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But the utility stopped short of taking all the blame and said Friday that it was looking into whether the electrical relay at fault had a design flaw or a manufacturing defect.
The relay had been installed as part of a project begun in 2011 to upgrade the electrical system serving the Superdome in anticipation of the championship game. The equipment was supposed to guard against problems in the cable that links the power grid with lines that go into the stadium.
"The purpose of it was to provide a newer, more advanced type of protection for the Superdome," Dennis Dawsey, an executive with Entergy Corp., told members of the City Council. Entergy is the parent company of Entergy New Orleans, the city's main electric utility.
Entergy officials said the relay functioned with no problems during January's Sugar Bowl and other earlier events. It has been removed and will be replaced.
All systems at the Superdome are now working, and the stadium was to host a major Mardi Gras event Saturday night, said Doug Thornton, an executive with SMG, the company that manages the stadium for the state.
The relay was installed in a building near the stadium known as "the vault," which receives a line directly from a nearby Entergy substation. Once the line reaches the vault, it splits into two cables that go into the Superdome.
Sunday's power failure cut lights to about half of the stadium, halting play between the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers and interrupting the nation's most-watched sporting event for 34 minutes.
Not long after the announcement, the manufacturer of the relay, Chicago-based S&C Electric Co., released a statement saying that the blackout occurred because system operators had put the relay's so-called trip setting too low to allow the device to handle the incoming electric load.
The equipment was owned and installed by Entergy New Orleans.
"If higher settings had been applied, the equipment would not have disconnected the power," said Michael J.S. Edmonds, vice president of strategic solutions for S&C.
In a follow-up statement, Entergy said that tests conducted by S&C and Entergy on the two relays at the Superdome showed that one worked as expected, the other did not.
Entergy spokesman Mike Burns said both relays had the same trip setting.
Entergy's announcement came shortly before company officials went before a committee of the City Council, which is the regulatory body for the company.
During the committee hearing, council member Susan Guidry asked Entergy executives whether they were "fairly certain" that the relay was faulty.
"That is correct," Dawsey said.
However, when asked if the outage was caused by the design or a defect in a part of the equipment, Entergy New Orleans CEO Charles Rice said that had not been determined.
"The equipment did not function properly," Rice said. "At this particular time, based upon our analysis, we cannot say definitively that there was a defect in design. What we do know is that the equipment for some unknown reason, at this particular time, did not react the way that it should have."
Asked if Entergy and SMG still plan to hire a third-party investigator to get to the bottom of the cause, Rice said that possibility remains open.
"We'll work closely with SMG, and if there is a need for a third-party investigation, we will do that," Rice said, adding that Entergy was also working with the relay manufacturer.
Shabab Mehraeen, an assistant professor of electrical engineering at Louisiana State University, said relays are common electrical fixtures in businesses and massive facilities such as the Superdome.
"They are designed to keep a problem they sense from becoming something bigger, like a fire or catastrophic event," he said.


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Field Trips
Premeeting | During the Meeting
- 1. The Serpent Mound Impact Crater and Paleozoic Stratigraphy of Southern Ohio.
Two-day trip; departs Fri., 20 April, 5 p.m.; returns Sat., 21 April, 9 p.m. Cost: US$177. Max.: 22.
Keith A. Milam, Ohio University.
- Participants will observe the undeformed and deformed (target rock) stratigraphy of the Serpent Mound impact crater and will discuss the geologic processes involved in the impact event. Participants will view the crater from along the rim, interior, and central peak. New research concerning the timing and size of the impact event will be discussed and debated as well.
- 2. Lower Silurian of West-Central Ohio and the Case of the Disappearing Dayton.
One-day trip, Sat., 21 April; departs 8 a.m.; returns 5 p.m. Cost: US$81. Max.: 16.
Mark Kleffner, The Ohio State University at Lima; Bradley Cramer, Kansas Geological Survey/University of Kansas; Carlton Brett, University of Cincinnati.
- Participants of this field trip will visit several sites exposing the Lower Silurian of west-central Ohio. Lower Silurian stratigraphy for this region has recently been revised and is comprised of (in ascending order) Brassfield, Dayton, Osgood, Lewisburg, Massie, and Laurel. Although all of these formations vary in thickness within the region, the Dayton is the most variable, ranging in thickness from >3.5 m near its newly designated type locality, John Bryan State Park, to totally absent in a roadcut on the south side of Ohio State Route 571, just west of the Stillwater River, in West Milton. Conodont biostratigraphy and δ13Ccarb chemostratigraphy have recently been developed for each site, resulting in improved correlation of Lower Silurian strata in this region and making possible consideration of the roles eustasy and tectonics likely played in the Early Silurian depositional history at each of the sites to be visited. At each site, an obvious unconformity exists between the Brassfield and overlying formation (Dayton or Osgood). In addition, a site in West Milton on the north side of OSR 571, just east of the Stillwater River, provides an excellent exposure of the Ordovician-Silurian boundary, in which the exact level of that boundary is not inherently obvious, but likely levels can be examined. Other highlights of the field trip include bryozoan bioherms in the Brassfield at one site, nicely preserved casts of brachiopods, trilobites, and nautiloids in the Laurel at another site, and lunch at Youngs Dairy, a landmark in west-central Ohio known for their homemade ice cream.
- 3. Bourbon and Springs in the Bluegrass Region of Kentucky.
One-day trip, Sat., 21 April; departs 6:45 a.m.; returns 6:45 p.m. Cost: US$81. Max.: 22.
Alan Fryar, University of Kentucky; Ashley Barton, University of Kentucky.
- This field trip will explore the role of geology in the origins and production of a distinctly American distilled spirit: Bourbon whiskey originated in the late 1700s and early 1800s in the Bluegrass region of north-central Kentucky. The region is marked by fertile residual soils developed on karstified Lower Paleozoic limestones. Corn was grown, ground, fermented, and distilled to yield a high-value product that would not spoil. The chemistry of limestone water (dilute calcium-bicarbonate type with near-neutral pH) limits dissolved iron and promotes the growth of bacteria involved in fermentation. Many farms and settlements were located near perennial springs, whose relatively cool temperatures (~14 to 15 °C) facilitated condensation of steam during distillation. We will visit Royal Spring in Georgetown (an early site of bourbon production, and one of the few springs in Kentucky still used for municipal water supply); McConnell Springs (the site of the original settlement of Lexington and a karst window in which a grist mill once operated); and two distilleries, Woodford Reserve (the oldest and smallest in the state) and Four Roses (located on the National Register of Historic Places).
- 4. Introduction to the Geology of the Dayton Area.
One-day trip, Sat., 21 April; departs 9 a.m.; returns 5 p.m. Cost: US$66. Max.: 20.
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- 5. Upper Ordovician Strata of Southern Ohio-Indiana: Shales, Shell Beds, Storms, Sediment Starvation, and Cycles.
One-day trip, Sun., 22 April; departs 9 a.m.; returns 8 p.m. (includes evening meal). Cost: US$83. Max.: 27.
Benjamin Datillo, Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne; Carlton Brett, University of Cincinnati; Thomas Schramm, Louisiana State University.
- 5. Upper Ordovician Strata of Southern Ohio-Indiana: Shales, Shell Beds, Storms, Sediment Starvation, and Cycles.
- The Cincinnatian Series (ca. 450 to 442 Ma) of the Cincinnati Arch features some of the most spectacular Ordovician fossils in the world. The rich faunas of bryozoans, brachiopods, molluscs, echinoderms, and trilobites are preserved as discrete shell-rich limestones, cyclically interbedded with sparsely fossiliferous shales and mudstones that may yield exceptionally preserved trilobites and crinoids. Similar successions of shell beds interbedded with mudstones are common components of Paleozoic successions. In such successions, the genesis of the highly concentrated shell beds is often attributed to storm-winnowing, but is this the whole story? This trip will offer an overview of the classic Cincinnatian Series, with ample opportunity for examining and collecting the rich fossil assemblages throughout much of the succession. Discussions will focus on the origin of interbedded mudstone-limestone cycles. We will emphasize depositional processes, particularly the role of intermittent siliciclastic sediment supply, carbonate (shell) production, and winnowing by storms and other high-energy events in a critical discussion of the storm-winnowing model.
- 6. Scales of Stream Study in West-Central Ohio.
One-day trip, Sun., 22 April; departs 8 a.m.; returns 5 p.m. Cost: US$76. Max.: 18.
John Ritter, Wittenberg University.
- The field trip is basically a fluvial geomorphology and hydrology trip, examining the Little Miami River, a state and national scenic river, and Buck Creek, a heavily impacted, urban river, and its tributaries. Stops will be designed to expose participants to different temporal and spatial scales of study in river systems. The evolution of the Little Miami River and Clifton Gorge, during or following glaciation, would focus on regional streams on geologic time scales. Tributaries of Buck Creek would represent more recent Anthropocene stream change, European settlement to present, with a look at how similar vertical changes have been in second- to fourth-order streams. Finally, we will examine stream recreational changes on Buck Creek (lowhead dams modified for recreation) that have enhanced the overall stream quality in one case, degraded it in another—this part of the trip will focus on instrumentation and field work to assess urban and agricultural impacts and changes over the course of years to hours.
- 7. Dayton Region Geology in Core and Outcrop—A Field Guide for Citizens, Environmental Investigators, Geologists, and Educators.
One-day trip (morning workshop and afternoon field trip), Sun., 22 April; begins 9 a.m.; returns 5 p.m. Cost: US$71. Max.: 22.
Gregory A. Schumacher, Michael P. Angle, Douglas J. Aden, Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological Survey; Brian E. Mott, DLZ, Ohio Inc.
- The Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of the Geological Survey, in cooperation with DLZ-Ohio Inc., will host a morning workshop (9 a.m. to noon) and afternoon field trip (1 to 5 p.m.) dedicated to unraveling the mysteries of the near-surface geology of the Dayton, Ohio, region. Participants will learn about diagnostic environmental and geologic characteristics, hydrogeologic properties, general engineering characteristics, potential environmental and geologic hazards, and economic uses for bedrock and Quaternary geologic units in the Dayton region. Attendees also will receive an overview of southwestern Ohios near-surface geology and how to use Division of Geological Survey mapping products and will have an opportunity to use fact sheets written for forthcoming publication titled Ohios Geology in Core and Outcrop—A Field Guide for Citizens and Environmental and Geotechnical Investigators. Hands-on exercises will bring the Dayton regions near-surface geologic units alive as participants compare concise fact-sheet descriptions with outcrop photographs and hand and core samples for each unit. After a catered lunch, participants will have the opportunity to examine the Dayton regions near-surface geologic units in outcrop exposures in order to compare and contrast the same rocks examined during the morning workshop. At each outcrop, participants will have hands-on opportunities to test their descriptive and interpretative skills, to use the field guide fact sheets, and to learn about the diverse geologic relationships of the Dayton regions near-surface geologic units.
- 8. The First Fossil-Vertebrate Locality in North America—Big Bone Lick, Kentucky.
One-day trip, Sun., 22 April; departs 8 a.m.; returns 6 p.m. Cost: US$ 134. Max.: 20.
Richard Arnold Davis, College of Mount St. Joseph; Stanley Hedeen, Xavier University; H. Gregory McDonald, National Park Service; Kenneth B. Tankersley, University of Cincinnati.
- In 1739, a French army, en route from Canada to Louisiana, stopped at a boggy area in what is now northern Kentucky. The ground was littered with big bones and teeth, some of which were gathered up and, in due course, transported to Paris to become the first vertebrate fossils from the New World to be studied scientifically in the Old. With the advent of the United States, the boggy area repeatedly was the site of avid collecting, including by William Henry Harrison, by Meriwether Lewis on his way west to Lewis-and-Clark fame, and, after that expedition, by the other member of the pair, William Clark, on the specific orders of (and paid for by) Thomas Jefferson. Charles Lyell even visited the site in the 1840s. Bones and teeth from Big Bone were studied by leading experts on vertebrates of their respective times and countries, including Buffon, Cuvier, Harlan, Leidy, Wistar, and Jefferson himself. Indeed, a number of well-known taxa of Pleistocene animals are based on fossils from Big Bone, including Bison antiquus; the ground-sloth Paramylodon harlani; the elk-moose Cervalces scotti; and the musk ox Bootherium bombifrons. Moreover, when Cuvier recognized what we now call the American Mastodon, he had at his disposal the very specimens collected by the French army. This field trip will allow participants to visit this historically important paleontological site and experience its geology, paleontology, and archaeology. It is intended not only for individuals whose research is in the Pleistocene per se, but also for those with an interest in the early history of paleontology in the United States and beyond.
- 9. Fossil collecting from the Middle Devonian Silica Shale, West-Central Ohio.
One-day trip, Sun., 22 April; departs 9 a.m.; returns 5 p.m. Cost: US$90. Max.: 20.
Dave Mielke, Botkins, Ohio; Alex Fabian, Michigan; Michael R. Sandy, University of Dayton.
- Field-trip participants will visit a working limestone quarry near Paulding, Ohio, USA, ~100 miles north of Dayton. The quarry is working Middle Devonian strata: the Dundee Formation and overlying Tenmile Creek Dolomite and Silica Formation of the Traverse Group. Of particular interest for this field trip is the Silica Formation (Silica Shale). The experts in the paleontology of the quarry are Dave Mielke and Alex Fabian; both have been collecting from the quarry since the 1990s and have amassed large paleontological collections from the quarry. At Paulding, the thickness of the Silica Formation is much reduced compared to farther north in the vicinity of Sylvania, Ohio. However, it should be possible to make a good collection from the accessible units during the visit, which will be timed with a recent blasting of the rock face. Collecting will be made from and among recently blasted blocks of rock mostly of the Dundee and Silica Formations; be aware that such terrain is uneven. Access to the quarry is courtesy of plant operators LaFarge.
During the Meeting
- 10. Downtown Dayton Walking Tour: Building Stones, Geology, and Commemorating 99 years since The Dayton Flood of 1913.
Two-hour walking tour, Tues., 24 April; departs 2 p.m.; returns 4 p.m. Cost: US$17. Max.: 24.
Michael R. Sandy, University of Dayton.
- This walking tour will allow a number of local geological and historical phenomena to be considered. Initially, it will focus on some examples of building stones used in downtown Dayton buildings. In particular, special attention will be paid to the Dayton Limestone—a stone considered in 1870 by then State Geologist Edward Orton as one of Ohios finest building stones. The Dayton Formation limestones were used extensively in the Dayton area (and farther afield) during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The Zenith of the Dayton Limestone Industry is characterized by the Old Courthouse (1850), an important Greek-revival architectural-style building that saw the use of Dayton Limestone not only for the exterior of the building but also, unusually, and perhaps with a little too much enthusiasm, for the roof. This building has much local historical significance because both presidents Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy addressed the public from its steps. In addition, we will consider the Dayton Flood of 1913, an event that caused more than 400 deaths along the Great Miami River Valley. We will be able to see flood-prevention modifications to the channel of the Great Miami River in Downtown Dayton. This GSA meeting will be held just after the 99th anniversary of the Dayton Flood as the centennial of the flood approaches in 2013. The Miami Conservancy District oversees the flood-prevention scheme that developed after the 1913 flood and is housed in a building that overlooks the Great Miami River in Downtown Dayton.

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text: In celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month, Nick Haines speaks with Carlos Gomez and Enrique Chaurand about the issues facing Latino Americans in our metro. Randy Mason continues our performARTS series in conjunction with KC Studio Magazine with a profile of the Mid-America Arts Alliance. And, we get a first hand look at the recent reenactment of General Thomas Ewing's Order No. 11.


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Here's Why Apple Is Really Screwed
The Apple
He wasn't what Apple needed, he's not what Apple needs and he will never be what Apple needs post-Steve Jobs. This, of course, assumes Apple wishes to remain Apple and not a mediocre dividend-upping, buyback-increasing sleepy cash cow like Microsoft
Some companies require good managers -- MBAs such as Cook -- to run the show. Others must have a visionary to lead and set tone with the textbook guys taking orders and executing in the background. Apple needs a visionary .
Without monumental change, Apple is screwed. Had Jobs recruited a Jack Dorsey or Dick Costolo instead of promoting Cook we might have witnessed a relatively seamless transition at Apple. But he didn't; and now, here we are.
It's doubtful Tim Cook will say anything on Apple's Tuesday afternoon earnings call to satisfactorily address the greatest areas of concern. Number one, what's next, if anything, that is as big and innovative as iPod, iPhone or iPad? And number two, if Apple really is a software company as Tim Cook says, will it ever start making good software (and services) beyond its core operating systems?
I address number one throughout my article history at TheStreet. I give number two the treatment, here and there, but not quite as much.
If Apple believes in the fairy tale that it -- a company that derives about 90% of its revenue from hardware sales -- is a software company, it better start coming through with top-notch software and services.
It's the beautifully designed, premium-quality, intuitive hardware that makes the Apple user experience second to none. The OS and iOS provide the foundation that makes it all tick, however, beyond the broad ecosystem, Apple software and services are run of the mill.
Outside of the operating systems, I can't think of Apple software or services I use by choice. It's almost always by default. Because I love Apple hardware so much, I accept less-than platforms -- e.g., iTunes, iCloud, Calendar, iMessage -- because they're just more convenient than better third-party options. When it's possible or there aren't too many hoops to jump through, I almost always use software and services from other companies, ranging from Microsoft to Google
So, yes, Apple's software and services make the OS/iOS-powered ecosystems sticky, no doubt. But we shouldn't correlate Apple devising a situation where you have to use more of its software than you might otherwise freely choose -- all else equal -- with the notion that that software is any good.


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My husband and I had a horrid fight. He wants me to wean within the next couple of mths. He says ds will be bf until school and will be asking others for it. I don't know. My ds does bf an awful lot. I do try to destract him when he asks for it. I offer food and other drink but alot of times he wants to comfort nurse. He cosleeps with up as well and he nt nurses to sleep for bed and naps. I try during the day to keep him preoccuppied with other stuff, like reading books and taking walks etc. When we go out he never asks to nurse and if he is in his stroller he will fall asleep on his own. My mother and other family ask me if I'm going to nurse till he's in college and remarks like that hurt. I thought my husband and I were on the same page but this argument opened my eyes to his digust with it. He won't listen to my "research" he calls it. He walks away from me when I absolutely have to nurse in public. I want ds to cut back some but I'm not ready to give it up either. I want to completely wean by 3 yrs of age. My husband finally agreed to that. I'm frustrated and really wish that there were more women around here who would attend lll and would nurse longer. People respond so negatively about lll. It's been hard. I feel depressed and lonely. Thanks for listening.


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Emo sage mode
Originally Posted by Drayden
That's cool! :D
probably something like kabuto with horns and everything. It depends on the animal he learns it from
Originally Posted by goodro88
Emo sage mode
lmfao nice one
Hawk Sage Mode
Toad, serpent, bird, spider, and snail magic were the principal types of magic practiced in old Japan... so probably serpent after orochimaru or most likely bird after the group he formed after itachis death, the name of the group "taka" means eagle as far as I know
lol hawk sage is dope. dragon sage sasuke would be hella dumb. I feel like sages in naruto are pretty mysterious, I mean weve only me 3 sages throughout the entire manga. plus, like sasuke cares the slightest about nature at all, let alone the chakra it can provide
He willnot, and cannot have sage mode. So your thread is invalid
Originally Posted by goodro88
Emo sage mode
Why would he need that when he has this
i think it would be hawk sage mode bc of these following reasons...
-he grew wings in his curse mark form
-he summons hawks which means he has a contract with them
-his susanoo's head is shaped and formed like a hawk beak and face
-he named his team taka which means "hawk"
Originally Posted by ShockwavvE
Why would he need that when he has this
Except he doesn't
Drangon Sage Mode
Originally Posted by HyugaPrinceton
He willnot, and cannot have sage mode. So your thread is invalid
He or she probably understands that, but whether or not that's true, it's a thought that they wanted to discuss. No need to be ignorant about it.
Originally Posted by xjuststaytruex
He or she probably understands that, but whether or not that's true, it's a thought that they wanted to discuss. No need to be ignorant about it.
its really pointless. He is not going to have sage mode.
Dragon/Snake (probably not) or Hawk sage (also probably not)
I think he'll just stick to his eye enhancing powers But he'd probably look like a boss with SM, just saying B|
sine his contract is now with birds i'm sure it'll be called birdie mode
it will be this :
it will be the ultimate sage mode for him against naruto haha
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It was a sold out crowd on Saturday, December 17 for 103.7 KISS FM's 2011 KISSmas Bash held at The Rave in Milwaukee. As an early fan of Hot Chelle Rae, that was my primary motivation for covering the event, but I also enjoyed Kreayshawn and headlining act Mac Miller. The screams were high and the walls were sweating before it was all over, but everyone left having enjoyed a great concert.
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Last night's NLCS Game 4 was just a little too stressful for my tastes. After jumping out to an early lead in the first inning via a Ryan Howard long ball (which I missed, by the way, while helping my young procrastinator finish a school project which was due today), the Phils' bats went silent as Randy Wolf found his groove for the next several innings.
Joe Blanton, on the other hand, started out strong, but then began to falter the second time through the Dodgers' lineup. The Dodgers took a 4-2 lead, and I began to resemble this:
Yep, I was giving some serious hairy eyeballs to the Dodgers, particularly when ManChild, oops I mean ManRam, was for once not "being Manny" in the outfield, as he ran in to make a shoestring catch on an Ibanez liner to end a Phillies scoring threat.
The Phils did manage to cut the margin to 4-3, but the Dodgers still held a one-run lead heading into the bottom of the ninth. But now it was payback time. Last Friday, it was the Phillies who blew the one-run lead in the bottom of the eighth to lose, 2-1, when their pitching began to unravel.
Jonathon Broxton, last night was your turn.
Broxton retired Ibanez for out number one. Matt Stairs came in to pinch hit, and worked a walk; Eric Bruntlett came in to pinch run. After Carlos Ruiz was hit by a pitch to put two men on base, Greg Dobbs came in to pinch hit and was retired on a humpback liner to third.
Two outs, I'm starting to imagine how bad my mood will be today.
Up to the plate comes Jimmy Rollins, who was only hitting .167 so far in the NLCS (not good, Jimmy). Miraculously, Jimmy smoked a liner to the gap in right to score both Bruntlett and Ruiz. Happiness ensued! I felt like doing this:
but unfortunately I don't live near a beach (must change that situation!).
In the postgame interview, Rollins looked like he was doing his best Etta James impersonation:
Love the look, Jimmy – I hope we see it again this season!
The Joy of the NLCS Schedule (she says sarcastically)
So why is it that during the regular season, teams can play eight, nine, even ten games in a row, but come the postseason, they can't seem to play more than two days in a row?? Why exactly do we need an off-day in the middle of the three games being played in Philadelphia? I'm sure it has something to do with TV and advertising revenues, but I don't like it.
The Joy of Technology
It seems that StubHub experienced an "email glitch", and accidentally sent messages to fans of the Mets that said,
"Be there alongside your New York Mets as they chase baseball immortality. Go to StubHub, where you'll find a fantastic selection of tickets to every playoff game — so you experience the championship chase live and in person."
Hee hee! I wonder if there were any dimbulb Mets fans who got confused and actually tried to order tickets?
Apparently fans of a few other non-playoff teams also got erroneous messages (see full story here), but I always take secret glee in the travails of Mets fans. Sorry, but I can't help it🙂.
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Rollins and Etta James as look-alikes? Hilarious, Sue! Congrats on that amazing win. It broke the hearts of my Dodger fans friends, but it must have made you leap in the air with joy. Very exciting. And how funny about that StubHub glitch! Ouch!
The 2 days in a row thing is only for TV ratings…sucks. What sucks even worse is if the Phils clinch tonight, they will be on ice for 7 days waiting to start the WS. Ugh.
Sue .. .I know you and Jenn wouldn't really mind waiting 7 days .. now wouldja? : )
Congrats, Sue! Your Phillies made it. I know you must be celebrating. I hope the Yankees will be there too. I'm "manifesting," of course.


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Re: Fellowship Thread
Thank you to those who took a step forward to save the rest who stand still.
Whatever goes... remember, this is a family forum
It's true. I'm not just proof, I'm living proof.
How does that work, you might ask?
Its simple: if not for God's goodness, I wouldn't be alive. I would have committed suicide on Tuesday, November 16, 2010, by overdosing on the Prozac I'd been prescribed a few days earlier.
What stopped me? A fear of ####. Sure, I was in emotional agony and as such I hurt physically, but spending eternity in flames wasn't a better option.
So I kept living, but I couldn't see the light at the end of the tunnel. I was so lonesome, having been dumped by the first and only girl to ever make me feel like I was her everything. That caused me to look at myself as nothing more than a failure, a 24-year-old with no job and unable to even drive a car, an unlovable person destined to live a sad, lonely life, somebody with too many issues to be worth anything.
Nearly three months have passed, and what has changed? Much.
For the first time in my life, I'm happy to be me because of me. There had been times in the past when I was happy to be me, but it was because of something else, or someone else, like the girl mentioned above or because my racing hero Tony Stewart had done well in several races in a row or something. But it was never because of me.
Well, the issue of not having a job or being able to drive a car remain. I'm still lonesome and think about her every day and wish every day that out of the blue I'd get a text message or email from her wanting to hook back up.
But at the heart of the matter, my own heart, with all the accessories of life removed and all the layers peeled away, I'm happy to be me and pleased with who I am as an individual. I'm an honest, caring person with a tremendous amount of God-given creativity and a tremendous desire to use that to make people smile. I have a childlike enthusiasm for the simple things in life, like a beautiful sunset or a blanket of snow with a layer of ice on top of it shimmering in the sunlight like glitter. I'm quick with the wit and an pretty funny guy too, if I do say so myself.
Less than three months ago, I never would have looked at myself like this. I never would have thought I was worth anything. I wondered how in the world I was going to even keep living with as bad a grip the heartache I was feeling had on me. It was constant. I prayed, not for help in my life, but for death without further delay.
Thats where God's goodness started to come in. My dear friend Suzy sent me a Bible as a Birthday/Christmas present (my b-day is December 5). I hadn't started reading in it, I had been praying for enlightment and stuff, but I wasn't sure where to start reading. Even so, I felt like my relationship with God and Jesus was getting better because I simply had no choice but for it to get better. That was my only hope. Finally, on a whim I watched Dr. Charles Stanley with my mom one Sunday morning in January, and he mentioned reading the Bible. He said, and I'm quoting to the best of my memory, "If you're not sure where to start, start with Proverbs."
Later that day, after a bit of a family falling out here on Facebook, I went to my room and grabbed my Bible and found Proverbs. As I read it and saw confirmation of some things I had deduced on my own, I felt a renewed sense of self-worth. Once I finished that book, I flipped ahead to the book of Matthew and read Jesus's teachings. I have been slacking on my Bible reading lately, but what I have red has had a profound impact on who I am. It hasn't changed who I am as a person, or if it has, I'm not concious of it, but it has changed the way I look at myself and the way I look at life.
That's something else, the way I look at life. For 24 years, I was the eternal pessimist. Sure, things would be going well now and then, but I would always think to myself, "Yeah, its good, but it's going to be #### when it ends." Sure enough when the good things came to an end, I was in a rut. Well, now I know every good thing eventually has an ending, but for the first time in my life, I look at the positive side of things. I try to find the silver lining and focus on that, I try to keep a positive outlook.
Thats what I've done with the catalyst for my near-suicide, being dumped. Like I said, I still miss her like crazy and would give anything to have her back. We had so much in common, from our love of racing to the music we liked to our warped senses of humor. She was the third-best thing to ever come into my life, behind God and Jesus, but the thing is, for them to come in, she had to go out. That isn't a diss towards her, its just a fact. If she still loved me, I wouldn't have gotten right with God like I have and come to love who I am as a person, because I was too wrapped up in loving her and being happy with being myself because of her. God wanted to get me right and he wanted to get me right now, so he took what was blocking that away from me. Maybe one day, now that I'm getting right, he'll say "Okay, y'all can hook back up."
If that isn't in his plan, though, then I understand it and will live with it and try to find another girl who will love me like I love her. And as much as I miss and long for her, I am content with the change my life has undergone the last three months.
My dad and I talk more than ever. After four years of hating my brother to the point that there were times I would have given anything for murder to be legalized for 45 seconds, he and I have reconciled and are getting on great. I just feel like, as a person, I'm finally coming into my own, finally getting my life on track. What looked so distant in mid-November now feels imminent.
My immediate goals are simple. I want to get to driving, I want to get a job, I want to become an independent man instead of being the 24-year-old kid living with his parents. Believe me, I'll always be a kid at heart, thats just who I am and part of what I love about myself, but I'm ready to grow up. I've still got some fears I've got to get over, but at least now its just fear working against me instead of me working against myself. Fear can be overcome. Overcoming yourself is a lot harder, but I've done it - with God's help.
I also finally know what I want out of life. I want to make people happy and make them smile. I want to use my gifts God gave me when he put me together and made his plan for me to touch folks hearts and give them the same enthusiasm for the little things that I have. And I want to have a gal who I can love as long as I'm alive and share all my enjoyment of life and all my experiences with and who's own dreams I can try to make come true at the same time.
As far as tangibles go, I'm like everyone else. There are earthly, man-made pleasures I want. I have a clear picture of my ultimate goal: I'm arranging the last piece of furniture in my new log home, getting it just the way I want it. Then I look out the window into the driveway at a red Chevrolet Corvette and another full-sized car (also a Chevy) that serves as my family vehicle. Then I fire up the little Lionel train that winds through my living room, sit down in my favorite chair, and say to myself, "Yep, I made it."
To close this out, I'll tell a story of God working with me. This story is 100% true, and its something that I think could convert some non-believers if they read it.
While reading Jesus' teachings in Matthew, I started trying to make peace with the fact that God is in control. Not me, not anybody. At the end of the day, it's God's will that will be done, he's in the driver's seat. I felt like if I just had a reminder of some sort that I could keep with me to keep my mind on that fact, I would be okay, there would be nothing I couldn't handle.
So I asked my mom, who works at Walmart, to see about getting me a cheap braclet I could keep on my wrist. It didn't have to be anything special, I said, it could just be a little wristband. The more I thought about it, the more I thought, "Well, even something I could keep in my pocket will do."
Lo and behold, a few days later, my mom comes home from work. "Remember you asking me to get you a bracelet," she asked. I said "Yeah." "Well I didn't get a bracelet," she continued, fumbling in her pocket. "It wouldn't have to be a bracelet," I replied. "It could just be something I could keep in my pocket." "Oh, something you could keep in your pocket?"
Turns out, one of her customers had come through her line and said something to the effect of "I'd been meaning to give this to you but I never had." "This" was a little green frog, a rubber pencil topper with a rolled up piece of paper stuck in the bottom. When unrolled, the piece of paper says: "F.R.O.G.: Fully Rely On God."
Explain that one, athiests.
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HSBC has hired a former cash equity sales head at Societe Generale and Citigroup to lead sales coverage for UK accounts, as it looks to build on a strong first-half showing in the business.
The UK bank has appointed Ian Burns, most recently at French bank Societe Generale, to head pan-European cash equity sales for UK clients, according to two people familiar with the appointment. He will join after a period of gardening leave and report into Nicolas Tranter, European head of equity sales.
Burns spent close to a decade at Citi, helping establish a proprietary trading European cash equity unit, according to his LinkedIn profile. He moved into cash equity sales following the closure of the team in 2008, later becoming head of pan-European cash equity sales.
He moved to Societe Generale in 2012, spending 18 months as co-head of pan-European cash equity sales, according to his profile.
His appointment comes soon after the arrival of Dina Geha, who joined last month from Bank of America Merrill Lynch as head of hedge fund sales, and follows a strong first half for HSBC's equities business as a whole.
Revenues from equities increased to £691 million in the first half of 2014, up from £643 million in the first half of 2013, and £679 million for the whole of 2012.
The bank said in its last interim report, published earlier this month: "The growth in our equities business was driven by successful positioning to capture increased client activity, notably in Europe."
It ranked eighth in the most recent Thomson Reuters Extel survey for research, behind Exane BNP Paribas in seventh and ahead of Credit Suisse in ninth, and moved up a place in the equity sales ranking, also placing eighth.
Burns' appointment is the latest in equities at a leading bank. Financial News reported earlier this month that JP Morgan had set up dedicated salesforces in London to service its hedge fund and sovereign wealth fund clients, and had hired a head of middle-market equity sales from Goldman Sachs.
Citi, meanwhile, has named James Boyle global head of equity derivatives, Kevin Russell global head of equity derivatives, and David Haldane head of its equity derivatives franchise in Europe.


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typical talk no jutsu. waste of a christmas week. but can't wait to see what a naruto- hinato combo could do.
Holly F**k the hachibi is missing a tooth and he has lost the other horn too from that tbb.
But the 10-tails is only just starting to warm up! xD
Wow, that was a great chapter!
After that action and death it was awesome to see emotional moments. I allways loved Hinata for her heart and personality, the way she fights for her friends and dreams. She never thought of herself as a powerful or self-confident person (no one did) but it's moments like neji's death or naruto vs pein that show her real strenght.
Loved Kurama "Did you forget about me?" And B's moment was insane
It was truely great, although the end was like "Yes, something amazing is about to happen, so let's change to another setting..."
Kinda boring 'cause it's all about Hinata's heroism c:
and laaaaaaaaaast some love naruhinata, epic moment.
so coooooooooool 10/5.
NARUxHINA 4 LYFE!
Ahem! Good chapter... It was to be expected and my expectations were met and then some!
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I seriously thought the Juubi was going to eat Bee and transform again. Lmao Anyways, that was a great chapter. I know those NaruHina fans are going beserk right now and celebrating early. If you know what I mean. Lol
I loved it, good chapter
this chapter was wack as fuk, can we switch to what sasuke and orochimaru is doing now
Contact btw naruto n hinata is go 2 be mutual in terms of attacks n technique, naruto's attacks r goin 2 be stronger from his combination wit a hyuuga
Same thing i was thinking strongly agree this chapter is the best 100/5 so far
great chapter. Obito trying to break Naruto's will gave me chills, reminded me of Nagato tbh. Madara is onto Obito though, i think he will betray him before the end
For me this chapter was a 5/5. Not because of what people are hyping up as the NaruHina Shiptease (while I do ship them, this chapter wasn't about NaruHina for me).
Last week's chapter crushed my soul, and I think it was nice to have a 'cooling off' chapter. This chapter, I think, was the culmination of all of Hinata's character development. She's finally reached her dream of being able with Naruto, side by side, and I'm just really proud of her
It was pretty interesting to see Naruto doubting himself again (like with Pain) - I totally understand what everyone else here is saying about Obito giving off Nagato vibes!
Kurama's gonna eat naruto ^^
Ehh..fine I guess. 2.5/5 Maybe. Too much talk. Too much boring talk. I don't mind it, unless it's boring. And it was boring.
Really liked this chapter, mainly because I felt continue the emotional line of Neji dying. It was interesting to see Naruto conflicted about what to do and I'm so happy Hinata came through (Woo NaruHina!) I give it 4/5
On a side note: I can imagine fanfictions popping up soon on if Hinata hadn't said something and Naruto had gone with Obito. :D
Awesome chapter ! This is what I waiting for - some love storys from Kishi. Now, I'm waiting for anime of chapter 615.
WTF...i expected so much more 2/5
only good thing was the kyuubi & hachibi part >.>
Naruto wouldn't be able to do nothing without the Kyuubi, so props to the Kyuubi, why isnt madara doing anything, he could tear up the battlefield on his own ffs...i know he has to be there to control the juubi... NaruHina
Next chapter - i think the juubi might start to mature again to its next form, or we might get to alittle bit more action -__-
I give this chapter 4/5 . I hate pairings .
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The last time i was in Baltimore I guess it could be said that I wore out my welcome.
The Pirates were taking on the Orioles in an interleague play game in which my Bucs were up 6-0 at one point. Final score: 9-6 Baltimore. I was harrased, made fun of and spat at. Well not spat at but I thought I would be.
Monday night was much more charming. After all I was in the Charm City.
The Orioles did fall to the Kansas City Royals 4-3 and the weather was a bitter cold 45 degrees with a heavy drizzle falling throughout the nine innings, but I did enjoy myself as a neutral fan.
Appearing in my National League hat I kept my loyalty to "real, stern" baseball in an American League town. I hate when someone wears an item of a team not playing to a game so I with held from any Pirates gear. My buddies Andrew, Bryan and Ryan were clad in their Orange hoping for some Orioles magic that never seemed to come. Andrew is my friend from WVU and with a name like Schuerholz you have to be a baseball fan, i'll touch more on that later. Bryan and Ryan are friends of Drew's who I have become close with over the years.
Bryan had a dang cool homemade poster. Based on the Sesame Street logo and the street running parallel to Camden Yards, Eutaw Street. Brian Bergeson took the hill for the O's Monday night. Bryan gave Bergeson a cool nickname that completed the sign perfectly, "Big Berg." No not Big Bird, Big Berg! Pretty cool if I do say so myself.
While I did cheer for the hometeam to appease my friends I had a much bigger reason to root on the Orioles. One of my favorite baseball players of all time dons the black and orange, Corey Patterson.
Corey and I have had a long relationship. Mostly just me with Corey but here is how that got started. He was on the cover of Beckett Baseball Card Monthly when he was drafted by the Cubs in 1998. I was impressed with this up and comer and made it gospel that I collect as many cards of his as I could. While Patterson never even came close to living up to his billing I made out like a bandit coming across nearly 30 cards of him. I think it is safe to say I am his biggest fan. It was great to see him play in person for the first time. He scored the only three runs for Baltimore and on Tuesday belted a solo homerun to spark a come from behind win for the O's. Watch out boys and girls, Corey is back!
Here are some more sights and sounds (well just sights, because you cannot hear any of this blog) from a very fun night at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.
Unique monument area behind the gate in center field. It honors the retired numbers of the Orioles. I like that it is outside the physical boundaries of the stadium so fans can enjoy it on non gamedays.
The bird mascot was just chilling on the ledge out of the pressbox. It is a kind of high drop. I was worried he would fall. But he must have much better depth perception than me as he was perched there comfortably for 2 innings. He is a bird after all.
If only players today could be as respectable as Cal Ripken Jr. He was one of my favorites growing up. I love how he will always be adored by the Baltimore faithful. But PNC, come on! I know you sponsor many East Coast baseball teams but you do the most good for the Pirates. WIth PNC Park you should be restricted to just Pittsburgh. However rumors are floating around that due to the Pirates poor play PNC wants out of their contract early.
Out on Eutaw Street there are about 25 baseball shaped plaques, like this one, marking where balls have landed over the years. There have been some pretty deep shots including one that hit the famed wearhouse behind right field. This one was hit by one of my favorite players of the 90's, Mo Vaughn.
Exiting the stadium on the walk back to the car this church sign delievered a blessing message to its beloved baseball fans, escpecially those in the AL East.
The real reason I was in Baltimore was for the West Virginia-Towson game on Tuesday, no really that is the reason. I had an off day giving tours so I made the trip representing my other job at WVU as beat writer for the baseball team. It was cool to be at my first away game although the crowd was miniscule it was a great time for a handful of reasons.
Two, the game was free for everybody.
The Mountaineers need
momentum heading into their final series of the year in hopes of clinching a spot in the Big East tournament. I talked to the coach after the game and wrote my articles to be published in the paper tomorrow.
Three, it was great to see a college campus. I love checking out different universities to see how it compares and contrasts with WVU in Morgantown. Like I do on any campus with a statue of their mascot (ie Pitt and Colorado) I have to take it out for a spin. Although he was a little wet from the rain that was drizzling all day the Towson Tiger was a quality landmark on a very nice campus.
The Fourth and final reason why it was an awesome day goes back to the baseball inspired name of Schuerholz. I've mentioned before that Andrew's uncle is John Schuerholz. Former general manager of the Royals and Braves and current President of the Braves. The baseball field at Towson University is named in his honor as he went to school here and played baseball.
Although small, the field is very nice and something the family and Andrew are very proud of. I enjoyed it too along with my grand two days in Maryland. I capped it off with a delicious crabcake. I only eat them when I am in Maryland, only because I know that any where else they will simply be mediocre. I only dabble with the best!
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Sweet deal, man! Everything I know about Baltimore revolves around its sports teams and the Wire… so it looks like a bleak place to me, with a great ballpark. Nice call on the NL cap… hard to diss that. Without the NL there'd be no AL. Remember that.
I love going to Camden Yards and eating at Boog's BBQ at the ballpark. Delish. Glad you had a better time than your last one. Heard the Pirates beat Halladay. Wow!
Nice!! Sounds like a lot of fun. Love the sign…neutral games are the best.
"Real, Stern Baseball." Nice description.
Corey Patterson is a guy I absolutely hate. As a Cubs fan, I thought that CP was going to be a perennial all star. Little did I know that any time you got 2 strikes on him you could predict with 99% certainty that he would be swinging at a high and tight fastball for the strikeout. He did it all the time. I cursed at my tv way too much those days. Glad you had fun, but hearing about Patterson only brings back bad memories for me…
Awesome!! I love going to Baltimore. I've been there wearing Mets, Red Sox and White Sox jersies and I still have never had anything said to me in Baltimore or had any trouble (knock knock). I make sure I go at least once. I shoot for twice a year. Only a 3 1/2 hour drive when driving off hours.
Nice pictures!!! I miss the Baltimore area so much. I spent a lot of time there when my son was going to school in nearby Annapolis. Camden Yards is super.
Big Berg… very clever! And your thoughts about the mascot falling made me laugh. But it is a bird so I'm sure he could fly… haha. I've always wanted to go to Camden Yards because I hear it's absolutely beautiful. Now, I am guilty as charged for wearing shirts to baseball games in which that team isn't playing. I should buy a Lincecum t-shirt sometime…
Good call on the hat, that always irks me when you see people in the stands wearing gear from neither team, but a team a million miles away… good win by Duke against Halladay..
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I can say I was lucky enough to see Cal Ripken at Camden Yards during his final year in 2001. I would say it is my favorite stadium I've been to. It's just sad to see what was once a really good fan base in Baltimore starting to give up on the team. Every time I watch one of their games there doesn't seem like there are more than 5,000 people there
Baltimore is one of the roughest stadiums I have been to. I saw a Yanks-O's game once and wore a Jeter jersey (my #2 team :O) and nearly got into a fist fight with some drunk dude who kept harassing me. I finally got up and in his face, asked if he wanted to have his *** kicked by a girl in front of thousands of people and surprisingly, he left and did not come back. It pays to be a tad crazy I guess. LOL
Never been to Baltimore but from your report and others I've read, I should go.
Now, like Elizabeth, I am guilty of wearing my Dodger gear at other games. Well, I only been to two other stadium where my beloved Dodgers were not playing. Toronto and Boston. Both times I was in the area because of work. I don't own anything from another team….well, I don have the All-Star t-shirt from Pittsburgh but I use that to sleep 'cause is huge just like the ones I sent you.
Sadly, I've never been to Camden yards. What a beautiful ball park though! I definitely plan on going to Baltimore, Maryland again. (Yes i've been to baltimore but couldn't catch a game :P) Such a beautiful town… lots of crab😛
-sounds like you had a great time🙂 I'm glad
Love the new nickname your friend gave Bergeson.
Classic Berman-ism at its best.
Hope you guys hit the best BBQ short of Memphis at Boog's BBQ while you were in Camden.
By far the best BBQ from a Lake City, Florida native up in that triangle of the country.
If I am in Baltimore, it is a must have even before smashing the daylights and meat out of some crabs with oversized mallets.
Always great to hit a ballpark in a pack, and glad you saw those plaques down by the Warehouse signifying some collossial shots into that region.
Great post, and I am jealous and salavating just thinking of Camden Yards right now.
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This false-color image is a closeup of the Hubble Space Telescope's "Deep Field," showing a region of the sky that is only 41 arcseconds on a side (about one-fortieth the size of the Moon). The red regions in this figure correspond to galaxies and stars that Hubble detects. The smallest red patches are galaxies that are four billion times fainter than the human eye could see.
Object Name: HDF-N
Image Type: Astronomical
Credit: Dr. Michael S. Vogeley - Princeton University Observatory
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Here are some notes about Winn-Dixie
- Winn-Dixie now has e-coupons! They can be loaded onto your Winn-Dixie Card and they will automatically be taken off at the register. To read more about these NEW e-coupons click HERE. You can still use paper coupons on top of these. I called the Winn-Dixie to verify that.
- Winn-Dixie allows stacking of (1) manufacturer's coupon and (1) store coupon per item.
- Winn Dixie does not accept any competitor coupons.
- Sign up for Fuel Perks here.
- Every time a $50 spending threshold is crossed at participating Winn-Dixie's using the reward card with magnetic stripe, a $.05 cent per gallon discount on gas is earned and deposited into your account. There is no limit to the discount per gallon so stack up and save even more
=Pixie's Price Picks Manufacturer Coupons are in Purple
Store Coupons are in Green
A special thanks to Kim The Everyday Coupon Queen for this list![%printable-list:WinnDixieEaterAd-3-24-2-2-13%]


text: My son is 11 days old. He sleeps alot, approx 3hrs straight until I wake him up to feed. He's getting enough because his diapers have been consistent (wet/dirty)and he is gaining weight. My question is this: Should I just let sleep until he wakes up to feed? And if so what do I about my breast which become engorged if he doesn't feed? Should I pump? At night it seems that if I don't wake him up to feed he may sleep about 4-5 hours. It seems that the demand from him and the supply from me hasn't quite matched up yet.