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This column is my 100th for TechCrunch. Although I write weekly, I like to think that each post ages me roughly one year, or at least doubles Uber's valuation (you're welcome – you may send my equity check in the mail). No one ever told me that I would get grey hair from this job not from deadlines, but from writing about an industry that is at best, completely insane. Of course, my biology professor told me grey hairs come from aging, but as Peter Thiel would say, stop thinking too highly of higher ed.
I digress. 100 is by no means a large number in the annals of tech journalism – that woman in our comments who wants people to work from home has at least that many posts per day. And like those phantom Uber equity checks in the mail, I have never once received a check from her. I am starting to think it's a scam, but I'll wait one more month before I call her out on it.
I continue to digress. Like Square, I have to take a moment to ponder how exactly I ended up here and reached such a large numeric milestone despite my commodity product. And also ponder how 100 posts is more intellectual property than some $1 billion startups own.
I started writing in a baptism by fire, right in the heart of the Emerald City of Technology that is San Francisco. And when I say baptism by fire, I mean, people were walking in front of chauffeured coach buses and demanding better pay. And kicking Dropbox engineers off soccer fields. Like I said, this job is completely bonkers some days.
In my very first post, I called Silicon Valley "Public Enemy Number One," which was my first bad prediction, since ISIS rose up just a couple of months later and took the mantle of Pure Evil pretty quickly. This discussion of enemy number one leads to lesson #1: just because you lead today in market share, doesn't mean some startup isn't going to demolish it very, very soon.
Talking about market share, how is Flappy Bird doing? How's that Secret app going? Bitcoin, where art thou, and when will Mt. Gox return my money? MOOCs we hardly knew ye, before you seemed to disappear from the world. Google+ you were so beautiful, and your life was cut so short by users not using you. Meerkat, you… ok, I'll give you another week. I do like Periscoping my Meerkating still.
Some days I wonder if my superpower is killing trends, although that doesn't explain why selfie sticks continue to exist. Looking over the startup feeding frenzies I have written about, it's fascinating just how quickly the creative destruction occurs these days. Media cycles have gotten even shorter than before, partly because mainstream publications have large tech bureaus. We don't even have spring and fall tech media fashions, but rather the fashion for the second week of April.
Of course, what is not being creatively destructed are any of the large Silicon Valley incumbent firms. I personally feel this is the one story that people won't accept, and yet, remains the key to understanding the startup ecosystem today. This is my secret in Peter Thiel's parlance, not to be confused with The Secret, a book that completely transformed my life. We are the most powerful force in the universe, but that force is concentrated in a handful of corporate headquarters.
That's why I am not going to call crazy valuations for startups crazy, although I just did that there. This is no longer a question of two people in a garage, but rather experienced people with massive teams and capital trying to knock one mature company off of its perch. Jet has already raised $220 million to take on Amazon – that's not crazy, that's necessity. Many of these startups will fail, which will cost some firms their balance sheets, but that is what disruption takes in 2015.
When we think about equity, we often think about venture capitalists, but the other side of the Coin is the employees (where are you Coin!). "The Problem With Founders" remains my favorite column, not just because it discussed the growing inequality between founders and early employees on issues like equity compensation, but because it also identified one of the lurking threats to Silicon Valley.
Given the challenge of fighting incumbents, teams are ever more important to the success of a startup, and yet, our industry has put ever more glare on the singular leader. We need to spread that glare around, lest it coalesce into a single beam and vaporizes our founders like a Death Star of Anti-Disruption +1/+3 Against Melee (my D&D sessions mix universes, deal with it).
I have covered few stories as often as the rise of the algorithmic economy, which I still believe has the potential to be one of the most important developments in recent human history, outside of Box's IPO and the hiring of AOL's Digital Prophet, Shingy.
We should always fear the future at least a little bit, if only because it focuses our attention on producing the future we want, and well, California is out of water. Algorithms may replace the labor union, but we have the ability to ensure that those algorithms are written the way we want, which if labor unions of the past are any indication, will run in O(n5) time.
Now, Asia. I spent the first eight months writing for TechCrunch traveling through Asia, the land that gave us Final Fantasy, Gangnam Style, and fortune cookies (sorry, that was probably California). Asia is slowly enveloping the world in its products, whether it be Xiaomi's or Samsung's phones, Line's chatting app, or Cookie Run. Silicon Valley is often accused of insularity (there's a world outside the 7×7?), but these companies are real, thriving, and a serious competitive challenge. Plus, they work in cities with functioning mass transit, so you know they can move.
It's been a blast writing, and of course, reading our thoughtful commenters, whose inspired rhetoric makes me strive to improve my own writing. Along that line, I also want to thank all of the people behind-the-scenes at TechCrunch who make these columns possible, most notably Catherine Pickavet, who has edited more columns than any person really should. Catherine finally convinced me to stop writing startup as start-up, despite all evidence that hyphenation is required by the Oxford English Dictionary. She is truly the Death Star of Anti-Disruption of English +30.


Vintage, Sprout Bam Pillow Top - Chinese Bakelite, 152 Hand Carved Tiles, Mahjong Set with Lacquer Box. Pair of vintage, green Catalin dice with white pips. Black lacquer box with dragons, flowers and foliage in gold. The box is lined with gray pig skin. There are bits of missing lacquer and the paint is worn in places. There are areas on the pig skin that are stained.
Overall the box is sturdy and in nice condition. Measurement: Approximately 13-1/8 x 6-3/4 x 2-7/8 inches.
Pillow top style - 152, finely hand carved and painted, solid Chinese Bakelite tiles. Most likely set to be from the 1930s. This set features sprout one bamboo tiles, carved white dragons, four original scholar tiles (to use as joker tiles) and wonderful flower tiles. The tiles are in nice condition, there are a few various marks within the set. The slight color variation within the set is natural to the set.
Overall, the tiles are in nice condition with light wear. Four tiles have been added for joker tiles and stickered with CHarlis Girls Under an Umbrella stickers and blend in well with the set. This set has been cleaned by hand.
Tile measurement approximately: 1-5/32 x 7/8 x 9/16 inches. 152 piece complete tile set o 36 Dot tiles, 4 each of 1-9 o 36 Bamboo tiles, 4 each of 1-9 o 36 Character (Crack) tiles, 4 each of 1-9 o 16 Wind tiles: 4 each of East, North, West and South o 12 Dragon tiles: 4 each of White, Red and Green o 8 Flowers: 2 complete bouquets, 1-4 o 8 Jokers: 4 scholar tiles; and 4 orphan tiles, stickered as joker tiles. NOTE: This information is included on the description for all of my vintage mahjong sets. This is a "Vintage" mahjong set. It was not manufactured utilizing modern technology with precision controls and exact results. Pieces and parts were in many cases made by hand, up to 90 years ago. There may be some variation in color and/or size as well as manufacturing artifacts or remnants such as surface cracking, scratches or flea bites in the Catalin, Bakelite, resin, Celluloid, Lucite, or other plastics as the material cooled. Chips and flea bites may be a result of materials used as fillers in the plastics or how the set was played with or stored. There may also be variation in the paint colors from suit to suit if the set tiles were painted at different times using different batches of paint. Some tiles are made from more than one type of materials.
Some of the pieces of a tile may shrink differently than others and over time the tile components may separate. Game tiles may also separate during normal play. If the pieces separate, a simple tacky, water clean-up, crafter's glue will work nicely to reattach the pieces. If the set arrives with separated tiles they can be easily repaired as outlined above.
Please get in touch with me and I will work with you to resolve the situation to your 100% satisfaction. Separated tiles are not in and of themselves reason to return a set as the repair is both simple and quick. The wood, bone and bamboo pieces may not all match perfectly in size, as most were carved, crafted and assembled by hand.
This also includes the wooden storage boxes. In an effort to get the product to market quickly, many of the vintage wooden boxes were made with green wood. As the wood dried, it may have split, shrunk or cracked in places. This is what makes the sets vintage and unique and brings the wonderful character and charm that makes mahjong sets so very popular.
Vintage sets are unique in that they bear the maker's personal touch. Vintage metal will show its age and character. Additionally, if dissimilar metals were used to make the parts, there will be areas of galvanic corrosion where the two metal types are joined. If you are expecting that all of the pieces match in size and color exactly then you probably do not want a vintage set. Additional information regarding vintage mahjong sets can be found online.
Photos are part of my description, please see photos for details. Color in photos may vary due to lighting. If you are trying to match color to tiles in another set, please contact me beforehand.
Please read the description and view photos carefully. The item "Pillow Top Sprout Bam Chinese Bakelite, 152 Tiles Vtg Mahjong Set Mah Jongg Box" is in sale since Thursday, February 15, 2018. This item is in the category "Toys & Hobbies\Games\Board & Traditional Games\Vintage Manufacture". The seller is "fracas1" and is located in Virginia Beach, Virginia.


I am currently testing the IPAM.
I configured a few user accounts "customerA, customerB,..." and a few folders with customer names including subnets they own.
I am trying to configure roles for the customer users so they are able to see only their folders with their subnets. I restricted access to some folders by setting the role for those groups to hide with the "Hide" option.
The problem is that when the user logs on, they can still see those other groups. They are greyed out but are still expandable.
Is there a way of really hiding those other groups so that when the user logs onto IPAM, the only folders they see are the ones I've given them access to ?
I had a look on the forum, found some posts of 2012 and 2013 mentioning the same problem. It seems the feature request # 180896 were created in 2012, so is there some improvment ?
If still not possible, is there a workaround or a way to create a custom page for each user on which they could see only the subnets they own ?
I have been looking for this as well. Afaik there is currently no option to hide the structure completely. Seems like "hide" in this sentence means, that users are not able to see supernets/subnets nor ip addresses. And if we do not name the groups by the subnets they contain, there should not a big leek of information to other users.
Yes that is true. In our case we are managing many customers and we do not want that a customer can see the other customers we have. How would you name the groups that a customer does not see other customers or subnets ?
Well, I think this depends on how you organize your IPAM. In our case, we organized the structure by region->departement[->supernet]->subnet. So users from region A are still able to see which other regions B, C, D, ... there are and which departements they handle, but they can not see which supernets/subnets are assigned there. In case you structure your IPAM by customers, you may use an alias or abbreviation to name the groups.
we have a similar scenario except instead of users we have security groups with multiple users in it. I was wondering if you used the custom roles (and power user) in each of those users to manage the visibility. If so were you able to perform discovery scans of subnets, import\export function?


The video is aimed at anyone critical of the NRA and skeptical of the organization's proposal of how to make schools safer, David Keene told TODAY's Savannah Guthrie.
"We believe that every parent ought to be able to be comfortable, knowing that their children are safe, and if that requires armed security, it's as good for the working man as it is for the president," he said.
In the 35-second spot, Obama is called an "elite hypocrite" for dismissing the idea of adding armed guards to schools while accepting Secret Service protection for his girls.
Advertising executive Donny Deutsch called the ad "disgusting" for inserting the president's children into the issue.
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NBC News released a statement Wednesday, saying it "firmly objects to the use of our journalists in any political ad. David Gregory's role as moderator of 'Meet the Press' is to ask tough questions of guests representing all sides of the issues."
Also Wednesday, Obama unveiled an ambitious gun control program that includes numerous congressional programs and 23 executive actions. Among them: mandatory background checks for anyone who wants to buy a gun, including individuals who purchase weapons from a private seller.
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Burnt (2015)
by Peter Pluymers · Published 9 January 2016 · Updated 5 June 2017
Chef Adam Jones had it all – and lost it. A two-star Michelin rockstar with the bad habits to match, the former enfant terrible of the Paris restaurant scene did everything different every time out, and only ever cared about the thrill of creating explosions of taste. To land his own kitchen and that third elusive Michelin star though, he'll need the best of the best on his side.
Genre : Drama/Comedy
Bradley Cooper : Adam Jones
Sienna Miller : Helene
Daniel Brühl : Tony
Director : John Wells
"To get even one Michelin star, you have to be like Luke Skywalker.
To get two, you have to be… whoever Alec Guinness was.
But if you manage to get three… You're Yoda.
Well, what if he's Darth Vader?"
Adam Jones (Bradley "American Sniper" Cooper) once burned his fingers by living a fairly dissolute life, filled with alcohol, women and drugs. As a top chef his primary concern is to create a perfectly cooked and not burnt exquisite dish. And once more he has that burning desire to get a third Michelin star with his new restaurant in London. Three propositions that perfectly fit with the movie title.
Perhaps you start to sigh in a frustrated way after reading the synopsis. At least I did after I found out it was again about a renowned chef. But then I was thinking about the movie "Chef". It wasn't so bad. So I gave "Burnt" the benefit of the doubt. My opinion about cooking programs generally hasn't changed a bit. As I already explained in my review of "Chef" : "I'm sick and tired of hearing the terminology like baking, flaming, roasting, steaming, filleting, Bain-Marie, stewing, poaching, ragout, caramelize, gratinate and the hype-word in recent years "cuisson". I'm not sick of seeing those plates with tasty food, but the oversupply of television programs with people cooking enthusiastically". Just explore your television channels on an average night and before you know it some would-be Jamie Oliver pops up while waving dangerously with a spoon.
Cooking has become an art and world-renowned master chefs are being adored in a similar way as famous rock stars. They are showered with praises, have tons of salivating fans who marvel at the delicacies created by their idol and became mega-rich with their published cookbooks and television programs. And of course a breakthrough with movies was inevitable. So now it's just waiting for the first dance hit sung by such an important cuisinier while shaking his cholesterol-rich body on the dancefloor. As in "Chef" we are treated with delicious dishes that look like real works of art. The occasions that wonderful dinners are prepped, we see all kind of colorful dishes as a set of photos. One looking tastier than the other. And this at a pace that can compete with the pace of some dialogues. At those times, I thought this film was very amusing and interesting to follow. The witty and sometimes pretty funny dialogues, interspersed with magnificent dishes. But honestly I must admit (the accusation "cultural barbarian" will be used against me) that my taste buds were very enthusiastic at the sight of that juicy hamburger at a fast food restaurant.
For the female viewers, there's also the advantage in the form of Bradley Cooper, who looks as appetizing as his own dishes. I'm 100% straight (believe me), but I can understand that women (even lesbian) could succumb to his charms. His lovely smile, those bright deep blue eyes and his uninhibited behavior. A smooth talker with a tough look. And he's also great in the kitchen. It's obvious that many women would like to offer themselves as dessert. And preferably with a bit of whipped cream. Fair is fair, Cooper played a decent role. As calm and laid-back as he was in "American Sniper", so hot-tempered and arrogant he's in "Burnt". Sienna Miller wasn't overwhelmed and managed to keep herself standing next to Cooper. But especially Daniel Brühl was brilliant as Adam's old friend. There was also a tiny part played by Emma Thompson and Uma Thurman.
A dazzling film filled with talented actors and actresses. That sounds promising and guarantees an energetic film. Only this film can't escape the phenomenon of superficiality. It's all a bit too predictable and clichéd. You automatically feel which direction it will go. As intense as it was in to the kitchen early in the film, so cozy and homey it ends. They could have ended this film with a large campfire while they were singing "With a little help from my friends" and meanwhile embracing each other amicably. And what did happen in Paris? You can only guess because they stay rather vague about that. I feel it went from a high culinary, inventive dish to a dull, everyday dish. And yet I found it a brilliant film in an inexplicable way. But still a caution: make sure you have eaten before you watch this film, because otherwise you are plundering your fridge afterwards.
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Q: Where can I register a sqlite application ID? The sqlite database file format has two fields to identify the application the database file belongs to. The first field, application_id, is supposed to identify the application. The second field, user_version, can identify the version of the file format used by the database file in case there is more than one file format for an application.
These fields can be queried and set with pragmas:
PRAGMA application_id;      -- get application ID
PRAGMA application_id = ?;  -- set application ID
PRAGMA user_version;        -- get user version
PRAGMA user_version = ?;    -- set user version

Is there an official place where I can register my application ID to make sure that it is unique?

A: The only registry is the magic.txt file in the source repository.
To register an application_id value, ask the developers by sending a mail to the SQLite mailing list.

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It's a bird! No, it's a plane! No, actually it's a cloud!!!
Now, if I had put this in a painting, you'd say…..never happen, make it real. But, my friends it IS real and it's all cloud….no jet stream. I kept calling it a pidgeon, but then I wasn't sure that calling it a dove didn't sound better. Until it dawned on me…….of course! It's a seagul. (Flying about 5 miles from the coast). I think it's perfect.
Once I had chosed the entries, the next job was to convert them form the metal hanging attachment that you find on most purchased frames (looks like a row of allegator teeth!) to wire hangers. This meant inserting circle head screws on each side a couple of inches or so from the top and attaching strong wire that would go from one side to the other somewhat loosely, but not so it would show above the frame after hanging. This now became a family endeavor with Chick the Woodworker stepping in.


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Encounters Among Faiths: Offit Symposium on Muslims, Jews, and Christians in the Medieval Mediterranean
February 5, 2016 9 AM- 5 PM
Johns Hopkins, Homewood Campus, Gilman Hall Room 50
Friday, February 5th marks the first Offit Symposium on "Muslims, Jews and Christians in the Medieval Mediterranean". We have many distinguished guest speakers scheduled. There will be two sessions -- one on exchanges in art and architecture, and the other on religious exchanges and conversions, particularly in Medieval Liberia. In the afternoon, a keynote address will be delivered by Prof. Dmitri Gutas (Yale) on the reception and evolution of Aristotelian science in the Islamic world.
Sounding Botany Bay: How Humans Have Changed a Unique Australian Environment
February 16, 2016 4 PM- 5:30 PM
Albin O. Kuhn Library and Gallery
Timothy Nohe will introduce audiences to the deeply woven human narrative of Botany Bay, Australia in this American debut exhibition. The artist worked in Australia from 2006-2007 while on an Australian-American Fulbright Commission Senior Scholar fellowship, and returned for intensive research residencies for the next nine years. During that time, change inexorably swept the Bay.
By walking through bush and dunes, suburban streets and industrial estates, Nohe was able to directly observe the Bay with contemplative discipline. The artist was ready to document discoveries with digital audio recorders and cameras, and comprehensive database searches in state and national libraries, and the online market eBay. Over time he became aware of seasonal and long-term rhythms accented by notes of discordant change. A world of inaudible sound was sampled via a radio frequency scanner, allowing Nohe to intercept air traffic at Sydney Airport; hydrophones captured otherwise inaudible underwater sounds in mangroves, docks and tidepools.
These resources reveal truths about a complex place, told with mural prints, video, sound, interviews, archival documents, and material culture. In many ways this story mirrors our American experience related to human stewardship, the colonization and the decimation of indigenous peoples, industrialization, national narratives, globalization and climate change.
Timothy Nohe is an artist and educator engaging traditional and electronic media in daily life and public places. His artwork has been focused on sustainability and place, intermedia works, and sound scores for dance and video. He was the recipient of a 2006 Fulbright Senior Scholar Award from the Australian – American Fulbright Commission and an Australian – American Fulbright Commission Fulbright Alumni Initiative Grant in 2011. Nohe has forged strong ties to Australia, serving the editorial board of the peer-reviewed journal Unlikely, as an Adjunct Professor at La Trobe University, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, and as an Artist-in-Residence at the Centre for Creative Arts at La Trobe University.
Timothy's Nohe's exhibition runs February 8 through March 31 in the Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery.
Sponsored by the Dresher Center for the Humanities; the Albin O. Kuhn Library and Gallery; the Visual Arts Department; and the Center for Innovation, Research and Creativity in the Arts.
Black Ethnic Identity and Immigration: Pursuit of the American Dream
February 23, 2016 4:30 PM- 6:30 PM
University Center Room 310
There has been significant voluntary immigration of black populations from Africa and the Caribbean over the past few decades, which has changed the racial, ethnic, and political landscape in the U.S. An important question for social scientists is how these "new" blacks will behave politically in the U.S. How will they distinguish themselves or align themselves with native-born black Americans? What are their policy preferences? Dr. Greer's talk explores the significance of black ethnic immigrants by investigating the political attitudes and behavior of these new populations and their effects on black politics at the individual, aggregate, and elite levels. She argues that the differing historical paths of incorporation directly affect present day negotiations with race and ethnicity for differing groups of blacks in the U.S.
Sponsored by: Center for Africana Research and Department of Africana Studies.
Co-Sponsored by: Department of Political Science, Language, Literacy, and Culture Program, Department of American Studies, and Student Life's Mosaic Center for Culture and Diversity.
Friends of the Library & Gallery Book Notes: Dr. Meredith Oyen on her New Book
February 23, 2016 4 PM- 5 PM
Dr. Meredith Oyen from the History Department will discuss her new book: The Diplomacy of Migration: Transnational Lives and the Making of US-China Relations in the Cold War (Cornell University Press, 2015).
A reception, sponsored by the Libby Kuhn Endowment Fund, will follow the program.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Library & Gallery through its "Book Notes" series.
Global Trekking: Observations from Iran, Cuba, North Korea and Beyond
March 3, 2016 4:30 PM- 6:00 PM
Fine Arts Building, Room 011
Guest Speakers: Coco Tang (BA UMBC Political Science, History 2014) and Justin Van Buren (BA UMBC Economics 2013)
Two recent UMBC alumni, Coco Tang and Justin Van Buren, will be speaking to students about some of the incredible experiences they have had while traveling, working, and researching abroad.
Coco Tang has recently returned from a trip to Iran, and in the past year she has been to refugee camps in Jordan, to the Israeli-Gaza border, and to Sierra Leone. She also traveled to North Korea in 2013. Justin Van Buren recently traveled to Cuba and is in an MA program at George Mason University in International Commerce and Policy.
Both alumni have a wide breadth of experience, so it is highly encouraged that all Global Studies students attend this very unique event.
From Silk to Silicon: The Story of Globalization Through Ten Extraordinary Lives
March 3, 2016 5:30 PM- 8 PM
1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036
Transformational trends including globalization and the rise of new powers; climate change and humanitarian disaster; technological breakthrough; and economic booms and income inequality all appear both revolutionary and daunting. What impact can a single person hope to make in the face of such forces? The answer is: a lot.
In his new book, From Silk to Silicon: The Story of Globalization Through Ten Extraordinary Lives, Jeffrey E. Garten chronicles ten individuals over the last one thousand years—since the era of Genghis Khan—from all walks of life and every corner of the globe whose feats forever changed the world and continue to shape debate today. How they achieved their goals and the outcomes they ushered in, for better and for worse, provide critical insights into harnessing change in modern times.
Please join Carnegie for a conversation between Jeffrey E. Garten and Thomas L. Friedman to celebrate the launch of Garten's book. Carnegie President William J. Burns will introduce.
Registration will begin at 5:30 p.m., and the program will begin at 6:00 p.m. A reception will follow at 7:15 p.m. Copies of the book will be available for purchase.
Registration is required to attend this event. To register, please click here.
Mill Stories: Remembering Sparrows Point Steel Mill
March 6, 2016 2 PM- 4 PM
Join filmmakers Michelle Stefano (Maryland Traditions) and Bill Shewbridge (University of Maryland, Baltimore County) for a screening and discussion of their eye-opening documentary Mill Stories: Remembering Sparrows Point Steel Mill, which features firsthand recollections of workers from the now-shuttered factory.
FREE with museum admission.
Chilean Film Series: "Machuca"
March 31, 2016 7 PM
Performing Arts & Humanities Building Room 132
FILM TITLE: Machuca (Machuca, Andrés Wood Chile 2004)
SCREENWRITERS: Roberto Brodsky & Mamoun Hassan
CAST: Matías Quer, Ariel Mateluna, Manuela Martelli, Aline Küppenheim, Ernesto Malbran
Chile, 1973. Gonzalo Infante and Pedro Machuca are two eleven-year old boys who live in Santiago. The first lives in a wealthy neighborhood and the second in a poor illegal settlement a few blocks away. Their paths cross when a Catholic school implements a social integration program. Two worlds separated by a large invisible wall that some people hope to tear down in their desire to make dreams come true in an era full of hope. (Wood Producciones)
In Spanish with English subtitles.
Sponsored by the Department of Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication.
MLLI Film Festival: "Blind Shaft"
April 5, 2016 7 PM
Information Technology/ Engineering Room 102
FILM TITLE: Blind Shaft (Li Yang, China, 2003)
SCREENWRITER: Li Yang
CAST: Wang Baoqiang, Qiang Li, & Shuangbao Wang
Blind Shaft is the story of two Chinese men who work in the mines of rural China. The two men seek extra money, so they devise a plan to murder a fellow worker, claim that his death was a mining accident, pass him off as their family member, and run away with the settlement. Their plan works, however, as their ambitions increase, their plan becomes jeopardized.
Chilean Film Series: "My Life with Carlos"
FILM TITLE: My Life with Carlos (Mi vida con Carlos, Germán Berger-Hertz, 2010, Chile)
SCREENWRITERS: German Berger, Roberto Brodsky, & Joaquim Jordà
CAST: Carlos Berger, Germán Berger, Carmen Hertz
My Life with Carlos is the journey of a son in search of the memory of his assassinated father. More than 30 years of silence are broken when Chilean-born Germán Berger-Hertz starts to piece together the puzzle of his father's life. In 1973, when Berger-Hertz was only a year old, his father was brutally killed under the newly installed Pinochet regime. Berger revisits the legacy of the man he never knew and the regime that devastated the country. (Palm Springs International Film Festival)
MLLI Film Festival: "The Happy Life"
April 8, 2016 2:30 PM- 5:30 PM
Physics Building Room 101
FILM TITLE: The Happy Life (Joon-ik Lee, Korea, 2007)
SCREENWRITER: Seok-Hwan Choi
CAST: Jang Keun Suk, Jung Jin-young, Kim Yoon-seok, Kim Sang-ho
Sang-woo, the leader of college rock band Volcano, dies and sets up a reunion for Gi-yeong and the other members of the group. Former bass player Seong-wook lives a hand-to-mouth existence working two jobs. Drummer Hyeok-su is a single father struggling to make a living as a car salesman. Unemployed lead guitarist Gi-yeong dreams of taking over Volcano as the new frontman. At the funeral Gi-yeong suggests they reform the band, but his former band mates all reject the idea. But Gi-yeong persists and gets each to relent, setting the stage for a rock and roll reunion. (CJ Entertainment)
Chilean Film Series: Talk with Screenwriter Roberto Brodsky
April 14, 2016 7 PM
Mr. Brodsky will speak on the uses and abuses of memory in recent Chilean cinema, focusing on a recent documentary that he co-wrote, My Life with Carlos (Berger 2010). The film is autobiographical in its dealing with a son's experience, Germán Berger's, of the disappearance of his activist father Carlos Berger during Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship. Mr. Brodsky will also take into account the documentary's contemporaries that engage with the memory of Pinochet's coup and dictatorship: his co-written screenplay for the award-winning Machuca (Wood 2004) and Patricio Guzmán's Nostalgia for the Light (2010).
Light refreshments will follow.
Sponsored by the Department of Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication, the Dresher Center for the Humanities, and the Program in Global Studies.
A Comic Book Superhero and Rape Survivor: Can She Change Attitudes Toward Sexual Violence?
April 13, 2016 7 PM- 8:30 PM
Ram Devineni is the co-creator of the innovative and hugely popular comic book, "Priya's Shakti,"which helps illuminate attitudes towards gender-based violence. Priya's Shaktiarose in the aftermath of a highly-publicized gang rape on a bus in New Delhi in December 2012 that outraged India and the world. The comic book centers on the Goddess Parvati and Priya, a mortal woman devotee and survivor of rape, and is rooted in ancient matriarchal traditions that have been displaced in modern representations of Hindu culture. Priya is the first Indian superhero who is a rape survivor and a powerful symbol supporting movements fighting against gender-based violence. Released only a year-ago, the comic book went viral with over 400 news stories and was honored as a "gender equality champion" by UN Women. Devineni will discuss the creation of the comic book, how comic books and their superheroes have become mythological icons, and how to re-imagine them to fight against real-life problems while still appealing to a popular audience. Since "Priya's Shakti" was one of the first effective uses of augmented reality in a book format, Devineni will also discuss the design of that technology to bring a book to life. The comic book is a beautiful fusion of storytelling, technology, and social activism.
Sponsored by the Dresher Center for the Humanities, the Visual Arts Department, the Asian Studies Program, and the Gender and Women's Studies Department.
MLLI Film Festival: "Two Lives"
April 14, 2016 7PM- 10PM
Sherman Hall Room 150
FILM TITLE: Two Lives (Zwei Leben, Georg Maas, Germany, 2012)
SCREENWRITERS: Georg Maas, Christoph Tolle, Stale Steinberg, Judith Kaufman
CAST: Juliane Köhler, Liv Ullmann, Sven Nordin
As the Berlin Wall crumbles, Katrine, the daughter of a Norwegian woman and a German occupation soldier, finds her idyllic life disrupted as she refuses to testify a trial against the Norwegian state on behalf of her fellow "war children." (International Movie Database)
A Russian Weekend
April 15- 16, 2016 8 PM- 10 PM
Performing Arts & Humanities Building, Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall
Cellist Gita Ladd and pianist Asiya Korepanova present "A Russian Weekend," a pair of concerts featuring masterpieces by Russian composers. On Friday, April 15, there will be a recital of music by Sergei Rachmaninoff performed by Asiya Korepanova, who is acclaimed for taking audiences "…to a new level of ecstasy (Richard Storm, Sarasota Herald Tribune.)"Among the highlights will be the rarely played Sonata No.1 in D minor, inspired by Goethe's legend of Faust. In the second half, Asiya will present her solo piano transcription of the complete Rachmaninoff Cello Sonata in G minor – a piece that also will be performed in its original instrumentation the following night.
On Saturday, April 16 Asiya will join Gita Ladd, one of Baltimore's "most popular musicians (Stephen Wigler, Baltimore Sun,)" to perform three substantial Sonatas for Cello and Piano by Sergei Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, and Sergei Rachmaninoff. These 20th Century jewels of the cello repertoire are not to be missed.
The concert on April 15 will feature:
Sergei Rachmaninoff  Piano Sonata no.1 in D minor, Op.28
Sergei Rachmaninoff  Cello Sonata in G minor, Op.19 (transcription for piano solo by Asiya Korepanova)
Sergei Prokofiev. Cello Sonata in C major, Op. 119
Dmitri Schostakovich. Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40
Sergei Rachmaninoff. Cello Sonata in G minor, Op.19
Tickets: $15 general admission, $10 seniors, $5 students, FREE for UMBC Music majors and Music faculty/staff.
Reading Series: Ocean Vuong
The UMBC English Department invites you to the next installment of the 2015-2016 Reading Series, featuring poet Ocean Vuong.
Born in Saigon, poet and editor Ocean Vuong was raised in Hartford, Connecticut, and earned a BFA at Brooklyn College (CUNY). Vuong writes of his experiences in Vietnam, in refugee camps, and of coming to the United States. His work is grounded in these experiences as well as his Buddhist practice.
Ocean Vuong is the author of two chapbooks, No and Burnings. His honors include fellowships from the Elizabeth George Foundation, Poets House, Kundiman, and the Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts as well as an Academy of American Poets Prize, an American Poetry Review Stanley Kunitz Prize for Younger Poets, a Pushcart Prize, and a Beloit Poetry Journal Chad Walsh Poetry Prize. In 2014, Vuong was awarded a Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry fellowship from the Poetry Foundation.
diaCRITICS writes that No "is both a mourning of death and a celebration of life lost too soon. With No, Vuong has shown maturity and bravery in both his subject matter and his experimentation in structure, technique, and imagery. His dreamlike language stuns and haunts the mind. But most importantly, Vuong breaks your heart and puts it back together. In these survival poems, he shows us the human spirit at its most vulnerable as it tries to heal yet never does so completely."
Vuong's first full-length work Night Sky With Exit Wounds is forthcoming from Copper Canyon on April 12th. Publishers Weekly included his forthcoming book in the 2016 Poetry Top Ten, saying "In his haunting and fearless debut, Vuong walks a tightrope of vulnerability and reflects upon his family in exile, a reverential queer love, and the personal adoption of a sometimes inexplicable nation." Buzzfeed listed it as one of the Most Exciting New Books of 2016, arguing "this book is a masterpiece that captures, with elegance, the raw sorrows and joys of human existence." Even Teen Vogue recently included Vuong as one of six poets "Who Prove The Genre Is Still Cool" and called the debut "a buzzy new collection."
Light refreshments and a book signing will follow the reading.
Sponsored by the English Department, the Dresher Center for the Humanities, and Asian Studies.
MLLI Film Festival: "The Passion of Augustine"
April 21, 2016 7 PM- 10 PM
FILM TITLE: The Passion of Augustine (La Passion d'Augustine, Lea Pool, Canada, 2015)
SCREENWRITERS: Léa Pool, Marie Vien
CAST: Valérie Blais, Shauna Bonaduce, Céline Bonnier
In a small convent school in rural Quebec, Mother Augustine provides a musical education to young women no matter their socio-economic background. However, with the looming changes brought by Vatican II and Quebec's Quiet Revolution, the school's future is at peril. (International Movie Database)
Natural and Unnatural Disasters: 3/11, Asbestos, and the Unmaking of Japan's Modern World
April 21, 2016 4 PM- 6 PM
In this lecture, Brett Walker will investigate asbestos in the construction and, more importantly, destruction of Japan's built environment, with a focus on the impact of the 3/11 disaster and the later clean up. Dr. Walker's research is part of a larger Guggenheim-funded project concerned with the unmaking of the modern built world, and what it means for the future of human health.
Sponsored by the Asian Studies Program, Department of Geography and Environmental Systems, and the History Department.
MLLI Film Festival: "Speaking in Tongues"
Informational Technology/ Engineering Building Room 102
FILM TITLE: Speaking in Tongues (Marcia Jarmel & Ken Schneider US 2010)
SCREENWRITERS:Marcia Jarmel, Laurie Coyle
CAST:Durrell Laury, Julian Enis, Jason Patiño, Kelly Wong
At a time when 31 states have passed "English Only" laws, four pioneering families put their children in public schools where, from the first day of kindergarten, their teachers speak mostly in a foreign language. Speaking in Tongues follows four diverse kids on a journey to become bilingual. This charming story will challenge you to rethink the skills that Americans need to succeed in the 21st century. (Patchwork Films)
Digital Humanities and African American History and Culture Project
May 16, 2016 1 PM- 5PM
University of Maryland, College of Arts & Humanities, David C. Driskell Center (Cole Field House)
You are invited to join the College of Arts and Humanities at the University of Maryland for the project launch of "Synergies: Digital Humanities and African American History and Culture (#AADHum)," sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This convening of African Americanists and Digital Humanities scholars from around the greater Washington D.C. region is designed to generate lively conversations about opportunities to utilize new methods, archives and tools of the Digital Humanities to ask and answer intriguing questions in African American history and cultural studies, as well as ways to broaden the reach of the Digital Humanities in these areas.
During this half-day meeting participants will learn about the range of research materials available to them at Maryland for the study of African American life. They will later break into subgroups and start to identify to generate questions that touch on the thematic focus of the project, including African American labor, migration and artistic expression.
Join featured speaker Mariët Westerman, vice president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and colleagues from across the greater Washington D.C. region to learn how you can play a part in this major new initiative.
The event is free. Please register online by Friday, May 5. Please join the conversation on social media using #AADHum.
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Words By Somi
This is what I write.
LAGOS ROMANCE SERIES
Always Yours
Hidden Currents
Chapter 1 – The Only One
Chapter 4 – The Only One.
Chapter 10 – The Only One
Epilogue – The Only One.
PILLOW BOOK
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The next Monday, Hope was in meetings all morning, but listening to the senior partners nit-pick design issues, projects and deadlines was insufficient to dispel the haze of happiness she felt whenever her thoughts strayed to Daniel.
Around her wrist was a stunning watch, the slim face encrusted with beautiful stones, a gift from him, and it was the most beautiful watch she'd ever owned.
"Nice watch," Agnes said admiringly when she returned to her desk after the meeting.
Hope smiled and gave the watch another loving glance. "Thank you."
"You're glowing," Agnes noted.
"Am I?"
"Yes." She peered closely at Hope's face. "Man kind of glowing."
Hope guffawed. "That's different from ordinary glowing?"
Agnes nodded. "Yes now. Anyway," She lowered her voice. "Someone was telling me she saw you and Daniel Amadi over the weekend." She gave Hope a measuring look. "When are you going to tell me what's up?"
Hope sighed. "I don't know what's up for sure yet." There was a part of her that wanted to hold everything about Daniel close to her heart–as if sharing what was happening between them would diminish it somehow. "We just went out a couple of times."
Agnes raised her brows. "Girl…you have to play your cards right o! You know he's a catch."
"I like him," Hope said. "I don't care about him being a catch or whatever. I really like him."
Agnes let out a long breath. "Don't fall in love too quickly though. This one that you're liking him. With these men, it always pays to guard your heart. Make sure emotionally you're the one on top."
"I don't even know what that means." Hope laughed, though she was thinking about it. She knew she was falling for Daniel. She knew she was steadily getting to that point where losing him would hurt, like really hurt. She knew he was attracted to her, but how did he feel?
"How about you," Hope asked Agnes, changing the subject, "What's been going on with you? Did you ever hear from that full package guy?"
"Kola, his name was Kola. I finally called him and he gave me some lame excuses about work and being busy. I think he has a wife or a fiancée or something." She rolled her eyes.
Hope sighed. "Dating in this town is a minefield."
Agnes nodded, then smiled. "I've moved on sha. I've started seeing someone else. I'll tell you about him, but I don't think it's serious. Maybe casual is what I need at this point, really. I'm tired of trying for love."
Hope wasn't convinced that was the best way to move on, but she didn't want to lecture Agnes. "As long as you're happy," she offered.
Agnes shrugged. "I'm okay."
Daniel had called earlier to invite her to his office for lunch, so at noon, Hope took the elevator up.
He was seated at his desk, and he got up as soon as she entered, walking toward her and pulling her in for a hug before stepping back to look her over. "You look beautiful."
"I look stressed," Hope replied. "I've been in meetings all day.
"Me too, but you still look prettier than me." He ran his hands down her arms. When he got to her hands he lifted them up to his lips, then grinned when he saw she was wearing the watch. "Do you like it?"
"Are you kidding? I love it."
He smiled, then led her to the seating area, where two plush leather sofas surrounded a low glass table. "I've already ordered lunch," he said. "Jollof rice."
"Ah!" Hope giggled. "Our national pride."
They were talking about the merits of Jollof versus fried rice when there was a knock and his assistant opened the door, letting the food delivery person into the office. The guy disappeared after setting the food on the table and receiving his tip. Daniel opened the dishes and Hope realised how hungry she was. There was Jollof, fried chicken, plantains, and fresh juice, and it was delicious.
Later, Hope went over to the wall to wall windows to admire the view of water glistening in the afternoon sun. From that distance, it was impossible to see the debris and pollution that was obvious when you saw the lagoon waters up close. From the height, it just looked beautiful.
She felt Daniel come up behind her, felt the heat of his body as he stood behind her. She closed her eyes, feeling her breath quicken. Her heart sped up as she waited for him to say something, do something.
His hands touched her nape, and she shivered when he moved her hair aside and laid a soft kiss on her neck. He was driving her crazy and she was sure he knew it. She wanted to turn around and throw all caution to the wind, discard any doubts and surrender to the pleasure she knew she would find in his arms.
She sighed, leaning closer to his touch. He let the kiss linger then straightened and came to stand beside her.
"It's a nice view," Hope said, her voice breathy.
He smiled. "I was thinking the same thing just a few moments ago."
At first, she was puzzled, then realized that he was talking about the view when he was standing behind her, looking at her. She chuckled. "I'm glad you like what you saw."
He was silent for a long moment, then turned to face her. "I'm not playing around with you," he said softly. "I'm not a guy who likes to waste my time. I'm here with you right now, because this is where I want to be, and you're who I want to be with. I want to know that you feel the same way."
Hope took a soft breath. "I'm not playing around either." She took a step toward him and placed a hand on his arm. "This is where I want to be."
He nodded and pulled her into his arms. His lips lingered over hers, firm, unhurried. She melted against him, almost wishing that she didn't have to return to her office.
On the way back to her floor, she wondered what the conversation meant for their relationship. As conversations about commitment went, they hadn't actually clarified what they were now. Dating? Exclusive? Serious?
She sighed, ignoring the speculative eyes from Ladi and Joy when she entered the reception. They'd probably heard something about her and Daniel and were bursting with curiosity. She went to her workstation, deciding that whatever the questions about her relationship with Daniel, they would resolve themselves. For now, she was just too happy to waste any time on something as useless as worrying.
There was no time to worry, to say the truth. When Hope wasn't working, she and Daniel were together, either for lunch or dinner, or talking on the phone. They both had a busy week, so when he suggested a weekend getaway, she was more than willing.
"Just your passport," he said when she asked him what she needed to bring, but on Thursday night she packed a weekend bag, with a few clothes, swimwear, nightclothes and lingerie.
On Friday morning, Daniel's driver came over to the house to pick her up. He couldn't come by himself because of a few loose ends to tie up so he could forget about work during the weekend. He was so busy, they didn't see each other all day. Hope didn't mind, she had a lot of work to get through too. She worked late into the evening, trying not to be distracted by the ball of excitement in her belly just waiting to explode. After most people had left for the day, she saw his name flashing on her phone.
"Ready?" he asked without preamble.
"Sure. You?"
Daniel laughed. "I've been ready all week."
They met on the ground floor but waited till they were both in the back seat of his car to reach for each other and exchange a gentle kiss.
"I've missed you all day," Daniel said.
"You've got me all weekend," Hope replied.
"You're right." He grinned wolfishly. "I should steal you away more often."
She didn't say anything in reply, only leaned into his arms and closed her eyes. She wouldn't mind being stolen away anytime he wanted.
They drove toward the airport, going to one of the charter companies where, on the tarmac, a small charter plane was waiting. Their destination was Seychelles. She'd never been there but knew enough to expect beautiful beaches and delicious seafood.
"We're going to be flying all night," Daniel said after the smooth take-off. They were seated opposite each other so she could devour him with her eyes without having to crane her neck. He looked incredibly delicious with the first two buttons of his shirt undone. "Do you want something to eat now, or do you want to go to sleep?"
I want to look at you, Hope thought. "We could just talk," she said instead, "and snack."
He nodded. "I'll probably doze off midway through all that though," he said, smiling apologetically. "I'm already trying not to succumb to exhaustion."
"I can imagine," Hope smiled sympathetically.
A hostess came in with a tray of drinks, then disappeared and returned with chocolates, cookies and fruit. Daniel popped a candied date into his mouth. "These are good," he said.
"Have you been to the Seychelles before?" Hope asked, mildly curious. She knew he travelled a lot, but mainly for work.
He nodded. "A couple of times."
Hope gave him a sidelong glance. "Alone?"
He grinned and lounged back in his seat. "Are you asking me if I've ever been there…with another girl?"
Hope frowned. "No…I mean…I…Yes, I guess. Have you been there with another girl?"
He laughed. "And if I have, you'd be jealous?"
Hope shrugged, then sighed. "Maybe. That's weird, isn't it?"
He shook his head. "I'm jealous of every man you've ever smiled at," he said lightly. "Now, that's weird."
Hope laughed, delighted despite herself.
"I haven't been here with another girl," he added seriously "I don't have a habit of flying girls out of the country for weekends of debauchery."
Weekends of debauchery. Hope bit her lower lip and met his gaze from under lowered lashes. "Is that what this is? A weekend of debauchery?"
He replied with an unreadable smile and popped another date in his mouth. "Enjoy your feast," he said, still smiling. "I'm going to sleep for a while."
Hope slept too, and when she woke up, the sky outside was lightening to grey. Daniel was looking at her, a tender expression on his face. She smiled at him. "Hey you," she said softly.
"Hey you," he replied.
She stretched. "How much longer?"
"About an hour." He got up and came to sit beside her. "You look beautiful when you sleep," he said softly.
"I don't snore and drool?"
He shrugged. "I didn't notice that, though I wouldn't mind."
They talked for a while, then as their destination approached, took turns to freshen up in the bathroom before preparing for landing. The journey through the airport was a breeze and before long, they were in a hired car heading for their hotel.
Exhaustion had set in again after the flight, so Hope didn't really pay attention during the check-in at the hotel. They were staying a beautiful cabin that was right on the beach, and even in the morning light, Hope could see how lovely it was, especially with the soothing sounds of the surf. One of the hotel personnel brought their luggage to the cabin then left them alone.
"Do you like it," Daniel asked, busying himself with transferring their bags to the closet which adjoined the bathroom.
"I love it," Hope exclaimed.
He smiled. "Why don't you take a shower while I order breakfast," he said. "I'm ravenous."
Hope was too. She went to the bathroom and after a warm, relaxing shower changed into a comfortable tank top and loose lounge shorts. She knew they were probably not going to go out all morning, since they were both tired from the flight, so there was no point in dressing up just yet.
While they waited for breakfast, Daniel took a shower too. He emerged a few minutes later wearing a ribbed vest and grey sweatpants. Hope caught herself staring and closed her mouth. The combination of everything people said about grey sweatpants and Daniel's ridiculous sexiness was enough temptation to make her consider disgracing her lineage. She concentrated on the food instead–a feast of French toast, eggs, pancakes, coffee and fresh orange juice. By the time she was full, her eyes were drooping.
"You should get some sleep," Daniel said. "In the afternoon, we can go and explore the beach."
"You don't mind?" she asked, sure that his idea of a weekend getaway wasn't a companion who couldn't keep her eyes open.
"Why would I?" he frowned. "I don't want you staggering around exhausted instead of enjoying yourself."
Hope didn't need any further urging. She burrowed into the softness of the king-sized bed and in seconds, she was fast asleep.
When she opened her eyes, Daniel was beside her on the bed, asleep too. Her gaze landed first on his broad chest, then his handsome face, so peaceful in repose. She'd always thought it was a cliché in books when women talked about how boyish and innocent men looked while they slept, but it was true. She lifted a finger and touched it to his lips. They twitched slightly, but he didn't wake up.
She moved closer to him, turning around so her back was burrowed into his chest and sighed when he brought his arm over her stomach and pulled her into his body. She felt safe, comfortable and warm in his arms, and she almost drifted off to sleep again.
"Do you want to start exploring now," he asked, his voice slightly rough with sleep.
She could think of a lot of things she wanted to explore. "Yes," she replied breathily.
They walked on the beach, then basked in the sun on lounge chairs, before having lunch in one of the cool lounges in the hotel. In the evening, they went to the town and visited a few shops before returning to the hotel for dinner and an exhausted sleep.
For the next day, Daniel had booked a couple's massage, and after that, it was more of the same–the beach, food and the most relaxing experience Hope had enjoyed since she could remember.
"I could do this every weekend," she told Daniel when it was time to leave. "I could do this every day, in fact."
"Stick with me," he replied with a wink.
As if she wouldn't. Hope went to him, walking into the circle of his arms. "I wish we had more time," she whispered, meeting his eyes.
He lowered his head and kissed her. Hope moaned. Being around him all weekend had felt like being slowly ignited, and her body was at a fever pitch. She lifted her hands to wrap around his neck, her eyes closing as her body melted into his. The naked hunger and desire in his kiss demanded a response that came from deep within her body. She wanted everything. She wanted to give him everything.
It took a while to hear the knock on the door, and when he finally lifted his lips from hers, Hope was unsteady on her feet.
Daniel's chest rose. Hope could feel the tension in his muscles, she could feel the wild thudding of his heart, and she felt him, pressed against her, the unmistakable evidence of how much he wanted her. It made her almost unwilling to let go of him, even for a moment, but the knock was to tell them their car was ready, and soon after they were on their way back to the airport.
They talked for most of the flight back to Lagos, seated side by side. Desire lingered just under the surface, and as they talked and held hands across the seats, Hope felt as if he was already making love to her, only with words instead of his body.
She dozed off in the car on the way to his house, only awakening as they entered the gates. They were both quiet as they walked inside. The driver took their things upstairs while Daniel's cook laid out a light dinner on the balcony. After the meal, there was a sudden power cut, and soon after, the hum of power generators filled the air.
"Lagos," Hope said, smiling. She was standing at the balustrade looking out at the evening view. Water and lights. Daniel remained seated, watching her.
"But you missed it," he said.
"I did." She laughed. "It's not my fault. We all have a love/hate relationship with this city."
He stood up, and Hope's heart thudded as he walked over to join her, standing close beside her. Wordlessly, she turned to him and in the next moment, she was in his arms, kissing again, hungry and desperate with the desire of the last few hours that had banked until it finally burst into flame.
"Don't stop," she whispered, when his lips trailed to her neck. Don't ever stop, she added silently. Her heart felt tender and full, and fervent desire swelled in her belly. His hands on her body felt like they were igniting her skin. He pressed her body flush against him and she heard herself moan.
He pulled away, and she reached for him, unwilling to stop.
"Hope," his voice was rough.
She swallowed. "Yes…"
"If I don't let you go now, I'm not going to let you go tonight."
The words were supposed to make her think, make her consider leaving, but they only took the flames of her desire and turned it into a raging explosion of need.
"I don't intend to go anywhere," she replied, meeting his gaze.
She expected him to kiss her again, but he didn't, instead, he lifted her in his arms as if she weighed nothing, then he was carrying her, away from the balcony, through a short hallway, and into his bedroom.
He laid her gently on the bed and covered her body with his, leaning most of his weight on his elbow as they kissed.
"Hope," he said her name, at some point, the way he always did, as if the feel of her name on his lips was something that brought him pleasure. She responded by drawing his lips down to cover hers again.
Being with him was like a feast of the senses. Every touch, every taste was a new, intensely pleasurable experience. She surrendered herself to him, revelling in the feel of his beautiful, powerful body. He explored her with his hands, his lips, his tongue, and she'd never wanted anything the way she wanted him.
When he finally surged into her, the pleasure was indescribable. Her body tightened and exploded and still, he was there, perfection personified, his every movement designed to fill her with helpless pleasure He gave her his strength and his love and every inch he had to give, pushing her over the precipice of mindless ecstasy.
Later, she lay with her head on his chest while he stroked her hair. There was no sound except for the low hum from the cooling vent.
"What are you thinking?" he asked.
Hope smiled and looked at him. "How happy I am."
He rolled so she was lying on her back and he was looming over her. "I still have a lot of happiness to give," he said with a grin.
Hope lifted her head and kissed him. "What are you waiting for?" she breathed.
In response, he kissed her and they didn't talk much for the rest of the night.
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Adaeze says
*Ahem* Finally, they did the "do". I hope it works out for Hope's sake o.
Aisha says
I am a silent reader that has been following your work for many years. I have all your books. You are getting better and better.
This was hot. I would also like to be taken away every weekend…
Hopefully the book will be finished and published before the end of the year…
SomiEkhasomhi says
Thank you! Thank you for reaching out. I guess it's true what they say that the more you write, the better you get at it.
The book will definitely be finished by the end of the year–I think I've drawn out Hope and Daniel's story for long enough. 🙂
Buckley Roberts says
I enjoy and appreciate your writing. I've shared links to your work with some of my friends on Google+.
May I point out one "typo" in this chapter?: "She responded by drawing his lips down to *covers* hers again." (Sorry, I seem to have a talent for spotting those things. Except in my own writing, where I scrub and scrub and still miss a few.)
Thank you! I'll fix it ASAP. No matter how careful I am, there's always one stray typo. lol. I'll be getting an editor to look through the whole thing soon. So hopefully they will spot any stubborn ones still hiding. 🙂
….And thanks so much for promoting my work. 🙂
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Initialism for Ancient Apparition.
Initialism for Assault Cuirass.
Abbreviation for aggression. The programmed aggression of AI controlled towers and creeps. Refers to getting the attention of a particular hostile unit, e.g. "I have aggro" means a hostile unit is focusing on attacking you.
Initialism for Anti-Mage.
Initialism for Area of Effect. It refers to a spell, attack, or effect that affects an area around a point (for example, Dragon Slave is an "AoE spell"). Also used to refer to the range or size of one such spell/attack/effect, for example Reverse Polarity affects enemies in a 410 radius, therefore it has an AoE of 410, or "410 AoE".
Initialism for Arc Warden.
Initialism for "Back" or "Get Back". Used to call for a retreat. A player saying "b" is usually suggesting that everyone back up or run away.
Abbreviation for Base Attack Time, which determines how long an unbuffed unit with 0 agility and 0% bonus attack speed has to wait to attack again. Lower BAT units are able to attack more frequently. Most heroes have a BAT of 1.70. It is considered better to have a lower BAT and worse to have a higher BAT.
The act of attacking enemy structures while a player's own lane creeps have not reached the structure yet. Usually ineffective due to backdoor protection.
May refer to Io or snowballing or close positioning of teammates when pushing highground ('don't ball for ravage')
refers to Ring of Basilius
Structures found in each lane that when destroyed permanently grant super creeps to the team that destroyed it.
Initialism for Bristleback or Buyback.
Initialism for backdooring.
Initialism for Battle Fury, also often referred to as "bfury", or Butterfly.
Initialism for either Bounty Hunter, or Enigma's ultimate, Black Hole.
May refer to Phoenix, Skywrath Mage (and his spells), Visage's Familiars, or the flying courier.
Initialism for Black King Bar.
Refers to one of the following: the act of "blocking" creeps with your hero's body as they run down the lane, impeding their movement so that the creeps meet closer toward your tower; the act of deliberately and repeatedly moving directly in front of an enemy hero (in the same manner as creep blocking) to impede their movement, often to help allies attack them; the act of "blocking" a neutral camp with a unit or a ward -- because if there is a unit or ward in the spawn box at X:00 on the clock, the camp will not spawn new creeps.
Initialism for Beastmaster, Brewmaster, Broodmother, Blade Mail or "bad manners".
Refers to either the bottom lane of the map, or an AI-controlled hero.
BoT, BoTs
Initialism for Boots of Travel.
Refers to Necronomicon, short for "necro book". Can also be referred to as book1, book2, or book3 based on its level.
Bottle Crow
The tactic of giving one's Bottle to the courier, then sending it on a round trip back to base to refill the bottle and give it back to the owner. This keeps the player's HP/MP healthy, and they do not have to miss any exp/gold from lane refilling it themselves. Note that any bottle that is not full slows the courier by 30%, and the act of bottle crowing may hamper player's allies as it gets harder to deliver their own items while the courier is making trips. (no longer possible, patched out)
Initialism for "be right back".
Refers to either the effect of disabling the effects of a hero's passive abilities or the other passive ability of Tranquil Boots.
Initialism for Bloodseeker or Bloodstone. May also be used as an acronym for "bullshit".
A beneficial spell or effect placed on a unit. Refers to the opposite of a debuff.
Burst or Burst Damage
Refers to a high amount of damage dealt over a short period of time. Usually involves nukes.
A type of hero which can overpower the enemy team in the late game. These heroes tend to scale very well with gold and experience, and thus require large sums of it in order to be successful.
Either refers to a hero whose primary function is to cast spells prolifically, or a live person who commentates on an ongoing game.
Initialism for Crowd Control. See disable.
Initialism for cooldown or Captain's Draft.
Initialism for cooldown reduction.
Chicken or Chick
Refers to Animal Courier.
See Tauren Chieftain.
Initialism for Chaos Knight. May also refer to "creep kill" (see CS or last hit).
Initialism for Crystal Maiden or Captain's Mode.
A situation when a team is performing poorly for most of the game, but has managed to fight back, turn the tide of battle and ultimately win the game.
Refers to Flying Courier, which upgrades a walking courier. A player asking to "please crow it" is asking for someone to upgrade the courier.
Initialism for Creep Score, the amount of last hits a player has, or the amount of last hits and denies a player has. In DotA 1, typing -cs would show the player's last hits and denies count. May also refer to "creep steal", the act of stealing last hits from an allied player.
Initialism for Centaur Warrunner or Clockwerk.
Initialism for Rune of Double Damage.
Debuff
A detrimental spell of effect placed on a unit. Refers to the opposite of a buff.
Killing your allied unit, hero or building, in order to prevent an enemy from gaining the gold and experience it gives. You can manually attack your own creeps if their health is below 50%, your own towers below if they are below 10%, and heroes affected by certain DoTs. A hero can also be said to be denied if they die to neutral creeps instead of to an enemy unit.
Deward
The act of removing enemy wards, usually mostly pertaining to Observer Wards.
Initialism for "Don't give up".
When a player dies after using their Buyback, resulting in a much longer respawn time and them unable to use it once more as it will most definitely be on cooldown.
A catch-all term referring to any spell, ability, or effect that otherwise prevents an enemy hero from moving, casting, and/or attacking, leaving them helpless for a short period of time or in general impeding their ability to act. See the main article for more information.
The act of running at a hero that is within their tower range in order to attempt to secure a kill. This can sometimes be a risky play in the early stages of the game when tower damage output is more significant. Dives are usually attempted by more than one hero, but can also be done by a single hero. Also referred to as a "tower dive".
Initialism for Dragon Knight.
Damage over Time, an applied effect that repeatedly inflicts damage at a regular interval for a specific duration. A classic example would be Venomancer's Poison Nova.
Initialism for Death Prophet.
Initialism for damage per second, a measure of the damage dealt by a hero or unit over one second. Usually refers to heroes with consistent damage output over a period rather than heroes with high burst damage periodically.
Refers to either Axe's ultimate, Culling Blade, or Earthshaker's ultimate, Echo Slam.
A hero that can take a lot of damage and abuse before dying. See the main article for more information.
Abbreviation for the item, Dust of Appearance.
Easy lane
See Safe Lane.
Refers to Phoenix' ultimate, Supernova.
Refers to Sand King's ultimate, Epicenter.
Initialism for Earthshaker, Earth Spirit, or Ember Spirit.
Initialism for Elder Titan.
Exp or XP
Experience, the resource used by heroes to gain levels, level skills, and otherwise increase in power over the course of a game.
"Easy", typically said to mock the enemy team's lesser power.
F - J[edit]
Fade time
The amount of time it takes for a unit to become completely invisible following the activating of an invisibility effect.
Farm or Farming
The process of steadily earning gold and experience by killing lane creeps and/or neutral creeps. This tactic is often slow and tedious, but is usually necessary for Carries to reach their full potential.
Initialism for First Blood.
The act of "feeding" gold and experience to the enemy team by dying repeatedly. Can be intentional or unintentional. Those who feed are called "feeders".
Flash Farming
A style of farming when you farm your lane creeps until the enemy tower and then proceed to clear neutral creep camps in quick and efficient rotations. This is often the fastest method of farming, but it also allows the enemy to farm your creeps freely by their tower and can be risky, as being near the enemy tower is often an easy gank, or the enemy might know exactly where you are clearing the camp closest to the lane tanking creeps and losing health, etc.
Flash Farming Skill/Ability
An AoE ability that facilitates flash farming by allowing a hero to quickly clear lane creeps or groups of neutrals. The classic flash farming ability is Shadow Fiend's Shadowraze which allows him to mow down wave after wave of creeps with ease. It is common to hit lane creeps below threshold and then clear them all in one shot with the flash farming ability, and then go off to check rune, kill neutrals, etc.
According to DotA history, "ff" appeared on DotA-League.com (at this time it was for DotA 1), and it means "forfeit". You had to type "-ff" in the game so it can detected and recorded by the dota-league plugin and save the data to your dota-league profile. If all 5 members of one team type it the game would end. Now replaced by calling "gg" if the surrender option is enabled in a lobby. More commonly used as abbreviation to "finish fast", asking enemy team to end the game that's already unwinnable for other side.
Fortification/Fortify
The Glyph of Fortification is the button in the bottom right hand of the screen that renders all allied buildings invulnerable for 5 seconds on a 5 minute cooldown. If a player says "don't fort", they are telling the team to save the glyph for later. Towers are "fortified" for the 5 seconds that the glyph is active.
Initialism for Fog of War. Refers to the portion of the map that is dark and unseen. If you cannot see an area, then it is said to be "fogged". Most of the map is "fogged" by default, such as Roshan's lair, and the enemy base.
Furion
Nature's Prophet's name in WC3 DotA. Still referenced in the game's files for the hero.
Abbreviation for Gang Kill, but over time the term has come to refer to any time a hero or group of heroes attempts to pick off an enemy hero (or enemy heroes) by surprise, but usually with superior forces (such as 2v1).
The Gem of True Sight. Most commonly means to either buy a gem, or to be careful of the enemy team as they possess a gem (especially for allied invisible heroes).
"Good game". Said by either team when they are winning or losing and the match is close to ending, or when a team or a player gives up or claims victory. For example, both teams might say "gg" to congratulate each other after a hard fought match, or a team might call out "gg" after their ally abandons in an assumption that they can no longer win.
"Good game, well played". Used in a similar fashion as "gg", but also congratulates the enemy for skillful play.
"Good job", typically said to compliment an ally.
glhf
"Good luck, have fun". Usually said at the start of a game to encourage other players, or just to be courteous.
Refers to Mud Golems, Ancient Golems, or Warlock's ultimate summon through Chaotic Offering.
Initialism for Grimstroke.
Guinsoo
A reference to Scythe of Vyse's full name in WC3 DotA, which in turn references one of the developers of the original DotA maps.
Hard Carry
A type of carry hero which scales incredibly well with items and requires a substantial amount of farm to be effective. Examples of this are Anti-Mage and Spectre. Hard carries are usually weaker than other semi-carry or non-carry heroes at the early-mid stages of the game, when they do not yet have their core items.
Hard Lane
The lane of either faction where the creep wave meets up furthest from the tower, making those who lane in it more susceptible to ganks (top lane for Radiant, bottom lane for Dire). See Lane.
Initialism for the item Heaven's Halberd.
Refers to either Pudge's signature ability, Meat Hook, or Clockwerk's ultimate, Hookshot.
Health/hit points, referring to the health a unit has.
Abbreviation for "incoming", usually referring to enemy players heading to a lane to gank.
The act of starting (initiating) a teamfight. A good initiation can catch the enemy team off-guard, possibly losing quickly to the attacking team. A hero adept at performing this is called an initiator.
Janggo
Drums of Endurance's former name in WC3 DotA.
Juking
Running and weaving around trees, fog and other obstacles in such a manner to avoid and possibly escape an enemy.
Jungling
The process of killing the neutral creeps in the woods (aka "jungle") between the lanes. Killing ancient creeps also counts as jungling, but is more often referred to as ancienting or "clearing ancients". A hero adept at jungling (be it by having summons to absorb the creeps' attacks or having good durability/self-sustain) is termed a jungler.
K - O[edit]
More commonly used to refer to Earth Spirit's Boulder Smash. May also refer to removing a player from a lobby or game or Tusk's Walrus Kick.
Kite or Kiting
See pulling. A technique where a hero gets the attention of a hostile unit to draw them away or force them to follow. Can also be used to refer to a period of repeated hit-and-run attacks where the target is kept out of range.
KotL
Initialism for Keeper of the Light.
Either means "kill steal" or, usually jokingly, "kill secure". Firstly, it refers to the act of one hero stealing the kill of another hero that could have easily taken it themselves. Secondly, it refers to when another hero "secures" the kill if the carry or another hero could not do so themselves. The latter meaning is also sometimes interchangeably used with the former meaning in a satirical or comedic way.
Initialism for Legion Commander.
Leoric
Wraith King's name in WC3 Dota.
See Hard Lane.
Lothar's or Lothar's Edge
Shadow Blade's name in WC3 DotA.
Initialism for Lifestealer.
Initialism for Lina's ability, Light Strike Array.
Refers to Invoker's Chaos Meteor.
Micromanagement. Refers to (effective) control and usage of multiple units, items, and abilities in quick succession. Bad micromanagement can result in the many units becoming a hindrance or a liability rather than an asset or ability combos being wasted and/or used in the wrong situations, while a good one can easily overpower an enemy in seconds. Meepo, Invoker, and Chen are good examples of heroes who require good "micro".
Mid/Middle
The middle of the three lanes in the map.
Miss, Missing, or MIA
Mentions that a particular hero has gone absent (missing) from their lane, and is probably setting up for a gank. Warning missing enemy heroes is crucial to warn your allies of a possible ambush in any of the lanes. "MIA" is an acronym for "Missing In Action".
Initialism for Monkey King.
Initialism for Monkey King Bar.
Mana points, referring to the amount of mana a unit has.
Initialism for Movement Speed, or sometimes "missing".
Refers either to the effect that prevents item usage, or blocking any means of communication from a player in the game to avoid harassment.
N'aix Bomb
Refers to when Lifestealer uses his ultimate, Infest, on an allied hero, preferably one with high mobility or with a Blink Dagger (and perhaps a disable), so that Lifestealer bursts out of his ally upon arrival, dealing additional damage and having two heroes down their target.
Necro
May refer to Necrophos or the Necronomicon. Rarely used to refer to Visage, the Bound Form of Necro'lic.
Nerubian/Nerub
Refers to Nyx Assassin and Weaver's former titles in WC3 DotA (the Nerubian Assassin and Nerubian Weaver, respectively).
"Nice job", analogous to gj.
Initialism for Nature's Prophet or "no problem".
A spell whose purpose is to deal a large amount of damage immediately or in a very short span of time. Heroes adept at nuking are referred to as nukers.
Initialism for Octarine Core.
Initialism for Outworld Devourer.
Offlane
Offlaner
A hero sent down to the offlane/hard lane, usually on their own. These heroes usually have good escape abilities or are naturally durable to withstand being alone and facing usually two enemy heroes (and being more vulnerable to ganks).
Refers to Omniknight or Juggernaut's ultimate, Omnislash.
Initialism for "out of mana".
OoV
Initialism for Orb of Venom.
Orb effect
The name used for unique attack modifiers in WC3 DotA.
Orb walk
Using your orb effect (aka autocast) ability, i.e. Frost Arrows, Searing Arrows, to harass the enemy while moving forward to gain distance on the target and also preventing enemy creep aggro.
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Abbreviation for "push" or "pause". Players saying "p" means they are either suggesting the team to push an enemy lane or asking for a pause.
Initialism for Phantom Assassin.
Panda/Pandaren
Brewmaster's former title in WC3 DotA.
A creature that a hero can summon or convert to their side. For example, the Eidolons are Enigma's pets. Could also refer to the cosmetic pets that follow your hero in-game.
Underlord's former title in WC3 DotA.
Initialism for Phantom Lancer.
Initialism for "pause please".
Initialism for Mirana, the Princess of the Moon.
Short for "Programmed Random Occurence". It refers to the triggering of effects, whether the occurence is random (such as Wraith King's critical strikes on attack) or regular (such as Bristleback's quill spray every 250 damage he takes). When these effects trigger or "process", they are said to "proc". The rate of occurence for random effects is termed the "Proc rate".
Pull or Pulling
A technique where a hero gets the attention of a hostile unit to draw them away or force them to follow. This more usually refers to "creep pulling", which involves pulling lane creeps away from their lane by aggroing nearby creep camps into the chosen lane, which attracts the lane creeps and forces them to fight the aggroed creep camp for some time, which in turn makes the enemy creeps push forward, closer to the player's tower, letting them (or their carry) gain gold and experience underneath the safety of their tower.
QoP
Initialism for Queen of Pain.
A strategy in which heroes avoid 5-man teamfights, and focus on pushing other lanes instead.
Abbreviation for barracks.
Recrow
To reuse the courier after it has finished performing one of its deliveries/tasks. Since the courier can only perform one task for one player at a time, this is mentioned to remind/alert other players that the courier is now free to use.
See recrow, usually mentioned by Southeast Asian players.
Hardcore farmer whose main goal is to be extremely strengthened by the time they come out of their farming.
Ring or RoB/RoH/RoR/RoT
Refers to Ring of Basilius, Ring of Health, Ring of Regeneration, and Ring of Tarrasque respectively. "Ring" usually refers to one of these, based on context.
Random Number Generation, referring to the proc chance of abilities and items such as Bash or Evasion.
See Roshan, usually mentioned by Chinese players.
A hero that jumps between lanes, especially in the early game, in order to gank enemy heroes or defend allies.
May refer to Warlock's ultimate: Chaotic Offering, Earth Spirit's Stone Remnants, the Ancient Rock and Granite Golems, or the Mud Golem's ability: Hurl Boulder.
Rosh or RS
Roshan is a difficult-to-kill neutral creep that drops the Aegis of the Immortal when killed (or Refresher Shard on his third death and afterward). Spawns at the beginning of the game, respawns 8-11 minutes after he is killed.
Magnus' ultimate, Reverse Polarity.
Safe lane
The lane of either faction, where the creep wave meets closest to the tower, making farming easier and less risky for those in the lane (bottom lane for Radiant, top lane for Dire). See Lane.
Initialism for Spirit Breaker or Shadow Blade.
Mostly refers to Aghanim's Scepter, although can also refer to Eul's Scepter of Divinity or Ghost Scepter.
Initialism for Shadow Demon or "self denial" (see suicide).
Initialism for Shadow Fiend.
Sheepstick
Refers to the Scythe of Vyse, since back in WC3 DotA, it actually turned the target into a sheep (unlike in Dota 2, where the hex model is a pig).
Short lane
The effect of preventing a unit from casting spells, but can still allows item usage and passive abilities are unaffected. See the main article for more information.
Initialism for Sand King. May also refer to Wraith King in reference to his former title, Skeleton King, or Terrorblade, in reference to his former title Soul Keeper.
Skillshot
An ability that requires proper aim and timing to hit an enemy. Some examples would be Sacred Arrow and Powershot.
Refers to either Smoke of Deceit, or Riki's ability Smoke Screen.
The situation where a hero or team just gets stronger as the games goes on (usually through getting kills) to the point where it is very difficult to stop them, much like a snowball rolling down a hill getting bigger.
Initialism for Sange and Yasha.
Being the only hero on the lane. A player may call for "solo" to prevent other players from interrupting their lane and splitting experience and gold.
Soul Keeper
Terrorblade's former title in WC3 DotA.
A hero that can only take relatively little damage or abuse before dying.
Initialism for status resistance.
See missing. Mentions that a particular hero has gone missing and is probably setting up for a gank, e.g. "Earthshaker ss" means that Earthshaker isn't visible to the team. Also refers to the ultimate of a hero ("special/super skill"), usually mentioned by Southeast Asian players. May also refer to Storm Spirit, Shadow Shaman or Sun Strike.
May also be referred to as "creep stacking", it is a technique where a creep camp is aggroed at a certain time before neutral spawning, pulling them away from their camp's area and allowing a new set of creeps to spawn. This can be done multiple times, usually up to three at maximum, then letting their team's carry farm the stacked creeps for a massive gold and experience gain.
Static Farming
A sub-type of farming where you aim to only kill enemy lane creeps when they have low health and deny the allied lane creeps whenever possible, with the goal of maintaining an equilibrium of the lane creeps in a safe position. This is often a slower method of farming, but allows you to farm safely with little risk of dying to a gank.
References the Desolator's former full name in WC3 DotA.
The act of killing oneself to deny the enemy of gold and experience. May also directly refer to Techies' ability Blast Off! (formerly Suicide Squad, Attack!).
Suicide lane
A hero whose primary function is summoning or controlling creeps.
A hero whose primary function is to help their own team through heals, buffs, and detection, or sabotaging the enemy team through disables, slows, or debuffs.
Initialism for Templar Assassin.
See Durable.
Tauren Chieftain (or simply Tauren)
Elder Titan's former title in WC3 DotA.
Initialism for Terrorblade.
Teamwipe
The act of an entire team dying at once.
Twin Head Dragon, the title of Jakiro.
The act of giving a supreme advantage to the supposedly losing team, letting them win the match instead. This can be intentional or unintentional.
See Ancient. Remnant of WC3 DOTA in which the Scourge's (Dire) Ancient is using the Frozen Throne model.
Refers to the top lane of the map. For the Radiant, this is the lane to the North. For the Dire, this is the lane to the West.
Initialism for Teleport or Town Portal Scroll.
True Sight
Anything invisible caught in the radius of a True Sight source gets revealed. Towers, a Gem of True Sight, Sentry Wards, Dust of Appearance, and some abilities of certain heroes (such as Slardar's Amplify Damage and Zeus' Lightning Bolt) all provide True Sight. See the main article for more information.
The act of a team facing the enemy in a situation where they might be expected to run, such as when a team initiates on the other. Instead of running away, they try to turn the battle around and fight back, possibly even winning the battle themselves.
U - Z[edit]
Initialism for unique attack modifier.
Ult or Ulti
Abbreviation for Ultimate.
Abbreviation for Venomancer. Rarely used to refer to Orb of Venom.
Initialism for Vengeful Spirit. Less commonly used to mean "versus".
Items that can be placed almost anywhere on the map and provide vision around the location for a few minutes. May also refer to the unit type of the same name.
Initialism for Witch Doctor.
The fountain from either team. Derived from its name in WC3 DotA, "Well of Eternity". May also refer to Shrines.
See teamwipe.
Initialism for Wraith King.
"Well Played". Usually said by either teams when they are winning or losing and the match is either about to end or when a player did something skillful. Usually paired up with "gg".
Initialism for Windranger.
Initialism for Winter Wyvern. It also may refer to "Wind Walk" abilities, which is derived from the common DotA name of the invisibility spells of Bounty Hunter, Clinkz, Shadow Blade and Storm, and the invisibility spells of Nyx Assassin and Invoker (which already had unique names in DotA). All 6 of them are based on the Warcraft 3 spell named "Wind Walk".
The act of harassing an enemy hero away from the creep zone in order to prevent them from gaining experience.
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Q: How to if/else properly in Ansible and registering variables parallelly what I am trying to do is to register variables accordingdly. I am pinging an interface and then I try to verify if the ping was successful or not. However my code is not working the way I have imagined. I simplify it to following sample:
- name: Verify ping
  ansible.builtin.shell: echo "yes it is online"
  register: tmp
  when: ping_output is search("5/5")

- name: Verify ping
  ansible.builtin.shell: echo "no it is offline"
  register: tmp
  when: ping_output is search("0/5")

The variable ping_output was registered before in the previous tasks. Well what I have observed during my tests is that when I want to evaluate my variable tmp it is not set sometimes. This happens when the first conditional is true. Then tmp.stdout is set to "yes its online". Even if ansible is skipping the next conditional ("the else statement"), however it unsets the variable tmp.stdout and at some point I receive tmp.stdout is not defined. Do you have better suggestions how to solve it?
Thanks in advance
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Hi, thanks for the review. I'm trying to store information into variables and yes right, later I reference to tmp.stdout. I actually ping from a Cisco device and save the output. There are several pings, so several outputs. Then there are tasks which evaluate these outputs. The goal is to prepare an appropriate description which I send via JSON as an API call. What the enduser sees in the end, is a description in an external trouble ticketing system with information like which interfaces were pingable, which were not etc