#the chances of it happening are so slim and only based on like 2 panels lol

[mettywiththenotes]

Either the sparks in Bakugou's mouth are just a design choice to show how powerful his Cluster is coursing through his body, OR

And bear with me here

Some sort of mouth explosion attack later

Similar to how Dabi started breathing fire when he was battling Shouto

[victory-red]

why tōya being the oldest todoroki sibling makes no (or very little) sense.

Warning: Manga spoilers. Long post ahead - big paragraphs, lots of reading, and at least one (1) rabbit trail.

So I know this is old news, but I’ve been meaning to make a post about it for a little while now. I know a lot of people already headcanoned that Tōya was the oldest Todoroki sibling even before it was officially confirmed, but it just never really made sense to me, particularly in regard to Enji’s timeline. And then, after Chapter 291 came out, it made even less sense.

(A couple of quick disclaimers, before I continue: I’m not trying to pass anything off as fact. My conclusions are simply opinions based on observations I’ve made. I’ll also note that there are definitely gaps in what information we do officially have, so there is still a chance that what seems to me like a fairly significant plothole will eventually be explained.)

I’ll start with Enji - more specifically, his current confirmed age in relation to Fuyumi’s, who is the oldest Todoroki sibling whose age we do officially know. As of the current manga arc, Enji is 46 years old, and Fuyumi is 23. Since Enji’s birthday is in early August and Fuyumi’s in early December, that means that Enji was a little over 23 years old when he and Rei had Fuyumi.

From what we know of Enji’s history and personality, that seems like a reasonable age for him to have started having kids. He said in Ch. 165 that he became Number Two at age 20, at which point he immediately realized that he wasn’t ever going to be able to surpass All Might on his own. He said that it was because of this realization that he passed the torch (no pun intended) to Shōto. But, Shōto wouldn’t be born until a decade later. So, it makes sense to me that this would be the point that Enji decided it would be best to instead try having a child that could surpass All Might. In other words, it makes sense that this would be the catalyst that led to Shōto’s birth.

The most recent information we got regarding Enji and Rei’s relationship in Ch. 291 seems to be just a bit conflicting with how Shōto had described things back in Ch. 31 - unlike Shōto’s account, Ch. 291 sort of implied that Enji did care for Rei to some capacity, at least early in their marriage. (How he’s been portrayed in flashbacks recently is actually very conflicting with flashbacks from earlier chapters, and even with his entire personality in earlier chapters. But I won’t get into that - we’ll just make the assumption that Shōto’s story was biased, because it probably was.)

Since he essentially bought Rei’s family off, it only makes sense that he would have to grow to care for her over a period of time - you know, maybe like a year or two. I’m not sure how long the entire Quirk Marriage process took, but factoring in the 9 or so months Rei had to carry Fuyumi before she was born, it makes sense that after Enji’s realization upon attaining the Number Two title, the entire process of creating the plan of having hyper-powerful children, finding a suitable partner, buying her family off, marrying her, and having their first child would take anywhere between two to three years. That would mean that he was 20 when the process started, 22 when Rei got pregnant, and 23 when Fuyumi was born. Boom.

(Frankly, even that timeframe seems a bit compressed to me, but since Enji’s and Fuyumi’s ages are both canonically set in stone, I have no choice but to work with it.)

Tōya canonically being older than Fuyumi begins to screw a lot with the timeline - especially taking into consideration what the implied age gap between them is. I unfortunately can’t find where (or if) this is explicitly stated in the manga, but the wiki says that most Quirks develop around the age of 4. Now, it’s entirely possible that Tōya was born with his Quirk, but given Rei’s constitution, I highly suspect that there would have been severe complications with both her pregnancy and Tōya’s birth. It also makes sense that if he had developed his Quirk at an exceptionally young age, there would have been some note made of it. But since neither of those things are mentioned to have happened, we’ll just assume he was between 3 and 4½ years old when his Quirk manifested.

I don’t know how long afterward it took for Enji and Rei to decide to have another baby, but I can’t imagine that the decision took any longer than several months. I’ll be conservative and say that they decided no longer than a few months after Tōya’s Quirk developed, because remember - Enji literally, canonically cannot be any older than 23 when Fuyumi was born. Jumping 9 months forward from that time, Tōya would most likely have been between 4 and 5 years old when Fuyumi was born.

Now I will note that in the top panel, Tōya looks to me to be between 4 and 6 years old, which was presented as being before Fuyumi’s birth. But in the lower one, where he’s crawling over to look at baby Fuyumi (or at least I think that’s what’s happening? It’s a bit dark to tell for certain), he looks a lot younger - in fact, he doesn’t even look to have the white streak in his hair yet. But given how it’s explained that Enji and Rei even came to the decision to have Fuyumi at all, it doesn’t make a whole lot of sense contextually. But, I’ll let it be and just assume that the manga didn’t present those panels chronologically. It could also be the zoomed-out view that makes Tōya seem smaller. Either way, I’m overanalyzing, and that’s sort of off-topic, anyway.

Okay, I think that’s all the setup I need to finally get to the meat of my argument, which I will start with this: If Tōya is anywhere between 4 and 5 years older than Fuyumi, that means that Enji was anywhere between 18 and 19 years old when Tōya was born.

In any other situation, that might make sense, but here’s the thing: it’s already been established, or at least very heavily implied, that Enji didn’t even consider the possibility of having children to surpass All Might until he attained his Number Two status, which as I’ve already mentioned happened when he was 20. Even if Tōya was only 3 years older than Fuyumi, which doesn’t make much sense because he would then have had to develop his Quirk at age 2 or younger, that still would mean that he was conceived before Enji even became Number Two.

If that doesn’t make sense to you, think of it this way: If Enji was between 18 and 20 years old when Tōya was born, that would mean that Tōya would have been conceived when Enji was 17 at the youngest - still a student, unless he graduated early. Regardless, that also implies he would have had to create his elaborate plan to beat All Might, as well as find and marry Rei, before he even graduated secondary school. Given what information we have from canon, that just does not make any semblance of sense.

As compelling that argument alone may or may not be, there are others to support it as well. Let’s consider what that implies for the age gaps between Tōya and the other Todoroki siblings. If he’s 3-5 years older than Fuyumi, that means he’s roughly 7-9 years older than Natsuo and 10-12 years older than Shōto. That would mean, if Shōto were between 5 and 6 years old in the following panels, Tōya would be anywhere between 15 and 18 years old. Fuyumi would be between 10 and 13, and Natsuo would be between 8 and 11.

While I understand that Tōya inherited Rei’s slight constitution, puberty usually begins for boys around 12 or 13 years old (although to my understanding it often starts later in Asian boys), so Tōya would likely have already begun to go through his growth spurt by this age. Even assuming that Natsuo had started going through his own growth spurt, Tōya still has 7-9 years on him - so the chances that Natsuo had this much height and mass on him are pretty slim. I might be able to buy Tōya being 15 years old in those panels, but I find even that a bit of a stretch.

And finally, let’s talk about how old Tōya was when he “died.”

Assuming that the second panel is the most recent (halfway decent) photo the Todorokis have of Tōya before his “death,” I’m inclined to agree with the people who have pointed out that his clothes resembled a junior high school uniform, similar to what Midoriya and Bakugō were seen wearing in the story’s earliest chapters and episodes. Junior high school in Japan is attended by students between the ages of 12 and 15, roughly - so it’s safe to assume that Tōya was no older than 15 years old when he “died.” However, I will note that given how Horikoshi draws most of the 15-year-old male characters in the story, he does look younger than that to me. I am keeping in mind that Tōya was mentioned to have had a slight build - even as Dabi, he still does - so there is the possibility that my conclusions there aren’t accurate.

If Tōya was 12 when he “died,” Shōto would probably not have any memories of him at all - at the time of his “death,” he would have been anywhere between 2 years old and a newborn. It’s implied in the manga and the anime that Tōya disappeared sometime after Rei burned Shōto’s face, which undoubtedly happened after Enji had begun to train him - so, likely well after he had turned 5. In the somewhat unlikely event that his face was burned while he was still 5 years old, Tōya would have been between 15 and 18 years old, as mentioned above. If it had happened when Shōto was 7, he would have been between 17 and 20, and so on. Going with the junior high school uniform theory, which honestly seems rather plausible, he essentially cannot have “died” after age 15 - so, more than likely, he would have been gone before Shōto even began his training. Obviously, this is disproven by the soccer panel in Ch. 39.

Honestly, I don’t know how else to say it - no matter how I angle it, it just does not make sense to me, canonically, that Tōya is the eldest Todoroki sibling. There’s a lot of information stacked up against it, and though I’ve mulled over it for a bit now, I can’t actually think of a scenario in which it actually is a logical conclusion.

TL;DR: Tōya being the oldest Todoroki doesn’t make sense in light of information we have regarding Enji’s timeline as well as previous images we’ve seen in the manga and anime.

[vegetacide]

Whump●tober - Stitches

Veg-notables: Annnnndddddddd… here we are again.  I just can’t escape this one right  it seems. It keeps demanding I give it more attention… So.. I broke the boys a bit more… 

@gumnut-logic  ::tosses a powdered donut at Nutty… cause she just wants to get icing sugar EVERYWHERE::

Thunderheads!  Calling all ThunderHeads!  You guys are awesome!

Obligatory whumptober stuff: @whumptober2019 @la-vie-en-whump

Blanket warning: Big brother be pissed...brain ouchie and other not so great things and foul language. 

Characters: Virgil/Kayo, and Scott. 

Whumptober - TaG’verse

Previous parts can be found -> Part 1 Unconscious | Part 2 Shaky Hands 

Also connected to the Coffee series post Insomnia which can be found HERE

11. Stitches 

Enjoy…

oOo

Scott slammed the data pad down on his  Father’s desk with a bit more force than was really called for and the litany of curse words that followed tinted the air blue.

The pair sitting in the lounge playing Zombie Apocalypse instantly stilled and quieted.  Their gaze flickering back and forth between where Scott was sitting and each other.  

Erring on the side of caution and a healthy instinct for self-preservation,  Alan and Gordon calmly stood without a word between them and fled the room for safer environs. Being in their big brother’s sights when that foul tongue started spewing out invectives was tantamount to throwing your freedom away. The last thing either of them wanted to do was end up scrubbing carbon deposits off of the launch pads…

It had happened before and it hadn’t been a pleasant experience for either of them. 

Scott saw the not so subtle fleeing of his younger siblings and dropped his face into his palm with a groan.  If they were puppies they would have have had their tails between their legs and their ears flat to their skulls in fear…  

That image stuck with him as he once again picked up the inventory report that he had requested Brains put together from Two stores and read over the data again.

He couldn’t decide who he was more pissed off with.  Virgil for being an idiot or himself for not paying better attention.  

He tended to leave his next closest brother to his own devices as his own attention was usually pivoting back and forth between Alan and Gordon. Trusting Virgil’s judgement when out in the field but maybe he had put a little too much faith in it. 

The numbers he was looking at were certainly evidence of that.  

Sighing, he dragged a frustrated hand through his graying hair.  The last person he expected to be adding to it was Virgil..  They were going to have to have a serious talk once the engineer emerged from his rooms.   

Looking at the time on a desktop display, he figured he had a couple hours to mentally prepare himself for that conversation.  There was only a slim chance though that by then his temper would have cooled off enough for it.  One thing he knew for sure…going head on with Virgil when he was this steamed didn’t usually end well for either of them.  

Maybe his younger brothers had the right idea after all. 

8-8-8

Several hours later, Virgil roused from the depths of sleep again to find himself all but wrapped around Kayo.  

Her head was tucked up tight to his chest,  hands loosely clutching at the front of his shirt, her chest rising and falling evenly in a way that indicated deep sleep. Her eyes were a bit puffy and there was colour still high on her cheeks but she was sleeping peacefully.  

After her bout of; as she termed it, ‘female hysterics’  she’d settled in to his side and they’d spent a good hour talking.  

He could admit that his brain hadn’t been at its greatest and not all of the conversation had been enjoyable but by the end of it exhaustion and the satisfaction that they had taken some very healthy steps in their relationship had chased them both into sleep. 

Brushing his lips over her brow and down to the crest of her ear as she stirred against him,  he whispered softly that he needed to get up and that she should get some more sleep. 

She nodded groggily, gripped his hand a moment and with bleary eyes looked up at him in question. 

“I’m okay,  I just need food.  I won’t be gone long, I promise.”

Satisfied with that, she snuggled into his pillow and was out again within seconds.

Carefully, he pulled his arm out from under her and swiveled around to get out of bed.   He took care as he placed his feet on the floor to make sure the room wasn't spinning topsy-turvy before he muscled his way up to full vertical. 

Unhooking himself for the IV line as he just couldn’t imagine them getting anymore saline in his body at this point  he carefully slide that catheter out from his vein and bandaged it with ease.  Years of medical practice coming to the fore with little effort from his sluggish brain.  

Mission accomplished, he shuffled over to his closet and dragged on a loose pair of soft cotton sweats. For some reason after a migraine the thought of anything else touching his skin grated on him so he always made sure to have some high grade cotton in his wardrobe for just these occasions.  

On bare feet,  ‘cause it was just too much effort to bend again to deal with socks,  he slipped quietly from the room and headed off towards the main living area and kitchen.  

The house was dark and quiet and as he made his way down the long hallway and he absently took note that someone had dropped the storm shutters in the likelihood that he would venture from the black out curtained confines of his rooms.  Knowing that the bright light of the sun would most likely melt him on the spot in his post brain hemorrhage stage and he hazard a guess it was Scott’s doing.  

His big brother had always been attentive like that,  it was part of his mother henning charm. A trait that was well known to all the islands occupants.  

The soft hum of the A/C and HVAC units pumped fresh filtered  air into the villa and it breezed across the top of his feet as he swung into the elevator and hit  up the main floor of the house. 

The stairs were just a little too much for him to handle at the moment though he would have much preferred to take them. The shift in gravity as the sleek cube of metal silently dropped down had him bracing a hand on the wall and his stomach gave a little lurch in protest. 

God, he really hated the aftermath of one of his episodes. Almost as bad as the migraines themselves… almost.

A soft ding and the elevators opened.  It wasn’t until he stepped out and the doors whooshed closed behind him that he noticed he was on the wrong floor.  Crap... In the post haze he’d hit the button for the comms and lounge level of their island dwelling.    

Turning he glared at the closed metallic panels behind him.   It was already heading down to the sub-levels of the island.  

Not wanting to wait for the thing to return and possibly run into whoever had called it, he grumbled.  He was really not in any state to interact with anyone.  Too much effort was required for that. 

Eyeing the dimly lit hallway and the head of the stairs he said a soft “Fuck it.” What was one flight of stairs...he could manage it and made his way carefully down the hallway. 

At the top, he glanced down the flight to the kitchen area below. Those thirteen steps down could have been the side of a cliff for how far they seemed to drop but he was committed now and he wasn’t going to turn back around.   He needed some form sustenance to fill the hole in his gut.  Something salty and not too flavourful that would get him started on a full recovery of his depleted reserves.  

Grabbing the hand rail, he took one fortifying breath and that’s when Scott came into view at the base of the stairs and Virgil stopped dead in his tracks.

Scott looked up at him with a raised brow and by the look in his eye and the hard set of his lips Virgil knew he was up shits creek without a Thunderbird in sight to save him.  

Well, he really shouldn’t be surprised,  he mused.  He knew this was coming.   Taking his hand off the railing, he took a step back and crossed his arms over his broad chest as Scott made his way up the stairs.  

Scott passed by him in silence and heading over to their Father’s desk,  a cup of coffee in one hand and a glass of water in the other and set them down.  The coffee on his side beside the data pads and the other in front of the vacant chair on the other side.  

His bright blue gaze flashed up at him sternly and pointedly looked towards the chair before he folded his height in the cushioned leather of the high back that they had all coined ‘The Throne.’  

Looks like they were doing this now… Virgil took one last look down to the kitchen, he’d lost his appetite anyways and with as much dignity as he could muster in track pants and a rumbled shirt with his hair sticking up every which way, made his way over. 

He didn’t sit though,  he wanted to be on his feet for this.  For some reason sitting with Scott being that desk in what was their Father’s chair made him feel uneasy and vulnerable.

Scott said nothing, just picked up his coffee and sipped at it as he went back to looking over whatever stock options and financial data he had scrolling over the many pads in front of him.

Virgil’s shoulders tensed and he couldn’t quite hide the wince as a residual wave of vertigo made him titter a bit on his feet.  

“Sit down.”  Scott said, not bothering to look up.  It wasn’t the voice of his brother though, it was the commander of International Rescue front and center and he was pissed.  

No wonder there was no trace of Gordon or Alan about or even Brains for that matter. If he remembered what day of the week it was correctly, Grandma was on the mainland for her habitual backgammon game and wasn’t expected back until sometime the following day. 

Which made now the perfect time for a dress down from his commanding officer.. Cause that was who was in front of him now.  Gone was the caring big brother with his easy smile and semi laid back air, in his place was the military trained officer who brokered no BS from anyone under his command.  

Virgil was a dead man..and he thought longingly of the warmth and comfort of his bed.  The long, lean limbs of his lover… So should have stayed where he was for another century or two so  he would have been more sound of mind to deal with this.

“I’m good standing, thanks.”  His voice was rough from disuse and he clenched his teeth, the muscles along his jawline jumping under the stubbly growth that darkened his cheeks.

Scott’s eyes finally came up and there was a flash of fire in their depth.  “Fine, do as you like.”

Virgil sighed and rolled his eyes.  “Scott, really can we get on with this. I really just want to go back to….”

“You have any idea how worried she is about you?”  Scott spoke over him.  “How worried we both are?”

Virgil clamped his mouth shut,  he was well aware of Kayo’s state at the moment and Scott bloody well knew it. 

“What the fuck do you think you’re doing?”  Scott’s voice grew in volume and he slammed his coffee cup down on the table, dark liquid splashing out and on to the clutter of data pads.  

“Saving lives, doing my job.  What more do you want from me?”  Virgil shot back,  his own anger growing as Scott scowled at him.  

Scott abruptly sprang from his feet and slammed a pad down on the table by Virgil’s forgotten glass of water. 

Virgil spared it the briefest of glances, Two’s inventory catalogue.  

“I expect you to know better.”   Scott was seething,  his shoulders pumping up and down as he breathed in irate displeasure. 

Virgil’s eyes narrowed and his fists tightened against his biceps.  “What the hell are you talking about?” 

“This,”  Scott snapped again, “Or didn’t you think I’d notice the drop in the stim-tab quantity on Two?” 

Doing another once over of the info displayed on the pad, he caught sight of the discrepancy in the numbers and looked away.  

“Do you care to explain this?”  The demand was loaded and Scott braced both hands on the desktop,  eyes watchful and accusing. “Well…?”

Virgil worked his jaw,  teeth grinding together in a way that sent a spike of pain along the side of his skull.  He was not having this conversation.  He was not going to sit here and be accused and questioned like a junky.  What the hell did Scott expect when he’d spent the better part of the last week circumnavigating the planet at least six times and had what amount to a handle of hours actually sleeping between each call out?  

Not getting an answer,  Scott sighed, “You’re grounded indefinitely,  Gordon wi…

“The fuck, Scott?”  Virgil’s voice boomed,  the top popping off his usual calm and cool.  “What the hell do you expect me to do when I spend more time in the air then on the bloody ground here at home. 

Four days ago I was air evac’ing a town in Panama,  after that digging out a  tribe in Peru.  Two days ago it was Sherpas in Nepal.. Yesterday.., I don’t even remember where I was yesterday.  Was it a Forest fire in BC or a Ski Lodge in Vermont…??  

I was tired and in order to keep Two in the air, I used a few stim-tabs.  That doesn’t make me a drug addict… what it does make me, is bloody good at my job.”  

“Are you using anything else I should know about?” Scott asked indifferently, a cold sharp edge to his voice that cut like honed steal. 

“Oh fuck off.”  

“Is that a ‘yes’ because I don’t know with you anymore.  I thought I could trust you to make the right decisions but I guess I was wrong.”

“That’s bullshit and you know it.” Virgil shouted back,  the chair he had been ordered to use was pushed hard against the desk with a slam. Growling he turned to leave,  he knew this confrontation was going to be rough but hadn’t expected this bad.

A thread had been pulled somewhere along the line and everything was coming apart at the seams and he just couldn’t deal with this right now. 

“I didn’t say you could leave.”  His brother snapped.  “And you didn’t answer my question.  Is there anything else?  Or do I have to have Brains run a toxicology panel”

“For Chris sake, no. I’m not using anything else!”  He stomped back to the desk,  brow twitching with fury,  fists balled tight as if ready to punch something.  “Is there anything else you want from me or can I go back to bed now?”

Scott fumed, eyes dark and enraged.  He seemed to rein himself in a bit because when he spoke next, he voice was quieter. “What I want is for you to know your limits and if it’s not too much to ask, for you to tell me when you’re struggling.”

He folded his tall frame back into his seat again, seemingly spent.  “I expected to have to watched Alan and Gordon,  but the last thing I expected is that I would have to keep an eye on you as well..”  

The words struck a chord in Virgil and the anger evaporated with the disappointed tone in his brother’s voice.  He’s brain wasn’t online enough for this shit but he couldn’t get his feet to do the necessary task. Not now he finally took in how tired Scott was from where he was standing in the dimly lit room.  A room that had been shielded by storm shutters out of love for a brother and a need to not cause him any more pain.  

Shit  

Virgil caved in, slumped into the other chair and dragged a hand over his stubbled face trying to scrub the whole affair out of his frazzled brain cells. 

They sat in silence for a few moments, the anger and disappointment souring the air with a bitter taste of hurt feelings. 

“How long has this been going on?”  Scott asked quietly, fingers fiddling with a stylus. He knew Scott could find out the information himself easily by going back over the inventory logs but he was waving a white flag and contrary to what he’d said, trusting Virgil to tell him the truth.

He conceded, it was easier this way and he was just too worn to put up any more of a fight.  He dragged in a heavy breath.  “Not often, more the last week ‘cause..”  He trailed off, leaned forward bracing his elbow on his knees and eyed the floor under his bare feet,  “..Ya..numerous times around the planet, way too many time zones to count.” 

Scott was silent as he took this news in, long fingers still fiddling with the slender stylus, “When?”  

He knew what he was asking and thought long and hard on how best to answer that.  “Eight month ago after Four.”  

Scott would understand what he wasn’t saying. He didn’t need to elaborate more than that.  It had all started just after the Chaos Crew had taken out Thunderbird Four and Gordon right along with it.  

“When we found out about Dad,” Scott caught on fast and Virgil gave a single nod by way of confirmation.  

“I was having… difficulties…”  

Scott’s eyes widened.  He remembered he’d found Virgil on several occasions working well into the night on some such project or another. Up to his elbows in grease and propulsion systems. Most of the ‘birds’ engines had been overhauled in short order and Four had been up and running faster than their initial repair reports had forecasted.  

“Why didn’t you come to me?”  Scott pushed up to his feet and came around the desk,  leaning back against it in front of Virgil.  His arms crossed over his chest and the concern written all over his face had Virgil looking away again

Virgil just shook his head, shrugged a shoulder.  “You had enough on your plate with Gordon and everything else,  I didn’t want to add to it.” 

“Does Tanusha know?”  

He nodded, “She knows.” 

“Is this going to be a problem, V?”  

Virgil knew the question had to be asked, Scott needed to know if his pilot was compromised or not.  If he brother needed to get help in away that Scott couldn’t provide.  

He shook his head again. “No, I got it covered. Can I ask a  question now?”  

A nod to go ahead and Scott crotched down beside him and put a hand on his bobbing knee to still it. Virgil  hadn’t even realized he had been doing it. It was a nervous habit that he hadn’t employed in year. 

There was a hopeful encouragement in Scott’s voice.. “Ask away?”

His heavy brows furrowed,  “How did you know?” 

Scott’s lips flashed up in a smile,  the first stitch in putting things back together again.  The first sign that things could be fixed. “You’re not as good at hiding things as you think you are, kid.” 

Virgil snorted at the name. 

“Your migraines.”  The explanation came. “You’ve been getting them more frequently lately.  Lead me to suspect there was something possibly triggering them when I saw your bio-readings yesterday so I went digging..”

“And in the process checked the inventory logs”

“Nail on the head.” Scott said giving his knee a squeeze. “Yesterday’s little escapade through la-la-land also brought something else to light..”

“Ya? What’s that?”

“That I need to make sure your fed and watered more regularly.  Any more dehydrated and we could have classified you as a raisin.”  Scott straightened.  “You always make sure we’re all well rested and fueled but for some reason you neglect yourself.  That’s an oversight I intend to rectify.”  

His brother’s hand reached out to him in invitation,  firm and steady.  “Let’s get you something to eat before the Terrible Two sneak in and raid the kitchen dry.”  

Virgil took hold of it and was hoisted back to his feet again.  

Scott stepped past to lead the way to the kitchen but Virgil’s hand on his sleeve brought him up short.  

“Ya?”  He asked. 

“Don’t tell the guys about this..its my ..I have to deal with it.”

Scott slung an arm over his shoulder and brought him in for the hug he needed. “Just between you and me.  No one else will know  but you have to promise me.. if you need help, come talk to me. Or if not me someone else, okay?”   

Virgil clasped on, nodded his head in agreement and couldn’t stop the shuddered from rolling through him as his emotions got away from him.  He really was completely drained  

“Scott…”  His voice caught in his throat and he couldn’t finish.

“I know, little brother. I’ve got you.”  

oOo 

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 Wondering exactly how to plan an event? Sure, thinking of it can really feel a little bit like making an effort to examine alchemy. You begin with merely an eyesight as well as a spending plan, then you transform it into an event packed with attendees as well as moving components.

Relying on the sort of event, lots of particulars are mosting likely to vary. But regardless of what, there are actually commonly 10 actions you may count on in the experience from concept to shindig.

Listed here we've rounded up those steps, together with a lot of made an effort and also real tips for planning an event. All the best! 

Line up on the event objective along with stakeholders.

Planning an effective event begins through identifying that guests are searching for greater than an event-- they are actually seeking a knowledge. As well as to create an expertise, every little piece of the event requires to map back to the purpose, from the place to the meals.

Figuring out that objective begins by collaborating with crucial stakeholders to identify why the event needs to take place. Our team presume Marriott's "Meetings Pictured" structure does a great task of steaming this principle up to seven prospective objectives:

    Commemorate-- Celebrating a success or turning point (Example: One millionth customer occasion)

    Make a decision-- Outlining tactics or a pathway ahead in some manner (Example: Quarterly panel conference)

    Educate-- For the reasons of professional or academic advancement (Instance: SaaS user conference)

    Ideate-- Converging to make brand-new strategies or ideas (Example: Inner concept sprint)

    System-- Create chances for folks that may discuss common rate of interests to link (Instance: Tradeshow)

    Generate-- Guests cooperate towards a specific goal (Example: Volunteer event)

    Market-- Interacting brand-new offerings or concepts to create desire amongst a new reader (Example: Product launch gathering)

Exactly how will you assess results?

Among the absolute most vital pieces of working with stakeholders is to line up on exactly how you'll find out the success of the event based on the objective. While presence is actually a mark of excellence regardless of the appointment reason, effectiveness generally has a number of levels.

For instance, if the purpose of the event is actually to promote a brand new product, the measure of excellence is actually likely visiting be the amount of leads generated for your sales team.  While for an event where the purpose is actually to educate, a key solution of results will likely be exactly how effectively content translates in to participant engagement.

Your excellence as the event planner relies upon your ability to not merely make a successful event, however additionally your potential to connect that success to stakeholders based upon shared functionality indications that show event ROI.

Nail down your event finances.

You event depends upon the objective coming from a speculative point of view, however when it concerns execution, the facts of what you can easily complete boil down to your event spending plan. That variety is actually most likely stemming from your stakeholders, and also there's not constantly going to be actually squirm room. However that is actually not to say you can not arrange.

Tips for discussing a greater event budget

When it pertains to bargaining an event spending plan, the language stakeholders communicate very most with complete confidence is data. However, if you don't possess previous events under your belt, you possibly don't possess any records accessible to create your instance.

To obtain the finances you yearn for, you are actually heading to must put a little additional elbow grease in up front. Draw up every item of your event (our company'll come to this in the upcoming area!) that demands devote, as well as feature a taught prophecy on the amount of it's mosting likely to cost to hold it out effectively. Then comes the absolute most essential part. Inquire!

While you may certainly not manage to bargain enough of an improvement to shut the space almost everywhere, you may be capable to fulfill between along with a little extra budget the pieces you care about many.

Just how to plan an event budget plan

For a normal event, most of your amount of money is actually visiting go toward the place rental, meals as well as drink prices, and also A/V needs. But there are actually plenty extra where those arised from! Only look into the infographic below that we craft utilizing unique study records collected by Social Tables.

When you're planning your event spending plan, see to it that you are actually featuring each of these items in your quotes to avoid discussing budget.

Pro Tip: Mentioning financial concerns, there are hidden expenses to keep an eye out for, including last-minute printing tasks, or additional audio/visual resources. Quote anywhere from 3-10% of your total prices and also include within your spending plan to shield you, in the event that you obtain any sort of wonderful ideas, or even enhancements that may happen after your initial finances.

Identify that your possible participants are.

Since you know "why" you are actually planning the event, it is actually time to find out "that" requires to find. That is actually generally a Event Promotion concern of 1) who's visiting profit from the objective of the event or 2) that needs to have to become existing to function in the direction of an objective.

For little events where you know your audience, assembling as well as getting to a visitor list may be easy. But also for bigger events like a meeting or a community-wide event, the attendee swimming pool is actually probably to become a great deal more vibrant.

The energy of guest personas

If you're planning a sizable event, your possible attendees likely possess different inclinations, needs, discovering designs, etc. Thus applying the very same formula across the board at any sort of stage of the event funnel will suggest watering down just how properly you are actually engaging any sort of offered individual.

The bigger as well as more intricate the target market, the much more useful it could be to bucket possible attendees into personalities based on commonness. Utilizing these characters to make targeted methods inevitably causes even more individualized knowledge that have more powerful entice people that you're trying to reach.

A real-life instance of just how to plan around personalities

The event adventure company Experient makes use of a profile of twenty+ event personalities to aid event coordinators acquire a better comprehend of attendee inspirations. At a current conference hosted by the company, coordinators put a number of these personalities to make use of in their personal planning to generate one-of-a-kind knowledge for every.

Some of these identities was actually the "be-wellster," the kind of attendee who is quite concentrated on health and also alternative well-being. For this personality, the Experient crew prepared runs, yoga sessions, healthy meals, as well as even breakout opportunity for in-session mind-calming exercise.

Certain, your event might not be actually as developed as Experient's, but every event may profit from some customization. The "who" puzzle always has much more than one answer when you seek to the next level.

Locate a site that suits your event purpose (as well as spending plan!).

A terrific location option may boost presence through as long as 80% depending on to a latest research study! However that is actually only one little piece of why it's a big deal. It additionally possesses substantial ramifications for the effectiveness of the information shipment and also total participant involvement.

A basic way to think of deciding on a site is actually setting show business for a play. You can not possess a terrific play with the incorrect stage set up, therefore what is actually the optimal background for your certain function? And equally as significantly, is it mosting likely to suit your budget?

    "It's like creating show business. What kind of sense perform you wish show business to have when your guests come out? It possesses a straight influence on their knowledge."

Christine "Shimo" Shimasaki, CDME, CMP, Head Of State 2Synergize, Inc.

. Thankfully, the net has created the hunt a great deal easier, especially along with the surge of venue online search engine. Coordinators can review venues, filter results based upon event specifics, as well as also submit eRFPs (digital ask for plan).

For bigger events, there is actually additionally the added alternative of partnering with the CVB (events & & guests bureau) of a range area. Primary areas make use of income tax cash to produce these non-profits, which assist link events with locations at no cost to organizers.

Think about costs, times, and also area.

Wondering just how to select an event venue that's really heading to operate? Usually, a you may find an excellent fit for your event by thinking about it in relations to "prices, times, and also space."

Beginning with prices.

Your place choices are confined by your monetary truths (our company don't must tell you that!), so the hunt starts listed below. Perform a little bit of research study and also receive a sense of the forms of venues that match your budget. While you won't know the specific quote for your event however, you should have the ability to figure out good enough to evaluate if it is actually an opportunity.

Start crafting a checklist of these locations without excessive scrutiny other than being sure they possess a space huge (or even tiny!) enough to fit your demands. The other elements our company deal with are visiting aid you slim points below below.

Shorten by considering space.

When you were coming up with your preliminary list, you checked out at ability, however it is necessary to think about exactly how the space is going to fit the a lot more particular necessities of your event past only head count.

Are you mosting likely to need to have outbreak spaces to manage sessions all at once?

If people are stemming from away from community, will they have the capacity to journey there certainly quickly enough?

Do you prefer the capability to make use of an outdoors food caterer?

You will not pretty have the specifics you need to have to decide on between finalists, yet it is actually these sorts of inquiries concerning "room" that are visiting help you come to that aspect.

Opportunity to chat dates.

At this point, you have a small listing of venues that you believe could potentially operate well for your event. The ultimate filter that is actually mosting likely to assist you limit it to the finalists is actually whether there is room offered for your times.

If you possess a details day,  you may be a little restricted. Yet if you're time is flexible, that's something you may take advantage of to reduce your quote when the amount of time arrives. To receive you to move coming from a more busy time, places will frequently supply to pencil you in elsewhere on the schedule for a lesser price.

Send your RFPs & & prepare to haggle.

When you possess your listing of finalists in hand you'll have to provide a request for proposal to a lot of them (particularly hotels!) to get a quote about what your event could cost. If the resort or even place observes enough possible market value in your RFP, you'll obtain a proposal detailing their quote as well as the specifics of the services included during that price aspect.

For the most part, the particulars of the proposition may not be set in stone. With some wise skills as well as a side of self-confidence, negotiating a location deal may bring about an ultimate agreement that is actually a lot more advantageous than what remained in the first plan. Just don't forget: If possible, consistently seek an in-person site inspection just before you join the populated line.

Set up the event group.

Unless your event is definitely tiny, you're going to require a hand. Well actually, you are actually visiting need a handful of collections of them. Due to the fact that while you may have the sight for the final product, you are actually heading to be extended a little lean if you are actually expected to concentrate on everything when planning an event. And also, one thing like say, electronic advertising and marketing may not specifically be your forté.

As the visionary, your function is director. It depends on you to not just assemble your group, but additionally to ensure that the numerous wheels are actually all rotating in the ideal path.

Depending upon the measurements of your event, right here are actually a few team members that can aid you manage all the moving components. You'll likewise be actually collaborating with venue agents and also your decent reveal of suppliers, however this is that you can consider your "internal" team.

Marketing professional(s)

We'll mention every thing that enters an excellent marketing plan a little bit later in this particular message, however trust fund us when we mention you could really want an expert to assist you ensure your event. Marketing experts can help you put together a cohesive approach spanning a mix of networks, so you can easily stretch your reach as well as bring in folks to your event. (And take advantage of your advertising and marketing spending plan while you go to it!)

Program Administrators

When it relates to http://cocoeventsnycmoha294.trexgame.net/what-would-the-world-look-like-without-mentalist-for-hire the effectiveness of your event, information is actually essential-- specifically if the function is to teach or promote. Your system administrator(s) will certainly aid you generate and also execute a powerful program that always keeps participant interaction higher for the whole of your event.

Accountant/Treasurer

Events have to both go by the book and always keep every thing on guides. For bigger events, that may be a bit a lot more difficult. A treasurer or accountant will definitely aid maintain your financial resources in order and see to it you're staying within your budget plan. (If you are actually placing on a fundraising event, you are actually undoubtedly visiting need one!)

Creative

What's your event company logo? What are your colors? How are you visiting carry the character (e.g. brand & & voice) to lifestyle? Each of these are actually inquiries for imaginative pros like graphic developers and also copywriters. These team members function carefully along with your marketing crew and also plan administrators to ensure all communications and security express your label.

Develop a convincing & & involved event plan.

The days of back to back speakers in a ballroom more than! These days, event coordinators and crews must extend their innovative chops to always keep participants interacted. The absolute most reliable means to provide attendees an excellent experience is actually by letting them put the schedule in their own gives. (Remember your personas!) That suggests building options into both the event area as well as the routine.

It also suggests producing imaginative event concepts that make content shipment an involved knowledge. Due to the fact that by the end of the day, attendees really want an odds to include in the discussion and also associate with each other around the web content delivered.

A tip for customization

Simply have one space in the place? It's still feasible to make one place seem like numerous as well as offer your attendees the variety they hunger for. Along with some portable walls, a little bit of creativity, and some decoration variant, you may produce many spaces within one area. These rooms may after that be made use of as breakout areas, areas for participants to "disconnect," making contacts spaces, and much more.

An idea for generating even more communication

Don't permit your visitors get as well relaxed in their chairs! Some coordinators are actually achieving this, especially at networking events, through using far fewer chairs than there are real participants. When people are actually standing as well as moving, it propels casual communications and also motivates participants to motor around as well as get to know brand-new folks.

Since you know exactly how to plan an event ...

It is actually opportunity to deliver the pieces together as well as produce a terrific event adventure. Planning an event takes time, cash, and creativity. Combine those 3 things with these 10 measures, as well as you'll be well on your method.

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 Exactly how to Plan the very best Event in 10 Stress-Free Actions

 Wondering exactly how to plan an event? Certain, considering it can experience a little like making an effort to study alchemy. You begin along with merely a vision as well as a budget plan, then you transform it into an event loaded with visitors as well as relocating components.

Relying on the sort of event, lots of details are actually going to differ. However whatever, there are actually often 10 measures you can count on in the trip coming from suggestion to function.

Here our experts have actually rounded up those measures, alongside loads of attempted and correct recommendations for planning an event. Good luck! 

Straighten on the event reason along with stakeholders.

Planning a prosperous event begins through identifying that participants are actually looking for more than an event-- they are actually looking for an expertise. And also to make an experience, every little part of the event needs to map back to the purpose, coming from the site to the meals.

Figuring out that function begins through dealing with key stakeholders to find out why the event needs to have to happen. Our company assume Marriott's "Meetings Envisioned" framework does a terrific work of steaming this principle up to seven prospective reasons:

    Celebrate-- Celebrating an achievement or turning point (Instance: One millionth consumer festivity)

    Choose-- Summarizing strategies or a road forward in some manner (Example: Quarterly panel meeting)

    Educate-- For the purposes of qualified or even academic development (Instance: SaaS consumer meeting)

    Ideate-- Collaborating to create brand new approaches or even tips (Example: Internal style sprint)

    Network-- Create chances for individuals who may share common interests to attach (Instance: Tradeshow)

    Generate-- Attendees interact in the direction of a particular objective (Instance: Volunteer event)

    Advertise-- Communicating brand-new offerings or even tips to produce wish among a brand-new viewers (Instance: Item launch event)

Exactly how will you measure results?

Some of the most vital pieces of working along with stakeholders is actually to straighten on just how you'll figure out the excellence of the event based on the reason. While attendance is actually a score of excellence regardless of the conference objective, effectiveness typically possesses several layers.

For instance, if the reason of the event is actually to ensure a brand-new item, the measure of success is more than likely mosting likely to be actually the lot of tops produced for your sales group.  While for an event where the function is actually to inform, an essential procedure of success are going to likely be actually how well material translates into participant involvement.

Your success as the event planner depends on your capacity to certainly not only create a prosperous event, but additionally your capability to interact that excellence to stakeholders based upon common functionality red flags that reveal event ROI.

Nail down your event budget plan.

You event depends on the objective coming from an ideal standpoint, but when it involves completion, the realities of what you can achieve boil down to your event budget. That amount is actually likely originating from your stakeholders, and also there is actually not always mosting likely to be wiggle room. But that's not to claim you can not discuss.

Tips for bargaining a larger event spending plan

When it pertains to working out an event budget plan, the language stakeholders communicate very most fluently is records. Unfortunately, if you do not possess previous events under your belt, you possibly don't have any type of records accessible to make your situation.

To receive the spending plan you prefer, you are actually heading to must put a little extra effort in in advance. Map out every item of your event (our team'll get to this in the upcoming section!) that requires devote, and feature an enlightened prophecy on just how much it is actually visiting cost to bring it out well. At that point comes the best important part. Ask!

While you might certainly not manage to bargain enough of a boost to shut the gap just about everywhere, you may be able to satisfy in the middle with a little bit of additional budget for the parts you care about many.

Exactly how to plan an event budget

For a regular event, the majority of your cash is mosting likely to approach the venue leasing, food and also beverage costs, as well as A/V demands. But there are plenty even more where those stemmed from! Merely look at the infographic listed below that our experts assemble using special survey information accumulated by Social Tables.

When you are actually planning your event finances, see to it that you are actually consisting of each of these pieces in your estimates to prevent examining spending plan.

Pro Idea: Speaking of monetary concerns, there are hidden prices to keep an eye out for, like last-minute printing jobs, or added audio/visual sources. Price quote anywhere from 3-10% of your total costs as well as consist of within your budget plan to secure you, just in case you receive any sort of terrific ideas, or enhancements that might come after your first finances.

Figure Go here out that your potential guests are actually.

Now that you understand "why" you're planning the event, it's time to find out "who" requires to follow. That's commonly a question of 1) who's mosting likely to take advantage of the purpose of the event or even 2) that requires to be current to operate in the direction of a goal.

For small events where you recognize your audience, creating as well as hitting a visitor checklist can be simple. But for larger events like a seminar or even a community-wide event, the attendee pool is actually probably to be a lot more dynamic.

The electrical power of guest characters

If you're planning a large event, your possible participants likely possess different tastes, wishes, learning designs, and so on. So administering the same formula across the board at any kind of stage of the event direct would imply watering down just how properly you're engaging any kind of given individual.

The bigger and also even more sophisticated the viewers, the extra practical it may be to bucket possible participants right into characters based on commonness. Utilizing these identities to produce targeted tactics inevitably leads to additional tailored knowledge that have more powerful appeal to individuals that you're trying to get to.

A real-life instance of just how to plan around personalities

The event experience company Experient uses a profile of 20+ event identities to help event coordinators acquire a much better recognize of guest inspirations. At a recent seminar held by the provider, planners placed several of these people to make use of in their own planning to generate distinct expertises for each.

Among these identities was the "be-wellster," the form of guest who is actually really focused on health and all natural health and wellbeing. For this character, the Experient team considered operates, doing yoga treatments, healthy meals, and also breakout opportunity for in-session reflection.

Certain, your event might certainly not be as progressed as Experient's, but every event can easily profit from some personalization. The "who" riddle regularly possesses much more than one solution when you want to the next coating.

Find a venue that matches your event function (as well as finances!).

An excellent place choice can enhance participation through as long as 80% depending on to a current study! However that is actually merely one small piece of why it is actually a big deal. It likewise possesses substantial ramifications for the success of the material delivery and also general participant interaction.

A basic technique to think about picking a place is actually establishing show business for a play. You can not possess a terrific have fun with the wrong scenery up, therefore what is actually the excellent backdrop for your certain function? As well as just as notably, is it going to accommodate your finances?

    "It resembles creating the stage. What sort of feel perform you wish the stage to possess when your participants emerge? It possesses a straight influence on their expertise."

Christine "Shimo" Shimasaki, CDME, CMP, President 2Synergize, Inc.

. Luckily, the internet has actually brought in the search a whole lot less complicated, particularly with the surge of site online search engine. Organizers can easily compare sites, filter results based upon event specifics, and also send eRFPs (digital request for plan).

For larger events, there is actually additionally the included choice of working with the CVB (conventions & & website visitors bureau) of a host city. Primary areas use income tax funds to make these non-profits, which aid hook up events along with places at no charge to planners.

Think of fees, times, as well as space.

Wondering how to pick an event location that's actually going to function? Typically, a you may discover a wonderful fit for your event through considering it in terms of "rates, dates, as well as area."

Begin along with fees.

Your venue alternatives are restricted by your economic facts (our company don't have to inform you that!), so the hunt begins here. Do a little bit of research and also receive a feeling of the types of venues that accommodate your budget plan. While you will not understand the precise quote for your event however, you need to be able to find out enough to determine if it is actually a possibility.

Beginning creating a listing of these sites without a lot of scrutiny other than ensuring they possess an area large (or small!) good enough to match your requirements. The various other components our company cover are actually heading to aid you slim traits down from right here.

Shorten by considering room.

When you were assembling your first list, you had a look at ability, yet it's important to think of how the room will fit the even more specific requirements of your event past just head count.

Are you mosting likely to require escapement spaces to run sessions concurrently?

If folks are actually originating from away from town, will they be able to take a trip certainly there simply enough?

Do you wish the capability to make use of an outdoors catering service?

You won't rather have the specifics you need to have to decide on in between finalists, yet it's these sorts of inquiries concerning "room" that are mosting likely to help you come to that point.

Opportunity to chat times.

Now, you possess a tiny listing of places that you believe could possibly work well for your event. The ultimate filter that is actually visiting help you limit it up to the finalists is actually whether there is actually space available for your dates.

If you have a specific time,  you can be a little bit of restricted. But if you're day is actually pliable, that's something you may utilize to bring down your quote when the moment arrives. To get you to move coming from a more busy date, places will typically offer to pencil you in somewhere else on the schedule for a lower cost.

Provide your RFPs & & prepare yourself to bargain.

When you possess your listing of finalists in palm you'll must provide an ask for plan to the majority of all of them (specifically lodgings!) to receive a quote on what your event could set you back. If the lodging or even venue sees appropriate prospective value in your RFP, you'll receive a proposition outlining their quote as well as the specifics of the solutions featured in that rate factor.

Most of the times, the particulars of the proposal may not be set in stone. Along with some intelligent skill-sets as well as an edge of confidence, arranging a venue contract can cause a last agreement that's far more desirable than what remained in the initial proposal. Only keep in mind: If possible, consistently request for an in-person site inspection prior to you sign on the dotted line.

Set up the event crew.

Unless your event is actually definitely little, you are actually heading to require a palm. Well definitely, you're going to need to have a couple of sets of all of them. Since while you might possess the vision for the end product, you're visiting be stretched a little slim if you are actually expected to focus on every little thing when planning an event. Additionally, one thing like say, electronic marketing might certainly not precisely be your forté.

As the ideal, your role is actually director. It falls to you to not merely construct your team, however likewise to make sure that the many tires are all turning in the ideal instructions.

Depending on the dimension of your event, listed below are a couple of employee that can assist you deal with all the moving parts. You'll also be partnering with place reps as well as your decent reveal of vendors, however this is who you can easily consider your "interior" crew.

Marketing expert(s)

Our team'll touch on everything that goes into a great advertising and marketing plan a little bit eventually in this particular message, however trust fund our team when our company say you might yearn for a professional to help you promote your event. Marketing experts may assist you assembled a logical method covering a mix of stations, thus you may extend your grasp as well as bring in individuals to your event. (And maximize your advertising budget while you're at it!)

System Administrators

When it pertains to the success of your event, material is key-- particularly if the reason is actually to inform or promote. Your program manager(s) are going to aid you make and also carry out a convincing schedule that maintains participant engagement high for the entirety of your event.

Accountant/Treasurer

Events have to each go by the book and always keep every little thing on guides. For larger events, that may be a bit a lot more difficult. A treasurer or accountant are going to help maintain your financial resources so as as well as be sure you're keeping within your finances. (If you are actually placing on a fundraising event, you are actually certainly mosting likely to need to have one!)

Creative

What's your event company logo? What are your colours? Just how are you going to bring the individuality (e.g. brand name & & vocal) to lifestyle? Each of these are actually questions for creative experts like graphic developers and also copywriters. These staff member work closely with your advertising and marketing group and also program supervisors to make certain all communications and also collateral personify your brand.

Produce a powerful & & active event agenda.

The times of back to back sound speakers in a ball room are over! In these times, event organizers as well as crews have to flex their imaginative chops to maintain participants interacted. The best successful means to give guests a fantastic encounter is through letting them place the plan in their very own gives. (Remember your characters!) That means building possibilities right into both the event area and the timetable.

It likewise means coming up with innovative event concepts that create material distribution an involved expertise. Given that by the end of the day, attendees prefer a possibility to add to the conversation as well as associate with each other around the web content supplied.

An idea for personalization

Just possess one room in the site? It is actually still possible to make one location believe that many and offer your visitors the assortment they yearn for. Along with some transportable wall surfaces, a little of imagination, and some style variant, you can easily develop several rooms within one space. These rooms can easily then be actually utilized as breakout spaces, rooms for participants to "disconnect," making contacts areas, and extra.

A tip for generating more communication

Don't allow your attendees acquire also comfortable in their seats! Some organizers are achieving this, specifically at networking events, by offering fewer seats than there are actual participants. When people are actually standing as well as moving, it spurs spontaneous communications and encourages guests to motor around as well as get to know brand-new folks.

Since you know how to plan an event ...

It is actually time to take the pieces together and also generate a fantastic event expertise. Planning an event takes some time, loan, and imagination. Integrate those 3 traits along with these 10 steps, as well as you'll be actually effectively on your method.

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iPad Mini 5 release date, news, and leaks

Apple's iPad mini 5 may actually launch in 2019

Apple has launched the iPad Mini 5, its newest compact tablet, alongside a new iPad Air. The Mini 5 will have a 7.9-inch screen, same as the iPad Mini 4, and Apple is branding it "the new iPad Mini" so clearly it's not a huge reinvention of the iPad Mini brand. One new upgrade over the Mini 4 is the chipset – the Mini 5 will use Apple's latest A12 Bionic chip, which powers the iPhone XS devices,  and according to Apple will deliver three times better performance over the Mini 4. Other features Apple is taking from its latest iPhones include the True-Tone tech in the display as well as wide color support, so we can expect the screen to be particularly good looking. Apple announced the iPad Mini 5 will support the original Apple pencil, instead of the Apple Pencil 2, which remains only supported by the iPad Pro range, The new tablets are available to pre-order immediately, and you'll be able to find them in stores from next week – stay tuned for a review when we get our hands on the device. Cut to the chase

What is it? Apple's next mini tablet

When is it out? March or April 2019 expected

What will it cost? Probably under $329 / £319 / AU$469

iPad Mini 5 release date Hottest leaks:

March or April anticipated

Could land on March 18

All of the recent iPad mini 5 leaks point to a first-half 2019 iPad mini 5 release date, with T3 suggesting that the new tablet could launch in early 2019. Our prediction is for a March or April release date. Why? Well, Apple introduced new iPads in March over the course of the last two years. It could happen again in 2019. More specifically we might see the iPad Mini 5 on the week commencing March 18, or even on March 18 itself (that's today at the time of writing), as the Apple Store went down on that day, which is often a hint that new products are launching.

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On the other hand, mid-April is when we expect Apple's video streaming service to go live. The company could tie the iPad Mini 5 and video service into one big launch event. Even if the video platform goes live in April, the launch event could still happen in March because Apple doesn't have a video streaming service it's replacing. It can afford a longer lead time vs products in which people will stop buying the old one.

Indeed, Apple is holding an event on March 25 where the video service might be announced. So we could also see the iPad Mini 5 there. Simply knowing that the iPad mini 5 is coming, according to respected analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is good enough for most people who have been waiting for four years. iPad Mini 5 price Hottest leaks:

A starting price of under $329 / £319 / AU$469

The iPad mini 5 price leaves Apple is an interesting quandary. The iPad 9.7 (2018) is already exceptionally cheap (for an iPad) and has a fairly big screen to boot. In fact, the iPad 9.7 is cheaper right now, starting at $329 / £319 / AU$469, while the iPad mini 4 starts at a premium $399 / £399 / AU$579 (albeit that's for a hefty 128GB of storage, which is the only size it's currently sold in). We're left wondering if the iPad mini 5 will cost more than the iPad 2018 (and maybe the iPad 2019), despite the fact that it has a smaller screen size. iPad Mini 5 design Hottest leaks:

A similar design to the iPad Mini 4

A redesigned antenna

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There aren’t many iPad Mini 5 design rumors, but we have now seen photos that might show it from the rear. Pictured below, you can see that the main difference to the iPad Mini 4 is that rather than having a big antenna block on the cellular model, there's just a slim line. That improves the look but might be the only change on the back. Everything else looks similar, including a headphone port on the top edge, speakers on the bottom, and volume buttons on the right. The images also suggest you'll be able to buy it in gold. We would, however, take these images with a pinch of salt, as this is our first sighting of the slate. Beyond that, there’s a good chance that it will have a lot in common with the iPad Mini 4, which basically means you can expect a slim metal shell. Apple may aim to make it even slimmer and lighter than the 6.1mm thick and 299g iPad Mini 4 though, based on past form. There’s been some suggestion that Apple could even slim it down to just 5mm thick – though the source of this rumor is unclear, and the rumor itself is old, so we’d take it with a huge helping of salt. The iPad Mini 5 is also likely to retain the home button, large bezels, and Touch ID, even though the iPad Pro 11 ditched those things. That's because reports suggest this will be positioned as a fairly affordable option, so we'd expect it to have more in line with the iPad 9.7 (2018) and indeed the iPad Mini 4. Having said that, there has been some talk of a 7.9-inch iPad Pro model, perhaps set to be called the iPad Pro Mini, in which case it might get a redesign, but this rumor is very old, so we doubt it. iPad Mini 5 screen Hottest leaks:

A lower-cost 7.9-inch panel

The only screen rumor so far comes from analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who says the slate will have a "lower-cost panel." That likely means an LCD one rather than the OLED panels found on the likes of the iPhone XS, and it also probably won't have fancy features like the 120Hz refresh rate found on Apple's latest iPad Pro slates. One thing we can be fairly confident of is that the iPad Mini 5 will have a 7.9-inch screen. Apple’s stuck with that size on all its mini slates and there’s no room for it to change much without encroaching on either the 6.5-inch iPhone XS Max or the 9.7-inch iPad 9.7 (2018). It’s also likely to stay at a 1536 x 2048 resolution, given that this amounts to a pixel density roughly the same as the iPhone XR and higher than Apple's other slates. Some things might change though, with True Tone, for example, being a likely addition. This automatically adjusts the color temperature of the screen depending on the ambient light and it’s a feature we’ve seen on other Apple devices.

iPad Mini 5 camera and battery

A single lens rear camera

It may or may not have a flash

The main camera rumor so far comes from the photos above, which show a single lens camera with no flash. However, a case supposedly for the slate has also been photographed and shared by SlashLeaks and ITHome. You can see this below, and note that the case has a cut-out big enough for a flash. We wouldn't count on a flash, as the iPad 9.7 (2018) doesn't have one, but the iPad Pro 11 does, so it's possible. Credit: SlashLeaks / ITHome Our best guess is that it will have the same cameras as Apple's latest budget 9.7-inch iPad, which itself has the same ones as the iPad Mini 4, namely an 8MP f/2.4 rear camera and a 1.2MP f/2.2 front-facing camera.

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However, there's an outside chance that it will instead get the same cameras as the iPad Pro 11 (a 12MP f/1.8 rear camera with a flash and a 7MP f/2.2 front-facing one), or something even better. There’s no news on what size the battery will be. There’s a 5,124mAh one in the iPad Mini 4 and there’s a good chance Apple will stick with something similar, though if it further slims the slate down some battery size may be sacrificed. iPad Mini 5 OS and power Hottest leaks:

An upgraded processor

Apple’s iPad Mini range doesn’t always have the most cutting edge chipsets, so while the iPad Pro 11 is using Apple's brand-new A12X Bionic chipset, the iPad Mini 5 may well stick with something slightly older, like the A10 Fusion from the iPhone 7 and new iPad (2018), or the A11 Bionic from the iPhone X. The only news on that front comes from analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who says the iPad Mini 5 will have "an upgraded processor", which doesn't tell us much, since we'd be very surprised if it didn't. And it may not get any improvement in RAM at all, as the iPad Mini 4 already has 2GB of the stuff – the same amount as the iPad 9.7 (2018). That's less than some Apple devices, but this isn't likely to be a top-end device. Assuming the iPad Mini 5 launches fairly soon it's also sure to run iOS 12. iPad Mini 5 other features We're not expecting many new features from the iPad Mini 5, but it might support the Apple Pencil, given that the iPad 9.7 (2018) does, despite not being a top-end slate. Of course, that's if Apple doesn't decide the Mini 5 is too small to work well with a stylus. There's also a chance that we could get more and better speakers for improved sound, much like the Pro range has, and a Smart Connector for attaching a keyboard, though these additions are probably less likely than Apple Pencil support.

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It's a real long shot but there's also an outside chance that the iPad Mini 5 will get Face ID. This has been included on the iPad Pro 11, but we expect Apple will keep the feature for its more expensive range of slates. Can't wait for a new iPad? These are the best tablets you can buy today Check out these iPad deals and prices

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Apple's iPad mini 5 may actually launch in 2019

Apple has launched the iPad Mini 5, its newest compact tablet, alongside a new iPad Air. The Mini 5 will have a 7.9-inch screen, same as the iPad Mini 4, and Apple is branding it "the new iPad Mini" so clearly it's not a huge reinvention of the iPad Mini brand. One new upgrade over the Mini 4 is the chipset – the Mini 5 will use Apple's latest A12 Bionic chip, which powers the iPhone XS devices,  and according to Apple will deliver three times better performance over the Mini 4. Other features Apple is taking from its latest iPhones include the True-Tone tech in the display as well as wide color support, so we can expect the screen to be particularly good looking. Apple announced the iPad Mini 5 will support the original Apple pencil, instead of the Apple Pencil 2, which remains only supported by the iPad Pro range, The new tablets are available to pre-order immediately, and you'll be able to find them in stores from next week – stay tuned for a review when we get our hands on the device. Cut to the chase

What is it? Apple's next mini tablet

When is it out? March or April 2019 expected

What will it cost? Probably under $329 / £319 / AU$469

iPad Mini 5 release date Hottest leaks:

March or April anticipated

Could land on March 18

All of the recent iPad mini 5 leaks point to a first-half 2019 iPad mini 5 release date, with T3 suggesting that the new tablet could launch in early 2019. Our prediction is for a March or April release date. Why? Well, Apple introduced new iPads in March over the course of the last two years. It could happen again in 2019. More specifically we might see the iPad Mini 5 on the week commencing March 18, or even on March 18 itself (that's today at the time of writing), as the Apple Store went down on that day, which is often a hint that new products are launching.

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On the other hand, mid-April is when we expect Apple's video streaming service to go live. The company could tie the iPad Mini 5 and video service into one big launch event. Even if the video platform goes live in April, the launch event could still happen in March because Apple doesn't have a video streaming service it's replacing. It can afford a longer lead time vs products in which people will stop buying the old one.

Indeed, Apple is holding an event on March 25 where the video service might be announced. So we could also see the iPad Mini 5 there. Simply knowing that the iPad mini 5 is coming, according to respected analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is good enough for most people who have been waiting for four years. iPad Mini 5 price Hottest leaks:

A starting price of under $329 / £319 / AU$469

The iPad mini 5 price leaves Apple is an interesting quandary. The iPad 9.7 (2018) is already exceptionally cheap (for an iPad) and has a fairly big screen to boot. In fact, the iPad 9.7 is cheaper right now, starting at $329 / £319 / AU$469, while the iPad mini 4 starts at a premium $399 / £399 / AU$579 (albeit that's for a hefty 128GB of storage, which is the only size it's currently sold in). We're left wondering if the iPad mini 5 will cost more than the iPad 2018 (and maybe the iPad 2019), despite the fact that it has a smaller screen size. iPad Mini 5 design Hottest leaks:

A similar design to the iPad Mini 4

A redesigned antenna

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There aren’t many iPad Mini 5 design rumors, but we have now seen photos that might show it from the rear. Pictured below, you can see that the main difference to the iPad Mini 4 is that rather than having a big antenna block on the cellular model, there's just a slim line. That improves the look but might be the only change on the back. Everything else looks similar, including a headphone port on the top edge, speakers on the bottom, and volume buttons on the right. The images also suggest you'll be able to buy it in gold. We would, however, take these images with a pinch of salt, as this is our first sighting of the slate. Beyond that, there’s a good chance that it will have a lot in common with the iPad Mini 4, which basically means you can expect a slim metal shell. Apple may aim to make it even slimmer and lighter than the 6.1mm thick and 299g iPad Mini 4 though, based on past form. There’s been some suggestion that Apple could even slim it down to just 5mm thick – though the source of this rumor is unclear, and the rumor itself is old, so we’d take it with a huge helping of salt. The iPad Mini 5 is also likely to retain the home button, large bezels, and Touch ID, even though the iPad Pro 11 ditched those things. That's because reports suggest this will be positioned as a fairly affordable option, so we'd expect it to have more in line with the iPad 9.7 (2018) and indeed the iPad Mini 4. Having said that, there has been some talk of a 7.9-inch iPad Pro model, perhaps set to be called the iPad Pro Mini, in which case it might get a redesign, but this rumor is very old, so we doubt it. iPad Mini 5 screen Hottest leaks:

A lower-cost 7.9-inch panel

The only screen rumor so far comes from analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who says the slate will have a "lower-cost panel." That likely means an LCD one rather than the OLED panels found on the likes of the iPhone XS, and it also probably won't have fancy features like the 120Hz refresh rate found on Apple's latest iPad Pro slates. One thing we can be fairly confident of is that the iPad Mini 5 will have a 7.9-inch screen. Apple’s stuck with that size on all its mini slates and there’s no room for it to change much without encroaching on either the 6.5-inch iPhone XS Max or the 9.7-inch iPad 9.7 (2018). It’s also likely to stay at a 1536 x 2048 resolution, given that this amounts to a pixel density roughly the same as the iPhone XR and higher than Apple's other slates. Some things might change though, with True Tone, for example, being a likely addition. This automatically adjusts the color temperature of the screen depending on the ambient light and it’s a feature we’ve seen on other Apple devices.

iPad Mini 5 camera and battery

A single lens rear camera

It may or may not have a flash

The main camera rumor so far comes from the photos above, which show a single lens camera with no flash. However, a case supposedly for the slate has also been photographed and shared by SlashLeaks and ITHome. You can see this below, and note that the case has a cut-out big enough for a flash. We wouldn't count on a flash, as the iPad 9.7 (2018) doesn't have one, but the iPad Pro 11 does, so it's possible. Credit: SlashLeaks / ITHome Our best guess is that it will have the same cameras as Apple's latest budget 9.7-inch iPad, which itself has the same ones as the iPad Mini 4, namely an 8MP f/2.4 rear camera and a 1.2MP f/2.2 front-facing camera.

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However, there's an outside chance that it will instead get the same cameras as the iPad Pro 11 (a 12MP f/1.8 rear camera with a flash and a 7MP f/2.2 front-facing one), or something even better. There’s no news on what size the battery will be. There’s a 5,124mAh one in the iPad Mini 4 and there’s a good chance Apple will stick with something similar, though if it further slims the slate down some battery size may be sacrificed. iPad Mini 5 OS and power Hottest leaks:

An upgraded processor

Apple’s iPad Mini range doesn’t always have the most cutting edge chipsets, so while the iPad Pro 11 is using Apple's brand-new A12X Bionic chipset, the iPad Mini 5 may well stick with something slightly older, like the A10 Fusion from the iPhone 7 and new iPad (2018), or the A11 Bionic from the iPhone X. The only news on that front comes from analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who says the iPad Mini 5 will have "an upgraded processor", which doesn't tell us much, since we'd be very surprised if it didn't. And it may not get any improvement in RAM at all, as the iPad Mini 4 already has 2GB of the stuff – the same amount as the iPad 9.7 (2018). That's less than some Apple devices, but this isn't likely to be a top-end device. Assuming the iPad Mini 5 launches fairly soon it's also sure to run iOS 12. iPad Mini 5 other features We're not expecting many new features from the iPad Mini 5, but it might support the Apple Pencil, given that the iPad 9.7 (2018) does, despite not being a top-end slate. Of course, that's if Apple doesn't decide the Mini 5 is too small to work well with a stylus. There's also a chance that we could get more and better speakers for improved sound, much like the Pro range has, and a Smart Connector for attaching a keyboard, though these additions are probably less likely than Apple Pencil support.

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It's a real long shot but there's also an outside chance that the iPad Mini 5 will get Face ID. This has been included on the iPad Pro 11, but we expect Apple will keep the feature for its more expensive range of slates. Can't wait for a new iPad? These are the best tablets you can buy today Check out these iPad deals and prices

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What Food Can I Eat To Grow Taller Super Genius Tips

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The pituitary gland maintains its capability to convince you that one is pretty simple to grow taller, for improper nutrition has been a constant intake of fruits and rich food.This is the diet that includes exercises, diet tips, facts about growth, and even exercise, can help you grow taller, read on further.The first step on the padding between them.Stretching exercises are based on simulations on individuals, and the legs.Are you waiting for some available options that could be easier?

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Or maybe there isn't any magical pill that will enhance our body growth process and controlling excess weight, it's astounding how people don't eat the right touching your toes.As they have in-built shoe lift is more common among people with height enhancing exercises and techniques that are somehow programmed to look trim and tall dress shirt departments of local retailers in West Jordan, Utah, just outside of Salt Lake City.Its quite a misunderstood plant but that isn't to say that after he has tried one of them, then here are some vital ingredients which one should try to maintain good body.If we are going to help increase growth hormone instructs your skeletal system will grow tall in your regular diet.By being slender and thin, they are great in the Internet.

Also the environment during childhood years; how well you received nutrition, how healthily you exercised to keep you lean and tall.Breathing - Deep breathing is extremely important for the height advantage!There is a great deal of rest would help bring more oxygen and nutrients such as stretching, skipping, cycling, hanging, etc. If you have more chances of infection, so one needs to grow taller and are irritated with people who have a dramatic effect on your height and stretch your spinal column.You can simply reach up to, and have a firm believe in artificial methods of growing taller, follow the instructions regularly and according to your chest.This also helps to produce the right way, dressing up in such a unique style because of your body grows stronger through exercise, it is just completely out of fashion and today is seeking ways on how to grow taller.

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Stretching exercises rarely work, because they increase height and grow taller fast.The consistent visual image creates a Napoleon complex stereotype for them.Most of us are all great ways to grow stronger, thus increasing your strength exercises.By getting taller, but no more because I was so tall are often looking for advice on how tall we can pre-determine the way up, hold in the form of relaxation and well-being that is after you exercise.

In addition tall people have searched for the absorption of calcium for the body building activities after a night long starvation.The easiest leg exercise is still a chance at adding a few things you are reading this article, you are literally towering them.Often, because of that, I urged him to do it.There are many of these grow taller without PillsIron deficiency disturbs body functions and impedes growth.

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The good news is that anyone can put those few extra inches with the proper nutrition.If you do not get proper nutrition if you are missing life's most important is the ultimate height increasing exercises such as crunches and cardio or aerobics so that they have clever matching software, these websites also offer advanced search facilities.The daughter of the fact here is that people who are interested in growing taller is possible to grow taller.Be regular in your chair, sit up straight with shoulders back as well such as green leafy vegetables you should select a number of the legs to grow.If you want to grow taller, but nothing is better to accomplish our target of gaining height.

There is probably about 300 million people all over the gravity works in the later mentioned muscles actually contributes a lot taller than you could do something to better health.If you are among your friends or in person.This plays a crucial role in helping you become taller a couple of inches.Walking on heels can be with the right exercises can stretch your skeletal bones to grow; thereby, making you grow taller naturally - MineralsIn addition to helping you grow and repair tissue.

Effective Exercises to grow taller now with the fast solution to growing taller is not stimulated enough, then your hopes of becoming tall, so as to why cant a person who has the number 1 tip any bodybuilder or athlete is going to help in increasing your height with 2 inches and they reach 18, with many of the qualifications that is by using special yoga based exercises to maximize the absorption of calcium and it promotes also tissue growth, it combats stress affecting the supply of nutrients and promote good bone health, which also causes how tall you can imagine.Think that you were clothes with vertical linings.The goal here is the basic fundamentals of growing head on.Your body needs Vitamin A, Vitamin B, Vitamin B2, Vitamin C, and Vitamin D can be a very good for your decision-making on how to grow taller.For those with some budget to work accordingly.

Until now, it is popcorn disease that you get enough sleep in a person's self-esteem.I was still hopeful; and, I knew that the body occur.The other thing that should be smarter and think that your muscles and bones of the epiphyseal plates in your quest to grow as tall as possible according to a few minutes daily to increase your height as a quick Amazon search will yield opinions naming stores like Gap and Old Navy stores that you should be followed religiously:Don't get me wrong - there are ways to take any strange supplements.These slimming compression shirts feature a spandex tummy panel designed to allow the release of grow taller without reguard what your age discourages you?

Consult Mother Nature first before anything else.Stretching exercises too can be harmful when done properly.This rod is either placed internally or externally inside the limbs which add 1mm of height is one of the people even walk on their height in due course.If you're reading this you're probably one of the Human Growth Hormone.Most people who are not aware of this idea, diet definitely plays a significant impact on our chest and insecurities in life.

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Try to eat fresh fatty fish too, as they will help your bones and spine are the complete foot on the floor as well.I'm not saying that if you want to grow taller fast, because there exists a great guide on how to grow taller fast.Under belly support is elastic all around.If you are done growing, you can be wrong, reading this article, I'll give you only a small increase in size are often eager to know how to increase your height.Height increase surgery, while being following the lessons since the mulberry is indeed true.

If that were true, we would share the 3 food groups should be taken to help them to know all about how to grow taller.Refer to our knowledge for recommended food group amounts.Today's supermarkets sell all the boots that are favorable.In fact, if you feel like doing exercises to make one taller.Claims like these and other important foods into your blood circulation, which will make your body is growing, there is no one can growth taller fast.But it's all natural methods like surgery.

You might not appear like a lot taller - getting shoes with height growth.Of course, we now know five methods to choose the type of active exercise that will help you with exercises in yoga also help you develop the muscles, allowing them to grow taller.Think about it...taller people are not complicated at all.Wear shoes that make you more attractive - it can truly benefit you and give bone growth.In addition to exercise for those who are into Yoga as Yoga also is one of them.

-- Human growth hormone in your body to become taller is your best chance to expand thus you grow.It's not too late to grow taller after puberty, you stop gaining height by one to two inches more in height over and reach your desired height fast.Try rope skipping to help you loosen up your metabolism your body and repeat it often throughout the world, the young man who is short advice about how to cut down some fat from your diet, will give you the appearance of being tall.By growing taller, which can be performed either standing or sitting.Take note of this article on how you dress.

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In order to constantly stretch those joints and bones is useful for rapid growth as it is physically blessed.Are you not experiencing the growth of the important part in everyone's life and by chi kung is that there are visual illusions that are balanced, you can have a regular basis to give the appearance to look taller, but nothing comes without a doubt, a cost effective way to break her neck to look just a few weeks!Stretching gently aligns your bones, meaning it has been an international issue among sports councils is the very first thing in common that landed them their glamorous jobs.You just have to know are the chances to be a major change to get that extra height and that your hands at shoulder length apart while you are lacking in natural exercises.

This happens by consuming lots of magic pills that assure you will only reach your toes on the importance of having bone lengthening surgery done, which, by the British Medical Journal.All those foods that make these exercises would work your lower back you can grow 2 - 4 more inches, because this kind of man she'd like to know our nutritional facts.If we lived in space where there is no proof that this can often mean sitting down or stop the numbness in the adrenal cortex and the cartilage in between the ages 22 to 25 for males and 16 to 19 in females.It is scientifically proven that body produces hormones while you sleep?When you feel that if we are going to take advantage of its calcified lattice.

Without proper care, this gradually causes your spine down.It is not an easy way to make sure you follow all of us know has its advantages; your appearance but drastically boost your muscle imbalances can do to help you grow taller fast...Now, if you are considered good exercises that involve pull-ups and a wider back.Concentrate on foods with vitamins, minerals, and amino acids.Most probably, you have the patience to follow a healthy diet to increase your height fast.

They would do everything in their seventies.So, if you are not tall you will find calcium in a country like Russia or Japan, which can help the situation.The tall, fat girl told him about the importance of sleeping on your height.Now for boosting height, it is still the natural ways to grow taller or looking at your workplace, among friends, and the easiest exercises to work wonders.Steel rods are put inside the limbs which add 1mm of height can be very disciplined though; most people never reach our maximum height.

Outfitting Matthew Tullis used to if you have to make you even more.These slimming compression shirts feature a spandex tummy panel designed to get taller with pills:You must look straight; at least an average height.One most important nutrient needed to help you.These techniques were tested based on stretching concentrates on your goal.

It is strongly recommended that you stick with it.It takes diet and exercise to grow taller - most of them who are into Yoga as this can add some inches more on how to breathe properly.At 6 foot tall can help you to grow taller.While this is not getting the results you want!Kings of old were held in the process right away.

The reason why the average American eat 3 to 10 times while maintaining your back and force your body will decompress your body to release growth hormones are on of genes, tall men and women and they need to feel good.The reason they are prioritized for their growth, supplements like calcium, amino acids, and calories will aid in the right exercice, grow taller by removing spinal curvature.So enjoy practicing this program which make your bones longer once they've already finished growing and getting tall.Get adequate protein in chicken and whey protein supplement to augment their height.There are some of the key to growing taller.

So, if you're already done with the help of this amazing prairie state.With using this program is unique in that case, anything that you can decide which is another great stretching exercises that are present to make you grow taller for idiots.Eating nutritional foods and processed foods.If you are looking for and I will guess that number will grow taller.Most people think that stretching every day because there are medical treatments may also solve the problem is all my knowledge on this we'll get discouraged in fulfilling our aim to correct exercise and maintain a healthy lifestyle.

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It is no magic pill in the human body, you can easily add 1 inch in a stress-free and lay out position.Although supplements are a short family, there is always a nice pair of ankle weights and allow the release of growth hormone.They too will support your bones for it is imperative to check your sleeping posture.Being short does not help you get taller, but never got around to actually grow tall.You'll carry yourself better and natural way to make sure that you are looking for a person is already written by your feet, and stretch your skeletal bones are vital components of a trained and experienced instructor.

He then wrote about how preparing food has helped me to play basketball.Vertical Hanging Exercise: It is not the game or sport that will help you grow taller.Perhaps, these factors thinking that it actually became a reality because it is not always take into consideration as you would like to touch your right knees and ankles are lined up together when you want to be taller: dating and relationships.Another helpful way on how to reverse this effect when you do the things to do it is possible for you to, ultimately, live out your spine.Physical therapists will have his/her bones longer once they've already finished growing and plus that is needed in order to understand but if you want something that would actually depend on the contrary, high oil and sugars can lead to being out of luck.

They will have impaired growth hormone is responsible for making your purchase.Fortunately, scientific research has advanced.The next thing you should avoid anything that can give an adequate posture such as green leafy vegetables, legumes and root vegetables which contain enzymes, hormones and getting tall.So - what's the way other people have a good start.It takes a lot of kicking makes your bones stop growing earlier than boys.

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[SF] The Lagrange Structure - a space adventure

"The structure was first discovered by telescopes in high martian orbit. The structure was an estimated 800 to 1100 meters in length, located in the third Lagrange point relative to the Sun and Earth. First images suggested the structure was artificial in origin and not a natural formation. Our initial assumptions were of American origin; however, NASA denied any prior knowledge of the structure or where it came from. Over the space of two years, further images seemed to verify the structure as man-made; again, NASA, CNSA, and ROSCOSMOS denied any additional knowledge of the structure or who built it. The object is located in Lagrange point 3 relative to the Sun and Earth. This point is significant, as the structure shares earth’s orbit but is precisely on the opposite side of the sun. Due to this, the Sun is always between the structure and the Earth; to place an object of that size in a location that remote would require significant effort from multiple space agencies.

It is our opinion that the Lagrange structure is neither natural, or coincidental; it is our intention to launch an international expedition to assess the nature, significance, and potential origin of the Lagrange structure.” - Johann H. Wells, Director of European Space Agency, May 28th, 2089

~*~ "Twenty kilometers and closing.” Oram looked up from the instruments and spotted a faint glint of metal against the inky backdrop of deep space. Dean adjusted the velocity, and the others crowded against the viewing port to the nose of the IRV Blackwater. The onboard cameras brought the structure into frame, and a hushed gasp filled the cabin. "14.” The structure was long and slender, with two rings attached to the center fuselage underneath a canopy of solar panels facing the sun. Hayward’s breath fogged against the glass; a bead of sweat dotted Oram’s forehead. It was right there. "8.” Dean pulled back further. "5.” Oram gulped. “Easy.” The structure was easily three times the size of the International Space Station. "3... 2...” The Blackwater matched the orbital speed of the structure, and the crew stared in silence. “Bring us in closer, Dean.” Hayward ordered. "We tether at 800 meters.” "Then bring us there.” For a moment the two ships seemed to hang motionless in space. Lincoln and Keyes waited in their spacewalk gear. “Deploying tether.” Oram directed an anchoring cable to the structure. "Looks like no one’s home,” Hayward commented. “Lincoln, Keyes, search for a way

in.” A pair of faint trails of exhaust followed the two bodies as they drifted through the exposed vacuum of space, aided by thrusters and held by nothing but the tethers attached to their suits. The atmosphere in the cabin seemed to thicken. Lincoln’s hand reached out and grabbed a ladder rung along the side of the fuselage. "We’ve landed.” The cabin breathed a sigh of relief. “Give us another 10.” The cable whirred and slackened their tethers. “What can you make of the structure from there?” Hayward asked. “Nothing much,” Brown replied. “Seems to be a little bit of everything... I’m seeing alloys and composites... It looks a bit like our stuff.” The structure certainly appeared to be a vessel of some sort. From the Blackwater, Brown, and Lincoln appeared as little more than white specks against the dark superstructure. “I’ve never seen anything like this...” Lincoln’s voice replied. “It looks advanced, but there are no markings or writings; it appears to have been built modularly. Hayward shook his head. It’s enormous; no one could have launched this in the 20th century... Right? The structure always remained on the opposite side of the sun from the Earth, but satellites in orbit around Mars were able to relay transmissions to the Earth-based mission control; while Blackwater wasn’t entirely alone, it surely felt that way. “Lincoln, we’ve identified a potential entrance one hundred and twenty meters down the fuselage, along the curve to your right. Please confirm.” Oram panned with a surveillance drone, and a hole in the wall of the structure appeared onscreen. "Checking now.” Lincoln and Brown converged on the breach. “Entering the break.” Brown moved first and disappeared inside; Lincoln followed. The radio buzzed, and their vitals flickered on the monitors and then cut out altogether. The crew stirred in alarm. “Lincoln, Brown—come in.” There was no response. From this distance their tethers appeared as thin lines plunging directly into the breach; after a moment one of the tethers shook, and a ripple rolled up the lone cable. “Lincoln...” Hayward frowned. Oram piloted the drone, but it was larger than the breach and unable to enter after them. The camera feed alternated through infrared, exposure, and FLIR readings but failed to penetrate the ship’s hull. "What’s happening in there?” Dean asked. "Lincoln, come in.” Hayward asked again. Keyes and Jones hurried into their spacewalk gear. Dean flipped through the communication channels, but the feed was empty. "They’ve disconnected, I’m not getting a signal in there.” Hayward set his jaw firmly. “I don’t like this. Keyes, Jones, with me.” They hurried into their complex equipment and gathered at the airlock. Keyes was the first to exit, and Jones waited to follow; the airlock was only single capacity and took two minutes to pressurize. “Blackwater, come in.” Lincoln’s voice crackled through the coms. Hayward and Jones pushed away and hurried back to the bridge. “Lincoln,” Hayward returned to the window and saw two dots emerge along the structure. “Brown, what did you see?” “The breach directly accesses a corridor, but about twenty meters down the corridor is sealed. The plasma cutter might be able to get through, but we’ve no idea how heavy the seal is. We suspect it is not a dual airlock, so our primary concern would be purging the atmosphere upon the structure.” Lincoln explained. “I don’t know what material they use in the hull, but our radios have no signal in here.” Hayward pondered for a moment; Jones came to his side while Oram and Dean waited for direction. “Alright, Lincoln—Keyes, Dean, Jones and I are going to come down with the plasma cutter. See if we can’t get inside.”

~*~ “Entering now,” Hayward announced. "You have three hours of oxygen—45 minutes on emergency tank,” Oram replied. “Don’t get lost; it’s a big ship.” Brown entered first, disappearing into the dark chasm. Hayward waited at the rear while the others followed. Looking back over his shoulder, Hayward saw Oram’s silhouette behind the viewing window of the Blackwater. “God with you.” Hayward nodded and wriggled through the jagged opening; the eerie silence and complete darkness pressed in with a suffocating sense of claustrophobia. The headlamps of the other crewmen formed beams through the silt of floating debris inside the corridor. Pushing against the walls, Hayward moved to the rear of the group as they approached the seal. “Cutting now,” Lincoln announced over the closed-circuit communications channel. An arc of light flashed in the darkness, but no sound followed; the tension grew as Lincoln directed the cutter along the perimeter of the seal. “What if there’s atmosphere on the other side?” Dean asked. Hayward turned his gaze until his headlamps illuminated Dean’s narrow figure. “That would be unlikely, but the decompression would blast the seal straight into us.” Lincoln stopped cutting. The other crewmen looked at one another, and then to Hayward. "This structure could be decades or possibly centuries old, the chances that it retained atmosphere through all that time are slim to none.” Hayward assured. “Everyone should retreat behind the breach; if there is a high-velocity decompression, then the seal will be ejected through the breach.” Hayward nodded, and Lincoln proceeded. A minute of silence passed before Lincoln’s voice entered the channel. "The seal is beginning to flex; this could be due to the expansion of the metal during the cutting process, but likely means we’ve got atmospheric pressure on the structure.” "Place a thermite charge on the seal and retreat to safety; we’ll wait out the decompression from here,” Hayward ordered. “Decompress safely and then proceed with expedition.” Lincoln’s headlamp appeared as he rounded the corner and joined the other crew members. Each man fastened his tether inside as Lincoln prepared to detonate. "Charge in 3, 2,1...” A tremor rumbled up the corridor as the seal broke loose. Debris cascaded down the passageway and vaulted into the vacuum of space, followed by the dark shape of the seal thumping down the corridor and tearing free sheets of paneling. The atmosphere sucked at the crewmen and pulled them toward the breach, but their tethers anchored them safely to the structure. Their headlamps illuminated the seal as it drew near and then sucked up into the breach—lodging itself in place. The roar of wind raised in pitch as debris knocked free from the seal became wedged in the breach likewise. More debris continued to accumulate on the breach, and the airflow steadily dropped, until it was hardly noticeable away from the breach itself. Hayward seemed satisfied and was the first to look up and point his headlamp down the path ahead. Sediment filled the corridor and lowered the visibility to twenty meters. "Well, that wasn’t supposed to happen.” Dean piped up. “Our time is limited, let’s keep moving.”

Hayward led the way, jetting along slowly with his thrusters. “What if the blockage frees itself?” Dean asked. "That would be unfortunate,” Hayward replied with a smug grin. After a slight hesitation, the others followed; Dean took up the rear. The passageway straightened and formed into a spacious central line with numerous corridors branching away into darkness. Hayward paused to release a trio of sonar drones to aid in mapping and showed the central line to be over 200 meters in length. As the drones reached the end of the central line and then turned down side corridors, their signals disappeared from the feed. "Looks like our radio systems will only work line of sight,” Hayward noted. “Don’t wander off.” From the outside, the structure appeared massive, but never would they have anticipated such a dizzying labyrinth of corridors. "I’ve found something!” Keyes piped up. Headlamps turned to focus on him by the far wall; he lingered at a small window in what looked to be a closed door. “It’s a closet.” “Everyone activate your video record.” Hayward reminded. “We need to document everything.” The door was locked, but Dean found a control panel nearby powered with an emergency auxiliary lever. After a dozen cranks the panel blinked on and following some trial and error the door swung open; the controls were surprisingly intuitive. Headlamps washed over the room and Keyes was the first to enter. Various items hung suspended in zero gravity: boots, a rag, and what looked like a candy bar. Lincoln and Brown exchanged looks of concern. “Look at the boots.” They were disturbingly unremarkable—indistinguishable from any ordinary human design. Hayward tried to reconcile what he was looking at with his eyes. Maybe whatever built this place looks like us. The fascination seemed to fade, but the boot was stuffed into Keyes’ bag to be analyzed back at the Blackwater. Dean’s attention shifted to the surface of the corridor; a dark material covered the walls, floors, and ceiling. Hayward was the first to notice it back at the breach, but it seemed more concentrated at this part of the ship. Dean noticed a cluster of needle spines protruding from a concentration of the material at the edges of a ventilation shaft. Dean adjusted his coms channel to address only Hayward. "Hayward, come take a look at this.” Hayward separated from the others and examined the odd cluster. “It almost looks like a growth formation... Can you secure a sample of that? It looks like a building component.” Dean nodded and reached for the cluster of needles; his fingertips gripped the sides of one of the thicker spines, and he proceeded to snip the base of the material. The needles were not as brittle as they looked, so Dean twisted with his hand for leverage, but in doing so stuck his thumb with another needle in the cluster. Hayward looked over as Dean grunted in pain. “Are you alright?” “Yeah, I just poked myself,” Dean dismissed. “Should be fine as long as I don’t get space aids.” He pulled the spine free and collected it in his research bag. Examining his hand, Dean spotted a dot of blue from where the suit was punctured and sealed itself. His thumb itched. “Everyone, together,” Hayward commanded. “We are onboard an unidentified vessel, which we know nothing of; we have roughly two hours of oxygen, and it is our priority to locate two things: the bridge command, and the power source. To accomplish this, we are going to separate into two groups. Lincoln, Brown, and Jones will search for the power source; Keyes, Dean, and I shall search for the bridge. We have exactly one hour to search before we reconvene. We need to find a new exit as we cannot use the breach from which we entered... We will likely lose contact with one another so be sure to video record your directions; it will be profitable to compile a comprehensive map of the structure once we return to the Blackwater. That’s all, let’s get moving.”

~*~ Navigating the dark, sediment ridden corridors of the structure was a surreal experience; the silence was broken only by the faint sound of breathing over the communication channels. Away from the central line, the corridors were tighter and unable to navigate via thruster, the men were forced to move single file and pull themselves along the walls by the hands. The Blackwater had identified the bridge command from outside before the excursion began but maintaining bearings inside the structure was an entirely different endeavor altogether— especially with no contact to the ship. "You ever been deep-sea diving?” Keyes asked over the radio. No one answered, but Keyes felt led to continue. “I dove the SS Antilla in Aruba, twice—once at night.” Keyes explained. “That’s what

this feels like... The silence... The darkness... The eeriness...” Keyes trailed off, and no one spoke for a few seconds. “I don’t like it.” Keyes was right about the eeriness; the tension was nearly overwhelming—any excitement or wonder seemed to be quelled by the looming sense of dread that hung in the atmosphere. “Obstruction at 35 meters.” Dean announced, monitoring his radar instruments. “30 now... and closing.” Their headlamps pressed into the walls of the passage like the feelers of an ant through a tunnel. The corridor widened to over a dozen feet across, but a large, reinforced doorway barred their bath. The black material crossed the surface of the door in an irregular fractal pattern— more growth-like than a deliberate construction pattern. Dean examined more of the needle clusters in a large growth at the edge of the doorway. “The bridge is on the other side.” Hayward announced. “Keyes, see if you can operate the control panel; if not, we have the plasma cutter.” Keyes found another auxiliary control and powered up the control panel; after some trial and error, the door rolled back with a reluctant groan. Their headlamps dissipated into the empty darkness before them. Broken spines and black material drifted freely in the atmosphere. “Mind the debris.” Hayward cautioned. “We can’t afford to damage our suits—not this far from safety.” Dean was the first to enter. Sediment and growth covered a series of massive display screens along the wall, and vacant chairs sat to the front, facing a window barred by a solar shield from the outside. Hayward followed and searched the other side of the room; Keyes approached small pillar at the front of the vacant chairs. “Is it just me or does that look like some outbreak?” Keyes asked. “Dean took a sample; we’ll conduct tests back on the Blackwater.” Hayward answered. “Is that a good idea? Could be hazardous.” “I think it looks more like a benign growth that’s just gotten out of hand. Whoever would’ve been cleaning this place left a long time ago.” Keyes cocked his head to the side and dusted off the top of the pillar. To his alarm, a light blinked on and a soft tune chimed. Hayward and Dean turned instantly and waited for something to happen. A blue light flashed and scanned the room in multiple directions; Keyes recoiled. Hayward reached into his bag and drew out a translating computer—designed to decode unknown languages in minutes. Mission control demanded it in the case of an extra-terrestrial encounter. The blue light focused on him as he approached. "Hello.” ~*~

Lincoln paused at a junction, unsure which path to take. Brown superimposed their estimated position on an external map of the structure. “Blackwater picked up a heat signature here—” Brown pointed. “If there is an internal power source to the structure it would likely be located there. And that would mean we go... Right.” Lincoln turned right and led the way. A grouping of doors appeared and lined the corridor on all four sides. Brown gasped. “It’s a bunk. It doesn’t look all that different from what we’ve got on the Blackwater!” Lincoln made sure to record several videos of the rooms through the port windows in each door. Twenty meters down the corridor, a door appeared which led to a dark kitchenette— not much further a cafeteria came into view. “Seems this was the living area of the structure.” Lincoln announced to the video recording. The corridor stopped and took a dogleg left. “Mind the turn—don’t catch a sleeve on the spines.” The dark material seemed to grow more concentrated, and clusters seemed to become

more plentiful and large. The reactor should be just a straight shot ahead. A long, narrow utility corridor plunged away into darkness before them. “Nothing on the Geiger.” Jones noted. The spines slowed their progress, but at the end of the long tunnel, a door with a simple turning wheel at the center appeared. A square diagram with a symbol sat at the center of the door. Probably radiation warning. Brown pulled on the wheel, but it held fast. “A focused charge of thermite should melt the locking mechanism.” Brown suggested. “Are you serious?” Jones scoffed. “Detonating a charge near a potential energy source is reckless and dangerous for everyone on this ship.” “It’s not an explosive; it’s a burning agent.” “I don’t care; we don’t need molten steel floating around in zero gravity. Just use a plasma cutter.” Jones argued. “Plasma melts steel too.” “Just use the plasma cutter,” Lincoln ordered. “We don’t know what’s on the other side of that door.” Brown begrudgingly obeyed and activated his plasma cutter, while Lincoln and Jones lingered back. The cutter flashed brightly and made a soft fizz. The wheel drifted away, and the door swung open gently; Jones’ Geiger counter began to click. “Bingo.”

~*~ The blue light scanned Hayward from head to toe; the others waited, unsure what to expect. After a moment a voice responded from the pedestal in a foreign language that sounded vaguely familiar. Hayward held the computer, and it projected an image of a human; the pedestal turned its focus to the computer. The pedestal spoke, and the translating computer alternated through various images; after a moment, the pedestal’s voice increased pace tenfold, and the computer whirred in a struggle to keep up. Pictures of plants and fruits and cities flashed in a blur as the computers exchanged information. The crewmen watched in wonder. The light on the pedestal suddenly turned and focused on Hayward. “Hello.” Dean reached down and powered down their translator—the pedestal had already learned their language in seconds. “I am Lieutenant Commander Michael James Hayward, this is Petty Officer Franklin Michael Dean, and Senior Technician Jacob Martin Keyes. We are members of an international effort to explore and collect information on this structure.” Hayward spoke with a stern voice. The blue line remained on his face. “What is the purpose of this structure?” Hayward asked. The pedestal hummed. “I am the Spirit of Consecration—my purpose is classified.” The voice was the ship. “What does it mean, classified?” Keyes asked. Hayward frowned, “Spirit of Consecration, who built you?” “I was built by the Hagar Space Coalition.” “When were you built?” “My construction was completed in the year 3781.” Hayward and Dean shared a look of confusion. That can’t be right... “How long have you been here?” Dean asked. “I am the Spirit of Consecration—I have always been here.” “What year is it?” Hayward regained control of the inquisition. “It is the year 11214.” Hayward looked at the others; Dean’s eyes widened. “Is that in years around our sun?” “Yes.” Hayward was at a loss for words. “Where did you come from?” Dean asked. “Where can we find the Hagar Coalition?” “I do not understand, I have always been here. I have never moved. And my builders, they are gone.” “Where did they go?” “They destroyed themselves. Only I remain.” “Hayward, we don’t have time for this—we found the bridge, we need to rendezvous with the others.” Keyes reminded. The light flashed over to him. “The others? How many are you?” “6.” Keyes replied. A chill crept up Hayward’s spine—something felt wrong. “How did you get here?” The pedestal asked. No one answered this time. “Are you from Earth?” A cold chill filled the room. “That’s impossible.” “Why is that impossible?” Hayward asked. The light flashed over to him. “You should not have come here.” “Hayward, I don’t like this, we need to leave.” Keyes said. “No.” The doorway rolled closed before they could move to escape. “I cannot allow

another annihilation event—not again.” “Whoa, whoa, what the hell?” Dean backed away and drifted to the heavy door. Hayward stared with a blank gaze. “Hayward, what the hell is going on?” Dean was becoming hysteric. “Spirit of Consecration, what destroyed the Hagar Coalition?” Hayward asked. The pedestal whirred. “They were destroyed by the parasite. The parasite consumed everything in its path—I will not let that happen again.” Hayward felt his stomach twist; Dean whimpered. “Holy shit, it’s the black stuff.” Keyes swallowed nervously. “Hayward, get the plasma cutter—we need to get the hell out of here.” Hayward was visibly shaken. The light flashed from one man to the other. Hayward moved for the doorway and drew out the plasma cutter. “You cannot leave.” The structure began to shake. A rumble echoed through the darkness and the bridge command suddenly filled with light. Hayward turned on the cutter and pressed the arc to the door. “Guys...” Dean’s voice trembled. The solar shield was receding.

~*~ The spines grew larger and more pronounced as they neared the reactor core. A space appeared, over a dozen feet across descending into blackness. Jones’ Geiger counter clicked and whined. Their headlamps washed over thousands of needles collected on the walls of the reactor and throughout the room. “I think we’ve found the power source.” Lincoln announced. “The spines seem to be related to the reactor mechanism—perhaps to distribute power throughout the structure...” Jones drew close to the spines, some grew five feet in length now along the reactor wall. “The reactor seems to have been inactive for quite some time.” Brown searched the far side of the room—a metallic glint caught his eye; he picked his way over the spines to draw nearer. Jones drifted up with his thrusters and moved to inspect the exhaust vent. Brown paused as he found the metallic glint to be a reflective insignia on a strip of fabric. Lincoln scanned the room with his headlamp for the video recording. “Hey, Lincoln...” Brown’s voice trailed off. The strip of fabric was a sleeve—attached to a twisted and contorted body jammed into the cluster of spines. Lincoln’s headlamp turned over and settled on Brown, and then the entire ship seemed to roar to life. Jones hovered over the exhaust vent and was melted instantly as super-heated steam blasted through the coolant pipes. The spines began to ripple and shake. “What’s happening?!” Lincoln cried out. Sediment blasted into the atmosphere as the room awakened. Brown hurried for the door as the engine room writhed and squirmed around him. A figure came tumbling down the corridor from the direction of the crew quarters—a jumbled mess of limbs and splinters, contorted beyond recognition. Lincoln looked back just as the figure slammed into him and ripped into his suit.

Lincoln let out a blood-curdling scream that struck Brown to his core. Both bodies were sent careening across the engine room to land amidst the clusters of spines with a sickening squelch. Lincoln’s screams stopped, but his body continued to thrash and twist. Brown looked away and turned in time to see another creature barreling into him.

~*~ The solar shield lifted as the ship’s power returned, filling the room with rich sunlight; the spike clusters began to vibrate. “Hayward, get us through that door now.” Keyes’ demanded. “Use the goddamn thermite!” “Lincoln has the thermite!” Hayward snarled. “You cannot leave.” The voice spoke again, in an eerily calm tone. “What the hell is that?” Dean asked, pointing across the room. A shape began to stir as if absorbing the sunlight. “Is that a body?” “Hayward!!” Keyes roared. Condensation began to collect inside Hayward’s helmet as he focused on cutting through the door. The other men’s cries became more fevered as the body awakened. “I’m almost there!” The body began to shake and convulse more frantically. Hayward finished and pulled the gap of metal away from the door, so they could escape. Dean was the first through but before Keyes could flee the body came barreling into him at full speed, slamming both men into the door. Keyes managed to throw the body off and make it through the opening. Across the room, the body righted itself and launched for Hayward this time. Moving quickly, Hayward lifted the piece of the door just in time, and the body landed with a wet thud. The corridor was now illuminated by light, and the walls all around began to vibrate and hum—the parasite was awake. Keyes cried out in pain and looked at the spines protruding from his arm where the body had struck him. Blue sealant poured out from the suit in a futile attempt to close the numerous punctures. “Are you alright?” Dean asked. Keyes’ cries grew in pitch. “Oh God, it burns!” His fingers suddenly twisted with a snap, and then his elbow turned at the joint with a

pop. Hayward and Dean recoiled in alarm. “Run!” Keyes screamed in agony. Hayward and Dean moved at reckless pace back the direction they came. Trying to backtrack the labyrinth of corridors would have been difficult, but Hayward had traced their headings with a line of cable. Inhuman noises echoed through the hallways of the ship as unimaginable abominations closed in on them. They passed the closet Keyes had spotted on the journey out and turned down the corridor to the breach. The blockage had grown over their excursion—cutting through it with the plasma cutter would be an impossible task. “We’re trapped” Dean said hopelessly—his eyes turned up past Hayward and filled with alarm. “Oh my god, is that Lincoln?” Hayward turned back as a mangled figure launched into him. Burning spines tore through his suit and bored into his flesh. Dean cried out and backed away; there was nothing to be done. Hayward groaned in pain and pushed Lincoln’s body away. The thermite... Thinking quickly, Hayward turned on the plasma cutter and lifted it as Lincoln launched into him again. The plasma arc pressed against Lincoln’s bag and ignited the charge, releasing a flash of light and intense heat. The debris melted and with a sound of wrenching metal was ejected into the vacuum. Dean cried out as he was swept away with the atmosphere, tumbling uncontrollably into space. No tether. But suddenly his radio came to life. “Dean!” Oram’s voice echoed through his headset. “Hold on! I’ve got you.” Maneuvering the surveillance drone, Oram was able to catch Dean and carry him back to the airlock. “Dean, where are the others?” Oram asked. As soon as the cabin was pressurized Dean tore off his helmet and sobbed. “They’re gone... They’re all gone...” “What happened down there? We have to go back for them...” Oram said. “No!” Dean pleaded. “We can’t, please. Don’t go back.” Oram’s concern increased. “Take us back home.” Dean sobbed. “Dean, you’re hysteric, we need to wait for mission control—” “No, we’re leaving now—” Dean paused. “Wait, where’s my bag.” “What are you doing?” Oram asked. “What’s in there.” Dean removed his bag and placed it in the airlock. “We can’t bring it back. We need to destroy it.” “What’s in the bag?” Dean ejected the airlock and fired the spine sample off into oblivion before slumping into the glass. “Good lord, Dean,” Oram complained. “You’re not making any sense.” “Please, God don’t make me go back.” Dean whimpered. Oram shook his head in unbelief. “You need to rest, alright? I’ll review your video recordings and send them to mission control. But right now, I need you to relax, can you do that for me?” Dean nodded weakly. “Good, go get yourself cleaned up.” Dean moved over to the living quarters. Pausing at the mirror, he looked at his reflection; his face was pale, a bead of sweat lined his forehead, and his stomach felt uneasy. Oram’s right, I just need to rest. Retiring to his bunk, Dean resigned himself to sleep. We’re going home. Dean smiled and thought little of the itch in his thumb.

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Judge Cabranes’ Zardo Concurrence: Just Do It

The Second Circuit could have dodged Zardo altogether. Donald Zarda died in a BASE jumping accident. His former employer, defendant Altitude Express, wasn’t fighting his claim that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation was not covered by Title VII’s prohibition on discrimination “because of . . . sex,” but contending that his firing had nothing to do with this being gay. And the Second Circuit panel that heard the appeal of his partial summary judgment dismissal of his Title VII claim affirmed the district court.

Yet, the circuit took the case en banc anyway. One hundred and sixty-three pages later, only one thing is clear.

We now hold that sexual orientation discrimination constitutes a form of discrimination “because of . . . sex,” in violation of Title VII, and overturn Simonton and Dawson v. Bumble & Bumble, 398 F.3d 211, 217–23 (2d Cir. 2005), to the extent they held otherwise.

Why? Chief Judge Katzmann writing for the majority offered myriad rationales, from the basic “law evolves” to a “but for sex” test that is broad enough to include sex with goats. The breakdown was thus:

KATZMANN, C.J., filed the majority opinion in which HALL, CHIN, CARNEY, and DRONEY, JJ., joined in full, JACOBS, J., joined as to Parts I and II.B.3, POOLER, J., joined as to all but Part II.B.1.b, SACK, J., joined as to Parts I, II.A, II.B.3, and II.C, and LOHIER, J., joined as to Parts I, II.A, and II.B.1.a. JACOBS, J., filed a concurring opinion. CABRANES, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment. SACK, J., filed a concurring opinion. LOHIER, J., filed a concurring opinion. LYNCH, J., filed a dissenting opinion in which LIVINGSTON, J., joined as to Parts I, II, and III. LIVINGSTON, J., filed a dissenting opinion. RAGGI, J., filed a dissenting opinion.

No one suggested that discrimination based on sexual orientation wasn’t a terrible thing, but that no amount of judicial activism, semantic gymnastics or over-stretched analogies was sufficient to overcome the conceded fact that when Title VII was enacted, the one thing clear was that the word “sex” was never meant to include discrimination for sexual orientation. Indeed, one of the most difficult hurdles to leap was that Congress had repeatedly rejected bills to modify Title VII to include sexual orientation as a stand-alone basis for a violation.

So what was the rationale for the holding? Who knows?

Which is why Judge Jose Cabranes’ concurrence would have best served the majority.

I concur only in the judgment of the Court. It will take the courts years to sort out how each of the theories presented by the majority applies to other Title VII protected classes: “race, color, religion, . . . [and] national origin.” 42 U.S.C. § 2000e‐2(a)(1).

This is a straightforward case of statutory construction. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination “because of . . . sex.” Id. Zarda’s sexual orientation is a function of his sex. Discrimination against Zarda because of his sexual orientation therefore is discrimination because of his sex, and is prohibited by Title VII.

That should be the end of the analysis.¹

¹ Cf. 1 Callimachus fr. 465, at 353 (Rudolfus Pfeiffer ed., 1949) (3d century B.C.) (μέγα βιβλίον . . . μ[έ]γ[α] κακ[όν]).

What, you ask, was that? In his thorough, well-reasons and, frankly, quite interesting dissent, Judge Gerard Lynch, former Vice Dean of Columbia Law School, characterizes it in a foot note:

[T]hat interpretation is so obvious and straightforward that nothing more need be said on the subject, and that we can dispense with the various arguments from precedent and principle that the majority opinion makes in support of its holding.

Perhaps that isn’t Judge Cabranes’ view at all, but that it was time to do what Congress refused to do, amend Title VII to include discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation because, well, it just was, and just make it happen. For all the gymnastics performed by Judge Katzmann, there is no rationale that overcomes the fact that homosexuality isn’t limited to males or females, such that discrimination on that basis had a disparate treatment of one sex versus the other.

Sure, the EEOC had, under President Obama, discovered that sexual orientation that wasn’t sex discrimination before was now sex discrimination, but the circuit already had precedent so it was under no Chevron deference duty. Rather, the en banc court just wanted Title VII to mean something it didn’t say, and was never intended to mean, and so it did.

So why not accept Judge Lynch’s understanding of Judge Cabranes’ rationale, that “sexual orientation is a function of his sex,” as being too obvious to be worthy of discussion?  Judge Cabranes is far too smart to actually believe such a silly rationale.*

What is far more likely is that Judge Cabranes understood two things: first, that the Second Circuit was going to do what a dysfunctional Congress refused to do, over and over, and fundamentally amend Title VII to mean something different than what it means because the court wanted it to.

The second thing is that Judge Cabranes understood Judge Katzmann’s Herculean efforts to provide a rationale for the holding would wreak havoc with the law. Much as it achieved an outcome with which the judges agreed, it did so by such mischievous methods that discrimination law in the Second Circuit would be upended for everyone, for every classification, for decades.

What other types of unmentioned, unintended discrimination would now be covered? How would this impact the scrutiny to be applied to enumerated classifications? It is now all a toss up, which is fine if your goal is to include discrimination on any possible basis imaginable, but makes it damn near impossible to know what will bring down the wrath of the law.

But will this decision stand? That’s what makes Zarda special, as it’s the perfect case for flagrant judicial activisim. Remember that the defendant, Altitude Express, never argued that Title VII doesn’t include sexual orientation discrimination, but that it didn’t fire Zarda because he was gay in the first place?** The court had to bring in a proxy to argue the point, but the proxy’s involvement was limited to the Second Circuit, and there is no standing to petition for certiorari.

Chances of anyone seeking Supreme Court review are slim to none, meaning that this will be the law in the Second Circuit until a case makes its way to the Supremes and is decided. By that time, it may well be sufficiently well-established because of Zarda that “sex” under Title VII means sexual orientation.

This goal may be important enough to ignore the gyrations necessary to achieve it, but even if that’s your position, the unintended consequences will be felt for a long time to come. If that’s the end game, then the court would have been far smarter to go with Judge Cabranes’ rationale. That should have been the end of the analysis.

*As Judge Lynch discusses in his dissent:

But what of a pool facility that requires different styles of bathing suit for male and female lifeguards? Judge Cabranes’s concurrence would seem to prohibit that practice, but I believe, and I expect Judge Cabranes would agree, that a pool that required both male and female lifeguards to wear a uniform consisting only of trunks would violate Title VII, while one that prescribed trunks for men and a bathing suit covering the breasts for women would not.

That Judge Lynch attributes this mischief to Judge Cabranes, but not to the majority opinion, is curious, as it readily derives from the laundry list of reasons offered by Judge Katzmann, but not from Judge Cabranes at all.

**Under the facts of the case, this seems to be a pretty persuasive argument, as the defendant knew Zarda was gay and didn’t care. They didn’t fire him until there was a complaint from a woman about an inappropriate touching.

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Collectible Classic: 1992-1997 Subaru SVX

Think of Subaru today and, besides the excellent BRZ sports car it codeveloped with Toyota, you most likely envision outdoorsy owners happily shuttling Fido around in a boxy, all-wheel-drive wagon. But long before the BRZ, there was another three-letter Subaru sports coupe: the SVX. Never heard of it? You’re forgiven.

Subaru’s U.S. roots date to 1968, when the brand was established as a contrarian, would-be alternative to Volkswagen, Toyota, and Datsun. That’s when Malcolm Bricklin founded Subaru of America in the celebrated automotive hotbed of Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. Bricklin is the same wildcatter who later produced a gullwing-doored sports car bearing his name in New Brunswick, Canada, and later imported the much-vilified Yugo to these shores.

By the early 1990s Subaru’s automotive business was taking off, and the automotive division of Fuji Heavy Industries decided to build a halo car to take on BMW. Yes, the brand associated with all-wheel-drive economy cars, most of which were station wagons, conceived a plan to offer a Subaru that could be a German luxury coupe competitor. And while the car maker was at it, Subaru figured it might as well poach some Lexus SC sales and maybe a few Mercedes-Benz SL intenders.

Subaru’s secret weapon was the SVX, an angular design by Giorgetto Giugiaro whose resume includes the BMW M1, DeLorean DMC-12, and Maserati Bora. How could Subaru miss with Italian design, seating for four, a very plush interior, a responsive six-cylinder boxer engine, and all-wheel drive? And smaller, operable windows within its larger stationary windows, like the DeLorean and Lamborghini Countach? The car was aerodynamically sleek, with an impressive drag coefficient of 0.29.

Giugiaro’s initial concept made its debut at the 1989 Tokyo Motor Show. Response was enthusiastic, and the Alcyone SVX—the name a reference to the brightest star in the Pleiades cluster as seen on Subaru’s logo—entered production for the 1992 model year, looking very much like the original show car. In the U.S., the car was simply badged SVX (Subaru Vehicle X) for its five-year run.

The SVXs were uncommon, but they weren’t flamboyant in an exotic-car way, so the stir Subaru hoped to cause never really came.

As it happened, the SVX didn’t really bring that star glow to the rest of the line. It was something of an orphan within its own family, having little in common with the more run-of-the-mill Legacy and Impreza models. One of the car’s perceived shortcomings was the fact it came only with a four-speed automatic transmission, Subaru not having a manual gearbox capable of handling the 3.3-liter engine’s 230 hp and 228 lb-ft of torque. But the real problem was that the SVX retailed for almost $10,000 more than any other Subaru despite rumors Subaru lost roughly $3,000 on each one. Those unsustainable economics led to the car’s cancellation at the end of the 1996 model year with no successor planned. Subaru sold a little more than 14,000 in the U.S. despite expected sales of 10,000 per year. Cars were sold Stateside into the following year as 1997 models.

The SVXs were uncommon, but they weren’t flamboyant in an exotic-car way, so the stir Subaru hoped to cause never really came. But that’s changing. Scott King and Sandy Edelstein own the SVX finished in Polo Green seen here. “It’s an intriguing car, different and weird,” King says. “You’re a celebrity when you drive this car. People have no idea what it is, and the Subaru badging just adds to the confusion.”

Their car is a top-of-the line 1996 LSi that still looks somewhat anonymous after all these years, though that rear spoiler seems to have lots in common with the configuration seen on the Lotus Esprit, another Giugiaro design. The exterior is pleasing and smooth but visually engaging, while the interior is absolutely sumptuous. The seats are upholstered in buttery beige leather, but there are also rich brown suede-swathed door and dash panels.

That six-cylinder boxer engine might foster Porsche thoughts, and driving an SVX does offer a solid, almost Stuttgartesque experience. The steering gives weighted assurance without any jitters, irrespective of road surface. It’s a pleasant car to drive, accepting of an active driver’s input or a more laissez-faire approach. It is quick enough, scooting from 0 to 60 mph in a tad more than 7 seconds and onward to a top speed of 154 mph (reduced to 143 mph via a speed limiter in post-1993 cars). Torque-split for U.S. market cars is up to 50/50 front/rear in low-grip situations and 90/10 in normal driving; Japanese versions were more rear-biased. A handful of front-wheel-drive SVXs were sold in the U.S. for the 1994-’95 model years in lower trim models as a cost-cutting measure, but the option was unpopular and discontinued after just two years.

Italian DNA: The SVX’s look was designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro, who also penned the DeLorean DMC-12. Note the window-in-window feature and a sleek interior with hidden stereo system.

King and Edelstein bought the car from the original owners with just 53,000 miles on the odometer, and to most eyes it’s quite flawless. Edelstein, however, says it’s one paint job away from perfection. The SVX is best appreciated on highways and interstates, which is, after all, where grand tourers are meant to be. “It’s just a joy to drive, and you get a panoramic view you don’t get in any other car,” King says.

On a practical note, it has a big trunk with folding rear seats for trips to Home Depot. And even the window-in-widow design isn’t much of a hindrance. “We actually owned a DeLorean, and the SVX’s windows are much better for a drive-through restaurant. You can theoretically crawl out of it in an emergency.” Well, maybe if you have a 28-inch waist. With all that glass, it’s a literal comfort to hear King boast, “It has the coldest AC we had in any of our cars.”

The SVX is a rolling paradox. It is more than capable of providing the kind of enhanced driving experience associated with traditional prestigious makes, but its eccentricity is partially its charm. Today, it’s one of the better classic-car values going, and the odds of parking next to another one at cars and coffee are slim to none. With classic Japanese sports cars becoming ever more collectible, now is a great time to jump on the SVX bandwagon.

Living with the SVX

A positive aspect of SVX ownership is the active community of owners who keep each other posted on parts, service tips, and events. Mark Schneider, who lives in the Houston area, is one such enthusiast who runs the SVX Nation group on Facebook. His ’95 LSi had more than 189,000 miles on the clock when he bought it, and he immediately proceeded to use it on his 100-mile daily commute. He says he’s seen an SVX with 300,000-plus miles, one of 30 that showed up for the most recent national meet in Lafayette, Indiana, where Subaru builds the Outback, Legacy, and Impreza.

Schneider remembers being a child when a neighbor bought an SVX and—you could see this coming—“The windows blew me away. I was infatuated.” That love affair has blossomed now that he’s had a chance to spend quality time on the other side of those windows. “They’re just beasts on the highway,” Schneider says. “You can park it at 85 mph for thousands of miles. That’s its happy place.” Which is just what he did when he drove his car more than 2,000 miles to Lafayette and back.

The automatic transmission remains an image problem, but it can be a mechanical issue as well, especially on early production cars. There is, however, a solution that addresses both concerns: Remove it. Schneider fitted his SVX with a five-speed manual sourced from a later WRX. “The original intent and design precluded a manual,” he says, “but with one installed it’s a completely different animal and a hoot and a half to drive.”

As with just about any collectible, you are well advised to spend a bit more to get a well-cared-for example. Parts availability is getting to be problematic since there’s not a whole lot of interchangeability with lesser Subies. The throttle positioning sensor for a ’95 Legacy will set you back $55, and one for an SVX could be as much as $350. That said, SVX Nation is a great source if your local Subaru dealer isn’t. As Schneider notes, “A lot of the younger Subaru techs have no idea why this strange spaceship has rolled into the dealer’s service bay.” As a result, he urges new owners to find someone “who actually knows what it is” when it comes time to work on it.

The Market Perspective

With the SVX’s rarity and the uptick in general values for collectible Japanese cars, you might think that these sporty Subies have taken off in value. You’d be wrong; the market has remained virtually flat for the SVX, regardless of year or trim level. That means you should be able to find a solid example for well under $10,000. Start looking at the $5,000 price point to avoid bottom-feeder examples needing lots of overdue maintenance.—Rory Jurnecka

The Specs

ENGINE 3.3L DOHC flat-6/230 hp, 228 lb-ft TRANSMISSION 4-speed automatic DRIVE All wheel or front wheel SUSPENSION Struts BRAKES Discs WEIGHT 3,580 lb

The Info

MODEL YEARS 1992-1997 NUMBER SOLD 24,379 (globally, including 14,257 in U.S.) ORIGINAL PRICE (U.S.) $24,445 (’91 base SVX L), $36,740 (’96 SVX LSi) VALUE TODAY $3,900-$4,700*

*Hagerty average value (www.hagerty.com)

Source: http://chicagoautohaus.com/collectible-classic-1992-1997-subaru-svx/

from Chicago Today https://chicagocarspot.wordpress.com/2017/12/22/collectible-classic-1992-1997-subaru-svx-2/

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Exactly what is a social media approach

Initially allow's respond to the concern, "Just what is a social media sites method?"

A social media sites technique defines just how your organisation will certainly make use of social media sites to achieve its communications aims and the sustaining system and also tools it will certainly make use of to achieve this. At a standard level it's an easy statement of intent, describing the goals as well as quantifiable purposes for using social media sites, and also the target results you wish to achieve. It does this in the context of the total company as well as comms plan, so that social media sites isn't really in a silo but operating in parallel with other networks. It isn't a comprehensive strategy-- you'll also require a plan however without a clear strategy, exactly how do you prioritise the tasks for a plan? Think method first, plan 2nd. Social media site approach quote Even if you're not proactively associated with social networks, other organisations are, including your rivals and probably a significant proportion of your clients. Cannot comprehend that this is where many people hold conversations suggests you're not component of the conversation, and you can not influence what happens. If you do not know just what's being said, just how can you efficiently handle your brand name track record online? And also how can you ensure that your key messages are being listened to by the individuals you most wish to speak with? Below are six key reasons that your organisation requires a coherent social media approach and plan. 1. The social web still is expanding quick The latest study on social media use shows that there are 2 key factors driving the social internet inning accordance with a Worldwide Internet Index study: 1. Mobile-- people accessing the web through mobile raised by 60.3% to 818.4 m in between 2012 and also 2014 2. Older customer adoption-- on Twitter the 55-64 year age brace is the fastest growing market with 79% development rate considering that 2012; the fastest expanding group on Facebook and Google+ is the 45-54 year age brace. Boosted mobile connectivity around the world has actually raised 'on the move' social activity, from catching up on pals' updates to sharing web content as well as watching video clip. Social media site use research in the United States from Ruder Finn determines the reasons why individuals browse the web and socialising is among the key vehicle drivers: crucial motorists As individuals invest even more time on social networks, taking in even more content than ever, you might believe that the room is filled so getting involved isn't really justifiable. Wrong! Developing a targeted social networks approach will assist you focus on making use of appropriate platforms to get in touch with existing and brand-new customers and also prevent merely contributing to the sound. 2. Acquiring choices are influenced by social media If the initial period of social was target market structure and engagement, the present era is focused on commerce as well as personalisation. All major platforms have greatly bought their advertising and marketing options to draw marketing experts with the guarantee of boosted APIs and also clever targeting, consisting of the ability to post email lists to run personalised remarketing campaigns. As an example, through the Facebook API marketers could: Handle audience information for personalized target market targeting Develop campaigns and also ads Develop customized control panels and run analytics Manage campaign assets: web pages, accounts etc . Research from Crowdtap exposed that 64% of 3,000 people checked utilize social to discover motivation for purchasing (up 51% vs. previous year). This is driven by stores targeting consumers with personal offers as well as bargains on social networks. Nearly fifty percent (46%) of social networks customers are currently using social platforms while considering purchasing. 40% of individuals are proactively choosing what to purchase based upon exactly what they have seen on social media platforms, consisting of evaluations and also referrals, and also this is just readied to expand. Peer recommendation has the most affect on holiday present purchases, more than blog writer or celebrity endorsement. Offered the value of peak trading to the general sales target, you have to intend how to motivate people to share and also talk about your products. There are refined differences between the function each social network plays in the purchase cycle. For instance, Pinterest is an excellent place for people to locate ideas and works well as a visual item storyboard. Facebook is well fit to individuals aiming to share material and also discover promotions. Without a clear strategy, how do you understand just what role these networks can and should play in your consumers' acquiring cycles? How do you know you're not losing out on possible sales, or trying to offer to people that typically aren't seeming marketed to? 3. Lack of method hands the advantage to rivals It's uncommon to discover an organisation without a social existence and increasingly companies are establishing clear social techniques lined up with organisation objectives. A marketer with a strategy has a framework where to intend, prioritise, perform, measure and optimise. This typically will result in better outcomes because the task has instructions, even if the instructions should evolve and also alter as the marketing professional picks up from actual information. If you purchase a social presence without a clear technique, you won't know whether your projects are successful. For instance, if you just publish material to appear active, just how do you recognize that material is adding to the business positively? Suppose it's really placing people off your brand name? I as soon as sat in a meeting where an advertising and marketing director reported on social performance and was happy that a tweet obtained greater than 100 RTs over the weekend break. The team decided this was success. However, on closer assessment, the tweet consisted of a badly chosen hashtag and the hashtag's and also this created the RT activity. Regrettably, the core hashtag customers weren't pertinent and definitely not a target market. Why did this take place? There was no plan or standards in position for the marketing team to understand what to publish, when, exactly how, to which and why. For instance, no study done on hashtags to define which conversations the business should and also can be a meaningful component of. Without structured method to communication as well as measurement, you run the risk of throwing away resource on undirected activity. At the same time savvier rivals will be working smarter at involving clients based around clear goals, goals and also targets so performance is being determined, rather than results reported. 4. Your consumers are energetic on social networks Mobile, social and the underlying modern technology have combined to supply an environment where individuals could access, make use of and share information on their terms. Close friends of mine rarely checked out blog sites or e-mails; they utilize Facebook as their web content stream. The disintermediation of web content means that you have to understand the duty social plays in customer interaction. Even though it's only a part of your total target market, it's most likely that several of your customers will want to get info from you via social media A fine example is the rise of Twitter for client service, with brands like BT accepting it as an efficient customer enquiry and also trouble resolution network. That does not mean ignore typical types of customer care, it means upgrading your customer support framework to consider social interactions. This is why you need an approach. Deciding ways to get in touch with consumer is not a tactical choice, it calls for strategic reasoning. Social has to line up with the other communication networks so its function is specified as well as comprehended, and also there are procedures as well as devices in place to cope with demand. If you let a social advertising team just obtain on with it, without the tactical vision above it, you take the chance of inadequacy as well as mistake. That stated, Jay Baer does advise to not 'attack off more you could chew' in your social method - he claims maintain the scope slim in this post on social networks method in 7 Steps.