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Trae tha Truth Premieres New Song With Problem, Brings Out Special Guests at SXSW Fader Fort
SXSW is always full of surprises, and Friday (March 15) was chock full of them. While everyone thought the next performer was Future, the masses of people who gathered at the Fader Fort that evening soon realized that there was a slight change in the schedule. But within minutes of the special guests taking the stage, no one seemed to mind.
After DJ Skee laid down the beat and gave a quick introduction, Trae tha Truth walked out with his entourage and two big signs revealing the album art for his forthcoming LP, 'Banned,' which is the first album he'll be releasing via Grand Hustle Records.
After performing 'Getting Paid' (sans Wiz Khalifa), he told the crowd that because he's a special guest the set won't be right unless he goes big. This cues Problem to take the stage, and perform a bit of 'Like Whaaat' before the two premiere their new track together, 'Yea Hoe,' which they have played a couple of times during SXSW already — but perhaps not to a crowd of this magnitude.
As the set went on, the stage started to overflow with rapper after rapper including Yo Gotti, B.o.B., Travi$ Scott and DJ Drama. But the fort erupted once T.I. came out, as no one ever expected that. "We got the whole hustle game right here," T.I. announced feeling at home with his label family.
With everyone onstage including Pharrell Williams, who joined in later, a medley of songs including B.o.B.'s 'We Still in This Bitch,' T.I.'s 'What You Know' and Trae's 'No Help.' Amongst all the energy and chaos on the stage, Tip made sure to take a moment and give a shoutout to Lil Wayne and wish him a swift recovery after his hospital visit — perhaps one of the more endearing moments during the set.
Although the Fader Fort had more surprises in store later that evening and into Saturday, this performance was one that was so unexpected, making it one no one will forget.
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Photo by Jack GouldScott Steiner wants to be an Orange city councilman in the worst way. So badly, in fact, that he could find himself in jail.
Steiner, a 27-year-old deputy district attorney, is one of those right-wing conservative types Orange County seems to breed so prodigiously—and in his case, literally. He's the son of ethically challenged former Supervisor William Steiner.
He lost a November 2000 Orange City Council election and is running in a special June 5 election against Orange resident Carolyn Cavecche. It's a race in which his tactics have outlined him as someone who learned the game from the inside. Take a recent hit piece paid for by Steiner's campaign and mailed out last week to Orange residents, which claimed that "for his commitment to our GOP beliefs, Scott Steiner has been pillaried [sic] by liberal activists like Shirley Grindle."
"The letter says things that are absolutely and totally false about me," said an enraged Grindle, the longtime good-government activist and former Orange County planning commissioner who wrote the county's TINCUP campaign-finance laws and endorsed Cavecche in the race.
Not mentioned in the letter is the allegation that Steiner used his computer and e-mail address at the DA's office for campaign work. That's a crime; if convicted, Steiner could see jail time. The allegation first appeared in the April 30 issue of the Los Angeles Daily Journal. Backing up the Daily Journal's allegations was a cache of documents and computer files taken from Steiner's office computer by an unidentified source within the DA's office.
According to the story, Steiner kept a campaign fund-raising list on his computer as well as e-mail messages in which Steiner asked at least one fellow deputy DA for campaign advice. There were also e-mail messages from DA Tony Rackauckas' secretary to Steiner concerning an endorsement letter from Rackauckas and a campaign photo shoot. The time stamps on the e-mails excerpted by the Daily Journal were all during normal business hours. Steiner also apparently used his computer to compose a campaign-related request—on DA stationery—to ride along on a Costa Mesa police helicopter.
"In conversations with officers in my city, Orange," wrote Steiner in a message quoted by the Daily Journal, "I know that strong support from local elected officials for law enforcement and public safety, including the presence of an airship, is very important."
Steiner refused to comment to the Weekly. To the Daily Journal, he incorrectly reasoned that his "understanding of county policy was that no county equipment should be used [for his campaign] on county time," even though the e-mails excerpted by the Daily Journal were sent within business hours. However, state law—as paraphrased and explained by a legal expert in the Daily Journal—indicates that use of government equipment for private political-campaign reasons is a felony regardless of when it takes place.
District attorney spokeswoman Tori Richards called the Steiner affair "a personnel matter" and refused to comment on what, if anything, the DA's office would do about Steiner. Rackauckas did comment to the Daily Journal, saying he wasn't happy with the records and that he didn't believe people should be using the DA's office to campaign. But Rackauckas has yet to publicly withdraw his endorsement of Steiner from the November 2000 campaign. Ironically, Rackauckas has struggled with this issue himself. During his 1998 campaign for DA, Rackauckas drew fire for improperly soliciting contributions from OC deputy district attorneys.
Following the Daily Journal revelations, county Supervisor Todd Spitzer, a former deputy DA and reserve law-enforcement officer, withdrew his endorsement.
The heat facing Steiner bears a striking resemblance to allegations made against disgraced former county Supervisor Robert Battin. In 1974, Battin ran for state lieutenant governor. During the race, Battin used his county office resources for his state electoral campaign. This didn't escape the notice of the district attorney at the time, who indicted Battin on charges of theft of public funds. In early 1976, Battin was found guilty and later sentenced to 30 days in county jail.
Whether Steiner faces similar penalties is unknown. But worries about potential criminal convictions obviously haven't slowed his campaign. And he's benefited heavily from his daddy's help.
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On Oct. 31, 2000, Bill Steiner gave the Newport Beach-based Airport Working Group (AWG) $15,000 to send out last-minute mailers denouncing Steiner's opponents, including Cavecche, who ended up polling 1,075 votes more than Steiner in the November election. Their reasoning was ostensibly to knock out avowed anti-El Toro Airport candidates in the race, but Cavecche had never before or since taken a position on the controversial airport proposal.
Old man Steiner has also been shaking down his old contributors as an agent for the campaign, hoping to generate money for his son. So far, it has worked handsomely, with Scott Steiner raising more than $46,000 for the June 5 election. That war chest is nearly three times the size of Cavecche's, with 70 percent of it from contributors outside the city of Orange. Randy Smith, one of the most powerful lobbyists in Orange County, said he contributed to Steiner's campaign after being asked repeatedly by Poppa.
"Bill Steiner is obviously very proud of his son," Smith said.
What self-respecting Republican wouldn't be? In a 1994 Orange County Register story, Bill boasted that his son took his Republican roots seriously. While attending UC Irvine, Scott broadcast Limbaugh-like diatribes on KUCI, carried a photo of Ronald Reagan in his wallet, and named his pet fish after Margaret Thatcher and Nancy Reagan.

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The RSL Stand is back on this Monday morning, bringing you the latest on what you might expect in today's MLS Re-Entry Stage 2 Draft (follow results LIVE at 12:00 pm MT on MLSsoccer.com) and what notes you might have missed from across the MLS landscape over the weekend …
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(AUDIO) ESPN700Sports.com: Dave Checketts on the "Bill & Spence" Show – Friday, Dec. 9
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MLS Stage 2 Re-Entry Draft
MLSsoccer.com: MLS announces players available in Re-Entry Stage 2
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MLSsoccer.com: Change at the top in Vancouver as CEO Barber departs
MLSsoccer.com: Ownership change at TFC won't affect on-field product
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What problems are you having? It may be easier to fix them than trying to re-virgin your wii.
Is there a way of getting my wii back to the original unmodded 3.2e state?
I have read about making it back to a V4.1 virgin wii, although I think this is probably not a good idea and would prefer to get back to 3.2e.
I am just thinking that perhaps it would help me with some problems if I could get back to original state then start the whole softmod process again.
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Trick or Treat - 'The aroma begins with a blend of pumpkin and apple; ending with a touch of orange, cinnamon and vanilla!'
I loved this one! I was a bit concerned and confused because according to my old notes, when I had ordered this one a long time ago I had apparently hated it. In notes about another vendor's Trick or Treat scent, I loved it. Now granted, maybe they were not the same scent. But then I'd seen a post on another blog about this particular one and it sounded so yummy. So had I been mistaken in my original notes, and was actually hating a different scent? I decided to go ahead and try this one again.
Melting the whole 1+ oz. tart in my tea light warmer, I was so relieved to finally have a decent scent throw. I could smell this easily in the room my warmer is in, and could smell it trickling into adjacent rooms too. And the scent itself is just so yummy and interesting. It's fruity, but not light and summery type fruity. The apple and orange mix together to make a sweet but zippy, sort of juicy scent. The pumpkin sort of warms it up, the very light vanilla makes it all softer and warmer, and just the barest hints of spice keep it lively. It is not by any means a 'spicy' scent, so don't pass this by just because you see cinnamon in the description. Although this doesn't really remind me of fall, if I were to try and fit it into something fall-like, I would say it reminds me of sticking your nose into those plastic pumpkins after trick-or-treating and smelling all the different goodies in there. Love it!


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Hello, I am a 53 year old female and have been told I have syndrome x by two different doctors. One wants me to take high blood pressure meds and the other nitro because he thinks my blood pressure will bottom out because it runs a normal low. I do not have any pain, just uncomfortable feelings in my chest, and after extreme exercise, I need to go to bed for three days. Can you help?
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I had no idea that walking patients to the ambulance was such a risque thing to do.
Since the debut of Chronicles of EMS I have been seeing posts and getting emails about how folks are glad they saw me walking patients to the ambulance because it proves I'm willing to show the cameras what's really happening.
Well, news flash – I walk patients to the ambulance all the time.
When their condition permits, of course.
But when Bubba Fishbiscuit calls because he is out of "brain pills" again, or sprains his wrist guess what folks, he walks if he wants to.
I have even been known to walk patients INTO the ER! AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!
My question to you is, why aren't you?
If your patient doesn't need the cot, or want it, why are you "required" to use it? And the stair chair too?
I dug through my County Guidelines, Department Protocols and even Department rules and regulations and found nothign about folks not being able to use their good legs when they want to.
Forcing people to make you carry them is insulting.
"No Ma'am, we have to for liability reasons" is the exact opposite of what you're doing. By letting them walk they are responsible for their actions. When you carry and drop them, well, that was your call.
So why is it that so many Paramedics and EMTs were taken aback when I allowed people who were walking around when they called me and walking still when I arrived to walk into the ambulance?
Is it billing?
Is it?
Is the ability to be reimbursed for the transport more important than the patient? If you are required to carry or cot everyone no matter what, then yes.
Ask your Medical Director about walking patients to the rig who have non life threatening injuries or who are stable per their history and protocols and request to walk on their own, watch what they say.
Now go ask your billing department how hard it is to get Medicare to reimburse when you start your narrative with "Pt ambulated without assistance to Medic99." Watch their eyes catch fire.
Your protocols should outweigh your policies because your policies cover you and your protocols your patients and we've covered more than once in this forum that this thing isn't about us, it's about them.
If Bubba's had a few too many, he gets carried. If he's going to reach out on the stairwell and twist in the chair causing my knee to go out, who's fault is that? Bubba's for reaching out or mine for not helping him down the stairs in the first place.
Have a serious talk with your system administrators if you are not permitted to let your patients walk to the ambulance. Show them the Chronicles episode and show them that I do it all the time and, gasp, no one dies.
But, and I hate that I have to add this, follow your established policies and protocols until otherwise advised by those who have the power to change things.


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Every dog has its day
With numerous side projects (the Rentals, Zee Malibu Kidz),guest appearances (Beck, Susanna Hoffs, Ben Lee), and solo albums (violinist Petra Haden's Imaginaryland), That Dog could provide MTV's 120 Minutes host Matt Pinfield--known for his near-obsessive between-video babblings about side projects and other band minutiae--with a welter of (wet) dream segues come true.
Throw in the band's music-biz families--singer-guitarist Anna Waronker's father is former Warner Bros. exec Lenny, and her brother is Walt Mink's Joey; Rachel and Petra Haden's dad is jazz legend Charlie, and their brother is Spain's son Josh--and That Dog could serve as the central link in a musical game of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon. Try it with our own Old 97's: Anna's brother Joey played in The John Doe Thing with X's John Doe, who played in X with Exene Cervenka, who duets with Rhett and the boys on "Four-Leaf Clover" from the 97's' new album. Hours of family fun.
Clever attempts to show off research skills aside, That Dog's latest offering--Retreat From The Sun--is the band's most confident and unabashedly pop album to date. With producer Brad Wood on board, That Dog sounds more like a real band than ever before. Songs like new wave rave-up "Never Say Never" and dynamic "Gagged and Tied" contain muscle and a knack for pop songcraft only hinted at on that dog (1993) and Totally Crushed Out (1995).
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Wood no doubt helped flesh out the band's notoriously half-finished arrangements, but don't credit the producer too much. Waronker's coming-of-age as a songwriter is the real star here, retaining few remnants of Totally Crushed Out's "why must I be a teenager in love" themes. Currently in a relationship with Redd Kross' Steve McDonald (who co-wrote "Gagged and Tied"), she's finally happy (or at least happier), and it shows.
Retreat From The Sun has a feel-good quality that shows that the band is finally comfortable in their own musical skin, toning down on the experimentation and restlessness of the past. The band's career could be likened to Luke Skywalker's transformation from daydreaming farmboy to Jedi Knight in the Star Wars trilogy: the first two installments show that there's something there, but it's not until the third that potential becomes the genuine article.
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Alas! This is my last sample from the lovely Butiki teas. This is one dark brew! It smells strongly of cinnamon. The flavor is quite nice. It reminds me vaguely of cinnamon and apple sauce. In a very nice, spicy way. I really enjoyed this sample and wish I had more! I drank this without milk and I think that it would make a great latte type drink.
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LG Lifeband Touch. pic.twitter.com/ixWxxVsYsf
— @evleaks (@evleaks) December 31, 2013
We've seen a lot of wearable tech emerge over the past year or so, including the Samsung Galaxy Gear, Jawbone Up and Google Glass, and now it looks like LG is getting ready to enter the wearable arena as well.
A new image posted by @evleaks claims to show the "LG Lifeband Touch," a black wristband with an LG logo and a green ring on its body. There's not a lot concrete information available about the Lifeband Touch quite yet, but its name and its resemblance to devices like the Nike FuelBand and Jawbone Up suggest that it could be a fitness tracker of some sort.
As the base of wireless customers without a smartphone continues to shrink, device makers are increasingly branching out and expanding their product portfolios with new types of hardware. Wearable tech is one market segment that is seeing a lot of attention lately thanks to factors like the shrinking size and growing power of components, the popularity of devices like the Pebble smartwatch and the desire of many consumers to always be connected. In addition to this Lifeband Touch, we've previously heard that LG is prepping both a smartwatch and Google Glass competitor, so it appears that the Life's Good crew recognizes the wearable market as a good place to grow.
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Born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, Greg has been an active musician since the age of twelve when he began playing in a band with his Mom, Dad, and Brother. An accomplished musician on various instruments Greg credits Ernest Tubb, Bill Monroe, Faron Young, Porter Wagoner and Conway Twitty as his musical heroes.
Greg is a former male vocalist of the year from "Star Search". In fact the victory was the first in the show's history that fans voted on their favorite performer. Eighteen million votes were cast and Ed McMahon announced that Greg had been chosen champion. Currently he hosts several programs for WFXB FOX TV in Myrtle Beach, SC including Not the News, Fox Racin' News and Fox Football News. Greg is also the spokesman for Beach Automotive Group.
Greg has entertained at the Vatican in Rome, Italy for three years at the request of James Nicholson, the U.S. Ambassador to The Holy See, who also served President George W. Bush as Secretary of Veteran Affairs. Greg has also performed numerous times as a solo artist on the Grand Ole Opry. This marks his 35th year in show business and his has been honored to be named as "Alabama Theatre's Good Will Ambassador" where he entertains nightly. Greg gives of his time to a variety of charitable organizations throughout the year.
Greg is most proud of his bride of 20 years, Brandee and their three incredible children, Courtney, Grayson, and Ashton. Greg has been in Christian ministry for years and now serves as the music pastor of Waterbrook Community Church.


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Newcomer Pegasus Marine Finance could get you on the water
A new boat financing brand Pegasus Marine Finance has just been launched, offering flexible finance options with boat loans from £5k to £250k. The boat finance specialists have set out to provide competitive deals through a new website. Hampshire-based Pegasus Marine Finance says its "unique and flexible marine finance options" are revolutionising the boat finance sector.
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Boat finance is a niche market, with many lenders requiring large deposits and demanding high interest rates - making boat ownership a mere pipe dream for many of the UK's boating enthusiasts. On top of this, a lengthy and complex boat valuation process has historically made applying for a boat loan more hassle than it's worth.
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Hello, my fellow FORT dance fans, it is already time for another season of our usual summertime guilty TV viewing pleasure, which FOX has graciously moved to the fall season. Yippee. We get a montage of the season that just went past (was it only a few weeks ago) where Jeanine Mason emerged as America's Favorite Dancer.
Cat Deely, comes out looking lovely in a white Grecian style short dress and asks the audience if they are ready for Season 6, and Season 6 is repeated so often I could start a drinking game. Anywho,
our usual suspects, judges Nigel Lythogue, banshee screechingMary Murphy, and guest judge Hollywood director Adam Shankman are here to find talent in LA LA Land, otherwise known as Los Angeles.
First up on the floor, is a crazy dancer named Cole Clemens, who talks to himself and without music generally gyrates like a freak, it was one of the most disturbing and yet hysterical auditions that I have ever seen on this show, and the rest of the judges seem to echo my sentiments, as they can't hold their laughter while watching this travesty of a dance. Needless to say Cole is sent on his way, and next we get our first sob story of the season, as Mollee Gray, a contemporary dancer who was in High School Musical 1 thru 3, (like one of these movies weren't bad enough, don't get me started),comes in to audition. We hear how her mom sacrificed everything so that her baby can grow up to get on this show. Whatever, I feel a tear coming to my eye. Not. Enough of the sob stories just dance already. She twirls, leaps and jumps, and I am already bored, but obviously I know nothing because the judges just love her to pieces and we get the first Golden Ticket of the season. We then get a montage of contemporary dancers that also make it to Vegas, but all I can remember is the hottie with the underwear, so sue me, I have to get my thrills from this show somewhere.
And we get some returning contestants including Ryan Kasprzak, who lost out on the final spot in last season's top 20 to his younger brother Evan; will he get another chance to make his dream come true? I swear the writers of this show write Harlequin romances. Gag. I have to admit Ryan has gotten better since we last saw him, I loved his tap audition, he talks and dances, (what's with the talking and dancing tonight, shut up already), but at least his dancing was fun and energetic and definitely enjoyable. The judges say this is the best audition they have ever seen and he is off to Vegas. Now something fun happens, Bianca Revels, another tapper who auditioned last year and then decided to give it once last shot, comes to the stage and Nigel asks her if she is willing to do a tap battle , she is eager to battle Ryan and we get one of the more enjoyable moments of the night. I love that tappers are really standing out, and these two are worth watching. I'd say this battle was a draw, and Bianca also joins Ryan going to Vegas.
Now some more weird and awful auditions to get through, including Chris Aguilar, who wants to produce a movie, so what better way to do that is to go on a reality dance show. Yippee, another famewhore, but this one is only going to be famous in his own mind, because his dancing was a trip to the twilight zone, all while lifting up his pant legs, making stupid faces, and just generally being a nightmare to watch. The judges were underwhelmed, and he explains that he was trying to do the woman's part to All That Jazz. As a woman, I am insulted that he feels that a woman would dance like that, and after much discussion he sent back out to his own reality where everyone thinks he is God's gift to dance. I just thank God I don't have to watch him anymore.
We get another sob story, but at least this was one seemed more genuine then most of the ones we hear and her name is Amber Williams, a contemporary dancer, who I would route for just for her dancing alone no sob story needed. As well we get to see a Salsa Hip Hop Dancer named Christina, who mixes Salsa and Hip Hop in a unique and fun way, and the judges love them both and send them straight through to Vegas.
And they save the best audition of the night as the final one of the show, another tap dancer named Phillip Attmore, he reminds me of the old Hollywood dancers, namely Gene Kelly. It was fun, energetic, entertaining, just the best of the best by far tonight. He is definitely one to keep your eye on this season, and the judges send him tapping all the way to Vegas.
And that's all for this week folks, join me next week as we head to the desert of Phoenix, Arizona and we get a few surprises including the return of the same sex ballroom couple. Fun times ahead. Hope to see you all then.


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Awaken to waves lapping the shore and the sea breeze rustling coconut palms at the Anantara Seminyak Resort & Spain Bali. Stay seven nights for the price of six and save up to £960 per couple. Prices start from £1,559 per person in an Anantara Suite on a bed-and-breakfast basis, and include international flights with Cathay Pacific Airways, and transfers. Must be booked by 31 May; valid for travel by 15 July.
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Set in an old mansion house in the mountains outside Sydney, Lilianfels Blue Mountains Resort & Spa Luxury Collection Resort, is offering £250 per couple off a five-night stay in May or June. Prices start from £1,784 per person in a deluxe room on a bed-and-breakfast basis, and include flights with Vietnam Airlines from London Gatwick to Sydney, plus seven days' car hire with Alamo.
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Set in tropical gardens in the Thai resort of Khao Lak, just north of Krabi, Sarojin Hotel has its own white-sand beach, world-class spa facilities and a great restaurant. Stay for six nights before 30 June and save up to £390 per person. Prices start from £1,099 per person for a garden residence on a bed-and-breakfast basis, and include return flights from London with Thai Airways, plus transfers.
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Rapids Team Captain Pablo Mastroeni will be suited up for the Americans in the tilt vs. Germany which is a tune-up match for the 2006 World Cup. The German team who are coming off a humiliating loss to Italy will be gunning for redemption against the United States while the Yanks will be looking to give a final look at players who are hoping to cement their place on the roster for the World Cup.
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WHAT: A great meeting place to watch the US National Team with other soccer fans in a fan-friendly atmosphere with great food and drinks! The match will be shown live on ESPN Zone's gigantic TV screen!
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Crawford still on course after elbow check-up
TORONTO -- Red Sox left fielder Carl Crawford, who is on the disabled list thanks to left wrist surgery, had another health concern pop up on Tuesday, when he flew to Boston to get his left elbow examined.
There is good news on that front. Red Sox doctors didn't find any significant injury, and Crawford's plan to DH in extended spring games in Florida at some point this week remains intact.
"He had his left elbow checked, and [it's] just a little minor tendinitis," manager Bobby Valentine said. "Soreness, a little minor soreness in his elbow. It will not keep him from having his at-bats as scheduled."
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I would love to have one!
But I don't know how to do it... we have so many family and they live 2+ hours away, getting everyone together would be hard.
i wouldn't expect gifts though. Especially if you're having a shower... I'd say it's the parents of the new baby who throw the party, like a BBQ or something.
Since we're getting some showers bc these babies are twins, I'm more settled on having a mini-gender reveal. With our son... surprising him, and videoing the whole thing for everyone else to see. And that's how we reveal to the world - let them watch Weston be surprised at his babies.
5 years ago, with Weston, we sent baby bottles filled with baby trinkets - rattles, booties, blocks, sail boats, tiny things and a rolled up paper inside that said "we're having a boy!" with a Dragon on it. The grandparents loved getting that in the mail!
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I would probably have one, but a surprise gender reveal party. I wouldn't tell anyone I was revealing the gender prior to it. My family likes to get together all the time just to visit and we like to bring food and dessert to eat (if we don't go to a restaurant). I think it would be cool to bring cupcakes for dessert and when they bit into it, they see either blue or pink inside. It would be funny to see if my family caught on that I was revealing the gender. LOL.Not expecting, just having fun collecting names!
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We had one a couple of months ago, when we found out this baby was a boy! Initially, we planned to find out with our friends during the party, but the gender was just TOO obvious on the anatomy scan and we knew right away. So we kept the secret, let everyone make their guesses, and then cut into the cake to reveal a blue center. Our party was pretty casual and I made the cake myself since I knew anyway. We did "pregnancy craving" foods as a theme, which made people laugh. It was a fun way to tell people the gender, and I would definitely do it again. Our friends' kids especially loved the surprise... I think I'll let one of the kids cut the cake next time just because they were sooo excited!


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New Shipping Trends
This paper analyses the trends of international maritime transport, that is, strong traffic specialization, choice of routes and greater port hierarchy. Containerization and the increasing number of carried goods fostered business concentration in this activity. Our analysis highlights the main trends. Firstly, it deals with the new role of shipping lines, which strengthen the control of transports and routes by means of mergers and alliances. Secondly, we consider the role of port operators, in charge of managing the port calls in those ports located in the oceanic routes with more density and traffic. Thirdly, the paper analyses inter operational capability and the creation of logistic platforms, which interconnect the different means of transport, streng-thening the paper played by shipping lines and port operators from an economic and territorial perspective. Finally, the author mentions the interconnection of economic spaces and the new intermediation of supply and demand in maritime transport, by means of the spread of new ser-vices, which have meant a new spatial readjustment in the configuration of shipping networks.
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|Jesus is Lord of all the earth
|Alleluia, Alleluia! Give Thanks
|Donald Fishel (1971)
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|Romans 6:6; 1 Corinthians 15; Galatians 2:20; Galatians 2; Philippians 2:11; Romans 6
|King, God/Christ as; Songs for Children: Hymns; Easter(6 more...)
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|Alleluia, alleluia! Give thanks to the risen Lord
|Text and music © 1983, The Word of God (admin. by the Copyright Co.) All rights reserved.
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|Dale Grotenhuis (1984)
|Donald Fishel (1971)
|F Major
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st. 3 = Rom. 6:6, Gal. 2:20
Surrounded by "alleluias," the text presents the good news of Easter: Christ is risen! In this hymn we sing Pauline phrases that proclaim the new life we have in the risen Christ.
Donald E. Fishel (b. Hart, MI, 1950) composed both text and tune "rather spontaneously" during the summer of 1971 in a house on Church Street in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The hymn was first sung in services of the Word of God Community in Ann Arbor, a charismatic Roman Catholic congregation that Fishel had then recently joined; he later served that community as publications editor of Servant Music (1973-1981). Fishel received a bachelor's degree in instrumental music education from the University of Michigan in 1972 and a degree in computer science from Eastern Michigan University in 1983. Since then he has worked in the computer industry.
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Easter; suitable for many other occasions, including baptism and profession of faith.
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CHURCH STREET has an ABA form with the A line being the antiphon or refrain. Also well known as ALLELUIA NO.1, CHURCH STREET is a simple but effective folk-like tune.
Sing without pauses between the refrain and its stanzas. The setting is for harmony singing on the refrain and unison singing on the stanzas. See Hymnal 1982 for a setting in the key of E with descant and piano accompaniment. Try using this hymn as an acclamation with the gospel reading during the Easter season: each Sunday during that season sing the refrain, a different stanza, and the refrain again. Make sure organ accompaniment is light; other instruments such as guitar, piano, and flute also work well.
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by Nate Wooley | February 8, 2013 9:30 am
[1]A family in Kingston, Wash. was surprised when a restaurant gave them a discount for having well-behaved kids.
The King family was dining at Sogno di Vino with their three children — ages 8, 3 and 2. When the check arrived, they saw that the server had comped a bowl of ice cream, with the check marked "Well Behaved Kids $ Open Disc 4.00-," reports Today.com[2].
Rob Scott, the owner of Sogno di Vino, told Today that he routinely discounts checks for families who have well-behaved children. He said he remembers the King family and how polite the children were, staying in their chairs and saying "please" and "thank you." It was the first time he'd made the discount plain on the check.
Scott also said that well-manned children aren't always the case. He told Today that when that happens, "we go to the parents and say, 'I'm sorry but we really need little Johnny to sit down and not run around and yell and scream … because he's bothering some of the patrons.'"
Laura King, mother of the three well-behaved youngsters, says the secret is engaging the kids. Keeping them involved in the conversation and talking to them about the restaurant and meal helps them behave.
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The Risks and Rewards of Buying Foreclosures
It's hard to look at the rock-bottom prices for short sales and foreclosures in the Chicago area and not feel you could get a great deal.
After all, residences that are going for 50 percent less can seem like a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and a dream come true. But purchasing troubled properties is often a time-consuming, stressful and frustrating process, filled with potential risks and hassles.
You buy a foreclosure or short sale as is. There are no warranties. That can be a problem, said Steve Hovany, a housing analyst in Schaumburg.
Often foreclosed properties are handyman's specials. Most have been vacant for months or years and require significant repairs, Hovany said. Not only that, but some previous owners may have been extremely negligent in caring for the home that ruined their life, he added.
Some angry owners with foreclosed homes put concrete down drains, a Chicago-based broker said. The house may literally be destroyed. The new buyer may just get a shell and the land, she said further.
On a brighter note, some homebuyers are lucky enough to get a good deal and are highly satisfied with their purchase.
Kathleen and Kelly Housman did not have a clue about foreclosures and weren't planning to move from their residence in Plainfield.
One day while searching on the Internet though, Kelly saw a government foreclosure listed for $180,000. Back in 2009, the 6-year-old house in Channahon sold for $319,000. By purchasing it, the Housmans could move from 1,500 to 2,700 square feet of living space.
The paperwork was definitely challenging to get through, but we made an offer, and it was accepted, Kelly said.
The two-story house needed major work though. The basement had water damage when the power had been turned off and copper pipes had been removed. So far, they've invested $2,500 in repairs.
Bargain prices
A vacant property taken back by the bank is considered a foreclosure. When homeowners still live in the residence, it's considered a short sale. They need to sell the property for less than what they owe on the mortgage. The bank must agree to the lower price, which can take up to 10 months for the bank to decide.
When you purchase a foreclosure, you move into someone's lost dream, said homebuyer Josh Burke.
Even so, he said the three-flat he purchased in West Town, a neighborhood in Chicago, was a great investment, though the process was very challenging to get through.
In 2008, the property was valued at $1.1 million. But in 2010, he negotiated with the bank and purchased it for only $575,000.
Highly apprehensive about foreclosures, Colette Netwig first looked at 40 other properties before buying a short-sale home in Chicago's Albany Park neighborhood.
It's like purchasing something on sale in a store, she said.
Netwig recently closed on a 1920s Chicago bungalow, paying $180,000. In 2007, its estimated value was $400,000 in 2007 and in 2008, between $305,000 to $325,000.
Some people avoid short sales because of how long the process can take, but I closed in only four months, she said.


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If you have a mild mental illness with well-controlled symptoms, treatment from one health care provider may be sufficient. However, often a team approach is appropriate to make sure all your psychiatric, medical and social needs are met. This is especially important for severe mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia.
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Although psychiatric medications don't cure mental illness, they can often significantly improve symptoms. Psychiatric medications can also help make other treatments, such as psychotherapy, more effective. The best medications for you will depend on your particular situation and how your body responds to the medication.
Some of the most commonly used classes of prescription psychiatric medications include:
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When it comes to being successful to picking up a woman, it's REALLY important that you understand the BIG PICTURE of the interaction. One of the biggest mistakes that guys make is that they take a concept and either beat it to death, or use it at the wrong TIME.
This occurs because the guy is too focused on a SPECIFIC detail or tactic as opposed to the PURPOSE of the tactic. So, similar to language, the point of learning the rules is to create MORE IMPACT. That means that sometimes you can break a rule in order to create the right EFFECT.
For example, being PLAYFUL is an excellent general concept to use with women, it works because it says "hey, let's have some fun and PLAY" - it gives a woman license to suspend her normal reality and enjoy some play time.
It also allows her a license to be more sexual (of course, not crazy sexual at first) because it is just "play".
The thing is, let's say you are doing this, and the woman LIKES you, she's enjoying it, but she now wants to get to know MORE about you. Meanwhile, let's say you keep on playing and playing and playing.
Like let's say you are being playful, and you jokingly respond to all her questions, about who you are, your name, your job, etc., etc.
But you HAVE TO KNOW the difference whether she is asking you these questions simply to "fill the void", (i.e. her socially conditioned response to just blurt out boring programmed questions) or because she is AUTHENTICALLY INTERESTED IN YOU.
So if a woman is asking you questions about yourself after you've been chatting her up for 20 minutes, and you keep on avoiding any serious answer, she'll just think you're slightly PSYCHO, or at least a bit weird, and not in a very good way.
If a woman is already interested in you, and seriously showing you that she is interested, and you keep playing the "smartass' type, it's downright WEIRD.
Think of it this way:
Imagine a SUPER HOT girl came up to you, because for whatever reason she knows or thinks you THE MAN, and you know you are THE MAN too.
She starts joking with you and seems pretty cool. After 20 minutes, you ask her for her number. Then, she starts joking to you that she's not that easy.
You laugh for a bit, but you don't really understand what the heck she wants from your life, since after all, she came over to you.
Then, she CONTINUES to joke around with you.
You kind of laugh, because it's a bit funny, but at the same time, you're wondering what she's all about.
So you ask her some questions, like if she goes to school around here, what her name is, what her hobbies are, and to each question, she just clowns around.
Now, you're probably thinking: hey, I'm THE MAN, I don't need this weird Sh**.
Then, she asks YOU for your number, she suddenly gets "serious". Now, you're thinking "I dunno, she's kind of WEIRD".
Well, that's exactly what chicks feel if you don't know when to act normal.
This is just ONE example of paying ATTENTION to the situation- to what she is thinking and feeling, and to what YOU are doing to cause that effect.
This is why no technique exists in a vacuum.
Everything is part of a CONTEXT.
Here's another example:
After approaching many women, you might actually start to find that you are so smooth, that women are instantly attracted to your confidence, but also SUSPICIOUS of your smoothness.
The fact that you are funny, laid back, and able to go on and on about hilarious stuff or interesting stuff can be TOO MUCH.
You'll notice that the women will be INSTANTLY attracted, they will be making strong eye contact, touching you, laughing, and then they might suddenly say something like "hey, are we on TV or something? Are you part of some show? Is there a camera somewhere?"
All because they've never had someone so smooth relaxed and laid back and having TOO MANY interesting things to say.
You might actually have to remember how to CHILL and slow it down.
There are SUBTLE things going on in every interaction, and you need to be aware of them for maximum success. Don't get all nervous thinking you should be overly ANALYTICAL while chatting to a woman, just don't make the mistake that some guys do, where they are like a robot talking without an off switch.
This is why I say to try to NOT memorize any more material than you feel you absolutely have to. Guys that memorize stuff too much tend to have that problem of just spitting out endless stuff because they don't feel comfortable TRULY ping-ponging the energy back and forth with some real dialogue with her.
But that kind of real vibing is essential.
Sometimes you'll notice that a woman is ALREADY interested in you, she might tell you something like "Would you like to go for a walk?" and if a guy doesn't realize she is already interested, he might RUIN everything by making jokes like "hehehe.no way, I'm not that easy!! once she in fact has already moved into SERIOUS mode.
Now she is getting a feeling of REJECTION, of ridicule, of fearing you are just playing with her.
My point here is to help you become AWARE of the subtleties.
I recently received a great email that illustrates a SUBTLE yet powerful action:
You really got this one down. What you said about validation is very true. I am sure you have several stories about this concept but here are two more.
I am about 23 years at the time. I am in this bar in Wash DC. This southern mouth-watering babe (you know the type) who is a regular at the bar is flirting and teasing a bunch of idiots.
You can tell she is playing them to the max getting them to buy her drinks etc. My buddy is over by the bar telling her how beautiful she is and asking her for a date. She is laughing at him, not with him. She is in her glory. The intoxication you talk about in a bar scene.
I am appalled at how she is playing him for a sucker and probably a little pissed. I have been using techniques like yours for years but not to the level of sophistication you have designed. I was lucky to have an older brother show me the ropes.
I am Italian/Sicilian and we are not known for kissing up to women. Anyway. My brother had shown me the "Lookup" which is where you look some girl up and down and watch her reaction. You can really work that validation stand with this, because she is expecting you to approve of her and the way she looks.
This is very powerful because you have her at a disadvantage. You are now the judge. It is like you said. She is so used to approval that disapproval or no approval can knock her off her pedestal.
Well anyway, I was a little pissed the way she was making my friend look like a fool, so I strut up to her, give her the "lookup" and laughed and shook my head and walked away. She expected me to fall on my knees and when I didn't, she flipped.
She immediately grabbed my arm and pulled me in front of her and asked my what my name was. She smiled and showed all kinds of smiling, warm behavior to get me to like her.
I acted nonchalant and acted like she was just another girl and teased her to the max as I was leaving the bar. She ran over and stuffed her number in my pocket and made me promise to call her. Short story long.... we closed the deal at the next date.
Story two...This happened in my office, I am in sales and the office manager hired this unbelievably hot babe as a receptionist. She was a beauty contest winner and liked to talk about how she would enter these competitions and win all the time. She was hot. Well all the guys, single and married, were all over her.
I wanted to get up with her but, I knew I had to do something different. I at first, ignored her a little, but then introduced myself, threw a little charm and humor her way, and after 5 minutes told her I had to get back to work.
She was surprised that I would not try to hang around her all day, because when I told her I was going back to work, she had this shocked look on her face. Well I started a pattern of ignoring then paying attention to her around the office. When I ignored her, she would get in front of me and say something like "Hi ____, and start chatting with me. Sometimes I would engage her sometime not.
Once, when chatting, I did the "lookup" up and down her body, with no response (that was difficult) and just continued talking. I would sometime, give her a "smile, wink and a wave" a technique my brother taught me. When you see a babe across the room and you don't want to go up to her like all the other chumps, you just smile, wink and wave. It makes her think you are being friendly but are too busy to talk to her. It drove her crazy. It got so intense overtime that she would pass me and touch me in some way.
Sometimes she would grab my hand. Or touch my shoulder and one time, real aggressive. I was friendly, but acted not that interested. She could not handle it. I would enter my office and she would be there in my chair or sitting seductively on my desk. She would bend over in front of me or flip her hair.
Well, eventually I though it was time to close the deal and one day she asked me to lunch, we went and then, when we left the restaurant, she asked if I wanted to play hooky and not go back to work. I said OK, so we called our bosses and spent the rest of the afternoon in a nearby park.... you can guess the rest.
Note here I am not a good looking guy, at best, average height, average looks and in decent shape. This was not hard to do, if you know the rules and follow them. I was always pretty good at this. But, your books have helped me get even better at this because you really understand the psychology of how women think and react.
I have read a lot of dating books like yours and they have good pointers, but you are closer to the unvarnished truth then any of the others. Keep up the good work.
Name Withheld
First off, thanks for the props for my eBook.
And thanks for sharing "the lookup" - it's GOLD.
Your two experiences help show that you obviously understand how the game works, and the stories also demonstrate to guys how to use the principles. The "lookup" and your stories illustrate the power of holding back full VALIDATION.
And finally, props to your brother, for being a cool brother who helps his brother.
I also want to point out to readers that there is no ABUSE going on here. Being THE MAN is not about being some PSYCHO or being abusive in any way. It's a special combination of GIVING GREAT EMOTIONS while NOT kissing up, and about withholding just the RIGHT amount of validation so that a woman ENJOYS EARNING that validation from you!
Yes, women ENJOY it.
So it really is a sum-sum situation.
Everybody wins.
I remember doing something similar to the "lookup" several times without being CONSCIOUS of it. I had met this damn fine woman a while ago, and on our first meeting, as she stood up from the coffee table, I sat back relaxed, and was looking her slowly up and down, just sizing her up, not making an actual visible judgment from my expression. Weeks later, she told me she saw me sizing her up on that first meeting, and that it turned her on BIG TIME.
What I also like about your letter is that you GET it - that this stuff is not about being MEAN.
Guys need to understand that there are DEFINITELY times when it's OKAY to do stuff like "smile, wink and wave" if the OVERALL message is that you are still TOTALLY feeling confident and totally in control.
But for so many guys, they have been ONLY doing the smiling thing toward women from a point of submissiveness and NOT from a position of strength.
I'll say it again, it's not about being MEAN. It's about keeping things FUN and a little edgy, so that there is that simmering sexual tension keeps getting hotter and hotter until it explodes at the RIGHT time.
The PRINCIPLE:
You are not withholding ALL validation permanently, you are just withholding the RIGHT amount for the particular situation you are in, with the particular woman you are dealing with.
You want to be incorporating lots of actions that embody this principle. Of course, you HAVE to deliver a pay-off once in a while, you have to give SOME validation or the tension will be too much and it will backfire- and then she'll run.
What you do then is then create NEW fun tension at just the right amount.
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