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Manon {37} Matinee ed. Metropolitan Opera House: 03/30/1912.
(Debut: Maria Savage
Massenet-Meilhac/Gille
Maid....................Maria Savage [Debut]
Set Designer............Antonio Rovescalli
[Althouth the Maid was not listed in the program at this performance, the chorus paybook indicates that Maria Savage appeared in the role as she did in subsequent presentations of Manon this season.]
Manon received three performances this season.
Review of Algernon St. John Brenon in the Telegraph
CARUSO IS HEARD IN FRENCH OPERA
Appears in Massenet's "Manon" With Geraldine Farrar Cast in the Name Part.
The "Manon" of Jules Massenet, not to be confounded with the more fervent "Manon Lescaut" of Puccini, was revived yesterday afternoon at the Metropolitan Opera House. The world has pretty much determined by now the place occupied by M. Massenet among operatic composers. There was a time when witty admirers, whose facility in the mongering of epigrams was stronger than their aesthetics, dubbed him "Mlle. Wagner." Both terms of the appellation are unfair. The implication of Mademoiselship is unfair. He is not to be mentioned in the same breadth as Wagner. It is true that he makes use, especially in "Manon," of leading motives or short, characteristic and salient themes that are a musical description or suggestion of this or that person in the opera. There are fifteen of them. But to use for one of the clumsy jargon of courtroom pedants this particular thematic material is not of any great value.
The themes are "proclaimed" again and again, while the wit of music in the background, or of which they are a part, is of no particular strength. At the same time it is not to be denied that "Manon" is so contrived that it gives great pleasure to a number of operagoers whose taste it is quite right to consult. Yesterday's production is also an earnest one that it is the intention of M. Gatt-Casazza to broaden the repertory of the Metropolitan, already a capacious one, in the direction of French opera. It would be fallacious reasoning, however, to deduce from the overflowing house that listened to "Manon" yesterday afternoon that the patronage of the Metropolitan is hungering for "Manons," "Esclarmonde" and "Werther." The house is always crowded at Saturday matinees.
Caruso Again Interests.
The interest centered yesterday on M. Caruso's reappearance in French opera. He has made some attempts in this direction of late years. He has sung in "Carmen," in "Faust" and in "Armide," if this may properly be called a French opera. In "Carmen" and in "Faust" he disappointed himself so clearly that he has not cared to appear as Faust or Don José again. In "Armide" he sang with sincere aptitude and taste. In "Manon" the French language is a distinct hindrance. Every one except the most passionate devotee of Gallicism is aware that the French language is not the most grateful language to sing in.
Let any one who doubts this step to the piano and sing the French word "singulier." M. Caruso, in a praiseworthy attempt to enunciate French quite correctly, darkened, lightened and nasalized his tones. This so altered the whole color of his voice that there were times when, had he been concealed from his hearers, many of them would have denied it was Caruso that was singing. Not that there were not also moments when he was nearly himself. He was most so, when he threw French ortheopy to the winds and gave his voice full swing. Consonants suffered and mincing French vowels were broadened out to unrecognizable length and dignity. He sang "Mano," although it was written "Manon." Academically considered, this is all wrong. But what singer will remain academic when he sees his audience slipping out of his hands?
Miss Geraldine Farrar made a pretty picture as Manon, but vocally her rendering had many certain deficiencies. The moment she attempts to give force to her voice it loses in beauty and musicality. The moment she bridles her voice, as the nature of the music compels such restraint, it regains its charm. In these senses she has not altered from the day she made her debut in "Roméo et Juliette." In many ways she is a brilliant artist, but she is not destined for roles that are vocally dramatic, nor is she felicitous in the more emotional parts of rôles that suit her otherwise.
Their Voices Resonant.
M. Leon Rothier and M. Dinh Gilly showed in everything they did the splendid training given to French artists by French masters. Their voices were resonant, their enunciation irreproachable. Arturo Toscanini conducted. Seated in one of the boxes was Mme. Frances Alda, who has sung the Manon many times in France. If, as is quite probable, "Manon" becomes a part of the repertory of the Metropolitan next year, it is to be hope that this artist will be heard in a rôle in which she has won golden opinions. It is not necessary that she concentrate all her sweetness on Desdemona.
Manon: Director [Speck, Jules]
Manon: Set Designer [Rovescalli, Antonio]
Manon: Costume Designer [Maison Chiappa]
1911-12: Manon: 3 performances: Statistics
Rovescalli, Antonio [Set Designer]

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Q: Win32 disable animations/fading programmatically I 'm not sure what to do. I want to disable all animations for a remote control session.
However this code seems to do nothing. When animations are enabled, it does not disable them. I can only disable them through "Advanced System Settings".
void Anim()
    {
    BOOL bv = 0;
    SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETCLIENTAREAANIMATION, 0, &bv, 0);
    if (bv)
        {
        auto a = make_tuple<int, int, int>(SPI_SETCLIENTAREAANIMATION, 0,1);
        sps.push_back(a);
        bv = 0;
        SystemParametersInfo(SPI_SETCLIENTAREAANIMATION, 0, &bv, SPIF_UPDATEINIFILE | SPIF_SENDCHANGE) ;
        }

    SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETMENUANIMATION, 0, &bv, 0);
    if (bv)
        {
        auto a = make_tuple<int, int, int>(SPI_SETMENUANIMATION, 0, 1);
        sps.push_back(a);
        bv = 0;
        SystemParametersInfo(SPI_SETMENUANIMATION, 0, &bv, SPIF_UPDATEINIFILE | SPIF_SENDCHANGE);
        }

    ANIMATIONINFO aa;
    aa.cbSize = sizeof(aa);
    SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETANIMATION, sizeof(aa), &aa, 0);
    if (aa.iMinAnimate != 0)
        {
        auto a = make_tuple<int, int, int>(SPI_SETANIMATION, 0, 1);
        sps.push_back(a);
        aa.cbSize = sizeof(a);
        aa.iMinAnimate = 0;
        SystemParametersInfo(SPI_SETANIMATION, sizeof(aa), &aa, SPIF_UPDATEINIFILE | SPIF_SENDCHANGE);
        }
    }

And this code to supposedly restore the changes:
void AnimEnd()
    {
    for (auto& a : sps)
        {
        BOOL Vx = get<2>(a);
        if (get<0>(a) == SPI_SETANIMATION)
            {
            ANIMATIONINFO aa;
            aa.cbSize = sizeof(aa);
            aa.iMinAnimate = 1;
            SystemParametersInfo(SPI_SETANIMATION, sizeof(aa), &aa, SPIF_UPDATEINIFILE | SPIF_SENDCHANGE);
            }
        else
            SystemParametersInfo(get<0>(a), get<1>(a), &Vx, SPIF_UPDATEINIFILE | SPIF_SENDCHANGE);
        }
    }

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/*
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 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
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 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
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package io.prestosql.type;

import io.airlift.slice.Slice;
import io.airlift.slice.Slices;
import io.prestosql.spi.block.Block;
import io.prestosql.spi.block.BlockBuilder;
import io.prestosql.spi.type.Type;
import io.prestosql.spi.type.VarcharType;
import org.testng.annotations.Test;

import static io.prestosql.spi.type.VarcharType.VARCHAR;
import static io.prestosql.spi.type.VarcharType.createVarcharType;
import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;

public class TestVarcharType
        extends AbstractTestType
{
    public TestVarcharType()
    {
        super(VARCHAR, String.class, createTestBlock());
    }

    public static Block createTestBlock()
    {
        BlockBuilder blockBuilder = VARCHAR.createBlockBuilder(null, 15);
        VARCHAR.writeString(blockBuilder, "apple");
        VARCHAR.writeString(blockBuilder, "apple");
        VARCHAR.writeString(blockBuilder, "apple");
        VARCHAR.writeString(blockBuilder, "banana");
        VARCHAR.writeString(blockBuilder, "banana");
        VARCHAR.writeString(blockBuilder, "banana");
        VARCHAR.writeString(blockBuilder, "banana");
        VARCHAR.writeString(blockBuilder, "banana");
        VARCHAR.writeString(blockBuilder, "cherry");
        VARCHAR.writeString(blockBuilder, "cherry");
        VARCHAR.writeString(blockBuilder, "date");
        return blockBuilder.build();
    }

    @Override
    protected Object getGreaterValue(Object value)
    {
        return Slices.utf8Slice(((Slice) value).toStringUtf8() + "_");
    }

    @Test
    public void testRange()
    {
        VarcharType type = createVarcharType(5);

        Type.Range range = type.getRange().get();

        String expectedMax = new StringBuilder()
                .appendCodePoint(Character.MAX_CODE_POINT)
                .appendCodePoint(Character.MAX_CODE_POINT)
                .appendCodePoint(Character.MAX_CODE_POINT)
                .appendCodePoint(Character.MAX_CODE_POINT)
                .appendCodePoint(Character.MAX_CODE_POINT)
                .toString();

        assertEquals(Slices.utf8Slice(""), range.getMin());
        assertEquals(Slices.utf8Slice(expectedMax), range.getMax());
    }
}

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EDN Project: Clean Energy in Somaliland
EDN Project: Clean Energy…
We've embarked on a project to provide clean energy to a hospital that provides maternity care and treatment for more than 21,000 women in Africa. For the project, we're working with ImpactPPA (IPP) to provide a renewable energy system to the Edna Adan Hospital in Hargeisa, Somaliland.
The Project: Helping to Promote Clean Energy, Helping Communities
While promoting the use of clean renewable energy around the world, we're also helping the people of Somaliland, where one in eleven children die in infancy and nearly 4,000 women die in childbirth every year.
The Project Location: Edna Adan Hospital in Somaliland
Founded as a maternity hospital 15 years ago, the Edna Adan Hospital treats obstetrical, surgical and pediatric cases, and provides training for health professionals as well as free treatment to many patients who need special surgery. The hospital is a nonprofit built by Edna Adan Ismail, who returned to her homeland, Somaliland, after retirement from the World Health Organization to help address grave health problems that endanger the lives of women and children across the Horn of Africa. "I am grateful and honored to have been chosen by Earth Day Network and ImpactPPA. The gift of clean energy will benefit our work at the hospital and greatly increase available resources for the women who so desperately need our help," said Edna Adan.
The Project Goal: Power a Hospital with Clean Energy
The new energy system, expected to be up and running by August 2018, will power the hospital's equipment, dramatically reducing electricity costs. Those saving will go directly back into patient care and services. Using the blockchain we can now generate power and track the energy from generation through to consumption and payment on a transparent and trusted platform," said Dan Bates, President of ImpactPPA.
The Motivation Behind the Project
"When we started working with EDN, we were looking for a project in which human lives would directly benefit from access to clean energy. The Edna Adan Hospital project does just that," said Bates. "The developing world needs access to clean energy."
"Edna Adan's work has been an inspiration to all of us and has been the impetus for Earth Day Network to join with ImpactPPA to directly improve the lives of so many," said Kathleen Rogers, president of Earth Day Network. "This initiative will not only showcase technology but have a real, quantifiable, impact on people all over the world who need clean energy. Clean accessible energy can provide a critical lifeline to life saving care."
EDN and IPP hope to replicate similar projects across the world, with the goal of "50 by 50"— 50 projects completed by the 50th anniversary of Earth Day in by 2020.
Masters of Health magazine story
Decentralized Energy story
Blockchain Magazine story
clean energy hospital
edna adan hospital
ImpactPPA


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If you are charged with any type of fraud, it is critical to have experienced and knowledgeable legal representation to protect your rights and mount a vigorous defense against the charges. At the St. Louis law firm of Sindel Noble our criminal defense lawyers are highly experienced fraud defense attorneys. They have received numerous awards and national recognition for their achievements in all types of white collar criminal cases, including fraud matters.
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Great leaders have great communications skills. They can bring a vision to life, rally the troops and communicate their authenticity.
The first is gossip. If trust is one of the key qualities of effective leadership, then being a gossip seriously undermines your leadership. People who trade gossip do so because sharing information that is confidential or salacious gives them an edge and gives them power. The trouble with people who gossip, however, is that we all know that if they gossip about others, they are certainly also gossiping about us.
Judging others has a similar negative effect on the communication skills of a leader because it reveals both a lack of compassion and a large ego. Negativity and complaining lessen the impact of your communication. It is exhausting and depressing to listen to someone who is constantly complaining and being negative. Great leaders consciously decide that they want to be 'radiators' rather than 'drains' and it soon becomes clear whom people would rather be around.
Deadly Sin number five is making excuses. Great leaders don't make excuses; if they fail they put up their hands and admit that they gave it all their energy and commitment but they failed. Half-hearted accountability turns into excuses. Great leaders make a promise and against all odds try to keep it.
The seventh deadly sin is dogmatism, which is the confusion of fact with opinion. This is the unquestioning, egotistical belief that what I'm telling you isn't just my opinion but the universal truth.
At Leaders Lab we believe there is an eighth deadly sin when it comes to effective communication skills for leadership. It is simply not listening. Great communication starts first and foremost with a high level of listening. Effective communicators listen actively and hear the other person out, before putting their case. This level of listening means that the other person feels valued and their point is acknowledged. Great communicators build relationships through the quality of their listening.


The right technology can help finance executives provide their enterprises with ready access to reliable information, and a structure for translating that information into actionable strategies with measurable outcomes.
Corporate finance has long had a diverse, if predominantly backward-looking, charter: track revenues and expenses against the budget, manage the balance sheet, build the income statement, and report results. Today, finance is being asked to play an increasingly important forward-looking role in formulating strategy and providing decision support to the business units.
Organizations slow to embrace this change can find themselves at a disadvantage. Investors burned by the accounting scandals of the past few years are demanding not only that public companies implement bulletproof financial controls and report unimpeachably accurate financial results, but also that they provide faster and more reliable forecasts about where the business is headed. Similarly, CEOs are requiring that CFOs offer not just better insight into how the business is performing, but deeper and more meaningful guidance on translating trends and key developments into strategies that will drive profitable growth.
Only finance has the broad organizational reach, the rich understanding of the numbers behind the business, and the analytical training necessary to provide this support. The missing ingredient, in many finance organizations, is the right enabling technology: the tools that can provide a complex, fast-moving, and often far-flung enterprise with ready access to reliable information, and a structure for translating that information into actionable strategies with measurable outcomes. "Without that in today's environment, we wouldn't be able to formulate any meaningful strategy based on any historical trends or extrapolation," says Roland Meinzer, chief financial officer for Siemens Information & Communication Networks U.S.
In a recent survey by CFO Research Services (a sibling of CFO.com), respondents showed that they clearly appreciate the changing landscape; nearly two-thirds say they have been taking a more active role in strategic planning over the past three years. However, only about 30 percent of respondents see their primary role in that activity as advising the CEO on long-term strategic direction, versus setting and monitoring metrics or understanding and reducing costs. Yet two years from now, more than half anticipate that advising the CEO on long-term strategy will be their primary function. In many cases, their goal will be to inject a more fully informed, financially rigorous planning methodology into what has been, for many companies, little more than a seat-of-the-pants undertaking.
Improving the accuracy of forecasts remains a persistent problem among finance teams. Indeed, more than 40 percent of survey respondents say their top priorities as they seek to improve their planning process are to become more agile in adapting to change and to provide better forecasts — twice the number who say they need to create better visibility into current results. In CFO Research Services' 2002 survey among finance executives, respondents rated better forecasting and better visibility into current results as equal challenges. Now, two years later, it seems that companies have made progress on the latter front but little headway in their attempts to better frame the future.
More comfortable, perhaps, with what they know best, respondents to this year's survey say most of their companies' strategic initiatives over the next two years will center on two activities where insight into current results is at least as important as the outlook for the future: cost control and organic growth. Finance would appear to be reasonably well prepared to support such efforts: 94 percent of survey respondents say they are already "very involved" or "somewhat involved" in strategic planning, and a healthy majority rate their ability to identify and act on opportunities in those two areas as middling to excellent.
The finance group at Unified Western Grocers, a grocery cooperative headquartered in Commerce, California, is typical. Unified's finance team is helping the cooperative pursue a major initiative to promote organic growth with existing customers, says vice president and controller Bill Cote, and it is also working extensively on cost control and efficiency initiatives. The finance team analyzes potential cost-saving opportunities in advance of implementing changes, then monitors, reanalyzes, and reports on those initiatives on an ongoing basis. The process works. Unified has reduced its operating costs by about five percent a year in each of the past three years.
Mergers, acquisitions, and alliances are another story. Contrasted with cost cutting, planning for and assuring the success of an alliance or acquisition can be much trickier, and the right performance management technology can be even more important in helping companies analyze opportunities and craft implementation strategies. Indeed, fewer survey respondents say they are prepared to identify and take advantage of these opportunities than cost-cutting and organic growth initiatives.
The situation at RE/MAX illustrates the dilemma many companies face. Although the privately held firm has been undeniably successful in the course of its 32-year history — it has enjoyed more than 375 consecutive months in which it has increased the number of sales associates marketing homes under the RE/MAX banner — its finance team recognizes the need for better technology to support and continue that growth.
Many survey respondents have already taken measures to improve their strategic support tool kit, as more than half have invested in performance management technology over the past three years. Unfortunately, these investments have been met with mixed results. Most companies say that either their investment fell short of expectations, their project was cancelled, or they can't determine whether their expectations were met.
The results are most discouraging for those using spreadsheets and manual processes as their primary performance management technology; less than a quarter of those respondents report that their investment had met expectations, and none found that it had exceeded expectations. By contrast, 60 percent of companies investing in integrated solutions say their investment met or exceeded expectations.
While the search for the right performance management technology has clearly been challenging for many companies, there is also strong evidence that success does not have to be elusive.
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When we are going to do extensive remodeling in our apartments, it is best to invite a professional designer. And if the designer has also extensive experience, as well as a fairly well-known, that is the reason to expect better results. We present the 5 best European designers.
Fabio Novembre has been known as a "young Italian designer" for a long time. Even in his forty-plus, he is still in TOP list of hopefuls. If we talk about specific works, Fabio has long justified those hopes. And if you talk globally (as he likes), thanks to Novembre we can still hope that the modern design is not just assembly-line production of furniture, but the real factory of dreams.
If Stark was born several centuries earlier, he probably would have been a preacher. Due to missionary activity Starck's design has become a modern religion, where tables and chairs serve as icons, and the interiors are equal to the temples. But most importantly, he did not just produce a new cult, but made it publicly available.
As a real "gray cardinal", Grcic is very powerful. His bizarre things are in the collections of all the major brands from Moroso to ClassiCon. The designer was born in Germany and lives and works in Munich. Konstantin is a pragmatist. He believes that designers should not dream of a bright future, as they did in the first half of the twentieth century, but to solve the pressing problems of everyday life.
Patricia studied to be an architect, but she does not build houses. She also does not decorate interiors. She can rarely make an exception just for "cute, touching people". Urquiola is an opponent of interiors made on the basis of the children's tinker toys. She prefers a "family" of diverse, but well combined items instead of modular systems.
Alfredo makes compact objects, because he and his wife live in a small house in Zurich. And after the birth of his son he became interested in design for children. Häberli works exactly like a Swiss watchmaker. While designing wire chair for ClassiCon, he was the first designer who arranged the lattice seat in the longitudinal rather than the transverse direction. It is much more convenient to sit on this chair.


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Q: Contour segmentation I have a contour which consists of curved segments and straigth segments. Is there any possibility to segment the contour into the curved and straigth parts?
So this is an example for a contour

I would like to have a segmentation like this:

Do you have any idea how I could solve such a problem
Thank you very much and best regards

A: Yes I got the solution with the link @PSchn posted. I just go through the contour points and defined a border. Everything under the border is a "curved segment" everthing else is a straigth segment. Thank you for your help!!
vector<double> getCurvature(vector<Point> const& tContourPoints, int tStepSize)
{
int iplus;
int iminus;

double acurvature;
double adivisor;

Point2f pplus;
Point2f pminus;
// erste Ableitung
Point2f a1stDerivative;
// zweite Ableitung
Point2f a2ndDerivative;

vector< double > rVecCurvature( tContourPoints.size() );

if ((int)tContourPoints.size() < tStepSize)
{
    return rVecCurvature;
}

for (int i = 0; i < (int)tContourPoints.size(); i++ )
{
    const Point2f& pos = tContourPoints[i];

    iminus  = i-tStepSize;
    iplus   = i+tStepSize;

    if(iminus < 0)
    {
        pminus = tContourPoints[iminus + tContourPoints.size()];
    }
    else
    {
        pminus = tContourPoints[iminus];
    }

    if(iplus  > (int)tContourPoints.size())
    {
        pplus = tContourPoints[iplus - (int)tContourPoints.size()];
    }
    else
    {
        pplus = tContourPoints[iplus];
    }

    a1stDerivative.x = (pplus.x -           pminus.x) / ( iplus-iminus);
    a1stDerivative.y = (pplus.y -           pminus.y) / ( iplus-iminus);
    a2ndDerivative.x = (pplus.x - 2*pos.x + pminus.x) / ((iplus-iminus)/2*(iplus-iminus)/2);
    a2ndDerivative.y = (pplus.y - 2*pos.y + pminus.y) / ((iplus-iminus)/2*(iplus-iminus)/2);

    adivisor = a2ndDerivative.x*a2ndDerivative.x + a2ndDerivative.y*a2ndDerivative.y;
    if (  abs(adivisor) > 10e-8 )
    {
        acurvature =   abs(a2ndDerivative.y*a1stDerivative.x - a2ndDerivative.x*a1stDerivative.y) / pow(adivisor, 3.0/2.0 )  ;
    }
    else
    {
        acurvature =  numeric_limits<double>::infinity();
    }

    rVecCurvature[i] = acurvature;
}
return rVecCurvature;
}

Once I get the curvature I defined a border and went through my contour:
acurvature = getCurvature(aContours_img[0], 50);

if(acurvature.size() > 0)
{
    // aSegmentChange =1 --> curved segment
   // aSegmentChange =0 --> straigth segment
    if( acurvature[0] < aBorder)
    {
        aSegmentChange = 1;
    }
    else
    {
        aSegmentChange = 0;
    }

    // Kontur segmentieren
    for(int i = 0; i < (int)acurvature.size(); i++)
    {
        aSegments[aSegmentIndex].push_back(aContours_img[0][i]);
        aCurveIndex[aSegmentIndex].push_back(aSegmentChange);

        if( acurvature[i] < aBorder && aSegmentChange == 0 )
        {
            aSegmentIndex++;
            aSegmentChange = 1;
        }
        if( acurvature[i] > aBorder && aSegmentChange == 1 )
        {
            aSegmentIndex++;
            aSegmentChange = 0;
        }

        if(aSegmentIndex >= (int)aSegments.size()-1)
        {
            aSegments.resize(aSegmentIndex+1);
            aCurveIndex.resize(aSegmentIndex+1);
        }
    }
}

A:
This is my contour

And this is the result of segmentation


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Archived threads in /tg/ - Traditional Games - 496. page
TG Chess 2016-05-05 12:59:40 Post No.47096165
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TG Chess Anonymous 2016-05-05 12:59:40 Post No. 47096165 [Report] [View thread]
Your move, TG.
Anonymous 2016-05-05 13:05:04 Post No.47096191
Anonymous 2016-05-05 13:05:04 Post No.47096191 [Report]
Pawn to f5
I don't have a board with me
Let's go with Nf6 because screw mirrors.
Actually, might as well.
We Dutch Defense bois
I'm rated 1700 though, so that'd be the equivalent of High Silver on CS:GO. I don't expect to do all that well but I might as well give it a shot.
Squats 2016-05-05 11:54:04 Post No.47095710
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Squats Anonymous 2016-05-05 11:54:04 Post No. 47095710 [Report] [View thread]
So for some strange reason GW actually thought about it and decided to bring back the Squats as a playable faction, albeit under a different name.
You are responsible for it and it is up to you how they are named and how they make their grand debut before their codex is released.
I'll start with my version.
The Squats are renamed as The Void Clans, and their debut begins when they appear suddenly over Baal where they aid the Blood Angels and their successors in the defense of the planet when finally a tendril of Hive Fleet Leviathan, as well as the...
Star Midgets
Astra Militarum has its own sub-militia formed out of squats only, the so called "provocavit ad verticem", who use their own vehicles and wargear, mostly different to the standard Astra Militarum equipment.
Who are also murder midgets.
Special forces? That actually is nice.
2016-05-05 11:49:29 Post No.47095680
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Anonymous 2016-05-05 11:49:29 Post No. 47095680 [Report] [View thread]
I have a problem with how my DM (D&D 5e) treats PCs that either have their players absent or are a retired character.
First, the latter:
When I retired my Monk, he said "Right, this character is now going to become my NPC", I was switching characters in the middle of a mission (which he forced) and assumed he just meant that he would controll her actions for the rest of the mission since I couldn't play both (which I personally felt was a stupid rule).
However, as I missed the sessions after that, I later found out that, rather than having the character...
I should also note that I have discussed my characters actions and noted my displeasure on it, but he is refusing to let me retcon it or otherwise mitigate the sheer stupidity.
>D&D 5e
There's your problem.
It's no 3.PF but it still fucks with people's heads.
But seriously, your DM is a retard on a power trip.
There are various conflicting sources of advice, but adversarial GMing should be a very rare piece of advice because it's utter shit.
>My questions are, is this normal DM behaviour?
It's not normal in the sense that the majority of DMs do it, but it's more common than it should be, yeah. It's this passive-aggressive way DMs deal with player absence/players compulsively switching characters, which can be big problems if left unchecked. Thing is it's the bad way to deal with it, which a DM should really do, person to person, addressing the player, outside of game.
As for mandating your...
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So how many litres of paint would the Ad Mechs on Mars use in a single day? Imagine how much paint you would need to paint a titan or a knight.
*Insert self replicating DAoT paint here*
Every three hundred point one four years, a hulking space-barge pulls into the orbit of Mars, completing its circular route around the planets of the Segmentum Solar that grow the plants required to create pigments. Several generations of paint mixers, colour theorists and holy men are born, grow old and die on board before the ship can finally unload its precious, multi-coloured cargo into the hungry paint vats of Mars - each giant vat of the vast Martian Paint Citadel emblazoned with the name of the colour that...
And each generation, the vats of paint grow smaller and smaller... And their cost remains the same.
Magic the Gathering 2016-05-05 11:10:54 Post No.47095462
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Magic the Gathering Anonymous 2016-05-05 11:10:54 Post No. 47095462 [Report] [View thread]
Havent played in awhile.
Can I do ok with this?
Looks fine to me, but I don't know that Creeping Renaissance is where you want to be, just end the game before recursion is an issue, slivers are the definition of an aggressive strategy.
The cards have rotated out so they aren't legal anymore.
Ok thats what I was mainly concerned about. Which ones arent legal for current rules?
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>hyped up for DoW III
>get DoW Soulstorm on steam for the meantime, loved vanilla DoW, never played soulstorm
>do the campaign as the Sisters because faith and angels and shit
>It sets you up against the IG, which is lame, I don't want to fight them, but whatever
>get the hang of the sisters in the first few missions, faith mechanic is interesting, turf wars against the IG haven't been too difficult
so what you're saying is you want an easier difficulty?
Yep Soulstorm was shit.
That mission was an absolute pain in the ass.
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Explain to me why Kroots are the coolest Xenos race in 40k
Because they are a race of cannibal mohican mercenaries who can free run through trees and cover like in assassins creed.
Also, lever action plasma rifles.
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Because dey are brahs.
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Has any of your characters ever permanently (or semi-permanently) changed species entirely? Or used magic to change shape beyond some slight alterations? What about any villain or NPC you've run as a GM?
Does playing a body-snatcher count? Because I played a magical girl who could survive outside of her body and steal the bodies of anyone with a "weaker spirit" than her... which was most normal humans considering the nature of the game. Towards the end of the game I ended up doing this alot because it pretty much completely mitigated any risks to suicide-rushing rushing enemies as long as I was willing to sacrifice someone else for it.
>MFW the rest of the party had a serious problem with me doing this.
>MFW...
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My warrior got drunk with the local witch with the party tagging along, having a good old time in the hut.
He fell asleep next to the cauldron, fell against it and knocked it over, drenching him in the contents.
Woke up the next morning as a supermutant spider ala Starship Trooper arachnid, albeit with all his faculties intact sans the ability to speak. He found his true calling from Pelor as he gained the ability to (apparently) speak directly with the god and became a paladin.
It was a pretty wild ride.
No, because GMs are paranoid about messing with what a player's chosen character is. It's getting a bit silly when it's at the point where the only time I've ever had a GM inflict crippling injury on a character is when using the crit charts from Only War.
We're talking scars here too. Not just losing an arm or an eye.
It's even worse when the GM doesn't have the townsfolk give the player shit for being a certain race. Half-orc in a dwarven settlement? Sure no problem.
I hate it.
/tg/ chat 2016-05-05 06:37:01 Post No.47093182
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/tg/ chat Anonymous 2016-05-05 06:37:01 Post No. 47093182 [Report] [View thread]
Is there any place where /tg/ convenes to chat? Surely we elegan/tg/entleman and ca/tg/irls need some place to talk outside of 4chan. Does something like this exist? Do you go somewhere else to get your live chat fix with like-minded people?
The Sup/tg/ IRC server exists for basically this reason
Fair warning, the structure and anonymity of this site is what makes it work. Once you unanon the anons it always becomes a lame circlejerk.
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>implying it isn't already
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This is an Eldar Farseer
Fucking duh, anon, I'm not stupid.
Biel-Tan, right?
Nah, I think it's Samm-Hain.
Well, of course. What else would that be?
40k question 2016-05-05 06:28:29 Post No.47093090
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40k question Anonymous 2016-05-05 06:28:29 Post No. 47093090 [Report] [View thread]
>For thousands of centuries, the emperor has sat on his immobile throne. He is the master of mankind by the will of the gods, and master of...
Ok, hold up.
What gods?
The Chaos gods?
It's a literary device to show that the Emperor is above the laws of mankind, because if it was just a single god, that would make 40k a Biblical themed story by virtue of the Judeo-Christian god being the default monotheistic authority, and since there are no "non-Chaos" pantheon of gods other than for the Eldar, the writers can't say "The Emperor rules mankind by the will of nothing!"
Technically what
Said but it is known emps got a LOT of his shit from chaos gods and sneaky deals. He even got the know how for the primarchs from them.
Humanity's continual existence and suffering fuels the gods, so they keep us around as amusing snacks. There is no hope. That's the main premise of the setting.
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Hey /tg/, I cannot for the life of me find out what weapon the frenzied berserker is wielding in the Complete warrior book. Could someone help me out?
it's a sword with an axe on it
Welp, that appears to be an ax, and a buster sword mounted on a quarter staff, so I guess a Quarter Buster Swax
I think there might be a spear tip out of frame on the right, too
Great DnD names 2016-05-05 06:12:32 Post No.47092892
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Great DnD names Anonymous 2016-05-05 06:12:32 Post No. 47092892 [Report] [View thread]
Let's hear em'
What are some great Character names.
>side question.
What's a great name for a Gladiator?
Osee Donastehl
Bardimus, the Bard
ULTIMUS DECADENCIUS
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Is there any way to create setting or story featuring tribal/civilized peoples without it immediately devolving into muh noble savage or muh epik imperialism? Or rather is there any way to do it to avoid stupid political arguments and shit?
Being mature when tackling the subject and portraying neither side as inherently right.
Add naked bitches.
Model it after the actual interactions between euros and natives in that period.
>Various tribes with their own politics and cultures. Some think of the foreigners as potential allies and trading partners, other see them as threats. Most see them as both
>Natives like the foreigner's tech, foreigners like knowing how to survive in the native's territory
>A lot of the foreigners are normal, working class people...
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This is not ok
OCD tripping?
> babby's first realization that MTG is a terrible game and a drain on TTRPGs
You're right. This thread is not ok.
Grow up.
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Fa unes hores que ha marxat la Paula. Després d'aquests dies que hem passat plegats, guardarem per sempre el record del seu somriure i de les bones estones compartides. Aquesta és una de les fotografies que ella va fer, ben aviat segur que en veurem moltes més en el seu blog. Moltíssimes gràcies Paula per la teva amistat!
Paula left a few hours ago. After the days we spent together, we will forever hold our memories of smiles and good times shared. This is one of the photographs she took. Surely we will see more of them in her blog. Thanks a lot Paula for your friendship!
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We will absolutely share a lot of good memories but also our friendship has become something else, something new after our meeting in "real" life.
I'm so grateful from my bottom of my heart that you invited me to your paradise, I had a really, really good time with you and I will always remember it as happy and good and also very, very interesting.
I will post my trip to you in august, when I'm back on track.
Just now being at home in Gothenburg for some hours, I will always remember this trip and the time together with you and your husband.
Thank you, thank you and thank you once again!


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As the transfer window draws to a close several clubs around England are working to secure last-gasp deals and Liverpool are no exception. The Reds are reportedly mulling a transfer move for Lyon star Nabil Fekir. According to the Mirror Liverpool are preparing to place a bid of £60 million for the 25-year-old midfielder.
Fekir has developed into one of the highly coveted midfielders in Europe due to his impressive performances for Lyon last campaign. The French ace had an outstanding season scoring 23 goals and providing 8 assists as he led Lyon to a third-placed finish. He was also part of the victorious French squad at the just concluded world cup in Russia.
Liverpool had moved in for the player at the beginning of the transfer window and agreed a £55 million deal for the French man but a persistent knee injury discovered during his medicals made the Anfield outfit to pull off from the deal.
Fekir is expected to remain with Lyon this summer as the French club have offered the midfielder a new contract. However French tabloid L'Equipe reports that there is a chance of the transfer being resurrected as Klopp seeks to bolster the midfield with one more signing. According to the report Lyon are still smarting from the earlier debacle and would demand £60 million for the midfield ace.
Liverpool have been the highest spenders this summer spending over £170million as they look to challenge for trophies this season.


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Kentucky Democrat wears noose in new ad attacking Rand Paul
By BRUCE SCHREINER The Associated Press
Democrat Charles Booker, left, hugs his mother, Earletta Hearn, as she speaks to a group of supporters following her son's victory in the Kentucky primary in Louisville, Ky., Tuesday, May 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)[ASSOCIATED PRESS/Timothy D. Easley]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Democrat Charles Booker appears on camera with a noose around his neck to condemn Republican U.S. Sen. Rand Paul for blocking anti-lynching legislation two years ago — a personally searing ad for a trailblazing Black candidate who says some of his own ancestors were lynched.
The new online ad — which comes with a warning about its content — shows a grisly photo of a lynching victim dangling from a tree. But it fails to mention that Paul co-sponsored a new version of the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act that cleared Congress this year and was signed into law by President Joe Biden. The measure, named for the Black teenager whose 1955 killing in Mississippi became a galvanizing moment in the civil rights era, made lynching a federal hate crime.
The ad exemplifies Booker's no-holds-barred approach to confronting racial and economic justice issues in a mostly rural, conservative-leaning state where only about 8% of the population is Black. And it ignores Paul's long-running outreach into mostly Black neighborhoods to discuss criminal justice issues and ways to turn around economically distressed communities, improve schools and combat gun violence.
The libertarian-leaning Paul will face Booker in a November matchup in a state that hasn't elected a Democrat to the Senate since 1992. The ad shows that Booker, the first Black major party nominee for U.S. Senate in Kentucky, won't shy from raising issues that might make some Kentuckians uncomfortable.
Booker's ad zeroes in on Paul's efforts to stall the anti-lynching legislation in 2020. At the time, Paul said the legislation was drafted too broadly and could define minor assaults as lynching. Booker says it's an example of Paul embracing divisive politics.
Democrat Charles Booker speaks to a group of supporters following his victory in the Kentucky primary in Louisville, Ky., Tuesday, May 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
Photo: ASSOCIATED PRESS/Timothy D. Easley
FILE - U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks during a committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Paul won his party's nomination Tuesday, May 17, 2022, to seek a third term, setting up a campaign of contrasting agendas that pits his vision for limited government against Democratic challenger Charles Booker's support for sweeping health care and anti-poverty programs. (Stefani Reynolds/The New York Times via AP, Pool, File)
Photo: ASSOCIATED PRESS/Stefani Reynolds
FILE - Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., questions Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra and Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona as they testify before a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing on Sept. 30, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. In his pursuit of a third Senate term, Paul projects a national voice for a libertarian-leaning philosophy based on limited government and restrained spending. (Shawn Thew/Pool via AP File)
Photo: ASSOCIATED PRESS/Shawn Thew
But the ad contains a broader message aimed at the "continued assaults on humanity," Booker said Wednesday in an interview, pointing to mass shootings haunting the nation.
"The choice couldn't be clearer," Booker says in the ad, which debuted Wednesday. "Do we move forward together? Or do we let politicians like Rand Paul forever hold us back and drive us apart?"
Paul's campaign said the senator worked to strengthen the anti-lynching legislation and overlooking that role amounts to "a desperate misrepresentation of the facts." In his own response, the senator said Thursday that he's made reaching out to Black communities a priority.
"I've introduced over two dozen bipartisan criminal justice reform bills," Paul said in a statement to The Associated Press. "I fought to pass a strong anti-lynching bill. To this day, I continue to work hand in hand with community leaders on issues like violence and its effect on Louisville's youth and their education and look forward to keeping up those efforts when I'm re-elected this November."
Booker's ad has evoked strong responses.
Ricky L. Jones, a professor and chair of the Pan-African Studies Department at the University of Louisville, tweeted: "Some people are calling this 'controversial' — even 'disgusting.' I think it's one of the most powerful political ads I've ever seen!"
Lavel White, a community activist, documentary filmmaker and photographer from Louisville said: "The African American community is going to buy into it. They're going to understand it. They're going to be like, 'Charles is speaking the truth.'"
But Booker needs to avoid alienating some white voters who might wonder why he's using a lynching-themed ad to attack Paul, White said. Booker has embraced a "hood to the holler" theme to promote his progressive agenda and show the shared interests of inner city and rural voters.
Booker first gained statewide prominence in 2020 when he marched with protesters as a Senate candidate to demand justice for Breonna Taylor and other Black people killed in encounters with police. His campaign surged, but he narrowly lost the Democratic primary that year to an establishment-backed opponent.
Booker routinely invokes his past to promote policy, talking about rationing his insulin as he touts his plan to expand health care access. In the new ad, he talks about how lynchings were "used to kill my ancestors" while standing next to a tree, a noose looped around his neck.
He had great-great-uncles on his mother's side of the family who were lynched, he told the AP.
"It was crushing to put that rope around my neck," Booker said Wednesday. "I felt the weight of history when I did it. I imagined my uncles, you know. But I feel that being in this unique position gives me a responsibility, and it requires me to be vulnerable so that we can face hard truths."
Booker said he realized the ad could cause "discomfort" for some Kentuckians but hoped they "can see my sincerity."
The ad includes the eerie creaking sound of rope hanging from a tree branch. Booker's hands grip the rope around his neck as he talks, then he removes the noose and walks away. It's a moment steeped in symbolism aimed at people feeling frustrated and hopeless, he said.
"I want to tell the story that we can change things," Booker said. "That we can get the healing and the brighter future that we deserve, but it's going to require us to stand together."


New here. Doesn't seem to be many recent posts, so I'm a bit curious about getting a response. Anyway, I saw the availability of downloadable Masks within "Download Effects + Content" in PSP8 and clicked to download. Damned if I can find them! When I go back to see the status of the download it shows as "Installed". The caption reads "Layer masks for use in slides, accessible from MediaSources". Would anybody happen to know where that is?
You posted in the ProShow GOLD section of the forum, but I understand from your question that you actually use Producer.
So, this answer refers to Producer.
In "Slide Options" if you click on the + (plus) button to select to add an image, you are presented with a small menu. In this menu, you have the option to choose your image from Media Source.
Similarly, if you select to add a mask, you are also presented with the option to choose from Media Source.
When you do this, Producer opens another small window, where you can navigate through the directories of your computer, and find the Media Source files that have been downloaded.
You will see a list of folders named: content > backgrounds, borders, masks.


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A delegation of organizations from the California Bay Area met with the Deputy District Director of Congresswoman Barbara Lee to discuss the high cost of receiving a phone call from a prison, jail or detention center.
The Campaign for Prison Phone Justice has kicked things up a notch with "In-District Visits" scheduled throughout the months of August and September.
On August 23, 2012, a delegation of organizations from the California Bay Area met with the Deputy District Director of Congresswoman Barbara Lee to discuss the high cost of receiving a phone call from a prison, jail or detention center. This visit was held as part of a larger effort called the Campaign for Prison Phone Justice a national campaign seeking to lower the cost of prison phone calls. Member-organizations of the delegation included the Center for Media Justice, Media Alliance, The Utility Reform Network (TURN) and Ella Baker Center. The delegation is petitioning the Congresswoman to ask the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to address the high cost of prison phone calls by passing the Wright Petition.
The Wright Petition, which has been in front of the Commissioners since 2004, requests the agency to examine the public harm caused by high phone rates charged to people in prison.
Currently, a typical interstate collect call from a prison has a $3.95 connection fee (regardless of the length of the call), while rates per minute can be as high as $0.89 per minute. This can result in charges of $10-17 for a 15-minute collect call or $300 per month. Up to 60% of charges goes towards kickbacks to states and corporations.
Participants talked about what's at stake for the families and loved ones struggling to stay connected. Sandra Johnson from Ella Baker Center who works on the Books Not Bars campaign talked about her struggles as a mother in prison, trying to take care of her family and look after her daughter.
Studies show that for the nearly three million children in the United States with one or both parents incarcerated, hearing the voices of their parents can often make the difference between a child feeling loved – even while enduring incarceration- or feeling totally abandoned.
Staying connected also increases the chances a person leaving prison will successfully reintegrate back into society.
California currently is one of only eight states that have banned these kickbacks – advocates say this makes the leadership and support of state legislators crucial to passing the Wright Petition. The lack of regulation on the federal level means that residents of California calling out of the state continue to shell out hundreds of dollars to stay connected to their loved ones in prisons and detention centers.
"People are sentenced to incarceration, families are not sentenced to outrageous phone bills – they shouldn't have to choose between paying bills and talking to their son or mother," adds Mark Toney of TURN.


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Electric Unicycles picking up speed in popularity, but technically not allowed on Ottawa roads and pathways
Peter Szperling CTV News Ottawa Multi-Skilled Journalist
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Published Thursday, September 16, 2021 7:05PM EDT Last Updated Thursday, September 16, 2021 7:05PM EDT
OTTAWA -- While we are just getting used to seeing electric scooters around the city, could electric unicycles be the next road craze?
Luc Cossette gets around the city, on a unique set of wheels - or wheel, singular.
"Once I just glide and go a couple of feet, I was like wow! The feeling is just nothing to compare," Cossette tells CTV News Ottawa.
He rides an electric unicycle, which is completely powered by a battery. Cossette says a larger one can go about 50 km/h with a range of 50 to 70 kilometres, while a newer one will go up to 100 km of range.
Cossette has been riding since 2019, and takes it everywhere, even in minus 20 C.
"All year: summer, winter. I go to work with the electric unicycle. It's my car, my everyday car," he said.
Riding one, attracts a lot of attention. He says he's stopped many times by curious onlookers, and takes it as an opportunity to explain his hobby.
While electric scooters are allowed in Ottawa, and even available for rent under a pilot project, "power-assisted unicycles," are different.
"In both federal and provincial legislation, power-assisted bicycles have been subject to recent amendments. The Ontario Highway Traffic Act provisions were amended by Bill 282, Moving Ontarians More Safely Act, 2021, to include a new definition of power-assisted bicycles. The new definition, which has yet to be proclaimed into force, sets out new standards for three types of power-assisted bicycles, all of which require two or three wheels," said City Solicitor David White in a statement to CTV News Ottawa.
"As such, power-assisted unicycles are not authorized on the public Right of Way under the new provisions, nor under previous rules."
Cossette says he has been stopped by officers four separate times, but because they were curious, and he's never received a ticket.
"They're just curious, asking about it; every time I leave them, they're just like, 'Wow,' and they're amazed."
He adds that he always obeys traffic laws, including adhering to speed limits on multi-use pathways and he's dressed in full protective gear.
Konstantin Gamaiunov also enjoys riding his Electric Unicycle, and says you should be prepared to practice.
"I learned it in about three days, it's pretty easy. If you can ride a bicycle, you can ride an electric unicycle, you can learn it pretty quickly."
Gamaiunov says the practice is worth it.
"It gives you so much enjoyment, there's nothing to compare, you are flying - you have free hands, you have free hands and plenty of manoeuvrability."
If you're thinking of buying one, be prepared to wait. Youssof El-Katerji of Ottawa-based online dealer InMotion Canada says, "Every time we get some, they sell out really quick; so now, we have a backorder."
According to him, a smaller (and slower) unit starts at around $600, and prices go up to around $4,000 for a unit that can go as fast as 70 km/h.
Luc Cossette and Konstantin Gamaiunov show off the electric unicycle. (Peter Szperling/CTV News Ottawa)
A look at electric unicycles. (Peter Szperling/CTV News Ottawa)
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April 13, 2017 / 10:46 AM
Sienna Miller says Brad Pitt dating rumors are 'silly'
The actor split from wife Angelina Jolie in September after a decade together.
Sienna Miller attends a Berlin screening of "The Lost City of Z" on February 14. File Photo by Paul Treadway/UPI | License Photo
Brad Pitt attends the Los Angeles premiere of "Allied" on November 9, 2016. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo
Sienna Miller attends the Berlin International Film Festival premiere of "The Lost City of Z" on February 14. File Photo by Rune Hellestad/UPI | License Photo
Brad Pitt attends the New York premiere of "The Big Short" on November 23, 2015. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo
April 13 (UPI) -- Sienna Miller says Brad Pitt dating rumors are "predictable and silly."
The 35-year-old actress dismissed reports of a romance with Pitt on Tuesday while attending a New York screening of her movie The Lost City of Z.
"I'm not even going to dignify it with a response. It's predictable and silly," she told Page Six.
Page Six had reported Monday that Miller and Pitt were doing some "serious flirting" after the film's Los Angeles premiere last week. Miller stars as Nina Fawcett in the movie, which was produced by Pitt's Plan B Entertainment company.
"[They were] heavily enjoying each other's company [and] were talking to each other all night," a source said.
Insiders told E! News the dating rumors were "exaggerated." Miller split from partner Tom Sturridge in 2015, while Pitt's wife, actress Angelina Jolie, filed for divorce in September after two years of marriage and a decade together.
"It was a very difficult time," Jolie said in an interview with the BBC in February. "We are a family, and we will always be a family. We will get through this time and hopefully be a stronger family for it."
Miller shares daughter Marlowe with Sturridge, while Pitt is dad to six children, Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, Vivienne and Knox, with Jolie. The Lost City of Z co-stars Charlie Hunnam and Robert Pattinson, and opens in theaters Friday.
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New Captain Picard Series Takes 'Star Trek' Timeline Beyond 'Deep Space Nine'
By Andrew Whalen On 8/6/18 at 6:06 PM EDT
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Star Trek: Discovery showrunner Alex Kurtzman announced the long-rumored Captain Picard series at the Star Trek Las Vegas convention, introducing actor Patrick Stewart to describe the iconic character's return.
"I've been spending a lot of time recently watching Star Trek: The Next Generation, including episodes I've never seen before, which was fun and exciting," Stewart told the assembled crowd. "Jean-Luc Picard is back."
Still early in development, Stewart could only provide some loose parameters. "He may not, and I stress may not , be a captain anymore. He may not be the Jean-Luc that you recognize and know so well," Stewart said. "Twenty years will have passed, which is more or less exactly the time between the very last movie—Nemesis—and today."
The timeline described by Stewart means the new series will finally show us what many Star Trek fans had hoped to see when Discovery was first announced: the timeline after the events of Deep Space Nine.
All of Star Trek is set in a roughly 225-year period, between the events of Star Trek: Enterprise, which opens in 2151, and the aftermath of Star Trek: Nemesis, which saw the death of Praetor Shinzon (Tom Hardy) in 2379 and the renewed possibility of peace between the Federation and the Romulan Empire. This new series will jump forward, to the turn of a new century.
Captain Picard's life after Nemesis has already been described in novels and comics, though it's unlikely the new series will adhere to the future timeline developed outside the scope of TV shows and movies. Some of the landmark events include a disastrous Borg invasion, a rival diplomatic pact to rival The Federation and Picard's career as an ambassador.
But more than Picard's life, the new Star Trek series will offer an opportunity to explore the future's future, moving decades beyond the last span of Federation history depicted in a TV series. For seven seasons, Deep Space Nine followed the build-up and breakout of war between the Federation and the Dominion, an ancient empire on the opposite of the galaxy, ruled by a small population of shapeshifting Changelings. Though Nemesis was set after the Dominion War, Star Trek has never explored the aftermath of that conflict in any detail, essentially abandoning storytelling in a fascinating and new galactic order.
Discovery writer Ted Sullivan credits the new show to fellow writer Kirsten Beyer, who, in addition to authoring Voyager novels, coordinates Star Trek continuity across TV, comics and books. Beyer's involvement indicates the new Picard series will be more than a side-story. The addition of Michael Chabon, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, makes the project even more interesting.
This #Picard news is very exciting. It's the brain child of our dear friend and lifelong Trek "keeper of the flame" #KirstenBeyer. This couldn't have happened to a better or more talented artist and human being! Exciting times for #StarTrek!
— Ted Sullivan (@karterhol) August 4, 2018
The new series has an opportunity to do more than explore Jean-Luc Picard; it could also unveil a whole new century of Star Trek.
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Kataklysm Get Animated For 'And Then I Saw Blood' Video
Kataklysm have released a new animated music video for their track "And Then I Saw Blood". The song comes from their latest album "Meditations" which was released this past summer.
Kataklysm recruited Romanian artist Costin Chioreanu to create the clip (watch it here) and frontman Maurizio Iacono had this to say: "'…And Then I Saw Blood' can be interpreted in many different ways as it has an open concept to it. Everyone can see it the way they want but we wanted an animated video done with an artistic flair.
"Costin was the perfect artist to do it. I told him the central theme of the track deals with the betrayal of two close friends. I asked him to bring in his own world on how he envisioned the song and theme.
"Costin totally out did himself in this futuristic but realistic interpretation of where we are headed as people continue to get absorbed by technology and this urge to create something bigger, stronger, and more intelligent in this obsession to become godlike."
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College admissions representatives will visit the College and Career Center (room 312) to speak with juniors and seniors about eligibility, majors, sports, dorms and clubs for their schools. They can also read your college essays. Seniors get "registered interest" points for attending. Check the September College Visits List in the link to the right.
The full list of college visits will be updated on Naviance, as are scholarships. Check the scholarship websites for current due dates, which will be updated soon. Visit the College and Career Center in room 312 for more information.
Students: use your TL computer log-in and password to view the resources available via Naviance.
Seniors have first priority, then juniors. Sign up in the binder in the CCC. Bring your lunch!


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All the national forests in this region are lifting their seasonal fire-use restrictions Wednesday morning as the monsoon settles into Arizona.
The Prescott, Coconino and Kaibab national forests all plan to drop fire restrictions.
By the old standard of three consecutive days of high dewpoints for Phoenix, the monsoon started July 3, which is four days earlier than average. Several experts predicted it could arrive early because of the La Niña influence.
This year, the National Weather Service decided to frame the monsoon season on the same days every year, June 15 through Sept. 30.
The Weather Service is forecasting a 20 to 30 percent chance of thunderstorms in the Yavapai County Mountains today through Monday.
Parts of the Prescott region received heavy rain Sunday afternoon, prompting the Weather Service to issue a small stream flood advisory for central Yavapai County. Radar indicated that 1 inch to 3 inches of rain fell within a few hours.


Note: Amperage is a maximum load rating. Devices only draw as many amps as they need.
This USB wall charger is used to power and charge phones, media players, or any other device that comes with a USB cable. It provides up to 1000mA of stable power, that's twice the amount of a USB 2.0 port. The compact design offers convenience and portability while maintaining a low profile. Advanced circuitry provides your device with clean and stable power.


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Are you aiming to buy CBD-rich oil? Locating the ideal CBD oil can be a difficult task, especially if you are a novice. There are lots of means of acquiring your Cannabinoid (CBD) oil. You can buy the item online, from brick and mortar shop, co-ops, dispensaries, and also natural herbalists. CBD oil items can be made from essences of either hemp plants or Marijuana Plants. Depending upon your recommended setting of intake, the hemp-extracted oil is readily available in a series of applications consisting of tinctures, topicals, vaporizers, vape pens, transdermal patches and as infused edibles.


BOSTON (AP) — Isaiah Thomas used to imagine what it would be like to play in a Game 7 as he watched some of the NBA's biggest names cement their legacies on the league's biggest stage.
"I don't believe in pressure," Thomas said. "I've worked too hard to be scared of any type of pressure."