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By Peter Donohue
Vampires are found in almost all pre-modern folklores. Originally they were shown as ghoulish figures, lurking in darkness to feed on the blood of unwary travelers or other innocents. As popular belief in vampires declined, 19th century novels reinvented the vampire as suave, erotic, but relentlessly evil. The most enduring of the novels, Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897), says that, "His action is based on selfishness, he confines himself to one purpose, and that purpose is remorseless."
When my daughter, 4U Magazine editor Caitlin Donohue, asked me to contribute something to this issue, I decided I wanted to share my favorite vampire films. The ones I chose have not only influenced contemporary moviemakers, but viewers' visions and nightmares as well.
According to the IMDb, there have been at least 2,000 movies and games featuring vampires. Dracula is in at least 231 movies; the only fictional character that has been in more is Sherlock Holmes.
Here are some I like, ordered by their theatrical release dates:
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922)
The first vampire movie ever made followed Bram Stoker's novel Dracula (1897) so closely that Stoker's wife successfully sued the movie producers for copyright infringement! In the settlement, all Nosferatu prints and negatives were to be destroyed but prints turned up later in other countries. Made before sound came to movies, Nosferatu's simple, abstract design stars a frightening, ugly, anything but erotic title character played by Max Schreck (Schreck means 'terror' in German.)
The film's clear, technically perfect look was made with Fritz Arno Wagner's single camera. Director F.W. Murnau stuck closely to the shooting script and used a metronome to manage the actors' timing. Unusual for silent movies, no title cards were used to tell the story. Instead Murnau relied on visual storytelling, deeply influencing John Ford and other filmmakers. Murnau later moved to the US and won the first Oscar for Best Picture for Sunrise (1927.)
Dracula (1931)
This film was the introduction of the vampire as the frightening and erotic figure most familiar to today's movie audiences. Where Schreck's Nosferatu was disturbingly ugly, Bela Lugosi's Dracula brought to film the sensual character he would perform on stage until his death in 1956.
Universal built huge, dramatic sets for the movie, shooting the English version by day and a Spanish version — that some claim is superior — by night. The sets were reused for years, giving the distinctive Universal look to a series of horror classics including seven (including five starring Lugosi) vampire movies. Except for the opening theme (from act two of Swan Lake), Dracula had no musical underscore as it was feared that audiences new to 'talkies' would not accept music without seeing its source in the film. Phillip Glass would later write a score for Dracula that debuted in 1999.
Lugosi's performance is stunning. Karl Freund's camera work recreated Dracula's hypnotic stare by focusing two spotlights on Lugosi's eyes. Shots were later edited so that the finished film never shows Lugosi blinking. Dracula is never shown entering a scene, he just appears, his presence often signaled by close-ups of Lugosi's eyes. The stunning close shots put the vampire in the viewer's face, proof of movies' power to tell a story, even on the seven inch television screen through which Dracula' mesmerized me as a kid.
After watching director Tod Browning's first cut, Universal president Carl Laemmie Sr. said that the film "gave him the heebie-jeebies" — so he ordered the movie re-edited. Continuity errors resulted as shooting script pages were torn out by Laemmie's budget-minded editor. The studio also cut a scene in which the vampire attacks a man for its perceived homoerotic subtext.
Vampyr: The Dream of Allen Gray (1932)
Danish director Carl Theodore Dreyer shot this film with amateurs found on the streets of Paris (except for a female lead and the protagonist played by the film's producer.) The film's dreamy look was achieved by 'flashing' the film stock (partially exposing it to light) and by putting gauze in front of the camera's lens. Following Dreyer's silent The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928), it was the director's first talkie but still had little dialogue, relying on title cards to report characters' feelings and thoughts.
Vampyr tells a story of a man in crisis, trying to cure two sisters dying apparently from infection. Leaving the mostly amateur actors to figure out their parts, Dreyer focuses on scenes' composition, to suggest evil's presence through Allen's are-they-dreams-or-real visions. By withholding some of the scene's elements, Vampyr builds tension, slowly revealing them like non-right-angled windows over the scene.
Watch Vampyr in a dark room, just before bedtime, to feel the full force of Dreyer's recreation of a nightmare. Vampyr's suggestive, ambiguous, floating images fed a nightmare that repeated itself for me at least seven times over a few years after I saw the movie. Like Dreyer's other works, it evokes the disillusionment, search for and loneliness of love.
The Horror of Dracula (1958)
This was Christopher Lee's first starring role in five (of seven) Dracula films produced by Hammer Films using American financing, English and European actors, elegant locations and sets and glorious Eastmancolor. Hammer rejuvenated the vampire genre that, after Universal's classic horror movies, had gone stale.
Lee was part of the abundance of underemployed talent in front of and behind the camera in postwar Europe. Director Terence Fisher was another who bounced between A and B movies before 1957's The Curse of Frankenstein made stars of Lee and Peter Cushing.
Instead of relying on shock effects, Fisher's The Horror featured complex emotional interplay. Despite having only thirteen speaking lines, Lee's acting skills and good looks made Dracula sexier than ever. The Horror of Dracula was the first English-speaking vampire movie with fangs (they'd been done a year before in a Mexican film.) Its exciting final battle between Lee and Cushing is done without any dialogue. Throwing in colorful gore – and, later, generous nudity – Hammer found a formula for horror that guarantees viewer enjoyment, even 60 years later, for viewers like me who find them infinitely rewatchable.
Lee recently passed away — time to see if he qualifies for undead status?
The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)
Roman Polanski's first American-made feature is a horror comedy, beginning with the MGM lion morphing into a balding, green vampire. It is less remembered for its glowing colors and humor (when a crucifix is thrust at a Jewish vampire, he says, "Oy vey, have you got the wrong vampire!") as much as its star (Polanski's wife) Sharon Tate's murder by Charles Manson.
Sometimes characterized as a parody of Hammer's luminous horror movies, The Fearless Vampire Killers is gorgeous, with beautiful snow covered exteriors, glowing interiors, handsome sets and colorful costumes that Polanski exploits to evoke childhood memories, real or imagined. With an excellent jazz score, the movie moves in fits and starts, building a sense of menace for viewers as well as for the professor and his assistant pursuing the vampire.
Polanski's final edit displeased MGM and the studio cut 17 minutes from the movie while Polanski was busy shooting soon-to-be-a-hit Rosemary's Baby. Unhappy with MGM's cuts, Polanski pulled, then restored, in the ending credit roll, his acting credit.
The Fearless Vampire Killers was an unexpected delight I saw the first time in a double feature after Dracula at the Thalia, a revival house a block from my 1970s home on New York's West Side that showed a different pair of movies every day.
Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
Werner Herzog's color recreation, shot by beautiful shot, of Murnau's Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror, a film which Herzog has called the most important movie of German cinema. Herzog worked directly from Stoker's (no longer copyrighted novel) and uses USED the book characters' names for his cast of outstanding actors.
Klaus Kinski plays PLAYED Dracula like Murnau's, ugly, spending four hours daily having long, pointed latex ears applied. The rest of the cast was outstanding: Isabelle Adjani, Bruno Ganz, Roland Topor as Renfield. Another major role in Nosferatu the Vampyre was played by 10,000 rats, some painted gray and all spayed/neutered to control their breeding while they were shown overrunning London. The film implies that Dracula's castle exists only in a shadow dream world. Even Bruno Ganz's character Jonathan Harker, who sees an intact castle, doubts its tangibility after peasants tell him that it is only a ruin. Nosferatu the Vampyre was one of five Dracula movies made in 1979.
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
Director Francis Ford Coppola wanted to produce this film on location, but he was still paying debts from Apocalypse Now (1979) shot in the Philippines, so Columbia Pictures opted instead for in-studio shooting. Coppola proposed minimal sets, only lights and shadows with few props. But Columbia demanded he build 'proper' sets, and not spend the entire design budget on costumes. The movie nonetheless is dazzlingly beautiful with performers, sets, backgrounds and costumes sumptuously photographed and edited digitally, a first for a major U.S. feature. Its scenes dissolve into each other, transporting viewers from the 15th century to the end of the 19th century and back.
Coppola rejected using computer-generated imagery. Instead, old-school special effects like red jelly "blood" were used. Audiences still complained they were too intense — the movie's original teaser trailer was pulled from theaters and 25 minutes from the film's original version was cut to save stomachs.
Coppola said that his roster of actors was star Winona Ryder's 'dream cast': Anthony Hopkins, Keanu Reeves, Richard E. Grant and Tom Waits among others. Gary Oldham's title character, like Kinski's Nosferatu, is an ugly count who finds love with Winona Ryder's Mina. Unlike either Nosferatu, Coppola's movie is intensely erotic, drenched in blood, linking sexuality and mortality. If you can see the movie in a theater, take advantage of seeing an almost-masterpiece.
Let The Right One In (2008)
An alternative to adult male vampires: this film's 300-going-on-12 year old girl vampire named Eli. Tomas Alfredson's version of the Swedish novel is a coming of age story for a Oskar, a bullied boy who is taken under the wing of Eli after he meets her by night on their suburban Stockholm housing estate's playground. Eli makes disposes of Oskar's tormentors as they grow closer. The movie's title refers to the traditional belief that vampires cannot enter a home before being invited in. 'Vampire' is mentioned only once in this movie, which instead focuses on Oskar's and Eli's growing relationship. Hammer's American remake of the story, Let Me In (2010), centered on vampirism.
Like The Babadook (2014) and It Follows (2014), Let The Right One In is set in everyday life. Protagonists' realistic issues are spun into supernatural developments, frightening viewers in part because scenarios are all too imaginable. Their suspenseful atmospheres draw you in because the characters and their dilemmas resemble our own.
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)
Based on a graphic novel by the same name, this film reevisions the American Civil War as a conflict between Unionists and vampire allies of the Confederacy aiming to extend slavery beyond the Southern states. Director Timur Bekmambetov, who had done vampire movies Night Watch (2004) and Day Watch (2006) in Russia, made the 3D Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter a fast and sometimes funny almost-blockbuster. It has a bright look and spectacular CGI effects, showcased particularly well in an axe fight between Lincoln and the chief vampire that takes place on the backs of a herd of running horses.
The story begins with Lincoln's mother being killed by a vampire slave trader, backstory for Lincoln's hatred for slavery and a crusade against the undead. The film's acting is strong including Benjamin Walker's Lincoln, Dominic Cooper, Anthony Mackie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Rufus Sewell as the chief vampire.
I'm generally wary of 3D, CGI effects and gore, but despite generally lukewarm reviews, I am delighted that I saw Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Repeat viewings at home haven't changed my mind about its quality.
What We Do In The Shadows (2014)
Here's a rarity: a comedic film that is funny all the way to the end. Comedy is HARD to do; sustained comedy is even harder. But What We Do In The Shadows works, enough so that even after a second viewing in the theater, I'm left with some unanswered questions:
(a) Why was a Kickstarter campaign needed to fund screenings in the United States?
(b) Why is its DVD or Blu-ray delayed indefinitely until this summer or later?
(c) Why didn't its directors' agents get back to me about interviewing Taika Waititi or Jemaine Clement for 4U Mag?
These facts are beyond supposition: the film is a largely improvised mockumentary by the makers of HBO's Flight of the Conchords (2007-2009) and Boy (2010) about four vampires sharing a flat in Wellington, New Zealand. Vlago (Taika Waititi), Deacon (Jonathan Brugh) and Vladislav (Jemaine Clement), beside needing to avoid sunlight, drink human blood and dress themselves without being able to see their reflection, have more prosaic concerns like paying rent, sharing house chores like clean up on the bloody mess left after accidentally biting a victim's main artery. They have to repeatedly ask to be invited into bars, and deal with day-to-day conflict among themselves ("Clean those dishes you left! They're covered with five hundred year-old blood!'")
A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night (2014)
Instead of the traditional male vampire stalking women, the lead role in this film stalks misogynists. Setting the movie in contemporary Iran (but shooting it in Taft, California), Iranian-American director Ana Lily Amirpour has made an Iranian vampire spaghetti western. Lyle Vincent's black & white photography is beautiful, making for a creepy atmosphere reminiscent of Murnau's shadows and light in Nosferatu while dreams evoke Dreyer's work in Vampyr: The Dream of Allen Gray.
All dialogue is in Farsi with subtitles. Amirpour uses composition and pregnant silences to suggest characters' feelings and thoughts. The movie has no underscore, using only on-screen record players and radios for the sources of its effectively used music.
THE Protagonist The Girl, instead of killing randomly for blood, uses her supernatural powers to rid Iranian society of predators and to protect innocents, even taking the time to frighten a young boy who will surely never abuse a woman after looking into her gaze. The Girl's face rarely shows emotion but actress Sheila Vand's expressive eyes make her mysterious and powerful. Her vampire cape is a chador, making for a particularly memorable, affecting scene involving a skateboared. Her relationship with would-be bad boy Arash (Arash Marandi) grows slowly. Later scenes glisten with unspoken, unrealized eroticism.
A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night honors the principle, 'show it, don't say it.' Viewers are allowed to imagine characters' thoughts and feelings, not be drowned in melodrama, spectacle or explosions. And it heavily features Masuka the Cat, which I'm sure 4U's cat loving masses will be delighted to know.
Here are other recent and not so recent vampire movies I enjoyed: Dracula in Pakistan (1967), a Pakistani X-rated vampire musical; Dracula (1979), actor Frank Langella following Lugosi from stage to film portrayals; From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), whose startling plot turns are carried out by a strong cast; Vampires (1998), John Carpenter's take on vampire hunters and Thirst (2009), South Korean director Park Chan-Wook of Old Boy's take on a vampire priest.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Having first seen Lugosi on his nana's 7" TV, Peter Donohue has watched vampires morph from ancient legend to modern fantasy. As an economist for workers, the poor and powerless, Peter loves Marx's metaphor for capital: "dead labor which, vampire-like, lives only by sucking living labor." He also loves 4U Mag's editor, daughter Caitlin – and I love you too, Kelly.


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The Big Ten did not place a team in the 2017 College Football Playoff, but it does dominate my early rankings for 2018. This conference placed three in the top 10 (Ohio State, Wisconsin and Michigan State) and six in the top 20 (Michigan, Penn State and Northwestern).
Of course, Alabama isn't going anywhere and starts back on top.
1. Alabama (13-1 in 2017)
Presumably QB Tua Tagovailoa will be The Man going forward. He'll be playing behind four returning O-line starters and potentially all of Alabama's 2017 running backs. Assume S Minkah Fitzpatrick and DT Da'Ron Payne turn pro. DE Raekwon Davis and LB Mack Wilson return for what will inevitably be another strong defensive front. The secondary will have to reload.
2. Ohio State (12-2)
Dwayne Haskins, who filled in admirably against Michigan, will begin spring as the frontrunner to replace J.T. Barrett. RBs Mike Weber and J.K. Dobbins and the entire receiving corps will be back. Star DE Nick Bosa, DT Dre'Mont Jones and promising freshman MLB Tuf Borland should key the defense, which adds the services of respected Washington State defensive coordinator Alex Grinch. He'll be co-DC with Greg Schiano.
3. Clemson (12-2)
Clemson has continually reloaded on defense and must do so again. Defensive linemen Christian Wilkins, Clelin Ferrell and Austin Bryant could all turn pro, but sophomore DT Dexter Lawrence will return, and the secondary should be solid. QB Kelly Bryant will be back but may have to fend off five-star youngsters Hunter Johnson and Trevor Lawrence. The Tigers' run game should be stronger with experience.
4. Wisconsin (13-1)
The Badgers showed off a potentially explosive offense in their Orange Bowl win against Miami. In addition to QB Alex Hornibrook and star RB Jonathan Taylor, Wisconsin brings back its top four receivers and entire starting O-line. Six defensive starters were seniors, but Butkus Award finalist T.J. Edwards recently announced he's coming back, as are All-Big Ten S D'Cota Dixon and LB Andrew Van Ginkel.
5. Georgia (13-2)
The Dawgs may take a step back in 2018 due to losing so many important seniors — RBs Nick Chubb and Sony Michel, LT Isaiah Wynn and LBs Lorenzo Carter and Davin Bellamy. All-American and Butkus Award-winning LB Roquan Smith will likely turn pro. But QB Jake Fromm returns (provided he keeps the job), as does speedy freshman RB D'Andre Swift. Pass-rusher D'Andre Walker and S J.R. Reed will key an otherwise young defense.
6. Oklahoma (12-2)
Lincoln Riley will replace Heisman winner Baker Mayfield with ex-Texas A&M starter Kyler Murray. His dual-threat ability should give the offense a different look. RB Rodney Anderson returns off a 201-yard Rose Bowl, but All-America T Orlando Brown is off to the NFL. The defense that struggled so badly against Georgia will be more experienced in general but loses All-America pass-rusher Ogbonnia Okoronkwo.
7. Michigan State (10-3)
The Spartans won 10 games this season with a very inexperienced team. They could return 19 starters, including underrated QB Brian Lewerke, top WR Felton Davis III, top tackler Joe Bachie, sack leader Kenny Willekes and Freshman All-America CB Josiah Scott. They do lose a key leader, LB Chris Frey, and the offensive line needs to improve its run-blocking for veteran TB LJ Scott.
8. Miami (10-3)
Miami broke through with a young team this season. The 2018 'Canes could return 16 starters, including several key defenders — S Jaquan Johnson, LBs Shaquille Quarterman and Michael Pinckney — who accounted for 27 of their 31 Turnover Chain moments. RB Travis Homer, WR Ahmmon Richards and three O-line starters return. So does QB Malik Rosier, but he may have to fend off touted freshman N'Kosi Perry.
Gary Patterson quietly turned in another 11-win season. Touted 2017 recruit Shawn Robinson should take over at quarterback. RB Darius Anderson and WRs Jalen Reagor and KaVontae Turpin return. The O-line must rebuild, but T Lucas Niang is a good start. All-Big 12 DE Ben Banogu put off the NFL and anchors a potentially elite D-line with Freshman All-American Ross Blacklock. LB Ty Summers is another key returnee. The secondary needs to improve.
Frankly, the only question for UCF's top-rated offense is whether new coach Josh Heupel can keep it up. Star QB McKenzie Milton, RB Adrian Killins, RB/WR Otis Anderson and four starting O-lineman all return, though top WR Tre'Quan Smith turned pro. Wisconsin transfer TE Jake Hescock could play a key role. The defense will sorely miss star LB Shaquem Griffin but should return its entire starting secondary.
11. Michigan (8-5)
Jim Harbaugh's team underwhelmed in 2017 but is fairly stocked for next season. Nine starters from a national top-five defense return, including All-Big Ten linemen Rashan Gary and Chase Winovich and star LB Devin Bush. The Wolverines will get a huge boost if Ole Miss transfer QB Shea Patterson is granted an NCAA waiver. If not, Brandon Peters got experience as a freshman. The O-line remains a concern.
12. Washington (10-3)
QB Jake Browning and RB Myles Gaskin should be back for their fourth seasons. The Huskies will miss star WR/PR Dante Pettis but get back WR Chico McClatcher and T Trey Adams from injury. The Huskies should produce another strong defense, even without star DL Vita Vea. The entire secondary returns, as do leading tackler Ben Burr-Kirven and veteran D-lineman Greg Gaines.
13. Mississippi State (9-4)
New coach Joe Moorhead could produce a powerful offense with QB Nick Fitzgerald, RB Aeris Williams and four starters from an O-line that allowed an SEC-low 13 sacks. The nation's No. 1 juco receiver, Stephen Guidry, should play immediately. Nine defensive starters return led by DT Jeffrey Simmons, and former "Last Chance U" star Chauncey Rivers should become a starting defensive end.
14. Penn State (11-2)
The Saquon Barkley era ended with the Fiesta Bowl, but accomplished QB Trace McSorley will be back alongside WR Juwan Johnson. Sophomore RB Miles Sanders assumes Barkley's spot in the backfield. Penn State's defense must replace eight senior starters, most notably All-Big Ten S Marcus Allen and veteran MLB Jason Cabinda. Five-star DE/LB recruit Micah Parsons could step right into the lineup.
15. Auburn (10-4)
Citing "unfinished business," QB Jarrett Stidham announced he'll return for his junior season. The Tigers lose star RB Kerryon Johnson, but Kam Martin emerged as a potential weapon. Auburn's bigger challenge will be breaking in four new starters up front. Star pass-rusher Jeff Holland and CB Carlton Davis turned pro, but there's still talent, led by DE Marlon Davidson and top tackler Deshaun Davis.
16. West Virginia (7-6)
Don't sleep on the Mountaineers, which get back injured QB Will Grier, Biletnikoff finalist David Sills V, 1,000-yard receiver Gary Jennings Jr. and four starting O-linemen. A young defense showed some improvement late in the regular season. LB David Long and S Dravon Askew-Henry should lead the group, but WVU needs to develop a stronger pass-rush. Four-star DL recruit Dante Stills could help there.
17. Stanford (9-5)
The Cardinal's ranking could fluctuate greatly based on whether Heisman finalist Bryce Love returns for his senior season. Stanford would boast an explosive offense with Love, QB K.J. Costello and WR J.J. Arcega-Whiteside. The defense lost star DT Harrison Phillips to the pros and is still waiting on decisions from DBs Justin Reid and Quenton Meeks. DE Dylan Jackson and LBs Bobby Okereke and Joey Alfieri return.
18. Boise State (11-3)
Coming off a Mountain West title and Las Vegas Bowl win against Oregon, the Broncos should be even better thanks to 10 returning defensive starters. Star LB Leighton Vander Esch did turn pro. QB Brett Rypien returns for his fourth season as starter but will need to find a new top target to replace 1,511-yard receiver Cedrick Wilson. Top RB Alexander Mattison will play behind a more mature offensive line.
The Tigers should be strong on both the offensive and defensive lines. Whoever becomes their new offensive coordinator will be without star RB Derrius Guice and will need to develop rising sophomore QB Myles Brennan. Texas Tech transfer WR Jonathan Giles should have an immediate impact, as could former Red Raiders DE Breiden Fehoko. All-SEC LB Devin White returns after racking up 123 tackles.
20. Northwestern (10-3)
This ranking would be higher if not for fourth-year QB Clayton Thorson's uncertain recovery timetable after tearing his ACL in the Music City Bowl. Northwestern loses star RB Justin Jackson, but redshirt freshman Jeremy Larkin is a capable successor. A very good defense returns most of its key players in Big Ten sacks leader Joe Gaziano, Freshman All-America LB Paddy Fisher and SLB Nate Hall.
21. Virginia Tech (9-4)
QB Josh Jackson acquitted himself nicely as a redshirt freshman and should progress. WR Sean Savoy and TE Dalton Keene were also freshmen. The rushing game needs to improve. Bud Foster's defensive line could be among the nation's best despite losing DT Tim Settle to the NFL. Star LB Tremaine Edmunds has not yet announced his decision.
22. Kansas State (8-5)
K-State won five of its last six games, including a Cactus Bowl victory vs. UCLA. Bill Snyder says he'll be back. He'll get back at least nine offensive starters, and QBs Skylar Thompson and Alex Dalton both have experience. The defense brings back All-Big 12 DE Reggie Walker and S Denzel Goolsby but must replace six other starters. The Wildcats will also need to break in a new kicker and punter.
23. Notre Dame (10-3)
The Irish will enter the preseason with uncertainty at quarterback after Ian Book supplanted Brandon Wimbush, but RB Dexter Williams is ready to succeed star Josh Adams. Replacing All-American O-linemen Quenton Nelson and Mike McGlinchey will be challenging. Notre Dame's stout defense lost valuable coordinator Mike Elko but returns stalwarts like LB Drue Tranquill and CB Julian Love. The unit needs an upgrade at safety.
24. Oregon (7-6)
Mario Cristobal ascends to head coach and welcomes back projected high-round NFL QB Justin Herbert. Nearly all of his receivers return. Tony Brooks-James heads a tailback crew looking to progress without star Royce Freeman. The Ducks' defense made significant strides under coordinator Jim Leavitt. DE Jalen Jelks and LB Troy Dye lead a unit that should only improve with experience.
25. Florida State (7-6)
Chances are the 'Noles will rebound quickly in Willie Taggart's debut season. QB Deondre Francois returns after going down in the first game of 2017. RB Cam Akers ran for 1,024 yards as a true freshman and should excel in Taggart's Gulf Coast Offense. The O-line needs to improve. Stars Derwin James and Josh Sweat turned pro, but the D-line should be strong with Brian Burns and Demarcus Christmas.
Just missed: Oklahoma State, USC, N.C. State, Memphis, South Carolina
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A wish for you on your birthday, whatever you ask may you receive, whatever you seek may you find, whatever you wish may it be fulfilled on your birthday and always. Happy birthday priya.
Although I cannot be with you on your birthday, know that you are in my thoughts today and every day.


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Born to Run?
Perhaps we really were born to run. This study looks at the forefoot, the phalanges and their potential role in the evolution of our feet.
We know impact forces increase with running, so it makes sense that physical and metabolic demand to continue forward momentum would increase as well. Longer lever arms (such as longer toes) would require greater torque on the muscles as well as increased lift of the foot (to provide ground clearance), and most likely a different orientation of the rearfoot and trochlea that the flexor tendons would have to pass through. This would probably result in a more cavus, rigid foot as well.
The study did not state, but suggested muscular recruitment of the flexors is distinctly different in walking vs running, and that there is less "balance" between the flexors and extensors. We contend that with appropriate gait patterns (ie, using the glutes as a primary hip extensor), long flexor activity would be more balanced with long extensor activity and this disparity would not be seen.
The video has nothing to do with the study, we just thought it was pretty funny
Sorting out the details so you don't have to; The Gait Guys
J Exp Biol. 2009 Mar;212(Pt 5):713-21. Walking, running and the evolution of short toes in humans. Rolian C, Lieberman DE, Hamill J, Scott JW, Werbel W. Source http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19218523
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The phalangeal portion of the forefoot is extremely short relative to body mass in humans. This derived pedal proportion is thought to have evolved in the context of committed bipedalism, but the benefits of shorter toes for walking and/or running have not been tested previously. Here, we propose a biomechanical model of toe function in bipedal locomotion that suggests that shorter pedal phalanges improve locomotor performance by decreasing digital flexor force production and mechanical work, which might ultimately reduce the metabolic cost of flexor force production during bipedal locomotion. We tested this model using kinematic, force and plantar pressure data collected from a human sample representing normal variation in toe length (N=25). The effect of toe length on peak digital flexor forces, impulses and work outputs was evaluated during barefoot walking and running using partial correlations and multiple regression analysis, controlling for the effects of body mass, whole-foot and phalangeal contact times and toe-out angle. Our results suggest that there is no significant increase in digital flexor output associated with longer toes in walking. In running, however, multiple regression analyses based on the sample suggest that increasing average relative toe length by as little as 20% doubles peak digital flexor impulses and mechanical work, probably also increasing the metabolic cost of generating these forces. The increased mechanical cost associated with long toes in running suggests that modern human forefoot proportions might have been selected for in the context of the evolution of endurance running.


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First thing this morning…..
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I was headed to Nashville for a Drs. appointment; while driving out of the subdivision, I was tail-gated by a female frantically brushing her teeth. At every stop sign, she would open her car door and spit. I thought it was hysterical…then when I came to the stop light, which, of course was red, I looked in the rear view mirror and was lighting up a cigarette!
Hmmm….freshly brushed teeth breath or cigarette smoke breath…..you make the decision!
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I was disappointed with the ending to this post. I thought you'd tell us she rear-ended you and got the toothbrush jammed down her throat or up her nose. A fitting reward for bad driving behavior, except for you getting rear-ended, of course.
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As solid as the year's been -- its stock is up 14% in 2017 -- FireEye (NASDAQ:FEYE) shareholders got hit hard following its recently announced third-quarter earnings.
FireEye beat both revenue and earnings expectations, as it has all year, but its forecast for the current quarter didn't impress. The result was an immediate 15% nosedive. However, big movements either up or down based on analyst estimates are rarely a reliable indicator of a company's potential.
In FireEye's case, the knee-jerk reaction to its guidance is one more reason the best is yet to come.
A few particulars
Last quarter's $189.6 million in revenue was a 2% improvement compared to a year ago and slightly better than FireEye's guidance. While still in the red, FireEye's loss of $0.41 a share was a significant step in the right direction. FireEye lost $0.75 a year ago, shortly after CEO Kevin Mandia took the reins.
Excluding one-time items, per-share earnings were negative $0.04, a dramatic improvement from last year's loss of $0.18 a share. FireEye's balance sheet is sound with $879 million in cash and equivalents, though it does carry $770 million in senior convertible debt on the books.
FireEye's top and bottom lines and its $190 million to $196 million in expected revenue this quarter may not impress. However, when the progress Mandia has made in such a short period of time is taken into account, it explains why the best is yet to come for FireEye.
Tidying up
A year ago, FireEye generated $186.4 million in revenue -- not bad for a company with a market capitalization of around $2.13 billion at the time. Total operating expenses were $228.7 million, led by an eye-popping $110.76 million in sales and marketing overhead. Over 59% of FireEye's total revenue went to its sales efforts.
Mandia had three core objectives when he took over the top job. One, get a handle on costs, particularly sales-related expenses. Two, shift FireEye's sales efforts toward cloud-based software subscriptions including its new-ish Helix solution, as opposed to individual, one-time product sales. If the first two objectives were completed successfully, FireEye would reach its third objective: profitability.
Cleaning up the mess that was FireEye was never going to be quick or easy. But the strides made the past year make it clear Mandia has already made his mark. Last quarter's $183 million in operating expenses was a 20% drop, including paring 20% in sales-related costs. FireEye now spends 47% of its revenue on sales and marketing expenses.
Cutting costs while growing revenue is no easy feat, but FireEye can look to its peer, Check Point Software (NASDAQ:CHKP), for inspiration. In the third quarter, Check Point's revenue grew 6% to $454.63 million. Operating expenses rose just 3.9% and cost of revenue was essentially flat, with a relatively small 23% of revenue directed toward its sales efforts.
Building a foundation
Beyond monitoring overhead Check Point consistently increases profitability by emphasizing sales of its recurring revenue software subscriptions, as FireEye is now doing. Product revenue dropped 31% in the third quarter to $30.5 million. But with its Helix cloud subscription offering in full swing, FireEye's on-going service sales soared.
The 12% jump in subscription and service sales -- most on one to three year contracts -- to $159.1 million more than made up for the product results. As of last quarter, 84% of FireEye's revenue is derived from subscriptions and servicing existing customers.
This quarter's guidance may have disappointed, but it could prove to be a watershed moment for FireEye. According to Mandia, FireEye's on-going transformation has it "well positioned to achieve non-GAAP operating profitability in the fourth quarter."
The level of success accomplished in just over a year bodes well for the future, which is why FireEye's best days are ahead of it.
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One of the first people I coached was a financial services salesman. He wanted to be doing financial analysis, and analysis was his area of education and experience. But he was having to go out into the world and convince people to buy financial products. He was good at it. But he was unhappy.
He worked in a small company which didn't need a full time analyst, so his career transition meant changing companies.
I had him review his resume and build a list of all his accomplishments. We mapped how those accomplishments applied to doing financial analysis.
We created a detailed road map of possibilities.
I noticed that he was especially proud of his accomplishments in the military. He liked solid, structured environments. His current industry was neither of those things, so his career transition meant changing industries, too.
He moved fast! In three months, he had found a new industry, company, and job title that matched his strengths. When he finally got the interview, it was grueling. But because he was prepared and was using his strengths and past experiences, it was easy for him. He got the job. Now he's happy at work.
You can do this, too. Review your accomplishments. What things are you especially proud of? What accomplishments would you like to have in your future?
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It is believed that the Midnight Game was once an old pagan ritual used as a punishment for those who dared to disobey the gods. While this claim is unsubstantiated, the game has still become a popular activity for thrill seekers.
As with all of Most Dangerous Games, proceed at your own risk – if you must proceed at all. It is recommended that you do not, under any circumstances, play this game.
At least 1 principal
1 candle1 lighter or book of matches1 piece of paper1 writing implement1 pin1 wooden door, closedSalt
The Invitation:
Begin prior to midnight.Write your full name – first, middle, and last – on the piece of paper with your writing implement. Prick your finger with the pin and squeeze until a drop of blood appears. Dot the blood on the paper and allow it to soak in.Turn off every light in your home.Place the paper with your name and blood on it in front of the closed wooden door. Light the candle using the matches or lighter and place it on top of the paper. If you are using a taper, make sure it is placed in a candle holder .Knock on the door 22 times. The final knock must occur precisely when the clock chimes 12am. Open the door; then blow out the candle and close the door.Relight your candle immediately.
The Main Event:
Keeping your candle in hand and your salt and matches or lighter close by, begin to move about your home.Should your candle go out, you must relight it within the next ten seconds. If you are successful, continuing moving about your home. Do not stop moving until 3:33am.If you are unsuccessful in relighting the candle, immediately surround yourself with a circle of salt. Remain inside the circle until 3:33am.
The Ending:
At 3:33am, it is safe to stop moving or to step outside your circle of salt. You may also turn on the lights. The game is over.
Additional Notes:
The Midnight Game may be played with more than one player. In this instance, all players are principals; as such, each player must perform the Invitation individually.
The Invitation welcomes an entity known as the Midnight Man inside your home. The goal of the game is to avoid meeting the Midnight Man in the dark. Continually moving about your home will make it more difficult for him to find you; should you stop moving at any point, he will catch you. Accounts differ as to what befalls players caught by the Midnight Man. Some claim he will induce a hallucination of your worst fear until the end of the game; others claim he will remove your organs one by one. Both outcomes are to be avoided at all cost.
Indications that the Midnight Man is near include, but are not limited to, the following:
Sudden drops in temperature.The sound of a soft whisper with no discernible source.The appearance of a humanoid figure within the darkness.The candle going out.
Should you experience any of the first three occurrences, leave the area immediately. Should you experience the fourth occurrence, following the previously given instructions, re: relighting the candle within the next ten seconds, will keep the Midnight Man temporarily at bay. Should you fail to perform this action correctly, the circle of salt will do the same.
Do not fail to do either. There are no known methods to abort the game.
At 3:33am, the Midnight Man will leave your home. After he has left, you may safely end the game.
Do NOT turn on any lights during the game.
Do NOT use a flashlight during the game.
Do NOT go to sleep during the game.
Do NOT use a lighter instead of a candle during the game.
Do NOT use a person's blood other than your own during the game.
Do NOT attempt to leave your home during the game.
Do NOT attempt to provoke the Midnight Man during the game.
And most importantly: Do NOT assume that the Midnight Man has left your home for good at the conclusion of the game.


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text: June is over. I am sad that the first of my precious summer months slipped away so quickly, but I think I put in a solid effort to make each and every day count. The weekends were busy with trips to place likes Palm Springs and Julian, but the weekdays were even busier as I packed in a combination of work, friends, studying, and activities. I've also been meeting my health and fitness goals for the summer thus far. To do all of this, I've had to optimize my time very carefully. How do I keep track of all this? Spreadsheets and very careful planning.


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Tens of thousands of calls for help are being made by children and young people having suicidal thoughts.
Childline said in 2014 it gave just under 17,800 over the phone counselling sessions to children talking about suicide.
The number rose to nearly 19,500 in 2015, and to more than 22,400 in 2016 – an increase of 15% – and the highest level the charity has ever recorded.
The organisation said more than 2,000 had already taken initial steps to taking their own lives, like writing a note, giving away meaningful possessions or planning their death.
Dame Esther Rantzen, who set up Childline in 1986, said due to the volume of calls and messages the charity received some go unanswered.
She said: "Now most children contact us via the internet, they send us emails, they use our online chat service and they use our message board.
"It takes longer to counsel a child online than it does on the phone because it takes longer to type a conversation than it does to speak it.
"We can even now only answer three out of four children who contact us, so we still need more volunteers, we still need to improve the number of children we help."
Speaking to Sky News, Nikita, 19, said she first rang the helpline when she was 12-years-old after being bullied at school.
She has since rung in at least 15 times and said she struggled with suicidal thoughts throughout her teenage years.
"My best friend moved away at the end of Year 9, then I realised I'm going to have to actually deal with this alone," she said.
"I was absolutely terrified of going back to school and I did want to take my life because of it, I just felt like I was all alone and like no one really cared about me anymore and I remember being so afraid."
:: Loneliness sees children as young as six calling NSPCC for help
The NSPCC's chief executive Peter Wanless said the latest figures are a blunt wake-up call and show there are worrying numbers of children struggling with potentially serious mental health problems.
He said: "We have never seen figures like these before. We hear from more and more children who are just lacking a confidence and a belief in themselves as a result of all sorts of pressures online and offline.
"Young people must know life is worth living and they can lead a life rich in possibilities and happiness.
"When they are suffering from problems it's vital they get the right help swiftly before these issues snowball into suicidal feelings or even attempts to end their lives."
:: Anyone feeling emotionally distressed or suicidal can call Childline for help on 0800 1111 or visit childline.org.uk


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Head over to photomonitor.co.uk to read Oliver Atwell's (Photoart 2008 Graduate) absorbing review of Pierdom by Simon Roberts.
Lukasz Kubicki's Strings attached
Lukasz is a second year Photoart student who has become known for his unique deadpan approach of hanging his subjects precariously from seemingly insignificant strings.
Jocelyn Allen's new book has arrived
Jocelyn Allen's first book is now available to buy.
Jocelyn graduated from BA (Hons) Photographic Art in 2010 and is currently undertaking an MA at LCC (London College of Communication). 'Reality of Youth Going Backwards in Vain' includes images taken whilst studying at Newport, as well as more recent work. The book includes an essay by Joanna L. Cresswell.
News from this Summer
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Abigail's work "Ogle Goggle" was selected for Graduate II at the Wales Millennium Centre 2013. The show ran from: 07 Sep – 17 Nov 2013
Congratulations Sara Rejaie
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Shortlists announced for the IIA & Enterprise Ireland Net Visionary Awards
The Irish Internet Association are delighted to announce the 15 shortlists for the 2009 IIA & Enterprise Ireland Net Visionary Awards. The awards will take place on May 21st 2009 in the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Santry, Dublin. The Net Visionary Awards are an annual awards ceremony that celebrate the best in online business in Ireland. On the night of the awards, an overall Net Visionary is announced. Previous overall Net Visionary award winners include most recently Pat Phelan, MAXRoam, Fergus Burns, Nooked.com, and Ray Nolan of Hostelworld.com.
Fergal O'Byrne, commenting on this year's shortlist, said, "This year's shortlist covers a broad range of businesses from a variety of sectors. It includes gardeners, car maintenance companies, companies in the media and hospitality sectors, financial services, educators and communicators. This wide range of companies, small and large, demonstrates that more and more business people are turning to the internet as a cost effective, easy to use and measurable resource. All of these elements are key to maintaining a profit in difficult times. Awards like the Net Visionary Awards highlight the very best of the best, inspiring other Irish businesses and demonstrating the potential of moving your business online."
Nominations were accepted online from the public between February 23rd and March 27th 2009. Over 350 valid nominations were received, more than any previous year. Each of these nominations were assessed by a panel of judges who whittled them down to 15 shortlists of 5 each. The public are now invited to vote in each category until May 1st 2009.
Tickets for the awards can be booked online at www.netvisionary.ie. The awards are preceded this year by the IIA National Congress: Better Business Online in a Tough Economy: Money, Marketing, Monitoring & Mobile which continues until Friday May 22nd 2009 in the same venue.
More information and previous winners lists
There are 15 categories. This year's supported charity is the Irish Multiple Births Association.
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Oh what a night! Winners grab your badges
The IIA and Enterprise Ireland Net Visionary awards are over for another year. Congratulations to all of those who went home with a bit of crystal tucked under their arm. Also a big congratulations to all of those shortlisted – you should be proud: you were nominated by your peers and the judges chose you as examplars in your field.
Many thanks to Peter Knight from Edenweb.ie for creating these badges and the shortlist badges too.
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The Family Justice Brigade provides opportunities to serve the community, to learn about social justice, and to work towards a more peaceful and just city. Our past events have been delivering Thanksgiving Baskets to families, making sandwiches for the Open Door Cafe, and assembling blessing bags for the homeless.
If your family is looking to give the gift of time this Advent, we have two Family Justice Brigade events in December that are sure to be a fun and rewarding way to give back to the community.
Holiday Plant Delivery December 8, 9:30 am – 11:00 am
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Advent Giving Tree Sort December 16, 12:00 pm- 1:00 pm
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The retrospective includes her earliest surviving carvings to her renowned large-scale bronzes of the 1960s and post-war African hardwood carvings. Alongside Hepworth's work are pieces by her peers and predecessors including that of Jacob Epstein and Henry Moore.
Hepworth was a leading figure of the art scene of the 1930s, and enjoyed success as a world-renowned artist during the 1950s and 1960s.
The exhibition at Tate Britain begins with Hepworth's career during London in the 1920s, where she lived with her artist husband John Skeaping.
The next room conveys her relationship with artist Ben Nicholson, following the break up of her marriage to Skeaping. Hepworth and Nicholson lived in Hampstead where they both continued their work as artists. The room is a recreation of their shared home and studio, Hampstead soon became a safe place for artists as Fascism began to spread in Europe.
During World War II, Hepworth was unable to continue sculpting, instead she sketched her sculptures. In the final parts of the exhibition, Barbara's later work is serene and dream-like.
Barbara Hepworth: Sculpture for a Modern World will run until 25th October 2015.
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In the spirit of fairness, it's time to re-examine the issue of Mary Sue characters in popular fiction and associated media. As my first couple of rants focused almost exclusively on Rey from the Star Wars franchise, it's only fair I devote some time to male characters who exhibit the qualities of the unfortunate Mary Sue / Gary Stu type.
If you don't recall from my earlier tantrums, a Mary Sue (for men sometimes called a Gary Stu) character in literature meets the following criteria:
- Mary Sue is almost always an 'add-on' to a franchise, a new character who quickly becomes the star of all existing and future narrative arcs.
- Mary Sue never knows her parents, or she knows that they are legendary figures, possibly the love-child of central characters in the franchise.
- Mary Sue possesses any skill at any time without explanation, or she possesses magical powers.
- Mary Sue is invulnerable.
- Mary Sue's presence changes established lore or backstory.
- Mary Sue is a writer proxy or alter-ego of the author.
In short, Mary Sues break stories. They are overpowered characters, obvious and shallow in their implementation, and should only appear in the worst of fanfics. Editors mock them, decent writers avoid creating them, and poor writers manufacture them.
So far, Rey exhibits the first five of these criteria and so avoids being a full-blown Mary Sue. She lacks the writer proxy quality, though not by much.
What about the boys? What about Gary Stu? Can we find a legitimate example of Mary Sue's ever real male persona?
To paraphrase those awful mixed-tape commercials for K-Tel records from back in the day: Remember Star Trek: The Next Generation? Remember Wesley Crusher? Do you wish you could forget him? We all do!
There was a reason we all hated Wesley–he was a little fraud, a faker, a complete jerk out-of-phase with the rest of the show. When he left for Starfleet Academy, a collective sigh escaped Trekkers and Trekkies alike (and at one point in time, that meant something.) Wesley's departure reduced the remaining cast to what some described as The Magnificent Seven: Worf, Dr. Crusher, Commander Riker, Geordi LaForge, Data, Deanna Troi, and Captain Picard. Sans Wesley, the scripts became more engaging, more adult-themed, and the relationships between remaining characters are allowed to flourish.
Wesley Crusher represents the ideal Gary Stu. He is perfect, exhibits near god-like powers at more than one point, is selfless to the point of being Jesus-like, and saves the day more than a few times. Further, he's the stand-in for series creator Gene Wesley Roddenberry. All one has to do is look at Wesley and remember the unbridled hatred so many die-hard Trek fans had for the character to know why the Mary Sue / Gary Stu character should never be included in fiction.
In my earlier Mary Sue rant, I brought up Kvothe, the protagonist from Patrick Rothfuss' The King Killer Chronicles. While not an author proxy, the character is too perfect for some. I would relegate Kvothe to the category of Pseudo-Stu because he isn't always the answer to his own problems. In fact, for as much as Kvothe saves others, he is often saved by his friends and teachers.
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Heavenly Father, St. Joseph, Mother Mary and all the Angels, we have pitched our tent of Hope at the place we would like to move to and we ask in Love and Faith that You All will send the one ingredient to complete the sell of our home, property and business. We ask that the Angels in heaven lead the buyer to us to our home quickly as we have found the home You have led us to buy, In Jesus Name. – AMENReturn to Roman Catholic Prayers
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My boys break up for summer today. It seems a bit unfair as I still have to teach till next Thursday. Their school has saved the training days till the end. We are off to London on Saturday for a special event and I'm really looking forward to it! Hope you have all had a good week 🙂
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Study Report
Study Number: LA-022-001-1-1-United States-UCSDP-1973
Subject Area: Public Opinion on Political Matters, Political Participation
Bibliographic Citation: California poll 7302, May 7-19, 1973. [machine-readable data file] / Field Research Corporation (San Francisco) [principal investigator(s)] / Berkeley, CA: University of California. State Data [distributor].
Access Status: Access limited to UW-Madison campus
Documentation: 1 volume hard copy.
Abstract: California Poll 7302 is the second poll of 1973 conducted by Field Research Corporation of San Francisco, California. The survey focuses on individual voter attitudes toward political candidates (gubernatorial, senatorial, and presidential), qualifications and previous job performances, Watergate issues and Richard Nixon, air pollution, higher education and social institutions.
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While you and Austin are watching the movie and he kisses you, and things starts to get hotter and Austin is almost laying on top of you, but then he feel something pushing him out of the couch.
Michele: Honey, you will never learn right?
Austin: Ouch mom, that hurts.
Michele: It's better you stay there little boy.
Austin: Come on mom! We were just kissing!
Michele: But you need to control baby!
You: Don't worry Mama, nothing will happen.
Michele: I can trust you but...
Austin: Come on mom. Get out please.
Michele: I'm gonna trust on her, but you stay quiet and sit little man. I'm going to my room, if you need something...
You: Relax, we are great. Thanks for everything.
Michele: Awn swettie, you are welcome!
Michele goes to her room and Austin throws you a dirty look and kisses you. He's starting to lay on the top of you but you stop him:
You: Hey, your mom just caught us. Let it cold down.
Austin: Don't worry honey.
Austin kisses you quickly and then he stands up and runs to his mother's room. After about 5 minutes he comes back:
Austin: I need to ask you something...
You: Sure... What is it?
Austin: My mom thinks it's a little soon but, do you wanna go on a family dinner tonight?
You: Of course, if there's not problem for you... I think it's better if I stay, I don't wanna cause any problems.
Austin: You are not a problem. I will help you with wherever you need.
You: But what if they don't like me?
Austin: They will love you, and if they don't, I do, and that's what really matters right?
You: Of course, but I wanna make a good impression and I don't have nothing to wear!
Austin: Let me take care of this for you my princess.
Austin grabs his phone and put it on speaker:
Austin: Hey Sarah, what's up?
Sarah: Hey! We are in the mall. I heard that *your name* is going to be moving to Miami with you, are you excited?
Austin: Yes! She's going to stay in my place for a while. Can I ask you for a favor?
Sarah: Of course, what's it?
Austin: *Your name* has no clothes and we are going to a family dinner tonight... Can you bought something for her?
You: Austin, you don't need to... I will pay for it later.
Austin: No, you won't.
Sarah: Aw, of course!
Austin: Perfect. Spend how much you need. I will give you the money later.
Sarah: I will go there in 1 hour ok? Bye!
Austin and you: Bye!
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You: Where I can change?
Austin: Go in my bedroom.
You: Well, there's one thing...
Austin: What?
You: I kinda need help to change... What Mama would think about it?
Austin: Relax, she is not going to see it. Go to my bedroom and I will be there in 5 minutes.
You go to the bedroom and Austin comes after you.
Austin: So... Let me help you.
Austin takes off your shirt always staring at your bra. He takes off your pants also:
Austin: Girl, you are fit. Can I go on?
You: Thanks but... NO! Your mom is in the other room! Now just help me!
Austin helps you to get dressed and you two just stay there for a while talking, and then you, Austin and Mama goes to the restaurant to met his entire family.


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Bit by bit the evidence is accumulating that most women are foolish if they keep taking hormone pills for years at a time. Last year federal health officials halted a large study of hormone replacement therapy because the pills used, a combination of estrogen and progestin, were causing more harm than good. Women taking the pills had a greater risk of breast cancer, heart attacks, strokes and blood clots than other women, and the damage was not offset by a small beneficial effect in reducing the risk of colon cancer and hip fractures. Even so, many women have been reluctant to abandon the hormone therapy because it makes them feel better, more energetic, mentally sharper and more sexually responsive. Or so they have thought.
Now comes the bad news that they have most likely been mistaken. New study results just released by The New England Journal of Medicine show that the pills had no significant effect on the quality of life of a large group of postmenopausal women. Women who took the pills did not feel any healthier or more vital than comparable women who took placebos, nor did they have more sexual pleasure. Compared with those in the placebo group, their minds were no clearer, their memories no better, and their mental health no different. The pills did have marginal effects on sleep disturbances, physical functioning and pain, but these were not clinically significant and disappeared after a year or so of use.
This is a stunning reversal of fortune for drugs that have been widely used by many women not just to treat the hot flashes and night sweats of menopause, a well-established use, but also as a long-term elixir to ward off aging. So engrained is the belief in hormone therapy that many women and many doctors refuse to believe the mounting evidence against it. But the findings were generated by the respected Women's Health Initiative, which randomly assigned more than 16,000 women to take either the hormones or a placebo. The results ought to embarrass Wyeth, the manufacturer of the pills tested, which has long implied that hormone therapy is a virtual fountain of youth. They should also shake the confidence of everyone who has believed, on the basis of anecdotal reports and less rigorous scientific studies, that hormone treatments made women feel better. A lot of the presumed benefit may have been a placebo effect.Continue reading the main story


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I'm currently working on finishing up the last little bit of a compilation album. Specifically, a bit of art. The What CD, if that means anything. If not, think of it as a mixtape. You do know what a mixtape is, right?
I don't have a fancy setup in front of me, just a three-year-old laptop that wasn't just outdated when it was new, it was outdated when it was conceived. The CEO of Toshiba sat down and said "We're going to design a tablet PC, for education. Let's get our best designers on it."
Which is fair enough, as it's for education. And it's a laptop. A tablet, but nobody ever uses the tablet screen because it's easier to type type type and we're off topic.
Point is, it's not an expensive thing. Well, it was, but the laptop was expensive for reasons I don't know. It was terribly overpriced. But I'm not using good hardware to do this.
And you know what's better than that? Every tool I've used came with the operating system itself.
Admittedly, I'm not using a "tiny" distribution at all. I'm running Slackware. But it's not big. And the fact that Slackware, as well as many, many other distributions, comes with the tools you would need to do most of the stuff you would do with a computer, ever, blows my mind a little.
Let me put it this way – If you're using Windows, you might be aware of/use Photoshop. Does Photoshop come bundled with Windows? No, of course it doesn't. Will it ever? No, of course it won't. Corporatism shoots that in the foot, because Adobe is Adobe and Microsoft is Microsoft. Meanwhile, GIMP is "shipped" inside practically every main Linux distribution out there. As is xterm. vim. emacs (guh). Libre Office, on some. Firefox, or Iceweasel on Debian. sox. python 2. Because all these people that made these softwares sat down at one point and thought to themselves "Hey, let's not be dicks. We've got a great bit of software here. Let's let people do with it what they want."
It's the community and the mindset, propelled by a simple desire to do stuff, and make computers more awesome, usable, useful, and otherwise good. It's a self-propelling ideology of continual improvement. It's a quirky, mildly cultish, unique culture.
It's GNU, it's Linux, it's Open Software, it's Open Source, it's a group of nerds on the Internet.
It's quite fantastic.


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One of the most successful bikes in the pro peloton, Scott's R1 combines gravity cheating frame weight with an addictively aggressive on-road persona. Outstanding performance doesn't mean unbearable punishment though, except from a wallet point of view.
The Addict R1 is for flat-out racing, with a long, low position that drops you straight into a head down, arse-up hunting position. While the dynamic is aggressive, ride character balances smoothness, precise handling and blistering sprint acceleration to make it a great all-rounder.
Ride & handling: Precise and superbly balanced
As much as the Fi'zi:k saddle is so good it never merited a comment from any of our test team and as plush and velvety as the handlebar tape is, the immediate, overwhelming first impression of the Addict is total speed focus. The slight extra stretch to the bars means dropped elbows, a flatter back and somewhere in your head a tilt switch automatically tips from cruise to combat. It felt equally 'right' to our racehoned testers in and out of the saddle too, with the same predatory urge surging through them all as soon as they started sneaking quietly up through the gears.
Despite its minimal weight the whole chassis from fork tip to carbon rear dropouts immediately feels precise and tightly connected. Any road surface change or cornering tyre slip is communicated in exactly the same way front to rear for an outstandingly tactile and involving ride experience. The natural attack position it puts you in and the stiff Mavic Ksyrium SL wheels make it a very confident and exhilarating descender and corner taker in most conditions too.
Having as clear and precise a picture of what's happening does magnify even the slightest issue though. For example, while we've not noticed it before, the sidewind catching effect of the broad bladed spokes on the Ksyrium wheels was noticed by several of our testers on gustier days. To double check this wasn't in some way a flaw in the handling we subbed in some 50mm wheels for part of the test but to our relief the Addict handled them fine, so it's more of a princess and pea issue with the wheels. While the clarity of what you're feeling is super high and any significant lumps or potholes will properly clout you – particularly at lower speeds – it's not a brutally fatiguing ride. Keep the speed up and it'll skim over the worst stuff and, while it's no casual comfort option, it certainly won't leave you broken after a long day out.
As you'd expect for a 14lb bike, acceleration and altitude-gain performance is easy, with the Scott happy grunting a big gear or sitting pretty and tapping out tempo. The frame length also helps with breathing space and full body engagement when you're determined to drive over the summit in the saddle without dropping a gear. It does suck up slightly more muscle power than expected in terms of snap acceleration. At first we attributed this to the slightly heavier wheels, compared with those of the Scott's peers but, even when we swapped them round, the Addict felt fractionally less urgent underfoot for the first few pedal strokes when we went eyeballs out. That said, Mark Cavendish never seemed to suffer when he was picking up Tour de France sprint wins on it.
Ultra precise and responsive without being restrictively punishing, the Addict is a true state-of-the-art road race bike. It's not the stiffest in terms of sprint punch and the wheels need watching in gusty conditions but its ego-boosting balance and ultralight potential make it a true superbike for the few who can afford it.
Frame & forks: Long stretch, low front end attitude
With the CR series bikes designed around a shorter, more upright frame fit, the Addict is all about long stretch, low front end attitude. A full seven-size range means you're not compromising on fit to go faster though. Scott's IMP process uses a single-piece construction for the head tube and chunky top and down tube, which saves weight and potential flex in the front junctions. The carbon loses its cross-weave outer layer in favour of full structural unidirectional fibre.
Front and rear gear hangers and cable stops are carbon-fibre too, helping make this one of the lightest mainstream frames available. The seatstays are reasonably thick in section with a broad-spaced A-frame top lining up with the equally broad top tube. The chainstays are mid sized too, with a broad connection to the press fit bottom bracket shell. An integrated headset handles the slightly tapered fork steerer with curved aero section legs locking the wheel in place.
Equipment: Full Dura-Ace kit plus top-quality Fi'zi:k and Ritchey highlights
The broad bladed spoke Mavic Ksyrium SL wheels are a great aesthetic match with the stealth black and gunmetal paintwork and the front hub gets a carbon centre to save a few grams. It's the Dura-Ace groupset with its mix of grey anodised and bare metal panels that really syncs style wise though. Credit to Scott for fitting a full DA suite including chain and cassette, rather than smuggling cheaper consumables into the mix, although that does mean you'll need better credit to afford it.
Scott have always worked closely with Ritchey to complete their super light builds and the R1 is no exception, with full WCS carbon stem and bar and ultralight Super Logic seatpost. Fi'zi:k saddle and suede effect bar wrap complete the contact points in luxurious style.


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Sorry, Not My Cup of Tea
Read under Reflections
I once read somewhere that when told intelligently, from the right perspective, truth comes out to be stranger than fiction. I believe it is always true, the fore conditions not applying i.e.
A few days back, I began with this experiment on iNFINITY, where I started writing a short story, an episodic trail, under TailPiece. And I must admit before I continue, I am bad at telling stories. But, I did have a plot in mind, and some really occupying ideas to go with it, so I decided to continue, and thus started The Masterpiece. It has had four parts written, in the weeks that have followed since the beginning, and I may say that it is the most boring and lackluster thing about iNFINITY up until now, something that even I don't look forward to posting with eyes wide open and fingers working frantically on the keyboard. The readers's response as expected, has been non-existent, with no comments or even questions from my friends. And it is not,as if I am short on ideas on what direction to give my story from here on. I always find myself with four good out of nine odd options to mould the tale, but the more I think about going a particular way, the more I find myself becoming blase with that particular turn, because, maybe I just weigh the next situation too much, or just because, I feel the reader will not find anything new in this rather long familiar 'novelty'. And that is it, I hit the wall, not knowing, where to go next.
And now picture this, I write about something that concerns me, you or us. Something that is closer to the truth than fiction is, and I can go on writing for as long as one can count and more. And I do not even have to think about dishing it out on a platter, even a paper plate would do!
Agreed, even that does not make iNFINITY, one of the best reads on the www, but then it does get read and acclaimed critically. And all this,because, I am talking about something that did happen, something that you already knew about and would like to know about again, from a different perspective, or would like to know about just because you know nothing about it.
That reminds me of a short story by Saki that I once read as part of my literature text in school. It was called 'The Face On The Wall'. The writer, also the narrator through a greater part of the story masquerades a rather shabby work of fiction as something that happened to him in the recent past. And that keeps the rest of his listeners, even us the readers, glued to the edge of our seats, only to know later, that we had been victim to some real intelligent chicanery by the narrator.
That does not mean I would be giving up on contributing to TailPiece in the near future, or resort to Saki like tactics to make my story sell (read in this case!), but yes, I surely have developed a doubt in my mind about being able to write fiction, and simultaneously, have developed a higher respect for the Tolostoys and Bhagats of our time. For now, I believe that fiction is just not my cup of tea.
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James Bartlett, Bottineau, ND.
Family devotions have been a part of our day since before we began home schooling, but as the boys have grown into men, the depth, applications, and intensity of our devotions have been exciting and life changing. For example, we just compared the Calvinist, Hyper-Calvinist and Arminian theological perspectives as a part of our pondering what made the United States a Christian nation, and what it would take for North Dakota to become a Christian state. We learned that Puritan leaders believed that God's Word applied to all nations because Jesus is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. They saw the state deity worship displayed in the Scriptures by the Egyptians, Babylonians, Medo-Persians, and Romans as directly competing with the Lordship of Christ and violating the First Commandment, "Thou shalt have no other gods before me." So, to make a long story short, the Puritans understood that since Jesus is King of Kings, then civil government is not free to write laws which go beyond those given by the King of Kings in Scripture.
To read the rest of this article and other articles (such as Do Great Homeschoolers Really Need Socratic Dialog?, Scope and Sequence…Useful or Waste of Time?, Recommended List of Children's Literature, Booknotes, The Blessed Life and Educational methods and philosophies), join the NDHSA and ask for a copy of the Volume 24 Issue 5 of THE HOME SCHOOL REPORT from September 2010.


text: 01-10-2012 The two-day "Future of Cyber" conference, co-organized by AFCEA, will deal with issues of protection against cyber attacks and all related matters, including protection of information and personal data and relevant legislation. Under the auspices of Deloitte, a live demonstration of a hacker attack and available defence options that can be used against it will take place directly at the conference. Click here to open a complete programme of the conference.


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The median home value in Grant, AL is $155,000.
This is
higher than
the county median home value of $110,600.
The national median home value is $185,800.
The average price of homes sold in Grant, AL is $155,000.
Approximately 56.17% of Grant homes are owned,
compared to 25.2% rented, while
18.63% are vacant.
Grant real estate listings include condos, townhomes, and single family homes for sale.
Commercial properties are also available.
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Happy Halloween everyone! I just wanted to take a moment to wish everyone a safe and spooky filled Halloween. As well as present you with my top ten favorite horror films of all time. These are based on horror films that I have seen, not on every horror film ever made, so if you don't see one you think should be on the list, please comment the name down below so I can check it out.
- Annabelle
- Halloween
- It Follows
- The Babadook
- The Exorcists
- The Conjuring
- Nightmare On Elm Street
- The Ring
- You're Next
- The Blair Witch Project


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Truck Liability Insurance
Truck liability insurance is required by law for anyone operating a truck in the United States. Many truck drivers who lease themselves out to freight companies are covered by the company's liability insurance when they're on dispatch. Those drivers may just need to get bobtail insurance rather than full truck liability. If you own your truck or a fleet of trucks, you will need truck liability insurance to cover the damages done to people or their property caused by accidents if you or any of your drivers are at fault. Truck liability insurance will also cover your legal expenses up to a specified amount should you be sued for an accident you cause.
Truck Liability insurance typically covers bodily injury and property damage to an amount you can specify in your policy. Truck liability insurance can either be assigned with split limits of coverage, placing a monetary value that sets a maximum coverage amount for injuries per person, total bodily injury and total property damage. Combined single limit policies can suit businesses with multiple trucks better by setting a maximum limit, usually up to a million dollars that can be divided in any way in the event of a claim. Truck liability insurance is the most necessary component of any truck insurance. Royalty Truck Insurance carries over 25 qualified insurance providers to get you a policy fully catered to your needs at the best rates possible, regardless of your previous insurance history or size of business. Contact Royalty Truck Insurance today for a free quote and start saving money on your insurance premiums now.


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What Is Happening With Dahliah?
As many of you might know, Dahliah has been going through a rough patch. Unfortuantely, Dahliah had a cyst a while a go that had to be removed at the beginning of January.
What Does That Mean?
The cyst was sent to lab and we soon discovered that the cyst was a Low grade Mast Cell Tumour. It was not initially known by the vets that the cyst was a cancerous cyst, so only the cyst itself was removed. Now that we know what it was, removing the cyst by itself is not enough. We must go back and redo surgery, remove more tissue, re-send to lab, and if it comes back clean we will know that the entire tumour has been removed. However, since the first biopsy came back as "incomplete margins" the doctors must perform a more aggressive surgery in order to remove larger margins and catch any pesky stray cancer cells. Only a certified board surgeon is capable of doing this since normal vets may not be able to perfom the required level of aggressiveness to get the whole tumour out. If we don't do so, we risk the chance of either the cyst coming back or the cancer spreading. We do not want to take any chances more than we have to since, there is already a chance that we might do all of this and still end up with another cyst sometime in the future.
What now?
We have also asked our initial vets to request further testing on the original biopsy which helps us determine the behaviour and how aggressive the tumour is and if any treatment beyond surgery is required. For now we've done all that we can do, we've had the vets take two X-rays of Dahliah's chest/lungs and an ultrasound was performed for her abdomen/spleen/liver. Thankfully there is no sign of spreading to any of the organs and her blood work is good. On Thursday, Dahliah will be heading back to the hospital for the surgery and will stay the night, maybe two. She is currently on some medication to control her histamine levels since the type of tumour that she has is known to release histamine.
While many vets and people don't advise/agree we have switched Dahliah's diet to a pre made raw diet. I worry far too much about the starch, sugar, and processing of kibble. I personally feel that those are a higher risk to her cancer than a possible pathogen or bacteria in raw. I feel this is the healthiest food i can provide her with. I have been adding some coconut oil, golden paste occasionally (since it gives her soft poop) and and a mix of good herbal oils i bought for her. For now, thats all we know and from here on its a waiting game until we find out whats next.
Thank You!
We wanted to take a moment to thank you guys for your loving support at The Dahliah Connection, all the money has been going to vet bills in order to provide for Dahliah the best possible care that we can afford. We thank you truly from our hearts, we are truly grateful for the support and concern that you guys show us. Many of you have chats with us regarding normal daily things and some ask how Dahliah is doing and we cannot thank you enough for everything !
Thank you all again for your support.
Lots of love from all of us at, The Dahliah Connection xx


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About Da Re Inspired
Web design is always changing. Da Ré Inspired is no different. This site has gone through numerous transformations through the years and it is sure to continue to transform.
What you see on this site started with a few photos snapped in college. Like many people that age, I began with a simple Web page so friends and family could view my work. I continue to nurture this love for photography, and it can be seen in everything on Da Ré Inspired, not just what is shot with a camera.
When I enrolled at the University of San Francisco, I was disappointed photography was not offered as a major. Lucky for me, I discovered graphic design. It was a natural fit. I was able to integrate my passion for photography and find new and creative ways to communicate through design. My studies introduced me to such programs as InDesign, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash and, of course, PhotoShop.
Da Re Inspired began as a hobby, became an extension of my studies and has evolved as I learn skills and refine design techniques. What started out as a simple place to share a few photos has grown into a platform to showcase my work in identity design, publication design (mainly Memory Books), photography and Web site design. Take a peak, click around and let me know what you think.
Thank you for your interest in Da Ré Inspired.
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After seeing "Concussion" a couple of things are true for me: no son of mine is playing football and Will Smith deserved an Oscar nomination. I think we all know football is a violent game. Football players can expect broken limbs or torn muscles, but advanced neurological diseases probably never crosses the mind of a player the first time he laces up his cleats. This movie reveals the real trauma behind America's favorite game. The uncovering of that truth and the pursuit of recognition from the league is led by brilliant performance from Will Smith. Of course, we all know by now that he and other actors of color received no nominations for this year's awards. Without a doubt, Mr. Smith deserved recognition and I would challenge any voter who thought otherwise.
Be good to each other,