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A directory of thousands of costume and costuming-related links, for the benefit of those who make and/or study costumes. It includes sites for costumers, students, historical re-enactors, science fiction fans, dancers and theatrical costumers.
The History of Costume
"For students who are studying the history of fashion and for costume designers." Contains images from a book of 500 full-color plates showing "historical dress from antiquity to the end of the 19th century."
The Art of Motion Picture Costume Design
A companion to an exhibit of costumes nominated for current Academy Awards and costumes from a selection of other movies from the same year. Includes photographs from the exhibit and brief information about the costumes and the designers.
Works of Art: The Costume Institute
"The world-renowned Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum [in New York] possesses more than 75,000 costumes and accessories from seven centuries and five continents
The Costume Gallery
Browse the extensive collection of photos, research Viking footwear and medieval dress, study a guide to textiles, and participate in bulletin board discussions here. All facets of costume and its history from textiles through hairstyles are covered.
Milieux: The Costume Site
A directory of links about all the costume-related topics one could imagine. Research the history of various arms and armor, find instructions on making period costumes and links to suppliers, resources for costume materials, and organizations.
Textiles & Apparel: Cornell Costume Collection
Website of the Department of Textiles and Apparel at Cornell University, "which includes more than 9,000 items of apparel dating from the eighteenth century to the present, as well as a substantial collection of ethnographic textiles and costumes.
Fashion Plate Collection
"This collection includes 417 fashion plates from 1806-1914 from some of the leading fashion journals of the times." Stylistic periods include Empire (1806-1813), Georgian (1806-1836), Regency (1811-1820), Romantic (1825-1850) and others.
The Historic Costume & Textiles Collection at The Ohio State University
"This site highlights items from this fashion collection, which includes "a range of historic textiles from the 15th century to 20th century furnishing fabrics ... [and] garments and accessories from the mid-18th century to contemporary 21st century. "


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It's Tuesday and we all know what that means; an overflow of before and after pics on Instagram accompanied with the #TransformationTuesday hashtag. I've always admired the courage these people had, posting their story, and felt like it was time for a Transformation Tuesday of my own.
A year and a half ago my gap year had just got to an end and after a year of carefree living I started at university. Of course life wasn't that carefree but being abroad made me feel like it. I am going to be honest with you, I wasn't at a happy place but I tried my best to ignore it. This also made me ignore the massive weight gain which is inevitable when one is living carefree in Britain. If you've been there you know that fried food is all you get at the pubs. -not that I minded-
Anyway, I decided it was time to make some changes. I was done with my bad health, the energyless body I had to drag around and the wish to look differently. Instead of sobbing about it and blaming myself I chose to take my responsibility and put in all I had to achieve my goals.
I never took a picture when I started my journey so all I have is this one from summer 2014. When the summer ended I started at university and kept on drinking and indulging large amounts of fast food. The little exercising I started doing at the gym definitely couldn't weigh up to all of this. I've been looking -and weighing- the same for over half a year now so roughly calculated my 'transformation took place in about 8 months. I want to make clear to you that if you start today, and give it your all, this can be you in eight months!
Probably the question I get asked most; how did I do this? There's no short answer. I can provide you with the well known 'I changed my diet and started working out' but I don't think that that will help you much further. I've already posted about my progress a while ago (click here for the link). I definitely recommend reading that one. Difference is that now I am even more dedicated and train way more seriously. -also following a course to become a PT- I actually do break a sweat while training but still without much cardio.
The key to successfully losing weight is a combination of training and nutrition! When I started tracking what I ate and adjusted my meals fat practically started to melt of my body. In total I've lost about 12/13 kgs (27lbs) I do want to remind you that what you see in the mirror is so much more important than on the scale! Your weight alone doesn't say anything about your body composition. Muscle really does weigh much more than fat.
You can achieve this too!
Right now you are probably thinking; 'what did she eat?' 'which exercises did she do?' etc. I know that lots of you want my exact training and food schedule but those alone won't necessarily help you succeed. Everyone is different and that means that all bodies reacts differently. Also in my opinion there's something much more important than training and nutrition to be successful.
your mindset.
We often -unconsciously- let our fears take control over our lives. Isn't it so much easier to tell yourself that those big dreams you have are unrealistic and that maybe you shouldn't pursue them? Think deeply, that's not really why you're not doing it. The real reason lies within our fears, we have doubts about our own capabilities. 'Do we really have what it takes?' 'What if we don't?' 'What if we fail?' Personally I believe that if you really let go of your fears and give it all you have, you can achieve anything you want to. Maybe it will turn out differently than expected since our dreams are often way to detailed. Just give the universe some space to let things work out.
No journey is perfect and everyone encounters some difficulties. for me that were Bingeing problems and there've been times I completely got off track.
Knowing how difficult it is I want to help you to get a step closer to your dreams. On the internet there are thousandths of food and training schedules and actually a lot of them work if you execute them properly. That's where that mindset comes back. To see results you need to be consistent and dedicated but you don't have to be perfect.
I am going to help you reach your goals by posting step by step how to make plans out of those dreams and turn those plans into action. Of course I'll give you training and nutrition tips as well but it's important you find something that suits you. Otherwise it will be even harder to stick to it.
Feel free to ask me any questions you may have and I'll answer them. Since I just started vlogging I might answer them in a video.


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|A photovoltaic solar concentrator is disclosed with one or more transverse-junction solar cells (also termed point contact solar cells) and a lens located above each solar cell to concentrate sunlight onto the solar cell to generate electricity. Piezoelectric actuators tilt or translate each lens to track the sun using a feedback-control circuit which senses the electricity generated by one or more of the solar cells. The piezoelectric actuators can be coupled through a displacement-multiplier linkage to provide an increased range of movement of each lens. Each lens in the solar concentrator can be supported on a frame (also termed a tilt plate) having three legs, with the movement of the legs being controlled by the piezoelectric actuators.
|Nielson; Gregory N. (Albuquerque, NM), Gupta; Vipin P. (Las Cruces, NM), Okandan; Murat (Edgewood, NM), Watts; Michael R. (Albuquerque, NM)
|Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, NM)
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|November 1, 2007
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Goddess Boot Camp
by Tera Lynn Childs
This is the second and last book in Oh. My. Gods written by Tera Lynn Childs.
Where you meet people who are descendents of the greek gods.
The first book was called Oh. My. Gods and was published in 2008, while this one was published in 2009.I already read and reviewed the first book, so click the link in the bottom of this blogpost, to read my review of book 1.
This author is also known for some other serieses. Fins, about mermaids. And Medusa Girls about descendents of Medusa.
You can also find some short stories, related to Oh.My.Gods, on her webpage.
264 pages
Read: July 2011
Language: English
Summary: (From Goodreads)
Phoebe, who recently discovered she's a descendant of Nike (the goddess, not the shoe), is finding that supernatural powers come with a crazy learning curve. Her stepfather, headmaster of the Academy for descendants of the Greek gods, has enrolled her at Dynamotheos Development Camp - aka Goddess Boot Camp - with a bunch of ten-year-olds for the summer. Embarrassing as that is, hopefully it'll help her gain control over her powers in time to pass the test of the gods, continue training hard enough to qualify for the Pythian Games, and enjoy her godly boyfriend, Griffin, all while avoiding the ultimate mistake of accidentally misusing powers.
It's another fast-paced myth-inspired heroine's quest that's sure to bring out the goddess in anyone.
My Opinion:
I really enjoyed this book. And I finished it in two days. Though this one was not as good as the first one. Compared to the first one there was not as much humor in it.
But as I said I enjoyed it. Well written and fast read. And I enjoyed following Phoebe on her journey to learn more about her powers and her father.
But I was missing some more humor and some romance. As in the first one :)
Therefor I chose to give it 4 out of 6 stars
Sad this story is over. But I have already bought myself more books by this author. Because she writes very well :) So looking forward to reading more of her stuff :D
Also Check out:
- Add to or read about on Goodreads
- My review of Book 1
- Authors homepage
Have you read this one? What did you think.. Or have you read any of her other books?


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Friday, October 24, 2014
Naval Association of Canada Conference 2014
The two gentlemen pictured are fellows I've known for a long time.
Brooke Campbell, on the left, was a student at UBC and officer-cadet in the University Naval Training Division (UNTD) at HMCS Discovery. I got to know him well, as I was also at Disovery as a regular force RCN cadet.
Brooke went on to a very successful career in banking and investing, and is currently submitting material to the Canadian government about tax treatment of RRSP's.
On the right is Keith Nesbit, Captain RCN (Ret'd). I met Keith when we were both very junior submariners. That's where I stayed, as far as the submarine world is concerned (not counting recent literary efforts). Keith, however, went on to an illustrious career as a submarine CO and, since retirement from the RCN, as a professional keyboardist.
Keith's music can be accessed by contacting him directly: email@example.com.
And my recent submarine thriller, "Terror on the Alert", is in better bookstores everywhere, Amazon, and from my publisher.


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Born in Paris in 1656, Marin Marais studied the viol under Sainte Colombe and worked under Lully in the court orchestra. He wrote over 800 pieces for viol, many in suite form and the Canadian oboist has transcribed six of those here. (The baroque oboe was first heard in a work by Lully a year after Marais was born and it quickly became very much in demand in France.) The suites are typically in seven-movement form – Prélude, Courante, Sarabande, Menuet, etc – with a few concluding Gigues having descriptive titles: 'La Chicane', 'La Badine', 'La Petite'. Palameta is set forward of accompanying continuo instruments – theorbo, harpsichord, bass viol and baroque guitar – in a shallow soundstage. His playing is clean, expert but for my taste somewhat too earnest. Sample before buying, to see if the music engages your interest. CB
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Discussion in 'Original Music' started by Lord Midi, Dec 13, 2003.
This place looks like it might have some good stuff: www.free-piano-music.com/pages/Miscellaneous/
The last of the mohicans
right here waiting for you by richard marx is pretty easy
A lot of Coldplay stuff is pretty easy, and is a lot of fun to play
yeah the scientist rules!!
One of the best beginner pieces that actually has some good technique improving fingerings is Pachelbel's Canon in D. Not only is it a recognizeable classic, but it can be played quickly (to build dexterity) and still sound good.
Like a lot of other people said, id say your best bet is to get a piano song book,
btw a REALLY easy song to learn and play is greensleeves
Try Mozarts' K 545 Sonata in C Major 1st movement. God, I love that song. When you get good, post a MIDI of your interpertation of it in MIDI format! lol
Good selection Mike 2490! It's a fun one to play too.
What was I playing yesterday?... Ah! Chopin: Ballade, Opus 52 in Fm.
Nice one, G. I hadn't heard it before, so I went and had a listen: http://www.classicalmidiconnection.com/cmc/chopin.html
I like playing manageable pieces like that. Rather than embarrassing myself and my fingers trying something like the Butterfly Etude (Op. 25, No. 9)...
U just have to watch out with the simpler versions of popular songs as they have been dumbed down and lose the quality of the song
Yes like "For elise", there is a very simple version witch can be play by anyone... But the quality isn't really good... :S
heres what i did
I am a self taught Keyboardest of 6 years now, im still not the greatest but i started out just playing around with simple tunes on my my mothers old piano.
Now i can use my keyboard to play the board parts for songs by nightwish like Ever Dream and Bless the Child.
Any way, believe it or not, a good place to start is to listen to some of the older 80s glam rock, like Europes the final countdown, the riff there is very simple, actually alot of Europes stuff is good to practice with.
I used Europe, Bon jovi and some old simple classical and folk tunes to practice with at first, like mary had a little a lamb, and twinkle twinkle.
If you want to make it easier on yourself and you can read music, get yourself a keyboard that has a disk drive, why? because most boards with a disk drive play midi files, the last two i had did that anyway. if you find a midi with just a piano part, if ur keyboard like mine reads the score it will give u note for note and time to play in and u can slow the song down so it goes slow enough for you to learn, thats also how i learned. Just a couple of suggestions from someone who has been there and done that. Feel free to PM me if you want to talk further later and good luck
hi! me too a begginer
hi! me too a begginer (well, I come from advanced guitar hehehe). I started with famous songs like:
*Aladdin - A whole new world (I have no file; I have the original book).
*Sonata quasi una fantasia (Beethoven)--> here you have the midi, if you like...--> http://rapidshare.de/files/21588814/carousel.mid.html
*Prelude I (Bach Bwv 846)--> http://rapidshare.de/files/21588634/Johann_Sebastian_BACH_-_Preludio_Bwv_846.zip.html
*Britney Spears - Everytime --> http://nephele.kulichki.com/down/index.php?Everytime.pdf
*Enya - A day without rain--> (I recommend you to hear the song to know how to play is, making the rythm well)--> http://rapidshare.de/files/21588560/a_day_without_rain-enya.zip.html
I started also with the elevtronic piano (a big Casio I don't remember the model) with Bach - Tocata and Fugue in Dm --> http://rapidshare.de/files/21589051/Bach_Toccata_Fugue_Organ.pdf.html (I am stuck around compass 40: this song must be played with foot-keyboard too, so as I have not it I've managed to play with only 2 hands till that point)
hope you enjoy!!!
of course, you can email me if you have questions or to tell me what songs you have found good for starting (I have friends that also want to learn piano by themselves)
david_bcn_82 at hotmail dot com :cool2:
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Omar Boraie is a renowned real estate investor, philanthropist and shrewd entrepreneur. He is the founder of Boraie Development. Through this real estate company, Omar has succeeded in transforming New Brunswick to be a leading urban orchard.
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The Egyptian-born scholar posits that in the earlier days, people could not walk on the streets, especially in the evening, as no one would be sighted in the city. To this end, he took it upon himself to change the story of New Brunswick. At the time, most buildings were dilapidated. However, he took a bold step of buying most property in the area. As he was disclosing his plan about the city, most people thought he was crazy. They believed that he would not succeed with his vision. They were wrong. Today, the city has many high-end projects, including The Aspire, One Spring Street, The Beach at South Inlet and Albany Street Plaza among many others.
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Name: Jarikan Allcatama
Nickname(s): The Raven, Iron Feather, Black Wing, Midnight Crow, Fearmonger
Age: 450 (Appearance Age: Late Twenties)
Sex: Male
Sexual Preference: Straight
Species: Pacific Islander Ethnicity Vasto Lorde Arrancar
Alliance: Primera Espada (Self-Proclaimed Leader of the Espada)
Theme: Without Walls - Memphis May Fire
Appearance: Jarikan Allcatama, a man of naturally blessed power, and a rule over the Espada as tight as the grip of his iron layered fists. With an appearance that would be reminiscent of a warlord, a glare that can pierce the hearts of those who look into his eyes, and spiritual power that can eradicate nearly any adversary within his general vicinity, very few Shinigami and even fewer Hollows can even get close to him without succumbing to his unethical power. With a natural height of about Six Feet Three inches and a build of densely packed muscles strong enough to bend a steel girder with his biceps alone. His intensely muscular build is not overbearing like some brute but strong enough to bless him with incredible natural strength and a full set of eight tightly packed abdominal muscles that peak out from his attire. His muscular body is wrapped over in a Pacific Islander tan that keeps tightly to the muscles and bones of his body, his skin reminiscent of a darkened caramel or lightened leather. Placed in the sockets of his strong face are Jarikan's mighty dark eyes, an almost eternal glare ridden in its form. These narrow, destructive eyes are colored in an odd shade of dark purple. At times, many can see that it is a purple when shined in the right light but mostly they are a very dark purple that borderline a nightly black. This mighty glare seems to constrict the breath of those lower than him when looked straight in the eye, the power of it so mighty that it has actually given him a slightly sunken look due to the stretched skin found at the edge of his eyes. His steel skin is woven so tightly in places around his body that he actually contains many different folds and wrinkles in his skin such as around his eyes, at the folds of his knuckles, and around each of his abdominal muscles. Only to add to his look of supreme intimidation, Jarikan's hair even presents a sense of fear. The color of his hair is an ebony black mixed with small tinges of dark blue and purple that only can be seen when shone in certain lights. The texture of his hair is choppy in a mix of smooth and spiked, making it seem uneven and hard to separate. Jarikan has found a style that mixes the contradicting textures of his hair. He keeps his hair short in the back, not even touching halfway down his neck, but his bangs elongated to rather extensive points. His left set of bangs is smooth and much smaller than his right, for it simply lays off to the side of his head. However his most prevalent follicle feature is his right set of bangs, which is a thick set of spiky bangs naturally wound together and hung over his face, completely covering his right eye. The bang continues off till it is located about three quarters the way past his jaw and hanging down past his face by about a finger's length. This bang does not harm his sense of vision for his left eye alone is enough to make up for with his keen vision.
As for the features that are unique to the Arrancar race such as mask fragments and his Hollow hole, Jarikan has very noticeable versions of those features. His mask remnant appears over the bottom half of his face, completely concealing the entirety of the bottom half of his face from the bridge of his nose down. The shape of the mask covers his nose on a flat plain that looks like a cranium placed onto his face and the smoothness of it continues down all the way to about a finger tip past his chin. At the bottom of curved edge of the mask eight black indentions of the mask, signaling cut-outs of the design. The indentions are shaped like slightly slanted thin rectangles, each of them generally getting smaller originating from the middle of the mask out. These indentions may be seen as rectangular teeth with an empty black plain behind him or something of the such. His Hollow hole, which is rather surprisingly small for an Arrancar of his power, is located at the frontal base of his neck. The Hole is one sided, for it doesn't go through and out the other side of his neck. Finally, his significant and mighty Number Tattoo is located at the exact center of his armored chest for all to see. The black number "1" tattoo is rather large and easy to spot, further showing that he is a man of great prowess and power to all that see him.
There is however one more feature to him that seems to never leave his side and is also one of his more distinctive features. Almost always located on the same spot if perched on Jarikan, which is his right shoulder, is his closest companion and personal assistant Medianoche (Spanish for Midnight). Medianoche is an oddity among the Arrancars for she is technically not even of human form like Arrancars. She is actually an Arrancar Raven, the only animal Arrancar in existence. This good sized bird is a deep night black all over; beak, body, claws, all of her is solid black with a few exceptions. Her beak is roughly six inches long and is slightly curved like a normal raven's so it can easily tear into prey. Her claws aren't powerful, but are sharp enough to completely rip a gash into a Captain class fighter when given the chance. Her eyes are a similar color to Jarikan's, a dark purple that borders black, and they also have the almost unblinking feature that Jarikan has. Medianoche also has mask fragmentations and even a Hollow Hole of her own. Her fragments take the form of a row of three slightly curved spikes the run down her head and the back of her neck. Her Hollow hole is located at the center of her chest and is roughly the size of her claw. The Hole, much like Jarikan's, is completely black and doesn't have an opening in the back to end it off. In terms of personality, Medianoche is a curious Raven, always wanting to investigate what's new and this allows Jarikan to use her as a spy. She can communicate with Jarikan threw cognitive caws and murmurs to Jarikan which he can understand as direct talk any time, but to others it's just normal cawing. The relationship between Jarikan and Medianoche is not actually of pet and owner, but actually of Zanpakutou and master. Medianoche is the manifestationn of Jarikan's Resureccion powers, having split his soul in two when he was a Hollow to even up his power, also to cure a bit of loneliness that he had faced for he was born in a veery remote part of Hueco Mundo
Attire: Jarikan's attired can be seen as one of a leader's, if someone were to look at it in a militaristic retrospect. His outfit is regal, intimidating, and is ultimately one that a General or a Warlord would wear in his command center. The prime part of his uniform is his base shirt. His shirt is not like the normal top of an Arrancar's uniform, it has been cut down way low to wear the point of the V shaped cut reaches all the way down to the mid-section of his abdomen, revealing four out of his eight abdominal muscles along with his armored chest which show his rank of Primera to the world without any adherence to it whatsoever. Overtop this shirt is his trademark trench coat. This coat is a symbol of his power along with his ranking plastered to his chest. This coat generally can be seen as a human General's coat or cape for a strong military and it serves the same purpose for Jarikan as the powerful leader of the Espada. Unlike the majority of the Espada's outfits, this coat is slightly tinted grey rather than completely white. This serves as an intimidation factor and aids him when he is in the darkness of Hueco Mundo, which he generally prefers. He has the standard black sash of the Arrancar race as well, except it generally is a bit wider than most sashes. Also in general contradiction to the Arrancar uniform, he doesn't have any black striped linings to his clothes, however her does still have black in his uniform. He has traded the traditional white Hakama for a solid black one, this serving as more recognition to his prowess as well as being able to conceal part of presence in the shadows that he tends to lurk within. These Hakama are tucked in at the ankles where they meet a pair of custom made black shoes. These shoes are smooth and without laces but they hug tightly to Jarikan's feet, although it is yet another difference to his uniform. He doesn't truly break the normal dressing apparatus for an Arrancar nor does he follow it, he prefers the function and comfort of his uniform rather than true guidelines.
Aspect of Death: Intimidation
Personality: Jarikan is a man of comradery, leadership, control and overall intimidation. Jarikan had built the Espada from which it once was just a scattered assortment of Hollow Warlords, wanderers, fiends, and gluttons into an organized and powerful militaristic organization that rivals the complexities of even the might Gotei 13. As a young Arrancar, he was a revolutionist; he hated to see the scattered anomalies and destruction of the Espada, seeing many of them as just murderers and gluttons. As he rose through the ranks from his original position as the Sexta Espada all the way to the Primera Espada, his focus and influence grew matching his power. Once he rose to the power of the Primera Espada which is considered the second most powerful Arrancar in existence --- generally the Cero Espada leads the Espada if it had a technical leader, but due to the personality of the present Cero Espada Liz Illgaskus he took over the role --- he completely hardened the Espada. His gap of power between him and the Segunda Espada Sinataro Attakata was immense enough to actually fit an Espada position in between if it were to really happen. Since then, which was roughly thirty four years ago, he has continually evolved the Espada into an organized fighting force with an Iron Grip. He generally doesn't kill his subordinates but teaches them discipline through a good beating at times, generally it being the headstrong and murderous Tercera Espada Drake Gunthorrne. As a leader, Jarikan is very passionate about his subordinates and more importantly the Arancar race as a whole. His want to preserve and evolve the Arrancar race which had been continually torn to the downtrodden and broken into upheavals by the Shinigami race over many wars and conflicts is something that cannot be matched when it comes to his sheer will. His passion is referred to as "A devoted King, encouraging a downtrodden kingdom." He looks after his allies with great care, more importantly his closest companion Medianoche whom he rarely ever leaves alone. He's also known to lead by example, showing the Espada how they should act but with little to no success. Later on there would be little doubt that he would teach them a lesson in a more personal way. He is also, surprisingly, a rather kind man. He is humble, soft spoken and honest when he is actually spoken to personally; however with his appearance, power, prestige and unnaturally deep voice, many people don't have the courage to speak to him very casually.
Garganta Traffic Tracker: A device created by the genius Quinta Espada Darrendo Chivarre, who is in possession of one of these as well, this device helps Jarikan keep tabs on his Espada along with all other Arrancars in their travels to the Human World and even the forbidden realm of the Soul Society. This device was forged to aid Jarikan in keeping a want of peace between the Soul Society and Hueco Mundo in hopes to contain and track the Arrancars. The device is made of two parts, an earpiece and a small wrist bracer. The earpiece is a small, grey circular item that Jarikan keeps in his right ear whenever he feels the need to. The wrist bracer looks like a medieval steel wrist clamp that is thin and small enough for Jarikan to hide under his uniform under his right arm. On the clamp is a small screen that indicates his earpiece to create a small beeping sound when a Garganta made by an Arrancar is opened. The screen is like a grid map of the Dangai Precipice World but only can track Arrancar presences. On the screen it would indicate the location in which they were heading, who is traveling through the Garganta, as well as which realm they are looking to travel to. On many occasions he has been able to catch unauthorized traveling to restricted areas, mostly consisting of the Tercera Espada Drake Gunthorrne, Cuatra Espada Marrisona Alejandro, and Octava Espada Lorenzzo Otono.
Hierro Legend: No Arrancar in the history of Hueco Mundo has a Hierro as thick, sturdy, and ultimately powerful as Jarikan's. His skin is like the toughest of steel, his muscles are as tightly bound and built as steel wire, and his skeleton is as tough as diamonds. His Hierro has only constantly hardened over his years of evolution and continually training to become as strong as he can be. This Hierro has amplified his physical abilities to the fullest, making him unethically strong as well as extremely talented in Hand to hand combat. His Hierro is so amazingly tough that he can literally catch a Captain class blade in his bare hands without even cutting his skin to the slightest. Many Captains have fallen to him without even him calling onto his Resureccion. He also knows how to utilize his Hierro in an offensive way rather than the standard defense it is made for. His Hierro can act as an amazingly powerful bludgeoning weapon where a simply punch can feel like being struck by a steel mace or Kanabo. This makes a single punch from him become a potentially fatal blow if it were to go to the chest or head. His Hierro is particularly the strongest on his hands and forearms, this is because he uses them the most and over time they have hardened into where they can stop a stabbing blade coming at his hand.
Hakuda Master: Jarikan's Hakuda abilities are something that only the best of Shinigami Captains can match or even compete towards. His style, combined with his Hierro and intense physical strength, makes his Hakuda something fierce. The thing about his Hakuda though is the fact that he doesn't use kicks, all he uses is his fists. This arguably weakened style which takes away a valuable asset in his battles is not because he doesn't find them effective but rather because he tends to come off balance when he doesn't have a proper footing, and kicks generally take his balance away. However his fist-only fighting style is something that matches the best of human world boxers and countering kickboxers. This Hakuda may consist of hooks, uppercuts, crosses, grapples, throws, and even headbutts if the situation declares it. Jarikan may chose between throwing fast, strategic punches to keep his enemy off balance or he may use a powerful heavy punch that can literally shatter bones with a single strike. He's also good at countering his enemies' attack, generally letting them throw a punch and quickly grabbing it, generally leading to him breaking their outstretched with a powerful uppercut to the elbow.
~Borron Garra (Blur Claw): A special technique designed to land a quick stepping strike with great force at a close range, this technique developed by Jarikan has literally been enough to cut people in half at the sheer speed of it. Though this speed uses Sonido, the attack is meant to start and end up close all it one motion. By condensing a Sonido in a small movement and drawing back his fist, then moving forward a good arm's distance way and thrusting his fist simultaneously, he can deliver a powerful punch that is enough to split a body in half, or completely bring down a building in one single blow. Even if this technique were to miss, the air that is being bent around the fist is enough to throw off someone who is on guard and ultimately open up another attack for Jarikan.
~Alabatido (Wing Beat): A powerful technique that is quick to utilize in the midst of battle and contains some devastating power within it, although it does take timing and coordination. In the midst of battle, Jarikan may feel that his attacks are not getting through enough, more importantly in the torso area. With the use of this ability, he can put enough power into one strike that is enough to break a block and do more. The key is the timing and momentum that is being put into the attack. By putting his two clenched fists together, both of the bottom of each wrists touching each other, and thrusting out in a motion where he pushes both of his fist forward and opens his hands with fingers clenched and palms forward but keeping his wrists still together all in one motion, he can create a powerful punch that is equal to two of his normal punches directed into one place. This is a guard breaker for the most part but can be enough to rupture abdominal organs such as the pancreas, stomach, or possibly the edge of the lungs.
~Picoromper (Beak Break): An attack that is made to break an enemy's Zanpakutou, if it hadn't been released yet for stronger opponents and released ones for weaker opponents. By watching the opponents timing and style, he can time out when a perfect strike is going to happen, preferably a stab. When the stab comes, Jarikan will duck to the side, grabbing the blade between his hands and angling his head before headbutting the sword, ultimately snapping the Zanpakutou in half at the base of it. He generally uses this to quickly nullify an enemy's ability to utilize their Zanpakutou whether it is a Shinigami or an Arrancar, either way it can definitely be a lethal trick when used correctly.
Sonido Expert: Coming with a rather heavy hierro and a quite thickly built stature does have it's drawbacks and that comes in the form of his Sonido. Although he is among the faster of Sonido users of the Espada, his doesn't come close to the true masters of the technique. His Sonido isn't used to directly get a good angle on his opponent but rather giving momentum to his Hakuda moves to allow them to strike with more power, or made to cover long distances so he can travel. His unique use of this quick technique has given him respectable sums in the field by those who are faster than for he can adapt the Sonido in some unique ways.
~Escalon (Step): Jarikan' unique, shortened version of the Sonido; instead of disappearing completely in a flash step, Jarikan will focus the energy of the Sonido to his heels and the lower part of his calves instead of his entire feet. With that, the speed of the Sonido will be focused into a short, quick dash of speed that will most likely create a blurring image of Jarikan as he uses Escalon. The speed and momentum of the Escalon allows him to throw an incredibly powerful punch from it's momentum or he can use it to jump in front of an ally in battle to take a blow which his Hierro will most likely brush off. Mainly this is an offensive ability, but it can be utilized to dodge slow strikes as well.
Cero/Bala Expert: Jarikan's abilities in the arts of Cero and Bala are quite impressive to say the least, enough to be recognized at his power level. Jarikan fires his trademark purple Cero by holding out his fist with his fingers clenched and his palm opened up. When forming, the Cero looks as if it were being created from energy particles originating from his finger like how a Tesla Coil collects energy from surroundings. Although his Cero is plenty powerful, and he is fully capable of a Gran Rey Cero, he prefers the art of Bala better. He finds Bala more useful, organized and able to shoot down faster enemies. He can fire his Bala without even giving a gesture and generally all he has to do to fire one is basically look in the direction he needs to fire it. He can also fire a Bala in rapid succession, shooting one after the other constantly with barely any movements.
Tactical/Strategic Expert: Jarikan can be quite the battlefield tactician when the duty calls for it as well as being a sufficient military general. His main strategic abilities come from his abilities as the leader of the Espada. He generally doesn't construct tactics on the battlefield as he fights, he plays his movements like a General. He analyzes what or who he is fighting before he confronts his enemy through research, intel, and even memory. His sense of can be expected of a militaristic man such as him. He works and fights in an organized manner despite running such an originally unorganized organization. His militaristic power is unmatched can sometimes even be seen as a more dictating standpoint.
Zanjutsu Practitioner: Jarikan is very weak, if not incapably devoid of the skill, in terms of Zanjutsu. This does not mean he neglects his sword; technically he doesn't even have one. Jarikan does not carry a sword on him whatsoever, mainly because he doesn't even have one to begin with. Because his Zanpakutou's power is located within the confines of Medianoche, and his Hierro and Hakuda abilities are more than enough to serve as a good enough weapon as well, Jarikan decides to fight with his bare hands rather than using a sword. His steel skin serves as a good guard and bludgeoning weapon but can easily make a makeshift blade by straightening out his hand into a pointed jab.
Vast Spiritual Pressure: Jarikan's astounding spiritual pressure is constantly coursing throughout the hardened skin, his white diamond skeleton, and the tightly wound muscles all over his body. This spiritual pressure is something that is as formidable as his skin is tough. Jarikan has one of the highest spiritual pressures in the long, bloody history of Hueco Mundo, his spiritual pressure in particular being the highest of any Primera Espada, it bordering the lines of Cero and Primera Espada power by the smallest of decimals. The sheer power of his dark purple Pressure presents a heavy weight when released. When materialized, Jarikan's spiritual pressure takes a shape of a large bird of prey, possible a raven or a crow. The presence of the spiritual pressure creates an affect of intimidation, a feeling as if whoever he is facing is feeling lonely, scared…intimidated. His power inspires fear to all that stand before him, no matter how high of power. A strange feature about his spiritual pressure is the fact that he hadn't gained the power from devouring souls but actually was born with it. Jarikan is a rare Hollow in which he was born, as an Adjuchas, to two Hollows rather than being a human and being converted into a Hollow. This rare occurrence happens rarely among he wastes of Hueco Mundo, but when it does the young child that is born generally contains astounding spiritual pressure that only grows with age.
Immense Physical Strength: Jarikan's physical strength is truly astounding, the only one overpowering or even matching his physical strength is the Segunda Espada Sinataro Attakata. Jarikan's tightly wound and steel toned muscles are amazing to say the least, and his Hierro only reinforces his strength. Jarikan has on many occasions displayed the sheer power that lays within muscles, consisting of either strikes that can crush an enemy's skeleton to dust or showing an act of strength in his feats. In fighting alone, Jarikan's physical strength can be seen by his powerful strikes as well as his ability to break Zanpakutou. Jarikan has many a times demonstrated his physical strength in combat. He once was responsible for clearing a parasitic Adjucha infestation from Las Noches, which consisted of a hundred smaller worker Adjuchas and one Queen, with his bare hands. The queen was roughly the size of a corridor of Las Noches, and weight around ten times as much as he did. He was strong enough to literally pick up the queen carry her to the edge of the roof of Las Noches and throw her off the edge with ease. This strength comes from his muscles, which are the most hardened (in proportion) out of all of his features. His muscles are lined with a steel substance that is similar to the Hierro but is so thick that it can be seen when it is cut open. Jarikan's blood has a strong smell of iron in it; its texture is even rougher than most blood.
Enhanced Durability: Along with Jarikan's powerful Hierro, his durability is something that is nearly as formidable. Jarikan's ability to push forward, even when he is injured, is quite amazing to say the least. The sheer will that is able to drive him to the point where he can seem like a personified force is something that definitely deserves respect. On many occasions, Jarikan can be seen taking the whole brunt of an attack, generally when one of his fracciones (which are his younger twin siblings Liara and Boldrin) are in danger or a target of interest is being attacked. During these moments, attacks mainly bounce off of his hardened body as he would push forward with quite the ease. Even when he is injured, his pain tolerance is quite amazing as well. He once took a hit that charred the entire front of his torso along with heart, lung, and rub damage; and he shrugged it off without a second thought.
Telekinetic Connection: By no means is Jarikan able to infiltrate the minds of his adversaries, but with Medianoche it's a different scenario. Due to them being one in the same soul, the two of them are able to keep a mental connection with each other, allowing each of them to know when they are in dangerous situations, when one is experiencing pain, and can even see threw the eyes of each other. Jarikan and Medianoche both use this to their advantage. Through mental connection and direction, he will generally use Medianoche as a scout to relay information back and forth for him. He uses this to be able to look ahead for any trouble and enemies as well as seeing any opportunities he can utilize to weaken his target to a more manageable point. This is only made further possible by the fact that Medianoche has no spiritual pressure due to her technically not being an Arrancar and not even a Hollow. She's a construct, a split of Jarikan's original soul in which the only spiritual pressure made of her was made to create her appearance and contain the abilities of Jarikan's Resurreccion. This allows her to be the ultimate spy for the Primera Espada and generally can be a valuable asset to him running his military campaign.
Mask Removal: Jarikan has the unique ability to be able to remove the mask fragments that bare the bottom of his face. The use of this ability is very rare, only using it to either give him better breathing in dire situations or if he feels that someone "deserves" to see his face. He generally does this act in private either by himself or with a special guest. These guests are under classified information but he also utilizes it in the Human world. By using a device created by the Quinta Espada Darrendo Chivarre, he can completely conceal his reiatsu but still leaves his Hollow Hole and mask fragments open. By using the device, covering his Hollow Hole, removing his mask, and changing his uniform, he can completely blend into the Human world Souls. The process of removing the mask is simple. He places the hand to his mask fragment and taps it with the base of his palm. The mask will dissolve off in a purple deteriorating energy and disappear into thin air. Jarikan can call it back whenever he needs it, generally when he goes back into public with the Espada. Under the mask, people can see he is a young, good looking man that still yet has a serious demeanor. Very few beings have seen his full face, and even less are living to tell someone about it.
Resurreccion: Cuervo (Raven): Jarikan's Resurreccion is sealed/manifested within Medianoche and he doesn't carry any mock weapons to fake a Zanpakutou for he prefers to use his bare hands and Hierro.
To push the mighty Primera Espada Jarikan Allcatama to the limits of having no other choice than releasing his Resurreccion is something of commendable value. This means that Jarikan has been outmatched, something that only a handful of beings within Hueco Mundo and Soul Society can even come close to doing. The release of his Resurreccion is generally signified by Medianoche entering followed by a tell-tale Caw that everyone in the immediate area can hear. For Arrancars that know the meaning of the caw as well as Jarikan's power, they know to clear the area immediately or otherwise face the wrath of the Primera's power. For Shinigami, this serves as a distraction for they probably wouldn't know the significance of this gesture and which can lead some to injury and even others to death just by the release of this amazing release of power. Generally when in direct battle, Jarikan will send Medianoche out of the area so she is secure and doesn't risk injury. When she is called to the battlefield, she will generally come and land on his right shoulder where she normally is perched during more casual times. When she does, Jarikan will whisper something to her, her replying with a nod and flying off of him. She will move over his shoulder onto his back so she can fly in place. She will fly in place as Jarikan will commence the rest of the ritual. Jarikan will keep a stern glare at his enemy as he will drop his coat as well as his shirt off of him, revealing his muscular, tanned body underneath with Medianoche keeping a stationary flight. Soon enough, Jarikan will nod his head and Medianoche will move forward and dig her claws into his skin, as if he had no hierro at all in the first place. With her claws in far enough that she can keep herself in place without falling, she'll spread her wings as far out as possible. Leaking from the wound of his back caused by the claws of Medianoche, is a black viscous substance that drips down his back as well as a light purple smoke. Then, Jarikan's low voice will speak the words, "Prey upon the weak, Cuervo." With the words mentioned, Medianoche's body will transform into pure energy and suddenly expand out into a Raven shaped form roughly twenty feet tall and a wingspan of forty feet made of pure black and purple spiritual pressure. The pressure being radiated from the form is astounding, enough to literally obliterate surrounding buildings and creating a gravitational pull that can crush anything within thirty feet of him. The sheer power of it can literally obliterate anything under Lieutenant class within one hundred yards, and anything under Captain class within a hundred feet. The Raven will let out a thunderous caw before the form will twist around and cover Jarikan momentarily in it's winks and then suddenly crashing down into the ground and creating a powerful final explosion of the release.
As the blast dies down and finally reveals the form of the powerful Resurreccion of the Intimidating Primera Espada, many can feel the sheer power that radiates from Jarikan's new form. The black and purple smoke the circles around Jarikan will reveal a pair of destructive looking eyes. The colors of the eyes are actually inverted into eyes that look like one a Vizard would bare with their mask on. His eyeballs and pupils are solid black with his irises are light purple. His full face is now revealed, it having a strong, handsome demeanor to it. On his left cheek, he has a black tribal tattoo shaped like a raven claw scratched across his cheek. His strong and powerful body's contours are now fully shown to his enemy all the way from his thigh muscles, to his eight abdominals, and his strong arms. His upper body is carved over by a form fitting set of armor that goes over every contour of his strong body. His armor is fully black with purple lines outlining the contours and crevasses of his body where they dip down. The armor is shaped so it represents the muscles that lie under the skin of a Human body. The armor outlines his pictorials, abdominals, and shoulder muscles while making a protective tight collar around his neck, leaving the front open so his Hollow Hole is kept open. The armor stretches the same to his shoulders but leaves his upper arms open so it can show his sculpted biceps. His forearms and hands are covered in similar armor but at the end of the fingers are sharp claws that aren't necessarily long but are extremely sharp. His waist and legs are covered in an identical armor as well, except the outer edge of his hips and thighs are layered a bit more heavily to protect his sides. His feet are now large raven claws like Medianoche had in her sealed form but are much larger to fit Jarikan's size. The final part of Jarikan's new form is probably the most noticeable. Placed at the upper part of his back, are a pair of large solid black wings. These wings aren't actually tangible, but are made of black spiritual pressure that act a lot like flames. The simply flow in the wind and both are larger than Jarikan himself and have a total wingspan of about twenty feet all together. In this form, all of Jarikan's physical abilites have all been heightened. His Cero, Sonido, Physical Strength, and even his Hierro are all taken to new levels along with new abilities.
Consumir Alas (Consuming Wings): The wings of Jarikan are a dangerous asset to him in the fits of battle, and a good way to push his enemies away if they were to get too close. These wings are made up of pure reiatsu, but also reishi so it can solidify into a form, in this case his wings. Although Jarikan cannot absorb the reishi from the surrounding area just by forcing it towards him, his wings do allow him to absorb materials that come in contact with the wings. The absorption of these wings actually don't influence his reiatsu, they actually harden his Hierro. This ability is the main reason why his Hierro is so tough. By collecting materials through this process, it further hardens his Hierro permanently whether he is in his resurreccion or normal pre-released form.
El Renacimiento Del Cuervo (The Raven's Rebirth): A distinctly unique ability of Jarikan, and a way to utilize Medianoche who is now living in the same soul as he is. By using this power, he'll be able to bring Medianoche back to the tangibility of reality. The start of the release is signified by Jarikan reaching his left arm out to the side along with his left wing. Then he will speak in a low tone the name of the ability and the process will being. Jarikan's armor will light up a dull purple while Jarikan's wing will straighten out at attention. Then what follows is the wing starting to dissolve off of him, followed by spiritual particles from his armor. The spiritual particles from his armor and wing will start to clump together next to him in a body of spiritual pressure, the clump building up till it is around Jarikan's height. Then with a small blast of spiritual pressure, the clumb will solidify into a more definite shape. Jarikan's armor is now a dull grey instead of black, and he now has only one wing. The clump of energy now is a human figure, that looks almost exactly like Jarikan. The figure has the same dull grey armor, single wing except for it being on the opposite side, height, skin tone and hairstyle. There's only one difference though, the new figure is female, in fact, it's a direct female version of Jarikan. This is actually Medianoche only in human form. She can only become human form during resurreccion is released, thus making her rarely seen. In this new form, Jarikan and Medianoche had split their power in half. However, this allows them to attack from two different angles and with the mental communication, in which they still share, can be deadly efficient.


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Lorde Performs Her Hit Singles at MMVAs 2017!
Lorde won big at the 2017 iHeartRadio Much Music Video Awards!
The 20-year-old entertainer took home the won the International Artist of the Year award at the big show, held on Sunday (June 18) at MuchMusic HQ in Toronto, Canada. In addition, Lorde took the stage for a performance of "Green Light" and "Perfect Places."
"Thank you, I want to say thank you so much, Canada was one of the first places to go hey we like this little weirdo so thank you," Lorde said during her acceptance speech
Also pictured inside: Carly Rae Jepsen walking the red carpet at the show.
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UNICEF Moldova invites interested Civil Society Organisations to express their interest in partnering with UNICEF for the implementation of a project "Implementation of the action plan of Social Change Strategy on raising the demand for Immunization Services"
The applications must be received no later than 31 January 2018, 17:00
Specific focus of the program document should be:
Engage students and school aged children in community awareness activities on promotion of immunization.
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I have mixed feelings about the recent revamp of the ScotlandsPeople website. On one hand, it's great that the search results are now free to view, and the addition of some Non-Conformist records is really useful (I now have copies of the baptismal registers for two children that I knew about from the FamilySearch website, and one for a third child FamilySearch had missed). On the other hand, several of the most effective search features have been removed (though possibly not for good). The ability on the old site to search for civil death registers with an approximate year of birth was so useful I wondered why other sites didn't adopt it.
Having played about with the site quite a bit over the past two weeks, I'm starting to get more of a feel for how it works, and how to work round some of lost search features.
In the old version of the site, it was possible to search for the civil death record of a married woman using both her married and maiden surnames. The results returned gave you women who had both surnames. However, carrying out the same search on the new site returns records of women with either of the surnames, and no obvious way of finding the person with both. You will probably also get many more results to scroll through, particularly if either of the surnames is a common one.
One work-round I've found is, when viewing the results, to click on 'Year' in the search results column headings. This will reorder the results by date, and you should be able to scroll down and find two entries next to each other with the same details but different surnames. I'm not sure if the results are chronological within any given year and if this will always work, but it has been successful each time I've tried it.
You may still have many pages of results to go through, so it's best to limit the search as far as you can. I do it in stages so I'm less likely to exclude an unexpected result. I tend to start by choosing a county, if I'm fairly confident that is where the death took place ('District' is often too narrow), then I move on to dates. For 'Year Range', I use the date of the last census where I found the woman as my start date (unless there's a more obvious later date) and then 100 years after her birth for the end date. If I still have too many results, I use the age from the last census (or at least roughly what the age should have been!) and 100 in 'Age Range'. In most cases this has brought my search results down to a manageable few pages.


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Rhubarb and Ginger French Toast
Ah, rhubarb how I love thee. So lovely and pink in colour but deceptively sharp in taste. For me rhubarb is up there as one of the great British vegetables, even if it does masquerade as a fruit! English field rhubarb comes into season in April and the pink stalks are a wonderful indicator that spring is here. And with spring comes bank holiday! Lots of wonderful bank holidays! They really are such a gamechanger for the normal working week.
If you have one nearby, I recommend visiting your local farmers market to pick up some fresh rhubarb. I picked up my pink stalks at Balham Farmers Market which, as well as being on a par with supermarket prices, were large, thick stems. If you live in London, you can find where your nearest market is here.
Rhubarb is extremely versatile and can be paired with many different foods but none produce such a happy marriage as rhubarb and ginger. Ginger's warm spice neatly balances the tartness of rhubarb.
Bank holidays call for fabulous brunches and what better way to celebrate than with a stack of French toast and some gorgeous seasonal rhubarb and ginger compote. This recipe is very easy to size up or down, depending on your party size, and what's more, left over rhubarb compote can be stored in a jar and served with ice cream, custard, on toast, with porridge - just about anything really!
French toast works really well with Brioche but if you don't have brioche normal bread will work. You can get sliced brioche in most supermarkets - Waitrose even have it in their essentials range - someone clearly knew what they were doing when they made that call!
Rhubarb is very easy to prepare - simply trim at the stalk and the leaf (if not already done), wash and cut into 2cm chunks. Place into a sauce pan with sugar, grated (or finely chopped) ginger and some water and bring to a simmer. Cook on a low heat for 10 minutes, stirring every now and then.
For the French toast, combine eggs, milk, cream, vanilla extract and sugar in a bowl or wide, flat dish. Submerge the slices of brioche until generously coated on both sides and fry for a couple of minutes before flipping.
To serve, stack up your slices, dollop some Greek yoghurt and spoon over your compote!


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35670382018-03-05T13:54:19.055-08:00People who deserve a beat downBeat down, verbal abuse, or simply public humiliation is necessary for some of the blatant acts of stupidity one witnesses every day. Here I attempt to document such stupidity in its natural state.Vohttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3567038.post-47478252866665449742011-05-09T09:18:00.000-07:002011-05-09T09:18:21.654-07:00If you insist on trying to sing along falsetto style to the overhead Frankie Valli song in the grocery store, you deserve to have your tongue removed with a needle nose pliers.Vohttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3567038.post-39446914797735359552010-11-04T16:39:00.001-07:002010-11-04T16:39:28.588-07:00If you think the hazard lights on your car are "permit to park anywhere cause my little lighty things go blinky-blinky" you deserve you and your lights to meet a ball peen hammer.Vohttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3567038.post-425611716188727282010-10-25T11:25:00.001-07:002010-10-25T11:25:29.304-07:00Today I got the 20th phone call from a salesperson at Oracle. He's left 3 voicemails in the past 3 days and called and hung up 17 times. My company has been an Oracle customer for 10 years. This guy is cold calling me about my database needs. I asked him to stop calling in a very terse tone, and resisted asking why the world's biggest database company can't figure out I'm already a customer. I'd like to hit him with my shoe.Vohttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3567038.post-38762404706810743092010-04-29T14:27:00.001-07:002010-04-29T14:27:52.237-07:00New Jersey middle school principal: Dumbass of the year. He's asking parents to ban their kids from Facebook.Vohttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3567038.post-70054908773282165752010-04-19T13:00:00.001-07:002010-04-19T13:00:09.551-07:00If you fill up your tank of gas at the pump, and leave your driver side door open with the key in the ignition so I have to endure 18 gallons of ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding.... you deserve to have your head slammed in the door.Vohttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3567038.post-80992050415008864252010-02-24T08:43:00.001-08:002010-02-24T08:43:05.033-08:00If your online website won't show me a price because it's "too low to display" that's just B.S. You deserve a beatdown for this poppycock.Vohttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3567038.post-26079685266688400682010-02-21T15:45:00.000-08:002010-02-21T15:45:08.556-08:00Screwover #2: The "deluxe" edition album.

The recording industry is in turmoil, no doubt. The business model of working hard a few artists through payola and overprice polycarbonite discs isn't cutting it anymore. So what's a poor record executive to do?

Repackage crap with 2 more tracks. Yep, the "deluxe" edition album. Take a successful album, photoshop the cover (same cover, now with a BLUE TINT!) and add 2 tracks the artist didn't have room for on the first one. Resell it at full price, steal a spot on the album charts, and the uber-fans suck it all up.

Vote with your dollars, folks. Don't fall for this crap. Buy only the singles on iTunes, Zune, Lala, AmazonMP3, whatever, and skip the albums. The days of consumers taking a full album of crapola for 2 singles are over, and we're smarter than this. I feel no compassion for a bunch of entertainment fatcats who screw us over with reruns. Beat 'em down and support artists who don't play this game.Vohttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3567038.post-12838599942959107672010-02-15T12:24:00.001-08:002010-02-15T12:24:45.208-08:00If you have a 21st century smartphone (iPhone, Android, etc) and you set the ringtone to be that of a mechanical bell ring from the 50's, you deserve to have your phone shoved in your ear and repeatedly called until you scream "UNCLE!"Vohttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3567038.post-17691977871455802652010-02-13T17:00:00.000-08:002010-02-13T17:00:13.026-08:00If you decide to put on your customer's credit card statement the following phrase:

Coming next month, exciting new changes to your statement!

You deserve a massive smash in the face with the clue bat. I know for a fact that all credit card statements are designed to be confusing and are filled with all sorts of promotional crap trying to entice me to spend more. There is absolutely NOTHING that could happen to my statement that would "excite" me short of it including a sudden forgiveness of all balances. And even then I wouldn't be that impressed, since I'm finally out from under you rat bastard plastic peddlers. Putting lipstick on a pig does not change the fact that's it's a pig.Vohttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3567038.post-39378579590548996062010-01-27T08:11:00.000-08:002010-01-27T08:11:02.594-08:00Today I'm starting a new series of beatdowns. Many companies today have begun what I'm calling the screwover mentality to add charges to unsuspecting customers. Certainly I've ranted against the credit card banks recently, but there are other nefarious bastards that need their day in an octagonal ring.

Screwover #1: The photocopier lease insurance screwover.

In the last day the controller in our company popped by to alert us to a little clause that is tacked into leases for photocopiers, a function recently taken over by a team member of mine in my IT department. Apparently the leasing company requests in very fine print that you provide proof of insurance for the device, and if you don't find the fine print or react accordingly, they quickly start providing their own insurance on a monthly basis as part of the bill. It's probably not even going to show up as a line item--the bill would just magically go up a few bucks to cover this cost and most companies would be none the wiser.

This should be far more forthcoming with a customer. This type of screwover action for a few bucks is utter crack and should be met with physical violence.Vohttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3567038.post-17359838091583395882010-01-24T13:39:00.001-08:002010-01-24T13:39:35.013-08:00If you position yourself on the stairclimber between me on my treadmill and a fan, and then proceed to rip ass the entire time you're in the gym, I should be allowed to choke you with a 10 pound kettlebell. I wish I was making this up.Vohttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3567038.post-33199271852640007562010-01-13T13:05:00.000-08:002010-01-13T13:05:19.852-08:00If you're a religious zealot who uses a huge national disaster as an way of insinuating God is punishing someone, you deserve to be drown in your own holy water. I'm embarrased to share the human race with this type of nonsense.Vohttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3567038.post-71931973233958444442009-12-23T06:31:00.000-08:002009-12-23T06:31:06.144-08:00To the guy who does his best to be the person to post "FIRST" to anything on a blog or a Facebook entry, you deserve the first ass-kicking. It's so annoying going to a blog and seeing every post have an idiot post "FIRST!" then another idiot below him posting "FIRST!" when he's second. Come to think of it, the guy who gets the second "First" deserves twice as much vengeance. Second place is the first loser.Vohttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3567038.post-20602178564915473942009-11-23T06:53:00.000-08:002009-11-23T06:53:00.057-08:00AT&T you deserve a beatdown. Your wimpy response to Verizon's 3G network maps is leaving out the very important fact--your coverage is only on your old SLOW EDGE network, not 3G. You might be able to pick up coverage for voice, but slow ass data is all over the country. Lying like this is marketing fibbing at its finest. You bastards.Vohttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3567038.post-85519948422674277742009-11-22T10:59:00.000-08:002009-11-22T10:59:28.916-08:00If you show up at the only bar in town showing the UFC fight, which has a full house of mixed martial arts fans and you start whining to the host about showing a Nebraska college football game, you need to get tapped out. Lardass in red was sitting with his family in the middle of the place last night looking around like a deer in headlights. There's a sign as you walk in, and damn near everyone in the place is there for the fight. Don't whine, move on.Vohttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3567038.post-36056640409363798562009-10-26T09:42:00.001-07:002009-10-26T09:42:41.982-07:00If your restaurant's interesting "garage sale junk on the wall" includes motivational work posters (i.e. "Successories") you deserve to be smacked about like a yarn ball by a kitten.Vohttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3567038.post-9880028032792711352009-10-14T06:14:00.001-07:002009-10-14T06:14:42.751-07:00I repeatedly get this stupid e-mail that Outlook junk filters catches from some yahoo who is peddling his services to do foreign language conversions of our web site. We only operate in North America so we're not interested.

Yesterday I get a new email, one saying "Did you get my previous emails? I seem to have some problems with my mail not getting through because some email systems think my message is spam." HELLLOO!!! It IS spam you ignorant buffoon. It's an unsolicted commercial email that I have no interest in, and frankly I don't think it's worth my time to even tell you to bugger off. I hope someone hits you with the Portuguese translation of "battering ram" in your head.

This reminds me of the old George Carlin "You stuff is shit and my shit is stuff" routine. It's like this guy thinks his email isn't spam but other spam he probably doesn't want. Yo, get a clue you bumpkin.Vohttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3567038.post-17079194967856302182009-10-12T14:36:00.001-07:002009-10-12T14:36:06.455-07:00In the "OMG that's sick and creepy" category: If you proposition your own teenage daughter on Facebook, you deserve 15 seconds with a tin snips, you perv.Vohttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3567038.post-47009783829542957442009-10-09T16:31:00.000-07:002009-10-09T16:31:59.864-07:00In this post, the return of "caught with my phone while stopped at a stoplight.":

That's some sort of odd carrier attached to the bumper with...a gas can hanging out there ready to get rear ended. Does this yutz miss his mid-70's Ford Pinto or what?

Vohttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3567038.post-37627012660793725222009-10-04T07:54:00.001-07:002009-10-04T07:54:51.373-07:00Courtesy of Mr. Wizard:

Yesterday I got yelled at for jumping in line in front of someone else waiting to use the microwave. I pointed out the second microwave that's been sitting there for the last 5 months. "Oh." Yeah, you're welcome.Vohttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3567038.post-39104930325139988592009-09-19T09:19:00.000-07:002009-10-04T07:55:30.008-07:00Nice job there First National Bank of Omaha. I've been a cardholder since 1994, and done 994 transactions over that timeframe according to ye old Quicken. I'd transfered balances to you several times, made lots of interest payments, and recently paid off the card. It set dormant for about a year, and yesterday you sent me the BucksBack letter--a B.S. program of cashback no better than any other cashback cards (1% on all transactions in $25 dollar intervals), wrapped in a service fee of $49 a year, with terrible interest rates.

So, I rejected your rates and cancelled the card. I'm a good customer, pay interest at times, and am not late. You made money off me in the past, and were destined to do it more in the future under the existing terms. But you screwed the pooch. I was a card member for 15 years, but no more. I reject your terms and your lame marketing. It's too bad the banking industry got so greedy these past years they are trying to milk the good customers. I am being milked no more and you rat bastards deserve to be bashed in the head with an early 80's cell phone until you go down like a first fight punk at a UFC bout.Vohttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3567038.post-58263715449784415372009-09-14T08:56:00.001-07:002009-09-14T08:56:59.396-07:00Kanye freakin' West. At the MTV video music awards on Sunday night, yanked the microphone from Taylor Swift during her acceptance speech to indicate that Beyonce's video should have been the winner, in his less-than-humble opion. Kayne, you are a +10 douchebag, and your utter arrogance puts you at the front of the line for a mega beatdown. Grow up you jerk. I don't even like Taylor Swift's music, and that was absolutely uncalled for. Sober up and go home.Vohttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3567038.post-49709840337607870642009-08-30T11:03:00.000-07:002009-08-30T11:03:41.267-07:00Civilized common courtesy seems to be slipping more and more these days. Case in point, this last week I'm at the local supermarket for the lunch salad bar. It's a double-sided bar thing where people mingle around, and generally I'm not too stressed if someone jumps around me to grab bacon if I'm busy populating my lunch with onions. Eventually all attendees make their way to the dressing area. The woman in front of me has like 5 people waiting for her, and she applies dressing to her salad, closes the cover, and proceeds to shake up the salad to mix the dressing in. 5 seconds, 10 seconds, 15 seconds pass. She stops, oh thank God she's done. She opens the salad, adds another couple teaspoons of dressing, recloses the salad, and begins her Hawaiian dance yet again. After 3 rounds of this, she finally leaves, bewildered as to why there are 5 people all giving her "I hope your remains aren't identifiably without dental records" faces. I hope she's stuck in traffic for the next 5 weeks, and that she gets a baseball bat to the head to see if she even notices it connecting.Vohttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3567038.post-51882577779594515262009-08-11T13:17:00.000-07:002009-08-11T13:17:55.801-07:00I work in information technology, as I've mentioned before. This means loads and loads of vendor spam. One of the worst is APC, also mentioned before, as they send me their catalogs to 4 different variations of my name or title to the same address, thereby adding to their marketing costs and paper recycling center work.

Today I get an email from them, here's the header with time send information:

Nice job, dillholes. Request a response by 3pm, send it at 3:09pm...reminds me of the Guthy/Renker weekend TV where "if you respond in the next 30 minutes, we'll throw in blah blah blah."

APC, you have too much marketing money. You need to beat down your marketing gurus and fire them.

Vohttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3567038.post-70511976351439360812009-08-04T19:13:00.001-07:002009-08-04T19:13:47.937-07:00Okay, as I sit here chillin' at the kitchen table, there's some hockey-puck-for-a-brain moron a block away shooting off fireworks. HELLLOOOOOO! It's >August< 4th, not July 4th, the American Independence Day. You're a month late, there, kemosabe. How about we take one of those bottle rockets noise-polluting my neighborhood and place it rectally in you for an advanced wake-up call?Vohttp://firstname.lastname@example.com


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Monday May 12, 2014
Today was one of those rare Pacific Northwest days. And by that I mean that the SUN was out! It was actually 80 degrees my kind of weather! It's during this time of year everyone that I am consumed with one thing on my mind. Romance. I've lacked it for most of my adult life. I didn't even have a high school sweetheart.
Now I know that due to my situation this should be the absolute last thing that I should be thinking about…RIGHT? But oh boy my heart is really craving some romance if even for just a temporary time. This time of year I also usually have crushes. I have one now I won't say who that is. Couldn't be helped although in my defense it could be due to the stressful situation that I'm in, I don't know.
Summer is just right around the corner, its not quite here yet! I believe the beginning of summer is June 21st? But as far as I'm concerned its already here. I can't even remember the last time I was involved with anyone. Living here in the Pacific Northwest its just not the best region to meet anyone. People here seem somewhat narrow minded despite the fact that its 2014! People of color especially African American women seemed to get the short end of the stick here.
Having grown up in California being exposed to different nationalities, socioeconomic backgrounds I don't limit myself. I've been exposed to alot growing up. Despite the hell I was exposed to in childhood, I've had some really terrific experiences. Unfortunately the bad seemed to outweigh the good. Lopsided to the MAX!
I want to meet the best & surround myself with some great people. But, sad to say these kinds of people aren't easy to find in life. I keep praying that I'll at least make some really good solid female friends cause I'm female & really prefer the company of intelligent high energetic women who enjoy life & know what they want. Makes no difference in age either. The key is self confidence a least a modicum of it. I would be just as comfortable with someone 20 IF they know what they want out of life & can hold a good conversation with me. Looks aren't important however being active is. I can even work with shyness if the person gives me a little something to work with. It just depends. I've developed into a really strong personality who speaks up for herself, knows what she wants out of life & works about getting things done.
It just hasn't been easy for me, I've had to work very hard with little to know help or guidance. I'm not whining its just a fact.
So in the meantime, I will just place my focus elsewhere getting my goals met. I mean really everyone me thinking about romance the timing just couldn't be worse! And I know that.
Living in a temporary women's shelter for the next few months, trying to figure out & find an apartment or transitional housing, and then finding a job/career through some sort of job training I have to say I have my work cut out for me.
And the thing is everyone now days is in the same situation as myself. I'd have a better chance at figuring out the awful National deficit 🙂
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SC to direct day-to-day trial in the 2G spectrum case
A bench of justices G S Singhvi and A K Ganguly said it will pass a formal order on this issue on April 11, when, it indicated, it will also appoint senior advocate U U Lalit as a special public prosecutor to assist the court in holding the trial in the spectrum allocation case.
The bench indicated its preference for appointing Lalit as SPP, brushing aside the Centre`s objections to his appointment.
The bench also said it will restrain all other courts from entertaining any application or petition linked to the case and all such pleas will have to be filed in the apex court only.
The court adjourned the matter to April 11 to pass the order after the Centre failed to propose any name for the appointment of the SPP.
The bench also directed the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Enforcement Directorate to brief it about their second stage of probe into the scam after the filing of the CBI chargesheet in the case on April 2 in the special court.
Senior advocate K K Venugopal, appearing for CBI and ED, submitted that the second charge sheet regarding bribery angle in the scam will be filed before April 24.
The bench also said that it will pass order giving liberty to the SPP in the case to suggest names of other prosecutors to assist him in the trial.