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"Contrary to popular beliefs about grumpy old men and women, people grow happier as they get older, research shows," The Telegraph reports. "Although physical quality of life goes down after middle age, mental satisfaction increases." The study of more than 10,000 people in Britain and the United States was conducted by the University of Warwick. Dr. Saverio Stranges, co-leader of the research, said: "It is obvious that people's physical quality of life deteriorates as they age, but what is interesting is that their mental well-being doesn't also deteriorate – in fact, it increases. We suggest that this could be due to better coping abilities. … It could also be due to a lowering of expectations from life, with older people less likely to put pressure on themselves in the personal and professional spheres."
Failure is an option
"Children may perform better in school if they are told that failure is a normal part of learning, rather than being pressured to succeed at all costs, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association," Psych Central reports. " 'We focused on a widespread cultural belief that equates academic success with a high level of competence and failure with intellectual inferiority,' said Frederique Autin, PhD, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Poitiers in France. 'By being obsessed with success, students are afraid to fail, so that they are reluctant to take difficult steps to master new material. Acknowledging that difficulty is a crucial part of learning could stop a vicious circle in which difficulty creates feelings of incompetence that in turn disrupts learning.' "
Failing grades punished
"A Florida middle school student who brought home three failing grades said he is spending his spring break holding a sign on a street corner," says United Press International. "Michael Bell Jr., a Kendall seventh grader, said his parents decided to have him hold a sign at a busy intersection after he brought home three failing grades on his report card, WSVN-TV [in]Miami reported Monday. 'Hey, I want to be a class clown. Is it wrong?' the front of the sign reads. The back of the sign reads: 'I'm in the seventh grade and I got three F's. Blow your horn if there's something wrong with that.' The boy's parents said they are hoping the punishment will inspire Michael to get better grades. … [Michael Bell Sr.]said he and his wife are making sure Michael is safe and that he has plenty of food and water."
Kiribati's country retreat
"Leaders of the Pacific nation of Kiribati are considering an unusual backup plan in case climate change wipes out their entire archipelago: They may move everyone to Fiji," Associated Press reports. Last week, Kiribati President Anote Tong and his cabinet "endorsed a plan to buy nearly 6,000 acres on Fiji's main island, Viti Levu. [Tong]says the fertile land could provide an insurance policy for Kiribati's entire population of 103,000, though he hopes it will never be necessary for everyone to leave."
Humans need to be hacked?
"S. Matthew Liao, a philosopher and bioethicist, has some incredible ideas about how to deal with climate change," says Grist.org. "Instead of resorting to geoengineering, he suggests, why not consider engineering humans to cause less damage to the planet?" Some of his ideas:
- Use a pill or a patch to induce aversion to meat.
- Give people drugs to increase their empathy and altruism, feelings associated with environmental concern.
- Make people smarter so they have fewer children.
- Change people's eyes into cat eyes so they can see in the dark and need less light.
My mother the robot
"When Richard Garriott de Cayeux threw a costume party the night before his wedding in Paris, his 82-year-old mother dressed up as an Indian princess and attended as a robot," says The Wall Street Journal. "Helen Mary Garriott wasn't strong enough to make the long trip from her home in Las Vegas. So Mr. Garriott de Cayeux went looking for alternatives. The one he hit upon was a portable robot about the size of a canister vacuum cleaner with a telescoping neck, binocular-shaped eyes and a screen for a forehead. The staff at his Austin, Tex., computer games company Portalarium Inc. tested it out, then shipped it off to the wedding. And, voila!, his mother was in Paris – virtually. To pull off the costume party, Ms. Garriott had a photograph of herself in her outfit – leather chaps, headband and feather – mounted on a five-foot piece of cardboard that was attached to the robot. She then logged on from home, appearing on the screen to chat with guests."
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"Try to be better than yourself."
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Hello Tammie Lee,ReplyDelete
I love the body gesture of the gal in the blue dress...
the way she turns her glance to the resting horse as if offering her flower.
tranquility from the blue skies, blue water and the blue mountain.
very spiritual in nature.
thank you for that supply list, if I get enough courage together to begin drawing again, I now have a list of supplies you clever girl.
I am off to work again tonight.
Just having some coffee and reading the blogs.
hugs and love Sharon
I love that which you never leave behind: your creative imagination!ReplyDelete
Aloha from Honolulu
Comfort Spiral
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Horses are a pain to draw (at least I think so...), but yours look awesome!ReplyDelete
I always bring along a sketchbook and a graphite pen, sometimes some coloured pencils and my white gel pen. ^-^
Have a great trip!
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I think you've covered your bases really well. :) I hope you have a wonderful time! That painting is so lovely - very dreamlike. :) And thank you for sharing Jackie's work - I spy some lovelies there! Very wonderful work!ReplyDelete
Lovely work!ReplyDelete
Last year I brought with me all my colored pencils and some black ink pens. My flight lasted 14 hours, so I had plenty of time to draw! :))
i'm just back from vacation and this time didn't bring any supplies and certainly have missed them!!!!!!!! love to see your list/it's like coming back home. xoxoReplyDelete
What a lovely horse! and lady :)ReplyDelete
and you are a lucky winner, congratulations! :)
If I should go hiking, or away someplace, it would be
some papers
water pencil
sketch pencil
black ink pen
white acrylics
and yes-not to forget the sharpener
and my new oastel pencils!
ink pencils
some dabbers maybe..
Have a lovely day! :)
Wow..she is a beauty..graceful and ethereal..I love the softness and flow! And wow..so Gorgeous what you won from JM!ReplyDelete
I love your idea for the travel kit of supplies..you have named so many intersting things I have never even yet tried or heard of..I truly am naiive about supplies..and it is always nice to hear what others like and use! I recently bought a set of derwent inktense, a set of metallics and set of graphitints with a generous gift card for my b-day....I love them all!
Thanks for the new things to check out..yay!
Peerless watercolors? Have not heard of those, Tammie. Are they similar to Dr. Ph Martins's? Liquid and in a bottle with eyedroppers? What beautiful artwork from Jackie Morris. Lovely!ReplyDelete


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Graduate Program in Health Services Administration is #1
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Date: 17 April 2008
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Tied with UNC-Chapel Hill
Cincinnati, OH -- Xavier University has tied for first with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Modern Healthcare's "Top Business Graduate Schools for Physicians." The rankings were based on programs awarding master's degrees with courses that focus on physicians and clinical aspects of health care. The Xavier program is located in the university's College of Social Science, Health, and Education. Data were collected in January and February of this year and reflect the 2007-2008 academic year. Programs were ranked on five factors: length of time to complete the program, cost of tuition, the number of days students must spend on campus, the age of the program and the total number of graduates.
"I am delighted with the recognition from Modern Healthcare, especially since we are celebrating the 50th anniversary of our program this year," said Ida Critelli Schick, Director of Health Services Administration at Xavier. "Of course, we are proud of our physician executive graduates and all our graduates. Teaching our students is a team effort; we have a great faculty, staff and alumni and other practitioners who help in this educational process. We have been and continue to be dedicated to the education of future leaders in all segments of health care."
Established in 1958, Xavier's Graduate Program in Health Services Administration program (GPHSA) celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, with approximately 1,500 students having completed the degree. It was the oldest program of all ranked and its tuition ranked 11th. GPHSA has a strong tradition of success in the field of health services administration. The program is accredited by the Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME). Xavier's GPHSA has an excellent national reputation, offers a paid 8-12 month administrative residency under the preceptorship of a senior level manager, has a strong alumni base across the United States and abroad, offers small class sizes for a personal touch, and has been accredited every year since 1968 when accreditation began.
Xavier also tied with the University of Alabama at Birmingham at 14th for the "Largest Master's Programs in Health Administration." Both schools have 90 participants.
Modern Healthcare is a weekly publication considered the foremost authority on healthcare business nationally.
Xavier University is a private university located in Cincinnati, Ohio, providing a liberal arts education in the Catholic, Jesuit tradition. Founded in 1831, the university is the sixth-oldest Catholic university in the nation. U.S. News & World Report ranks it No. 2 among master's-level universities in the Midwest, and The Princeton Review names it as one of the "Best 366 Colleges in America."


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After pastoring in the North West of England, Steve and Angie Campbell moved to Cambridge in 1994 to head up the leadership team of C3.
Steve is a world class communicator and has been involved in teaching and preaching in both the UK and overseas, particularly in bible colleges and other leadership contexts.
Angie is involved in many different areas in both C3 and the wider community including leading the Breathe women's ministry programme, the annual Breathe Women's Conference and the very successful Cambridge City Foodbank, which is part of the outworking of her concern to help the poor and disadvantaged.
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Another swing and a miss for SNL feature films
Reviewer's Bias*
The Movie
Forte is the same special agent we know and enjoy from SNL, though the focus here isn't his status as a MacGyver parody. This time, he's being called on by the government to defeat his old foe, the not-so-cleverly named Dieter Von Cunth (Val Kilmer), who's threatening the world with a nuclear weapon. After what's possibly the longest set-up in the history of film to the furthest telegraphed joke in the history of film (and the largest employer of WWE wrestlers outside of the WWE), MacGruber puts together a small team with singer/songwriter Vicki St. Elmo (Kristen Wiig) and neophyte military man Dixon Piper (Ryan Phillippe) to go after Cunth. The adventure proceeds as you'd expect from a action film with this plot, just with lots of silliness from Forte, including wacky faces, ass shots (with bonus vegetables), awful sex scenes and a fine impersonation of mental illness. Unfortunately, many of the big jokes are so telegraphed they become groaners, no matter how hard Forte tries to sell them (like his reactions following an explosion you can see coming from about five minutes away.)
From director/co-writer Jorma Taccone, one of the minds behind SNL's great digital shorts, one would expect a tighter parody of '80s action films, and what's disappointing about that is you can see that film just beneath the surface of what made it into theaters. The use of smoke in many interior scenes to increase the drama, the over-the-top synthesizer-heavy music, the montages, the revenge storyline and even some of the dialogue are perfect riffs on the films on those VHS tapes that lined shelves of old video stores. But then, those same ideas are dropped and never picked up again. It would have been great to have MacGruber be a man out of time, having been away from modern society for a long time, but the opportunity was missed too.
No one should be surprised that Forte and Wiig are frequently quite funny in this film, as it would be near impossible for them to not be. They're just too good, and they often rise above the material, even if they can't raise the material to their level. Phillippe though is surprisingly good as the straight man in this comic trio, while Kilmer once again shows his comic chops, this time as the main bad guy. I'm an unapologetic fan of Kilmer, in large part due to his performances in Real Genius and Top Secret, and feel he's an underrated comic actor, mostly because he rarely does comedies. After an uneven career as a dramatic actor, perhaps he's got a second career ahead returning to his early roots.
This DVD offers both the theatrical version and an unrated edition, which runs about four minutes longer, but for the life of me, I can't figure out the difference. It may be extended a bit during Forte and Wiig's love scene, but it can't be by much, as Taccone notes during the commentary that they shockingly didn't have to cut anything from it. Whatever's been added in is hardly very noticeable.
The DVD
The Quality
The Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack is rather solid all around, presenting plenty of sound effects in the surrounding speakers, as one would expect from a film that revels in gun shots and explosions. The music gets a good amount of play as well, though there's some odd drop-outs in places, where the audio goes from all the speakers to just a few, when a scene changes. This may be on purpose, but it was slightly jarring nonetheless.
The Extras
There's more Forte to be found in the eight-minute gag reel, which doesn't feature the usual crack-ups, but rather on-set moments that wouldn't end up the in film, and in some cases alternate takes, especially lot of clips from the love scenes. The final moment with Kilmer takes the cake though, as it shows his personality. It is interesting to see a moment when Phillippe nearly lets a car roll off a cliff though, requiring help from several crew members.
There's also one mildly amusing deleted scene included, which ran about 39 seconds. It probably could have been left in the film without any problem.
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February 13, 2010
BUENOS AIRES — Argentina was anticipating Monday to broaden regional support in its escalating row with Britain over the disputed Falkland Islands after winning immediate backing from Venezuela and Nicaragua.
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After losing a short but bloody war over the south Atlantic islands with Britain in 1982, Argentina is furious that the British are about to begin oil drilling operations in the potentially rich seabed around the archipelago.
Argentina escalated the row last week by ordering all ships heading to the Falklands through its waters to first seek permission from Buenos Aires before appealing to other regional powers to follow suit.
On Sunday Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana took the Argentine case to the Rio Group of Latin American and Caribbean nations, gathering for a two-day meeting in Cancun.


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Well this is slightly more embarrassing than "How Do You Know."
Reese Witherspoon kicked off her image rehabilitation tour this week with an appearance on "Good Morning America" where she apologized for saying, "all kinds of crazy things" when she was arrested two weeks ago in Georgia with her husband, CAA agent Jim Toth.
Witherspoon plead no contest on Thursday to a disorderly conduct charge she received while her husband was being arrested for driving under the influence
Also read: Reese Witherspoon, Jim Toth Enter Pleas In Arrest Hearing
Witherspoon's outrageous comments were on display for the world to see on Thursday when TMZ posted video of the star confronting her arresting officer.
The tape contains Witherspoon's immortal, "Do you know my name sir?," as well as a a few new "America's Sweetheart" image-battering pearls.
Also read: Reese Witherspoon Speaks About Arrest for First Time During 'Good Morning America' Interview (Video)
They include Witherspoon reminding the officer of her rights, "I'm an American citizen ... I'm allowed to stand on American ground."
Not to mention this little gem, which may become her new catchphrase - "I'm obstructing your justice?"
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Long story but i set up my site mcclept.com- using wordpress.org (I believe i just found out the difference) but have it hosted somewhere else.
I did not use it much and went back into dashboard after about a year. There are 8000 spams waiting to be approved. I deleted / marked as spam/trashed about 2000 then I got a
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So now I am wondering how this happened since no new images etc were added?
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I bought a brand new 2006 Nissan Xterra with 26 miles on it. After driving 4,666 miles in 4 months, the clutch burned out and was replaced under warranty and said to be faulty. Not even three years later, but a month after the three-year warranty expired, the clutch burned out again with only 18,000 miles on the car. I took the car to my mechanic who looked at it and said that it was faulty with some problem with the pressure release.
At that point, I called Nissan Consumer Affairs and spoke to a representative that said that I should have it towed to a Nissan Dealer and it would be investigated to see if they should pay for it. I did so almost 5 weeks ago. I had it towed to the same dealership that worked on the clutch the first time. A decision was supposed to have been reached 2 weeks ago.
Since then, I have received periodic phone calls from the regional representative ** at Nissan Consumer Affairs who leaves a message or has someone leave a message simply stating for me to call him back. Every day I have called him and have left messages or have not been able to get through.
I have explained to ** voicemail on numerous occasions that I am a teacher and possibly the best way to reach me is to leave a detailed message as to the state of the affairs or to call my school and I will have the secretary interrupt my class for me to receive the phone call. Neither has happened. I have called an alternate number twice in the past two days and stated the problems and how I have not been able to speak to a person or to get any information.
In the meantime, the dealership cannot work on the car and is ready to close the ticket on it since it has been 5 weeks. Also in the meantime, I have not had a car. I have had stick shift cars/manual transmissions for the past 16 years. My Honda Civic had 100,000 miles and I never replaced the clutch. My Saab had 80,000 miles on it before someone hit me and totaled the car, but the clutch was never replaced. In addition, it is clear that I don't drive a tremendous distance since I have had the car for over 3 years and the mileage is only at 18,000 miles.
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA -- I bought a used 2007 Xterra, run 6000 miles from Toyota in Tallahassee. I took to Nissan in Tallahassee for service when it was around 10,000 miles. They told me that I had to change the battery. I was shocked, but I did. Next when my car had 29000 miles I took it to Nissan for service. They told me that the belts and brakes were completely gone and quoted around 770 bucks for that service.
I was awestruck and argued that that was shocking for Nissan cars! I did not get it done. I took my car to where I bought it from. Got the service done for just 50 dollars and they said nothing was wrong with it and my car is doing great! What is Nissan trying to do?? Guess make money out people for nothing. No wonder they are losing business. We are poor people and don't deserve this kind of treatment.
ALL OVER, VIRGINIA -- I currently own a 2003 Nissan Xterra. It has a continuous knocking under the engine block. Oh did I say I've been an auto tech for 35 years? Nissan claims they cannot hear this loud noise but 14 other techs from other known shops can.
Beware of Nissan, they lie and deceive their customers especially Passport of Alexandria and Cowles of Woodbridge. Their customer care are the most unknowledgeable people about autos I've ever talked to and dealt with. Beware, Nissan company does not care about their customers at all.
In my experience, if a customer does complain about noises you better believe there is a noise. After all they drive the car and know if there's a drivability problem. Believe me there's a problem, you just have to find it instead of just tell the customer it's normal!!! Beware of Nissan!!!


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Friday, October 1, 1999 Published at 10:58 GMT 11:58 UK
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Fresh stores war erupts
Regular price-cutting could leave shoppers confused
Supermarket rivals Tesco and Sainsbury have each announced swingeing new rounds of price cuts in a fresh battle for customers.
Sainsbury pledged to offer the lowest prices on 1,500 brands, in a move that will cost it Ł20m.
But Tesco immediately hit back, promising to shave up to 20% off more than 1,000 lines from Monday. Tesco chiefs say these cuts will cost Ł250m.
Asda pledged to cut 10,000 prices by the end of next year in an aggressive US-style campaign.
It also comes as store giants are facing an inquiry by the Competition Commission into claims that customers are being ripped off.
And the government has pledged to crack down on what it calls "rip-off Britain".
It plans to publish a price comparison survey in January between Britain, other European countries and the US.
Already this year, Tesco has invested Ł130m in price cuts.
Now, some products will be discounted by up to 20%, but the average cut will be 10%. Everyday items such as Kellogg's Cornflakes and Heinz baked beans will be involved.
Tesco says it also affects non-foods, such as 50% off blank videos.
'Retail revolution'
Marketing director Tim Mason said: "The Tesco price cuts we are unveiling today will rock UK shopping baskets in a way we have never seen before, it's a retail revolution."
Sainsbury's new price strategy will include 100 top brands, but a spokeswoman said they could not put a percentage figure on the cuts.
She said: "We're not doing it that way. We're matching our major competitors."
From next week, Sainsbury shoppers will receive a "personal letter" by chief executive Dino Adriano when they enter the stores, acknowledging that it is getting harder for shoppers to know what to believe about supermarket prices.
But he adds that their old promise on competitive prices remains true.
An Asda spokesman said: "We have cut some 3,000 prices already and have plans to cut 10,000 by the end of next year. Our shoppers know that we always lead on price."
A retail analyst warned stiff competition could lead to a concentration of retail power with a few massive chains.
Mike Godliman, of research group Verdict, said: "In the short-term consumers will get the benefit of actually saving money but in the longer term two or three really big players could be left and that will mean less choice overall."
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I have no idea, it doesn't list it like Amazon and Gamestop does, so be wary...
I hate Friday releases ;_;
Do I get the white outfit for preordering at Best Buy in the US?
Yea I know the game itself was great on there, I was just saying, having to deal with dem cliffhangers for what, 5 years, is crazy lol
It was an impressive game on Vita. Just flying around in an open city on my handheld was nuts.
Bluepoint did some damn good work though.
Yup! I noticed the same thing and I'm extremely excited.
I don't know if anyone here listens to Waypoint Radio -- but the way Austin and Patrick were hinting at their upcoming Gravity Rush 2 discussion gets me real excited for the way this game's going to handle its story and world building. I'm reading into that a LOT, but none the less -- hype!
Oh damn, didn't know about this. Kat, wtf.
Originally Posted by SolidSnakex
While we wait, let's enjoy the Adventures of Asshole Kat. Here she goes around Banga causing a guy to continually lose his job
Can't wait!
Holy shit this OT is marvelous! Good job!
The Raven DLC is about 5 hours btw guys, just so you know.
The Gravity Cat one? http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1332939
Originally Posted by Blasian Persuasion
Is there a thread for the live-action trailer? I just saw it and want to talk about it, but after 3 searches it didn't come up.
Does this get her back into your good graces perhaps?
Perception shattered; pre-order cancelled.
SolidSnakex </3
One thing I meant to ask - are there English subtitled versions of the Overture animations? I started watching the first when it was put up on the PS UK YT channel but the subtitles were... not English (I can't actually remember what the language was right now).
Yea there's English subtitles.
Nice OT! Looking forward to diving back in this weekend - completed on Vita and platinumed the remaster on PS4 (much preferred the controls on PS4) but I'm still going to watch that recap before I start.
One thing I meant to ask - are there English subtitled versions of the Overture animations? I started watching the first when it was put up on the PS UK YT channel but the subtitles were... not English (I can't actually remember what the language was right now).
O my word, she can Meow-call the kitty? All is forgiven.
Si. Muchismas gracias.
The Gravity Cat one? http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1332939
Heh, no one can be mad at Kat for too long.
O my word, she can Meow-call the kitty? All is forgiven.
Perfect, thanks.
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Si. Muchismas gracias.
Can't beat them savings man, getting it for $40 is too good to pass up lol
4 hours to stores open here in Aus, I feel like I'm the only one in these threads still going to a brick and mortar store to buy games -- all ya'll that are even still going physical are ordering from Amazon and the like!
PlayStationEU's version of Gravity Rush: The Animation - Overture | Parts A & B is translated into Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish!
Kat girl wakes up with amnesia with the magical cat Dusty that gives her gravity powers.
Does anyone have a story summary of the first? Wikipedia is confusing.
Kat girl fights against these odd looking creatures called Nevi that are attacking a city called Hekseville using the power from the magical cat.
Magical cat is actually a cougar Nevi. And Nevi aren't necessarily evil.
Due to the gravity storms, which coincide with the Nevi incidences, parts of the city of Hekseville have been separated and entered into rift planes. Kat girl embarks to reunite those parts of the city.
Kat girl meets up with a bad excuse for a cop named Syd.
Syd enrolls her in his fight against Alias, a suspicious looking criminal who can control Nevi, recognizes who Kat actually is and wants to steal gems from Hekseville.
Syd is totally Alias.
Kat meets up with Raven girl. Raven girl has a crow that gives her magical powers.
The crow is also a Nevi.
Raven girl doesn't like Kat girl. Raven girl is charged with the task by a militant jackass to stop Kat from reuniting the sequestered parts of Hekseville. Raven girl agrees to help because she has a goal of her own that she believes the militant will help with.
Militant jackass's ultimate goal is unclear but he later becomes mayor and has some notion of who Kat really is.
Anyway, Kat girl finds and works with Gade, a man who likes to rummage through garbage and calls himself the Creator. Gade has a wormhole where his chest should be and transfers Kat girl to the rift planes.
Eventually, Kat girl fights and beats Alias and Raven Girl and reunites the missing parts of Hekseville.
On a story mission, Kat girl is tasked with finding a letter a deceased boyfriend wrote for his gal pal. This letter takes Kat girl down the pillar into a strange village filled with children.
But Raven girl gives chase and fights Kat along the way. On the path down, Kat's powers are also affected for some odd reason. What's more, she sees an actual ghost, the one of the deceased boyfriend (although I think that's on the way up).
Kat girl is locked up by creepy children when they find her (she was separated from Dusty on the way down). Kat girl escapes and helps to fight against a giant ass Nevi which is terrorizing the children.
Raven girl works alongside Kat girl to fight off the giant ass Nevi and become bestest pals.
The children actually came from Hekseville. They were on a bus that fell off the edge of the world. Raven, it turns out, was on that bus. Sachya is Raven's actual name and she is the adopted sister of Zaza, the boy who leads the camp.
This is where the game turns into a weird ass Japanese game.
Kat meets some creepy little girl named Cyanea. Cyanea was not one of the kids on the bus. No one has any idea how the hell she came to live in that village which is an old village and was populated at some point in time.
Cyanea falls asleep randomly and it is when she does that Kat meets Cyanea's guardian which tells Kat that it protects the creator's (presumably Cyanea's) dream.
Cyanea's guardian the takes Kat through a weird dream sequence to help give some background info on Kat.
Apparently, whatever happened prior to Kat waking up, she mucked up big time, chose to forget her memories and this all happened before she got Dusty (dusty being Kat's guardian).
All the while, creepy guardian says that Kat will die. Maybe it meant that eventually all things die but soon enough, it brings Kat in front of a palace.
Before she enters into the palace, Kat encounters a frozen Katsicle. Then she enters into the palace and finds a queen/princess looking character with an unobservable who is obviously Kat.
This unlocks knowledge in Kat for some reason who now knows how to bring the kids home. There's an ark in the village with a bird on its head and Kat then opens it.
Kids get in, giant Nevi attacks again, Kat and Raven fight it off.
Everyone tries to go home but giant Nevi attacks again, sending the ark off somewhere.
Kat returns to Hekseville and then realizes that more time has passed in Hekseville than it did in the village. Militant jackass is now in charge.
Militant jackass creates a Nevi powered weapon to fight off Nevi. He has his science bitch collect data on Dusty because they want to use Dusty as a power source.
Kat has weird ass dream of Alias. Alias says that it's dangerous to overfeed her cat i.e. Dusty. Dusty then splits off into a bunch of little dusty's and some turn into cougar Nevis.
Kat is too stupid to put two and two together even though in her finishing moves, she increasingly is enveloped by said cougar Nevi.
Kat also unmasks Alias and again his face is unobservable to the player. But Kat recognizes and doesn't believe that that person is Alias. Because it's Syd and Syd is bad at his job.
When she wakes up, she finds Cyanea in her bed. Weird. Anyway, if you talk to Cyanea immediately after she parks herself outside of Kat's drain home, Cyanea will start talking some nonsense about how, if you remember something differently, then that's how it happened.
And then some stuff happens, there's a massive Nevi attack, Kat helps out but gets attacked by Yunica. Yunica, aka Seawasp, is a robot. The military doesn't want Kat to act on her own anymore or so they say.
They duke it out, Kat wins. Kat is turned into a frozen Katsicle by the military (she's in the same exact position as in the Cyanea dream). Syd intervenes to save Kat. Cyanea's guardian doesn't like that for some reason (Kat's supposed to die, I'm guessing) and frees Dusty to protect the dream or whatever.
Kat is freed, fights off military's rampaging Nevi powered machine with the help of Raven and Yunica and they finish it off by launching the Ark, which comes out of Gade's chest, straight at it.
Kids are still asleep in the Ark and the militant jackass still lives.
Anyway, if you talk to the Travelers, a husband and wife scientist duo, you'll find out that there are three parts to Hekseville. There's the part on top, filled with royalty which is where Kat is from, the middle part (Hekseville) and the bottom part (the village the kids were in).
Time flows differently in each part.
Also, there are multiple universes or something which are very similar to the one they're in now.
I'll still go to B+M stores on occasion, but the fact is that Amazon are usually cheaper and quicker (because it's not that easy for me to get to a B+M store, where I can order fairly late one day from Amazon and get it the next). With that said, I've fully embraced digital for games where it makes sense (the likes of Destiny and Diablo for example which I'll play for hundreds of hours across months/years) regardless of the cost. If there's a game I want but I know I'll complete it and not really feel the urge to go back that's when I buy the disc, to maximise trade in value.
4 hours to stores open here in Aus, I feel like I'm the only one in these threads still going to a brick and mortar store to buy games -- all ya'll that are even still going physical are ordering from Amazon and the like!
GR however is a game I'm pretty sure I'll complete more than once and almost certainly platinum. In addition, I actually like supporting full price RRP digital sometimes. Weird I know, but I buy few enough games these days that it's not really a problem.
She yells at them
Gravity Sneeze?
Your appreciationand emotional connectionfor many of the little things that happen throughout this game will many times depend on your knowledge of the first game.
In the process of doing this right now. I'm enjoying these challenges more than I remember :lol Might go for the Platinum (again. Got it on Vita) since I'm already doing most of it anyway
Just a recommendation: if you haven't played the first Gravity Rush, please do so before playing GR2. If you haven't played it in a while, you might want to go back and give it another quick go.
Your appreciationand emotional connectionfor many of the little things that happen throughout this game will many times depend on your knowledge of the first game.
That man shouldn't be selling balloons. Or it could be his birthday and he just really loves balloons.
Originally Posted by SolidSnakex
She yells at them
I found the platinum pretty straightforward on PS4. Struggled to get to grips with the races on Vita so I never bothered.
In the process of doing this right now. I'm enjoying these challenges more than I remember :lol Might go for the Platinum (again. Got it on Vita) since I'm already doing most of it anyway
How long does it usually take for Amazon to deliver the day of? Should I not expect it to arrive until the evening? Trying to figure out if I should take a vacation day, lol.
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Stetson is currently a member of the Atlantic Sun conference and would look to join the Pioneer Football League, a non-scholarship league. A-Sun member Jacksonville is also a member and Mercer has expressed some football interest. If Stetson and another southeast school like Mercer were to join the Pioneer, you could potentially see (2) divisions formed such as:
East: Marist, Campbell, Davidson, Jacksonville, Stetson, Mercer
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"Stetson University — are you ready for some football? That question may get a quick answer as university officials are gathering information and evaluating the feasibility of starting a Football Championship Subdivision (formally Division I-AA) nonscholarship program. Athletics Director Jeff Altier said Thursday he is forming a select committee to evaluate a recommendation by a university committee that football be brought back to the school. The Hatters last played football in 1956, and Altier said it usually takes a minimum of three years from when a decision is made to start a program and actually play the first game. "We're gathering information," Altier said. "The recommendation in regards to football is to further study the feasibility. We're going to move very quickly on this (evaluation process), probably after basketball season."
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Warren William
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Wealthy railroad magnate Alex Stream has little time for himself, although he is devoted to his wife Hettie and son Tommy. Hettie, however, gives first priority to her society friends, a group that Alex can't tolerate. When Alex rescues drowning showgirl Lilly Linda, he finds her cheerful ways so appealing that he relaxes long enough to eat the meal that she cooks him. One day when Hettie forgets her wedding anniversary and makes other plans, Alex, on impulse, asks Lilly to join him for dinner. From then on, Alex spends a lot of time with Lilly. Lilly's boyfriend, Lou Colima, tries to talk her into blackmailing Alex, and when she refuses because she genuinely cares for him, Lou steals Alex's letters to her. When Lou confronts him, Alex believes that Lilly was involved in the scheme from the start. He tries to grab the letters back from Lou, who shoots at him, hitting Lilly, who has thrown herself in front of Alex. Alex shoots Lou in self-defense, then tries to make it look like a murder-suicide. Alex thinks that he has escaped untouched, but Moran, a policeman who was demoted for giving a parking ticket to Alex, has seen his car parked outside the apartment and is convinced that he is the actual murderer. No one believes Moran until he manages to prove that Alex's fingerprints are on the gun. Alex is tried and acquitted. Afterward, Alex is reconciled with Hettie and the couple sails for London.
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Shump, Chandler, Melo, Amar'e, Leslie, Hardaway, Bargs, JR Smith, Prigs, Felton....am i missing anyone and when season starts, isn't it 15 players that we'll need? I have 10 listed above
Shump, Chandler, Melo, Amar'e, Leslie, Hardaway, Bargs, JR Smith, Prigs, Felton....am i missing anyone and when season starts, isn't it 15 players that we'll need? I have 10 listed above
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I hate to start this but we all know this isn't the way the roster looks, unfortunately it looks like this:
Shumpert/J.R. Smith/Leslie
Anthony/(Stoudemire/Bargnani combo)
Woodson loves his two PG sets, and why would that change now... Felton is better when Pablo is on the court, since we all agree J.R. is best as a 6th man, we are one short on the starting rotation... Prigioni did well for us when he started, so this could of the been the incentive for him to return... As for Shumpert at the 3, his defensive skill set works on slowing down most of the league's premiere players...
We also know the Knicks plan on platooning Amare with Andrea so they are the bench behind Anthony just how the breakdown will work is anyone's guess...
Could see A.J. Matthews and Jerome Jordan on the roster behind Chandler but we should hope for a veteran to sign for vet min., need the experience as the depth...
At point guard is the biggest concern as Felton can be sporadic with foul trouble, we need someone who can come in and pickup where Raymond left off and there are only two free agents right now that should be targeted: Aaron Brooks & Will Bynum!!!
We could use another 2G but the rotation at the wings have enough depth to be effective... Worse case scenario Anthony plays some 3, during the season but stays mainly at the 4 spot...
Our main focus should be PG & C on depth, rest of the off-season... We need 2 Big Men, preferably rebounding centers, while finding one scoring point guard...
I see where you're going. Especially since Woodson loves the smaller and quicker lineup. But with Bargs being traded I doubt they both come off the bench together. Especially since their rebounding and defense is not up to par. We would lose out on a lot of second chance opportunities and give then up as well. Plain terms get killed inside. Woodson will have to adjust and have a more traditional line up.
Will likely be be the line up with Pablo, JR and Stoudemire coming off the bench. I actually think that would be the way to go. Also agree we need serious depth at the 5. Who's going to come in for rebounding and defense when Tyson's on the bench? Still plenty of work to do.
Mission : X Heat / Target : L.James
I believe we must have at least 12 on the roster and can have up to 15. We have some spots to fill.
Cool, thanks guys...so essentially we need a PG, 2 Fowards and a Center and maybe even a SG...hoping for some good help this year...can't expect miracles with the small amounts of $$ we have though
I think the good thing about Bargs is that he can play both the PF/C. But as we know defensive and rebounding are not his greatest strengths. On the other note he can stretch the floor the offensive end. Looking at that roster is we did get some what younger. But still need good role players.
Mission : X Heat / Target : L.James
Wow .. I just posted our players under contract (7/8/13) so far in Prince .. "Summer League thread" .. although I wouldnt advise certain members thats in denial to look at my response LMAO
Thanks guys for chiming in and educating me......Forgive me, but i'm going nuts checking all the sports sites and seeing little to no Knicks movement....lol
Pete - Sure you heard the Knicks announced the signing of CJ Leslie today.
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ST-JEROME, Que. – A young man told a court that he had sex with his married high school gym teacher hundreds of times in her office as well as in her master bedroom.
The man, now a 25-year-old university student, was 15 when Tania Pontbriand is alleged to have first courted him.
The witness said he was "clearly her favorite student" even before Pontbriand first kissed him on a camping trip in May 2002.
He said the former teacher, now 41, would purposely sit near his desk at Rosemere High School north of Montreal.
"She told me she loved to be near me," the complainant said under cross-examination.
"I saw her yelling at other students when she wasn't happy and I can tell you that I was never punished as much as the others."
Pontbriand is accused of sexual assault and sexual contact with a minor from 2002 to 2004.
The student testified that his teacher would find multiple opportunities to have sex with him.
"We often made love in her office at school, after class," he said. "In a hallway, near the shower."
They also met for trysts in the woman's home northeast of Montreal, where he said she lied to her husband about a bra on the couch and a bottle of lubricant on a desk.
But the lies eventually caught up with them when Pontbriand's husband caught the two of them in his bed.
"He left and slammed the door," the student said. "Mrs. Pontbriand (still) insisted that we make love in their bed in the master bedroom. It made me feel uncomfortable. I felt guilty."
She abruptly broke up with him in 2004 and he kept their affair secret until he told his mother in 2007.
The mother complained to the school and to police, prompting Pontbriand to suggest he lie about his mother's motives.
"Mrs. Pontbriand encouraged me to say (mom) was crazy and an alcoholic," the man testified. "That was totally false."
He says he initially thought the affair was "beyond my wildest dreams" but that it eventually divided his family and left him "confused, ashamed and anxious."
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Of the Keizertimes
Keizerites helping themselves at the grand opening of the Outback Steakhouse in Keizer Station will be helping their neighbors.
Jon Lakefish, director of Franchise Marketing for Evergreen Restaurant Group in Washington, confirmed the opening date recently.
"We open to the public on Monday, July 15 at 11:30 a.m.," Lakefish told the Keizertimes.
Construction on Keizer Station's first sit-down restaurant started in February. The building is the first Outback in the Northwest with its particular design theme.
The Lancaster Drive Outback is being closed, with Tim Flora being moved over to run the Keizer location.
Lakefish said Outback is doing a special promotion on opening day.
"To celebrate our grand opening and to initiate our commitment to being a strong leader in the communities in which we operate, we will donate 50 percent of total sales on opening day (up to $10,000) to the Keizer Chamber Foundation," Lakefish said.
Among other things, the Keizer Chamber Foundation provides Keizer families in need with food, clothing and a present for children during the Christmas season; provides school supplies for Keizer elementary children and supports Keizer Public Art with stipends to local artists.
There will also be a VIP event at Outback the day before, July 14.
Keizer Mayor Lore Christopher is looking forward to having Outback in Keizer.
"They are going to be a phenomenal community partner," Christopher said. "On that opening night, people need to plan on having dinner there, with a minimum guarantee of $2,500 going to the chamber foundation."


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Oscar winning actor Denzel Washington is apparently just as tough as he looks. Washington endured slight suffocation while filming a waterboarding scene for his new film Safe House. Huffington Post reports that Washington said, "I wanted to see what it would be like. It's strange. You can't breathe in, because the water comes in, and its filling up your mouth."
In "Training Day," star Denzel Washington's character, Alonzo, tells Ethan Hawke's Jake, "You gotta decide whether you're a wolf or a sheep." As if Denzel's status in the former category was ever questionable, fans can now definitively say the Oscar-winning actor is a wolf after his recent admission.
In a conversation with Vulture, Washington said he was waterboarded during the filming of his upcoming action-drama, "Safe House."
"I wanted to see what it would be like. It's strange. You can't breathe in, because the water comes in, and it's filling up your mouth," said Washington. "And that was just one time for a short time. Imagine having that done for 20, 30 seconds? You will give up the answers! You may not necessarily tell the truth, but you will tell [your captors] whatever they want to hear."
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Orlando Cabrera doubled in two runs in the eighth inning to lift the Oakland Athletics to a 7-5 win over the San Diego Padres on Friday night.
Cabrera capped a three-run eighth with a drive into the left-field gap off Edward Mujica (2-2) to put the A's ahead, eventually handing the Padres their 17th loss in 21 interleague games since the start of last season.
San Diego, which was trying for consecutive wins over an AL opponent for the first time since June 2007, snapped its major league-record interleague losing streak at 13 on Thursday with a 4-3 win over Seattle in 10 innings.
San Diego's Adrian Gonzalez had a double and a career-high four walks, and has reached base a career-best 11 straight plate appearances. Gonzalez walked once and tied his career high with four hits on Thursday against Seattle, and drew a walk in his final plate appearance Wednesday against the Mariners.
Kevin Kouzmanoff put the Padres ahead at 5-3 with a bases-loaded, two-run single in the sixth inning off Russ Springer. The A's battled back against Mujica with a pair of two-out, run-scoring hits.
Kurt Suzuki singled and Matt Holliday walked, and Jason Giambi drove in the first run. Then Cabrera, who also hit a sacrifice fly, drove in a pair with a line drive to the wall in center.
Suzuki, who had three hits, added an RBI single in the ninth.
Oakland, in last place in the AL West, won for just the third time in 10 games while the Padres have lost six of seven.
Michael Wuertz (3-1) pitched one inning for the win. Drew Bailey got the final four outs for his seventh save in 11 chances.
The Athletics scored three times in the fourth inning despite just one hit. Suzuki led off with a single and rookie Wade LeBlanc walked two straight batters before hitting Jason Giambi to force in one run. A pair of sacrifice flies by Cabrera and Bobby Crosby gave the A's a 3-2 lead.
San Diego tied the score at 3-all in the bottom of the inning on David Eckstein's RBI single. Eckstein also drove in a run with a ground out.
LeBlanc allowed three runs on three hits with two walks and a strikeout in his first start since he made his major league debut last September. LeBlanc started in place of Chris Young, who was placed on the 15-day disabled list.
Oakland rookie pitcher Josh Outman left the game in the second inning with tightness in his left arm.
Outman allowed a leadoff homer to Chase Headley in the inning and was then visited on the mound by manager Bob Geren and head trainer Steve Sayles. After about a short discussion, Outman remained in the game. Two batters later, he was removed.
Notes: Padre Kyle Blanks made his major league debut with a strikeout as a pinch-hitter in the ninth inning. ... San Diego's Tony Gwynn Jr. tied his career high with three hits. ... LeBlanc became San Diego's first left-handed starter this season. ... Cabrera had a 15-pitch at-bat against Josh Banks in the sixth inning. He fouled off 11 pitches, including six straight with a 2-2 count.


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Our next cocktail is one of the few classic cocktails that calls for Scotch. The" Blood and Sand" a citrus, sweet and tart cocktail with a little hint of smoke coming from the scotch. It was created after 1922 Rudolph Valentino's movie with the same.It is very simple to memorize this recipe because it calls for equal parts of all its ingredients.
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36 "This was the dream, and now we will interpret it to the king.t 37 Your Majesty, you are the king of kings.u The God of heaven has given you dominionv and power and might and glory; 38 in your hands he has placed all mankind and the beasts of the field and the birds in the sky. Wherever they live, he has made you ruler over them all.w You are that head of gold.
39 "After you, another kingdom will arise, inferior to yours. Next, a third kingdom, one of bronze, will rule over the whole earth.x 40 Finally, there will be a fourth kingdom, strong as iron—for iron breaks and smashes everything—and as iron breaks things to pieces, so it will crush and break all the others.y 41 Just as you saw that the feet and toes were partly of baked clay and partly of iron, so this will be a divided kingdom; yet it will have some of the strength of iron in it, even as you saw iron mixed with clay.


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When a big box retailer shutters a store, it leaves behind a big, vacant building. Sears Holdings, which owns Sears and Kmart, knows all about it. Sears closed 333 stores in the U.S. between 2010 and 2012, according to the company's annual report. The average Sears store is 136,000 square feet, and the average Kmart store is 94,000 square feet. That's a lot of space to remain vacant. Enter Ubiquity Critical Environments, created by Sears Holdings to market space from Sears and Kmart stores as a place for data centers, disaster recovery space and wireless towers.
This is a rather innovative and smart use of space for a company with a vast real estate portfolios. Sears Holdings has 3,200 properties in the U.S. spanning 25 million square feet of space, including dozens of Sears and Kmart stores that have been closed. As Sean Farney, the CEO of Ubiquity, told the trade publication, Data Center Knowledge, "It's an amazing real estate portfolio."
The first project slated to be reinvented is a Sears store in Chicago, a 127,000 square foot store that will close at the end of June. The former Sears store will be turned into "multi-tenant data center," according to Data Center Knowledge. "It's a building that's lit very well, from both a fiber and power perspective," Farney said. "It's going to be great data center building."
Since not all sites of former Sears and Kmart stores are suited for data centers, Ubiquity has other plans for them. Farney told Data Center Knowledge that mall stores could be used for disaster recovery facilities, and the rooftops of those stores could be used for wireless service. The store being closed in Chicago has a 100-foot high tower on its roof that could be used to provide high-speed wireless service. Although Sears and Kmart stores "never deployed wireless on the rooftops," as Farney stated, there is interest in doing so. "I will put as many of the rooftops in play as I can," he vowed.
The former Sears store in Chicago is not the first site where a big box retailer used to be that has been reinvented. A former Walmart in McAllen, Texas stands as a well-known example. The 124,000 square foot building now houses a state-of-the-art library. A few states over, in Alabama, the town of Hoover has seen a number of former big box retail sites turned into other uses. Businesses that wish to expand or relocate are filling the former sites.
The South is not the only place where former big box retail sites have been turned into other businesses. A former Kmart store in Lockport, Illinois, now is now home to several shops. Only 11,000 square feet of the 55,000 square foot building is empty. In the northern portion of the Bay Area of California, an empty Linens 'n' Things site was turned into indoor kart racing.
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When is Spring Break??
March 17th-21 and I'm currently planning our activities.
Ours is April 14-18 were not going anywhere but will have play dates with friends, go to Chuck E Cheese, parks (if it warms up LOL), bounce house, bike riding. Nothing extremely special we will just make sure we get out of the house each day and play outside. We will also bake cookies one day because my kids really like doing that as well.
March 24-28. I don't usually plan special activities but this year my kids are going to visit my parents in Canada.
Spring Break will happen once they go to college. lol Our school doesn't have Spring Break, they have Easter Break which is shortened this year due to all of the extremely cold days that they missed.
My husband and I will both be working that week, so nothing special planned.
The week of April 7th. We don't normally do anything other than hang out. I'll be 36w pg so we will be close to home
March 24-28th. So far, dd has a Dermatology appt scheduled for the 24th and we will likely schedule the dental hygenist appts for dd and ds on the 25th. Other than that, we're going to organize the house and hang out with friends.
March - 10 to the 14th, with a PD day today for extra fun. My son has hockey all next week so we are not going anywhere at all, well except were his hockey games take us.


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I need to change the wordpress site name. I have purchased the new site name and it has been added to the hosting plan along with the current site name.
The site will stay the same with the exception of changing any mention of the old site name and some other links, i.e. facebook,etc
There is NO blog on the current site.
I read this http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL.
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When Your Domain Name or URLs Change
When your domain name or URLs change – i.e. from http://example.com/blog to http://example.com, or http://example.com to http://newexample.com – there are additional concerns. The files and database can be moved, however references to the old domain name or location will remain in the database, and that can cause issues with links or theme display.
If you do a search and replace on your entire database to change the URLs, you can cause issues with data serialization, due to the fact that some themes and widgets store values with the length of your URL marked. When this changes, things break. To avoid that serialization issue, you have two options:
Only perform a search and replace on the wp_posts table.
Use the Search and Replace for WordPress Databases Script to safely change all instances.
For my situation, do I need to worry about changing anything involving search and replace, database etc? Or is that ONLY if a site moves AND the site name changes?
I also had a question about search engines indexing of current site and the new site and 301 redirect etc but I will make another post on that.
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Mr Reeder has to find out about the contents of the case and discover more about its carrier, 'Mrs Jackson'. The Stealer of Marble is Casefile Number 4 which is also included in Casefile Numbers 1, 2, 3 and 3 from 'The Mind of Mr J G Reeder' by Edgar Wallace.
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Therefore, a specialist who provides an E&M service that falls under those codes to a Medicare patient who has not seen a primary care physician in a certain time frame could have that patient assigned to him or her, and make his or her group physician practice exclusive to that patient's ACO.
Specialists who wish to participate in more than one ACO must be careful to avoid triggering exclusivity to a Medicare ACO. According to the report, specialists can do this by encouraging their patients to see a primary care physician regularly, along with other options, detailed in the report.
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Tim you need to email me Asap. You know what you have done, I thought you were a better person that that, but looking back at what you have said about other taxidermist in your area I should have know better than to trust you.
If my work was so bad, why did you help me get the job at that huge studio? I think thats proof enough I did not give you shoddy work!
After you and I had quit dealing with each other, I sent you two safaris I did not have time for I also did not feel I had the skills to do that work.
I even sent you a customer with a lifesize Bison bull, cow and calf.
Wehn you picked the bull up you stopped by my shop and we had a long talk.
What you has emailed is a LIE. I should have know better when you were talking bad about Glen Pilgers work and Tom somebody, then as time went on and I completed work for you, you talked bad about
Tom Bowmans work in Wakefield and Don Rush's work from Junction City.
That should have been a flag to me, but I gave you another chance and then you have the nerve to LIE ABOUT ME.
You Are totally worthless! May the fleas of a thousand camels infest your armpits.
Geez this really burns my hindend, I let you pay out the work I did for you. I bet you are talking bad about the guy you tried to get me to train to do fish for you.
You even waited until you had the frozen fish over a year, then wanted your work put on the front burner to help you out. WHICH I DID!
I should have listend to the State trooper who told me you were a crook. I missjudged you. Even my customer from Salina said you were a crook. Wow I really misjudged you!
To counter the LIES YOU TOLD TODAY, I have many fish I mounted for you and many I mounted for myself during that same time period. I have them posted on a website. Never have I had any problem with mounts like you stated. I have several witness that will tell you I take every bit of meat out of a mount and noway did bugs eat those fish up.
Want to know why? I removed all the meat, the skull, the only thing I leave is the skin you see from the outside and the skin inside the mouth. I also at that time was poisoning the skins with LEAD ARSENIC.
This side of you caught me by suprise but that explains why you never go to and shows anymore, you have lied about way to many people I am one of them.
You are slick! Slick as grease goose crap on a rainy day.
Hum and just last year we talked on the phone, why did you not mention the "BUGS THEN"
You were talking about how business was down, well now I know why your business was down.
I will never do anything to help you again, even if you are dieing of thurst, I will not give you the sweat off my A$$.
Get a life where you dont screw everyone over!!
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Why don't you tell him how you really feel?
He is spending all day posting his pictures on other websites like Trapperman.com.Says he wasn't advertising and was so busy.Well,when you are on there every day putting pictures on to lure in some trappers you can't be that busy.When a guy comes back from lion hunting,and then he shows pictures of his lion mounts,yeh,that's advertising on a board that says No Advertising! Never met the guy but from everything he has done I don't care for him.If you see this Tim, Don't email me anymore as after trapperman postings and now this,you blew it with me! You tell me you don't like to lie to people,well,I can read people well,and I can say you are not honest.Guarantee it.Honest isn't showing customers other peoples work and claiming it is yours.
We have someone like that around here too. He doesn't think the other taxidermists know what he is saying about them. Some people just feel better about themselves when putting down other people. It used to bother me but now I just feel sorry for him. He is the one trying to place himself on a pedestal by degrading everyone else, yet he is the one that has the problem. It's kind of ironic......
Bill K.
I'm glad I didn't cross you, John! ("May the fleas of a thousand camels infest your armpits.") CLASSIC! Love it!
Sorry to hear about getting burnt by this backstabber.
Tim called this morning and it was meant that a guy did some wholesale fish for him several years ago and that was the bug man,not you.As I said,you are upstanding and everyone knows you do great work.Tim was like what in the world,I got this message this morning and so on.I said,no,it was a misunderstanding and we talked for a half hour.
Yea, I got a email from him. But he still has some of the facts wrong! Just glad I dont have to deal with him anymore.


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It doesn't include linux source but just refers to the include-files to build the system-image and uses the compiled kernel-image to boot the system-image from ROOTDEV.
It's distributed in the form of source code from which the system-image can be built on given ROOTDEV in 1~2 minutes(host-machine: Pentium4).
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text: I remember there being a lot of talk about this and a director's cut was promised but instead what we got was a producer's cut that was actually worse than the theatrical cut (don't get me started on the horrible alternate ending). Now I know that it's been stated numerous times that the special effects footage in the trailers was never meant to be in the film but there's a lot of other material that apparently was (look at the deleted scenes and workprint featured in the DVD set) and I was always curious how the director would have pieced this all together. Would his cut been like the Japanese cut (I hear everything is edited much differently in that one)?