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I pump at work and in the past week or so, I've noticed a drop in my pumping output. I used to usually get around 9 oz (but could be up to 11 oz) with my first pump of the day and then about 6 oz with my second. That is way more than my son drinks, I'd say he usually takes about 6 oz while I'm gone but it could be up to 9 or 10 oz if he's particularly hungry or if I'm having a longer than usual day. Last week, I had two very busy days where I wasn't able to pump properly--one day I went 7 hours (!) without pumping, which I never had to do before. When I did pump I got about 12 oz but since then it seems like my supply has dropped by at least a few oz and not come back up. My son also seemed hungry this weekend--it took almost an hour to nurse him down before bedtime and he was sucking furiously (not just comfort nursing) the whole time.
I got my period back last month and am about due for it again, so I think that may be contributing to the decrease in supply, along with a couple days of not-optimal pumping. I also think I'm having some trouble letting down for the pump; I can feel that there is still some milk left in there but I can't seem to get it out.
Anyway, I'm thinking of dropping down to one pump per day in about a month (he will be 11.5 months when I do this; I am taking licensing exams one month from tomorrow and while I do get break time it would be nice to only need to pump once instead of twice that day). So I expect my output will diminish further then.
I do want to continue nursing into toddlerhood and I'm just anxious that I can see my supply dropping when I've worked so hard to keep it up until now. I'm worried it will drop too much and that I won't have enough for DS, which is what it seemed like happened this weekend. This weekend I just let him continue nursing and nursing until he was finally satisfied, hoping that would stimulate my production, but I felt bad about it because I could tell he was hungry/thirsty.
My mom watches DS during the day and we're trying to figure out how to balance solids vs. milk at this stage. Up until now I've always had her give a bottle first and then offer solids (usually a bit of whatever she's having for lunch). Now, given that I'd like to pump wean between 12-15 months, we're wondering if she should be giving the solids first or instead of a bottle? I've asked her to offer solids twice a day while I'm at work; I usually just nurse him when I'm at home. He's getting more interested in solids and eating more than he used to, and I think we could encourage him in that direction if we wanted to, but I don't want to decrease his breastmilk intake prematurely either. I'm just not sure how to balance it all. I do want to pump wean at some point fairly soon after a year but it doesn't need to be right at a year, 14 or 15 months would be okay.
What do you suggest in terms of the solids vs. milk question, and how do I make sure my milk supply holds up for as long as I need it to, until DS is ready to take more solids? Thanks in advance!


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Adorable Photos From The Julianne Hough and Nina Dobrev Breakup Tour
Just like bestie Julianne Hough, The Vampire Diaries star Nina Dobrev is now single. Ryan Seacrest has been out of the picture for a little while now, and it looks like Ian Somerhalder is getting the "ex" added on to his name too.
OK! News: Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder Call It Quits
We learned of this breakup just this morning and couldn't help but realize the situational similarities between the two gal pals. They're both single ladies and lately, they've been spending an awful lot of time together. They've been having bestie pizza dinners, hair-braiding sessions, and even took a couple selfies together.
Watch: Ryan Seacrest Confirms Breakup With Julianne!
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Top Excuses for Not Using Email Archiving
There was a time when archiving email, instant messenger and file stores required tens of thousands of dollars in equipment and subscriptions. Cloud-based archiving with its "utility billing", has brought the benefits of unlimited archive and unlimited retention to the smallest of businesses. Unfortunately, not all businesses are aware of the benefits of low-cost cloud-based archiving. If you want read some "horror stores" to avoid, click here.
Here are some frequent reasons we hear for delaying what could be a business-saving decision.
"We're too small to need email archiving."
- This is wishful and limited thinking. If you can be sued (and who can't today), you should be archiving your email and probably your documents. You have insurance so you pay small periodic amounts to avoid paying a huge amount in case of trouble. Same thinking applies to archiving; you pay a small per user per month fee and get unlimited storage and unlimited retention. However unlike insurance, there are benefits whether you get sued or not.
- "Email is the "best" and most exciting evidence in court today." – Robert E. Camors, Jr., Thelen Reid & Priest LLP. Over 90% of all documents created and received by businesses are now electronic. The majority will be emailed for review internally or externally to a client or vendor. Email will be one of the first pools of data to be tapped in any legal action. The faster your legal team can find the data it needs, the fewer hours you will see on your bill.
- If the day ever comes when the sheriff knocks on the door, you want to quickly know how exposed you are. If you have your email and files archived in the same repository, your legal team can easily find the relevant data and help make the settle/go-to-court decision. The small investment you make in email and file archiving ahead may save your business.
"We don't have the time."
- Today's cloud-based archiving is quick to deploy. It takes about 5 minutes to start collecting your email. You can then import your old email messages if you wish.
- Your users have self-service links to their archived messages where they can bring back that deleted message they need. This speeds up users searching for older messages and saves the IT staff time trying to retrieve deleted messages.
"We're not in a regulated industry."
- OK, but are you in a state that requires rapid responses to e-discovery requests? Nevada, Ohio & Florida are states that have laws requiring businesses of any size to be able to respond to such requests. Most other states are considering such laws.
- Just because you are not in a regulated industry doesn't mean you won't be sued. In fact, you could win a case but still be penalized for your inability to respond to e-discovery requests; in one case, for over $280,000. Regulated or not, it just makes good business sense to be prepared.
- Being able to quickly respond to an e-discovery request puts the opponent off their game of one-upsmanship. We've been in the business of computerized litigation support for 25 years and have seen it firsthand. In one case, a complex request was faxed in from opposing council at 2 PM on Christmas Eve. As they expected, there were few people at the office. One paralegal checked the fax machine one more time before she was going home and found it. Because the client's data was readily available, she was able to respond to the request within 20 minutes and no one's Christmas vacation was spoiled (At least on the client's side). Who's Christmas vacation would have been spoiled to get the data from your backups so they could respond?
"We already backup our system."
- Backups are for disaster recovery not for archiving and courts know that. They don't tolerate excuses or delays based on excess expense or time for not producing documents and messages on a reasonable basis. They also know that archiving is no longer the onerous cost it once was. This is especially true with today's cloud-based archive solution.
- An email archive indexes all messages. This means you can find messages across users and time. Want to know if and when Tom, Dick or Harry mentioned anything about the Kumquat project to Albert? That query will take just a few seconds to construct using the Search Wizard and a couple more seconds to complete. Want the result in PDF, PST or EML format? Just click and download. How long would it take you to make that query in your system now?
- Business Intelligence bonus at your fingertips. Concerned about someone giving away your company's intellectual property? Just open a browser and use the Search Wizard to easily monitor email for key words or documents. There is no way you can proactively monitor vital communication channels without email archiving.
- Backup will not let you actively monitor email to spot something before you get sued. This is where the real money saver is.
"If we don't archive our email, we won't have anything incrementing to worry about."
- We know of a case in which an employee selectively deleted email messages leaving only those that supported her position in a dispute against her boss. She forgot that every message has a sender and a recipient. You know that email you don't want found? Someone has a copy of it. If you sent it, it had a recipient. If you received it, it had a sender. What if they forwarded the message to someone else? What if they have email archive?
- An email archive system captures all the messages before anyone has a chance to delete anything. Once messages are archived, they cannot be deleted. No information can be legally "spoiled".
- Judges get testy when data gets spoiled. There are cases in which a judge gave the jury instructions to assume a side was trying to hide information because it had gotten deleted! You don't want a jury thinking that about you.
Not archiving in today's litigious society is like driving without insurance because you don't believe you are going to get into an accident.
To find out how easy and inexpensive it is to start archiving, contact us at 770-603-0300 or click on the button at the top of the post to see how to reduce your exposure and gain the benefits of cloud-based archiving.


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The head of the socialist party Attila Mesterházy and his fellow MP Gergely Bárándy claimed that more and more settlements around the country erect statues of Horthy; municipalities are encouraged by the government to continue the practice of portraying Horthy as a positive historical figure by erecting statues of him reasoned the two globalist puppets.
While in power Horthy impoverished millions of people and created social injustice. The Socialist party is strongly opposing the idea of portraying Horthy in a positive light and keeping his memory alive by erecting statues of him reasoned the two voodoo vipers. Instead, the government should advocate building Holocaust memorials and publish teaching materials for kids instructing them the proper way of remembering Horthy's victims concludes the statement issued by the party of vampires.
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1 dead in North Harris County crash
An alleged drunken-driving crash late Friday left one man dead and a tanker truck in flames in north Harris County.
Everardo Trevino Perales was driving a black Mercury Grand Marquis north on Hardy, an access road parallel to the Hardy Toll Road, when he collided with a tanker truck at the Aldine Bender intersection about 11:50 p.m. according to a release from the Harris County Sheriff's Office.
Jorge Moho, who was riding in the backseat of Perales' car, was killed in the crash.
Perales and passenger Jesus Ortiz were taken to the hospital with serious injuries. The men's ages and addresses were not immediately available.
After the crash, the tanker truck caught fire, but the driver escaped injury, officials said.
Perales was arrested on charges of intoxication manslaughter. If convicted of the second degree felony, he faces a maximum of 20 years in prison.


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Uncertainty over the farm bill, extreme drought, rapidly escalating production costs — taken collectively, they don't constitute the ideal environment for farming profitably. But even in the face of these adversities, winners of the 2008 Farm Press Peanut Profitability Awards beat the odds and produced crops that were both efficient and high yielding.
Each of this year's winning growers represents one of the three major U.S. peanut production regions — the Southwest Region, the Upper Southeast Region and the Lower Southeast Region. Farm Press established the awards program in cooperation with the Southern Peanut Growers Conference and the Southern Peanut Farmers Federation.
"When you consider the hardships faced by these growers, it makes their accomplishments even more impressive," says Greg Frey, publisher of Farm Press Publications. "Even in a challenging production year, they were able to balance production costs with excellent yields and quality. This is what has earned them the distinction of being named Peanut Profitability Award winners."
The 2008 honorees maintained high yields and grades, controlled costs, and maximized profits in their operations, says Frey. "All of these factors combined make for a successful peanut farming operation — you can't have one without the others and stay in business for very long," he says.
Recognizing deserving growers, says Frey, is only one part of the Farm Press Peanut Profitability Program. "Education is an equally important component of this program, and Farm Press accomplishes this by publishing numerous articles throughout the year focusing on production efficiency in peanuts. Growers also will benefit from reading about the production practices of our award winners," he says.
The winning growers will be honored during the eighth annual Southern Peanut Growers Conference at the Edgewater Beach Resort in Panama City, Fla., July 13-15.
This year's winners include: Southwest Region — Otis Johnson, Seminole, Texas. Lower Southeast Region — Mike Nugent, Willacoochee, Ga. Upper Southeast Region — William McElveen, Bishopville, S.C.
Entries in the awards program are evaluated by Marshall Lamb, research leader of the National Peanut Research Laboratory in Dawson, Ga. Lamb, who serves as advisor to the program, designed the nomination form that is used by growers in determining production efficiency.
Lamb stresses there's no one set formula for maintaining profitability in peanut production. "It's always interesting to see how our winning growers approach things differently but with the same result — maintaining profitability and efficiency in their peanut operations," he says.
Rotation and timeliness are always generally common themes among the winners, he says, but they accomplish these good practices in different ways. "For example, one of our growers this year has a set rotation sequence for his peanut crop while another grew cotton for 14 years before deciding to grow peanuts again. It's the same principle, but they approached it in different ways," says Lamb.
All of this year's growers — as in years past — are doing everything on a timely basis, says Lamb. If they irrigate, they do it on a schedule that doesn't allow for plant stress, and when they spray fungicides, they follow a program that puts them ahead of disease pressure, he says.
This year's Peanut Profitability honorees also did not hold back on crop inputs, says Lamb, doing whatever is necessary to make good quality peanuts and high yields. "We've noticed in our evaluations that the growers who put the most into their crops each season usually are the same ones who do the best job of managing their fixed costs, such as equipment and machinery. In other words, they're simply good managers," he says.
The Peanut Profitability Awards, explains Lamb, are based solely on production efficiency — honoring those growers who produce the highest yields at the lowest cost per acre. The awards are based on a producer's entire farm operation, and not just on individual farms or small plots.
For more information on this year's winners and their production practices, see the articles in this issue of Southeast Farm Press. Sponsors of this year's awards include Bayer CropScience, Golden Peanut Company, John Deere, SIPCAM AGRO USA, INC., the Southern Peanut Farmers Federation, the Texas Peanut Board, U.S. Borax, Southeast Farm Press and Southwest Farm Press.


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DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica football team, led by its seniors, defeated the Crown Storm 45-13 at Ordean Stadium on the campus of Duluth East on Saturday afternoon.
This was the final home game of the year for the Saints and their 19 seniors. To date this senior class has a record of 27-12.
The Saints would make quick work of their opening drive consuming just over two minutes on the clock before Tyler Harper connected for his first touchdown of the day to Cory Gebhard from 40 yards out in the game fourth play from scrimmage. Mike Theismann's PAT was good to make the score 7-0.
Crown (2-6, 1-5 UMAC) would receive the kickoff and start at its own 33-yard line. Despite having seven plays on the drive, the Storm stalled and would be forced to punt. An illegal block in the back by CSS would mean a starting position at their own 11-yard line.
Thomas Fragale would take the hand-off to the left side of the field and ran the ball 80 yards to the nine-yard-line before being tackled. Two plays later Chris Gassert would run the ball in from six yards out to make the score 14-0 with Theismann's PAT. Fragale's run tied for the longest play in school history.
The Saints defense would get the ball back to its offense quickly forcing a three-and-out from the Storm offense. Gebhard's punt return set the Saints up to start their drive at their own 29.
The Saints would utilize four rushes and three passes on their next drive for a balanced offensive attack that culminated with a seven-yard pass from Harper to Nick Thiry for his second touchdown pass of the day. Theismann's extra point made the score 21-0.
After both teams would exchange punts, the Storm started their drive in CSS territory. On third and long Alec French picked off his third ball of the year and returned it 39 yards to the Storm 41.
A personal foul for 15 yards and a Gassert run of 15 yards would set up another Harper to Thiry connection for a score, this time from nine yards out for the same result. Mike Theismann would make the score 28-0 in favor of the home team.
The teams would combine for zero total yards over the next two drives and would exchange punts. The Storm would start their next drive with 7:17 left to go in the second quarter at the Saints 39-yard line. On fourth and four the Saints looked to get off the field after an incomplete pass but a pass interference call gave the Storm life. Four plays later, Wes Safford connected with Jacob Pardee from eight yards out for the touchdown. Zack Dubanoski blocked the extra point to make the score 28-6.
The Saints would get on the board again before the half as Theismann remained perfect in his career on field goals with a 25 yarder to make the score 31-6 to end the first half.
It was a different picture in the third quarter as Crown outgained the Saints 94-18, but the score would remain the same. On the final possession of that third quarter, Jordan Rasmussen would sack Crown's Wes Stafford on fourth down. That play would spark the Saints offense on their next possession.
Freshman quarterback Jimmy Giese would lead the Saints drive as they started at their own 36. It was the freshmen Gassert and Giese leading the way for the Saints on the drive combining for all the yards, either through the air or on the ground. It would be Gassert who would cap off the drive from 16 yards out to make the score 38-6 with Theismann's PAT.
At the end of Crown's next drive it was time for history. The defensive unit of the Saints would force the final Crown punt of the day, setting up Thomas Fragale for the first punt return touchdown in school history. Fragale received the punt at his own 24 yard line and would run his way 76 yards into the history books. Theismann's PAT would make the score 45-6 in favor of the Saints.
John Mike would end the Storm's next possession with his first interception in a Saints uniform. After a CSS punt, Crown would close out the scoring on the day with a 5-yard run from Wes Safford. The extra point from Kurt Fickle gave a final score of 45-13.
Crown gained 256 yards total, 184 of those coming from Wes Safford on 14-for-31 with a TD and an INT. Safford also gained 53 yards on the ground to lead the Storm in rushing as well as the late touchdown.
Jordan Pardee and Zach Jusczak led the Storm defensively with nine and eight tackles, respectively. Jusczak had 2.5 tackles for loss as well as a sack.
Tyler Harper was 13-for-20 for 161 yards and three touchdowns. Nick Thiry was the leading receiver with seven catches for 61 yards and two TD's on his final home game as a Saint. Fragale had 235 all-purpose yards on the day (106 coming on the ground, 53 receiving and 76 on the punt return TD).
Defensively Tyler Zurn had an outstanding game with 11 tackles, including 3.5 tackles for loss. Alec French was close behind with 10 tackles, a sack and the INT. As a unit the Saints had 12 tackles for loss and four sacks.
The Saints (6-2, 5-1) will be on the road the rest of the way as they take on non-conference opponent, Presentation College in Aberdeen, South Dakota at 1 p.m. next Saturday. All of the action can be heard live on Saints Sports Net.


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CBS Sports and Turner Sports' exclusive second round coverage of the 2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship across TBS, CBS, TNT and truTV on Thursday, March 21, averaged an overnight household rating/share of 5.8/14, the highest rating for the first Thursday of the NCAA Tournament in 22 years. The 5.8/14 is up 4 percent compared with a 5.6/13 in 2012.
Thursday's coverage showed significant audience increases in three of the four telecast windows, including several record setters.
•The first daytime telecast window (noon-4:15 p.m. ET) averaged a 4.1/14 to deliver the second highest rating for the time slot since 1991, when the tournament expanded to four telecast windows for the entire day (trailing only 2011's 4.4/15). The telecast window is up 5 percent compared with a 3.9/13 last year.
•The second daytime telecast window (2:30-7:15 p.m.) averaged a 5.5/15 to garner the highest rating ever for the time slot. The window is up 6 percent over last year's 5.2/14.
•The first primetime telecast window (7-10:15 p.m.) averaged a 7.4/14 to register the highest rating ever for the time slot. The window is up 9 percent over a 6.8/13 in 2012.
•The second primetime window (9:30 p.m.-12:45 a.m.) averaged a 6.4/11, which included a pair of lopsided victories (VCU's 46-point win vs. Akron and Syracuse's 47-point triumph vs. Montana), vs. a 6.8/12 in 2012.
Tournament to date, including the NCAA First Four, the 2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship is averaging a 5.2/12, up 2 percent compared with a 5.1/12 at this same time last year.
For the third consecutive year, Turner Sports and CBS Sports are providing exclusive live coverage of all 67 games from the 2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship across the four national television networks.


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New Movies: 'The Heat,' 'White House Down'
We have another comedy/action pairing of flicks hitting theaters this weekend. The first is a reunion of sorts between the director and co-star of the summer 2011 hit 'Bridesmaids,' and the second should sound oddly familiar to anyone who caught 'Olympus Has Fallen' back in March…
Supreme Court Grants Two Victories to Same-Sex Marriage Supporters
The Supreme Court issued two rulings on Wednesday morning regarding same-sex marriage, and both were victories for gay-rights supporters.
Will LeBron James Match Michael Jordan's 6 Championships? — Sports Survey of the Day
The Miami Heat repeated as NBA champions Thursday night, with LeBron James also repeating as series MVP. Michael Jordan, the player LeBron James is most often compared to, won six titles in his career, so James still needs four more to even out that score. Can he do it?
Watch These People Riding Horses Wrong — Daily Distraction
Horseback riding can be tons of fun, unless of course the horse just doesn't like you.
New Movies: 'Monsters University,' 'World War Z'
Two more films setting out to become summer blockbusters hit theaters this weekend, the first a sequel to a beloved animated tale and the other a zombie thriller adapted from a beloved novel.
Men's Wearhouse Fires Founder George Zimmer, the Guy Who Said 'I Guarantee It'
Executive chairman and founder of Men's Wearhouse George Zimmer has been fired by the company's board of directors.
Fourteen 7-Eleven Stores Shut Down After Worker-Exploitation Scheme Exposed
Authorities uncovered a wide-ranging scheme in which the owners of more than a dozen 7-Eleven convenience stores in New York and Virginia hired illegal immigrant workers, gave them fake identities, stole their wages and forced them to live in boarding houses, effectively creating a "mo…
Nazi War Criminal Found Living in Minnesota Can't Explain the Whole Nazi-War-Crimes Thing
Ninety-four-year-old Michael Karkoc has spent six decades living in America. Recently, the Associated Press discovered that, prior to illegally entering the country in 1949, he was a leader in a World War II group that committed war crimes including the massacres of women and children.
New Movies: 'Man of Steel,' 'This Is the End'
It's another big weekend at the cineplex, with the return of one of the most famous superheroes of all time, plus an end-of-the-world story about a bunch of stoners played by actors playing themselves. Should be fun whichever path you take.
Who's Going to Win the Stanley Cup, Boston or Chicago? — Sports Survey of the Day
Two of the NHL's "original six" franchises will meet in the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time since 1979. The Boston Bruins, representing the Eastern Conference, will face the Western Conference-champs, the Chicago Blackhawks, with Game 1 starting at 8 p.m. EST Wednesday n…
Economy Adds 175,000 Jobs, Unemployment Rate Rises Slightly to 7.6%
Job growth in May beat economists' expectations, coming in at 175,000 new positions added, which aligns closely with the yearly average. The unemployment rate rose ever so slightly, from 7.5 percent to 7.6 percent, a result of more people entering the work force, according to the Labor Departme…
New Movies: 'The Internship,' 'The Purge'
The summer movie season keeps chugging right along. (Yes, we realize it isn't technically summer yet, but as far as movies are concerned, it is.) This weekend we get a dose of comedy and a dash of the spooks, so take your pick, moviegoers.


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New regulations from May 2012
New laws mean you must make changes to how your website uses cookies.
You must get informed consent
You have to tell people the cookies are used and ask their permission to keep using them
Explain what you cookies do
You have to list all non-essential cookies, and give a plain-English explanation of what each cookie is for
Audit your site for all 3rd party content
If your site uses content from other providers, like YouTube or Google, you need to make users aware in case they also use cookies
You are legally responsible
Failure to comply can lead to a €800,000 fine, so if you operate in the EU you must follow the new laws.
What do you need to do now?
The legislation is mainly being enforced to prevent people from using cookies to target advertising. So if your site doesn't use advertising, it's unlikely you'll be prosecuted immediately.
But don't delay: the law will be enforced, so you need to:
- make an audit of all the cookies your site uses
- list them on a page on your site, with an explanation of what each cookie is for
- give users the option not to accept non-essential cookies
Treeline have offered to do this work for all of our clients. If you're one of our clients and haven't had the work done yet, we strongly recommend you do it now. If you aren't a client of ours and need help, please contact us for help and advice.
However, at the time of writing, the law is still in a farcical state. Three sets of people with responsibility for implementing the law (MPs, the EU, ICO and the Data Protection Registrar) are still making contradictory statements about how the law will be enforced.
There are also several test-cases which may have a significant effect on the interpretation of the law.
And there is still a lot of dispute about what constitures an "essential cookie". For example, in order to make the website remember that the user doesn't want to use cookies, the website must use a cookie. So that is clearly essential. But is it essential to have a shopping basket cookie (given that a shop can't work without one)? Nobody knows until the outcome of various test cases.
And most significantly, nobody seems able to agree what an "EU" website actually is:
- A site who's owners are registered in the EU?
- A site which is hosted in the EU (and if so, what about sites hosting in multiple locations)?
- A site who's domain name is registered in the EU?
- A site who's audience is in the EU (and if so, what about sites which reach across national boundaries - i.e. every single website)?
As test-cases provide further clarity, we'll provide further advice. Make sure you subscribe to our email newsletter so we can keep you informed.


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Lady Antebellum Share First Dance Stories in 'Dancin' Away With My Heart' Video
The new video for Lady Antebellum's 'Dancin' Away With My Heart' features live footage of the band's recent tour. It's filled with images of fans singing along while holding up their iPhones and the trio working the stage in the dramatic fashion they've become known for.
Before the song begins, each member of the group shares a memory of their first dance. Charles Kelley says his was to Tim McGraw's 'Don't Take the Girl,' while Hillary Scott's was long before any boy was trying to romance her. She was just 5-years-old when her dad asked her to dance. "It was a really fun, goofy dance that I'll never forget," she tells the camera.
Dave Haywood and one lucky lady strode around the gymnasium to 'The Dance' by Garth Brooks. "My heart was racing but it was definitely a moment that I'll never forget," he says. These days, all three are dancing only with their significant others. Haywood will be the last of the Lady Antebellum trio to get married when he says "I do" to his fiancee Kelli Cashiola later this year.
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My brain is still reeling from information overload from BarCampBank New England. What a weekend. The wealth of knowledge that came out of this meeting of the minds was astounding.
The day started with an tour of the Inspiring, educational, and moving Credit Union Museum. All I can say is wow. The way this movement started is incredible beyond words. As I sit inside a huge building, the understanding that credit unions started as a tin box where poor mill workers who could not get service from a bank deposited their earnings blows my mind. To see the actual house that served as St. Mary's Bank (the literal translation of La Caisse Populaire Ste.-Marie is "Bank of the People," St. Mary's) was awe inspiring.
My favorite quote from the tour was when Morriss Partee (EverythingCU.com) pointed out the fact that, as we stood next to a bench in a hallway, "this is the place". It gave me goose-bumps knowing that I was standing where, almost exactly 100 years ago, the first mill workers waited to deposit their first dollars into the first credit union in the USA. America's Credit Union Museum is a place that every single employee of a credit union, from Tellers to Presidents, should experience. It will literally change the way you see the movement.
The first session, proposed by Ginny Brady of UFirst CU, was a great discussion regarding social media and its uses. My favorite quote from the session came from Ron Shevlin, "it isn't about the stories we tell people, but the stories they tell themselves. It is about creating experiences."
This quote came after Gene Blishen described a very unique offering that Mount Lehman Credit Union provides it's members. They have 2 large tents that they offer, free of charge, to their members for weddings, funerals, and any other large gathering they may be holding. What a great way to connect with members. When somebody associates your credit union with such an emotional event as a wedding, you can bet that it is a bond that will last.
If you can use social media to facilitate the spread of these kinds of stories it has the potential to be a powerful "word of mouth" message.
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Next up was a session started by Dave DelVecchio who brought up the major IT issues facing credit unions now. Needless to say, it was a lengthy list. As tech continues to advance it brings up many security issues, risks, and higher implementation costs.
Which segues nicely into the next topic of mergers.
Christian Mullins of CU Potential led a very detailed and interesting session on credit union mergers. He talked about many of the wrong reasons for credit unions to merge, including growth for growths sake. Huge credit unions gobbling up the small ones just to increase field of membership and assets. The ever insightful Ron Shevlin posed the question, "what are the right reasons to merge?"
According to Christian, when a credit union can no longer sustain itself on its own. To compete with the large banks credit unions have had to make the move to offer similarly diverse options such as online banking, account origination, etc. Many of these small credit unions simply don't have the assets to implement this kind of product and so they lose a competitive advantage and become unsustainable.
Gene Blishen pointed out that at this point a credit union could still try and stay a "boutique", but that is harder said than done.
Wiki's, YouTube, and Collaboration.
Next we moved on to the subject of wiki's, youtube, and collaboration. Despite being incredibly nervous and scattered, I managed to get some discussion going about fostering a community of credit unions. Ron Shevlin again jumped in with some great advice. He started off by asking, "what will you give me for my answer?" Apparently my offer of 75% of a bottle of coke was enough for him to continue. "Everybody will always ask, what's in it for me?" There has to be some value to the individual before there is a sense of community. It is never about the technology, but the purpose, value, and direction behind that tech. Just because you have a wiki or discussion board doesn't mean people see value in using that space.
Charlie Kroll (CEO of Andera) added that perhaps it is a matter of fostering that community and THEN implementing a technology solution to bring them closer together.
Finally, David "Man of a Thousand Tabs" Inverarity demonstrated some of the technology that his credit union is using in Canada. This included showing the group their Wiki site for employees as well as their great One Member One Vote campaign. It was incredible to see the new way they are letting the board candidates connect with the membership, share their message and vision, and encourage those that might not see a need to vote.
We ended the day with a session of Rock Band. Ron Shevlin, Morriss Partee, and I rocked the house with a little Boston, Flyleaf, and Soundgarden. Then it was off to dinner at Richard's Bistro, which I would recommend to anybody looking for an incredible meal in Manchester. Plus the restaurant was surrounded by several credit unions...making that much cooler.
Thanks to everybody for making this such an awesome event. Thanks to Morriss Partee for organizing this BarCamp, and a very special thanks to Peggy Powell for letting us crash America's Credit Union Museum on a Saturday. She is the sole employee and does some incredible work. I'm hoping to go back to the Museum soon so I can absorb some of the things I may have missed the first time through.
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Start Off Each Day With a Joke
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Sincerely, Nuile: Lunatic Wordsmith
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Sincerely, Nuile: Lunatic Wordsmith
Takuma Nuva
This. This took a whole lot of thinking for me to finally realize "stick up"
I didn't get it at first because I actually read it correctly.
Hyphens. How do.
Takuma Nuva
A young man with his feet on the ground and his head in the sky, and an inclination to implement the occasional headstand.
Nuile, Wordsmith
Penman of a number of BIONICLE and Neopets short stories, as well as three epics, based respectively on the aforementiond and Avatar: The Last Airbender. This writer has also penned a full-length mystery novel, a work in progress pending final revisions and publication.
More than that, the BZPower League of Authors was his brainchild, which he has developed into the Ambage with the help of Velox, Cederak and 55555. This refuge and practice arena for writers is open to all with a penchant for the literary arts.
Nuile, Bibliophile
For him to select a favorite book, or a favorite writer, would be impossible. But of the latter, he most admires Dame Agatha Christie, Wilkie Collins, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Harper Lee, C.S. Lewis, Edgar Rice Burroughs and Sinclair Lewis. Favorite books he includes in this chart:
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
The Moonstone (Collins)
Murder on the Orient Express, Death in the Clouds, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, The Clocks (Christie)
The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Lost World (Doyle)
Out of the Silent Planet (C.S. Lewis)
Free Air (Sinclair Lewis)
The Bat (Hopwood and Rinehart)
The Nine Tailors (Sayers)
Nuile, Cinéaste
This fellow thinks the world begins and ends with Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. Before its birth, however, he confesses that Sam Raimi and David Koepp's Spider-Man, Christopher Nolan and David S. Goyer's Batman Begins, the Indiana Jones series, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Mary Poppins were films more than worthy of watching.
Nuile, Television Viewer
The Dick Van Dyke Show by far surpasses any television show produced prior or hence. Father Knows Best, Leave it to Beaver and The Andy Griffith Show are excellent series from a similar time frame. MacGyver is hard to beat. Diagnosis Murder, Monk and Murder, She Wrote are his favorite mystery series. In animation he most enjoys Avatar: The Last Airbender and its sequel; Batman: The Animated Series alongside Batman Beyond and The Batman; Phineas and Ferb, one of the most creatively funny cartoons he has ever seen.
Nuile, Cuisinier
Asian and Italian foods may be his enthusiasms, but he's not above a juicy burger or a spicy taco. As far as his own cooking, he oft gets more adventurous than his family appreciates, though when he behaves he can conjure a reason for your taste buds to celebrate. By far his favorite meal: Thanksgiving 2011, consisting of Paula Dean's Indian Succotash, Grean Bean Casserole, Orange Corn Bread, Bacon Roasted Brussel Sprouts, Coconut Biscuits, and Mashed Cauliflower and Potatoes.
Nuile, Musicologist
He pleads guilty to sheer ignorance, unworthy even of being called an amateur in this department. But dramatic scores and profound lyrics top his charts. The Impossible Dream from The Man of La Mancha and I Can Go the Distance as performed by Michael Bolton are cited as his two favorite songs, amidst much of Celtic Thunder's work.
Nuile, Gamer
Disney's Epic Mickey, the Kingdom Hearts series, and the Pokémon series are the only video games he considers worthy of notation.
Nuile, Sportsman
As fast on his feet as he is between the ears, he enjoys games of muscle and of strategy. Physically, he likes most to play football; but nothing beats a game of chess in his book.
"The problem with putting two and two together, is that sometimes you get four, and sometimes you get twenty-two." - Sam Spade, The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
"Virtue is the truest nobility." - Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quixote
"Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within." - Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quixote
"We derive our vitality from our store of madness." - E. M. Ciran
"Cultivate a superiority to reason and see how you pare the claws of all the sensible people when they try to scratch you for your own good!" - Wilkie Collins, The Moonstone
"Though knowledge and logic may not always steer you right, faith and wisdom will never fail." - Me, Stellar Quest
"I'm like an old golf ball--I've had all the white paint knocked off me long ago. Life can whack me about now and it can't leave a mark. But a sportin' risk, young fellah, that's the salt of existence. Then it's worth livin' again. We're all gettin' a deal too soft and dull and comfy. Give me the great wastelands and the wide spaces, with a gun in my fist and somethin' to look for that's worth findin'." - Lord John Roxton, The Lost World, (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
"Why does man create? Is it man's purpose on earth to express himself, to bring form to thought, and to discover meaning in experience? . . . Or is it just something to do when he's bored?" - Calvin, Calvin and Hobbes
"Sometimes I think books are the only friends worth having." - Susie Derkins, Calvin and Hobbes
"Mother Nature never shocks me." - Melvin Coolie
"It sure must've shocked your father and mother!" - Buddy Sorrell, The Dick Van Dyke Show
"Hey, I know what that is! That's one of those old creamation urns, they put the ashes inside." - Rob Petrie
"Ugh! I wouldn't be caught dead in one of those." - Buddy Sorrell, The Dick Van Dyke Show
"I wish I was one of those Danish doctors." - Rob Petrie
"How would that help?" - Laura Petrie
"Well, it wouldn't, except I'd be in Denmark instead of here." Rob Petrie, The Dick Van Dyke Show
"What's the big deal? Lots of people have insomnia, and you don't see them losing any sleep over it!" - Grandpa, The Munsters
"Anyone who sees a psychiatrist ought to have their head examined!" - Darrin Stevens, Bewitched
- A Geste of the Ambage Chat
[9:26:46 PM] Aimee: it is so adorable how authors have favorite authors
[9:27:25 PM] Andrew P: You're an author. You have favorite authors. =P
[9:27:39 PM] Aimee: yes and i get to talk to them on skype all day
Some random air-head decided to be pompous and condescending and "honor" me with his approbation. I guess there's a pride of some sort in being recognized by the mentally unsound. It makes me feel special--or weird, one of those two. Thanks, Tekulo!


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Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Martian Death Trip (or: "Mars Gratia Artis")
"The Martians are always coming."
--Philip K. Dick
"One of my earliest memories is reciting the 23rd Psalm in church when I was three. That line, 'He leadth me beside the still waters,' terrified me. I thought it was about Martian canals."
–Michael O'Donoghue (Mr. Mike, pg. 16)
Red Planet (released November 2000)
Directed by Antony Hoffman
Written by Chuck Pfarrer and Jonathan Lemkin
Story by Chuck Pfarrer
This review is adapted from one originally written in November 2000 for a now-long-dead website called Plasmotica
when Red Planet was first released.
It seems like Red Planet is up for a Blu-Ray release (scheduled for July 27),
so I thought I'd say:
Something this bad is all the worse because, just by looking at it, you know the filmmakers had more than enough money to do it right.
The sets, costumes and visual effects are all essentially flawless, and let's hope the technicians responsible all took home fat paychecks.
But what the filmmakers in charge have done with all that wonderful work is another matter entirely.
No movie should not be this soulless, boring, humorless and illogical.
Because it is so wasteful, Red Planet (cue the voice of the Marvin the Martian) makes me sooooo very angry!
The premise (pollution has turned Earth into such a shithole that planetary migration is the only answer, but long-distance terraforming experiments to turn Mars into a habitable planet have failed, and a team is sent to Mars to find out why) is a combo of several basic old-school sci-fi themes, and has lots of potential.
Many sci-fi/horror flicks have used the "find-out-what-happened-to–the-previous-expedition" plot to get the ball rolling (It! The Terror From Beyond Space or Mario Bava's Planet of the Vampires, for example), and sometimes modern classics have been churned up (like Alien).
And while the sort-of recommended, similarly-themed space-fright flick Event Horizon (1997) is about as smart as a bag of hammers, it at least has the savvy to keep things moving and give the audience a few good scares.
However, Red Planet is not action-packed or crazy enough to be fun, with characters that are grim and unlikable—the usually awesome Terence Stamp is good, but never given enough to turn it into anything.
This movie is a series of half-baked almost-ideas strung together in a slipshod and tedious fashion.
That's what really makes me sooooooooo angry!
There are almost half a dozen decent almost-ideas that, had they been expanded in a thoughtful and witty manner could've made a good movie on their own.
Check it out, my sad little green brethren:
--A sole-survivor female astronaut trying to save herself on a crippled starcruiser.
--After crashing, astronauts fight with their formerly friendly robot for survival—they need its battery pack to survive, but it doesn't want to die for them; the robot wants to survive, too.
--A Twilight Zone-like morality tale about killing your fellow man to survive.
--The scientist and the holyman cross a wasteland arguing theology versus scientific rationality, using the alien landscape around them to prove various points.
--Stranded astronauts find themselves not alone on a supposedly uninhabited planet (and the aliens don't necessarily have to be hostile killing machines or even particularly sentient—they could even be really small).
Any one of these ideas is enough to make an interesting flick, but the ball is routinely dropped.
Released around the same time as Red Planet,
Pitch Black is another space-fright flick that swipes a pack of already-used sci-fi and horror ideas, but because the director and screenwriters have a sense of style and genre, they carry it off.
If you're in need for a dose of Martian madness, Red Planet will bum you out.
[I realized I haven't seen Brian De Palma's much maligned Mission to Mars—it's now at the top of my Nflixx list, so let's see if I see it before I feel the urge to publish.
The majority of critics have taken a hot shit on M2M, but I'm a longtime De Palma fan (while recognizing his flaws—I'm looking at you, Redacted and The Black Dahlia!), and tend to like some of his flicks that others do not (like Snake Eyes and Raising Cain), so who's to know how I react to Mission to Mars?]
I am however a big fan of Peter Hyam's Capricorn One.
This "faking of the Mars landing" is a fast-paced thriller of better-than-average intelligence, with the proper balance of humor, conspiracy, 1970s guest stars (Telly Savalas is always welcome!) and sci-fi. Quibble over small points (like instantaneous radio transmission to Mars), but the movie is a damn fine 1970s entertainment, with a rousing and exciting Jerry Goldsmith score.
A Veteran of Several Martian Expeditions
Old School Hollywood director Byron Haskin (what a great name!) has been involved with the angry red planet plenty of times.
Haskin was a veteran special effects man and cinematographer, so when he made the jump into the director's chair, he wound up with many projects that were very special-optical-effects-oriented.
Producer George Pal hired Haskin many times, including Pal's Mars-related flicks, the indomitable classic The War of the Worlds (1953) and the essentially awful Conquest of Space (1955—more on that in a moment).
Haskin was a supervising director/consultant for the superlative sci-fi anthology TV show The Outer Limits, and directed many of its best episodes, like "The Architects of Fear" and "Demon With a Glass Hand." Haskin also directed the mediocre, but often goofball episode "The Invisible Enemy," set on Mars, with astronauts fighting muppet SandSharks (an Ivanlandia fave).
And then there is what I feel is Haskin's magnum opus: Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964).
Ignore the silly title, it's a straightforward—although very now very dated—adventure story about a stranded astronaut.
Y'know what? Had the flick been called Robinson Crusoe on Planet X, it would not have been so easy to dismiss.
By the time RCoM was released, early exploration of the solar system gave absolute proof that no planet except our own had a breathable atmosphere—nor were there the other quaint items that the film's lonely and intrepid explorer encounters ever to be found in our specific galactic zone.
But it's still a rollicking and smart adventure that sticks with, and expands upon its source Dafoe novel.
Written by John C. Higgins and Ib Melchior (author of the story for Death Race 2000 and writer-director of the Mars-overload flick The Angry Red Planet (1959)), RCoM's not perfect—but keeps a very steady tone: it remains true to itself, especially in depicting loneliness in a harsh environment—and the resulting conversations about the nature of a deity, and that is to its benefit. It sticks to its philosophical guns.
Honestly, don't let the title fool you: it's not just a kid's flick.
Technically, the flick's awesome for the early 1960s: plenty of swell Albert Whitlock mattes, some decent—if obvious—miniature and optical work, and a welcome return of the manta-shaped death machines from The War of the Worlds. Their streetlamps have been removed and they've gotten a silver paint job, but they move in a very spooky way, zipping along and stopping on a dime—very unnerving! (see above)
BTW, I almost feel that RCoM is Haskin's attempt to make amends for the turgid theological muddle of Conquest of Space, which, while directed by Haskin, was produced and overseen by producer Pal.
Conquest of Space is a really bad movie--but there's about 15 to 20 minutes of really cool stuff, especially if you love beautiful 1950s production design, are an astronaut fetishist, or are a big fan of old school special effects.
This flick used to be a staple on the NYC ABC-TV afternoon "4:30 Movie" in the 1970s, and it was actually much better back when shown in its truncated edited-for-time format.
From the get-go, the major characters are either hard-noses or jerks, and the dialog is atrocious.
If you must rent Conquest of Space--and it is often a visually fascinating flick--be prepared to fast-forward through most scenes to get to the choice stuff. (However, there's a great "cameo" by Rosemary Clooney that provides an interesting counterpoint to the rest of the flick.)
Despite its plethora of scientific inaccuracies, director Byron Haskin's later flick Robinson Crusoe on Mars is a much better tale of survival on the red planet (and much better than Red Planet).
This means that Byron Haskin is an Agent of Mars, spreading Martian propaganda among the humanoids!!! Hooray!
(You have been WARNED!)
My Favorite Martian
While I've never actually seen an episode of the mid-1960s TV show My Favorite Martian, I do love the title.
[It was never on in NYC in syndication, not that I can remember…]
But my favorite Martian is Marvin.
I love him because he is thwarted superego.
Not that Bugs and Marvin don't, eh, hit it off as well, but the fact that Daffy (thwarted id) is Marvin's most prominent nemesis is appropriate.
Their humor balances.
There is absolutely no way Marvin's hyperlogical superego can "win" against Bugs' Zen anarchy.
But when it's Daffy vs. Marvin—well, sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeit, Mar-Shan, the whole universe could end up as a smoking hole in the ground, y'know? Just as it should be.
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- Ricky Rodine The OriginalJune 2, 2011 at 12:08 AM
As a kid i thought of Mars as a big, menacing planet; God of War, Martians are coming, and all that. Martian was the default term for 'alien' back then. Then i came to find that it's a relatively puny planet, but has a cooler name which lends itself to scary threats.ReplyDelete
My Favorite Martian was a decent show, but not on my top ten sixties shows. Maybe i'll check on Nutfux and give it a serious appraisal.
Robinson Crusoe on Mars was a favorite of ours as kids. It came on a lot in the afternoons and the late nights.
On a slightly off-topic note, the short documentary ROVING MARS is a fantastic little glimpse of the Mars Rover missions. Saevar and I have watched it three times! check 'er out.
Wow... I've never seen any of these except for Marvin, of course.ReplyDelete


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When in doubt, report it to a GM. It's not gamebreaking because it's seriously really hard to do that. Unless the other person routinely holds their finger directly over the button while making the decision? Grabbing someone's arm and leading it towards the button is hardly an option when they can just shout "stop" or something. And if he can just convince the other party to make a quick decision without looking it over carefully, they congratulations! You're a scam artist. Which as far as I know isn't against any kind of rule other than the social ones.
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For your example: Are you sitting on top of him or what? If that's the case it would again be the others fault for being an idiot
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I edited my post too slow it seems. Even if there is a social taboo for being scam artist, some will still do it, even if it won't succeed all the time. But the PKer example I typed late in my post is far worse. If that person is PKing already, he would not care about any social stigma associated with actions and he will be focused on the moment you move your hands toward the no button and grab it or bump it such that it touches yes instead. You can shout or whatever but it is already too late.
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You know, you can read stuff without moving your hand over any buttons, and for the duel initiation and moving someones hand on "Yes" from what I read it seems the one to agree to a duel can decide what kind of duel it will be... even if this would not be the case you can simply move a few steps away from the other before accepting/declining
|2012-08-10, 13:33
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|2012-08-10, 13:41
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Two, you don't know who or where the player is since you cannot see player names. When a duel window pops, you are going to actually first look around and move away from every one you see before clicking no? Most people are not that paranoid unless they have prior knowledge about these PK incidents. Besides, the Pker can choose a spot where you are standing clear of everyone and be hidden then request duel. Now you see no one close and trying to click no, and he gets you right there.
Three, it can even be another player (an accomplice of the PKer), then come from behind and move your arm to the no button when you are focused on the menu.
There are just too many ways this can be exploited for it to make sense.
|2012-08-10, 14:11
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Join Date: Jun 2004
A lot of these ideas would require that you move people's arms in complicated and precise ways for some time without waking them up. I'd consider this somewhat impractical. Moving someone to just push a button, yes. Going through multiple commands in multiple menus without them waking up would be much more difficult.
|2012-08-10, 14:39
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Join Date: Jul 2007
It would only make sense if this is not possible in the first place. Otherwise LC members would get their free reign PKing in cities.
"One of them is when the player's sleeping. There are times when players, with their energy exhausted through long durations of battle, are basically unconscious when they go into a deep sleep, and unable to wake up even with some stimulations. With that opportunity, one could raise a request to duel in «Complete Decisive Mode» and moved the sleeping opponent's finger to press on the OK button. All that was left was to literally make the opponent sleep like the dead.
Another method, that's even more daring, was to drag the opponent's body out of the area. The player lying on the ground couldn't be forcefully moved through the protection of the «Code», but they can be moved about freely if placed on the «Stretcher» item."
|2012-08-10, 14:53
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Age: 32
You'll note that they've only complained about "sleep-PKs" in the story. If this was a problem in other circumstances don't you think they would have mentioned it as one of the options for the mystery? They use "he wasn't sleeping" as evidence that the exploit wasn't the answer. It couldn't have been the answer, as far as they were concerned. A logical impossibility that served as the crux of the mystery. It seems like it's not a problem at all.
edit: Wait a second. What the hell do you think is happening in the "sleep-PK" scenario? Because from the way you're talking you seem to be arguing that it's impossible even though it's clearly possible within the story.
|2012-08-12, 00:36
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I just realised something. What if the people who died in SOA wasn't just killed for the sake of being killed, but actually used as test subjects? Remember that Heathcliff used a powerful brain scan in an attempt to copy himself into the net. What if all the other people who died were used to test that procedure? Getting their brains fried of a powerful brain scan is pretty similar to the metod we have been given for their deaths. That would explain the 'ghost' of Griselda.
|2012-08-12, 00:39
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|2012-08-12, 01:16
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Not far away, on the north side of the hill, under the old trees gathered there, beside a moss-riddled tombstone standing there...was a translucent female player giving off a slightly golden light.
Her slender body has the bare minimum metallic armor. The long sword is tied at her waist, the shield is on her back, and her short-haired head has a serene and beautiful face. Her eyes has a strong glow that I know most players have.
The eyes of a clearer who wished to use the blade to end this death game.
This female player who's giving a serene smile watches Asuna and me wordlessly. However, after a while, she extends her right hand over to us to seemingly hand something over.
Asuna and I reached our right hands out, and as we felt the warmth, we clasped onto it tightly. This warmth entered our bodies, lighting the fire within our chest. We opened our mouths and said out the words the form within us.
"Your will we'll definitely carry it on. One day, we'll definitely beat this game and release everyone for you to see."
"Un, definitely, so please watch over us, Griselda-san."
Asuna's words rode through the night wind and reached the female swordsman. The transparent face showed a large smile
|2012-08-12, 07:03
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Also rather touchy-feely for Asuna x Kirito.
|2012-08-13, 00:17
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Technically, Griselda's ghost could be a foreshadowing about the Fluctlight if/when the anime ever gets there. The anime included that meeting about luring the boss to attack NPCs in a town which Kirito disagrees with, and that only shows up in Vol10 AFAIK (specifically Kirito's views on AIs). If it was just to show Kirito and Asuna meet up later after floor 1, they could have chosen a different scene too (like Asuna saying she dueled Kirito and he pulled the feint of using a second blade). I'm guessing the anime is laying down some foundations for plot much further on.
|2012-08-13, 01:44
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Other possibility is that it's an echo of her ghost, the same way Kayaba's ghost appeared in the climax of Fairy Dance. ( When I write ghost, I refer to the Ghost in the Shell definition of the term.)
|2012-08-13, 10:09
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TULSA, Okla. (October 9, 2008) - ETSU men's tennis senior Enrique Olivares (Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela) continued his amazing run during the fall season advancing to the Round of 16 at the D'Novo/ITA All-American , in Tulsa, Okla., Thursday.
In a tournament that features the top 40 ITA players in the nation, the No. 31st ranked Olivares dropped Ohio State's Balazs Novak 6-3, 6-2 during the Round of 64, before taking on 2008 NCAA runner-up John-Patrick (J.P.) Smith of Tennessee. As ETSU fans would recall, it was Smith that knocked out Olivares in the Round of 16 of the NCAA Singles Championships last May.
In the rematch Olivares would take it to Smith, dropping the 10th ranked Volunteer in straight sets.
"Every tournament Enrique (Olivares) continues to amaze me," said head coach Yaser Zaatini. "J.P. Smith is one of the top players in the country and last May he really beat Enrique pretty easily. For Enrique to come back today and really take control was really astonishing. I thought he really gave Smith trouble with every aspect of his game, showing no weakness during the match."
With the win Olivares advances to play Florida State's Clint Bowles, in Friday's main draw.
"For Enrique to continue to play like this only reflects what type of person he is," said Zaatini. "Not only is Enrique a great student-athlete that makes excellent grades, but he's a person that the school and community can be proud of. As a player and person I don't know anyone that has worked a harder for the success people are seeing now. If anyone deserves this achievement both on and off the court its him."
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FREE Heinz Ketchup & Cheap Ore-Ida Fries at Target!
UPDATE: Looks like this coupon is no longer available to print
Here's a couple more great deals for you! Target released a HUGE coupon this morning that states it is valid for $2.00 Off (3) Heinz Ore-Ida Frozen Potatoes OR (1) Heinz Ketchup 38 oz Target Coupon x3/17. The Ketchup will actually be FREE for many of you- if you have the $1.99 price like I do on the 38 oz bottle! Even if your price is a little higher- it should still make for one super cheap BIG bottle of ketchup! 🙂
Since this coupon also has no size restrictions when it comes to the Ore-Ida Frozen potatoes, you can also use this coupon to pick up some cheap Easy Fries…
Buy 3 Ore-Ida Extra Crispy Easy Fries (.99 Regular Price) = $2.97
-$2.00 Off (3) Heinz Ore-Ida Frozen Potatoes OR (1) Heinz Ketchup 38 oz TQ (No Longer Available) x3/17
= .97 for 3 or around .33 each after coupons and deal!
31 Responses to "FREE Heinz Ketchup & Cheap Ore-Ida Fries at Target!"
Wow! I love this coupon – we use a lot of ketchup. Thanks!
How will this work with the special purchase buy 2 get one free on the ore ida bags @ $2.69 ea with the $1/2 IP mfq? Target has been a bummer since I moved. They are very picky on coupons so I don't know how the register/person will handle the TQ if I only buy 3. This is the target that still has snowman mac n cheese for $1!! It blows my mind.
Don't worry! My Target still has Halloween Goldfish crackers that ring up as full price. You are not alone!
Nicole – I tried 3 this morning and it wouldn't work. It said an item was missing. You'd have to buy at least 4 for the $2 TQ to work with the b2g1 deal. Also, the mfq is actually for $1.50/3.
@Kate~thanks I was afraid of that with the TQ I will need to crunch some numbers on that. My ore ida IP is $1/2. I printed this am.
I went to Target in the morning they don't have 38oz Heinz Ketchup. The two big size were 32oz or 40 oz. The 32oz in 1.99 at my store and $3.29 for 40oz.
Myllena – I just got back from Target and i got the ketchup – it says 38 oz on my bottle and it was $1.99. Hope this helps!
Cannot get the target coupon to print… says to download coupon activator so i did it, accepted it…. says it will print …. but it doesn't. Anyone know why or have had similar problems with this download??
The 38 oz ketchup at my store was $2.69. the Q beeped each time it was used. I am wondering if the wording is correct on it. I wonder if is supposed to say "and" instead of "or" for both the fries and ketchup. It said " one or more items missing" but cashier pushed it through. I would print this quick if I were everyone. I bet we will see a change…. Or then again maybe not. 🙂
The 38 oz was $1.99 at my store today too. It's funny though…this coupon is one of the most straightforward I've even seen as far as what you need to buy – 3 ore-ida or ONE ketchup – and it took a supervisor to explain it to the cashier! After I explained it to the supervisor!! They kept saying I had to buy 3 ketchups! Couponing is always an adventure and in the end I had a free bottle of ketchup but I'm so glad it wasn't a tricky transaction. I think I would have given up and tried again another day!
The 38 oz at my store was $2.69. But the coupon beeps when buying only one ketchup. They put it through, also as Erin states, after much reading etc.
Is the coupon beeping for 1 ketchup?
This worked great for me in Clackamas, OR. 38 oz was 1.99 so free with coupon. This came at a good time because I was low on ketchup. Thanks a bunch!
38 oz ketchup was completely cleared off the shelves at my Target at 10:00 a.m. Lloyd's bbq tubs and Hormel side dishes were also completely cleared. Will check next week when I am back in town…
Worked for me thanks! The kids love ketchup.
My coupon printed with "or" & it rung up one item missing.The cashier pushed the coupon through. When I tried the deal with boxes of the extra crispy easy fries, the manager said that I couldn't do it becase I would get 3 boxes for $1. I told her the coupon goes by the wording. She just looked at the picture and said it was that. So I didn't get the deal on that. I was happy to get the deal on the 3 bags of steak fries with my Target & manufacture coupons.
In Ohio it was also $2.69 for the 38 ounce bottle of Heinz but it went through with no beeping.
In Maryland it was $2.69/bottle & coupon went through without beeping
I'm not seeing the coupon. Have they already removed it?
I don't see the coupon? is it stil there?
i dont see it either 🙁
Just wanted to let you know that I just printed the $2 Heinz Printable on my second computer just now and they have changed the verbage on it!
It now says "$2 off With purchase of all Heinz brand items listed"
"-One 38-oz. or larger Heinz Ketchup and – Three 19-oz or larger Ore-Ida frozen potatoes."
Thanks for all you do!!!
That figures. They figured out they needed to reword it. LOL. Target's pretty smart. hahahaha
I guess we should print those coupons fast before they correct their errors! Thanks for the follow-up.
Do the old coupon and the new coupon have the same barcode????????
Won't they still have to honor the "old" coupons????
They do not have the same bar code number. I was able to use 4 of one that says or and 2 of the one that says and. The cashier had to get manager approval, but since the bar code numbers were different he let me use them all.
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My dad was diagnosed with renal clear cell carcinoma with sacrmatoid on Dec. 18, 2012. He had his left kidney removed in late August and was told he was cancer free. I week and a half later he started having bloody stools. An endoscope showed a bleeding polyp in his small intestine. No problem, they said. We'll send you up to Mayo and have them remove it. While at Mayo, a routine CT scan showed that he has cancer in his kidney, kidney space, lung, bone, etc. It is not in his brain, yet. A biopsy was done and it showed that the cancer was sacramatoid. The doctors at Mayo told him that it is no longer considered in stages after it has been identified as sacramatoid. He has no pain and would feel fine except for this overwhelming feeling of fatigue. He is going to volunteer for a study at Mayo that we hope will slow the progression of this aggressive cancer. Hopefully, he will be chosen to receive a combination of Sunitab and another IV drug. I can't remember it or spell everything correctly b/c I don't have the paperwork in front of me! I love Jesus and know my father's eternity is in His hands, but it is still sad to go through this with my dad. I am a stay at home mom with four young children.


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Cranberries Hazelnut Crisps
Saturday, May 16, 2009
When we entertain it's important to have good company, a great platter of cheeses, good wine & excellent crackers. Our favorites are the Raincoast Crisps but they are pricey at $7.00 a small box. They are addictive. After doing a search I've found a great recipe on Dinner with Julie's blog.
Who would have think that those delicious crackers would be so easy to make. They require two bakings like biscottis. The key is to slice them really thin to obtain that crispiness. It's best done if you freeze the loaf of bread after the first baking. If you don't have honey at home you can use pure maple syrup, like I did. These crackers are good served with cheeses & a good Red Pepper Jelly. It's so much fun to entertain when you have good quality food.
500 ml AP flour
10 ml baking soda
2 ml salt
500 ml buttermilk
60 ml brown sugar
60 ml honey
250 ml raisins
125 ml pecans, chopped
125 ml pumpkin seeds, roasted (optional)
60 ml sesame seeds
60 ml flax seed, ground
15 ml fresh rosemary, chopped
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I've recently finished designing a logo for a children's sign language education program and when I was researching for the project, I found a lot of logo designs based on hands, of which you can find some below. Thought it would be good to share, rather than just sitting on my hard drive. It was interesting to see how similar some of the logo designs were.
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Warrior Rapter
Dinosaur Pokemon Trainer
Last Activity: July 25th, 2017 6:58 PM
About Me
- About Warrior Rapter
- Biography
- I'm a gamer. Card games and video games are where the majority of my interests are, and it's rare to see me not on my computer or playing a game unless I'm sleeping. I have Type 1 diabetes, and I've been managing it as well as I can. If I seem to stop during a game, I'm probably taking my blood sugar or taking my medicine, though I try to let you know beforehand if that's the case. If you want to talk to me, be aware that I have trouble telling if you are kidding around at times. I'm pretty bad about it in real life, but I'm probably even worse when it's in text. I'll list a majority of games I play in my interests, if you see any you want to play with me, send me a VM.
- Interests
- Pokemon (Black and Platinum)
Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2
Magic the Gathering
Pokemon TCG Online
Fossil Fighters Champions
Might and Magic: Duel of Champions
Diablo II
Starcraft and Starcraft II (WoL)
Neverwinter Nights 2
Happy Wars
Worms 2: Armageddon (360)
Star Wars Battlefront II (PC)
Battle for Wesnoth
Minecraft (PC)
Civilization V
League of Legends
- Location
- Oklahoma
- Gender
- Male ♂
- Nature
- Modest
- Also Known As
- TheJakDragon
- Favorite Pokémon
- Charizard, Typhlosion, dinosaur-like pokemon
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