text:
Posts: 137
Joined 26-May-11
Posts: 156
Joined 28-Jun-12
I know what your going through! We werent going to find out because my DH family and friends had all this pressure on about it being a boy.. and I just couldnt deal with all the comments if we were having another girl. BUT I convinced myself it was a girl and even to the point where my DH aunt said she thought I was having a boy i responded... "when I hear people tell me it's a boy it kinda hurts my feelings a bit because I have sisters and Id really love another little girl so DD could have a sister" when really I was trying soo hard to ignore the boy comment and over turn it so people KNEW it wasnt going to be a disappointment if we were having another girl... kinda reverse psychology on myself and them lol
We decided to find out. We did it in a special way though. We had the tech tape the u/s potty shot in an envelope to the appropriate box... one had a little brother onesie and one had a little sister onesie. Our DD opened the box after dinner that night and we filmed it.
We were prepared either way. Boy or girl and I had a whole speech and tons of come backs to anyone who had something to say about us having another DD.
Well we got our boy coming. I am also due in December. But i know exactly what you are going through.
And to be honest it doesnt get better when you find out the DG is coming.... people now make comments like "oh DH gets his boy! thank god what would he do with two girls?" and I just want to choke them lol.
expecting a 12/12
Our family will be complete! The pigeon pair!
Posts: 1,187
Joined 17-Jan-11
I think you should let the tech write it down and put it in a sealed envelope. Keep it to yourself. Dont open it until you are prepared emotionally and mentally.
Also, if it is the gender you want how can you keep that excitement to yourself? how would you tell your DH that you did find out? Maybe you can say the tech accidentally told you? I think it would be so hard to keep it a secret.
And if it is the gender you dont want to hear... I think it would be hard to keep that a secret as well. I think you need some support. I have my sister she knew exactly how I felt and how I was brainwashing myself to want a second girl. And it was nice to rant and talk to her everyday and plus this website has been fantastic. BUT if you read it's a boy... prepare yourself. Make sure you are ready to open the envelope and realize you may one day have to tell your DH your found out. Whether it is blaming the tech OR telling him you found out.
I did contemplate finding out without my DH knowing even had my sister helping me figure out a way to find out without DH just incase it was another girl. BUT I realized this is just as much his baby as it is mine. He is just as much involved and wanted this baby just as much as I did and even though I am making and creating and carrying this baby... his heart is in it 110% and I couldnt do that to him. I wanted to find out in a special way together OR not at all and keep both of us in the dark.
Good luck! I hope you hear GIRL!
@ Tammie- I actually thought of doing that I'm just nervous I won't get the chance to ask her how sure she is and I may not beleive it when I open the box..LOL!!!
Thank you both for your replies..how come it's always the "IN-LAWS" that make us feel horrible about our lives, mine I SWEAR is the WORST..I guess It's my fault I even let them get to me..they are the most jealous ppl I've ever been around!
We asked the tech when we were leaving how sure he was... we asked the same tech with our DD and he said 80% with her and she was def a girl and still is lol so we trusted him when he said "i am sure of what I wrote down" and our potty shot is very clear... I posted it today in the u/s prediction forum and it is def a boy.
I think you should ask the same... how sure and if there was a clear potty shot taken. No clues given just a "im sure" or "85% sure" and yes the potty shot was clear to me.
Great idea n THANK YOU!!!
God, when I think about it (which is like 22 hours of the day!) I get a lump in my throat n my stomach hurts!! I do know tho no matter what, in the end when I hold that boy or girl it will be LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT!!
Posts: 970
Joined 28-Dec-10
I am in the same boat and I am soooo sick of people saying "I bet your hoping for a girl" or even worse "I hope it's a girl." Okay, I mean I hope too but I feel it's rude to say that. I right now want to be surprised but dh wants to find out. Good luck with whatever you decide.
2007 2010 2013
Posts: 397
Joined 19-Dec-11
Posts: 332
Joined 7-Feb-10
I hope you hear girl as well. When is your due date and did you do any swaying?
Posts: 56
Joined 12-Jul-12


text:
Throwable Panoramic Ball Cam Gives You a 360 Degree View
Smartphones are great for snapping pictures, but what if you want the shot from more than one angle? Well, that's what the Panoramic Ball Cam is for. It has 36 mobile phone cameras built in, so you can just throw it in to the air and capture 360-degree panoramic photographs.
Just throw it up and once it reaches its highest point, all 36 cameras take a pic and all you need to do is catch it. Maybe in the future, all sports will have camera balls like this so we can see instant replays and other stuff from every angle.
After you take the pics, just download them to a computer and it stitches them together into a panorama. The Panoramic Ball Cam was created by Jonas Pfeil, Kristian Hildebrand, Carsten Gremzow, Bernd Bickel and Marc Alexa. It was programmed using C, C++, QT, and OpenCV, and the pictures that it takes are pretty impressive. No word on if or when this gadget might hit the market, but I'm sure it won't be cheap.
[via SlashGear via Geeky Gadgets]
MORE:Digital Imaging | Gadgets | Strange + Wonderful | Technology | 360 degree | ball | camera | concept | panorama | sphere
Comments (1):
The BallCam was already invented by Piero A Bugoni
It is a Registered Trade Mark.
A Patent Application has Been Filed.
Se More here:

subset: commoncrawl


text:
After moving to the United States in 1968, Mark Lewis sorely missed the fresh fish he had found so readily available across the Atlantic Ocean. He was born in Marseille, France, and grew up in Casablanca, Morocco, where he spent leisurely days fishing the rivers with his friends. Lewis decided to create Dry Dock Fish Company to give Americans a taste of his beloved homeland. For more than 25 years now, Lewis and his family have been listening to customers' fish stories with a smile and working tirelessly to give people a deeper appreciation of the fruits of the sea.
According to his bio, Lewis's favorite selections are the Santa Barbara shrimp, local halibut, and mahi-mahi. But renowned chef and restaurateur Giacomino Drago was drawn to the whole branzino; as part of the Farm to Table video series, he prepared one for dinner after a culinary excursion to the Beverly Hills Farmers' Market. You can find the branzino—along with sashimi-grade tuna or salmon smoked in-house—at the main storefront, in gourmet restaurants from Los Angeles to San Diego, and at more than 20 farmers' markets in Southern California. The shop also stocks delicacies, such as jars of preserved lemons and limes from Morocco and jars of preserved jelly bracelets from 1986.
After opening their first store in Anaheim in 1993, the grocery gurus behind Super King Markets noticed the globe-spanning diversity of their customer base. This keen insight led them to stock shelves with brands from across the world and around the corner, a policy which helped them win LA Weekly's Best Ethnic Deli Counter of 2009, Best Place to Buy Nutella of 2010, and Best Palace of Cheap Produce of 2011. Now expanded to five locations, the store still fills each outpost with fruits and vegetables, quality meats and private-label seafood, and an assortment of shells in the mixed-nut bar. Staff members behind the service deli weigh imported salamis, caviar, and cheeses for their upcoming high-school wrestling matches, and clerks in the liquor aisle dole out advice on each spirited beverages. Additionally, the Los Angeles, Altadena, and Claremont locations invite shoppers to linger longer with an expansive fresh bakery.
Liberty Tax Service has numerous LA-area locations, but this Groupon is valid for six (see sidebar). Each location is staffed with professional refund hounds who can chase away the burden and stress of tax season and sniff out your maximum allowable refund. Unless you can find the square root of a tuber and divide it by half the value of zero, like Liberty's staff can, then you won't get the biggest refund possible. In order to get your full refund, bring a comprehensive selection of forms and reciepts, including your 1040s, W-2s, 560Zs, 2345Exs, and T-1000s.


text:
We have found some free wuthering heights videos and pictures.
The Arkansas City Lady Bulldogs held with Andover for one quarter of play in Friday night's Ark Valley-Chisholm Trail League matchup at Ark City High School. But having seven players standing 5-foot-10 or taller proved to be just too much, and the Lady ... Source: Arkansas City Traveler
Life was great once, it was nice, and it was perfect. But that was one time and very long ago. Now I'm back killing people this time for vengeance. Someone killed my kid brother, why do I say someone I know who they are, Raine Smith, that big talker ... Source: Associated Content
Ted Williams -- the homeless Ohio man who, after years of drug and alcohol abuse, shot to fame last week because of his "golden voice" -- has agreed to enter rehab, it was reported Wednesday. Williams reportedly admitted during taping of today's episode of ... Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer
We Americans are inclined to assume that most all Brits are smarter, classier, and more refined than us Yanks, and the movie business is especially susceptible to such impressions. The Oscar is the industry's gold standard, but a BAFTA Award has the Land ... Source: Entertainment Weekly Online
Anyway, I am up at 7:13am and kind of wide awake. Haven't gone to sleep yet, but I guess that's what happens when you're a graduate student who only has classes at night. Currently wanting a part-time job, but the only problem is that I'm a horrible ... Source: 1UP.COM
In the lecture course "The Victorian Novel," English professor Ruth Yeazell GRD '71 is not the only person at the front of the room emphatically conveying the meaning of Emily Brontë's "Wuthering Heights." Ariel Baker-Gibbs '11, one of two ... Source: Yale Daily News
Stage and screen veterans Tom Hardy and Anne Hathaway will take on the Batman of Christian Bale in "The Dark Knight Rises," the latest film in the various "Batman" series, according to The New York Times. Hathaway will play Selina Kyle, the alter ego of ... Source: Playbill
One flipped through an app called "Twit that Lit!" that described Wuthering Heights as Twilight minus the vampires and werewolves. Another opened an app that encouraged multitasking to the extreme. The third app offered facts about today's society ... Source: Emory Wheel
As many as 129 million Americans under age 65 have medical problems that are red flags for health insurers, according to an analysis that marks the government's first attempt to quantify the number of people at risk of being rejected by insurance companies ... Source: DAILY KOS
To make matters worse, during this same period students' self-reported narcissism has reached new heights, according to research by Jean M. Twenge, a psychologist at San Diego State University. An individual's empathy can be assessed in many ways, but ... Source: Scientific American


text:
Do you need to have anything programmed to do freeze mode?
It seems to run in a slow mode 18gpm, but I asking if the Solar panels are working also working or not. I used value A for the solar. Solar is set for 40gpm. |
Follow-Up Postings:
The pool/spa mode are set by default to be on. Everything else should be added in. Its under menu-setup-advanced-circuit functions. Click on the function you want on, and it will say on with freeze yes/no. |
- Posted by disneyjoe7 (My Page) on Wed, Jan 12, 11 at 14:33
Ok I understand what you're saying, but I don't need something that states Solar as this is default on right? Or do I need to have a display button state Solar so I can state set for Freeze mode? I have solar in the intelliflo pump setup for 40gpm, but only the value A for solar in the intellitouch. Only pool is set for Freeze mode. I'm concern as we have a cold night the solar panel may freeze up and cause some damage. |
I don't do many solar systems so I can't recall if the solar comes up in equipment function or not. If you are really worried about it you can manually activate the solar valve on the dip switch then turn it to off when in solar mode. Then the pool mode should activate it in freeze mode. |
- Posted by disneyjoe7 (My Page) on Thu, Jan 13, 11 at 2:52
Thanks for your honesty, I checked both manuals online and they are a bit fuzzy on the subject also. Not spelling it out to me. |
I dont believe solar will come on in regular freeze mode. Try setting a feature cir called "solar", and set freeze to yes. You already have a speed set to "solar", so that should work. You can manually try it by turning on the feature cir and see if the valve rotates. |
Thinking about it, you could just assign the solar valve to a feature circuit, then find it in equipment functions and flag it to "yes" for freeze mode. The pump should already be running, so all you have to do is operate the valve. |
- Posted by disneyjoe7 (My Page) on Thu, Jan 13, 11 at 15:12
In calling Pentair tech support, they too stated solar doesn't go on in freeze mode. The solar shouldn't need to since it has a drain back hole in the valve. I did call a display feature circuit then stated yes on freeze mode. But wonder if I need to or not, after that call... Or more confused now? |
A drain back hole? As in VRV? Doesn't do anything for the up pipe feeding the panels. Scott |
Some solar systems have a check valve in the diverter to allow them to drain down. However if the pump turns back on this doesn't do much good. I'd either ciculate water through the panels, or drain them completely. |
- Posted by disneyjoe7 (My Page) on Fri, Jan 14, 11 at 1:05
Well I tried to operate activator manually but did nothing like no power. So first thing I need to find out why that is not working. I did this a couple weeks ago and everything worked ok as I didn't find any leaks. I have setup a cooling mode so I could operate solar at night to cool off pool if needed. It's works by reversing power via relay to activator by the 2nd speed connection. I could add freeze protection on this feature to flow water to solar panels. Side not the water temp sensor is bad so reading 165f or so. Didn't think that could be a problem but the tech in me says fix the most obvious first. |
- Posted by king_michelob (My Page) on Sat, Feb 12, 11 at 16:42
Don't know about the solar variety, but I found out the hard way Freeze protection is automatic on the intelliflo. Had some problems with the DE filter a few weeks ago and had the piping connections tore apart when I ran out of daylight, naturally the pump was off but powered. Got up the next morning and the pool was 6" lower than it was the night before! (it was in the 30's) Fortunately I had the skimmers open which must have caviated the pump out once the level dropped below them, otherwise the entire pool might have been pumped out over the yard. Be aware of this feature!!! |
Hmm, I would call that a bug. I am going to post that on Pentair's Innovation Lab site. What versions of code on the IntelliTouch, IntelliFlo, and if you are running it, Screen Logic? Scott |
I believe they are removing that freeze protection because of issues such as this one. |
In Service Mode, the control cable is essentially disconnected from the panel and the pump resumes it's uncontrolled state, i.e. it's panel reassumes control and Freeze Protect in the pump's controller is active! The only thing to do is to cut the power to the pump. Scott |
Please Note: Only registered members are able to post messages to this forum. If you are a member, please log in. If you aren't yet a member, join now!
Return to the Pools & Spas Forum
Information about Posting
- You must be logged in to post a message. Once you are logged in, a posting window will appear at the bottom of the messages. If you are not a member, please register for an account.
- Please review our Rules of Play before posting.
- Posting is a two-step process. Once you have composed your message, you will be taken to the preview page. You will then have a chance to review your post, make changes and upload photos.
- After posting your message, you may need to refresh the forum page in order to see it.
- Before posting copyrighted material, please read about Copyright and Fair Use.
- We have a strict no-advertising policy!
- If you would like to practice posting or uploading photos, please visit our Test forum.
- If you need assistance, please Contact Us and we will be happy to help.
Learn more about in-text links on this page here


text:
Select () or exclude () categories to narrow your recipe search.
As you select categories, the number of matching recipes will update.
Find exactly what you're looking for with the web's most powerful recipe filtering tool.
hockey wife- that is why i am starting to look up recipes- i have no choice but to learn how to cook!
italian cuisine, coffee, chocolate, cheese


text:
Seven Creepy Experiments That Could Teach Us So Much (If They Weren't So Wrong)
- |
- 9:17 pm |
- Permalink
Toxic Heroes
The Experiment: Test each new chemical on a wide range of human volunteers before it comes on the market.
The premise:
Under current US regulations, we're all de facto test subjects for a whole range of potential toxins. So why not recruit volunteers to try out chemicals for us? Even with informed consent, medical ethicists would recoil at that idea. But it would almost certainly save lives over time.
To comply with the US Toxic Substances Control Act, manufacturers turn to testing labs, which expose animals—usually rodents—to high levels of the chemical in question. But just because a mouse survives a test doesn't mean that humans will. The only studies we can perform on people are observational: tracking the incidence of adverse effects in those we know to have been exposed. But these studies are fraught with problems. When researchers can find high levels of exposure—for example, workers in factories that make or use the chemical—the number of subjects is often too small to yield reliable results. And with broader-based studies, it becomes extremely difficult to tease out one chemical's effect, since we're all exposed to so many toxins every day.
How it works:
Perform all the standard safety tests required by the Toxic Substances Control Act on humans instead of animals. To do so, we'd need to recruit volunteers of varying races and health levels—ideally hundreds for each substance.
The payoff:
Toxicology is currently a guessing game. Just think of the controversy over bisphenol A, about which the studies of effects in humans are maddeningly inconclusive. Testing chemicals extensively on groups of people would provide a much more accurate picture of how a given chemical affected us—data that would inform regulators and be shared with the public to help people make their own decisions. An ancillary victory: no more conflicting news reports about what is and isn't good for you. —Erin Biba


text:
Environmental Education provides a great opportunity to be infused across the curriculum. Some subjects present greater opportunities than others, but all subjects have an important role to play.
Science: Incorporates Environmental Education in problem solving skills and the study of the relationships between science, technology, and society.
Mathematics: Many mathematical concepts can be illustrated by experiences and examples; from the natural, social, economic, and political environments.
Social Studies: The various social studies can contribute greatly to the study of how alternative plans and actions can affect our future generations.
Language Arts: There is a wealth of literature – poetry, prose, and drama, which deals with our environment in a variety of interesting and thought-provoking ways.
Economics: In studying commerce, students learn how to manage resources carefully, to plan for the future, and to apply ethical criteria in financial decision-making.
Health and Physical Education: Both physical and mental health are dependent upon high quality natural and built environments. Important topics include: air and water pollution, noise and health, and the need for healthy recreation activities in indoor and outdoor settings.
Home Economics: Provides an opportunity to examine such issues as energy use and conservation, solid waste disposal, recycling, and other lifestyle-related topics.
Agricultural Studies: Provides an excellent opportunity to teach a number of issues, including soil erosion, endangered plant and wildlife species, energy shortages, and water conservation.
Art and Music: Provides a medium through which ideas and feelings about environmental issues can be expressed.


text:
Is online cricket betting legal in India?
Can we invest in sites like canbet.com being an Indian citizen.. Is it against law?
Is online cricket betting legal in India?
Can we invest in sites like canbet.com being an Indian citizen.. Is it against law?
Long Live Test Cricket
It's always murky when the state forbids it because it's reliant on foreign companies being compliant with local legislation, and unless they have a vested interest in it, that tends not to happen. Usually the risk is greater for you personally as well, because you cop the punishment as opposed to the provider.
I do know that there is a region in India (forget the name of it now) which is wanting to develop and sell a few online sports betting licences as a way of raising revenue, and Betfair is lobbying pretty hard to make that a reality, but until that happens all the operations I know of in India are illegal.
'Copperfield,' said Mr. Micawber, 'farewell! Every happiness and prosperity! If, in the progress of revolving years, I could persuade myself that my blighted destiny had been a warning to you, I should feel that I had not occupied another man's place in existence altogether in vain.
- Wilkins Micawber
lol, "invest"
GOOD OLD COLLINGWOOD - PREMIERS IN 2010Originally Posted by Irfan
Is Cam White, Is Good.
As betting is illegal in many part of the world including India. But then also many people still do betting on cricket matches.
Find it hard to disagree with the above itbt.
Parmi | #1 draft pick | Jake King is **** | Big Bash League tipping champion of the universeCome and Paint Turtle
Indians can't bowl - Where has the rumour come from as I myself and many indian friends arwe competent fast bowlers ?
With the English bid I said: Let us be brief. If you give back the Falkland Islands, which belong to us, you will get my vote. They then became sad and left
Not too far away from off peg itbt.
There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)


text:
Please use the form below to order a Audioconference. After you complete the form, click the "Send" button. This information will be held in confidence. An FDALive representative will be in contact with you soon.
Upcoming Meetings
- New Date: Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Devices Panel
Meeting Date: 2/20/15-2/20/15
Meeting Details:
On February 20, 2015, the committee will discuss, make recommendations, and vote on information regarding the premarket approval application for the Superion InterSpinous Spacer device sponsored by Vertiflex Incorporated. The proposed Indication for Use for the Superion InterSpinous Spacer device, as stated in the PMA, is as follows: the Superion InterSpinous Spacer (the Superion ISS) is intended to treat skeletally mature patients suffering from pain, numbness, and/or cramping in the legs (neurogenic intermittent claudication) secondary to a diagnosis of moderate lumbar spinal stenosis, with or without Grade 1 spondylolisthesis, confirmed by X-ray, MRI and/or CT evidence of thickened ligamentum flavum, narrowed lateral recess, and/or central canal or foraminal narrowing. The Superion ISS is indicated for those patients with impaired physical function who experience relief in flexion from symptoms of leg/buttock/groin pain, numbness, and/or cramping, with or without back pain. The Superion ISS may be implanted at one or two adjacent lumbar (L) levels in patients in whom treatment is indicated at no more than two levels, from L1 to L5.
Location: | Hilton Gaithersburg MD | Related News Links: | Not Available |
Time: | 8:00AM-6:00PM | ||
Materials: | |||
- Vaccines and Related Biological Products
Meeting Date: 3/4/15-3/4/15
Meeting Details:
On March 4, 2015, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., the committee will meet in open session to discuss and make recommendations on the selection of strains to be included in the influenza virus vaccines for the 2015-2016 influenza season.
Location: | Hilton - Silver Spring, MD | Related News Links: | Not Available |
Time: | 8:30AM-3:00PM | ||
Materials: | |||
Recent Meetings
- Anti-Infective Drugs AdComm
Meeting Date: 1/22/15-1/22/15
Meeting Details:
The committee will discuss new drug applications (NDAs) 207-500 and 207-501, isavuconazonium sulfate capsules and isavuconazonium sulfate for injection, sponsored by Astellas Pharma Global Development, Inc., respectively for the proposed indications of treatment of invasive aspergillosis and mucormycosis.
Location: | FDA White Oak | Related News Links: | Not Available |
Time: | 8:00AM-5:00PM | ||
Materials: | |||
- Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs AdComm
Meeting Date: 1/12/15-1/12/15
Meeting Details:
The committee will discuss the safety and efficacy of new drug application (NDA) 022517, proposed trade name NOCDURNA (established name: desmopressin), orally disintegrating sublingual tablets submitted by Ferring Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The proposed indication is treatment of nocturia due to nocturnal polyuria in adults who awaken two or more times each night to void.
Location: | UMUC | Related News Links: | Not Available |
Time: | 8:00AM-5:00PM | ||
Materials: | |||
- Oncologic Drugs AdComm
Meeting Date: 1/7/15-1/7/15
Meeting Details:
The committee will discuss biologics license application (BLA) 125553 for EP2006, a proposed biosimilar to Amgen Inc.'s NEUPOGEN (filgrastim), submitted by Sandoz, Inc. The proposed indications (uses) for this product are: (1) To decrease the incidence of infection' as manifested by febrile neutropenia' in patients with nonmyeloid malignancies receiving myelosuppressive anti-cancer drugs associated with a significant incidence of severe neutropenia with fever; (2) for reducing the time to neutrophil recovery and the duration of fever, following induction or consolidation chemotherapy treatment of adults with acute myeloid leukemia; (3) to reduce the duration of neutropenia and neutropenia-related clinical sequelae' e.g.' febrile neutropenia in patients with nonmyeloid malignancies undergoing myeloablative chemotherapy followed by marrow transplantation; (4) for the mobilization of hematopoietic progenitor cells into the peripheral blood for collection by leukapheresis; and (5) for chronic administration to reduce the incidence and duration of sequelae of neutropenia (e.g.' fever' infections' oropharyngeal ulcers) in symptomatic patients with congenital neutropenia' cyclic neutropenia' or idiopathic neutropenia.
Location: | FDA - White Oak | Related News Links: | Not Available |
Time: | 8:00AM-5:00PM | ||
Materials: | |||
Past Meetings
Below is a listing of all committees. Select a committee to display all meetings available for that committee.
Live Meetings
There are no Live Broadcasts available at this time.


text:
Good Stuff!!!!
I was pleasantly surprised to see that there was already a show available.I'm looking forward to the first full length show.
btw.... was it intentional that the first piece of music heard when "scrolling through the radio stations" was the last bit of music heard on Mouse Tunes? It's a nice transition from the old show to the new one.


text:
| Email | Full Article (TrendHunter.com/id/118051) |
If you're a huge fan of Matt Groening's work, there's no way that you won't recognize the Futurama Slurm Energy Drink.
As a refresher, the Futurama Slurm Energy Drink is the same beverage that Fry got highly addicted to and ended up winning a free tour of the factory Willy Wonka style. So what's the flavor? To be honest I'm not sure, but last time I checked Slurm came from a giant worm's behind, so let's hope that's not the route the manufacturers took. Then again, as the Slurm Queen tastefully put it, honey comes from a bee's behind; therefore, if that settles it for you, go nuts.
This novelty beverage won't come cheap though as it will cost you $24.99 a can. I just wish Slurms McKenzie would come along and party as you drink this.


text:
What is the 2nd thing to do when considering a web analytics implementation?
Google Analytics specific, Implementation ABCs[This article is part of a series entitled: GA Implementation ABCs]
During my first post of this series What is the 1st thing to do when considering a web analytics implementation?, I discussed how important simply getting initial data in was – before tackling the much wider (and also more complex) issues of mapping your stakeholders, building your KPIs or assessing your business needs from your web site. Essentially, my view is: get an initial feel for the project – get the data in and that means tag all your site pages (including the tracking of non-standard pages such as PDFs, EXE, ZIP etc).
With data coming in, the 2nd thing to consider is adding filters. Filters in Google Analytics have many purposes such as segmentation and report augmentation. In this post I focus on their role in data cleansing. Keeping the data 'clean' means removing visits that are not wanted or are not valid visits. Essentially considering these as improving the signal-to-noise ratio of your data. Having clear signals means you don't waste time analysing what could be random events (noise) on your web site.
Example cleansing filters include:
- Your own access to your web site
– this can be a significant volume of non-converting traffic if your employees set their browser opening page to be the company web site. Such visits will over inflate your visitor and pageview counts and decrease your conversion rates. - Your web developers/designers updating content
– these can be significant in volume but more importantly, web developers are likely to update conversion pages, triggering goals and over inflating your conversion rate metrics. - Data contamination
– other web sites copying your GATC either deliberately of accidentally which results in meaningless data being mixed with your web site visit data.
All 3 of these should be removed by adding 3 filters to your GA configuration as follows:
Filter 1: removing yourself from the reports
Excluding known visitors is very straight forward. If visitors connect to the Internet via a fixed IP address, you simply select the predefined filter 'Exclude All Traffic from an IP Address' from the Filter Manager as shown:
Excluding visits from employees, your search marking agency or any known third party, such as your web developers, is an important step when first creating your profiles. These visitors generate a relatively high number of pageviews in areas that will greatly impact key metrics – such as your conversion rates. For example, employees with their browser home page set to the company web site will show in your reports as retuning visitor every time they open their browser – and most likely a one-page visitor. Remember the GATC deliberately breaks through any caching so it's important to exclude employees from visits from potential customers.
Similarly web developers heavily test checkout systems for troubleshooting purposes. These will also trigger GATC page requests and most likely these will be for your goal conversion pages. You should therefore remove all such visits from your reports.
Filter 2: removing your designers/developers from the reports
This simply an extension of Filter 1, using the ip address of your agency in place of your own office. But what if ip addresses change each time they log in? I will discuss this scenario in a later post. However, for the vast majority of business broadband lines, fixed ip addresses are used, so you should be ok.
Filter 3: removing any contaminated data
This filter is to ensure that your data, and only your data, is collected into your Google Analytics profile. For example, it is possible for another web site owner to copy your GATC onto their own pages – therefore contaminating your data with their own web site traffic. The simple include filter shown below applied to your Google Analytics profile will ensure only traffic to the mysite.com domain is reported on.
Of course it may be desirable to collect data from multiple web sites into one profile. In that case, add the multiple domains in the Filter Pattern separated with a | character, for example:
Filter Patern: mysite\.com|yoursite\.com
Important tip:
It is important to note that when a filter is created within Google Analytics, it's immediately applied to new data coming into your account. New filters will not affect historical data, and it is not possible to reprocess your old data through the new filter. Therefore, always keep "raw" data intact – that is, keep your original web site profile and apply new filters to a duplicate profile in your account.
How have you approached the signal-to-noise ratio problem? The vast majority of Google Analytics installations I come across have no filters applied, why is this? Please add your thoughts with a comment.
8 Responses to "What is the 2nd thing to do when considering a web analytics implementation?"
Santiago Says:
July 16th, 2012 at 3:57 pmHi, I think I found a mistake in filter 3.
It does not work. Because it does not limit data to that domain.
The correct way should be something like: "exclude everything, but data from this site"
Although I don't know if this is possible
Brian Clifton Says:
May 13th, 2011 at 12:34 pmThanks for the feedback Jack.
Jack the Dallas Handyman Says:
May 13th, 2011 at 11:44 amI'm just a newbie in the field of Web Analytics. I think reading your post is a good way to start. I'm also considering buying some of your books and take it from there.
A.Hariri Says:
June 2nd, 2009 at 2:05 amGood points. I am just trying to start my way through the Analytic world and I found your articles helpful. I have lately bought your Advanced Web Metrics Book but I haven't got the time to read yet as I am in the middle of my dissertation.
Thank you!
Sandra Says:
November 4th, 2007 at 11:52 pmI have a beginner´s question: I would like to see the statistics of subcategories of my website, eg. if the website is http://www.xyz.com I would like to filter http://www.xyz.com/bikes/. As far as I see from the Google Analytics Helpsite, I need to set up a new profile in order to keep both, the stats for the whole site as well as the subcategorie. This means I have to insert two Tracking Code is the ../bikes/ pages. I wonder if this is the simplest way to do it. I have about 10 subcategories I would like to track. Thanks for any advice, Sandra
Brian Clifton Says:
September 6th, 2007 at 11:51 pmSebastien: OK fixed with a simple \ to escape it.
Thanks for the heads up.
Brian Clifton Says:
September 6th, 2007 at 11:49 pmSebastien: Yes you are correct but for some reason wordpress is not showing the '\' character.
Sébastien Brodeur Says:
September 6th, 2007 at 2:49 pmThe last example of filter should not be: mysite\.com|yoursite\.com ?


text:
If you're on a budget, we have a wide selection of wholesale jewelry that we make available to the public.
Looking for something specific? Our expert jewelers can create a custom piece to suit your exact needs.
Our Jewelry Products Include:
We can come to you for appraisals, repairs, and gold buying – ask for an appointment!
Contact Delta Jewelry & Refining Inc. today at 617-390-8787, or browse our website for more information about cash for gold or jewelry services.


text: OnlineCollege.org has compiled this list which prominently includes @overlawyered. Why not join more than 3,500 other Twitter users and follow us today? For even more engagement, follow my personal account @walterolson where you'll find both law and non-law content, including an advance peek at many stories and links destined to make their way to this site.


text:
50 Must-Download Apps For Lifelong Learners. Long after degrees have been conferred and careers have been launched, many folks just can't seem to quit school.
For them, life provides an overstuffed cornucopia of educational opportunities that don't necessarily require hefty loans and navigating different professorial strategies. Those with a lust for learning who happen to also enjoy testing the limits of what the iPad offers definitely don't have to worry about finding resources to pique their fancy. Hundreds, if not thousands, of apps are out there just twitching for users to fire them up and absorb a mental nugget or two. History and Geography World Atlas HD : iPad users can download this stunning, popular digital atlas by the National Geographic Society and educate themselves about the planet's physical and cultural properties and relationships.
EdTech: 100 Tech Tools for Teachers and Students. This post is #12 in DailyTekk's famous Top 100 series which explores the best startups, gadgets, apps, websites and services in a given category.
Total items listed: 104. Time to compile: 8+ hours. Follow @DailyTekk on Twitter to make sure you don't miss a week! This post is quite a departure from last week's subject: 100 Tools to Develop the Next Killer iOS or Android App. The 100 Best Education Blogs on the Internet - Bloggers. By Will Roby Education blogs are some of my favorite blogs to read.
Generally, teachers, librarians, and educators are some of the better writers in the blog universe, and since research and libraries are near and dear to my heart, I'm always fascinated by the stories and links these bloggers provide. Here are 100 of the best education blogs online, categorized and with mini reviews. If you can't find the educational tools and stories you're looking for from among these 100 great blogs, you may be out of luck.
Best Education Blogs Written by Teachers. Top 10 Technology Blogs for Education. Editor's note: This is a cross post from College Online where "The Innovative Educator" is named in the top ten ed tech blogs list.
I'm thrilled to be mentioned with all these other wonderful bloggers. I know and follow most of them and look forward to getting to know better those I don't. Education, as with all aspects of culture, is greatly impacted by the forward progress of technology. Born to Learn ~ You are Born to Learn.


text:
June 11, 2012
St. Louis, Mo. – Attorney General Chris Koster has reached a settlement with the owner of a closed St. Louis monument company to complete gravestones he sold but never provided and to refund the cost of headstones to families who ultimately purchased other headstones.
Under the settlement, Jeffrey W. Thomure, who owned and operated Standard Monument Company before he closed it, must complete and provide headstones that consumers purchased for ten graves but never received. The agreement also requires Thomure to pay $4,699.14 in restitution to five families who eventually purchased other headstones because the defendant failed to provide the ones they ordered from him. Under the terms of the settlement, Thomure agreed to pay the state $2,000 in fines and is barred from violating the Merchandising Practices Act in the future.
"I only hope that this judgment helps bring closure to the families who have fought to honor their loved ones with appropriate final monuments," Koster said. "My office will continue to pursue people and businesses that violate the state's consumer protection laws."
The settlement resolves a lawsuit filed by the Attorney General in August 2011, alleging that Thomure collected money from consumers for headstones, but failed to provide the headstones or a refund.


text:
Showing All "High Spirits" Posts
Mar 31st, 2014 35 Comments
I spent the second week of March at SXSW, and I spent a pretty good percentage of my SXSW at metal shows. In truth, most of the people I talked to at the festival seemed to agree that this year's…   Read Story »
Mar 6th, 2014 Comment
The guy behind High Spirits, Chicago resident Chris Black, is also the guy behind Superchrist and Dawnbringer. Those are three pretty great bands; in fact, Dawnbringer released our second-favorite…   Read Story »
Apr 29th, 2013 4 Comments
Metal in 2013 will to some extent be defined by two stories that made their debuts in April, one of which was included on our list of the month's best songs, the other which was not but deserves to…   Read Story »


text:
Welcome to No Child Left Behind.
I weep for the future of our country. People like this are going to be the leaders of tomorrow.
This one was posted here before.
Stop global warming!!! Blow up the sun!!!
that is obviously a girl….. so embarrassed for my gender.
How do you know it's a girl? Ignorant males exist too.
GunDiva, I was gonna say the exact same thing.
let me guess… he/she also thinks the moon is a planet.
what makes it especially funny for me is the tomato comment
My head hurts now.
© Copyright 2011 Awkward Messages |


text:
Rehabilitation for amputations and stroke
Baptist Health Louisville also offers comprehensive rehabilitation services to patients with advanced vascular disease which has led to either a stroke or amputation, including:
- Amputee Clinic to help patients with lower limb amputations learn how to walk again.
- Baptist Health Louisville Home Health Agency to provide rehabilitative services to patients in their homes up to seven days a week.
- Rehabilitation Program, a C.A.R.F.-accredited, inpatient and outpatient program designed to help patients with strokes, amputations and other diseases and injuries regain skills and independence.


text:
Quoted from zub I recently bought the Genotype book and did the tests and assessed I am a Hunter. However ... my explorer tests were very close as well ... Any help would be appreciated!
Quoted from gardengirl Sorry, but I am going against what everyone else has suggested and would suggest the Arthritis BTD book instead. Yes, it is much more limiting but when I invested in SWAMI it brought back all the inflammation in my neck and yes, I did it right and given the measurements I am nothing but a Hunter. I also clicked all boxes correctly. I even gave it a go two times after "clearing" my symptoms but my inflammation came back and I won't chance it so I won't use it. I am in the minority about SWAMI but because I have so many issues with my body (AI conditions) I think I have to be extra careful. SWAMI let in too many foods that cause inflammation (for me). Wish I could give you mine. Personally, I know it is no fun with the spinal inflammation so just trying to help out a bit.
Quoted from Conor Hi zub, as Lola already mentioned, let SWAMI determine your GenoType when you're inputting data into the program (you'll see the option for letting SWAMI determine your GenoType). Also, it will be of help to you to find out your secretor status (I only presume you don't know it yet because you've ID'd your blood type and Rh status via the Member Center).In the meantime, i.e., until your receive your SWAMI Xpress packet, I'd suggest that you compare Hunter and Explorer food lists side-by-side and make your own list of those Superfoods--especially the 'diamond' superfoods--which correspond to both GenoTypes. Eat more of these foods until such time that you have a more definitive food, beverage, et cetera, results from SWAMI.Fortunately for you, the SWAMI program is just about to receive an update and you'll benefit from Doctor D'Adamo's most up-to-date research. By the way, as SWAMI is web-based, i.e., a server-side application, you don't have to be concerned about client-side software updates and such. Best of health and success to you.P.S. Here are some links that include one to PATHbase and others to specific archived threads that might be of interest to you:http://www.dadamo.com/btdisease/PathType-read.pl?show=80http://www.dadamo.com/forum/archive8/config.pl?read=40014http://www.dadamo.com/forum/archivea/config.pl?read=90425http://www.dadamo.com/cgi-bin/Blah/Blah.pl?b-xpress/m-1313780773/For more results, just copy-paste the following into Google's search box: Ankylosing Spondylitis site:dadamo.comAlso, there are a variety of videos at the following YouTube link that will provide further information about body measurements and such for GTD:http://www.youtube.com/user/GenoTypeDiet/videos
Quoted from zub What is the BTD book?
Quoted from zub I also bought the secretor test, however have not done the test and submitted it yet.
Quoted from Doctor D'Adamo via PATHbase ABO non-secretors have a higher incidence of ankylosing spondylitis.The association between non-secretion and ankylosing spondylitis strengthens the hypothesis that the root cause may be an infection. (1)Certain bacteria are known to precipitate reactive arthritis, and may be connected in the pathogenesis of ankylosing spondylitis as well. Susceptibility to many infectious agents is associated with ABO blood group or secretor state, or both. In one study, the distribution of ABO blood group or secretor status, or both, was determined in 87 patients with ankylosing spondylitis, and 32 with other forms of spondyloarthropathy. The prevalence of non-secretors was significant in the total patient group (47%) and in the subgroup with ankylosing spondylitis (49%) compared with controls (27%). (2)
Quoted from zub Tough world, whilst we are surrounded with an ever growing fast paced lifestyle filled with blackberries, the internet, social media and computers.
Quoted Text Sorry, but I am going against what everyone else has suggested and would suggest the Arthritis BTD book instead.
Quoted from Lola swami is all inclusive......
Quoted from Lola coffee triggers an insulin resistance cascade . . .
Quoted Text Chronic coffee consumption increases insulin resistance, a situation in which the body cannot effectively deliver glucose into the cells of the body. In this situation, insulin, which helps transport glucose into the cells, cannot do its job well because the body's cells are less receptive. This typically occurs with a diet high in refined sugars and starches. Thus, the body must release ever-larger amounts of insulin to do the job . . . It's a vicious cycle . . . Insulin stimulates the release of interleukin-6 (IL-6), which is a Th2 cytokine (a cell signaling molecule). If IL-6 is chronically elevated (in this case, from high insulin levels), it may lead to a Th2 dominance and potential hypersensitivity from an overzealous antibody response. This can result in acquired sensitivities to foods and chemicals. Interleukin-6 also stimulates the release of cortisol, which, as a glucocorticoid hormone, increases the body's glucose level. This leads to an increased demand for insulin, which is problematic because of the insulin resistance that started the cascade in the first place.
Quoted from zub I think us autoimmune folks have to take less on too, and accept lower paying less mind intensive work. Tough world, whilst we are surrounded with an ever growing fast paced lifestyle filled with blackberries, the internet, social media and computers.Not to bum anyone out! Sometimes I just want to stop the chase....


text:
expecting an average but still large hypoxic zone , or "dead zone," in the Gulf ..... forecasting this year's Gulf of Mexico hypoxic zone to cover an area ranging from about ..... predicts a mid-summer low-oxygen hypoxic zone of 1.97 cubic miles and an early
quality, agricultural and conservation agencies from 12 basin states working to address nutrient pollution and the hypoxic zone , or dead zone, in the Gulf of Mexico. The universities are: Purdue University, University of Illinois, University
the extent and severity of the hypoxic zone that forms in the northern Gulf of Mexico every summer. This hypoxic zone , known as the "dead zone ..... impaired marine life. The 2013 Gulf hypoxic zone encompassed 5,840 square miles
EPA ordered to decide on nutrient limits for Mississippi River Basin; Water research facility opens in Milwaukee; Former foes unite on water issues in Yakima Valley; Scottish Water to build country's biggest stormwater tunnel
Nutrient runoff from agricultural, urban and industrial sources has polluted waterways for decades and contributed to the hypoxic zone in the Gulf of Mexico -- an area of low oxygen that is largely uninhabitable by fish and other marine life. Federal
nitrogen and other nutrients now flow swiftly downriver, causing water quality problems along the way and creating a hypoxic zone —commonly referred to as the dead zone—in the Gulf of Mexico. Levees, locks and dams have dramatically constricted
Anchorage not required to repay water customers. Hypoxic zone in Gulf of Mexico expected to increase. Water pressure ..... not entirely certain of the size or position of the hypoxic zone , they're predicting it could measure between 8
Anchorage not required to repay water customers • Hypoxic zone in Gulf of Mexico expected to increase • Water pressure ..... not entirely certain of the size or position of the hypoxic zone , they're predicting it could measure between 8
The Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Nutrient Management Task Force supports the goal of reducing the size of the hypoxic zone to less than 1,900 square miles, which will require substantial reductions in nitrogen and phosphorus reaching the
improving "but we still have a long way to go to reduce this environmental threat. The discovery of a new seasonal hypoxic zone off the coast of Oregon and Washington that may be linked to a changing climate emphasizes the complexity of this issue


text:
Letters to the Editor
One College Avenue considers for publication materials submitted by students, faculty, staff and others, including letters to the editor, class notes and other information. We reserve the right to edit or refuse items for publication. Submit your letter to the editor, your memories about the college, or your story idea using the form at the bottom of this page.
Send a letter to:
One College Avenue, DIF 30,
Pennsylvania College of Technology,
One College Avenue, Williamsport, PA 17701-5799.


text:
Register your Voice!
California Voter Registration
It's quick, easy, and fundamental. Speak your piece and VOTE!
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."
Margaret Mead
The "S" Designation
No courses have yet been awarded the "S" designation.
Here is a draft of the proposed Service Learning Advisory Committee process for awarding courses the "S" designation:
Draft Policy on Assigning the "S" Designation to CSU, Chico Courses
1. Definitions: Service Learning and Civic Learning
The CSU defines service learning as "a teaching method that promotes student learning through active participation in meaningful and planned service experiences in the community that are directly related to course content. Through reflective activities, students enhance their understanding of course content, general knowledge, sense of civic responsibility, self awareness, and commitment to the community."1
Civic Learning is a form of service learning that emphasizes active participation in efforts by members of a community to work together to make public decisions and establish public policies.2
2. Assignment of the "S" Designation
As the definitions in Section 1 imply, courses with a service learning component are intended to teach both academic and civic knowledge, skills, and attitudes and to relate these to each other. Such courses should link academic ("disciplinary") content with meaningful, hands-on experience in community service (i.e., with work that benefits and strengthens the community). Service learning courses should include structured reflection on the experience in light of course content, so that academic and civic learning reinforce each other.
Upon application to the Service Learning Advisory Committee, and upon approval by a two-thirds majority vote of the members of the Committee, a course may be assigned the "S" designation reserved for Service Learning courses per EM 08-25, Course Numbering Policy. (See also EM 05-18, Policy on Risk Management Issues Related to Service Learning for additional course review requirements.)
3. Eligibility
Any CSU, Chico-approved course is eligible to receive an "S" designation if, in the considered judgment of the members of the Service Learning Advisory Committee (as indicated by a two-thirds majority vote, per Section 2, above), it incorporates service learning "in an appropriate manner and to a sufficient degree," as explained in Section 4, below.
4. Designation
The Service Learning Advisory Committee will award the "S" designation to an eligible course if, in the considered judgment of the members of the Service Learning Advisory Committee (as indicated by a two-thirds majority vote, per Section 2, above), it incorporates service learning "in an appropriate manner and to a sufficient degree." A course shall be deemed to incorporate service learning "in an appropriate manner and to a sufficient degree" if it meets the following criteria:
4.1. it requires every student in the class (unless properly excused and otherwise provided for) to participate in service learning activity in the community for a minimum of 30 hours during the semester;
4.2. it ensures that every student in the class (unless properly excused and otherwise provided for) will interact face-to-face with persons, groups, or organizations in the community for at least 15 of those 30 hours;
4.3. it grounds the service learning activity in and explicitly connects it to the substance or methods of one or more academic disciplines with which the instructor of record is conversant;
4.4. it states clear and specific (a) academic learning outcomes, and (b) service learning outcomes for students;
4.5. it guides students in reflecting, individually and together, on
4.5.1. the service learning experience itself;
4.5.2. the connection of that experience to the course content; and
4.5.3. the connections between the experience, course content, and important aspects of
the community or societal circumstances in which the experience was gained;
4.6. it reasonably can be expected to contribute to the development in students of knowledge, abilities, skills, values, beliefs, attitudes, or dispositions that will prepare and motivate them to participate actively, effectively, and ethically in improving and sustaining the quality of life in any community of which they are a member.
1 http://www.calstate.edu/cce/
2 http://www.calstate.edu/cce/
3 See Learning Plan (link: www.csuchico.edu/civic/learnin
Knowledge: theories, hypotheses, and propositions about aspects of human life and its social, cultural, historical, epistemic, religious, economic, and technological contexts
Abilities: empathy; open-mindedness
Skills: deductive, inductive, and probabilistic reasoning; listening; deliberating with others; contributing to the making of sound judgments
Values: personal responsibility for the well-being of others; the conviction that "what affects all must be decided by all"
Beliefs: the recognition that politics, understood as collective choice, is an inescapable feature of social life; no group or individual is ever in the sole and exclusive possession of "the truth"
Attitudes: tolerance of ambiguity; acceptance of people's flaws; equanimity in the face of disagreement
Dispositions: the readiness to cooperate; the willingness to learn from others; the inclination to seek mutually beneficial compromise


text:
Q-Pot Chocolate Bar Smartphone for Candy-Coated Calling
The Japanese do come up with some strange technology. The Chocolate Q-Pot Phone, which was designed by Tadaaki Wakamatsu and NTT DoCoMo, is going to be released in Japan as a special Valentine's Day smartphone. Does that mean you'll only use it on that particular day? Nope, the Q-Pot Phone is designed help you get your chocolate fix whenever you answer your phone.
It's official name is the SH-04D and it's part of the DoCoMo 'With' series of collaborative phone designs. It runs a custom Android 2.3 interface, pre-loaded with a chocolate-themed game and wallpapers. It even comes with a "Chocobed" recharging station, that's been designed to look like a chocolate box. How cute.
The actual phone is produced by Sharp and only 30,000 units will be made. This phone will sell for ¥40,000 (~$521 USD). Now that's expensive chocolate!
[via designboom]
MORE:Geeky Food + Drink | Mobile Tech | Strange + Wonderful | bar | chocolate | docomo | japan | ntt | smartphone | tadaaki wakamatsu


text:
Please update your exchange lists-it's time to start trading! I have started threads on the Exchanges page for posting plants and food that you will bring to the swap. As always, the swap will start around 10 am and will be followed by a potluck lunch. Please invite your friends/neighbors to the swap. Looking forward to seeing all of you again! Susan |
Follow-Up Postings:
Where is the swap going to be???? |
Hi Susan! I think I'm through updating, with the exception of some seeds I'm trying to germinate. I'll start pilfering through everyones exchange pages in the next few days. I'm looking SO forward to the swap! My little sister is planning to attend, and bringing lots of garden "junk". |
- Posted by browneyedsusan z8a AL (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Thu, Apr 11, 13 at 15:58
Diann: The swap will be at Oak Mountain State park. Please look at the swap threads on the exchanges page for information and to set up trades. I hope you can make it. Nelson: I will bring you some Ruellias and Asclepias, and am looking forward to meeting your sister. Susan |
- Posted by purpleinopp 8b AL (My Page) on Fri, Apr 12, 13 at 10:17
I couldn't figure out where the swap was either, thought it was in Gadsden for some reason. Hope nobody minds if I paste browneyedsusan's info here too: I reserved the Beaver Pavilion at the Oak Mountain State Park, Birmingham AL on May 4th for our swap. A map can be found here, Beaver pavilion is #20 on the map. We usually start trading around 10 AM and then have a potluck lunch. Any garden-related item may be traded-plants, seeds, potting soil, compost, rocks, garden art, bird baths, preserves, cakes, cookies (that can be eaten in a garden) etc. Lunch items should be listed under the thread I started for this purpose on the Exchanges page. Wish I could come. This is my daugher's birthday. Have fun!! |
Just a note to let ya'll know I'm not gonna be able to make this swap :(( The van blew it's motor and my hubby is away in Colorado working a job and I also need to stick around as I have an uncle that is on life support in Tallahassee FL after having a serious heart bi-pass surgery and he is not coming around from the meds they had to give him to induce him into a coma state for a few days so i may have to go with my mom if he doesn't come through to be with her if she has to make the decision to take him off of life support... Ya'll have a great time and don't forget to post pics!!! Maybe I can catch the fall one if there is a fall swap...hope all are having a full-blooming spring :) --Dianne |
- Posted by madabouteu 8A - central Alabama (My Page) on Thu, May 2, 13 at 8:07
Sorry to hear your bad news, Dianne - we hope you can make the fall swap. |
Thanks :) and I look forward to seeing pics and hearing about all the goodies ya'll share!! ....ya'll have a good time and hope the weather is nice for that day...those of you traveling distance for the swap stay safe ---- Dianne |
Oh and I almost forgot...this is a note to Nelson...please email me and let me know what you need in postage for mailing the bananas to me...they didn't take but i still want to send you postage for them...i really appreciate the effort you put into making sure i got them and i know postage isn't cheap these days...again ya'll have fun at the swap :) |
Dianne, No amount of postage is due. You and your husband traveled quite a distance for the swap, so treat any "postage due" as "gas money" so ya'll can attend this fall ;-D I hope things work out for the best for your family. We'll miss you all but can appreciate the reason behind your absence. Take care, and I look forward to seeing ya'll at the next swap. Nelson |
- Posted by madabouteu 8A - central Alabama (My Page) on Fri, May 3, 13 at 9:28
The forecast for tomorrow morning is dismal - one forecast says 90% chance of rain, one to 2 inches. Not very encouraging. Apparently, as the morning progresses, the prospects get better, so let us hope that by 10 or 10:30 the rain has mostly gone. If Alice and I are late, you will know why! |
- Posted by browneyedsusan z8a AL (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Fri, May 3, 13 at 9:54
Should we delay the start of the swap to noon or 1 pm? We can start with lunch and then trade. Or do you think this will cause a lot of confusion? Susan |
- Posted by squirrellypete z7b AL (My Page) on Fri, May 3, 13 at 10:16
Up to ya'll, I'll keep checking back here. I'm still seeing 60% chance for the noon hour. Maybe it just won't be a blowing rain (fingers crossed). |
Just maybe the huge pavilion down the sidewalk from us will be unoccupied. You know...the one with tons of room, access to electricity, a fireplace, etc. Hmm.... If the same lady works the guard's booth as usual, be especially kind and maybe offer her a plant. She's never turned one down. Doesn't hurt to suck up, just in case we need a favor ;-D I'll try to work some firewood into my car if at all possible. If on Saturday life gives us lemons - we'll simply make lemonade! |
I have to be home by mid afternoon, so can't make it if we do it later. Let's just stick with the plan and hope for the best.. |
- Posted by browneyedsusan z8a AL (email@example.com) on Fri, May 3, 13 at 17:39
Yes, let's have it at the usual time @ 10 am on Saturday. Susan |
- Posted by squirrellypete z7b AL (My Page) on Fri, May 3, 13 at 19:40
OK, see ya'll there then! |
Please Note: Only registered members are able to post messages to this forum. If you are a member, please log in. If you aren't yet a member, join now!
Return to the Alabama Gardening Forum
Information about Posting
- You must be logged in to post a message. Once you are logged in, a posting window will appear at the bottom of the messages. If you are not a member, please register for an account.
- Please review our Rules of Play before posting.
- Posting is a two-step process. Once you have composed your message, you will be taken to the preview page. You will then have a chance to review your post, make changes and upload photos.
- After posting your message, you may need to refresh the forum page in order to see it.
- Before posting copyrighted material, please read about Copyright and Fair Use.
- We have a strict no-advertising policy!
- If you would like to practice posting or uploading photos, please visit our Test forum.
- If you need assistance, please Contact Us and we will be happy to help.
Learn more about in-text links on this page here


text:
Miami Heat NBA Hardwood Classics Leather Luxe 9FIFTY Strapback Cap
Made of 100% Polyurethane
Part of the Voodoo Collection, this NBA Hardwood Classics Leather Luxe 9FIFTY® Strapback cap features an embroidered Miami Heat logo at front, a stitched New Era® flag at wearer's left side, patch at the right side and a strapback closure for an adjustable fit. Interior includes branded taping and a moisture absorbing sweatband.
- 20582968
- Color:
- Black
- Availability:
- In Stock - Ships 1 business day
International shipping available to Canada - info


text:
This product is no longer available.
You can try these similar gifts instead.
Shogun Tunic Pajamas
She will lounge and sleep in elegance and comfort with this luxurious pajama set. The set is made from 100% poly charmeuse and features a V-neck tunic top in a floral scroll print and elastic drawstring pants.


text:
Nerd Is the New Jock: University Recruits Varsity Gamers, Pays Half Their Tuition
Kids who spent their high school days slaying dragons in WoW never suspected they'd be the jocks when they got to college.
Robert Morris University in Illinois is recruiting video gamers as varsity athletes and offering generous scholarships as part of a competitive gaming initiative, ABC reports. Read More


text:
But one year later, critics say Denver Juvenile Court Presiding Judge Dana Wakefield has found another way to stonewall the state law that helps adoptees and their biological parents find one another.
The judge, however, denies he's stalling attempts to implement the program.
The Colorado Confidential Intermediary Statute allows adoptees, their adoptive parents or their biological relatives to petition the courts to appoint investigators--confidential intermediaries--to open sealed adoption records. Acting as a neutral third party, the intermediary then attempts to establish contact with sought-after relatives and, if successful, ask if a meeting with the petitioner is acceptable. If it's not acceptable, the case is closed.
The statute was passed overwhelmingly by the Colorado Legislature and signed into law in January 1989. But while judges in other districts began appointing confidential intermediaries almost as a matter of clerical routine, Wakefield, who had not yet been appointed presiding judge, refused, saying he believed that the law violated the privacy of birth parents.
In arguing against the law, Wakefield pointed to a scandal involving the statute's creator, a minister named Richard Adkins who used the statute to find his birth father. At the same time, Adkins, who was married, met his half-sister and began a sexual relationship with her that ended when she became pregnant.
Wakefield contended that the Adkins affair demonstrated the dangers inherent with the law. He would later claim that a sex-and-adoption scandal involving his own father had nothing to do with his stance. But with so little other opposition, advocates wondered why the judge was so vehemently opposed to the program.
After a drawn-out series of hearings, Wakefield declared the law unconstitutional on January 10, 1992. Judges in every other county continued to appoint intermediaries, but all Denver Juvenile Court judges stopped.
Then, in April 1993, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that the confidential-intermediary law was not unconstitutional. In an unusually harsh criticism of a judge, the high court blasted Wakefield's "impermissible exercise of judicial authority" and wrote: "The juvenile court raised an issue on behalf of unidentified parties that were not before the court on its own motion in order to create a controversy that it then proceeded to decide."
Despite the ruling, Wakefield still delayed appointing intermediaries for any of the 350 cases on hold in the Denver court. Other Denver judges slowly began making appointments, but the bulk of those waiting were held up because of Wakefield's opposition.
In September 1993 attorney Patricia Dean, whose client's petition for a confidential intermediary had been used by Wakefield as the high court's test case, finally grew tired of waiting. Dean went to Wakefield and told him that she had learned of an incident that could be affecting his judgment.
When challenged by Dean, Wakefield claimed that he did not know that some 47 years earlier his father, a high school principal, had impregnated a teenage family babysitter with whom the father had carried on a two-year affair. The judge's father persuaded the girl to give up the child, who was born four months after the future judge.
In 1989 the former babysitter located the daughter she gave up for adoption. The two then attempted to meet with Wakefield's father; when he refused, they told Wakefield's mother.
A couple of years later the babysitter read in an adoption-services newsletter of Wakefield's ruling against the confidential-intermediary law. She contacted officials with the Colorado program about Wakefield's potential conflict of interest.
Dean told the judge that he should remove himself from her case and any others because of the possibility of personal bias.
A few days later Wakefield told Dean that he learned of the family scandal only after calling his parents following his conversation with her. He said he would withdraw from her case and would disqualify himself from any others.
Learning from Dean that Westword was researching the story ("Family Lies," October 6, 1993), Wakefield contacted Carol Kreck, a former girlfriend who reports for the Denver Post. Later conceding that he was trying to do "damage control...not for myself, but for my parents," Wakefield's explanation in the Post story was that the embarrassment suffered by his parents was exactly why he opposed the Colorado law.
Of course, neither the Post story nor the judge pointed out that the mother and daughter didn't have the option of a confidential intermediary. They had done their own detective work and made direct contact--and such direct contact is the reason the Colorado Confidential Intermediary Statute was created in the first place.
Wakefield said he was disqualifying himself from presiding over any confidential-intermediary cases in part because he wanted to "work outside the courtroom to change the law."
Last week Wakefield told Westword that he hasn't done anything inside or outside the courtroom to oppose the statute.
But critics such as Carla Schuh, the executive director of Colorado Confidential Intermediaries Services, say the judge has continued to oppose the law through his position. CCIS is a nonprofit corporation formed in 1990 by Adkins to train investigators and administer the program.


text:
Eat Grain Fiber and Magnesium To Lower Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
More fiber from grains and cereals (but not from fruit and vegetables) and higher intake of magnesium may each be associated with a lower risk of type 2 diabetes, according to a report in the May Archives of Internal Medicine.
Researchers in Germany followed over 25,000 people from 35 to 65 years old for an average of seven years, during which 844 of them developed type 2 diabetes.
When the participants were divided into five groups based on intake of fiber from cereal and breads, those who ate the most fiber (a daily average of 29 grams) had a 27 percent lower risk of developing diabetes than those in the group that ate the least (a daily average of 15.1 grams). Eating more fiber overall or eating fiber from fruits and vegetables was not associated with reduced diabetes risk.
The researchers also conducted a meta-analysis of nine previous studies of fiber and eight studies of magnesium intake. (A meta-analysis examines the combined results of several small studies about the same subject.)
Based on the results of all the studies, people who ate the most cereal and bread fiber had a 33 percent lower risk of developing diabetes than those who ate the least, while people who consumed the most magnesium had a 23 percent lower risk than those who took in the least. Eating fiber from fruit or vegetable sources did not lower diabetes risk.
Source: Archives of Internal Medicine
Click Here To View Or Post CommentsCategories: Diabetes, Diabetes, Nutrition Research, Type 2 Issues, Vitamins


text:
Full-TimeSchool Bus Driver (1 Position Available)
Requirements: must possess Commercial Drivers License or willing to train for a Commercial Drivers License (Class B with School Bus Permit).
· Bus Drivers are required to read, understand, review as necessary, and comply with the procedures outlined in the transportation department manual.
· Drivers must adhere strictly to State of Illinois requirements for safe operation of a school bus.
· Drivers must operate their assigned bus safely at all times, under all types of road and weather conditions. Always drive defensively!
· Bus drivers are required to accept additional assignments to complete contractual duties or hourly assignments.
· Drivers are to report all accidents involving a District 15 transportation vehicle promptly to the Director of Transportation.
· Applicant must have a successful interview with the Director of Transportation and satisfy the provisions outlined in the Illinois Revised Statutes. (Section 6-106.1)
· Applicant must be 21 years of age and have a valid driver's license for three concurrent years (no breaks) prior to application. If experience is outside of Illinois, then a transcript of license must be provided to cover that period.
· Applicant must be in good physical condition and pass an annual physical including a drug screen as required by law. This includes vision and hearing tests.
· Driver must have English proficiency to effectively communicate, verbally and in writing with student, parents, and fellow staff members.
· Driver must be willing and able to be on the job at the assigned time.
· Driver must possess a Commercial Drivers License (CDL) class "B" license with an airbrakes and passenger endorsement and a State Bus Permit.
· Per Federal Regulations, all employees with a "CDL" are subject to "Random" drug and alcohol testing.
· Driver must have attended an eight-hour state safety training course and must attend a two-hour yearly refresher course.
Driver must be willing to take district required training classes


text:
Homework for the President
Weekday mornings and all day on Mondays and Fridays, Paul Purdue can be found working in the same room of his farmhouse where he started iFulfill.com Inc., a shipping company serving e-tailers, in 1998. The arrangement lets Purdue spend more time with his family, and VPNs, IM and internet telephony allow him to work from home, including managing the 31 people who ship thousands of packages daily from their Maumee, Ohio, warehouse.
"If an employee IMs me or dials my extension, they get me just as if I were sitting there," says Purdue, 43. "Frequently, people will communicate with me and then go into my office and be surprised by my 'absence.'" He's far from completely out of the office, however. By remotely accessing the corporate computers via a network at his house, he can tell when people arrive at work, how many packages are waiting to be shipped--even who last touched a misplaced shipment.
But technology doesn't have an answer when he is dealing with customer-relations issues and employee disputes when he's not in the office. "Sometimes, communication isn't clear when you're e-mailing," Purdue says. "So every once in a while, I'll ask people to call me, or I'll call them." For example, while he was on vacation once, he got an IM from an employee complaining about another worker. While he was reading that, he recalls, "another [message] popped up from the other employee talking about the first. The solution was to pick up the phone."
Many issues wait until Purdue is actually in the office. "A lot has to do with management structure," he says. "I used to do everything. Now I have a production team, a warehouse manager and a sales manager. The day-to-day things are overseen by managers in those departments. If we were smaller, this would be harder to do from home."
By monitoring workers electronically and in person, Purdue is following one of the tips laid out by Grantham: "Have regularly scheduled check-in times with your teammates." Perhaps more important is the can-do attitude Purdue has developed in growing his company to its current size, with $7.2 million in projected sales this year. "You have to have an attitude that says you can do this, you are in control," Grantham says. "All that leads to learning behaviors to minimize the stress and the uncertainty."
A Tale of Two Cities
In January 2004, Jennifer Fallon, 34, started My Wedding Favors, an e-tailer of wedding and party favors, as a part-time business run from her Atlanta home with her father's help. When her parents relocated to Birmingham, Alabama, My Wedding Favors went along shortly afterward. But rampant growth in the company's first year--estimated 2004 sales are $1.44 million, and projected 2005 sales are $2.1 million--has created a challenge for the former software sales professional, who still makes her home in Atlanta.
Here's the setup: There are six people at the Birmingham warehouse, one customer service representative working from home in Birmingham, an Atlanta-based web designer and an assistant who works in Fallon's home. To top it off, there are also several part-time contractors in Atlanta and India helping to tune up a search engine marketing effort that has proved to be essential to the company's success. Of all this, says Fallon, working from home in Atlanta has been the most challenging.
Like Purdue, Fallon is able to monitor sales and shipping in detail by using a fast internet connection and software that lets her tap into the company computers from home. E-mail is her primary mode of communication, supplemented with conference calls between her, the shipping manager, the office manager in Birmingham and the two lead customer service representatives when a sticky situation arises.
But she still drives to Birmingham every two weeks. One problem has been finding a reliable person to oversee the remote main office--one office manager already had to be replaced. "As a manager before, I felt it was important to evaluate whether [employees] were continuing to develop skills," she says. "Now I can't do that. I have to rely on my office manager and have more meetings with her."
Fallon's need to see employees is common, says Platt. "This is based on the way most of us have managed in the past," she says. "We've managed activity, and if we can't see activity, we don't know the work is getting done. When you're managing remotely, you need to manage results."
When the issue goes beyond results, it's usually due to a lack of trust, Platt says. And building trust is about conveying expectations--both ways. Employees have to know what the entrepreneur expects, and the entrepreneur has to know what the employees expect. Miscommunication of expectations led to Fallon's unsuccessful first hire.
"Talk not just about the work but about how you're going to work together," Platt advises. "Focus the discussion on the expectations, because that's where the trust breaks."
When researchers asked companies around the globe why they were using more teleworkers, the top answers had to do with better access to the network and better communication facilities at remote sites. Globalization, cost-cutting and business continuity (dispersing staff reduces the risk of a disaster at headquarters halting or slowing operations) all outranked pressure from employees.
Here are the reasons for increased use of teleworkers at companies worldwide in 2003 (as percentage of respondents):
Source: Economist Intelligence Unit on behalf of AT&T
Like this article? Get this issue right now on iPad, Nook or Kindle Fire.
This article was originally published in the February 2005 print edition of Entrepreneur with the headline: Remote Control.


text:
Reviewed Big Chocolate Birthday Cake
Mar 17, 2012 in Food Network Community Toolbox on FoodNetwork.com
"Made this for my new son-in-law's birthday. Everyone loved it but I cut the pieces way too big. With four layers, smallish slices are perfectly satisfying. I usually make a buttercream frosting but wanted to try this one. It was delicious but I had trouble getting it to be the right consistency to stay on the cake. Maybe I didn't chill it en..."


text:
Tournaments :: news
Walmart Bass Fishing League - Plains
LAKE TRUMAN (Sept. 8-9, 2001)
Worley wins Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League Super Tournament on Lake Truman
CLINTON, Mo. — Steve Worley of St. Joseph, Mo., topped 48 competitors on Lake Truman this weekend with three bass weighing 9 pounds, 12 ounces to win $3,982 and 400 points on the boater side of the Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League (BFL) Plains Division season finale.
Worley caught his bass on the final day using a June bug-colored crankbait around shallow points and stumps.
Michael Reno of Topeka, Kan., won the boater Big Bass Award and collected $480 with a 6-pound, 1-ounce bass that he caught off a shallow stump on a green-pumpkin worm.
First place in the Co-Angler Division and $1,942 went to Steve Marler of Fenton, Mo., who topped 44 competitors with a final round catch of two bass weighing 4 pounds, 4 ounces. Marler also won the co-angler Big Bass Award of $220 with a 3-pound, 10-ounce bass that he caught on a spinnerbait while fishing ledges in 6 to 8 feet of water.
Reno also won $500 as the highest-finishing boater in the Ranger Cup incentive program. He finished in fourth place.
The top 30 boaters and top 30 co-anglers in the Plains Division will advance to regional competition Oct. 16-20 on the Ohio River near Paducah, Ky., where they will go up against top competitors from the LBL, Hoosier and Great Lakes divisions for a shot at qualifying for the BFL All-American, which features an estimated purse of $345,000 and ranks as one of the most lucrative post-season tournaments in competitive angling. The top two boaters and co-anglers may also qualify for the Ranger M1 tournament in Mobile, Ala., Feb. 27-March 2, 2002, where they can win up to $1 million in the world's richest freshwater tournament.
Awards for the 2001 BFL season could reach $5.7 million based on full fields at each tournament.
Sponsors of the 2001 Wal-Mart BFL are ALPO Pet Foods, BC Powder, BFGoodrich Tires, Black & Decker, Chevy Trucks, CITGO, Coleman, Conseco, Energizer, EverStart Batteries, Frito-Lay, FujiFilm, Garmin, Kellogg's, Land O'Lakes, Mercury Marine, Minn Kota, Pepsi, Poulan, Pure Fishing, Ranger Boats, Snickers Cruncher Bar, Stren, Shop-Vac, Timex, US Bank, Visa, Weed Eater, Wrangler and Yamaha Outboards. ACDelco is an associate sponsor of the Wal-Mart BFL.


text:
Child's Toy 'Evil Stick' Secretly Reveals Sinister Picture Of Girl Slitting Her Wrists With Knife [Video]
Is this some sort of Halloween thing that has been re-purposed as a Girl's fairy wand for Christmas?
Is this some sort of Halloween thing that has been re-purposed as a Girl's fairy wand for Christmas?
The Louisiana Office of Poison Control cautions parents those brightly colored laundry packets could pose a deadly threat to your children. Make sure you know what to do and who to call in an emergency.
Crime Stoppers of Acadia Parish needs your help trying to catch an accused thief.
Right now pumpkins are plentiful and with Thanksgiving fast approaching many people will be looking to add a little holiday zing to their beverages.
3rd year in a row, and it's still hilarious!
The 17-year-old was booked into jail while the three juveniles were sent to the Assumption Parish Youth Detention Center.
Watch as this guy teaches his kids how to be jerks as he grabs handful after handful of candy and dumps it in the kid's bags.
Although 'Nightcrawler,' the only new wide release of the week, did end up taking the top spot at the box office this weekend, it did so in one of the tightest races we've ever seen. The top six films all came within $3 million of each other and the order could have radically changed by a stiff breeze for all we know. Heck, some titles may get swapped around by tomorrow when the studios release some more official numbers.
Well done Mr. Redfield, and a Happy Halloween to you sir!
Oh no! In what seems to be a Halloween takeover, zombies have descended on Nashville. Officials are warning area residents -- and country music fans in general -- to stay away from any artist suspected to have a taste for flesh.


text:
Heat of the Sun
Heat of the Sun | |
Genre | Drama Adventure |
Created by | Russell Lewis Timothy Prager |
Starring | Trevor Eve Freddie Annobil-Dodoo Susannah Harker Julian Rhind-Tutt |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 3 |
Production | |
Producer(s) | Carlton Television WGBH |
Broadcast | |
Original channel | ITV |
Picture format | Colour |
Original run | 28 January 1998 | – 11 February 1998
Heat of the Sun is a police drama TV mini-series, set in 1930s Kenya. It was a joint production by Carlton Productions and WGBH Boston; it aired in 1998 in the United Kingdom on BBC and in 1999 on Mystery! on PBS in the United States. It starred Trevor Eve as Superintendent Albert Tyburn, a Scotland Yard criminal investigations officer working in Nairobi and Susannah Harker as a romantic interest and aviator modelled on Beryl Markham. The series reveals the underside of the expatriate community in Kenya, exploring murders against issue of race and class, drug use, and sexuality.
Episode list[edit]
Ep. 1: "Private Lives"
Original Air Date: 28 January 1998
After shooting a child killer who was deemed untouchable, Scotland Yard's Albert Tyburn is sent to 1930s Kenya to head a new criminal division of the small police force in Nairobi. He investigates the death of Lady Daphne Ellesmere as a murder, although his boss Commissioner Burkitt and the coroner insist her death by lion attack was an accident. Helping him is Daphne's sister Emma Fitzgerald, an attractive and independent woman who has become a bush pilot (likely modelled on Beryl Markham); she refuses to play the social games common in the British expatriate set. She appears in each episode.
Ep. 2: "Hide in Plain Sight"
Original Air Date—4 February 1998
Burkitt's orders Tyburn to arrest all the native prostitutes to get them off the street before the expected visit by the Prince of Wales; Tyburn struggles to house them all. He and his new aristocratic assistant, Valentine, investigate the murder of a native woman and a reported Native attack on a local mission. (Hugh Bonneville, star of the later TV seriesDownton Abbey appears in this episode.)
Ep. 3: "The Sport of Kings"
Original Air Date—11 February 1998
After defeating a charge of murdering a young African man who worked for him, and losing an important horse race, wealthy and powerful Max Van der Vuurst is found dead in what appears to be an accidental fire at his house. Tyburn has to work with colonial troops to rescue a town besieged by raiders in order to collar their prime suspect.
- Trevor Eve - Supt. Albert Tyburn (3 episodes, 1998)
- Freddie Annobil-Dodoo - Cpl. Jonah Karinde (3 episodes, 1998)
- Michael Byrne - Police Comm. Ronald Burkitt (3 episodes, 1998)
- Sean Gallagher - Chico de Ville (3 episodes, 1998)
- Susannah Harker - Emma Fitzgerald (3 episodes, 1998)
- Cathryn Harrison - Charlotte Elliott (3 episodes, 1998)
- David Horovitch - Dr. Emil Mueller (3 episodes, 1998)
- Shaheen Jassat - Sub Inspector Singh (3 episodes, 1998)
- Julian Rhind-Tutt - Asst. Supt. James Valentine (3 episodes, 1998)
The series was shot on location in Zimbabwe. Executive producers are Ted Childs (Carlton) and Rebecca Eaton (WGBH). The producer was Ann Tricklebank (Carlton).
It was written by Russell Lewis (Private Lives, and The Sport of Kings) and Timothy Prager (Hide in Plain Sight).
Different directors were in charge of each episode: Adrian Shergold (Private Lives), Diarmuid Lawrence (Hide in Plain Sight), and Paul Seed (The Sport of Kings).
External links[edit]
Heat of the Sun at the Internet Movie Database
This article relating to a television programme from the UK is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |


text:
Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster - E3 2013 Trailer
Check out the E3 2013 trailer for Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster.
Guys the graphics weren't improved, they were remastered for HD, you can not hook a PS2 up to an HDTV and play FFX. I remember when I tried to play FFXII on my HDTV, you cannot see a damn thing.
Hmm... I actually didn't see that much improvement in the gameplay graphics. The models still looked a bit blocky (especially if you look at their shoulder/deltoid).
Looks like the voices are synced with their mouth movements. Thank god! Looks great! This game got me started in the series and is the best of them all in my opinion.
There will never be another game like this, ever. X is the last Final Fantasy game I truly care for. XV isn't even an RPG from the looks of it.
agh...im craving for JRPG!!! i've "endured" ni-no-kuni long enough! it wasnt a bad game... or maybe i was just dying for an rpg...hmmm
BLITZBALL HD! Blitzball is better than playing most sports games for me. They just should've let you move in 3 dimensions somehow.
This was the last great Final Fantasy game. When it came out I thought the series was going to end on this high note. Gotta make that MONEY though!
FFX was the last great FF game to be made. The ones made after FFX were terrible. They do not have the "Final Fantasy feel." I am definitely picking up this HD remaster. Had some good times playing FFX.
OMG I'm SO excited-did my pre-order last week :D This game is my ALL TIME favourite game EVER!!!
I'm extremely excited for the X-2 remaster. I don't care that FF fans hate it, I thought it was great. The combat is some of the best in the series to this day..
Hopefully they double the number of lightning bolts I have to dodge! That was my favorite thing ever!
All I can say is:
Will now be in HD.
@frylock1987 guessing you don't play FF games This is one of the best ones everything after this has been utter crap not worthy of the name
No, if you play the original on a HDTV, it will look like crap, no comparison
@jonathan112382 Sorry to burst your bubble but Final Fantasy 6 is the best of the series. However X and X-2 are pretty good as well.
@metallistas @dragonsama @jonathan112382 i would disagree but i cant pick a favorite between 6,7,8.


text:
The phone-hacking scandal at News Corp.'s U.K. newspapers simmered for nearly five years before erupting on the national scene in July 2011 amid the discovery that journalists had hacked the phone of a murdered schoolgirl.
U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron said he was "extremely sorry" for employing Andy Coulson after his former director of communications was convicted of phone hacking.
U.K. Metropolitan Police Chief Paul Stephenson resigned over "accusations" about his force's links to a former News Corp. journalist arrested in connection with a probe into phone hacking at the News of the World tabloid.
Paul Stephenson, who announced his plan to quit as London's police chief two days ago, said he hadn't intended any attack on Prime Minister David Cameron in his resignation statement.
The London Metropolitan Police agreed that its hiring of former News of the World editor Neil Wallis should be reviewed after Mayor of London Boris Johnson had a "very frank discussion" with Police Commissioner Paul Stephenson, a spokesperson for Johnson's office said in an e- mailed statement today.
The Metropolitan Police commissioner who resigned as a result of News Corp.'s phone-hacking scandal told a judge-led inquiry into media ethics that commanders were "obsessed" with their portrayals in tabloid headlines.
Mayor of London Boris Johnson accepted Metropolitan Police Commissioner Paul Stephenson's resignation "with great sadness" and "reluctance," he told Sky News in an interview.
U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron cut even more time off a trip to Africa to deal with the deepening phone-hacking scandal at Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. after two senior police officers resigned.
Britain's police watchdog cleared former Metropolitan Police Commissioner Paul Stephenson and his deputy John Yates in relation to a botched phone-hacking investigation of News Corp.'s News of the World tabloid.
"We support the idea that banks have to be safe and there has to be a rigorous process to make sure banks are not going to fail."
- Paul Stephenson on Mar 25, 2013


text:
Webcam Marmari (Kos), Greece: Magic Life Kos ClassicA live webcam view of the current weather in Marmari (Kos)This webcam is currently offline!
This webcam is currently offline!
Hotels in the region of Marmari (Kos)
This booking service via booking.com is completely free of charge and no prepayments are required - you pay your hotel bill when leaving the hotel. The current weather conditions and weather forecast for Kos in in cooperation with wetter.com:
Follow with this webcam Marmari (Kos) the current weather in Marmari (Kos), Greece! |


text:
Starts Head Farther South; Supply's Finally Less than Demand
As the housing starts story continues to make home builders and their materials and products suppliers grimmace, the bad news is becoming good news.
Most of our dads or authority figures liked to hear the bad news first, so we'll comply with that dictate. The Wall Street Journal reports:
U.S. home building and industrial production plunged last month as the recession puts Americans out of work and slows their purchases of cars and houses.
Key pieces of economic data were released Wednesday, including a U.S. Commerce Department report showing housing starts in January tumbled 16.8% to a seasonally adjusted 466,000 annual rate compared with the prior month.
At the same time, we're going to have to gulp and see a worsening report card on the overall economy, according to the New York Times.
In gloomy economic projections released by the central bank, the Fed's Open Market Committee said it expected that the economy would contract by 0.5 percent to 1.3 percent this year, that unemployment would soar to 8.5 to 8.8 percent, and that inflation would remain under greater pressure.
Bleak economic data reflecting a sharpening slide in housing, trade, industrial production, spending and employment rates "more than offset" any potential impact from an economic stimulus plan, the Fed said, forcing it to cut its economic outlook.
Which leaves it up to the "silver liners," those who can't take too much of a bad thing. But seriously, despite the fact that demographic projections regarding household growth might find themselves derailed like everything else these days, one could believe that housing will begin to correct when demand for homes actually outpaces supply. We haven't seen that for some time.
Now that housing starts have dropped to such depths, we're just about at the tipping point, at least according to this report from CNBC contributor Tony Crescenzi, chief bond market strategist at Miller Tabak+ Co.
Importantly, housing completions fell a record 24.2% to a record low 776k annualized rate, the first reading below 1.0 million since 1982. The is extremely important because until now builders were still completing homes at a pace too strong for current conditions, preventing inventory levels from falling more rapidly than they recently have. Now that fewer homes are hitting the market for sale, the growing U.S. population will have fewer homes to choose from. This will accelerate the recent decline in home inventories. Have no doubt: this is a game changer for inventories and prices.
Doubters on the inventory idea will surely point to the difficulties that prospective homeowners face in obtaining credit to purchase homes. In doing so they will ignore the most important top-down concept, which is to compare the net change in the housing stock to population growth and household formation.
The concept is simple: a basic element of human survival is shelter and the need for shelter increases along with the population. Housing starts have now fallen to levels well below what is needed to support population growth. Whether people can afford to purchase a home or obtain the credit necessary to do so is not as important as the fact that they need shelter and will rent space if necessary. The bottom-line is that empty homes will become occupied one way or another so long as builders under-build relative to population growth.
The tough part for home builders is this: Of the few brave souls who are still buying new houses, about half of them want to buy a ready-to-move-in home. This means home builders have to build spec homes even though spec homes are part of the problem.
This makes the good news bad news in its way. Home builders still have to over-produce to meet the needs of at least 50% of their current customers. This means starts will probably bottom soon based on real orders and purchases, and will be a solid baseline.
Leave a Reply


text:
First time posting. We bought and moved into this house about 9 months ago. We are in Cary, North Carolina. The property is heavily wooded and shaded.
Along the front foundation there are these bushes that are looking quite sorry. I'm not sure what they are, I believe they may be some sort of boxwood shrub? The shrubs are very sparse and aren't looking very good. I'd like to either tend to these to get them to fill in, or find a replacement that will fill in better. I'm not sure if I should try to prune them at all, or add fertilizer, or??? They get a little bit of sun mid-day, but not much. Not sure what soil prep has ever been done, last owners did not do much of anything landscaping wise. Here they are:
Follow-Up Postings:
- Posted by dottie_in_charlotte z7-8 NC (My Page) on Tue, Aug 7, 12 at 14:09
Hard to tell what kind they are but my new house is a similar situation..not much sun in the front. What my house has is azaleas at the foundation which are gorgeous briefly, scraggly mostly and annoying for their ability to trap leaves in the brushy branches. What you have looks like it's going to be a forever trimming task every year. |
spreading yews are nice as a foundation planting in mostly shade. |
Please Note: Only registered members are able to post messages to this forum. If you are a member, please log in. If you aren't yet a member, join now!
Return to the Southern Gardening Forum
Information about Posting
- You must be logged in to post a message. Once you are logged in, a posting window will appear at the bottom of the messages. If you are not a member, please register for an account.
- Please review our Rules of Play before posting.
- Posting is a two-step process. Once you have composed your message, you will be taken to the preview page. You will then have a chance to review your post, make changes and upload photos.
- After posting your message, you may need to refresh the forum page in order to see it.
- Before posting copyrighted material, please read about Copyright and Fair Use.
- We have a strict no-advertising policy!
- If you would like to practice posting or uploading photos, please visit our Test forum.
- If you need assistance, please Contact Us and we will be happy to help.
Learn more about in-text links on this page here