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science of us May 23, 2018
What I Learned From Interviewing All the Women I Know About Their Orgasms
By Emma Koenig
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Before I ever had my first kiss, I went to second base.
Well, kind of. The tamest possible version of second base. I was 12 years old; pre–bat mitzvah but post–crossing the threshold of menstruation and leg shaving, and I was in a basement in New Jersey, watching The Rocky Horror Picture Show. A shaggy-haired boy from Hebrew school sat next to me, and halfway through the movie, under a blanket, he began to slowly feel me up over my black sports bra from Macy's.
I can still remember how heightened it felt, even though he never actually touched my skin. In between each subtle movement, he would whisper, "Is this okay?" and I would nod. I was calm. I knew this person. It wasn't moving too fast. It felt right.
He asked if he could kiss me. I said no. I wasn't ready for that yet. Kissing seemed like it'd be more intimate and intense than someone touching a barely formed body part of mine through thick fabric, a body part I had almost no relationship with yet.
I emerged from the basement feeling confused about certain plot points in Rocky Horror and conflicted about my over-the-sports-bra experience. I thought I had liked what was happening. It was exciting and fun to be touched in this way. And yet, it felt fairly ordinary — like things had unfolded exactly as they were supposed to. But I had no emotional or physical reference point for sexual experiences. So while it was easy to feel good during it, I wasn't sure how I was supposed to feel after it.
When my mom picked me up that night, my face was red. It was as if my whole body was broadcasting that someone had touched my boobs. Or "boobs." All of a sudden, I went from feeling in control of my destiny to feeling really guilty and uncomfortable. I knew, even at 12, that women are made to feel unnecessarily ashamed about sexual behavior. And I'd just had my first taste of that shame.
That night was a turning point for me. I decided that, moving forward, I never, ever wanted to feel the slightest bit bad for wanting something so natural and normal. I wasn't having sex yet. That was a while away. But even then, I knew that I had to leave breadcrumbs for my future self. If you felt bad at every checkpoint leading up to sex, wouldn't you feel bad about sex itself?
But the older I got, the more I came to realize that I couldn't live in a vacuum. I was not at the center of some free-love, no-judgment, Samantha Jones–meets-a- hippie-commune-meets-a-porno-directed-by-a-woman fantasy world that I so desired. (Yes, I've heard of Burning Man, but in my fantasy world, there's access to a shower and you don't have to bike in sand.) And I underestimated the real world.
Many, many years after the adolescent second-base experience served as a catalyst to begin examining my ideas about sex, I was having sex with someone for the first time. And it wasn't going so well. The longer it went, the less turned-on I became. But in my rose-colored-glasses view of sex, I tried to roll with it.
And while I could've chalked this up to awkwardness or nerves or sexual incompatibility (all of which may've been factors), this time was different. Because when it was over, my partner told me I'd had an orgasm. He did not ask if I had, but confidently told me I had.
It was instant cognitive dissonance. I was being told something about myself that directly contradicted my reality. It's like if someone were to say, "You just ate an ice-cream cone" after you'd brushed your teeth. You'd feel more than a little perplexed. I searched my mind for anything that could've been misinterpreted as an orgasm, but I couldn't think of a single moment that I'd projected even the slightest hint of ecstasy. So I gently explained that I hadn't come and gave some tips for things that might help in the future. I was optimistic.
But when the future arrived, weeks later, the sex was even worse. This time I was in such physical and emotional discomfort that I felt paralyzed. Like I didn't know how to stop it. To my surprise, I was unsure of how to speak up for myself. I wanted it to be over, but my brain couldn't send the message to my mouth. I realized that moans of pleasure, which I'd previously thought were a somewhat theatrical part of sex, were actually my involuntary reactions to feeling good. Because this time, I was completely silent.
And I felt like a vessel for someone else to use, rather than a person. It's a sensation that still upsets me to this day. It's something I never want to feel again.
I left in the morning with a smile on my face, but once I was alone, I broke down in tears on the subway. I was confused as to how two people could have such wildly different perceptions of a shared experience, and guilty for not being able to advocate for myself, even though I'd felt safe enough to do so the previous time. I felt sad that I'd let myself suffer through a sexual experience I didn't want to be having. I kept asking myself why I couldn't speak up, and the only reason I could come up with was that I was so worried about hurting someone else's feelings that I severely neglected my own. I wanted to be polite. And that answer haunted me.
I parted ways from this person and was left with a lot of questions. How can there be such an ocean of distance between sexual partners? How could someone be so sure of a woman's orgasm with little effort to induce one and little evidence of its existence? Why does it sometimes feel like the hardest person to talk to about sex is the person you're having sex with? My thoughts wandered as I tried to dissect how things had unfolded and why.
Every remotely negative sexual memory came to the forefront of my mind — moments I hadn't thought about in years, details I had trained myself to be okay with. In an attempt to have a blanket positive outlook on sex, maybe I had avoided fully dealing with the moments when I was uncomfortable.
But it wasn't just the upsetting memories that rose to the surface. The joyful, positive, sexy AF occasions came to mind as well. What did those experiences have in common? What could I learn from them?
I thought about the conversations I'd had with my female friends about the complications of sex. The times we'd assured our partners it was fine if we didn't come. The times we didn't want to give pointers to people we seriously liked, for fear of emasculating them, coming off as too aggressive, or screwing up the relationship. How even when we did feel comfortable providing instruction, we sometimes struggled to articulate exactly what we meant, particularly in the moment. How many times someone had used too much force (did someone start a misguided rumor that clits are made of steel?), ignoring our insistence that it just wasn't going to happen that night. The people we dated who were happy to get blow jobs, but hardly ever went down on us. The relationships, both casual and long term, during which we never had orgasms. I knew the immense frustration and heartache this had caused not just my friends, but their partners as well.
I thought about the men who'd bragged to me about how quickly they'd made women come.
"But how did you know she came?" I would always inquire.
"Because she dug her fingernails into my back," said one.
"Because her legs were shaking," said another.
"Because she was moaning."
"Because I just knew."
Partners, I regret to inform you that fingernails in the back is not irrefutable evidence of an orgasm. Again, who is spreading these rumors? Let me also say, as a straightish person, that I don't think the female-orgasm dilemma is an exclusively heterosexual problem at all, but I suspect there's a higher instance of philosophical disconnect between men and women.
Which raises the question: How do men and women even learn about the female orgasm? We are raised in a culture that both shames and demands sexuality. If sex ed is even offered at our schools, it tends to be limited and unrealistic (and typically from a heterosexual-only point of view). We are most often learning about female orgasm from movies (where it's fake), pornography (where it's fake), and real life (where it can still be fake!).
So, I wanted to get to the truth. I wanted to create something where women got to share all the things they wanted to say about orgasm and sex and dating, but could not — the things that are difficult to articulate to a partner or even a trusted friend. I wanted to delve into the real experience of female orgasm and start a dialogue about how women achieve sexual pleasure, something that, even today, is often ignored, devalued, or misunderstood. I wanted to do this not only because female orgasm can sometimes be challenging to achieve and/or talk about, but also because I suspect that when we talk about female orgasm, something deeper is at play. When we misunderstand or ignore female orgasm, we are misunderstanding and ignoring women.
So I drafted an email asking women to anonymously contribute their experiences about orgasm. One possible prompt was to write an essay entitled "How to Make Me Come" and imagine that you could give it to a past, present, or future sexual partner. What would you want them to know, free of judgment or repercussion? But mostly, I just wanted people to talk about female orgasm and sex, in whatever way made sense to them.
I reached out to some friends. They reached out to some friends. They reached out to some friends … and I slowly began to build a collective of women who had something to say. People responded immediately, with intense affirmation and stories of their own. I basked in the rush I got from seeing people opening up. It confirmed that this is something a lot of women are itching to talk about.
And as people began to write pieces, and I had the privilege of being the first to read them, I could feel this expansion of self. Something catalyzed by a bad experience had grown into a celebration of women's ideas and feelings.
On a basic level, I just want people to feel good. Everyone deserves to feel good. But it goes beyond that. All of our sex lives are shaped by culture and political views. You cannot talk about how women are perceived and treated by society without talking about how society perceives and treats female sexuality. To be a sexual person is to be a person.
I'm extolling the female orgasm, but I want to acknowledge that there is a great deal of difficulty and pressure tied up in orgasms, too. If you can't come, whether it's one time or every time, it's completely okay. Really, an orgasm is less about that one moment and more about everything that leads up to it. This isn't a directive that says every woman must come and every partner must make a woman come. It's more like, hey, pay attention to female pleasure … Pay attention to women.
Edited excerpt from MOAN: Anonymous Essays on Female Orgasm. Compilation copyright © 2018 by Emma Koenig. Reprinted with permission of Grand Central Publishing. All rights reserved.
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Salvador es un nombre propio masculino español. Se suele abreviar de diferentes formas, siendo muy habituales las formas Salva y Chava. La forma femenina de este nombre es Salvadora.

Etimología
Significa 'el que salva', y deriva del nombre latino Salvator, del verbo salvare. Es la traducción del griego Σωτῆρ Soter, 'salvador'. En Hebreo es Ieixua, 'Dios salva' o 'Dios es salvación'. Los primeros cristianos asumieron el nombre Salvatōre(m) como traducción de Jesús, ya que inicialmente se consideraba irreverente usar el nombre de Jesús como antropónimo.

Este nombre está extendido especialmente por la Península ibérica, la Italia meridional (donde, según una estimación del año 2000, en el siglo XX era el séptimo nombre masculino italiano más común) y varios países de Latinoamérica, sobre todo en México.

En otras lenguas
 Albanés: Sotir
 Alemán e Inglés: Salvator
 Árabe: سالبادور
 Catalán, Gallego y portugués: Salvador
 Coreano: 살바도르
 Francés: Sauveur
 Griego: Sotiris, Sotirios
 Hindi: सल्बादोर
 Italiano: Salvatore, Salvadore
 Japonés: サルバドール
 Occitano: Sauvaire
 Polaco: Salwator
 Sardo: Sarbadore
 Siciliano: Sarbaturi
 Valenciano: Salvador (Hipocorístico: Voro)
 Vasco: Gaizka, Xalbador, Xalba, Salbador

Onomástica
Si bien la celebración de San Salvador es el día 18 de marzo en recuerdo del religioso franciscano san Salvador de Horta, como ésta es una festividad de origen reciente (Salvador de Horta, beatificado en 1606, no fue canonizado hasta 1938), la mayoría de fieles cristianos la celebran el 6 de agosto, día de la Transfiguración de Jesús, en honor al Cristo Salvador. En algunos sitios como Sicilia y Salento también se celebra en la fiesta del Corpus Christi.

Personajes famosos con este nombre o con su variante en otras lenguas
Salvador Allende (1908-1973), médico, político y presidente chileno.
 Salvador Ardevines Isla, médico y escritor español de entre los siglos XVI y XVII.
 Salvador Artigas, futbolista y entrenador español.
 Luis Salvador de Austria, erudito y mecenas miembro de la dinastía imperial de Habsburgo.
 Salvador Bacarisse, músico y compositor español.
 Salvador Ballesta, futbolista español.
 Salvador Bartolozzi, escritor, historietista e ilustrador español.
 Salvador Bermúdez de Castro, poeta, historiador y diplomático español.
 Salvador Bermúdez de Castro y O'Lawlor, abogado y político español.
 Carlos Salvador Bilardo, jugador y entrenador de fútbol argentino.

 Salvador Dalí, pintor español.
 Salvador Díaz Mirón, poeta mexicano.
 Salvador Elizondo, escritor, traductor y crítico literario mexicano.
 Salvador Espriu, poeta, dramaturgo y novelista español en lengua catalana.
 Salvador Esquer, jugador de balonmano español.
 Salvador Fidalgo, oficial naval de la Armada Española del siglo XVIII.
 Salvador García Aguilar, escritor español.
 Salvador García de Pruneda, escritor y diplomático español.
 Salvador García Pintos, médico y político uruguayo.
 Salvador Garmendia, escritor venezolano.
 Salvador Giner Vidal, compositor y pedagogo musical español.
 Salvador Gómez, jugador de waterpolo español.
 Salvador González Anaya, poeta y novelista español.
 Salvador González Marco (Voro), futbolista español.
 Salvador María Granés, comediógrafo, periodista y humorista español.
 Salvador de Horta, religioso franciscano español, santo de la Iglesia católica.
 Joaquín Salvador Lavado (Quino), dibujante argentino.
 Salvador Edward Luria, médico y profesor universitario italiano nacionalizado estadounidense, galardonado con el premio Nobel.
 Salvador de Madariaga, diplomático, escritor e historiador español.
 Mariano Salvador Maella, pintor español.

 Salvador Martínez Cubells, pintor y restaurador de pinturas español.
 Salvador Moncada, médico hondureño, galardonado con el premio Príncipe de Asturias de Investigación Científica y Técnica.
 Salvador Novo, poeta, ensayista, dramaturgo e historiador mexicano.
 Salvador Jacinto Polo de Medina, escritor y poeta español perteneciente al Siglo de Oro.
 Salvador Puig Antich, anarquista español.
 Salvador Rueda, poeta español.
 Salvador Reynoso, futbolista argentino.
 Salvador Sadurní, futbolista español.
 Salvador Salazar Arrué (Salarrué), escritor salvadoreño.
 Salvador Sánchez (1943-), actor mexicano.

 Salvador Sánchez Cerén (1944-), político, revolucionario y presidente salvadoreño.
 Salvador Sánchez (1959-1982), boxeador mexicano.
 Salvador Sánchez Povedano (Frascuelo), torero español.
 Salvador Seguí, líder del anarcosindicalismo de Cataluña de principios del siglo XX.
 Salvador Távora, actor y director teatral español.
 Salvador Viniegra, pintor español.
 Salvator Rosa, pintor, poeta y grabador italiano.
 Salvatore Accardo, violinista y director de orquesta italiano.
 Salvatore Adamo, cantante ítalo-belga.
 Salvatore Cammarano, poeta y libretista de ópera italiano.
 Salvatore Ferragamo, diseñador de zapatos italiano.
 Salvatore Giuliano, bandolero siciliano.
 Salvatore Lucania (Lucky Luciano), mafioso ítalo-estadounidense.
 Salvatore Maranzano, mafioso ítalo-estadounidense.
 Salvatore Mineo (Sal Mineo), actor estadounidense.

 Salvatore Quasimodo, poeta y periodista italiano, galardonado con el premio Nobel de Literatura.
 Salvatore Schillaci, futbolista italiano.

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Google's AI Blog published an article discussing how Dataset Search works and what signals it uses to rank datasets. Google is already showing dataset rich results and may begin showing more as publishers add the Schema.org markup. Understanding what datasets are and how to rank them is important because it can become a new source of traffic.
Google is already adding Dataset information in rich results.
This feature is in pilot, and you may not see rich results for datasets yet. However, we recommend that you add dataset structured data to your site in preparation for new dataset features in Search results.
Every publisher should consider adding dataset markup in order to prepare for a wider rollout of this feature in Google's search results.
Dataset Search relies on Structured Data Metadata that uses the Schema.org/Dataset standard.
Google takes the structured data and links it to what it knows through the Knowledge Graph, as well as consider other ranking signals like links, then creates a dataset search index.
Google indicates that it is partially relying on the Schema.org sameAS property. The sameAs property is meant to canonicalize the original publisher.
In the context of dataset structured data, the sameAs property can be used to canonicalize the information to a specific URL which represents the original publisher of the data.
"Other signals include two datasets descriptions pointing to the same canonical page, having the same Digital Object Identifier (DOI), sharing links for downloading the dataset, or having a large overlap in other metadata fields.
Google's Knowledge Graph plays a role in the ranking of dataset information. The Knowledge Graph helps Google understand the context of the datasets, including understanding what language it's for and for understanding acronyms.
Google's Knowledge Graph provides a data layer for matching various entities. So if the dataset incorporates a brand, a currency or language it can match that to the dataset.
"Google's Knowledge Graph is a powerful platform that describes and links information about many entities, including the ones that appear in dataset metadata… This type of reconciliation opens up lots of possibilities to improve the search experience for users.
According to Google, Google Scholar may provide a signal that a dataset is authoritative and who the author of the dataset is.
This can help a dataset publisher rank better. But it can also assist in combating scrapers from using someone else's data.
1. It provides a valuable signal about the importance and prominence of a dataset.
Google doesn't have a lot of data to use for learning how users search for data. As a consequence Google is using regular ranking algorithms to rank datasets for users of it's dataset search.
However, once Google has enough data on how people search it will begin developing a separate algorithm that is specifically tuned to dataset search.
Chances are that your site already has datasets. Now is the moment for marking them up with the appropriate Schema.org structured data.
The value of Google Datasets may be in people using Dataset Search to find your data and linking to your site. But another value is appearing in Google's rich results for specific kinds of data. Better you than your competition, right?


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Fresh Perspectives, the exhibition of inspiring artworks from students of five Wirral secondary schools, returns this January for its fifth, bi-annual outing.
Running from 28 January – 20 March 2022 at Lady Lever Art Gallery, the exhibition contains a diverse range of paintings, photography and other artworks, all of which have been created by pupils from five Wirral schools: St Mary's Catholic College, Wirral Grammar School for Girls, The Oldershaw School, Wirral Hospitals' School and Prenton High School for Girls.
Fresh Perspectives aims to celebrate, nurture and encourage the artistic talents of local students, as well as highlighting the importance of engaging with arts and culture outside of the classroom. A key goal of the exhibition is supporting those with an interest in further education in the arts, offering them an insight into creative careers. Opening at the end of this month, Fresh Perspectives begins celebrations for the 100th anniversary of Lady Lever Art Gallery, which will take place throughout 2022.
Sandra Penketh, Executive Director of Galleries and Collections Care at National Museums Liverpool, said: "The Fresh Perspectives exhibition is always popular with visitors to Lady Lever Art Gallery and we are sure that this year's exhibition will see a similar response.
"From portraits and paintings to textiles and sculptures, the students from these five schools show a wonderful range of skills and talents in this year's exhibition. They should all be very proud of their work and what they have achieved. It is so inspiring."
"Fresh Perspectives is a perfect way for us to begin celebrating our 100th anniversary year in 2022 – with upcoming exhibitions including Kunichika: Japanese Prints opening in April and Inspired by Lady Lever coming in June, this year is shaping up to be a great one for the gallery."
Caitlyn Keates, a student at St Mary's Catholic College, said: "During lockdown, I lost the opportunity to showcase my artwork in a gallery setting. Creating art brought me joy throughout this difficult time, so I'm ecstatic to have the opportunity to share my passion for art with the wider community."
Simon Taylor, teacher at Prenton High School, said: "Fresh Perspectives gives our students a fantastic opportunity to have their work displayed in a prestigious local gallery. To be exhibited alongside some of the masterpieces that are hung in the Lady Lever gives our students an amazing sense of achievement and pride. It is an absolute highlight of their young artistic carers to be able to be part of this exhibition. Collaborations between galleries and schools can help inspire the next generation of artists in our schools and show them the importance of creative subjects in the curriculum. Without this support it would be more challenging to inspire future generations."
Fresh Perspectives opens at Lady Lever Art Gallery on 28 January 2022 and runs until 20 March 2022. For more information, visit: Fresh Perspectives | National Museums Liverpool (liverpoolmuseums.org.uk)
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Watcher of Las Vegas
-- The King Lives On --
First Shadow
"So you're the one who summoned us... I see. The King must've called out to you as well. Can you feel it? The spirit of rock n' roll, calling out from the depths of your soul! Heheh, you don't have to answer that, kiddo; we all know that's gotta be true. All right then! If he thinks you're worthy of being his successor, then I'll do everything in my power to get you there! It's the least I can do, both as a Servant, and as his friend."
Second Shadow
"Jeez, you're as stiff as ever, old man! Successor this, legacy that... That ain't what the King is all about! He'd want us to pursue our own happiness, free from the chains that bound him back then! For me, that happiness is all about finding some fine booze and picking up some hot chicks on the side. Now that's what being the King is all about, uh-uh!"
Third Shadow
"Nob-Nob! Nobubu, Nobbu..."
Fourth Shadow
"Hmm, that's a pretty good argument, but I think... Wait, hold up a bit there! How the heck did I get roped into this!? Am I the only one here who noticed how weird that third shadow was!?"
"Weird? That's a bit harsh, don't you think? He's a fellow contender to the King's throne!"
"Yeah man, it doesn't matter who you are; being the King is all about passion, and he's shown tons of it! So long as he has that, he's no less worthy compared to you or me, uh-uh!"
"That's not-! Gah, screw this! Send me back, Master! SEND ME BAAAACKK!!"
Class: Watcher
Other Classes: Faker
True Name: Elvis Presley(s)Johnny Cash, Andy Kaufman, N̶̪͔̠͛o̴̖̳͇͎͋͆̕b̴̧̖̙́͐́b̵̰̤̬͂̌̓̇͘ü̸͚̤͕̳ ̷̨͔͙͑̉̌̚P̸̢̖̑̃r̷̢̈́̓͑͊e̴̯̖̲͊̽͒͆ș̵͓̈̔̕ļ̴̜̲̬̪̊̅e̶̋͆ ̰͔̻ỷ̴̫̻̀̈́͗̕, Carl 'Cheesie' Nelson
Alignment: Lawful Good, Chaotic Neutral, Lawful Nobbu, Lawful Neutral
Origin: United States of America (20th century)
STR: -
END: -
AGI: -
MGI: -
LCK: -
NP: C
Likes: Rock n' roll, finding a 'worthy' successor, fame and fortune, forging his own legacy(?), country music
Dislikes: Copyright, those who 'waste' talent, overly serious people, a certain atsumori performer, hijinks perpetrated by the other three
Talent: Singing and songwriting, voice and accent impersonation, being a cute mascot, dramatic posing
Natural Enemy: The Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc.
Armament: -
Catalyst: Summoning performed in Graceland or Las Vegas, a powerful desire to succeed in showbiz
Watcher (B)
A special contract status with the Master. Rather than possessing a Spiritron body like most conventional Servants, Watcher consists of four intangible shadows only visible to the Master. The identities of these shadows are Johnny Cash, Andy Kaufman, Nobbu Presley, and Carl 'Cheesie' Nelson. While three of these men were famous entertainers in their own rights (and one of them was an unexplainable glitch from the Chaldea summoning system), their recent origins and overall contributions to humanity only allow them to be summoned individually as weak phantom spirits at best. Nonetheless, all four of them are bound by their devotion to rock n' roll (or at least whatever the term means to each of them), and their shared connection to the legendary King of Rock himself allows them manifest together under the Watcher-Class.
"I can see how some sensationalized gossip tabloid would see us as 'pretenders to the throne' or something like that..."
"But that ain't it at all, man! We just want to keep his legacy alive, in our own ways!"
"Yeah, he touched our lives in different ways, changed it for the better, and we'd like to pay him back for it."
"Nob-Nob!"
"We answered your summons cuz' we get the same vibe from you. Basically, you remind us of him."
"You're a bit rough around the edges, but with our help, I'm sure you'll become a star worthy of honoring his memory!"
Universal Bird's Eye (C)
The capacity to understand everything within a limited territory in which they are summoned, limited to sight, hearing, and magical energy detection at Rank C. This information is shared between the shadows, allowing them to notify the Master of these observations. Rather than observing 'individuals', Watcher excels more in observing 'trends' as a whole. A necessary Skill for a star to adapt to the changing times and emerge on top.
"Times and trends may change..."
"But rock n' roll is eternal, baby!"
"Like how a river flows surely to the sea, some things are just meant to be~"
Territory Infringement (D)
The ability to slip past all manner of security, be it mundane or supernatural in nature. Bypassing wards, barriers, alarms and more, an ideal Skill for infiltrator-type Servants. The featured Skill of the Watcher-Class Servant. None of Watcher's shadows have any experience in infiltration whatsoever. However, the King of Rock's universal fame means that no territory is safe from his presence. Rather than completely bypassing security systems, it's more accurate to say that these systems would temporarily fail to recognize Watcher's (and his Master's, by extension) presence to be abnormal or even threatening. There's no need for anyone to be wary around a world-famous rockstar, after all.
"Yeah, we expect to be welcomed with applause and overenthusiastic fans asking for our autographs here! Guns, surveillance systems, and supernatural weapons are no way to welcome stars like us, don'tcha think!?"
"Nobbu Nobbwah!"
Magic Resistance (E+)
Grants protection against magical effects. Cannot cancel spells, but magic damage is reduced somewhat. As a modern Servant, Watcher only possesses this Skill thanks to their Class. However, there is a very minor positive modifier that could greatly increase this Skill's rank in a pinch, possibly because one of the shadow's ties to someone known for eradicating magecraft, mystery, and the like. That said, the shadow in question absolutely refuses to activate this effect outside of the most dire circumstances for some reason...
"Nobubu, Nob Nob..."
"Ah, he said he wanted to make it to the top on his own as a rockstar, so he tries to distance himself from his previous image as 'just another mob character to farm in event nodes'... whatever that means."
"I totally get that, though! It's kinda like how a child shouldn't depend on their parents forever! There's just something so romantic about that journey of self-discovery! Live free, young Nobbu!"
"...How are you guys able to understand him..?"
One for the Money (C --> EX)
A variation of Golden Rule, representing the wealth amassed by the King of Rock n' Roll, and by extension, the fame and fortune brought to his 'impersonators'. Watcher's Master will find it moderately easier for them to amass wealth (whatever it is they define as 'wealth'). At the same time, Watcher's association to the city of Las Vegas has granted this Skill a secondary effect. Drawing upon the common perception of Las Vegas as a city of gambling, casinos, and hedonism, the concept of 'high risk, high return' is imposed upon the Master. This means that whenever they 'win', they win big. Conversely, should they 'lose', they would lose exorbitant amounts of their wealth at once. For example, let us say that the Master decided to invest a sizable amount of their income to the stock market. The very next day, the price of the stocks they bought would either skyrocket to the high heavens or instantly crash with no hope of recovery. There are no in-betweens between the two possibilities, and both events have a perfect 50% chance of occurring. In general, gambling is ill-advised while the Master-Servant contract is active.
"Heck yeah, this is Vegas, baby! You wanna win big, then you gotta be brave enough to put everything on the line!"
"Whether it's the casino or the performing stage, some things ain't that different if you think about it."
Two for the Show (B+)
A variation of Charisma, Human Observation, and Showmanship, a crystallization of the King's far-reaching popularity and iconic talent. Instead of 'commanding' others, this Skill represents the ability to amass a massive fanbase by grasping the essence of their demands and accommodating them. The ability to impersonate voices and accents are also included, thanks to Kaufman's mastery in that particular field.
"Being a star is all about understanding what the fans expect, then surpassing those expectations for all to see!"
"Now, that ain't entirely wrong, but I think there's gotta be a limit to that. Y'see, hon, being a star is stressful job, and you'll find yourself in ol' Heartbreak Hotel if you keep listenin' to the fans without considerin' your own happiness every once in a while. So don't be afraid to have some fun, uh-uh?"
"He's talkin' some sense for once. What's the use of fame and fortune if you don't have time to enjoy 'em?"
Three to Get Ready (A)
A Skill representing the King's universal reach. His popularity transcended geographical, language, and cultural barriers even decades after his death. Longtime fans of rock n' roll were rejuvenated through his music, while those who'd never heard anything about the genre before still find themselves utterly captivated by his work, introducing them to the very concept of American rock. Simply put, the King's music has the innate ability to 'bring everyone together' regardless of their differences. No one is safe from his music. True to this ability, activating this Skill temporarily negates all defensive abilities within Watcher's vicinity, with the addition of inflicting them with a charm effect. These effects last between three to five minutes (the average duration of his songs), and during that duration, they are left completely vulnerable to Watcher's Noble Phantasm.
"Eh? Why we named this Skill the way it is? Well, honestly we're just tryin' to cram as many references to the King here as we can, so I never really thought about it that much..."
"It allows our audience to 'get ready' to receive the full brunt of our performance! It's like turning off the lights in the cinema! How about that!?"
"Nobubu..."
"Hmm, I think that's stretching it a bit... but basically, it's a homage to him, yeah."
Noble Phantasm(s)
The Warden Threw A Party in the County Jail
Jailhouse Rock
Everybody, let's rock!
Everybody in the whole cell block
Was dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock!
Type: Anti-Populace
Range: 1-500
Max Targets: 80,000
One of the most famous songs performed by Elvis Presley, the legendary King of Rock n' Roll. While the song is well-known and decently catchy, by all accounts, the song alone should not qualify as a Noble Phantasm.
...Correction, this song would not qualify as a Noble Phantasm if the Heroic Spirit summoned is the true Elvis Presley.
The song's fame meant that it was frequently used as an opening act in performances by Elvis impersonators throughout the years. Basically, it's the song that shows audiences that the performer standing before them is none other than Elvis Presley. Therefore, the song (as well as another one of Elvis' hit song, Blue Suede Shoes) has become closely associated with the concept of 'Elvis impersonators' as a whole, allowing it to be wielded as a Noble Phantasm by a Heroic Spirit whose True Name consists entirely of Elvis impersonators.
Upon its activation, this Noble Phantasm releases a powerful mental spell that causes affected targets within Watcher's vicinity to gradually adopt Elvis' mannerisms, accents, dress code, habits, and so on. This effect is contagious, in a sense that previously unaffected individuals who come into close contact with these 'impersonators' will find themselves falling to the same effects. Eventually, this Noble Phantasm will give rise to a new, citywide craze on Elvis impersonators, imprisoning them in a 'jailhouse' that is Elvismania itself. Every time an individual fully succumbs to the 'Elvisification' effect, Watcher establishes a pseudo-contract with them. Through this contract, these impersonators will shoulder a small portion of Watcher's mana cost, lessening the strain on the Master, and all of them will radiate a presence extremely similar to Watcher's true Master (as the world treats all of them as 'Elvis Presley'), making it extremely difficult for outsiders (such as enemy Masters and Servants) to find said Master.
Incidentally, by activating their second Skill in conjunction with this Noble Phantasm, it's possible to alter the spell, turning it into an extreme compulsion for affected targets to acts as backup dancers to Watcher's Master. Due to the special nature of this Noble Phantasm, these targets will find themselves dancing decently well, even if they've never danced before. Of course, none of these effects have any offensive potential in battle (not without some creative thinking, at least). At most, this effect can be used to trigger flash mobs and impromptu performances.
Watcher is a highly irregular Servant that came into being thanks to three highly circumstantial factors. The first is the relatively unrestricted nature of Chaldea's summoning system, allowing the Master to summon highly peculiar Heroic Spirits that normally cannot be summoned through more 'conventional' systems. The second is the four (or, well, three, really) shadows unified by their admiration towards the King of Rock, as well as them having played the part of an Elvis impersonator at some point in their lives. While they eventually matured and became different types of entertainers in their own right, as a Watcher-Class Servant, they are summoned at the point of their lives where their connection to Elvis is most powerful. The third factor is Elvis' connection to the city of Las Vegas, integrated into Watcher's Saint Graph. This stabilizes their originally weak identities (due to their recent origins), allowing them to manifest properly as a Servant as opposed to a group of extremely weak phantoms.
Watcher's first shadow is Johnny Cash, a songwriter, singer, musician, and actor. Usually treated as the de facto leader of the shadows, Cash was a close friend of the King, and it's no surprise that he claims to know him best. He admires the King's devotion to entertaining his fans, and believes that every other 'rockstar' should strive to follow his footsteps. To that end, he answers the summoning hoping to see if the Master could serve as a 'worthy successor' to the King's legacy. The comically serious type, Cash knows that being a star is a heavy burden, and only the best of the best could make it to the top. This realization only made him even more determined to 'whip the Master into shape' as a strict mentor figure. He will make sure that his friend's trust in him isn't misplaced, and that his legacy will live on.
Watcher's second shadow is Andy Kaufman, a comedian and performer who became famous near the end of Elvis' career. Supposedly, he was the King's favorite impersonator during his final years. While he wasn't as close to Elvis compared to Cash, he still regarded the King as an undeniably talented singer. Similar to Cash, he agreed with the notion of 'finding a successor and honoring his memory', although he came across a different realization regarding the nature of stardom by observing the tail end of the King's career. Looking at the various charges of drug abuse, affairs, scandals, and untimely death, he arrived at the conclusion that constantly catering to your fans while maintaining your 'perfect' image as a star will only end poorly for everyone involved. Thus, he resolved to entertain not for the sake of an audience, but only for himself. He'll gladly perform jokes and concerts, but only so long as they are held under his own terms. This mindset may make him seem like a carefree, freewheeling hedonist with no concern for others. Even so, he does not care. No 'fan' would dictate how his life would turn out, and he'll bring smiles to everyone's faces in his own way.
Watcher's third shadow is... a strange, unexplainable glitch from the summoning system. Perhaps the recent GudaGuda events have contaminated the system with enough GudaGuda particles to allow this abnormality to happen? That's what happens when you don't properly sanitize your summoning rooms and perform regular maintenance to your summoning systems, folks.
In any case, the shadow identifies himself as the up-and-coming rockstar Nobbu Aaron Presley. No one is quite sure on where he originates from. Many seem to put two and two together and connected him to a certain Demon King of the Sixth Heaven, but he vehemently denied this connection. What matters is that he is a fresh-faced star determined to make it big and create his own legacy, free from whatever previous connections he may have shared with said Demon King. A picture-perfect image of a strong-willed performer who would endure whatever hardships thrown to him to make it to the top.
Incidentally, due to his... limited speech capabilities, these information pertaining to Nobbu's character is received from Cash and Kaufman, the two figures who are seemingly capable of understanding him... somehow.
Watcher's fourth shadow is Carl 'Cheesie' Nelson, a teenager from Arkansas and supposedly one of the first Elvis impersonators. He serves as the 'only sane man' of the group, compared to the other three shadows. Having performed once with the King during a local fair, he heavily idolizes Elvis, despite not possessing any of the more 'extreme' beliefs held by Cash or Kaufman. Being a small-town performer who doesn't even consider himself especially good at singing, Nelson frequently feels inadequate when compared to the big names he's stuck with. He tends to downplay his own achievements, though at the same time, perhaps it is this quality that makes him the most grounded and relatable of the shadows. Nonetheless, he continues to try his best, believing that with enough time and effort, everyone can become a star. He's determined to pass this message along, the same way Elvis reached out to him back then.
Johnny Cash (1932-2003) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. One of the most popular icons of classic American rock n' roll, he was known for his predominantly black stage costumes, he earned the nickname of 'the man in black'. Cash was a close friend of Elvis for most of his career. The two worked closely together for years, oftentimes performing on the same stage and working together on songwriting and choreography. In some concerts, the two even impersonated each other on stage. Unfortunately, their relationship soured during the King's final years. According to Cash, Elvis seemed to close off the world around him, driving his friends away as he became overwhelmed by scandals and drug abuse. Cash was concerned by his friend's behavior, but he "took the hint" and stepped away, powerlessly observing as his close friend ran his own career to the ground with no way to intervene, ending with his untimely death. Nonetheless, he chose to remember Elvis for all the good he'd done, dedicating a number of charities and concerts to his name. As years passed, Cash's fame grew, and he spent the rest of his life as a legendary musician in his own right.
Andy Kaufman (1949-1984) was an American performance artist, wrestler, and comedian. An 'anti-comedian', Kaufman would start most of his performances doing intentionally poor or satirical impersonations of local celebrities before switching into an impressive Elvis persona midway, perfectly pulling off his accent and mannerisms. Kaufman was neither the first nor last Elvis impersonator that the public would know, but according to the King himself, Kaufman was his favorite impersonator. Furthermore, his performances kicked off a whole new craze of impersonators, preserving the trend to this day. This arguably made him the most famous Elvis impersonator ever. However, while his impersonation acts were one of his greatest claim to fame, Kaufman refused to forever attach himself to Elvis' name. Over the years, he branched out to other acts for his comedy routines, even if critics deemed him to be 'inconsistent' as an entertainer. Kaufman never cared. Until his final days, he lived his life fully on his own terms.
Nobbu Aaron Presley (or so he prefers to address himself) (2019?-???) is an irregularity among Heroic Spirits. A small portion of a certain Demon King's Saint Graph that detached himself from his point of origin, becoming an independent phantom spirit made by summonable through... a series of highly improbable circumstances. Little is known regarding this so-called 'up-and-coming rockstar'. According to certain (dubious) sources of information, his motives to assume the role of an Elvis impersonator came from an unwillingness to go through another traumatic
GudaGuda event
'Nobbu hunting season'
, a time where Nobbus are brutally slaughtered annually for the sake of mats, event currencies, and the fifth copy of the event Craft Essence with an absolutely abysmal drop rate. According to him, so long as the mini Nobbus are associated with the Demon King, this annual event will continue, and more of their kind would fall. Therefore, he wishes to make it big as a star to prove that they can exist without the Demon King in question. Furthermore, he hopes to use the fame and fortune he earns as a star to persuade other Nobbus to join his cause and boycott the annual slaughter. When the event finds itself completely out of mob enemies to fight, perhaps the horror would finally stop.
...or at least that's how the story goes. It's hard to construct a coherent backstory for this character when the only things he say are various iterations of "Nobbu!". Whatever the case, Nobbu Aaron Presley found himself as a cute mascot of sorts among Chaldean musician Servants, enough to make a certain fluffy Beast jealous.
Carl 'Cheesie' Nelson (1939-2001) was a country musician who hailed from Texarkana, Arkansas. He was commonly thought to have been the first Elvis impersonator, relatively early on during the King's career. Nelson's story began in 1955, when Elvis had a car accident on his way to a concert in rural Arkansas. Elvis was only lightly injured, but there was a chance he could not make it in time for the concert. Stuck in this predicament, he asked Nelson, a local youth he encountered, to make it to the concert hall first and impersonate him as he treated his injuries. Nelson agreed, and he impersonated Elvis for a good thirty minutes before the genuine article joined him onstage. Impressed by this feat, the King invited Nelson to join him in a few more performances for the next few weeks while he stayed in Arkansas. According to the audience, Nelson's singing skills greatly pales in comparison to the original. However, what he lacked in singing, he made it up with gestures and choreography. He was known for his dramatic poses and imitation of Elvis' dance moves and gestures. Eventually, while the King left Arkansas to continue on with his tour. For the remainder of his life, he never returned to Arkansas. However, this experience stuck with the young Nelson, and shaped his career for years to come. He continued to hone his skills, and became famous as a local celebrity. While not many knew of his performances outside Arkansas, he made it to the rock n' roll Hall of Fame as a performer who tried to pursue Elvis' glory.
Katsushika Hokusai (Saber), Mysterious Idol X Alter:
"Eh? You had a Vegas event AND an idol event already!?"
"Without us!? The nerve!"
"We demand a rerun!"
"Nobubu!"
Miss Crane:
"True, an iconic dress code is part of what makes a star, well... a star."
"Separating a star from their outfit is like seeing an Elvis impersonator without his pompadour!"
"Hold up, I'm pretty sure we have more defining features outside the pompadour, actually..."
Most female Servants:
"So... are you lonesome tonight~?"
Hessian Lobo:
"Ay, now that's a hound dog if I've ever seen one!"
"That reference feels a bit forced... and it's lookin' pretty pissed at you now."
"Nobubu..." *hides behind Kaufman's legs*
Michael Jackson, Buddy Holly, Freddie Mercury:
"I see, so the people called them 'Kings' as well, huh... Aside from Holly, who I've heard about back then, their images are pretty different compared to what I had in mind. Still, they're undeniably talented though. Even if they can't fully measure up to Elvis himself, I gotta give them credit when it counts!"
Anna Anderson:
"Hoo boy, I'm all too familiar with a story like this one... lemme guess, this lass here wanted to become a star or something like that, but she got way too tangled up in the people's demands that she lost herself in the process. Just goes to show you that the world of showbiz ain't always as bright as it's cracked up to be."
John Logie Baird:
"Er, a joint concert on live TV? Gosh, it's been forever since I've done that..."
"Now, now, a true rockstar wouldn't back down from a challenge like this. We wholeheartedly accept!"
"Sheesh, hopefully I haven't become too rusty over the years... still, I guess it won't hurt to show off every now and then."
"Nob, Nob!" (determined)
Servants with resurrection-type Noble Phantasms:
"I suppose you might be wondering why we don't have an ability like that, despite the conspiracies saying how Elvis could have faked his death, huh..."
"Sure, the true Elvis might have a Noble Phantasm like that, but we believe it's all bull!"
"Right, the King left us on August 16th, 1977. His memories lived on to the present day, but to suggest he would fake his death in some outlandish conspiracy? Frankly, we believe it's a disservice to his character."
"That's why we refuse to use a Noble Phantasm like that, even if we do have one!"
"Nob, Nob, Nobbu!"
Bond CE
A King Standing Upon the Shining Stage
Elvis Presley was a star. One of the best America had ever known.
His music touched the hearts of millions, not just Americans. He's a universal hit, basically
Everyone knows that much. Everyone knows the tale of Elvis Presley, the King of Rock n' Roll.
However, to us, he was...
"A friend."
"A fan."
"Nobbu."
"A teacher."
Behind his confident, iconic performances, he was...
"A very conflicted man."
"A person who drowned in misery."
"An idol I aspire to be, not just as a rockstar, but as a person."
It seems there is more to the King beyond his brilliance atop the shining stage.
Well, this sure was... something. I fully intended this to be a shitpost, but it looks like they turned out a bit more serious than I initially expected. Even now I can't fully believe I actually pulled this off, because of how absurd the entire premise of this Servant is. At the end of the day, this is still a shitpost though, so don't take it too seriously.
- I guess they'd loosely qualify as a "mentor" too, since they're teaching the Master to become the next King of Rock? Then again, with that logic, pretty much every Watcher we have so far would qualify.
- I had some trouble figuring out the identities of the shadows when I first thought of this sheet. The Elvis Nobbu was a very obvious joke I thought of pretty early in the development. Cash was also included pretty early on. The other two, however... I came across Nelson first and decided to give him the 'straight man' role. However, there's little to no info beyond him being one of the earliest impersonators, that concert in Arkansas, and him making it to the Hall of Fame. I had to dig much deeper for info on the guy, and a small part of his lore is still purely written from my own imagination. The last shadow to be included is Kaufman, and as a fellow celebrity, I struggled to differentiate him from Cash. Then I found the mostly satirical, tongue-in-cheek style of his humor, and developed the rest of his character from there. If anyone's vaguely related to the shadows in question, or if they belong to Elvis' estate, pls don't copyright strike me for butchering their character, thanks.
- An earlier idea I had for a faceclaim before I thought of including Kaufman was Johnny Bravo, he'd fit the image of 'a guy who lives on his own terms'. However, the hair color didn't match (even if Elvis was naturally blonde before he dyed his hair brown at some point), and I couldn't figure out who his character should be.
- I came across two Elvis sheets in the older threads while searching for inspiration on this one. One of them has an NP that allows him to summon the entirety of Las Vegas, which I feel was just too massive for Elvis, much less his impersonators. So while I kept the connection to Vegas, it's only shown as an extra effect of his first Skill. The second Elvis sheet was Royd's and it has that resurrection-type NP based on the conspiracies. It was such an obvious idea, but it didn't sit right with me (and with the shadows' characters), so I justified why they wouldn't have it in that relationships section.
- In case some of you hadn't heard it before, the Skill names were taken from the opening lyrics of Blue Suede Shoes, and I had to turn my brain around to think of Skill effects that tie in with the name. I sprinkled a few more song references throughout the sheet, though I wish I could've put more. Curse my limited imagination!
- Looking through Delrey's extra class compendium, with this sheet, I have surpassed Vance and Kamerad as the one King of Watchers in this forum. Worship me, peasants.
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if some of you posted servants form "non-mainstream" regions, please look if I ordered them correctly
also Wyvern, pls check if the (Lostbelt) denotions are right
Now that Lambda is in a position of power, here some suggestions for the compilation in of itself:
Expand Egypt to Egypt & North Africa
Merge Spain and Portugal to Iberian Peninsula or just Spain & Portugal
Merge France and Netherlands and expand to France & Benelux (this now includes Luxemburg and Belgium)
Expand Finland to Finland & Baltikum (may ask those who are from this general region, but I feel like the Baltic States have more in common with the Finnic than with the Slavs, Balto-Finnic Language is a thing, so thats my thought) OR
Merge Scandinavia and Finland to Northern Europe (Scandinavian, Balto-Finnic)
Merge Indochina and Maritime-Southeast Asia to Indochina & Southeast Asia
Merge Australia and Polynesia to Australia & Pacific Isles (this technically expands to Micro- and Melanesia as well)
Merge Persia, Middle East and Arabic Mythology and History to Middle Eastern Mythology and History (Persia, Arabia, etc.) (there is technically the overlap with Ancient Mesopotamia, but I think for most the difference there is clear, perhaps clearer when Ancient Mesopotamia is renamed Mesopotamia (Ancient) so they are close to each other, showing the difference to readers)
I think that would everything clearer where Servants belong, there are less collapses with only 2-3 servants and in some cases expands the regions that were previously not listed. If they are approved I obviously will help with the rearrangement process.
And as a suggestion and plea to others who are more talented in stuff like that, I think it would be a big QoL thing if there is a Map that shows which region belongs to which part on a map. So a big world map with different colors indicating okay here are the Germanic People, thats central Asia, which is not part of the Slavic People etc.
Berserker - Umul by BoktaiMoon
Grand Rider - Ziusudra by Kabalisto Koga
Lancer - Ea-Nasir (Summer] by BoktaiMoon
Arabic Mythology and History
Saber - Khalid Ibn Walid by Bunhelier
Archer - Kulshedra by SleepMode
Archer - Dame Ragnelle by BoktaiMoon
Assassin - Hereward Wæcnan by Skull
Avenger - Vortigern by Skull
Caster . Fairy Knight Agravain/Sluagh by BoktaiMoon
Caster - Patrick Branwell Bronte by Vance
Faker - Fairy Knight Bedivere/Changeling by Wyvern
Lancer - Uther Pendragon by Skull
Lancer - Sagramore by BoktaiMoon
Rider - Thomas Hobbes by Areop-Enap
Ruler - Constanine III by Skull
Ruler - Fariy Knight Bedivere/Silky by BoktaiMoon
Saber - Accolon by BoktaiMoon
Saber - Fairy Knight Pelleas/Dracae by BoktaiMoon
Saber - Melehan by oktaiMoon
Saber - Sir Kay by realcasually
Shielder - Vortimer by BoktaiMoon
Central Asia and Mongolia
Archer - Tirgatao by Spartacus
Assassin - Yang Luchan by Vance
(Grand)] Lancer - Erlang Shen by Cursed by Fortuna
Christianity and Judaism
Assassin - Satan by Vance
Beast - Eve by GilgameshKingOfMemes
Caster - Apsethus of Libya by Vilen
Lancer - Ozymandias by NittyGritty
Rider - Imhotep (Summer) by TheLordOfAwesome
Ruler - Ozymandias (Summer) by NittyGritty
Assassin - Bertrandon de la Boquiere by Kabalisto Koga
Assassin - Jeanne La Motte by HeroicLegend
Archer - Tarrare (Summer) by WhiteFrenzy
Berserker - Julie d'Aubigny by Vance
Germany and Germanic People
Foreigner - Sigmund Freud (Summer) by DelRey
Foreigner - Sigmund Freud (Redux) by DelRey
Voyager | Lancer - Franz Liszt by DelRey
Greek Mythology and History
Alter-Ego - Hermes Trismegistos by GilgameshKingOfMemes
Caster - Hipparchus of Nicaea by Cursed by Fortuna
Caster - Hestia by Vance
Lancer - Antigonus I Monophthalmus by Kamerad
Saber - Chrysaor by Morg van Destro
Saber - Theseus by Master_Therion
Shielder - "Robin Hood" by Nuclear Consensus
Shielder - Amaltheia by the god of world-0
Lover/Avenger - Edvard Munch by DelRey
Caster - Culann by BoktaiMoon
Rider - Niamh by Kamerad
Saber - Claiomh Solais by Vance
Assassin - Tsukumogami by Vance
Avenger - Tesso by Cursed by Fortuna
Caster - Takiyashahime by Lambda-Nu
Companion - Hachiko by Cursed by Fortuna
Gunner - Kasato Maru by Wyvern
Lancer - Yomotsu Shikome (Summer) by Vance
Rider - Jirocho Shimizu (Summer) by BnEl15
Saber - Sakanoue no Tamuramaro by BoktaiMoon
Saber - Sitonai by BoktaiMoon
Saber - Yamaoka Tesshu by BnEl15
Maritime South-East Asia
Caster - Bandung Bandawasa by BnEl15
Archer - Ifrit by the god of world-0
Berserker - Eunus by Kamerad
Archer - Samuel Colt by BoktaiMoon
Assassin - Mad Gasser of Mattoon by Vilen
Beast - The Wendigo Curse by Cursed by Fortuna
Berserker - Pele by Wyvern
Caster - Linda Richards by Vance
Foreigner - Jesse Livermore (Softreboot) by DelRey
Foreigner - Area 51 by BoktaiMoon
Watcher - Elvis Presley's Impersinators by BnEl15
(Grand) Rider - Cyrus the Great by Cursed by Fortuna
Berserker - Enchanted Moura by Vance
Saver - Sebastian I by Wyvern
Voyager - John VI (Lostbelt) by Wyvern
Post-Classical Italy
Roman Mythology and History
Avenger - Remus by kiwi
Rider - Livia Drusilla Augusta by Spartacus
Berserker - Karolina Olsson (Summer) by Vance
Foreigner - Edvard Munch (Redux) by DelRey
Lancer - Gunnar Hámundarson by BnEl15
Saber - Regin by the god world-0
The Slavs and Caucasia
Ruler - Catherine the Great by GOJIRA98
Alter-Ego - King Momo by Wyvern
Gatekeeper - Iracema by Wyvern
Lancer - Jaguare by Wyvern
Lover - Kerana by Wyvern
Monster - Iara by Wyvern
Saber - Pedro I by Wyvern
Assassin - Tomas De Torquemada by Perry Ellis.
Uncategorised Others
Foreigner - Macak by DelRey
Saver - Twinkle Star (Summer) by DelRey
The Nasuverse
Alter-Ego - Lev Lainur Flauros by Justiciary Hux
Shielder - S-Olga Marie by Justiciary Hux
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Dang, only three (or four, including Elvis) sheets from me these past 50 pages. Writer's block been hitting me hard. Also me posting Elvis literally a minute before the new milestone lol
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Hmm...3/4rd of my entries from the last 50 pages were Arthurian. That'll soon change now that I've sworn them off after LB6.
"Here's a bangin lil' tune about takin' on The Man!"
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夜魔 Nightmare
If you knew, I had to dispose of you ♡
Bruh, I have failed if only had one entry and that entry wasnt even Portuguese
Here is my Compedium, ready to flood the market with Portuguese Servants
Anju Addams
超高校級のゲーマーガール
Present Day, Present Time
Originally Posted by Master_Therion
Get on my level. My last Servant was on page 167. This thread moves so damn fast.
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Darkness there, for evermore
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Thanks, Rey! I will update the OP tomorrow or the day after, since I will need to be leaving for work very soon. That aside, I will consider your suggestions for rearranging the index.
Anyway, only one sheet this time. I kinda feel a little disappointed in myself now.
Never going to get Eula because Keqing cockblocked me. Thanks, Biden!
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Btw, Lambda, Giovanni Pierluigi di Palestrina true name is actually John IV of Portugal and doesnt have a link
In case you dont have the link, here it is
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You Are Going to Brazil
'Looks at list'
Well, seems like I'm the king of South America. Damn, it really puts it into perspective how much work I've been putting into this project. Probably not very healthy, but I definetely feel proud of making so many sheets. Really, I can tell how my sheets evolved over time because of the Monthly Contest and how I swapped formats partway through.
All in all, I'm really satisfied with how things are going on my end. Here's hoping to 1 South American servant per class!
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Part 1 - El Dorado
Crypter - Delfinger Nesthesia
Master - Lydiavogel Niemeyer
South America of the Nasuverse
Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4
The Voice of Thunder
god dammit BnEl15, you really posted 1min before me. I added him of course
you madlad really did it, glorious shitpost indeed. My favourite was the CE. Imagine the stage of Elvis Presley slowly leaving the stage in the shining lights of showbiz, the faces of the spirits show up to say their lines with passion and inbetween this fucking mascot "Nobbuuu...."
could be straight out of a Family Guy Scene
I will now go to my compendium and crown you King of Watchers my liege. I know that you will stay there for a while because I...can read you mind
Yes Wyvern single handidly carried the South American part here
another surprise was how Boktai just dominated Britain
the whole new meta made me consider to even split Britain and Arthurian Mythos into seperate categories, because it is just so much stuff. It is like a Rome and Post-Classic Italy situation
Oh and btw, people, the thread is moving pretty fast, because we had several discussions here, several new faces joined, so it is not unusual to have less Servants. Page 200 started end of may, 150 end of april and 100 start of January. We move faster now
Kabalisto Koga
死徒二十七祖 The Twenty Seven Dead Apostle Ancestors
The H/eart/h of Europe
Originally Posted by DelRey
i am against the combi of persian and Arabic part as they are different regions and cultures . arabic and near east is okay .
Instead Mesopothamia i suggest Levante(Ancient) as that would include ancient Akkadia ,Urartu , caanan civilisations . like also on wikipedia and other sites and sources its withhin this ancient region .
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Originally Posted by Kabalisto Koga
How can you be against combining Persia and Arabia, but say Arabia and Middle East is okay. Middle East is basically modern Persia. And the amount of Servants that are produced in either of them is not that high. So I think a combination is okay.
Levante is just the small part of the region that is basically the East coast of the Mediterranean Sea. And most of those Servants are absorbed by the Christian Section.
To play the devils advocate, even though Mesopotamia and Iraq are the same region (correct me if im wrong), they are in no way the same. So i can see combining Middle East and Arabia if their cultures are similar, but not Persia and Arabia. Of course, im just playing devils advocate.
Lambda decides anyways, lets wait
i just hope everything is right with the list, because i forgot to check if everything is right.
Thankfully most sheets directly say where to put them, only few I had to google a bit. Sadly there were two that posted two sheets at once (looking and Skull and Kamerad), that annoyed me a bit
and I am nervous when it comes to fakers, future pretenders and other weird cases that completely switch classes or identity. My own Lover/Avenger Munch bit me there.
Sadly there were two that posted two sheets at once (looking and Skull and Kamerad), that annoyed me a bit.
What can I say? I knew I had to get Uther and Vortigern out as fast as possible since one or both were likely to show up in LB6.
LIE LIKE SKULL
Okay, so, here's my proposed format for the new Servant Contest we got going on.
Namely, the idea being to post a Prompt here in this thread. And then have a second thread set up where those participating can repost their sheets. Obviously, the sheets participating have to be already posted. So you can't make a new sheet. With the promp being simple categories like classes, region, time period, etc.
I imagine we won't have as much trouble with entries on this contest because it involves past sheets. But of course, if the person doesn't have a sheet that fits the prompt, they can't post a new one.
We can probably run this Heroic Spirit Showcase a on and off every month sorta contest. Maybe have it run in parallel with Monthly Create a Servant.
How do you guys find these rules?
Frigix
不死 Undead
Baguette City (France)
"Elvis": Absolutely brilliant, that's what I call some good shitpost. Here again we have a sheet which proves the superiority of the Watcher class
I especially like all their interactions, it's really fun to read and I genuinely enjoyed reading it.
Hey, do monthly contest keep record of their entries?
Originally Posted by Wyvern
i think allowing the revamping or modernizing of sheets should be allowed. This gives people a reason the overhaul them.
As a fringe rule, if somebody already made a sheet elsewhere, like reddit, amino or spacebattles or what its called, then they can do that one too. I guess. If they have have completely different names tho is starts getting weird.
my concern or wish would be the generation that stopped making sheets. How we entice them to come again and compete
when the voting starts i post a compilation in the contest thread and in theory on page 1 here is a compilation per prompt as well. wasnt updates for few months now. When this one ends I forward my contest comps to Leftovers so they can update that.
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Q: is this just clever [__persistentStoreCoordinator release], __persistentStoreCoordinator = nil; Looking through the code apple generates for core data I found this bit of code
[__persistentStoreCoordinator release], __persistentStoreCoordinator = nil;

I understand the purpose for it but is there any purpose for writing the code like this instead of just like this
[__persistentStoreCoordinator release];
__persistentStoreCoordinator = nil;

or is it just being clever?

A: They're equivalent, so yes they're just being "clever".

A: It's purely a stylistic choice, but one that expresses intent. In this case, it's expressing the intent that the release and the nil assignment are one single "operation" and should be kept together. As two separate lines, you are free to insert lines between them, but as a single statement using the comma operator it takes far more work to split them up.
It's also helpful to the reader in that they don't have to parse two separate lines, figure out what they're doing, and understand that it's just trying to clear out that ivar. Instead as one statement, the reader can quickly recognize this pattern (once they've seen it a few times) and it produces less cognitive load on the user. For example, here's a -dealloc using separate statements
- (void)dealloc {
    [_foo release];
    _foo = nil;
    [_bar release];
    _bar = nil;
    [_blah release];
    _blah = nil;
    [_baz release];
    _baz = nil;
    [super dealloc];
}

Here's the equivalent:
- (void)dealloc {
    [_foo release], _foo = nil;
    [_bar release], _bar = nil;
    [_blah release], _blah = nil;
    [_baz release], _baz = nil;
    [super dealloc];
}

Not only is this fewer lines of code, but the pattern is immediately obvious to the reader. It also looks more aesthetically pleasing, with every line being a method call followed by a nil assignment.

A: I think the technical definition of the C language suggests that a compiler is not allowed to optimise expressions as completely as statements.  By using ',' instead of ';', the author thinks he has written both operations as a single atomic action.
I doubt that they have made any difference at all, but they have at least communicated an intent.  That once the pointer is released, it is nil.

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Neato launches iPhone-connected Botvac D4 & D6, promises to update older vacuums
By Roger Fingas
Friday, August 31, 2018, 09:59 am PT (12:59 pm ET)
Neato on Friday revealed two new robot vacuums, the Botvac D4 and D6, as well as planned software upgrades to three existing models.
Neato Botvac D4
The Botvac D4 is replacing the D3, and will be the first lower-cost Neato model to support virtual No-Go Lines, which tell a vacuum to avoid a particular part of a room. Other upgrades are focused on battery life: the vacuum is said to hold 33 percent more charge, running for up to 75 minutes, and also support Neato's Quick Boost Charging, which triggers mid-run recharge sessions.
The D6 is essentially a more advanced version of the D4, but with a better brush for handling pet hair, support for multiple floor plans, and Eco and Turbo modes. It can run for up to 120 minutes.
This fall's software updates will include No-Go Lines and Quick Boost for the D3 and D5, and a new feature strictly for the D7 called Zone Cleaning. Via the Neato iPhone and iPad app, users will be able to create special zones where the vacuum will do extra cleaning work.
The Botvac D4 and D6 are launching today, priced at $499 and $699. The D7 sells for $799, although it is currently on sale at Amazon for $699.
Check out AppleInsider's list of some of the best iPhone-enabled vacuums.
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Im going to be quite frank with you… I LOVE PASTA!! I could eat it with an oil based sauce, such as vegan butter or olive oil, I could do red sauce, pink sauce, cheezy sauce, pesto sauce, etc… So which genius decided to make it cold and add vegetables and serve as a lunch or side??!! I'm going to say, probably a wonderful Italian woman! Maybe I'm wrong, correct me, contact and tell me!!
Anyways, pasta salad… It is a great side dish or even served as lunch! I had it for lunch today and it was super satisfying. It's been really hot in Southern California and I am not seeing the fun in cooking and baking during the day, so most of my dishes during the day are left overs from the night before, salads, or smoothies and nice cream, hehe.
I made this pasta salad last night and let it sit in the fridge to develop all of the flavors. Sitting overnight with any food is truly my favorite, it soaks up the flavor more and it's always so easy to place out to eat or warm up, in this case, just get it out of the fridge, it's suppose to be cold.
The flavors of the Italian dressing and crispy raw vegetables go together so great! The slight tang from the vinegar and flavor from the Italian seasoning is wonderful! I suggest you try this recipe and if you'd like to add anything you're more than welcome. I mean, at the end of the day, this is a salad and who is to yell you exactly what you can or can't put in it…???
I love olives and I messed around with a few different kinds. I think my favorite combo was black olives and kalmata olives. Either or would be fine too! If you'd like to add a little vegan cheese or some garbanzo beans for extra protein, GO RIGHT AHEAD! Create that shizzzz!
*Optional: vegan cheese, kidney beans or garbanzo beans.
-Cook pasta to package directions, then let it cool down or run it under cold water.
-While the pasta cooks, chop all the ingredients and place in a bowl and toss with the dressing.
-Once your pasta is cold, toss it with the other ingredients and if you can't wait, then serve it right away, ORRR for better results, let it sit for 4 hours or overnight.
***If you decide to add the other options I listed, make sure you add those as well! Beans add healthy nutrients and protein!
I recently made some pulled jackfruit sandwiches and I added the coleslaw on top. It added a nice, light, creaminess to the sandwiches and just all around flavor. Let me know when you try this and how you like it, I am interested to know what you use it on or eat it with. -Happy eating!! And Happy Fourth Loves!!
Combine all ingredients in a bowl, except the cabbage. Once you've made a dressing, add the cabbage and toss well, about 2-5 minutes. Then set aside and let marinate in the fridge for at least 3-4 hours, OR BETTER YET, overnight!
Summer lovin' happened soooooo fast! And I'm havin' a blaaaast…. something like that?? Haha.
Labor Day is upon us. I know that means get togethers, BBQs, fun, laughter, and tons of food. Yum! My favorite, FOOD, and good food that will nourish me in the correct way as to fuel me through the day. Why not try something new this year and dabble with some plant based products and add them to the mix. Many people are starting to eat more consciously so if your hosting or adding to a party, it's not a bad idea to get your plant based options in line.
Everyone loves a great grilled burger right?! I really enjoy the, Beyond Meat, patty, which grills nicely and packs a 23 grams of protein punch. Make it a cheese burger with, Follow Your Heart, sliced cheese. I don't mind if you even grill up some onions & mushrooms, sliced tomatoes, and avocado for the win. I mean, bye, you can find me in heaven after that.
I also really enjoy, Lifelight, hotdogs if your hot like that. Again, grill those up and top em with you favorite toppings, like grilled onions, bell peppers, or sauerkraut, if your into a little probiotics while you party. If you want gluten free hotdog or hamburger buns you can go to a specialty store like Whole Foods, or sometimes Sprouts and Trader Joe's will have them too. I'm happy to help this grilling season, you can message me and ask for other tips if you need them. I'm happy to help! Happy summer loves.


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Luann de Lesseps and Sonja Morgan get their own Bravo spin-off
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RHONY stars Luann de Lesseps and Sonja Morgan have a new spin-off show. Pic credit: @countessluann/Instagram
One of the dynamic duos of The Real Housewives of New York City is going to be back on our screens once more. Luann de Lesseps and Sonja Morgan were given their own spin-off, which will debut on Bravo in 2023.
Luann and Sonja: Welcome to Crappie Lake filmed over the summer in rural Illinois and will have the same feel as the OG buddy show, The Simple Life with Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie.
The hilarious pair have not been on TV together since RHONY ended after Season 13, and was recast by Bravo and executive producer Andy Cohen.
It was reported in July that Lu and Sonjarita were spotted filming an unknown project in the small Midwest town of Benton, Illinois. The small city, which is in the southern part of the state, equal parts between Missouri and Kentucky, has under 7,000 residents.
The project was officially announced over the weekend at BravoCon, where a sneak peek trailer was shown but not released to the public yet.
After the announcement, Luann took to her social media to make it Instagram official, posting, "Beyond thrilled to work with my BFF. We just ❤ you #Benton! Excited for all to see our new show!"
What shenanigans will the Countess and Lady Morgan get into on Welcome to Crappie Lake?
RHONY: Legacy has still not been cast – will Lu and Sonja be a part of it?
While the obvious premise is for Luann and Sonja to show the differences between country life and city living in Manhattan, Sonja said there will be a lot of "do-goodery." She added, "We do a lot of good things for the town, and it was very emotional for us."
The sneak peek showed Lu and Sonja at the town's Testicle Festival, where participants eat animal testicles. Not exactly the Rose and five-star dining they are used to in Manhattan. The ladies also helped build a playground and search for the town's infamous crappie fish with bare hands. They even put on a variety show for the townspeople, so maybe viewers will see some Luann cabaret!
During the BravoCon panel, Sonja revealed that the pair filmed the show for six weeks, only having three days off.
Loyal RHONY fans would assume that Luann and Sonja would be perfect for the Legacy cast, especially because it is supposed to be reserved for beloved favorites of the original series. But no decisions have been made on casting, and neither lady has heard from Bravo execs that they were chosen.
Luann has publicly said she would absolutely be on board to join the cast if asked, but she and Sonja aren't sitting by the phone waiting for the call.
They are out having fun and creating more content for their fans, and we can't wait to see it!
The Real Housewives of New York is currently on hiatus.
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Monitoring Bridge Wear and Tear—With Radar
Goulias
According to the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the number of bridges in the United States totals 614,387. In the state of Maryland alone, thousands of bridges need to be surveyed at regular intervals to ensure their continued safety.
The time, effort, and expertise required can be daunting—not to mention the cost. To help improve and streamline the process, civil and environmental engineering professor DimitrIos Goulias has been developing fast, accurate, and cost-effective non-destructive (NDT) condition assessment methods, making use of Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) and machine learning.
"We send an electromagnetic wave through a structure and examine the reflection that comes back," Goulias said. "If there has been a change in the time it takes for the wave to go there and back, then degradation may have occurred. Other parameters, such as amplitude and signal polarity, can also indicate problems such cracks or delamination." Similar methods can also be used to assess the conditions of sound barriers, concrete pavement, and other elements of roadway infrastructure.
While there has long been interest in GPR as a tool for monitoring infrastructure, its potential has been constrained—until now—by the complexity of the data.
Simply put, waves have differing properties at various frequency levels, and this can affect the kind of information that GPR can obtain. As Goulias explains, "low frequency waves can penetrate deeply into a structure, but the resolution is limited. Higher frequency waves provide greater accuracy, but they don't penetrate as far."
One solution is to use a step frequency approach, beaming radar at the structure in a continuous gradient from 300 MHz to 2 GHz. The math involved in analyzing the results is formidable—but becomes far less so with the help of computers. A key part of Goulias's current research is focused on developing the needed analytical and predictive algorithms using fuzzy sets, neural networks, and machine learning.
Goulias has co-authored multiple papers on the GPR-based approach, including a technical paper for ASCE, published in December 2019, and a subsequent study that tested the method in Catania, Italy. The tests showed that "GPR can provide accurate assessment of the asphalt overlay thickness, concrete cover depth and deck thickness, and location of the rebar reinforcement."
Closer to home, the Maryland State Highway Administration has already used GPR to assess the conditions of about 1,000 bridges and plans to expand the analysis to the remaining 2,000 bridges in the state. Several other state DOTs are also considering the approach, Goulias said.
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Super bowl 2016 movie adverts
11 February 2016	Off	By Floris Groenewald
This past weekend was the Super Bowl. I know that it's a sports thing in America that gets about a third of the country in front of their TVs at the same time. But that's basically the full extent of my knowledge. The only other thing I know is that Americans (specifically Hollywood) love using the opportunity to release a ton of new TV adverts. Which means new peeks at upcoming movies. Here's the selection:
Alex Proyas' Gods of Egypt
From the Egypt-born director of The Crow, Dark City, and I, Robot, comes Gods of Egypt. With his credentials and skills, it's bound to be a well-made film, but everything we've seen so far seems too familiar – like we've seen this movie before.
Gods of Egypt releases in South Africa (including IMAX screens) on 26 February.
Jon Favreau's The Jungle Book
My two biggest concern about the previous trailer was:
a) The footage is quite (visually) dark, and that this might cause problems with 3D viewing.
b) That we haven't seen the realistically rendered animals talk, and that human voices might sound very strange coming from animal mouths.
While the TV spot isn't really long enough, the accompanying online trailer (below) alleviates those worries. [But what is up with the characters crossing over into the black letterbox space like the jumping fish did in Life of Pi?]
Paul Greengrass's Jason Bourne
They've finally revealed the title of the upcoming Jason Bourne movie, and it's… Jason Bourne? Who cares. The title isn't terrible, the action looks amazing, and there's at least some kind of plot going on. Plus Tommy Lee Jones!
Dave Green's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Out of the Shadows
As much as I grew up on a diet of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Biker Mice from Mars, the Transformers series might've ruined Michael Bay movies for me. I want to see Bebop and Rocksteady, but we'll have to see if this movie is enough to drag me out of my chair.
Bryan Singer's X-men: Apocalypse
After Days of Future Past, franchise originator Bryan Singer returns again for the last film in this second X-men trilogy. It might be a close second to the title of Most Successful Superhero Movie Franchise, but it's certainly the longest-running. And Singer has yet to make anything less than an excellent installment. This movie can't come fast enough.
Roland Emmerich's Independence Day: Resurgence
If there's one thing Mr. Emmerich loves, it's large-scale destruction. It focuses on American patriotism, tons of explosions, and glimpses at familiar faces: Jeff Goldblum as David Levinson, Bill Pullman as a bearded (surely no-longer-)President Whitmore, as well as Jessie Usher as Dylan Hiller (the little boy & Will Smith's son in the first film), and Liam Hemsworth as a new character.
Dan Trachtenberg's 10 Cloverfield Lane
I'd seriously recommend NOT watching this spot. Or probably any more trailers or marketing material for this film. It looks like an amazing film (and surprise sequel?), where the filmgoing experience would be better, the less you know in advance. In my opinion the first teaser is all you need, if anything. Proceed at own peril to watch the Super Bowl spot on YouTube.
The Russo Brothers' Captain America: Civil War
This new TV spot gives us just enough glimpses at characters and consequences to illustrate the scale and stakes of this superhero ensemble. With chants of "United we stand! Divided we fall!" to set the tone. Can we book tickets for opening night yet?
Zack Snyder's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Ooh. I love these kind of ads. They're a couple in-universe travel ads, marketing the fictional cities of Metropolis and Gotham City as tourist destinations.
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice comes to local cinemas (incl IMAX 3D) on 25 March.
Tim Miller's Deadpool
Like all of this film's (extensive) marketing campaign, this TV spot is fun, funny, and self-referential. These ads really promise that Deadpool will be a comic book movie with a difference. Deadpool opens in local cinemas THIS FRIDAY, 12 February.
Chris Renaud & Yarrow Cheney's The Secret Life of Pets
Basically Toy Story but with animals? This looks cute, but unoriginal…
James Bobin's Alice Through the Looking Glass
The first film in the series focused too much on Johnny Depp pulling silly faces, and everything being ludicrous. We'll still see how the film comes out, but this TV spot is a work of art!
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I'm having some troubles with my Raid0. After a motherboard swap, my Raid0 failed (non-member disk). So I found an how-to topic on another forum that tell to wipe Raid0 array and recreate it with the same config and then use Tesdisk to recover the vanished partition. But after following those steps, TestDisk found my lost partition but can't recover it... What am I missing? You think I have to swipe my HDD order to recover this partition?
I've about 3To on this raid, so I can't save the whole datas on an external drive... Is there any solution to retreive my original partition on my raid?
Was your disk before a GPT (GUID partition table) disk or an Intel MBR disk builded on 4 KB sectors?
To support disks larger the 2.2 TB you should normally use GPT.
If you recreated your array exactly like before, then it should be possible to use testdisk to get your partition back.
But it might be possible that you must check your disk in your disk management console.
If you watch your disk, in your disk management console at the left side there is that little square.
There you can find a description like basic means it's an intel MBR disk.
If there is a description like GPT you can use testdisk to write your partition to your GUID partition table.
Often windows reports a GPT disk false.
If there is a false description like basic and it's GPT, you should right click in that left little square to figure out, do you have a GPT disk or a basic.
If there is a description like convert to basic, then there ist no further action required.
Only if you see something like convert to GPT, you should do that.
Even just check it and if you are unsure, please let me know.
Some background processes like antivirus can prevent you from writing to your partition table.
In case, you should disable background processes using msconfig.
Thanks for the answer, I will check that in few hours and get result back here .
So, partition geometry (start : 264192 - end : 7814045695) doesn't shock you?
EDIT : Can't get the type of the disk on my disk management. The partition is not initialized, should I initialize it to a GPT partition like Windows is asking me?
GPT-disks have no geometry that's why size, start and end of your partition is counted in sectors.
But it looks confusing, because your disk is displayed in cylinder size.
Standard Intel MBR, one cylinder might be approximate 8 MB.
vsix wrote: EDIT : Can't get the type of the disk on my disk management. The partition is not initialized, should I initialize it to a GPT partition like Windows is asking me?
Yes, you should initialize your disk in your disk management console.
Windows only writes 4 bytes to yur GUID partition table.
It's absolutely required since W2k, so that windows can handle your disk.
Afterwards you can run testdisk to have a try to find your partition.
In some cases if you create a GPT-disk, it might be possible that windows creates a volume also.
Please don't format it and let me know.
If you format it, then it might be possible that you override your previous file system.
Partitions could be MS Reserved and MS Data.
MS Data is your important partition.
If you got both partitions unformatted, please let me know.
In case you can run a boot sector diagnose instead of a whole diagnose through analyse.
If your initialized disk is still unallocated (empty) you can run a normal diagnose like Analyse, Quick Search and if nothing is be found, Deeper Search also.
A tip is, if TestDisk finds an appropriate partition (if you recognize it through your label), you can press F (upper case) to jump to the end of the partition.
So it will save time not to scan your whole disk.
I've initialized my disk to GPT-disk. My disk is always unallocated so I ran an Analyse in Testdisk which found my MS Data partition. But it's always the same problem when I try to write, I get a Partition write error.
What is going wrong with this partition?
Would it be possible that you copy and paste the content of your testdisk.log?
Also a screen from your disk management console is appreciated.
Would it be possible to right click your left little square of your disk in the disk management console?
Another screenshot would be appreciated also.
Disk /dev/sdb - 4000 GB / 3726 GiB - CHS 486398 255 63, sector size=512 - Intel Raid 0 Volume, S/N:Stockage, FW:1.0.
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During late Winter, Bush tracks in the Sandstone country start to blaze with colour as heath plants start their early flowering, which continues through Spring.
Some different species can be found along the coastal cliffs and exposed heathlands, and in the deep sandy soils behind, such as on the walks to Bombi Point in Bouddi NP, and Wybung Head in Munmorah SRA.
Flora of Rainforest and Gullies; plants seen in Rumbalara Reserve, Katandra Reserve (walks around Seymour's Pond), Ourimbah State Forest, Strickland SF, Great North Walk along Moonee Moonee Creek. and in pockets in Wyrrabalong NP, etc.
Flora found around creeks, waterfalls and ponds in the Sandstone areas such as Girrakool, Moonee Moonee Creek, Strickland SF and Somersby Falls.
Flora of damp and swampy places in Sandstone heaths, such as hanging swamps, in Brisbane Water N.P. and Somersby, along the Great North Walk.
.....such as Cockle Bay, Davistown Waterfront, etc.
Description: A spreading annual herb. A widespread naturalised native of N. America.
Leaves: Very variable. Often fleshy, bluish green, deeply lobed.
Flowers: Mauve or pink, small, terminal.
Flowering Time: Much of the year.
Habitat: Coastal sand dunes & sea shores.
Description: A creeper with salty edible leaves & fruit.
Leaves: Succulent, triangular in cross section.
Flowers: Bright pink, with yellow anthers.
Habitat: Sand dunes and exposed places by the sea.
Putty Beach Davistown, waterfronts on Brisbane Water.
Description: A shrub to 6m. high, with papery bark.
Leaves: Narrow, stiff, sharply pointed.
Flowers: Creamy yellow, in round heads.
Fruit: Forms rounded clusters of capsules.
Habitat: Coastal heath & headlands, & near marshy ground in forests.
Location: Warrah Res. B.W.N.P. Munmorah S.C.A. Wyrrabalong N.P.
Flowers: Blue, fan-shaped, with yellow centres.


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East Branch may refer to:

East Branch Delaware River, Delaware County, New York
East Branch Handsome Brook, Delaware County, New York
East Branch Township, Marion County, Kansas
East Branch (Newtown Creek), estuary between the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, in New York City

See also

 Branch (disambiguation)
 West Branch (disambiguation)
 North Branch (disambiguation)
 South Branch (disambiguation)