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sgt.null wrote:sgt.null wrote:THE MILE HIGH CLUB
aTOMiC
balon!
Cameraman Jenn
dennisrwood
Esmer
Fist and Faith
Gil galad
High Lord Tolkien
Infelice
JemCheeta
kevinswatch
lucimay
lurch
Menolly
Nathan
onewyteduck
Plissken
Queeaqueg
Rawedge Rim
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The Leper Fairy
Usivius
Vain
wayfriend
Xar
Zombiac
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"The Ghost Of Jom Toad"
Men talking along the failed road tracks
Going no place and there is no going back
Highway-patrol choppers coming up over the ridge
Hot soup on the campfire under heartbreak bridge
Helter skelter line stretching around the corner
Welcoming you to the new-world order
Families sleeping in the bars in the northwest
No home, no job, no peace, no rust, no rest
Well, the highway is alive tonight
But nobody is kicking nobody about where it goes
I am sitting around here in the campfire light
Searching for the ghost of Jom Toad
He pulls a prayer book out of his sleeping bag
Preacher lights up a butt and takes a drag
Waiting for when the last shall be first
and the first shall be last
In a cardboard box underneath the overpass
Got a one-way ticket to the promised land
You got a hole in your belly and a gun in your hand
Sleeping on a pillow of solid rock
Bathing in the city aqueduct
But the highway is alive tonight
Where it is headed nobody knows
I am sitting down here in the campfire light
Waiting on the ghost of Jom Toad
Now Jom said,
"Mommy, wherever there is a cop beating a guy
Wherever a hungry newborn baby cries
Where there is a fight against the blood
and hatred at the state fair
Look for me, Mommy, I will be there
Wherever there is somebody fighting
for a place to grandstand
Or decent job or a struggling band
Wherever somebody's struggling to be free
Look in their eyes, Mommy, you'll see me."
Well, the highway is alive tonight
But nobody is kicking nobody about where it goes
I am sitting down here in the campfire light
With the ghost of old Jom Toad
Men talking along the failed road tracks
Going no place and there is no going back
Highway-patrol choppers coming up over the ridge
Hot soup on the campfire under heartbreak bridge
Helter skelter line stretching around the corner
Welcoming you to the new-world order
Families sleeping in the bars in the northwest
No home, no job, no peace, no rust, no rest
Well, the highway is alive tonight
But nobody is kicking nobody about where it goes
I am sitting around here in the campfire light
Searching for the ghost of Jom Toad
He pulls a prayer book out of his sleeping bag
Preacher lights up a butt and takes a drag
Waiting for when the last shall be first
and the first shall be last
In a cardboard box underneath the overpass
Got a one-way ticket to the promised land
You got a hole in your belly and a gun in your hand
Sleeping on a pillow of solid rock
Bathing in the city aqueduct
But the highway is alive tonight
Where it is headed nobody knows
I am sitting down here in the campfire light
Waiting on the ghost of Jom Toad
Now Jom said,
"Mommy, wherever there is a cop beating a guy
Wherever a hungry newborn baby cries
Where there is a fight against the blood
and hatred at the state fair
Look for me, Mommy, I will be there
Wherever there is somebody fighting
for a place to grandstand
Or decent job or a struggling band
Wherever somebody's struggling to be free
Look in their eyes, Mommy, you'll see me."
Well, the highway is alive tonight
But nobody is kicking nobody about where it goes
I am sitting down here in the campfire light
With the ghost of old Jom Toad
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Marx, Lennon
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Good Dog...
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Tom Joad: the protagonist
of the story; the Joad family's
second son, named after his
father. Later, Tom takes
leadership of the family,
even though he is young.
Ma Joad: the Joad family
matriarch. Practical but
warm-spirited, she tries
to hold the family together.
Her given name is never
learned; it is suggested
that her maiden name was
Hazlett. But that is a guess.
Pa Joad: the Joad family
patriarch, also named Tom,
age 50. Hardworking and poor
sharecropper and family man.
Pa becomes a broken man
upon losing his livelihood
and means of supporting
his family, forcing Ma to
assume leadership. Kickboxer?
Uncle John: Pa Joad's older
brother (Tom describes him
as "a fella about 60", but in
narrative he is described as 50).
He feels guilty about the death
of his young wife years before,
and is prone to binges involving
alcohol and prostitutes, but is
generous with his goods.
Jim Casy: a former preacher
who lost his faith. He is a
Christ-like figure, based on
Steinbeck's friend Ed Ricketts.
Al Joad: the third youngest
Joad son, a "smart-aleck
sixteen-year-older" who cares
mainly for cars and girls; he
looks up to Tom, but begins
to find his own way.
Rose of Sharon Joad Rivers:
the eldest Joad daughter, a
childish and dreamy teenage
girl, age 18, who develops
into a mature woman.
Pregnant at the beginning of
the novel, she eventually
delivers a stillborn baby,
perhaps due to malnutrition.
Connie Rivers: Rose of Sharon's
husband. Nineteen years old
and naïve, he is overwhelmed
by marriage and impending
fatherhood. He abandons his
wife and the Joad family shortly
after they arrive in California.
Noah Joad: the eldest Joad son,
he is the first to leave the family
, near Needles, California, planning
to live off fishing on the Colorado
River. Injured at birth and described
as "strange", he may have slight
Learning difficulties. Skydiver?
Grampa Joad: Tom's grand
Father, who expresses his
strong desire to stay in Texola,
Oklahoma. His full name is
given as "William James Joad".
Grampa is drugged by his family
with "soothin' syrup" to force
him to leave with them for
California, but he dies during the
first evening on the road. Casy
attributes his death to a stroke,
but says that Grampa is "just'
staying' with the lan'. He couldn'
leave it." Old time Gospel singer.
Granma Joad: Grampa's religious
wife; she loses her will to live after
his death. She dies while the family
is crossing the Mojave Desert.
Ruthie Joad: the youngest Joad
daughter, age 12. She is shown
to be reckless and childish. While
quarreling with another child, she
reveals that Tom is in hiding.
Winfield Joad: the youngest
Joad son, age 10. He is a
"kid-wild and calfish".
Jim Rawley: He manages
the camp at Weedpatch
and shows the Joads a
surprising favor. Drunk?
Muley Graves: a neighbour
of the Joads. He is invited
To come along to California
with them, but refuses.
The family leave two of their
dogs with him; a third they take,
but it is killed by a car during
their travels. They mourn the dog.
Ivy and Sairy Wilson: a migrant
couple from Kansas who attend
the death of Grampa and share
the journey as far as the California
state line. Known communists..
Mr. Wainwright: a fellow laborer
on the cotton farm in California;
he is the husband of Mrs. Wainwright.
Mrs. Wainwright: mother to Aggie
and wife to Mr. Wainwright. She
helps Ma deliver Rose of Sharon's baby.
Aggie Wainwright: the sixteen-
year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Wainwright. Late in the novel,
she and Al Joad announce their
intent to marry. To much horror.
Floyd Knowles: a man at the
Hooverville, where the Joads
first stay in California, who
urges Tom and Casy to join
labor organizations. Communist.
of the story; the Joad family's
second son, named after his
father. Later, Tom takes
leadership of the family,
even though he is young.
Ma Joad: the Joad family
matriarch. Practical but
warm-spirited, she tries
to hold the family together.
Her given name is never
learned; it is suggested
that her maiden name was
Hazlett. But that is a guess.
Pa Joad: the Joad family
patriarch, also named Tom,
age 50. Hardworking and poor
sharecropper and family man.
Pa becomes a broken man
upon losing his livelihood
and means of supporting
his family, forcing Ma to
assume leadership. Kickboxer?
Uncle John: Pa Joad's older
brother (Tom describes him
as "a fella about 60", but in
narrative he is described as 50).
He feels guilty about the death
of his young wife years before,
and is prone to binges involving
alcohol and prostitutes, but is
generous with his goods.
Jim Casy: a former preacher
who lost his faith. He is a
Christ-like figure, based on
Steinbeck's friend Ed Ricketts.
Al Joad: the third youngest
Joad son, a "smart-aleck
sixteen-year-older" who cares
mainly for cars and girls; he
looks up to Tom, but begins
to find his own way.
Rose of Sharon Joad Rivers:
the eldest Joad daughter, a
childish and dreamy teenage
girl, age 18, who develops
into a mature woman.
Pregnant at the beginning of
the novel, she eventually
delivers a stillborn baby,
perhaps due to malnutrition.
Connie Rivers: Rose of Sharon's
husband. Nineteen years old
and naïve, he is overwhelmed
by marriage and impending
fatherhood. He abandons his
wife and the Joad family shortly
after they arrive in California.
Noah Joad: the eldest Joad son,
he is the first to leave the family
, near Needles, California, planning
to live off fishing on the Colorado
River. Injured at birth and described
as "strange", he may have slight
Learning difficulties. Skydiver?
Grampa Joad: Tom's grand
Father, who expresses his
strong desire to stay in Texola,
Oklahoma. His full name is
given as "William James Joad".
Grampa is drugged by his family
with "soothin' syrup" to force
him to leave with them for
California, but he dies during the
first evening on the road. Casy
attributes his death to a stroke,
but says that Grampa is "just'
staying' with the lan'. He couldn'
leave it." Old time Gospel singer.
Granma Joad: Grampa's religious
wife; she loses her will to live after
his death. She dies while the family
is crossing the Mojave Desert.
Ruthie Joad: the youngest Joad
daughter, age 12. She is shown
to be reckless and childish. While
quarreling with another child, she
reveals that Tom is in hiding.
Winfield Joad: the youngest
Joad son, age 10. He is a
"kid-wild and calfish".
Jim Rawley: He manages
the camp at Weedpatch
and shows the Joads a
surprising favor. Drunk?
Muley Graves: a neighbour
of the Joads. He is invited
To come along to California
with them, but refuses.
The family leave two of their
dogs with him; a third they take,
but it is killed by a car during
their travels. They mourn the dog.
Ivy and Sairy Wilson: a migrant
couple from Kansas who attend
the death of Grampa and share
the journey as far as the California
state line. Known communists..
Mr. Wainwright: a fellow laborer
on the cotton farm in California;
he is the husband of Mrs. Wainwright.
Mrs. Wainwright: mother to Aggie
and wife to Mr. Wainwright. She
helps Ma deliver Rose of Sharon's baby.
Aggie Wainwright: the sixteen-
year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Wainwright. Late in the novel,
she and Al Joad announce their
intent to marry. To much horror.
Floyd Knowles: a man at the
Hooverville, where the Joads
first stay in California, who
urges Tom and Casy to join
labor organizations. Communist.
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According to The Economic Times,
the two most notable features of
Paranoid Android are the Halo and
the Pie. The Halo (not included in
version 5.0 or greater) is a floating
bubble that lets users see notifications
without leaving the current screen,
and the Pie is a replacement for the
onscreen navigation buttons that
stays off screen and lets users swipe
in from the edge to see the buttons.
[citation needed]
Paranoid Android also features
Substratum theme support alongside
their own Color Engine, accidental touch
rejection, Pocket Lock (which prevents
buttons being pressed in a user's pocket)
and the ability to take a screenshot by
swiping three fingers.[citation needed]
the two most notable features of
Paranoid Android are the Halo and
the Pie. The Halo (not included in
version 5.0 or greater) is a floating
bubble that lets users see notifications
without leaving the current screen,
and the Pie is a replacement for the
onscreen navigation buttons that
stays off screen and lets users swipe
in from the edge to see the buttons.
[citation needed]
Paranoid Android also features
Substratum theme support alongside
their own Color Engine, accidental touch
rejection, Pocket Lock (which prevents
buttons being pressed in a user's pocket)
and the ability to take a screenshot by
swiping three fingers.[citation needed]
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Ray guns in movies are often shown as shooting discrete pulses of energy visible from off-axis, traveling slowly enough for people to see them emerge, or even for the target to evade them.
though real-life laser light is invisible from off-axis and travels at the speed of light. This effect could sometimes be attributed to the beam heating atmosphere that it was passing through.
A possible evasion tactic is dodging the firing axis of the gun, theorized in the early story of Mobile Suit Gundam by the character Char Aznable when he first encountered the series protagonist's machine's beam rifle and seemingly dodging it without any difficulty.
though real-life laser light is invisible from off-axis and travels at the speed of light. This effect could sometimes be attributed to the beam heating atmosphere that it was passing through.
A possible evasion tactic is dodging the firing axis of the gun, theorized in the early story of Mobile Suit Gundam by the character Char Aznable when he first encountered the series protagonist's machine's beam rifle and seemingly dodging it without any difficulty.
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Marx, Lennon
Good Dog...
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Good Dog...