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- When do I need to start using contraception after having a baby?
- Does breastfeeding work as contraception?
- Which contraceptives can I use if I'm breastfeeding?
- Which contraceptives can't I use if I'm breastfeeding?
- I want contraception I can forget about. What's best?
- How soon after birth can I use natural family planning?
- Where can I get emergency contraception?
- Where can I get advice about contraception?
When do I need to start using contraception after having a baby?It depends on how you're feeding your baby. Your periods will return any time from about six weeks to three months after your baby's birth if you are formula-feeding or combining breast and formula feeds.
You are fertile two weeks before you have your period. So even if you're not ready to have sex just yet, you will need to start using contraception from three weeks to four weeks after your baby's birth (Cole 2011).
If you're breastfeeding exclusively, and haven't started giving your baby solid food or formula milk, you may not need to worry about contraception yet.
Your periods may not start again until you cut down breastfeeds or stop breastfeeding altogether. You could still be fertile before you realise it, though. So using contraception will give you peace of mind.
Does breastfeeding work as contraception?Breastfeeding can work as a form of birth control by delaying the return of your periods. Frequent and regular breastfeeding as a form of contraception is called the lactational amenorrhoea method (LAM). If properly done, LAM is over 98 per cent effective (Cole 2011), though most of the research for this type of contraception comes from non-UK countries (Cole 2011).
LAM will only work for you if:
- your baby is younger than six months old
- your periods have not returned
- you are exclusively breastfeeding your baby on demand, night and day
Exclusively breastfeeding on demand usually means a minimum of six long breastfeeds every 24 hours. If you want LAM to work for you, don't leave a gap between feeds of longer than four hours during the day or six hours at night (Cole 2011). And don't give other fluids or solid food to your baby.
Once your baby stops exclusive breastfeeding, it will become less effective as a method of contraception. And if you use a breast pump to express milk, you won't benefit so much from the hormones that reduce fertility when your baby suckles. You may want to use another form of contraception, to be on the safe side.
Which contraceptives can I use if I'm breastfeeding?You can use the following methods of contraception when you're breastfeeding:
- male and female condoms
- diaphragm or cap
- the mini-pill
- injection
- implant
- intrauterine system (IUS)
- intrauterine device (IUD)
You may find condoms easiest to use, whether you're breastfeeding or not, as you can just keep some handy from as soon after giving birth as you like. Female condoms sit inside your vagina and around the outside of your labia. It may not feel as comfortable for you as a male condom.
If used properly, male condoms are 98 per cent effective, and female condoms are 95 per cent effective (FPA 2013).
Your vagina may feel a little dry since you had your baby. Using lubricating jelly may make having sex more comfortable. The jelly should be water-soluble, and not oil-based, to prevent it from damaging the condom (FPA 2013).
Diaphragms and caps
You can use a diaphragm or cap each time you want to have sex. Diaphragms and caps are soft, circular domes made of rubber or silicone, that fit over your cervix.
Your doctor or nurse can fit your diaphragm or cap, or refit it, if you've had one before, six weeks at the earliest after you've had your baby. By then, your body, and your cervix, will have settled into its post-pregnancy shape (FSRH 2010b).
The diaphragm and cap are between 92 per cent and 96 per cent effective, as long as they're used properly, and with a spermicide (FPA 2010b).
The mini-pill
You can use the mini-pill, also called the progestogen-only pill (POP), if you are breastfeeding, because it won't affect your milk supply. A small amount of the progestogen hormone will pass through to your breastmilk, but it won't affect your baby. You can start taking it any time after giving birth (FSRH 2011i).
The mini-pill is more than 99 per cent effective (FPA 2011i). For it to be as effective as this, you have to take it at the same time each day. This can be tricky if you're busy looking after a new baby.
These injections work for several weeks. Two types are available:
- Depo-Provera, which works for 12 weeks
- Noristerat, which works for eight weeks
If you're breastfeeding, a small amount of progestogen will reach your baby, but it won't do him any harm.
You can have the injection any time after giving birth if you are formula feeding. However, you should wait six weeks after your baby's birth before you have any injections if you're breastfeeding. You're more likely to experience heavy and irregular bleeding if you have the injection in the first few weeks after giving birth (FPA 2011a).
If your doctor can't offer you the injection, she should be able to tell you where you can get it. The injection releases progestogen into your muscle over a period of weeks.
Injections are growing in popularity because they're more than 99 per cent effective, and are simple to use (FPA 2011a). But if you want to get pregnant within a year of stopping contraception, this probably isn't the best method for you. It takes at least several months for your fertility to return to normal (FPA 2011a).
An implant lasts for up to three years at a time (FPA 2011d). The implant, Nexplanon, is a small, thin, flexible plastic tube, about the size of a hair grip. The tube contains progestogen.
You can have an implant inserted 21 days after your baby is born (FSRH 2011d, FPA 2011d). You'll still be able to breastfeed, as only a small amount of progestogen goes through to your breastmilk. Implants are more than 99 per cent effective (FPA 2011d ).
A specially trained nurse or doctor will insert the implant into your arm. The implant can be taken out if you decide you want to change your contraception or try for another baby. The implant can be removed via a tiny cut to the skin, under a local anaesthetic.
Intrauterine system
The intrauterine system (IUS) is a T-shaped plastic device that fits inside your uterus. It releases a steady dose of progestogen for up to five years.
You can start using an IUS any time from four weeks after having your baby. Your doctor or nurse will fit it for you. You can have an IUS whether you've given birth vaginally or by caesarean (FSRH 2009:9, FPA 2011d). The Mirena coil is the only IUS available in the UK and it is more than 99 per cent effective (FPA 2011d).
Intrauterine device
The intrauterine device (IUD) or coil can be fitted for five years to 10 years, depending on which type you have.
You can start using an IUD any time after having a baby, but it is usually inserted from four weeks after the birth. A doctor or nurse will fit it for you. You can have an IUD whether you've given birth vaginally or by caesarean (FSRH 2009:9). IUDs that contain more copper are more than 99 per cent effective (FPA 2011g).
Which contraceptives can't I use if I'm breastfeeding?Generally speaking, you shouldn't use contraceptives that use combined hormones (CHCs) in the first six months after birth, because it may reduce your milk supply. Other types of contraception that don't contain oestrogen are usually recommended if you're breastfeeding. Contraceptives that use combined hormones (oestrogen and progestogen) are:
- the pill
- the patch, like a plaster that you stick on to your skin
- the vaginal ring, a flexible ring that you insert into your vagina
If you take a type of emergency contraceptive pill (ellaOne) you won't be able to breastfeed for 36 hours afterwards (EMC 2012).
I want contraception I can forget about. What's best?Long-acting contraceptives may be right for you. There are four methods:
- injection
- implant
- intrauterine system (IUS)
- intrauterine device (IUD)
The injection, implant and IUS all use progestogen, which is a synthetic version of the hormone progesterone. The IUD does not use a hormone.
If you're absolutely certain that you don't want any more children, you or your partner can opt for sterilisation. But long-acting contraceptives are just as effective as sterilisation. Their advantage is that your fertility returns after you stop using them, if you change your mind in the future. Male sterilisation (vasectomy) is considerably more effective than female sterilisation.
How soon after birth can I use natural family planning?Once your periods have returned and settled into a regular pattern, you could try natural family planning (NFP). With NFP, you learn to pinpoint your fertile days. Then you can avoid having sex, or use a barrier method, on or around your fertile days.
To find out when you're fertile, you'll need to keep daily charts of your temperature when you wake in the morning, or after at least three hours of sleep. This is called your basal body temperature. You'll also need to interpret changes to your vaginal mucus.
You can buy digital thermometers to help you find out when you are fertile. You can also buy fertility monitoring kits. You'll need to wait until you've had three normal periods before using these kits.
If you're serious about using NFP, you need to have some training before you start. Your doctor or local contraception clinic probably won't be able to teach you, so you may need to pay for, and find, your own teacher. For a list of qualified natural family planning teachers, contact Fertility UK.
NFP may not be a reliable method if you have an unpredictable menstrual cycle, or problems with your periods. Apart from these circumstances, as long as you're careful, NFP can be up to 99 per cent effective (FPA 2008d:5).
Where can I get emergency contraception?Most NHS walk-in centres, GPs and clinics can supply the emergency contraceptive pill. You can also buy the emergency contraceptive pill from a pharmacy if you are 16 or over. The pill contains progestogen, which stops or delays ovulation, and prevents a fertilised egg from implanting.
The emergency contraceptive pill (Levonelle), also know as the morning-after pill, can work up to 72 hours (three days) from when you had unprotected sex. However, the pill is much more likely to work if you take it within 24 hours (Cole 2011). It's fine to take it if you're breastfeeding.
EllaOne is another type of emergency contraceptive pill. It can be taken up to 120 hours (five days) after having unprotected sex, but is only available on prescription from a doctor if you are 18 or over. If you take it, you can't breastfeed for 36 hours afterwards. You should express and throw away your milk in the meantime (EMC 2012).
An alternative is having a copper IUD fitted up to five days after you had sex. This option isn't as widely available as the emergency contraceptive pill (Cole 2011), and it can't be fitted any earlier than four weeks after your baby's birth.
Where can I get advice about contraception?Your midwife should talk to you about your plans for contraception (NICE 2006:18) during the week after you have your baby.
Your postnatal check-up with your GP, usually about six weeks after your baby's birth, is another good time to discuss your plans. Otherwise, your health visitor, practice nurse or local family planning clinic can help you.
You can also contact the Family Planning Association, and see your options for contraception for more information.
Last reviewed: April 2013
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From a Press Conference at NATO Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium, June 6, 2002 [2][3]
Now what is the message there? The message is that there are no "knowns." There are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say there are things that we now know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we do not know we don't know. So when we do the best we can and we pull all this information together, and we then say well that's basically what we see as the situation, that is really only the known knowns and the known unknowns. And each year, we discover a few more of those unknown unknowns. It sounds like a riddle. It isn't a riddle. It is a very serious, important matter. There's another way to phrase that and that is that the absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. It is basically saying the same thing in a different way. Simply because you do not have evidence that something exists does not mean that you have evidence that it doesn't exist. And yet almost always, when we make our threat assessments, when we look at the world, we end up basing it on the first two pieces of that puzzle, rather than all three. I can't tell you if the use of force in Iraq today would last five days, or five weeks, or five months, but it certainly isn't going to last any longer than that. Interview with Steve Croft, Infinity CBS Radio Connect, November 14, 2002 [4]
And it is not knowable if force will be used, but if it is to be used, it is not knowable how long that conflict would last. It could last, you know, six days, six weeks. I doubt six months. TownHall Meeting At Aviano Air Base in Italy, February 7, 2003 [5]
Then there are three or four countries that have said they won't do anything. I believe Libya, Cuba and Germany are ones that have indicated they won't help in any respect. February 8, 2003 [6]
Now, you're thinking of Europe as Germany and France. I don't. I think that's old Europe. January, 2003 [7]
It's a difficult thing today to be informed about our government even without all the secrecy. Chicago Tribune, April 13, 1966 [8]
From the DOD News Briefing following the fall of Baghdad, April 11, 2003:
I picked up a newspaper today and I couldn't believe it. I read eight headlines that talked about chaos, violence, unrest. And it just was Henny Penny -- "The sky is falling." I've never seen anything like it! And here is a country that's being liberated, here are people who are going from being repressed and held under the thumb of a vicious dictator, and they're free. And all this newspaper could do, with eight or 10 headlines, they showed a man bleeding, a civilian, who they claimed we had shot -- one thing after another. From the very beginning, we were convinced that we would succeed, and that means that that regime would end. And we were convinced that as we went from the end of that regime to something other than that regime, there would be a period of transition. And, you cannot do everything instantaneously; it's never been done, everything instantaneously. We did, however, recognize that there was at least a chance of catastrophic success, if you will, to reverse the phrase, that you could in a given place or places have a victory that occurred well before reasonable people might have expected it, and that we needed to be ready for that; we needed to be ready with medicine, with food, with water. And, we have been. Freedom's untidy, and free people are free to make mistakes and commit crimes and do bad things. They're also free to live their lives and do wonderful things. And that's what's going to happen here. I don't believe anyone that I know in the administration ever said that Iraq had nuclear weapons. At a hearing of the Senate's appropriations subcommittee on defense, May 14, 2003
You and a few other critics are the only people I've heard use the phrase immediate threat. I didn't, the president didn't. And it's become kind of folklore that that's what's happened. CBS Face the Nation, March 14, 2004
But no terrorist state poses a greater or more immediate threat to the security of our people and the stability of the world than the regime of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. Hearing Before the House Armed Services Committee, September 10, 2002 [9]. Quoted on March 14, 2004 by Thomas Friedman in reply to the previous statement.
I'm not into this detail stuff. I'm more concepty. Interview with the Washington Post January 09, 2002 [10]
Look at me! I'm sweet and lovable! Foreign Press Center, 21 Jun 2002 [11]
…it seems to me that it's up to all of us to try to tell the truth, to say what we know, to say what we don't know, and recognize that we're dealing with people that are perfectly willing to, to lie to the world to attempt to further their case and to the extent people lie of, ultimately they are caught lying and they lose their credibility and one would think it wouldn't take very for that to happen dealing with people like this. From the 2004 documentary film Control Room
It is pretty clear that the coalition can win in Afghanistan and Iraq in one way or another, but it will be a long, hard slog. [27] referring to the ongoing War on Terrorism
Those who follow orders to commit such crimes will be found and they will be punished. War crimes will be prosecuted. And it will be no excuse to say, 'I was just following orders.' Any official involved in such crimes will forfeit hope of amnesty or leniency with respect to past action. Pentagon briefing, March 20, 2003 [28]
Congress, the press, and the bureaucracy too often focus on how much money or effort is spent, rather than whether the money or effort actually achieves the announced goal. "Rumsfeld's Rules" January 12, 1974 [31]
I don't know what the facts are but somebody's certainly going to sit down with him and find out what he knows that they may not know, and make sure he knows what they know that he may not know, and that's a good thing. Talking to reporters about whether President Bush knows about equipment inadequacies in Iraq[35]


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FOR Well Over A Decade, Pharmaceutical Representatives have had access to detailed information about the prescribing habits of the individual physicians they call upon. During that time, some physicians have protested—sometimes quite vehemently—that reps know too much about what they prescribe. State legislators have been listening. They have introduced a number of bills to keep all prescribing data away from salespeople—and sometimes away from whole companies. Now the American Medical Association (AMA) is seeking a compromise. On July 1, the AMA will introduce new procedures to give physicians some control over who sees information about the type and number of prescriptions they write. The Prescribing Data Restriction Program (PDRP) will take data away from reps and their direct supervisors, but leave it available to the company for marketing, compensation, and research. The rules allow the industry to retain access to prescribing data for most purposes, but they require companies to police their own sales forces. If they succeed, legislators will turn their attention elsewhere, and the industry can hang onto one of its most valuable data sources.
By enrolling in PDRP, individual physicians in the United States can prevent sales representatives and other pharma employees who contact them from accessing information about their prescribing practices. The goal of the program is to strike a reasonable balance between the interests of those physicians who object to sales representatives knowing individual doctors' prescribing history and the interests of many other stakeholders (pharmaceutical companies, public health agencies, academia, and consumers) who benefit from insight into physicians' prescribing decisions.
For this to work, major players must regulate themselves, especially pharmaceutical companies and Healthcare Information Organizations. (HIOs are companies that acquire, aggregate, analyze, and resell prescription data and other medical information.) If the industry cannot police itself effectively, state legislatures are likely to pass laws banning reps' access to prescriber data. Legislation has been introduced in several states this year, but the prospect of the PDRP program has stalled most of the bills. Only effective self-regulation can keep such laws off the books.The Crux of the Issue
Tracking physicians' prescribing behavior for marketing purposes is hardly new. Enterprising detail men were gathering data bit by bit from doctors and pharmacists in the 1940s, and some successful reps maintained such informal data sources in their territories over the course of years and decades. As database technology became more sophisticated and affordable, HIOs created systematic, nationwide directories that picture any given doctor's prescribing habits, broken down by product and volume of prescriptions. Such databases have been available for license since 1993.
From the beginning, HIOs have recognized the privacy rights of patients. They have always taken pains to work only with de-identified patient data. An individual prescription discloses little about the physician who wrote it, and from a legal perspective, does not constitute personal information about the prescriber.
While laws protecting personal health information of patients are constitutionally founded in principles of privacy, business or professional information has not received similar protection under federal and state court decisions in the United States. Thus, experts in US privacy law assert that collecting, releasing, and using a physician's prescribing information has been—and remains—perfectly legal. Denying the public access to professional information could set a dangerous precedent and hinder informed decisions about healthcare providers.
But such legalities do not comfort physicians who feel they have a right to keep their prescribing information private. Nor has a legal explanation appeased doctors who argue that sales representatives inappropriately pressure them to write a drug. Although physicians have not made many formal complaints to the AMA—at least compared with the millions of sales calls made each month—physicians complain bitterly about sales representatives who wave data in their faces and point to discrepancies between what they said and what they wrote. Imagine the challenge to a physician's professionalism when he or she is told, "You promised me last month that you would write more of my product, but based on your prescription volume I can see that you haven't. Why is that?"
The Genesis of the Program
The PDRP did not spring to life overnight. It evolved, with support from the industry and HIOs, from "Best Practice Guidelines for Use of Prescribing Data by Industry," published by AMA in 2001. The guidelines support the confidentiality agreements that pharmaceutical companies enter when they purchase data from HIOs. They encourage pharmaceutical companies to, among other things, "Keep prescribing data confidential and expressly prohibit disclosure of prescribing data by sales representatives to any other party."


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My Hopper/Joey Install Experience
Posted 22 May 2012 - 01:56 PM
PTAT is great, just need to figure out how to sort through all the content. My wife complains about not being able to read the times in the guide... the black shadow effect must make it hard for her to read (I have no problem with it).
In default settings, all the logo names are cropped off at the left (easily corrected by reducing picture size 1 click), seems odd to have to set this.
Wish there was a way to copy favorites to Joeys. Seems odd you can copy parental control, but not favorites. I have 84 on my list my wife has 80, no fun doing that 3 times!
Posted 22 May 2012 - 08:08 PM
I'm not sure what everyone seems to be saying as "faster", doesn't really seem that much faster to me.
Take a DirecTV HR series for spin and you'll understand.
Posted 22 May 2012 - 08:46 PM
Take a DirecTV HR series for spin and you'll understand.
Which system do you have? Dish or DIRECTV?
Posted 22 May 2012 - 08:57 PM
Which system do you have? Dish or DIRECTV?
I recently switched to Dish from DirecTV.
HUGE difference in performance. I'd love to get my old HR20 back from DirecTV and take it to the range.
Posted 25 May 2012 - 11:53 AM
One question: I read <in this post> that the Hopper doesn't have the "Skip to Tick" or "Bookmark" features that the D* receivers have? If true I can live without the "Skip to Tick", but I would really miss the bookmark feature as I make use that all the time.
~Lee de Forest -1926.
Posted 25 May 2012 - 12:19 PM
Just read this entire thread, I think I'm ready to jump ship with D*!
One question: I read <in this post> that the Hopper doesn't have the "Skip to Tick" or "Bookmark" features that the D* receivers have? If true I can live without the "Skip to Tick", but I would really miss the bookmark feature as I make use that all the time.
Posted 25 May 2012 - 12:21 PM
Just read this entire thread, I think I'm ready to jump ship with D*!
One question: I read <in this post> that the Hopper doesn't have the "Skip to Tick" or "Bookmark" features that the D* receivers have? If true I can live without the "Skip to Tick", but I would really miss the bookmark feature as I make use that all the time.
No Skip to Tick
No Bookmarks
The post you referenced mentions no Youtube or Pandora. We now have Pandora.
If you haven't seen it yet, you may want to take a look at the video I made for people like you and myself who have been with DirecTV for a while and weren't up to speed on the Dish DVR.
I also listed Pros & Cons here
Posted 25 May 2012 - 12:45 PM
Posted 25 May 2012 - 01:53 PM
Ray, D*'s bookmark feature is not the resume function you refer to. It allows setting multiple points (bookmarks) in a recording that you can later return to quickly without having to FF/RR through the entire recording to find a specific spot in the recording you want to return too. Ever try to find a specific spot in a movie back in the days of VHS cassette tapes? Kind of the same thing with a DVR lacking a bookmark feature.
Did the bookmark feature just take you back to the spot you left off on a recording? If so, with our receivers, if you stop a playback on a recording you can resume playback where you left off. Please let me know. Thanks.
Watch the <VIDEO> that mdavej just posted. At the 2:20 point in that video is a clear demonstration of what D* calls "bookmarks". D*'s bookmarks are not nearly this sophisticated, no thumbnails or text attached, just tick marks placed on the timeline with the remote that one can easily return to, but it achieves the same thing. I use bookmarks a lot just in the way you see it demonstrated in the video.
Another Con I just learned of in reading Marlin Guy's Pros & Cons post is the lack of Live Buffer While Watching Recorded Programs which is another D* feature I consistently make use of. Pos & Cons indeed!
If the remote featured in the video is actually released then Dish would truly have the ultimate DVR!
~Lee de Forest -1926.
Posted 25 May 2012 - 02:45 PM
Posted 25 May 2012 - 03:07 PM
~Lee de Forest -1926.
Posted 25 May 2012 - 05:05 PM
The same applies to DVR features. Yes, there is no DirecTV bookmarks feature ... this isn't a DirecTV receiver. This is a DISH receiver built on the features DISH has offered over the years and (hopefully) improved.
No receiver has everything ... The Hopper system (including Joeys) has PTA and AutoHOP. I would not trade those for "bookmarks".
Posted 25 May 2012 - 05:07 PM
The picture needs to be paused before entering the guide. The pause control does not work once the guide screen has been entered. (And I believe there isn't a DISH receiver that has ever done that.)
In regards to PIP, with the Hopper can the PIG (picture in graphics, the small picture seen when in the guide) be controlled (i.e. paused, etc.) while in the guide? D* used to have this feature but took it away with their HD GUI upgrade (IMO the worst upgrade they ever conceived of, the negative impacts of which are the main reasons D* is pushing me to the Hopper).
Posted 25 May 2012 - 05:41 PM
Well, neither would I. I never alluded that lack of "Bookmarks" would be a deal breaker, that's why I just signed up for a 2 year commitment with DISH! Hopper with 2 Joey's supposedly gets installed this coming Monday (Installers work on Memorial Day!?).
No receiver has everything ... The Hopper system (including Joeys) has PTA and AutoHOP. I would not trade those for "bookmarks".
I hope I don't regret this move, I've been with D* continuously from the very beginning, since 1994. Before D*, there was no TV at all (no OTA) where I live at 9000ft. elevation in the Colorado Rockies.
~Lee de Forest -1926.
Posted 30 May 2012 - 10:32 PM
1 hopper/2 joeys.
I was a dish customer when the 922 came out and that experience ( 5 922s later) had me switch to DirectTV and eventually I became a cord cutter.
I finally bought a house and decided that the hopper tech would be interesting so I decided to give it try.
I had the Hopper installed to the main tv and the joeys on the kids tv and the home office.
Due to the house design it is very difficult to get to the secondary rooms with COAX, so I had the installer run a drop to my home office and hooked the HIC up there.
To initialize the joeys we ran a jumper cable from the hic to the joey(s). Activate it and then connect the device via ethernet cat5 to a gig switch on a dedicated vlan. Works like a champ.
As a backup if Dish ever decides to disable this functionality, I bought two more hics and hooked the HIC in reverse with the coax to the joey and ethernet into the joey. Works as expected since MOCA is layer network technology and the HIC is a bridge device.
It is nice to see IPTV on a satellite based device.
There has been a few slowdowns that resolved on its own and I can not get sling to work with my android devices, but overall this is what the 922 promised, and having ip based clients(
MOCA) is an excellent idea.
My next step is to get another joey and see if it will work over a vpn to my home network, if it does ( and I do not see how it will not work), this will be my prefered device when I travel for watching tv.
Posted 30 May 2012 - 11:31 PM
Posted 31 May 2012 - 09:20 AM
If you have managed switches, could you tell us some statistics, a load of your VPN with one client and more in future ?
I am collecting that data right now. so far the largest data stream was a sustained 4 megabit stream to one of the joeys.
The hopper is connected via direct ethernet and moca. Each port has its own mac address and ip address.
So far the only problem I have is that I need to manually setup my firewall to allow dish online remote access ( the receiver shows up unconnected) and I need to open up the needed firewall ports since I use OpenBSD on the perimeter.
Posted 01 June 2012 - 11:52 AM
Only problem so far is the Hopper keeps losing it's connectivity to my router, not sure why. I've got 9 devices on my home network, and the Hopper is the only one experiencing this problem. Are there any threads on the forum discussing this? (and yes, I'll do a search)
edit: A search seemingly only turned up one pertinent thread. I'll continue discussion of this problem there.
edit2: Didn't have the maximum number of DHCP users set correctly in the router, seems to be fixed... time will tell.
Edited by Continental Divide, 01 June 2012 - 12:26 PM.
~Lee de Forest -1926.
Posted 01 June 2012 - 12:41 PM
On Friday 5/11/2012 I received an email from DirecTV informing me that they would do me a favor and shut my service off as of midnight that night without requiring me to talk to retentions. This was in response to my email asking them about cancellation policies. This gave me less than 13 hours before I would have no television, at first I was going to call them and let them know that I did not plan to cancel at this time, but instead I decided to call Dish. I called Dish around 1:00PM and order service with 2 Hoppers, 3 Joeys and 1 sling adapter, and the install was set up for the next day, Saturday 5/12/2012 between noon and 5.
I received an automated call and text that evening about the install but never got any calls from the installer as I was told would happen. The installer did arrive around 3:45PM, and I showed him the setup. Where my old DirecTV dish was I had 4 RG6 cable that were homerun to my wiring panel in a closet in the 2nd floor master. In the closet I have multiple RG6 and cat5e run to all rooms of the house with easy patch panel access. I also had all of the RG6 connections labeled for Joeys/Hoppers and in all rooms RG6 were waiting for the Joeys and RG6/Cat5e were waiting for the Hoppers.
The installer removed my DirecTV dish and then informed me that with my 2 Hopper setup he would need to install 2 dishes or else the Joeys would work fine for a few days then would start "hopping" between each Hopper. I questioned this as I wanted my Joeys to be able to connect to each Hopper and also in the future I wanted the Hoppers to be able to see each other. He told me that the Joeys cannot switch between Hoppers and the Hoppers were never going to be able to see each other, he explained that they were doing all 2 hopper installs this way for now to prevent the "hopping problems" and when the software issues were corrected they could come back and remove a dish. I ended up believing him and he proceeded to install 2 dishes on the back of my house and 2 single node switches. The install and Hopper/Joey software update took 3.5 hours, I tipped him $20 and he left at 7:15PM.
After he left I started researching and posting on forums and I became extremely aware that the installer was mistaken. My hunch is that he most likely did not have a duonode switch in his truck. If indeed that was the case I wish he would have told me so, and simply installed 1 Hopper and the 3 Joeys at that time and then scheduled to come back with the correct switch and installed the other Hopper.
Well that night I contacted DiRT member and he confirmed that the install was incorrect and scheduled a Field Service Manager and installer for Saturday 5/19/2012 between 8:00AM and Noon to correct the issue. Again I received the automated call, email and text message on Friday evening which promised a call about an hour before the installer was to arrive, and again this did not happen. My doorbell rang at 9:22AM, I opened the door and the same installer from the previous week was standing there. He asked me what the issue was, so I told him that I should be getting a duonode switch and only have 1 dish. He again told me that I would have problems and that I shouldn't be listening to what people say online in forums. I explained that I was told by a Dish employee that my install was wrong and that it would be corrected today with a duonode switch and would require just one dish. He told me that he needed to order the switch, and it would take two days. He said he would come first thing Wednesday the23rd at 8:00AM or earlier.
On Wednesday 5/23/2012 he did not show, I called the number on the sticker that he placed on my remote and I was told that he was on his way to the office. Given that his office is 45 minutes away and it was now 8:30AM, I was pretty certain that he would not be there until after 9:00AM and perhaps 10:00AM, so I left to go to work. 30 minutes later the installer called me and apologized about not calling but said he was called into a meeting, and we could reschedule later. I tried to call him back to reschedule but he did not answer and did not call me back. The original DiRT member was away so that night I again contacted a different DiRT member. We ended up talking on the phone and he scheduled a Field Service Manager and installer to arrive again at my house on Saturday 5/26/2012 between 8:00AM and Noon.
Friday evening, I again received the call, email and text about my appointment. Then on Saturday morning at 7:30AM I received a call from the dispatcher that a FSM was not available but that she could ensure that a different installer came out. I responded that that would be fine, but I asked her to verify that the installer did indeed have a duonode switch on the truck. She called me back and told me that he did indeed have the correct equipment with him. About 8:30AM I received a call from the installer telling me he was about 25 minutes away. When he arrived I showed him the dishes and the wiring closet, and asked him if he could silicone any holes in the side of the house caused by the second dish. He actually removed both dishes and replaced one with a different dish, he removed the 2 singlenode switches, installed the duonode switch, and verified all Hoppers/Joeys were working before he left. Total time was about 1.5 hours.
Although there was some frustration with my install and then with getting the issue corrected, I must say that the level of knowledge and communication by the DiRT members was exemplary. I do like the Hoppers/Joeys and there is no way one Hopper would have been enough tuners for my family of four. I was also experiencing a problem when I turned the one Hopper on, where it would check the switch, and this resulted in all current recording stopping. However, since the new dish/duonode switch was installed I have not seen this happen again.
Posted 06 June 2012 - 06:12 PM
Once Hopper/Joey was announced and looked at all the wonderful features, I had to have it, convinced the Husband and they were out today.
All in all they were out here and did a great job. They installed a new Sat Dish outside, new switch and a new Hopper. The guy was able to get the existing "Home Cable" System updated to support the 1 Joey to be moved from room to room, in case of Company comes over.
This will be my first night with PTAT and I am looking forward to it! You don't know how many times with the VIP622 that you forget you are watching a DVRed show, and the last 3 min of a show gets you hooked into the next one, only to have it stop at a good part! Or worse yet, you don't catch that final joke, due to a scheduled channel change! Now I get to watch the next show even though I did not schedule it!
Thank you Dish, about time you brought whole home DVR to the Rural Communities!
Posted 10 June 2012 - 04:39 AM
I have internet connectivity but no On Demand or Blockbuster screens. No menus, no warnings, nadda!!!
"Dish" remote button does not work.
DCMA warning when the TV turns "SOMETIMES" (cables make no difference)
If you have to be lined up with ANY icon or it won't move to that option. Ths was much worse on the previous boxes in my opinion. Seems like an easy fix and large oversight on the developer's design team.
Hidden icons / or options exist sporadically. (hard to pin point the cause)
Still don't get the duplicate 1000's channels. Why show them? Again a design flaw. (makes the system look sloppy and unrefined)
DVR listings:
* Hard to read show descriptions when they are LARGE.
* Multi pressing DRV button doesn't cycle back through options.
* Be nice to see folder ICON for shows in folders
* hard to see folders when the DVR is really full
* graphics for recordings usually do not show up on the Joey system
* Nice to have a Listings option on the DVR screen (RED button)
Home Media
* Requires an Ethernet connection to each Joey to stream.
* Menu easily corrupts if the video cannot play.
* Creates strange blank cursor stop points on the screen.
TV is default to not let you switch inputs took me a while to figure out that "Limited Mode" was turned on which disabled the "input" button.
Lame Apps... lost Pandora... Was there the first day, but now it's gone.
Multi-Channel Recall is not default to Immediate On
Cannot force all joeys to use the Hopper's settings (Guide, etc) have to manually adjust each option on each Joey.
No Closed Captions on mute option
Guide very limited customization. (like the Collapse option when available)
Cannot collapse the generic channels like SPORTS ugh!!! Or the PPVs
Cannot hide PPV channels as a whole. Must Lock the channels and hope they don't creat new Ad-Hoc PPV's in the normal listings etc.
Ok this is all I can write for now, but overall I do really like the system. It could be more user friendly. Like most applications or programs I find that they lack finesse. Nerds don't make good designers FYI!!!!
Posted 20 June 2012 - 01:41 PM
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Posted 30 June 2012 - 07:47 PM
What I liked about Dish was the constant upgrading in technology, willingness to replace faulty equipment in a timely manner, and their customer service. Every year I went to the CEDIA (Consumer Electronics Design Industry Association) conference, Dish's offerings reasonably matched the products from Tivo and often exceeded the products from Direct TV. Other than sports programming (where Direct TV excels) Dish has always had more robust HD programming for movies, concerts, arts and entertainment which appeal more to my theater clients
I have been called in by clients that opted for Direct TV or Cable and had many miserable experiences dealing with their customer service to debug home theater installations. On the other hand, I could get a page from a client with Dish and always get unlimited and skilled technical support over the phone. One wealthy client of mine had multiple vacation properties around the US that he usually arrived at between 11pm-2am after flying/driving only to find the inactive Dish receiver had frozen from not downloading software updates. It didn't matter wether it was 1am or 3am, I'd conference them in with Dish Tech support and have their system up and running within minutes.
The release of the VIP 922 was a real step forward for versatility, design and interface. However I found that on many of my installs the 922's would get buggy after a year and needed replacing. As Dish stopped offering 922 packages for upgrades until they could work out the bugs, I found the replacement 922's shipped out were mostly factory refurbished 922's from previous malfunctions which usually stopped working even sooner. In my own installation, I have been through eight (8) VIP 922's over the last 18 months.
I had high hopes that the new Hopper/Joey system would offer the performance of a movie server (sort of a budget priced Kalidascope) without the problems of the 922. I started specking them for new clients as soon as they came out. My first install was a 2-hopper / 6-Joey system in Beverly Hills as part of a $50k home theater. Four weeks of problems with three install crews, two DIRT coordinators, and a regional supervisor finally got the system up and running.
However the Hoppers constantly loose their link with with the Joeys. As the client wanted additional work, I have been on the job site over the last two months installing distributed audio/video, another mini theater in the guest house multiple outdoor TV's and a projection theater by the pool. I have probably had to re-link the system 20-30 times over that period. I also found that the contrast ratio Joeys required recalibrating the TV's for a reduced range and the Joey feature set seems to be much limited from the hoppers (no apps, Pandora etc).
I have postponed my next two clients until Dish works out the bugs, installing their theaters but having them keep their previous content provider. Dish what happened to you guys? Between the buggy 922's and the defective Hopper/Joey configuration you are in danger of loosing a long time customer and avid supporter of your product.
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Unfortunately, the trend lines in these states have been extremely discouraging. After a relatively brief period of hopefulness in the early 1990s, most analysts have concluded that Central Asia has become a "black hole" of human rights. "Super presidents" determined to remain in power indefinitely now dominate their political systems, resorting to any means necessary to eliminate political opponents, intimidate political opposition – where it is tolerated at all – and muzzle the press.
In that connection, since disappointment is a function of expectations, I think it would be fair to say that Kyrgyzstan, under the leadership of President Askar Akaev, is the most disappointing country in the former USSR. For years, Kyrgyzstan was considered the most democratic country in Central Asia. At one point, President Clinton's Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott even called Akaev "the Thomas Jefferson of Central Asia."
Today, nobody would use such language. Alas, Kyrgyzstan, after this promising beginning, has followed paths blazed by neighboring countries. Presidential and parliamentary elections have been rigged; after last year's parliamentary election, the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights openly questioned the results in the district where President Akaev's leading rival, Felix Kulov, ran and concluded that the authorities had stolen his victory. OSCE Secretary General Jan Kubis said while visiting Bishkek after the second round that the election had been a "blemish" on the reputation of the government and the president.
Mr. Kulov was subsequently arrested for embezzlement and abusing his authority when he was Minister of Internal Affairs. After 5 months in jail, he was tried in a closed military court in August 2000. To everyone's astonishment, he was acquitted. But the prosecutor appealed Kulov's acquittal and in January 2001, Felix Kulov was convicted and sentenced to 7 years. He still sits in jail today and Amnesty International considers him a political prisoner.
Apart from the removal of potential rivals from the political arena, Kyrgyzstan's authorities have carried out a severe crackdown on the media. In the last few years, almost all of the opposition and independent newspapers have been forced to close after losing lawsuits when officials who had been accused of corruption launched slander cases against media outlets, and judges – to nobody's surprise – ruled in favor of the plaintiff.
This method is also employed both at the central and local levels: we are aware of several cases outside the capital city of Bishkek where journalists who had tried to investigate official corruption have been accused of some crime and incarcerated.
Nor have human rights groups been immune. The Kyrgyz Committee for Human Rights has been targeted for years and its leader, Ramazan Dyryldaev, has been in forced exile since July 2000 for fear that he will be found guilty in a highly dubious criminal case.
These are serious concerns. But I am particularly worried about the possibility that in our understandable rush to cooperate with these regimes on combating international terrorism, we will overlook or de-emphasize human rights. True, the Bush administration has promised this won't happen: National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice has said: "We are not going to stop talking about the things that matter to us -- human rights, religious freedom and so forth and so on. We're going to continue to press those things. We would not be America if we did not."
But I've seen with China how the U.S. human rights agenda ends up taking a back seat to geopolitics and economics. I hope that won't happen in Central Asia.
So I look forward to hearing from our witnesses and welcome their ideas about how best to match American rhetoric about human rights with concrete policies. I am especially interested in hearing from the Department of State how the cause for human rights has been advanced by the Secretary's recent visit to the region and what the Department is planning to do now.


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Who's gonna be on top? The America's Next Top Model Cycle 19 finale airs this Friday, November 16, and we're down to the final three: Kiara Belen, Laura James and Leila Goldkuhl. It's anyone's prize to win at this point, and we're sharing arguments for each girl. Here are five reasons Kiara could smize her way to victory.
1. She's the challenge queen
Kiara didn't win all the challenges, but she won some of the biggest, including the Tyler Perry challenge, the Alicia Keys challenge, the dance competition (with Nastasia Scott), and the Jamaican tourism ad. When she's asked to be entertaining or do public speaking, she shines. That's an important part of the all-round big picture of what ANTM looks for in a model. Plus, she can walk! The Alicia Keys challenge involved a runway, and Kiara also booked a job with one of the designers during the go-sees. The final challenge involves another runway walk, and a wonky walk helped send Leila out the door the first time. This could be Kiara's opportunity to edge out a frontrunner.
2. She has an inspiring story
Kiara was a standout right on the premiere, partly for her eloquence but also for her triumph-of-the-human spirit backstory. The basketball player was abused her whole life, ran away from home at age 16 and got a fellowship to college. She wants to be a great role model for girls. Her lack of support from her mother has come up a few times this season and may have led to her trying a little too hard to play the mother hen role with Victoria Henley. But ANTM loves a phoenix rising from the ashes story like Kiara's.
3. She's ending strong
Kiara had a promising start, but after the first episode, she started to get into little tiffs, first with Destiny Strudwick and in a different way with Victoria, who called Kiara "pushy and abrasive." She does seem to have a big, dramatic personality, but ANTM loves models with passion. Kiara did well in challenges, but her photos weren't that memorable and the judges kept saying the fans at home weren't responding to her. Now fans seem to be warming up to her, she's taking good photos, getting her first call-out last week, and finding her rhythm right when Laura seems to be faltering a bit. It's better to start slow and end well rather than start fast and peter out.
4. She made a couple of friends in the house
A lot of reality TV contestants say they are not there to make friends, blah, blah, blah, but even though Kiara had some disagreements with other models, she also made enough friends to be invited to The Tyra Suite with both Nastasia and Leila when they won best photo. Kiara seemed to embrace Leila's return, unlike Laura and Kristin Kagay, and Nastasia told Wetpaint Entertainment in her exit interview that she's rooting for Kiara to win because she's closest with her and they still keep in touch.
5. The judges liked two important photos
Tyra Banks loved Kiara's warrior princess photo so much she said she would hang it up in her own home. It doesn't get bigger than that! But the judges also liked her Dream Come True fragrance ad, which is important since that's the actual ad they'll be using for the winner. Leila got the highest photo scores for that, but the judges said Laura's shot was too sexy. Tyra was pleasantly surprised by Kiara's soft, vulnerable, romantic photo. That's something the judges could discuss in their final panel and decide to tip in Kiara's favor, if it comes down to Laura vs. Kiara. If it's Kiara vs. Leila, they can always go back to the fact that Leila wasn't even around for almost half the season.
Find out why we think Laura will win and why we think Leila will win.
Catch the next episode of America's Next Top Model Cycle 19: College Edition on Friday, November 16 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on The CW.
Gina Carbone is a contributing writer at Wetpaint Entertainment. Follow her on Twitter @ginacarbone.
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Japan is not our enemy, and I don't have a problem with buying fabric from Japan.
Even if the fabric came from America, and the production was done in China it would sicken me.
And when I say China is our enemy I mean that financially. They are out to own the world even if it takes them 300 years.


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Seventy-five percent of parents say teaching children how to use personal audio technology safely should be a major health priority, according to results of a new online poll [PDF] commissioned by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA).
One thousand parents with children age 18 and under at home took the poll this past March. It defined "personal audio technology" as devices where headphones or ear buds are used (iPods, other MP3 players, cell phones, computers, and the like). Crux Research created the poll content in consultation with ASHA, while the survey firm Toluna fielded the poll.
The parental call to make safe listening education a major health priority apparently stems from other poll findings like these:
On average, parents think children should be about age 11 before they have unsupervised use of personal audio technology.
"We have long been aware of the potential for noise-induced hearing loss caused by the use of excessive volume and frequent and prolonged listening time," ASHA President Shelly Chabon, PhD, CCC-SLP says. "However, there is a dearth of documentation focused on moms' and dads' opinions about poor listening habits. Our poll indicates clearly that parents are not only concerned but, further, believe safe listening should be a major health education priority."
The poll results are being released on the eve of safe-listening concerts that will be held at P.S. 003 Charrette Elementary in New York City on Friday, May 4, as part of the outreach of ASHA's Listen To Your Buds campaign (www.listentoyourbuds.org).
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WELLSBURG - It's no secret Brooke has one of the toughest schedules out of all the West Virginia Class AAA schools.
It continued when undefeated Point Pleasant made the three-hour trek to Brooke Memorial Stadium.
The Big Blacks (5-0), though, didn't show any lag from the long bus ride as they ran through and around the Bruins defense for 219 yards and four touchdowns on their way to a 35-7 victory.
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Brooke's Aaron Walker (18) is wrapped up by Point Pleasant's Brian Gibbs on Friday night.
''Brooke plays such a tough schedule,'' Point Pleasant coach David Darst said. ''We're such a young football team and obviously we're the smallest AAA school in West Virginia, so we never know when we go up against a school like this. We're blessed with a bunch of kids that like to play football. We're nothing special, but they like to play.''
It didn't take the Big Blacks long to jump on the Bruins (1-5).
After the defense recovered a fumble at Brooke's 26, Point Pleasant's offense capitalized as sophomore Cody Mitchell rumbled through the Bruins defense for a 3-yard touchdown.
The Big Blacks were on the board again three minutes later after the defense forced a Brooke three-and-out as junior Gage Buskirk ran up the middle for a 10-yard score.
''There's no doubt one of the things we've struggled with is stopping the run,'' Brooke coach Sean Blumette said. ''The majority of that is missed tackles. It's stuff we can't afford. We've been working on it and working on it, but I just don't know if I have an answer for it right now.''
The Bruins also didn't have an answer for Big Blacks' quarterback Robert Yates, who went 6 of 7 for 146 yards, 80 of which came off a pass to Charles Walton that put Point Pleasant up 21-0 with a little more than five minutes to play in the second.
Brooke, however, did show some offensive life on its next possession as quarterback Aaron Walker tossed a jump-ball to Thomas Cole, who used his 6-foot-5 frame to clear the defender and take the ball 31 yards to the end zone to give the Bruins their only score.
Brooke had another opportunity to score after Walker found Cole again for a 78-yard hookup that set the offense up at the Point Pleasant 1 during the fourth quarter.
After being stuffed on first down, though, Walker dropped back to throw, but was pressured by the Big Blacks defense and fumbled the ball away.
''That's been the story of our season,'' Blumette said. ''Every week we've had opportunities. There's times when our defense has played well and forced a turnover and the offense gets good field potions, but then there's a penalty or a turnover or whatever. It's just mistakes that we continue to make that we just can't afford to make.''
Those mistakes were evident throughout the night.
On a fourth down during the second quarter, Point Pleasant faced a fourth-and-1, but got the Bruins to jump offsides.
The Big Blacks used the same strategy in the third quarter, but this time the defense stood still. However, when Point Pleasant went to punt, Brooke had too many men on the field, which resulted in a first down for the Big Blacks.
''It's very frustrating,'' Blumette said. ''It is for the kids, the coaches, me, the fans, everybody. Everybody deserves better.''
The road doesn't get easier for the Bruins, though.
Following its bye week, Brooke has one final home game against Parkerburg South, then ends the season on the road against Weir, John Marshall and Cabell Midland.
''It's brutal,'' Blumette said. ''There's no doubt.
''Seven points is not acceptable. We're asking our defense to do a helluva lot and they're busting their (butts) to do it, but they can't play the entire game. Our offense has got to step up and do something.''


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Soccer roundup: UC men stay unbeaten with win over P-J
The University of Charleston's improved to 7-0-2 with a 2-0 men's soccer win Thursday at Pitt-Johnstown.
The teams were scoreless at the half prior to UC scoring twice in the late stages of the game. Brett Elliott found the back of the net on a pass from teammate Renan Ramos in the 66th minute from the top of the penalty box. UC also benefited from a Pitt-Johnstown own goal in the 77th minute.
UC goalkeeper Sean Teepen was not tested often and only had to make two saves.
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Oakland, CA (SportsNetwork.com) - The Oakland Athletics took a gamble and made
a move to bolster their bullpen on Wednesday, agreeing to terms with reliever
Eric O'Flaherty on a two-year contract.
No financial terms were disclosed by the club, but reports cite the deal is
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The 28-year-old left-hander finished 2013 with a 3-0 record and 2.50 earned
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By Carolyn Alburger on May 03, 2012 2:00 PM
You'll find duck leg tacos on Michael Mina's new lounge menu, $1.75 carnitas tacos in the shade of Best Buy, and you can even get them delivered by bike. Tacos are everywhere in San Francisco, but why not honor the diversity of Mexican food options available around here, and dig into something different for Cinco de Mayo? Here, seven super-flavorful Mexican dishes to try over the next few days. None of them are tacos.


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Last weekend, when most sports fans were watching the NFL playoffs, pro bowler Kelly Kulick made history. Kulick is the first woman to win a Lumber Liquidators Pro Bowlers Association tournament. If you hadn't heard about her feat, you're not alone. Her obscurity is a testament to the sport's identity crisis.


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Made by the misleadingly-named True Companion, Roxxxy is actually a sex robot who can hold a conversation. She has three "inputs" (read: holes) and a pre-programmed personality that means she can be sleepy, chatty or in the mood. You can buy other girlfriend profiles including Frigid Farrah, Wild Wendy, Young Yoko or Mature Martha. For those not interested in girls, there is always Rocky, Roxxxy's male counterpart. However the fact that he has two "inputs" and seemingly no outputs suggests a disappointing experience for any potential lady buyers. According to True Companion, having a female or male sex robot will "become commonplace" in the future.
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Peter Polansky, the homeboy holding a wild card, brought down the house after upsetting 13th seed Jurgen Melzer 7-6(6), 6-4 in the first round of the Rogers Cup last night.
So I keep wondering where I've seen that expression before? Ah, yes. On every first date I've ever had. Silly me.
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