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Saffiedine: 'More cons than pros' in short-notice UFC 158 fight with Condit
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Saffiedine today told MMAjunkie.com Radio (MMA Radio, UFC Radio - MMAjunkie Radio).
When UFC 158 co-headliner Rory MacDonald (14-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) went down with a shoulder injury, the UFC initially called on Saffiedine (14-3 MMA, 0-0 UFC), as MMAjunkie.com first reported on Monday. But the Belgian fighter turned down the pay-per-view bout, and Johnny Hendricks (14-1 MMA, 9-1 UFC) ultimately stepped in as the replacement.
"It was a big opportunity for me, but with something like that, you have to weigh the pros and cons," Saffiedine said. "Unfortunately, there were more cons than pros.
"I'm not 100 percent healthy right now. The timeframe is not the best, especially right now since (teammate) Dan (Henderson) is fighting (this weekend at UFC 157), and a lot of my teammates are fighting and gone."
UFC 158 takes place March 16 at Montreal's Bell Centre. Not only would it have been a short-notice situation for Saffiedine, but he said he still had some lingering injuries from his Jan. 12 title win over Nate Marquardt at Strikeforce's final event.
"I have a lot of respect for Carlos, and I'd love to fight him, but I believe I need a healthier camp and a longer camp," he said. "Three-and-a-half weeks is kind of short for a fighter like him, and that's basically is why I didn't do the fight.
"It was hard to say no. I don't like to turn down fights. I understand that people are frustrated or upset for me not to fight Carlos, but I'd love to fight him. He's one of the guys I'd love to fight. With a proper camp, I'd fight him for sure."
For now Saffiedine said he's like to return to the cage and make his official UFC debut in April or May, especially if the organization heads to Europe. He doesn't have any specific opponents in mind, though he'd prefer a Top 10 welterweight to help his title chances.
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A specialist says Jarvis Jones neck injury is a non issue. Expect him to stay somewhere in the top 10 picks. This according to the National Football Post.
A specialist says Jarvis Jones neck injury is a non issue. Expect him to stay somewhere in the top 10 picks. This according to the National Football Post.
If you have a losing record at Reds games, please stop going.
Vikings acquire Seahawks 1st round pick and additional picks for Percy Harvin.
Seattle's offense could be really good.
Not really draft news but Wes Welker will be catching passes from Peyton Manning in 2012. I am not sure what the salary cap issues were but I think New England is going to regret letting him get away.
A watched plot never thickens.
I was under the impression that Welker was seeking a 'long' term deal......2years = long? He basically signed on to play catch with Peyton, then look for another deal.
Amendola to the Pats, 5yrs 31 million. 4yrs younger and more explosive than Welker, however the kid can't stay healthy. But if I am the Pats I make that switch every day.
If you have a losing record at Reds games, please stop going.
He's 32 years old, I doubt a longer deal was out there for him, at least not one where he wouldn't be very likely cut after the first 2 years anyway. Pats signed Amendola, riskier, but if it works, for them it's almost like a Welker of 5 years ago do-over.
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Athletes with Dorchester County ties are seeing playing time with The Citadel baseball team this season.
Graduate student Brett Bullard, a former Fort Dorchester and Northwood Academy athlete, is seeing action with the Bulldogs after transferring from Claflin University where he was a three-year standout on the baseball team. This is Bullard's final season of NCAA athletic eligibility.
Bullard has been used as an outfielder and designated hitter, seeing action in 23 of The Citadel's 34 games. He started eight of them.
He finished those games with a .237 batting average, nine hits, nine runs scored and four RBIs. His on-base percentage for that stretch is .341 and he stole three bases.
Pitcher James Reeves, an Ashley Ridge High School graduate, has made an appearance in 10 games including five that he started. His ERA for his first 29 innings of the season is 4.03. In the first half of the season, the sophomore struck out 22 batters while only yielding seven bases on balls. His 2.30 ERA in conference games is the second best for his team in the category.
Fellow former Swamp Fox Austin Livingston made eight appearances on the mound for the Bulldogs during the first half of the season. That includes five starts.
His ERA during the stretch is 5.57. In 21 innings the freshman fanned 15 batters while yielding 14 bases on balls.
Reeves finished the stretch with a 1-1 pitching record while Livingston finished with a 2-0 pitching record.
Summerville High School graduate Stephen Windham was expecting to red shirt his freshman season with the Bulldogs, but his services as a catcher were needed due to injuries at his position.
Windham only played in one game in the first half of the season but he did start. He only had two turns at bat and didn't make any noise, but he did finish the game with no fielding errors.
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HAMBURG, NY – Hilbert College completed their regular season schedule with a 20-1 victory over Wells College April 28th. Prior to the first face-off, the men's lacrosse team honored their five seniors who played their last home game of the season. The Hawks (9-4, 5-2 NEAC) now move on, for the first time in their three-year Division III status, to the NEAC semi-finals which start May 1.
Sean Purtill, after his five point performance today, became the NEAC-leading point scorer at the completion of the 2013 regular season. He finished his junior year with 73 points via 38 goals and 35 assists.
Joining the Orchard Park native with five points was senior Greg Zitnik. Both attackmen scored twice and assisted on three other goals for the Hawks. The leading goal scorers for the day were face-off specialists, senior Ryan Wagner and junior Nick Kieffer who added three scores a piece. William Wagner and Alex Wisner split time between the pipes with Wagner getting credit for two saves.
Wells (1-12, 0-7 NEAC) played the day with a very short bench. Tyler Bischoff was very active in net making 14 saves on the day for the visitors. Dan Schilling netted the Express goal at 4:37 in the opening quarter.
Hilbert went deep into their bench with 29 players picking up at least one traceable stat. Wagner gathered up six ground balls, while Zitnik and Roland Jimerson were credited with five each.
Hilbert held large advantages in shots (59-9), ground balls (57-28), face-off wins (19 vs. 5) and committed fifteen fewer turnovers.
Besides Zitnik and Ryan Wagner, James Knapp (1 goal, 1 assist, four ground balls, one caused turnover), Lucas Cellino (1 assist, four ground balls, 2 for 2 on face-offs) and Paul Liedkie (1 shot, one ground ball and two caused turnovers) all fought through the team's growing pains from club status, to Division III competition and now, onto conference play-offs for the first time.
Up next for Hilbert is a rematch against Medaille College, whom the Hawks lost to in overtime this past week. Hilbert will be full strength by Wednesday will all athletes strong enough to compete after the stomach bug sidelined a few players over this week. The site and time of the semi-final game has yet to be announced. Follow the progress of the tourney by click here for the NEAC website.
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- One length of 1" EMT electrical conduit (around $7 for 10')
- One length of 3/4" EMT electrical conduit (around $5 for 10')
- A couple of feet of 1" x 3/32" mild steel or some other stout steel for brackets
- Enough 1/2" - 3/4" plywood to fit your kid's back and posterior
- Miscellaneous nuts, bolts and screws
- Optional: An old 3-speed bike for the rear hub, front sprocket, and chain guard
- Flux core welder, welding gloves, tip dip, wire brush, chipping hammer
- Various clamps
- Angle grinder with cutoff/grit/wire wheels
- Bench grinder with cutoff/grit/wire wheels
- Hack saw
- Bike assembly tools
- Woodworking tools (to cut out and shape the seat)
- Files/rasps
Step 2: Disassemble and Cut Frame
If you are careful with the source bike you select, you should only have to cut the frame in three places.
*where the top-tube hits the seat tube
*where the bottom bracket and chain stays intersect
*where the seat tube and the bottom bracket intersect
If your donor bike top tube doesn't match up with the 3/4" conduit well, you will just want to remove the top tube entirely and replace it. Try to avoid this as it makes things trickier.
Great instructable by the way I love it!
Check out my other 'bent instructable for an adult version. Recumbents are great if you want to go fast and want comfort. If you can scrounge free bikes and have access to a welder, you can make a fantastic bike for super-cheap!
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The sprocket is on the bottom end of the steering tube, just above the fork itself, rather than at the top (tougher to setup but I need it as low as I can get it). The sprocket will be setup so that I don't have 1:1 steering ratio, but rather so it is more like "power steering", in that a minimal movement of the handlebars will result in a normal movement of the steering at the wheel itself, because my arms have a lot of trouble with steering normally (I'm getting older and joints aren't what they used to be--the less I have to move them under load, the better off I feel!).
The cables each have one end fixed to a different end of the chain, and the other end of each cable goes thru a pulley mounted on the down tube to one side of the under-seat handlebar. One side is a standard cable clamp, and the other side is a tension adjuster from an old brake handle, so I can fix it as the cable stretches. :-)
I thought it was a nice original idea, but I've remembered that I've seen most of the idea somewhere else (dunno where, though). Not sure if they had any kind of fine tension adjustment, though.


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Sucking all the fun right out of life....
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Its hard to believe the shot from behind theory stands up to all the gunshot wounds found on all the people riding with JFK. Oswald, 3 shots, from the depository does. Plus, Howard Brennan is on record stating the he saw Oswald take the final shot. If Oswald took two shots, why did they find three bullet casings with Oswald's gun?
Regardless of how much they drank that night or how late they were up, do you really think members of the secret service would be that careless? These are highly trained and highly disciplined individuals: marines, navy seals, etc. If an agent's firearm discharged, there would be evidence of it. There were public officials and many other agents in the car with Hickory. Yes, a cover-up would make for some awkward denials, but there would have been an obvious reaction by the people on the street and in the car during the event to point to, and there isn't.
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The thing is, if the shot came from behind, Jackie Kennedy would have known that. She was so close. In fact, it's amazing she didn't get killed. Her head was almost touching JFK's when that bullet exploded his brain. She was looking at his neck wound. Amazing she didn't get hit. So in my mind, if it was an accident, she was in on the cover up. I mean how can you not know when a gun has been fired maybe 20 feet away from you?
Sucking all the fun right out of life....
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Ok kids.The last round that hit Kennedy,was the same caliber as the first,6.5 mm Carcano,the same caliber,fired by the Mannlicher/Carcano rifle,which was found at the scene.Also recoverad at the scene were 3 discharged shell casings,in 6.5 MM carcano caliber.
The ballistic evidence recovered in the form of discharged bullets/projectiles,both primary and secondary,was 6.5mm carcano caliber.The metal jacket of the 6.5 mm carcano rifle,that Osawald used,was surplus WW II ,Italian ammo,which can be identified the the case head stamp.This ammo is brass case,cupro/nickel(bullet) jacketed ammo,NOT the currently used 5.56 MM FULL metal jacket mil. spec ammo,carried by the SS.Those rounds,are also COPPER jacketed...NOT cupro/nickel.No copper jacked ballistic evidence was recovered.
The 5.56mm or .223 caliber of the M-16(AR-15) which was a smaller caliber.Hollowpoints or more accurately,controlled expansion bullets,were barely in developement at the time,and only used in civilian bolt action and semi auto rifles.this was due to many failure to feed and jamming in semi and full auto modes.Only full metal case ammo was issued to the military,and law enforcement...so there was NO hollowpoint ammo involved.BTW,.hollowpoint bullets DON'T do what most people think they do,dispite TV,movies,and some idiot reporter on the 6 o'clock news or some anti-gun pundit.
The 6.5 mm carcano round,fires a 162 grain(bullet weight),round nose,cupro/nickel jacketed bullet,and has a muzzel velocity of over 2300 feet per second,and over 1850-1900 foot pounds of energy.,and is effective at over 800 yards.More than enough to open up a human skull at even a few hundred yards.
The 5.56mm bullet by contrast is 62 grains,3100 fps@1300 ft.lbs.No 5.56mm discharged shell casings were recovered at the primary,or secondary scene
And yes,I am an expert in ballistics and firearms.It's what I did for 7 years in the NYPD.
I was also not quite sure about the evidence in the Kennedy assisination,so for two years,I poured over all the available evidence,as well as the Warren Commission report.
Sorry conspiracy theorists,but only one man shot Kennedy,and that was Oswald,with a WW II surplus Italian military rifle. The scene was reconstructed several times,in simulated and live fire situations,and it was repeated over and over.Those 3 shots,were fired by one man,were certainly possible and repeatable,given the same circumstances and equipment.
The evidence dosen't lie,and everything else is unproven theories.Period.There is so substanciated evidence to the contrary,that holds ANY probative value.
PS..we also actually DID go to the moon,and there was no 9/11 conspiracy...I was there at ground zero,inhaling avation fuel.No holograms,no missles,no death rays.
Steve B
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We know what the word censorship means.
We know it occurs.
We know it occurs in ways that we are not even aware of.
I think we are pretty lucky...
If we had no concept of it or its incidence, that would be horrific and nearly unchangeable.
As it is, we CAN change things if we really wanted to.
Unfortunatly it takes a breach of a social surface tension...which then creates backlash waves that cause real damage...in order to change actions around such a powerful subject.
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Darn gummints! Thank goodness they were neutered years ago and we are now ruled by those nice, trustworthy non-controlling multinational corporations ...
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The thing that I think is weird is that Kennedy and Ruby were both autopsied by the same doctor in the same hospital. What are the odds of that? Just a coincidence I suppose.
We should always believe every official story the government tells us and just be good little citizens. I agree.
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"... As war machine, crushes their balls, God have mercy..."
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Kennedy and Oswald,not Ruby,were examined by the same Dr..Thats because,he was the only forensic medical examiner,the hospital had.
As far as believing everything they tell me,no I don't.I believe ony half of what I see,and almost none of what I read.,and nothing a politician says.I need multiple sources of credible informatin,before I form an opinion,as to the probable truth of any situation.
The only absolute truth is.....there is NO absolute truth.Almost ,no ,beyond the shadow of a doubt.
Steve B
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The strange thing is Dunc,is that ,as time goes on,more and more of the American public,believe there was a conspiracy.In fact,the last few polls taken this year,say around 63%,believe there was a conspiracy,and Oswald didn't act alone.
This in no small part,to the ever emerging rumors and books ,written on the subject by self proclaimed experts,all claiming they have the "smoking gun".Yet,none of it leads to a Grand Jury Indictment,which further bears out the credibility and actual probative value of this "evidence".
I too believe we'll never know exactly what happened.It's just that the Warren Commission report...to date,is the most compelling ,and provable evidence we have.
Steve B
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I was 6 years old when JFK was assassinated. When I grew up I followed the stories about conspiracy. I have always felt that we were not told the entire story. I think that I am correct in thinking that.
I have the same thoughts about the RFK assassination.
I believe that lone gunmen did the shooting of both JFK and RFK, but we were not told the entire truth.
When I watched the Apollo Moon Landing I was 12 years old, I was skeptical. It just seemed unreal to me. I went along with it and I dismissed my feelings. I waived the flag and I tried to share the splendor. I am still undecided as to if the moon landings really happened or not.
When I watched 9-11 unfold, I was at first shocked and I believed that terrorist had hijacked airplanes and done all of that damage. A few days later when the shock wore off, I realized that the collapse of those buildings was not solely from airplanes crashing into them. Later I noticed that many others shared my feelings. The whole thing stinks. I mean, It Really Stinks! I have no doubt that there is much more to the story than the official version. The visual evidence of how the buildings fell shows it all. There was controlled demolition performed on the towers, and on building 7 after the planes struck that day.
A commercial airliner did not hit the pentagon either!
Sorry, but I have no doubts!
America is under attack from enemies from within as well as from afar.
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Q 1: How many people would have had to be in on the story if the moon landings were faked. Dozens? Hundreds? Thousands?
I would guess at hundreds. Film production crews, mission and mission support crews (actors, if you will).
Q 2: How good are people at keeping secrets?
Occam's razor: the simplest explanation is often the right one.
Bonus hint: Conspiracies are complicated.
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How many people knew about D-Day? It was kept secret until it occurred.
The Manhattan Project was kept secret until Truman announced the existence of the bombs.
The Stealth Bomber and the U2 spy plane.
Secrets are kept all the time.
People witness murders and they never talk for fear of reprisal.
Even if people do talk about secret events that they are aware of they often are not believed.
People believe the official story that is repeated numerous times by the media.
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I wonder how this thread would have gone if the JFK stuff were not in the original post? :-)
Censorship has always been, and will always be as long as people give rule to men. Men have rule and control given to them, they will censor whatever threatens that rule and control.
Every society in history with rulers shows examples of censorship of people or materials produced by people rulers disagree with. In America we now have serious corruption at all levels of governance. Censorship follows. Freedom of speech is no more. Freedom of thought will be censored at some point, if it can be ascertained what people are thinking, and those thoughts are deemed a threat to those in power.
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I think there is some confusion about what censor actually means. To censor is complete removal of something that is deemed inappropriate for society. Key words: COMPLETE REMOVAL
Parental guidance is not censorship. Animals maintaining hierarchy is not censorship. Eliminating something from everyone's use, regardless of what it is, that is censorship.
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If you show up at a political candidates rally in a public place holding signs of protest against the candidates agenda you are handcuffed and arrested even though you didn't heckle the candidate.
That is not the, "Free Speech" that the American writers of the constitution had in mind.
That is what America has become. America is no longer the land of the free. It's not just the internet!
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If its so, that is definitely the end for liberties...and surely freedom of speech.
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When you try to change things by going around looking for trouble, the only thing you will change is the amount of trouble you run into. When the police know you by name, it's time to admit that you f***ed up.
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I picked that video because it showed how the system is designed to wear people down until they submit.
The stupid thing is that if the police would have simply just ignored the group as they danced on the green, sang songs, and passed out literature they probably would have eventually moved on to another town on their own.
The one cop in the video seemed to get it. He handed out the restraining order in front of the school with a smile and he didn't take it beyond that. He took it as a game. He saw the big picture.
Here is a larger scale http://youtu.be/e1YiUNvq5r4
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Yes but breaking the law to try to prove a point is still breaking the law. I agree there were things on the video that I didn't agree with as far as his treatment by law enforcement, but how many times must you poke a dog with a stick before it bites you?
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Exactly, I am showing how both sides feel that it is necessary to push each other until a confrontation is made.
Problems are not solved by confrontation. In both of the examples that I gave, both sides lost.
Censorship, or the attempt thereof, makes a problem greater than is really is.
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But they aren't roving bands of cops,.They are trained,organized,and use proven tactics to defuse situations.But even this....dosen't work all the time.The term"mob mentality" is absolutley real.I've seen this happen 3 times,and it's a very scary thing.
In this case however,there seemed to be zero supervision,and no commands verbal or otherwise,used by the sherrifs depertment.
Conversley,the motivation of some of the protesters,as it is in many protests,is to provoke police into a violent confrontation.Protest organizers use certain loyalists,to accomplich these goals.Causes seem to garner more sympathy and support,when there's "innocent" victims and martyrs involved.
The video title of the sherrifs department being "federalized",is more than a bit of a streatch,since it compromizes the Posse Comitatas Act,which forbids the US military or their agents,to act as law enforcement ,against a civilian population,in a capacity,where Marshell Law,has not been declared due to a NATIONAL,Or state,emergency.
Any members doing so,can be federally prosecuted,and individually sued for civil right violations.
I agree that individual and collective freedoms are being erroded.The founding fathers knew of this possibility,which took place in Europe on occasion,and encouraged citizen revolt...which is why,if you research the founders and the constitution,we have the second ammendment.Some basic research will bear this out.
We aren't the only country to use open force againt it's citizenry.The British "Riot Act"(yes,it actually did exist),which was only repealed in 77,made it a felony,for failing to comply with a lawful oreder to,leave an area,and return to their homes,in a certain amount of time.
Having said tha,these cases are most ofted directed by a local police chief,not wanting to be pushed around in HIS town,and nore an ego thing than any conspiracy.believe,some of these police chiefs,have a hard time fitting their heads through a door way,the're so big.
Steve B
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I see it like this: There is a room with 10 monkeys in it. In the room is a ladder with a banana at the top. 1 monkey climbs to the top and gets the banana, and all the other monkeys get hosed down with freezing cold water. The monkey that got the banana gets removed from the room and replaced by another monkey. Th new monkey gets the banana, and the other monkeys get hosed again. The banana monkey is removed, and a new one put in his place. The new monkey starts to climb the ladder, but the other monkeys pull him down and beat him until he no longer wants the banana. Once more a monkey is removed and a new one takes its place. When the new monkey starts to climb the ladder, he gets beaten. This cycle repeats itself until there are no original monkeys in the room, yet the monkeys all still beat the new guy who tries to climb the ladder. At this point, the monkeys don't know why they beat the one who climbs the ladder they just do. The moral of the story is that's just how things are around here, even if we don't know why anymore.
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It seems that America recently has become more divided than ever before. In the 60's there were more people who held the middle view.
Now we have more extremist on either wing, and very few people left in the middle.
This is what causes more tension in our country.
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I have my own ideas on how to fix the problem, as I am sure everyone does. This is a problem in itself. We wont fix anything if we can't agree on how to do it.
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So social classes and political classes are directly related.
Black and White, without Grey is bad in both areas.
Steve, I liked your post. You shed more light on this thread.
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In viewing some of the videos and posts---and considering a trip I made driving cross country
in the US--the problem is bigger than you can imagine.......i was almost killed, my teenager was...we and my other teenager are seriously injured still.....we did nothing...we are artists, musicians---unreal, do not think these cops are a few---they are many--and daily---innocent humans are beaten,tazed,pepper sprayed for no crime...some die.
Now, over 40,000 people have been or remain in a MA State jail---because a women--who worked for their system, faked evidence and is admitting it !!!! Will she go to jail ??
How bout the cops, prosecutors, judges she lied for to stick humans in cages ????
Do not stick your head in the sand --you won t see em coming to kick your arse....
My 16 year old angel daughter lost her drums--original blue sparkle ludwigs (1960's) She lost them because, we left our home to grab something to eat and someone else took them. She began playing on a full set--no pad, or only a snare....I love the memory--"Mama, I want to play what I hear" as we all should....she was trying to say simply, what she hears in her heart and soul--not what other people tell her to play, or play from a piece of paper---to see my tiny, sweet , quiet one whale makes me burst into joyous laughter--she is as much of a contradiction as I, her mama is, artistically and
in general. She will play again---all artists sometimes take a break even if they did not choose to. A personal friend, inducted into the jazz hall of fame not so long ago--is releasing a book soon--of course he is a drummer--and, a drummer can play drums on things other than traditional drums--me, I am partial to steering wheels while driving....
They force humans to submit by threatening those they love most-----listen to Dillon--
Hear the music--the passion in the lyrics...our hearts beat to the rhythm of our own drums
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Wow! I didn't see that one coming :)
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The fear exist on both sides. We saw in the video that Alex Jones and his group was let into an area where they could protest. They did just that and they upset the police on purpose to bring on a reaction. The Police became anxious and they acted to move the protestors away. The situation almost became out of control when Alex started shouting, "1776 let the revolution begin" Both sides are in fear of each other and there is a very real threat for violence to occur.
As a "Grey Person" both sides look like idiots to me.
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i have to agree Bob.I have no problem with someone calling it like they see it,but Alex is an extremeist,and his ratings seem to inspire his handling of certain situations,more so than common sense,which seems to be,not so common these days.
The Dallas sherriffs dept.need to re-examine their crowd control training,and embrace the fact,that in a dangerous,stressful situation,you'll default to the level of training,you're most familiar with.You need equipment,training with that equipment,and the will to use it.
Your I.Q.decreases,you form tunnel vision,you don't come up with a new plan.Plan B and C,should be a part of your training,which need to be constantly,reinforced,and ammended.
These crowd interactions,need to have numerous,trained supervisors at the scene,who can communicate their expectations and conduct code,to legal protesters.
This country was built on protest,civil unrest and revolution,but i would hate so see that latter ,become a reality.Then,both sides lose.
To A Human.Firstly,I'm sincerely sorry for your loss.You make some pretty substantial claims,as I know for a fact,a NY City DA,dosen't,incarcerate those kind of numers after a jury trial.There is also the 6th ammendment,concerning speedy trial.
I'm sorry some humanoid stole your daughters drums,but you really can't expect the police to the everywhere...all the time.That's just not practicle,as the sheer numbers of police would be prohibitive,financially.
Steve B
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That's not censorship. That's hierarchical intimidation.
It operates on similar principles though - a conspicuous demonstration of power, backed by force.
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Lets get back to internet censorship.
Everyone knows that alien lizards from planet X didn't shoot JFK.
Yet there are such theories posted on the net.
Should we censor them? Of course not! Leave them out there for all to see.
As many of you know I am connected to Newtown Ct. (Sandy Hook)
I have worked in the town close to the former school since 1981.
I have seen almost all the ridiculous conspiracy videos that have been put up on YouTube about the Sandy Hook Shootings. It has become my hobby to watch things like this. They don't offend me. I think that they reflect the grieving process that we all go through when confronting something as crazy as the Sandy Hook Shootings, or 9-11 for that matter. They actually help us heal in a strange sort of way. The imagination of thinking about conspiricies helps us cope on a phycological level. Our creativeness to invent these wild theories heals us. When we compose our view though videos, our minds process both the evidence, and fabricated evidence and we somehow come to terms with the unthinkable. It makes us feel good to have solved a mystery, or created more controversy. It depends on our inner feelings at the time. I know that this post will not make sense to many who do not understand the conspiracy theory philosophy. I didn't either, until recently. I had to be directly touched by it to come to terms with my true feelings.
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My point kind of was in any group of animals, its basic behaviour for somebody to keep the 'others in line' - even if they don't agree on a line.
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That would be ridiculous.
Everybody knows the alien lizards come from the Alpha Draconis star system.
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Ya - I figured that's what you were getting at. It's not just humans that have to deal with it.
But even in anarchistic human societies there are mechanisms to handle agreed upon transgressions.
But just to go way off topic - http://www.freewebs.com/alphawolfsab...randvisual.htm
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I have seen some crazy stuff in an over 20 year career with the NYPD.Some of it was actually true,most of it was just the product of over imagination,and sometimes,mental illness.
My career ,is based on collecting facts,which are verifiable,and demonsterable,which may or may not,verify a working theory.We just didn't line the pieces up on the board ,to make our theory fit the event.It all had to line up,through its own fruition,or we no matter what our gut said,we rejected it because of probable cause,couldn't be met.
If probable caus,couldn't be met,then the standard of" beyond a reasonable doubt",couldn't be met at trial.That standard MUST be met.or everything else is just conjecture,which amounts to circumstantial evidence.
The bigger the claim,the greater the factual evidence MUST be.Single ,unconnected "facts" are 99% of the time,circumstantial,and happenstance.
As much as these thing often help the healing process as i agree with,they can also create false hope,and keep the wound that was healing,from doing so.Boogie men around every tree,ghosts in the machine.
Sometime,people can't accept the explaination,though simple it may be,and Occams Razor,dosen't make sense to them.People want a larger,more complicated reason that a tragedy occured.A conspiracy theory,can be as comforting,as closure to some people.
I wish I had the answer for a victims next of kin,everytime,the'd ask me...why?Sometimes,you'll never know.
Steve B.
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Originally posted by Torvaldr
This! LOTRO at that time still had quite a few subscribers. Over 300k at least. Especially when the EU servers were still managed by Codemasters.
Sure it wasn't the 600k + subs they had in the first 2 years till after Mines of Moria, but 300k+ is still a very respectable number.
The thing was:
1. DDO's conversion to Freemium F2P model was a huge success in the first year!
2. They were bought by Warner Bros and wanted to put all focus on expanding the Freemium F2P model towards LOTRO.
So LOTRO going Freemium F2P wasn't because the game was doing bad. They just wanted to increase their revenue further after the initial success with DDO.
In other words .... they saw the $$$ signs and got greedy!
And now 2 years later it's starting to backfire, as they have chased away most of their loyal fans with their continuing greed, squeezing out the playerbase more and more, turning the Store into Pay 2 Win, VIP subscribing has become pointless as it's much cheaper to stay Premium!
So they have just shot themselves in the foot with their blind greed! /Facepalm
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Originally posted by Badaboom
Nope. That is only when you release the game itself, that some overhead (like temporary staff) are let go.
With expansions, it's basically a dedicated live team focussing on creating expansions. So when you release one expansion, this same team starts immediately working on the next expansion, etc, etc.
It's interesting that when Turbine hires alot of big names no one cares.
Then when they have some lay offs all the haters come out in full force being happy that people loose their jobs!
So many bitter people that LotrO is one of the most sucesfull MMOs and still going strong with a new expansion with the best content the game have ever seen.
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Originally posted by Papadam
Those so called "big" names they hired had nothing to do with LOTRO nor DDO!
They were hired to help Turbine shifting their focus towards the console platform.
These lay offs directly affect LOTRO and DDO.
And RoR the best expac? LOL! You serious? You should have a good look at the official forums. /shrug
I guess you also missed the outrage on the forums back in the summer regarding this expac and it's pricing and how they tried to ripp you off by keeping the Instance Cluster out of the expac and charge you extra for it?
If LOTRO was going so strong as you say... they wouldn't try to rip off their playerbase with these kind of sleezy stunts! /Facepalm
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Originally posted by Papadam
1. A game going F2P is not strong.
2. Slow and old game mechanic
3. A game that rips off players is not strong
3. Content of expansions decreased dramatically, and people getting level 85 in a day is not strong
4. No new pvp map for 5 years
You can say this game was strong at SoA and the launch of moria, but not after. SoM, RoI, RoR are all fail and the games numbers showed it. Bitter? not really, for i know this game is going downhill and more of a chance someone else will make a LOTR mmo, im pretty happy actually.
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Originally posted by Ozmodan
I said it's not F2P if they don't IMMEDIATELY give you free access to the cap. In LOTRO you have to start paying long before the cap or if you are one of the rare few you can GRIND, GRIND, GRIND TPs to unlock them.
Originally posted by Papadam
The instance cluster showed on the page that it was included the first 3 days when pre-orders went live! Then they made a stealth update to the page and removed it!
When people got angry and felt mislead, they came out and posted that it was a Copy/Pasta mistake from previous Rise of Isengard expasion! LOL
It took then a whole outrage on the forums that went on for several weeks! before Turbine decided to include the Instance Cluster within the expansion again. And only if you buy it with money! With TP you have to buy everything seperately and in end cost you a lot more!
And what you blattering about server merges man?? No one in this entire topic has ever mentioned that? lol. /shrug
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Originally posted by JeroKane
FYI, you're currently offering false information, which undermines the accurate information in your post.
If you buy the expansion as an expansion in their Turbine point store, you will get the instance cluster included. This is an UPGRADE from the previous expansion where they could only offer it piecemeal until the cluster came out due to the lack of tech to be able to sell things that were not yet released.
It is true that people weren't pleased with the pricing with the lack of instance clusters. However, Turbine responded and fixed it, which is a lot more than most developers would do. Players as a whole are VERY happy with the expansion on all counts.
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Originally posted by JeroKane
You goy any sources to back up those numbers?
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Originally posted by JeroKane
Not adding much to discussion, but I find it funny, that you're defending TSW/Funcom so fiercely, when people have also been mislead and got angry from the WOW-like end game in TSW. Yet when those guys who got tired of the never-ending treadmill, it's their fault and TSW is awesome. Oh, the hypocrisy. Let's not fail to add that TSW sold less than 300k copies and Funcom already cut 50% of their staff. I'd say Lotro is doing much better than your TSW.
I bought LotRO @ release, spent like 6 months in it and really enjoyed it. I enjoyed it enough to justify that sub price too. Just went back recently as F2P and I don't really like it that much anymore now. The shop is way too intrusive to gameplay.
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They pretty much killed the game with 3 horrible management decisions (IMO)...
1) Trying to push the game further and further away from the unique Middle Earth feel (It's main draw for many) and more toward a generic "High Fantasy MMO" . This was a conscious decision in order to "broaden" it's appeal to more generic MMO players (aka WoW's audience). Absolutely bone-headed decision (IMO). They should have tried to broaden the appeal by pushing those features that were unique and interesting about LOTRO and set it apart from other MMO's. In other words they should have grown thier own audience organicaly by reaching out to people not playing MMO's (or not well served by the current crop) rather then engaging in a futile effort to fight WoW for it's audience. You saw this toward the end of SOA with more over the top high fantasy magic in content and it went into full tilt in Moria with the introduction of a full blown magic user class, gear grinds, dailys and gear gated content. Got worse with the "solofication" of the game afterwards and making virtualy everything instanced...took away alot of the unique and interesting features of the game for more bland generic MMO'ness. Opportunity blown.
2) Allowing the player base to dwindle with long periods of content stagnation and nothing to do. They started out great with good, high quality regular content updates for the first year and a half or so. However then they went into a desert with content updates few and far between and really very minimal in nature...mostly a few instanced based things. I believe that was tied to the shifting resources to make F2P happen. It's the abnsolute DEATHKNELL of Themepark games not to keep up with at least thier casual playerbase in terms of content updates. You can never keep up with the truely hardcore, but that's not such a big deal....they can be satisfied by repeatable grinds/raids and they aren't that huge a portion of the player base anyway. However if you can't keep up with your own casuals your in big trouble. Either you need to keep the content flowing or you need to start switching to more "sandboxy" features (or PvP) where the players are providing thier own content. Failing to do either is just a killer. Opportunity Blown.
3) F2P conversion. I'm not going to debate the merits of one business model over another. However it's a VERY big deal switching business models for a well established product in mid-stream. It's one thing if your game is an absolute cellar dweller (DDO) and you've got nowhere to go....but for a game that has a reasonably healthy, stable population...switching models in mid-stream is a killer in the long term (IMO). You risk alienating alot of your long term, loyal customer base...trading long term brand loyalty for a short term bump in proffits. You have to realize that LOTRO and DDO are different products and what works for one won't neccesarly work the same way for the other. You also have to realize that if you are pulling resources away from further developing your product in order to support the business model switch that IS going to hurt the appeal of the product itself. Finally you have to make sure that you are scrupulous in keeping the assurances you made to your existing player base to mollify them about the negtive aspects of a cash shop. Instead Turbine let the cash shop become more and more intrusive into the game and gameplay. Things they promised they would never sell they started selling. More and more nickle and diming of full paying subscribers, etc. In other words they sacrificed the very teneous trust relationship built up between the brand and it's customers...something that once lost can NEVER be rebuilt...and they did it all for just a few extra dollars in short term sales. The F2P conversion strained trust...but it didn't break it.... the things that started creeping into the cash shop did...even if only giving the perception of greed and Pay-2-Win to those who were very nervous about those elements due to the bussiness model conversion. Oppoortunity Blown.
Turbine, REALLY, REALLY has no one to blame for thier floundering revenue but themselves. They had a HUGE opportunity and they squandered it with short-sited decisions. I feel no sympathy for them. YMMV.
Originally posted by keirion
They didn't fix it! They were FORCED to fix it, as people refused to pay 40 bucks for a questpack and started demanding refunds based on false advertisment! Plus the outrage on both official and public forums didn't do them any good either!
The worst was that initially when the Pre-order page went live, it actually showed the Instance Cluster was included!
Then they waited three days to cash in on the initial pre-order rush, to suddenly remove the instance cluster from the pre-order with no notification whatsoever!
When people suddenly discovered this little stealth update and became very angry and rightfully so, they were forced to respond.
The response was that it was a "Copy / Paste" error from the previous Rise of Isengard expansion an that it was never intended to include an instance cluster to the Rohan expansion!
Then they waited for several weeks to see if people would buy this farce of an explanation and if they could get away with, before they finally decided to include the instance cluster within the expansion again! /facepalm
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atm i am really enjoying rohan..its way better than SOM and ROI.thing is they(turbine)charge large amounts of money for stuff that should be just general content addon.not good buisness when you do things like that.the community feels like its been ripped off.there have been some great changes in RoR.but no end game
to me the problem is they are charging people again for lvl scaled dungeons going back god knows how many lvls.again not good buisness practice.then they make promises to put an instance cluster in RoR and charge people only to backtrack on that.it was only when the gamers set the forums on flames they backtracked again.
the way i look at it is when you treat people like shit what do you expect.i have been extremely lucky..i have a lifetime sub that cost me £75 three years ago and i got the expansion for nothing.so they are not receiving income at all from me and have'nt for 3 yrs.although i,m happy i got a lifetime..these lifetimes and the ability to buy xpacs from the store is hurting the game imo.not sure how many peeps have a lifetime but it will be a few and thats income.
when all said and done my opinion is that WB are mostly responsible for the chaos because they ask way too much off the dev team forcing them to take short cuts with content etc,and we all know when you dont do your job properly or are rushed into it,you get shoddy work..just look at EA for that example..my only wish is that someone else would take over the ip and do it justice because thats what it deserves.
i,m no expert when it comes to mmo's i just enjoy playing them.the way i see turbine and WB atm is that they have been extremely greedy in overcharging people and they know it.but they have to make the money somehow.same has every other company..end result is if you dont want to pay the money then dont play it.
i guess its down to bad buisness practice that they are now hurting..and they are not the only ones.funcom and most of the other companies are now suffering as well.
Originally posted by Rawiz
Ehh... they never ever mislead anyone with The Secret World. Everyone knew what the game would be. They have been very open and honest during development of this game. All the info was out there.
I completely agree with you when it comes to Age of Conan. But that horse has been beaten to death now. Nothing left but pulp lol. Oh and I was very angry at that time.
PS. I bought LOTRO at release too and bought all the expansions. But stopped being VIP right after Rise of Isengard last year, as it was just total waste of money as I had full access to everything already anyway.
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Originally posted by Papadam
You are trying really hard to prove what you are saying is true, when indeed it is not.
1. What doesn't make sense whenever a game is losing subscribers to the point where they lose profits and the like, then goes F2P? WoW for instance, are you saying they will go F2P with 9million subscribers? F2P saves mmo or lingers it, turbine couldn't save it but lingered it. That is a fail
2. Mounted combat,really. Ya that will save the slow pace combat....it not as if im fighting while monted all the time. Oh i know, use mounted combat while you are raiding! the day is saved. You just proved my point, it is a 5 year old game, which is why i said it has slow and old combat mechanics thanks for confirming what i said.
3. RoI was a complete rip of, and they tried to do the same even with RoR but failed. They increased the grind to the max, causing people to buy scrolls from the store and such.
4. I never played WoW, but GW2 is not meant to be a grind. It is set for casual players and ANET clearly said they don't want to mke this a pve grind. This is a pvp game.
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Im glad to see the layoffs. People who screw off and dont do thier jobs regardless of thier job deserve to be fired.Ill agree that not all of the people bieng fired deserve it. That bieng said sapience,frelorn and lot of those cs people deserve it heres why
CS/gm telling people to redo an entire raid b/c of a bugged loot chest is unnaceptable then threatening to ban the person filing the ticket for discussing the issue on glff channel and hearing other people agree that its not right to tell a paying customer that.
CS/gm banning my friend for over a year accusing him of buying 3000$ worth of gold. This is beyond crazy and unacceptable.Then to give him the account back a year later and not even apoligize and say dont discuss this issue. This is highly unethical.
Gm dating a customer that i know of. These are unethecil things going on constantly with lotro.
If i was doing these unethical things at my job i would expect to be fired not allowed to screw off for 5 years and then be caught.
Sapience,frelorn and lot of those gm's are hghly unethical people.
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PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Brandt Snedeker didn't have to take a back seat to anyone at Pebble Beach.
A runner-up to Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson the last two weeks, Snedeker finished off a command performance Sunday with a 7-under 65 for a two-shot victory over Chris Kirk in the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. Snedeker tapped in for par on the 18th hole to finish at 19-under 267, setting the tournament record at Pebble Beach.
In five starts this year, Snedeker already has a win, two second-place finishes and a third. The win takes him to a career-best No. 4 in the world.
Kirk closed with a 64, though he never got closer than two shots. James Hahn, tied with Snedeker to start the final round, had a 68 and tied for third.
Sterne cruises to Joburg Open title
JOHANNESBURG — Richard Sterne cruised to his first European Tour title in more than four years, winning the Joburg Open by seven shots on Sunday. Sterne shot a bogey-free 64 to finish with a tournament record total of 27 under at the Royal Johannesburg & Kensington golf course and win by the largest margin in tournament history.
"That was probably the best final round of my career," Sterne said. "It was quite special to finish the way I did."
Fellow overnight leader Trevor Fisher Jr. faltered on the final day, allowing Sterne to finish well clear of Charl Schwartzel (66) in second. Fisher eagled the first but sank to a 1-over 73 that dropped him to joint sixth, despite sitting five shots clear of the field with Sterne at the start of the final round.
Mediate gets win in Champions Tour debut
BOCA RATON, Fla. — Rocco Mediate birdied the 18th hole and finished with a 1-under par 71 to win the Allianz Championship on Sunday.
He finished the tournament at 17-under 199 and became the 16th player to have a winning debut on the Champions Tour.
Mediate's 4-foot birdie putt came after Tom Pernice Jr. missed a 5-footer at No. 18 that could have forced a playoff.
Mediate started the day with a three-shot lead, lost it by the 14th hole, but regained it when Pernice bogeyed the par-4 17th from a greenside bunker. Mediate protected that lead with a birdie on the par-5 closing hole.
Pernice, who had a final-round 70, finished tied with Bernhard Langer (68) for second place. It was Langer's fourth top-three finish in this event in the past five years. Langer won here in 2010.
Mediate won six PGA Tour titles and also lost a memorable playoff to Tiger Woods in the 2008 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines.
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When I say it broke my heart I don't mean it in a good way. I love S. King but I also hate him and after 11/17/63 I hate him a little more.
I loved the first quarter of the book, it was the King of old. Man I couldn't wait to find out what happened next. Then the character moved to Jodi Texas. What the heck did any of that have to do with the plot? Why would he fall in love? Is Saddie a crazy person or what? I hate listening to them going on with pet names and declartions of love to one another. It is sicking. How many times did these two " MAKE LOVE"? A man from the future and a nut job from the south making love two dozen times isnt romantic its boring.
I clapped when I thought S. King was done with this pointless side track in the novel but No the curse of Jodi Texas must come back and haunt the story. And what was with those people at the school fawning over George like he was the best thing since sliced bread. Okay I get it the narrator of the story is a great guy who never does wrong. He is prefectly boring.
I could have sworn this book was written by a more talented Dean Knootz. Not that Dean is more talented then King, I mean King is more talented, heck now I am losing track. Next I will be writing about my time in a small texas town where I put on plays with mildly retarded students and MADE LOVE with nut job school teacher who was the biggest victim in novel history.
I will buy Mr. Kings books because normally I love them and with the good I will get the bad. This should have been a novelette and cut out all that filler. I would have rather over paided for small story then got my moneys worth for a longer version of what came out of Cujos @ss.
Sorry readers but this story was CORNY as Hell.
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A couple of weeks ago, I posted an article about an ad campaign GoGrid is running on CNET's Buzz Out Loud podcast. Be sure to read that article first and watch the video there before you watch this one! And because of the comments from the BOL chatroom and the hosts, we in the GoGrid Marketing department decided to keep running with the "Mafia" meme. With only a few days left in the campaign, we produced another ad which went live yesterday and I thought it might be fun to share it. So here it is:
Since the campaign is drawing to a close, I wanted to provide some "behind the scenes" details about it. Specifically:
- It was conceived, scripted and produced entirely in-house in the Marketing/WebDev department
- All of the Voices and Actors are GoGrid employees
- Equipment that we used consisted of: a bunch of Macs, Audacity, Flash CS3, Photoshop CS3, iMovie, a Sennheiser mic, an Mbox pre-amp, and some blood, sweat & tears (well, mainly sweat)
- Despite the themes of both NoHardware.com and The GoGrid Mafia, we are NOT violent people
- No animals or humans were harmed in the production (aside from that one guy "swimming with the fishes")
The GoGrid People who contributed directly or appeared in the ads are as follows:
- Dr. GoGrid – if you haven't seen NoHardware.com and the videos there, be sure to check it out. Dr. GoGrid is none other than the GoGrid CEO John Keagy
- The GoGrid Godfather – Jack Duffy, GoGrid's EVP of Sales, was actually born and raised in New Jersey – that is his actual accent! (And that's actually him in the ad!)
- "Blondie" – is played by GoGrid's HR Manager, Jeryn Carlise, who is actually, not blonde!
- The "Movie Announcer" – was yours truly, after some audio mixing, all accentuation and phrasing emphasis is mine though
- Audio – Dale Conboy, Web Developer at GoGrid, plays drums in a band and handled our audio recordings and processing
- Animation & Video – Sean Slinsky, Lead Web Developer at GoGrid and avid photographer, brought an artistic eye to the video creation & production process
- Advertising – Alex de Boni, GoGrid's Online Marketing and Communication Specialist, or resident Brazilian made sure that the i's were dotted and t's were crossed around the business side of the campaign
(more…) «Video: Part 2 of the GoGrid Ad Running on CNET's Buzz Out Loud Podcast – More Mafia!»


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How do you explain to young children the idea of "keeping family secrets". It is a slippery slope for parents for sure, as I know I told my children "you don't keep secrets from mommy and daddy" and then days to weeks later I turned around and said, "this is a family secret, so don't tell!"
I still don't know how you begin to explain the difference about secrets, but it has to start when your child is fairly young. It typically starts when your 3 or 4 year old overhears you say something which you had not planned on happening. Suddenly they are telling anyone they can, "my mom is having a baby!", or "my dad doesn't like his boss!". Oh dear, out of the mouth of babes, right?
So now you are telling them that we have to keep some things secret. But not secrets about them, really just "our family secrets". All of those secrets and comments about neighbors, teachers, friends and even distant cousins that seem to come up over the years. It is really the beginning of understanding social graces as well. All of these topics are so difficult to explain, especially to young, inquisitive children who just say whatever comes to their mind.
I vividly remember this issue with our youngest child. Of course he had two big brothers who would talk about many topics at the dinner table, some of which were probably not meant for little ears. So, one day we went to a basketball game with big brother and baby brother says to everyone, "My mom doesn't like the coach of this team!" Of course he had heard this at our house.....but really?
So, when we would talk about keeping family secrets with our children we came up with the idea of a filter. Instead of blurting out, "don't talk about that, it is a secret", we would say "filter". Even with adult children, we still sometimes have to remember "secrets" and when someone starts to slip the family says, "filter!" and every one bursts out laughing.
Good luck with this topic at your house. Make sure your children don't keep their secrets from you, but that they know how to "filter" the family secrets. Can someone say AWKWARD!
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Conversely, these sites also limit what you can do. Generally each page must be created separately, links added individually. There are constraints regarding fonts and graphics. You cannot upload groups of linked pages created by a software program like Legacy. This hasn't created a problem for me as a blogger. I write an entry or two at a time. They're usually pretty free form and content driven.
The website I want to create, however, has many pages and a clear structure. There are pages with specific formats for individual biographies, for families, for locations, for events like the Civil War. Most of the information is coming from my genealogy software. The entire point of the site is the ability to easily move from page to page.
That's one of the reason's I got so fixated on the graphic pedigree chart at the top of the page. There are other reasons having to do with genetics and personality but that's another post.
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If you will indulge me for just one minute, I would simply like to say that regularly reading our music section in GO! Magazine (every Friday in The Bulletin) is by far your best bet for staying informed about what's new and what's happening on Central Oregon's busy music scene. You have other options for that kind of info, of course, but nowhere will you find coverage as extensive and in-depth as you will in GO!
I say that only because I'm really proud of today's section. Here's what's in there (click to read):
–An interview with acoustic guitar pioneer Leo Kottke on the debt he owes to his instrument
–An interview with jazz saxophonist Bobby Watson about what he learned from Art Blakey
–An interview with rocker Jerry Joseph on his recent Asian tour and new album "Happy Book"
–A Q&A with Seattle-based avant-saxophonist Skerik about his new group Bandalabra
–A review of "Carnivale Electricos," the dynamic new album from Galactic
–A roundup of solid live-music options for your St. Patrick's Day revelry
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PS Can never get enough of the black rifle, you know I think I have the disease, help; what is the cure.