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Monday, July 21, 2008
Letter From A Ragin' Giant Fan
July 18, 2008
Mr. John K Mara
9 Westwood Dr
Harrison, NY 10528-2501
(914) 777-0544
Mr. Mara
I am writing not as a Giants fan, but as the wife of a
long time Giants fan. My husband and his family have
been season ticket holders for over 40 years. They
have followed the team regardless of the location or
the quality of the product you have put on the field.
In the ten years I have known my husband, he has
missed only one game...for our wedding. I have always
felt your ticket prices were disproportionate to the
experience, but who am I to interfere with a family
tradition. I just read about the price for the
personal seat license. As you can imagine, being a
40+year season ticket holder, my husband's seats fall
in the $20,000 + category. Now, I'm not going to lie
to you, we're probably one of the few ticket holder's
in this category who can afford to pay this price
outright; but we're not. If you are going to ask us to
invest upwards of $40,000 in your product, you are
going to have to give us (as well as other investors)
a better answer than "the price of the new stadium
went over budget". For the record, that answer hardly
inspires confidence in the financial leadership of
this venture. No, you owe it to your "investors" to
provide a detailed explanation for the overtures,
complete financial records as well as a sound
financial plan for the future. At that point,
investors will have been given the appropriate
information to decide on the level of their
investment. I do not expect you to call each season
ticket holder directly, but I do expect you to call my
husband (Alexander B Swingle—646-). We will be happy
to help you arrange a town hall meeting at which you
can personally discuss the above.
Looking forward to hearing from you
Theresa Ryan, MD
3 comments:
- Travis said...
Seriously, these seat license fees are getting outrageous. I've been hearing about this for about year with the new Cowboys stadium. One story: The minimum after paying for everything for a family of four in club seating: $78,350
- July 22, 2008 at 11:47 AM
- P-Cat said...
78,000 dollars. I mean, are they serious? Who the heck could afford that. I can barely afford the cable to get the NFL Network, much less money for the RIGHT to spend thousands of dollars for a ticket.
- July 22, 2008 at 12:04 PM
- Travis said...
Yeah it is truly just astounding. That price was for the cheapest seat license, plus the season tickets, plus a parking pass. I think highest cost license was $50,000 per seat. Now I do enjoy seeing a game live, but I think I enjoy more watching it in HD at my boss' house with a keg and cooking out, or ordering in.
- July 23, 2008 at 11:09 AM


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Two people have been arrested for residential burglary following the recent break-in at Miley Cyrus" home.
"A female and a male were arrested today in relation to a theft case. They are 21-year-old female Naomi Charles, an LA resident, and Tylor Scott, a 19-year-old male, who is an Arizona resident," a spokesperson for the LAPD told US Weekly on Thursday.
"Both have been arrested for residential burglary and they are being held on a $50,000 bail. They are still currently detained. They were taken into custody this morning around 11am in the city of North Hollywood in the 5300 block of Lankershim.
"They were identified by video surveillance and that"s how they were taken into custody."
The robbery took place on 30 May while Miley was overseas on her Bangerz tour. Her brand new $135,000 Maserati was stolen, along with some jewellery. The car was later recovered when it was left in plain view on a street in Simi Valley, California.
The 21-year-old singer has made mention of the incident on social media, but did tweet that she was homesick over the weekend.
It"s not the first time Miley has been burgled; her home was broken into in November, one day after her 21st birthday.

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The Paralympics suspended all intellectually disabled athletes yesterday after most members of the championship Spanish basketball team in Sydney, Australia, were found to have no mental disabilities.
The Spanish team was ordered last month to return its medals after the Spanish Paralympic Committee concluded that only 2 of the 12 players on the team had mental disabilities.
The International Paralympic Committee cited serious problems regarding the determination of eligibility of athletesin making its ruling. It said all athletes with an intellectual disability will be barred from I.P.C. activities.
The I.P.C. also suspended the International Sports Organization for Athletes with an Intellectual Disability. That organization's president, Fernando Martin Vicente, was suspended from the I.P.C.'s ruling executive committee.
Martin Vicente resigned in November as vice president of the Spanish Paralympic Committee.
In November, Carlos Ribagorda of the Spanish basketball team said he and other medal winners were not in any way mentally deficient.
Ribagorda said up to 15 members of Spain's Paralympic team, in categories like track, table tennis and swimming, were not disabled.Continue reading the main story
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Today I'm dishing out some behind-the-scenes info I wish I would have known before I signed with my agent. When I was in the query trenches, I didn't think that far ahead. I didn't even ponder the idea that after the contract signing and going on submission, I would eventually show my agent another book.
But eventually, there will be another book. The idea of that was…terrifying to me. Mostly because I did not enjoy the query trenches, like just about everyone, and I never ever ever ever ever want to go back there. Ever. Thoughts would flick around my mind like "What if she hates it and she drops me?", "What if she reads it and thinks I'm a hack and she made a mistake?", "What if I run out of wine while I'm waiting for her to finish reading it?" (Good news, that last problem was totally solvable.)
A year and a half later, after I clicked "send" on that email containing my wimpy excuse for a second book, I've learned a few things about this whole publishing thingy we're doing:
1) It won't be perfect. I can just about guarantee that no matter how many drafts you did before you sent your next manuscript to your agent, it will not be perfect. You will have to do at least another round of revisions with your agent, and they may even be major revisions. (In my case, seven. But who's counting?) And, from what I've heard, there's a high probability that you may even have to do more rounds this time than you did with the book you queried with. Why is this? *shrugs* I have no idea. My theory is that we spend so much time tweaking and prepping and polishing that first book, and less than we realize on the second because we don't have to query. It may be because we grow as writers, and we're trying out more complex story lines. Either way, you're going to have to revise. A lot. And that is A-OKAY. Your agent doesn't expect it to be perfect right away, either.
2) Dream bigger, darling. I wrote a little bit about this for Camp NaNoWriMo this month, but basically, make sure you're with someone you trust deeply. I hope when you queried, you looked for someone you would want to be with for the long haul. And what that means is not just someone who has the connections to sell your book, but someone you actually like. As a person. Bonus points if you have similar tastes. The reason for this is because you greatly heighten the chances that your agent is going to love your next book this way. If you know that you both love the same books, themes, music, whatever, then there's a huge chance you're going to produce something that she is excited about and wants to submit. Why does this matter, you ask? Because if your agent is excited about the story you're trying to tell, she will do everything in her power to help you tell it. For me, that meant endless brainstorming sessions, outlines, and her willingness to read this thing seven times.
2) It's okay to be assertive. This is your career. You have an agent now, and that's great! You're making a career out of this writing thing you love to do. (Note: This is not saying that if you self-pub or don't have an agent, you don't have a career. For the purposes of this post, I'm just talking the traditional publishing route.) So remember, this is your destiny, and you're co-creating it with your agent now. If she gives you revision suggestions, it is okay to question them, to disagree with her, and to come up with a new solution together. Honestly, I followed almost all of my agent's suggestions because I agreed with them. But the ones I didn't agree with, we talked about, and I explained why I didn't want to change them. Ultimately, we came up with an even better idea when I voiced my concerns over it. You never quite know what magic could happen when you're honest about your work.
That's all, folks! I wish I would have known all this when I first sent that manuscript. What are some things you've learned along the path to publication?
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Sherlock's Steven Moffat, Mark Gatiss and Sue Vertue have spoken to Digital Spy about series three.
Gatiss - who has penned series opener 'The Empty Hearse' - gave DS new details on the scene that will see Sherlock (Benedict Cumberbatch) and John (Martin Freeman) reunited.
The trio - speaking at Comic Con 2013 in San Diego - also gave updates on the possibility of a fourth Sherlock series and of a Roger Moore cameo on the show.
Sherlock airs on BBC One in the UK and on PBS in the US.
Digital Spy will be bringing you more news, live-blogs and video content direct from Comic Con over the coming days.


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Betamore is pleased to announce the eight companies who are selected to present their businesses at the first ever Venture Pitch Day and the Demo at Beta City's VIP event.
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Plank Industries, Camden Partners, Baltimore Angels, TEDCO, and others will join Greenspring Associates, Grotech Ventures and NEA to hear pitches from leading Maryland companies. Fifteen additional companies have been selected to join these businesses to Demo at Beta City's VIP event later that afternoon at City Garage.
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This group represents some of the best and brightest companies from the region. Helping companies like these grow is central to making Baltimore a global destination for entrepreneurship. – Jen Meyer, Betamore CEO
Venture Pitch Day is the first event of three in Beta City, hosted at City Garage (101 W. Dickman Street), a new marquee event that will illuminate and celebrate the startups and businesses that are fueling the region's economic and employment growth. The day-long event will showcase the strengths and growth of entrepreneurship in Greater Baltimore. Beta City will provide a platform for leading regional entrepreneurs to demonstrate their products and services, and share their stories with venture capitalist leaders and the larger regional business community.
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Epic Games, maker of Fortnite, to launch its own online games store
Epic Games, maker of the monster hit Fortnite, has announced a new online store this week that could eventually put pressure on Apple, Google and Valve to relinquish some control over their own app stores.
Epic's new store will charge developers a commission of just 12 per cent, less than half of what the other stores charge. The audacious move could prompt app developers of all kinds to demand a similar deal, Benjamin Schachter, an analyst with Macquarie Capital, said in a note to clients this week.
"This is a big deal and has potentially far-reaching implications well beyond just game developers," Schachter said.
Epic will start with a "hand-curated' set of games on PC and Mac, it said, opening up to other games and other open platforms including Android throughout 2019.
For years Valve's Steam has been the defacto marketplace for games on Windows and Linux PCs, with Apple's App Store and Google's Play Store the main avenues developers can use to get apps onto those companies' respective operating systems. Developers pay a 30 per cent commission to distribute through the stores, which the companies say is fair for the cost of providing a trusted and secure marketplace and distribution system.
Epic CEO Tim Sweeney disagrees. He has said the 30 per cent commission is a markup of 300 per cent to 400 per cent. Epic can cut commissions in half and still be profitable, Sweeney said in a blog post announcing the project.
Epic also makes Unreal Engine, a popular game creation tool used by many of the biggest developers. Unlike its rival Unity, Unreal Engine does not require up-front licensing fees, but Epic does take a royalty on revenue for Unreal games after a certain threshold. On its own store, Sweeney says Epic will wave those fees. Games made using Unity and other engines will be welcome on the store, he said.
In August, Epic said it wouldn't distribute Fortnite through Google's Play Store, instead asking players to visit its own site and download a special launcher that would open the game on Android devices. The method allows Epic to avoid the commission fee.
At the time, Sweeny said the 30 per cent store tax "is a high cost in a world where game developers' 70 per cent must cover all the cost of developing, operating, and supporting their games.
"On open platforms, 30 per cent is disproportionate to the cost of the services these stores perform, such as payment processing, download bandwidth, and customer service."
Of course not many games are big enough to launch outside of the Google, Apple or Valve stores and still sell, but if Epic provides an alternative store, and assure players it's secure, it could tempt developers over.
Shortly ahead of Epic's announcement, Valve announced changes that would result in the biggest-selling games getting to keep more of the money made from sales.
If Google is eventually forced to cut commissions to match Epic's, it could severely impact profit, Schachter said.
Epic's store is unlikely to be available on iPhones, where Apple does not allow rivals to its own marketplace, but asking developers to pay a higher commission than competing stores could put pressure on Apple nonetheless.
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By Lise Alves, Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Police officers in several states in Brazil led a 24-hour strike on Wednesday, less than 21 days before the beginning of the World Cup. Strikers demand better working conditions and higher wages. However, despite Wednesday's strike, the Brazilian Police Confederation told the federal government that officers do not plan to strike during the World Cup period.
Among the states affected by the strike Wednesday were Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Minas Gerais and the capital Brasilia, all hosting World Cup games.
In Rio de Janeiro police officers decided to extend the strike another 24 hours, until Friday morning. Police Union president, Francisco Chao, said however, that officers would be stationed at police stations to take complaints involving violence. He told local press that thirty percent of the force would be on duty, as required by law.
In the other states police unions announced that although strikers made up more than fifty percent of the workforce, essential services were not disrupted and security was not affected. No major incidents were reported in these locations.
As the country gets ready for the World Cup, Rio de Janeiro officials announced this week that another 5,300 troops from Brazil's Armed Forces would help protect fans and players during the championship. This brings the total to more than 8,000 troops in the city.
Officials say armed forces will be patrolling tourists areas, major roads and Metro (subway) stops as well as hotel areas and the FIFA Fan Fest area on Copacabana Beach. The Maracanã Stadium as well as the training centers for the foreign teams staying in Rio will be have 24 hours-per-day protection from the military forces.
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Whereas a Wham Episode is an episode that radically alters the Story Arc, a Wham Line is a line of dialogue that radically alters a scene.
A scene is headed in one direction, then the line is uttered. Afterwards, the scene is going somewhere very, very different. For it to be effective the audience must not see it coming — not just not knowing the exact information, but not expecting any kind of surprising, or even significant, line there at all. If there was background music playing beforehand, expect it to abruptly come to a stop after the line is said.
This is strictly an audience trope. For a milder in-universe version, see Dropping the Bombshell. Often overlaps with Armor-Piercing Question or Armor-Piercing Response, where the line causes a character to seriously rethink their position. In a joke or comic story, a Punch Line functions very similarly.
When something seen by the viewer or reader of visual media radically alters a scene, it's a Wham Shot.
Tends to come in the form of a reveal. Can fit into a Wham Episode. By the very nature of the trope, SPOILERS AHEAD. If we marked them all, the subpages would be 60% white space. Please don't use spoiler markup when adding examples.
Note: This is not just a line that happens during a Wham Episode. The line itself has to radically change the plot in itself. If the line is the result of events or conversations that are clearly shown on screen, or it's a Foregone Conclusion, then it is not a Wham Line. The line itself has to be completely unexpected.
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- From the third phase of the radio version of The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, where Trillion reveals she's worked out who's really behind the Kriket Overloads' attempt to destroy the universe.
"And I doubt, I very much doubt, that you've been able to build this bomb and make it work properly without any help from Hactar for the past thousand years."
- From Ellen DeGeneres' "The Beginning", telling the audience an (admittedly fictional) story about how she met God. The crowd's reaction to this line says it all.
Ellen: A couple of minutes later, God walks into the room, carrying a tray... I would say she was about 46, 47 years old... beautiful, beautiful black woman...
- George Carlin's "Euphemisms" routine focuses on one well-known psychiatric disorder when, in his words, "a fighting person's nervous system has been stressed to its absolute peak and can't take any more input. The nervous system has either snapped or is about to snap." He then proceeds to discuss what it has been called over the years from World War One to The '80s, poking fun at the addition of syllables and lack of directness. The crowd enjoys it up until he gets to its current name...
Carlin: Then, of course, came the War in Vietnam, which has only been for about 16 or 17 years* , and thanks to the lies and deceits surrounding that war, I guess it's no surprise that the very same condition was called Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
[Audience murmurs as they realize what he's talking about]
- This being Carlin, he doesn't particularly treat it as such and in fact continues on, still poking fun at it.
- John Mulaney's "The Salt and Pepper Diner" bit centers around him and his friend John sitting down for a meal at the now-defunct Salt and Pepper Diner in Mulaney's native Chicago when they were kids. They put money into the jukebox and queue up twenty one plays of Tom Jones's' "What's New Pussycat?" Then, they ordered and waited. Mulaney details that "What's New Pussycat?" began to enrage the other customers eating around them, and then he says this:
John: But a word about my friend John and what a genius he was: because when we were first up in the jukebox and when we were punching in Tthe "What's New Pussycats," alright? I punched in about seven... and then John says to me "Hey, hey, hey wait... Before we drop in another "What's New Pussycat," let's put in ONE "It's Not Unusual." And that is when the afternoon went from good to GREAT!"
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Threat Null doesn't call itself by that name. Threat Null calls itself the Technocratic Union.
- Demon: The Fallen. The book Time of Judgement describes various versions of The End of the World as We Know It for the various games in the Old World of Darkness that are not the main three games (Vampire: The Masquerade, Werewolf: The Apocalypse and Mage: The Ascension). The book's prologue and epilogue are both told from the point of view of Lucifer Morningstar, the instigator of the events of The Fall. In the epilogue he talks about someone suggesting that God reacted to Lucifer's rebellion not out of wrath, but out of compassion: an intervention instead of a punishment... and then Lucifer drops the following bomb, upsetting everything we thought to know about the rebellion, Lucifer himself and even God:
Lucifer: In the end, I killed John. Just like I killed Woodrow. Was God wrong? I never told John - and certainly never Malakh — that I asked the angels to rebel because the Most High ordered me to do it. What would they make of that?
- Vampire: The Masquerade. The Schism chapter of Beckett's Jyhad Diary describes the Web of Knives, a cult serving the incredibly powerful and ancient Ur-Shulgi. He seeks to destroy all non-members within Clan Assamite, an independent Clan seperate from the Camarilla/Sabbat/Anarch conflict. Such an event would almost certainly lead to the destruction of the Masquerade (a single skirmish between the two groups where Beckett and his allies got stuck in the middle of became an international headline). Beckett introduced the influential Assamite Tegyrius to several important figures within the Camarilla. After explaining the gravity of the siutation, the risk it poses to the Masquerade and the final prediction of a seer with unmatched accuracy that suppports this claim, Tegyrius makes the following statement:
Tegyrius: I, Tegyrius, childe of Anath, called goddess of war and love, grand-childe of Haqim the Hunter, speak now to this council on behalf of the Viziers of Clan Assamite, on behalf of the Sorcerers of Clan Assamite, and on behalf of those of the Warriors of Clan Assamite who reject the Web of Knives. Collectively, those who follow my banner make up more than one third of the entire worlds Assamite population. And on behalf of those followers, I hereby request sanctuary from the Camarilla and recognition for my Clan as a member of your organization.
- Magic: The Gathering: At the end of the Dominaria storyline, after Liliana has destroyed the last of the demons she made her pact with, the Gatewatch planeswalk back to Ravnica...but Liliana is blocked. Nicol Bolas appears before her and tells her why:
Bolas: You really should have read the details of your pact more closely, Liliana. You seem unaware that with your demons dead, your contract defaults to its broker: Me.
- The Ace Attorney series has several:
Judge: It's been a long time, Mr. Wright.
- From the first game, in the middle of a funny conversation between Maya and a parrot, owned by a crazy old man, we get this bombshell:
Maya: Polly! Polly! Have we forgotten something?Polly: *Squawk* "Don't forget DL-6!" *squawk* Explanation
- From the fifth case, "Rise from the Ashes". This one doubles as an in-universe example, as it caused such an uproar that the trial had to be suspended for a day.
Lana: Drastic crimes require drastic measures...That's just the way it is. We did what we had to...in order for him to get the verdict he deserved. Even if it involved "forging" evidence.
- A minor example in the second case, which serves as the first indication we get that Phoenix and Edgeworth knew each other before that trial.
Phoenix: Edgeworth... you've changed.
- From Justice for All, the final quote of case 3 is whammy because Edgeworth was supposed to be dead:
Gumshoe: (On the phone) I'll be waiting for you! Goodbye, Mr. Edgeworth.
- Also from Justice for All: "...how do you do, Mister Lawyer? I'm Matt Engarde." Explanation
- From Trials & Tribulations:
Sister Bikini: So I guess you already know that Iris is Morgan Fey's daughter.Phoenix: IRIS IS WHAT?!?!?! Explanation
- Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney manages to fit one into the first case, with the Judge's reaction to your previously unnamed client at the start of the trial:
Brushel: "Thalassa Has Another Child Besides Trucy", end quote.
- In the last case of the same game:
- From Ace Attorney Investigations, we have a wham laugh, when Shih-Nah laughs in the exact same highly-distinctive manner as Calisto Yew, sparking instant recognition from Edgeworth, Franziska and Kay.
- Dual Destinies:
Simon Blackquill: ....Hmph. Thank you for helping, Wright-dono. ...Fool Bright. Arrest this woman.note
- At the end of the first day of the trial in Turnabout Reclaimed, after Phoenix has successfully cleared Orla's name:
Simon Blackquill: "Upon thorough analysis, the fingerprints were found to belong to Athena Cykes". So says the report.
- Case 4 ends with a major one, because a piece of evidence that proves your client is innocent incriminates someone else dear to you:
Aura Blackquill: So I lowered my emergency ladder like the detective leading the evacuation told me to.
- An interesting example in Case 5. At the time this line is said in the previous chapter (which is closely tied to this one), the player is likely to think nothing of it. But when a flashback occurs later in the case, when the player has worked out that the ladder was used by a double murderer and an international spy, it hits the player like a ton of bricks.
Edgeworth: The man you see there before you... Bobby Fulbright... is already long dead.
- Related to the above, Edgeworth presents the evidence necessary to confirm Phoenix's theory about the phantom:
- In Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Spirit of Justice:
- Revisualizations normally end with a big, dramatic line, but Case 3's is one of the few that completely turn everything you've assumed about the case on its head:
Revisualization Conclusion: Tahrust's death was a suicide.
- At the very end of the game, Apollo must decide whether to return to the Wright Anything Agency with his colleagues, or stay in Khura'in to clean up the legal system. Thought "Like You Would Really Do It"? Think again.
- Revisualizations normally end with a big, dramatic line, but Case 3's is one of the few that completely turn everything you've assumed about the case on its head:
- From the first game, in the middle of a funny conversation between Maya and a parrot, owned by a crazy old man, we get this bombshell:
- Doki Doki Literature Club! has a number of them, mostly related to the game's true nature:
- Sayori opens her heart to the player late in Act 1:
Sayori: You're wrong. Nothing happened to me, I've always been like this. You're just seeing it for the first time. ... The thing is...I've had really bad depression my whole life.
- Sayori's final poem, right before the festival, and specifically its final lines:
But a poem is never actually finished
- At the climax of Act 2, following the main character being trapped in a room for the entire weekend following Yuri's suicide, we get this line from Monika immediately before everything goes to shit in Act 3:
Monika: Wait, were you here the entire weekend, (Player)? Oh geez...I didn't realize the script was broken that badly.
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- And then immediately following the above example, we get an on-screen variant makes Monika's idea of "fixing things" terrifyingly clear:
- One of two situational examples occurs during Act 3; which one plays depends on whether the game detects a certain other program running at the same time as DDLC. It doesn't have much storyline impact, but it can give players a hell of a scare and really makes them appreciate how powerful Monika has become:
Monika: I'm talking to you, (player's username). Or...do you actually go by (your computer account name) or something like that?Monika: Hold on a second...You're recording this, aren't you?
- Another situational example from the climax of Act 4, just when everything seems to have been fixed, Sayori drops this little tidbit:
Sayori: There's actually something else. I wanted to thank you for getting rid of Monika.
- Sayori opens her heart to the player late in Act 1:
- Plenty of these in the Danganronpa franchise:
Izuru Kamukura is very much alive. Isn't that right...Hajime?!
- In chapter 5 of Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc:
Monokuma: This school life of mutual killings is being completely broadcasted live on TV all over Japan!
- During the final case of Super Danganronpa 2, Junko turns the discussion towards Izuru Kamukura, a former Hope's Peak student who was surgically altered to possess all the SHSL talents, but who apparently went rogue and ended up inadvertently setting up the events of the entire series, and more directly orchestrated the events of this game. Despite Makoto's protestations, Junko reaffirms that Izuru is indeed still alive...and then promptly drops this bombshell.
- Delivered very reluctantly during the first chapter of New Danganronpa V3:
Shuichi: Kaede is the culprit.
Kokichi: Now then... the culprit is Gonta.Explanation
- During the fourth trial, Kokichi decides to tell the class everything he knows about the murder in order to take away Shuichi's "fun" for investigating. Since Kokichi is the most likely suspect, one would expect him to be the culprit, but out of nowhere, he says the following.
- In chapter 5 of Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc:
- Steins;Gate:
- A minor example from episode 3 counts as something named the Jellyman report doesn't sound particularly serious, but causes Okabe to have a minor Heroic BSoD:
"Human is dead: Mismatch"
- Episode 12:
Moeka: Shiina Mayuri is not needed. [fires gun at Mayuri]
- Episode 14:
Suzuha: I am the time traveler John Titor.
- Episode 20:
Yuugo: [To Moeka] You sold us out, M4.
- Episode 22:
Suzuha: You must stop World War III. [EPISODE ENDS]
- A minor example from episode 3 counts as something named the Jellyman report doesn't sound particularly serious, but causes Okabe to have a minor Heroic BSoD:
- Fleuret Blanc: During a sequence where you can investigate the whereabouts of former FOIL members, the members' statuses appear at the top of the screen as you discover them. When you investigate Etzer, the status update reads "Etzer: Deceased", so you know that something major has happened even before you read the details. This also confirms some of the protagonists' worst suspicions about the villains, immediately heightening the tension of the story.
- The Final line of Block 5, the Pale Bride's story from Analogue: A Hate Story:
He started to argue, but then he stopped. I think he was patronising me, as if I can't read simple Korean script! He just asked, in the smuggest voice, "Then what should I call you, child?"I screamed. I'd already told him a thousand times before."Hyun-ae! My name is Hyun-ae!"
- Katawa Shoujo:
- In Emi's route
Hisao's Narration: Emi's there, yes. But she's in a wheelchair.
- In Hanako's route, this exchange between Hisao and Lilly not only takes the scene into a completely different direction (especially in that it forces Hisao to re-evaluate how he sees Hanako), but takes it into a completely direction than the equivalent scene in Lilly's route.
Lilly: There is another person, though, that has been a subject of worry for me as of late.Hisao: Oh?Lilly: That person is you, Hisao.
- In Lilly's route, her older sister Akira asks to meet with Hisao, and ends up talking a little about their family. The subject then turns to Akira and Lilly's recent visit to their parents' house in Scotland, and after mentioning that Akira's parents want her to come to Scotland and work for them, she says the following line, which indicates that Lilly's coming with her.
Akira: When our folks told me that when we were at their place, though, they also gave Lilly a summons to rejoin them in Inverness.
- In Shizune's route:
- In Shizune's route, a little while after the previous line, Misha has a conversation with Hisao about Shizune:
Misha: I know you like her, Hicchan. I mean that I like Shicchan in the same way. I want her to be my girlfriend.
- In the beta version of Shizune's route, the "comfort" sequence does not occur. According to the data the line was meant to be included during the love confession scene itself, however in the leaked beta it is either unfinished or partially removed and thus wasn't implemented. The love confession itself is still a thing but happens much earlier (in Act 3) and is a huge Wham Line after Hisao confronts Misha about her unusually sad behavior lately.
Misha: Hicchan, I wish you and me could change places.Hisao: What do you mean?Misha: Shicchan... really loves you. You might be the first person she has ever loved in that way too. Do you notice the way she looks at you, Hicchan?Misha: I wish she could look at me like that.Hisao: What are you saying?Misha: I love her.Misha: I'm in love with Shicchan. I love her.
- From later in Act 3 of Shizune's beta arc:
Misha: [internal monologue] To my right, I hear a loud noise, like a car horn. It's a bad noise. When you hear something like that... it's not something you're supposed to hear. It means something is wrongMisha: I wonder where that car is going? Is it going to hit me?Misha: I turn in the direction of it.Misha: This must be fate, right? After all, I have lived so long, and I never know what to do next. It can all be over if I just... don't move.
- In Emi's route
- In VA-11 HALL-A:
Jill: So, how's Lenore doing?Gaby: She's dead.
- Zero Escape Trilogy:
- Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors:
- "Unfortunately, you're wrong. Actually, I'm Santa." This was in one of the previews, no less, but not only does it not mean what it immediately it seems, it also doesn't mean what players might suspect it means.
- In the Safe Ending, Zero finishes his speech about Junpei being unable to save June with: "No. You misunderstand. You haven't lost. I...have lost."
- A strange example occurs in the Cargo Room: if you haven't already followed the Submarine Ending route, Santa casually revealing that Ace is the CEO of Cradle Pharmaceuticals won't really mean anything to you. If you have, however...
- When Snake and Junpei discuss the kidnapings 9 years ago, Snake mentions two siblings who weren't mentioned in the news before dropping this bombshell: "Her name was... Her name was Akane. That was... the girl who died..."
- The game is a rare case of a visual novel narrating in the third person instead of the first person. Except at the final chapter of the true ending where Junpei is trying to figure out why he knows things he logically couldn't and shouldn't know...
The answer to that is easy. He knew because I knew.
- Virtue's Last Reward
- In some paths your opponent will vote differently depending on what you chose. The first time it happens Sigma will show that he knows more than he should with this line:
- In Quark's route, the old lady is found to have an ID card on her person. The name on the card is Kurashiki. This one is doubly effective since Akane Kurashiki is A) a major character from the first game, and B) now apparently far older than she has any right to be a year after the last game.
- In Phi's ending K will reveal himself by referencing a line said earlier by another character:
"K": Didn't I tell you? "You won't be alone. I will be at your side watching over you."
- Later in the ending when discussing an unconcious person who looks just like Sigma:
Quark: So... who is he?
Akane: You've never seen him before?
Quark: No.
- This exchange from Zero Time Dilemma. Keep in mind that throughout the promotional material it's always referred to the child as Q.
Child: Zero is... YOU, Delta!
Eric: Would you stop yapping, Sean? The old man's name is Q!
- Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors:
- In The Elevator by Cyanide Tea (the developers of Ristorante Amore), Elena, the girl in the elevator, gives one when leaving it for the last time. The player will only understand its significance if they're on the path to the Golden Ending, specifically that she speaks of "points" needed to go to heaven in the same way as the now-executed Serial Killer the detective main character hunted down.
Elena: Minus 100 points, Detective Carmichael.
- Monster Prom: The entirety of Hope's route is a Wham Episode in and of itself, as it's a fairly serious and lore-heavy tale in a lighthearted dating sim, but one of Liam's lines in the route stands out for throwing his relationship with the Coven into a whole new light:
I'll never be sorry enough, Hope. Hiring the Unfaithful is the thing I regret the most, closely followed by choosing Angelus as my evil name.
The day of the party happens and...your plans fail! You've been such a lazy and stupid party planner that you weren't even able to stop an assassination.
- From Miranda's Christmas route, if you fail your stat check in two or more events, this lovely message is given to you:


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I haven't done any tricky calculations to determine population and gross national product. I merely allocated modern statistics without modification. The purpose here is to give you a better feel for which countries could become world powers and which could not. Although it's very possible that each of these nations would evolve differently under independence, these numbers represent the baseline probablity for a balkanized North America, and if you wanted to make, say, Texas the leading nation on the continent, you'd have to figure out a way to boost the numbers for Texas or lower the numbers for everybody else.
|GNP (billion $ purchasing power)
|Korea (S)
|New England
|CIA World Factbook
|US Census Department: Gross State Product
Population: Generally speaking, North America's short history has left it underpopulated, and no matter how much we fiddle with the numbers, it's unlikely that any alternate history diverging from 1787 could boost the population too much. There just isn't enough time to push the densities up to European or Chinese levels. Even Mexico, which has a relatively high density by American standards, got its start as the core of an old native empire. Nineteenth Century America had a phenomenally high growth rate that probably could not be boosted under any scenario, and it's only been in the past 60 years or so that the American birth rate has dropped off. The best way to increase any of these populations would be to eliminate this drop-off, and the easiest way to do that would be to suppose a more agrarian, less urban, economy for the 20th Century. My guess is that you could use this to increase any population by 25% or so, but a less urban economy might also decrease the GNP.
Immigration to North America has always been pretty high, and it's unlikely that we could push it much higher. If we wanted to reduce some of these populations, we could cut back on immigration, but we can't go too far in this direction either. Empty land attracts settlers, and a growing economy attracts job hunters, so unless we fill the land with native-born farmers or suppose a stagnant economy, we have to accept a steady flow of immigrants.
Having all these borders crisscossing the continent would mean that more Americans would have to stay put. In real history, there was a vast migration of African Americans from the south to the north in the early 20th Century, but it's unlikely that the USA (which didn't even like letting in south Europeans) would have allowed this if there had been a border in the way. When the Gold Rush hit California, American immigrants had the advantage because there were no borders to cross, but in an independent California, Mexicans, Irish, Chinese and Pennsylvanians would all have to pass the same border checkpoints in order to enter the country, so no one nationality would have the advantage. There's no easy answer as to how all these borders would affect overall population growth.
Gross National Product: Since Anglo-America is already one of the richest regions in the world, and its wealth is spread rather uniformly across its geography, my guess is that none of these little countries could be significantly richer than they are today; however, some regions might be poorer without the rest of the continent attached. I won't name names. You know who you are.
The fact is that no one knows for certain why some countries industrialize faster than others, although there does seem to be a strong cultural component to it. The Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain, and then took root in those countries which were close to the British, either geographically (Germany, Belgium) or culturally (North America, Australia). It's certainly not racial or climatic; British colonies in far off places like Hong Kong, Singapore and South Africa have also become rather industrialized. Then for some unknown reason out of the blue, Japan industrialized, and since then, we've seen many former colonies of the Japanese (Korea, Taiwan) develop advanced economies as well.
I only bring this up because you might be tempted to say that because Texas has oil and Ohio does not, Texas would be more prosperous than Ohio. The problem is that resources don't seem to matter. Germany and Japan do all right without oilwells, while oil production doesn't seem to help Nigeria, Azerbaijan and Lybia develop a high standard of living.
Even after we've stripped the United States of most of its territorial expansion, most of its coastline, and 8 of its 13 original states, we are still left with a core nation stretching from New York to Nebraska which has never been seriously threatened with disunity. Sure, during the Civil War, the Confederates hoped that pieces of this rump nation would break off and independently sue for piece, but in our timeline, the Copperhead movement never really got off the ground. I could not find any potential nation to split from this region that was even remotely plausible.
I had originally planned to stir up the anthill and stage some kind of Pan-American War in 1914 or 1940, but there's really no point. It would be a walkover -- no contest at all. As recently as 1946, the eighteen states of the "USA" produced two thirds of of the continent's GNP. At the end of Second World War, the National Guards of these 18 states equaled the combined manpower of the other 30 -- and this doesn't even take into account that the taxes from these states supported over 60% of the regular army. Although the dominance of this region has been eroding over the past 50 years, big multinational wars disappeared with the dawning of the atomic age, so it's too late now to have our Pan-American War.
I suppose we could whittle off the edges of this nation -- no Louisiana Purchase states, no former slave states, an independent New York -- but even if we reduce the "USA" down to a six-star flag (IL, IN, MC, OH, PA, WS) it would still be the richest nation on the continent with 30% of the GNP in 1946 and 17% today.
Amazingly, the answer is yes. The scale of the North American economy is so large that even small pieces of it can be important. The CSA as defined here would have the 12th largest economy in the world.
If we take a moment to debalkanize the South, we can push it even higher. Totalling the 11 traditional Confederate States will bring the GNP up to about $1.5 trillion, or 4th in the world. If we tack on a few marginal areas which could have been included in a Greater CSA, we can add another half trillion dollars to the total, although the rank would stay the same.
Of course, these numbers represent the South after a generation of major growth. Today's Confederacy would account for around 22% of the North American economy, but during the Second World War, it would only account for 11%. An independent Confederacy would not have been a major player in the global politics of that era, and its loss would not have seriously weakened the ability of the remaining United States to defeat the Axis. (If the loss of the Civil War were the only fracture in US history, the GNP of the USA would outweigh the CSA's by 3:1 today and 7:1 in 1946.)
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Yesterday evening the White House announced it would delay implementation of the employer mandate in the Affordable Care Act, giving businesses with more than 50 workers an extra year before they must offer health insurance to employees. The decision came in response to business owners' "concerns about the complexity of the requirements and the need for more time to implement them effectively," according to a July 2 blog post by a Treasury official. The agency said it will publish formal guidance on the delay within the next week.
Critics of the health reform bill were quick to jump on the announcement. Representative Sam Graves, a Missouri Republican who chairs the House Small Business Committee, complained in an e-mailed statement that "instead of providing relief for businesses, this simply kicks the can down the road." Tweeted Senator Ted Cruz, a Republican from Texas: "How about we delay it all forever?"
ABC News' Rick Klein says that red state Democrats are likely relieved by the delay, which will push the implementation of the employer mandate to after 2014 elections, and Ezra Klein argued that the administration's "regulatory end run around Congress" wasn't the best way to solve problems with the employer mandate.
The impact of the delay is unclear. Larry Levitt, a senior vice present at the Kaiser Family Foundation, told Kaiser Health News that "the large majority of employers already offer health coverage to their workers" and that the employer mandate was never expected to change that. Ninety-eight percent of companies with more than 200 workers and 94 percent of businesses with 50 to 199 employees already offer health care, according to Timothy Jost at Health Affairs Blog.
The crucial question, writes Jost, is how the delay will affect the overall costs associated with the law—particularly those involving tax credits offered to individuals: "But tax credits are only available to employed individuals who are either not offered health coverage by their employers or are only offered employer coverage that costs more than 9.5 percent of household income or that fails to offer 'minimum value'—covering 60 percent of health-care costs. Also, taxpayers are subject to the individual mandate penalty if they fail to accept coverage from their employer that meets the minimum value requirement and costs 8 percent or less of household income.
"If employers have no obligation to report coverage, how will the exchanges or the IRS verify claims that coverage is unaffordable or inadequate?"
Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic Policy Research, makes another good observation about the implications of the delay. "If the penalties actually were affecting hiring," he writes in a blog post, "then we should soon see a hiring boom as firms need no longer fear being over the 50 worker threshold in 2013."


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Turnbull Cottage is conveniently situated close to The Junction, Hamilton's multi-cultural Beaumont Streey, Darby Street, the CBD, Honeysuckle, local shopping centres as well as Newcastle's stunning beaches and ocean baths.Turnbull Cottage is 3 kilometers to the Entertainment Centre and major sporting arenas. Large,undercover shopping centres including Charlestown Square and Westfield Kotara are a 10 minute drive or bus trip away. It is also a 10 minute drive to Blackbutt Reserve, where you can get up close to kangaroos, koalas and emus. The cottage is a few minutes drive to railway stations. There is a public bus stop about 100 metres from the cottage which provides a service to MarketTown shopping centre and the CBD.
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The Days Of Mix Tapes
Did you ever have a mix tape loaded in the cassette player in your car? If so, what were your favorite songs on it? I was'nt lucky enough to drive much during the cassette days, but I still have a mix cd in my car.
Most people think that people in radio only listen to their station they work for. See if that was the case we would explode. We are all human too and need a break. That's what our mix CDs are for. I got some great songs on it for different moods. The list includes:
The Dave Mathews Band- Ants Marching, The Verve- Bittersweet Symphony , Will Smith- Gettin Jiggy with it, Mark Morrison- Return Of The Mack, The All American Rejects- Swing Swing, Keane- Somewhere Only We Know, Goo Goo Dolls- Slide, Matchbox Twenty- 3AM, and I can't even remember the rest. I have such a huge collection of songs on that one CD.
What do you (or did you) listen to on your mix tape or CD?


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July 30
An event every day that begins at 12:00 am, repeating until July 30, 2019
Friday, July 26*
9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. | DOUBLE the marked price
Saturday, July 27
9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. | Priced as marked
Sunday, July 28
9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. | Priced as marked
Monday, July 29
9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. | HALF the marked price
Tuesday, July 30
9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. | $5 PER BAG!
*Spend $250 on Friday and receive a 20% discount on all purchases (special items excluded)
One of the largest book sales in New England
Over 100,000 books, plus CDs, DVDs, records, and unique Specials. All items gently used and donated to Pequot Library.
Admission is FREE and open to the public. Proceeds directly fund Pequot Library's annual educational programs, events, and services.
Application for Books for Teachers Voucher. Deadline: June 2019.
Catalog of "Specials" for presale: July 2019
Buyers have an opportunity to purchase up to five (5) Specials in advance of the sale, at a premium of 25% above the catalog price. The advance sale will field requests in order of submission at 12:01 a.m. on July 19, 2019. Viewing items is by appointment only; schedule yours at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Parking: In Pequot Library's parking lot or the Trinity Episcopal Church* parking lot (on the corner of Pequot Avenue and Center Street) or the Southport Congregational Church parking lot (524 Pequot Avenue and across from church) or, on the weekend, the train station parking lot (400 Center Street).
*Trinity Church will run Parking for Food in conjunction with the Pequot Library Book Sale. Church parking will be available Friday-Sunday, July 26-27, 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Trinity volunteers will be on hand to collect food and cash donations in support of food pantries at St. Luke's and St. John's in Bridgeport.
Book Sale Details:
Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express accepted.
Scanners and other wireless devices welcome in sales areas; stockpiling and "clearing" not permitted.
Help us save the environment: If possible, please bring your own reusable bags!
Pequot Library's Numbers Policy
Donation Details (What We Do/Do Not Accept)
AT THE SALE! Over 60 categories, including your favorites:
| Art & Architecture | Astrology & Occult | Atlas & Dictionary | Biography | Business | CDs | Children/Young Adult | Classics | Coffee Table | Cookbooks | CT, NY & New England | Crafts & Hobbies | Diet & Nutrition | Drama | DVDs | Education & Textbooks | Exotica & Erotica | Family & Parenting | Fiction Foreign Language | Gardening & Nature | Graphic Novels | Health | History & Politics | Humor | Impulse | Jazz | Large Print | Law & Crime | Literature & Anthology | Maritime | Military History | Music | Mystery | Old & Interesting | 'Ologies | Performing Arts Pets & Animals | Photography | Poetry | Recorded Books | Records | Religion & Philosophy | Science | Science Fiction | Self-Help | Sets | Sheet Music | Signed Books | Sociology & Anthropology | Specials | Spies/Espionage | Sports | Travel | Transportation |
Important facts to know about the Pequot Library Summer Book Sale:
1. Unlike sales at other libraries, this one is critical for the operations of Pequot Library, given that the town provides only a third of its operating budget.
2. Pequot Library is a jewel in the Fairfield community for its traditional library services and its vibrant cultural, music, and arts programs.
3. Because of the long-time community support, this sale is the largest in the region, offering the most extensive selection of books, records, etc.
4. Pequot's offerings of "Specials" is consistently the finest.
5. "Books for Teachers" program: Supported by generous funding from the Reneé B. Fisher Foundation, this program provides book vouchers to underserved schools and teachers in Bridgeport and New Haven, CT.
Getaway Ideas: Walk from Metro North, enjoy a picnic on the Great Lawn, or go to a local Southport restaurant. Stroll to the beach afterward and catch the sunset over Long Island Sound.
Sponsors: Thank you for your generous support of Pequot Library's 59th Annual Summer Book Sale!


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"One of the major problems encountered in time travel is not that of becoming your own father or mother. There is no problem in becoming your own father or mother that a broad-minded and well-adjusted family can't cope with. There is no problem with changing the course of history—the course of history does not change because it all fits together like a jigsaw. All the important changes have happened before the things they were supposed to change and it all sorts itself out in the end.The major problem is simply one of grammar, and the main work to consult in this matter is Dr. Dan Streetmentioner's Time Traveler's Handbook of 1001 Tense Formations. It will tell you, for instance, how to describe something that was about to happen to you in the past before you avoided it by time-jumping forward two days in order to avoid it. The event will be described differently according to whether you are talking about it from the standpoint of your own natural time, from a time in the further future, or a time in the further past and is further complicated by the possibility of conducting conversations while you are actually traveling from one time to another with the intention of becoming your own mother or father.Most readers get as far as the Future Semiconditionally Modified Subinverted Plagal Past Subjunctive Intentional before giving up; and in fact, in later editions of the book all pages beyond this point have been left blank to save on printing costs.The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy skips lightly over this tangle of academic abstraction, pausing only to note that the term "Future Perfect" has been abandon because it hasn't happened yet".― Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
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Warlord Krüg has transferred his command from the Battleship Eater of Souls to his Battlebarge the Death Incarnate as the warbands Battlebarges, Legion Strike cruisers and light Strike cruisers arrive to bringing their full Astartes might to bear to begin culling of the systems resources.
Here are some pics from the final battle for the system as the Chaos Fleet overruns the Imperial Navy rally point.
|This pic is missing a squadron of 3 Infidel class Raiders.
|The Mars fires its Nova cannon at the Eater of Souls clipping its base doing one point of Damage. The Eater of Souls returns the favor and puts its lances to work causing 3 hits to the Mars.
|The Chaos Iconoclast destroyers open up on the Cobras
|Chaos Reinforcements arrive as the Betrayer and squadron of Infidels make life difficult for the Imperial light cruisers. The Betrayer cripples one vessel in one volley of its gun decks.
|The Eater of Souls cripples the Mars with it's lances!
|The Imperial light cruisers brutalize the Infidels.
|The cobras destroy an Iconoclast.
|The "Hateful Song" Slaughter class cruiser is crippled by the Imperial Battleship. As the Imperials get more reinforcements: in the form of a Lunar cruiser, more cobras and Overlord Battle cruiser
|The Chaos fleet cripples the Lunar class cruiser on lock on orders.
|The Betrayer cripples the Overlord then the Eater of Souls finishes it off!
|3 turns of maneuvering later the final shots take place. With only the Eater of Souls able to lock on through the debris field.
|The final results Chaos victory!


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Maintaining profitability in UK dairyPrint
Farm Margins in 2017
We are all in dairy production for a range of reasons, but ultimately, profitability must be achieved.
This starts with understanding the market; how your milk contract is affected by the market and how that dictates farming practices. There is more variation in milk contracts now than ever, meaning what fits your neighbour may not be suitable for you.
This said, milk is a commodity, so all dairy farms are exposed to the fundamentals of supply and demand, which dictate on-farm milk prices more than anything. Over the last five years we have seen low supply, followed by a boom and a depression in milk prices through high supply periods.
Currently in the UK we are supplying 6% less milk than the three-year average, a pattern mirrored across Europe, causing some extreme lifts in milk products that will certainly mean continued rises in milk prices during 2017.
As we all know, you can't just turn cows on and off like a tap, so expect the current situation of low supply to be the dominant story for the foreseeable future.
Medium term demand will continue to rise, driven by an increasing population, wealth and product development, with demand likely to be far more consistent than milk supply. The only outcome to that is a rocky road of milk prices for the foreseeable future.
On the other side of the coin, feed supply on an international level is in abundance, with the only exception being cereals in Europe. In real terms this means the feed cost to milk price ratio should be an improving picture for UK dairy, but unstable currencies in such a politically turbulent period means this will be blurred by sterling's relative buying power. That's down 20% against the euro since May. However, at the time of writing, the euro has been hit by Italy's political storm.
Managing dairies to maximise profitability
As the foot goes on the gas in many dairies, caution must be taken, with more focus on cost control than ever.
Dairies must claw back lost ground and build cash reserves for the next fall in milk prices three years down the line. Only the farmers who are technically efficient and on the ball will prosper, especially as we will see cost inflation up to 20% due to currency fluctuations.
Now is the time to analyse your business and unlock the bottlenecks. With profitability potential on the rise, sensible investment in infrastructure, but more importantly into systems to better manage your herd, is important.
Avoid inertia due to a high milk price, as this will lead only to missed opportunities to improve profits.
Bottlenecks to improved profitably often lie in the following interconnecting factors and must be measured to asses performance, help make informed decisions and track improvements:
Regular locomotion and Digital Dermatitis (DD) scoring is an invaluable tool to measure the recoverable costs and knock on effects of herd lameness. This includes heifers and especially dry cows – the overlooked part of the herd which has a huge knock-on effect when it comes to locomotion and DD.
80% of your management focus should be on this 20% of a cow's lactation. It's make or break time for your cow; where prevention of disease and optimising lactation performance are the drivers. Non nutritional factors such as lying space and barrier space, along with rumen fill and body condition, are key metrics to identifying possible hazards ahead.
Forage quality
This is the most important factor in nutrition and the cheapest to get right. Ok, we can't always rely on the great British summer, but stack the deck in your favour; cut early, avoid heavy fibrous crops and pit it well. There is no excuse for poor clamp management. Sack your contractor if they don't do a good job – they need to be held accountable for poor harvest management. Forage quality is a key area for marginal gains on farm, where little improvements which cost nothing aid every cow on the holding.
Cow comfort
Focus has to be around lying times, feed access, environment and stocking rates to give cows the best chance to perform. These are metrics which all need measuring to track changes and evaluate performance.
This is the driver of profitability on farm. Metrics such as percent served by 80 days, 100 day in-calf rate and pregnancy rate help evaluate performance and lead to continuously improved fertility. Get all of the other things right and fertility will improve considerably if managed correctly.
Many dairies operate to a high standard in these areas already, but if key metrics are monitored and measured, opportunities for marginal gains may be exposed.
At Wynnstay, our Dairy Technical Services are focused around this, aiming for controlled, measured, continual improvement to maximise margins on farm, whatever the milk price.
You will find more information about our services in these pages or contact us for more information
Mark Price
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December 1, 2016
According to a recent study from Equilar, 658 companies in the Russell 3000, or 23.3%, lacked any females on their boards. By comparison, only seven S&P 500 companies (1.4%) lacked a female member in 2016.
In the past few years, the call from stakeholders for greater diversity on public company boards has reached a fever pitch. Institutional investors and advocacy groups alike are turning up the pressure for more intensive board assessment and refreshment, asking directors to consider the changing demographics of how they can better serve the needs of their investor, employee, vendor and customer bases and create more shareholder value.
The response to changing demographics notwithstanding, studies consistently show that board diversity supports improved company performance. However, the data hasn't been sufficient to change behavior or many companies, says Brande Stellings, Vice President of Corporate Board Services at Catalyst, who spoke with Equilar in a recent interview for C-Suite magazine.
"Boards have control over the company's strategic direction, and corporations are vey important to everyday lives, so we think it's important to see at least half of the population represented on the board," Stellings noted.
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|Blueberry Mini Coverall on J at 3.8kg and 54cm
|Blueberry Mini Coverall on J at 3.8kg and 54cm
Fit: These fit J at 1.5 weeks old and still fit him now at 14 weeks (6.3kg). The fit has been consistently good from the beginning and if I had to choose the best fitting cover throughout the whole newborn period, this would probably be it. They are rated to fit from 2.7kg (6 lbs) to 8.1kg (18lbs), though they fit perfectly around J's little skinny chicken legs at only 2.2kg (under 5lbs). I think the upper limit sounds quite realistic as J has just moved up to the biggest rise setting in these at three months and 6.3kg. I really appreciated the crossover Velcro tabs when we started using these - J needed that to get a perfect fit around his waist. They are the perfect middle ground between snug and roomy as far as covers go, which makes them really versatile in terms of what you can use underneath them. I find these covers work well over prefolds (I used both the preemie prefolds and the size small prefolds from Imagine) as well as newborn fitteds. [Rating: 5/5]
|Blueberry Mini Coverall on J at 3.8kg and 54cm
Performance: The Blueberry Mini coverall is bulletproof for us - absolutely no leaks of the pee or poo variety. Obviously you need to use an absorbent enough diaper underneath the cover, but provided you have that, this cover will not let you down. [Rating: 5/5]
|Blueberry Mini Coverall on J at 2.4kg and 50cm
Blueberry Mini Coveralls are available from various resellers (I usually order from Nicki's Diapers). Like Blueberry on Facebook to be the first to hear of new products and prints.
Disclaimer: All image credits belong to Hippie Safari. Please do not use or distribute without my permission. I paid regular retail price for this diaper, received no compensation for my review and all opinions expressed above are my own. While I aim to provide detailed, objective reviews of all the diapers that I've used, please bear in mind that this is my opinion and that every mom has her own preferences and every baby is built differently. So what works well for me and J, might not necessarily work well for you and your baby. At the time that these photos were taken, J was between 3 and 14 weeks old and his weight ranged between 2.4kg and 6.3kg.
|Blueberry Mini Coverall on J at 6.3kg and 61cm


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This Day in Buffalo Sports History: Super thumping
January 26, 1992 -- The Washington Redskins of the 1991-92 season were a very good team, even if they aren't that well-remembered when compared to the great San Francisco, Dallas and, yes, Buffalo teams of that era.
The Bills certainly remember them. They lost to the Redskins in Super Bowl XXVI, Buffalo's second straight appearance in the NFL championship game. What's more, it wasn't that close. The Bills self-destructed with five turnovers and lost to the Redskins, 37-24, in the Metrodome in Minneapolis.
Buffalo's Jim Kelly was 28 of 58 for 275 yards, with four interceptions and five sacks. Thomas ran 10 times for 13 yards.
Meanwhile, Washington's Mark Rypien earned Most Valuable Player trophy by going 18 of 33 for 292 yards and two touchdowns.
"Defeats are very bitter, and I can't remember one in 40 years of coaching that was more hurtful than today," said Bills coach Marv Levy. "Overall, we played a team that was better and they showed it."
--- Budd Bailey


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Are you just coming down from the hectic days around the holiday? Did Christmas feel like a let down after all the resources you invested for just a few hours of unwrapping and overeating?
I have felt that way for so many years. That is not what I want my son to think Christmas is all about. So this year we tried an experiment that we have deemed a success and plan to continue next year.
Before I tell you what it was, please know it was way less insane than many Christmas Days I've witnessed. We hosted an All Family Advent Celebration. We {the six year old boy and I} talked and roughly planned it in the Fall. {We both love to offer hospitality, but we don't do well with big expectations.} We sent out invitations in October so that people could mark their calendars. Here are the highlights:
- Each Sunday evening of Advent we had a simple meal at our house
- We made soup 3 weeks, and we made pizza the last week
- There was no pressure to attend, but all were welcome
- There was no pressure to bring food or eat the food we had prepared, but guests were invited to contribute
- He lit our advent wreath each week
- We had simple crafts, seasonal books to read, and Christmas music
The number of guests we had ranged from 2 - 18. The last week my son was super excited that his teacher joined us!
There was always enough food!
Sometimes it was really quiet, and sometimes it was really loud with kids playing and adults laughing.
Since it was new we could keep the expectations simple.
Our house got tidied once a week between Thanksgiving and Christmas. We got to offer hospitality. We got to make lovely memories with different combinations of family members. This added a lovely rhythm to the month between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
It would also work nicely with a close group of friends!
Now it's time to reflect: What worked well for you during the holiday season? What will you repeat? What will you delete?
Happy New Year!


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I have been very fortunate and been given this sampler. It amazes me that things like this survive at all, it must have been treasured and saved from the skip several times during its life and now I will take care of it.
The details, at the bottom where it is discoloured, read:
Ann Wales Was Born June The 3 1782
Finish This Sampler May The 10 1794
I wonder whether this is Ann's family?
The text appears regularly on samplers of the period. It is attributed to the author of "Amazing Grace", John Newton (1725 - 1807), who is said to have written it for his niece to add to her sampler.


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In Affiliation, CrossFit Games, Radio
May 25, 2013
On Episode 277 of CrossFit Radio, host Justin Judkins interviewed CrossFit HQ Level 1 Seminar Staff members Rob Miller and Austin Malleolo. This episode was webcast live at 6 p.m. PDT on Wednesday, May 22, 2013.
3:40 Rob Miller owns CrossFit Delaware Valley. He described how he makes warm-ups fun and addresses different athletes' needs during a warm-up or skill session. Miller offered some details on scaling and explained how he fosters the right kind of community at his gym. As an example, Miller talked about the system he uses to reward his athletes and encourage them to progress. Finally, he gave information on how his coaching has changed over the years as his knowledge has grown.
33:32 Austin Malleolo won the North East Regional last weekend, and he gave his thoughts on the competition. He described what it was like going into the last event tied with another athlete and how he used strategy to win the competition. The former hockey player detailed the changes he's made to his training over the past year and how he'll prepare for the CrossFit Games, as well as how he recovers and eats at a competition.


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Born: 1980-10-21
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This cautionary tale will resonate strongly with women from the UK born in the 1950s, many of whom have taken to social media and supported petitions to the government to express their anger at the sudden changing of goalposts by the UK government, the country's biggest pension provider. It also shows that relying on anyone but yourself to fund your retirement could be costly and turn up unpleasant surprises.
Huge numbers of women are affected by the changes to the State Pension Age (SPA) which were introduced by the 1995 Pension Act and the 2011 Pension Act. These changes increased the official SPA for women from 60 to 65, to bring it in line with that of men. Many women born on or after 6th April 1951 and approaching retirement are complaining at the unfair way that the changes were implemented with insufficient warning and the unexpected acceleration of the process. These factors combined have thrown the financial situation of thousands of women into chaos and in certain cases caused severe financial hardship.
Take the example of Claire, who was looking forward to retiring at 60. After the legislative changes, Claire will not now receive her pension until she reaches 65 even though she has paid in for the required 35 years. Not only will she not receive her pension during those five years, but during that extra half decade working she will have to pay thousands in additional pension payments. Claire estimates that, when you add up the lost income and the extra pension payments, the changes are costing her in excess of £50,000.
Another typical case is that of Anne who took early retirement in 2011 thinking that she would get her state pension when she reached the age of 60 in 2014 but subsequently received a letter in 2012 to say that her state pension date had been deferred to 2020. She finds herself forced to sell her home in order to survive as health problems mean she cannot return to her former career, even if she found someone willing to employ her in her sixties. Anne's situation does seem particularly unfair when you consider that someone born a year before her and not affected by the changes could retire at 60.
The moral of the story is that you have to take control of your own retirement provision. Start from the perspective that you won't receive anything from the government and work out your financial plan of saving and investing on that basis. It may well be that you will receive a state pension but, even if you do, the most you can currently get is £119.30 per week. That's a nice bonus but certainly not enough for the kind of worry-free retirement you want. For that you need to take the matter into your own hands.
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Today in social media.
Some girls launched an app that allows you to rate people. We remember way back when, that there was this webpage; "hot or not" where you could rate pictures that people (primarily girls) uploaded, based on the appearance of each individual. This app will allow you to rate an individual's personality. In other words, it will provide a way for you to assess you fellow man's character. Through a comfortable 0 to 5 star rating. Kind of like reading through product reviews on Amazon.
Anyone can rate anyone, meaning that you can be rated even if you've never set foot (index finger?) on the character rating app's webpage. It's enough for someone to type in your name and start rating. Of course, co-founder Julia Cordray cannot fathom why you wouldn't want to "showcase your character" online. And that's that.
We're not signing up. Heck, we have a hard enough time dealing with facebook.
Not for Pussies!
February 2019