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.TOC file impossible to burn - [solved]
Mon, 2008-12-01 11:56
Hi all,
I encountered a problem when attempting to burn a CD from a .TOC file exported by Ardour. I finally found out that two of my CD tracks (the CD intervals in my project) were written with this character " that I don't know the name in english, sorry...
In the TOC file, the line defining the Title of your track should normally be something like:
TITLE "my_song"
If, like I did, you add this " to my_song, it will be:
TITLE ""my_song""
And that makes a syntax error.
So, remember to write your tracks whithout """"""""".
PS sorry if you all knew that already...


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A group of Dallas parents oppose the plans for an apartment complex for homeless people next to a day care.
The parents said the St. Paul Apartments would be built downtown in a parking lot next to the First Presbyterian Church Developmental Day School.
The parents said they support permanent supportive housing in the neighborhood but want a larger buffer between their children and people who may have a history of addiction and mental health issues.
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No, it's not used anymore! And no crescent moon... just a star, but this was probably a real outhouse; it's at the Vineyard Cabin, which was originally located just west of the town of Greenwood. It was moved to its present location just behind the Old Jail Museum in 1994. The restoration of the cabin was completed in 1996. It was a gift to the Sebastian County Historical Society from the granddaughters of its former owners. The cabin was built around 1848 by a bachelor school teacher, William Blaylock, who first built a one-room cabin with a stone fireplace where he lived and taught school until he married in 1850; he then added another room and connected them with a breezeway. Furnishings in the cabin were donated by various individuals and descendents from the area. It's only open on special occasions but the site is open to the public and it is possible to walk around and see the various buildings of the complex.
Greenwood is one of Arkansas's fastest growing communities. Located only about ten minutes from Fort Smith, it still retains a small town atmosphere. There are about 7,000 residents currently. It was founded in 1851 when the location was selected for the first county seat of Sebastian county. It was named for Judge Alfred Burton Greenwood, who had been elected the previous year to serve as Circuit Judge over ten NW counties. The first courthouse was a log structure, but was replaced in 1865 by a frame courthouse which also became the center of the public square. Another was built after a fire in 1916, when the courthouse was relocated to the south of the square. The town's greatest test came in April, 1968 when a devastating tornado nearly destroyed the town. Thirteen people were killed and many homes and businesses were lost. The park where many structures were lost still serves as the heart of the town, and also stands as a reminder of the past, as many buildings on the site were lost in the tornado and were never replaced.
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XCOM: Enemy Within, Bioshock: Burial at Sea Spoiler Section (After Credits), Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag, Mage Wars, The Changing Nature of Game Input, Your Emails and More!
This week Shawn, Julian and Elysium talk about game inputs and lots of new games. We also have a Burial At Sea spoiler section after the credits!
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00.02.10 Bioshock: Burial at Sea
00.09.51 X-Com: Enemy Within
00.20.39 Battlefield 4
00.28.56 Madden 2014
00.30.34 Mage Wars
00.33.00 Panzer General online
00.35.53 Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag
00.41.14 This week's topic: The changing nature of game input!
01.03.31 Your emails!
01.22.40 Spoiler Section: Bioshock Infinite: Burial at Sea
Luminous - Broke for Free - http://brokeforfree.com/ - 40:46
Blow Out - Broke for Free - http://brokeforfree.com/ - 1:03:02
Welcome to Rapture - BioShock OST - http://www.bioshockgame.com/ - 1:22:38
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evocative: adj. The new visceral.
Good podcast guys.
With regards to the nausea issue: FOV and fps are really good things to alter. Altering the resolution generally (not to my experience) will not change the FOV. I don't get nauseous but I do get a slight feeling of disorientation sometimes when playing games that feel too "zoomed in". In HL2 you can at least use the console commands to increase the FOV. IIRC, it's default is something like 70-80 in HL2. Don't know what it is in other source games but they also tend to be more closed environments and I think that can sometimes make a difference, along with darker environments.
I usually try and have as high a constant fps as possible, as this reduces lagging, jumping and other artefacts that can contribute to the disorienting effect. For FOV I usually like to stick it between 100-110 for pc games where I'm close to the monitor and around 85 for console games.
IF I get the choice...
Thank you Jonathan for turning me on to Broke for Free. Awesome music!
I'm a little disappointed that a spoiler section was done before anyone really had a chance to play the game. But I guess it's good that the crew is adding the spoiler section archive.
Yeah, it's a tough call, but we're likely to have our most clear and specific thoughts shortly after playing. Waiting a week or two would likely leave us forgetting key elements or items we would discuss.
I do hope the archive is something people will use.
Yeah, it's a tough call, but we're likely to have our most clear and specific thoughts shortly after playing. Waiting a week or two would likely leave us forgetting key elements or items we would discuss.
I do hope the archive is something people will use.
Or, you know, in future you could record it now and edit it into the next show?
Just a thought.
Edit: I personally don't care when it's added but I'm not seeing the "tough call" when it's a recorded show...
Or you could just wait until you'd played it and then go back and listen to it!
Re: Collectibles in games:
I'm not enough of a historian to note when they first became a thing. My point of reference is Super Mario Bros. and coins, but they functioned very differently than a lot of modern collectibles manage. They were everywhere, clustered together, and collecting them all didn't do anything particular. However, grabbing more and more of them continued to regularly reward you with a 1-Up.
They were a lot more enticing back when loading a save game (assuming you had a save game) reset your extra lives, though. So in Super Mario World (which also introduced Yoshi coins and had the chromatic switch palaces and multiple endings to select levels to create alternate paths throughout the map...), you may save your game with 11 spare lives, but when you load back up you have somewhere around 3-5. Compared to newer Mario games, where I have well over 100 extra lives in NSMB2 and Super Mario 3D Land...
However, in the context of most "hardcore" games, I think what you should really draw from is Metroid and Zelda. There's not a worthless collectible in either of those games, really. Pieces of heart and energy tanks expand how much health you have, missile packs and satchels increase how many missiles, bombs, or arrows you can hold, etc. Everything you collect somehow improves your character's capabilities.
Imagine if, in Assassin's Creed II, instead of having Ezio buy upgrades, they had select characters you could kill and loot or pick-pocket to gain weapon upgrades? Replace feathers and flags with bomb satchels and such instead.
I think the only reason to have an economy is that it is easier to find ways to give a player cash and therefore allow them to purchase an upgrade. That, and it seems to be the general direction of Western games as well. Purchasing upgrades and better gear instead of discovering it.
Granted, this also varies from game to game. I wouldn't have a space flight sim where you have to find better gear for your fighter in a map, because it doesn't speak to the experience. Yet if I can climb a tower in Assassin's Creed, use Eagle Vision, and then spot collectibles while I unfog the map, well, I now have even greater reason to climb them towers now, don't I? And the rewards for snagging all those items on the map are substantial and contribute to gameplay.
I really liked how inFamous implemented the shards and drops, though. You had a minimap on screen, and by pressing a simple button it would hint to where you could find pickups. Those pickups either rewarded with narrative or being able to upgrade your powers. It actually feels mechanic based.
In fact, now that I think about it, Ubisoft should play inFamous 1 and 2 before making the next Assassin's Creed.
Imagine if, in Assassin's Creed II, instead of having Ezio buy upgrades, they had select characters you could kill and loot or pick-pocket to gain weapon upgrades? Replace feathers and flags with bomb satchels and such instead.
I think this is where Elysium was going on the podcast. If the reason for the collectibles is to move a number, then kindly DIAF. But if you give me a gameplay reason for collecting things, I will go out of my way to get everything I can.
HL2 is the only game that made me nauseated, and it was only during the airboat section. It took me a couple of days to get through that part because I could only play for maybe 10 minutes before having to do something else. Preferably lying down.
Or you could just wait until you'd played it and then go back and listen to it!
You can change the episode name in iTunes so I usually add something like 'Brothers spoilers' to the end of the name and leave it in the stream.
I have a little list of spoiler sections to get to and have only just listened to the Bioshock Infinite one.
The deal where you hand over any old game in exchange for a new one sounds like something that would happen in a dream. Hopefully we'll get some juicy deals on 360 games here in the UK once next gen is underway.
I'll be interested to hear how the 360 version of AC: Black Flag holds up, especially in terms of frame rate and visuals. I'm not overly sensitive to either so, at the moment, I'm on track to pick up the 360 version.
In a lot of the Youtube videos I've watched of AC:BL there seems to be fog in the distance. I wondered if that was introduced for this game but, loading up AC2 recently, I realised that the distance is pretty much always fogged out in that game was well. I kinda like it as long as it isn't over done.
I've said this since the Wii was first being talked about, but my biggest problem with motion controls (despite the fidelity simply not being there yet) is that there isn't any feedback. When I hit something in real life, I feel the thing against my fist. When I fire a gun in real life, I feel the kick of the weapon. When I'm boxing in Wii or doing some random Kinect game, I feel nothing... I'm swinging at air and it's just not satisfying. I'm not saying that motion gaming doesn't have its good games. I think they brought up some good examples in the podcast (dance central, etc). I'm saying that, for the games I want to play, where I'm climbing, exploring, fighting, shooting, or doing other physical things, I can't see where motion gaming can ever replace a controller for me.
And since I brought up fidelity, I think that, if the voice control in Kinect worked as it was supposed to, it could be fine. Not preferable to a controller, but fine. As it is now, I can't just be like "Xbox, netflix, futurama." I have to be like
"XBOX... XBOX! XBOOOOOOX!!!! NETFLIX. NET.. oh for the love of... Hand me the controller."
With regard to the Burial at Sea spoiler section
What I want to know most of all is, if Elizabeth's mission was to find Comstock and take him out, who didn't she just do it in his office, or at any point along the way? Why include all of this business with finding Sally, who doesn't seem to be related to anything?
Where can I preorder Battlefield: Kegel Edition?
The movie where Clint Eastwood had to think in Russian to fly the plane is FireFox.
I believe kegels were also involved.
The only game I ever got motion sick in was the first Descent. At the time being in a true 3D world just made my stomach do a flip-flop. Could not play it.
For some reason the Borderlands games give me a headache. I don't have this problem in any other game. I finished BL1 with lots of aspirin help mainly because I was playing co-op with awesome people. But when I tried BL2 I had the same thing so have given it a miss. Maybe the cel shading is what does it, I don't know. I tried adjusting the video settings every which way but nothing worked.
I have gotten motion sick on a few games... all FPS. The first one I can remember was Condemned. I couldn't play that game for longer than maybe a half hour without wanting to vomit. I also recently tried to pick up the original Half Life and FEAR 2, and both made me nauseous. I can play Halo fine... I can play CoD and Boarderlands without any effects, but some games just have something that triggers in my head but I have no idea what it is.
I have yet to try FEAR 2 without head bob, so I may try that and see how it works.
I believe Half-Life and F.E.A.R. use wide-angle-lens style view (or am I thinking fish-eye? I can't recall), but Halo and Borderlands do not. Could that be part of it?
I get a twinge of motion sickness from the Borderlands games, but it's only when I'm falling. You see, there's no fall damage in the game at all, so you can jump off really high places without any consequences.
But 2k gets the physics just right so that I get a little light in my stomach after the first second of the fall.
Oh, that's been happening to me since Metroid Prime. Some games it bothers me more than others, so on occasion, when there's no fall damage, I'll look away as I drop down in order to avoid that "holyCRAPI'MFALLING!" feeling.
That I can hardly handle a fake drop from a great height is why I continue to avoid roller coasters.
Burial at Sea spoiler-free Public Service Announcement
If you are playing on PC with mouse and keyboard, make sure you have a key mapped to 'switch weapon'. I just had the scroll wheel mapped to switch between the two weapons (not sure if this is default) and could not figure out how to bring up the weapon wheel for the longest time. Have to hold down the switch weapon button, which you can't do for mouse scroll wheel.
I went through a brief period of relative obsession with achievements on the 360. I think I enjoyed the first Gears of War less than I would have because of it. I was always looking at the ground and in empty corners of the maps for those freakin' Cog Tags. What a useless pain in the butt.
It seems strange to me; calling one task in a video game "useless" as though another were "useful" (of course, use is not the only measure of value). But there is something about those kind of collectables. It just seems so utterly pointless.
Occasionally, I would look up during one of the periods of downtime between crouching behind chest-high debris and say "hey, the environments in this game are really quite stunning," and regret that I spent most of my time looking at the brown floor.
Even if the collectables only led you on a kind of sight-seeing tour and showed you interesting (but not gameplay related) things, I might be alright with it.
In regard to having, "THAT game" in BF4. Yes I've had THAT game. And right in the middle the server crashed. Oh the manly tears shed that day.
The keyboard is not always a good means of input. Indeed, the default QWERTY keyboard was designed to be as perverse as possible in order to decrease the speed of input from a typist's fingers. However, even a Dvorak keyboard is only good for two hands on a level surface with a visual feedback system.
For smartphones, the keyboard has proven to be such an incredible failure that there are such things as textspeak. There have been innovations to make typing on a small touch interface better. The one I prefer at the moment is the swipe-predictive interface, which is currently based on a QWERTY layout for familiarity, though there is no real proof that this interface is best for swiping.
I believe that this sort of gesture-based typing on a touch interface is going to be a lot bigger in the future, possibly replacing the keyboard altogether on small devices. As a one-finger typing solution, it is possible to implement it easily on a controller for a game, allowing players to input complex text messages using only one finger.
This is the basic tracking software developed by Swype. It's about three years old, I think. The updates have improved the accuracy and general performance. It has been paired with SwiftKey predictive software (SwiftKey 4 has Flow/Swipe functionality).
The predictive software cleans up any mistakes you make while swiping, and is so good that in many cases, you will only need to press one of the word options above the keyboard rather than swiping a whole word in, which makes it super fast.
The Samsung Note2 comes with a default Samsung keyboard that incorporates both Swype and SwiftKey technology. It is my understanding that Samsung paid for the tech directly from the innovators. I think the Note3 also incorporates these technologies.
And I just now saw a radical keyboard design where the interface is a touchscreen and all the letters were in a single, compact row, like a Dvorak on steroids.
I'm waiting for the future when all important devices, like self destruct systems and automated turrets, are activated and deactivated by pulling a long stainless steel cylinder slowly out of a console, rotating it 45 degrees and then pushing it back in again.
I'm waiting for the future when all important devices, like self destruct systems and automated turrets, are activated and deactivated by pulling a long stainless steel cylinder slowly out of a console, rotating it 45 degrees and then pushing it back in again.
Or for space truckers, having to flick two huge switches before pulling FOUR cylinders out, and then flicking a red button on each of them.
Just wanted to give a big thumbs up to recommendation of Mage Wars, the board game. My 9 year old son and all his friends LOVE this game and always ask me to break it out for them. But there is also a level of depth that allows for highly strategic gameplay. Actually having a physical Spell Book to choose your spells from is so ingenious! So much fun!
Thanks for another great show guys!
I think this is where Elysium was going on the podcast. If the reason for the collectibles is to move a number, then kindly DIAF. But if you give me a gameplay reason for collecting things, I will go out of my way to get everything I can.
I think this is part of the reason why Donkey Kong 64 flopped hard. Rare kept adding more and more collectibles to their N64 games until they ended up on the wrong side of the event horizon with DK64.
I remember in GTAIII I was getting the hidden packages primarily to get free items at my safe houses. Can't remember what the benefit was in Vice City, but when San Andreas came out they decided EVERY area needed a unique set of 100 things to find. I think that's the point where I just stopped caring about these types of objectives.
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With regard to the Burial at Sea spoiler sectionSpoiler:
What I want to know most of all is, if Elizabeth's mission was to find Comstock and take him out, who didn't she just do it in his office, or at any point along the way? Why include all of this business with finding Sally, who doesn't seem to be related to anything?Spoiler:
She seemed to need him to remember who he was before he died. Leading him through the story brought him to that point. Until the very end, Booker didn't seem to remember being Comstock. It's actually a fairly common trope in a Noir story, the mysterious lady ending up having it out for you on some revenge trip.
Now that's just cold.
I really liked that ending bit even though the first twist was telegraphed twice throughout the journey. However, I did not see the Big Daddy attack coming since I thought Sally's Mr. Bubbles was already dead. For what it's worth, I didn't actually see it die since my Motorized Patriot was dealing with what I thought was Sally's Big Daddy, so that made it all the more surprising. The double discovery that I thought I hadn't killed it.
Like Julian, I'm half expecting Ryan to be a Comstock as well, but that seems like a really obvious twist. Plus I feel like that twist was already played out a little with Jack being Ryan's son in the first game.
I'm more expecting Burial Ep. 2 to end in Columbia just to close the loop they started way back in the first teaser trailer for the game.


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Cutty Sark Navigates Its Naughty Past
- January 3, 2014 |
- By Jack Bettridge
Discussions of Cutty Sark whisky's connection to the underworld often begin with the 1990 mob film GoodFellas. In one infamous scene, the hapless Spider misunderstands Tommy DeVito's order for a "Cutty and water" and gets shot in the foot and ultimately dumped in a shallow grave for his gaff. But the light Scotch blend with a clipper ship on its bright, yellow label had been mobbed up far longer than that. It is the older, sometimes shady, but ultimately savorier backstory that the newly released "Prohibition Edition" aims to embrace.
First blended in 1923 with a taste profile seemingly aimed at American drinkers (even though—due to Prohibition—that market didn't legally exist), Cutty Sark became an instant favorite on this side of the Atlantic thanks to those bootleggers who dealt in premium product. Foremost among them was Captain William McCoy, a yachtsman/rumrunner so well known for his commitment to eschewing moonshine and counterfeits that the phrase "the real McCoy" was applied to his legitimate product and claimed by others for their own bottlings, whatever the origins.
Cutty Sark Prohibition Edition Blended Scotch Whisky celebrates that dedication to quality—despite that it once flouted a Constitutional amendment. The spirit is blended to "pay tribute to the style of liquid consumed during the 1920s," according to its producer. As such it's more full-bodied than the popular, standard Cutty, which is known for its lighter taste profile. The bottle-opaque with a cork stopper and a faded-looking label-also pays homage to Prohibition-era packaging.
The whisky itself drifts in the direction of the Cutty of old with its heightened alcohol level (100 proof). Yellow Label is now packaged at 80 proof. The former standard for all Cutty products was 86 proof. (The brand also makes Cutty Sark Storm and Cutty Sark 12 Years Old, both at 80 proof, as well as Cutty Sark 18 Years Old, at 86 proof, and Cutty Sark Tam O'Shanter, a 25-year-old, at 93 proof.)
Captain McCoy has recently sailed back into popular consciousness thanks to a fictionalized version of the seaman on HBO's Prohibition-era drama "Boardwalk Empire." The real McCoy—if you will—conducted most of his business at sea, beyond the three-mile limit, to escape jurisdiction of American authorities. Bootleggers would meet his British-registered schooner, Tomoka, in their own vessels. There, they would choose from an array of foreign-made liquors that included Irish and Canadian whisky, and rum. McCoy was said to have been a short-lived agent of London's Berry Bros. & Rudd, which created Cutty Sark. The sailor, who himself did not drink despite how he is portrayed on the television show, was eventually busted by the United States Coast Guard. Even while he was in international waters at the time of his arrest, he took a plea bargain and served nine months in prison, after which he forsook the liquor trade and retired a rich man.
The vessel illustrated on the Cutty label is not McCoy's schooner, but the speedy clipper ship Cutty Sark. The sailboat happened to be visiting London at the time the whisky was conceived. (The Cutty brand is now owned by The Edrington Group, which exclusively produced the whisky for Berry Bros. & Rudd beginning in the 1930s.) That ship's own name was in turn inspired by a witch referred to in the Robert Burns poem "Tam o' Shanter."
That same devilish spirit seems to have pervaded the whisky ever since. Astronaut Gordon Cooper is said to have smuggled a sample bottle of Cutty Sark aboard the Mercury spaceship Sigma 7, piloted by Walter Schirra. Schirra waited, however, to consume the gift until he was safely aboard the recovery ship, USS Kearsarge, also outside U.S. territorial waters at the time.
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Cutty Sark Prohibition Edition (100 proof, or 50 percent alcohol by volume; no age statement; $29.99 a 750-milliliter bottle)
APPEARANCE: Amber/gold with a green tinge. Slow, medium-speed legs.
NOSE: Bready with a hint of fusel oil and light fruit notes, honey and caramel.
PALATE: Honey notes chime in first and morph into caramel and vanilla with a hint of pepper. Then come hard candies that smack of berry and citrus fruits. It fills out with cinnamon, graham cracker and other toasty, hardy flavors that set it far apart from the light, bright flavors of Cutty Yellow Label. Very little peat.
FINISH: More savory notes appear on the finish with a bit of cheddar cheese and some added spice deep into the finale.
Regius White Label Toro by Don Manuel Quesada (6 inches by 50 ring gauge; $7.75; 88 points, July 9 Cigar Insider) A strong smoke from the start, this toro is rich and flavorful with wood and spice, but has some intermittent notes of oily wood and is a touch sharp on the palate. The sweetness of the blend elevates the tart flavors of the cigar to a new place, bringing out toast and nuts. The trade off for the Cutty isn't as pronounced, but does highlight its honey flavors.
Punch Rare Corojo Perfecto (7 inches by 48 ring gauge; $5.30; unrated) A handsomely shaped figurado with charcoal notes offset by chunky wood and toffee notes. Once again the whisky coaxes toast and nuts from the cigar, adding sweet notes and savoriness. The blend gets a bigger boost this time from the cigar, with its spice and cinnamon notes greatly accentuated.


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Unity, Maine – Unity College's 45th commencement exercises will be held on Saturday, May 10, in Tozier Gymnasium.
At 1 p.m. a bagpiper will lead President Stephen Mulkey, Trustees, faculty, staff, honored guests, and graduate candidates in a procession up Murdoch Drive through the center of campus into Tozier Gymnasium. Commencement is scheduled to conclude at 2:30 p.m. with the forming of a recessional receiving line adjacent to Quimby Library to congratulate graduates.
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This year's speaker is Céline Cousteau, a rising star among nature documentary filmmakers and conservation advocates. She is a granddaughter of famed ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau.
Other speakers include President Mulkey; Bruce Nickerson, Chair of Unity College Board of Trustees; Dr. Melik Peter Khoury, Executive Vice President; Dr. Michael Evans, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs; and Dr. Sarah Cunningham, Assistant Professor and Director of the Center for Experiential and Environmental Education.
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Perennially among the "greenest" commencements in the United States, Unity's 2014 exercises will feature Green Weaver regalia, gowns made from 100% recycled bottles; carbon credits for participants; sustainable approaches to facilities usage and dining services; an extensive recycling program; and other initiatives that are in keeping with the College's environmental focus.
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Indian stream new album
I'm sure the 1 person who's voted on their albums will appreciate this news.
This is actually pretty immense.
They opened for Agalloch the first time I saw them. The single worst live performance I've had the misfortune of witnessing.
How so? This sounds pretty good so far, I'd imagine that they'd be decent live.
The albums not bad, probably a 3.5 for me.
The whole set had ear-piercing feedback and the drummer couldn't play on beat to save his life and looked like he was about to have an anxiety attack at any given moment. And one of the guitarists had his tongue out the whole time and was sort of convulsing or something like he was tripping balls.
Maybe he was.
"The whole set had ear-piercing feedback and the drummer couldn't play on beat to save his life and looked like he was about to have an anxiety attack at any given moment. And one of the guitarists had his tongue out the whole time and was sort of convulsing or something like he was tripping balls."
This makes me want to see them live now.
AngelofDeath has the ability to make any band he dislikes sound enticing.
I have seen them many times in the past. They were a three piece then, they were awesome! The bass was thick, the riffs were heavy, and the drums were pummeling....maybe they just had an off night. I always liked these dudes, the bassist used bartend at The Note in Chicago, I used to go stoner rock wednesdays. Damn, I miss that shit. I need to check this out!
Facebook told me to look these guys up so now I have to...
i like that cover art. i actually pre ordered this yesterday.
pre-order based on the cover art? lol
nope, i knew it was coming out.
I should have pre-ordered Bloodiest - Descent
Now THAT is awesome. Also new Haemorrhage soon? Relapse continues to put out great metal....
lol butchered. i got bloodiest at the same time as i bought indian. i wasent sure if i should get indian or the new red fang, those both come out on the 12th.
i should get bloodiest by thursday.
yeah i have gotten so many relapse titles in the past few years. their one of my favorite labels
Live shows can really ruin a band. Never heard this one, but I swear to god Baroness and High On Fire were the two WORST live bands I have ever seen. They opened for Opeth and they were just atrocious. I still refuse to listen to their albums.
That's it ev0ken I am officially jealous! Relapse has been my most visited online shopping destination since '09.
i can never tell if im logged out of their website, so i dont shop there a lot lol. i do most of my music shopping at wherehouse.com
It always automatically signs me out whenever I deviate from the page and makes me re-sign in. It is almost as annoying as when sputnikmusic makes you do it to rate an album from a review or when submitting a review.
I've seen High on Fire and they were quite awesome.
This is what I like to call top 10 material. So fucking good and once again, my theory about Sanford Parker is true; everything he touches turns to gold!
I've seen High on Fire and they were quite awesome.
Sanford parker is really a badass. I have yet to hear this release, but I love this band. I don't know, I have seen high on fire many times and they aren't boring. Maybe you aren't drinking enough or smoking enough.
I heard a track from this the other day on facebook.. sounded pretty good to me!
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Two 23-year-old women who were killed by an alleged drunk driver in Vista on Friday have been identified, according to the Medical Examiner's office. A passenger in the other car was also killed in the crash.
Susana Orozco, 23, of Escondido and Erica Oliva, 23, of Fallbrook both work at Valley View Casino. On Friday at around 12:30 a.m., one the women was feeling sick, so they pulled over on the shoulder of westbound Highway 78 just west of Sycamore Ave.
Orozco and Oliva were outside of the Nissan Altima when an oncoming Jeep Grand Cherokee hit the Nissan and the women from behind. They were pronounced dead at the scene.
Orozco's family gathered at a family member's Escondido home on Saturday afternoon. Many were wearing t-shirts with the name 'Suzy' on them. Her cousin, Maero Guzman didn't want to believe the news that Susana had passed away.
"I kept on calling her and calling her. I left her a voice mail. I was texting her just waiting for some response, hoping that it wasn't her," said Guzman.
Guzman said he and other family and friends were trying to be strong for Susana's parents and brother, who have been devastated by the her death. But those gathered to provide moral support stressed how important it was to remember her lively spirit.
"Anywhere she walked in with her big smile, she always lit any room up," said Temi Baeza, the fiancé of Susan's brother. "So many friends coming to visit, it just shows how loved she was," she said.
"She was always a full spirited, fun person to be around. Life of the party you know. Everyone knew her name. She was very social, very giving," said Diana Orozco, a cousin who was born just two months apart. "Suzy will be missed, she will be loved forever. In our minds she will live forever," said Orozco.
Susana's family said Orozco and Oliva had become good friends after working together at Valley View Casino.
"The right front passenger of the Nissan, Gerardo Cortez, age 21, of Oceanside was ejected upon impact but only sustained a minor injury," Officer Eric Newbury said.
The Jeep Grand Cherokee overturned and crossed all lanes of traffic before coming to rest in the number one lane, according to the Medical Examiner's office. The driver, Debbie Sumi, 33, was ejected onto the roadway where she sustained major injuries. Her 34-year-old male passenger, Larry Alvarez, was partially ejected and died at the scene.
Sumi was arrested for felony DUI and felony vehicular manslaughter and will be booked into Vista Detention Facility when she is released from the hospital, Officer Newbury said.
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Copeland earns doctorate, award at Argosy University
Adam Copeland is the recipient of Argosy University's President's Leadership Award.
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Copeland is the son of Dorothy and Darrell DeJager, of Starbuck and formerly of Hancock. Copeland is a 1985 graduate of Hancock High School and a 1990 graduatee of the University of Minnesota, Morris.
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Have you ever wondered about the origins of 'The Simpsons' and what inspired the creation of America's favorite dysfunctional family? Now you can find out in this old video from 1969.
Fans of both 'The Simpsons' and the late Marcia Wallace had known that FOX would pay tribute to the fallen actress this past Sunday, both in re-airing classic Emmy-winning episode "Bart the Lover" and the placement of a credits card in new episode "Four Regrettings and a Funeral." But those aren't the only ways 'The Simpsons' mourned their fallen friend this past Sunday.
Marcia Wallace, whom many know best as the voice of Mrs. Edna Krabappel on the long-running Fox animated series 'The Simpsons,' has passed away at the age of 70. Wallace, who was also starred on the classic sitcom 'The Bob Newhart Show,' died just one week before her 71st birthday due to complications from breast cancer.
Springfield has had it' share of beautiful women pass through town. Here are 10 hottest women ever to appear on 'The Simpsons.'
We knew that 'The Simpsons'' current season would pack a wallop with its existing crop of guest stars, as well as an upcoming installment produced from a decade-old Judd Apatow script, but this is getting ridiculous. Newly added to the season are Apatow himself, along with frequent collaborators Seth Rogen, Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann and even Channing Tatum, while 'Parks and Recreation' star Nick Offerman will appear later on!
'The Simpsons' has been having itself a banner week, boasting the talk of the town with Guillermo del Toro's upcoming "Treehouse of Horror" couch gag, but the good news doesn't stop there. Joining 'Sleepy Hollow's early renewal for 2014, 'The Simpsons' has officially been guaranteed a return for season 26, while 'The Daily Show' vet John Oliver has been chosen to lend his voice to an upcoming episode.
Months ago we learned that horror master Guillermo del Toro would craft the couch gag for 'The Simpsons'' 2013 "Treehouse of Horror" Halloween special, previewing the sequence at Comic-Con 2013. But are you ready for the whole enchilada? From Hellboy to Harryhausen, see what the 'Pacific Rim' creator unearthed for what might be the most impressive 'Simpsons' gag yet!
We've heard quite a bit about 'The Simpsons'' twenty-fifth season, from its rich vein of celebrity guest stars, to the 'Homeland' parody that gripped this past Sunday's premiere, but is the spectre of death once again lurking about Springfield? Like Maude Flanders before, it seems one long-running 'Simpsons' character has been targeted for a permanent exit for the aging animation staple.
Twenty-five seasons on the air, we'd imagine 'The Simpsons' to have covered just about everything under and shielded from the sun, but it seems our favorite Springfield family has at least one new animation style to boldly go: LEGO! Along with the recent announcement of 'Simpsons'-themed LEGO products, it seems the series itself will get the brick and block treatment in 2014!
After years of sharing the same block on Fox Sunday nights, 'The Simpsons' and 'Family Guy' are finally doing something that no one ever expected: they're crossing over. To be more specific, an upcoming episode of 'Family Guy' will see Peter Griffin and his family stumble into the town of Springfield, where they encounter the Simpson family.


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Leonard Donald "Dick" Garrison Sr., born April, 7, 1925, in Whynot, Miss,. and raised in Newton, Miss., died Tuesday, June 15, 2010, at his home in Napoleonville.
Family and friends are invited to attend a visitation from noon to 1 p.m. Friday at First Baptist Church of Napoleonville, 4616 Hwy 308 in Napoleonville. Military services will be held at 12:30 p.m. Friday at the church.
He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Lena Christine Neal-Garrison; one son, Leonard Donald Garrison Jr. "Don"; one daughter, Wanda L. Garrison-Anselmo and husband, Bubba; two brothers, Leland Earl Garrison and Billy Milton Garrison; five grandchildren, Donnie Garrison and wife, Stacie, Jaime Garrison and wife, Sheri, Raymond Anselmo Jr., Callie Anselmo, and Christine Anselmo-Wheelock and husband, Alex; and two great-grandchildren, Amelia Frances Wheelock and Elena Marie Wheelock.
He was preceded in death by one son, William Thomas Garrison; his father, William Brantley Garrison; his mother, Cora Myrtle Nichols-Garrison; two sisters: Bessie Majorie Garrison-Slaid and Jewel Juanita Garrison-Rainey; two brothers, Cleo Brantley Garrison and Walter Leon Garrison; his daughter-in-law, Martha Pope Garrison; one grandchild, Baby Anselmo; and two great-grandchildren, Lillian Brooks Wheelock and Garrison Thomas Wheelock.
He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Napoleonville. He was an outdoor sportsman who loved to hunt and fish and was an avid golfer who enjoyed playing golf. He was a sergeant in the 1045th Army Air Force Base Unit where he served four years, two months and six days. He received the American Defense Service Medal, The American Theater Service Medal and The Asiatic-Pacific Theater Medal while in the service and was honorably discharged Oct. 7, 1945. As a World War II veteran, he was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He also worked for a gas company in Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas. After working for 35 years he retired to Napoleonville.
Pallbearers will be Donnie Garrison, Jaime Garrison, Raymond Anselmo, Alex Wheelock, Jerry Garrison, and Jimmy Garrison.
"For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in the Christ Jesus Our Lord." Romans 8:38-39
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Amedisys Hospice Services in Gonzales, La.
Thibodaux Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Leonard Donald "Dick" Garrison Sr., born April, 7, 1925, in Whynot, Miss,. and raised in Newton, Miss., died Tuesday, June 15, 2010, at his home in Napoleonville.


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Hello Toolbox readers - my apologies for not blogging recently. I have taken on one too many blogging commitments and that has resulted in less time posting to this blog than I would like. But I have a good one for you today on SAP upgrade skills and trends. If you like a meaty blog post packed with SAP skills tips, this one's for you!
Before I get to that, if you'd like to track some of my recent work, I just posted a two part video series on
SAP career strategies
to the SAP Community Network, and I also posted to my site a podcast on
SAP training, SAP certification, and SAP market trends
with Andy Klee of ERPtips.com, who himself publishes a popular
blog on SAP training
here on SAP Toolbox.
OK, on with the upgrade post. As I noted in my PAC blog piece on
SAP consulting trends in 2010,
SAP upgrades will be a significant driver of consulting demand – though not the kinds of upgrades we have seen in this past. The SAP upgrades of 2010 will be meaner, leaner, and much more tightly managed.
These new upgrades are what I call "smart SAP upgrades," and while they will generate some need for skilled consultants, they will not resemble the huge "roll out the consulting wagon" projects the systems integrators used to feast on in the past.
To give some teeth to the trends I am talking about, I'd like to point you to a recent SAP upgrades survey published by Panaya (disclosure: Panaya is a client). Panaya provides a SaaS-based
SAP upgrade solution
, but for our focus here is on the free information they have provided in this 19 page report. (You can get a free copy of this
2010 SAP Upgrades Study
for yourself with a short sign up).
The data in Panaya's 2010 SAP upgrades survey is drawn from the input of 145 SAP customers and systems integrators who responded to an October 2009 online survey (53% of the participants were SAP customers; 47% were SAP partners). While this is not a huge sample size, it does give us enough data to highlight some critical SAP skills trends. I should note that the respondents represented a wide range of geographic regions, industries, and company sizes.
One sentence in the upgrade summary really jumped out at me:
"Although last year's survey showed that most SAP upgrade projects were on track despite the economic downturn, this year's responses indicate a slowdown in upgrade activity compared to last year."
That's a critically important point that is reinforced by my own market conversations. Companies are moving ahead with SAP upgrades, but not in a herd. They are moving along selectively -
enough to create skills opportunities for well-positioned SAP professionals, but not enough to revive the SAP consulting market on a broad basis.
There is some good news, however: of the respondents surveyed, the most commonly cited reason given for an SAP upgrade was: end of maintenance (54%). This was well ahead of the second place functional requirements (35%) and third place improving usability (28%).
What we can take from these stats: due to the financial motivation provided by end of maintenance, many SAP users will be compelled to upgrade. While many of these upgrades will be narrow in scope, focusing on technical upgrades and saving functional and strategic enhancements for follow-on phases, the "end of maintenance" upgrades will march on.
Of course, those respondents running on 4.7 or 5.0 were not as likely to cite end of maintenance as a reason for upgrading. But we know that in the SAP market as a whole, the majority of customers who haven't upgraded are indeed running on 4.6, so
it's the 4.6 to ERP 6.0 technical upgrade that will be the focal point of upgrade activity in 2010
There were some other results in Panaya's SAP upgrade survey that shed light on SAP skills trends.
For example, consider these results for SAP modules commonly used (page 10 of the survey):
We have to be careful about making absolute statements about module usage given the survey sample size, but a few observations do come to mind:
- I'm struck that the HR number is so low, given that HR is useable by all SAP customers (unlike, say, MM and PP, which wouldn't be used by non-manufacturing companies in most cases).
This implies that best-of-breed HR is still a factor in many SAP shops.
- CO (Controlling), which was once used heavily by maybe half of those SAP customers who used SAP Financials, is now just about as prevalent as FI itself. This reflects the increased emphasis on the strategic/costing/planning capabilities of SAP versus simply the transactional capabilities of Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable.
It is hard to imagine a good SAP FI consultant these days who is also not well versed in CO.
- PM, QM, and PS – these "fringe modules" seem to have quite a bit of traction. Even if the numbers are artificially high for some reason in this sample group, it's clear that as the SAP market matures, there are fewer "basic module" SAP customers and more who are pushing into the complete functionality provided by the integration of quality, plant, and project management systems.
Despite the respectable numbers of these fringe modules, I continue to recommend that unless you are a bigtime industry guru, it's best to combine expertise in a "fringe" module with a core area.
So instead of being a PM expert, go for MM/PM. Instead of PS, PS/FI.
Another interesting result from that same page in the survey:
almost three quarters (73%) of the responded use SAP NetWeaver components – a major increase from last year's responses (51%).
This is a marked contrast to some industry sentiment I have heard from analysts critical of SAP who claim "NetWeaver" is not heavily used. If we limit NetWeaver to PI/integration hub only, perhaps. But
once we include BW and Portals, clearly NetWeaver is a factor in most SAP shops.
Here's the breakdown:
NetWeaver BW/BI: 59%
NetWeaver XI/PI: 33%
NetWeaver Portals: 30%
NetWeaver TRex*: 16%
Other: 18%
*NetWeaver "Search and Classification"
A few interesting things to note here:
- NetWeaver MDM is still not in usage enough to make the "top four" cut. Neither is the NetWeaver Developer Studio, which includes the Composition Environment. NetWeaver BPM is not in the top four either. No surprises here. This does not mean that these tools are not important to master, only that they should be combined with other skills that are more prevalent.
- NetWeaver PI is about where I expected it to be, showing a decent level of acceptance but also reflecting the stiff competition in the middleware/integration space with best-of-breed tools. Given this competitive middleware environment,
I don't see SAP boosting that PI number significantly without the acquisition of a best-of-breed middleware solution.
- NetWeaver Portals is about where I expected also, reflecting a moderate level of usage but also the diverse UI environments companies are utilizing. With the increased emphasis on mobile access,
I don't expect this Portals number to increase much by 2011.
- NetWeaver BW/BI is clearly reaching the point of acceptance where it is moving beyond discrete roles and specializations to a skill that most SAP consultants should add to their tool set.
- It will be interesting to see if NetWeaver Mobile can make an appearance on this list by next year, and
if we consider Solution Manager a NetWeaver component, surely that will be somewhere on this list by 2011.
A couple final observations on the skills implications of Panaya's report:
More than 55% of those surveyed said they were including Unicode as part of their SAP upgrade project. This highlights not only the importance of Unicode to SAP users, but also a potential area of skills exposure for SAP professionals to seek out.
I am running into more consultants who specialize in SAP Unicode conversions
, and this may be another tool to add to the 2010 belt.
Over 47% of the respondents are using SAP's industry solutions – a 10% increase from last year. Panaya also found that the use of industry solutions almost doubled the complexity of SAP upgrades. For SAP consultants,
complexity is not always a bad thing, in the sense that complexity often requires skills mastery and human intervention.
As long as complexity doesn't hold customers off from pursuing new initiatives, mastering more complicated functionality can provide a level of skills differentiation. I can also tell you that increased industry specialization is a common request I hear from companies looking to hire SAP professionals. Panaya's survey certainly reinforces this.
My personal 2010 SAP outlook is good news/bad news: the good news is that IT spending will continue to a modest basis. Companies are not cutting off all IT spending, knowing they must forge ahead on mission critical projects.
SAP professionals who work hard to achieve the right level of skills mastery and specialization will be in the best position to capitalize on a tight and not very forgiving market.
Panaya's data on SAP upgrades provides a window into one of the most important SAP skills trends of 2010. Just keep in mind that the skills needed to do "smart upgrades" are a little bit different than the "welcome wagon" upgrades of the past.
As I said in my PAC blog post on 2010 consulting:
"SAP's classic upgrade methodology will be a reference point, but many customers will look to firms that provide a leaner upgrade model. Examples will include: fixed cost upgrades with most of the project managed virtually, tools that cut the upgrade testing cycle and help with specialized SAP upgrade issues like Unicode. With more companies managing part or all of their SAP upgrade within Solution Manager, we will also see a continued emphasis on Solution Manager skills."
I wrote that comment with service firms in mind, but it has skills implications for individuals as well: know the tools that can smooth an upgrade, understand remote upgrade support, grapple with Solution Manager and Unicode.
I hope that this blog post helped to shed light on the skills you and your team may want to be targeting in 2010. Please feel free to post questions or comments – there is a good chance I can work them into future videos, blogs, or podcasts. Oh, and if you want to track all my blogs and podcasts, my "
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Jan 26, 2010
It is interesting that you suggest that SAP should aquire an other solution. It will be interesting to see how this will affect the adoption.
Jonathan Reed
Jan 27, 2010
Thanks for the comment. The PI situation is a tough call. SAP has many customers invested heavily in PI and many inside SAP believe in PI. The technical SAP experts I have talked with are divided on the virtues of PI - some say that with effort you can really make it hum for you - others just don't think it's near enough to the best of breed solutions.
I'm not sure that I feel SAP has to acquire in this space, though there has been a lot of speculative talk about SAP potentially acquiring Tibco over the years. It's possible SAP could just move along with PI, also BusinessObjects integration tools, and let companies use their own middleware choices. SAP doesn't have to be best of breed in all areas.
However, it's my opinion that with SAP's vision of composing on top of NetWeaver (as opposed to altering source code) that state of the art middleware would be a real asset. It will be an interesting space to watch.
Neil Gardiner
Jan 31, 2010
Sound advice about not only being a fringe module expert but also include a mainstream module in your hat of tricks. This definitely makes your more marketable.
All too often you see experts that are pushing themselves out of the market as they spend too much time and effort in one area alone. I would relate that to an ABAPer who only knows procedural ABAP and not ABAP OO. This would make them highly un-attractive to potential employers.
On the other side of the coin you then have the "Jack of all trades, master of none" consultants. Having a little knowledge about a lot of modules can be a dangerous thing.
I can only assume your findings are specific to the States. Have you contemplated investigating other markets such as Europe and Australia?
Jonathan Reed
Mar 6, 2010
Neil, thanks for your comments and sorry for the absurdly long time responding to them.
"I would relate that to an ABAPer who only knows procedural ABAP and not ABAP OO." Agreed - This matches up with a generally good approach of expanding your core into relevant emerging SAP skill areas - but not leaving your core behind in a madcap chase for the hottest new thing. I recently published a two part white paper on
SAP Career Outlook 2010
which gets into that "core and edge" view in more detail. That one lives at the Career Center on SCN and also on JonERP.com.
"On the other side of the coin you then have the "Jack of all trades, master of none" consultants..." I couldn't agree with you more on that as well Neil! It's amazing how some people think it's a good thing to have the broadest SAP skill set possible ("I can do HR, MM, PP, FI, plus Basis and ABAP"). That really only works out for a handful of 15-20 year SAP gurus. As a matter of fact on my YouTube video channel I just did a video on the
best SAP technical/functional skills mix
that gets into that issue of being a jack of all trades right from the get go.
Oh, and as for your question about the international nature of the upgrades survey, that survey was indeed international in scope. The Panaya SAP upgrade survey 2010 demographics are: 24% Asia Pacific, 30% North America, 42% European. It is true that some of my own skills assessment work can be more U.S. focused - though I do my best to pull in my international colleagues like yourself to make sure my assessments have some relevance or credibility beyond the U.S.
Thanks Neil for your thoughtful comments!
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June 21st, 2012 03:17 PM #41Senior Member
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Audio, Dweeble, Rockstar, etc. and I'd extend that to Nevaeh, Heaven, etc. and the Zayden-type nouveau names that weren't names (even surnames) until the past decade or so.
There are traditional names I strongly dislike for personal aesthetic reasons, but don't consider them cruel or unusable* for others. I put them in a different category from the above.
* Okay, there might be exceptions: Hortense and Dorcas, for example.
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Lola (as a nickname..I could get behind it...but as a given name..blech)
Im sure there are more girl ones but my brain is tired today.
Seth--by far my least favorite "common" name...ugh...I do not get the appeal...I hate the way my mouth feels when I say it...just ugh.
Logan--sometimes Logan over takes Seth for least favorite..but not today. It is definitely the OG sound I find unappealing. I read the Baby-Sitters Club book series as a teenager..this name was in there and I hated it then. lol
Owen--again with that long O sound. It does NOTHING for me
Phillip--I just find it so toity-toity and snotty sounding.
Gray...and all it's forms...getting lots of love on these forums...I. Cannot. Stand. It.
Ezra--I just can't get on board
Silas...all I think/hear is silo.
I also hate names that have random apostrophes....I know a little girl named Annale'a (prn anna leah) (sister to Abagale and Addison).
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I HATE names with a Mc in front. It is like your child is on the menu at McDonalds! McKenna, McKenzzie, etc! YUCK!!!!
Also hate anything with Lyn/Lynn or Marie! Shaylyn, Brooklyn,etc! YUCK!
Hate Kaylee/Kylee/Caylee/etc too.
Also trendy name: Taylor, Vienna, Madison, Kenedee, etc.
Most of all I hate: Hope, Faith, Grace! I wanna puke. Maybe cuz I'm atheist but those names are awful. Especailly on twins! I know an Ella Faith and Anah Grace (or it could be Ella Grace and Anah Faith)
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I can't stand the -iana suffix when it seems unnecessary or tacked on, but like Oriana (which includes it). People seem to think names like Liliana are feminine and sweet, but I think they lack character. The extra syllable adds nothing to the name except an extra frill, and a generic one and not particularly attractive one at that. Some of them are contractions of another name and Ana/Anna (e.g. Marianna) and I don't like that either.
Briana isn't my favorite name, but it at least makes sense why the -iana is there: it's Brian with an -a. (I wonder if anyone's tried to make an -iana name out of Brian or Bryony - Bryonyana and Brianiana. *cringe*) Same for names like Adriana and Luciana (I don't like Luciana at all, but it makes sense in theory). I'd prefer something like Andrina, Andrea, Lucretia or even Lucinda. And Eliana is another example of a traditional name with this ending that I still find to lack character.
I strongly dislike Liliana. Lilian is already a good name for a girl.
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