automated man is NOT your friend…is forgiveness possible??? 28/01/2010 at 09:28

How to Forgive and Release the Pain
janerobinson Member
By Jane Robinson

Forgiveness…can you hear the haunting organ music when forgiveness is mentioned? Forgiveness elicits a wrinkled brow and a sinking feeling in many of us. How can we possibly forgive someone who has wronged us? If we forgive, do we have to rekindle a relationship with someone from the past? Does this person deserve our charity? Furthermore, if we do forgive those who have wronged us, how can we honestly feel a release from the anger, hurt, disappointment, grief, wound to our self-value, animosity, teeth-grinding and jaw-clenching rage that we hold inside? Can we truly let go of the grudge? Is it possible to be able to forgive and forget? Even if we should forgive, why would we want to?

We want to forgive to free our lives and cut the tie that binds us and our lives to the transgressor. To forgive does not mean you have to become friends with the person who hurt you. Instead, forgiveness can be the agent that frees you to move on and lighten your energy. Many spiritual teachers point out that we form a strong bond to the people we feel injured us. This bond holds us captive until we forgive–only forgiveness cuts the binding tie.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Instructions

1.
Step 1

Look at circumstances in our own lives and yield to this understanding: People who are malicious, untrustworthy, emotionally disconnected, or incapable of caring actually “know not what they do.” This recognition does not excuse the person, but it helps us to release our inner struggle with the notion that this individual could have done something different. The person was not spiritually or emotionally evolved enough to handle it differently. This knowing, at the soul level, is where we release the bondage and pain of our injuries.
2.
Step 2

Write a letter to the people you feel have hurt you. In this letter, let them know what they did to hurt you, why it hurt you, and how disappointed or angry you are due to the transgression. Once you are in touch with the pain, you might ask why they did what they did to you and how they would respond now to your pain. The writing of this letter allows you to gain insight and perspective, whether the infraction was intentional or unintentional. You do not mail the letter to the person. It is a tool to assist you in releasing your pain and beginning to forgive. You may gain understanding that people, sometimes, are not evolved emotionally and may have been doing their best at the time. While their behavior is not acceptable, this bit of information may help you free the weight that is keeping you down and sinking in your pain.
3.
Step 3

Reply to yourself with a letter from that person. This is your chance for them to say to you, “I’m sorry for hurting you,” and perhaps to salve your wound. During this part of the healing, the sting will lessen. Would you like for the person to say, “I was wrong to treat you this way”? If so, write this response. Do not suppress your emotions when writing this letter. This is a great opportunity for you to allow a sigh of real relief in the forgiveness process.
4.
Step 4

Use visualization. Another effective forgiveness process is to imagine a gold frame surrounding the face of anyone with whom you would like to
forgive. See them inside the frame and visualize the frame and their
image transforming to gold dust. Blow the gold dust out into the
universe and watch it dissipate into the air and trickle out into space. This beautiful exercise helps you break down the negative energy
and transform it for healing. One additional and interesting forgiveness process is a balloon release image. Place everyone you are ready to forgive in an open field together and tie a balloon to each one. As you work with forgiving each individual, visualize the person floating up to the sky and out into eternity as your pain and grief float away with each person you release.
5.
Step 5

Release the anger from your body. One final forgiveness process is through channeling the anger, pain and frustration into Mother Earth and experiencing a transformation of energy. See the negative energy as an orange light traveling through your body, through the spine and chakras, then down and out of the bottoms of your feet into the earth. Observe the energy as it transforms into a rainbow of light energy, lifting from the earth and expanding out into the universe. Try variations of this process and the visualizations. Sometimes you may allow this rainbow of light to travel up and around the body, and reenter through the crown chakra on the top of the head and then leave the body through the heart chakra in small, heart-shaped rainbows or solid pastel hearts, sending love and light out to the world.
6.
Step 6

Continue working with these processes until thinking of the
person who hurt you no longer stings or causes tension. When you
reach a point of forgiveness, you feel detached and indifferent in
relationship to the event or person connected to the internal strife
you formerly experienced. This detachment may come and go at
first, until you finally forgive and no longer feel pain when you think
of the event or individual. Make this a pleasant–not dreaded–process.

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automated man is NOT your friend…can we forgive??? at 09:22

How to Forgive, Forget and Let Go
sandraray Contributor
By Sandra Ray
eHow Contributing Writer

Forgive, Forget and Let Go

Forgiveness is one of those concepts that most people have difficulty grasping. While we all have a mental image of what forgiveness “should” look like when others forgive us, knowing how to forgive ourselves or someone else isn’t as easy to understand.

When someone else causes us emotional harm, whether unintentional or intentional, learning to let go of this pain can be one of the most difficult transitions we go through. Social workers in the prison system work with families on the process of forgiveness to help ease the transition between incarceration and life on the outside. Similar to restorative justice programs which involve the victim of a crime and the offender, these prison programs seek to develop an understanding of the offenders act(s) and come to terms with the eventual return to society.

The families involved tend to view forgiveness as an admission that the past is completely forgotten and life can return to normal as if nothing happened. As you can imagine, this effort at denying the behavior has a negative effect.

Carrying emotional pain, anger, anxiety, and other distressing thoughts about a situation or someone often is easier for us than beginning the forgiveness process. Cognitive-behavioral therapists often stress positive thoughts since it can be easier to invest more time in negative thoughts and redirect energy toward positive change. The more we concentrate our emotional energy on carrying a grudge and not forgiving someone, the more likely we are to become anxious, depressed and negative about the general situation.

Since it is often easy to think of forgiveness in terms of forgetting, we need to examine how we forget. Human memory does not work like computer memory. There is no way to reformat the past. Instead, we look at situations through different lenses. Psychologists often refer to these lenses as perspective. Reality of our situation is how we view it at the time that the impression or memory was formed.

Forgetting a past hurt refers to relearning the circumstances surround the situation, reprocess it through a fresh perspective, and move toward forgiveness. When we look at the outcome of what happened, we can either become bitter and angry or view the end result as an opportunity for personal growth and change.

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging
Instructions
Things You’ll Need:

* Motivation for new change
* Willingness to process painful emotions and find a new conclusion
* A neutral third party–a therapist, counselor, or empathetic friend–to evaluate whether or not the process is constructive
* Time–forgiveness is a process

1.
Step 1

The first and most important step is allowing yourself permission to forgive. When we focus more on the consequences of not forgiving ourselves, we shift the focus to ourselves and how we can move beyond the past hurt and blame. The situation becomes less about the person who wronged you and more about how you are able to heal and develop a sense of peace.
2.
Step 2

Forgiving someone else first involves recognizing that forgiving is not giving that person absolution for a previous wrong. Forgiveness is often confused with absolution since the terms are used almost interchangeably in most religions. What if the person who wronged you is not living? What if the person is someone who caused you extreme embarrassement during school 20 or 30 years ago? These people are not available to you to discuss the situation, nor do they have to be. Letting go of emotional pain does not mean that nothing happened; it means that you no longer want to be controlled by it.
3.
Step 3

Recognize that forgiveness is not denial. Whatever caused the pain was a real incident. Denying that it happened and calling it forgiveness means that it is too painful to work through the emotions. There is no timeline on forgiveness. Some steps take longer to get through, and it is acceptable to work through some of it and set it aside for a period of time. Part of forgiveness is understanding that whether or not someone takes responsibility for it (and may even demonstrate remorse), does not control whether or not you intend to continue investing emotional pain and distress each time you revisit what happened.
4.
Step 4

Understand that not everyone who forgives reconciles with the person who caused the pain. There are relationships that are toxic and even physically dangerous. While it is possible to forgive the past and move beyond it, it may also mean that the person who was involved no longer can play an active role in your life. If a person or situation is not safe, it may be best not to reconcile the relationship and then work on forgiveness at a time when you are emotionally healthy and physically safe.
5.
Step 5

Make a conscious decision to forgive someone. Even if they never apologize for what happened, determine within yourself that it is fine to proceed without this apology. Apologies should not be about permission to us to forgive someone. Apologies should be offered as an effort of true remorse and acknowledgement that taking personal responsibility for the situation is important. Even without that apology, make up your mind to forgive, forget, and eventually let go.

Tips & Warnings

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It is possible to forgive and still hold others accountable for their actions.
*
Find a support group if you need one. Places to look include churches, non-profit organizations and even employee assistance programs.
*
Not everyone who apologizes is remorseful. Even if someone apologizes, they may only be “going through the motions” in an effort to manipulate you.
*
Don’t feel pressured to forgive before you are ready. Everyone sets their own timeline when it comes to healing from an old wound.

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automated man is not your friend…ripoff reported 27/01/2010 at 12:14

jill carrigan & wendy schumaker were hired as ” automated man ” to produce a series of educational videos for my company.

stuart winter is the money man funding this ” automated man ” nightmare, listed on their website as woohoo entertainment llc

jill carrigan was given our company credit card ( visa ) to complete the movie project

jill carrigan was given a brand new panasonic movie camera, a dealer license plate & dirty harry’s inspector star 2211 to complete the movie project

jill carrigan agreed to complete the movie project & was paid a fee of $ 2000.

jill carrigan, wendy schumaker and stuart winter are the owners of ” automated man ”

jill carrigan announced 90 days after payment an additional $ 5500. would be required.

jill carrigan has no contract, no project provisions, no contract for such a demand. the demand is another in a series of thuggish behaviour demands

jill carrigan, wendy schumaker & stuart winter were told to cancel the movie project, and to return the credit card and props.

fia card services was told to cancel the credit card issued to jill carrigan ( visa )

jill carrigan subsequently called fia card services and had a second card issued and sent to her in venice ca without our authorization or permission ( amex 8518 )

new red flags rules for issuing credit cards with an address discrepancy were ignored by fia card services and the bank of america, complaint pending with ken lewis, bank of america CEO ( many banks are ignoring the red flag rules )

in an ironic twist to this story, the red flag rules was the topic of the training video by which the ” automated man ” trio committed this fraud.

this crime is called identity theft account takeover and one of several new identity theft crimes credit card companies have to deal with

fia card services explained that the crossover ( visa to amex back to visa ) allowed jill carrigan to charge an additional $ 8000. on the fraudulently obtained credit card even with our instruction to cancel the credit card and remove authorization for jill carrigan

despite jill carrigan’s promise to pay for these charges, no payment has been made

wendy schumaker ( alexander keith ) and jill carrigan live together in venice, ca

stuart winter also lives in venice, ca.

the automated man trio has been using our camera for additional video work, including an automated man series of video starring stuart winter himself

we have had the lapd make a civil standby at the carrigan-schumaker ( keith ) residence to recover the credit cards, the movie camera, the dirty harry inspector star ( 2211 ) & the dealer plate

jill carrigan told the lapd she does not have any of these items

jill carrigan subsequently sent us the dirty harry ( 2211 ) inspector star via certified mail

the credit card debt of $ 8000. remains unpaid.

the movie is unfinished ( poor sound quality ) & the panasonic movie camera remains missing

the dealer plate has been reported stolen

the automated man project will give jill carrigan, wendy schumaker ( alex keith ) & stuart winter access to hundreds if not thousands of customer credit cards on a subscription basis, great product, but slippery thug management that steals.

jill carrigan states she longs for ” success & freedom ” we remind jill carrigan ” success & freedom can NEVER be based on stealing”

our primary goal in revealing ” automated man ” is to recover our stolen camera, dealer plate and our funds

our secondary goal is to reveal automated man, automated mom and its owners as a fraud and thiefs that steal. we hope to warn the public from providing any non-public confidential information to the automated man trio, jill carrigan, wendy schumaker ( alex keith ) & stuart winter. can you imagine hiring an accountant connected to identity theft & fraud ??

our research reveals that jill carrigan has committed other significant fraud, including reporting artisan creative, jaime daugherty as her employer for 6 years on her resume. jaime reported to us that jill carrigan is a fraud & that in 2003 she was employed for less than 90 days and fired for poor customer service skills and aggressive behaviour

jill carrigan has been known to act inappropriately in public places with fits of rage and a slurry of foul inappropriate language. we have witnessed such acts in living color.

jill carrigan also uses the alias of ” beth ” and performs a variety of adult services on craiglist to supplement her ” automated man ” project.

jill carrigan’s father is tom carrigan of tampa florida, an award winning CPA and we have asked for his assistance to no avail.

jill carrigan’s mother, tina carrigan of philly pa was a service provider of phone service and has subsequently stolen $ 800. for services never performed. ( the apple on this tree falls straight, like mother, like daughter ). tina carrigan markets herself as a life coach. wendy schumaker ( alex keith ) is her partner in a business called ” chaos control coaching ”

wendy schumaker ( alex keith ) uses the alias of alex keith, b movie actress known for provocative scenes and slutty on-screen behaviour in films such as animal instinct. wendy schumaker ( alex keith ) is believed to be holding the stolen movie camera and the stolen dealer plate. wendy schumaker ( alex keith ) suffers from a variety of ailments and rarely leaves the broadway avenue ” automated man ” headquarters.

stuart winter is a wannabe referee of some sort & also an accountant. stuart winter is the money and apparatus behind ” automated man ” stuart winter may not survive much longer. stuart winter is suffering from terminal cancer. jill carrigan describes him as the ever-ready bunny who just will not die. stuart winter has benefited from remarkable treatment from the mayo clinic. stuart winter has two sons being raised my his lovely ex-wife.

please adhere to our warning about this ” automated man ” trio

thuggish behaviour, identity theft and incomplete promises
is the ” automated man ” legacy.

stay far away from the ” automated man ” trio.

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Obsidian (Transformers) 24/01/2010 at 20:59

Obsidian is the name given to several fictional characters in the various Transformers universes.
Beast Machines
Obsidian Vehicon
Sub-group Basic Vehicle
Function Aerial Combat
Rank 6
Motto “Megatron is Cybertron. To defend one is to defend the other.”
“Walking is for suckers.” (Beast Wars Returns)
Alternate Modes Cybertronian Tiltrotor (Resembling a V-22 Osprey)
Series Beast Machines
English voice actor Paul Dobson

Oddly Obsidian’s tech specs have little or nothing to do with the character as seen on the show, instead being described as a simple drone-general attaché.

His biography indicates that he provide air support for Vehicon Tank-Drones, but oddly portrayed him as made to be a fairly mindless air-attack unit by Megatron, which contradicted his show history as a Cybertronian General.

The appearance of Obsidian is based on concept art provided to Hasbro by Draxhall Jump.
[edit] Animated series

Obsidian is a legendary Cybertronian General who scored countless victories alongside his consort Strika. According to the Maximals in the episode “Sparkwar” they fought a thousand wars and won them all. The two were captured by Megatron, along with the entire population of Cybertron, who then eventually placed their sparks in Vehicon bodies. Obsidian became a helicopter, leading the aerial forces in place of the fallen Jetstorm.

They first appeared in the episode “Sparkwar Part 1″, where they immediately made an impact. Pretending to be dim and fairly weak, a’la Tankor, the two lured the Maximals into a trap, cutting off their every option with countless numbers of new Vehicon Drones. Cornering them underground, the Maximals only escaped due to Botanica’s intervention.

Unlike the previous generation of Vehicon generals (Tankor, Jetstorm and Thrust), both Obsidian and Strika weren’t given alternate personalities. They remained who they had always been. However, their prime directive was the protection of Cybertron, and they had been programmed to perceive Megatron and Cybertron as one and the same. To defend one was to defend the other. Unlike the previous Generals, Obsidian was willing to take the responsibilities of his own failures, making him perhaps the most honest of the Vehicon Generals. Obsidian and Strika were the first vehicons to address Megatron as “Lord Megatron”

Obsidian proved himself to be a tactical genius on the battlefield, given his past history as a supreme general. Despite his military brilliance, he was at a loss when without a certain directive. When Megatron was seemingly destroyed, he and Strika joined the Maximals, since their options had become limited. This alliance would turn out brief though, for when Megatron returned in the body of a Diagnostic Drone, Obsidian and Strika immediately return to his side.

In the final battle with the Maximals, Obsidian and Strika were tricked into standing on an antigravity unit by Cheetor, who launched the pair into space, where neither were affected by the reformatting of Cybertron.

According to an F.A.Q. on Bob Skir’s web site there was a scene with Obsidian and Strika cut from the final episode. “Obsidian and Strika had a MAGNIFICENT scene in which they return to Cybertron and decline an offer to be reformatted themselves (partly because they feel unworthy because of their role helping Megatron, and party because I wanted them to remain “pure” when I brought them back in the next series… which (as of this writing) I haven’t been invited onto yet. Sadly, their finale got cut for time.”
[edit] Fun Publications

Obsidian and Strika appeared together in the story Wreckers: Finale Part 2 by the Transformers Collectors Club in 2007. During the invasion of Cybertron the Quintessons believed the orbital defenses were deactivated, but thanks to Obsidian and Strika, some of them were brought back online and used against a Quintesson ship.
Toys

* Beast Machines Basic Obsidian (2000)

Although the Hasbro toy of Obsidian wasn’t colored like the character in the animated series, when released in Japan’s Beast Wars Returns toy line it was recolored to match the show.
The Transformers: Universe character of Rotorbolt was a redeco of Obsidian as a Predacon, but although prototypes of this figure was made, it was never released.

Transformers: Robots in Disguise
Obsidian RiD Obsidian.JPG
RiD Obsidian Toy
Decepticon
Sub-group Basic Vehicles
Function Helicopter
Alternate Modes Cybertronian Tiltrotor
Series Transformers: Robots in Disguise

Due to the RiD universe not being remotely connected to the original series, Beast War and Beast Machines universe, and the fact that this Obsidian did not appear in the TV show or in any other fiction, nor did he receive any sort of biography from Hasbro; it can only be presumed that he was a completely different character.
Toys

* Robots in Disguise Obsidian (2002)

A redeco of the original Beast Machines toy of the same name, a character called Obsidian was released as a Decepticon in the RiD toyline.

Transformers: Universe
Obsidian Decepticon
Sub-group Basic Vehicles
Function Aerial Combat
Rank 9
Partner Tankor
Motto “Control the air and you control the battle. Control the mind, you control the war.”
Alternate Modes Cybertronian Tiltrotor
Series Transformers: Universe
Tankor and Obsidian bring Blackarachnia to Tarantulas in the Transformers: Universe comics.

Once again a Decepticon, he is released with Tankor. However, this was an alternate universe version rather than the actually Obsidian from Beast Machines.

His bio indicated he that similar to the real Obsidian, had previously been a great general, captured and turned into a Vehicon by Megatron. Unlike the Obsidian from Beast Machines however, this Obsidian secretly plotted to overthrow his master. Lacking Strika in this universe and recognizing his own shortcomings, he teamed up with Tankor, who had not regained his Rhinox memories. Together they overthrew Megatron, taking control of Cybertron for themselves. Recognizing his leadership abilities, Unicron plucked him (along with Tankor) from his universe and made him one of his troops.
Obsidian and Strika appear in a flashback in the Cybertron comics.
3H Enterprises

In the comics, he said that he was from the reality where Unicron conquered Cybertron.

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Ryan Higa and Sean Fujiyoshi at 20:58

Ryan “Nigahiga” Higa and Sean “The Fluffy Bunny” Fujiyoshi

Background information
Born 6 June 1990 (1990-06-06) (age 19) (Ryan)[citation needed]
8 December 1990 (1990-12-08) (age 19) (Sean)[citation needed]
Hilo, Hawaii
Other name(s) Nigahiga
Nationality Asian-American[citation needed]
Internet activity
Web alias(es) nigahiga
Period active July 20, 2006–present
Host service(s) YouTube
Genre(s) Comedy
Notable work(s) “How to be” series
Advertisement spoofs series
“Movies in Minutes” series
“Skitzo” series
Ninja Melk
Ryan and Sean’s Not So Excellent Adventure
Official site nigahiga’s YouTube channel

Ryan Higa and Sean Fujiyoshi are Japanese-American comedians from Hilo, Hawaii. They are known for their YouTube comedy videos, which have been viewed over 250 million times.[1] Their YouTube channel nigahiga is currently the most subscribed of all time.[2]
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* 1 Background
o 1.1 Content
o 1.2 Popularity
* 2 Copyright Violations
* 3 Ryan and Sean’s Not So Excellent Adventure
* 4 References
* 5 External links

Background
Content

Ryan and Sean started posting YouTube videos of themselves lip synching to songs in mid 2006 while attending Waiakea High School.[3] They quickly expanded beyond songs, with a variety of other comedic pieces. The duo continued to gain popularity, releasing a series of “how-to” guides such as How to be Ninja, How to be Gangster, How to be Emo and How to be Nerd that became their most popular releases to date.

Recently, their video content has shifted towards spoofs of real commercial products and movies. Some spoofed products include the ShamWOOHOO! (after the ShamWow!), ChildrensBop, and Hook on Fonik along with The Portobello Mushroom Burger. Their Movies in Minutes videos summarize and spoof movies such as Harry Potter, Twilight, Transformers, Titanic, Saw and New Moon.

Occasional guest appearances are made by Tim Enos (who plays the role of Helga Fawntanilla), Ryan Villaruel, Kyle Chun, Mason Turner and Tarynn Nago (Ryan’s girlfriend), collectively known as the “Yabo Crew”.[4]
Popularity

Ryan and Sean’s YouTube channel, nigahiga, was created on July 20, 2006. By July 2008 it had over 300,000 subscribers, making it one of the site’s most subscribed channels.[5] By November 2008, their videos had been viewed over 150 million times.[6]

On May 10, 2009, Nigahiga passed the one million subscriber mark and ranked as YouTube’s second most subscribed channel, just short of Fred’s 1.2 million subscribers. On August 20, 2009, Ryan and Sean overtook Fred to become the most subscribed YouTube channel of all time.[7]
Copyright Violations
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On Christmas Eve of 2008, Ryan and Sean’s two most popular videos, How to be Gangster and How to be Emo, were removed due to copyright violations.[8] On January 21, 2009, nigahiga’s account was temporarily suspended and was told to remove more copyrighted videos. Because of this, nigahiga’s lip synching videos were all removed (with the exception of You’re Beautiful, which was audio swapped[9]), and so were most of his videos that include copyrighted music. As of now, all the music that is being played in nigahiga’s videos is music Ryan composed himself. How to be Gangster and How to be Emo were put back on nigahiga’s channel in late August 2009, only to be removed a few days later, along with How to be Ninja. Ryan and Sean used to have over 90 videos, but due to copyright incidents, their video number has dropped down currently to 51.[10]
Ryan and Sean’s Not So Excellent Adventure
In 2008, Los Angeles producer Derek Zemrak offered to help them create their first feature-length film. The resulting film, Ryan and Sean’s Not So Excellent Adventure, was directed by Richard Van Vleet and released on November 14, 2008.[11][12] It was shown in sold out theaters in Hawaii and California.[6] The DVD was released on July 14, 2009 in the USA.

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iTablet may save publishing at 20:51

WILL tablet computers save the newspaper industry?

Apple is expected to release its highly anticipated tablet computer, dubbed iTablet or iSlate by some, later this month.

Like every Apple product, it will most likely look cool and people will line up for days to buy it, but the big question on my mind is: Will the device, and others like it, have the power to revive a rapidly decaying newspaper and publishing industry?

It is no secret the newspaper industry, as a whole, took a huge hit in 2009. Most were forced to lay off staff and others shut their doors. Besides a massive recession, publishers were having trouble adapting traditional page layouts, with their power to draw readers in and give them something they weren’t looking for, to the Internet. Even some of the best designed papers in the world had home pages that featured small photos, small headlines and even smaller text on their home pages.

Some newer media sites have recently popped up on the web, giving us a glimpse of what publishing 2.0 may look like. Flypmedia.com is one site that I love, as it combines written words with audio, video and interactive information graphics in a format similar to a magazine that you can “flyp” through.

Another exciting site is Vook.com.

Vook combines the traditional written word with videos for each chapter. The company offers two versions, an online platform and a mobile version available on Apple iTunes store. I downloaded a recent bestseller and was amazed at how easy it was to read on my iPod Touch and loved the bonus video content. The best part was, instead of $25 at the bookstore, it was only $6.99, which made it an instant impulse buy.

Now enters Apple’s new tablet computer. Since company officials are masters at keeping everything secret until their products are released, little is actually known for sure about the device.

Some of the bigger tech sources on the web suggest that it will have about a 25-centimetre screen and a touch interface similar to the wildly popular iPhone/iPod Touch. It will also have book reader abilities like Kindle, but with all the photography, graphics and multimedia the web can provide.

If you’re in the publishing business, you have to think this is going to be a game changer — the prospect of your readers once again sitting back and flipping through your nicely designed page with large photos and video, plus the ability to interact with your readers in new ways.

An added bonus: the high costs of printing and distribution will be reduced to almost zero.

Newspapers that were struggling to make money with their online product will now be able to harness the power of Apple’s iTunes store and sell monthly subscriptions there. It also allows papers to reach readers outside each business’s traditional boundaries of provinces and state lines.

If your content is good, people will buy it.

JEFF HARPER

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Ataraxia at 20:39

Ataraxia (ἀταραξία “tranquillity”) is a Greek term used by Pyrrho and Epicurus for a lucid state, characterized by freedom from worry or any other preoccupation.

For the Epicureans, ataraxia was synonymous with the only true happiness possible for a person. It signifies the state of robust tranquility that derives from eschewing faith in an afterlife, not fearing the gods because they are distant and unconcerned with us, avoiding politics and vexatious people, surrounding oneself with trustworthy and affectionate friends and, most importantly, being an affectionate, virtuous person, worthy of trust.

For the Pyrrhonians, owing to one’s inability to say which sense impressions are true and which ones are false, it is the quietude that arises from suspending judgment on dogmatic beliefs or anything non-evident and continuing to inquire. The experience was said to have fallen on the painter Apelles who was trying to paint the foamy saliva of a horse. He was so unsuccessful that, in a rage, he gave up and threw the sponge he was cleaning his brushes with at the medium, thus producing the effect of the horse’s foam.[1]

The Stoics, too, sought mental tranquility, and saw ataraxia as something to be desired and often made use of the term, but for them the analogous state, attained by the Stoic sage, was apatheia or absence of passion.[2]

This is the disorder that character Slevin Cabrera claims on “Lucky Number Slevin”

ataraxic people perform these similar symptoms :

Not taking things too seriously. Avoid complexity. And always think they can handle anything.
Complexity is one of the major things that they avoid in life. They cherish simplicity more than anything else.

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Web Tools: Web Tools at 19:20

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Accompanying each of the sets, you will also find an image pack. This is a ZIP file of the JPGs used to make the brush set. This is what you’ll want to download if you’re a Paint Shop Pro (PSP) user, or use any other graphics program that’s not listed here. You can use those images to make brushes in your program of choice.

You may browse through them using the categories on the left. The categories are explained below.

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Onixia’s Lair – Animated Wipe at 16:37

Onyxia has approximately 4,800,000 HP.
Phase One

Onyxia melees for about 12-15,000 on plate. Onyxia is tauntable.

* Flame Breath — Two second cast, 45 yard frontal cone. About 20,000 damage unresisted.
* Cleave — 100% Weapon damage cleave in her frontal arc. Cast often.
* Wing Buffet — ~15,000 physical damage in a 20 yard frontal cone. Ignores armor.
* Tail Sweep — ~5,000 physical damage to targets near her tail. Ignores armor. Large knock-back, often into the whelp caves.

Phase Two
Deep Breath IS random!

Onyxia takes off at 65% and has no threat table.

* Fireball — Two second cast, random target in the raid. 10 yard AoE. About 5,000 damage unresisted.
* Breath — Onyxia emotes “Onyxia takes in a deep breath…” and about six seconds later all targets in a direct line in front of her will take repeated 4-5,000 Fire damage hits. The number of times hit depends on how close to the middle of the line the target is. Being in the middle of the breath is generally fatal.
* Spawn Onyxian Whelps – At the beginning of phase two and about every 90 seconds after Onyxia will spawn 40 Onyxian whelps with 60,000 HP who melee for 500 or so on plate. 20 will come from each side of the whelp cave.
* Spawn Onyxian Lair Guard – Every 30 seconds or so in phase 2 Onyxia will spawn an Onyxian Lair Guard with 190,000 HP. This will cast Ignite Weapon which adds 25,000 fire damage to its melee attacks, and Blast Nova which does 25,000 fire damage to targets within 10 yards. Note that these guards can be disarmed, which prevents them from being able to damage anyone with Ignite Weapon.

Phase Three

Onyxia lands at 40% HP. She retains all her phase one abilities and gains some additional abilities.

* Bellowing Roar — 1.5 second cast, 100 yard AoE fear. Three second duration.
* Eruption — During the duration of bellowing roar lava will erupt from the cracks in the floor. Being touched deals about 5,000 Fire damage.
* Spawn Onyxian Whelps – Small numbers of Whelps will continue to spawn in phase 3.

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Map of Onyxia’s lair, showing raid positioning for Phases 1 & 3
This is (still) a very simple encounter overall. For strategy videos of both the 10-man and 25-man encounter, look below the loot table on this page.

You ideally want 2 tanks, 2 healers, 3 melee DPS, and 3 ranged DPS for 10 man, and 2 tanks, 5 healers, 8 melee DPS, and 10 ranged DPS for 25 man.
Phase One

The tank should run slightly ahead of the rest of the raid and grab Onyxia, quickly turning her away from the raid and then backing off to the Northern wall, where the tank will position themselves with their back to the wall to minimise the effect of the knockback from Wing Buffet. Only the tank should be in front of Onyxia, to minimize damage from fire breath and cleaving. During phase one, the only damage to the raid should be upon the tank. Ranged DPS and healers need to stay to either side of her, fairly far back. Melee DPS needs to stay just within range (which is wider than it looks). If melee DPS is too far forward, they will be killed by Cleave; if they’re too far back, they will be tail swiped, possibly into the whelps, usually resulting in a wipe.

Phase one ends when Onyxia is reduced to 65% health.
Phase Two

During this phase, Onyxia takes to the air and moves randomly around the room, casting Fireball on raid members. There are three main things to watch out for:

* Onyxian Whelps. At the beginning of this phase, and subsequently about every 90 seconds, 2 packs of whelps will spawn, one from the egg chambers on each side of the room). These whelps should not be underestimated, as they can do considerable damage with all 40 attacking the same target. They should be gathered by the off tank and then killed with AoE attacks.

* Onyxian Lair Guards. After about 15 seconds and subsequently about every 30 seconds, an Onyxian Lair Guard will spawn at the entrance to the room. These need to be tanked with a dedicated healer for the tank. Melee DPS should focus their attention on killing these as fast as possible, as having more than one up at a time can overwhelm a tank. If you aren’t able to kill one before the next one spawns, some ranged DPS may need to assist. Be aware that the guards hit very hard, and have a periodic AoE (Blast Nova 10 yard range) that can easily kill the melee DPS around it if not careful, leaving not enough DPS to kill the Guards quickly enough, and allowing them to overwhelm the raid. This AoE has a cast time, and is easy to run out of if you don’t underestimate its range. Onyxia must be brought down as quickly as possible by ranged DPS, as the Guards will stop coming once phase two ends.

* Deep Breath. At random periods during phase two, Onyxia will emote that she is taking a deep breath. When this happens, note her position, direction and get out of her path. A few seconds after the emote, she’ll fly straight in the direction she’s pointing and leave a trail of massive, fiery damage about 10 yards wide. If in doubt, run all the way to the nearest side of the room or against the wall behind her.

During this phase of the encounter ranged DPS should be focused on bringing Onyxia down to 40% to start phase 3, although they must interrupt this to AoE the packs of whelps. Melee dps should focus on killing the Onyxian Lair Guards.
Phase 3

Onyxia will land on the Southern side of the room and immediately cast Bellowing Roar, causing the raid to run in fear for the next 3 seconds. Finish off whatever adds remain while the tank positions Onyxia. Note that, unlike the level 60 encounter, the tank will have retained aggro on Onyxia from phase 1. It’s advisable to ensure that the tank is unaffected by the initial fear, so that Onyxia can be positioned correctly (fear ward, berserker rage, tremor totem).

Phase 3 is essentially the same as phase one aside from periodic fears, some raid damage from eruption and occasional whelp spawns which are not too dangerous.
Differences from level 60

Onyxia no longer drops threat between phases 1 and 3, and she is no longer immune to fire effects and abilities. Deep Breath is cast more often, and the cast time has been increased. Onyxian Lair Guards now spawn in phase 2, and melee can no longer hit Onyxia in phase 2. Lava eruptions happen during the Bellowing Roar fear, not just after it.

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