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Posted on 2013-01-29
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Have two users Mary and Tom using Outlook.

Mary has access to Tom's calendar.  She sets up and reschedules meetings for Tom.

Tom receives an email every time she adds or changes something in his calendar.  Tom does not want to receive the emails.  He would rather just check his calendar.

How do you turn that off so he does not receive the email notifications.
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The link was helpful but not a fix.

It appears Mary is making calendar changes in Tom's calendar.  Tom receives an email From: "Microsoft Outlook On behalf of Mary".

The email states "Your meeting was forwarded

Mary  has forwarded your meeting request to additional recipients."

Tom does not want to see this email.  How do you stop these emails?
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Go into Toms Delegate Settings
Under the Delegate Users

Set send Meeting realted messages to MY DELEGATES ONLY

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The C drive on my Exchange Server 2010 has only about 5 GB (10%) space free.  This Exchange Server is in a VMware environment.  Can I add more disk space to the C: drive through vSphere, as I do with other servers?
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Yes, this can be done very easily....

see here

HOW TO:  Resize a VMware (VMDK) Virtual Disk

Just check you have no snapshots, and IDE disks do not support reize.

Once you have re-sized the VMDK, you will need to expand the OS Partition...

Select Disk Management, Right Click the Volume, and select Expand, this assumes C: drive is the only partition on the disk?

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I personally would move the Exchange DB to a separate partition. This is inline with best practices and allows for better management of the Exchange store.   This also gives you the opportunity to create a new store and move all the mailboxes shrinking the Exchange DB ( kind of like an almost live defrag.)  of you can just move the whole DB ( 200 GB took approx 2 hours  to do )

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bluekitsune251 chapter 1 . 6/29/2006
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I love Dr. Suess, he's the man. I love Green Eggs & Ham.I love rhyming too. So, this is a great fic, and I can't wait for part two. Oh, no, it's catching, I'm starting to rhyme. I better go, until next time. _
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Ha, love the rhyming! You two really crack me up. (no pun intended, considering the fic is about cooking eggs... eheheheh) And what better way to keep Kaoru from killing our poor Kenshin than making him randomly start rhyming! That would confuse me to the point of non-violence. *snicker* What kind of egg are they going to use? I guess I'll just have to wait until next chapter. Hope you two get better soon, but until then, more madness please!
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Yes, this chapter has been a VERY long time in coming and I do give you permission to throw veggies and the like at me. It has actually been written and edited for quite some time now but between school and finals and work over the holiday break, I simply didn't have time to actually post it. But its here now and that's all that matters, right?

For anyone interested, I just want to get the word out that my fic, Riddles of the Heart is –NOT- finished. I simply had to put it on hiatus for a time because I had no time to write, no matter how much I wanted to. I'm hoping that will change this semester as I have been working on the next chapter. This makes me very happy and if makes even one of you out there happy, then my day has been made.

Please enjoy this chapter. It is dedicate to all of you who believed that I was not dead and would continue with this fic. Much love!

Disclaimer: It's really not mine. But the story is. Steal it in any part and I shall send my Panda after you!

Rating: PG-13 (Yet another clean chapter though, making it PG)

How priceless is your unfailing love! Both high and low among men find refuge in the shadow of your wings. They feast on the abundance of your house; you give them drink from your river of delights.

Psalm 36:7-8

Seto ran a hand through his thick hair and looked down the hall once again, knowing that on the far end his betrothed was in her new room. He didn't know why it bothered him so. Perhaps it was the way she had looked when she had gone up the stairs, lacking the life and spark he had seen vibrate in her presence since he had met her. Or perhaps it was because he didn't think she was far enough away from his quarters. Whatever it was though, Seto was literally pacing back and forth just inside his door, debating with himself over whether or not he should intrude on her obviously desired solitude.

Well, his conscience argued, she is your intended. Don't you need to be comforting her if something is wrong? Protecting her if she is afraid, even if that includes your own mother? That seemed to be enough to convince him and so he left his room, walking quietly down the deserted hall until he reached Téa's room. He rapped on the door softly several times but with no response. Perhaps she's sleeping. But if not, it was his duty to make sure she was all right. So he turned the latch of the door and pushed it open.

"Would you please stop fussing over me? Honestly, I can take my bath alone. I didn't ever need help at my own home and I don't need it here!" Téa's frustrated voice rang out from the adjoining chamber before she burst through the drawn curtains clutching the neck of a dark robe to keep it closed. Her wet hair was in wavy disarray and Seto could see the shadow of a bared leg. The implication that the rest of her was just as bare made him bite his lip. Rolling her eyes in exasperation, Téa turned and noticed Seto standing in the doorway, tilted her head as though not startled at all, and her mouth tipped up at the corners in an amused grin.

"I'm sorry m'lady, I truly am but I'm on'y doin' what the lady of the house..." the maidservant replied timidly as she came through the curtains just seconds later, then stopped abruptly as she saw Seto. "Young master! You should'na be here! Out! Out I say, 'tis not proper you see the lady this way!" she exclaimed, making sweeping motions with her hand and taking a hold of the door.

"Oh, let him be," Téa said as she broke eye contact with Seto and sat down on her bed after grabbing her brush from an unpacked trunk. Seto and the maid both turned surprised eyes on the young woman as she pulled through a knot in her hair.

"M'lady, 'tisn't right," the maid chastised, still trying to close the door through the shock of her reaction. "'Tisn't proper!" she added.

"And what is proper in this household? I'm living in the home of my intended and he sleeps just down the hall from me. What's to keep me from a midnight tryst to his room?" Téa asked from behind the veil of her hair. The maid gasped, scandalized. Téa looked up and set her brush in her lap. "Do you not have a sense of humor? Out. Both of you," she said flippantly, crossing her legs and baring more skin as she resumed brushing her hair. Seto was so dumbfounded that the maid was able to push him aside easily and shut the door behind her, biting her lip as she looked at the door and then shaking her head at her young master before trotting off down the hall, brimming over the top with fresh gossip.

Seto couldn't stop a chuckle from reverberating in his throat and walked away from Téa's door, hands in his pockets and a lightening of his steps. She was a firebrand, that one, and it would be more than fun seeing her try to have her way in his household. Fun, indeed.

Dinner was not long in coming and Seto found himself waiting outside Téa's door to escort her down to the dining hall, leaning casually against the wall with his arms crossed. When her door opened, one of Seto's eyebrows arched up in amusement when he heard low curses and watched as the girl slowly made her way out of her room, tugging this way and that at her dress. He nearly choked on his own air.

Téa was suffering from having a dress that was much too small for her. The simple grey gown cut much lower than she was obviously used to and she kept trying to situate her hair in such a way as to cover the skin that was uncovered, a healthy swell of breasts that Seto appreciated far too much. The sleeves, though they would have looked silly on some other women, didn't look terrible half way up her forearm but it was apparent that Téa had torn off some sort of frill that had been sewn along the cuff because there were stray pieces of thread she was trying to tuck away. She had a beautiful proportionate curve to her body, just under what Seto guessed was average and the cut of her dress and flare at her waist only added to the pretty picture she created. But there was nothing to do about the length of the dress which was floating several inches above the floor.

"Damn this dress, damn having to wear it..." she swore, still tugging here and there and not noticing Seto's presence at all. It was only when he cleared his throat as a mask to his laughter that she looked up, a blush spreading from her chest up her neck and over her pretty cheeks. Téa shut her eyes and rubbed her temples with gloved hands, shaking her head and mumbling incoherently to herself. Then, as if there was nothing out of the ordinary about her dress, she stood up straight and held her hand out, saying quite curtly, "Shall we?" Seto took her hand and bestowed a kiss upon her knuckles before tucking her arm through his and pulling her to his side.

"Indeed," he chuckled, enjoying the way Téa flushed again and pressed her lips together in an embarrassed fashion. "It's not that bad," he whispered down in her ear. "We'll have some new clothes made for you as soon as we can get the seamstress here."

"I haven't worn an evening gown to dinner for several years and didn't realize how much I'd grown since then. This is embarrassing. Will your mother think badly of me? We didn't get off to what I would call a good start this afternoon, first with the horse and then the interrogation..." Téa trailed off, clutching at Seto's arm. Seto repressed the urge to feel warm at her words and unconscious motion, content with the fact that she trusted him enough to speak of her thoughts without repercussions.

"It will be all right," he assured her, laying his hand over hers comfortingly. She looked up at him, not sure if she should trust his words or not. "Mother is still in what Mokuba and I call her recovery period. For nearly two weeks after going to an event, she acts like the women she plays the fool for before becoming the strong individual my father goes to for advice and support. When she comes back into her own I'm sure you'll love her." Téa looked a bit more reassured and gave a slight nod and a smile.

Within moments they were entering the dining hall and sitting next to each other, Seto on his father's left side with Téa next to him and his mother and Mokuba on Mamoru's right. Despite his size and the fact he was a bull of a man, Mamoru did his best to keep dinner a jovial matter, laughing loud and often at his own jokes and stories Mokuba told about his time being sick with the mumps. Téa enjoyed the meal and the wine, often reaching for Seto's hand beneath the table for a boost of confidence before smiling sheepishly and going into a diatribe of her own of how her mother's stable hands had never been able to handle her horse. Mamoru, Mokuba, and Seto were all fascinated by the subject and though Marie looked uneasy, she didn't say anything and merely grasped at her husband's forearm while she sipped at her glass.

Even after the plates and food had all been cleared away, the small family kept talking until a yawn from Téa had the Kaiba patriarch adjourning the meal and sending them all off to bed. Seto escorted Téa back up to her room and bid her a good night before pressing a light kiss to her brow and leaving for his own chambers. He didn't know that Téa peeked out of her closed bedroom door and watched him until he disappeared behind his own.

Sighing, Téa turned into her room and immediately began pulling at the ties that held her dress together at the back and let it fall to the floor, not caring particularly if it wrinkled. Left in her shift, Téa pulled her hair to the side and braided it loosely, tossing it back over her shoulder when she'd finished. Grabbing a pillow from off her new bed, she held it close to her chest and sat on the wide bench built into the window, pushing the glass open and staring out over the expanse of what would be her new home. It was odd being so far away from home, so far away from the memories of her father. Of course she would always carry a part of him with her, she thought as she fingered the key hanging about her neck, but it just wasn't the same as walking through the same halls her father had walked and sitting in the chairs he'd spent so much time pouring over ancient scripts in.

The breeze picked up and Téa could smell salt on it and realized, a bit belatedly, how close the manor must be to the sea. No more than a few minutes, a quarter of an hour at most, thought she could not see it. Téa had seen the sea several times, but only at the port as she watched her father leave on different excursions, new fact-finding missions and breakthroughs. He'd been a genius, a quiet man who reserved his true self for his family and his work, cheery and optimistic and entirely too giving of himself. He had no qualms helping in the field when harvest time came or when it was time to plant again or even when it was foaling season. His workers and servants had all respected him, looked up to him and gone to him with any and all troubles knowing that if anything could be done, Christopher Gardner would do his best to see it done. His death on a ship headed home due to a sickness he'd acquired in the East had been a blow to everyone he'd ever met, he left such an impression.

A shift of the breeze brought her thoughts back to the present, settling on the young man who'd come into her life so suddenly and was already someone she leaned on. He was so much like her father that she couldn't help but trust him, to be comforted knowing that he would be there to get rid of her fears and nightmares. But he was handsome, strikingly so, and she couldn't help but blush every time she realized he was near her, staring at her in that quiet, unsettling way. It was a miracle that she managed to keep her wits about her when he smiled at her or laughed. It was warm, like honey drizzling into steaming tea, and the tilt of the corners of his mouth when he smiled was just as sweet. Briefly, she wondered if he would taste the same.

"Stop that," she scolded herself, pounding the pillow she held. Leaning back heavily on the wall, she took a deep breath and let go of those thoughts. It wouldn't do to think about something that wouldn't happen. They were both victims of circumstance and had no choice in the matter. Love couldn't blossom in that type of environment. It was a fact. Wasn't it? Téa found that the more she thought about her intended the more questions formulated in her mind and the more confused she was about the whole matter. Téa sat up suddenly when the faint sound of a piano ghosted through the air and she stood, tying an evening gown over her shift and slipping on a pair of warm shoes before deciding to search out the source of the music.

The sound led her down the entire length of the hallway to a door that was only slightly ajar, the notes drifting out like a new songbird singing his first song, smooth and sharp and dancing on the air. She pushed at the door a bit and it swung open a ways, and she stepped through the door, noticing that a golden light shone out of an adjoining room to the left, spilling onto the carpeted floor like a bolt of gold material, fading at the edges. Being as quiet as she could, Téa tiptoed towards the doorway of the room and peeked around the corner, her expression softening at Seto's form, sitting relaxed in front of his piano, eyes closed, and fingers drifting over the keys as though he were Poseidon controlling the waves.

Her eyes shut and she felt her body swaying slightly to the music, utterly relaxing in its simplicity. When she opened her eyes again, she was surprised to see Seto staring at her over his shoulder, his fingers still coming down on the keys in an increasing cadence. He turned back to the piano, finished with a royal banging of keys and then turned on the stool so that he sat astride it, setting his palms on his knees.

"Can I help you?" he asked quietly, his eyes looking like liquid shadows in the room. Téa fiddled with the tie on her robe.

"I heard the music and came to see who was playing, that's all," she admitted under his careful scrutiny. "I don't believe I'll have much luck in sleeping tonight," she added. Seto nodded.

"That is to be expected, being in an entirely new place. I can only guess the creaks, groans, and windy whispers of this place will keep you up for several weeks," Seto told her with a smile. When he noticed how her gaze kept straying to the large piano he sat at, he patted the bench between his legs and she went to him, standing before him unsure what to do. Reaching up, Seto took her smaller hand in his and he pulled her down onto the cushion, grinning when she touched the keys with tentative fingertips and jumped when she pushed one just a bit harder and a sharp note rang through the air.

"I love it," Téa declared with childish delight. She turned and smiled at Seto who gave her an odd look.

"Have you never played before?" he asked.

"Oh, no," Téa shook her head. "Nobody in my house knew how to play. The only time I ever got to hear the piano was when I went to parties and the first time I heard it, I fell in love with the sound."

"Truly?" Seto prodded. Téa nodded her head and looked away as though embarrassed. "And here I thought all beautiful young maidens spent their youth learning to play for their future husbands. Croquet is also a prerequisite to matrimony. The gossip, of course, comes naturally and doesn't need to be worked at," he winked at her. Téa smiled and then laughed, her eyes squinting because of her grin. "Pray tell then, what did you do as a child to supplement those necessary lessons?" Seto pulled the cover over the keys and then leaned his elbow on it, watching Téa closely as she lit up.

"My father was adamant about my horsemanship. And my education. He said he'd seen too many children in his travels who were uneducated, not by choice, and he wouldn't see his own daughter let such a valuable tool pass her by. I am proficient in mathematics and matters of finance, well-versed in the writings of the Greeks and Romans, and can read in seven different languages," she added with a somewhat haughty tilt of her chin. Seto found his eyes couldn't stray from that lovely expanse of neck she'd exposed to him and he fought the desire to gather her into him and suck at the skin there. But he couldn't stop from raising a hand to stroke along her smooth cheek. It was quite apparent that in the course of several hours his fatherly affections were not quite as fatherly as he had planned.

With a fascination that surprised him, he watched as Téa's skin flushed with color from the skin that showed at the collar of her dressing gown, then up and over her neck and cheeks. Her eyes seemed weighted down with a glassy light, the color in them heavy and sultry, calling to him with questions of why this was happening to her. Reluctantly, Seto removed his hand from her cheek and set it back down upon his knee. She lowered her eyes to her hands lying in her lap, pressing her lips together as she did so before raising her gaze and smiling softly at him.

"An impressive feat for any individual, man or woman," Seto whispered, though he did not know why, for there was no real reason to. "I should like to see this horsemanship for myself though."

"I would be happy to oblige. I was rather amazed at your stables and the horses you keep. Your family has a keen eye for horseflesh, the best I've seen in years. Perhaps we've found a common interest?" Téa whispered back, inching her hands towards Seto's who took hold of her fingers before they reached his and rubbed his thumbs over them.

"It would seem so," his voice murmured to her. He brought her hands to his mouth and caressed the skin of her hands with his mouth, brushing softly along it like a breath of wind. Téa's breath caught and he pulled away. She seemed bereft for a moment but rose to her feet after him at his tugging on her hands and stood for a moment longer, looking up at him with intensely curious and unsure eyes, gracing him with a last, sleepy smile before turning and leaving his room.

Seto watched her all the way, waiting until he heard the click of her door in the deathly silent stone hallway before retreating to his bed and collapsing as though all his strength was suddenly gone.

Perhaps he wouldn't have to worry about becoming her friend at all. Miss Téa Gardner was fast becoming a woman he would give up his solitude for, if only to watch her flush under his gaze for the rest of his life.

End of Part 3. More will be coming, but I can't promise when. Please be patient. This will continue if it kills me, but lets hope it doesn't come to that...

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Author has written 1 story for Naruto.

My name's Elise :

I have written a lot of fan fiction before, but never submit anything. Mostly because I am never satisfied with what I write.

Pairings I like and will most likely write about -

Kakuhida, MelloNear, MelloMatt, Kisaita, Tobidei, sasodei, Itasasu, sasusaku, naruhina

I usually need to fit a pairing into every story I write, just because XD If not, then it would be a short drabble or something..

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The keeper of an inn is about to have the day of his life when Kakuzu and Hidan walk in for some service. Rated for Hidan's mouth and implications. Implied yaoi
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#2 · 219w, 2d ago · 9 · · Chapter 1 ·

This.  Is.  Awesome.  Take my favorite and like, and use them as motivation to do MOAR.

#3 · 219w, 2d ago · 8 · · Chapter 1 ·

Huh, well this is certainly different. You had my curiosity, but now you have my attention.:moustache:

EDIT: So wait, does this mean that everything she did was just a hallucination?

#5 · 219w, 2d ago · 7 · · Chapter 1 ·

Similar to that one episode of, stargate something or rather was it? I don't remember that well. I shall continue when the next chapter is released.

pity there isn't a real life console, "sv_cheats 1, noclip" :pinkiehappy:

#6 · 219w, 2d ago · 11 · · Chapter 1 ·

I hope it ends happy :pinkiehappy:

This sounds like the Celestia one:pinkiesad2:

#7 · 219w, 2d ago · 12 · · Chapter 1 ·

Eh, can't say I care all that much for the premise (seen it done a few too many times), but the writting is excellent.

#8 · 219w, 2d ago · 18 · · Chapter 1 ·

fuck i love these kinds of stories :raritystarry:

#9 · 219w, 2d ago · 6 · · Chapter 1 ·

IDEA- she goes back into her insane slumber, well aware of it, and does whatever the f:pinkiegasp:k she wants in her made-up Ponyville. No repercussions.

#10 · 219w, 2d ago · 1 · · Chapter 1 ·

Well thank you. Your favorite, it sustains me...

Possibly. :trollestia:

*Hands tissue*

#11 · 219w, 2d ago · · · Chapter 1 ·

Having noclip in life probably wouldn't change my life that much. I'd be using it to get to the car quicker, take the dog out without having to use the stairs, etc.

Yes, I am that lazy.

I like reading happy endings. I don't know if I like writing them. We will have to see, I think.

Unfortunately, I haven't read the Celestia one. Or at least thats my story. I'm original - I swear! :trixieshiftleft: :trixieshiftright: :trixieshiftleft:

Well thank you. It's certainly not the most original overall theme, so I'll just have to stick with high-quality writing. Heh, couldn't say that with a straight face.

Also, whenever I read your name I seem determined to misread it as Kryten. My apologies.

#12 · 219w, 2d ago · · · Chapter 1 ·

I hope I don't disappoint then!

The ultimate example of lucid dreaming, eh?

#13 · 219w, 2d ago · 4 · 1 · Chapter 1 ·

what really strange is why the f**k her medicine erased her real memories, not the false one?

or her doctors really like to see her scream her mind off:twilightangry2:

#14 · 219w, 2d ago · 5 · · Chapter 1 ·

Never trust doctors, I say. Which is why I am so healthy. :pinkiecrazy:

Next chapter should provide some more insight into what is going on... unless I'm lying, of course. I'm not to be trusted either. :trollestia:

#15 · 219w, 2d ago · 2 · · Chapter 1 ·

>>1920086 AAHH, the good old "What is real and what isn't" with the possibility of some nefarious schemes!

#16 · 219w, 2d ago · 1 · · Chapter 1 ·

Oh this is gonna be good!:pinkiehappy:

#17 · 219w, 2d ago · 2 · · Chapter 1 ·

It's a theme I quite love because I find it so evocative. As a student of history, reality is often framed in terms of fact versus fiction. Napoleon was the Emperor of France - George McScotsman wasn't. As long as the authors are reputable and the reader knowledgeable it is all fairly well defined - even the gray (grey for my non-American friends) areas are acknowledged as being such.

But when dealing with mental illnesses and medical disorders, the nature of reality is warped horrifically. To be honest, I can think of no more perfect hell than being told that most, if not all, of your life was not real. I don't know how I would react - would the fantasies become more attractive than the "truth" offered by others?

And in a world of magic, how can one be sure that what one is told is the truth? Is Twilight truly insane, and is her life as she remembers it just a delusion? Or is the hospital and its doctors the delusion, keeping her from the reality of her friends and loved ones? Or is there something else at work?

What I hope is that I can paint a picture for my readers of a gifted mind struggling through a terrible nightmare as her whole world seems to twist back against what she has known all her life, with some hot gypsies thrown in.

Spot the Black Adder reference, get a prize. :pinkiehappy:

#18 · 219w, 2d ago · · · Chapter 1 ·

Thanks, and I hope I don't disappoint! :twilightsheepish:

#19 · 219w, 2d ago · · · Chapter 1 ·

>>1921391 My thought exactly, aww, I never saw Black Adder

#20 · 219w, 2d ago · 1 · · Chapter 1 ·

I have seen movies and read books of such theme.

I hope this one is as good if not better.

#21 · 219w, 2d ago · 1 · · Chapter 1 ·

Huh, I'm pretty sure I saw a fic like this before but with Pinkie, and I was planning on writing a fic about Twilight in a mentaL ward... but oh well, nice to see a fic like this regardless!:twilightsmile:

#22 · 219w, 2d ago · · · Chapter 1 ·

Have you ever wanted to help fill a psychiatric ward with a little part of yourself?

If so, then please seek help. But before you do check yourself in, celebrate! For it is also your lucky day! Well, as lucky as I can make it over the internet, really. To help me better fill in my story Asylum with some background characters, I am accepting submissions for OC ponies to be included! Considering that the story is dealing with insanity and mental illness this course of action seems a thematic fit, for I am surely inviting madness by making such a request. The can of worms has been opened!

Now to clarify, I'm looking for ponies to appear in the background, so we are talking about nothing more than a short description of a passing patient or a doctor's name being dropped in a conversation. That is it. So let me just lay down the two cardinal rules first:

1) No alicorns, non-ponies, or otherwise extremely ‘exotic’ characters. If your character is a zebra, yay! If it is a bionic-clockwork zebra soldier with a brass leg that is a combination sword/can-opener/teddy bear, it’s not going to be accepted. Common sense applies here as to what is suitable for a background character - I'm looking for Ice Cream Maker Guy, not Darth Vader.

2) Please don’t send me a full life story. While I would love to read them all, I won’t be able to include any of it in what I write. A well-written tale about a lost scion of the Equestrian nation who finally found his way home after years abroad living the life of a charming rogue to challenge those that had disgraced him would make for good reading and wonderful character development, but you can't express any of it through a one page description of a janitor mopping up the floor at night. *Takes down note for potential future story*

So if you are still interested just check my blog for the relevant post and respond to it there.

Short physical description:

Role preference (doctor, patient, orderly, or none):

And that's all you need to do! Pictures and such can help but are not necessary. Any illnesses you wish to ascribe to your character will be considered as well, although I can't guarantee anything considering I'm looking for background ponies. Cash gifts (bribe is such an ugly word) will be taken into account accordingly - no pun intended. The names are honestly the most useful to me, since I am absolutely rubbish at coming up with good ones, and having suitable names to call upon would help me add a little flavor to my scenes.

If I like the name or something about the description catches my eye, I'll reply to your IM to let you know if I'm going to include your OC in an upcoming chapter, and I'll give you full credit in a relevant future post.

Thanks in advance for any submissions! Now I'm off to see the nice young men in their clean white coats. They say they have a funny farm where life is beautiful all the time, but I just hope they have a petting zoo!

-Derek (aka DoD)

PS: Jesus I feel so damn old making a Dr. Demento reference. :facehoof:

PPS: What the heck happened to my images? They have been shielded! I'm too lazy to click a little cross to bring them up! Gah!

#23 · 219w, 2d ago · 1 · · Chapter 1 ·

Watch it. Watch it all right now. Well, except for the first season, it's a bit crap. But the last three seasons are some of my favorite bits of television. I've seen them dozens of times over the years, and will continue to watch them eagerly.

#24 · 219w, 2d ago · · · Chapter 1 ·

Thanks! I hope so too. Playing with reality and mental disorders isn't new, but I hope to put my own take on it. Thankfully I haven't read any other fanfiction stories dealing with this exact topic, so at least I can convince myself that I'm being original. And yes, thats my story and I'm sticking to it!

Please, don't let me stop you! It's better to have more than less, after all! :scootangel:

#25 · 219w, 2d ago · · · Chapter 1 ·

It is really well writen.

All i saw was a few grammatical errors.

If I could only remember the names of the movies this reminds me of.:duck:

#26 · 219w, 2d ago · · · Chapter 1 ·

Oh, please let me know if you see them! I've tried to proofread and catch all the minor stuff I could, but my grasp of English grammar is always a bit weak. Unfortunately, unlike many who say that, I don't have the excuse of being able to call it a second language either. Mistakes and errors found are mistakes and errors resolved!

Funnily enough, the one I was thinking of as I developed the idea was A Beautiful Mind. While it has its flaws I really do like the movie. Of course this story isn't really like that movie, with no slow decline into paranoia and hallucination, but it is one of the films I have seen enough to be a definite influence on my motivation to write. If you remember, feel free to let us know!

#27 · 219w, 2d ago · · · Chapter 1 ·

>>1921699 Was it the one where Pinkie was in a ward for killing  her lover/partner?

#28 · 219w, 2d ago · 1 · · Chapter 1 ·

.....oh god...I went through six months of this kind of treatment...just the walls were soild bone white not two tone. I was suffering from major chemical imbalances in my body and that coupled with autism and ADHD does not make a good combo. It took them six months of testing, meds, and as they slowly got everything settled on meds I found that those places are not ment to help anyone unless the people who put them there are willing to make sure they are getting the treatments they need. To say this place was just a massive daycare center so people could put the mentally ill out of the way.

#29 · 219w, 2d ago · · · Chapter 1 ·

>>1921800 Hey, I have an idea - maybe I could type up a bit of it, then have you look at it and tell me what you think?:twilightsmile:  I'd love feedback!:pinkiehappy:

>>1922003 No, I just remembered, I'm getting two things mixed up - I saw a picture of Pinkie Pie being in a mental ward, but I read a fic about Twilight actually being a human named Tara who was in a mental hospital thing and she imagined all of Ponyville and everything (said fic is here, but I found it through TV Tropes)

#30 · 219w, 2d ago · · · Chapter 1 ·

>>1922046 Ah the one I remember I had found on EQD a long time ago and it was centered around Pinkie in a mental ward and having conversations with her friends that weren't there, all because of what the pony she called her colt-friend did.

#31 · 219w, 2d ago · · · Chapter 1 ·

so instead of everything ussually being happy, it was actually similar to the human world?

#33 · 219w, 2d ago · · · Chapter 1 ·

Welp... This was boss. You say you're taking OCs, right? Might place one of my own.

Cream colored earth pony. Short, messy black mane. Two crossed fencing swords as his mark (For the sport, of course. Though it gains a distinct meaning depending on the fanfic I use it on, but that's irrelevant right now...) He's mute. No preference in his usage although it'd be awesome if you went the 'One flew over the cuckoo's nest' way and made him like the chief :pinkiehappy:

Don't think it'll happen, but it'd be sweet.

EDIT: Forgot to place a name... Oh wow brain, you're really messing with me aren't you? Whatevs... Name's Wave Breaker.

#34 · 219w, 2d ago · · · Chapter 1 ·

STUPID COMPTER SPASMS!!...:twilightangry2: *cough* :facehoof:anyway...

...like stepping unexpectedly stepping out...

That is the first one I saw, I will have to reread the story to find more.

But I won't now. When you computer spasms that should be a sign as you been on it too long and its time to get off.

The Ward is one of the movies. And now I have a movie to watch.

Edit: If the link doesn't work, you might want to google it. Like I said  computer spasms. *Stares menicingly at the tower*

#35 · 219w, 2d ago · 1 · · Chapter 1 ·

I'm sorry to hear that! I have ADHD as well, but I never had to suffer through anything like that. You have my sympathies.

Sure, I wouldn't mind at all. Heck, I'm trying to become a teacher, so helping others is part of that whole deal. :pinkiehappy:

Questions about what actually happened will have to wait for other chapters to really flesh out.

#36 · 219w, 2d ago · · · Chapter 1 ·

>>1922347 Oooh, yay!:pinkiehappy:  Or should I say...:yay:

#37 · 219w, 2d ago · · · Chapter 1 ·

Thanks! And just send me a PM with that information so I don't forget. A PM will just help me keep track of it all. Now I don't want you getting your hopes up - I'm not looking to write in a bunch of OCs as major characters - but you might find a reference to your character in the story somewhere in a future update.

Also, I can't imagine having a Chief-like role for this story, considering he was the narrator of the book. Not so much the film, of course, but then nobody can narrate for Jack Nicholson! :moustache:

#38 · 219w, 1d ago · · · Chapter 1 ·

I look forward to the next chapters, and I might ask to have my OC placed in the story even if its just a slight spot. The guys there with me were always fighting, I got into a fight myself once....well it was kinda one sided once I started fighting back....I was suffering from personality swings when it happened.

#39 · 219w, 1d ago · · · Chapter 1 ·

Done and done! Also, Asylum

story title got it into my mind.

#40 · 219w, 1d ago · · 1 · Chapter 1 ·

Picture updates.

Was fooling around with the picture for the story a little more and came up with two slight variations. The top one is my personal favorite. I think it looks like she is giving a mad grin as someone opens the door to her darkened cell.

#41 · 219w, 1d ago · · · Chapter 1 ·

The asylum was the insanity induced dreamworld.

#42 · 219w, 1d ago · · · Chapter 1 ·

Thank you very much - fixed it just now! And yes, I know those spasms well. Nothing you can do when the technology gods see fit to meddle in the lives of mere mortals. I suggest sacrificing a fattened calf and restarting the computer to appease them.

#44 · 219w, 1d ago · 1 · · Chapter 1 ·

I have some theorys but the biggest one is that she is not crazy. The characters seemsed anxios when she touched her horn. Maybe that is her way of getting out of there. But to say that your whole life isn't real is very crippling and I would be suprised if twilight didn't faint from this. But I can see there is still some things still missing so I say Fight on Twilight. Don't  give up.:rainbowdetermined2:

If I was in this situatiuon I would have started working an escape plan as soon as they got me out of that room.

#45 · 219w, 1d ago · · · Chapter 1 ·

also even if you say everything was a lie, from what we see in the show twilight is learning. You can't lean something if your mind is being delusional. your mind would have taught you those lessons over and over. but twilight learned tons. I say she is being held there against here will.

#46 · 219w, 1d ago · · · Chapter 1 ·

These reality-perception stories are always interesting to read.

#47 · 219w, 1d ago · · · Chapter 1 ·

:facehoof: why do people like this story theme so much hated it when i saw it on charmed i hate it now. dont get me wrong its a good story so far and ill keep reading to find out what happins but the idea has always annoyed me.

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#49 · 219w, 1d ago · 1 · · Chapter 1 ·

Ooo, thank you for posting! It pleases me to no end that I could write legibly enough to get others to think this hard about my work. :pinkiehappy:

I don't want to ruin any plot points so I can't really comment on anything, but hopefully the next chapter should provide some more fuel for your mind.

I think so too. Glad to have you on board!

I had an early post about this ( >>1921391), but for me it comes down to enjoying that great division between reality and our perceptions, not to mention the tragedy of loosing memories or ones sanity, and the whole gamut of other issues (from mystery to terror) that such topics allow us to explore. I haven't seen the show in question so I can't comment there, but this is just one of those topics I find provocative. By the same token, I'm not too big into the romance stories even when well written - but that might just be because I'm an unromantic oaf. :twistnerd:

I can only hope that I can write well enough to be interesting for those who don't enjoy the subject matter, and can keep the story fresh enough to avoid painful clichés.

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“If you look past the Bible-study scenes, young-adult novels from evangelical authors and publishers are offering their young Christian readers a surprisingly empowering guide to adolescence,” claims a writer for Slate. (The writer is not so positive about them as this opening claim suggests, by the way, and in comments at the end proves herself clueless about Christianity.) In Are You There, God? , Ruth Graham writes that,

Created as a “safe” alternative to mainstream fiction, books for Christian girls include wholesome heroines, lots of praying, and absolutely no cursing. And they’re a big business. The Christy Miller and Sierra Jensen series—now Christian YA classics—have sold more than 2 million copies between them, and the  Diary of a Teenage Girl books have sold more than 600,000 copies since 2008.

Most Christian publishers have guidelines for taboo words and situations, and some also have in-house theologians vet content to make sure it adheres to “Biblical principles.” Amid all of this piety, however, are explicitly positive—even feminist—messages like positive body image, hard work, and the importance of not settling for just any guy—that present a grounded alternative to the  Gossip Girl landscape.

I hope this is true, since ten to twenty years ago when I was reviewing such books looking for good reading for our eldest, almost all the Christian books I saw were quite bad, and left you feeling preached at, and often preached at to push a culture that was fundamentalist but not necessarily Christian.  The purpose of the stories was the lesson, not the story.

From Graham’s description, these new girls’ books don’t in fact seem particularly Christian, unless Christianity is reduced to a certain code of behavior.

In the newest books, old-fashioned values are embraced for newfangled reasons. Modesty is endorsed, not because of shame, but because of self-respect and practicality: Protagonist DJ in  Spring Breakdown opts for a one-piece swimsuit over a teensy bikini because, “I like to swim. And I like to move around.” Besides, another character reflects later, “Sometimes subtle is sexy.”

That is true, but it is not modesty. It’s the opposite. Practicality is not modesty either. None of these reasons, nor those mentioned elsewhere in the story, are actually “Christian values,” even though they support decisions Christians would generally approve. They’re aren’t really “old-fashioned values” either, as that term is usually understood.

If Graham is right, these writers have merely taken the lessons they want to teach and found practical or worldly reasons for them. Most of these lessons and reasons may be perfectly good ones, but they are not distinctively Christian reasons, reasons that have to do with who we are in Christ, and they should not be packaged as such. Doing so teaches the readers (for these books, girls) to think of Christianity as a this-worldly enterprise, as practical and effective, as an instrument, but not as a life lived in this world but not of it.

For those who are interested, I’ve written on this subject myself, in  Enchanting Children and Bad Books for Kids .

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Holidays for One – Make a Friend along the Way

Did you know that today is the UN’s “International Day of Friendship”? But what exactly is friendship? How do we make and keep friends? Whilst the UN promotes friendship and fellowship amongst all human beings, we have taken a look at the friendships that flourished during our Flavours holidays. So, we talked to our guests and wanted to know: Are singles holidays a good way to make new friends?

Glasses of Prosecco in Italian countrysideInitially celebrated in the USA – as a reaction to the hostile and mistrusting environment after the First World War – it did not take long for the “Friendship Day” to take off and quickly become famous worldwide. But it was not before 1998 that UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s wife officially acknowledged the day. Curiously, she named Winnie the Pooh – Disney’s honey-loving bear – the Ambassador of Friendship at the United Nations. In retrospect, probably not the worst choice: in 2011 the United Nations General Assembly declared the 30th of July the “International Day of Friendship”.

So, let’s take a step back and think about the people we consider our friends. I believe they are the most valuable thing one can have and – therefore – they deserve our attention all year round. Still, having a day that honours friendship is a great reminder to think about the wonderful people that make our lives so much richer. But – what exactly is friendship? What is its foundation? And, how difficult must it be to make friends on a holiday, being all by yourself around total strangers? After talking to our guests, I am convinced it is much easier than you would think – much easier than in any other environment!

For starters, going on holidays for one does not mean you have to be a single! As I found out, a common motivation to go on a singles holiday is to get away from the daily routines and try something new. I guess that’s where it starts, the deliberate decision to do something you have been interested in for a long time but never had the time or courage to really follow through with it. Whether it is cooking, Pilates, painting or a love for Italy – the other guests will already share that interest with you – a key ingredient for a healthy and long lasting friendship.

So, going on a painting, cooking or Pilates holiday in Italy gives you the chance to meet people you share a common interest with. But, how can you then approach them? Once again, I asked our guests and all of them agreed: Socialising on a holiday for one is just so much easier than anywhere else! Shared lessons, shared meals and shared trips give you the chance to get to know more about the people around you whilst being in an easy and relaxed environment. The joy and laughter that comes naturally with your holiday makes approaching new people much easier and, at the same time, the fun you share together will be a never forgotten memory.

Two single travellers laughing in AmalfiBut what happens when the holiday is over and people head back to reality? Well, the memories, the laughter and shared love for Italy will last for a life time…so will the friendship. Having made a new friendship on their holidays, our guests take a valuable treasure back home. Meet ups are regular and serve as a means to do the things that connected them in the first place – share new recipes, go out for meals or exchange home made goodies. It is more than obvious that the people who met on the trip became more than just holiday acquaintances, they became close friends. And to celebrate these friendships, they regularly come back on a Flavours holiday, the place where it all started. Because, as the English poet Edward Young once said, “Friendship is the wine of life”. So, where but in Italy could you have a better taste of this?

If you want to celebrate this day with your friends, feel free to share this article. In case you want to learn more about our “holidays for one” click here or contact us directly. We will be more than happy to provide you with all the information you need. You can also read more stories from our solo travellers here on our blog.


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One very interesting thing gamers will be able to do if they happen to pick up both the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 is use the Xbox One's interface to play games on your PS4 (or Wii U, or even current gen systems.)

Speaking with Ben Kuchera of the Penny Arcade Report, Microsoft's Jeff Henshaw confirmed that you can use the Xbox One and Kinect to switch over to your PS4 without any complications, such as the major lag that some people predicted.

“It is an extremely small lag that the human eye will not be able to perceive,” Henshaw told the PA Report.

"So yes, it’s going to be very possible to play the PlayStation 4 using the Xbox One, and the lag, according to Microsoft’s engineer, will be very hard to detect," Kuchera writes. "You could also hook up a Wii U and play the new Mario game, and then use voice commands to put that in the background and switch over to an Xbox One game without changing inputs."

It's sort of hilarious and great that you can ask the Xbox to switch over to PlayStation, of course. Or Nintendo. And then hop back to Xbox all without getting your hands dirty. I doubt the other systems will respond quite the same, of course. It's not like your game on the PS4 will auto-pause, for instance, like it does on Xbox One when you flip over to Netflix or the TV (or competing video game system.)

Which raises a side question: What about games that don't pause at all? Dark Souls, for instance, should it ever go next-gen, and most multiplayer games. I suppose you'll be able to swap to another program just the same, but you'll still pay the consequences in your game.

Whatever the case, this is a pretty neat, if perhaps unforeseen, feature of the Xbox One. As Kuchera notes, "it’s going to be an interesting experiment to use the PlayStation 4 UI from within the Xbox One’s UI."

I'm looking forward to seeing how this actually works. As far as I'm concerned it's just another reason why all this bickering and arguing over who killed who which system is better is invariably silly. The two should be able to co-exist quite comfortably.

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It would be understandable if Ford Motor, which is forecasting a $1 billion loss in Europe this year, decided to pare back its business for a while and wait for the current economic storm to blow over. But instead the second-largest U.S. automaker Thursday announced a major product  acceleration  in Europe to try to gain market share during the crisis.

"Every economic downturn leaves in its wake winners and losers," Ford of Europe chief executive Stephen Odell told dealers at an event in Amsterdam where he was joined by his boss, Ford Motor CEO Alan Mulally, and other senior executives to unveil the new lineup. "We can choose to see obstacles or we can treat these challenges as gems and use these opportunities to turn adversity into real success."

"Even with the near-term business environment, Europe presents a significant opportunity for profitable growth," Mulally said, modeling a European turnaround similar to Ford's recent transformation in North America. Odell said he expects the total European car and commercial van market, including Russia, to grow 20 percent in the next five years to 23 million vehicles.  "While others are backing off or cutting product investments, we at Ford are accelerating the introduction of new products."

Mulally and Odell made no mention of cost cuts, factory closings or job reductions to repair Ford's business in Europe, where most carmakers are struggling. Instead, they spoke only of generating profitable growth through new products, including large cars, SUVs and commercial vans. The plan is to leverage Ford's global platforms to achieve the maximum profit out of each engineering investment. Instead of selling Europe-only cars, Ford will sell 15 global vehicles in Europe within five years, part of what it calls its "One Ford" plan. "We will transition from being a European brand to being a global brand in Europe," said O'Dell.

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Ford showed the next-generation Fiesta, already Europe's best-selling small car, which goes on sale in Europe this year, and the new Mondeo, a twin of the upcoming Fusion going on sale in the U.S. later this year. Emphasizing its focus on fuel efficiency, Ford said both the Fiesta and Mondeo will be available in Europe with Ford's award-winning 1.0-liter EcoBoost engine. The Mondeo will also be available with hybrid and diesel powertrains. Ford also said its iconic American sports car, the Mustang, will now be sold in Europe.

Ford also announced a big rollout of utility vehicles in Europe, where SUV sales are expected to increase by 34 percent over the next five years. They include a new Kuga (similar to the redesigned Ford Escape in the U.S.); the EcoSport, a small global SUV Ford sells in developing markets like Brazil; and the larger, premium Edge, already on sale in the U.S.

"The expanding European SUV market is a unique opportunity for Ford and lands right in our sweet spot," said Jim Farley, Ford's group vice president of global marketing, sales and service. “No other company can touch Ford’s expertise, global portfolio and credibility when it comes to SUVs." Ford expects to sell more than one million SUVs in Europe in the next six years with SUVs accounting for one in ten of all Fords sold in the region by 2016.

Ford is also aiming for a bigger slice of the commercial vehicle market in Europe, with a redesigned Transit full-size van (also coming to the U.S., replacing its workhorse E-series van), Transit Custom van, Transit Connect compact van and the even-smaller small Transit Courier, a fast-growing segment in Europe. It's also introducing a new family of people-movers under the Tourneo brand.

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Commercial vehicle sales in Europe are forecast to grow by more than 30 percent to nearly 4 million a year by 2017, Ford said, with the small CV segment growing by more than 70 percent. Ford anticipates annual sales of 500,000 commercial vehicles per year by 2016, which would increase its share of the European CV market to more than 13 percent from 9.3 percent today.

Despite all the emphasis on growth, it's likely that Ford will still have to make significant cost cuts to restore profits in Europe. And the company has vowed that it will match factory capacity to demand, just as it has done in North America, which means some job cuts could be coming.

But as Ford Executive Chairman William Ford Jr. has said before, you can't cut your way to profitability. With the big product rollout today in Amsterdam, Mulally and company clearly showed they've got other plans.


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eBay founder and philanthropist Pierre Omidyar

Billionaires often don’t like to talk much about how they made their fortunes, or how big those fortunes are. But ask about how they’re giving some of that money away, and suddenly the conversation starts to flow. People are passionate about the causes they invest in and donate to.

Bridgespan, a nonprofit philanthropic advisory firm, spent the past year conducting video interviews with 54 U.S.  philanthropists –many of them billionaires – in an attempt to gather philanthropic lessons learned and advice from a carefully selected group of people. It unveiled the first batch of videos Tuesday morning, and even after watching just a few of the videos (most are just 2 minutes long), I’ve learned some interesting things.

Pierre Omidyar went against the best advice of Ashoka founder Bill Drayton and started a foundation. (Drayton had told him not to start a foundation.) After a few years Omidyar restructured the foundation into the Omidyar Network so he and his wife, Pam, can invest in both for-profit and nonprofit companies. (See the video here.)

Peter and Jennifer Buffett – Peter is one of investor Warren Buffett’s sons - talk about how they initially gave too much money too soon to one organization (Jennifer Buffett didn’t say which group it was) and then worked with that organization and eventually turned it into a success. (See video here.)

David Rubenstein, a cofounder of private equity firm Carlyle Group, realized that he had more to offer than just his money. He spent 25 years asking people for money and doesn’t mind doing that. So he’s offered to do the same for some of the causes he backs. “Often wealthy people don’t like to ask other people to give money. I am comfortable with that. …. I tell them ‘Here’s what I’ll do. I’ll give you some money and I’ll chair your capital campaign. I’m chairing four national capital campaigns.” (See video here.)

The Bridgespan project was backed by a multi-year grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, with the aim of improving the effectiveness of philanthropy. Tom Tierney, the chairman and co-founder of the Bridgespan Group, conducted 37 of the interviews. “It was hands down the most inspiring professional experience of my life,” says Tierney, who worked for Bechtel and Bain & Co. before launching Bridgespan in 1999. It’s also a timely effort. More people are “giving while living” instead of leaving their fortunes to their heirs to dole out. “Philanthropy used to be a retirement activity. Now it’s a mid- career opportunity,” says Tierney. People are living longer and have more time to invest in doing philanthropy the best way possible.

What’s amazing, says Tierney: This is all voluntary. “They don’t have to give their wealth away. No one is making them do it. It’s really hard. Yes, they get lots attention for what they are doing.  But the notion that this is an important part of their legacy is a powerful motivator.”

What one piece of advice did Tierney hear over and over again? Start giving now. “On advice to a new philanthropist, 9 times about of 10 people said ‘Get going. Don’t wait. You have a lot to learn.  You’re going to have more success solving problems if you give yourself a long runway.’”

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It doesn’t get much press on this side of the Atlantic, but it should.  Today, November 5, is Guy Fawkes Day, the day that the English remember one of their most notorious villains or one of their most celebrated heroes, depending on their mood or ideological leaning.

On this day in 1605 Fawkes, a disgruntled religious minority tired of official abuse, attempted to take down the entire English government—king, ministers, parliament and all—by blowing up the House of Lords with a large cache of gunpowder during the State Opening of Parliament.

Fawkes was discovered and promptly executed, but he is remembered—in typically dry English humor—as the last man to enter parliament with honest intentions.

2013 has been a frustrating year in American politics.  We came a lot closer than we should have to defaulting on our sovereign debts. We have a Democratic administration that didn't bother to beta test the website that was the lynchpin for the biggest change to the health system since Medicare and Medicaid were introduced, and a radicalized Republican minority that wants to eliminate the Federal Reserve.

A less-violent "Guy Fawkes option" of running the entire government out of town and starting over sounds a lot better than it should.  But as investors, we have to keep perspective.  With few exceptions, America's political system has always been a chaotic mess.  In our short history, we've had a civil war and four presidential assassinations.  We've had our capital burned to the ground.  And we've had more political scandals than I can count.

And guess what: Americans have a way of getting on with their business.  My advice is stop worrying about politics and focus your energies on finding quality investment opportunities.  Here in the United States, we are still in the early stages of the biggest energy revolution in a century.  The rise of Generation Y will create a new baby boom in the late 2010s and early 2020s. And the aging of the original Baby Boomers will create challenges that will make savvy entrepreneurs wealthy.

These are just the opportunities here in the United States.  Looking overseas, the rise of the new emerging-market middle class is the biggest investable macro trend of the past 50 years.

So tonight, pour yourself a drink and offer a toast across the Atlantic. Wear a Guy Fawkes mask if you feel like it, or burn a Guy effigy (or the effigy of whatever prominent politician irritates you the most) if you're not breaking neighborhood ordinances in doing so.  But come tomorrow morning, toss the politics out the window and focus instead on finding solid investments.

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