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Hi guys, I just wanted to stop by and let you know I'm still breathing. Unfortunately I have neglected this blog terribly for a long time now. It all started when my marriage ended in late 2012, for a long time I just didn't feel like posting at all eventually the dust settled and I've never really managed to kick start things again. It's a shame because there are more followers now than when I stopped updating!
I'm in a better mental place now, I still have periods of feeling down though. I'm at a strange stage in life. Every second I spend with my daughter is fantastic but whenever she isn't there I tend to feel empty and lonely but as a self confessed introvert and someone who tends to suffer from social anxiety I find it difficult to meet people. When I feel down I often suffer from a lack of enthusiasm when it comes to photography.
I'm currently unhappy because my ex is moving to the next city with my daughter and changing her school, I'll still see her as much as possible but this move means I will no longer have her on school nights and no longer be able to take her to school in the morning before work which is one of her favourite things and something I enjoy immensely as a parent, our current routine is going to be changed quite dramatically and it's making me very nervous.
I currently have her 3 nights a week and will now only be able to have her 2 nights. I also tend to see her a lot even when it's not my "turn" to have her because she lives so close, me and her mother would often meet up to do the school run or take the kid to the park etc and this kind of thing will decrease dramatically after the move. I'm trying to stay positive but simply knowing I will never get her ready for school and drop her off and/or collect her from school is heartbreaking, I'm a very sentimental person and this is one of those activities I feel bonds us as parent and child.
I'm very torn by the whole situation because on the one hand me and my ex haven't fallen out, this isn't one of those parents at war things or anything of the sort but that almost makes it more frustrating in a way because I strongly believe the entire move will be in vain, I feel she is allowing her irrational feelings for a bad partner she knows she has no future with to rule her mind. It will inevitably end once a again and it will have all been for nothing. I feel this whole thing is unnecessary and that my continual effort to be a committed and available father is being under-appreciated or at least drowned out by someone's misguided belief that a different postcode will magically solve her life issues. But that's a whole other story in itself!
I just wanted you to all know that I'm still here, I still think about the blog often but I just need to find a way to ignite things again.
A lot has changed since I last updated regularly, since being single things have been tough financially so the only new camera I have bought is a second hand Sony A6000 which I have been enjoying a lot with some reservations.
I still take photos fairly regularly but nowhere near as often as I would like to. It seems to be all to rare that I have free time when the weather is decent and even when that happens I find myself prone to bouts of depression and just an overall lack of enthusiasm.
I still think about things to write all the time and I'm still of the mindset that I will get back into it eventually, for anyone who's still watching this blog I just want to say thanks for your patience. Life is complicated at the moment and I'm a born worrier so while many people might turn to their hobbies as a form of stress relief I tend to find myself too preoccupied to enjoy it!


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What a pleasure to visit to these two scenic antebellum (pre-Civil War) cities – Savanah and Charleston. Nothing in my experience compares to these graceful places, full of beauty, and dark history. We loved the lessons here.
Our headquarters for Savannah was Skidaway Island State Park, a gorgeous campground that just whispers Old South. Heavy tree limbs drip with moss and a mixture of pines and live oaks add a sense of mystery. Super camping. A bonus was meeting another T@DA camper for the first time in five years. We loved meeting Laurie with her socutecamper.com To explore Savannah, we opted to drive a few miles from the campground through narrow causeways and lowland highways to a spot where we could comfortably cycle into the City. It was a perfect combination of low-stress touring for us. Old historic Savannah is crammed with (other) camera-toting tourists, horse drawn carriages, pedicabs, and open-air trolleys – each vying for the best view of the myriad city squares and historic sites. There are so many beautiful sights.At Skidaway, we also enjoyed a hike through the steamy low country. The Park trail took us past the remains of an old still (with axe marks where the US Agents chopped it up!) and some beautiful coastal views.
We also saw trenches, hand-dug by slaves, which were built to shelter the Confederate troops who were guarding the coastal waterways. What a difficult life this must have been – even the task of supplying fresh water to these areas must have been monumental, not to mention food and shelter.
Tybee Island was a nearby beach-y town recommended by a few friends. Beautiful beach and lighthouse, but the heat and humidity were still killing us. It's HARD to enjoy a calm ocean when there's no breeze, and the sweat is ruining your eyesight. It was still nearly 90 degrees and a dew point in the mid-70s. Plus, the beach just isn't my idea of fun. But, still a pretty wonderful view, isn't it? (Temps finally returned to a more normal mid-70s on our last night in Savannah, and have been perfect since. Whew!)
We decided to visit Fort Pulaski National Monument on the way back to camp, not knowing what to expect. Named after Revolutionary War hero Casmir Pulaski, the moated Civil War-era fort is a thoughtful history lesson. Over 20 years in construction, it surrendered in its first fight with Union forces in 1962, and then became a prison for Confederate soldiers. Its demise? It was armored with cannons which had a 1/2 mile range. But, by the time the War began, the Union forces had rifled cannons which could reach 1-1/2 miles. After just two hours, the fort's interior walls were breached with cannonfire, and the Fort surrendered. It was converted into a prison for the remainder of the War.
On to Charleston, where we scored a site at the very busy county park at James Island where we met up with a bunch of T@B campers, at the beginning of their 12-day Coastal Caravan Tour. We didn't spend a lot of time together, having our own plans set to explore this new (to us) city, but we did have a very memorable dinner together at Home Team BBQ. We actually had rolled in for lunch there one day, and went back for dinner with the group the next. You know it was GOOD! Great food, Motown, Aretha, and other awesome R & B. And a fabulous selection of whiskey (of which we did NOT partake).
Charleston blew me away. The Battery section of the city along the waterfront is an amazing collection of gigantic, gracious antebellum homes. There are beautiful architectural details everywhere. I've got dozens of photos I'd like to share, but am limited by bandwidth restrictions to upload. As in Savannah, we drove into a City park, then unloaded our bikes and pedaled from there on. The very first unexpected sight we stumbled on was The Citadel. This gorgeous military academy campus was curiously quiet. We cycled around the perimeter, but most of the buildings were off-limits (including this one).We had earmarked a possible tour of Fort Sumter, which we ultimately decided not to take. It involved a boat ride across some fairly choppy waters (I'm not a fan). The Fort Sumter Visitor Center was informative, and clinched our decision not to visit the actual Fort.
The Charleston Slave Mart was another site we earmarked for a visit. We were surprised to find it on an historic cobblestone street, which was tortuous to ride on our bikes (so happy we had our mountain bikes, not our skinny-tire road bikes!!). The surface of this street, probably restored many times, is likely 200 years old. The Slave Mart operated as an actual auction house for slaves. South Carolina had a big stake in slavery – it was the first State to secede from the US. Of the 15 plantations in the US with more than 500 slaves, 7 were in South Carolina. No photos are allowed inside the site, but there are so many shameful artifacts of slavery, I was glad not to take any photos.
Churches, homes, parks – there are plenty of amazing sights to feast upon in this beautiful, graceful old city.Two other brief Charleston expeditions – by bike to the Angel Oak Tree, which is probably the largest living organism east of the Mississippi. This enormous live oak tree has a branch which extends 187 feet from the center. It's amazing to see, on a par with the giant Sequoias and Redwoods of California. With a lifespan of 900 years, the Angel Oak is in mid-life. Heavily damaged in the 1990s by Hurricane Hugo(?), it still thrives, although most of the limbs on one side are missing.
Our other outing in Charleston was another beach visit to Folly Beach. We enjoyed a beautiful sunset and a stroll through the beach town. It was the perfect way to end our stay in Charleston.
Now it's Friday night (10/19). We had reservations at nearby Givhans Ferry State Park, a short drive from Charleston. We arrived, set up, and proceeded to enjoy a beautiful afternoon in a quiet park. Around 5pm, a Ranger drove up and said we were occupying a site reserved by another camper. What??!! I had the site reserved (or so I thought). Apparently, my reservation was not confirmed. My first Reservation Screwup in five years! No other sites were available at this small park, nor at any of the other parks within 30 miles of here. We finally secured a site for one night (the last one of 150 campsites) at Santee State Park. What a circus this campground is! We checked in and set up in the dark. (First time for that, and I hope it's the last!). Tomorrow we will be homeless (no sites available) and will have to search out a new spot. Oh well, lots of time to work that out.


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Much in Little was started in 1982 by World Concern. Initially known as Philippine Alternative Trade and Supply, it restructured several times and since 2002 has been known as Much in Little, Inc.
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There are many ways to create an archive of the zonepath. For example, you can use the cpio or pax commands described in the cpio(1)) and pax(1) man pages.
There are also several ways to transfer the archive to the new host. The mechanism used to transfer the zonepath from the source host to the destination depends on the local configuration. In some cases, such as a SAN, the zonepath data might not actually move. The SAN might simply be reconfigured so the zonepath is visible on the new host. In other cases, the zonepath might be written to tape, and the tape mailed to a new site.
For these reasons, this step is not automated. The system administrator must choose the most appropriate technique to move the zonepath to the new host.
Become superuser, or assume the Primary Administrator role.
To create the role and assign the role to a user, see Using the Solaris Management Tools With RBAC (Task Map) in System Administration Guide: Basic Administration.
Move the zonepath to the new host. You can use the method described in this procedure, or use another method of your choice.
Create a tar file of the zonepath on host1 and transfer it to host2 by using the sftp command.
host1# cd /export/zones host1# tar cf my-zone.tar my-zone host1# sftp host2 Connecting to host2... Password: sftp> cd /export/zones sftp> put my-zone.tar Uploading my-zone.tar to /export/zones/my-zone.tar sftp> quit
On host2, unpack the tar file.
host2# cd /export/zones host2# tar xf my-zone.tar
For more information, see sftp(1) and tar(1).
See Resolving Problems With a zoneadm attach Operation for troubleshooting information on the following:
Patches and packages are out of sync.
Operating system releases do not match.
If you have copied the data instead of reconfiguring a SAN, then the zonepath data will still be visible on the source host even though the zone is now in the configured state. You can either manually remove the zonepath from the source host after you have finished moving the data to the new host, or you can reattach the zone to the source host and use the zoneadm uninstall command to remove the zonepath.


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Acupressure is a safe and effective way of treating many problems: from asthma, headaches, back pain, joint problems and skin disorders to anxiety, stress, [...]Distance: 8.88 miles.
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A warm welcome awaits you from Saira Francis who has been working with Complementary Therapies since 2004 and now lives and works at the [...]Distance: 9.06 miles.
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Certified level 2 Reiki practitioner. Offering 1-1 sessions of Reiki healing to people of all ages. Relaxation therapy can be included, exploring various techniques [...]Distance: 9.42 miles.
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full Reiki sessions taylored to suit your needs in the comfort of your own home . heated jade crystal mat for something extra special [...]Distance: 9.42 miles.
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I offer weekly Reiki from my home Wednesday-Friday and some Saturdays 1;1 Reiki Consultation I have witnessed a range of benefits for myself and clients including:pain relief, relaxation,helping depression [...]Distance: 9.67 miles.
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Yeovil, Somerset, BA22 9RN
Specialising in shamanic courses and retreats, drum workshops, reiki training and spiritual mentoring in Somerset, UK. I've been practising my craft since the dawn of [...]Distance: 11.95 miles.
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Welcome to Reiki Divine Healing. My name is Natasha Pavey and I am a certified Reiki and animal Reiki master/teacher,under the Shiki Ryoho method [...]Distance: 12.6 miles.
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Receiving healing energy is a wonderful relaxing experience. Whether you are stressed or out of balance or ill receiving a treatment will enable you [...]Distance: 12.61 miles.
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Usui Reiki Master and Healer. Covering the Dorset area. I have been a reiki healer for over 4 years, and have a friendly and [...]Distance: 15.96 miles.
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Psychic Medium Steve Dorset is a Reiki Master Teacher who practices the traditional Usui Reiki system. In the comfort of your own home or [...]Distance: 16.88 miles.
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I am a qualified counsellor and Reiki practitioner. I practice Reiki on people and have recently practiced on horses. I offer a range of [...]Distance: 17.44 miles.
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A bit of an introduction and general update:
I am the conservation manager at "Anglo-Saxon CSI:Sittingbourne" [www.anglosaxoncsi.wordpress.com / facebook / @CSIsitt], we reported from the lab last year and are very pleased to be taking part in Day of Archaeology again…
Our project has had some periods of closure due to lack of funding over the past year, and we are in the midst of a fundraising campaign at the moment and seeking out new ways to fund conservation of the 2nd half of the Meads cemetery; as well as expand and take forward the CSI shopping mall lab concept. We are open 10-4 Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at the moment, and possibly might add Saturdays for July and August. Although we had to stop conservation work for a large part of last year, work on recording the large bead assembly, and reviewing the results of the conservation work took place, and the Assessment Report for Meads II is with the Canterbury Archaeological Trust editors and hopefully out soon. I shall be away for most of the next 2 months (family illness and then conserving on site for Rutgers University Dig in the Upper Sabina Tiberia Valley, Italy). So today we started to confirm plans to 'down scalpels' and carry out a further review of the conservation work and invite volunteers and visitors to attempt reconstructions of our grave groups while I am away. We also need to compile a list of research questions we may have about materials we might want to investigate further, with the portable Hitachi Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) that is coming to the lab soon – thanks to a generous scientific equipment grant that has recently been awarded to Oxford University (RLAHA) for the CSI project and general conservation use, by the Clothworkers' Foundation.
Our partners, Sittingbourne Heritage Museum have counted well over 18,000 visitors to date; and last summer's count of conservation volunteer hours topped 5,000 !!
The morning's activities:
Volunteer Vicky Price (Heritage Studies [contemporary practice] Kingston University, MA student] and I discussed her work on shield studs from grave 111, and her main task for the day – her desire to interview me and our resident artist, Rob Bloomfield for our views on the relationship between art & science in our work, and processes of how we are working with the CSI project, for her dissertation (working title: "Narrative, craft and the investigative conservator")
Vicky's interview with Rob then turned into a larger discussion about authenticity vs. creativity in his drawings and also his observations that the work of the investigative conservator is a bit like that of a sculptor, but at opposite ends of the spectrum… and he came up with the term "intricate deconstruction". It is great to have such a wide mix of people involved with this conservation project… and really great to have Rob's fabulous range of illustrations – today he was sketching ideas for a poster to advertise summer workshops and this also resulted in a possible new T-shirt design, an Anglo-Saxon Warrior (We have an unusually high proportion of warrior graves at our site)… unfortunately, the sword ended up looking more Roman than Anglo-Saxon, so this is not the final copy – it is an interesting and sometimes tricky collaboration… Rob is an unemployed artist, and this is his first experience working with a professional archaeological project.


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The first Forum Series 2 meeting for Knox County was held in the cafeteria of South Doyle Middle School. Working in small groups, the 45 participants shared their visions for East Tennessee in the areas of economy and workforce, transportation, healthy communities, neighborhoods and the environment. After an initial brainstorming session each group's top ideas were submitted to the forum as a whole. Participants then used real-time polling to vote for the ideas they viewed as most important in each focus area.
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The lineup this year will include a
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University of Maryland head football coach Randy Edsall on Sunday announced that starting quarterback Caleb Rowe has suffered a torn ACL and will be out for the season.
Rowe, a freshman who started his first game of season, suffered the injury during Saturday's game against Boston College.
"I feel awful for Caleb. I know how excited he was to get his opportunity to be the quarterback of this team," Edsall said. "Caleb has a bright future ahead of him and we will do everything we can to support him through the rehab process."
Rowe made his collegiate debut, coming off the bench in the fourth quarter against NC State to lead the Terrapins on a three-play 61-yard drive. On the drive he completed both of his passes for 50 yards and had an 11-yard run.
In his first start, Rowe went 23 of 42 for 240 yards, two touchdowns and three interceptions. He became the first Maryland QB with 40 pass attempts in a game since C.J. Brown vs. Wake Forest on Nov. 19, 2011.
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1. The counting of the Omer is exciting for kids especially if they've counted the whole way through at home or at school. Emphasize this.
2. It's customary to decorate the home and synagogue with greenery because on the day that the Torah was given Mt. Sinai was full of flowers . Send your kids out into the garden to clip flowers and shrubs. Better yet, go out there with them.
3.Kids usually love the Shavuot dairy menu. In addition to blintzes think lasagna, quiche and yogurt soups.
4. Tell the story of Mount Sinai with great drama. Hachai Press has a wonderful kids book about called "When the World Was Quiet" which describes that very special day
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The Myth of Freedom
and the Way of Meditation
— by Chogyam Trungpa
Freedom is generally thought of as the ability to achieve goals and satisfy desires. But what are the sources of these goals and desires? If they arise from ignorance, habitual patterns, and negative emotions, is the freedom to pursue these goals true freedom - or is it just a myth?
In this book, Chögyam Trungpa explores the meaning of freedom in the profound context of Tibetan Buddhism. He shows how our attitudes, preconceptions, and even our spiritual practices can become chains that bind us to repetitive patterns of frustration and despair. He also explains how meditation can bring into focus the causes of frustration, and how these negative forces can aid us in advancing toward true freedom.
Trungpa's unique ability to express the essence of Buddhist teachings in the language and imagery of contemporary American culture makes this book one of the best sources of the Buddhist doctrine ever written.
This edition also contains a foreword by Pema Chödrön - a close student of Chögyam Trungpa.
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"I've Got Batman In My Basement" (season 1, episode 13)
After a streak of complex, emotionally intense episodes, Batman: The Animated Series becomes the exact kind of show the creators tried to avoid, as writers Sam Graham and Chris Hubbell turn in the first complete turd of the series: "I've Got Batman In My Basement." Ignoring some of the essential tenets of the series—avoid camp at all costs, create darker interpretations of the villains, keep the focus on Batman—Graham and Hubbell craft a story that is as juvenile as it is implausible. In the first appearance of the Penguin, poor Oswald Cobblepot is characterized as an utterly incompetent jewel thief with an avian fixation and not much else. The better episodes of this series humanize the villain in some way or at least give a modicum of a motive for their behavior, but Penguin's episode has neither; he occupies a role that could be filled by any villain with a gimmick-weapon and a hyper-intelligent animal sidekick.
I'd like to think Penguin's pet vulture/henchman Scrap is a shout out to the Mad Scientist's crow in the first Fleischer Superman short, but the laziness of this script suggests that it's more of a happy coincidence. Actually, an unhappy coincidence, because watching Batman wrestle a vulture is one of the stupidest moments of this series. It's a bird, Batman. You fight serial killers and ninjas on a daily basis. This really shouldn't be that difficult. B:TAS has a few recurring animal sidekicks—Catwoman's kitty Isis, Joker's pet hyenas Bud and Lou—but Scrap thankfully makes only one appearance as the rest of the series tries to recover Penguin's character from his abysmal introduction. One of the many problems with Penguin's characterization is that it is centered on a gimmick rather than any kind of emotional motivation. With a lair in a birdseed factory (Gotham has a factory for everything, doesn't it?), an assortment of poultry-related puns, and a Faberge egg bounty, Penguin has the bird thing down, but beyond that, he's an empty shell of a character.
The episode begins with two of Penguin's henchmen stealing the Vonalster Fabergé egg, and as Batman interrupts their escape, Scrap comes to their rescue. Distracting Batman long enough for the men to get away with the egg, the bat/bird fight is pathetic, and it's only the beginning of the stupidity. Enter Sherman, a wannabe child detective, and Roberta, the wise-cracking Robin to his Batman. While being bullied by his neighbors, Sherman sees Scrap with his binoculars and, deducing that "a vulture in Gotham City is a mystery worth checking out," rallies with Roberta to follow the bird back to Penguin's hideout. They sneak into the condemned factory and spy from the cat walks, apparently requiring Sherman to pour birdseed at the same time for some inexplicable reason, when Penguin finally appears.
From the first moment he opens his mouth, Cobblepot is a joke, letting out a hilariously campy squawk to call his pet to him. As Penguin dotes over his bejeweled prize, Batman appears to take back the egg and save Sherman and Roberta, who have foolishly started a conveyor belt prepared to grind them to death. After rescuing the kids, Batman is hit with knockout gas from the Penguin's umbrella, and he collapses in the Batmobile before he is able to get away with the egg. We've seen Batman survive exposure to gas for longer periods of time in earlier episodes, but the writers ignore that tidbit because it isn't convenient to their horrible plot. Sherman rushes to help Batman, with Roberta reluctantly obeying his commands, and once they get into the Batmobile, the episode officially switches into full-on kiddie show mode, as our hero is relegated to supporting status by the children, who are as incompetent as they are irritating.
More than anything, "I've Got Batman In My Basement" is just plain stupid, and the kids are forced to act idiotically in order to make the plot marginally believable. After escaping in the Batmobile, Sherman takes Batman to his house, keeping him in his basement. When Batman momentarily regains consciousness, he only has the strength to utter two words: "capsule" and "visor." Sherman and Roberta missed that day of vocab, though, because they're struck dumb. The boy who could tell that Scrap was a South American vulture by its wingspan and the size of its head can't figure out what capsule and visor means? Some shitty detective work right here, folks. It's not until the bullies from earlier begin playing around in the Batmobile that Sherman finds the antitoxin capsules in the visor. That extra delay allows Batman to stay weakened for longer and lets the kids continue in the spotlight, as they guard Sherman's home from an intruding Penguin. What follows is the B:TAS version of Home Alone, with the kids using various objects from Batman's tool belt to stall Penguin and his men until our hero is back to his old fighting self. While watching kids protect Batman by using all his cool gadgets and driving the Batmobile around is standard wish-fulfillment for any child watching the series, it doesn't make for riveting television, especially when the quality of the writing and animation is so poor.
The most popular rogues represent larger themes, and their conflicts with Batman reveal our hero's opinions on particular ideas, creating a deeper relationship between Batman and his villains than most heroes. Joker represents complete insanity, Two-Face the duality of the human psyche, Catwoman romance, Clayface vanity, and so on. It's unfortunate that it takes so long for the writers to find a theme for Penguin, but Cobblepot's potential is explored later in "Birds Of A Feather," tapping into his personal insecurities. When he puts on the guise of a "legitimate" businessman as owner of The Iceberg Lounge further down the line, he finally becomes a Penguin that should be familiar to Batman fans. Until then, we're stuck with a buffoon that inserts scrambled egg jokes in Shakespeare sonnets.
Penguin's backstory from Batman Returns is rife with dramatic potential, but the parallels between Penguin and Batman go unexplored in B:TAS. Cobblepot, born into wealth but abandoned by his parents because of his physical deformities, puts on the appearance of a gentleman, but his mind is as warped as his body, preventing him from ever entering high society. Ultimately, the only club that takes Penguin is the one that he owns. Compare this to Batman, a perfect physical specimen with two loving parents, yet similarly scarred by tragedy. Their circumstances push them in two very different directions, but exploring the similarities between the characters adds depth to the conflict.
This episode's focus on children was the perfect opportunity for some villain pathos, but it is ignored in favor of juvenile hijinx. Frank Paur's direction doesn't help matters, lacking the cinematic flair of the other directors and turning in a product as bland in visuals as it is in narrative. Compare the Batmobile sequence in "I've Got Batman In My Basement" with the one next episode. The former looks like something off a Sega Genesis cartridge, while the latter is actually a dynamic piece of visual storytelling. There's nothing spectacular about the action in this episode. Bird wrestling aside, the big fight between Batman and Penguin is a screwdriver-umbrella fencing match, which is intended to be cute but is just really goddamn lame. B:TAS should never be lame. Thankfully, "I've Got Batman In My Basement" is about to get shot with a freeze gun and shattered into a thousand inconsequential little pieces, as Paul Dini and Bruce Timm erase the memory of this dreadful episode with their Emmy-winning "Heart Of Ice."
Grade: F
"Heart Of Ice" (season 1, episode 14)
The opening sequence ends, and Eric Radomski's title card appears. A simple black background with scattered snowflakes, but something is different. The snowflakes are moving. From the very first moment, this episode is alive. The flute and bells of Todd Hayen's orchestra play their music box melody, as a blonde ballerina spins into frame, revealing the snowflakes to be small pieces of plastic inside a snow globe. A mechanical voice speaks: "This is how I'll always remember you. Surrounded by winter. Forever young. Forever beautiful. Rest well, my love." Poetic and crushing, these first lines are the driving force of the entire episode, setting the tone immediately. With the force of a vicious blizzard, "Heart Of Ice" blankets the preceding episode in a thick layer of glistening snow, pleasing to the eye and frigid to the touch. As the camera pans away from the snow globe, the voice continues, as the speaker is revealed: "The monster who took you from me will soon learn that revenge is a dish best served," pause for the piercing red eyes of Freeze's visor, "…cold." In less than a minute, Paul Dini has done more for the character of Mr. Freeze than 30 years of comic book continuity, and all he had to do was look at the character's core temperature.
In reinventing Mr. Freeze (Michael Ansara), Paul Dini looked at what it truly means to be cold, in both a physical and emotional sense. A scientist employed by GothCorp, "The People Company," Victor Fries developed cryogenic freezing technology that could save his terminally ill wife Nora. When GothCorp CEO Ferris Boyle (Mark Hamill) shuts down the project, the timid Victor pulls a gun on him but is knocked into a table of chemicals before he can use it. Exposure to the chemicals creates Mr. Freeze, an emotionless avenger that can only survive in subzero temperature, hence the suit. Mike Mignola's sleek design for Mr. Freeze immediately separates him from previous iterations of the character, with a mechanical exoskeleton inspired by the pulp robots of the 1950's and lifeless red eyes that pierce in stark contrast to the primarily blue color palette of the episode. This is no campy ice clown with a German accent; Mr. Freeze is a frozen ghost of a man, with the sole purpose of destroying Ferris Boyle for the sins of his past.
Both the script and direction are completely committed to the cold theme, and director Bruce Timm bathes the episode in cool colors that give extra significance to warmer colors. The pink dress of Freeze's revolving ballerina gives her warmth that Nora's frozen body lacks. If the eyes are the window to the soul, Freeze's red visor reveals the burning fire of vengeance that lives within the costume. Eyes have a lot of significance this episode, and Boyle's are the same icy blue shade that appears throughout, revealing the cold mentality of GothCorp's CEO. This is a man who justifies his crimes against Fries by shamelessly admitting, "That 'People Company' line is great PR, but when the wage slaves start acting like they own the place, it's time to pull the plug." Scenes like the one with Bruce Wayne in Boyle's office show how B:TAS's emphasis on Bruce's business life is a major boon, opening opportunities to explore real world issues like corporate hypocrisy that bring an extra sense of maturity to the story. Like "Two-Face," one of the villains is fantastic, and the other is just a regular man, but it's the second that is truly terrifying, revealing the capacity for evil by the men that don't wear it plainly on their face.
In the middle of an August heat wave, Mr. Freeze raids GothCorp plants to gather equipment for a giant freezing ray to be used on the evening of a humanitarian benefit honoring Boyle. Batman intercepts Freeze at the location of the final component, but he is unprepared for the brutality of Freeze's weapon, luckily wrapping his cape around himself when he is encased in ice. Freeze escapes with the loot but leaves behind one of his henchmen whose legs were hit by his freeze gun. It's the perfect moment of chilly indifference from Mr. Freeze, and one of a few "damn, that's cold" moments this episode. Cold isn't a gimmick but a state of mind for Mr. Freeze, and in Batman's case, it becomes a physical ailment after breaking out of the ice. In both instances, cold ends up humanizing the characters, emphasizing the tragedy of Victor Fries' story and revealing a vulnerable side of Batman we haven't seen before.
"Heart of Ice" is a remarkable episode in terms of plot structure, giving both Bruce Wayne and Batman significant antagonists while expounding on the series' core values of vengeance and justice. If plot structure is viewed geometrically, these connections between characters and ideas are the lines that define the shape, with the unreachable goal of creating a perfect circle. That perfect circle is reality. An episode of B:TAS has only 20 minutes to create this shape, and some episodes like "I've Got Batman In My Basement" and "The Underdwellers" fall flat because they don't make the connections. What is Batman's emotional connection to Penguin? There is none. What is his emotional connection to Mr. Freeze? Pity. Sadness. Anger. When he sees the videotape of Fries' accident, all he can utter is, "My god." Watching that videotape is like watching two people get gunned down in an alley. It's another tragedy that Batman couldn't stop, the creation of another monster where there was once a man. Boyle, Freeze, Bruce, and Batman are all connected on a personal level, with the cold theme serving as a throughline for the entire episode. Compare that to last episode, where there were almost no connections between any of the characters at all.
This is the first episode directed by producer and co-creator Bruce Timm, and time constraints required the episode to be a rush job with a variety of different storyboarders. The quality of "Heart Of Ice" goes to show just how strong Dini and Timm's vision must have been from the beginning, because this episode is one of the most visually exciting episodes of the series thus far. The mini-movie feel is in full effect, and there's a lot of Fleischer influence, from the balance of Bruce Wayne/Batman scenes to the retro sci-fi influence on the technology. The prominence of cold and winter imagery that really sets the tone for the episode, with the image of falling snow always appearing during the moments of high tragedy, a constant reminder of the ballerina from the beginning of the episode. Unlike a lot of Batman's villains, I don't think that Victor Fries has been completely replaced by his villainous alter ego. His devotion to his wife keeps Victor Fries alive, and as he sits in his subzero jail cell at the end of the episode, he holds onto hope that one day his wife's warm hand will reach out for his. Until then, the cold glass of a snow globe will have to do.
Grade: A
Stray Observations:
- Batman Beatdown: As one of Freeze's henchmen sneaks up on Batman from behind, Bat's fist flies up instinctively, knocking out the thug with a nice backhand. Sneak attack!
- Penguin voice Paul Williams was a successful songwriter on top of acting, perhaps committing his ultimate act of villainy by creating The Carpenters' miserable "Rainy Days And Mondays." He did co-write "Rainbow Connection," though, so it's hard to hate the guy.
- "And that'll get you five years… with good behavior."
- Is "Sherwood" supposed to be an insult?
- Why are there so many missiles in the Batmobile?
- Ah, the good old conveyor belt of death. Sherman definitely hits the "Off" switch when it turns on.
- Sherman talks about the Batcave like it is public knowledge. Pretty sure it's not.
- Scrap is some sort of super-vulture. He knows how to disconnect the phones in your house!
- Roberta has some seriously awful jokes. She's miserable.
- As a kid, I loved pretending I had the Penguin's umbrella whenever I carried one. That usually meant acting like it was a gun and using it to push elevator buttons.
- "Get out! Now!" Awesome delivery from Conroy, as Batman helps Sherman and Roberta escape the factory. He sounds like a really pissed off parent.
- The frost around Mr. Freeze's helmet is an airbrush effect that Spectrum studios added without being asked.
- Ferris Boyle. Victor Fries. Get it?
- "The cold eyes of vengeance are upon you, Boyle."
- Mr. Freeze kicking the top of the fire hydrant off and riding the stream of frozen water is so awesome.
- There sure are a lot of angles for Victor Fries's personal video camera.
- "You beg? In my nightmares I see my Nora behind the glass begging to me with frozen eyes. How I've longed to see that look frozen on you!"
- Boyle gets freeze-rayed right in the crotch. That's gotta hurt.
- In the commentary, Timm mentions the reverse Bat-sign that occasionally appears on Batman's chest with a yellow bat on a black background. See if you can spot them in this episode. I'll be looking for them from now on.
- When Batman activates the chemical bath and Freeze turns on the freeze ray, the fast cuts of the various elements charging up is straight out of Superman.


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I'm currently on maternity leave, looking after our five-week old son, so my archaeological brain is somewhat disconnected at present. However, before the arrival of the boy, my job(s) entailed many things.
My mornings were spent working at the Ancient India and Iran Trust in Cambridge, a small, independent library of 25,000 volumes dedicated to the archaeology, history, linguistics and cultures of India, Iran, and Central Asia. As the Administrator of the institution, my job involves anything from organising a plumber to fix the leaky tap, to writing, editing and designing our newsletter, Indiran (download a copy here), to thinking about potential donors and contacts for fundraising.
Afternoons I was generally working on turning my PhD into a book – I work on the spread of religious innovations in the Roman world. My research uses network analysis to plot epigraphic finds (gravestones, altars, dedications of any sort – usually containing information about the person who died, dedicated etc, sometimes containing information about a deity, sometimes having a date too) onto the map to try and think about how ideas expressed in these finds were transmitted. By using networks to link these epigraphic findspots together, we bypass the rather static 'dots on a map' created by simply mapping the findspots themselves and turn the catalogue into an altogether more dynamic set of data, revealing potential flows of information and innovation. Inscriptions are wonderful – physical, archaeological material, found, excavated, and located in definite places (though mobile to a degree), and offering us the actual words that the long-dead chose to use. There's nothing like the feeling of finding a new inscription somewhere on a hillside in eastern Turkey, and trying to decipher the chipped, eroded letters.
Now that my maternal brain is the one that's in the forefront, I spend my days mainly feeding, burping, changing and cooing over our baby, and that's just lovely. But the archaeological brain never switches off – this afternoon my mum, me and the boy went out to a garden centre – and on the way drove through the landscape of south Cambridge. You can't help but slide surreptitiously through the veneer of modern life, with the tarmac and the cars, the newbuilds and the enormous hospital, to find yourself in the layers of pre-now – is this lovely straight section of road part of the Roman road that cuts below the Iron Age hillfort hidden in the trees to the right? Beyond, the Fleam Dyke and the Devil's Dyke cut sharp lines across the sunken fenland, miles of rough grass mound rich in bee-orchids and wildflowers, marking out ancient defences and allowing views down the Icknield Way. The houses that etch out village lives so far distant and unfamiliar to the commuters that occupy them now – merchants in saffron, farmers, Great North Eastern railway workers. The archaeological brain slips briefly into all these pockets of previous, accidentally almost, before refocusing on the road ahead.


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LONDON, November 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
An inspiring clown therapy initiative brings joy and laughter to sick children in one of the world's most troubled regions
It's a dark, difficult period for the Holy Land. Yet despite the troubles of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Sister Lucia of Caritas Baby Hospital in Bethlehem is swapping her nun's habit for striped socks, brightly coloured clothes and a generous splash of face paint.
She's coordinator of the Band of Smiles, 12 volunteers who work at the hospital and make up the very first clown troupe on the West Bank. Twice a month, the team brings colour and laughter to the hospital, to spread joy among sick children in this conflict-torn region.
These children include seven-year-old Mahmud, a cystic fibrosis sufferer whose condition requires regular uncomfortable physiotherapy. As the clowns sing to him during this treatment, his eyes light up and he begins to laugh. And he's just one of hundreds of success stories that help lift spirits and - ultimately - boost health.
The Caritas Baby Hospital is financed and managed by children's charity Children's Relief Bethlehem. The hospital goes beyond political boundaries and offers medical aid and ongoing, wider social support to over 34,000 children each year, regardless of nationality or creed. And it plays a vital role. As a result of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, children here are constantly susceptible to poverty, hunger and death. Many do not have access to even the most basic medical care.
Says Mr Andreas Bachofner, Chairman of Children's Relief Bethlehem UK, 'Given the lack of medical provision in the region, the work of the Caritas Baby Hospital offers potentially life-saving care to thousands of children every year.'
As for sister Lucia, she's looking forward to the upcoming Band of Smiles Christmas show. It's a musical for patients, mothers and employees, but she remains tight-lipped about the details. What's certain is that it will involve lots of smiles and laughter. And these are things every child deserves - wherever he or she happens to grow up.
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A good communications department's job is to inform and engage citizens and employees about the issues and activities of the City of North Little Rock and to coordinate and facilitate communications from City departments to the public.
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Pretoria Student Support Centre
Pretoria Student Support Centre
Pretoria (Tshwane) is the administrative capital of South Africa, also known as Jacaranda City for its abundance of Jacaranda trees, and home to the Union Buildings. In a beautiful building, designed to inspire creativity, is where you will find the IMM Graduate School's Pretoria Student Support Centre. It is in the centre of the University of Pretoria student hub, on the Gautrain bus route and within close walking distance to shops and restaurants.
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Senator Xenophon detained by Malaysian authorities
FEDERAL independent Senator Nick Xenophon has been detained by Malaysian authorities after being told he was a security risk.
He was taken into custody on his arrival at Kuala Lumpur airport about 10:00am (AEDT).
Senator Xenophon, who is outspoken on human rights issues in Malaysia, is under escort and expects to be deported.
The South Australian senator had been about to join a delegation which had meetings planned with Malaysian opposition members and officials from the electoral commission ahead of this year's national election.
Foreign Minister Bob Carr said in a statement the Australian High Commissioner in Malaysia has contacted Mr Xenophon and is working to secure his release.
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Six graduate, one undergraduate, and two recent graduates in Anthropology from the University of Tennessee are working, with the support of the National Endowment for the Humanities, to study transitions in slavery in the Virginia Piedmont during the 18th century. We're comparing three sites, all associated with members of a single enslaved community that were relocated from the eastern to western piedmont in the 1770s. The North Hill site at Poplar Forest in Bedford County, Virginia, was excavated in the 1990s, and the collection is being compared to artifacts from two sites currently under investigation: Wingos, also a quarter farm at Poplar Forest, and Indian Camp plantation in Powhatan County, about 85 miles to the east. Enslaved members of the community lived there from the 1730s-1770s before being moved west.
One part of our team came close to wrapping up work at Wingo's quarter today. In 2009, we found two subfloor pits associated with one of the houses at the quarter; this summer we've been looking for additional structures and samping the yard, seeking evidence of how enslaved residents shaped the spaces surrounding their houses. Today started with backfilling and a run to the local farm supply store to buy straw. We backfilled completed units and planted grass seed on them, and finished troweling, photographing and mapping what were supposed to be our last two units. At about mid-day, as the temperatures soared to nearly 100º F, we discovered a large feature running into the south wall of one of the last units. We spent the remainder of the afternoon opening a new unit in an attempt to expose its edges. We'll have to return Monday to continue working to define it. Luckily, we have the resources to extend our excavations for a few more days. (more…)


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UConn reveals new version of Jonathan Husky logo
PAT EATON-ROBB, Associated Press
STORRS >> The University of Connecticut released its new Husky dog logo on Thursday, about a week earlier than planned after it appeared prematurely on the Internet.
The sleeker-looking dog will begin appearing on all UConn buildings this month and on athletic uniforms in the fall.
The new logo comes out of a marketing partnership between the school's athletic department and Nike, which designed it at no cost to the school. It is part of a larger effort to replace disparate logos used by different Husky teams.
The school says athletes and coaches had input into the design.
"This logo is everything that a Husky is supposed to be - powerful, aggressive, determined," women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma said in a statement. "It is looking right through you and saying 'Do not mess with me.' This is a streamlined, fighting dog, and I cannot wait for it to be on our uniforms and court."
The logo was supposed to be released at press event scheduled for April 18, but an image of it appeared, apparently by accident, on a website selling UConn merchandise. It quickly spread Thursday to UConn chat rooms and other Internet sites.
A school spokeswoman confirmed later that the Internet image was indeed the new school logo.
The change comes after university President Susan Herbst announced last month that the school would begin using the nickname UConn as its "primary visual word mark for the entire institution."
This is the sixth Jonathan Husky image used since the dog was first adopted in 1934 as a school symbol.
The last logo, adopted in 2002 and featuring a furrier Husky dog with its tongue out, had been criticized by some as not intimidating enough for an athletic program.
"We tried to develop a graphic mark that was straight on, something more intimidating and fierce than the three-quarter profile," said Clint Shaner, a senior graphic designer at Nike.


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Have you noticed Gmail ruining your beautiful HTML emails? Are mysterious gaps appearing between your images? Well fear not, there's an easy fix.
Recently, Google made a change to the way Gmail handles images in HTML-formatted emails. I'll probably never know why they did this, but I'm sure there was a good reason. This doesn't change the fact that it has caused problems for many people, like myself, that create and send emails. As a result of Google's change to Gmail, any image in your email that is supposed to fit tightly against another image will now show a horizontal gap.
Firefox, Safari, Opera and Chrome users are the ones experiencing this mysterious gap or spacing. Don't ask me how Internet Explorer managed to avoid this problem. Some of you may have dealt with a similar problem in Hotmail already. The fix for that was to add <style>img {display:block}</style> to the top of your HTML file.
While both Hotmail and Gmail have the same issue, you'll need to do some extra work for Gmail since it ignores style definitions that are not "inline". Like I said earlier, it's quite easy to fix. You'll just need to add style="display:block" into the "img" tag for any images that you want to make sure have no gaps or spacing.
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Conservatories are a great way to add an extra room to your home. Whether it be a cosy retreat in the winter or a cool haven in the summer, your conservatory can add a whole new dimension to how you live in your home.
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You can bet your cowboy boots that hanging out with Scotty McCreery is a good time. The well-known baritone has shown his silly in interviews and commercials before, but now fans will really have the opportunity to get to know the country singer by watching 'ScotTV,' his new web series.
The series takes fans behind the scenes of McCreery's headlining Weekend Road Trip Tour, and will give his faithful sneak peaks at the 'Idol' winner's upcoming sophomore album.
"We always have a lot of fun out on the road and these first episodes of 'ScotTV' are just the beginning," McCreery said. "2013 is going to be a new chapter in my career and I'm excited to share it with all my fans. I hope they'll enjoy the ride as much as I do."
The 'Water Tower Town' hitmaker is already finding new opportunities to share his career highlights with his fans. McCreery recently announced additional stops on his Weekend Road Trip Tour, giving more fans a chance to see him perform this summer.
The 'I Love You This Much' singer's 2013 tour is well under way, but he'll be playing shows all over the country almost every week until the end of July. McCreery "battles" tour opener Sarah Darling in the episode featured here. Below you'll find his debut episode. Keep an eye on his official website for more 'ScotTV.'


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President Barack Obama has played a mean game in the debt limit debate, but Republicans have advantages they didn't have in the last showdown of this sort in '95 — and it's time to press those advantages by acting, not talking, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said today.
Speaking on a conference call with bloggers, Gingrich said now is the time to stand up to Obama.
"The potential here to have the nerve and the toughness and the energy to get through the next few weeks in a positive way is very great," he said. "The potential to cave and give Obama an enormous amount of resources is equally great and I don't think anybody knows yet which way this is going to work. … My view is that what you've seen is Obama really put the 'bully' back in 'the bully pulpit.' … This is the moment to stand up to Obama. This is the moment to insist on real change. The Republican House ought to quit talking to Obama and focus on passing legislation."
The scheduled House vote on a balanced budget amendment and the Republican Study Committee's ongoing push for its "Cut, Cap and Balance" plan is a good start, he said. Gingrich would add to that a Social Security Payment Guarantee Act, which would do exactly what its name suggests and guarantee that Social Security payments would go out Aug. 3 and beyond.
"Let Obama be the one to veto that bill," he said.
Gingrich also favors a bill to increase the debt ceiling by the amount needed for 30 to 45 days — a bill he would pay for with spending cuts and by opening up offshore drilling to bring in additional oil and gas revenues.
"Legislative bodies do better when they act because they don't have a single voice and they can never match a president in voice," he explained. "But they can match a president in action and I think the time has come for the House to act more and talk less."
What's more, the former Speaker said, the House has two important advantages that the Republicans didn't have in 1995 — the economy and Obama's evident radicalism.
When Gingrich became Speaker in 1994, unemployment was at 5.6 percent. As the federal government controlled regulation, cut taxes and reformed welfare, the economy kept getting better and better. In one month in the spring of 1996, the American people created something like 24 times as many jobs as the nation created last month. By the time Bill Clinton ran for reelection in 1996, the economy was clearly on the right track. That's not the case now.
"You have a president right now who is clearly failing at the most important job that the American president has and that is to try to arouse entrepreneurs and job creators and small-business owners to employ people," Gingrich said. "As I've said over and over, this is the best food-stamp president in American history when the American people want a paycheck president. If Republicans can't take that and win with that argument, I don't think there's much hope for the party to ever win an argument."
That food-stamp president is also "the most radical president in American history," according to Gingrich.


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Russia contacted United States twice about Boston bomber
Photo: ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON -- Two U.S. officials briefed on the Boston marathon investigation say the Russian government contacted the FBI and the CIA separately in 2011 with concerns about Tamerlan Tsarnaev (tsahr-NEYE'-ehv), one of the men authorities say was behind the attacks.
One of the officials says the CIA was contacted by Russia in the fall of 2011. Officials say Russia contacted the FBI in early 2011.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the ongoing investigation.
The FBI said its investigators found nothing to suggest Tsarnaev was part of an extremist group and shared that information back.
Tsarnaev died in a police shootout.


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Hi, what is your top list?
Recently I have noticed that the HITS IN are only showing up for the first 26 sites...it's zero after that. Although the HITS OUTare okay all the way....
I have gone into my mangers site and checked everything I can find.
I just now went in and clicked the in/out to USER RATING....
Not sure what's going on.
What should it be set at to COUNT BOTH IN/OUT?????
Hi, what is your top list?
Nevermind, I just saw your other post in the other forum and it had your list URL in it.
I would not set it to rank by rating - you don't have ratings enabled. I would set it to rank by incoming hits. In my opinion that is the most fair way for everyone on the list.
Also, your hits in and hits out look fine to me. You have your list set to reset to 0 every 10 days. Maybe it just reset recently?
Well, after I posted this message I went in and set it to Rank, not in/out setting and it seems to be working now.
Until I did that it was 0 for over 2 weeks from 26 on down to the last banner - now it's recording on all banners.
Not sure if it was because I set the preference difference. I've had several people tell me it wasn't doing the IN for them.
We'll see.
Ok, but I can tell you that setting it to be ranked by "ratings" will have no effect on hits being counted.
It will make all the sites on your list seem out of order because no sites have any rating - because you don't have ratings/comments enabled.
If you set it back to being ranked by "hits in" and then notice anything that you feel is strange, you can let me know and I will look into it.
When people say this it is usually because they click their link and don't immediately see the hit in count - they don't realize that they have to wait until the next time the list reranks. All legitimate hits are always counted.I've had several people tell me it wasn't doing the IN for them.
Btw, I still see 17 sites on your list with 0 hits in. I would guess that they actually have 0 hits in, or they are not using the correct linking code. Something along those lines.
I took a look at 5 of the sites that have 0 hits in and could not find a link to your toplist on any of those 5 sites.
Also, your site links to your top list, but it doesn't use the linking code, it just links directly to the top list. Hits in won't be counted that way.
Hope that helps!
Thanks so much....I'm rather confused but will put it back to HITS IN and see what happens.
I just had another person tell me too.
Thanks so much, Karen
Hi Dave, I have it set for HITS IN and it's still not showing the last members hits.
I find this puzzling.
I have had it at 0 for four days now and it only records down to 32 now....Please go check my set up! My members are so confused as well because I tell them it's fixed but it isn't....hmmmmm.
I will give you permission to set it as it should be. Oh, and some have re done the link and it's still this way.
I sure don't want members to pull out!
Thanks and hope you can still help me on this.
If they are showing 0, it's because they really don't have any hits in. For example, I checked the Ezbuilder site. It had 0 hits in. I visited their site, and clicked their link to your site. Then I re-ranked your list. Now they show 1 hit in.
Then I went to All ragged out which also shows 0 hits in. Their link is wrong on their site. They are not using their unique member link code, so any visitors they send your list will not count.
Then I went to Shop-A-Holler Primitives which also shows 0 hits in. Their link is also wrong on their site (no unique member link code) so any visitors they send your list will not count.
I stopped at 3 If any sites are showing 0 hits in, it's because they either don't have a link to your site, they are not using the correct unique link code for their site, or they truly haven't sent any visitors.
Hi Dave, thank you soooooo much!
I sent out e-mails a few days ago asking people to re-do their linking code....some replied back that they did...we'll see.
Guess that's all I can do!
Thanks again. Karen


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After fielding some 1900 questions in a 45-minute Twitter Q&A, Maxis, the maker of SimCity, directly answered about eight regarding the game, which has been inaccessible to many since it released on Tuesday.
"This is on Maxis," said Lucy Bradshaw, the studio's boss, in response to a customer's allegation that publisher Electronic Arts required SimCity to always connect to the game's servers, even for the fundamentally singleplayer modes of the city-building simulation. "EA does not force design upon us," she said. "We own it, we are working 24/7 to fix it, and we are making progress."
Additionally, Bradshaw said Maxis more than doubled its server capacity on Friday and added more today. But again, it's "just not possible" to let the game revert to an offline, singleplayer mode because, as has been said before, SimCity depends heavily on cloud computing, taking place on a computer other than the gamer's, to run the simulation.
The remainder of her responses debunked previous rumors that EA's Origin service would ban someone who demanded a refund, and pleaded with customers to stick with the game. EA is offering a free game to those who bought SimCity, as a makegood.
"Anything you would like to say to die hard fans of the franchise who will not buy this game due to a tarnished image?" asked @AAPL_Geek.
"I sure hope that after we right this ship, you will give the game a try. It is really good, worthy of the brand!" Bradshaw replied.


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41.0311 Willful failure to apply for registration or photographing-Penalty.
(a) Any alien required to apply for registration and photographing in American Samoa who willfully fails or refuses to make such application or to be photographed, and any parent or legal guardian required to apply for the registration of any alien who willfully fails or refuses to file application for the registration of such alien, shall be guilty of class A misdemeanor.
(b) If after a hearing the Board finds a violation of this section, the alien shall also be subject to deportation or imposition of a fine up to $1,000.History: 1984, PL 18-52 § 2; amd 1988, PL 20-56.


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Apple is asking a U.S. District Court judge to force Google to comply with a subpoena on data the iPhone maker says will aid its case against Motorola.
Apple earlier this week filed a "motion to compel compliance with a subpoena" in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, San Jose Division. Patently Apple was first to discover the filing and reported on it today.
Google was slapped with a subpoena in August, requiring the company to hand over pertinent information for the discovery phase of a case that Apple is building against Motorola. According to Apple, Google has not fully complied with that subpoena, which prompted the company to ask the court to enforce it.
Apple's patent-infringement claims are against a wide range of Motorola Mobility devices. However, Motorola is owned by Google, and some of the claims Apple has brought against the company involve Google's Android operating system. A few of the patent-infringement claims also relate to Motorola's set-top-box business, which will be sold to Arris, pending closing conditions. Regardless, Apple wants information from Google on those patents.
It's not clear how Google will respond, but the company has the right to issue a brief in opposition of Apple's assertion that the search company has failed to comply.
Google declined CNET's request for comment on the motion. CNET has also contacted Apple for comment. We will update this story when we have more information.


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The Catlin Arctic Survey, an expedition to find out how long the ice cover of the Arctic Sea is likely to remain, has been delayed due to problems with equipment. The team, made up of Ann Daniels, Pen Hadow and Martin Hartley, will be embarking on a 3 month trek and braving up to -50°C temperatures to answer this important question.
The Survey aims to provide important data to enable scientists to make more accurate estimates about the length of time before the ice melts, as current projections have estimates ranging from 4 to 100 years. Measurements of the ice and snow along the 1000km distance the team will be travelling will be taken using a portable radar capable of penetrating the ice.
It was hoped that the team would set off today after a 24hr delay in a light aircraft that would take them on their 6 hour journey to the drop off point, however even if they make it into the air, if weather conditions are poor, the aircraft could be forced to turn back adding further delays to the Survey's progress. To read more about the Catlin Arctic Survey and follow the progress of the team, visit the website.


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ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Eastman Kodak Company today announced that it has received notice of the Administrative Law Judge's (ALJ) initial determination in the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) action brought by Kodak against Apple Inc. and Research In Motion Limited (RIM). The ALJ concluded that the Apple iPhone 3G and the accused RIM BlackBerry devices infringe Kodak's patent, although his recommendation is that the patent claim is invalid.
The patent at issue (US Patent No. 6,292,218) relates to a technology invented by Kodak for previewing images on a digital camera-enabled device that is fundamental to how those devices take pictures. In the face of two separate challenges, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office analyzed this particular Kodak patent and confirmed its validity in December 2010. The final decision of the ITC, based on the deliberation of the full Commission, is expected by September 21, 2012.
"We are pleased the ALJ has concluded that Kodak's patent is infringed by Apple and RIM. We expect to appeal to the full Commission his recommendation on validity. The ALJ's recommendation represents a preliminary step in a process that we are confident will conclude in Kodak's favor," said Timothy Lynch, Kodak Vice President and Chief Intellectual Property Officer. "In a previous ITC investigation, a different ALJ found this same Kodak patent to be valid and infringed by Samsung, whose products are similar to those offered by Apple and RIM. Kodak has invested billions of dollars to develop its pioneering digital imaging technology, and we intend to protect these valuable assets."
The '218 patent at issue in this case is one of 1,100 digital imaging patents in Kodak's industry-leading patent portfolio. Kodak licenses its technology to numerous leading technology companies, including LG, Motorola, Nokia, and Samsung.


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As I watched the sun silhouette the high-rise office buildings of downtown Caracas from the balcony of a swanky eighth-floor apartment, my new acquaintance shattered the moment's serenity. "San Félix?!?" she gasped, nearly inhaling her whiskey, "Why would you ever want to go there!?"
This same conversation would replay dozens of times in the week I spent visiting my friend and getting to know his circle of friends in Caracas before visiting Father Greg Schaffer and Father Tim Norris and their community in San Félix. For his rich, glamorous and insular social stratum, San Félix's reputation for crime and poverty render it a place nearly unspeakable. Their perceptions of San Felix aren't necessarily incorrect. Crime, poverty, teen pregnancy, gangs, drugs, alcohol, prostitution, domestic abuse, and corruption all run rampant in San Félix. What these Caracas socialites haven't had is the chance to meet some of the inspiring people who live there and work daily in faith and love to make a living and forge a stronger community.
After picking me up at the airport in the neighboring city of Puerto Ordaz, Father Greg brought me back to his home, showed me my place to sleep, and then nearly immediately introduced me to members of his parish to help me get the lay of the land. One of the first he introduced me to was his beautiful and incredibly intelligent 19-year-old neighbor, Claudia. Claudia is studying Human Resources at the nearby public university and dreams of pursuing a graduate degree in the United States. She is improving her English with a church copy of the Rosetta Stone and practicing with any gringo who happens to pass through her neighborhood. Considering that most of her peers are primarily interested in finding a husband to provide for them and many are already pregnant, her steadfast commitment to her education and aspirations for an independent career are truly admirable. Claudia brought me to the gorgeous Llovizna Park which includes acres of jungle and a commanding view of a thundering waterfall in the Orinoco River. We met up with her friends under a huge tree next to a rupture in an irrigation pipe to pass the afternoon. Sandwiches, cards, volleyball and a couple of shots of tequila made a perfect afternoon spent with friends.
I spent New Year's Eve with one of the largest and most active families in the parish, the Britos. I was quickly introduced to a cousin, Alberto, who took me out to meet the barrio (neighborhood). Venezuelans often buy new clothes for the New Year's and everybody out was showing off their new wares. Multi-generational families sat in front of their homes on plastic chairs visiting. Alberto is very much a product of his barrio and as we walked down the street he greeted everyone, shaking hands, teasing kids, kissing grandmothers, and inviting me to do the same. We regrouped at the Brito's just before midnight and enjoyed a massive meal with dozens of family members before toasting to the New Year as the barrio erupted with fireworks. We then ventured down to the neighborhood basketball courts where some of the youth of the neighborhood had set up large speakers for a rumba (dance party). It seemed everybody wanted to dance with the gringo. When the sun rise didn't stop the rumba, I figured the rain would. I was wrong. When I called it quits at 8am, the party was still in full swing.
One of my last days in town, I spent with Lourdes and her four charming children. Lourdes and her two daughters, Valentina (9) and Carmen (8), are HIV positive. Lourdes was infected by her husband who died from the disease shortly after the birth of Carmen, leaving Lourdes to raise the four children by herself. Lourdes does not have a steady job, but takes care of odd jobs at the church with incredible drive. We took advantage of the half-priced movies on a Tuesday afternoon and watched an animated children's movie, the first any of the kids had seen in a theatre. Afterwards, we donned goofy Christmas-themed costumes to take a picture. The kids mischievously grin in oversized Santa costumes while Lourdes presides over the chaos with maternal warmth. This picture is a warm memory and daily inspiration to me about what it means to live life in any circumstance.
Returning to the United States, I've had a difficult time sharing my experiences. "You went where for Christmas break? Venezuela, that's where Chavez is from, right? Didn't some baseball player just get kidnapped there?" As San Félix is to the social elite of Caracas, Venezuela is to most Americans. Yes, Chavez holds a corrupt and authoritarian grip on the country. Yes, a Major League Baseball player was just kidnapped here, one of many kidnappings that happen every week. But there is so much more. Most importantly, there is a loving community in San Félix, served by Father Greg Shaffer and Father Tim Norris and supported by the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, eager to welcome you into their lives and make you a part of their family. My only word of caution: when invited to a rumba, have ready access to a strong source of caffeine.
Ian Cameron
January 16, 2012
*Some names have been changed to protect personal privacy.


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Signs of liver damage from alcohol. While we all consume alcohol at one point or another whether socially or in the comfort of your own home, that is fine, the real problem, however, starts when addiction to alcohol is developed. Make no mistake Alcohol is a Drug. Drinking large amounts of alcoholic beverages on a daily basis severely increases one's risk of a heart attack as well as several cancers, heart disease and fatal liver damage from alcohol leading to liver disease. Liver damage from alcohol can occur both in heavy drinkers and alcoholics.
For an alcoholic or heavy drinker with liver damage from alcohol there are many treatment options. However, one of the biggest contributors to treating liver damage from alcohol will be their ability to quit drinking.
Depending on the severity there could be withdrawals and cravings once they attempt to quit drinking. Make no mistake about it, if you or your loved one has liver damage from alcohol this is a warning sign of alcoholism.
Facts About Your Liver
Truth of the matter is that our liver is the most important organ in the body and is responsible for the breakdown of the things we eat and turning them into energy, it helps to get rid of waste products and fight infections and ironically, when it has been damaged, it generally goes unnoticed until it reaches a later stage of progression.
Alcohol Consumption and Factors of Liver Damage From Alcohol
Of course, drinking too much alcohol increases your risk of developing liver disease and leads to irreversible liver damage which may be so fatal causing death. While liver damage from alcohol is the same whether you are male or female, there are some key factors that play a role in the severity of the type of liver damage that each individual experiences, these include:
Women are generally more susceptible to developing liver damage from alcohol than men are since a woman's metabolism of alcohol within the stomach and liver is much slower. For a woman, it will take her to consume between 40 – 50 ml of alcohol to heighten her risk of developing alcoholic liver damage than in a man, where it takes higher doses of 60 – 80 ml of alcohol on a daily basis.
Duration of alcoholism and consumption rate
Any over consumption of alcohol whether pure or chased, is considered as toxic and has the ability to wreak havoc on your physical state, mental state, internal organs and overall health. If you or your loved one has been abusing alcohol on a daily basis for 5 years or more, then the risk of developing alcoholic steatohepatitis is at an extreme high versus being an occasional drinker.
If an alcoholic has a well balanced diet, despite their alcohol addiction problem, then it is possible that they would be less vulnerable to developing liver damage from alcohol.
Symptoms of Liver Damage From Alcohol
In most cases, persons who have developed a liver disease do not experience symptoms until their case progresses and becomes more severe. However, there are still earlier symptoms that may be used as key for early detection and can be quite vague, these include;
- Severe belly aches
- Anorexia / severe weight loss
- Loss of appetite
- Nausea
- Diarrhea
- Fatigue
As the damage progresses and you or your loved ones liver becomes more severely damaged to the point of driving you into the ER, more severe symptoms will begin to show, some of which include:
- Jaundice – yellowing of the skin and eyes
- Swelling of the legs, ankles and feet due to fluid retention
- Abnormal fevers accompanied with chills
- Hair loss
- Confusion, insomnia and personality disorders due to toxin build up in the brain
- Ulcers – vomiting blood and having black stools due to internal bleeding
- Ultra-sensitive skin causing you to bleed or and bruise very easily, especially from the nose and gums
Alcoholic Liver Disease
Alcoholics may notice significant decreases in their tolerance to their favorite drink and even become intoxicated much quickly than usual, this is because the liver has been so badly damaged that it can no longer carry out its natural functions and is now unable to process the foreign substance. Since this is typically the peak point in developing liver damage, more severe hangovers and withdrawal will be experienced during this phase.
Types of Liver Damage From Alcohol
There are three (3) types of alcoholic liver damage which actually work together in stages, namely, alcoholic fatty liver disease, alcoholic hepatitis and alcoholic cirrhosis.
Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
This is the stage where there is a build up of fat within the liver which causes liver impairment and swelling. Symptoms of liver damage are not typically experienced in this stage, however, individuals may begin to feel fatigued, weak or experience discomfort in the upper-right abdomen.
Alcoholic fatty liver disease may be experienced even after just a short period of drinking, however, at this stage, luckily the damage may be reversed if drinking stops.
Alcoholic Hepatitis
If drinking does not stop, then alcoholic fatty liver disease will then progress into alcoholic hepatitis after long-term continuous drinking. This phase involved the scarring and inflammation of the liver which prevents blood from flowing freely into the liver thus slowing down it's intended functions. This phase of liver damage from alcohol can be life-threatening, however, in some cases, symptoms are not typically noticeable.
Alcoholic Cirrhosis
At this stage, liver damage is completely irreversible and incurable, however, further damage is preventable by complete non-consumption of alcoholic beverages and has the ability to improve symptoms. If you or your loved one continues to drink despite this fatal stage of liver damage, then there is a 50/50 chance that death will occur within five (5) years.
Once alcoholic cirrhosis is diagnosed, the individual is more than likely dependent on alcohol and will require medical treatment whether inpatient or outpatient as well as constant support. This is the stage where the liver is completely scarred.
Treating Liver Damage From Alcohol
At this point, regardless of being irreversible, there are ways to keep the situation from progressing and keeping it under control. These include;
- Enrolling into an intervention program
- Take multivitamins, namely, B12 and B-complex. This can help with anemia and malnutrition
- Liver transplant may be needed if cirrhosis reaches an extremely complex stage
- Vitamin A supplements, however, this supplement if taken while the individual is still consuming alcohol, can be very deadly
Getting Help for Alcoholic Liver Damage
If you or your loved one is battling with a struggle of alcoholic abuse, do not hesitate to contact us now and find out how you can get your life back from this life threatening illness. Knowing the signs and symptoms of liver disease is an imperative factor in getting you on the path to becoming sober again.


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RIP Whitney Houston
God bless her soul
I'm just vibin' dog
But for you haters
Nothing's gonna stop me
I swear to god
Nothing's gonna stop me
Andi, Kiko, Renegades
Nothing's gonna stop me
Nothing's gonna stop me
Money talks so what's your conversation?
Counting my blesses, my sweet elaborated
Being broke ain't a joke, that feeling is devastating
Night met 'er so that force never stated
Calculating every dollar bill
Reminiscin', they missin' like someone not a mill
Still trippin', this life I'm livin' the dream still
Look at my niggas loyalty's mad real
That's cuz we got this from the bottom up
Number slidin' in my homie momma truck
We did what we had to do, we ain't give a fuck
Now we the niggas winnin' dog, wuddup?
Ain't it funny how the time fly?
Couple cars and a twenty story high rise
Took a minute but shit connecting like wi fi
It's fuck you to the niggas who sad my carrier died
Shit, I'm livin' quite well
On the beach I'm sippin' wine and cracking laughter tales
With a Spanish mommy give me, I pursue the tails
Ask me do I like it, poppy I'm like hell yea
We da best the fuckin' logo
Just hope you get the picture when you take your photos
Own a couple cars but I need one more though
Felt I'm coming soon, real nigga yellow
True, I'm just rappin' dog aye
Nothing's gonna stop me
I tell 'em: nothing's gonna stop me
Yea, feel good when you comin' from nothin' homie
But I tell 'er: nothing's gonna stop me
Swear to god (nothing's gonna stop me)
In the studio, watching the Grammy's homie
Pray today they nominate the one and only
Probly cry some tears at the ceremony
Only lord knows when they ready for me
Inspiration runnin' through my blood
Motivated from the fact I made through the mud
Kept my faith although they doubted when I lost my buzz
All over somethin' that I'm winnin' ain't gon show me love
In the street label me underrated
Story for respect my only ultimatum
They ask me who that's why you goin' hard
Cuz I just want my mama off that boulevard
I come from a city where there ain't many stars
And given no pity promised them prison bars
Teachers said I won't amount a shit
Graduated high-school, college never in it
Still I manage through seven figures with common sense
And at the age of 52 my mama finally quit
Fuck it right I never stop
Found a way to motivate the niggas' block
Whitney Houston died yesterday
God bless 'er, hope she end up at them heavy gates
Watching the Grammy's just as they dedicate
In the mean time, let's let this marinate
Yea, I'm just vibin' dog
Oh yea (nothing's gonna stop me)
Ain't nothin' gonna stop me man
Nothing's gonna stop me
I write poetry via Martin
Justice will be served my brother
But guess what
Nothing's gonna stop me
Oh yea man (nothing's gonna stop me)
God bless