of grunge, and did so by making a rom-com movie called Singles. As you'd expect from Crowe, an essential ingredient of the film is the music. One character, played by Matt Dillon, is an aspiring musician. The clubs and bars all play grunge and the characters all wear the sloth-style clothing associated with the genre. Many local musicians appear in cameos or in Matt Dillon's fictional band, Citizen Dick. When he started filming, Nevermind hadn't been released and Pearl Jam were still called Mookie Blaylock. By the time the film was finished, Grunge was already on the rise and the Original Soundtrack transcended the movie itself, providing a definitive package of the Seattle music scene in 1991/2. Now, twenty-five years on, Singles gets a make over with an additional disc of outtakes and rarities.
Grunge is characterised by dark, introspective lyrics, dwelling on the ugliness of life, backed by a sludgy, riff-laden, distorted swamp of noise. However, Singles, the album, is much more appealing than that. Alice In Chains open with a sinuous bass-line, rumbling drums and a deep throaty vocal on the chorus. The presence of two Pearl Jam tracks may well have attracted sales, especially as they were recorded shortly before their breakthrough album, Ten. Dense guitar textures and Vedder's impassioned vocals disguise the fact that they are secretly straightforward rockers. The monster that is State Of Love And Trust is the better of the two. The death of Mother Love Bone's singer, Andrew Wood, from a heroin OD is meant to have inspired the movie. It is only fitting, then, that their epic, Chloe Dancer/Crown Of Thorns, is at the heart of the LP, eight minutes of throbbing, raucous roller-coaster. Nearly Lost You is an illustration of how quickly the Seattle Sound was developing. It is so much more powerful and hard-hitting than anything on Screaming Trees debut album, Uncle Anesthesia. Both Soundgarden and Mudhoney make contributions but neither are particularly telling. There are two blasts from the past. One of them is Seattle's most famous musician, Jimi Hendrix, whose ballad, May This Be Love, effortlessly highlights how limited Grunge guitar playing really is. The Lovemongers (Heart's Ann and Nancy Wilson) faithfully replicate Led Zeppelin's Battle Of Evermore. The last track is handed to Chicago's The Smashing Pumpkins. Their link to Seattle is tenuous at best but Drown is a single in the making, overspilling with Billy Corgan's mixture of violence and sentimentality. It is a fitting finale.
Soundgarden's Chris Cornell was given a list of fictional song titles for Citizen Dick. His one track on CD1, a nice acoustic ballad called Seasons, is a welcome lightening of mood. Now, we get to hear Nowhere But You, Flutter Girl, Spoon Man and Missing, plus Ferry Boat #3 and Score Piece #4. Similarly, Paul Westerberg, fresh from leaving The Replacements, had been commissioned to provide songs for the film. In addition to his two songs on CD1, we get four more on CD2. There are some live cuts from Alice In Chains and Soundgarden and a couple of demos. However, there are only a few new tracks that would have fit well on CD1. Six Foot Under's Blood Circus and Truly's Heart And Lungs were both left off to make room for bigger names. Matt Dillon fronting Pearl Jam for Touch Me I'm Dick is also of interest. Other than that, CD2 tells us more about the film than it does about Grunge.
The Original Soundtrack Singles captures a time, a place and a musical style almost to perfection. All it needed was a track from Nirvana. This deluxe edition is welcome but it waters down the impact of the original album by focussing more on the music written specifically for the movie.
What does it all *mean*?
Less is more and twenty-five years has flown by.
Goes well with…
Lumbar jack shirts and bottled beer.
Might suit people who like…
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Property Claims Change Specialist
- Recruiter
- NFU Mutual
- Location
- Stratford upon Avon
- Salary
- Salary: £40-45k p.a. dependant on experience
- Posted
- 23 Apr 2018
- Closes
- 21 May 2018
- Ref
- Sector
- General Insurance, Property
- Job Function
- Claims, Claims Adviser, Claims Consultant, Claims Handler/ Executive, Claims Manager, Head of Claims
About us
One of the UK's leading general insurance and financial services companies, NFU Mutual has been meeting our customers' needs for over 100 years.
Our employees are important to us. We empower and inspire them to perform, offer opportunities to grow and we recognise and reward their contribution. They are proud to work for a company that respects them and broader communities, and they trust us to be financially sustainable so we are successful now, and in the future.
About the role
If you are passionate about improving performance and customer experience, and if you enjoy researching problems, recommending solutions and driving change, then this is an exciting opportunity which will allow you to use your skills to really make a difference.
Here at NFU Mutual, our customers are at the heart of everything we do and are our prime focus. This role is integral in ensuring we make our customers' claims journey as smooth and efficient as possible. You will work closely with property claims leaders and teams within the business, as well as engaging with external industry bodies, to identify areas for improvement. Subsequently, you will work to design, develop and implement claims processes whilst guiding the business on plans and outputs and challenging where necessary.
Additionally, you will help interpret and communicate responses to legislative and regulatory change. You will enjoy keeping up to date with market and technical requirements and will inform the claims business of any emerging risks and opportunities.
About you
The role will require strong technical knowledge within property claims as well as a good market and regulatory understanding in this area.
As well as being self-motivated and enthusiastic, you will have excellent interpersonal skills to allow you to develop strong working relationships to deliver strategic aims. Having the ability to influence others will be essential for delivering success in this role, and you will have experience of leading projects and implementing process efficiencies.
Ideally you will have a minimum of 5 GCSE's (or equivalent) at grade C or above, including Maths and English. It would also be advantageous if you possess, or are working towards, a relevant professional qualification (e.g. ACII or Adv. Dip. CILA).
Rewards and benefits
As a mutual company who rewards its' members we also like to reward our employees who make this possible. Our reward package includes, but is not restricted to;
- Annual bonus scheme (up to 17.5%)
- 25 days' holiday (plus Bank Holidays) which increases with service
- Competitive pension scheme (maximum contribution is employee – 8%, employer – 12%)
- Health and wellbeing plan
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A guest columnist over at iRunFar just posted an article about the evolution and maturity of running videos and how their quality is improving and their appeal is broadening. I think that may be understating it. I've posted links to videos before featuring Anton Krupicka and Killian Journet and although those two focus on two specific athletes, these two videos are more general. The first one was put together by Matt Hart and is, essentially, a celebration of mountain and trail running. Awesome. The second is an ultrarunner's contribution to the budding "Sh*t __________ Say" videos sprouting up all over YouTube. Pretty amusing.
Props for the song selection on this one:
My favorite line: "If you can run a marathon you can run a 50k." Ha!


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Though Mark's Vulcan character Sarek in Star Trek was supposedly several decades older than his Jane Wyatt's character Amanda, Sarek's human wife, it was actually Jane that was the older one in real life, being 14 years older than Mark.
Mark's role as Aaron Stemple in Here Come The Brides was parodied in Pocket Books Star Trek novel #23. "Ishmael," written by Barbara Hambly.
Mark had trouble wearing the armor his character Urko wore in the Planet Of The Apes tv series; it gave him a great deal of discomfort wearing both the make-up with the armor, which weighed up to 80 pounds depending on additions/accoutrements.
Mark was given a special tribute on the Special Edition DVD of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986), released in 2003.
Mark was displeased with action figures made by Mego Corporation in 1974, with his likeness as gorilla General Urko from the Planet Of The Apes tv series.
Mark was one of only 3 guest stars from the original Star Trek that made an appearance on Star Trek: The Animated Series; the other two being Roger C. Carmel and Stanley Adams.
Mark wrote an issue of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine for Malibu Comics in 1995, that featured his Trek character Sarek, the issue being under Malibu's "Celebrity Series" line.
Mark did the narration for the "Federation" audio-book adaptation which served as the prelude to Star Trek: Generations (1994).
Mark met his wife, Ann Amouri, in acting class.
Mark's voice was featured on the "Star Trek Omnipedia" CD-Rom in 1995.
Mark narrated the audio-book version of the novel about his Star Trek character, Sarek (1994).
Mark did voice-over radio commericals for the Saab automobile company in the 1980s.
Mark wore glasses when off-camera, as he was far-sighted.
Mark was only 7 years older than Leonard Nimoy when he portrayed Sarek, the father of Nimoy's character Spock, in the Star Trek tv series and movies.
Mark was 6 feet tall.
Mark was the first actor to portray a Klingon with a ridged forehead, as well as speak the Klingon language developed by James Doohan and Marc Orkund, in Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979).
One of Mark's favorite fan convention stories was about how he was recognized as the ape general Urko from the Planet Of The Apes TV series by a fan on the street--except he wasn't wearing his ape makeup at the time.
Mark wanted to appear in Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan (1982) but there was no part written for his character of Sarek or any major alien roles in the picture as well.
Mark was the first actor to play all 3 major alien races on Star Trek, as a Romulan, Vulcan, and a Klingon.
Mark was Desilu Studios' first choice to replace Leonard Nimoy when he considered leaving Star Trek after the first season.
Mark Lenard: The screen captures your persona. It's not my personality, but it captures something in me that is there, something you cannot create or fake. That's something about acting: the camera catches something or it doesn't. Those who are successful are those who have been captured, who have presence and screen personality.


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Interaction context (ICON): Towards a geometric functionality descriptor
We introduce a contextual descriptor which aims to provide a geometric description of the functionality of a 3D object in the context of a given scene. Differently from previous works, we do not regard functionality as an abstract label or represent it implicitly through an agent. Our descriptor, called interaction context or ICON for short, explicitly represents the geometry of object-to-object interactions. Our approach to object functionality analysis is based on the key premise that functionality should mainly be derived from interactions between objects and not objects in isolation. Specifically, ICON collects geometric and structural features to encode interactions between a central object in a 3D scene and its surrounding objects. These interactions are then grouped based on feature similarity, leading to a hierarchical structure. By focusing on interactions and their organization, ICON is insensitive to the numbers of objects that appear in a scene, the specific disposition of objects around the central object, or the objects' fine-grained geometry. With a series of experiments, we demonstrate the potential of ICON in functionality-oriented shape processing, including shape retrieval (either directly or by complementing existing shape descriptors), segmentation, and synthesis.
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Hu, R. (Ruizhen), Zhu, C. (Chenyang), van Kaick, O, Liu, L. (Ligang), Shamir, A. (Ariel), & Zhang, H. (Hao). (2015). Interaction context (ICON): Towards a geometric functionality descriptor. In ACM Transactions on Graphics (Vol. 34). doi:10.1145/2766914


text: The man screwed up and screwed up big time. Many people haven't screwed up as badly as he did, but plenty of others have done far worse, such as murders and child molesters. However, wrong-doing is still wrong-doing no matter to what degree human beings may define it. Whether you are cruel and condemning to another human being once in your entire life and die having committed only that one sin (which is impossible for a person) or whether you murder someone you are going to hell without the mercy of God through His son Christ Jesus. We are all guilty and capable of more loathesome sins than we realize because of our fallen state of being. We as fallen humans in a fallen world are all evil. Thank God for His mighty mercy that goes so far beyond our human compacity for understanding. Whatever transgressions you may have committed may not be homosexually, hypocriticism, lying, or drugs, but it may be something else such as the gossip or cruely found in some comments on this blog. Judge not, lest ye be judged. Condemnation of others is a sin. God is a God of Love, # 1 Love God, #2 Love others.


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Students, parents, and communities transform their schools to create a more equitable society.
Create centers of learning that unleash the untapped power in every community.
what we do
Find students, families, and educators with a vision for impact.
Co-Create an HNC center and provide resources that will maximize their desired impact.
Grow and sustain center's impact by unleashing the power of the collective.
Truth #1:
Collectively, American students spend 1.9 billion hours per week on school work...which is thrown away at the end of the week.
Our Impact:
We are transforming these into 1.9 billion hours per week solving real communities' problems.
Truth #2:
America's most disadvantaged students struggle to live freely as young people, and later as adults.
Our Impact:
We deconstruct and disassemble intersecting systems of oppression with our students to help them develop the agency required for true freedom and opportunity.
Truth #3:
There is an immense demand for a deeply authentic reconstruction of what "education" means by students, families, educators, funders, policy-makers, and the world's most accomplished top performers.
Our Impact:
We bring the right people to the table to co-construct locally authentic definitions of education, and grow world-class programs from there.
Authentic Education only comes through co-creation among students, families, and educators. It's based on 6 principles:
Our 100 year journey of systemic change is underway with 5 centers and 1 community-designed high school across the Denver Metro Area.
Here's what this looks like:
HNC is our umbrella organization. Under that umbrella currently live two buckets: (1) our centers and (2) our schools. Our centers create opportunity for students where it's needed most, and they are each uniquely co-constructed with the students and families themselves. The center model allows us to offer a liberating educational experience at schools across multiple districts, which better positions us to influence systemic change. Centers are our means of transforming the current public education system from the inside. We strongly believe our unique theory of change positions us to influence systemic change.
HNC has partnered with students and families in North Aurora to design and open a high school that awakens the need for and taste of hope in the community. Because we know hope empowers us to continue on the pursuit of justice and freedom. Students and families on our Community Design Team envision a school grounded in the belief that authentic education happens when learning goes beyond the four walls of a classroom. They envision a school focused on both the intellectual and spiritual growth of students.
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Students use 3D printers, laser cutters, circuits, coding, etc...to solve real communities' problems:
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3D printed Mathematics materials for Devnar School for the Blind in Hyderabad, India.
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Identity & Social Action
Students use literacy & tools of social activism to create:
Student-created/led empowerment curriculum for younger students.
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Sustaining Ourselves & Our Planet
Students use environmental solutions, sustainable farming, and responsible manufacturing to create:
- Transformed buildings/spaces into urban farms to combat food deserts.
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Education Ecosystem Innovation
Though we don't feature this work on the website, we're deeply involved in the following areas on a national level, and would love to bring you into the conversation if you're doing interesting things in these areas. Visit our contact page to let us know!
Most organizations would get scatterbrained by trying to think deeply in all these areas, but our centers, collaborations, connections, and approach to building our team allow us to innovate elegantly in all of these areas at the same time. Most people think this stuff is boring and wonky, so we encourage you to skip it or jump to the blog.
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Well, week two is complete here at RMSI in Barcelona. I have learned so much this week. I have a great mentor teacher, Mrs. Mary, who has been very encouraging and helpful during my time at RMSI. I am placed with 6th grade girls, and I teach with Mrs. Mary in English, Science, and Art classes. Before arriving in Spain I assumed that I would really only be in English classes, but that has not been the case. I have already taught a couple of Science and art classes, which has been quite interesting since my certification is in Language Arts and Social Studies. However, I love my girls, and the environment of the school!
There are most definitely some differences between American public schools and RMSI. For starters the school I am placed at is a Private school, and the students pay tuition to attend. Almost all of the students walk to and from school every day; there are not school buses to drop the students off. There is security in the schools such as the doors remaining locked throughout the day, but students can walk home for lunch, and the parents wait outside the school to pick up their kids; there is no real system in place as far as who can or cannot pick up the kids. Also, all of the kids get to take breaks to go outside and play throughout the day. There is time for students to play before school, playground time, and after lunch. Once students begin middle school in America, there is no time for recess and the students stay in class all day. I think having the playground time eliminates a lot of behavioral problems in the school. The students also stay in their classrooms, and the teachers come to them for class. So the teachers are switching classes. This was the strangest thing to me, because in middle schools in America, the students switch and the teachers have a set room which they stay in. The students are also much louder in Spain, and there is not a set way to handle discipline here, Mrs. Mary will just send girls out to the hallway if they are being a major distraction, but nothing further happens from that. The school, teachers, and students are also much more relaxed in Spain than they are in America.
I have also witnessed that kids across the globe are virtually the same. A 6th grade student in Spain, behaves just like a 6th grade student in America. All of the students love to play with slime, and I have had to confiscate it in both countries. But PTL fidget spinners have not made it to Spain yet! The middle school girls in Spain love to wear chokers just as much as the middle school girls in America. The kids love to listen to the same music, and talk about the same kinds of topics. I have found it to be very interesting to see the similarities in the students, even when the atmosphere of the school and country is different.
Life is certainly a little different in Spain, and from what I have seen this does play out in the school system. However, the way things run here in Spain work REALLY well. There are quite a few things that I would love to see schools in America incorporate, but I do not think that they would actually work as well in American in schools.
I love being here at RMSI and in Barcelona. This pas week in addition to be able to teach multiple lessons, and get to know my students more, I was able to attend a Barcelona Fútbol game and see Rome. This past week has been a blast, there are some pictures below so you can see some of my adventures.


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The Marketing, Membership and Communications (MM&C) conference, a program of the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE), was held May 2 – 3, 2017 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. If you're not familiar, the ASAE is the association that supports those who lead associations that support specific industries. Attending members Read more
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The paper presents a unified approach for the analytical design of three-dimensional cam follower systems. Generalized expressions for various cam parameters, such as the equation of the conjugate cam profile, the pressure angle at the point of contact and locations of the cutter and the grinding wheel axes are derived. The effectiveness of the proposed method is illustrated by applying it to camoids, three-dimensional cylindrical cams with translating and oscillating followers, globoidal cams with oscillating followers and two-dimensional disk cams with translating and oscillating roller followers.
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Assorted Savory Twists with Goat Cheese Mousse
Assorted Savory Twists with Goat Cheese Mousse
Assorted Savory Twists:
Egg Wash ( 1 egg + 1 Tablespoon water) Sprinkling Mixtures:
To create the sprinkling mixtures - use one or all four of these combinations:
Equal parts - Curry Powder & Sugar
Equal parts - Paprika & Cayenne
Equal parts - Lemon Zest, Chopped Parsley, Kosher Salt
Equal parts - Poppyseeds & Sesame seeds
Goat Cheese Mousse:
13 oz. Fresh Goat Cheese
6 oz. Cream Cheese
2 teaspoons Kosher Salt
6 oz. Heavy Whipping Cream, whipped to soft peaks
Fresh Chopped Chives for Garnish
Assorted Savory Twists:
Brush puff pastry sheet with egg wash. Sprinkle spice mix of your choice evenly over the sheet. Cut the pastry into ½ inch wide strips. Holding one end of the strip to your work surface, use the other hand to roll the pastry away from you, twisting the strip into a ribbon. Transfer the twists to a parchment-lined baking sheet.
Bake at 350° for 12 minutes until golden. For a colorful presentation, use a different sprinkling mix for each sheet of puff pastry.
Goat Cheese Mousse:
In a food processor, puree the cream cheese and goat cheese until very smooth. Transfer to a medium-sized mixing bowl. Season with salt. Fold in whipped cream. Garnish with chopped chives before serving.


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Some faults are merely blunders which might be corrected easily once learned, while others are "faults of judgment" which can't be as simply described.
Certainly, this reference is stale – at greatest – or fictitious at worst. In either occasion, this type of reference will often spell doom for almost any bond issuance.
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Where by self-assurance during the estimate continues to be founded with the contracting company, it follows that to become a successful Resource, the company should show that self esteem by rejecting Individuals low bids that aren't within a reasonable proportion above the estimate.
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Does the State have an estimating section? Which other portions with the agency turn into associated with planning, checking, or approving the estimate?
Briefly describe the meant method for preparing of estimates. Validate the actual approach applied in comparison with meant procedure and Observe any discrepancies?
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So, what do I love about Christmas? Everything! I love the run up to Christmas, all the decorations, all of the twinkly lights, the cheesy songs, the anticipation, the shopping (majority all bought on online), the food....oh yes, the food! YUM! And since having kids Christmas is even more special. My boys are only young but this year they understand about Father Christmas and that if they are good they may get some presents! Their excitement is so infectious, you can't help but not love christmas. I love seeing the snow falling outside while I'm tucked up indoors in the warm with a good book. If you need some warming up during these cold months, my debut book, Revenge in Rio is sure to warm you up!
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[BUG] the videos does not work well on Vk (last version)
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On vkontakte the videos does not work well, while in another navigator it works very well.
And please give us a public reachable URL to this video.
And which Vivaldi version?
Which OS version?
Which graphics harfware?
KRoman47 last edited by
I'm having issues with videos since Vivaldi 1.10 everywhere, videos constantly stops and can't be replayed until whole page reload, it happens at 9gag, navratdoreality.com, Instagram... everywhere but Youtube, YT is still working.
1.10.867.38 (Stable channel) (64bit)
Windows 7 x64
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Same here, the only place videos work are on YouTube. Every place else it stutters or plays for a few seconds and just stops. It's been happening to me since the 1.10 snapshots. Videos work fine in Firefox, Brave and even IE.
Win7 x64
Vivaldi 1.10.867.38 64bit
2 video cards, Intel and AMD, happens on both cards.
Tried hardware acceleration enabled and disabled.
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please everyone, report it using vivaldi.com/bugreport giving the urls of videos not working, as many as possible.
at least we will get the problem investigated
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No problem, bug was reported. Just doing what the Bug Report page suggests to do, (Got more on your mind? Come talk to us in our forums, on Twitter and Facebook.) and since I don't have Twitter or Facebook
EDIT: Sorry forgot to post info: VB-29452
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I had few problems with videos too. But it was caused mostly when skipping to another minute or so.
Then whole Vivaldi just get "not responding" and video screen was green. Only refresh helped. I solved it via disabling HW acceleration. Try that and you will see if it helped.
W10 x64, i5 - 6600K, GTX1070
If you have a internal Intel GPU and a AMD or NVidia card, you can try to switch off the Intel GPU.
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@Famous , I get the same results as you if I skip ahead. My issues is just from playback, no skipping ahead.
@Gwen-Dragon , yes I tried disabling the Intel GPU, same results. I've been troubleshooting this since the 1.10 snapshots. Clean installs, reg & dirs cleaned, no extensions or plugins, tried Vivaldi 32 & 64bit versions on both Win7 x64 laptop, Win8.1 x64 desktop. I did notice with the new snapshot that Facebook videos have improved. So now YouTube and Facebook play nice for the most part but all other videos still stutter.
VK not playing is in progress, tested internally by some devs as i could read internally.
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Yet no fix... quite serious issue in my opinion, so I changed to Opera for now but if this will not be solved soon I can stay with Opera as my primary browser.


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What went down in the next generation of entertainment this week? The OG youth star Disney may be making a deal with Fox— or at least Hulu— in an attempt to score streamers. This strategy seems solid, whereas holes are appearing in Snapchat's cool kid facade. Keep an eye on Snap's redesigned app (going live December 4th) and pixel tracking while keeping your children's eyes away from the violent content on YouTube.
And of course, everyone's whipping out their SAT words and run-on sentences to announce the arrival of 280 characters on Twitter.
Disney's Hulu play could turn out to be like Facebook buying Instagram [CNBC]
Owning a majority stake in Hulu prepares Disney perfectly to be one of the big players in over-the-top video.
Fox-Disney Deal Would Redraw Battle Lines: "Content Is The Weapon Of Choice" [Deadline]
With streaming services like Netflix luring away cable TV subscribers with increasing speed and threatening traditional business models, distributors such as AT&T and Comcast have gained leverage through consolidation…. though it should be noted that talks apparently have reached an impasse.
NBCUniversal Calls for Media Summit to Fix Industry's Advertising, Measurement Woes [Variety]
NBCUniversal has asked top media buyers, executives at rival TV networks and digital-media outlets, video distributors, ad-tech platforms and even a handful of advertisers to come together on November 28, according to five people familiar with the matter, to talk about a legion of problems the industry just can't seem to dispel.
Snapchat's biggest redesign ever is planned for December 4 — here's how it will work [Business Insider]
To the right of the camera will be all crowdsourced videos from users around events like sports games, which Snapchat calls "Our Stories," along with content produced by Snapchat's publishing partners like NBC and BuzzFeed. The window to the right of the camera will also show Stories from verified celebrities on Snapchat, a move seemingly aimed at further separating interactions between friends and public figures.
Snap says it's going to start paying top creators [The Verge]
Over the next year, he said the service would build out more distribution and monetization options. He said the company might make professional tools available, and generally, would facilitate sharing beyond friend group
Snapchat share price craters on weak revenue and user growth in Q3 2017 [TechCrunch]
Snap's losing streak continued with today's Q3 2017 earnings report that saw it miss financial expectations and add just 4.5 million users.
Snapchat Finally Lets Advertisers Use Pixels to Track Ad Results and Eventually Retarget [AdAge]
Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel has been wary of such ad technology in the past, fearing the creep factor of following consumers across the internet with ads that won't leave people alone. However, Snapchat has had to embrace those tactics as it looks to develop as sophisticated advertising model that can compete with the likes of Facebook and Google.
Twitter officially expands its character count to 280 starting today [TechCrunch]
And still more argued that the expansion doesn't really mean people will be able to better express themselves – they'll just say the same thing, but use more words to do so.
Facebook and Salesforce further their team-up against Microsoft Office and Google [Business Insider]
The partnership will give both Salesforce and Facebook a way in with each other's customers.
Hearst Opens a New 26,000-Square-Foot Studio to Ramp Up Its Video Production [Adweek]
Currently, Hearst sees an average of 1.5 billion video views per month and creates about 150 videos per week (not including quick meme content) across all brands; the company is eager to generate more.
PeopleTV Strikes Deal With Twitter for Streaming Video [WSJ]
Beginning Nov. 20, the content will be available via @PeopleTV on Twitter. Advertisers will be able to sponsor and promote across both Twitter and the over-the-top PeopleTV network. The two companies said they will share advertising revenue from ads sold on Twitter but declined to disclose the exact revenue split.
Signs that Facebook food videos are losing their luster [Digiday]
One exception is BuzzFeed's Tasty, simply because of the sheer scale of distribution it brings to the table: Seven of Tubular's top 25 food publishers are Tasty verticals.
Vice Launches Broadly Films to Finance Female Filmmakers [THR]
Called Broadly Films, the three-year program will see Vice help 36 filmmakers develop and create short films focused on innovation, technology, youth and women's issues. AE Ventures is backing Broadly Films with a multimillion-dollar annual commitment. All films created through the program, which will launch by the end of this year, will be distributed on Broadly, Vice's female-centric channel, and other Vice platforms.
BuzzFeed to Debut Interactive Dating Show on Facebook Watch [THR]
On Thursday, the publisher is debuting interactive dating show RelationShipped on Facebook Watch. Like The Bachelor, the series will follow one man on his quest for love, but there's a catch. Over the course of the 18-episode season, viewers will have a say in how that love story plays out. The Nov. 9 premiere will introduce the audience to five bachelors. Viewers will then have until 7 a.m. ET the following day to vote for the man they want to see continue on his journey to find love. Future episodes will ask the audience to help plan dates and nominate potential contestants.
Watch Rhye's New "Taste" Video [Pitchfork]
Digital media and social sharing have raised the importance of visuals to songs. So Rhye, indie duo, sought out DanceOn to produce and choreograph their music video for their latest single "Rhye." DanceOn's VP of Programming, Roxanne Teti, adds, "We're honored to add Rhye to our list of collaborative artists and are thrilled to share our vision of 'Taste'. Rhye was amazing to work with throughout this entire creative process."
Group Nine Media Acquires Production Studio Jash [Tubefilter]
Founded by former Jimmy Kimmel Live! execs Daniel Kellison and Doug DeLuca — as well as Maker Studios vet Mickey Meyer — in 2012, Jash was originally conceived as a comedy collective comprising Sarah Silverman, Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim, the actor Michael Cera, and musician Reggie Watts. It was initially funded through YouTube's now-defunct Original Channels Initiative.
Brands are using influencers on Musical.ly to reach teens [Digiday]
Musical.ly, a lip-syncing app that has more than 200 million mostly teen users, is focused on user growth, but brands like Beiersdorf, Disney and Kit Kat are using influencers to crack the audience there.
Go90 shows that mobile-only platforms won't work, Vubiquity executive says [FierceCable]
Go90's primary content strategy now is cornering the market on what it calls "premium midform content," or video content that slots between the less-than-10-minute clips that dominate social media and the more-than-30-minute shows and films popular on SVODs like Amazon, Hulu and Netflix.
'Facebook views are a vanity metric': Overheard at the Digiday Video Anywhere Summit [Digiday]
"Go90 markets one show every quarter. They'll have 50 shows, but they'll market one show and do a good job with it, and people will see it. What I think you're likely to see is that they pull back on the volume of shows they do and put more marketing behind the stuff that they do."
Why Maybelline is winning at social media [Digiday]
The L'Oréal-owned brand has beat out its parent company, as well as competitors including Estée Lauder and Revlon, in cross-platform engagement since the start of the year, according to recent analysis from ShareIQ, a social analytics company.
Vivendi Brings Mobile Short-Form Video Service to U.S. [B&C]
Looking to make a stronger connection with consumers who are on the go, Vivendi has made the U.S. debut of Studio+, a short-form premium video service that sells for $3.99 per month.Tailored for mobile consumption, Studio+ is initially available on iOS, with Android mobile devices on deck.The service is a combined effort from Vivendi's Canal+ Group and Universal Music Group brands.Studio+ leans on a 10×10 format (10 episodes that are 10 minutes each) that can be streamed or downloaded.
OTT Content on YouTube Offers New Ad Opportunity [B&C]
Zefr found that 77% of the views of Netflix related content was driven by fans. There are more than 81,000 fan channels on YouTube versus 10 official channels. Those fan channels had 4.7 billion fan views and 46.8 million fan engagements, compared to 1.2 billion views and 10.9 million engagements on the official sites.
YouTube is reportedly pointing kids to thousands of disturbing, violent, and inappropriate videos [Business Insider]
"We're always looking to improve the YouTube experience for all our users and that includes ensuring that our platform remains an open place for free communication while balancing the removal of controversial content," a YouTube representative said.


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With a New Spring we anticipate positive changes, as well as apathy and asthenia. You feel tired and cannot sleep well. Your muscles are being cramped, your joints are aching, your skin is dry and your gums are bleeding ? These and other unpleasant symptoms indicate different types of avitaminosis.
Among the symptoms of spring avitaminosis are sleepiness, irritability, indisposition and aggravation of chronic diseases, as well as paleness, skin dryness and peeling, nail fragility and hair shedding.
In fact, we use the term avitaminosis inaccurately; the real avitaminosis is a severe pathological condition caused by acute need of vitamins in the organism. Most often, we have to heal with hypovitaminosis, a borderline condition associated with insufficient intake of vitamins and microelements. Meanwhile, the medical science calls avitaminosis any manifestation of vitamin deficiency; so this word may be often heard in hospitals and drug stores.
Spring avitaminosis is a problem affecting almost everyone, but only a few people cope with it. How can you timely recognize spring avitaminosis, its symptoms and first signs of future disorders ? If spring avitaminosis is in full swing, how can you fight winter's heritage ? What vitamins do you need and where can we get them ?
Risk Groups
It is, first of all, children, senior people, smokers or heavy drinkers, pregnant and lactating women, vegetarians, people after severe infectious diseases and with chronic diseases, followers of strict diets, intellectual or people taking heavy physical activities.
Where does it come from ?
During the cold season, the intake of fresh fruit and vegetables greatly reduces and the fruit and vegetables we still get do not contain enough necessary agents. Besides, with a view of spring coming, many people are concerned about their forms and go on a diet. Be careful ! Winter -spring diet should be balanced; deficiency of vitamins and micro-elements may cause unwanted effects. If you are still determined about dieting, supplement your meals with more vegetables and greens; do not forget about cottage cheese.
What are the possible effects of vitamin deficiency ?
First of all, lack of sunlight provokes deficiency of vitamin D, so the fixation of calcium may get insufficient. Consequently, the hair and nails get fragile, the muscles get cramped and incompetent.
With Vitamin A deficiency, the joints tend to crack, the eyesight gets worse, the skin becomes dry and absorbs moisturizing creams like a sponge. Even a negligible effect may cause cold-related diseases.
Vitamins C deficiency affect one's working capacity and makes one's gums bleed. The immune system also suffers, so any virus and bacteria are welcome.
The deficiency of vitamin E provokes hormonal disruptions, worse libido, aggravation of atherosclerosis and hypertension.
The deficiency of B group vitamins manifests with various nerve system disorders, dry, peeling and inflammable skin, and angular stomatitis.
Main signs of avitaminosis ?
-constant weariness
-worse concentration and memory
-aggravation of chronic diseases
-constant sleepiness
-dry and peeling skin
-bleeding gums
-hard to heal swollen cracked bright red lips
-weak and fragile nails and hair
If you have all or most of these symptoms, your organism needs assistance to cope with vitamin deficiency. While you need vitamins to treat your avitaminosis, your family may need a preventive course.
How to prevent avitaminosis ?
Many people still think that their avitaminosis does not require therapy; they are badly wrong. Avitaminosis is a disease, just like cold or flu. What can you do to be prepared ?
The primary principle of avitaminosis prevention is a balanced diet. Food is the medium conveying most vitamin and other necessary agents. So a balanced diet is the critical element of the avitaminosis preventive measures. Good diet means enough intake of proteins, fats, carbohydrates, and other necessary agents. But if avitaminosis is here already, one has to drink liters of fruit and vegetables every day. The daily requirement for vitamins and microelements is met with at least 1.5 – 2kg of fruit, berries and vegetables. Are there many people to comply with this norm ?
So the optimal way to prevent and treat avitaminosis is vitamin complexes.
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The hair and nails have no blood vessels as they consist of dead tissue. They grow under the skin where should get all the nutrients. If they do, they are strong and shiny; otherwise, dull and fragile. For you and people around you to admire your nails and hair, you have to cherish them and give them enough vitamins. The unique formula of Cheviton natural complex will help to cope with such problems as dry, sparse, split hair and thin, fragile and chipping nails. Due to Cheviton your hair will look healthy and shiny and your nails will be strong and smooth.
In the spring, our organism is weakened, the intestine micro flora is disturbed and many vitamins just pass not absorbed. It results in spring disorders or in other words, in avitaminosis. Overcome vitamin deficiency with Lifepac Senior vitamin and mineral complex. Lifepac Senior contains a unique combination: a daily norm of necessary vitamins, essential micro and macro elements and alive probiotic cultures. It maintains the natural balance of the intestine micro flora for a long time, so vitamins and minerals are fixed better. It means better general state, better immune system and more energy. Take this vitamin complex throughout the year, especially in spring and autumn, to avoid avitaminosis and maintain healthy micro flora.
Take care of your skin with Millenium Neo Gel, this gel stimulates micro-circulation, nourishes cells and promotes cell renewal. The face color improves; the skin is moistened, smoothed and tenderer. Irritation and inflammation are cured.
Care from inside is what the skin receives from Beauty's bio-available active components as they reach the deeper layers of the skin. Beauty improves the face color, it moistens, smoothens, nourishes and lifts the skin due to better production of collagen and elastin.
How to administer vitamins ?
The best time to take vitamins is in the morning. The organism gets tuned for daytime activity and it needs some power up. Most vitamins are absorbed with food only, but do not wash them down with milk, sparkling drinks or coffee – they may prevent normal absorption. Take the biologically active food supplements and vitamins in the form of whole capsules, do not chew on them. Vitamins are critical for normal metabolism, cell renewal and just good general state. Not only in the late winter, we need them when we go through strong stress, heavy physical activities, climate or diet changes. People taking strict diets or smoking are in the risk group and have to take vitamins all the year round.
Meals to cope with avitaminosis
Juices and freshes
They are rich in vitamins and sugar, so provide a sort of fuel for a weakened organism. But it regards freshly squeezed juices only, as the preserved product fails to keep all the necessary properties. Due to juices and freshes, you can strengthen your immune system, take off weariness and reinforce your blood-vessel walls. But do not go too far with juices: if you drink over six small cups a day, you may increase the acidity level. Juices do not have to consist of one element, on the contrary; mix, for instance oranges, grapefruit, apple, black currant and kiwi. And enjoy a wonderful vitamin fresh !
Dry fruits
As you know, dry fruits contain a number of vitamins (except for Vitamin C though) and minerals. The fruits that have been dried in the shade are better than those dried in the sun, as the vitamins are preserved. Even though there are many opponents that believe dry fruit is harmful, they are still among the 10 best products to cope with avitaminosis.
Laminaria is a natural source of iodine. So supplement your diet with this product as it is quire reasonable. If one dislikes the natural taste of laminaria, it may be added to salads.
Sour cabbage
Cabbage is healthy in any form, but sour cabbage is especially valuable. It is rich in vitamins A, B and C. By the way, vitamin C is the reason why sailors respected sour cabbage so much: this simple meal protected them from a dangerous disease, scurvy. To crown it all, sour cabbage contains lactic acid that promotes digestion.
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Sports Boosters Auction – Save the date! Saturday, March 3, 2018 at the Edmonds Yacht Club
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Congratulations Pelli Choopulu team on receiving the most prestigious National award. We couldn't be any happier on hearing this. Proud of you guys man because you guys have proven that with the right content and a dedicated team edaina sadhinchachu.
Oka cinema bagunda leda anedi senseless comedy meeda, anavaramaina songs meeda, BP patients aina villains & Heroes meeda depend avutunna time lo asalu ivevi lekunda kevalam oka simple and sweet story with very subtle and natural performances toh achieve chesaru.
Recently Pelli choopulu movie director Tharun Bhascker ma team Navika Factory toh chit chat chesinappudu chala topics gurinchi on & off camera open ga maatladukunnam, Ah discussions lo Tharun shared his experiences on how bloody difficult it was finding a producer and the man management skills which he gained during the shoot( janala egos ni manage cheyadam, vallu hurt kakunda chusukovadam) . It's because of that conversation we learnt many new things. Thanks a lot Tharun for that.
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And we would like to specially thank the film's producers Raj Kandukuri & Yash Rangineni for making this film coz ippudu unna current trend where a producer believes in a formula rather than the scripts strength , ilanti movie ni produce cheyadaniki oppukovadam anedi its amazing.
We Team NAVIKA FACTORY salute you guys for giving a hope to many upcoming film makers like us and also once again congratulations on the success.
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Have you had a chance to read our latest blog yet? If not, now is the time! Our OBGYN in Bradenton gave you an introduction of what uterine fibroids are and what could potentially cause them. Although uterine fibroids are very common and often harmless, it is important to recognize the symptoms and know when you should see medical attention.
What are the symptoms of uterine fibroids?
As we mentioned in our last blog, many women don't see any symptoms, but if symptoms do exist, they can include:
- Prolonged periods – bleeding that lasts seven days or more
- Heavy periods
- Pelvic pain or pressure
- Frequent urination
- Difficulties emptying the bladder
- Leg pain
- Backaches – particularly in the lower back
- Pain during sex
In rare cases, a uterine fibroid can grow so big that it actually outgrows the blood supply. When this happens, the nutrient supply gets cut off and the fibroid eventually starts to die, leading to byproducts of the fibroid seeping into the surrounding tissue. This can cause pain and sometimes fever.
Should you see a doctor about uterine fibroids?
Uterine fibroids aren't usually something you need to be concerned about, and if you aren't experiencing symptoms, you may not need treatment at all. However, if you are uncomfortable or are experiencing pain, it is always a good idea to see a doctor. Your doctor may be able to prescribe medication to treat the uncomfortable symptoms, and there are several options available if you would like to have your fibroids removed.
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Now that we're in full swing of the new year, the feelings of newness, of freshness or even if you're like me, excitement, have dulled, for some this may have been a contributing factor to falling off the wagon when it comes to accomplishing goals or even wondering why those goals existed in the first… Continue reading How to Create a Fresh Start
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A Warm Welcome
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Coffee Talk | being a part-time blogger and full-time student
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Around a year ago I decided to take a huge leap into sharing more personal information with my readers and an even bigger leap into the world of counselling and therapy. At the time I wrote about my experiences, about how broken I became as a person, about how a toxic friendship threatened my well-being,… Continue reading Unfiltered #4: One year on…
My Reset Routine
Hi, hello and welcome back to my blog and of course a huge welcome to all my new followers, (I'm so close to hitting 400!!). It's been nearly a month since I vented my frustrations, let out all the pain I was experiencing on this platform. But, I'm back for good and ready to take… Continue reading My Reset Routine
5 Tips On How To Get Into A Routine
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Being The Broom Mk2 Series
Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Mar 28, 2016 (message contributor)
Summary: The parables of the lost coin. What is our part n finding the coin? A practical application is what it is.
Sri Lankan edition MK 2; Being the broom. Luke 15:8-10
Jesus tells us this little parable about lost people being found; in it he compares those lost people to a silver coin, a lost silver coin.
Now in our day and age with rampant inflation a silver coin is for most of us not a big deal, I'm sure we would all prefer notes. Back in the day this coin a 'denarius' was an average days wage, I just happen to have a denarius coin that was minted just before Jesus' birth, or so the person who sold it to me said and this is it. A small silver coin. This is the type of coin referred to in Jesus parable.
For a woman it may have had a more significant use than as just spending money, in the society of Jesus time it could have been part of her wedding head-dress of ten coins…a special grouping of coins that would have taken her years to accumulate. Comparing its loss with losing something today; I would say it would be like a lady losing a stone out of her engagement ring, or maybe a special item of jewellery. For the men here think about losing your keys. As you can see this would have been quite a loss.
So as Jesus tells his parable, we get this picture of a woman having lost something of real value. Jesus is comparing this woman to God and the coin to the lost sinner. A fairly brave thing to do back in the day, comparing God to a woman.
Today I want to speak about a tool that the woman used to find the coin. The lamp, we are the light of the world, I'm sure we all like the idea of bringing light into a dark world. Who likes to be the light? That is not the tool I want to talk about, can anyone tell me what the tool is that the woman is using to find the lost coin, it is a most useful tool, the broom.
Now you might be thinking what about the broom? Well as you can tell from the stunning example of broomness I hold in my hand that there are a couple of fairly important features to any broom the head and the handle.
Back to those features in a minute. What was this whole "sweep the house" thing about looking for the coin? Well the house was dark and the lamp was a tiny oil filled lamp that put out about as much light as a candle. The woman she was accustomed with those two senses, her vision and her hearing to find this valuable possession, her valuable denarius coin, worth a whole days pay. The house was still darkish. The broom was used so that the lady could hear the coin as she swept, so looking as she swept, for a glint of light, listening for the sound of broom brushing the coin.
The head of the broom, bristles used for sweeping, the handle of the broom in the hands of the woman knowing where to sweep, responding to the move of her wrist and arm looking for what is lost, here she was sweeping the whole house.
Today I want to ask the question. In our relationship with God, in your relationship with God, are we willing, are you willing to respond to the move of his arm. May be you are new to the idea of being something of value to God, or lost people being of value to God, like a new broom that is still waiting to be brought from the store. A broom that has never been engaged in its role, having never made a decision for him, maybe you are resting like a broom, a shiny new broom tucked away somewhere in a cupboard, maybe a little concerned that God might get you to sweep in places that are uncomfortable, preferring just to be waiting, not sweeping. May be you are sweeping for the lost in the places he calls you to go? The thing is that a broom that is not used for sweeping is just a funny looking stick. God seeks after the lost, we can ask ourselves are we doing our part in the sweep for their redemption, am I doing my best to be used in God's hands to help save the lost from their sins, from Hell? The other thing with a broom is that it is also used to maintain a house, a standard. As Christians we are to show how things can be in God's kingdom as we live our lives under the guidance of his hands. Just maybe we will be worn just as the bristles of the broom are; a little damaged but still able to sweep, maybe eventually well-worn for his kingdoms sake. Of these two brooms, the new one and the well-worn one, answer this, which has achieved more, which would be able to tell the best work stories?
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At the risk of revealing deeply held male secrets, I decided to open up and explain to her the concept and practice of the wingman. Honestly, I was hoping my candor would be rewarded with sex. It was Sunday afternoon, and we were just hanging out at my house. Afternoon sex was a rarity, but not beyond the realm of possibility if I played my cards right.
When a guy goes to a bar on Saturday night, the ultimate goal is to meet a fantastic girl who will be a great lover and companion forever. This almost certainly will not happen. The next acceptable outcome is to meet a hot one-night stand. This may not happen, either. Next on the list is any non-contagious, breathing female who is desperate and ready to go to bed with any similarly qualified male. There is some chance this may happen. The most likely possibility is that the guy will hang out with his guy friends, maybe talk to a couple of girls, and go home alone.
The absolute worst outcome, though, is that a guy will hang out by himself all night and look like a complete loser when the bar closes because he obviously came to score and failed. The wingman provides several essential services.
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No one wants to go to a bar and hang out alone. If there are no available women and the night is a washout, the two guys can pretend that it's really okay. There's nothing wrong with a guy going to a bar with his buddies, having a few beers, and watching the game. The most important thing is that a guy must never, ever appear to be looking for a hookup. Only losers advertise. The guys who score are the ones who act as though they couldn't care less.
The Goal is to Score
Every guy knows that girls never, ever travel alone. If a girl is alone at a bar, beware. She is either a skank or she has a really vicious boyfriend who will come after you and beat your ass for touching his girl. Guys know that quality girls always travel in pairs. Guys also know that girls will never leave their girlfriend alone. The friend must be provided for.
Once available girls have been identified and a conversation initiated, the main challenge facing every guy and his wingman is The Separation of the Girls. The goal is to find a girl willing to be separated from her friend and then go home with the guy she has just met, or perhaps already knew but tonight he now seems attractive and available.
This means that the wingman will be left behind, which is entirely understood from the beginning. The wingman must have his own transportation home. Car, subway, cab, horse - it doesn't matter.
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But she will never leave her girlfriend behind. The girlfriend must be taken care of. The girlfriend, because her cooperation is vital, must be treated with the highest respect and courtesy. Like a queen. If the girlfriend complains, or refuses to give her consent, the deal is in jeopardy.
Traits of the Wingman
A guy's wingman must be personable, handsome but not too handsome, trustworthy, and willing to entertain the number two choice while you pursue girl number one. A tall order, but a noble and time-honored tradition.
My girlfriend listened with great interest to my story. She then announced that my cynical machinations were appalling, and that she hoped I had never engaged in such predatory behavior. I protested that I was simply passing along stories that I had heard on the Jerry Springer show. We did not have sex that afternoon. Sometimes guys gamble and win, and sometimes we lose.


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What do they look like?
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I need a bath. Preferably several.
There's no rest for the wicked, it seems, as no sooner did we survive Tommen's funeral (handily Tommen has three legitimate children, so I'm a few unfortunate circumstances away from any political relevance there) than mother warned me about going about in the blue lantern district, where four men had been butchered, among them my childhood friend and adulthood drinking buddy, Elio.
In addition to Elio (who was a magistrate), the other victims were the lumberjack cum mercenary Goren Oakenbane, the philosoper Phenorious, and Senator Tiberuius Catallus. There was no commonality to the victims save their location, and the fact that they could all be called attractive. They'd all disappeared in the district and all of their bodies had been found there, and they'd all had their hearts cut out and (according to the physicker's records I requested from the watch) some had other organs removed as well.
I was already kind of seeing red when I heard the news so of course I immediately set about carousing in the district in an attempt to lure out the killer. Gandren Allandriel had pledged his support to me in future endeavors, so I contacted him. along with the crusading Brother Garret, who brought his cousin (brother? uncle?) Harken Burrow, and I invited Calina Kazanthi as well.
Our inquiries led us to an establishment known as The Silver Caress, where the proprietress and clientele were behaving very oddly. Eventually I spoke to the last courtesan to see Elio alive, a woman named Violet. The interview went swimmingly until the part where she admitted to murdering Elio to eat his heart because, (according to her "teacher," "the heart's flesh fills you with life") and implying that she wanted my own as well. So I pummeled her unconscious and had a chat with the madam again.
Violet had mentioned a mentor of sorts named Saijo, and Gandren determined that he'd exerted some sort of demonic mystical influence over several of the prostitutes here. So we opted to stake the place out until he showed up. But according to Gandren, chances were the culprit was a shapeshifting tempter known as an incubus. Important to get these terms right.
So we were forced to rely on Garret's mystical senses and the demon's ignorance of our involvement to identify him and track him down. This is, of course, where things began to go wrong.
Garret wanted to strike as soon as he showed his face, which would have been disastrous; not only was there a whole crowd the demon could disappear into, but also there was the fact that he could mentally influence any one of them to use as a human shield and extremely compliant hostage. We agreed (more or less) to wait until he was alone, but to assure that there'd be no interference, Harken decided to try and make himself the monster's companion for the evening, but had to get into a slap-fight with a (probably infernally charmed) prostitute to do so, which nearly blew our cover.
The madam surreptitiously cleared the rooms near the demon's and Harken's, while Calina, Gandren, Garret, and myself slipped into the adjacent rooms to prepare. But Calina, for whatever reason, decided to bring along the boy-toy she and Harken had paid to split for the evening, a disturbingly boyish yet lascivious fellow named Flynn along for these preparations, as some sort of field trip. Thankfully, he stayed scares when the fighting began.
The battle was intense but brief. Between my sword (handily augmented by Gandren's wizadry), Harken's bow, Gandreb's magic, Garret's holy power, and Calina's close-combat expertise, the demon didn't stand much of a chance, although I did very briefly feel the profane thing worming its way into my feelings. I wonder how much wine it'll take to wash that feeling away. I shudder now, thinking of it. We then collected the names of Saijo's other "regulars" at the house of pleasure and made a full report to the watch.
It does seem odd to me that so many people directly connected to myself and my family keep dying. Why Tommen? Why Elio? This can't be so common; if Senators always died this frequently mother would not have lived long enough to give birth to Amnestria, let alone raise her. Hells, if citizens died this frequently all the time, to cultists and demons as well as to disease and accident, the city would be a necropolis. Something is going on. Am I cursed? Is mother? Out whole family? Maybe Gandren could tell me.
In any case, the demon is banished back to whatever hell it came from, the four prostitutes who did the deed have been named and delivered to the watch, as have our statements. And now I'm going out in search of a hot bath and a rough-handed stable boy who'll scour away the feeling of this thing's mark upon me with a more honest kind of depravity.