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Italians are considered the most handsome men in the world while men who are balding and aging do not necessarily lose their looks, according to an international survey on what makes men attractive wow power leveling A "Male Beauty" survey of nearly 10,000 men and women in 12 countries conducted by market research firm Synovate found that good hygiene was actually the top requirement for men to being considered handsome. The second main requirement to be considered good-looking was confidence, with nearly one fifth of all respondents saying a man must carry himself well, followed by having a "great smile." wow gold Hair, or a lack of, seemed to have little impact with only one percent of respondents saying that a full head of hair was needed to be handsome. Older men can also take heart as 60 percent of respondents said a man's appearance gets better with age, with Americans, Chinese, Greeks and Malaysians agreeing with that the most. flyff penya "Words like distinguished, refined and dignified are regularly used to describe older men," Bob Michaels, Synovate spokesman, said in a statement. wow gold "Here, men are seen like a fine wine - they only get better. Which is good news for some of us." But looks did also come down to geography. wow gold The survey, conducted in October in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Greece, Malaysia, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Britain and the United States, found Italian men were considered to be the most handsome -- even though Italy was not one of the countries where people were polled. wow gold They were followed by men from the United States, Russia and Brazil. archlord money In Spain, more men than women consider having muscles and dressing well to be essential requirements, while the opposite was true for Greek women, who were more likely than their male counterparts to think a macho look was appealing. flyff penya Far more British, French and Australian women also seemed to value "a great smile" than men do. Synovate used face-to-face and phone interviews to compile the survey. Respondents were aged between 15 and 64 years. Most handsome man---Italians Platypus plays tricks
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It can be interesting to sacrifice some of the what-happens-nextness (the engine of a novel) for more of the what’s-happening-nowness (the focus of a story) wow power leveling Talking up the short story is an admirable enterprise, especially in Britain. The short story has been having a hard time, with outlets for publication shrinking and collections barely able to reach an agent’s desk. The idea of short stories making money has become as quaint a notion as travelling by commercial balloon. It is therefore quite right, and compatible with the national instinct, to support the underdog. We take the side of the short story and try to big it up. maple story mesos One way of doing this, which short story enthusiasts will recognise, is to suggest that a story is as challenging to write as a novel. Each line must be impeccably precise, no word can be wasted. This is true. The bad news for writers is that every line should be equally meticulous in a novel. There’s no letting up on quality just because more pages demand to be filled. The writer has to write well for longer, at the same time administering the vast bureaucracy of a novel: the structure, the people, the places, the meals, the transport – all the required paperwork. maple story mesos Or perhaps, as some people argue, the short story has a particular contemporary relevance because these days time itself is shorter, or shorter than it used to be. This may be so, but another contemporary phenomenon is greed, and there’s a sense of frustration that comes bundled with every short story ever written, and especially so in the finest examples. I can recognise why the writer stopped writing, but as a greedy reader if I like what I read I want more and more of the same. maple story mesos How about another 200 pages or so? At which point, of course, the story may start to resemble a novel. The main limitation of the short story is its shortness, which is one reason the novel has developed into the dominant form it now is. WOW Power leveling The shortness of a short story (there it is again – impossible to escape this defining feature) is also its major attraction to novelists. The same, only easier. The writing process is instantly recognisable – do one thing you can’t do and which is difficult, and when that’s done do another – but this series of difficulties comes to an end much sooner. Writers have a vested interested in talking up the form. WOW Power leveling There are other pleasures. It can be interesting to sacrifice some of the what-happens-nextness (the engine of a novel) for more of the what’s-happening-nowness (the focus of a story). Beyond that, the challenge for a writer is not technical but conceptual: identifying and sorting ideas into the right shapes and sizes. I get different types of ideas (thankfully) and because different forms offer different opportunities I’ve written a sports book, a travel book, and a biography. This is how I know that writing novels throws up the most problems quickest, and therefore offers the best apprenticeship for all other forms of creative writing, including short stories. WOW Power leveling I came to short stories late, and it may be that my ideas are getting smaller. I’m running out, or running down. I’m also using up what’s left over. Stories are useful for that, too, with the added advantage of avoiding The Best Book In The World syndrome, which can make writing books so daunting. There’s always the temptation to delay work on a book because it has to be The Best Book In The World. Now. Today. WOW Power leveling Stories are more relaxed, more comfortably likened to a game of Patience: set up the cards and arrange the conflict (black on red, red on black) – sometimes it comes out, and sometimes it doesn’t. When it does, as with any other type of writing, it’s because the words fit the sentences fit the paragraphs fit the structure fit the form fit the ideas fit the writer. And when that happens, when everything comes together, small is just as likely to be beautiful. A Writer's View
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What you feed your sun coral with ?
punk12123 replied to Donaldcoolwater's topic in General Reefkeeping_
A painter hangs his or her finished pictures on a wall, and everyone can see it. A composer writes a work, but no one can hear it until it is performed. Professional singers and wow power leveling players have great responsibilities, for the composer is utterly dependent on them. A student of music needs as long and as arduous a training to become a performer as a medical wow gold student needs to become a doctor. Most training is concerned with technique, for musicians have to have the muscular proficiency of an athlete or a ballet dancer. Singers wow gold practice breathing every day, as their vocal chords would be inadequate without controlled muscular support. String players practice moving the fingers of the left hand up and wow power leveling down, while drawing the bow to and fro with the right arm—two entirely different movements. wow gold Singers and instruments have to be able to get every note perfectly in tune. Pianists are spared(free of ) this particular anxiety, for the notes are already there, waiting power leveling for them, and it is the piano tuner’s responsibility to tune the instrument for them. But they have their own difficulties; the hammers that hit the string have to be coaxed wow gold not to sound like percussion, and each overlapping tone has to sound clear. wow gold This problem of getting clear texture is one that confronts student conductors: they have to learn to know every note of the music and how its should sound, and they have to aim wow gold at controlling these sound with fanatical but selfless authority. wow gold Technique is of no use unless it is combined with musical knowledge and understanding. Great artists are those who are so thoroughly at home in the language of music that they can enjoy performing works written in any century. Music -
  Love is a mysterious and a complicated force. What do a person mean when they say they love someone? Love is many different things. Each of us have our own understanding of Love is, and most of the time we base our definitions from feelings and experiences. The book defines love in many ways. "It is a strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties." It can be an affection and tenderness felt by lovers. Love is the object of attachment, devotion, or admiration. wow power leveling   "Does anyone really know what 'LOVE' mean? I believe I have a true love, but 'True love' is always hurt, isn't it?" wow gold   I scratches my head with this thought and began to wonder. What is the answer to this? "This I have to know!" I said to myself. I looked in the mirror and asked "Is it a wow gold   "But isn't love suppose to be an obsession? If it is not, then you'd have to rationalize. If you rationalize then it's not love, because there is always a better rationalization." wow gold   According to Marriane Williamson, the author of "A Return to Love," there is a "holy love" and a "special love." "The latter type is the obsessiveone; finding that one 'special' person absorbs _ALL_ your attention." wow gold "Love is not thinking about your happiness but making others happy." -anonymous wow gold   "Our hearts are created to Love." -E. Atienza   "Love is like a roller coaster, it has ups and downs." WOW power leveling   "Love doesn't make the world go around, Love makes the ride worth while." -unknown wow gold   "Money will buy you sex but not Love." -Simon Vainrub wotlk gold   Just when we thought we finally grasp what love is, somebody asks:   "Does anyone really know what 'LOVE' mean? I believe I have a true love, but 'True love' is always hurt, isn't it?" wow gold   I scratches my head with this thought and began to wonder. What is the answer to this? "This I have to know!" I said to myself. I looked in the mirror and asked "Is it a   "But isn't love suppose to be an obsession? If it is not, then you'd have to rationalize. If you rationalize then it's not love, because there is always a better rationalization."   "I think the "in love" phase is obsessive but according to Williamson (and backed up by my paltry experience), love does not involve the ego, is selfless and the opposite of obsession."   According to Marriane Williamson, the author of "A Return to Love," there is a "holy love" and a "special love." "The latter type is the obsessiveone; finding that one "Love is not thinking about your happiness but making others happy." -anonymous   "Our hearts are created to Love." -E. Atienza   "Love is like a roller coaster, it has ups and downs."   "Love doesn't make the world go around, Love makes the ride worth while." -unknown   "Money will buy you sex but not Love." -Simon Vainrub   "The more you cry for the person you really love, the more you can understand real love." -Tsuchida Tomomi Many Faces of LoveMany Faces of Love
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Train fish to eat flakes/pallets
punk12123 replied to yongshun's topic in New to the Marine Aquaria Hobby
Before the dawn of time, all the animals looked the same. Normally this was fine, but some of the cheekier animals likes to play tricks on Mother Earth and pretend to be other animals. wow gold Since they looked exactly the same, even Mother Earth who had created them couldn't tell the difference! wow gold To try to fix this problem, she decided to make each different animal look different, so they couldn't swap identities. wow power leveling Now, there were some animals who liked flying through the air, or climbing trees more than anything, but not Platypus. He liked swimming. wow gold At the time Mother Earth sent out her message that she was going to change what everyone looked like, Platypus was under the water, playing with his friend Fish. archlord gold Platypus stayed in the water even after Fish had got out, and since sound doesn't travel that well under water, Platypus didn't get to hear Mother Earth's message. It was only when Fish came back looking like a beautiful river fish, with his scales gleaming, that Platypus even knew about the message. wotlk gold He left immediately for Mother Earth's home, so he too could look different. But by the time he got there, there was only left overs left. Platypus so wanted to be like everyone else, that he took the left overs. wow gold He ended up with a beavers tail, a ducks bill and flippers, and a bears fur and claws at the end of the flippers. When he got back to the lake to show his friends, they all just laughed at him. Platypus was so embarrassed that he went and dug a hole in the ground near the river bank to live in. After awhile though, Fish came along and apologised. They become friends again, and Platypus even made another opening to his home underwater just so fish could come and visit