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Chapter 260 – Golden Dragon

The most drool-worthy item that dropped from the five Lords in Everlasting City was the Sub Legendary Winterthaw Dagger of Molag. Its attack power was rarely seen among one-handed weapons. Even some Sub Legendary two-handed greatswords paled in comparison. It was one of the most sought after weapons by both Thieves and Fighters.

Each possessing unique properties, only three Winterthaw Daggers existed in the game. When all of them were obtained, no more would appear.

Another notable item that dropped from Everlasting City was the Darkbright Leather Armour of Solga. Its drop rate was even lower than the Winterthaw Daggers.

Of course, this was due to it being one of a kind!

Since this was only a fragment of the Darkbright Leather Armour of Solga, its properties were inferior to a piece of Sub Legendary-grade equipment. Only when all the fragments were gathered together would its true power be restored.

But even after many years, no players in the previous timeline had ever restored the Darkbright Leather Armour of Solga. So the existence of this Legendary item was eventually forgotten.

Nie Yan didn’t expect for something like this to drop on the guild’s first pioneering expedition.

The properties of the Darkbright Chestpiece were shared in chat.

Darkbright Leather Armour of Solga (Legendary)

Requirements: 290 Dexterity, 360 Strength

Darkbright Chestpiece (Fragment)

Requirements: 130 Strength

Description: This chestpiece still contains strong remnants of magic power. Seek out the other fragments—Darkbright Fine Feather Silk and Darkbright Rune Cloth—to restore the Darkbright Leather Armour of Solga.

Properties: Defense 370–386, Dexterity +20, Speed +20, Jump +10, Stealth +10, Cloaking +10, Reflex +10
Darkbright Barrier (Rank 3): Absorb 30% of all incoming damage up to a maximum of 1200 points for 3 minutes. Cooldown: 1 hour.

Restrictions: Thief; can be equipped by any faction.

What high defense! The properties of the Darkbright Chestpiece were undeniably great, especially the supplementary Darkbright Barrier (Rank 3). This piece of equipment was better than some Level 50 Dark Gold-grade Thief armour!

But the rather high Strength requirement made the Thieves in the expedition team shrink back. An anomaly like Nie Yan was perhaps the only one who could equip this Darkbright Chestpiece.

“Anyone want this chestpiece?” Nie Yan asked.

Nearly all Thieves shook their heads. With such an intimidating Strength requirement, how could any of them equip it?

Nie Yan looked at One Strike Vow and asked, “What about you? Want it?”

These players formed the core of Asskickers United, and a future Shadow Dancer like One Strike Vow was naturally no exception. If any of them wanted a certain piece of equipment, Nie Yan as their guild leader would do his best to provide. There were numerous other opportunities for him to obtain better equipment anyway.

One Strike Vow shook her head. “I only have 80 Strength, but all of that is from equipment and gems. There’s no way I can equip it.”

One Strike Vow still only had 80 Strength at her current level? This meant she had put all of her points into Dexterity!

When a Thief reached 500 Dexterity, a portion of it would be added to their attack power. At 1000 points, this bonus was doubled. Almost every Thief liked to focus on this stat, but very few actually chose to go all in. Although a full Dexterity Thief was very nimble with high attack speed, their fatal flaw was that they sorely lacked damage. So many players who attempted this difficult build would eventually end up abandoning it, having no choice but to add some points into Strength.

If One Strike Vow reached 500 Dexterity, keeping up her gear quality to compensate for the lack of damage, she could be considered to have achieved some minor success with the build. After reaching 1000 Dexterity, she would be all in the clear.

A few other top Thieves also shook their heads when asked. Only Nie Yan met the requirements for the Darkbright Chestpiece. He could even equip it right away.

“I guess I’ll take it then,” Nie Yan said. When he no longer needed the Darkbright Chestpiece, he could simply toss it in the treasury. By then, many players in the guild would meet the requirements to equip it.

Nie Yan checked his stats after equipping the Darkbright Chestpiece. They had increased significantly. It gleamed with a dark luster, resembling a black jewel—bizarre and mysterious.

The other two pieces of equipment were Dark Gold-grade. Both were snatched up by for around 20,000 merit points each.

After calculating the price of the Darkbright Chestpiece, Nie Yan distributed 500 merit points to every member of the team, causing them to rejoice.

Nie Yan wasn’t the least bit miserly when distributing merit points. This made the players respect him all the more.

On a different note, the Goblin Hunter gave an extremely generous amount of experience. This allowed for almost all of the players to rise up by a minimum of 80% of a level, and so many people levelled up.

Aside from the three pieces of equipment, Nie Yan’s group obtained the fifth Energy Key Fragment.

When all five Energy Key Fragments were gathered together, they started shining brilliantly before gradually merging into a complete glowing key.

Everlasting City Energy Key (Special Item)

“Boss, what’s that thing good for?”

“According to the official website, it’s used to open the gates to the Inner Sanctum of Everlasting City. What’s that?”

Nie Yan didn’t offer up an explanation. “Let’s go take a look.”

Nie Yan led the way to the center of the square. Carved throughout the towering, faintly glowing spire were murals narrating the golden age of the goblin civilization as well as their eventual decline. The remnants of their race was this city which had survived the ravages of time. It was thusly named Everlasting City.

The others followed closely behind Nie Yan. The broken brick floor beneath their feet sported cracks reminiscent of a turtle shell, which branched outwards in a bizarre, circular pattern.

Nie Yan’s group arrived at the base of the spire, where they were greeted by ancient gates whose surfaces were mottled by rust. Still standing firm in spite of the passing of centuries, they were impossible to push open regardless of the force employed.

At the center of the gates was a giant lock with a keyhole. Constructed of intricate metal parts interlinked with one another, it exuded a rather remarkable impression.

Nie Yan held the Energy Key.

“These are the gates?”

“They don’t really look like much. But I heard you can obtain the Energy Core of Everlasting City by opening them.”

“What’s that for?”

“Who knows? It probably has something to do with strongholds.”

The players chattered among themselves.

Nie Yan turned around to face the team members and said, “Wait out here for now. I’ll be out in a bit.”

Nie Yan didn’t have second thoughts about entering since there were no monsters in the Inner Sanctum. He slowly inserted the Energy Key into the keyhole, feeling strong currents of magical energy surge out from the lock’s tiny apertures before dispersing into the air.

Once the key was fully inserted, a blinding radiance shone from the ancient doors. Their previously mottled surfaces shone with brand-new splendor, as if they had never rusted at all.

Nie Yan slowly pushed open the door, then stepped inside where he was welcomed by nothing but darkness.

“Just run if you encounter any trouble,” Bladelight shouted from behind, sounding a bit uneasy.

“Don’t worry, I’ll be fine,” Nie Yan replied. There were no monsters inside the Inner Sanctum. He had nothing to be concerned about.

Nie Yan proceeded forward with nothing but darkness around him until he arrived at a meter-high stone platform, on top of which sat a metal basin collecting light-green droplets trickling down from above.

The basin was filled to the brim with the falling green liquid.

Looking down, Nie Yan saw a glowing crystal at the bottom of the basin. It was the size of a goose egg, elliptical in shape and jade-green in colour.

It was the Energy Core of Everlasting City!

With it and a few NPC Barrier Masters, Nie Yan could construct a barrier powerful enough to hold off even Rank 5 advanced magic. That would be sufficient until players reached Level 150. Even in the previous timeline around when Nie Yan assassinated Cao Xu, there were only two Magisters who had learned Rank 6 advanced magic.

Barriers were immensely valuable to the defense of a stronghold, blocking incoming spells from the enemy while allowing outgoing spells to pass through. However, players could freely enter or leave.

This property alone made the Energy Core priceless.

Nie Yan reached into the basin and fished out the Energy Core. The green liquid that filled the basin turned impeccably clear as if its essence was drawn out along with the crystal.

He looked at the properties of the Energy Core.

Energy Core of Everlasting City (Junior): Generate 1 Megacycle of energy per day, maximum storage of 50 Megacycles of energy.

A Megacycle was a unit used by goblins to represent the intensity of energy. The energy released by a Rank 1 advanced magic spell was approximately 0.1 Megacycle. This meant a Barrier put up at a stronghold at maximum energy capacity could hold off at least 500 such spells!

It would take at minimum ten days before a second Energy Core was produced. I’ll tell them to come here by themselves next time, Nie Yan thought. He wouldn’t need to personally come back here again.

Nie Yan stored the Energy Core inside his bag, then headed back outside. Bladelight and the others walked up, welcoming him back.

“How’d it go? You got it?” Bladelight asked. He had looked up the uses of the Energy Core on the official website and now knew the importance it held.

“I got it.” Nie Yan nodded. This trip to Everlasting City was well worth the time spent.

“What are we doing next?” Bladelight asked.

“Tell everyone to return to the headquarters. We’ll stay here with a few to grind a bit outside Everlasting City,” Nie Yan said. It wasn’t too efficient to have so many people levelling together.

At this moment, Nie Yan received a call from Guo Huai.

「Nie Yan, I heard a Level 40 Golden Dragon spawned east of Calore in Sinful Gorge. I checked the website and it says the Golden Dragon’s Horn can summon a Golden Dragon! Victorious Return, Radiant Sacred Flame, Holy Empire, and Sapphire Shrine are heading there right now. Should we go as well?」Guo Huai asked.

The Golden Dragon was a rare, top-grade summon!

「Of course! Why wouldn’t we go? We have to join in on the fun as well!」

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Initial price
Initial quantity
Final price
Final quantity
Price elasticity of demand
Initial revenue
Final revenue
Revenue increase

The price elasticity of demand calculator is a tool for everyone who is trying to establish the perfect price for their products. Thanks to this calculator, you will be able to decide whether you should charge more for your product (and sell a smaller quantity) or decrease the price, but increase the demand.

This calculator uses the midpoint formula for the elasticity of demand. Once you will have calculated its value, you can head straight to the optimum price calculator to deduce what price is the best for your product.

Read on to learn how to calculate the price elasticity of demand with the midpoint method!

What is the price elasticity of demand?

Imagine that you run a shop with electronics. Every month, you sell 200 TV sets for $800 each. You begin to wonder what will happen if you decrease the price of a TV set to $700. Will you get more customers, and if you do, will you get enough of them to increase your revenue despite the price change?

What you are actually thinking about is the price elasticity of demand. It describes the behavior of customers once the price has been changed.

If elasticity is high, a price decrease will cause an overly proportional increase in demand, making it profitable to decrease the price. Such situation is usually associated with luxury products, such as electronics or cars.

If elasticity is low, a price decrease will cause a slight increase in demand. In such a case, the demand increase will be unsatisfactory from the point of view of the revenue. Essential products, such as car fuel or medicines display this behavior.

Price elasticity of demand has nothing to do with different packaging types - it won't tell you whether it's more profitable to sell 0.5-liter bottle of water for $0.50 or 1.5-liter bottle for $1.25. For this type of problems, head to our price and quantity calculator.

Midpoint formula for elasticity of demand

Elasticity of demand is evaluated with the use of the midpoint formula:

PED = [ (Q₁ - Q₀) / (Q₁ + Q₀) ] / [ (P₁ - P₀) / (P₁ + P₀) ]

  • P₀ is the initial price of the product;
  • P₁ is the final price of the product;
  • Q₀ is the initial demand;
  • Q₁ is the demand after the price change;
  • PED is the price elasticity of demand.

Price elasticity of demand is almost always negative. It means that the relation between price and demand is inversely proportional - the higher the price, the lower the demand and vice versa.

You can also use this midpoint method calculator to find any of the values in the equation (P₀, P₁, Q₀ or Q₁). Simply input all of the remaining variables, and the result will be calculated automatically.

How to calculate price elasticity of demand

Let's analyze the example of an electronic store together.

  1. Begin with noting down the initial price of the product. In our case, one TV set costs $800.

  2. Determine the initial demand. In the case of an electronic store, the demand was equal to 200 per month.

  3. Decide on the new price. In our case, the price is equal to $700.

  4. Measure the quantity sold for a new price. LEt's assume you managed to sell 250 TV sets for this lowered price.

  5. Use the midpoint formula for the elasticity of demand:

PED = [ (Q₁ - Q₀) / (Q₁ + Q₀) ] / [ (P₁ - P₀) / (P₁ + P₀) ]

PED = [ (250 - 200) / (250 + 200) ] / [ (700 - 800) / (700 + 800) ]

PED = [ 50 / 450 ] / [ -100 / 1500 ]

PED = (50 * 1500) / (-100 * 450)

PED = 75,000 / -45,000 = -1.67

  1. You can perform the calculations manually or use the price elasticity of demand calculator to do all of the work for you!

Revenue increase and PED

You can calculate the revenue in both initial and final state, using the equation

R = P * Q

Hence, the revenue increase (usually expressed as a percentage) can be found as

ΔR = R₁ - R₀ = P₁ * Q₁ - P₀ * Q₀.

A negative revenue increase means that the revenue is actually dropping.

The price elasticity of demand is directly related to the revenue increase. Following rules apply:

  • PED is perfectly inelastic (PED = 0). In this case, change of price has no effect on demand. This is the case of goods necessary for survival - people will still buy them, whatever the price. Hence, if the price is lowered, the total revenue will drop drastically.

  • PED is inelastic (-1 < PED < 0). In this case, a decrease in prices causes an increase in demand, but a drop in overall revenue (revenue increase is negative).

  • PED is unitary elastic (PED = -1). In such a case, price decrease is directly proportional to demand increase, and the overall revenue doesn't change.

  • PED is elastic (-∞ < PED < -1). This is the case when price decrease causes a substantial increase in demand and an increase in overall revenue.

  • PED is perfectly elastic (PED = -∞). In this case, any increase in price will immediately cause the demand to drop to zero. These are fixed-value goods that usually have their price determined by the law. For example, a one dollar bill is a fixed-value item; selling this bill for $1.01 will cause the demand to drop to zero. The revenue increase is equal to -100% (all revenue is lost).

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Rolf B. Wolfrom, DDS, is a Diplomate, American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery,  He practices a full scope of surgery with expertise in dental implantsbone grafting, sinus lifts, extractions, wisdom teeth removal, exposure of impacted teeth, facial aesthetic surgery, TMJ disorders and oral facial pathology.

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Dental Implants

Dental Implants can be used to replace teeth or to support a denture.  Implants are designed to feel and function like natural teeth.  The person who has lost teeth regains the ability to eat and chew comfortably.

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Wisdom teeth are the third and final set of molars that most people get in their late teens or early twenties. Sometimes these teeth can be a valuable asset to the mouth when healthy and properly aligned, but more often, they are misaligned and require removal.

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A gum biopsy is a medical procedure in which a doctor removes a sample of tissue from your gums. The sample is then sent to a laboratory for analysis.  Doctors use a gum biopsy to diagnose causes of abnormal gum tissue. These causes can include oral cancer and noncancerous growths or lesions

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The Who Wants To Be A Millionaire Experience

8:53 AM

This episode of Millionaire was taped during the summer of 2017.  It aired on Thanksgiving day - November 23, 2017.  Part 2 aired on November 24th.

Celebrity Who Wants To Be A Millionaire
Over the summer my friend Sherri Shepherd called and asked if I'd like to join her on Celebrity Who Wants To Be a Millionaire.  Of COURSE the answer was YES!

Vegas BABY!
So off to Vegas I flew for my exciting #MillionaireTV adventure!  I honestly didn't think I was a Vegas girl but I LOVED it there!

Sites and Sounds of Vegas
Plus the good people at Disney set me up in style!

Kid free hotel room!
After a day of hanging out and site seeing, it was time to get down to business!

In our dressing room we rehearsed for the show while we got dressed.  There are only 2 rules for Millionaire - don't cheat and have fun!
Make Up Room Selfies

Back Stage

Once we were dressed it was time to go and play!

Ready for our close up!
Sherri is the celebrity.  I was the Plus 1 (formerly phone a friend).  I was there in case she got stuck on a question and wanted my help.  Well, she got stuck, so there we where!

Plus 1

I can't tell your how it all turned out, but we had a GREAT time and the charity that Sherri played for - The Summit View School - was pleased.

Sherri's Charity
Exhausted but happy we piled back into the limo to head back to the hotel!

Limo Fun!

Now for the credits:

Many, many thanks to my amazing stylist Iman Schuk of

for dressing me for Vegas both on camera and off!  She sent me off in style with an amazing look book so I would not forget what to wear and how to put it all together!

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Outfit #1
Outfit #2
Always in Style!

Look #1
Here are a few more looks from Styled Fabulous

Look #2

And of course MANY, MANY thanks to my wonderful friend

for bringing me along on this great adventure!

Love You Sherri

You can find Sherri on QVC selling her LuxHair Wigs

Lux Hair by Sherri Shepherd

or on the NBC comedy Trial and Error with John Lithgow.

Trial and Error on ABC

Watch Sherri and I on Who Wants To Be a Millionaire on November 23 & 24th on your ABC Station.

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The construction industry is full of modern advances and the best safety practices to date, yet hazards still exist that can result in serious and unfortunate outcomes. It’s essential to place safety at the top of your priority list, as no project is worth more than the safety of an individual. From project managers running the job site to surveyors laying stakes, safety should be on everyone’s mind at all times. When you’re working with new or used construction equipment, it’s equally important to know the safest practices for operating each piece of machinery. If you’re looking to buy construction equipment in the Throckmorton area, One Source Equipment can help! Our company proudly offers quality construction equipment for sale to customers in Abilene, Odessa, Midland, and beyond. Our employee-owned company strives to deliver the best equipment and support in the industry, delivering the machines and financing you need to get your job done.

One Source Equipment is here to serve as comprehensive your source for used construction equipment, and we’re proud to be a Genie Lift authorized dealer. From boom lifts to scissor lifts, you can find the perfect aerial platform to enhance the efficiency of your work. Our focus on supplying quality machinery revolves around safety, which is why today’s blog will look into a few guiding safety practices to help you operate your aerial lift. If you’re in need of any sort of construction equipment, be sure to give us a call! If we don’t have the machine you’re looking for, our experienced team can work to procure it for you.

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Switching between a skid steer and a boom lift will illuminate one fact for you: every piece of machinery is different. As such, it is important to follow the manufacturer’s recommendations on operating and maintaining your new construction equipment. In most cases, manufacturers can serve as a comprehensive resource for proper safety measures and training initiatives. Genie Lifts, for example, offers online operator training called LiftPro.

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Minor movements can have big consequences if you’re working from an elevated position, making it essential to secure your aerial lift before getting into the basket. Before jumping in, especially on inclines, be sure to set the brakes and chock your wheels. If your lift equipment provides outriggers, make sure to set these devices up before lifting off the ground. It is also important that you never exceed safety parameters set by the manufacturer. Your lift equipment will come with a number of electrical, hydraulic, and mechanical safety devices that all work to minimize the risk of equipment failure and injury.

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Before you step foot into your new or used construction equipment, it’s important to perform a safety check on the vital components to ensure compliance with safety regulations. This should be second-nature for you at this point, as pre-shift checks are common for all types of machinery present on site. Be sure to inspect vital components, safety devices, and the tires, and also do a cursory check to ensure that no fluids are leaking and that everything is right where it should be. A large number of falls and crushing accidents are sourced from a failure to pre-check your equipment, so take the time to make sure that everything is as it should be!

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Mischif no Snark: Good-ol’ Sperm Dick

For those of you who were hoping for a new Onii-Chan Theatre, it must suck to be you right now. For everyone else, welcome back to another installment of Mischif no Snark! I know I said I would change the name, but then I got to thinking, and I realized that slight as it may be, there’s still some brand equity in the name, and it would be foolish of me to just discard it. And I can’t think up witty titles to save my life. Anyway, I know it’s been a while, which is why I’m coming back with a three-fer of some of the most awfulsome doujins I’ve seen yet. Now, ON TO THE SNARK:

We begin with The Love Is Forbidden Swimming Club, where we find the protagonist getting chewed out by the swim club captain for a girl having the audacity to step out of the kitchen and ask him out. The captain decides that the best way to rectify this situation is to give him a blowjob. Neither I nor the protagonist are entirely sure what this is supposed to accomplish, but he’s getting his dick sucked so I don’t really think he cares.

She makes him cum and swallows like a champ, and he squeezes her clit till she comes in reciprocation. He flips her over and jams it in, and when he asks if he can come inside her she gives the okay because this time is “special”.

Fuck noises ensue and we are treated to a cumshot that looks like a water balloon being filled with expired milk.

He pulls out and starts fingerblasting her, which makes his fingers look like they’re covered in wallpaper paste:

And we find out that this apparently turns him on, as he gets in her for the next round. More fuck noises follow, and we find out that he has a name for fucking a chick after giving her a creampie:

Apparently sperm-dick becomes her new word-of-the-day, as it’s damn near the only thing she talks about until the end.

He blows another load, and afterwards finally decides to reject the random female’s advances. Who knew all it took was to be fucked by one girl to not care about another? Anyway, she suggests that if he just has to have a girlfriend, she can step up for the position. But she forgot, love is forbidden in the swimming club.

Right, that’s one load down, on to the next! Up now is Proper Exchange!!, a strange doujin that begins strangely enough with a female protagonist, Makoto. She keeps trying to get a look at the lead male Yuuki’s phone, but he won’t let her. She keeps harassing him to let her look at the phone until he slips and falls down some stairs and brings her with him. True gentleman. He breaks his phone on the way down, which apparently had a 100,000-volt battery because they both get zapped with a couple bolts of lightning.

They pull themselves together afterwards, but something’s different:

They retire to one of their rooms, where Yuuki-now-in-Makoto’s-body is flipping out, but Makoto-now-in-Yuuki’s-body is strangely nonchalant about the whole matter.

I’m not too surprised about that, if you have a dick you seem to be golden in Japan. In addition, it is also at this juncture that we find pretty much everyone in Japan’s a bit of a rapist, but you apparently need a dick to want to do something about it.

Makoto-now-Yuuki decides to tease Yuuki-now-Makoto (henceforth referred to as male and female, respectively), and basically comes to the conclusion that fucking will make everything better. Why am I not surprised.

I shouldn’t be surprised that she decides to go along with it either, since apparently she’s an emo little bitch. Some groping, nipple-tweaking and ass-grabbing ensues, followed by a finger-bang for good measure. She gets all “are you gonna have sex with me” girly on him, and he jams it in in reply. He apparently got the hang of those balls pretty quick.

He tells her he’ll go slow, but he doesn’t know how long that’ll last since he’s a guy now. Wow, he’s more of a guy than he thinks. She comes ahead of him, but apparently they’re still stuck in each other’s bodies. She comes to the conclusion that they weren’t fucking hard enough, and gets on top for round two. More fuck noises ensue, and they both come with the same result. In the end, he decides it’s fine to be stuck like this, since she now looks so super-cute. And there’s the fact that he has a dick now, that’s a plus.

And finally we come to Yamauchi-San To Yamauchi-Kun, a manga whose name made me originally think it was incest but was apparently just coincidental. We open with the woman Eriko being trounced in the rankings yet again by her rival Takayuki. He’s apparently a prodigy or some shit, but she thinks he has some sort of secret that by God she will discover. After asking to study together in the most harmful way possible after the tests have ended

…when he finally agrees and they’re in his room she goes snooping around as he steps out to get more tea. And of course, like she would if she snooped in any boy’s room, she managed to find his porn.

But I don’t think she expected to find porn with her face on it.

He comes back in the room, they turn into rabbids, and of course in the ensuing struggle they somehow manage to fall on the bed.

He declares his undying love for her in the most annoying and slightly creepy way he can, and whips her tits out.

We find out that as smart as he is he can easily mistake “fuck-me eyes” for “murder eyes”…

…and when she tries to get away from him, he rides her like a horse and forces her to agree to stop being “tsun” and start being “dere”. She agrees, and he commits what is not only the cardinal sin of essentially raping someone, but of dealing with women in general.

You do not EVER, EVER, EVER, EVER let a woman with eyes like that have access to any body part you wish to retain ownership of. EVER. EVER. He may be book smart but he must’ve failed the shit out of Man School, or not even have shown up because that’s like the first lesson.

Amazingly she doesn’t immediately bite his dick off, but gives him a handjob that is so boring he starts to fall asleep. Of course not making him come now would be dishonoring her family, so she switches to a blowjob that in contrast is apparently so good he has to hold her head down to make her swallow his baby batter. To apologize for humping her face 30 seconds ago he fingers her until she comes and just jams it in, again a bit surpring since she was a virgin as well and she doesn’t seem to be in any pain. Fuck noises are made, and a creampie is baked for everyone to enjoy. Mmmm.

In the end he manages to convince her to come over every day to “study”, and at the end of the final exams she’s dropped from second right behind Takayuki to 44th. He tells her if she undergoes “special training” she’ll rise back to second place behind him, and…she doesn’t take it well.

And so we wrap up my triumphant return to Mischif no Snark! As always, comments, criticisms and crap comics to crack on are completely cool, so feel free to contribute in the comments!

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I was expecting a theater but this is good too.

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The first comic was done by Tsukino Jyogi, who goes WAYYYY overboard with bodily fluids and basically makes his cumshots the least sexy thing ever.

Tom Jones
Tom Jones

Ive actually read the first two but that doesnt mean that I want to check out number 3 for myself.

The swimming club one wasnt ‘shocking’ it was average in terms of quality, There are MUCH worse ones out there.

Number 2 is pretty bad and the third one looks fuck terrible… Good job with the Mischif No Snark, Gave me some lulz and you know what? Please sir, Can I have some MOAR!!:P

It’s true, Swimming Club wasn’t all that terrible, but it did have something going for (or possibly against) it.

That something was sperm-dick.

Ever since I was a kid, my mom told me “When life gives you sperm-dick, make fun of sperm-dick.” I didn’t know what the fuck she was on about back then, but now that I’ve become a bit wiser I finally get it: Sperm-dick is fucking retarded, and I should make fun of it whenever possible.

So yeah, it wasn’t all bad but I couldn’t not make fun of sperm-dick.

Tom Jones
Tom Jones

@Mischif – Was the Sperm-Dick thing the actual translation from Japanese or was it just the translators ‘artistic’ interpretation of what was said? Just curious cause I cant believe the Sperm-Dick!

The third kinda reminds me of CHOICE, I think it may be in the same vein. (Equally disgusting) Im pretty sure you mustve read that one too, Your thoughts? :)

I was expecting a theater as well, but either way it’s good to see you back in action!

The part I found funniest about this entire thing -besides your hilarious commentary Mischif ;)- was the last panel of the third doujin. I mean, what the hell? “Abuu!?” Um…
….Anyway, this totally made me laugh. Nice job. Oh and one more thing I thought absolutely necessary to mention was the alliteration in your last sentence, Mischif. Yay alliteration and making fun of sperm-dick!! :D

These are fucking epic man. Love your snark. Keep posting more, I need some good laughs. Can’t wait for more from this site xD

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Race to the finish line with the new Wood WorX Racers! Featuring a Pull Back system, two wooden street machines require assembly using 30 wooden pieces, glue, a lick of paint and sticker decals (all included)! Once dry, you're ready to race! Just pull back and let 'em go!

• Pull Back system and 2 cars per kit for more play time!
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Time for a Second Job?

If you are currently strapped for cash or foreseeing financial difficulties in the future due to the economic downturn,  this could be the optimal time to take a second job. The holidays are around the corner and many businesses would be likely to hire extra help, even temporarily.

Your basic position could be that you need more money and soon, however, keep the following in mind:

* Make sure you are permitted a second job – Many employers’ policies will not allow you to work a second job that is even remotely similar to your first job, therefore check with them first.

* Work in Moderation – You may get tired once in a while but do avoid working yourself to the point of exhaustion. Keep being healthy and make sure your primary job isn’t affected. Also, you will clearly have to re-balance your amount of work and non-work activities. So skipping the occasional party is reasonable, skipping all parties isn’t.

* Make sure the second job is worthy of your time-  If you are missing significant time away from your family, then the second job is not worth it. The revenue you get should offset the costs. The costs being both monetary(for example, hiring a dog walker) to emotional(being away from your family). You may also consider having both jobs in close proximity to each other to save commuting time.

* Will your taxes be affected – It’s easy to forget but earning an extra income could push you over to the next tax bracket, which would mean that you would owe more in taxes.

* Perseverance is important – Although the second job might not be ideal, it’s better to stick with it instead of constantly changing jobs with the hope of finding a perfect one. You might even gain by networking  with people at the second job and mutually benefit in the future. Seek a job that requires a somewhat different skill or a different physical activity than the first job. The change of environment will benefit you and make you last longer in it.

* Set Earning Goals – Prior to taking a second job, calculate how much extra money you want to make. Designate the extra income for something that is a goal, such as topping up your savings account. This will make the work easier.


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ZOMBIE STAMPEDE is a free-to-play mobile tower defense game. A mysterious virus has swept through the world, and you must stop the zombie hoards by placing hunters to keep them at bay.

Zombie Juice: Swipe up the zombie juice from fallen zombies, and use it as currency to unlock hunter skills to survive.

Collect Powerful Hunters: Don't just upgrade your current hunters; unlock new ones by getting ID cards from the card box.

Unveil the Story: Gideon Kilgore was saved from the virus by an experimental drug, and now dedicates his life to hunting zombies. Uncover the truth!

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Aug 06 2017
If kdesudo is unavailable, the menu will try to use kdesu instead (if it can be found in $PATH.

in (k)ubuntu 18.04, make sure that 'kde-cli-tools' is installed and then link kdesu executable into a $PATH directory, for example:
"sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexec/kf5/kdesu /usr/local/bin/kdesu" and the menu should start to work again (apart from dolphin and kate/kwrite). - Oct 01 2018
I can confirm the behavior in dolphin. However, that part is handled by the file manager (and not by the service menu), so technically it is a bug in dolphin (which I cannot affect by the menu code). Seems like the bug doesn't affect krusader, for example, so it's likely specific to dolphin code. - Jun 29 2018
That seems doable, and if the policykit integration (see my response to your previous question) takes a lot longer, I could add these into the next feature release (if there will be one). - Jun 29 2018
First of all, sorry for the delayed response. I've been off-grid for a few weeks.

I had plans to setup a git repo for the menu (to make it easier for people to contribute), but did not get around to it. And currently it looks like the kio policykit integration effort for the kde file managers will eventually (once it is finished) make this service menu redundant (unnecessary) so there is not much point to spend too much effort on to this menu...I'll keep maintaining it for the foreseeable future of course. - Jun 29 2018
Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, ssh-askpass won't work with the menu as it is.
The good news is that since KDE frameworks 5.34, you don't need to elevate your privileges anymore to edit files that you don't have write access to (you can just open the file normally in dolphin and you'll be asked for authorization when saving it), so the root action to open file as root is just redundant (and kept for legacy system support'll likely be removed in the future). - Nov 15 2017
KDE Applications 17.04 release has disabled running kate (and dolphin) as root.

I'm looking into using sudoedit in the menu, but unfortunately it's a bit trickier than I would have thought mainly because it's not trivial to use a graphical password dialog with sudoedit within the menu script (without external helpers).

Hopefully I'll come up with a workable solution, but cannot give a definite time line.

And there's nothing I can do about dolphin (there's currently no work arounds for it like there is for kate). - Apr 17 2017
Thanks for the suggestion.

I'll take a look at it, but can't make any promises as I'm not that keen to add/modify actions for specific file managers...I could still do it if I find a simple enough way to implement the feature, so this is not a definite "no", either.

That said, you could create an additional "Root Action" in krusader yourself:
1. Create a new user action in krusader user actions manager (fill in the details as you see fit...or copy an existing action to use as a starting template)
2. For the 'Command', set:
cp -rt "%oPath%" %aList("Selected")%
3. In the second tab, set "run as different user" to "root" - Feb 13 2017
Thank you.

I'll take a look and if there are no issues I'll merge the patches to the next version. - Jan 24 2017
Thanks for all your efforts in troubleshooting, and sorry for the delayed response (it took me a while to get qt5.6 installed).

Unfortunately, I can't reproduce the issue on my end even with qt5.6 installed (the menu items work fine on my rig...tested with both kdesudo and kf5-kdesu).

I'll keep digging for the answers, and let you know if I can figure this one out...or if I can think of something else you can test on your end.
- May 14 2016
This is a bit of a head scratcher.

The problem is likely not with kdesu either, as you have reported that both kdesu (and kdesu5) work (when used manually). I guess you could temporarily rename /usr/bin/kdesu to "force" the menu to use kf5-fdesu to see if it makes a difference (or to completely rule out kdesu as the cause).

Looks like I'll have to get my hands on qt5.6 to see if I can make sense of what's going on.

Is the issue present with all the root actions (or just with the file manager option)?

- Apr 29 2016
Thanks for the swift response and the output.

Some additional questions:

1. The output suggests that you have KDE4 version of kdesu in $PATH, is that the case?
(run "which kdesu" to check)

2. If it is, does simple "kdesu -d -c dolphin" command work as expected, or is it also non-functional?

3. Do you have kf5 version of kdesu installed
(run "ls -l $(kf5-config --path libexec)kf5/kdesu" to check)

4. Just to confirm, the menu worked for you with Qt5.5? - Apr 27 2016
Thanks for your report.

Unfortunately I don't have qt5.6 yet so it might take a while to troubleshoot this, but:

1. Your installation of the menu should be fine, as you're getting the password that's not the issue.

2. Can you post the output if you run the following command in a konsole window:
" open_with defaultfm ./" - Apr 26 2016
Are you using version 2.9 of the menu?

It does not use an absolute path to kf5-kdesu, it's using kf5-config instead:
"$(kf5-config --path libexec)/kf5/kdesu", so it should work no matter what the actual path is.

In Gentoo, that should point to /usr/lib64/libexec/kf5/ can test it by running:
"echo $(kf5-config --path libexec)/kf5/kdesu" - Mar 30 2016
Version 2.9 includes the "--nofork" workaround, and should "fix" root konsole action. - Mar 22 2016
Version 2.9 should fix the "kf5 kdesu not in $PATH" issue.

While it works on my end, I cannot promise it fixes the "kate not opening issue" on mageia, so test results are appreciated (haven't tried mageia yet). - Mar 22 2016
Thanks for the extra information.

1. Strange that kdesu not being in path is a problem, as you mentioned that "other root actions work". It's baffling that it would work for other actions, but not "open with kate"??
(or did miss something).

2. I'll take a closer look next week, when I have more I can possibly set up Mageia in a virtual machine if necessary (as I can't reproduce the issue on my debian/kubuntu rigs)

3. Of course, any other insight or information you can provide in the mean time will be gladly accepted. - Mar 17 2016
I have a possible workaround by using --nofork option when calling konsole.

I'll have to test that a bit to see if it causes any issues, but if it seems to work ok I'll include that in 2.8.8 - Mar 17 2016
Upon closer examination, I don't think the issue is directly related to the root actions service menu.

The problem seems to be with either kdesudo or konsole itself, as a simple "kdesudo konsole" command is not working either, at least not on my end (perhaps you can confirm that on your end?).

I'll continue the investigation, maybe I can find a workaround or a reportable bug in kdesudo/konsole. - Mar 17 2016
Thanks for the report, I can replicate this issue on my end, which makes it easier for me to troubleshoot.

I'll start investigating the issue to hopefully get it fixed.

I'll post back any and all progress. - Mar 17 2016
Thanks for the report, I can replicate this issue on my end, which makes it easier for me to troubleshoot.

I'll start investigating the issue to hopefully get it fixed.

I'll post back any and all progree. - Mar 17 2016
To help troubleshooting, what is the output in konsole if you run:
Quote: open_with defaultte /path/to/a/text/file

(replace "/path/to/a/text/file" with a valid path to an existing file) - Mar 16 2016
Do you have a problem using the menu...or does the menu not show at all in dolphin context menu?

If the latter, it could be this:

if that's the case you can work around that by linking the konqpopupmenuplugin.desktop from kde4 to kf5:
"link -s /usr/share/kde4/servicetypes/konqpopupmenuplugin.desktop /usr/share/kservicetypes5/konqpopupmenuplugin.desktop"
(assuming you have standard installation paths)
- Sep 04 2015
Seems like a good idea to me, I'll add version number in 2.8.7. - Aug 19 2015
BTW, is this also with kwrite on kf5 like the first issue? Or is this issue also in kde4 kwrite?

None of the kf5 apps support the "--caption" option, and I thought I fixed this in the version 2.8.5, but looking at it now I made a simple mistake in incorporating the fix.

I'll upload 2.8.6 in a bit that hopefully fixes the issues, I'd appreciate if you could test the new tar to see if it works.
- Aug 19 2015
Thanks for reporting both issues, I don't use kwrite myself so I wouldn't have noticed otherwise.

I also appreciate the suggested fixes, and will look into it for the next version. - Aug 19 2015
Thanks for the comment and sorry for the late response.

You're quite correct.

I've updated the documentation for kf5 and will take a look into the automatic install script for any changes necessary in the next version (2.8.6). - Apr 09 2015
Should be *really* fixed in 2.8.5 - Feb 27 2015
Oh wait, I might have uploaded a wrong version. :p - Feb 27 2015
The latest version 2.8.4 should bring back the reminders for KDE4 apps. The removal was just a temporary quick fix.

I'll add them to kf5 apps if I can find a way to do that.

KDE4 will be with us for a good while and I don't wish to remove features just for kf5 compatibility.

- Feb 27 2015
Thanks, that clever test will probably work fine.

I'll add it (with possible modifications) in 2.8.4...I'm delaying that for a while in case I can come up with a solution for the reminders in kf5/qt5 apps as well (-qwindowtitle doesn't seem to work).

If I can't find a way to get the reminders in kf5, I'll just use your test to get the reminders back in kde4 apps. - Feb 24 2015
Thanks for the report. I've noticed that apps ported to qt5/kf5 don't seem to recognize kde-options anymore, but was hesitant to remove it just yet since most people will probably be still using KDE4.

I'll likely remove the option in the next version, while I ponder the best way forward.

There is no repo for the script yet, but it's been on my to do list for a there probably will be a git repo in the future (especially now that I know there's a "demand" for it ;) ) - Feb 24 2015
The tar package includes an automatic installation script "" that should run automatically if you're downloading via dolphin's "get new services" button (however, the script won't run if ruby is not installed).

If the script doesn't run automatically, you can also run it manually, it will install the required files in the correct places. - Oct 02 2014
> I notice the changelog for 2.8 seems to address an issue that I've had.
> Here's the issue:
> kubuntu - KDEInit could not launch /usr/bin/kate - Ask Ubuntu
> 349093#349093

Yes, this should be fixed in 2.8

> My question is, How do I upgrade from 2.7.1 to 2.8? Can I just install 2.8
> on top of 2.7.a? Or do I have to uninstall the prior version?(I also asked
> this question at Thanks!

Either should work (provided you installed with GHNS. If you are using packages from your distribution, it's better to wait for those packages to upgrade).

I seem to recall GHNS had some problems with some upgrades in the past, but they might have been fixed already.

You can try upgrading first, and if that doesn't work remove and reinstall.

Do note that it takes a while for GHNS to pick up upgraded packages, at the moment the automatic installation from dolphin seems to still offer version 2.7.3 (and unfortunately the dolphin preview doesn't show the version number for some mysterious reason, I'm going to add version information to the description) - Jan 03 2014
First thing to check, do you have "ruby" installed?

Dolphin needs ruby to run install scripts in servicemenu packages.

If you have ruby installed (or installing it doesn't help), report back and I'll help you troubleshoot. - Dec 31 2012
It should use the default file manager (set in KDE settings, more precisely...the default application set to handle inode/directory mime type)

If one is not found (or xdg-mime is not installed), it defaults to dolphin as a fallback if available and konqueror should only be the "last resort" (if dolphin is not available).

Can you elaborate a bit on when and how you see the behavior (opening konqueror instead of dolphin) - Sep 10 2012
Sorry for the delayed response, I don't seem to get email notifications of new comments anymore (which I'll have to investigate when I have the time)

To your question:
It might be possible (in theory), but there are a few obstacles to a clean implementation, like permissions (permission/ownership of files would have to be changed to the user or the trash could not be cleaned, but that wouldn't help restoring the files).

Moving to root's trash would be somewhat trivial, but I originally decided against that.

I might look into a trash option for the next version, possibly as a configurable option (I did plan to include more configurability in the long run), can't promise anything though. - Sep 10 2012
Unfortunately, there is not much that I can do about that. I could add a test for ruby in the installer script, but the script won't run without ruby (so it wouldn't work).

I'll update the information on the top of the page to include the ruby requirement. The IMHO best solution would be to include ruby as a "recommended" dependency to dolphin (it's currently only a "suggested" dependency in kubuntu...which means it isn't installed by default) - Apr 06 2012
Do you have "ruby" installed?

GHNS installation (in dolphin settings) requires ruby to run the install script. - Apr 05 2012
I finally managed to find the time to check out opensuse 11.4, and I noticed similar errors with the I think that confirms the issue.

This is not the same "bug" as the one fixed with the "-c" option, though, and so far seems to be present in opensuse only (the few other distros I've tried it with work as expected with either kdesu or kdesudo...with KDE 4.6.2).

I'm not that familiar with the internals of opensuse, so it may take me a while to get this one fixed. But I'll keep it open and try to dig in a bit more. - Apr 26 2011
Thanks for the report, will fix in the next update.

I'll add a test for the directory and create if necessary. - Apr 19 2011
And I'm back, thanks for responding...again :)

Nothing immediately apparent there so I might need to grab a copy of OpenSuse to see what's going on...I'll report any progress here.

I assume /usr/bin/X11 is a symlink to /usr/ you don't actually have to versions of the script installed? - Apr 19 2011
Thanks for the additional info, I'll look into it. I'll be going away for the weekend, so I can't get to this until next week, but if you could answer a few more questions I'd have a bit more to chew on once I get back:

1. Do you get an error for all actions (or just delete)?

2. What is the output if you run 'whereis' in a terminal?

3. Can you post the output if you run ' root_delete /path/to/the/file_you_wish_to_delete' in a terminal (to see if the menu reports any errors in the terminal) - Apr 14 2011
Correction: "rm -f -r" - Apr 13 2011
Thanks for the report.

Are you sure you're getting the error from the rootactions menu?

The script does not run "rm -r -f" at any point.

When you delete an item with the menu, it should run (if using kdesu):
kdesu -d -c "'' do_delete '/path/to/target'", and the actual removal is done with:
rm -r --preserve-root '/path/to/target'

I'll look into it, but would gladly accept any additional details on the issue (if you have them).

- Apr 13 2011
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Your iconset shouldn't override the plasma icons.

However, sometimes you may need to reload the plasma theme, restart applications and/or clear your icon and/or plasma cache files for the svg icons to load.

Note that there is a problem with akregator (and kmail) svg icons (the message count won't show), so you may wish to keep using the normal icons for those. - Sep 27 2011
Quassel is in 0.8, kfilebox will have to wait a bit (0.9 probably) - Sep 20 2011
I'll include icon for quassel in 0.8 (I'll likely use the same icon as Konversation since most people will only use one or the other, not there should be no confusion)

As for kfilebox, I'll have to check whether it supports the plasma svg icons (there is already a regular png icon for kfilebox in the theme...but I can make an svg icon if kfilebox supports it.) - Sep 17 2011
Nice looking theme you got there.

Feel free to use the icons in any free themes, that's why they were made for. - May 14 2011
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System Software 48 comments

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May 23 2012
Thanks for the quick response.

KAuth seems a likely canditate as I seem to also have /.config/Trolltech.conf that lists kauth plugins and nothing else.

There could be something in KAuth that confuses / and /root. I'll take a look if I can make any sense of it (unlikely) and possibly file a bug at BKO (I hate to write vague bug reports like the one I wrote for you ;), I mainly wanted to confirm it wasn't a local issue) - May 12 2011
First of all, thanks for the great module.

At least on my machine, kcm_ufw_helper/kdebug seems to create a file /.kde/share/config/kdebugrc
(that's .kde under the root directory), contents:

I'm guessing that should be added to /root/.kde/share/config/kdebugrc

Not sure if this is a universal bug, though.

Details of my setup:
Kubuntu Oneiric Ocelot (devel version)
UFW Kcontrol module 0.2.1 (built from source) - May 11 2011
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Smooth Tasks

Plasma 4 Widgets
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Score 86.9%
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Score 86.7%
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