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Why did you pick your name?
Thread starter Decaf
plated-dairy
Jennywocky
guud languager
Charn
I wanted something that incorporated my real name a little bit (because I want to be "known") but I'm also pretty quirky and imagination and like to play around.
So alluding to Carroll's poem seems to be a perfect fit.
(I actually tried to use "Mimsical" elsewhere, another term I half-coined from the same poem, but it felt less personal and plus other people had already used it -- I was sure "Jennywocky" was not being used by anyone and wanted to keep the name as much as possible so I didn't forget my id on some sites.)
Probably the same reasoning I use in selecting the "quirky Death" instead of a different more serious version of her for my av.
... My toast is dark and full of terrors.
Loraella
I have been using many different user names on different sites - quite often when I register on a new one I feel like starting with a new one again because I'm not entirely content with my old one(s) any more :P
Another one I've been using relatively a lot lately was Luz Melian. (Luz cause my real name is Lucie, so it's kind of similar, and Melian is one of the charecters I like in Silmarillion, plus the word looks and sounds good.)
Now I wanted something that would consist of just one word though. Something different again... and eventually I went to a fantasy names generator site and filled in the boxes it asked. And already the first suggestion was a word that I instantly liked
FusionKnight
MN, USA
Fusion - of ideas, of foods, of music, of words, of nuclei, of time and space, of mind and body, of knowledge and faith, of myself and the "other".
Knight - Chivalrous, valorous, courageous, humble, courteous, strong, defender, warrior, lover, noble, loyal, self-sacrificing.
To inanity and beyond
Lake Isle Innisfree
Mm, I chose my name for a couple reasons. Let me see if I can remember...
I've always loved fantasy, mythology, and mystical beings...I was almost "Pheonix", but there are a lot of people who use that. I do like dragons, but I had an obsession with them way back when, and they have too much hype. And I almost chose to be "Gryphon", because they're my next favorite fantasy being...but Chimera works.
It's a mix of animals; if you want to think about it traditionally, it's lion, goat, and snake I believe. I like to think that represents me quite well...the lion for my pride and sense of confidence. The goat for my overwhelming stubbornness. The snake for being sly, and my tendency to be "venemous" when I'm angry or frustrated.
Chimera also means "illusion" or "fanciful imagination", if I remember right. (I looked it up when I was picking a name.) I've always been prone to daydreaming and vivid night dreams in general...so that fits as well.
The main reason I picked the name though is because if you chop off the "ra" in "Chimera", you're left with "Chime". I think of windchimes, which always link to freedom and beauty. But it sounds different from how most people pronounce "Chimera", and a lot of people wouldn't think of "Chime" when they read the name. And that is ridiculously representative of me. I'm quite good at putting on a show of being indifferent and unaffected by anything, and sometimes that's really the truth...but I really am a tenderhearted person IF that side of me can be unearthed. Fortunately, I only know of about 3 people who can unlock the Chime in me. Everyone else gets the monster.
I had other reasons...but I either just lied or forgot them.
You have no idea.
Professional Amateur
Portland, OR, USA
Chimera said:
Mind if I call you Ghost Shark?
"I want freedom for the full expression of my personality."
- Mahatma Gandhi
Chimera - I like your username! I like mythological and fantasy beings too, particularly elves (the Tolkien type, not the silly little dwarvies.)
Aren't you by chance also on the forum amaranthia.com? I used to be active there for years (but in the last months got rather bored and annoyed there and don't visit any more) and there's also a Chimera member there :P
kellimaier
It's high in the middle and round on both ends...o
It's my name.
ok, that said...I have some user names here and there...nicknames that I ended up with in real life "Kaboom", "Bunny", and "Diosa" are the three most commonly used online and nicks from friends and family.
"Kaboom" comes from my rather risk taking and...um..occasionally angry and anti social personality.
I can be really quiet and then make me mad( which is hard to do)...and..."Kaboom"
Bunny...no idea where that came from. I think that in spite of what I said above I seem a bit vulnerable to people. ( They are always trying to fix me! ) I am absent minded and fuzzy ...I skitter away from people.
Diosa...given by my cousins because I can act a bit...arrogant..so they say..I think it is more just quiet.
A day without sunshine is like...night.
Because I had the song "Pepper" by the Butthole Surfers running through my head that day.
Decaf;
I came across that same article when I looked up Chimera (for alternate meanings, origin, etc...). I would have spelled my name "Chimaera", but I wondered if someone might link it to the ghost shark...
Those are strange little buggers. Interesting though.
Oh, by the way, every time I see your name I crave coffee. But I don't do decaf.
Loraella;
I have to confess I've never read Tolkein's works. Watched the movies though. I just never got into the books.
Nope, I've never heard of amaranthia.com. But that's ironic...I almost incorperated Amaranth into my name here. I think I was going to be Amarantine or something.
What's amaranthia.com a forum of?
o_O That's cool with the amaranth username idea, Chimera XD
Amaranthia is a forum run by a woman (who uses amaranth as her nickname) who makes RPGs. She started making games about 4 or 5 years ago and although she hasn't made many yet, I find them really enjoyable. It was the first forum I ever joined, in April 2005 - I had downloaded her first RPG from another gaming site, and then as I needed help with something I visited the site, joined and stayed a regular and even quite addicted member. Everything was so new and fascinating to me on these forums. And people were of different ages and nations and discussions of various topics, definitely not only about games or fantasy.
But for about the last year it has been going downhill imo... there was a transition to a new site with totally new design last year in spring, not the black&purple any more u_u Of course this wasn't the main problem to me, but also the community is all different. From the oldies with which I used to talk a lot there's almost no one any more. There has been a huge wave of newbies, a lot of them even younger than 15 or 14. Earlier there was a special private atmosphere but now there are just too many members. Old ones are gone and with new ones I somehow can't connect any more. People who are relatively new became mods; which kind of upset me cause I had been a regular member for longer than them and also helpful in the game section (for people who needed help in amaranth's games and quests in them). And there has been also an annoying drama issue a few months ago, and also in my opinion more censorhip and authoritarianism from the site owner than it should be on a forum. After all it's the people who create the forum, not only the owner. Constructive criticisms, also mine, have been unaccepted and misinterpred... topics by some other members attempting to debade on the "controversial" issues were closed and even deleted, because "they may cause hurt feelings." So yeah with time my connection to the site has been getting weaker and weaker and now I don't have any need to go there any more.
Uhh sorry for the long rant :S Like I said, this site was really something quite special to me and it wasn't even easy for me to decide to leave. But good thing is that with the several people I liked there who also don't go there any more I managed to connect on facebook.
That sounds eerily similar to something that happened to me as well. ._.
I know what that's like. I was part of a roleplay forum whose members turned into my best friends and second family for a time. We were so close to each other that if one of us was going through something, such as a problem at home, we would all feel it and be affected in a few days. But drama started popping up, and I took a break from the site after the admin started getting on my case about some thing or another...and then when I came back to the site, less than half of my oldbie friends were still active and there was a swarm of newbies that I didn't have any desire to get to know. I still visit pretty regularly, maybe once a week, but I don't actually take much part in the forum.
It's amusing to me 'cause people who have never had that sort of bond with a forum could probably never understand. They'd be like "wtf, it's just a site ._."
*Stabbity*
Stabbity is an expression that the Black Mage uses from a comic strip called 8 bit Theater. Based on the NES game Final Fantasy 1.
http://www.nuklearpower.com/latest.php
I use about ten different avatar names on the net. I try to do that to decrease my digital footprint on the net. Funny, I have revealed more about myself on this forum than have in all my yrs of being on the internet.
If I did something illegal this would be the prime place to find out my identity.
I have an obsession with the letter K and generally use it for avatar names.
http://tekn0mancer.mypersonality.infoGrow into your ideals so that life cannot rob you of them.....Albert Schweitzer
Education is the best provision for the journey to old age......Aristotle
IntenseBurger
*Stabbity* said:
by the way I LOVE 8-bit theater. I started reading it a few months ago, now I'm all the way episode 612. I'll be sad when I get to the end and I gots to wait for his updates. reading 20 at a time is a nice luxury
"I don't do drugs, I am drugs."
-Salvador Dali
Artifice Orisit
It's Kirky, Get him!
(I just made that up, and no, I don't know why)
Hammett, Kirk.
I must have been having an uninspired day and quite frankly I don't like it but whatcha gonna do *shrug*
"you're a poet whether you like it or not"
The Maze in the Heart of the Castle
grey matters said:
I like names that have multiple meanings. The first reason why I chose Grey matters was out of the irritation (almost exasperation) and frustration from being surrounded by mostly illogical and frivolous people, therefore I feel the need to point out that gray matter really does matter. Secondly I am going gray, with age comes wisdom and that matters also. Thirdly I don't believe that everything is or should be either black or white, gray matters also.
To give you a fourth meaning, grey matter is a major component to your brain!
I've had this username on various forums and on AIM for years, so why not continue it? "Jones" seemed like a neutral and ambiguous name, and with the title "civilian" it's only more meaningless. I'm not sure why I wanted an ambiguous or meaningless name- probably something to do with the INTP-brand of self doubt & lack of self confidence.
I was filled with a desire to play warcraft 3 during a mental trip. But I didn't want to play under my normal username, because I was most likely going to do terrible. The solution was easy enough: Make a new account. But then I reached an enigma... what should my username be??? How can any 16-alphanumeric phrase express who I am?? If I can't properly express who I am, can I atleast choose a name that is neutral? Every word I thought of had A LOT of emotional impact. Furthermore everytime I thought of a word my Ne would show me a connection to something really significant. I ended up using 16 random numbers. And I lost my game badly, but it was pretty.
WARNING: STRATEGIC MIND MERGING AT HIGH SPEEDS FROM RIGHT.
every statement is in some sense true, in some sense false, in some sense meaningless, in some sense true+false, in some sense true+meaningless, in some sense false+meaningless, and in some sense true+false and meaningless.
-Discordian nonsense
Intuitives are introspectives and not Earthlings. We are space cadets from another planet. Originally, I thought I was a shooting star from the Perseus constellation. Now, I realise I am probably from Neptune. Well I knew that before, but I was acting under a masquerade.
Freud is 80% fraud, all except the E for Ego
The difference between the Psi Cops (psychiatrists)
and the Psi Corps (psychologists) is the R for Relationship
Perseus System
Sore Dragon Blogspot
Introvert 8 Intuitive 10 Thinker 7 Perception 11
Paragon Scale 1-12
Jesin
Umm, Perseus was primarily a hero in Greek mythology, and a constellation only on the side.
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Gorgon the Medusa was killed with mirrors.
It was Medusa the Gorgon.
Jesin said:
Not exactly mirrored. Are mirror fonts available?
If you were going for a mirror effect, why didn't you spell it backwards?
Melkor
*Silent antagonist*
Béal feirste
Umm...
It's kinda obvious, no?
He is a bad-ass from lord fo the rings, so it's not a very original name nor that inventive, but I think it rolls off the tongue nicely, unless you pronounce it like Cabbo did.
>Milk-gore.
'He was the sort of person who stood on mountaintops during thunderstorms in wet copper armour shouting 'All the Gods are bastards.
Fedayeen
Old user name, vengeance was already taken so i improvised.
They used to call me nobody, but now nobody will let me be nobody again
I just want my old username back
SafetyInNumbers
I often use alot of different names, Felinial, Saiph, Sacred Chao, Jonny Cross all of which kinda fit with a mental state at the time, SafetyInNumbers just came to me without the need to think too much, so I picked it and looking back it seems appropriate.
SafetyInNumbers said:
Hail Eris godess of discordia, yep indeed. just wait till Hagbard Celine gets here.
Idigress
I picked this name back in the Mid 90s when I was trying to think of a username to use when I played Doom on my first computer. Thought it was pretty unique. Nowadays it's been stolen quite a bit :-)
Idigress said:
Nowadays it's been stolen quite a bit :-)
That is so frustrating to me. I miss the old days when you could think of some crazy user name and use it on every service you subscribed to. Now it never works. I'm lucky if I can get it to work on two of the main services I use.
I'm in a transitional phase where I've become disconnected from an identity defined by a user name. On the gaming server I frequent I now rotate between about 20-25 different names. Everything from ScaryName (for Halloween) to BakedPotato and TheFridge
Also, I think your name is great. Very INTP and easy to remember to boot.
Decaf, your avatar bothers me. Back to the marshmellows!
Only because I've seen it before, though.
Yes, I'm still alive.
Agent Intellect
Absurd Anti-hero.
i don't think i've ever had a problem having my user name already taken (i use this name for just about everything, except WoW where i had a tauren with the unlikely name of Gaunt)
My Facebook community page:
https://www.facebook.com/TheCynicalPhilosopher
Science, philosophy, social/political issues, religion etc... all the shit INTP's are supposed to like I guess. Check it out and "like"
Chronomar
I took my favorite thing (science), my gender (lady), and my favorite number (38). To come up with my pass word I -----. ----- nobody try to figure it out. It's pretty impossible anyway, but I'm talking to a forum of INTPs here, so maybe not.
EDIT BY JESIN: Are you sure you should be giving out information about your password like that? People don't break passwords by guessing them manually one at a time. They write scripts to do it for them. What you just said makes your password much easier to break.
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Cabbo Pearimo
A selection of letters, (almost) randomly selected from the name creator in Tony Hawks Under Ground.
"I'd take the awe of understanding over the awe of ignorance any day" -DNA
Anling
It's my name from Chinese class, means tranquil spirit. It fits me pretty well and it sounds nice.
"'BOOKS!' Raoden said with excitement.
'Should never have brought you here,' Galladon muttered. 'Now I'll never get rid of you.'"
-Elantris
Ms Independent
I picked mine without regard for ingenuity or gaming because I'm far from creative and not at all into gaming. That being said, it is me in my purest form, I need no one, I'm above most in intellect (which, as we all are, this is not meant to sound arrogent) and I prefer to go against the grain whenever possible. This whole logic thing that we INTP's so dominately exude is the very thing I cannot relate to. I can always figure "it" out, but I can come to those conclusions by the most diverse way possible and always end up confusing those I try to explain it to. Is that normal? Can anyone vouch for that similarity? It seems to me to be the most logical at the time, but I'm discovering as I fumble through life that their sense of logic and mine are very different.
Vrecknidj
Michigan/Indiana, USA
What makes you think I picked my name?
Sylzarra
The 11th dimension
Well Syl means wind and Zarra means Lightning. Put them together you have a nice storm(at best)/hurricane(at worst). I guess it describes the state of my thoughts and the speed at which things get thrown in and out of my pondering at times. In addition I feel exhilarated when its windy and thundering outside. It's humbling and awe inspiring.
"The obvious mathematical breakthrough would be development of an easy way to factor large prime numbers."
Bill Gates, The Road Ahead
snowyashes
Kind of lame, but I wrote a song a few years ago, and it was actually somewhat good, which was completely surprising (and exciting), and it was called "Snowy Ashes"... as others have said, I made a username on some website with it (I think it was a writing website, which made sense, of course), and I've been using it since, because the name I had previously been using included a sport which I no longer participate in, and snowyashes is extremely uncommon. Plus it just sounds cool.
[~snowyashes~]
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind." ~Dr. Seuss
LucasM
Calgary, AB, Canada, Humanity
I wonder why I picked this... It describes me perfectly.
At least some things stay constant.
Stuck somewhere in the middle.
Anthile
Steel marks flesh
Well, my first nick on the internet used to be Pizaro, after a villain of the ancient NES game Dragon Quest IV. Well, he surely kicked ass.
But after some years the name got boring and I decided to pick a new one. Because I often ponder on things like names or avatars, it had to be something special. So on one day I found the article about the ancient philosopher Ant(h)isthenes, the founder of Cynics, by chance and I thought "Hey, that would be a decent name for me - but it is too long, too complicated...". In a weird moment of epiphany then, Star Wars crossed my mind - Wedge Antilles, the greatest pilot of the rebellion! So, in this point of time, Anthile was born.
I think it's a nick that represents very good the two contrary sides of the person who hides behind the name - insanity and hypersanity.
"I have watched you. Your ways are patient but unstoppable."
Badass Longcat
Lost, after wandering irresponsibly away from the
Ummm. Sage= wise, smart, kick-ass-burn-everything-to-the-ground-class-in-FE.
Wolf= Canis Lupus, large canine mammal native to Europe and North America, lives in packs, carnivorous, evolutionary ancestor of the domesticated dog, species which a have a slight obsession with.
There. Simple. I've almost never encountered it being taken, either, except on LJ and Gmail. (I'm not sagewolf on DA, either, but I joined DA before I came up with sagewolf.)
"It seems like a reasonable response to me. As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of resolving approaches zero. *Has to be quietly reprimanded* ...And that would be wrong."
--Vaarsuvius, OotS
Fukyo
blurb blurb
My name is related to Matsuo Basho,and I decided to use it because I can recognize myself in it's meaning.
wake up sheeple
Ogion
Paladin of Patience
snowyashes said:
But your name (or that song) wouldn't have anything to do with "A breath of snow and Ashes" from Diana Gabaldon? (Part 5 or 6, dunno exactly, of a novel series, each beyond 700, some around 1200 pages )
"People willing to trade their freedom for temporary security deserve neither and will loose both." - Benjamin Franklin
"Enlightenment is man's leaving his self-caused immaturity." - Immanuel Kant
"The interests of an INTP would be enough to occupy him for several lifetimes if that were possible."
"Lor and NoI are my heroes and I would do anything for them!"
Truth, just....Truth. Oh and it will change your view on "Real Life" forever
Carinthian
Erm its a land, and a person from a land with such name would be called a carinthian. har.
Seducer of the Homeless
INFP
where i have been put
it is the title of the english coursework i was procrastinating as i stumbled upon the forum.
(not the official title, but thats what i labeled mine)
IS THAT A CODPIECE
I like too many things and get all confused and hung-up running from one falling star to another till i drop. I have nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion. - Jack Kerouac
'But Bill, people don't want to think, they want to laugh' What? Do you want me to tickle them all individually?! - Bill Hicks
Poets are Damned... but See with the Eyes of Angels. - Allen Ginsberg
This ain't no disco.
The literal translation of Depeche Mode from French to English is "Fast Fashion."
And Depeche Mode is my absolute favorite band of all time.
So there you go.
"And Depeche Mode is my absolute favorite band of all time.
So there you go."
REALLY? i honestly hadn't guessed
didn't know about the name though
LOL but yeah, they got it from a French magazine apparently.
Right now I'm wearing the t-shirt from their last tour.
I'm not obsessed, I SWEAR!!
Ogion said:
Nope... I've never heard of them. Sounds interesting, though... what are they about?
Cognisant = to think, be thinking
A succinct autobiography in a single word
Cogito ergo sum Cognisant


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Pure, a manufacturer of music streaming devices and digital radios that use DAB technology to tune into traditional broadcasting stations, has launched a new service today that allows Android and iOS users to play audio content wirelessly.
With Pure Stream, users can play audio content through a mobile device, including music, podcasts and internet radio, and listen to it through a selection of Pure hardware.
In a press release issued today, however, the company only mentions the new Sensia 200D Connect and One Flow as being compatible with Pure Stream. Although, Pure also states that there are "more devices to follow throughout the year", noting the Contour 200i Air as an example.
The Pure Stream service, which is based on Digital Living Network Alliance (DNLA) technology, has been incorporated into the firm's existing Pure Connect app for Android and iOS.
Interestingly enough, the Pure Connect app is actually a rebrand of a website and set of apps formerly known as Pure Lounge. The company says the new name has been chosen in preperation for "some forthcoming exciting new product and service announcements", although what those are is currently unknown.
Part of that could be the inclusion of Pure Music, the company's cloud-based on-demand music service. Although it's not quite as popular as Spotify or Rdio in the UK, at £4.99 a month it's still quite an attractive offer, competing alongside newcomer Xbox Music. As part of today's announcement, Pure also said that Pure Music would be added to its Pure Stream service from January next year.
Pure Stream will no doubt be welcomed by some Pure hardware owners, however because it currently effects only a small portion of its devices, it feels a little insignificant. Coupled with the fact that there appears to be no app alternatives on Windows Phone or Blackberry, and it's unlikely that the service will gain a serious foothold in the market. At least for now, anyway.


The head of US Cyber Command told Congress Wednesday the agency is ready to respond more aggressively to cyber attacks. With a 10 percent boost in its budget for 2020, CYBERCOM hopes to plug "significant breaches" in the US Navy's cyber defenses in particular.
US Army Gen. Paul Nakasone, who heads both US Cyber Command and the National Security Agency, told the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Intelligence and Emerging Threats and Capabilities Wednesday that the US is prepared to more aggressively strike back in response to cyber attacks. His statement follows a US Navy report detailing how the service has failed to protect sensitive information from Chinese and Russian hackers.
Assistant Defense Secretary for Homeland Defense Kenneth Rapuano told the subcommittee during the same hearing that a more aggressive stance could deter future attacks.
"Historically, we have not done that," Rapuano said. "And that really is the paradigm shift that is really laid out in our strategy."
Nakasone advised that "imposing consequences on adversaries in a way that's predictable enough for them" could dissuade attacks.
The Cybersecurity Readiness Review published by the US Navy on Tuesday said that Navy facilities and service partners have been caught "flat-footed" by cyberattacks.
"Despite our adversaries' clear statements of intent, the [Navy] did not anticipate this attack vector," the report states, noting that "several significant" breaches of Navy systems resulted in "massive amounts" of classified data on national security being stolen not only from the Navy, but from its partner industry contractors, too.
The report was ordered by Navy Secretary Richard Spencer last October, who warned at the time that "attacks on our networks are not new, but attempts to steal critical information are increasing in both severity and sophistication."
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"We are under siege," a senior Navy official told The Wall Street Journal Tuesday. "People think it's much like a deadly virus — if we don't do anything, we could die."
However, even after the report, the Pentagon clearly doesn't know all of its own weaknesses or what's been lost. "Because of the scarcity of resources available, and the limitations of the available art and science of detection, the DoD [Department of Defense] and DoN [Department of the Navy] have only a limited understanding of the actual totality of losses that are occurring," the report says.
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The solar cell (or photovoltiac cell if you prefer) has been around since the 1800s, trying to effectively catch energy from our perpetually exploding fire ball in the sky, the sun. Harvesting power from the near-limitless amount of energy the sun rains down on us might sound like a match made in heaven for battery electric vehicles. But what cars have made us of these cells thus far, and what does the future outlook of harvesting photons for propulsion hold?
For the time being lets start with what is a solar cell? That in itself is a heavy subject, but the most basic explanation can be found in the short video below.
So essentially, sunlight goes in, energy comes out, seems like the perfect system. But as stated in the video above, there are several caveats. If you are in an area where there is limited sunlight, then solar cells will do you no good. To illustrate the point, here is a map of the average irradiance within the United States from 1996-2016.
The Department of Energy has an interactive map showing the solar energy potential based on your location. A region like Phoenix, Arizona can capture around 0.6 kilowatts of energy per square foot of solar cells per day. While Seattle, Washington will roughly capture 0.35 kW/ft^2/day, a decrease of almost half.
Secondly is the matter of efficiency, currently a solar cell will not harvest all the potential energy that the sun is providing. Almost every transfer of energy results in some sort of loss of energy due to wiring resistances, inverters, etc. Even the simple process of plugging a Tesla into a Supercharger is not a 100% efficient process, instead it is somewhere around the 90% mark. Meaning that, in order for your Model S/X to receive 90 kWh of power, the Supercharger delivers 100 kWh. So it is not an isolated incident of solar cells not being efficient, it's just that there is no such thing as 100% efficiency at his point. In the mess of a chart below you can see what efficiencies that different researchers and types of solar cells have achieved.
While the highest efficiency achieved has been around 46%, but these cells are still prohibitively expensive for mass-production. As such, most commercial solar cells hover around the 20% efficiency range, so there is still a long way to go. However on the bright side, the cost of these cells per watt have aggressively dropped in the price over the past several decades.
Knowing what we know no, lets take a look at some cars consumer cars that have tried to make use of the suns energy.
So Where's the Solar Power?
The previous generation Nissan Leaf, sported an optional little solar panel that would be used to trickle charge the cars 12V battery. Obviously this solar panel was too small to contribute to the charging range of the Leaf. But, if you were to leave you car for a long time without starting it up, you would be confident that the solar panel would allow you to come back to a car that had fully functioning interior lights, radio, etc.
This list won't be exclusive to electric cars with solar panels, as there were numerous gas cars that used solar panels for small functions. The reason this entry into the list is so general, as there is simply not much information about these solar sunroofs. The basic principle was within the sunroof, were solar cells that were used to power a ventilation system that would keep the car cool while you were gone. Various automakers had incorporated the system into their vehicles, starting with the (to best of my knowledge) the 1992 Mazda 929, various BMWs such as the E46 M3 shown about, and the Audi A8. While the feature isn't groundbreaking, it is a nice little addition to vehicle and provided a foothold for displaying the benefits of a car using solar cells.
The previous Toyota Prius (non-plug) had a feature similar to the solar sunroof found above(albeit with a much bigger panel that spanned almost the whole roof). The solar cells on the roof would not contribute to the hybrid's battery, but instead towards powering the ventilation system. However for the newest Prius Plug-in (or Prius Prime as it is known in the US), the solar roof actually contributes to the range of the vehicle as well as help power the auxiliary systems. The solar panel is said to provide around 3 miles of range per day to help the Prime's 25 mile EPA rated all-electric range. So it's not a huge amount of range, but hey, free energy is free energy, as long as we don't think of the cost of the panel. Regardless it's still nice to see some driving range coming from the use of solar panel. Sadly the solar roof option is not available in the United States as of yet.
Similarly to the Prius Prime up top, the Karma Revero plug-in uses a solar roof to help power it's 21 kWh battery that gets an all electric range of 50 miles. Karma states that the solar panel is good for 500-1000 miles of range in a given year, or 1.37-2.74 miles per day. Once again, it's not a huge amount of range, but it is something and helps to further cement the usefulness of solar panels in cars, no matter how small.
We've written about the Sono Sion previously. While the cars we've mentioned previously listed have treated solar panels as a means to power accessory features, Sono aims to make the solar panels a main focus of the Sion. One easy way to see this commitment is the number of solar panels used, while previous cars stuck to keeping the cells on the roof, Sono has placed solar cells everywhere, the roof, the doors, the hood, all in the hopes to gather as much energy as possible. An example of how many miles can be harvested from the sun during various months in Munich (which is roughly in-line with Quebec, Canada) are presented below.
So as shown, the Sion can gets as much as 29 km (18 miles) in the summer months and as low as 4 km (2.5 miles) in the winter months of the northerly placed Munich. Additionally Sono claims that their solar panels operate at 24% efficiency which is a little bit better than average in terms of commercial solar panels. The Sion carries a 35 kWh battery that gives a range of 255 km (158 miles), meaning that during the summer months the battery can be fully recharged within 10 days of good weather. But while I applaud the somewhat worth-while use of solar panels, there is still the issue that the design leaves much to be desired. For those of you who only care for the fact that it can recharge itself with the sun, the looks of the car will probably be no problem. But for the majority of car buyers, the numerous solar panels incorporated into every surface of the car may be a turn off. Still the Sion takes solar panel use into an interesting direction, and with even incremental increases to the efficiency of the panels, there will be a significant gain in range due to the high surface area of the car.
As time moves forward, the use of solar cells in electric cars will probably become more prominent. We may never get to a point where the solar cells will be the sole thing providing energy to the car, but we will surely see the daily energy intakes that supersede the 2-18 miles a day worth's of energy we are currently seeing. Hyundai and Kia have stated that they are working on a solar roof that will be able to charge 30-60% of a battery's capacity within the day (hopefully they aren't using a 15 kWh plug-in hybrid battery as the measuring point for that statistic.). Recently we reported who teased their first production car, which appears to have the solar panels going all the way down over the rear window and onto the trunk. Lightyear hopes to have the car deliver 5,000-6,000 miles worth of energy from the sun annually.
These are just some of the developments regarding the use of solar panels in cars. One look at the participants of the World Solar Challenge or American Solar Challenge, and you can see the potential of using sunlight as a means of vehicle energy.


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Unreleased Minis
From Human Sphere
These miniatures are the rarest produced - those that have never been released to the general public at all!
None of the models on this page were made commercially available so their numbers are extremely limited. Generally they were early or test versions that weren't considered suitable for general sale but very few have been given away by Corvus Belli to mark special occasions or victories in particular tournaments. It's unclear how many of each there are floating around, but 8 is probably a fair guess as that is how many would typically be on a master mould.
The six sculpts below are those that I am aware of but if you know of any more, or have further info or corrections about any of them, then please do let me know and I'll be sure to add it in. Also, if you happen to own one and are looking to sell then don't forget about me!
1 Shaolin Monk
2 Ghulam with HMG
3 Dog Warrior
4 Crocman
5 Ninja
6 Galwegian
7 Soldiers of Fortune
Shaolin Monk
We're starting this tour with a Monk for Yu Jing which was sculpted by Carlos Torres. It is clearly one of the newer designs (as opposed to the chunky hand-standing ones that were out originally) but was possibly intended as a separate blister release.
This Monk was rejected after a moulding test, but I'm lead to believe that one was given by Corvus Belli to the winner of a Spanish tournament. There appear to be a handful of unpainted ones floating about also.
Ghulam with HMG
The Ghulam HMG represents a half-way point in Haqqislam miniature design where the Ghulam sculpt was being brought up to date but the new weapons had not yet been designed. It was discarded and replaced by a new HMG-wielding trooper in the SWC box. It's also interesting to note that he is left handed!
An example of the model was given to Admiral JFJC as part of the Operation Flamestrike campaign for his services to PanOceania.
Dog Warrior
This is the first Dog Warrior to be sculpted and it was designed by Carlos Torres. It was subsequently re-done because it was thought to be too skinny. This one was painted by SirAlban and is owned by Alberto Alfonsin, AKA Pavel MacManus, who is an old Ariadna playtester.
Crocman
The original sculpt of the Crocman was rejected because Corvus Belli wanted him to have a more dynamic one with "maori face". The replacement is the Crocman found in the original PanO starter box.
This is one of the earliest ever sculpts and was made before the game was even properly available in stores. It was sculpted by Fernando Liste. An example of this miniature can currently be found in a display cabinet at Corvus Belli HQ.
Galwegian
This miniature came to light when it appeared at the back of a group shot of Galwegians showing how they had improved over the years and it currently resides at Corvus Belli HQ along with the Ninja.
Soldiers of Fortune
A limited number of the miniatures in the Soldiers of Fortune Aristeia expansion were produced in metal. Primarily, for the studio paint job. For all expansions after Soldiers of Fortune, the studio minis are the same plastic as sold retail.
Laxmee
Senor Massacre
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Take a look and then get out there and put it to use! Otherwise, the priorities may be off, unless both of you are only about a quick fling. Her values are not the same as a younger woman Cheyenne Bostock — AskCheyb. Be gentle, be kind, be fun and be loving. They want a man who is mature and confident. They know if a man is being dishonest or playing games. Talk Radio and a keynote speaker. She has appeared on over national and international TV and radio shows including Dr. Often younger guys try to outmatch the older guy, by pretending to be more experienced, worldly, wisely and even successful than he is. This is not what an older woman wants from a younger guy.
These Are the Cities Where People Exercise the Most Companies are starting to adjust not just to millennials' habits but also to their atmospheric expectations. Dan Satterthwaite, who runs the studio's human-relations department and has been in the field for about 23 years, says Maslow's hierarchy of needs makes it clear that a company can't just provide money anymore but also has to deliver self-actualization.
During work hours at DreamWorks, you can take classes in photography, sculpting, painting, cinematography and karate. When one employee explained that jujitsu is totally different from karate, Satterthwaite was shocked at his boldness, then added a jujitsu class. Millennials are able to use their leverage to negotiate much better contracts with the traditional institutions they do still join. Although the armed forces had to lower the physical standards for recruits and make boot camp less intensive, Gary Stiteler, who has been an Army recruiter for about 15 years, is otherwise more impressed with millennials than any other group he's worked with.
In my early 30s, a 20 year old girl is a lot more preferable than a 27 year old girl.
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Just be who you are. Have your own opinions and share conversation based on opposing ideas. It brings a continual spark to the whole relationship and gives each of you something to always think about. Keep exercising and eating well. This is a no-brainer, as a younger man wants his older woman to keep up with him, in both word and deed.
The endorphins need to keep flowing for this partnership to last, and daily exercise and a healthy diet will keep the heart and body on fire. Maca root is a supplement derived from the jungles of Peru. Resorts, motels, cars, airplanes, you name it.
Yet, during a recent gathering of girlfriends, she seemed to be the target of as many cougar jokes as Mariah Carey was in when she married Nick Cannon. At 32, Cannon is a decade younger than the singer.
On the other hand, older women are already established, are more comfortable in their skin and are finished with all the BS games they played when they were younger. This is a big reason why younger men find older women so attractive.
Just because it is not for you doesn't mean it isn't right Get over yourselves and on with your lives. I'm in my mid 40s and have dated many lads in their 20s to our mutual satisfaction and they keep coming back for more.
Should she have cut it as soon as she felt that she was developing feelings for the guy? Or… should she continue seeing the guy, enjoy dating him as much as she can while she can, and not worry about the outcome of the situation too much, without thinking about the future too much? An older woman might have the greatest time of her life dating an energetic, exciting, attractive young man, but she is also likely to feel that she is wasting her time being with a younger guy and knowing that it is not going to turn into a long-term relationship, instead of pursuing a relationship with a man with whom she could establish a family and have children in the nearest future as the biology would dictate to a woman who is aware that her biological clock is ticking.


FARM Assured British Beef and Lamb has been condemned as a farce by a leading Northants sheep farmer.
FABBL member John Matts, Creaton, Northants, told a Royal Agricultural Societies conference in Edinburgh, that he had never been inspected.
"I do not know anyone who has. I also know of one farmer accepted into the scheme one week who had his enterprise severely criticised by a local welfare officer the following week," said Mr Matts.
"FABBL is a farce. It cannot serve the industry unless it has teeth. People must be thrown out. The public must see a system where standards are improving all the time. There must be proper standards, properly policed."


Summary: "Plagued by both a reckless ego and nagging self-doubt, Hollywood legend Alfred Hitchcock ... becomes obsessed with a grisly murder story that the studios won't back. Determined, he risks his reputation, his home and even the love of his wife Alma ... as he sets out to make the film"--Container.
Summary: Lawnboy Brian Dunne joins an elite summer baseball league and falls for a vacationing Vassar grad. Her family, however, does not think him suitable.
Summary: A crime novelist obsessed with an unsolved murder case begins to fantasize about committing a crime of his own. His marriage is an unhappy one, and his desire to be free from his beautiful but damaged wife becomes an obsession. But when his wife is found dead, the lines blur between innocence and intent, forcing the question: who, in fact, is the real killer?
Summary: A Florida beekeeper escapes one battle only to find himself in another as a long-buried secret threatens his family and his livelihood.


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If your child has read non-fiction or information-based texts, they can state a fact they read in each of these sections instead.
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5. Books may be in French or English and of any length.
Classroom updates are posted on a weekly basis to facilitate correspondence between home and school.
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With more and more public agencies using requests for proposal (RFPs) to buy goods and services, it is important for procurement professionals to assume their proper role.
Of course, the RFP process allows an organization to consider factors other than cost in the selection process, including past performance, relevant experience and project approach. This is different than a conventional bid process that looks solely at the lowest price.
So now that we know more RFPs are being used, what role should procurement play?


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"Corky The Christmas Tree" {WPC#12}
The rumbling engine of the half-ton truck and the hissing squeak of brakes woke Corky from his slumber. It had been a long trip from the tree farm in the mountains. He was bound and wrapped in a tight nylon netting that kept his limbs from tangling with the other trees in the truck with him.
A group of men lifted them from the truck one by one and passed them on to place them in rows inside a cordoned lot on the side of the road. It was brightly lit with a large marquee sign that said, BEST CHRISTMAS TREE DEALS.
Corky was the last to be pulled from the truck. The man who lifted him called to a lot worker on the ground.
"Hey, boss! You want this little one? I missed it on the last stop."
"Anything wrong with it?"
"It's a live tree, not like the cut ones we got here. Still has the root ball on it."
"Bring it down," he grumbled. "We'll try and sell it."
"Okay, boss."
Corky felt himself being twisted and jostled off the truck and finally set down on the hard, winter ground, his burlap-wrapped root ball causing him to fall over. Another man placed him in a black, plastic pot and propped him up.
He saw many more trees in the lot with him. They had healthy green needles and stood tall and straight. They looked beautiful in the crisp air, but in their faces he saw a sad pained look in them. Corky noticed that they had two crossed boards nailed to their trunks to keep them upright, and he wondered if it hurt them.
Placed at the front of the lot, people noticed his blue needles were different from the other trees and walked around him.
"What kind of tree are you, little one?" asked a close Balsam Fir. "I don't remember you from the farm," she said.
Corky twisted his head to the pretty tree. "Hello, ma'am. Pleased to meet you," he said. "I'm a Corkbark Fir. I came from a different farm, I think. I may have been overlooked at the last stop."
"Who's that, Balsa?" a Douglas Fir asked, looking over her boughs. "He's not the right color, is he?"
"He says he's from a Corkbark farm," Balsa explained.
"Oh, hello, sir. My name is Corky. How do you do?" Corky smiled and the Douglas smiled back.
"Welcome, Corky," a Noble Fir said behind them. "Don't worry about your color. There's a tree for every family. Christmas isn't Christmas without a good tree in the house, you know."
"Hear, hear," his fellow Nobles agreed, their limbs whispering in the chill winter wind.
"Christmas trees?" Corky said. "Is that what we're all doing here?" His eyes grew wide with excitement. Being a Christmas tree was such a high calling and he had never hoped he would get a chance to be one. "Wow," he whispered.
"Of course, Christmas trees, little one," Balsa smiled at him. "What did you think would happen when they took you from the farm?"
"Well, I never thought that would happen to me. I mean, trees are trees, right? We just grow. We stand and give shade and give the wind a place to play through, and give a home to birds and squirrels, right?"
"You mean you didn't know you could choose this?" a Douglas Fir gasped.
"No, but this is an amazing honor. But, am I the right kind of tree for such an important position?"
"It doesn't matter what kind of tree you are as long as you care for the family," the Noble said, putting a bough around Corky. "You're worthy to be among us, even if your needles are blue."
The entire yard of almost one hundred trees agreed with the Noble Fir. "Hear, hear! If you truly want to be a Christmas tree, then we're glad you're here. It's a great honor," they said. "We've known our whole lives we were to be here. Welcome, welcome."
"Hey boss," a lot worker called. "This little blue tree's not getting picked. I think it's the wrong color. Do I put it in the back?"
"Yeah, whatever," the lot owner said.
Corky was roughly pulled away from his new friends, twisted by his branches until he was whirled all the way to the back of the lot. His limbs ached and dozens of needles were ripped from him. He was shocked at the sudden move, and it took him a while to orient to his new surroundings. He craned his head but couldn't see his friends anymore.
Around him now were dead and dying trees that didn't survive the long trip. Some were completely dried out husks with bent and broken branches and little to no needles left on them. Others were bleeding sap from the faulty way their stands were attached. They creaked and coughed in the cold air. They gave a bleak stare at a small fire pit a dozen feet from them.
"Were you going to be a Christmas tree, too?" he asked a leafless tree beside him.
The tree said nothing at first. It slowly pointed a thin branch at the fire.
"That's our new fate, now," he rasped. "No one will want us but the fire." He dropped his limb. It swayed limply in the breeze and he remained silent.
Corky gasped and thought of what the workman had said. Was he really the wrong color for a Christmas tree? Would he never be bought by a family this holiday? And if he is never bought here… will the fire be his final fate? He looked to the front of the lot and saw dozens of happy families searching through the trees, buying and loading pine after pine onto their vehicles. Surely there had to be some family that would want him.
He spent that night and another two waiting at the back of the lot for a family to notice him. His courage waned as the days sped by with no hope of joining a family for the holiday. As the lot quickly thinned out of the more healthy green trees, he noticed a young boy standing at the lot front each day. He was always alone and his eyes held a sad hope as he left.
Each morning the trees were regrouped and brought toward the front of the lot. Even so, Corky was always kept at the back end. The fire pit had taken several of the dead trees already and his hopes of being bought dwindled with each cold night that passed. The last days of the tree lot sale arrived with the last four Douglas Firs standing at their tallest and fullest in front of Corky, though their needles were beginning to drop steadily into the snow.
Every day Corky saw the young boy come to the lot. He was a stocky boy about twelve years old and had a large forehead and small eyes. He always left at the end of the day and returned each afternoon to stare at the unsold trees.
Three trees were purchased on the last day. Only Corky and a poor looking Douglas Fir named Soloman stood for sale. He saw the boy cautiously approach the salesman.
"'Scuse me, mister," he said, tugging at his coat.
"How much do the trees cost?"
"Like the sign says. Thirty five dollars."
"Oh." He turned and trudged off. His eyes looked even more sad than before.
"Hey," the man called. "What's your name, son?"
"Andy, why don't you get your mom and dad to come with you next time. I'll make them a good deal, okay?"
Andy's face didn't change.
"Don't gotta dad. Mama's too sick to come with me. She promised to get us a tree this year, but she can't get out of the house. And she lost her job."
"Oh," the man said, his smile falling. "That's too bad."
"Bye," Andy said, turning.
"Hey, Andy."
"Yes, sir?"
"Will you be back tomorrow?"
"Uh huh," he said, slowly.
"Okay," he said, renewing his smile. "If you can do a little job for me tomorrow, I'll let you have one of these trees. Would that be alright?"
"Okay!" Andy yelled. He turned and ran home through the clumping snow.
"I hope he picks me," the Douglas Fir coughed. "I'm not sure I can make it another day."
"I'm not so sure about that…"
"This is my last chance..." Soloman went into a coughing fit and shook so hard that his needles fell with each convulsion. He gave one last shiver and breathed his last breath.
The lot owner's eyes fell on the last two trees. "Well, that's that. Sale's over," he mumbled. He turned and extinguished the lights, pulling down the tree lot signs. He came back and dragged the dead Fir to the fire.
The night was cold and lonely. Corky finally slept with fitful dreams.
Andy's winded, "G'morning, mister," woke Corky with a start.
"Good morning, Andy. Ready to do the job?"
Andy stole glances at Corky as he worked. When he finished, the big man placed some money into his open palm. Andy ran and threw his arms around Corky.
"I love you, tree," he mumbled, before carrying him home.
Corky whispered back. "I love you, too."
"Mama! Mama!" Andy called at the door of his trailer. "Guess what happened!" He left Corky outside and climbed the two steps into his home.
"Not so loud," his mother moaned. "Bad headache."
"Sorry, Mama," he whispered. "Guess what happened!" he shouted again.
"Okay. Tell me what happened. But, please say it quietly."
"Yes, Mama." Andy's voice was much softer this time but his smile never left him. His mother watched him through one squinting eye and saw the gleam in her son's eyes.
"I got a job!" he said, showing her the money he had earned.
Her eyes slowly opened. "Fifty dollars?"
"Yeah, and not only that," he pulled the tree through the door. Corky took up almost all the space in their tiny trailer. "I got a Christmas tree!"
His mother began to cry.
"Are you mad, Mama?"
"Oh, baby," his mother cried, opening her arms for a hug. He ran and hugged her hard. "I'm not mad. This is a miracle." They sat on the bed and Andy recalled how he had gotten the job and how the lot owner gave him the blue tree.
"It's beautiful," Corky heard her say.
The bare Christmas tree sat happily as the boy and his mother laughed and sang carols with joy.
"We don't have decorations," Andy's mother said.
Andy looked at his tree and smiled. He assembled a pile of odds and ends, strings and mismatched socks and decorated his tree with them. He cut stars from used aluminum foil and placed them on each branch. Strings and wires replaced tinsel and garland, plastic caps and tops hung as baubles. He put a wrapper with a star logo on the top. He stepped back and smiled. Corky had never been decorated before and thought these the most beautiful things he had ever seen.
Andy's mother startled them with a sudden bout of deep, rattling coughs. Andy rushed to her and rubbed her back.
She mimed for Andy to bring her some tea.
"Okay, Mama," he said. He boiled water, made tea, and returned to his mother.
She slowly sipped her drink and lay back in bed. Her cough abated and Andy and Corky were relieved. She fell into a quiet sleep and Andy went to bed for the night.
The next morning, Andy and Corky were surprised to see his mother up and making breakfast. Andy got up and hugged her.
"Glad you're feeling better, Mama."
She smiled and ruffled his hair. "I'm feeling much better. Merry Christmas."
"Merry Christmas," he said.
"I'm sorry I didn't get you a Christmas present," his mother said.
"You are my present," he said.
"Warning"{WPC#9}


Despite having one of the most convoluted and overlong titles in all of art history 'Signs that Say What You Want Them To Say and Not Signs that Say What Someone Else Wants You To Say' is a series of proper mint photographs taken by conceptual British artist Gillian Wearing.
If you couldn't deduce from the title, Wearing's idea behind this one was to get members of the public to honestly reveal their most intimate thoughts.
While some are certainly more 'open' than others, each photo is a surreal and often hilarious insight into the societal and personal anxieties folks faced back in the early 90s.
For more info on these by someone who actually knows what they're on about, have a ganders at what the Tate had to say about them here.
yeah but what kind of f*cking trainers are they wearing?