Crosspost from Climbeharder
TLDR: After a serious injury, I decided to train my fingers and mobility and have already seen great results. I focused on repeaters and my 20mm max hangs increased from ~145lbs for 5 seconds in January 2024 to ~169lbs for 4 seconds May 2024. I'll post an update in about 4-6 weeks after a few runs at max hangs and continued training.
For context, I (33F) have been bouldering for around 6 years. About 3 years ago, I partially tore my labrum and developed severe tendinosis in multiple areas which hampered my ability to train my fingers without risking additional injury. Prior to my recent accident, I had topped my first indoor V8 boulder and was within 1 move of several outdoor V6s. I was ready for the Spring send season.
Then I fell. While trying to top out an awkward V5, I had a bad fall and severely sprained both ankles at the same time. X-rays showed there was also an avulsion fracture on my outer left ankle and the doctor confirmed that I likely pulled several ligaments around the foot and ankle joint.
The doctor also concluded that even if only a single ankle had been sprained, it would be at least 12 weeks recovery time, which meant minimal to no impact and no climbing. Since I messed up both ankles, it would take substantially longer to recover.
Since I couldn't climb, I resolved to train my fingers until my ankles recovered. The shoulders felt great and I had been wanting to do a finger strengthening regimen, and I was homebound. It was perfect.
Back in January, I had started a max hang protocol that was abandoned in favor of climbing harder routes. The previous max hovered between 140-145lbs on the 20mm edge and a bodyweight repeater max of ~30s (7s on 3s rest) per set on the 20mm edge. While those numbers were disappointing at the time, they also provided a great framework for this new routine.
The routine focused on hypertrophy, so I'd have more forearm mass to work with. I started the first few sessions on the 25mm edge, holding for 7s and resting for 5s, as many reps as I could between 6 sets.
Initial total hang times were about 5:10 between six sets of 7 second hangs. After a few sessions, I settled on six sets of 10 second hangs with 5 second rests. The goal was to reach a full 6 minutes, and if that was not fulfilled, I would do three density hangs of 20 seconds on the 20mm edge at the end of my session.
I kept this up until I consistently hung for a total time of 5:40, after about four weeks. At which point I switched to the 20mm edge and followed the same protocol for another two weeks. My max time under tension on the 20mm was 5:55 on 4/30.
I then took a weeklong break before testing my maxes. This time I tested my max strictly on the 20mm ledge for 7 seconds and was able to successfully hold at least 163.6 lbs and failed at 168.6 lbs for 4 seconds. Bodyweight repeaters changed my overall hanging weight from 126% to 146% of bodyweight.

I've this classmate who I'm friends with. We're not extremely close, but we're in the same group of friends. Let's call her S. S is a really selfless person who can be kinda shy sometimes. She's extremely sensitive and when she's stressed or overwhelmed she can snap.
I met this girl last year, along with other girl I'll call M. M is a really carefree girl. She can be oblivious and honestly just a really chill person. M doesn't take things too personal, unlike S, who can think you're mad at her just by talking with someone else.
So I met this two girls and it was pretty clear that S was way too attached to M. They've known each other as much as I've known them, but still, S is always so affected by whatever M does.
As I said, M is a pretty chil person so she doesn't even notice this behavior from S. Some stuff S does are:
-Asking M to keep secrets, but then make painfully obvious to the rest of the group that there's a secret.
-Turn conversation of 4-5 people into a private coversation of her and M.
-Talk to me and the others when she thinks M is mad a her (Just because M is talking someone else)
-One of the last things she did was pass a paper between her and M with me literally in the middle.
I never really cared about this as I have other friends, but it was still a problem we all knew. The worst part? This attachment is totally one sided as M was completely oblivous and she even considers S just a classmate.
This new year rolls in and my best friend left our school. I was really thinking about this thing S has of excluding others, but I decided that I just needed to speak with new people. So there's this new guy "L" who happens to like the same author as me. We dont talk much, just exchange words, messages and just one proper conversation of around 20 minutes.
I first texted him, but a few days later we spoke during break time. Our conversation ended when I felt someone PULLING FROM MY HAIR for me to get up (I hate being pulled by my hair) and it's S, who then asked me what I was talking about with L. I explained and didn't think much of it.
But since then she started with this passive-aggressive comments like "Don't go with that guy or I'll get jealous", but always in a joking manner.
Then during a music class, we're all around the piano. Suddenly, S started to pull from my shirt with nervous laughter asking me to "take her out of there" M and I laughed and help her get out, but without understand much. We got worried when S started crying.
After a long back and forth where she wouldn't tell us what's going on, she finally said that she and L exchanged glances, he politely smiled at him and she smiled back in a weird way.
Yeah, that's it. She got nervous and was embarrased because of her weird smile.
When asked why she smiled like that she said "Because I didn't want to be cute, I wanted to be like OP".
Since then I started thinking about everything and got weirded out. I texted a friend and told them everything, they told me that she probably liked L. I though the same, but wanted to let it go because she has a boyfriend.
The next day we're eating and S is looking down, I sat down beside her and she told me "Go with your friend, L. You're replacing me with him. That's why I'm mad" I laughed awkwardly and ignored her.
A few days later I met with my best friend and told her everything, we walked to M's place and told her everything too. Since the attachment to her jealousy. Needless to say, we were all weirded out.
Here's where I found out from M that S texts her A LOT every day till M replies (Neither of us is really active on social media except for S who answers messages quickly). She also told me about a dream S had and where she basically told M, that she though I was mad and distant (I was).
Everyone agress that me and L barely talk, and even if we did talk a lot, it shouldn't matter to her.
Since then I've been talking less with her. A few days ago I ate lunch with someone else (no on purpose) and I think she got mad because today she didn't try to talk to me at all (good for me tbh) and when I went to eat, she avoided our table and only sat when I was away.
I don't think I'm the asshole, but this is so confusing.
A lot of people really like her and sometimes I can be impulsive. AITAH?

Please help. I’m new to Fresno. I’ve worn my nails very long (about two inches) for 15 years—I’m no noob. The first place I tried here was a nightmare.
I want a salon that does Gelx, understands careful removal and can handle long nails. I like to get a new set every 4 weeks—not a fill.
Here’s the long story:
For over a decade I did acrylics. The last few years I’ve been getting Gelx extensions, having the full set replaced every 4ish weeks. My last salon (in Oakland) carefully soaked and used the drill to remove them in a way that minimized damage to my natural nail. I prefer Gelx because they flex more when caught on something rather than snap. And with the way my previous salon was removing and replacing them, my natural nails were healthier than ever underneath.
Elegant Nail Spa in Fresno* butchered me. They assured me they could do Gelx extensions, on the phone and when I showed them my hands at arrival. After a pedicure service (Tiffany is great), I was moved over to the nail station. Dude soaked them a little and then ripped them off of my nails. He swore this was normal—I’ve seen salons between my regular for Gelx and no. The whole time telling me Gelx was stupid, weaker, harder to fill (I told him I do not fill them). Then when it was time to apply, he brought out a mix matched box of nails that a) didn’t have sizes to fit my fingers, b) didn’t have consistent lengths and c) were no where near long enough. I was told I had to do acrylic.
Fine, I said. I could take an acrylic set until I found a new salon. He then took a drill to my nails and brought them down to paper thin. A manager stopped by multiple times and asked him if he needed help handling such long nails. He insisted he didn’t despite making icicles of my nails with the acrylic and taking forever to file them back into shape. He also constantly told me that we should make them shorter. My finger tips were sore for days after the visit. I then shaped them some more myself because, again, icicles.
A voice was screaming at me to walk out of the salon during that appointment but I kept thinking — It’s just one set. There’s no way you’re walking into another salon and getting seen right now. It’s fine.
It was not fine.
They started lifting after about 4 days. But the big one: Two weeks later, today, I was lifting a blanket and my thumb nail snapped off revealing a good portion of the quick. I’m in pain, I’m unsure how to care for it, how to repair it, wtf to do, I’m crying like a baby from the stress of it all.
This has never happened to me in all my years of doing crazy shit with crazy long nails, and I’ve seen a million nail techs. Especially when I was consistently getting acrylics, my nail damage got rough sometimes. I did my own acrylics in the pandemic out of desperation. I’ve seen it all. In 15 years, I know how to treat my nails and how they should be treated.
Help me Fresno! Who knows the best salon?
*Middle aged dude. Slicked back hair, wore a wallet chain. Definitely had an emo phase in his past (no shame)—fuck that guy. Flip side: Tiffany at this salon gives a great pedicure.

Hi there.
I am an NHS patient and 10 years into transition, with a GIC, GRC, top surgery etc.
I went to check on my repeat sustanon prescription today, only to find it had been slashed from 4 ampoules to 1. (I had been taking these at 21 day intervals, and the original prescription was affordable, lasted a very long time, and was convenient as I am living away as a student and it did not cost much to post/cause hassle for my relative)
It wasn't changed by my GIC or GP, just a random hospital pharmacist, the reason given said 'controlled drug.' (it always has been, and I had been recieving that prescription for 6 years without a problem)
I rang my GP, told the receptionist this and they said they would try to sort it out.
When I rang back at the end of the day, she said new regulations had come in, meaning all prescriptions could only be given in maximum 2 monthly amounts - which meant that my 21 day prescriptions did not really fit into the new system - the pharmacist tried to insist I should only recieve one ampoule at a time (for the same £10 price tag, quadrupling my medication costs) while my GP had argued I should recieve 2 (still doubling my costs) I wondered if anyone else has dealt with, or is dealing with this, or if it is actually true, and how I can fight it to keep recieving my normal prescription if not.
All in all, it feels like a calculated and shameless money grab.

This is my best guess as to why she broke up with me. I'm less heart broken as I'm just confused and don't know why in the first place. We dated for about 4 months. It was a little bit of a long distance relationship, 1 hr drive one way. But we were/are both very busy with work, kids, and both of us going back to school. Our days are packed. Yet we manage to text and call each other everyday. As far as I knew, it worked out. We would talk for hours, we had to make up excuses to end our phone calls. The sex was phenomenal. We both have kids, a house, and a car. I'm a little better off than she is but not drastically. She lives in a nice house in a rough neighborhood, I live in a rough house in a nice neighborhood.
Now to some of the weirdness. Maybe it's just that stereotypical "men don't understand women". She liked that I made more and during our dating, I paid for everything. Even treated her to a few nice things she never got to experience. I cooked real nice meals. I cleaned up. I doted on her when she was stressed and offered massages, that usually led to sex. She admitted she wanted someone to take care of her. So I was trying to do just that. Yet during the phone call when I realized she was breaking up. She didn't like that I never grew up POOR. I did to an extent, but not broken down and condemned mobile home or living out of a car poor. She almost gave a notion that she wants to continue living like that even. Not that she does now, but that's was she desires. I know, it's weird.
She often talked about Texas and where/how she grew up. I told her I appreciate her southern Texas strong girl attitude. I found it endearing, I'd also like to one day see where she grew up. I loved when her texan accent came out. Yet some how that was contentious. I wasn't Texan myself and just would never understand. She said Texan men dress a certain way. Even asked me to do so. So I did and she liked it, so I made note to always dress like that in front of her.
We both agreed to hold off on introducing the kids to one another. I felt that was OK. Yet, all she talked about was her kids. I would chime in and yet she got defensive about it one time. Worried about potential ww3, I more or less mentioned "omg your son is 17, he would have to sign up for the draft." It was a concerned thought on my end. She didn't like it nonetheless but didn't seem overly upset, just said her kids are off limits I apologized and made a mental note of it. She would still talk about her kids all the time though, no worries I just minded saying certain things.
Even up to the end. One day we planned to meet. She was a little hesitant to get together. She was going through a rough patch with some personal things. I was understanding so I didn't press it. She mentioned a friend was going out, I told her I would like for her to be with friends at least and have a good time. Just call me so I know she gets home safely. Which she did, and we talked for a solid hour at like 1am. It was that conversation in which she subtly very subtly said I should continue dating and try to date other girls. That was the hint. She was just going to not date anymore, and I should see other people. I said "but why I don't need to date. I'm dating you" to be honest I can be dense as a brick sometimes.
A few days later we have the actual talk about what's going on and she said it plainly then, we're done. She complained about a whole bunch of things that she used to like about me. I was just confused. It mainly was about money matters.
Like I said though, she wanted to be spoiled and taken care of. Which I guess I could only do so much. I don't make enough to just make all her troubles go away. But I also don't make too little that I could just drop everything and move in with her. Nor could i attempt to do so. Im in a decent neighborhood with a good school for my kid. She liked where she lives and didn't want to entertain moving near me, she did have to think about moving out of her house sooner than later. Even looked at apartments around her area. Which I understood, her split parenting situation is she needs to live where she lives. She can't do another court battle at the moment. Nor can I. But also, if she is just not going to date. She made it sound like she doesn't have time. Welll, we weren't exactly spending a lot of time together. Just every other weekend we would either meet up at my house or her house. For all intents and purposes, it was casual at best. Yet, I brought that up, just keeping things casual and, nope, we are done.
Dude, I really don't know. I'm motivated, going to school, hitting the gym, she liked my muscles. She would awkwardly say "I like your face" I dressed how she wanted me to. I cooked and cleaned for us when necessary. Gave her massages and would pamper her however I could. I paid for our nights out. We didnt see each other a lot so it wasnt like i was constantly feeding her attention and being overly submissive to her. I literally just don't get it. These were all good things then out of the blue, they were not. I'm heart broken, yet Moreso just confused by it all. It's literally like she flipped a switch and decided no she is done.

(Be warned, this is SUPER long.)
Is it just me, or for a first time player is Act I not the hardest act? I remember there being controversy back when Act II released that the final layer bosses were too easy, and it was mostly disputed because a lot of the people saying that were already experienced with the game before the update released. Thing is, as a first time player during the Wrath/Heresy patch, I also felt that. I played on Violent for my first playthrough, and struggled IMMENSELY with V2, Gabriel & Minos Prime. (I spent 100 restarts on Gabe 1) But I practically breezed through all of Act II, and I think there's a reason for that. Firstly, leviathan is just an objectively easy boss, I doubt anyone can dispute that, and i also don't think Leviathan really needed to be hard so that's fine. But I specifically wanna talk about the rematches, in 4-4 and 6-2. Don't misunderstand, I like these bosses, but honestly, I think they're too similar to their original fights to be challenging in their own right. They are definitely quite different and have plenty of new attacks/fresh spins on old ones, but it's just not enough, imo, because the formula is still the same. They have nearly the same movement patterns, and their attacks are familar. You still know how to fight V2, and you know how to fight Gabriel. I think the same also somewhat applies to Sisyphus Prime too, but to a much lesser extent. Sisyphus is HARD, and honestly, considering the gauntlet that comes before, his current difficulty is fine. But, you've fought Minos. You know to be wary of his constant teleportation and how to keep your eyes on him. You know how the attack callouts work, and you know to emphasize parrying. Generally, you're familiar with the prime soul formula. But I think Sisyphus is handled much better than the others, because he has COMPLETELY different attacks, that I think set him apart enough such as: BE GONE not only roughly follows you, but creates a vertical shockwave, something you aren't really used to dodging. YOU CAN'T ESCAPE has much better tracking than Thy End Is Now, and forces you to learn how he predicts you with trial & error. DESTROY, my personal favorite, is a real curveball. Firstly, the callout comes considerably earlier than his actual uppercut, and so does the parry window, which means building muscle memory for this attack is fairly different from the rest and takes some adjustment. And beyond that comes the explosion afterwards, which has a little delay which you'll have to memorize, plus the explosion is difficult to escape since it has such a wide range, so you'll typically have to learn to dash for I-frames which takes away your precious stamina. On that note, Sisyphus is generally more overwhelming and quick than Minos, making stamina even more important than before. My point is, I wish the other rematch type bosses were a bit more like Sisyphus. Just more uniqueness. It'd do a lot for their difficulty and memorability. Tell me your thoughts as well.
(Can you tell I'm a Sisyphus glazer)

With everything I’ve been seeing lately regarding Gen 5/2 remakes, Legends ZA, Gen 10 and Nintendos next gen consoles, I’ve been trying to think of what they could do and will do. Legends makes sense on the switch and Gen 10 makes sense on next gen consoles. So if this remake does end up being Gen 5 it seems they got pushed back when the new console did. If so it would be a genius idea to have these remakes be prequels to a Gen 10 set in a region that is sister to Gen 5. It could be a brand new region but also be black and white 3 with different names. It could follow up on N and black and white protagonist, where they ended up going. It could have new starters and box art legendaries with the third or dlc being original dragon. I think it would work smoothly because everyone says bw3 will never happen because of new generation never played the originals but releasing it in new region with new starters and legendaries right after the remakes would solve that problem. As far as the game design and mechanics go, obviously another United States setting would fit good like Florida/Georgia. I figured the gimmick could be fusion because bw2 introduced fusion and sun and moon (Hawaii/US game) also had fusion. And this is where some story comes in. What if there are the box art legendaries, then third the original dragon and the villain was Necrozma. Both the original dragon and Necrozma have to do with fusion. Maybe fusion in the game could be done by fusing ultra beast with pokemon. Just some ideas that don’t matter. As far as lay out. I’ve looked back at some of the older games and realized how open Gen 3 was. It was linear with areas that were big and open, the desert, the ocean, diving in the ocean, oras had flying around the map. Gen 4 had underground and big caves and mountains that lead in multiple directions. Scarlet and violet was to open with emptiness (I love it tho) sword and shield made the game get super slow at some points and felt like too much back track. We should keep routes but have bigger cities and open areas and fully utilize an underground map, ocean map, dive map, mountain and cave maps and skyyyyy!! All for open areas and still have our old traditional routes like maybe Gen 7/6/5 style that have all the fun land marks like wrecked ships, spooky house, a mythical shrine, giant tree or tower to climb. Of course the game should be more online than the last and I think it should run a long time with dlc every spring and summer til next Gen comes out with legends and remakes in between. I really just want original dragon and N to return and what better time then right after a remake. This will prolly never happen but it can also happen in another dimension. Sorry for my lack of ability to explain myself. I have so many more ideas but this is just a little bit of everything I’d want to see out of Gen 10. Thank you

So this post is actually about my gf(18) who is in a difficult situation.
She and her brother(21) smokes weed together, it started off fun but is now just a nightmare. Her brother started buying because he makes easy money and has no expenses, for context their parents let him drop out of school at 7th grade and has used up her college fund for him to finish school which he never did. He though he doesn't have a real job and gets paid by family friends and parents for some woodworking projects, she on the other hand is redoing her 11th grade for a big subject change and is also a tutor who makes less than minimum wage. The situation has turned into her having to buy the weed when he has no money and she gives him her card. He always goes far over the budget she gives him and he used to buy almost all of it so he now uses that as an excuse to keep it for himself and use her money. She buys his vapes that is double the amount she or any average person smokes a month.
The problem is that even though she has to buy the weed, he keeps it and smokes it whenever he pleases without her and uses the excuse that he also pays and used to pay for most of it, he doesn't want her to keep it and threatens to blackmail her to their parents (they are extremely religious and conservative, beat you with a bible type people and her brother is the golden child) they also know he smokes and will let him do anything, including almost getting girls pregnant and stealing cigarettes from them) she payed for 10.5 grams which she smoked a small amount 4 times and that was bought less that a week ago. She can't go to her parents because she's worried that they won't allow her to go out or see me (important note, she's depressed and an extreme extrovert and is homeschooled which has already taken a toll on her mental health). She's stuck and frustrated with the situation and feels like she has no out so we're hoping for some advice. If she doesn’t give him what she wants he will use her weed smoking against her and tell their parents.
Another thing, moving out isn't an option as neither of us make enough money for that and her parents would most likely cut her school funding in that situation.

I’ve recently adopted two kittens that had been found dumped at a local park. They’re sweet as can be and have recently had their first vet appointment where the vet pronounced them to be 9-10 week old girls in good health. They are currently being kept in an enclosure (quite large and filled with enrichment materials, don’t worry) to keep them safe and separate from my other house cat until everyone is comfortable with one another and vaccinated.
Anyway, I’ve got two litter boxes in with them, and both kittens use them exclusively for defecation, and both will urinate in them as well, but at least one of them is also peeing on other surfaces: beds, towels, rugs, even inside the cat tunnel I bought.
The vet ruled out any urinary tract issues, and said that the culprit(s) likely found peeing on soft surfaces enjoyable at an early age, and now the kitten doesn’t realize she’s supposed to urinate exclusively in the box. Obviously this will be problem when it comes to letting them have free roam in the house, so the vet advised the following:

• remove all soft surfaces from the enclosure
• add another litter box and fill each one with a different type of litter
• keep track of which box/litter is used most to check for preferences
• cross my fingers and hope that it works 🙃

I’m wondering if any of you have dealt with something similar? Any other tips and tricks your recommend? Any guidance on timeline I can expect wrt retraining elimination habits? All advice welcome!

TLDR: After a serious injury, I decided to train my fingers and mobility and have already seen great results. I focused on repeaters and my 20mm max hangs increased from ~145lbs for 5 seconds in January 2024 to ~169lbs for 4 seconds May 2024. I'll post an update in about 4-6 weeks after a few runs at max hangs and continued training.
For context, I (33F) have been bouldering for around 6 years. About 3 years ago, I partially tore my labrum and developed severe tendinosis in multiple areas which hampered my ability to train my fingers without risking additional injury. Prior to my recent accident, I had topped my first indoor V8 boulder and was within 1 move of several outdoor V6s. I was ready for the Spring send season.
Then I fell. While trying to top out an awkward V5, I had a bad fall and severely sprained both ankles at the same time. X-rays showed there was also an avulsion fracture on my outer left ankle and the doctor confirmed that I likely pulled several ligaments around the foot and ankle joint.
The doctor also concluded that even if only a single ankle had been sprained, it would be at least 12 weeks recovery time, which meant minimal to no impact and no climbing. Since I messed up both ankles, it would take substantially longer to recover.
Since I couldn't climb, I resolved to train my fingers until my ankles recovered. The shoulders felt great and I had been wanting to do a finger strengthening regimen, and I was homebound. It was perfect.
Back in January, I had started a max hang protocol that was abandoned in favor of climbing harder routes. The previous max hovered between 140-145lbs on the 20mm edge and a bodyweight repeater max of ~30s (7s on 3s rest) per set on the 20mm edge. While those numbers were disappointing at the time, they also provided a great framework for this new routine.
The routine focused on hypertrophy, so I'd have more forearm mass to work with. I started the first few sessions on the 25mm edge, holding for 7s and resting for 5s, as many reps as I could between 6 sets.
Initial total hang times were about 5:10 between six sets of 7 second hangs. After a few sessions, I settled on six sets of 10 second hangs with 5 second rests. The goal was to reach a full 6 minutes, and if that was not fulfilled, I would do three density hangs of 20 seconds on the 20mm edge at the end of my session.
I kept this up until I consistently hung for a total time of 5:40, after about four weeks. At which point I switched to the 20mm edge and followed the same protocol for another two weeks. My max time under tension on the 20mm was 5:55 on 4/30.
I then took a weeklong break before testing my maxes. This time I tested my max strictly on the 20mm ledge for 7 seconds and was able to successfully hold at least 163.6 lbs and failed at 168.6 lbs for 4 seconds. Bodyweight repeaters changed my overall hanging weight from 126% to 146% of bodyweight.

James Bond est un sujet qui me passionne depuis mes 5 ans avec la découverte de Moonraker. Je les ai pas mal poncé depuis et eu la chance de bosser un peu avec d'autres fans sur des projets qui m'ont amené à découvrir des choses plus ou moins connues sur la franchise. Difficile de trier, mais voici, sans véritable ordre particulier, mes 10 anecdotes favorites sur Bond, au cinéma :

1. Les critiques n'étaient vraiment pas tendres pour "James Bond 007 contre Docteur No", en 1962. Le "Times" va d'ailleurs comparer Sean Connery à un marshmallow poilu, et ça m'a toujours fait marrer.
2. L'armée US s'intéressait de près aux gadgets présents dans les premiers Bond. Ils étaient fascinés par le respirateur de poche tenant dans un étui à cigare d' "Opération Tonnerre", mais ont vite déchanté quand on leur a expliqué qu'il ne fonctionnait pas vraiment.
3. L'arrivée de Desmond Llewelyn dans le rôle de "Q" est avant tout due à la non-disponibilité de Peter Burton, qui occupait ce rôle dans Doctor No. Mauvaise pioche pour Burton, puisque Llewelyn occupera le rôle du roi des gadgets dans tous les Bond de 1963 à 1999, à l'exception de "Vivre et Laisser Mourir" en 1973.
4. Harry Saltzman, l'un des producteurs de la franchise jusque 1974 adorait trouver des acteurs internationaux pour les rôles de grands méchants. Il engagea donc l'acteur Tchécoslovaque Jan Werich pour jouer le rôle de Blofeld dans "On ne vit que deux fois" (1967). Les premiers résultats n'étaient pas bons et donnait plus l'impression d'avoir le Père Noël que le Numéro 1 du SPECTRE. Ceci étant, il reste UN plan dans le film avec Werich en Blofeld, de dos, dans un fauteuil. Ce qui le trahit ? Des cheveux blancs dépassant du dossier, alors que Donald Pleasance était chauve.
5. En parlant de bouts d'essais, certains ont été mis en bonus des éditions DVD/BRD, d'autres n'ont survécu que grâce à des photos. On peut y voir des acteurs comme James Brolin, Sam Neill et même Lambert Wilson s'essayer au rôle - y compris un certain Pierce Brosnan en 1986 !
6. Lotus avait flairé le coup pour Bond en 1977. Vu que les producteurs avaient décidé d'éloigner un peu le Bond de Moore de celui de Connery, ils étaient aussi à la recherche d'une nouvelle voiture pour remplacer les Aston Martin. Les dirigeants de Lotus se sont alors amusés à garer l'Esprit devant les bureaux de la production tous les jours, en prenant soin de bien cacher les logos de la marque. Au bout de quelques temps, Cubby a mordu à l'hameçon et la Lotus Esprit est devenu la voiture iconique de l'ère Moore. Souci : elle était tellement stable qu'ils durent mettre des parpaings dans le coffre pour que la voiture puisse déraper correctement dans les courses-poursuites de l' "Espion qui m’aimait".
7. A la fin de l'ère Moore s'est posée la question de la suite : comment reprendre la série après 7 films et 12 ans avec le même acteur ? L'idée est alors venue d'une origine story se passant avec un James Bond jeune adulte, fricotant avec une princesse Thailandaise et partant au Vietnam pour sa première mission, au cours de laquelle son mentor périra et lui donnera son matricule : 007. La fin du film se serait passé dans le bureau de M, où Bond, alors officiellement agent 00 se serait vu remettre un dossier pour sa future mission : Le Docteur No. Pour avoir lu des extraits, ce n'était vraiment pas terrible, et je suis content d'avoir eu "Tuer n'est pas jouer" à la place.
8. Kevin McClory, l'homme qui prétendait avoir créé Blofeld et le SPECTRE et qui avait intenté un procès lors de la pré-production d'Opération Tonnerre avait eu le droit de réaliser son propre Bond, dès 1975 - à condition que l'intrigue se base sur Opération Tonnerre. Commença alors de longues phases d'écritures en impliquant Sean Connery, qui gardait encore une certaine amertume envers la production, sous le titre de "James Bond of the Secret Services". Requins-lasers dans les égouts de New-York, affrontements avec Blofeld... le projet aboutira finalement en 1983 avec "Jamais Plus Jamais" dans ce qui est communément appelé "La Guerre des Bonds". Mais McClory voyait grand. Dès les années 90, il chercha à remettre le couvert sous le nom de "Warhead 2000" et envisagea même de caster Dalton en Bond (qui refusa, par respect avec la production officielle) et Connery en Blofeld. Tout un programme...
9. Moonraker est un sacré morceau à lui tout seul. Inséré dans la franchise à cause du succès de Star Wars (L'espion qui m'aimait annonçait Rien Que Pour Vos Yeux en Bond suivant), tourné majoritairement en France pour des raisons fiscales, ce qui explique en grande partie l'immense quantité d'acteurs Français dedans (y'a même Georges Beller et Jean-Pierre Castaldi !) et... la perte de la bande-originale. On ne sait pas bien d'ailleurs ce qu'il s'est passé et pourquoi la bande originale n'a pas été renvoyée au Royaume-Uni après la fin du tournage, mais elle est longtemps resté dans un studio parisien jusqu'à son incendie qui a détruit les bandes. Tout ce qui existe aujourd'hui de disponible commercialement ne sont que des réenregistrement, d'où les différences entre la version CD et la BO du film.
10. La prod' voyait grand pour le personnage de Jinx, joué par Halle Berry, dans "Meurs un Autre Jour". Ils envisageaient même d'en faire un spin-off à l'horizon 2004, mais le projet sera abandonné au profit du reboot de "Casino Royale" en 2006.

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Hello, I am selling my collection to downsize. If you need any more pictures let me know and all prices are with shipping. Also accept offers just send me a message on the DM's.
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A friend of mine just finished ATLA and LoK and wondered why exactly platinum of all things could not be bent to the shape and will of an Earthbender. After bouncing around ideas, this is what we came up with:
Though Toph herself said that Platinum cannot be bent due to lack of earth particulates, it is curious to note that for some reason, the mercury-like metallic poison that Korra ingested could be bent out of her body. If it were the case that metals can only be bent because they contort the earth particulates embedded within it, then realistically they would only be able to rip out the earth particulates within the ore. The fact that Toph was able to bend out that metallic poison using the super-fine earth sediments that mixed with the toxin and stayed within Korra's body indicates two possibilities:
1) That the prerequisite to metal bending being the ability to sense earth within the metal is untrue
or
2) That earth particulates are needed, but the ability to sense them all requires leaps and advances in material sciences and earth bending spirituality that just haven't happened yet even during Korra's time
It's more likely that option 2 is the answer, as subtle hints dropped throughout the expanded ATLA universe point towards the idea that the more spiritual an earth bender is, the stronger they can sense the earth's spiritual energy around them and the smaller the particulates they can manipulate.
This is backed by two pieces of evidence

1. First, only Toph was able to sense and help flush out the remaining earth particulates that were mixed with the poison that Zaheer poisoned Korra with. These earth particulates were so small that no one was able to sense them: Not her direct descendents, not Korra, and surprisingly not even Katara. And out of all the people in the world, Katara would be the only other person who would have a shot at detecting it, as she is the waterbending master by Korra's time, and she out of anyone would be able to detect the trace toxins via the earth and metal particulates obstructing blood flow. The fact that Katara couldn't means that while all 4 bendable elements are just different applications of spirit bending, sensing microscopic earth particulates is something only an expert Earth bender can do, and that no other elemental bender can match an earth bender in this regard. So how did Toph get so good at earth bending? By learning it through instinct by observing and interacting with the Badger moles. Because badger moles are animals, they don't understand human language nor do they care about a human's want to learn earthbending from them. So when Toph started out her early days as an earthbender, she had to have relied heavily on instinct in order to understand not only what the badger moles are doing, but also to sense the flow of spiritual energy coursing through the very soil she feels. Due to her background, Toph is one of the few earthbenders within the "modern" era whose bending style is the most similar to that used by ancient Earthbenders, and is thus one of the most spiritual earth benders we know of in the modern era. To conclude, Toph's uniquely spiritual bending style gave her a near unprecedented edge in sensing earth particulate on a scale that few earthbenders across the expanded universe can replicate.
2. In agreement with point 1, the well-known quote that Lao Ge told Kiyoshi in her youth goes like this:

"Divide your body in two, then divide it again, and then again, and again. Put the pieces back, and put them back again, and again, and again one more time, and you're whole once more.” - Tieguai The Immortal

The philosophy behind this is that Tieguai claims that ageing is the product of the body deteriorating on the smallest, most invisible level. And this quote was given for how one can prevent this very deterioration. In context of the first piece of evidence, this means that Tieguai, hundreds of years before Korra, essentially discovered that earth benders can achieve immortality by manipulating the very earth grains within them to bend their bodies to a pre-established state/age. And him referring to ageing as "invisible deterioration" may have less to do with the fact that his method of immortality has less to do with energy bending, but that it is manipulating the finest, microscopic pieces of silt and dirt trapped within the human body to control one's very biology.
In combination with the top two quotes, this means that the more spiritual an earth bender, the finer and more precise their bending can become. Correlating this finer control with human ingenuity, new earth bending techniques can originate by combining knowledge of the natural world with a heightened sense of spirituality. This would be how things like crystal bending, paint bending (via Yun), sand/dust bending (via the sand nomads and the earth bending masters in Kiyoshi's time), and even metal bending originated.

So how does this justify why Platinum is impossible to bend?

To our current understanding, metallurgy is an art that remained stagnant for hundreds of years before Fire Nation triggered a global era of industrialization that saw an explosion of metallurgy techniques and applications. Prior to the fire nation invasion, metal was a fare rarer material to come across, and its unique difficulty to manipulate would've discouraged prior earthbenders from experimental with metal further than "manipulating the dust around a piece of iron ore" rather than manipulating the earth embedded within the iron. Only when iron became far more common place was Toph's ability to bend metals a far more useful skill to have.
Given this historical context, its far more likely that Platinum bending never became a thing because the material sciences in the ATLA universe havent advanced far enough by LoK for them to have discovered and used advanced metallurgy techniques of today. And because sufficient advancements in the physical understanding of metals have not happened, there just wasn't a right moment, at least during Toph's life, where scientists and spiritualists got together to brainstorm new ways to bend Platinum.
And even if Toph was able to sense the earth particulates trapped within platinum, another reason why she wrote off as impossible may be due to three reasons:

1. First, that as a member of the Avatar's entourage, she become incredibly busy, as her time and energy became increasingly diverted by her metal bending academy, her parental duties, her political duties as chief of police, and fighting criminals. This would give few opportunities in her adult life as a more proficient earth bender to really sit down and crack the code. But second, even if she did, she might not have worked out how to manipulate the metal without a proper understanding of how the earth particulates interact with the lattice structure of the metal.
2. LoK makes it clear that the industrial revolution has occured in the avatar universe, but what isn't cleaexpanded upon is how metal benders interact with alloys such as Brass or Bronze. Prior to advance late in the industrial revolution in our world, Platinum alloys were much harder to work with due to the innability to separate natural platinum ore into continuent metals like Rhodium, Palladium, Iridium, Osmium, as well as other nonmetallic impurities such as Phosphorous, Silica, and Sulfur deposits. Only until more did more modern electrochemical techniques such as the Wohwill process and electric arc furnaces increase the purity of platinum ores significantly. As LoK seems to be set in something roughly like the late 1800s early 1900s, analogous techniques like the electric arc furnaces may not have been invented. So maybe another difficulty of bending platinum is that the platinum used involves alloys from too many metals
3. Alternatively, it could be that the prevalence of electricity benders have naturally accelerated the development of making pure platinum ore. In that case, the higher purity of Platinum ore may result in fewer earth particulates in the metal to manipulate the ore
   1. As a subpoint, Platinum on average has a greater density, melting point, and malleability than Iron, indicating that its crystalline lattice is more robust and sturdier than that found in iron. If the principle behind metal bending is to force the comparatively few earthen particulates within the ore to distort the metallic lattice that iron atoms are trapped in, thena combination of fewer earthen particles, plus a more robust lattice within the platinum ore, may have been the main culprits that prevented platinum to be bent
      1. So, to bend platinum, one would need spiritual advances to somehow make use of fewer earthen particulates in a platinum ore to distort a much more structurally robust ore to move according to a bender's well. And its also more likely that neither issue was fully investgated by a team of sages and scientists throughout Aang's lifetime.

And even if Toph spent the rest of her life delving into how to tackle the Platinum issue, the lack of easily identifiable platinum, and her general lax attitude post-retirement, would probably have discouraged her from trying out new techniques
In conclusion, the lack of adequate scientific advancements, and the lack of sufficiently spiritual metal bending sages, would have prevented the potential for platinum bending from expanding during Toph's time

What this means for the future of Avatar

With the increased globalization, and the paradoxical increase in spiritual energies within the world following LoK, an explosion of scientific and spiritual advancement would synergized and rigorously developed a wide assortment of techniques that would've otherwise been considered one-off, generational talents in prior eras. And probably crucial to the physical/spiritual advancements in earth bending would be to temporarily infuse metal ores with earth particulates, or to come up with entirely new ways to amplify one's will through the comparatively scarce amounts of earthen particulates to distort multiple types of metallic ore beyond just metal.
As current thought is that the next earth avatar would live in a world either 30-40 or even 100 years after Korra's time, there would have been ample time for the world to have come up with a ton of nuanced applications of metal bending beyond what we've seen in Korra's time
Some examples include
1) Manipulation of all types of ores. This would include Platinum, but maybe other types of rarer metals
2) Magnetism bending: By bending metals into their own bodies, an earth bender may be able to generate ferromagnetism by will
3) Oxygen doping: By manipulating the trace metals in the body or absorbing metals in the body. Earth benders can artificially increase the amount of heme within their bodies, thus taking up larger amounts of metal.
4) Bone Bending: By manipulating the flow of earthen particulates and metals within the body, one can induce bone formation, potentially allowing earth benders to be able to be like wolverine and bend bone extensions straight from their body. Or maybe, they can just excrete bone deposits from their bodies and form tools made out of their own bone by will.

Difference Between Adam and Eve [] Sinning Willfully

[ Notice: Not my article. Link in title above ]
Question received: Hi. Just a quick question. The bible mentions Adam's age at death was 930 years, yet never mentions when Eve died. I was curious as to why not. Kind Regards
My Reply: Adams death was permanent, and so very notable. When he sinned; Adam knew what he was doing. In contrast; Eve sinned in ignorance (1Tim.2:14; 2Cor.11:3). Sins committed in ignorance can be forgiven through an atoning sacrifice (Eze.45:20; Heb.9:7; Rev.5:9; Rev.14:4YLT; Eph.2:13). This is the reason why, at Gen.3:15; God spoke of the promised seed as coming from Eve and not from Adam. Through Eve, it was still possible to generate forgivable, righteous seed by means of God's spirit (a righteous generation -Ps.14:5ESV) not through Adam (Heb.10:26), but through the woman, Eve. (Job 14:1; 25:4; Eph.2:13; Rev.5:9; 19:8; 7:14; Gal.4:4; Luke 7:28) The righteous generation adopt God and Christ as their fathers, through voluntary imitation (Isa.9:6; 1Cor.15:45,47-48,49,22; \*Ps.15:1-2; Eph.5:1; 1Pet.1:23; 1John3:9; 4:7; 5:4,18; 1Pet.1:23; John 6:63; 1:13; John 10:10; Matt.28:20; 24:34; Phil.2:15) (https://a-spiritual-family-new-creation.html) (https://pearl-copingwithsin.blogspot.com)
The wicked remain generated by the spirit of the evil one, and remain under the lineage of Adam (Hosea 6:7; Ps.78:37; \Job 31:33; Deut.17:1-2,3,5; Rom.5:12; 1Cor.15:22; 1John5:19; John 8:44; 3:18; Eph.2:2; Deut.32:5ESV; Matt.17:17ESV) (https://pearl-leviathan.blogspot.com) (https://what-is-sheole-hades.html) [\** When we compare Job 31:33 and Ps.15:1-2 we learn a significant and important difference between the hearts of the wicked and righteous generations. The wicked hide the truth about their sins, even from themselves (John 3:20; Isa.29:15; Job 15:31; 1John2:4; 1:6,8-10; James 1:26,22-24). The righteous seek sanctification and honor (James 1:25,22; Ps.51:10; 19:12; Col.3:10; Prov.28:13)] (Jer.17:9; Rev.3:17-18; Luke 18:9-10,11-12,13-14; 1Cor.3:18; Gal.6:3; Deut.11:16; Ecc.12:14)
If it were not for Eve's ignorance and the possibility that Eve's offspring could be atoned for as righteous; no one generated by our original parents could have become anointed as a son of God (Rom.8:16,14,10; Gal.3:26; John1:12-13) Nor could Christ have been born into the human race (Gal.4:4; Luke 1:30-31,34-35). Redemption by the sacrifice of Christ could not have been applied; But due to the ignorance of Eve, redemption has been made possible for those seeking God's grace.

a friend who does a fair amount of hiking scored the lottery for mid July for a party of 4 (she entered as a favor to me) into the Core Zone and has decided she wants to make this her first backpacking adventure. it will also by my partner's first, though she and i do a lot of hiking.
the other two of us have done lots of backpacking, and a number of trips together. between the two of us we have most of the gear that the party will need, and the few outlying items will be easy to get, and pack weights won't be too bad.
my original idea, since there are two first timers, was for us to go in from the east, take the more gradual approach up to the the top of Aasgard Pass, and just go back the way we came, maybe even doing the latter part with day packs so as to camp in one place for all the nights, and make the overall trip easier.
based on the distances, though, i'm wondering if it would be smarter to just push on through with packs and get to spend a night near Colchuck Lake. the downside here would seem to be that aggressively steep descent past the top of Aasgard Pass.
if any of y'all who know this terrain have any suggestions, or see upsides or downsides that i might not be thinking of here, i'd be stoked to hear them.
we're about a month deep on doing at least 1 hike per week of increasing difficulty (both distance and elevation), and we're going to start incorporating pack weight for those hikes in June. i feel like we'll be pretty well prepared physically and in terms of gear, just not sure what the right choices are and any insights would be very much appreciated.

I’m building a new home and trying to balance our needs, I’ve seen this unit highly recommended but we have 4 girls (5 with wifey), and I wonder a single unit will keep up. Home is 5 & 1/2 baths. Could very potentially have 5 showers going at one time The NPE240A2 would be on opposite end of the house from the kitchen, so ramp up time is a concern to me. How does the self recirc feature work? We’re in Alabama, groundwater temp is something like 60*? Also- we’re rural so it’s propane not natural gas.
Other option is install a separate electric (probably hybrid) unit in the second floor above kitchen to serve 3 bathrooms and kitchen.

I (16M) have this friend group in my class that i sit with. I always thought i was close with them. Maybe its because they are the only people from school i talk with (This group is a 6 people group including me and all of them are the same age with me, 2 girls 4 boys).
For context, im kind of a shy guy. I dont talk much. My other classmates always call me the "quiet kid". Im only open to the people i feel comfortable with. My grades were always high and one of the bests in class, which is not a thing anymore. And im always called "naive". People also call me a formal person since i dont like joking around that much unlike other kids my age. I dont really like my looks, but im always called ugly anyway. And i spend nearly everyday sitting in my room looking at my phone or studying or playing video games, without going out.
Back to our topic, i have been in this group since the start of high school, around my age of 14. And i wasnt really bothered about anything during my first year other than a crush, which kept going until the end of second year and ended with a rejection. In my second year, i found out my friend group and some other people in our class have been playing video games online for a while until then. I wanted to join them. After trying to get them invite me for weeks, i was finally in. They had a discord server to communicate to each other and set some date to play, etc. etc. I was finally in it and was avle to join a game night. And that was my last game night with them. After then the server was dead. Maybe it was a server for one use, i thought. When i tried to join again, i was just ignored. And never got to play again.
The ignoring situation wasnt only limited with game nights. During conversations with each other, what i said was always ignored. My best friend, at least thats how i saw him as, gave more attention to other people and always ignored me. And i always felt sad whenever that happened. I got used to hearing them talk about the game they played, next to me. And the obly thing i did was to think why they never called me. I thought i proved myself to them that i can play too with that one game night. Whenever i asked questions about it, i was ignored.
I started listening to their conversations about them meeting outside school during weekends. Or sometimes weekdays after school. I always wondered to myself why they never called me. Maybe it was because they didnt think i could join them if they did call me? So i told them multiple times that they can call me too, that i can come. They said ok, and it was just one meeting during weekend. And i was never called again. Since i sit with them in class i kept listening to their conversations about their meetings i was never called to. Whenever i was to say something about it, i was ignored.
They were texting each other daily. I rarely got texts. Once in a week the best. Mostly i texted them, trying to start a conversation. Some of my texts were ignored.
During my second year, my mental health was getting worse by day and there were times i felt so overwhelmed so i decided to talk to them sometimes. Did they care? No. I mean ok, its understandable if you dont have an enough capacity to deal with some stuff. But they do care about others? Why not me? I always thought we were friends. Or at least, tried to think that way... since i had no one else.
Now, in third year, all of them still happens. They meet, im not called. They play online, im not called. They chat, im ignored. My grades are declining fastly and im failing many classes, and i feel like they are laughing at me. I feel like they are laughing at my shyness and social awkwardness like the rest of the class. They call me naive like the rest of the class.
And in this last few weeks, i found out they talk bad behind me. Not just me, about another boy too in my class who is like me. So they call me "autistic". For what? Being sad? Shy? Awkward? Ugly? After i heard about it, it was over for me. Over for the group. I have been always in a doubt for calling them friends since second year, but i still kept calling them friend because I still had fun moments with them. But no, even if that means im gonna be completely alone now, i deny to call them friends. They are not my friends. Never were. I was just tricking myself to not be lonely. But thats it. I would rather be lonely now. At least i have an online friend since few months. She is nice. She is the only person keeping me sane.
Im now distancing myself from them and going full ghost mode. I will be completely alone now. But i feel like im betraying them. Why? Why do i feel that way? They have done good stuff. But also all this i explained. It feels like im gerting hurt from this friendship. But idk if im overreacting or overthinking. They still smile to me and make up some small conversations even when im distancing myself from them now. So it makes me think, am i just overthinling as always and overreacting? Am i ending a friendship of 3 years over nothing? These days my brain is just not working so i might appreciate if i heard someone telling me if im the asshole or not.
Sorry for the long text.

I used the previous version of the keyboard, and liked it overall. Got the new version today and I have some thoughts:

1. It feels lighter than the old one buts it’s still heavy compared to the iPad.
   
2. The new trackpad is nice. Entirely haptic like the MacBook, no more clicky button.
   
3. The finish looks great, this includes the trackpad and keys, as well as the new metallic casing.
   
4. The new angle for the hinge is awesome. Sometimes on the old one my fingers would and up under the screen. Not going to happen here.
   
5. As a vi user I’m very happy about the escape key! The lock button is also a nice addition.
   

For (3), however, I do have a concern. The old keyboard was all soft materials (besides plastic keys) touching the screen or the iPad when closed. The new version, the screen has numerous touch points with metal. I don’t know how concerned to be with this. I’ve never had a MacBook screen scratch, but those have radically different connections and touch points.
So, overall a great upgrade unless it turns out to scratch the screen.