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3 Ways to Disappear Completely. Edit Article Thinking It ThroughCovering Your TracksYour New Identity Edited by Jared C., Jonathan E., Juliagirl, Tom Viren and 26 others Whether you need to lay low or simply want to be left alone, you might be considering a complete disappearance. Technology makes completely vanishing a virtual impossibility, but with enough diligence and care, it's possible to vanish.

Ad Steps Part 1 of 3: Thinking It Through 1Understand the legal ramifications. 3Understand what you're running from. Part 2 of 3: Covering Your Tracks 1Get rid of certain possessions. A good disappearing act takes work. Part 3 of 3: Your New Identity 1Gather your resources. Wear a hat indoors. Tips Delete this page from your browser history, or research modes of disappearance on a public computer, such as one at a library.Check your supplies regularly. Warnings Disappearing will potentially devastate your friends and family members.

Writing References - Art References. English 50 Exercises for Poets. Tip of My Tongue - Chirag Mehta : chir.ag. How to Poison your Ficiontal Characters. Do you have a fictional character you need to kill, but you don't want them strangled or shot or stabbed with a knife? Do you want your murderer to kill them without letting anyone know what you plan to do or who your killer is? Try using poison. It's easy to get, easy to use, and even easier to cover up. Maybe your killer could slip some poisonous mushrooms in the victim's salad. Unlike other forms of murder, poisoning is fast and easy and doesn't require strength or a good aim, and if it's done properly, by the time the person realizes he's been poisoned, it's too late, he's already dead. Care to have one of your characters try her hand at murder? Hemlock: All parts of the plant are poisonous.

There are many other poisons, too many to list here, and most of them are available to the average person. Are you thinking of writing a historical and don't know what was available at the time? m1pkloxh6F1qd2lr6o1_500.png (500×661) In Which I Fix My Girlfriend's Grandparents' WiFi and Am Hailed as a Conquering Hero. [Originally published January 20, 2012.] Lo, in the twilight days of the second year of the second decade of the third millennium did a great darkness descend over the wireless internet connectivity of the people of 276 Ferndale Street in the North-Central lands of Iowa. For many years, the gentlefolk of these lands basked in a wireless network overflowing with speed and ample internet, flowing like a river into their Compaq Presario.

Many happy days did the people spend checking Hotmail and reading USAToday.com. But then one gray morning did Internet Explorer 6 no longer load The Google. Refresh was clicked, again and again, but still did Internet Explorer 6 not load The Google. Perhaps The Google was broken, the people thought, but then The Yahoo too did not load. Some in the kingdom thought the cause of the darkness must be the Router. But with the dawn of the feast of Christmas did a beacon of hope manifest itself upon the inky horizon.

And at last the warrior arrived at the Router. 101 Short Stories that Will Leave You Smiling, Crying and Thinking. Post written by: Marc Chernoff Email Since its inception eighteen months ago, our sister site Makes Me Think (MMT) has truly evolved into a remarkable online community. Every day, users share their thought-provoking life stories and vote on stories that other users have shared. Some are happy, some are sad, and others twist your emotions, pulling them in several directions at once. As stated on the MMT About page, sometimes the most random everyday encounters force us to stop and rethink the truths and perceptions we have ingrained in our minds.

I believe the 101 stories listed below perfectly fulfill that description. What do you think? Resources. Speech Accent Archive. - StumbleUpon. Cliche Finder. Digital Printing … and so much more! » Technical Specs. Standard Sized Double Page Spread Template This template applies to all double page spreads for standard-sized comics, wraparound covers for standard sized comics, as well as the interior covers (endpapers) for standard-sized hardcovers. Magazine-Sized Page Template This template applies to all pages for magazine-sized comics, magazine-sized paperbacks, as well as the interior pages of magazine-sized hardcovers … Standard-Sized Page Template This template applies to all pages for standard-sized comics, standard-sized paperbacks, and all interior pages for standard-sized hardcovers … Standard-Sized Comics Page These page dimensions apply to all standard-sized comics pages — both for saddle-stitched comics and perfect bound books.

General Technical Specs While each different product type has a few specific requirements, there are FIVE basic things that apply to almost all the products. NounProject. Mythical Creatures List, Mythical Creatures A-Z. 10 Social Networks for Artists 2012. Listed here are 10 social networks for artists. Each of them have unique features for artists, including: Networking with other creative people around the world. Connecting with art galleries, curators, and art collectors. Some allow the addition of a personal portfolio, and creation of art blogs. Most allow attachment of a website link, and in some cases, social networking profiles. This is helpful for encouraging visits to a portfolio website, and good for Google search ranking. In case you are wondering, I have a profile at each of these artist social networks, but of course do not have time to visit each regularly. 1 - CultureInside Gallery Culture Inside Gallery is a gallery run social network, and includes space for artists to add artworks, biography, artist statement, and an art blog.

One innovative thing I saw here is the lightbox. 2 - LabforCulture.org Lab for Culture is a European social network for artists and art lovers. 3 - Artreview.com 4 - Artslant.com 5 - Artbistro. Creative Writing Ideas, Courses Online, Free Classes for Writers. The Elvish Name Generator. The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations. The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations is a descriptive list which was created by Georges Polti to categorize every dramatic situation that might occur in a story or performance.

To do this Polti analyzed classical Greek texts, plus classical and contemporaneous French works. He also analyzed a handful of non-French authors. In his introduction, Polti claims to be continuing the work of Carlo Gozzi, who also identified 36 situations. Publication history[edit] “Gozzi maintained that there can be but thirty-six tragic situations. Schiller took great pains to find more, but he was unable to find even so many as Gozzi.” This list was published in a book of the same name, which contains extended explanations and examples. The list is popularized as an aid for writers, but it is also used by dramatists, storytellers and many others. The 36 situations[edit] Each situation is stated, then followed by the necessary elements for each situation and a brief description.

See also[edit] References[edit] Serendipity. How to Memorize Anything. In college, I memorized 7 chapters of my psychology textbook — over 23,000 words. Yes, I could actually recite the entire 7 chapters to anyone willing to listen. Why did I do this? My professor had challenged me with two statements on the first day of class: 1) No student had ever aced his introductory exam; and 2) all the answers could be found in the first 7 chapters of the textbook. Determined to be the first student to ace his test, I memorized all 7 chapters. If you’re looking for a way to increase the capacity of your memory or pass a test, you don’t need to memorize 23,000 words.

But the technique I used to memorize those chapters can be used to memorize anything. Below is the simpler version of my system, developed to help my pupils pass history, psychology, and other information-heavy tests. First, use a pencil or word processor (I prefer the latter because it’s faster) to type, in complete sentences, any fact you think might appear on the test. Does it Really Work? Apr. Pomodoro Technique. A Pomodoro kitchen timer, after which the method is named The Pomodoro Technique is a time management method developed by Francesco Cirillo in the late 1980s.[1] The technique uses a timer to break down work into intervals, traditionally 25 minutes in length, separated by short breaks.

These intervals are named pomodoros, the plural in English of the Italian word pomodoro (tomato), after the tomato-shaped kitchen timer that Cirillo used as a university student.[2][3] The technique has been widely popularized by dozens of apps and websites providing timers and instructions. Closely related to concepts such as timeboxing and iterative and incremental development used in software design, the method has been adopted in pair programming contexts.[4] Underlying principles[edit] There are six steps in the original technique: Tools[edit] Software[edit] The technique has inspired application software for several platforms.[9][10][11] See also[edit] References[edit] External links[edit] Official website.

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