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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Authorities on a North Dakota reservation are investigating whether a woman found dead in a mobile home with an empty propane tank died from the cold.
Debbie Dogskin's body was discovered Tuesday morning at her Fort Yates home.
Sioux County Sheriff Frank Landeis says the temperature on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation dropped to 1 degree below zero overnight.
Landeis says he believes Dogskin "just froze to death." Autopsy results are expected by Friday.
People have been struggling to stay warm as propane prices more than doubled due to a national shortage.
Tribal officials have declared a state of emergency because about 5,000 homes on the reservation are heated by propane. Tribal Chairman Dave Archambault II says many residents are on fixed incomes and can't afford the more expensive fuel.
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When you name your restaurant "Pub 6," you're inviting comparisons to that regional chain restaurant with the similar name (plus 93).
When you name your restaurant "Pub 6," you're inviting comparisons to that regional chain restaurant with the similar name (plus 93).
But the new restaurant at the longstanding Sixth Bristol Club in the North End of New Bedford lives up to the comparison nicely — and the price, like the name, is a heck of a lot smaller than that chain-that-shan't-be-named.
OK. We'll name it.
It's Ninety-Nine, the place where folks across New England go to dine "� and dollars go to die. I've enjoyed my share of meals there, but the cost and quality really aren't anything to write home about — and there are any number of better, cheaper, more soulful options all around us.
Enter Pub 6.
The Sixth Bristol upgraded to a full-fledged restaurant in the fall under the leadership of veteran SouthCoast chef Jesse James, and has developed a winning formula — live music, good pub food that's remarkably inexpensive, and a friendly vibe.
My buddy Jon and I met in the parking lot behind the club on the Wednesday night before the Super Bowl, and went in. I'd never been in the Sixth Bristol Club before, and the interior was pleasantly dim and unassuming. The dining room has about 25 tables, most of which were filled on this night. Piano man Johnny Nicolaci Jr. was on the performance stage set into one wall, about to embark on a set of standards and hits. This was a welcome bonus — if you're keeping score between Pubs 6 and 99, I'll take a real musician over bland playlists of pop music any day.
Nicolaci started his set with "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," and there were some couples dancing as Jon and I talked Super Bowl while looking at the menu. He predicted a hard-fought Ravens defensive victory, I thought it would be an offensive game that the Niners would salt away in the second half. We were both a little right.
After getting sodas ($2), Jon and I quickly agreed that the Mix 'Em Uppetizers ($7.50) would be the perfect starter. Pick three of any of their appetizers, get smaller versions on one plate. We went with boneless Buffalo tenders ($6.50 for a full order), homemade onion hoops ($3.50 for a full order) and loaded fries ($5 for a full order).
Lisa, our server, was pulling double duty at the bar, but she was up to the task and our food came out in a timely fashion.
Jon and I were both blown away by the quality of the plate. The onion rings were textbook awesomeness, thick cut, beer-battered, crispy, perfect. The loaded fries came with melted cheese, red onions and bacon crumbles, over fries that were already bursting with seasoned flavor. And the boneless tenders, which are made fresh from hand-cut chicken, were extremely good.
"If I lived in this neighborhood, I would pretty much be getting this on a regular basis," Jon said.
We were both fairly full by the time we were done splitting the appetizer, and we enjoyed the ambience and our chat while Jon drank a bottled Bud Light ($2.75).
If we had known how satisfying the apps would be, we probably would have gone with one of the salads for an entree (garden for $3, carne d'espeto for $9, chicken breast for $7 or crispy shrimp for $7.50).
Instead, we both went with fish, Jon getting the fish and chips and the fresh sea scallops for me. While Pub 6 isn't a dieters' delight, they do offer large and small versions of almost all of their entrees — we both chose the smaller portions, $6 for the fish and chips ($9 for full size), $10.50 for the scallops ($14 for full size).
Jon thoroughly enjoyed his fish and chips (I enjoyed my bite as well), and he made a note to point out the quality of the flaky white fillet inside. I didn't love the scallops — cooked in a casserole with butter, wine and crumb topping, there was a little too much of the wine flavor for my liking. But Jon thought they were excellent, and they were well cooked. A baked potato and slaw were the sides, and I could have added a soup or salad for $2.
Lisa said the chicken parmesan ($9) was a big favorite, and the folks dining to our left had a massive plate of fried clams ($13.50). There was a chicken-fried steak special ($11) that looked good as well.
Pub 6 also has a large sandwich and wrap menu, including the "Oh My Cod" ($7), the Texan farmer's melt (chicken breast, BBQ sauce, melted cheddar and bacon), and the B-B-L-T ($6.50) which promises a half-pound of bacon in every bun. All of them were served with fries, and there was the option to add extra sides for $1.75 each.
Although we were in no need of more food (with four happy scallops in a takeout box for Jon to give his wife), we did decide to order the fried Oreo sundae ($2.50). It was just a regular small ice-cream sundae, but came with a crispy, melted cookie on top. Did two grown men share it with two spoons? Sure we did. It's the 21st century, people!
When the bill came, I almost laughed out loud because it was so cheap: $32.05 (not including the one beer). It's tough to imagine going to any of the chain restaurants offering the same concepts for anything less than $50.
Jon's final verdict, as we got our coats on and headed toward the exit, was the same as mine: "Thumbs up all the way around."
Dine Out's reviewer visits restaurants unannounced and at his or her discretion. The Standard-Times pays for the meals reviewed. The reviews merely reflect one diner's experience. Ratings range from 1 to 5 stars.

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by Nan Austin in The Modesto Bee
Modesto Junior College security stopped a student from passing out copies of the U.S. Constitution in front of the east campus student center Tuesday, which was Constitution Day.
Robert Van Tuinen, 25, captured his furious but civil confrontation with the officer and campus administration on video and posted it Thursday on YouTube.
National attention garnered by the video prompted the Yosemite Community College District to issue a statement saying it was looking into the matter.
District policy allows students to distribute materials in the free-speech areas "as long as they don't disrupt the orderly operation of the college," Public Affairs Director Nick Stavrianoudakis said by email.
"In the case of the YouTube video, it did not appear that the student was disrupting the orderly operation of the college," the statement says. It ends with, "The administration of the YCCD supports the peaceful distribution of the Constitution and other materials on campus, which is why our colleges support Constitution Day with activities each year."
In the video, Van Tuinen argues that his right to free speech is being violated. The officer says Van Tuinen is too upset, shaking and being argumentative.
Van Tuinen next argues with an administrator in the Student Development and Campus Life office, where he is told he may not pass out any papers, even in the free speech area, without prior authorization and is told he will need to make an appointment with the campus vice president of student services to get that permission.
Reached by phone, Van Tuinen said he was stopped after about 10 minutes of handing out the free copies of the Constitution and estimated he gave out about 50. He said he decided to hand out the papers as an activity suggested by a nonpartisan group, Young Americans for Liberty.
He said he did not try to get an appointment to hand out the copies, and no one from the college has contacted him. After the incident, Van Tuinen said he contacted the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, which is listed as having posted the video.
Schools: Modesto Junior College Cases: Modesto Junior College: Students Barred from Distributing Constitutions on Constitution Day


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Making the message key on FRITZ!Fon stop flashing
FRITZ!Fon automatically informs you about missed calls, new messages on the FRITZ!Box answering machine, software updates, new e-mails, podcasts and RSS feeds. When you receive new messages, you hear a beep, the message key flashes, and the "New messages" icon appears on the display.
If you are using several FRITZ!Fons and all of them are configured identically, then you can stop the message key from flashing on all of the telephones at the same time.
- Press the message key on the telephone.
- If you received different messages, select the message type (for example "missed calls" or "Software update" and press "OK".
- Select a message and then press "OK". New messages are displayed in bold.
As soon as you press the message key on one of the telephones, the key on this telephone stops flashing. The flashing stops even if you have not read all of the new messages. If you also want the message key on your other telephones to stop flashing, you must mark all of the messages as read. In this case, it does not matter which telephone you read the messages on. If there are any unread messages on the other telephone because it is configured differently, for example, its key will continue to flash.


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Pack It Up, Pass It Out: 10 Best Summer Desserts for Picnics and Backyard Parties
I love entertaining in the summer summer better than any other time of the year. The days are long and lazy, dinner can be a motley potluck of dishes added to the picnic table as guests arrive, and dessert...oh, dessert! With blueberries, strawberries, peaches, and plums all competing for attention on farmers market tables, summer desserts must be lavish affairs featuring the very best of the season.
A good picnic dessert must travel well and survive a few hours left in the shade. I love a good sheet cake, like the Blueberry Banana Cake pictured above, since it can be baked, transported, and served all in the same dish. Same goes for brownies and bar cookies. This said, my new go-to summer dessert might just be be strawberries simply dipped in chocolate.
Cobbler Transportation Tip!
One note on transporting crumbles and cobblers to parties. It's impossible to resist the lure of these fantastic fruit desserts, but they tend to be juicier and more liquidy than other summer pies and desserts. A bouncy car ride can cause the cobbler topping to collapse into the juicy fruit - still tasty, but not quite what we were going for. To avoid this, add an extra half-tablespoon or so of cornstarch to the filling to help it set and then wait until the crumble is completely cool before transporting it.
1. Blueberry Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Icing
2. White and Dark Chocolate Strawberries
3. Dark Chocolate Brownies with Raspberry Goat Cheese Swirl
4. Strawberry Dessert Pizza
5. Individual Peach and Ginger Hand Pies
6. Blueberry and Apricot Crumble
7. Big Pink Rhubarb Cake
8. Chocolate Tart with Cherries
9. Gluten-Free Strawberry Cupcakes
10. Plum Crumble
What will you be taking to your picnics and parties this summer?
Related: 15 Fresh Picnic Salads for the 4th of July
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|Fritillaria imperialis 'Aurora'
|Cornus controversa 'variegata'
|A bumblebee visits a nectar rich Fothergilla gardenii shrub, near the gravel walk which leads to the greenhouse.
|Fritillaria imperialis 'Aurora'
|Tulips rarely look better in their second or third year after planting, but this border of triumph tulips continues to bloom, even though they are in their 4th years in this location. The variety, 'Gavota' is a fav of mine because it is almost brown, with a nice gold edge.
|Leucojum aestivum 'Gravetye Giant' or Summer Snowflake, is one of the first bulbs to emerge for us in the spring, Shared with us by our good friend Susan, she promised that this cultivar was not only true to its name, but also, that it would divide nicely and soon would provide us with a border of these 24 inch tall snowbells. It's well on its way. Now, I was more! Look for these long lived bulbs in the autumn bulb catalogs, you will have them for a lifetime.
|Succulents await division. I am planting these in a large, steel urn again ( concentric rings, as I did a few years ago). In the winter, I keep pots of succulents growing everywhere in the greenhouse, just so I can repot them in the spring into various containers.
|Cornus controversa 'variegata'
|A bumblebee visits a nectar rich Fothergilla gardenii shrub, near the gravel walk which leads to the greenhouse.
Nice. my grandmother had some of these spring plants in her small, beautiful garden. The Fritillarias were especially eye-catching i remember, but after she died they never bloomed again. I think they need some kind of special care they ve been lacking since then. The summer snowflake is called in my country the noble or imperial snowdrop , due to its size and good looks, somewhat more impressive than its modest cousin, the common snowdrop. Actually I always liked the latter on. They look great in groups . In my grandma's garden they made a nice contrast in the spring with the wild violets brought from the woods which since then have spread allover the garden. Very bold plants;They are still there.ReplyDelete
The Fritillarias are beautiful. I love your idea of planting these in groups. We're slowly ridding ourselves of grass in the yards and putting in more gardens. Perhaps I should set aside an area for these.ReplyDelete
I forgot to mention, Cynthia, that these are bulbs that can be long lived in the garden. Be sure to use a slow release natural fertilizer like bone meal, and leaf mould as a mulch - I have some that are 12 years old, and still blooming nicely. Sometimes, they take a year off to divide, but don't fret.ReplyDelete
Matt - have you had any problems with lily leaf beetles? I'm excited to move back to Mass. after grad school and hope to pay you a visit!ReplyDelete
My father loves Fritillaria imperialis. Apparently they remind him of his childhood in Esfahan, Iran where they grow in fields in the countryside. The Persian translation for their common name there works out to "Upside-down tulips" so that is what he calls them.ReplyDelete
Kaveh, how lucky your father is to have seen these Fritillaria there. It is one of my life-long dreams to see them growing in Iran in the wild. I've seen many photos of them in the mountains there, they look incredible, an yes, very much like tulips. Let us hope that one day, we can all travel there in peace again.ReplyDelete
I have not seen lily beetles this year, but in the past, I've found only a few - enough to pick off and crush. I think I have enough true lilies to distract them!ReplyDelete


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Leading Pool Toy Manufacturer Recognized for Second Consecutive Year
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA – May 22, 2013 – Swimways Corp., a leader in the pool and leisure marketplace, announced today that it has been named Vendor of the Year for the second consecutive year in the Toy and Sporting Goods Departments by top value retailer, Target® Corp. (NYSE: TGT). Known for its popular Spring Float® and water toys, including the Toypedo®, Swimways has been a Target vendor for more than 16 years and currently distributes product in Target stores nationwide.
"It is an honor to receive this award two years running," said David Arias, president, Swimways. "While the category is highly dependent on weather, we strive to develop innovative products that appeal to customers year-round. We enjoy working closely with the Target team, and are grateful that they recognize our passion in bringing quality recreational products to families nationwide."
"It is rare for a company to receive a Vendor of the Year award in this category two years in a row," said Megan Seelye, category buyer, Target. "The award is a testament to Swimways' dedication to Target and the Target guest. The company makes an incredible effort to work closely with our team to plan and react to sales and inventory needs, and their hard work extends beyond the summer season. We are proud to name Swimways as our 2012 Vendor of the Year."
This is the third Target Vendor of the Year award for Swimways since 2002. Target awards vendors annually for their passion for performance and dedication to the Target brand. Swimways products under the SwimWays® and COOP® brands are sold in all Target storefronts nationwide.
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About Swimways Corp.
Based in Virginia Beach, Virginia, Swimways is a privately owned leisure and recreational water products manufacturer whose mission is making free time more fun through innovation. It is a company rich in traditional values and respected for the quality and integrity of its products and services. With distribution in over 50,000 storefronts, it markets three unique brands: SwimWays®, Kelsyus® and COOP®. With offices in Hong Kong and the United States, the company's diverse staff is passionate about developing fun and engaging products for kids. They are equally passionate about making sure kids are safe in and around the water and believe learning to swim is an important life skill. Swimways has been teaching kids to swim for over 40 years — longer than anyone else (except parents, of course!). In January 2007, Swimways began donating a portion of wholesale sales of the Swim Steps™ product line to Operation Smile.. To date, the program has provided facial reconstructive surgeries to more than 4,500 kids around the world. For more information about Swimways, visit www.swimways.com.
About Target®
Minneapolis-based Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) serves guests at 1,832 stores – 1,784 in the United States and 48 in Canada – and at Target.com. Since 1946, Target has given 5 percent of its profit through community grants and programs; today, that giving equals more than $4 million a week. For more information about Target's commitment to corporate responsibility, visit Target.com/corporateresponsibility.
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Hover Shadow Action.
TUTORIAL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NbiSPkxOYQ
This action automatically creates a soft shadow with perspective which gives the illusion that your object is floating. The shadow blends seamlessly from black to your background color, and because it is transparent you can save out a PNG file of the shadow.
The action creates a separate shadow layer which you can move up and down to set the desired length, *you can also adjust the amount of blur.
The action works on any graphic including text. Watch the tutorial on how to adjust the amount of blur, and adjust the perspective of the shadow!
NOTE: If you use the action on a very small graphic then the shadow might blur out so much that it may become invisible, this is only because of the default blur level, simply double click on the "Gaussion Blur" layer and drag the slider left and harden the shadow


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Dodgers-related rumblings across the internet on this Monday off-day.
Gregg Patton of the Riverside Press-Enterprise thinks Juan Pierre deserves better than being relegated to bench when Manny Ramirez returns July 3. (Registration required)
Jon Weisman at the LA Times' Dodger Thoughts blog makes a case for Manny being deserving of rehab, contrary to the Tracy Ringolsby column we posted earlier.
Rob McMillin at 6-4-2 passes on a link to Forbes' most-ejected managers list. Joe Torre snags a spot at tenth.
In Albuquerque last night, Jason Schmidt (remember him?) pitched five innings of four-hit ball against the Omaha Royals. He walked four and struck out only two against the Royals' Triple-A affiliate.


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Australian culture is founded on stories of battlers, bushrangers and brave soldiers. Of sporting heroes, working heroes and plucky migrants. It's all about a fair go, the great outdoors and a healthy helping of irony. Today Australia also defines itself by its Aboriginal heritage, vibrant mix of cultures, innovative ideas and a thriving arts scene.
Aboriginal Australia
Aboriginal people of Australia have a rich, living culture stretching back at least 50,000 years. Get a snapshot of the diverse experiences on offer when you immerse yourself in Aboriginal Australia.
Australia's cultural attractions
From national monuments to boutique galleries and open-air festivals, Australia's cities have a rich and thriving creative culture. Attend a full-scale performance at Sydney's iconic Opera House and discover Canberra's treasure trove of national attractions. Contrast epic exhibitions with laneway art in Melbourne, home to the national opera and ballet companies. Soak up Aboriginal and European culture along Adelaide's North Terrace and browse Aboriginal art or celebrate at an outdoor festival in Darwin. Explore Brisbane's sprawling cultural spaces, from the Queensland Cultural Centre to the futuristic Powerhouse. See a play in Australia's oldest theatre in Hobart and amble from Perth's galleries and museums to Fremantle's seaside art strip.
The History of Australia
Australia's Aboriginal people were thought to have arrived here by boat from South East Asia during the last Ice Age, at least 50,000 years ago. At the time of European discovery and settlement, up to one million Aboriginal people lived across the continent as hunters and gatherers. They were scattered in 300 clans and spoke 250 languages and 700 dialects. Each clan had a spiritual connection with a specific piece of land. However, they also travelled widely to trade, find water and seasonal produce and for ritual and totemic gatherings.
National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award
Australia Day
Across the country, there are thousands of events in cities and town held to mark the country's annual national day, Australia Day. Celebrations in cities such as Sydney include concerts by the harbour as well as the annual Ferrython ferry race, a fun run and gala ball in Darwin or the parade, concerts and fireworks in Adelaide.
Australian art
Learn more about Australian art, from ancient Aboriginal artwork to Australian sculpture and contemporary Australian photography.
Your Australian holiday wouldn't be complete without shopping for uniquely Australian gifts and souvenirs. Evoke the ancient mystery of Aboriginal culture with an Aboriginal artwork or artefact. Buy a signature piece of jewellery made from opals, our national gemstone, or Australian pearls, and your Australian holiday wouldn't be complete without shopping for uniquely Australian gifts and souvenirs.
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
20 February – 8 March 2015 Sydney, New South Wales The all-too-fabulous Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade is the culmination of a month of camp fun and frivolity that includes everything from same-sex dance classes and tug-of-war matches to daytrips around the city and beyond.
Australia's heritage attractions
Connect to Australia's history, from ancient Aboriginal traditions through to convict and colonial eras. Learn about Sydney's traditional owners and see the colony's beginnings in historic sites stretching from the harbour to Parramatta. Check out Melbourne's grand gold boom architecture and dine, wine and shop in Brisbane's heritage-listed buildings. See Aboriginal and colonial art in Adelaide, near the historic German village of Hahndorf. Trace the Aboriginal lineage of Kings Park in Perth and walk with the ghosts of convicts, whalers and sailors in Hobart. Read Australia's first constitution in Canberra and learn about Darwin's dramatic World War II history.
Melbourne's hidden laneways
You never quite know what's in store when you wander off Melbourne's grid of city streets into the maze of gothic laneways behind them. Even the locals find surprises here, where the venues for food, fashion and art are small, quirky and sometimes hidden. Discover a late-night jazz bar or watch the world go by from a tiny trattoria, browse the boutiques and check out urban art. You can unlock the city's real secrets in these distinctively Melbourne streets.
Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour
27 March – 27 April 2015 Sydney, NSW Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour is not just an opera, it's a complete night's entertainment under the summer night sky. This unforgettable event includes Sydney's iconic skyline as its backdrop. Arrive by water taxi, drink and dine in style at the pop-up bars and restaurants, then sit back in the tiered seats to take in the drama.
Famous Australians
Find out more about famous Australian people, whose achievements are spread across categories as diverse as film, sport, music, art, science, literature, politics, invention and exploration. Following is an overview of high-achieving and famous Australians, from 'The Don' of Australian cricket, Sir Don Bradman, to the Aboriginal artist Queenie McKenzie. Learn about some of the Australian actors who have made it on the world stage, our acclaimed and best-selling Australian writers and the Australian scientists who are Nobel Laureates. Remember this is an introduction, but not an exhaustive list of famous Australians.
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The Venomous Pinks - "Do You Wanna?"
Artist Bio:
The Venomous Pinks is a quartet of girls, ready to break the rules. As one of the only all girl rock bands in the Phoenix area, they will break your heart and bust your balls. Influenced by Joan Jett and Ramones, these four talented musicians channel a unique sound that is rock and roll with attitude. With Drea Doll on guitar/vocals, Gaby Kaos on guitar/bass/vocals, Corrie Zazzera on guitar and Jewlz on drums, this foursome of musicians will intoxicate you with their tantalizing talent, high energy, and no holds barred attitude. With their salacious sound, they've cultivated quite the following, causing crowds to line up at national shows. Putting on a presentation that showcases their gregarious girl power, this band leaves audiences wanting more. This foursome is well on the way to becoming one of the hottest bands around.
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Style # 220404
With a flared peplum, front exposed zipper and thick ribbed fabric to hold you in, this bebe sportif-chic dress is an instant evening look. Mix it with a tailored blazer and a woven rhinestone necklace to give your dinner-date an outfit they'll remember.
- 85% rayon, 13% nylon, 2% spandex
- Dry clean
- Imported
- Center back to hem: 22" (56 cm)
- Model is 5'9" and is wearing a US size S
Plunging Front Peplum Dress is rated out of 5 by 1.
Rated 5 out of 5 by GAPeach78 from Sizzling Hot Dress This dress is one of the reasons why I love Bebe! I'm petite (5'0 tall, 105 lbs) & got an XS. I normally wear XXS for Bebe, but this was all they had left. It fits perfectly & is just as hot as pictured. Love it!
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Performance Highlights of AMD Catalyst™ 13.1 (vs. AMD Catalyst 12.10): Includes all of the performance improvements found in AMD Catalyst 12.11 Beta 11
· Performance gains seen on the entire AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series:
· Improves performance in Far Cry 3 (up to 25% with 8xMSAA, SSAO enabled @ 1600p, and up to 15% with 8xMSAA, HDAO enabled @1600p) (AMD Catalyst 12.11 CAP2 must also be installed)
· Improves CrossFire scaling performance in Call of Duty Black Ops 2
· 10%-15% more performance in Battlefield 3 in most cases
· More than 20% in certain missions and sequences (Comrades)
· Up to 7% more performance in Metro 2033
· Up to 10% more performance in DiRT Showdown
· Up to 8% more performance in Sleeping Dogs
· Up to 12% more performance in Civilization V
· Up to 10% more performance in StarCraft II
· Up to 8% more performance in Sniper Elite: V2
· Improves performance up to 5% in Max Payne 3
AMD Catalyst Mobility 7970M performance for AMD Enduro™ Technology supported platforms has been substantially improved for DirectX 9, DirectX 10 and DirectX 11 applications
· 3DMark 06 – Up to 6%
· 3DMark Vantage – Up to 15%
· 3DMark 11 – Up to 12%
· AvP – Up to 11%
· Battlefield 3 – Up to 25%
· Call of Duty: Black Ops – Up to 13%
· Crysis 2: Up to 45%
· DiRT Showdown – Up to 62%
· ETQW – Up to 8%
· Hard Reset – Up to 8%
· Just Cause 2 – Up to 90%
· Mafia 2 – Up to 40%
· The Chronicles of Riddick – Up to 4%
· Shogun 2 – Up to 56%
· StarCraft 2 – Up to 25%
· Skyrim – Up to 45%
· Sniper Elite V2 – Up to 60%
· Tom Clancy's HAWX – Up to 56%
· Unigine Heaven – Up to 33%
· Wolfenstein – Up to 9%
· Super Sample Anti-Aliasing has now been enabled in the AMD OpenGL driver
Resolved issue highlights of AMD Catalyst™ 13.1 (vs. AMD Catalyst 12.10) Includes all of the fixes found in AMD Catalyst 12.11 Beta 11
Resolves a sporadic system hang encountered with a single AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series GPU seen on X58 and X79 chipsets.
Resolves an intermittent hang encountered with AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series GPUs in a CrossFire Eyefinity setup.
Resolve missing fonts issue in XBMC
Resolves no video issue found in Media Player Classic Home Cinema when using full or half floating point processing
Resolves the Skyrim lighting issue (missing a lighting pass) for the AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series
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Ashland Cemetery Tour - October 15, 2011
The Ashland Historical Society will hold a cemetery walk on Sunday afternoon, October 16 at 2:00 p.m. Participants will meet at the Ashland Cemetery directory and will tour two cemeteries.
The event is free and open to the public.
Judi Schamp, a founding member of the Ashland Cemetery Directory and Improvement Committee, will discuss the history Saunders County's largest cemetery and lead the tour.
People will then carpool to Carr Cemetery; also known as Clear Creek Cemetery, which is two miles north of Ashland. Melanie O'Brien will discuss the history of the cemetery, which is the oldest in Saunders county.
Tour of Young Cemetery near Plattsmouth - October 15 and 16, 2011
"Ghosts of a Pioneer Cemetery Tour 2011" will be given at 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. October 15 and 16 at Young Cemetery near Plattsmouth, Nebraska. This rain-or-shine walking tour takes about an hour. Tickets are $10 and must be purchased in advance at Antiques Off Main in Plattsmouth or by contacting Leigh Jean Koinzan at 402-296-2942 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
To get to Young Cemetery from the Omaha area, drive southbound on US Highway 75 south of Plattsmouth to Young Road. Look for the cemetery tour directional sign. Turn East onto Young Road. Go a short distance, again watching for the cemetery tour sign. Turn left onto Young Lane. You will see another sign. Parking is limited, so carpooling is recommended. Restroom facilities are not available.
Storytellers from OOPS (Omaha Organization for the Purpose of Storytelling) and other "ghost characters" dressed in period costumes will tell stories about the residents of this 1855 cemetery.
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Formerly ESP-65 Desafio Espanol and before that, USA-65 One World, this IACC boat has definitely seen better days. Unfortunate situation or an allegory for the sorry state of Spanish sailing these days? Pierre Orphanidis at Vsail has the story, and he took this excellent shot.
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Sheer lace design at back and sides, luxe lightweight stretch and wide round neckline make this bebe dress an ultra-sexy party dress. Try yours with a pair of studded heels and a stack of bangles to land an instant going-out look.
- 92% nylon, 8% spandex
- Center back to hem: 32" (81 cm)
- Hand wash according to care label
- Imported
- Model is 5'9" and is wearing a US size S
Contour Lace Inset Dress is rated out of 5 by 4.
Rated 1 out of 5 by Kristensue819 from Very Poor Quality My boyfriend purchased this dress for me as a gift and after initially trying it on I did love the dress, however, after wearing it out for only a few hours for one event the fabric started pulling and the next time I went to put on the dress I noticed the lace had already developed a large hole. Very disappointed with the overall quality of the dress. Would have definitely returned the dress if I would have known :(
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Rated 4 out of 5 by Joey from Good for flat tummies I just got this dress and tried it on. I will keep it because it is really pretty. But the spandex is very thin and doesn't compress the tummy area very well, and bulges show through pretty easily. Can't really wear shapewear because it shows through the lace. But at least it is black, so it darkens the bulges. And I will wear it at night. I am about 5ft 113lbs, and small fits fine. I have a little post baby tummy, and hoping in time it flattens out a bit more. The dress is not really a mini skirt on me because I am shorter. But it is a good length.
Date published: 2013-07-13
Rated 1 out of 5 by nmmurp01 from Cheaply made This dress looks like a cheap knock-off. Very disappointed in the quality and type of spandex they used.
Date published: 2013-06-19
Rated 5 out of 5 by Rosie17 from Love ittt The dress is very conforatble and fitted and it looks amazing...very worth the money....
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i_fallenhero wrote:this is my first time hacking but i got through the first three missions easy, i know basic html but i dont understand the changing of scripts or how to use the hint about email to get the correct answer
Using the clue given on basic 4's page and the posts in this forum should help you. Also think about things you've done with missions 1-3 and start there. Something related to the clue should catch your eye.


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I am working with our beginner group on stepping and punching. For beginners, this is an extremely important phase -- going from stationary basics to moving basics. Moving basics are many times more complicated than stationary basics because there are many more variables we have to deal with.
When stepping, it is essential that students become aware of shifting their weight. They must know, at all times, exactly where their weight is. You can't lift your right foot if your weight is on it. You have to shift your weight to the left first.
In our style of Shorin-Ryu (the Kishaba Juku form), we do not propel ourselves off our back foot (like you see in Kendo). Instead, we overload our front foot, thus freeing the back foot. We then, essentially, drag the back foot to the desired position. Another way to say this is that we anchor our front foot, thus releasing our back foot. (Note: I am making up these terms. My Sensei does not use them, to my knowledge).
Moving back is just the opposite. We overload (or anchor) our back foot, thus freeing (or releasing) our back foot. We then can pull (or drag) our front foot to the desired position.
I may make it sound like our moving leg is "dead". Perhaps it is better to say that it is very relaxed. Our moving leg is not tense or rigid. It is relaxed. In this way, for example, we can kick in a whip-like manner.
Shifting weight from one leg to the other takes time. You cannot shift your weight as quickly as you can move your hand. I believe it is for this reason that it is said that Shorin-Ryu kata are done at a walking pace. Shifting the weight is very natural at a walking pace. We shift our weight (at a walking pace) and then move very fast, shift our weight again (at a walking pace), and then move fast, etc.
Students have problems when they try to shift their weight too quickly. The turbulence caused by this disrupts their intended movement. For example, if they shift their weight and step too quickly, and then block, their block will be disrupted by the turbulence (or shockwaves) caused by their body shift/step. The block will create its own shockwave, which will be distorted by the body shift/step shockwaves. These conflicting shockwaves cannot be used to generate other movements. They will generate other movements, but the students will not be in control of them.
But when the body shift/step is natural, there is very little turbulence. In fact, the shockwave created can be used to ignite and amplify the block.
But I am running too far ahead. For beginners, the point is that they should become aware of where their weight is and where they need to put it to enable them to step, slide, kick, etc. You don't just step -- you have to shift your weight first.
At an advanced level, this weight shift is hidden or blended with another movement (such as a parry or slip) so as not to telegraph your intentions to the attacker. But again, that is for later discussion.
Do you know where your weight is?
Charles C. Goodin
Shifting Weight
I am working with our beginner group on stepping and punching. For beginners, this is an extremely important phase -- going from stationary basics to moving basics. Moving basics are many times more complicated than stationary basics because there are many more variables we have to deal with.
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Meet Sebastian. He lives in Zurich.
I recently got a message from Sebastian lamenting the recent loss of his schnauzer. As a fellow dog-man I couldn't help offer my deeply-felt condolences . . . until I realized he meant mustache. "Schnauzer" is slang for mustache in Switzerland. Luckily, Sebastian still had a picture to share with me.
I could lose myself in those ice blue alpen eyes and rosy alpen apple cheeks. All Sebastian needs is an alpenhorn and some lederhosen (birfdaze gift for Colby anyone?)
Reminds me of one of my favorite porno scenes. Beautiful boys! HUGE cocks! And folk costumes! What could possibly go wrong. . . except I can't seem to upload the clip I want to show you!
DOH! I tried uploading this video about 10 times with no luck!!!!! Its really hot and funny. . . all of the boys start off wearing Eastern European folk costumes. . . I remember there being a funny/hot circle jerk/hora orgy scene in the original movie but I don't remember what its called. . . Can anyone help me out?
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First-Year Seminar
A required course for all Clarkson School and first- year students, the First-Year Seminar (PE100) focuses on group work and team dynamics. The first-year seminar earning outcomes include:
- Students should develop appropriate social interaction and communication skills, such as listening, writing and eliciting the views of others.
- Students should appreciate the value of diversity in living, academic and working environments.
- Students should demonstrate teamwork skills such as building effective relationships with peers, being a collaborative team member, and identifying and managing team conflict.
- Students should develop a set of personal, societal, and professional values that they will use to resolve the moral and ethical dilemmas and problems that will confront them at Clarkson and in their future professional, civic and personal lives.
Discussion, team activities, leadership opportunities, and interaction with Clarkson School alumni and current Clarkson University students form the foundation of the First-Year Seminar. The foundation for this course is built around Franklin-Covey's "Introduction to the 7 Habits of Highly Effective College Students" and is taught by a certified facilitator. In addition, other administrators on campus serve as guest speakers on various topics.


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A casual-chic weekend fave, this bebe hi-lo Henley top flaunts an ultra soft ribbed fabric that hugs your body just right. Try it with a pair of boyfriend jeans and a pair of glossy black heels for an instant day look.
- 67% rayon, 28% cotton, 5% spandex
- Center back to hem: 26" (66 cm)
- Machine wash
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New Tricks "Wicca Works" The UCOS team reinvestigates the suspicious 10-year-old murder of librarian Craig Rossiter, who was an active member of a coven of witches. Team members soon find themselves involved in witchcraft, magic and curses - plus special tea leaves that have strange effects on the investigators.G
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Call The Midwife "S1 E6" Sister Monica Joan is found wandering near the docks and returned to Nonnatus House by the police. Her adventure takes its toll on her health and she develops pneumonia. In addition she is in trouble with the law. Part 6 of 6G
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Land Girls Lady Ellen turns Hoxley Manor into a military hospital and is confronted by a man from her past. Joyce awaits news of her missing husband. Connie is surprised by an old flame at her engagement party. Iris, a new Land Girl, joins the group.G
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Midsomer Murders "Judgement Day (Part 2)" In a town still hoping to win the Perfect Village competition, DCI Barnaby finds there is no shortage of suspects for the pitchfork murder of a local thief and womanizer. Then too, there are the murders of two of the competition judges to solve. Part 2 of 2G


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Deskbar is an applet which sits in the GNOME panel and which integrates quite seamlessly with different search tools like Beagle and the Google search API to bring the same functionality of OSX's Spotlight to Linux/GNOME. This article explains how one can set up this applet to among other things, provide Google web search on the Linux/GNOME desktop. In related news, this article takes a look at the major new features of... Gedit 2.14. No kidding.


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Tracks the precise arrival & departure schedules of boats and Zeppelins around Azeroth and displays them on the Mini-Map and World Map in real-time.
For better accuracy, get your friends and guild mates to install Nauticus as well.
Official Homepage: drool.me.uk/naut
Click here to report an issue or request a new feature
(Please do not post in the comments section to report bugs)
Before posting a comment...
Please read the entire addon description below - especially the Frequently Asked Questions section! You can also comment on the WowAce.com page.
What is Nauticus?
Nauticus tracks the precise arrival & departure schedules of boats and Zeppelins around Azeroth and displays them on the Mini-Map and World Map in real-time.
Look up arrival & departure schedules for any transport and know exactly when you need to be there. Less time waiting on platforms, more time at the AH or mailbox, less duelling rogues or shamies who want you to take a seat while they crit you... 'for fun'...
To track a transport requires that you, or someone else running the addon, has taken the route sometime earlier. Nauticus uses hidden addon-to-addon communications to synchronise and share up-to-date schedules between players automatically.
Important: This addon works best the more players on your realm also using the addon. So get your friends and guild mates to install Nauticus - the more the merrier! Even if you don't use transports because you're only ever in Outland, you can help store and transmit up-to-date data to everyone that needs it. Nauticus performs well in the background and you can disable the map icons for zero interference.
Main Features
- Plots all (16) Horde, Alliance and neutral transports on the World Map in real time
- Displays the most relevant transports on the Mini-Map, based on your current zone
- Map icons rotate to show their actual direction at any point in time
- Shows arrival or departure schedule for each platform when you mouse-over any map icon
- Discovers schedule by travelling a route in either direction
- Calculates future schedules, based on precisely measured round-trip cycles
- Automatically share schedules with other users of the addon on your realm
- Differential delayed updates keep communication bandwidth low even with many users (O(1))
- Ranks quality of data based on number of reboots and swaps, always picking the best
- Remember schedule data even after computer reboot (see FAQ for caveat)
- Select any transport for viewing in any LibDataBroker (LDB) display addon.†
- Shows the next arrival or departure event in the button text.
- Button icon changes colour to indicate status (yellow = docked, red = about to depart, green = in transit)
- Auto-selects nearest transport when standing at a platform (optional)
- Alt-click button to manually set audio alarm to warn you before next departure
- Less spam: Filter ship crew talk and Zeppelin Master yells from your chat window (optional)
† If you're new to Broker plugins, they're a bit like FuBar plugins but displayed how you want. Try StatBlockCore, Button Bin or Fortress for display addons and see here for more plugins. Titan has LDB support built-in. FuBar requires the lightweight bridge addon Broker2FuBar (not to be confused with FuBar2Broker, which does the opposite).
Find out the status of a transport via World Map/Mini-Map or via an LDB button display.
For options, type /nauticus or /naut in the command line.
To Do
- Auto pop-up tooltip and/or sound arrival/departure alarm (i.e. Zeppelin horn or boats bell) when at platform
Note: Nauticus is always in continual development. You should try to keep your version up-to-date, not least because the addon interacts with other users and they rely on good quality data from you. You'll be notified upon login when there's a new version available, after other users are seen using a later version. For this reason, please DON'T redistribute or include in a compilation pack!
Frequently Asked Questions
Q. I just installed Nauticus, why don't I see any schedules?
A player with the addon needs to travel on the boat/Zeppelin/turtle before the schedules come up. This could be you or someone else who may have taken the transport earlier. The most recent schedules are synchronised between other players running the addon, so after a short while the data will most likely be available to you before you take any transport. Get as many of your friends and guild mates to install Nauticus - the more the merrier.
Q. How does Nauticus get the schedules?
There are no Blizzard-provided API methods to directly determine the transport schedule. Thus we do it indirectly by getting player coords and comparing them to a known set of coords along the route. When the player 'triggers' these coords, we know the cycle and can subsequently work out future schedules at any point in time.
Q. How accurate is it?
Round-trip cycles have been calculated to one microsecond (six decimal places) over a 1-2 week period. This is significantly better resolution than provided by the API, which only measures in milliseconds (three decimal places). Baring slight adjustments in Blizzard's clocks etc., 99.9% of the time there should be no observable drift of more than a second or two.
Q. Why are some of my schedules wrong?
Rarely, schedules can become corrupted due to changes in your computer's system clock that may occur between WoW sessions/reboots. This can also be caused by dodgy CMOS batteries and some over-clocked systems. Otherwise, Nauticus can normally keep track of schedules between reboots. Additionally, while realm servers appear to keep very precise clocks for running the transports and to generate their positions, from time to time they may re-synchronise these clocks, sending the data slightly out of wack. Nauticus should quickly fix the schedules, as it will gather more recent and better quality data from other users or from your own travels.
Q. Doesn't weekly maintenance ruin the schedules?
It doesn't! We can only assume how Blizzard calculates transport schedules and their positions but it's probably based on the realm server's system clock, which is likely synchronised with a centralised ntp time server at each data centre. You can verify this by visiting another realm (at least, in the same geographical location - e.g. EU, US Eastern) to observe exactly the same schedules. This is another way to obtain accurate schedule data - from other realms. If there is one, an epoch is presently unknown - if any maths wiz can manage to reverse engineer it (simultaneous equations?), do let me know!
Q. Why does Nauticus have to use a chat channel?
Blizzard's SendAddonMessage() API is effectively limited to guild and raid addon communication, which is insufficient to get data spread furtherest across your realm. For maximum availability and accuracy of schedules, we need to use a chat channel. You shouldn't be concerned if you have the channel slot spare - we're extra careful not to mess up channel numbers.
Q. Where did the GUI disappear to?
The red window was removed in favour of map icons with tooltips. It became difficulty to maintain the rather clunky code necessary to provide this functionality and consumed more resources than desirable. Plus it didn't cater for other languages very well due to its fixed size. Native FuBar support was removed in favour of LibDataBroker (Broker/LDB) displays. Broker allows ''you'' to choose your method of displaying plugins. The lightweight bridge addon Broker2FuBar returns the old FuBar functionality, as well as allowing you to put it as a Mini-Map button (even if you don't use FuBar).
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Unfortunately no, since it's treated as an instance and we can't properly track player coords within instances.
Nauticus is a complete rewrite of ZeppelinMaster which was originally conceived by Sammysnake. He runs a DKP hosting service online @ dkphost.net.
#30 glithramir Posted Jan 11, 2011
Could "LibSyncTime-1.0" be of any help keeping the boats syncronized? http://www.wowace.com/addons/libsynctime-1-0/
#27 glithramir Posted Aug 5, 2009
The ghostship in Howling Fjord would be cool to see also. ^^
#26 glithramir Posted Jul 27, 2009
Ye.. I usually take a trip once a week and i rarely reboot the computer during the day. Turn it on in the morning and turn it off when i go to bed.
There are very few ppl riding with boats and even fewer ppl using Nauticus.. 3-4ppl only.
After a week the boats are lagging a few seconds.. And it gets worse after a big blizzard mainenance.. then we are talking a minute or 2. -.-
Oh well... I usually try to get ppl to use the addon but its very hard. :-/
#24 glithramir Posted Jul 26, 2009
Another idea.. I guess you cant get the current time with millisecond precision in the standard API and that is the reason for the uptime tick check??
But is it possible to poll the current time like 10times/second and maybe when it detects a change(when the second changes) then it has at least 100ms precision.
Well just an idea.. I am still having some problems with drifting accuracy since the data is swapped back and forth.. :-/
#16 glithramir Posted Jun 11, 2009
When i rotate my character the ships are rotating on the minimap in the opposite direction. Is that a known issue?
Hi. just tested the latest version found here, r109, and all works great apart a big compatibility problem with Minimap Button Frame that causes havok on minimap. Transports are not visible when the frame is closed and icons are jumping in and out when the frame is opened. I have tons of addons adding minimap buttons so compatibility with this mod is quite an issue for me. I hope you'll get the time to have a look at this problem.
#7 Gladius101 Posted Nov 8, 2008
Hi Drool,
Since your release r76, nauticus will not longer displayed in fubar. Maybe you can fix it, in moment i just can use r75, which working fine. thx
#5 glithramir Posted Oct 26, 2008
A suggestion.. I would LOVE if the icons on the minimap would scale according to the zoom level.
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Word is all over Twitter that Roger Clemens has joined the Sugar Land Skeeters, and will pitch on Saturday night, with the Astros in New York to play the Mets.
So the question is: Will Sugar Land outdraw an Astros game? Keep in mind, the Astros have only enjoyed eight games with over 30,000 in attendance: Opening Day, all three Rangers games, inter-league games against the Royals (?) (!) and Indians, and games against the Pirates and Dodgers. They've had seven games with attendance under 15,000.
So what do you say? How many 2012 Astros home games will the Skeeters game outdraw?
Monday, August 20, 2012
Clemens to pitch for Sugar Land
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The Dodgers game was the Colt 45 t-shirt give away. The Royals game was a get away day game (and I think we only scheduled 2 this year), and the Indians and Pirates games were both Faith & Family nights. So at least we know why people are showing up this season...
- August 20, 2012 at 2:54 PM
- Chris said...
Considering the total capacity of Constellation Field is 7,500, I'm going to see zero.
- August 20, 2012 at 4:48 PM
Apparently Astros scouted him and are considering signing him for September. Makes sense if Astros are going to shut down Lucas Harrell and it would be good for attendance
- August 20, 2012 at 6:48 PM
He may need a shot or two before he pitches
- August 21, 2012 at 9:22 AM
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Manchester Jewish Museum
Manchester Jewish Museum tells the story of the Jewish community in Manchester over the last 200 years.
Through photographs, objects, documents and room settings, visitors gain an insight into the lives of the individuals who came to the city in different waves of Jewish immigration. There are temporary exhibitions, please see the website for details.
The Museum opened in 1984 in the former Spanish and Portuguese synagogue which was built in 1874. This is a superb example of a synagogue built in the Moorish style.
The Museum offers an educational programme for schools, colleges/universities and adult groups. Details can be found on our website.
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The former men's area of the synagogue has been preserved in its former glory, with a temporary exhibition in the back room. The former ladies gallery now houses our permanent exhibition. There is also a shop selling books, Judaica and educational materials.
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On Monday May 10, the Amityville Teachers Association hosted its 10th Annual Scholarship and Awards program at E.W. Miles Middle School. The ATA president, William Oquendo, presided over the festivities and announced the annual writing and math contest winners and the high school scholarship award winners.
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Ok, so we have surpassed the 12 week mark! This is my Baby #3, and with the first two, I started supplementing at 4 weeks and quit BFing completely at 10 weeks. #3 is still strictly a BM baby! Woohoo! We've both done so awesoem with it that I'm not ready to give it up yet (even though my husband is pushing me to go to pumping only ).
Now, I've been back to work since she was 6 weeks. Pumping at work has been no problem, and I was producing more than enough for her bottles for the following day. She usually takes three or four 4-5 ounce bottles when at home with my husband or when with the babysitter, that is usually over a 10-12 hour period. She usually gets 3 feedings direct from the boob on my work days, one in the morning, one in the evening, and one I usually have to wake her for around 11pm when I go to bed. She is sleeping through the night about 5 out of 7 days a week. She has lots and lots of wet diapers and poops about twice a day. I only work Mon-Thursday, so when I'm home with her the other 3 days, we pretty much strictly BF and she eats 6 times a day, sometimes 7 if she wakes up in the middle of the night.
For the past week or 10 days though, my left breast is NOT producing much milk at all. For example, at my first pumping at 9:30 at work this morning, my right breast produced 3.5 ounces, and my left produced just under 2 ounces. I just pumped again at 1pm, and my right breast produced almost 4 ounces, but my left breast only produced 1.5 ounces. (I am double pumping with a Medela Pump in Style). In the past, I was producing 4-5 ounces per breast, which helped me stock my freezer because I made double what she ate. But we've burned through most of the freezer supply.
I will probably pump again at 4:30 before leaving for the day. Hopefully I'll get a little more.
I've done all sorts of reading on here, and am reading about oatmeal and fenugreek to help increase supply. (I'll have to do a google search on fenugreek though, I have no clue what it is). I've done all the massaging I've read about. I reposition my body and my breasts while pumping to make sure I'm getting out every last drop. Is there anything else I should be doing? Is it normal to have just one breast decrease? I am on a Progesterin only BC pill. I REALLY don't want to stop taking it, I'm a Fertile Myrtle and my oven is closed for business! Should I pump after every actual breastfeeding? Please don't tell me to get up in the middle of the night to pump, I'll cry. I don't mind if she wakes up on her own, because I bring her in bed with me and I doze while side laying feeding her, it's not too disruptive.
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Marsev wrote:
I've never seen someone cosplay in rl and not that much elsewhere. After i watch an anime, that's it. I forget about it.
magicite852 wrote:
I think cosplay is really cool. It is amazing what some people can make and the amount of detail they can put into it. Always wanted to try it out myself, but I could never pull it off... except maybe Jigen from Lupin III (I refuse to shave my awesome facial hair lol).
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I don't think cosplaying is for me, I tried it a few times but always felt uncomfortable. Last year I went as Secret Police Miku and for some reason..felt out of place. I quickly switched into my Lolita and felt better. Plus I get a lot more pictures taken of me and a lot more compliments in Lolita than I ever did when I cosplayed.
Plus I rather spend the money on Lolita than on cosplay.
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I've been cosplaying since ninth grade and I'm 24 now! I absolutely love it, especially when I've done well enough that people ask for my picture. It's such a confidence booster. My costumes are never absolutely perfect and sometimes they don't fit quiiiiite right because I didn't have the time to finish it That said, to everyone that's going to say "I can't cosplay cause I'll look silly" you are completely wrong. So long as you love the character you're dressing up as and buy or make your costume as best you can, cosplaying is pretty fun! And group cosplaying is so awesome too! You meet a lot of awesome people that way. One time, I designed a human form chocobo and I wanted a picture of me sitting on a Cloud cosplayer because of how Cloud's called chocobo-head sometimes in fanfics. A yuffie cosplayer heard me, flagged down a Cloud and the guy gave me a piggy back ride!
It really does help boost your confidence whenever the compliments start coming in and people ask for your picture. I honestly think anyone can cosplay. The whole point is just to have fun. :P
It totally is! A friend and I cosplayed Princes Tutu and Princes Claire and we couldn't eat lunch without getting our picture taken. And my Claire costume was horrible! It's so awesome when you get a reaction like that!
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I don't think cosplaying is for me, I tried it a few times but always felt uncomfortable. Last year I went as Secret Police Miku and for some reason..felt out of place. I quickly switched into my Lolita and felt better. Plus I get a lot more pictures taken of me and a lot more compliments in Lolita than I ever did when I cosplayed.
Plus I rather spend the money on Lolita than on cosplay.
I'm actually the exact opposite. I don't feel right when wearing lolita. XD I've only tried it once though so maybe I'll try again. I think it's really cute and I wish I could pull it off. Your outfit is cute btw.
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I plead the 5th!
Your negative opinion won't upset me if you have one. :p
No negative opinion. Quite the opposite in fact. I plead the 5th to protect the innocent. (Evil Grin)
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I'm not too good at it, but I don't care, It's a lot of fun.
Never tried it, but images of cosplayers are pretty cool to look at, I guess.
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In short if you're remotely good, go ahead, but PLEASE don't use a character you look NOTHING LIKE and I HATE shitty costumes...
A friend told me I look like Ten Ten from Naruto (I don't see it at all) but ill be looking into that for my next con...hmm...
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The only cosplay I do, is during Halloween...when dressing up as insert is completely normal.
I want to cosplay, but it looks tough and people can be jerks
I've only done it once, i dressed up as Kaji from Evangelion back when I had a sick pony tail >..>;
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It looks potentially fun. However, my own perfectionism would prevent me from doing it most likely as I lack skill to make a decent costume, the willingness to spend enough money to buy a good costume, and sufficient resemblance to any character I might choose to cosplay. (My wife, though, might make a decent Holo or Hatsune Miku with the proper wig or hair extensions! She'd outright refuse to dress up like that, though!) As for others' cosplay, bad quality doesn't bother me particularly in principle. It's just fun, after all, as far as I'm concerned. However, if you do a particularly shoddy job of it, you frankly shouldn't be surprised if you attract the wrong sort of stares and whispered (or even audible) comments. Dressing up in public is to invite opinions.


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Valerie,* fifteen, was sick and tired of being her school's good girl. President of her class and involved in countless clubs and activities, she was desperate to break out of her rut. "I didn't want to be known as that girl," the now-eighteen-year-old says. "I wanted everyone to know I could loosen up." So one Saturday night, she and her friend went to an upperclassmen party. After several drinks, Valerie hooked up with an older guy from another town. When he found out her age, he got angry and called her a slut in front of everyone. On Monday morning Valerie was experiencing a different kind of attention. Students openly gawked as she walked down the hall. "Undercover slut," they sneered. People said her good-girl image was an act. Her Facebook wall grew eerily silent. "One night changed my whole reputation," Valerie recalls.
A ruined rep can also be the work of a vicious lie, as it was for Zoe, eighteen. When Zoe enrolled at a new school, she kept to herself. Within a few months she began dating a guy who was just as shy as she was. Someone at school started a rumor that they were having risky sex and doing drugs. Suddenly, everyone was whispering about it. "I couldn't walk around campus without being called 'whore,'" she remembers. Zoe was summoned to the principal's office, and the school called her parents, who were devastated and made her go to therapy. No one believed her—not even the therapist, who gave her a packet of information about drug use and safe sex—as she pleaded with anyone who would listen. Zoe was forced into a reality that everyone assumed was true. "I felt like I had no control over anything anyone said about me," says Zoe, who spent hours crying in her room at home. "Not only are you alone, but no one listens to you. It's the most horrifying feeling."
A damaged image casts a harsh, isolating spotlight on one person. However, most girls seem to have no problem in playing a part in said ostracization. In a study from Mean Stinks, a program launched by Secret deodorant to help girls stop bullying (visit facebook.com/meanstinks for more information), half the girls surveyed said they had shared embarrassing or negative information about a person they didn't like in the past year, and 16 percent had done it in the last week.
And like a car accident with rubberneckers slowing down to look, a girl's downfall usually becomes a public event where everyone feels entitled to know what's going on. When Emily, eighteen, walked down the hall at her school after being falsely accused of engaging in a sexual act, she was certain everyone was staring at her. "I couldn't breathe," Emily remembers. "I would just look straight ahead. I wouldn't look into anybody's eyes. I felt like I was going through the halls naked."
Today social media deepens the impact of a ruined rep, netting countless onlookers and attackers. And as more people get involved, the stories take on lives of their own. After being shunned by many of her female classmates, Emily started to be targeted by boys at school who believed the lies about her. They would try to lure her into the boys' bathroom. "I was labeled the class whore," she recalls.
If it's hard enough to wake up in a world where a mistake—whether fact or fiction—has become a headline, it can be too much to bear when even your friends abandon you. After becoming the first of her group to have sex, Elsa* was terrified that her friends would judge her. She denied everything when she was confronted by them. When the guy she was with started bragging to his pals, though, her friends were furious. The entire school seemed to know, and Elsa had no one to turn to. After a screaming fight with a friend, she walked home in a daze and stopped at a pharmacy. "Everything was spiraling downward, like it was the end of my life," she remembers. "I just felt alone, and I had no one to lean on. No one seemed to care about anything that happened to me." After buying pain relievers, Elsa overdosed at home. She was rushed to the hospital, where she finally told her mother everything. Her mom's reaction surprised her. "It was weird that the only person who didn't judge me was my mother. I was sure she would hate me forever."
Not every teen is lucky enough to have a caring adult in her life. Many girls interviewed for this article reported that grown-ups made the situation worse. Teachers and principals actually participated in the spreading of rumors. In fact, Zoe walked into classrooms and overheard teachers gossiping about her—and one of her classmates said an instructor had even been joking about her with other students.
Girls may be especially vulnerable to the damage caused by a destroyed reputation. "They have been socialized from childhood to care about relationships and to be aware of how other people see them," says Lyn Mikel Brown, Ed.D., author of Girlfighting: Betrayal and Rejection Among Girls (New York University Press) and cocreator of Hardy Girls Healthy Women, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the well-being of girls and women. "All those comments about looking pretty, being thin, and acting nice tell the littlest girls that there's a right way to look and act and that others' opinions of them are important."
Teen girls also face a double standard when it comes to sex. After the rumor that Zoe had sex with her boyfriend went viral, her life was turned on its head. Her boyfriend, meanwhile, was treated like a king. "We would walk into the common room and people would start clapping and bow down to him," she says. "It was like, 'Yeah! You scored! That rules!'"
"Unfortunately, the notion of 'she's a slut, he's a stud' still rings loud and clear in the halls of schools everywhere," says Julia V. Taylor, a high school counselor in North Carolina. "Girls can make one wrong move and be branded a slut forever. Guys can be labeled a player for similar behavior. It's a badge of honor in the eyes of his guy friends."
Trying to rescue your reputation can seem like a game of Whac-A-Mole: You may convince one person to take down a nasty comment online, but then another remark pops up. The combination of real-life and virtual attacks can be overwhelming and make resisting seem useless. Plus, thanks to social networking, gossip can be catapulted across neighborhoods, so even switching schools may not provide a clean escape. When Elsa tried to start over at a new school, she was stunned to learn there would be no new beginnings. "I wanted to focus on studying and playing hockey, but I found out I had to deal with the exact same thing," she says. Elsa realized that denying the rumors seemed to make them worse, so she decided to confront them head-on. "The more I was like, 'It happened. Get over it,' the more people would drop it. I think that when you don't tell people things and they know it, they become even more invested in figuring out what it is. If you're honest and up-front about it, it goes away."
Kelly Cutrone, founder and CEO of People's Revolution, a brand strategy and marketing company that often helps clients in crisis with their public image, believes that in the public sphere, owning up is almost always the best strategy. "When we do something that's overwhelmingly negative, the best thing is to see your part, learn from it, and to just take responsibility for it." Whether the accusations are true or false, Cutrone suggests girls stick close to any allies they have, ideally their parents. "You want your own army. You want protection around you," she says. Furthermore, she advises girls to avoid fighting back with e-mails or texts, because they can be easily misinterpreted or altered. She also says girls should be careful about how much information they share and with whom, period. "Don't tell anybody anything that you don't want everyone to know. Whatever you're sharing in confidence can and probably will ultimately be used against you."
Looking back, Zoe believes her reputation disaster may have seemed more damaging than it actually was. "When it happens, it feels like it's for forever and like it's the most horrible thing in the world," she says. "It seems like life will never get better and you're eternally screwed—but it does get better, and you will recover." Valerie agrees and says that today she is stronger than she has ever been. "I cared way too much about what people thought of me," she explains. She decided to fight back by simply being herself. "I thought I had to prove to myself who I really was. I stopped trying to get noticed, and I just acted like myself. I don't care what other people think of me. I know what I want, and I know who I am."


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Right on Target
While it is not unusual for a James Madison University student to set
goals for their college career, it is a bit unusual to accomplish those
goals by the end of sophomore year. Harrisonburg native Daniel Suter
entered JMU two years ago determined to pursue his passion for archery.
His goals were lofty: win Indoor Nationals, win Outdoor Nationals and
make the World Team. Check, check and check.
Suter started shooting at age 6 to spend more time outdoors with his dad. His love for the sport grew and at age 14 his dad introduced him to Bob Ryder, coach of JMU's archery team. Ryder encouraged the young Suter to pursue target shooting. Ryder says the father and son share a love of archery, their values, their work ethic and their absolute obsession with fixing what's wrong. "In a sport as complex and demanding of an individual as archery that obsession helps set Daniel apart from his fellow competitors," said Ryder.
Suter, a member of JMU's Archery Club, shoots in the men's compound division. "Compound" refers to the type of bow the archer uses. A compound bow is a modern bow that maximizes energy by using pulleys to bend the limbs. The JMU team participates in the East region of the U.S. Collegiate Archery Association, an organization that governs recreational and elite archery at the college level.
Although Suter came to JMU and the Archery Club with significant experience, no prior knowledge of the sport is required to join. "The majority of our team doesn't know the sport when they get to JMU," said team president Amanda Miller.
Miller, double majoring in statistics and math from Barrington, N.J., says the team recruits new members at Student Organization Night in September. The fall is spent introducing the sport and practicing. "We teach you everything you need to know," said Miller. The spring is when competition season intensifies.
Both Suter and Miller credit the club's positive atmosphere for making competitions fun. Miller says JMU's club has "the best bond out of every school." Suter concurs. "When one person is shooting, if you look behind them there is a sea of purple," he said. "Our whole team is behind you."
The JMU team was definitely behind Suter when they hosted the USCA US Intercollegiate Archery Championships on campus May 17–20. Coming off a win in the indoor competition earlier in the spring, Suter's smile lights up his face when he talks about winning the outdoor competition on his home field surrounded by teammates, friends and family.
The 2012 World Team was selected on May 19 at the team trials held in conjunction with the Championship tournament. The World Team will represent USCA and the United States in Cordoba, Spain in July. Suter will lead the three-man compound team in a shoot lasting three days.
What happens after you've accomplished your goals? For Suter the answer is "set new ones." Ryder, who retired at the end of the season, said " Right now I believe the only thing that could keep Daniel from becoming one of the top archers in the world would be for him to choose to make archery a lower priority in his life." Suter is definitely not going to let that happen. He's already set his sights on winning the collegiate world competition and after that he said, "I want to be a teacher, set up an archery pro-shop, qualify for the senior USA archery team and become a professional shooter."
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By Paula Polglase, JMU Public Affairs
June 27, 2012
Published: Wednesday, June 27, 2012
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Here are some photos from my veg team. They were taken today and show just some of the activities we perform during a vegetation sampling day.
The first image is of Saeid and myself measuring crop height and diameter and recording all of the info onto a field sheet. Each field has 3 pre-determined sampling points where all measurements are taken. Then vegetation is collected in labelled paper bags, and then sealed in plastic bags which we transport to the lab crew situated at Ma's Drive-In in Elm Creek. Samples are then weighed (wet) and dried for about 2 days and weighed again (dry). The lab crew also separates the plant parts (leaves, stems) and weighs and dries those to determine where the bulk of the moisture is held within the plant.
For more SMAPVEX12 vegetation sampling information and pictures, visit the SMAP Blogs from the Field site.
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