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 Books
His comfortable, successful world is being jarred to the breaking point.
Now, caught in a fairly tale turned real, she vows to break the spell and free those she loves - even though her loyalty may cost Eliza her life...
He's caught his producer skewing a story to fit her own prejudices, then lying to cover her tracks - and she appears to be hiding something much bigger.
www.tondering.dk /maria/bogliste.html   (1097 words)

  
 Breaking Sword
Spell Resistance: No Master’s touch is a spell often found in the repertoire of the adventurers that specialize in casting arcane spells.
Spell Resistance: No Understand object determines the non-magical functions of an object or technological item.
The first use of the spell tells the caster that the interlocking rings are, indeed, a locking mechanism and they have to be turned in a certain way to cause a needle to spring out of the box (a trap, though the spell doesn't tell the caster that).
www.peasoup.fsnet.co.uk /spells/newspell.htm   (1097 words)

  
 Breaking the ice
During the warm spell before the last ice age, melting of the Greenland ice sheet contributed more to the higher sea level than was thought, say Kurt Cuffey of the University of California at Berkeley and Shawn Marshall of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.
If the floating ice shelves around the edge of the sheet were to break up, this would expose the rest of the sheet to the ocean waters, which could induce sudden collapse, melting the rest of the ice.
But earlier computer simulations of these ice sheets under the presumed conditions of the Eemian climate (which was warmer than today) suggested that they did not contribute equally to the rise in sea level.
www.nature.com /nsu_new/000406/000406-9.html   (748 words)

  
 The Art of Change: Breaking a Habit
Even though in breaking a habit it is harder to take a cookbook appraoch, let me try to spell out some behavior patterns and general approaches based on my own guesses.
So breaking a habit first requires looking at yourself, your psychological strengths and weaknesses that affect your behavior, the bad habit in particular, and then an approach using your own unique psychology to counteract your habit.
Unlike good habits which are enumerated and encouraged widely and probably very similar across many people and professions due to extensive teaching and study, bad habits are quite varied and idiosyncratic, unique to each person, and likely kept secret out of shame.
www.luxtechnica.com /pages/breaking-a-habit   (1082 words)

  
 Press-Glas SA
In the event of the time spell between the glass manufacture and fitting in the window frame being very long, the inside surface of the fire-resistant glass must be protected from the UV radiation, as it is not protected by means of the PVB foil.
It is assumed that in the case of the transparent external glass not having a safety layer in the form of the PVB foil, the fire-resistant glass for internal applications may be fitted within minimum 3.5 metres from that external glass.
On account of the fact that the gel binding the glass is characterised by high sensitivity to UV radiation, the fire-resistant glass used externally must be secured by means of the PVB foil on the side of the glass most exposed to UV radiation.
www.press-glas.com.pl /english/produkty/ognioochronne.htm   (1082 words)

  
 Breaking Sword
Your spells are especially potent, breaking through spell resistance more readily than norm
You can create scrolls from which you or another spellcaster can cast the scribed spell.
Your spells are especially potent, defeating spell resistance more readily than normal
www.peasoup.fsnet.co.uk /feats/list.htm   (1082 words)

  
 Catalog Microcosm Publishing
Three excellent documentary films: pickAxe, The Miami Model, and Breaking The Spell.
CATALOG / Title / PickaXe / Breaking the Spell / Miami Model 2xDVD
PickaXe / Breaking the Spell / Miami Model 2xDVD DVD, 312 minutes (7 oz)
www.microcosmpublishing.com /catalog/title/967   (453 words)

  
 Making and Breaking Spells
This spell allows the mage to remove an item without disturbing the container it is in or the items that are in contact with it.
Given the proper tools and an adequate supply of materials, this spell allows the mage to build, assemble, or erect any structure that he could put up with his own hands.
Once this spell is cast, a successful Leatherworking or Armory (Low Tech Armor) skill roll is required to make the leather into armor.
patyrsun.tripod.com /spells/spells_making_and_breaking.htm   (453 words)

  
 PROTECTION SPELLS Black Magic Spells Breaking Curse Hexes Magick Spells
Are you suffering from black magic, are you worried about your future, has any one done a black magic spell on you to destroy you and also your family, then here is a spell to protect you from all the types of evil spells or black magic spells.
PROTECTION SPELLS Black Magic Spells Breaking Curse Hexes Magick Spells
SPELL TO BRING BACK YOUR LOVE WHO IS WITH SOME ONE ELSE.
www.saulat.com /magicprotection.htm   (113 words)

  
 Daniel Dennett
Dennett's latest book, Breaking the Spell, is a call for the scientific analysis of religion.
Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon by Daniel Dennett
Daniel C. Dennett is a leading researcher of consciousness, philosophy of mind and artificial intelligence at Tufts University where he is the Director of the Center for Cognitive Studies.
www.iscid.org /encyclopedia/Daniel_Dennett   (198 words)

  
 The Giant in the Playground - Message Boards - Common Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Terms
Also, an ability, spell, or whatever is often said to be "broken" if it is clearly capable of "breaking" a game with little or no special effort.
- Breaking a character/game/build: Using a rules loophole or arcane (as in complex) build to make a character that is far more powerful than is expected, to the point of unbalacing - "breaking" - the game.
Mostly because I crossed the abbreviations up for Complete Arcane and Complete Adventurer the first time around, and mixed them up again the second time through.
www.giantitp.com /cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=gaming;action=display;num=1121064702   (4748 words)

  
 Upside Down Pentacle
On a night when the Moon is in a waning phase, take a blood root (a favorite Voodoo root used for breaking all evil spells and hexes) and throw it onto the doorstop of the person who has placed the curse upon you.
This is to be used to reverse a spell cast upon a person, and return the spell upon the one who cast it.
Repeat this spell nightly (using a brand-new candle each time) until the phase of the New Moon.
groups.msn.com /UpsideDownPentacle/spells.msnw   (1047 words)

  
 Using Salt in Magic Spells
Additionally, because ritual cleaning is an important facet of African folk-magic, salt is a common ingredient in African-Americanhoodoo spells in which magical protection from evil and breaking enemy work (especially "live things" or tricks under the skin) is accomplished through the employment of ritual baths and floor washes.
For a further documented series spells using salt in the German-American and African-American folk-magic traditions, see the page on Protection Spells.
Generally speaking, when the intention of a hoodoo spell is primarily protective, salt may be used alone or combined with ingredients like saltpeter and black pepper.
www.luckymojo.com /salt.html   (2092 words)

  
 NofL.html
During the round in which the spell is cast, anyone who comes into contact with the caster discharges the spell into themselves, breaking the magic prematurely.
This spell weaves a nimbus of colorful azure lightning about the caster's person.
This nimbus of lightning is composed of one arc of lightning per level of the caster.
www.angelfire.com /hi/theGoldenEnclave/NofL.html   (323 words)

  
 net_hist.txt
THE "BREAKING OF THE BACKBONE CABAL" The "Breaking of the Backbone Cabal" occurred when administrators of the Usenet backbone declined to carry newsgroups dealing with recreational sex and drugs.
This meant that anyone with a personal computer and a modem could be system operator (sysop) of his/her own computer communications system, or "node." In 1986, there was a schism in Fidonet which was in some ways parallel to the "Breaking of the Backbone Cabal" on Usenet.
FOllowing the abdication of the Backbone Cabal oligarchy, Usenet was proclaimed to be the worlds foremost example of a working cooperative "anarchy" and it has remained so ever since.
www.ifla.org /documents/internet/net_hist.txt   (8621 words)

  
 AMCTV.com SHOW - Wicked Stepmother
Jenny (Colleen Camp), the family's fierce mother sets about breaking the spell but the witches are not easily intimidated.
Conniving witches Miranda (Bette Davis) and Priscilla (Barbara Carrera) cast a spell over an innocent family in this comedy from writer and director Larry Cohen.
The film also stars Lionel Stander and Tom Bosley.
www.amctv.com /show/detail?CID=60211-1-EST   (87 words)

  
 Notes: Beck not fooling hitters
Beck tries to go against the book and throw fastballs in breaking ball counts and breaking balls in fastball counts.
Blaine Neal, who preceded Beck in Saturday's game, has moved up the depth chart to spell Linebrink and to pitch with leads in the sixth when necessary.
In the process, Beck was shoved back to the sixth inning and the occasional seventh inning, at best, and now has been relegated to mop-up duty.
www.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/content/printer_friendly/mlb/y2004/m08/d15/c828680.jsp   (842 words)

  
 Ponting compares Collymore to McGrath - Breaking News - Sport - Breaking News
Collymore, 27, produced an early contender for the spell of the summer when he dismissed key trio Matthew Hayden, Michael Clarke and Simon Katich in the space of 11 deliveries.
Collymore, who overcame a spate of career-threatening back injuries earlier in his career, said more support from his fellow quicks could have seen the Windies finish day one well on top.
Australian captain Ricky Ponting made comparisons between Corey Collymore and Glenn McGrath after the West Indian quick ripped through his side's middle order on the opening day of the first Test at the Gabba.
smh.com.au /news/Sport/Ponting-compares-Collymore-to-McGrath/2005/11/03/1130823340206.html   (347 words)

  
 Hurricanes down Highlanders in Super 14 - Breaking News - Sport - Breaking News
But the second half was one-way traffic, with Wellington spending the majority of the second spell camped in Otago's half.
The Wellington Hurricanes scored 24 unanswered points in the second half but played well within themselves to grind out a 29-13 Super 14 rugby win over the Otago Highlanders in Dunedin.
The bonus-point victory moved the Hurricanes to third place on 33 points, with second-placed New South Wales Waratahs playing fourth-placed ACT Brumbies in Sydney on Sunday night.
theage.com.au /news/Sport/Hurricanes-down-Highlanders-in-Super-14/2006/04/16/1145125999562.html   (427 words)

  
 Dragonlance Nexus: Brightblade - Fandom: Rules
However, it is speculated that the magic of the Starjewel that Steel wore (which was the symbolic relic of the love of an elf for Sturm) kept the blade from breaking.
The dwarves that forged the Brightblade placed magical runes on the blade, which allows the wielder of the sword to emulate a Daylight spell and a Protection From Evil spell once per day.
Steel was a Knight of Takhisis, and why the blade never shattered when he wielded it, it is unknown.
www.dl3e.com /fan/rules/11103.aspx   (427 words)

  
 Final Fantasy VI Encyclopedia - Weapon Algorithms
For weapons that randomly casts a spell when they hit the enemy, the chance that the spell will be cast is 1 in 4.
The effect is that If the target has float status, then the weapon is thrown at the target, and 4 is added to the damage multiplier (see step 7 of damage calculation), If the target does not have the float status then 1 is added to the damage multiplier (see step 7 of damage calculation).
When a character is equipped with a weapon with this ability, they only get the battle power from the weapon if they have imp status, otherwise the battle power of the weapon is considered to be 0.
www.rpglegion.com /ff6/algs/weapons.htm   (427 words)

  
 Dar's rejections frustrate Warne - Breaking News - Sport - Breaking News
Warne's three wickets after tea on day three of the first Ashes Test at Lord's proved his spell over England was as strong as ever, but he was far from happy as he had several confident leg before shouts turned down by the Pakistani umpire.
Dar calmly refused Warne's sustained, vociferous appeals, and the legspinner had arms in the air in anguish, shook his head and at one stage put a hand over his mouth.
Dar's rejections frustrate Warne - Breaking News - Sport - Breaking News
www.theage.com.au /news/Sport/Dars-rejections-frustrate-Warne/2005/07/24/1122143718637.html   (461 words)

  
 Sports News
Aftab Ahmed produced a record-breaking spell as Bangladesh gave New Zealand a tough time to win the second match of the RC Cola ODI Series on Friday at the Bangabandhu National Stadium.
Aftab, who will celebrate his 20th birthday on November 10, shook the Kiwis tent with his magic spell as New Zealand were reduced to 125 for six from a convincing position of 74 for one.
Aftab, in the team as a batsman and with very little success as a bowler even in domestic cricket, put the seaming conditions under lights to superb use and finished with 5-31.
independent-bangladesh.com /news/nov/06/06112004sp.htm   (10258 words)

  
 Cat Yronwode
I get asked these questions so often that i have web pages up about them, so rather than post them here, i will just direct you to the URLs: Cleaning Baths and House Scrubs http://www.luckymojo.com/baths.html Uncrossing and Jinx Breaking http://www.luckymojo.com/uncrossing.html Fiery Wall of Protection Spell http://www.luckymojo.com/fierywall.html More Protection Spells and Amulets http://www.luckymojo.com/protectionspells.html Cordially, catherine yronwode
Okay, if you do both of those things, then the next step is to undertake a spiritual cleaning of yourself and the home, followed by an uncrossing spell to take off any jinxes, then put up some protection around the home.
www.pych-one.com /new-2580732-4710.html   (1210 words)

  
 fireandice.txt
This section seems almost random - there is no real context for it 17) Elementalist: 'Armor • Medium' cost of 0 [One assumes it should be 10] 17) Elementalist, Spell Development: Line breaking broken (line has split over two lines) ??) Elemental Priest: Cost is listed as 6.
[Christopher Allen, rolemaster list 23) Arcane Elementalist; cost of Technical &x2022; Professional: no space before cost 24) Elemental Counters: What is a Class 'E' spell - do you mean Type E (as in elemental)?
nash.nu /Rolemaster/reviews/fireandice.txt   (735 words)

  
 Earth-Fantastic Voyage (Earth-312; Exiles story)
As the Exiles member known as Magik (Illyana Rasputin) cast an absorption spell to shield her fellow Exiles from the mutating effects of the cosmic rays, the shape-shifting Exile known as Morph used his mutant powers to line the vessel and prevent the hull from breaking up.
(Exiles#35) - "Fantastic Voyage: Part 1 of 3" - Reunited after having their space-time trajectories disrupted by a chaos spell, the team of reality-hopping mutants known as the Exiles were transported to a world where Reed Richards, Ben Grimm, Johnny Storm, and Susan Storm were mere minutes away from gaining their super-powers.
It is possible that Earth-Fantastic Voyage diverged from Earth-616 at the point of the Exiles' arrival.
www.marvunapp.com /Appendix/earth-fantasticvoyage.htm   (2437 words)

  
 noticias - Genk blunt Brugge charge
Aruna Dindane was also on target, breaking the deadlock after just three minutes as Franky Vercauteren's side eased to their third successive win.
Anderlecht closed the gap at the top of the table to eight points after two goals from Nenad Jestrovic in a ten-minute spell either side of half-time helped them to a 3-1 victory at KSV Cercle Brugge.
Standard de Liège stretched their unbeaten run to ten games with a 3-0 win at strugglers R. Excelsior Mouscron.
www.noticias.info /archivo/2005/200503/20050314/20050314_51975.shtm   (2437 words)

  
 Threading the Needle: "Frack" You
The viewer must be able to lose himself in the story so that these issues of believability never have an opportunity to bubble to the surface, breaking the spell.
One of the burdens of science fiction is that there is a fairly high burden of disbelief that the story must attain for it to be enjoyable.
The two words are interchangeable in every respect, with nary a grammatical or idiomatic deviation to be found.
threadtheneedle.blogspot.com /2005/07/frack-you.html   (757 words)

  
 WICCA AND WITCHCRAFT : Gaulish Wine Wish Spell
The Gaulish Celts believed it was the Sun god Sucellos who struck the earth with his hammer, thus breaking up the soil for planting.
Now watch food and wine magazines for their predictions of a great year for wine.
His mate, Nantosuelta, provided water for the crops.
www.greatestjournal.com /community/wicca/51578.html   (114 words)

  
 TCM Breaking News - 2001/08/21: Premiership: Robson - Boro drink claims rubbish
Robson pointed to the club's record during his spell in charge as evidence that there was no drinking culture.
Bryan Robson has quashed rumours that there was a drinking culture at Middlesbrough during his reign.
Robson has been invited to take part in coaching sessions at Manchester United.
archives.tcm.ie /breakingnews/2001/08/21/story21445.asp   (340 words)

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