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AWeber Email Marketing Tips
7 Split Tests You Can Implement Today
How many times have you heard "you should test to see what works best for you" or something to that effect? Probably too many to count, right?
The reason you hear it so often is because when it comes to email marketing (as well as any other marketing channel), testing separates the pros from the Joes.
It's one thing to think we know what works best, but when we apply a little bit of scientific method to our marketing, we not only find out for sure, we learn more about our visitors and subscribers — and that helps us predict more accurately what will work in the future.
The challenge for a lot of people (including us at AWeber) is deciding what to test. There are simply so many small changes we can make to our forms, messages and other parts of our campaigns, that it's easy to get stuck on deciding where to start.
So, to help you get started with split testing (or to get back into it if you've gotten complacent and stopped testing regularly), here are seven split tests you can run on your website to get and retain more subscribers, lower spam complaints, and increase response.
7 Split Tests
Give these a try and see how they affect your subscribers' response (not to mention your perception of your subscribers).
See our Knowledge Base for instructions on how to create a web form split test and a broadcast split test.
- Create one signup form where you ask for name first, then email, and one where you ask for email first, then name.
See if the order that you ask for information affects how many people sign up.
- Send one broadcast with personalization in the subject line, and one without.
Do subscribers respond to personalization, or do they see it as a "gimmick?"
- Split your next message into three broadcasts with different sending times: one between 8AM and 9AM, one between 12PM and 1PM, and one between 4PM and 5PM. Compare open/click rates for each message.
Find out what time of day your subscribers prefer to hear from you.
- Try using a different call to action on your signup form besides the old classic "Submit."
Come up with 2-3 short phrases, create your forms and compare opt-in rates (a couple options: "Sign Me Up", "Send Me _____", "Keep Me Informed"). Keep whatever you're using now too, and make it the "control" in your experiment.
Not everyone wants to submit to getting email from you. Find out what trigger they respond to.
- Add a privacy statement (i.e. "we will not share your email address…") to your signup form. Create another form where you instead link to a privacy policy on another page of your site.
Compare opt-in rates for those forms against a form where you make no privacy statement.
Are visitors more likely to sign up if you tell them you will treat their inbox with respect, and differentiate your email practices from others'?
- In your next HTML email, test using a button for your call to action against using a text link.
Is a well-written text link more compelling than a colorful, more prominent button?
- For your next broadcast, add a permission reminder ("you're receiving this email because you signed up at ____" etc) in the message. Compare your clickthrough rates, and your spam complaint rates.
Does reminding people why they're receiving an email make them any more likely to recognize and trust you? Does it make them more likely to read through your email and/or click on links in it?
You might have some interesting findings (if so, please share them!)…
…but even if you don't — even if you run all 7 of these split tests and none of them bring immediate, significant changes to your campaign — you'll still be more familiar with split testing than you were yesterday, and better prepared to test and improve your campaigns in the future.
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My split tests focus on subject lines to see which one gets opened more frequently.
Surprisingly, the subject line I thought would be more popular ended up in a tie with the more-bland subject.
I stopped testing after this happened each time, but what you suggest in this post is quite interesting. It's difficult to fit more work into a day, but perhaps I'll try one of these options in the near future.6/10/2008 9:00 am
Very good advice. I recently ran a split test of only one element – subject line. The click-through rate on the winning headline was exactly 65.9% higher than the click-through rate on the losing headline. It's amazing what one can learn from split testing.
Thanks for a great service!6/10/2008 9:45 am
I like the button v. text link idea in HTML. Hadn't occurred to me. Good point Justin.
One split test I did was to compare click through rates for my list depending on which pictures I displayed at the main image in my newsletter. My list is about 2/3 male. Over several weeks I split tested identical HTML newsletters–one with a pic of an attractive man as the main image and one with a picture of an attractive woman.
Over several weeks the CTR for the pic with the woman was 20% higher than the pic of the guy.
Lesson here: Woman can make men do anything.6/11/2008 7:48 am
Statistically significant results?
Is a 40% conversion rate better than a 10% conversion rate? There is NO WAY TO KNOW until you know the SAMPLE SIZE, or number of visitors involved.
To make use of split testing you MUST know if your results STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT enough to make decision.
In other words, how do you know when can you stop testing and be CONFIDENT that you've got some results worth taking action on?
Sorry this is a bit nerdy, but it's VERY necessary to make good decisions when split testing. (I was a statistics minor)
Let's keep this SIMPLE though – it doesn't have to be tough.
Here's a scenario as an example:
If option A gets a 23% conversion after 100 visitors and option B gets a SEEMINGLY better 30% conversion after 100 visitors is there really a significant difference between the two options that warrants dropping option A and committing to Option B?
Probably not. You need more testing.
You can quickly find out if your testing is producing significant differences using a free SIMPLE tool like this one:
Make CONFIDENT decisions by understanding and using a simple tool that identifies the STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANCE of your results.6/11/2008 3:14 pm
Statistical significance does matter, but as you say, it's best to keep things simple.
Start worrying too much about p-values, confidence intervals, etc. and you run the risk of just abandoning testing entirely and keeping your controls forever, because that takes less effort than testing.
Personally, I like the way Paul Myers broke down testing in a newsletter he sent a couple months ago:
Change or add or remove something.
Count again.
More or less?
More? Keep it.
Less? Go back to the original and try something else.
For people who haven't done a lot of testing yet, that's a great way to look at it. Once you start getting into more fine-tuned testing, I totally agree – statistical significance is critical.
Thanks for the reminder about the value of stats — and that tool looks quite useful… thanks for sharing!6/11/2008 4:02 pm | Follow me on Twitter
Awesome post Justin!
Really great ideas.
I especially like the "not everyone wants to *submit* to receive your mesages. Lol!
Makes me imagine testing the use of *Surrender* on the button to see how that would convert.
But seriously, very worthwhile and profitable information.
Way to go man and have a great one.6/11/2008 7:56 pm
Great. It looks like I misspelled the tongue twister, "messages"
and left out subjects throughout in the name of being more conversational.
In fact the only sentence containing the proper subject and predicate usage is the one beginning with the word, "I" which supposedly is not good to use either because it's too much about the one writing and not about the reader.
Oh well, there is time to improve and the lesson to be learned from my mistake:
Proofread your comments before clicking *surrender* I mean, submit.
Respectfully submitted at your service6/11/2008 8:00 pm
For us also, the most compelling split tests have involved the subject line.
We're in the dating advice niche, so your mileage may vary, but we split tested the combo of a descriptive subject, a direct question (more inductive) and an intriguing quote lifted directly from the text.
The time-staggered broadcast that you mentioned brought us very interesting results, including some counter-intuitive trends. We've also split-tested which days to send on.
Others we've done:
1) Text vs. Lite HTML
2) "In This Issue" teaser vs. none
3) Rearranging links/subheadings within an e-mail (the ones at the top and the very bottom of the unique content get clicked on the most)
4) ALL CAP SUBJECTS, vs. Natural sentence structure… vs. Capitalized Standard Title Format
5) Length of copy
6) Single offer vs. adding a secondary P.S. and/or front-end teaser offer
7) Using blatant spam filter shields (i.e "f.ree") vs. changing the syntax altogether
8) Frequency of e-mails6/12/2008 2:01 am
You can test the addition of a personal photo on your squeeze page vs just a name and signature.
Photos generally increase conversion rates but…. not necessarily!
Always test =)6/12/2008 6:54 am
Hi Justin,
Some great split-test ideas in this post, though there's a bit of an issue with the last suggestion:
"For your next broadcast, add a permission reminder ("you're receiving this email because you signed up at ____" etc) in the message. Compare your clickthrough rates, and your spam complaint rates."
Having that message in an email is a spam trigger. I had a client who put that in their messages, and they took it out once they started working with us.
Here's the SpamAssassin score for that:
0.4 BODY: Gives a lame excuse about why spam was sent
If your messages test your SpamAssassin score limits, test this one at your own risk, or you could end up in the Junk folder…6/12/2008 2:50 pm
We also test the sender (both the alias and the actual email address).
After all, the most challenging part of email marketing is getting the message opened, and there are only two things for a recipient to consider when deciding to open or delete: the sender and the subject line.6/12/2008 4:22 pm
I'm a fan of the "In This Issue" teaser – just haven't run enough tests on it yet to decide if I'm going to use it regularly. How'd it work out for you?
Yeah, SpamAssassin does that sometimes – but I don't let it bug me. Like you say, unless your score is already high, that little bit isn't going to be an issue.
Great call – this is one of the concepts we teach in the How to Get Started webinar. Choose an effective "from" line. Definitely worth testing going forward, too.6/12/2008 5:15 pm | Follow me on Twitter
Great info for a newbie like I – thanks all.
May I ask how do you split test a subject line? Do you send half of the list 1 subject, the remainder another? If so, how can that be an accurate test as the campaign is being delivered to 2 isolated groups?
Still learning…6/15/2008 2:45 am
There are a couple ways you can do it that may be appropriate for different situations.
One common way is to create 3 groups – divided into say, 20%/20%/60% of your subscribers. Send out your split test to the 2 smaller groups, then once you've seen which version of your email pulls better, send that version to the largest group.
This is useful when you're trying to maximize response to one particular email (such as a sales promotion).
Another way to split test is to do as you say – simply group your subscribers into even groups and send each version.
This has the advantage of giving you more data points in your test, but does not let you "do something with that data" as quickly as the first split test method does. This second method is more useful for learning about your subscribers' general tendencies and preferences. (For example, this is what we did in our "button vs. text link" split tests.)
I'm not quite sure what you mean by your question about isolated groups – can you clarify that?6/16/2008 10:25 am | Follow me on Twitter
Thanks for the clarification Justin, that makes sense.
Re my isolated groups, I know that a particular bunch of my subscribers are avoid readers/ clickers…so if the split test went to that group (of highly active open/ clicking people) and the other list is less active, then are the split test results a real indication.
In other words, some people will almost always open my mail, so if they are subject to list A or list B then my results will be skewed. Does that make any sense6/17/2008 7:44 am
Great stuff! I especially love Aaron's post about the picture of the woman. That will definitely apply to our list. We pretty much always use text emails, but we'll need to test some HTML.
Thanks!6/17/2008 10:19 am
This week we feature marketing babe Robin Meade of headline news.
(This pic might be a bit too extreme…I don't know.)
http://www.FullTiltBlogging.com/news6/17/2008 5:56 pm
I Knew I had to do split tests but really didn't know what to test first. Good article for beginners.6/18/2008 3:50 am
This is a great checklist and action plan. My biggest problem is not deciding what to split-test but rather getting organized to actually conduct the test! I've summarized the 7 points and posted it on my wall to remind me to actually start split testing! Thanks for the post!6/18/2008 11:36 pm
Thanks Justin. Split testing and constant upgrading of emails, articles, white papers all will increase overall results by many times. The first few times I tested things I saw an increase of 5 to 10 times my original response rates.
One thing that has had a big impact, is testing the subject line of an email, or the title of an article or white paper.
The subject line determines what percentage of the time that the email gets opened. If it doesn't get opened nothing else matters, no matter how well you do it, or how valuable what you have to sell.
You've got to get ATTENTION in the subject line to get people to stop and read the rest.
The subject lines that get the most opens are the ones that get the most attention and tend to follow the following:
1) It mention PAIN that your reader is experiencing.
2) It adds the VALUE they will get from reading further
3) It's got to be perceived as something that will HELP them remove a problem, and move toward great valuable results.
What not to do:7/29/2008 9:17 am
1) Don't just give a generic title
2) Don't sell something
3) Don't just name something that is in the article.
Whoa! I totally forgot about this. Where have I been? I just recently (2 days ago) set up my own opt-in form (I usually do it for my clients) for my free e-book. I totally forgot about trying different options. I guess I would have gotten around to it some day, but I am glad this e-mail came to me today. I have a few hours to kill. I'm going for it.
Thanks for the great articles.7/24/2009 12:00 pm
What time line do you suggest for split tests before measuring results?
I would've thought that 1 month would be ok, but then again I've seen that certain products that I promote can have a 20% different in monthly sales so it would be hard to measure minute changes if the same thing applies to email opt in rates.11/23/2010 4:00 pm
My split tests never seem to work out that well. I will have to try some of your suggestions…
Thanks a lot for your article, I think it will help me out in my own testing.12/12/2010 1:02 am
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Thank you for these practical and easy-to-implement suggestions! I'll get started!1/22/2011 2:50 pm
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Hot Fudge Pudding
Ok, I had to squeeze one more chocolaty dessert in before Valentine's. This recipe is one that I grew up on and still rely on it frequently. I think my mom originally got it from a Betty Crocker cookbook. The recipe is simple and made with simple ingredients. However, the results are an ooey gooey chocolaty brownie type dish that makes it's own delicious fudge-like sauce. You're gonna love this one. I like it served with a scoop and vanilla ice cream and some almond slices sprinkled on top. YUM!
Hot Fudge Pudding
Blend in a bowl:
- 1 cup flour
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 Tbsp. cocoa powder
Stir in:
- 1/2 cup milk
- 2 Tbsp. oil
- 1 cup chopped nuts (I always leave this out and let everyone put it on their own serving if they want it. I like to have slice almonds)
Spread mixture into a 9 inch square pan. (I use an 8 x 8 inch pan)
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So easy to make yet so delicious! My only problem is that the amount of oil in it makes me feel a bit weird. Although my family didn't notice I did. I think I might cut the amount of oil in half or try using some butter. If anyone else has tried any variations I'd love to hear them.
I found your site last week and decided to make this for Valentine's Day for my sweet husband. He was very appreciative and for my efforts, I got a nice backrub. Thanks for the great recipe!!!
This looks so yummy! I am making it tonight for dessert!
oooh, yum. My sister's birthday is also Valentines Day and I was going to make PW's best chocolate sheet cake ever for her but now after seeing this I might just make this instead! Thanks!
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|Ochratoxin A in Korean food commodities: occurrence and safety evaluation.
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|To evaluate the exposure of Koreans to ochratoxin A, we conducted a survey in 2003 for ochratoxin A in various domestic food commodities: 60 polished rices, 22 barleys, 35 wheat flours, 46 beers, and 14 unstrained rice wine (makkolli) samples. They were analyzed for ochratoxin A using immunoaffinity column and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)-fluorescence detection, and the positive samples were confirmed using HPLC-tandem mass spectrometry. By combining results from different surveys on the levels of ochratoxin A in selected foods and the consumption patterns, we obtained the Korean probable daily intakes (PDI) of ochratoxin A. The polished rice commodity had the highest mean levels of ochratoxin A, which ranged from 0.2 (not detected, i.e., ND = 0) to 1.0 ng/g (ND = limit of detection, i.e., LOD). The estimated PDI for all Koreans fell into the range of 0.8-4.1 ng/kg bw/day, while for heavy consumers the estimates ranged from 1.7 to 9.1 ng/kg bw/day, which did not exceed the PTDI value (14 ng/kg bw/day). Staple rice is the major contributor (>90%) to the Korean dietary intake of ochratoxin A. On the basis of these estimates, it may be concluded that there is at present no considerable risk of ochratoxin A exposure for the average Korean consumer.
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I'm gonna have to make a lovestep category on this site or something. TNJ favorite Aylen has teamed up with producer Crywolf to release this beautiful track titled Silence Pt. II. While it's certainly not "dubstep" in the way you'd think of an old Skrillex or Datsik release, it encapsulates the progressive and melodic tendencies that current "dubstep" artists like Seven Lions have conquered. While I'm not a die-hard Crywolf fan, I have heard nothing but great things from other people about his work and as far as New Jersey's rising superstar Andrew Lin, this is just another display of his versatility. The two incorporated spurts of trap/hip-hop drum work to accentuate beautiful chord work, haunting vocals and Adventure Club-esque low end wobbles. This is a MUST have for anyone and everyone.
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ECA has been a wonderful experience for me as well as my children. My family was welcomed with open arms and it has been that way all 4 years we have been there. I can't imagine sending my children to any other school. They have been challenged academically in a Christ centered curriculum. I want my children to be pushed to excel but also taught in a loving environment. I have not been disappointed!
ECA has provided a wonderful atmosphere for both of my children. The students are definitely challenged academically, however, as you would expect in a Christian school, Christ is at the center of the curriculum. My children have certainly grown academically, but more importantly they are developing character and that will serve them for the rest of their lives. The teacher's are very personable and clearly have a love for children. The school itself has a famly atmosphere and is not "stuffy" like some academy's. I would definitely recommend ECA to any parent who seeks an alternative to public schools. The combination of small class sizes, lack of disciplinary problems, a Christ-centered environment and achievement test scores that far exceed those of the surrounding schools makes for a compelling opportunity.
We have been very pleased with ECA and the Christian environment my child has received this year. We knew going into the school year that she would be challenged beyond belief b/c of the Beka curriculum ECA uses. She has learned so much academically which is preparing her for future schooling. However, her new knowledge of the Bible is preparing her for eternity.
Unfortuately, we had a miserable experience at this school. With the exception of one very special teacher, the 3 years spent there were miserable for my son and I. His confidence was utterly shattered. He managed decent grades (mostly A's and B's with a few C's) but somehow this was not satifactory to the school's teachers and principal and my son was treated poorly and we had several meetings over his grades. The curriculum is unbelievable. I have known home-schoolers who have used the same curriculum and it was not as challenging as the way ECA presented it. They started Kindegartners on cursive writing within the first few weeks of school. For the nearly $8,000 we wasted over 3 years, my son could have been excelling in the public school we're in now (earning all A's) and we could have saved alot of money.
ECA was created to place Christ at the Center of Academic excellence. My son has gone to ECA for 3 years. I am very impressed with their academic program. He is also involved in their sports program. There are many ways for parents to be involved in their children's education. I would recommend ECA to any Christian family.
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TORONTO -- Kyle Lowry sat at his locker nursing a headache in the moments after the Toronto Raptors' loss on Sunday, the product of a misplaced knee.
The Raptors were thoroughly dismantled by a speedy Phoenix Suns team in a 121-113 loss, but Lowry and coach Dwane Casey insisted there would be no lingering pain after a rare defeat at home.
"It's not a systemic problem, it's one game, we knew we weren't going to go undefeated the rest of the way," Casey said. "That team right there, they're fighting for their playoff lives like we are, and they're a quality team in the west.
"It's not like it's the end of the world."
Lowry scored 19 of his 28 points in the third quarter against the run-and-gun Suns, but his standout effort wasn't enough as the Raptors (37-28) lost at the Air Canada Centre for just the fifth time in the last 16 games.
There were some scary moments with about a minute-and-a-half to go when Lowry went down in a scramble for a loose ball, and was ploughed in the head by first one of PJ Tucker's knees and then the other.
"I've got a headache. . . These (TV camera) lights are killing me right now," Lowry said, shrugging off any suggestion of a concussion.
"PJ's not a dirty guy, I've known him for a while. He even apologized after the game. . . . He's a strong dude, so it hurt."
Terrence Ross finished with 22 points while Amir Johnson had 20, DeMar DeRozan finished with 17, and Jonas Valanciunas chipped in with 15.
Gerald Green scored 13 of his 28 points in the fourth quarter to top the Suns (38-27), while Goran Dragic added 19, and Markieff Morris had 16 point and grabbed 14 rebounds.
The Raptors had been red-hot the past several weeks, positioning themselves for their first playoff appearance in six seasons. They'd gone an Eastern Conference-best 11-3 since Feb. 10 heading into Sunday's game and sat first place in the Atlantic Division.
But the hungry Suns also have the playoffs in their sights. They went into Sunday trailing Memphis by a game-and-a-half for the eighth and final playoff spot in the West.
"That's a helluva team right there," DeRozan said. "(We can) just learn from it. We battled, a lot of stuff didn't go our way. . . It was just a tough night overall.
The Suns outran the Raptors all afternoon, and led by as much as 14 points before taking a 96-90 advantage into the fourth in front of a crowd of 18,717 energetic fans at the Air Canada Centre.
The visitors pulled ahead by 15 a couple of times in the final 12 minutes before a basket and free throw by Lowry made it a seven-point deficit with 4:08 to play. But on the Suns' next trip down the floor, Morris grabbed an offensive rebound and scored to put the game virtually out of reach.
"They're up and down," Lowry said. "They got out. . . 121 (points), that's their type of game. We don't want to have a type of game like that, we want to hold teams under 100, under 90 preferably."
Rebounding proved problematic for the Raptors all afternoon, with Suns owning a whopping 45-26 advantage on the boards.
"Again, no time to panic," Casey said. "I don't think we're going to see that type of speed and quickness -- at least I hope not -- the rest of the way."
The Raptors' frustration showed at times. Casey was slapped with a technical for arguing a call, then DeRozan collected a tech when he kicked the ball in anger.
"It was just tough when you're going out there playing hard and sometimes you don't get a call that you're fighting or dying for and that we may need at a critical time," DeRozan said.
Both teams shot well, the Suns going 50.7 per cent from the field to Toronto's 49.4.
There was plenty of energy from both teams in a first-quarter shootout. The Raptors and Suns combined for 10-for-14 from three-point range. The Raptors led by as much as nine, but Marcus Morris drained two consecutive threes to put the Suns up 37-35 going into the second.
"The guys seemed really focused tonight," said Suns head coach Jeff Hornacek. "They came out right from the start, they had the energy. Maybe it was the one o'clock game that we're not used to playing; they thought it was a great opportunity. I thought we're on ESPN or something."
The Raptors went 0-for-8 to open the second quarter until a John Salmons pull-up jumper more than five minutes in. The Raptors ended the quarter with a 10-2 run and when Ross drained a three, and pumped one fist in the air, it pulled Toronto to within two points. The Suns led 61-59 at halftime.
The Raptors fell behind by 14 points with just under six minutes to play in the third, when Lowry almost single-handedly got them back in the game. He scored 10 points in the final 3:38 of the quarter and the Raptors went into the fourth trailing 96-90.
NOTES: Raptors forward Patrick Patterson missed his fifth game with an elbow injury. Casey said he will be evaluated again Monday. . . The Raptors are on the road for two games -- Tuesday at Atlanta and Wednesday at New Orleans -- before returning home to host Oklahoma City next Friday . . . The Raptors had won three in a row against the Suns before a 106-97 loss in Phoenix on Dec. 6.
It was Canada's night at the NBA Draft as four players from north of the border were selected.
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Definition of dote in English:
doteSyllabification: dote
Pronunciation: /dōt /
verb[no object]
1 (dote on/upon) Be extremely and uncritically fond of: she doted on her two young children
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- He is a 42-year-old father who dotes on his three children.
- He was not my son Joshua's biological father but he doted on him and treated Joshua like his own son.
- He appeared to be a father who doted on his children, especially his little girl.
adore, love dearly, be devoted to, idolize, treasure, cherish, worship, hold dear; indulge, spoil, pamperloving, besotted, infatuated; affectionate, fond, devoted, caring; uxorious
Middle English (in the sense 'act or talk foolishly'): of uncertain origin; related to Middle Dutch doten 'be silly'.
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I play a lot of League of Legends. I mostly play top, and Nidalee is my favourite champion.
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I also Magic: the Gathering, and love a lot of other video games (like Shin Megami Tensei, Pokemon, Bioshock, Killer 7/No More Heroes...).
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1944. The circle starts to close.
He swallowed and shut his eyes and recharged his rifle, blood screaming inside his veins, bullets exploding and hitting and killing a few feet away from him, mind alert, eyes darting from side to side as he prayed that the man bleeding out behind him wasn't Frank.
Frank, tiny and still shaken from what had happened with Ray, Frank, fighting and cringing as he did so, ribs on the verge of splitting.
Frank, to who Gerard had begged not to fight as they let their skin touch for one last time, once again oh so very certain of death looming over them and breathing on their necks. But Iero hadn't listened: he never did.
"'Cause if I'm supposed to die, I wanna do it dragging the sons of bitches who killed Mikey and hurt Ray so bad down to Hell with me."
He'd said so with a savage glint in his eyes, a light so ferocious Gerard had felt the unstoppable urge to kiss him, and he'd done so, fingers tugging at his hair, breath becoming more rushed as their bodies pressed together, caught in the heat of the moment.
Gerard wiped the sweat from his face. He shut his eyes and muttered a prayer, scared and numb and restless. His last thought was always for Michael, and for never hearing his laugh again, and the pang of longing would give him the energy to start shooting, never stopping to think that the men in front of him had a family, children, hopes and dreams.
Just like he did.
Just like Mikey.
"This is it."
Gerard smiled to himself and wiped dirt from his face. He turned around, rifle armed and ready.
The butt of someone's gun hit him square in the teeth, knocked out a few. Blood and the sweet pang of pain filled his mouth, his vision blurred and focused back on a Nazi's dark gaze.
The enemy soldier didn't give him time to breathe: he hit him again, this time harder, but Gerard was quick enough to manage to grab him by the neck before falling back and rolling down the soft slope of a small hill. They hit the hard, cold ground, and Way's lungs shuddered and screamed as air viciously got knocked out of them, added more pain to the throb in his face.
He felt the Nazi's boot kick him once more in the chin, and his lower jaw clashing against his upper jaw made a sickly, gut-wrenching sound. Gerard bit his tongue.
He desperately started crawling away, the furthest possible. It had all happened so fast, too fast: his brain wasn't able to form any coherent phrase or train of thought yet, all he could do was feel.
Confusion, and the blood-chilling notion of maybe not making it out alive. He didn't know why the other man had decided to kill him, why he'd chosen him and not someone else. He didn't know and the puzzlement was maybe the scariest thing of all, even scarier than death itself.
But, as they say, fear can turn men into monsters, and fear was what had taken hold of both of them.
Kill him before he can kill you.
Gerard managed to wriggle away, stumble and stand up, but then he felt the sudden weight of someone throwing themselves on top of him, pinning him down to the ground once more. The German soldier wasn't gonna let him escape. He wanted blood, and blood was exactly what he was going to get.
The panic inside of Way swelled and grew to unimaginable size. He clawed and bit and scratched, trying to break free. His heel hit something, and the soldier let go of him: enough time to try to stand up again.
And then his breath got caught in his throat and his knuckles went white and his mind simply stopped as sharp screaming waves of pain exploded from his knee and started to push through his nerves, filling every cell of his body to the brim.
The knife was wedged in deep, and the stabs fell with surgical precision.
Gerard screamed.
He felt his knees give out and suddenly realized that he was going to die, and his mind didn't even twitch at the thought. Gerard Way was going to die, bloodied and wounded, just like his brother: killed during battle. A war hero. A fallen soldier. The Purple Heart. Lindsay, a war widow. The second one in the Way family.
Frank, the light trailing his skin and his lips against his. The smell of his hair and his heart beating against his ear. The small veins in his eyelids, pencil-thin. Blue and perfect.
He thought about Bandit.
His daughter would've never seen her father again. She would've never even remembered him.
He didn't care. Maybe never knowing him would've made things easier. The pain wouldn't have really been there: a ghost image of her father, something hushed, something so far and distant she would've never truly been able to fully grasp the notion that he ever existed at all.
Gerard dug his fingers into the soil, and it was wet and it smelled of thunder storms as the pain in his leg and body washed over him in quick, deep waves.
He shut his eyes and waited to die.
"Get your filthy hands off of my man, YOU FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT!"
Frank's voice was sudden, and it was ice-cold and ferocious and it was a blessing to Gerard's ears.
Iero threw himself against the Nazi, pushed him to the side. They rolled for a few feet, tangled together, and then Frank managed to shift his weight and pin the other man to the ground. The German soldier squirmed as Frank repeatedly punched him in the face and his eyes gleamed with a light so savage it transformed his being completely. Chest heaving, hands shaking, lips curled in the sadistic smirk of enjoyment coming from other's pain, Frank suddenly grabbed the nearly-unconscious Nazi's head and twisted his neck.
The crack echoed, scary and nearly unexpected on Gerard's behalf, who was lying in the mud, feeling his own blood puddle beneath him and soak his clothes. It echoed, and Frank suddenly realized he'd just killed a man. He realized it as he looked towards Gerard, he realized it as he stood up and moaned as a snap came from his once-again damaged ribs, as he looked at his hands which felt like someone else's.
He looked towards the body behind him: his face was twisted in pain and fear.
Frank fell to his knees next to Gerard, chest heaving as he wheezed while the pain bit in from time to time. Gerard's hand pressed against his cheek, and he kept it there, shutting his eyes.
Gerard was pale, slipping away.
"Stay with me."
Frank murmured it, opening his eyes again and squeezing the man he loved's hands.
"Don't you dare leave me. Don't you dare shut your eyes."
But Gerard couldn't hear him. He could see him, but there wasn't anything else, and even what he saw was fuzzy and far and distant, and the pain cancelled everything out.
He was going to bleed out. He would've died anyway, and the thought of Frank trying to save him made his heart quiver, and it made him sad.
The irony, the bittersweet irony of him dying.
He smiled to himself, even though the smile had no meaning.
"Oh God, oh no. Gerard. Fuck. Gerard. Please. Please."
But he was beyond that. He was beyond feeling anything, even pain had little to no meaning.
Gerard shut his eyes, and Frank's lips against his forehead were the last thing he was conscious of.


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The Amazing Spider-Man was released July 3rd, 2012 and stars Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Denis Leary, Martin Sheen, Sally Field, Irrfan Khan, Campbell Scott. The film is directed by Marc Webb.
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Oh my friend, let me tell you that you ain't never had a pickled green tomatoes recipe like this one. Well, maybe you have, but I haven't. I got the recipe over the phone from a farmer who said it was his grandmother's recipe. He said she was probably turning over in her grave because he was giving away her recipes. I can just see her right now. She's doing cartwheels as I post her recipe on the internet! OOWee!
Well, that's alright. Good recipes are suppose to live on, not die with their makers.
Anyhoo. I had fun making up this batch of pickled green tomaters. The hardest part was waitin' three weeks before I could open the jars to taste them. It was stressed to me the importance of letting the peppers, carrots and red bell pepper marry up with each other for a good while before eating. And I'm so glad I waited. If I had known those carrots were going to ROCK like they did, I would have put a whole more carrot sticks in the jars. Mercy are they good!
Makes 9 pints
- 2 gallons green tomatoes, cut into wedges
- 1/2 gallon white onions, thinly sliced
- 1 pint serrano or jalapeno peppers
- 6 cups granulated sugar
- 6 cups white vinegar
- 1/4 cup table salt
- 1/4 cup fresh ground pepper
- 3 to 5 carrots, scraped and cut into matchsticks or medallions
- 2 red bell peppers, cut into strips, squares or diamonds, whatever you desire
Put all the ingredients, EXCEPT the carrots and red bell pepper, in a large pot. Bring to a boil then count off 5 minutes. Transfer hot vegetables to hot canning jars. Tuck the carrots and peppers around the edges, as many as can fit.
Seal and process in waterbath canner for 5 minutes. After the jars have cooled for 24 hours, check to make sure they have a good seal before storing in a cool, dark place.
It's best to wait at least 3 weeks before poppin' the lid on a jar for good eatin'. It's really worth it to wait 2 months. These sweet and spicy tomatoes keep gettin' better the longer they set.
To measure out 2 gallons of green tomatoes cut into wedges: cut the top off a one gallon vinegar jug. Fill the jug and you've got 1 gallon! I learned this from the farmer's wife. She's pickled this recipe plenty and she knows what's she's talking about.
Here's a picture of the everything except the carrots and red bell pepper in the pot.
If you have questions about putting up this recipe, just holler for me through the Contact Form.


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Against the stopwatch, the GTA delivers. The clocks stopped at 6.3 sec. for the 0-to-60-mph dash, and top speed is 155 mph. In the real world, this car is as quick as you would want to go in a front-wheel-driver.
The Alfa Romeo 156 GTA faces stiff competition from the BMW 325i Sport and the Audi A4 3.0 quattro, which sell for similar money. The Alfa is quicker than its rivals and far more inspirational than the competent and beautifully built, but rather anodyne, Audi. Even the BMW, quintessential rear-wheel-driver, struggles to match the Alfa for motor music and sheer fun factor. The latest Alfas are well-made and potentially reliable, so you can now make a choice with your head as well as your heart. However, once you have driven it, the GTA tugs at your heartstrings very strongly indeed. You have been warned.


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—March 17, 2013— Young women have been disappearing off the streets of Paris, only to reappear dead of bizarre dehydration. It's enough to bring you, a renowned detective, out of retirement in a race against time to save a girl from a madman in this gorgeous and engrossing hidden-object adventure where you'll also need to catch and mix various scents to create perfumes and solvents.
Azada: Elementa
—March 16, 2013— Azada: Elementa is an entertaining addition to both the Azada series and the adventure hybrid ouevre. Pretty to look at and with a great depth of gameplay (especially in the puzzles), you are looking at hours of entertainment for the whole family.
Grim Facade: Cost of Jealousy
—March 9, 2013— When her husband is stabbed and blown up (a bit of an overreaction no matter what your motives), Gabriela Sanchez calls you, a well-known psychic detective, to solve the case. Together with your useless assistant Aidan and much less useless tag-a-long fennec fox, you'll discover a plot of lies, passion, revenge, and jealousy in this short but well-balanced hidden-object adventure from ERS Game Studios.
9: The Dark Side of Notre Dame
—February 24, 2013— Explore one of the world's greatest architectural wonders while solving a kidnapping and helping a modern day Quasimodo and Esmeralda in Play Favorite Games' stunning sequel to 9: The Dark Side.
Enchantia: Wrath of the Phoenix Queen
—February 23, 2013— The good, kindly Elven Queen Isandra has been possessed by the Phoenix Spirit, a coldhearted, conceited mystical spirit who wants to purify the land by burning it all to ashes. You are the Destined One and, using your Skybird magic, must stop the Phoenix Queen's wrath before all is destroyed in this fantasy epic story/hidden object adventure game. Explore intricately detailed scenes and find fragments of ornate objects, complete quests given to you by Enchantia's Human, Elven and Dwarven inhabitants, and feast your eyes in this remarkable adventure from the creators of the Dark Parables series.
Sacra Terra: Kiss of Death
—February 22, 2013— You can't buy love, and you probably shouldn't try. When the book of love spells Tiffany buys as a joke turns out to contain a ritual for summoning one very nasty succubus who steals away her boyfriend, Tiffany has no option but to track down the book's origin. But Sacra Terra Island has more than a few secrets, and you'll have to save more than just Mark's soul in this stunning, captivating hidden-object adventure that's heavy on style and cinematic flair.
Chimeras: Tune of Revenge
—February 15, 2013— When a masked organ grinder begins handing out deadly fortunes to the townsfolk, it seems like a lucky coincidence that a detective of your caliber was already on hand. But do the strangely poetic fates of certain people at the hands of fantastical creatures somehow tie in with your own investigation into an old crime? Elephant Games delivers a gorgeous and engaging hidden-object adventure with style and creativity. And baby phoenixes!
Otherworld: Omens of Summer
—February 9, 2013— Last spring, you thought you stopped the nasty Shade for good, rescuing the innocent yet magically-gifted young Fiona to boot. Now you must again stop the dark creatures with the help of Fiona's magic and some visits to a pernicious pixie, baleful banshee and unforgiving nyx. In this next installment of BoomZap's dark fairy tale series, adventure through gorgeous color-saturated environments, solving puzzles, completing minigames and searching uniquely rendered hidden object scenes for magical artifacts to put a stop to the Shade once more.
Maestro: Music from the Void
—February 8, 2013— With the dead roaming the streets and the living mysteriously aging to dust right before everyone's eyes, this town already has its share of problems, and it all seems to go back to the disappearance of two students from its celebrated musical academy. In this gorgeous and engrossing adventure from ERS Game Studios, you'll have to master life and death itself through music to thwart a plan from beyond the veil and uncover the mysteries and bitterness at its core.
Tennis in the Face
—January 30, 2013— Ever had a tennis ball delivered to your face? Not in the gentle way your local postal service worker might deliver a package (*snicker*), the kind of delivery where a professional aims for your head and gives it a good shot? We're glad you answered "no", because if it were true, you might end up like the villains in Tennis in the Face, a game of precision physics from 10tons. A little bit of aiming and a whole lot of ricocheting can go a long way. It's time to take down the corporate machine!
Death Pages: Ghost Library
—January 26, 2013— What is the most romantic, and at the same time, most tragic story in Western literature? No doubt about it, the answer is the story of Romeo and Juliet which, since it was first staged in the 16th century, has spawned countless adaptations in theaters, movies, television, ballet, operas, and now casual games. Despite the ominous sounding title, Death Pages: Ghost Library, the latest adventure hybrid from Elephant Games, is less about ghosts and death and more about living vicariously through one of William Shakespeare's most well known works.
The Tribloos 2
—January 19, 2013— The Tribloos 2 from Bumpkin Brothers is a sequel to the 2011 simulation/time management game The Tribloos. Set in a 2D world starring energetic and eternally optimistic creatures, you'll guide the fuzzballs on a quest to discover the origins of some troubling storms looming near the island. What they find beyond the clouds, however, isn't quite what they expected!
Grim Tales: The Stone Queen
—January 13, 2013— Magic and mystery, much to the displeasure of many, is not as ever-present as is should be. On one hand that fact makes reality seem far too dreary, but on the other, it might be for the best that power of that nature isn't lurking around every corner. In the newest installment of Elephant Games' Grim Tales series, Grim Tales: The Stone Queen, this is made very clear. In this hidden object puzzle adventure mystery game, it's easy to realize why magic and supernatural powers can be a grim alternative to the mundane normalcy of bill paying and chores.
Lake House: Children of Silence
—January 11, 2013— Lake House: Children of Silence is a casual adventure game from Alawar that involves a young couple, a mysterious death, a kidnapping, some really creepy goings-on, and, naturally, a lake house. It all begins in the cafe with an awkward wedding proposal met by a cold reaction from the would-have-been bride-to-be. When she explains that someone broke into your house and burned/scratched you out of the photo albums, you can understand why she's so freaked out. And you should be too, seeing as how there's a masked man who may or may not be Ann's long-dead brother following you around. At least the proposal will be a day to remember!
Nightmare Realm: In the End...
—January 4, 2013— In this direct sequel to the original dark fantasy title, Kathleen and her daughter Emily thought they'd escape the bizarre otherworld and mysterious legacy left to Emily by her dead father. But a letter ten years later as Emily is preparing to go off on her own forces the family to realise they must confront and uncover the dark truth behind dreams and nightmares in this stunning hidden-object adventure.
Big Fish Games' Customer Favorites Awards Sale!
—December 29, 2012— 2012 is wrapping up, but don't put it away in the attic just yet! Big Fish Games is celebrating with their Customer Favorites Awards sale, over 60 games chosen by customer votes to satisfy your taste for great games... on a budget! From now until January 3rd, enter code WINNER at checkout for any one (or more!) of these great games to get it for $4.99USD (excluding Collector's Editions.)
Detective Quest: The Crystal Slipper
—December 23, 2012— I don't know about you, but every now and then I get bored with all the paranormal mysteries and long for something smothered in fairy dust and happily ever afters. Luckily for anyone with the same desires Elephant Games has found that star we all wished on and made Detective Quest: The Crystal Slipper, an enchanting hidden object puzzle adventure game that will bring that Disney themed twinkle to your eye. Sadly, you won't be the princess in this tale, but instead a Detective trying to help that silly Prince Charming get his lady love.
Phantasmat: Crucible Peak
—December 9, 2012— The ski trip of your dreams to the Alps turns into a freezing nightmare when an avalanche strands you cold and lonely, far from civilization and help. A remote ski resort seems like your best chance for rescue, but it quickly becomes clear that there's something strange about the residents, and they might not have your best interests at heart. ERS Game Studio takes the reins for this spiritual sequel to the original hidden-object adventure.
Brink of Consciousness: The Lonely Hearts Murders
—November 30, 2012— Owen's daughter Olivia has gone missing, and with a murderer known as the Lonely Hearts Killer stalking the streets, he fears the worst. Together with his friend Logan, the detective in charge of the case, he'll have to uncover a twisted web of lies, betrayal, and messy shoe closets in this gorgeous hidden-object mystery thriller adventure packed with tons of fully animated and voiced scenes.
Death Upon an Austrian Sonata: A Dana Knightstone Novel
—November 24, 2012— Feel like an inexpensive trip to Austria? Maybe you're craving a tragic mystery that needs unraveling? Boomzap has returned with a new installment in the hidden object puzzle mystery adventure Dana Knightstone series: Death Upon an Austrian Sonata: A Dana Knightstone Novel! With a sprinkling of romance gone wrong thrown in, this is already shaping up to be a great romp into the European countryside.
Journey: The Heart of Gaia
—November 23, 2012— Liz's life is quiet and ordinary until a mysterious stranger appears to whisk her away to a colorful fantasy world where nothing is ever at all dull or mundane. Now you need to collect fragments and other objects to solve puzzles and find your way home in this gameplay stuffed adventure hybrid which is sort of like the Wizard of Oz. Except steampunk. And with a sarcastic, more cynical Dorothy.
Mystery Case Files: Shadow Lake
—November 20, 2012— The foggy town of Bitterford, Maine, has been deserted for decades after a devastating earthquake, and rumours of hauntings makes it the perfect location to film a little low-budget ghost hunting. But when the show's psychic consultant calls you in to help, you find the rest of the team wants nothing to do with it, and discover that the secrets held in quiet Bitterford may be more ancient, and more deadly, than you're prepared for. A hidden-object adventure packed with top-notch production values, scares aplenty, and Cassandra. Lots and lots of Cassandra. *sigh*
Forbidden Secrets: Alien Town
—November 18, 2012— Heart pounding, your raspy breath echoes in your ears amidst the sound of alarms and the inevitable ticking of a countdown clock. Swiftly you run to the nearest escape pod as time quickly slips away. Heels clatter amongst the throbbing of your heart and the wailing of the alarm as you dive into a handy escape pod and fly away from the mother-ship seconds before detonation. What is going on? The scene shifts to 24 hours earlier...That thrilling opening sequence belongs to the latest adventure hybrid from Alawar Games, Forbidden Secrets: Alien Town, and it's just the beginning of a rollicking good ride through a pastiche of nearly every sci-fi and horror cliche of the past 50 years.
- Haunted Legends: The Undertaker
—November 16, 2012— When a sleepy coastal town suddenly starts seeing a whole lot of funerals every day, it'd be alarming enough without the cause of those funerals being ZOMBIES. In this bizarre but entertaining hidden-object adventure, uncover the secret of a family heirloom and the mystery behind an amulet that brings an undertaker's wishes for prosperity to fruition in the worst way possible.


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I was just watching Luther when this happened, and I remembered the following:
Munch has become the only fictional character, played by a single actor, to appear on ten different television shows. These shows were on five different networks: NBC (Homicide: Life on the Street, Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order: Trial by Jury, and 30 Rock); Fox (The X-Files; Arrested Development); UPN (The Beat); HBO (The Wire) and ABC (Jimmy Kimmel Live!). Munch has been one of the few television characters to cross genres, appearing not only in crime drama series, but sitcom (Arrested Development), late night comedy (Jimmy Kimmel Live!) and horror and science fiction (The X-Files).[38] He has played a role in international television series, beginning with UK crime drama Luther where he is mentioned as an American contact for the series' Serious Crime Unit (SCU). Notably Luther stars Idris Elba, the actor who played Stringer Bell in the HBO drama The Wire where Munch previously cameoed.
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Michelle Obama talks exercise and health care with Jimmy Fallon.
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Three days before they throw a state dinner for the president of France, President Barack Obama and his wife are whetting their appetite for — Mexican food.
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First Lady Michelle Obama is turning to fellow American mothers to support her husband's embattled signature health care law as the holiday season goes into full-swing.
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Pop star Katy Perry, who will be featured on the cover of the January 2014 issue of Marie Claire, told the magazine that she refused to allow her parents to watch her sing at President Obama's inauguration "on principle," and because they are Republicans.
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Perhaps sequestration froze funding for the White House's younger Portuguese water dog's obedience lessons, because the pup knocked down a toddler at an event held at the first family's home Wednesday.
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First Lady Michelle Obama, daughters Malia and Sasha and the family's two dogs have accepted an 18-and-a-half-foot Douglas fir as the official White House Christmas tree.
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1 1.5-2lb squash
1/2 cup of water
1 package of RP's fresh spinach lasagna
1/4 cup of butter
1/4 cup of flour
3.5 cups of whole or 2% reduced fat milk
1/2 cup of fresh basil leaves chopped
2.5 cup of shredded whole milk mozzarella
4 cloves of garlic minced
1/2 head of lacinato kale chopped
olive oil
salt and pepper
pinch of nutmeg
Heat the oil in a heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the squash and toss to coat. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Pour the water into the skillet and then cover and simmer over medium heat until the squash is tender, stirring occasionally, about 20 minutes. Cool slightly and then transfer the squash to a food processor. Season to taste, with more salt and pepper. Set aside the puree.
Heat oil in another skillet, then add the minced garlic. Cook until fragrant, then add the kale. Sautee for about five minutes, season with salt and pepper.
Melt the butter in a heavy medium-size saucepan over medium heat. Add the flour and whisk for 1 minute. Gradually whisk in the milk. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce the heat to medium and simmer until the sauce thickens slightly, whisking often, about 5 minutes. Whisk in the nutmeg and basil.
Position the rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 375 degrees F.
Lightly butter a 13 by 9 by 2-inch glass baking dish. Spread 3/4 cup of the sauce over the prepared baking dish. Arrange 3 lasagna noodles on the bottom of the pan. Spread 1/3 of the squash puree over the noodles. Sprinkle with 1/2 cup of mozzarella cheese. Drizzle 1/2 cup of sauce over the noodles. Repeat layering 3 more times.
Tightly cover the baking dish with foil and bake the lasagna for 40 minutes. Sprinkle the remaining mozzarella cheese over the lasagna. Continue baking uncovered until the sauce bubbles and the top is golden, 15 minutes longer. Let the lasagna stand for 15 minutes before serving.


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The Kansas City Chiefs may not draft QB Geno Smith but they were in attendance at his Pro Day (along with most of the rest of the NFL) last week.
Smith's stock seemed to get a bit of a boost from his workout. NFL Network draft analyst, Mike Mayock, who hadn't been especially high on Smith previously, came away from the workout calling Smith a "top ten talent."
Smith's workout was closed to the media but a Youtube video has surfaced of the Pro Day. You can see a number of NFL scouts all watching behind Smith. If you look closely, you will also be able to spot Mayock and former Kansas City Chiefs QB Ron Jaworski.
Smith looks comfortable going through his scripted throwing session. There are a couple of drops by the receivers but only one glaringly bad throw from the QB. Most of Smith's passes are on target and hit the receivers in stride.
The Pro Day is just one small piece to the puzzle when determining a prospect's draft stick. NFL teams like to say they trust what they see on tape but a player can still turn heads with individual workouts.
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Gold Fields to Beat Guidance - Production Update for Quarter and Year Ended 31 December 2013
JOHANNESBURG, January 21, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --
Gold Fields Limited (Gold Fields) (JSE, NYSE, NASDAQ Dubai: GFI) today announced that attributable Group production for the December 2013 quarter (Q4 2013) is expected to be approximately 598,000 gold-equivalent ounces, which is 21% higher than the 496,000 ounces achieved in the September 2013 quarter (Q3 2013). These results will include a maiden contribution of approximately 114,000 ounces for the December quarter from the newly acquired Yilgarn South assets in Western Australia.
Total cash costs for Q4 2013 is expected to be approximately US$780/oz, which is marginally higher than the US$772/oz achieved in Q3 2013, and notional cash expenditure (NCE) is expected to be approximately US$1,030/oz, 3% lower than the US$1,064/oz achieved in Q3 2013.
Attributable production for the full year 2013 is expected to be approximately 2,02 million ounces, with total cash cost of approximately US$810/oz, and NCE of approximately US$1,150/oz.
The production and cost results expected for 2013 are significantly better than the original guidance of between 1.83 and 1.90 million ounces of production, at cash costs of US$860/oz and NCE of US$ 1,360/oz, provided in February 2013, as well as the revised guidance of between 1.92 and 2.00 million ounces, at cash costs of US$830/oz and NCE of US$1,240/oz, provided on 20 November 2013, after the acquisition of the Yilgarn South assets.
Gold Fields' results for the quarter and year ended 31 December 2013 will be published on Thursday, 13 February 2014.
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I have an idea and I desperately need advice but I want to do this face to face and brainstorm etc!
If anyone is interested please please get in touch as I need to move quickly!
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Thank you for your help - but I'm broke! lol Like most of us - I only want to talk to somebody and see if my idea is possible but without being ripped off for my ideas, it is so hard to know where to go. Basically I need a really good techno geek, who knows social media like the back of his/her hand and the workings of the web to talk to. (If he is male and gorgeous it helps lmao!!) Seriously though it is free advice I'm after but holding out little hope. x
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"it is free advice I'm after but holding out little hope."
Free advice is our speciality, and we can certainly advise on "the workings of the web", but you want a face to face discussion,and that rules us out.
One thing worth remembering is that a web designer is going to be in business to sell a service and, human nature being what it is,any advice may well be biased in that direction.
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The family of one of two teens killed in a traffic crash in New Port Richey gathered for a tearful press conference on Wednesday.
Tim Little, a Pasco County detention deputy, and Christine Gilmore addressed the media at Dobies Funeral Home. They are the parents of Courtney Little, 17, who died Tuesday after losing control of her car on Moon Lake Road.
A pickup truck driven by 53-year-old James William Butz hit the car on the passenger side when Little's car veered into the truck's path. Butz and his passenger, 49-year-old Judith Ann Stein, were taken to a hospital for treatment.
Little and her passenger, 16-year-old Kimberlee Markou, died at the scene.
Tim Little described what happened as an accident, with no one to blame. He says his daughter was "too smart" to be texting and driving.
Troopers say they don't know why Little lost control of the vehicle.
Both Little and Gilmore spoke about their daughter's academic drive.
"She was gonna be a senior at River Ridge High School," said Little. "To say that she was beautiful and intelligent is an understatement."
Gilmore recalled that Courtney took the SATs multiple times to try to get the highest score possible.
"She was the child every parent wished they had... and now she's gone," Gilmore said.
Both mother and father were extremely emotional, breaking into tears while speaking. Little's family also expressed sympathy for the family of Kimberlee Markou.
Florida Highway Patrol troopers say both girls were wearing their seatbelts.
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Currently, 513,000 children are in our country's foster care system--and many of them will end up facing life's challenges alone.
May is National Foster Care Awareness Month, and we've found multiple opportunities for moms to get involved. Many families aren't able to take in a foster child--but that doesn't mean there isn't something they can do. With just a few minutes of your time, you can make a lifelong impact on a foster child's life. Here are some great ways to give back...
Only have a few minutes?
1.Learn the facts and gain understanding about foster care by visiting www.fostercaremonth.org.
2.Make a financial contribution to Rowell Foster Children--it doesn't matter how big or small.
3. Send a letter of encouragement to a foster child--just a little note can go a long way.
4. Send a care package to a foster child on holidays, or anytime. Visit Orphan Foundation of America to get more info.
5. Donate goods: Get rid of your old--or new--clothing, school supplies, shoes and books. Visit My Stuff Bags Foundation to see where you can send your stuff.
Have a few hours?
1.Volunteer at a foster care program: You can do this one or more times. Visit the Child Welfare League of America to see where you can help out.
2. Become a mentor: You can do it on a regular basis or every so often. Visit v Mentor for info on mentoring opportunities.
3. Are you a mental health professional? Open your practice to foster youth...they're likely to need it the most. Find a program near you.
4. Recognize a person or foster parent in your community in order to raise awareness in the neighborhood. Visit Foster Care Month to learn more about the foster care system.
5. Make a presentation to a school or congregation in your community. Check out these resources to learn how you can get involved.
A bigger time commitment?
1. Tutor a child: Because they often have to change schools or have social/behavioral challenges, being a tutor can be a huge help. Check out programs at your local YMCA.
2. Become a weekly mentor: Help youth with school work, prepare a resume, give them career advice. Want to find a program in your area?
3. Create a permanency pact: If you can't commit to being a foster parent, this secures a relationship between a foster child and an adult.
4. Dedicate yourself to a career in social work: It can be the most fulfilling job in the world! Visit the National Association of Social Workers.
5. Foster a child: The ultimate sacrifice. For more info, visit the National Foster Parent Association.
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SALISBURY, Md. - A new high-tech service is up-and-running at a local healthcare facility to monitor patients with serious illnesses.
Peninsula Home Care is now officially utilizing telehealth, an initiative WMDT first reported on back in December. The machine is installed at home and the patient is responsible for checking their own weight, blood pressure and pulse throughout the week, as prescribed by their doctor.
The readings are then sent to a monitoring company, which keeps an eye out for anything abnormal and alerts an on-call nurse if there appears to be a serious problem.
"It's going to keep them from being re-admitted from the hospital," said Sandra Russ. "This is just another tool to keep them out. We're catching their symptoms quicker then having them go back into the hospital."
Russ says the device fully monitors patients with serious illnesses, like congestive heart failure, without the supervision of a nurse.


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A mustache with a gift ribbon Other Designed by namo
Two owls Other Designed by SumuLee
Sloth Love Hug iPhone 4/4S Case Designed by carlhuber
segelschiff_o_3c Bags Designed by Judith-M83
These fashionable 2 1/4'' Buttons come in a set of 5. You can wear them on shirts, bags, caps, sneakers or wherever you might want to.
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