![]() Writing “Election” required him to get into the minds of several characters, including women like Tracy, which made him worry he wasn’t skilled enough to do it justice. After getting pigeonholed and placed on the “lad lit” table at bookstores, he wanted to write bigger stories. But looking back, her past experience feels systemic: Tracy is the most qualified person for the principal job at her school but still faces outside forces working against her.īefore he started creating iconic female characters, Perrotta wrote his first two books about young men in New Jersey. Back in high school, her teacher’s vendetta against her felt personal. The title “Tracy Flick Can’t Win” speaks to how Tracy begins to recognize a pattern in her life, he says. “Her expectations for herself were so high that even her perfectly successful and respectable life seems small to her.” “ unlimited potential is now a very specific and limited reality,” Perrotta says. M - a good teacher who wanted more from his life. Now, readers get to see Tracy assume the same role as Mr. M reacts to Tracy’s potential, which he sees as greater than his own. Tracy’s sadness in the new book reflects something many middle-aged people experience, Perrotta says. The Tracy that readers meet years later in “Tracy Flick Can’t Win” displays the same ambition and need to succeed as she did initially - but also displays hurt and some more lovable, humanizing qualities. “I do think it has been both a little demoralizing to see my character become a kind of sexist trope, but then somewhat encouraging to see her redefined as the figure that she is,” Perrotta says, “which is an imperfect, determined, resilient, very ambitious young woman who may not be the most likable person in the world, but most ambitious people are actually probably not that likable.” But people started projecting their abrasive, Machiavellian view of Tracy onto Clinton, he says.Īround the same time, feminist critics like Rebecca Traister pushed back against the opinion that Tracy - an intelligent 16-year-old girl driven to earn a college scholarship because her single mom can’t afford to send her - is unlikable or the villain of the story. (Beowulf Sheehan)Īt first, Perrotta felt flattered his character escaped the page and made her way into mainstream conversation. Like Clinton, Tracy has a quality many men find “threatening or unlikeable,” Perrotta says. ![]() In contrast, a young Tracy scared some of the adult men she encountered.īack in 2016, people compared Hillary Clinton to Tracy during the former secretary of state’s presidential run. Mary Tyler Moore forged a path of her own using charm and vulnerability. When the book and movie came out, stories about ambitious women hadn’t gone beyond the Lady Macbeth and Jane Austen characters - whose objectives are driven by men, Perrotta says. And I'm going to seize this power that's now available to me.” “I am focusing my life like a laser beam on achieving these goals. “Tracy - like a lot of women I taught when I was teaching college in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s - truly felt like there was going to be a woman president and it could possibly be me,” Perrotta said at a recent event at WBUR’s City Space. To Perrotta, Tracy represents the first generation of girls whose feminist moms - and sometimes dads - raised them to believe they can achieve anything. In the years since “Election” first hit shelves, Tracy has become a symbol of something beyond the book. But as the title " Tracy Flick Can't Win" implies, it's another rough road for Tracy. She’s now a high school assistant principal going after the top job. Fast forward 23 years: The iconic Tracy is back in Perrotta’s newest novel. In the 1999 movie adaptation, Tracy, portrayed by Reese Witherspoon, stamps out campaign buttons. M., persuades a popular athlete to run against her. Fletcher" - but one leading lady stands out in his work: Tracy Flick.įirst appearing in Perrotta's 1998 novel " Election," Tracy is an ambitious young woman whose path to winning her high school’s presidential election is jeopardized when one of her teachers, Mr. Tom Perrotta wrote memorable female characters in his books "Little Children" and "Mrs. Facebook Email The cover of "Tracy Flick Can't Win" by Tom Perrotta.
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![]() The sketch/character was adapted into a 2000 film, The Ladies Man, which followed the character’s attempts to find love and a suitable outlet for his beloved radio program. ![]() Eventually he did get an original character with Leon Phelps, “The Ladies’ Man”, a perpetually horny talk show host who believed himself to be the living definition of what females search for in a man. Simpson, Michael Jackson, Tiger Woods, Oprah Winfrey and Erykah Badu on SNL, and one time remarked that he had no character that was identified to him, such as Wayne and Garth being identified to Mike Myers and Dana Carvey. Meadows often spoofed famous personalities including O.J. (This was the record for the longest tenure on the show until it was surpassed by Darrell Hammond in 2005.) Meadows’ lengthy tenure on the show was used as a gag in three monologues when former cast members Phil Hartman and Mike Myers returned to the show to host, and when Alec Baldwin hosted for his twelfth time. ![]() In 1991, Meadows landed a spot on Saturday Night Live and would go on to become a longtime cast member, appearing on the program until 2000. Meadows’ start in show business was as a member of The Second City comedy troupe alongside future star Chris Farley. He did it on purpose, because he wanted to leave.Meadows began performing improvisational comedy at the Soup Kitchen Saloon. He said, "I'd play a comedian who insults the president and is 'forced' to leave the country to live in Paris - but he planned it all along. If he were forced to do the show, he knows the role he'd like. Talking about guest spots and series got Meadows to thinking again about an imaginary TV show that is today's Washington. He also co-stars in "No Activity," a sitcom on CBS All Access, the network's streaming service, about two low-ranking cops on a stakeout it was co-created by Meadows' former "SNL" colleague Will Ferrell. The character, Jonathan "Andre" Glascott, proved popular enough that it became the anchor of a spinoff series, called "Schooled," that has been picked up for a 13-episode run as a midseason replacement early next year. That happened with "The Goldbergs," a family-focused ABC sitcom on which Meadows plays a school guidance counselor. In recent years, some of Meadows' guest roles on TV series have grown into recurring characters. I did it for a while, and I passed it on, just as it was passed on to me." I was part of a fraternity of writers and comedians who kept an institution going. "I haven't had that big next thing that would change how people think of me, away from how they first got to know me. "I'm fine with that," he said, chatting on the phone Wednesday afternoon from Detroit. Meadows has been gone from "SNL" since 2000, meaning he's been away from the show for almost twice as long as he was a cast member, but even now, at 57, it remains a defining component of his career. "I have moments of really wanting to do something myself to be a part of some change, and there's points I have to throw up my hands and pray to God that there's somebody out there that is going to do something about what's going on in our country." "I have moments of being inspired - in good and bad ways - then moments of being disappointed," he said. Though not particularly political in his stand-up, Meadows said he is at times moved to muse during his act about the state of the country and the effect the divisiveness is having on the populace. With homes in Detroit and Los Angeles, the latter for as a base for TV work, Meadows travels for comedy appearance several weekends a month, gathering different viewpoints depending on where he's performing. Tickets: $25 advance, $30 day of show, $35 VIP (includes first drink and table service) Where: Cohoes Music Hall, 53 Remsen St., Cohoes The new preview feature not just enables users with a more convenient way to find and discover content, it makes downloading optional in some cases. * jlibtorrent: fix unhandled exception in DHT when receiving a DHT packet over IPv6įrostWire, a BitTorrent Client & YouTube Downloader that makes it easier to search, download, play and share content from the BitTorrent network & cloud sources, all in one place, announced today its new ‘preview’ and ‘play as you download’ capabilities for Android phones and tablets. ![]() * jlibtorrent: support SNI in https web seeds and trackers * jlibtorrent: improve reliability of binding listen sockets It was initially very similar to LimeWire in appearance and functionality, but over time developers added more features, including support for the BitTorrent protocol. 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Built in download accelerator and torrent search engine. We included the latest change of libtorrent, an we added a new share action in the Media Library. fixed a YouTube search issue and it also fixed a crash problem. Frostwire Plus v.5.0 Frostwire Plus is the latest and fastest version of Frostwire bittorrent client. It’s Friday and we are so happy because weekend is coming, and even more with this new FrostWire release.įrostWire 6.2.3. I've now changed the zero distance to 50yd if you want to talk about a "100y and in" rifle. ![]() I'd imagine your hold under (with either setup, honestly) between 25-75 would be pretty large. Never really looked at it or thought about it. 300BLK rifle and just a generic chart for the drop out of a 9mm pistol is not going to tell you anything.ĮTA: And to be honest, I'm not even sure 100y would be a good zero distance for a subsonic pistol cartridge. 300BLK subs and whatever PC subs you're comparing or the drops are going to be way different. You have to make sure zero distance is the same between the. View QuoteHow far you're dropping at 100y is really going to depend on zero distance. If budget is as large of a concern as it seems to be in your case, OP, I think 5.56/.223 is easily the smarter choice, even if you have to deal with a 1"-2" longer barrel. 223 stockpiled already, so that lowers your ammunition costs for practice (arguable the most important part of employing any firearm in an offensive/defensive capacity), and to top it off, quality 5.56/.223 defensive loadings are significantly cheaper than their. Even with the slower velocities 5.56 reaches out of a 10.5" barrel, you'll still have a couple hundred yards inside the expansion envelope of most quality defensive loadings. Now, where the Blackout does rein king is in the ability to switch to supers, which are going to be ballistically superior to pretty much any pistol cartridge.Īs to OPs question, my recommendation would be to spring for a 10.5" 5.56/.223 upper and splurge on some quality factory expanding ammunition (like Fusion, Gold Dot, etc.). 300BLK does nothing better (at least ballistically speaking) than a subsonic PCC. Honestly (and this is my opinion, so it's worth what you paid for it), subsonic. Running the numbers through Strelok, comparing the 208gr AMAX loading to the 147gr XTP and 230gr XTP, all at 1050fps and zeroed at 100, they're all within an inch of one another out to 150y and within a few inches at 200y. Even something like the subsonic 208gr AMAX load from Hornady (the 208gr AMAX projectile has a decently high BC) has a stupid amount of drop outside of 150ish yards when zeroed at 100. 300BLK, and velocities and weights (and therefore, energy) are very similar between the two.Īs for better ballistics, not really. You're essentially relying on the bullet poking a large enough hole (which is pretty much restricted to the diameter of the bullet, unless you're using an expanding projectile) to do damage. Velocities are low enough that you're not getting much, if any, stretch cavity, so there's nothing gained there. View QuoteEnergy (at least in this scenario) really doesn't play a large part in wounding. ![]() Quite unfortunate to pass at such a young age.The characters she played will be truly missed.My condolences go out to her family and friends. Feel free to correct or add info to these plot points (specially a timeline would be highly appreciated). Her recent notable roles include Magical Sapphire (Illya), Cthuko (Nyaruko-san), Yoshinoya-sensei (Hidamari Sketch), and Anna (Shimoneta). Durability-wise Scott's castle feat is impressive, but he was knocked out by it, so I think Anna can still knock him out. FTE in what looks like darkness isn't too impressive. Tanukichi and Ayame don't become a couple officially but everything leads to it Anna seems stronger, and potentially faster but it's hard to determine there. My theory is that in this world people who abstain from anything sexual from their childhood all the way into the teens somehow gained some sort of Enlightenment that comes along with it. ![]() This means that her life and childhood was clean and cut. However, her plans were ultimately thwarted by SOX with Anna's help Not only that she is daughter of the person who trying to outright ban all sexual activities. She used Anna's mother as well as many others to succeed. Without it the only way to reproduce would be through a lab. She was a parentless kid so she hated how irresponsible parents ruin society, therefore, she started this whole movement to make society ignorant of sexuality. The villain is defeated, the one behind the censor and anti-sexuality plans (who never appears in the anime). She almost kills her on the spot but stops only because she was her best friend Anna slaps her so hard it knocks her out. Ayames design is ironic because PMs are used to prevent dirty jokes. She is one of 3 characters who has a unique PM, the other two being Anna Nishikinomiya and her mother, Sophia Nishikinomiya. Nevertheless, Anna and Tanukichi rescue herĪyame admits to Anna that she confessed her love to Tanukichi. Interestingly enough, despite her love of dirty jokes and apparent lack of shame, Ayame is notably naïve in sexual situations. my anna nishikinomiya cosplay swipe for the funny haha love nectar at the end 1 / 3 Vote 0 0 comments Add a Comment More posts from r/Shimoseka 6. Id image Anna would set traps by using her love. Anna, Tanukichis love interest for the start of the show, was raised much differently. Tanukichi was raised very anti-orthodox, learning about all the naughty junk people love to joke about in our world. Now Okuma doesn't need to go bye-bye.Anna confesses her love to Tanukichi but gets rejected (and becomes a "normal girl")Īyame confesses as well (in response to Anna's confession) but Tanukichi never admits his love for herĪyame is imprisoned and sentenced to death. If yandere girls had a fighting game: SUPER SLASH LASSES (Yuno Gasai & Anna Nishikinomiya). Tanukichi is a young boy living in a version of Japan that has outlawed sexual content and any language even relating to sex. She is the daughter of Matsukage Nishikinomiya and Sophia Nishikinomiya, the president of the student council and the childhood love of Tanukichi Okuma that has commissioned her to hunt 'Blue Snow' before she can endanger the morale of the school. "It's good you're his sister and not some random tramp. Anna Nishikinomiya ( Nishikinomiya Anna) is a character appearing in the Shimoneta series. "Look Okuma, we can be alone for a good while." For the past time me and your brother have had developed a deep and growing affection. "Oh where are my manners? Here I am meeting Okuma's sister and I haven't introduced myself!" About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features NFL Sunday Ticket Press Copyright. Reaction GIFs, Gaming GIFs, Funny GIFs and more on Gfycat. 6.3K subscribers in the Shimoseka community. "Okuma, why are you sleeping with a girl who's not me?" Discover and share featured Anna Nishikinomiya GIFs on Gfycat. "This feels like the purest thing in the world, it must be love! It feels like magic in my thighs that I must open! Do you have the same feelings in you Mr. "So your cookies, has my love nectar mixed in the dough!" "Don't worry, it is merely love nectar, sweet and pure." "I've been overcomed by the desire to have a taste of _you_!" She can also deliver a kick that can stop any person running towards her. She is shown to be incredibly strong in multiple episodes, can climb along cables, and survive a drop from a cable car. ![]() Ability: Anna seems to have incredibly agile fighting techniques which can be shown whilst chasing after Blue Snow/Tundra and Tanukichi. ![]() ![]() I've got 16 tables that PFX3 refuses to unlock and I've been working with Zen Pinball support for two weeks in an attempt to find a solution. ![]() (NOTE: These rogue licenses may cause problems when trying to import them in Pinball FX3. So, if you you haven't done this already, look through your download list to see if you may have previously purchased some of the tables you can't buy. I had to dig through my download list to find my unlock keys and download them since the store didn't recognize my previous purchases of the problematic tables. After opening the issue with Playstation support, we discovered that I had previously purchased the tables I couldn't "buy". The store wouldn't let me add a handful of tables I wanted to buy to my cart. That said, I had some trouble with downloads. So I'm pretty sure they're still available. The Iron & Steel Pack, an exciting new pinball two-pack featuring a table based on the CastleStorm franchise as well as a Western-inspired table dubbed Wild West Rampage. Zen Studios announces plans to release two South Park-themed tables later this month. ZEN Pinball 2: Venom is an Action game, developed and published by Zen Studios, which was released in 2014. Sorry to revive this old thread, but I just purchased a bunch of Zen Pinball 2 tables for the PS3 via the web store last week. Zen Pinball 2 is a pinball video game developed by Zen Studios. Please note that this subreddit is not affiliated with Sony or any of its subsidiaries. Result: GameName Spoiler: spoiler text here Legacy Platforms: PS3 - PS2 - PS1 - PSP Spoiler Formatting PlayStation: Vue - TV - Wallpapers & Themes PS4: Pro - Deals - Banners - Mods - Clans (For other subreddit filters, click here. Media FilterĬurrently Visible Currently Hidden For complete and detailed rule descriptions, click here. Rules 1-3 apply to comments, all rules apply to posts. Giveaways and Surveys have to go through mod approval.ĭon't post spam, self-promotion, or let's play videos. Some content is only allowed on weekends, like Screenshots, Short Game Clips, Original Content and PS4-related pictures. Official game media must come from official sources.įlair your posts, mention the game in the title when necessary.Īll suggestions require means to cause change.ĭo not submit content with clickbait titles.ĭo not submit low quality content. Do not discuss hacking, piracy, unofficial deals (especially grey market), and requests to account/game share.Īll spoilers and NSFW content must be properly marked. ![]() So here’s a basic rundown of the different options and what they are used for. Reflectors for photography come in a variety of sizes, and you’ll need to make sure you get one that’s big enough to suit your subject. Translucent materials are used as light diffusers, which can make your lighting less harsh and more even.īlack materials can be used to block or remove light from your composition. Gold reflectors can add a warm, golden light to your photography, and they are also useful for providing fill light. But you should avoid using them in direct sunlight, as the light will be much too harsh. They can also be used to increase highlights and contrast. Silver reflectors can provide the most light, so they’re useful for situations where you have dull conditions and want to reflect as much light as possible. The white surface provides natural-looking and neutral-colored light. White reflectors are ideal for fill light, which means they can be used to soften or eliminate shadows. Here’s a rundown of the standard colors and what they can do. Many photography reflectors feature removable covers that provide multiple color options. Photography light reflectors come in a variety of colors that can provide different lighting effects. Different Types of Reflectors for Photography Photography Reflector Colors So let’s take a look at some of the different reflectors you can get and how to best use them. Most photography reflectors are also durable and easy to transport.īut there are many different types of reflectors for photography available, and they’re not all created equal. They are versatile pieces of equipment that can be used in natural or artificial lighting to add, remove, or diffuse light. And even if you have a great set of lights, reflectors will still come in handy. ![]() If you’re looking for a simple way to start, reflectors for photography offer an affordable option that can help you manipulate the lighting in your shots. Some examples of that equipment are speedlights and studio strobes, but that kind of gear can be expensive. It can give you more control over your photography and help you achieve better results. Having some proper lighting equipment is a key part of taking professional-looking photos. ![]() Merve Noyan created an exceptional ChatGPT Prompt Generator App, allowing users to generate prompts tailored to their desired persona. This feature eliminates the need to manually copy and paste prompts each time you want to use them.ĭesktop App is an unofficial open source project by It's a simple wrapper for ChatGPT web interface with powerful extras. ![]() With the app, you can easily import all the prompts and use them with slash commands, such as /linux_terminal. The unofficial ChatGPT desktop application provides a convenient way to access and use the prompts in this repository. I've authored an e-book called "The Art of Midjourney AI: A Guide to Creating Images from Text". Other Prompting Resources Want to Learn How to write image prompts for Midjourney AI? Utku Şen authored an e-book called "Securing GPT: A Practical Introduction to Attack and Defend ChatGPT Applications". □ Buy the e-book Want to secure your ChatGPT apps? I've authored an e-book called "How to Make Money with ChatGPT: Strategies, Tips, and Tactics". □ Read the free e-book Want to Learn How to Make Money using ChatGPT Prompts? I've authored a free e-book called "The Art of ChatGPT Prompting: A Guide to Crafting Clear and Effective Prompts". If these solutions do not work, please try rewriting the prompt using your own sentences while keeping the instructions same. Please try again, start a new thread, or log out and log back in. ℹ️ NOTE: Sometimes, some of the prompts may not be working as you expected or may be rejected by the AI. We hope you find these prompts useful and have fun using ChatGPT!ĭownload ChatGPT Desktop App: macOS / Windows / Linux You can also use the prompts in this file as inspiration for creating your own. To get started, simply clone this repository and use the prompts in the README.md file as input for ChatGPT. We encourage you to add your own prompts to the list, and to use ChatGPT to generate new prompts as well. In this repository, you will find a variety of prompts that can be used with ChatGPT. By providing it with a prompt, it can generate responses that continue the conversation or expand on the given prompt. The ChatGPT model is a large language model trained by OpenAI that is capable of generating human-like text. If when working on a manuscript you, like me, want to be know what abstracts are linked to it, where it has been submitted or presented, and what other research papers informed or guided the work - this template is for you! Not only that, this template will connect it all back to project-specific timelines.Welcome to the "Awesome ChatGPT Prompts" repository! This is a collection of prompt examples to be used with the ChatGPT model. Don’t get me wrong, Excel is and will always be an old and trusted friend…but it just doesn't allow for the flexibility and accessibility of information that Notion does. In my mind, it made sense to connect the abstract with the manuscript that I presented at that conference that year ALONGSIDE my schedule. ![]() And…for the most part, at least in my experience, these areas of research were always so disjointed. This is the organizational system I wish I had during my MSc.ĭuring graduate school, there was always a paper to read, a study to coordinate and a conference to attend. ![]() We'd recommend adding one more ingredient to the mix, Kaolin Clay. When a mix of sodium bicarbonate and citric acid come into contact with a lot of water, it produces carbon dioxide bubbles - it's this reaction that produces all the bubbles and fizz we love about bath bombs! Sodium bicarbonate (also known as bicarbonate of soda), Citric acid and water to bind the dry ingredients. You will need the mixture to be the consistency of damp sand, the kind that makes a perfect sandcastle! 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The fuel assemblies remain in the core of a power reactors for up to three years to maximize the energy produced. Fuel rods are removed from production reactors after only several months in order to recover the maximum amount of plutonium-239. The removal of fuel assemblies from a production reactor is timed to maximize the amount of plutonium in the spent fuel (Figure 2). Production reactors produce less energy and thus consume less fuel than power reactors. Power reactors and those used to produce plutonium for weapons operate in different ways to achieve their goals. Approximately one third of the energy produced by a thermal power reactor comes from fission of this plutonium. It is important to realize that while the U-235 in the fuel assembly of a thermal reactor is undergoing fission, some of the fertile U-238 present in the assembly is also absorbing neutrons to produce fissile Pu-239. Cooling towers are also employed with coal and natural gas plants. 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Rods composed of neutron-absorbing material such as cadmium or boron are inserted into the fuel assembly. Since slow neutron reactors are highly efficient in producing fission in uranium-235, they use fuel assemblies containing either natural uranium (0.7% U-235) or slightly enriched uranium (0.9 to 2.0% U-235) fuel. Light water (H2O), heavy water (D2O), and carbon in the form of graphite are the most common moderators. Thermal reactors operate on the principle that uranium-235 undergoes fission more readily with slow neutrons than with fast ones. Fast neutron reactors, also known as fast breeder reactors (FBR), use high speed, unmoderated neutrons to sustain the chain reaction. These reactors require a moderator to reduce the speed of neutrons produced by fission. Thermal reactors use slow neutrons to maintain the reaction. The speed of the neutrons in the chain reaction determines the reactor type (Figure 1). The components common to all nuclear reactors include a fuel assembly, control rods, a coolant, a pressure vessel, a containment structure, and an external cooling facility. In this respect they are similar to plants fueled by coal and natural gas. Power reactors use the heat from fission to produce steam, which turns turbines to generate electricity. While most reactors generate electric power, some can also produce plutonium for weapons and reactor fuel. Nuclear reactors produce energy through a controlled fission chain reaction. In January 2009, 43 reactors were under construction in 11 countries, with several hundred more projected to come on line globally by 2030.Ī Nuclear Power Plant. In 2008, 435 nuclear reactors in 30 countries provided 16% of the world’s electricity. This expansion is driven by concerns about global warming, growth in energy demand, and relative costs of alternative energy sources. 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