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Having loved Maritan for years, finally cosplaying as her was a lot of fun. Yuka took some great photos too, so thank you!
At long last! (Posted 23rd August 2011)
After at least 4 years of meaning to do it, I finally made Maritan and wore her to AyaCon 2011!
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Sniper elite v2 here we go
Sniper elite v2 here we go
If this sounds a bit boring, sorry about that, but I am playing Spider Solitaire now......
Worms reloaded for PC...and worms ultimate mayhem for xbox live.
Pretty soon it will be Diablo 3.
Currently playing Fallout 3 GOTY version (modded) bit retro i know, also playing dragon age origins, another oldie !
Got skyrim but finding it hard to get into, bugs not withstanding.
Edit: Fallout 3 9/10,
Skyrim 8/10
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Playing through Trine again, such a gem.
Bioshock 2 having fun
Man I love the Worms games. Did a mega run last year and played (almost) every game back to back stating at Worms 2 and finishing on Reloaded.
One of the hardest missions I ever played was the Armageddon Eiffel Tower mission. It must have taken me like 200 attempts to get through. Now when I play it I do it in 1 TG.
Playing through both Bioshocks before Infinity is out, I know it's quite a while away but I'm cleaning up on the remaining achievements in the game,first one I'm only missing finish on hard without using a vital chamber
Pretty good so far.
I'm playing the Path of Exile beta at the moment. It's a fun ARPG/Diablo clone that I recommend. It's certainly scratching that clicking looting itch that I have. Roll on Diablo 3!
Super fun "tower defense" type game
Very fun but the core group of flight sim guys are pissed at the price structure and MS is holding back on planes distribution to a trickle:
First of this type of strategy I've ever tried, very involved but fun:
Just completed:
Oh yeah, and MineCraft......
Hell yeah B-)
Having a very slow fun with FF, thinking about what next.
Right now I'm playing "Let's all pretend to be working". It's a really popular title here in the office. ;-)
Otherwise WoW now and then.
Right now - I'm playing with myself...er I mean by myself...$%#$%@!!!
That didn't come out right - did it?
I meant Video Games!!! Really!!! I did!!!
Witcher 2. Kind'a picked it up on Bolt and liked it. Gives me good amount of relaxation after putting kids to bed.
This is a lot of fun at the moment
and I am revisiting this with friends online, our Thursday night battles are awesome.
Diablo III... What a game!
old school - nyt crosswords, kenken and sudoku
Back to the old favourite yet again Dragon Age Origins.
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Located in Babin Kuk, Hotel Dubrovnik is within a few miles (5 km) of popular sights such as Onofrio's Fountain and Franciscan Monastery. This 26-room, 3-star hotel welcomes guests with conveniences like free breakfast, a restaurant, and free in-room WiFi. On the boardwalk, it's also near Orlando's Column and Sponza Palace.
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Lie back and work on your tan with relaxing beach amenities like cabanas (surcharge) and umbrellas. Have fun in the sun at Hotel Dubrovnik with summer activities like snorkeling and water skiing.
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While in New York we wait with bated breath for word that Galleon Group founder Raj Rajaratnam will take the stand in his own defense, across the Atlantic another accused fraudster is preparing to testify.
Helmut Kiener, the hedge fund manager accused of defrauding his investors, banks and brokers of €345 million, will take the stand today in Würzburg, Germany. The K1 Group founder, who has been jailed since his arrest in October 2009, faces 121 counts of forgery, aggravated fraud and tax evasion.
Kiener's lawyer, Achim Gröpper, told Bloomberg News that his defense team spent hours crafting Kiener's statement, but would not reveal any of its content. Kiener has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing, and another lawyer said in November that he would use the trial "to expose how greedy the customers were."
According to prosecutors, Kiener, one of eight K1 employees or associates arrested in the alleged Ponzi scheme, ripped off some 5,000 investors as well as Barclays and BNP Paribas.
Kiener is on trial with a man identified only as Claus Z., a former managing director at Treukapital Treuhandverwaltung, K1's administrator. Z., who has denied any wrongdoing, testified last month that he acted only on information he received from Kiener, who was able to earn "enormous trust from other people."
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I mentioned last week that we've been struggling with getting the girls motivated to clean up their room. It's a near constant battle.
We took the TV out of their room during the first week of summer, with the instruction that they could have it back when the room was clean. I thought this would shake them into action. It didn't do a thing. Apparently, they didn't care about watching iCarly as much as we thought they did.
Lakin's Nintendo DS went next, followed shortly after by Addah's DS (when we realized that, since she never plays it, Lakin was "borrowing" it when we weren't looking).
Still, the room stayed a mess. When I'd complain and insist that it be done NOW, they would whine and tell me they "don't know how"…. which they do, because they've "helped" me do it 1450 times since they were toddlers.
Last week, I got so frustrated with the mess that I announced that I would not be making lunch until the job was done, to my standards. They hemmed and hawed until it got to be around 1:30, when they got hungry. I repeated myself: not making lunch until the room is clean. Still they just played at it. It got later… 4pm rolled around and they realized I wasn't kidding. And then… they started cleaning.
An hour and a half later… it wasn't quite "Mama clean", but that room looked a whole lot better than it has since the last time I cleaned it. I was happy and proud, and told them so. They even vacuumed! Truly amazing!
I guess the way to a tween girl is through her stomach.
This week, we've instituted a brand new Chore Chart. Everything that needs to be done is listed and everyone has their jobs assigned. The girls switch off days on things like feeding the kitties, helping to water the garden, and sweeping the kitchen and front porch.
Their favorite is the newly created position of "Bedroom Manager". The Manager for the day has the happy task of delegating which parts of the bedroom they will each clean. At first, they took great pleasure in assigning the least fun parts (and the majority) of the clean-up to each other, until they realized that the next day, the other girl would be in charge, and would pay them back for their "generosity". It's actually working out quite nicely, so far anyway.
My favorite part is that I don't have to settle squabbles about whose turn it is to feed the kitties and clean the bathroom. There are no arguments over who did it yesterday… it's all on the chart.
David and I have our chores as well, so the girls can see that we're not expecting them to do everything, by any means. This is actually the first time that they've ever had structured chores that they are assigned to do. I've always been kind of a push-over mom, I suppose. I finally came to the conclusion that they are more than old enough to help, and that I am doing them a disservice by doing everything for them.
A 9-year old should know how to put a pillowcase on a pillow without help, after all.
The girls seem to appreciate that they have jobs to do, and surprisingly (to me anyway), their attitudes have been better these past few days. Maybe what they've been needing isn't more restrictions, but more structure and responsibility.
This new path that we're on has a beautiful view…. I hope we can stay on it.
(Oh and they haven't even mentioned the TV. Shhh… I hope it stays that way!)
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Goldie's Best Little Opryhouse in KY to Revert Back to Original Name
Theater Workshop of Owensboro decided to revert the theater known as Goldie's Best Little Opryhouse in Kentucky back to its original name, The Empress Theatre.
Originally, a silent movie house that opened in 1912, The Empress was renamed Goldie's Best Little Opryhouse in Kentucky – reopening on Labor Day weekend in 1982. Goldie's provided family entertainment on Frederica St. until Goldie's retirement in 2008 and was later sold to the Theater Workshop of Owensboro.
Goldie's stage was the start of several local and even national entertainment careers. Both country singer, Billy Dean and MTV's Real World original cast member Jon Brennan have graced Goldie's stage.


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Sick of shopping and Surfers? Budget-friendly Port Stephens in NSW is packed with marine attractions, says Lucy Bennett.
For New Zealanders who've done Sydney and the Gold Coast, there's another Australian destination that may tick a few boxes.
Port Stephens, about two and a half hours' drive north of Sydney on the NSW coast has sun, sea and adventure sports, all the happy goodness we Kiwis like when we go abroad.
With the possibility of the reintroduction of direct flights from New Zealand looming on the horizon and our strengthening dollar, a short plane ride to the region is looking likely to be a good, cheap option.
The local council has green-lighted a NZ$91.3 million expansion of the airport at Williamtown, just down the road, an amenity shared by the RAAF and commercial airlines.
Local tourism operators hope this may lead to a renewed interest in the area as a destination. Freedom Air briefly ran direct transtasman flights in the early 2000s but, since 2002, no overseas carriers have operated there.
Port Stephens is not actually designated as a place, much to the chagrin of the locals. It's a region, made up of many small settlements dotted around a very large body of water and the surrounding area.
It's a pleasant drive from Sydney along the F3 Highway and Pacific Highway. You can stop in Woy Woy or one of many other beach towns for a seafood feast at a waterfront restaurant to break up the trip, or head inland a little way to reach the lower Hunter Valley if wine is your thing.
Once in Port Stephens proper, the attractions are obvious - a moderate climate, warm, clear waters which abound with sea life thanks to its location within the Great Lakes Marine Park, and an increasing pool of young adventure-seekers who have turned their passions into thriving businesses.
Down at Stockton Beach, on the Worimi Conservation Lands, a massive drift of sand dunes more than 30km long and 3km wide, between the city of Newcastle and Anna Bay, you can careen around on a quadbike for a few hours.
It's not just the daredevil nature of quadbiking on a moving mass of sand that is attractive. There are, as the staff of quadbiking adventure company Quad Bike King point out, a number of historic sites to visit. There is the wreck of the coal ship Sygna lying just off the beach (no Rena-style dismantling here), Aboriginal artefacts and the remains of World War II posts erected in anticipation of a Japanese landing.
Quad Bike King guide Deano teaches novices how to operate the vehicles safely, kits them out in safety gear then leads them on a fantastic tour of the beach. It's heart-stopping at times but breathtakingly beautiful as the sun goes down and the yellow sand stretches on as far as the eye can see.
Up in Nelson Bay, the main town in the port area, businesses make the most of the vast harbour, which is much, much bigger than Sydney's, and renowned for dolphin-watching tours.
Emma Charlene is one of the young townspeople who have made their passion their business. The 12-year dive veteran worked at Let's Go Adventures while stationed at Williamtown with the RAAF. When she realised her posting to Katherine in the Northern Territory would take her far from the bottom of the sea she quit her career of nine years and eventually bought the dive business.
Since then she's run two dive boats, teaching anyone and everyone how to scuba dive and snorkel and taking out fishing charters.
A favourite spot for a shore dive is Fly Point, about 10 minutes up the road from Let's Go Adventures. It has an easy entry/exit point and a huge range of marine life to look at and photograph. It has a large and colourful sponge and soft coral garden and the place teems with varieties of nudibranches- colourful and often frilly slugs.
If underwater is not your thing, you can have a look from above on a kayak tour with globe-trotting local Michael Hogg. He runs Port Stephens Ecotours from a trailer at the side of the road on the waterfront and he's keen to take visitors out to show them the marine and birdlife. He optimistically expects to see a dolphin or a sea turtle when he goes out, filling tourists with an anticipation which, even if not fulfilled, is satisfied by the myriad other things to see.
Michael is passionate about his town, which he left early but returned some years later with his Japanese bride and vast experience in outdoor pursuits. He knows his market, expanding his kayaking business from tours to independent kayak hire and stand-up paddleboards to satisfy the hipsters looking to join in the growing trend to such craft.
Nelson Bay itself is a bustling little town, with locals busy in the streets, which are full of upmarket hotels, restaurants and smart apartments.
About 10 minutes' drive away is Fingal Bay, where a tourism campaign made bikini-clad model Lara Bingle a star as she walked from the water on to a perfect beach and asked, "Where the bloody hell are you?".
Lara is long gone, ensconced at Bondi Beach, but Fingal Bay, an almost circular bay fringed with golden sand, is full of Lara lookalikes - beautiful people lounging and swimming. There are also normal people - families, the elderly and couples. They're all enjoying the safe swimming beach and the sun beaming on them.
Kiwis can also bask in the warm sunshine of Port Stephens by taking a flight as long as an interisland ferry ride and an even shorter drive.
With the possibility of direct flights in the offing, it could be an even shorter trip to reach what is the quintessential Aussie adventure.
Getting there: Air New Zealand flies daily from Auckland to Sydney.
Further information: See portstephens.org.au, quadbikeking. com.au, letsgoadventures.com.au and portstephensecosports.com.au.
Lucy Bennett travelled as a guest of Tourism Australia and Destination NSW.
Valley's best
For years NSW's Hunter Valley has been known not just for the wine, but for its fine dining, writes Diana Plater. It's wise to ask locals for tips on the best, with some gems slightly off the beaten track.
221 Restaurant and Bar, Royal Oak Hotel, Cessnock
Cessnock is not the first place you'd think of for gourmet food when so much is found in the Valley itself.
But locals are raving about the relatively new 221 Restaurant, in a 1922 country pub.
It's heaps cheaper than in the Valley, according to one recommendee, with a menu displaying lots of local wines. But it's in no way pub food, with executive chef Daniel Hunt using fresh local ingredients.
Shakey Tables, inside Hunter Country Lodge, 1476 Wine Country Drive, North Rothbury
The chef here doesn't just cook, she paints. Paula Renggers' brightly coloured whimsical artworks are on the restaurant's walls. The food is classically inspired contemporary Australian, interpreted and influenced by Renggers' Scottish heritage.
Panino, Grays Inn, Wollombi
It may seem a bit of a trek from other parts of the Valley but locals swear by the great service and excellent food and coffee. Base yourself in this beautiful, historic town, and tour up to the Valley.
Twine Restaurant, 310 Oakey Creek Rd, Pokolbin
At Wynwood Estate, this newie is fast gaining a great reputation. One chef described its Singapore chilli mud crab as "wicked". Another specialty is the oyster platter of six oysters done six different ways. On Sunday nights, the fireside dining includes a housemade mezze plate.
Muse, Broke Rd, Pokolbin
This couldn't be more Hunter Valley, using fresh, non-homogenised jersey milk, cream and butter from a local dairy farmer. Local game products, award-winning cheese and local wines are part of the deal.
Chez Pok, Peppers Guest House, Ekerts Rd, Pokolbin
An icon with gorgeous views of the Brokenback Range, it's had a recent revamp and new chef John Edwards is offering a French-inspired menu. Try the slow-roasted pork belly, apple, fennel and radish slaw and grain mustard sauce.
Find out more at: Australia.com.
Diana Plater was a guest of Hunter Valley Wine Industry Association.


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Tysabri's comeback continued today as the FDA approved the drug to treat moderate to severe Crohn's disease.
It's intended for patients who have failed conventional treatments for Crohn's, or those who can't tolerate other treatments, Joyce Korvick, deputy director of the FDA's Division of Gastroenterology Products, said in a press conference today.
In 2004, the FDA approved Tysabri to treat multipe sclerosis. But the drug was pulled from the market in 2005 because of a few case reports that connected it to progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, a potentially fatal condition.
In 2006, Tysabri returned to the market under a strict safety program. Since then, no additional cases of PML have been reported. Last summer, the UK regulators approved the drug for MS, and some analysts have predicted it will grow into a blockbuster.
The drug, which is given by IV at infusion centers, will be prescribed under tight safety protocols for patients with Crohn's, an autoimmune disease in which the body attacks the bowel, causing symptoms such as abdominal pain, bleeding, abscesses and diarrhea. If patients fail to improve after three months on the drug, they must discontinue it.
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Paula Abdul once indicated she is open to a return to American Idol on condition of a "fair deal." But now she is out and Ryan Seacrest is bummed! Seacrest scored a multi-million dollar contract and Abdul wanted major money as well. She was earlier said to have bolted - both the country and the show - unhappy with the pay she was being offered for the show's ninth season. She was said to want $20 million. Now she is officially out, according to her Twitter page.
How much did she turn down? Life & Style claims they have a source that Paula Abdul is not returning to Idol because producers refused to raise her salary! "Paula had demanded a raise from $8 million to $12 million to stay on as a judge on Idol," an insider close to the show tells Life & Style. "And her management took a tough line with show's bosses and refused to negotiate."
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The Day Keith Moon Accidentally Ran Over and Killed His Chauffeur
Keith Moon accidentally ran over his chauffeur on Jan. 4, 1970.
Keith Moon accidentally ran over his chauffeur on Jan. 4, 1970.
Having John Bonham behind the kit already gave Led Zeppelin an edge over most other rock bands. Adding Keith Moon to the mix would have been simply unfair.
Keith Moon would have turned 68 years old over the weekend.
It's long been trapped in development limbo, but it looks like a movie about the wild life and times of Who drummer Keith Moon might finally be heading for theaters -- with support and creative input from one of Moon's former bandmates, no less.
Keith Moon would have turned 67 years old today.
On this day in 1966, the European media reported that Roger Daltrey had been killed in a car accident. Daltrey has spent the past few decades proving them wrong. Here are my Top 5 songs by The Who, what are yours?
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Cosmologist's 'Cosmic Cocktail' is a refreshing read
Katherine Freese explores dark matter and other mysterious parts of the universe
By Andrew Grant, 17:27 PM August 7, 2014
The Cosmic Cocktail: Three Parts Dark Matter
Katherine Freese
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If the components of the universe were poured into a "cosmic cocktail," scientists could easily predict how the drink would look and taste, yet they would have no idea what's in it. Such is the state of cosmology today: While scientists can confidently explain the universe's history and structure, the identities of its primary components — dark matter and dark energy — remain a mystery. In her first book, Frees...
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I haven't lost the kid in me and I pray that I never will. I'm hoping to find someone who values that just as much as continually growing and learning to be the best person they can be.
Also, writing, drawing, video games (Smash Bros in particular), bowling, figuring out why your tech device isn't working, puzzles, running, napping, getting excited over the little things, leaving my apartment without everything I need, quoting movies, letting people know I care about them.
Let's just...let's just meet and have a fun conversation about this stuff instead. :)
If it's nerdy, there's an enormous chance that it's a favorite.
Or if it involves cheese or chocolate.
-Animals. Animals are the best.
-Art, in all its forms. I'm putting my headphones under this umbrella because I'm constantly listening to music and can't really work without it.
-Dancing. I guess that goes under art...
-Memes. Keep them coming. Always making me laugh.
...you'd really like to make a connection with someone new!
...you want that person to be super loyal and dependable and affectionate.
...you enjoy the nerdy life. (Or if you like Nintendo in any capacity.)
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Chapter 39
Pleasant little Ruth! Cheerful, tidy, bustling, quiet little Ruth! No doll's house ever
yielded greater delight to its young mistress, than little Ruth derived from her
glorious dominion over the triangular parlour and the two small bedrooms.
To be Tom's housekeeper. What dignity! Housekeeping, upon the commonest
terms, associated itself with elevated responsibilities of all sorts and kinds; but
housekeeping for Tom implied the utmost complication of grave trusts and mighty
charges. Well might she take the keys out of the little chiffonier which held the
tea and sugar; and out of the two little damp cupboards down by the fireplace,
where the very black beetles got mouldy, and had the shine taken out of their
backs by envious mildew; and jingle them upon a ring before Tom's eyes when
he came down to breakfast! Well might she, laughing musically, put them up in
that blessed little pocket of hers with a merry pride! For it was such a grand
novelty to be mistress of anything, that if she had been the most relentless and
despotic of all little housekeepers, she might have pleaded just that much for her
excuse, and have been honourably acquitted.
So far from being despotic, however, there was a coyness about her very way of
pouring out the tea, which Tom quite revelled in. And when she asked him what
he would like to have for dinner, and faltered out 'chops' as a reasonably good
suggestion after their last night's successful supper, Tom grew quite facetious,
and rallied her desperately.
'I don't know, Tom,' said his sister, blushing, 'I am not quite confident, but I think I
could make a beef-steak pudding, if I tried, Tom.'
'In the whole catalogue of cookery, there is nothing I should like so much as a
beef-steak pudding!' cried Tom, slapping his leg to give the greater force to this
'Yes, dear, that's excellent! But if it should happen not to come quite right the first
time,' his sister faltered; 'if it should happen not to be a pudding exactly, but
should turn out a stew, or a soup, or something of that sort, you'll not be vexed,
Tom, will you?'
The serious way in which she looked at Tom; the way in which Tom looked at
her; and the way in which she gradually broke into a merry laugh at her own
expense, would have enchanted you.
'Why,' said Tom 'this is capital. It gives us a new, and quite an uncommon
interest in the dinner. We put into a lottery for a beefsteak pudding, and it is
impossible to say what we may get. We may make some wonderful discovery,
perhaps, and produce such a dish as never was known before.'
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merrily, 'or if it should prove to be such a dish as we shall not feel very anxious to
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My friend just gave birth to a baby boy, 37 weeks, he was only 4 pounds 13 ounces. He is doing fine, never had to be on life support/breathing support. He is just having problems maintaining body temperature and blood sugar levels. He was in the room with her until they took him back to the NICU for an eval and found his temp and sugar levels to be too low. He had nursed one time and his latch was great, he was getting colostrum really well. She said you could see it in the corners of his mouth.
Well, now that he's in NICU, they won't allow her to nurse in there "because other families are in there too" and they won't allow him out long enough to nurse in her room. He is refusing bottles, so they have him on just an IV. She said he latched right on and loved the breast. It really upsets me that they are denying the baby the precious colostrum and milk he needs to grow and get strong. And they are denying her the right to breastfeed HER baby.
What can I do about this situation? Should I call a lawyer? Who would I write to/call at the hospital to change this situation. What are her legal rights in a situation like this? This has to affect more mamas and babies than just my friend.
Jen Mama of 2 precious boys (9) (6) and still in with my Matt after 12 years together.
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Jen Mama of 2 precious boys (9) (6) and still in with my Matt after 12 years together.
Domestic Violence Children's Advocate and Counselor
While figuring out what to do about this (freaking dumb) NICU, what can be done to get your friend a breast pump, and get her pumping to bring her milk in and get breastmilk to her baby?
Run a google search on "kangaroo care" and pass results to your friend, who needs to talk to the doctors in charge of her child's case. Sometimes nurses are great, but sometimes they stick in the mud and doctors can sometimes pry them loose (sometimes it's the other way, but it's worth a shot).
Does your friend have a pediatrician? Did she, by any chance, pick out a breastfeeding friendly doctor while she was pregnant? Can this person be appealed to for assistance?
Is this the only NICU option? Can the baby be transferred to someplace where they aren't so stupid?
Wife to Daryl 5/98, Mama to Eve 2/07, Lilie 11/08 and Victoria 10/10 --- Our First Water Homebirth. New blessing, Mathias, arrived 8/12 --- Our Second WaterHomebirth. Waiting to welcome baby #5 in May 2014.
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I may end up giving birth at this same hospital if my UC plans don't pan out, so I really would like to get this policy changed and bring it to the attention of the hospital that breastfeeding is NOT being encouraged and is being sabotaged when it comes to the sick babies who need it the most.
Jen Mama of 2 precious boys (9) (6) and still in with my Matt after 12 years together.
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When my son was born at 32 weeks, he was in the NICU. I was too sick to walk. The nurses would walk halfway across the hospital to get me and push me back in a wheelchair so that I could nurse ds.
I think she needs to contact the management of the hospital. Please tell her to do it quickly so that he does not get nipple confusion. Please remember, and tell her to tell the hospital that she is PAYING them for a service. She is in charge of her care, not them. She is the boss in the relationship.
I also agree that she should contact LLL and get them to start calling the hospital on her behalf.
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My baby was born at 37 weeks and was almost as tiny as your friends'. He was never on life support or anything either, but they kept us for a few days to monitor him. Well, fine. But he stayed with me the WHOLE time (minus a stint when a night nurse tried to kidnap him "so I could sleep"). He didn't need to leave my room. Then later on, they moved us to the pediatric unit where I got to room with him, even though he was being monitored and on IV's then. The whole time they encouraged me to breast feed and/or pump for him. I NEVER let him out of my sight. I can't imagine why that baby is in the NICU if he's otherwise doing fine. He can maintain his body temp best through kangaroo care with mommy (which does not need an NICU) and even if he needs IV's, it can be arranged... Is there a chance they could move him to the pediatric unit where they have equipment for that sort of thing??
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My twins were in the NICU (born at 34 weeks) and breastfeeding was very much encouraged. I was too sick (pre-eclampsia) to nurse at first, but I did pump for them.
I sure hope things improve for your friend...
If it was me I would bloody well just go in and breastfeed my child. There is nobody that could stop me. It's not like they could tell me I can't see my own child. And if they did I'd threaten to move hospitals and contact the media.
That colostrom is the best medicine that babe could get right now. And I'd be darned if someone would stop me from giving it to my baby.
I'm not usually into drama, but when it comes to my little people I just DO what's right and deal with the consequences. So if it caused a fuss - so be it. They're the ones in the wrong.
1) She can hand-express drops of colostrum onto a spoon, so it doesn't all stick to pump tubing etc.
2) She should then pump with a hospital-grade double-electric pump, for about 10-15 minutes per session, every 2-3 hours right around the clock.
Get her in touch with lactation support at the hospital -- get her in touch with her own doctor and with whatever doctor is responsible for her baby -- get her in touch with local LLL Leaders. Right now.
There are good online sources of info on kangaroo care, including plenty of solid medical evidence that it works better than an isolette to stabilize baby's body temp. Print this stuff up and take it to her at the hospital (or fax it or e-mail it -- whatever it takes to get it into her hands.)
Best of luck to both momma and nursling. I hope NICU comes to its senses and does something just a bit more evidence-based very soon.
You can look up pumping at kellymom, legal issues at LLL, "hand expression" probably at both until she can get a pump, etc.
I had a friend who was fighting hard to nurse her twins and they wouldn't connect her with the LCs on staff. I ended up calling the hospital directly, asking for an LC, telling her the situation and getting her direct line for friend to call (LC, doing her job, didn't want to just show up in case I was a crank). Friend called the LC and got the support she needed.
Help her take names so she can write a formal complaint, even if it's weeks after they're discharged. Names, dates and times add alot of weight to a complaint.
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Telstra could be force-fed a bigger share of its disastrous $5 billion Asian investment with its Hong Kong partner, PCCW, expected to confirm a tie-up with China Netcom as early as today.
This is expected to trigger the divestment of PCCW's interest in the loss-making Reach to Telstra, which would feel the impact on its bottom line.
This scenario gained credence on Monday when Reach announced it would dump its charter to expand its business with external customers and focus on offering its services exclusively to PCCW and Telstra.
"The removal of external customers from Reach, we view, brings Telstra closer to consolidation of the Reach asset," said Credit Suisse First Boston analyst Justin Cameron.
Reach said that explosive broadband growth would mean that Telstra's and PCCW's needs would soak up all of its capacity by the end of the year. But excess capacity in the market meant it "could not expect to generate acceptable returns" if it were to invest in extra capacity for its external customers who will be let go as their contracts expire.
The news comes weeks after a Hong Kong daily, the South China Morning Post, reported that Telstra was in talks to offload its Hong Kong mobile business, CSL, to rivals in the territory.
Telstra denied the report but brokers have flagged the sale of non-core international assets such as CSL as a real possibility following the departure of Telstra chairman Bob Mansfield and with the coming departure of chief executive Ziggy Switkowski.
"In theory, the sale of CSL should not create value unless the sale price is more than $1 billion," said a Citigroup Smith Barney report which evaluated the option.
The Post reported a similar price tag, which means that a sale could result in another $1 billion write-down on the asset's current carrying value of just above $2 billion.
According to CSFB, a PCCW/Netcom deal could spell the end of Telstra's remaining venture with PCCW, because Netcom already owns assets that duplicate Reach's cable system.
Apart from the downside of buying out PCCW's interest in Reach, which is expected to be the value of its $US155 million ($204 million) loan to the venture, Telstra will also have to account for Reach's losses on its balance sheet.
According to CSFB, losses are forecast to hit $US80 million this financial year, which led the broker to downgrade earnings forecasts by 1.8 per cent for 2005 and 2.4 per cent for 2006.
Telstra shares closed unchanged at $4.96 yesterday.
In other news, privately held Primus Telecom has notified the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission of an access dispute with Telstra over the telecom giant's rental charges for the supply of its line-sharing service.
Rivals generally access these services from Telstra to offer broadband services to customers over the same phone lines Telstra uses for voice services.
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MySpace has exploded, claiming millions of members. It's easy to use, and it has mass. Anyone can join. But it's particularly popular with those in their early teens to late 20s. Because of its size, problems with pedophiles and lack of controls, it has developed a negative reputation. (Related item: Ask Kim)
So, let's look at MySpace. Anyone 14 and over can get a free account. All it takes is a valid e-mail address. There is, however, no verification of a person's age. Once you sign up, you can customize your profile page.
Profile pages typically contain personal information. Songs, pictures, comments and friends' comments often are included.
Most importantly, there is a section to list friends who are also on MySpace. You can point MySpace to your AOL, Gmail, Hotmail or Yahoo address book to see if anyone you know has registered with the site. MySpace will list any members in your address book.
From that list you can send a friend request. The member receiving the friend request must approve it in order to be linked as friends. But you also can find new friends by searching MySpace's database for people with similar interests.
The member search function offers a quick way to locate registered users based on information they list in their profile. You can search by gender, age, marital status, location, ethnicity, body type, height, education, orientation, religion, income and even preference to having children. Obviously, this has great potential for someone seeking 15-year-old children.
A random search is an eye-opener for most parents. Underage members post pictures of themselves with friends drinking beer. Others write about their experiences with drugs. Frank and sexually explicit comments appear on friends' profile pages.
If you have teenagers, they may well have MySpace pages. Ask to see them. Objectionable pictures or comments can be removed. If your child is under 14, have the profile removed. Click the contact link at the bottom of the MySpace page. Complete the form and include your child's URL.
Your children must understand that anyone can see the information they post. Many youngsters have no concept that millions of people can see what they post. They also may not understand that anyone can pretend to be someone else. According to the Center for Missing and Exploited Children, each week an average of 50 children fall prey to online predators. This statistic is not limited to MySpace users but covers the Web as a whole.
Young adults also make mistakes on these sites. I know of a case in which an employer checked job applicants on a website. He hired a person at a lower salary than he expected to pay. Why? She was the picture of confidence in her interview. But, on her page, she said she desperately needed the job.
Although MySpace and other sites like it can be a fun experience, remind your children that what gets posted on the Internet can have far-reaching consequences. The Web is a great communications device. But the dangers are undeniable. Parents must tackle this before something terrible happens.
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. Pitt was terrible, and Fassbender's character annoyed the shite out of me.
How good is Inglorious Basterds?
quote:He really was atrocious, and I like Pitt. Very good in 12 Monkeys and Fight Club. He was hilarious in Burn After Reading.
what did you expect
quote:His British gentleman act was awful to me. I'm not sure if it was his acting or the character.
come on!! he was the shite
quote:I really didn't like how he played the character.
Fassbender was tremendous imo.
The casting for Django was exceptional, and I wouldn't replace anyone except maybe Kerry Washington.
Inglorious Basterds is a far more interesting, smart, and uncompromising movie than the ones that inspired it. Go watch The Dirty Dozen or Where Eagles Dare or Kelly's Heroes or The Great Escape or They Were Expendable and you'll find movies that don't even struggle to rise to the level of meta-commentary on either film as a medium or war or violence; despite comic flourishes, they are earnest and plodding and utterly cliched in their war-is-hell-ain't-it perspective. Even as loopy and uneven a comedy as Kelly's Heroes expects to be taken seriously despite its threadbare messaging and utterly conventional morality. As does Speilberg's Saving Private Ryan, the ending of which is so maudlin and contemptible—Matt Damon's title character demands his family and the audience certify that he'd led a good life—as to erase the power of the film's recreation of the Normandy invasion. Indeed, one of the best ways to view Inglorious Basterds is as a sort of answer movie to the gauzy "Greatest Generation" nostalgia that ultimately undermines Saving Private Ryan.
Tarantino's movies typically pull double duty like the best art always does. Which is to say, they're both interesting in and of themselves while adding on a level of meta-commentary and criticism about how the best art operates. They thus incorporate a faithful evocation of an original while allowing—or forcing—the viewer to think about the generic conventions and cliches we use to convey supposedly unique moments of meaning. Call it the Madame Bovary effect, for Flaubert's masterpiece is ultimately a novel about the effects of novels on people. Or maybe call it The Colbert Report Perplex. Especially at the show's launch, Stephen Colbert's blowhard character was such a perfect distillation of the energy and dynamism and self-importance of Bill O'Reilly that you didn't need to watch The O'Reilly Factor anymore. You could get everything that was truly engaging about O'Reilly—and a comic critique of it—simply by watching Colbert (and note that Colbert pulled this off in large part because his character regularly reduced liberal guests to incoherence by challenging them on their beliefs). Tarantino does something similar in movies such as Django Unchained: He channels past movies but makes something that incorporates their essence while easily surpassing them (if you don't believe that, check out the movie that inspired Tarantino).
Inglorious Basterds
Word is Django Unchained could have been 2 movies.
They cut out about 1hr and 20 mins of the story to make it a 2hr 45 minute movie.
So it could have been a couple 2 hr movies of Django..
And the timing would have been "just right" for everybody. Which is why it would lessen some of the people's problems with the movie (movie length)
Too bad. You should check it out...but yea....it could have been an awesome 2 parter..
I saw the Kill Bills and really did not like Tarentino after that. It just wasn't my thing.
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Rios outpoints Diaz Jr.
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Thompson Boxing Promotions returned to the Doubletree Hotel in Ontario, California for the Path to Glory series as Miguel Diaz Jr. (9-0, 4KOs) of Allentown, Pennsylvania took on San Antonio's Joseph Rios (11-7-2, 4KOs) in the scheduled eight round flyweight main event for the vacant WBC USNBC flyweight title. Miguel Diaz came out jabbing in the opening round as Joseph Rios worked his way inside smothering Diaz. In round two Rios continued to smother connecting with right hands as Diaz continued to work patiently off the jab. The jab began to show its effect for Diaz as Rios began to bleed from the nose in round three but that did not stop Rios as he continued to work inside with hooks to head and body.
The Texas fighter continued to give Miguel Diaz trouble as he continued to smother him in round four Diaz used the ring to jab and began throwing the left hook. Miguel Diaz came out throwing more combinations in round six and continued to use his distance and jab the aggressive Rios as he cut the ring. Continuing to use the ring and circle Diaz began to frustrate Rios as he continued to chase and smother Diaz with punches backing him into the ropes. Diaz used the jab and worked from the outside keeping his distance but Rios is aggressiveness helped in the eyes of the judges. In the end all three judges scored it 77-75 for Joseph Rios as he wins a split decision and wins the vacant WBC USNBC flyweight title. With the win Joseph Rios improves to (12-7-2, 4KOs) and Miguel Diaz Jr. suffers his first loss of his career and goes to (9-1, 4KOs).
The co-main event featured junior welterweights San Fernando's Rigoberto "Asesino" Flores (5-1, 2KOs) and Joaquin "Chico" Chavez (1-3-2, 1KO) of Commerce, California battled it out. Joaquin Chavez had the faster hands in round one and came out boxing using the jab and combinations as Flores landed the harder punches. In round two Chavez began to bleed from a cut above the left eye as Flores began picking at it connecting with right hands. Using a flurry of combinations in round three, Chavez frustrated Flores but Flores continued to press and be aggressive as they exchanged till the end of the round. Chavez boxed in round four as he began using his distance as the always aggressive Flores continued to chase. The referee Raul Caiz Jr. stop the action momentarily in round five as Flores is mouthpiece fell but the action continued as both exchanged. The final round both came out and continued firing away as the crowd got their money's worth in a bout in which both fighters slugged it out throughout the fight. Two judges scored the bout 58-56 while the one scored it 59-55 for Rigoberto Flores as he wins a unanimous decision and improves to (6-1, 1 KO). Joaquin Chavez who took the fight on 24 hour notice and fought 1 week ago gave Flores a tough fight and goes to (1-4-2, 1KO).
In the opening bout of the evening Heavyweights Javier Torres (2-0, 1KO) of Long Beach and Lancaster's Avery Gibson (0-0-1) went the distance going four rounds. Both tested one another with the jab early in round one shortly after Torres landed a low blow clearly below the belt line as Gibson took a knee and was given time to recover, once Gibson recovered referee Ray Corona deducted a point from Torres without a warning. The action continued in round two as both exchanged, Torres went down as referee Ray Corona ruled it a slip drawing boos from the crowd. Gibson continued to work the jab fighting from the outside as he staggered Torres momentarily with a one-two combination. In the final round Torres came out aggressive as he sensed the urgency, moments later a left hook from Torres landed solidly as he rallied. Despite the point deduction all three judges scored it 38-37 with one judge favoring Gibson and the two other had it in favor for Javier Torres as he walked away with a split decision. Javier Torres remains undefeated as he improves to (3-0, 1KO) in winning a close one. Avery Gibson is now (0-1-1) as he put on a good fight.
St. Louis's Derrick "Whoop Dat Ass" Murray (4-0, 3KOs) and Pedro Toledo (1-0) excited the crowd exchanging knockdowns in going the distance. Murray landed a lightning quick left hook that scored a flash knockdown in the opening seconds of the bout, Toledo quickly got up as he continued to fire away and exchange. Trading punches in the center of the ring in round two Murray countered effectively as Toledo continued to fire away. In round three Murray began to tire as Toledo landed solidly with short right hands as he continued to press. The fourth and final round both clashed heads as referee Raul Caiz Jr. checked both fighters but there appeared to be no cuts, the action continued as Toledo smothered the fading Murray a right hand by Toledo sent Murray to the canvas as all three judges scored it a draw 37-37 in an exciting super featherweight bout. Derrick Murray goes to (4-0-1, 3KOs) and Pedro Toledo is now (1-0-1).
Eugene "G Man" McClellan (8-0, 3KOs) of St. Petersburg, Florida won a unanimous decision over Mexicali's Mike Noriega (4-0, 4KOs) in a six round Jr. Middleweight bout. Noriega came out charging at the start of the bell shooting the right hand as McClellan worked off the jab later in the round Noriega began to dig hard to the body. In round two the Mexican fighter continued to land thumping body shots followed by right hands as McClellan boxed from the outside using the jab.
The G man continued to work off the jab in round three as Noriega began to bleed from the nose. Noriega still continued to fire away at the body as McClellan boxed keeping the aggressive Noriega away with jabs. The action continued in round five with Noriega still pounding away at the body pressing forward while McClellan used the ring and boxed away with the jab as Noriega's right eye began to swell. The sixth and final round McClellan boxed and Noriega's aggressive style made this an entertaining boxer vs. puncher matchup but McClellan displayed more ring generalship as the judges scored it 60-54, 58-56, and 58-56 all three in favor for the winner Eugene McClellan as he improves to (9-0, 3KOs), Mike Noriega was tough in his outing as he goes to (4-1, 4KOs).
In attendance at ringside coming of his valiant effort last Saturday was Riverside's Josesito Lopez as many fans had the chance to take pictures and meet Lopez. Other notable fighters at ringside, new WBC featherweight champion Daniel Ponce de Leon, former world title challenger Urbano Antillon, hall of famers Bobby Chacon and Danny "Little Red" Lopez. Thompson Boxing returns next month Friday October 19 to the Doubletree Hotel in Ontario California.


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Radio Beat: More static ahead over changes in radio biz
Published 10:00 pm, Wednesday, September 18, 2002
Consolidation has meant more opportunity for radio industry employees, more diversity of programming and better radio for smaller markets.
Consolidation has meant a concentration of ownership, a loss of jobs, the elimination of local content, less access by the public to the airwaves and a narrowing of the music and opinion heard on radio.
Get ready to hear a lot more of those dueling viewpoints (adherents of both can be found inside and outside the industry) as Congress and the Federal Communications Commission debate further deregulation and changes to ownership rules.
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The issues dominated last week's National Association of Broadcasters radio convention in Seattle and, just to make sure the issue wasn't forgotten, a coalition of groups held its own convention and demonstration to point out what they see as the failings of consolidation and the need for change.
So who's right? On at least two issues, diversity of music and opinion, both sides are somewhat off the mark.
In a convention session featuring the executives of such major groups as Clear Channel and Entercom, several stated flatly that there's more diversity in music now than ever before. Just look at all the different formats, they said.
Certainly there are more labels for formats. But those labels aren't being applied to larger slices of a larger musical pie. Instead a smaller pie is being cut into more pieces, requiring more labels but leaving little room for music that doesn't fit into those narrowly defined channels -- local acts, music from outside the genre, new music from older artists (a big problem in country music), even novelty songs. A listen to the latest incarnation of KJR-FM in Seattle gives a hint of the sort of Top 40 FM musical diversity that's rarely heard today.
Has there been a major musically based format to emerge in the past dozen years with the exception of Spanish? Urban contemporary/rhythmic, alternative, adult album alternative, all have been around a while. The radio industry may argue that's because not a lot has been happening on the musical scene, but that leads to a chicken-egg debate: Is the music scene stagnant because of radio play, or vice versa?
Is the sameness a result of consolidation, with a few owners holding dozens or hundreds of stations? There was a lot of cookie-cutter radio in the preconsolidation days. You need only go back to the era of 1960s Top 40 rock radio, when everyone complained about all the disc jockeys and all the music using the same frenetic, easily parodied style no matter where you were. It was the perfect environment for FM album-oriented rock to flourish as an alternative.
Back then, consultants were selling the same concept to hundreds of stations with individual owners. Now their work is a lot simpler; they need merely sell the same formula to market clusters of stations or their conglomerate owners who paste the format on individual stations.
As for the issue of opinion, critics of consolidation and consolidators like Clear Channel argue that alternative viewpoints, particularly on the left, are excluded from the commercial airwaves. That's true -- but that's not the whole story. Liberal/leftist politics dominate the public/community/non-commercial stations. Whether it's KUOW or KBCS or KSER, the opinions range from lefty to far-left, with about as much variety as might be found on KVI-AM; there's little room for conservative viewpoints in the public/non-commercial sector.
The right recognized it had a problem getting its message out in the elite or message-setting media such as The New York Times, the television networks and National Public Radio. But it found media outlets -- AM radio, which had been largely left for dead with the defection of music to the FM band, and cable television.
Would a conservative host work on non-commercial radio? Maybe, given the chance. Would a lefty host work on commercial radio? Quite possibly, provided said host was engaging and entertaining. Listeners may not like what Clear Channel is putting out, but that doesn't mean they're clamoring for endless hours of "Uncle Noam Chomsky's Re-Education Camp of the Air."
The radio executives who spoke at the NAB may truly believe consolidation has been great for the industry, and they may brush off groups like Reclaim the Media as complaining gadflies. They may have a harder time swaying regulators and members of Congress, who are expressing increased skepticism about the benefits of consolidation.
But if they really want evidence that not everyone is buying the argument, they need only look at the listenership surveys that show the segment broadcasters most enthusiastically target -- the youth market -- is also the group most inclined to give up on radio completely, in favor of CDs, downloaded music files and the Internet.
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The new assignments mean brothers will be competing with one another. Fastlane Phillips, whose first name is Scott, is the brother of KPLZ morning host Kent Phillips.


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For all those who think luck played a part, it was the Giants defense absolute domination in the stretch run which was able to shut down the 49ers that brought home a victory.
The Giant D rose up to meet and surpass the dominating second half performance by the 49er defense. All of a sudden, the Giant defensive line was no longer going to be denied and the defensive backs went into lockdown mode.
Quite impressive, what this "all in" philosophy translates into on the field. When the offense can't punch through, the defense comes to life. Fabulous.
They ended up making Alex Smith look like a rookie out there.


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Lets talk kill stealing
Since the beginning of time, people have been kill stealing. We see it in every MP and I for the life of me don't understand why there hasn't been a reasonable fix to this issue.
Team mates will always have the urge to put their other team mates at a disadvantage to that they themselves can get kill. We all know this, it's very very common.
See SSM implemented a change that would allow the person who put the last hit into someone, to be able to see the brutal kill halo first... oh man this could be so dangerous.
What is more annoying, than someone running up and making a mockery of the hard work you put into a battle? What is more annoying than trying to finish off a foe after a long and glorious battle?
What I propose, is that we implement some kind of solution.
BUT GOLDHAWK, wth could we possibly do to fix such a widely annoying problem?
Don't worry my dear forumers, Uncle goldie has a solution.
My solution is simple for us to understand, but will probably give the programmers nightmares. My solution is this:
Base the damage off of percentiles per person. Meaning, If someone is at 100% health, I run in and do 75% damage and a team mate runs in and does 25% damage to them finishing them off... I would get the kill and the team mate would get the assist.
Here's where it gets tricky. What if the person who does the most damage is dead? The dead person gets the assist, and the alive person gets the kill.
What if The person runs away? After a certain time limit the damage counters will shut off and restart if they haven't taken damage or are within a certain proximity. Meaning the people who did all the damage won't be able to claim the kill if the person runs off too far. Otherwise, anyone could go around deal a ton of damage then run away if things get hectic run away and claim the kills for their own.
What if the person heals? Well, then the whole "time/proximity" rule kicks in again but this time if the person is damaged before the proximity limit is met or the time is up the percentage of damage they do will stack with their current percentage. Meaning, if I have 75% damage, they go and heal a bunch and I do another 45% damage, my total % damage towards the kill is 120%. This could easily be replaced by a number of health instead of percentages.
Any thoughs on the matter? Things you'd change?
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Verry well though out. Now what if both players did %50 damage on one person? could both players get the kill? i don't think i've ever seen that in a MP, both players getting a kill on one person.
>.> why don't you go away.
Jk lol.
Well, in the case where both players did EXACTLY 50% (very, very rare) I would say probably apply the same percentage as a chance of one of them getting a kill, and another just getting an assist.
Because if you go, one guy does 50, then another does 50 to finish the guy obviously the guy who did 50 last would merit the kill because he did just as much damage but finished him off while the other guy is...well idk where.
But however, if one guy does say... 45% damage, and the other guy does 50% damage and the enemy is running away like "omg someone help jesus please have mercy" and the first guy comes back and knocks around 5% damage back into the guy to kill him, I think that's when the coin flip decision would come into play.
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Note to self:
If I ever play with Goldhawk, I won't help him when he's getting his **bleep** handed to him by multiple players because he did more than 50% damage to them on his own and will get credit for the kills for me running in and saving his life. I'll instead watch and go capture an altar on the other side of the map or open some chests. And neither will I use relics that help the team.
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Note to self:
If I ever play with Goldhawk, I won't help him when he's getting his **bleep** handed to him by multiple players because he did more than 50% damage to them on his own and will get credit for the kills for me running in and saving his life. I'll instead watch and go capture an alter on the other side of the map or open some chests. And neither will I use relics that help the team.
Much like I already said, if you did the final 50% you'd get the kill.
But of course someone would come on and post something selfish.
But a kill is a kill. There's absolutely no reason why someone should be able to come in and snag the kill out of the air while someone else is doing an in air combo...or run in and push one hit into them and since the rule states "whoever puts the last hit in them gets priority for brutal kills" they get the kill even if YOU put in all the hard work.
There's nothing wrong with the idea mentioned above. It covers a lot of bases and like I said if you did come and save me, if I died anyway the credit would all go to you.
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To be honest, I've probably had as many kills stolen from me as I've stolen from others. It evens out. It's a team match, isn't winning the goal, not killing? Sure I know killing gets points but does it matter who gets them? This is why I play Battlefield and not Call of Duty.
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I kid you not, this guy runs up and snags my opponent out of the air while I was attacking him and slams him to the ground to get the kill...wth?
I'd say it's as bad in this game as it is in any other. Doesn't happen constantly every single game but people can really rip you off and even TRY to rip you off...and in a game about combat I think it'd be a great idea to implement some way to make combat more fair, so jerks on the same team can't run in and take advantage of you.
You DO NOT deserve the kill if you only take out a small fraction of their health while someone else it attacking...that logically just doesn't make any sense.