I’m opting for commerce & accountancy and public administration as optional for mains. Pls advise

Yes,it is good

I feel this is the third brilliant film of his which has not exactly done well at the BO(Fiza and Lakshya being the other 2). On the other hand his not so good films like Krrish,Dhoom-2 and K3G have all turned out to be blockbusters.

I think Hrithik can not make happy all people in the world, so he is focusing on making happy to himself….Thats why a wonder-piece like Guzaarish came out. Just similar to his two other films like Fiza and Lakshya. Rather every real actor sometime do some good work for self satisfaction, remember "Swadesh" of SRK also didn’t make a magic on BO. Indians are not so matured yet to smell the breeze of such flowers of Indian movies

I mean those brilliant minds that won noble peace prizes and solved human kind toughest problems.
would it be a double edged sword, besides all the biological logistics?

I would argue that it would be a double edged sword. First, the truly brilliant-if you have ever had the pleasure-are often awkward socially. Second, many people have carved out comfortable existences obeying their hegemon’s directives, and often times it is the truly brilliant who challenge these status-quos. While challenging oppressive, destructive, and dangerous structures may be romantically remembered as the achievements of the truly brilliant do not make the erroneous assumption that really brilliant people are a unanimously moral lot. Rather some of the most brilliant minds to grace the earth have been deeply conflicted or even downright evil. Furthermore, it is my experience that with having too much time our imaginations regularly encourage devious behavior. I can only imagine that over an eternity the inability to solve basic human problems due to a dumbed-down majority would lead to criminal depravity. Finally, most of us are conscious enough to know the problems that face the world today brilliant, immortal, or most likely not; nonetheless, our inaction speaks loudly to the current state of the human condition. War, famine, ozone depletion, human trafficking, and the list goes on. As someone who has seen some of the atrocities humanity has conjured up I would simply say that we are all brilliant vessels for change, or at least we have the ability to be. The time is now. Perhaps it sounds cliche but if hope for a future dies in romantic fantasy about immortal geniuses it would be truly tragic. If you have time for a movie and you want a very interesting take on your question watch "The Man From Earth"

We need a new word for awesome;cool;redonkulous;redonkadonk;freaking brilliant;super fantastic.\
That shall be its definition, but what is the word? It must be catchy, rolls off the tongue and just easy to catch on. THEN YOU MUST TELL IT TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS. Agreed? Let us get to work.

BQ- Do you say awesome?(or any of its various synonyms.)

Mmm. Yeah, I love raping the English language, so here goes…

There’s been "choice","tits","beans" - not very inspired.

At work, when someone does something just messed up we shake our heads and go, "Cocaine’s a hell of a drug." (rick james)

When something good happens we nod and say "Snus" but you have to draw it out and say it like you just hit the chronic. All mellow, good times.

First of all, let me warn you that this may end up being a pretty lengthy post. And let me just say that the people I need advice from are those in the professional performing arts world…people who studied voice or dance in college, or those who own their own dance/performing arts studios now.

Here is my situation…
Currently, I am getting ready to enter my third year of college in a few weeks now. I am a vocal performance major, which I love so much! I have an incredible voice teacher who has helped grow my voice immensely! And I am involved in several performing groups at my school. However, I have had a very strong passion for dance and choreography that has grown so much over the last couple of years. That passion has now completely surpassed my love for singing, although i’m not quite sure I’d want to give that up completely. I never brought these thoughts to my parents because I didn’t think they would ever approve (they ALREADY don’t approve of vocal performance, there was no way I was gonna bring up dance as another option).

My original plan was to bravely talk to them and have us discuss my continuing as a voice major but seeing if it might be possible for me to start training in ballet again…catching up, getting back into shape, getting more choreography experience…really focusing in on the dance side of things as well as the music side (like i said, i don’t want to give that up completely). That way I could stay at my current college (which has no dance program) because I love it, I wouldn’t have to leave my voice teacher, and I’d be getting more dance under my belt. It sounded like a good plan…
…so that’s what I brought up. And the issue, of course (the one I was afraid of) was money. My parents don’t think I should spend time and money on a degree if it’s not really what I wanna do (and i kind of agree). They know and understand that my dream is to have my own company that I would choreograph for (or to find one)…also, there is taking into consideration that I have not been doing very well in my college classes. I have failed two classes, barely passed a few others, and retaking the ones I failed of course means repaying for classes that we have already paid for once. Part of me thinks that I can’t handle college, and my parents agree.

Having said ALL of that, my parents have said that I have to come up with a plan by this coming Sunday (August 8)!!! FAST! So here are a few of the plans that I’ve been thinking…but all of them have downfalls:

1) Staying at my current college with my current major and take dance classes elsewhere.
–> Problem: Money

2) Leaving my current college and transferring somewhere else that has both a music AND dance program.
–> Problems: This would be a very difficult thing for me to do since my whole life is practically at this college! All of my friends and involvement. Plus, I’ve already committed to many things this semester already…I’d be letting a ton of people down…especially my voice teacher. And speaking of my voice teacher, I truly think that she is BRILLIANT and it would be hard for me to find a new one that measures up to who she has been for me.

3) Stopping college to just focus on my true passion, dance, since I really don’t think I can handle the classes right now. With this option I would focus solely on where I would want to live, where I would want to open my own studio (or find one to teach at), and what road I would want to go down with my dancing.
–> Problem: I don’t really know how to go about this option. Do I NEED a degree to pursue what I want here? And if so, what kind of degree should I have? At this point, this is sounding like the best option to me, but I just want to make sure that leaving school isn’t a completely bad idea.

4) Take this fall semester…continue with current voice major, take a few dance classes where I can, get some advice from dance instructors, voice instructors alike, do my Junior Voice Recital that i’ve been working SO HARD toward…and take the time to decide what I want to do. By December, I’ll have had enough time to decide.
–> Problem: this is the one that really sounds the best to me…it’s just those classes that I’m going to completely struggle through.

Okay…that was a lot, I know. Sorry! Hopefully someone on here can help me and give me an honest opinion of what you think! I know it’s ultimately my choice, but it’s a big one…and I think I need to "pick the brains" of those who are already in these kinds of professions.

Thank you!!

My advice is to go with Option #4. I work in college and career counseling in a college and I’ve been advising college-bound dancers for over four years after successfully helping my daughter pursue a professional dance career.

(Did you notice that you said that both #3 and #4 were sounding like the best option?)

You did not actually say what style of dance has become your passion, but since you mentioned a) ballet classes and b) starting your own company, you’ve got people rightfully telling you that you’re too late to start a ballet career. However, since you are a vocal performance major, I’m going to hope that you’re feeling drawn to dance through musical theatre and thus tell you why you should go with your fourth option.

In musical theatre productions, it’s the Singers-Who-Can-Dance who are paid higher than the Dancers-Who-Can-Sing. And the kind of dancing that vocal leads do is pretty basic; it does NOT require years of intense training. Many, many musical theatre majors at the top MT college programs only start dance classes in college, as their auditions to get in were only based on their singing and acting abilities. Therefore, if you could someday get hired by shows based in New York, Chicago, Las Vegas, San Francisco or Los Angeles, you would have access to professional dance studios where you could take open classes to improve your dancing while also working. Most other musical theatre work is with cruise ships, theme parks and touring productions, so you wouldn’t be in the major dance cities. But if you get those jobs (and chances are much higher that you would), you should try to work your way up in the production company in hopes of getting a "home office" job that’s involved in putting the shows together.

In terms of your college decisions, there are many reasons for staying at your current school. For one, you’ve already invested two years in your college education and, as a vocal performance major, many of your credits wouldn’t transfer. As for having to retake two classes, you also have to consider that the benefits of college are more than what you get in the college classroom. Keep in mind that you also have college friends and the knowledge of how to find your way around your school to get extra help. So think of the money you spent as "buying" support for staying in school. It would be a mistake to yank that support away and start all over again someplace else.

Secondly, you need to get your bachelors degree to survive in today’s economy. I don’t agree with the idea that you should not "spend time and money on a degree if it’s not really what I wanna do." That’s 20th century thinking and you’re living in the 21st century. Please see my answer to "Useless to Major in Dance," as the answer also applies to a vocal performance major:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Aj1eZ8gmggagoer1GztEHEbty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20090914133058AAA6kqH
You and your parents also need to read the recent Newsweek article on "The Creativity Crisis" (July 10, 2010
http://www.newsweek.com/2010/07/10/the-creativity-crisis.html
Businesses need creative people.

Finally, you need to stay in college because colleges are super-valuable resources. As you admitted with Option #3, you don’t even know how to set off on your own. When you return to school, you’ll need to work on getting tutoring or other academic support (such as study groups), personal counseling (to work on deciding what you want to do and how to stick with things you started - a valuable life skill), and career counseling (how to promote yourself, network, write resumes, etc). You can’t get those things as easily outside of college, so take full advantage of your school’s student services while you’re there.

So, yes, leaving school is a completely bad idea. Go with Option #4, seek out lots of advice, and work with what you’ve got (your voice) to take you to new places and opportunities within the world of musical theatre.

Hey I’m a 14 year old teenage boy who loves anime and manga. And I have always wanted to draw my own manga. I am quite good a drawing individual characters so I could most likely draw my own manga if I was committed. Also I have a fair amount of time as a teen however I do go out with my mates every Wednesday/ Thursday night and often Mondays and Saturdays to.

So I started looking for equipment, at first I thought about buying deleter supplies and do it by hand however this is expensive and I would need to resupply every now and then. Then when I was looking at deleter for a wider range of screen tones I came across the Comic Makers program which looked really good but I would have to order from america. As such I looked on amazon for a similar program and came across Manga Studio Debut 4 and had a look into it and it looks brilliant and a lot cheaper to.

However I have a few questions. Is Manga Studio’s for Dummies a good buy to teach me how to use the system. Is drawing digitally better than scans by hand beforehand (note this would mean I would have to buy a scanner which are more expensive than digital pens) and if so what is the best digital pen to use with Manga Studio? Is it Wacom Bamboo Pen Graphics Tablet?

Also how good is the program really? Is it as brilliant as it looks? What is it Pros’s and Con’s?

Finally I know the Ex version looks to have a lot more features however it’s way to expensive for me, which I hope gives you a highlight to my cash limit which is 90 pounds for a guide, a good program and a digital pen.

for programs you can try out trial versions,

suggest holding off, or waiting to buy any software,
if you think that you may be better to buy Deleter drawing supplies,

you may want enough supplies for making one comic book in paper format,
(paper, pens, inks, screens, light-board, )

and then look at getting Tablet, X-pen or Wacom or others,
no matter what program you use, you want a tablet for better control for line at and painting,

if you already know how to draw characters, or have enough skills to design from scratch,
you may not need tutorial books or pre-design software, but having correct tools does help,

( note that Manga Studio is lateral name for Comic Studio )

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Manga Studio’s for Dummies
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Manga Studio Debut
http://my.smithmicro.com/win/manga/index.html
Anime Studio -
http://my.smithmicro.com/win/anime/index.html

CELSYS RETAS!PRO ( Manga / Comic Studio )
http://www.celsys.co.jp/en/products/retas/index.html

portalgraphics openCanvas
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XP-Pen — Pen Tablet,
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Wacom
http://www.wacom.com/
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I’ve been searching for the video made to the song "Unconditional Love" by late 80’s studio band Gentlemen Without Weapons. The only two vids of it are a fan video of a photo collage, and a short interview with the band on ITN in the UK. The original video is brilliant and I’m surprised that it hasn’t been available on the net. I tried to write to A&M Records about it, but got no reply.

Try looking on youtube or the bands offical website if they have one. Or look for the bands fan club website. Hope this helped!

I am going to Orlando during Thanksgiving, it seemed like a brilliant idea at the time but now I am concerned about crowds!
I plan to visit Universal Studio’s, Islands of Adventure, Sea World, Busch Gardens in Tampa and Disney’s Hollywood Studio’s.
I would like to spend one day in each park (holiday is for 7 full days).
Any suggestions on what parks will be quiet on certain days? Thanks!

There are no quiet days during a holiday. Sea World and Busch Gardens are not nearly as popular as Universal or Disney so I would just go to those parks whenever it is convenient to you.

I would go to Universal on Thanksgiving Day since most people will reserve that day for family.

I say megadeth which unlike metallica,slayer and anthrax can still be relevent after album number 5.Look at their work post countdown to extinction:youthanasia,cryptic writings,system has failed,united abominations and endgame.5 brilliant albums and 2 ok albums in risk and world needs a hero.Sure beats the hell out of load of sh*t,reload of sh*t,st sh*t and sh*t magnetic.

i actually laughed at "st. s’hit."

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