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I seem to have figured out how to make a separate Google Plus page for my business entity, as well as have ways to refer that page to my personal Google Plus page. It appears that my business G+ page is already at +4, and I'm not quite sure how that has happened (as I haven't received any notification of who made those +1 entries), but at least it appears that I have a few watchers already. The next thing to do is to adjust my header image files to something that I have taken a picture of, and I haven't done that yet because hooking my external up to the machine that I'm on will anchor it there until the machine has to shut down. It gets stuck in that loop where it cannot disconnect safely once it's attached.

I've also spent some time cleaning house today to prepare for the weekend visit by my wife's friend and her son, yet again. No plans of any kind have been made other than for them to show up. I hope this means that things can go well.

Draft.

18370328 19:23:09

"Here! Come here!" Daron compelled him to come to the spot with a raspy whisper as he knocked against the wooden wall of the barn. He knocked again as he watched the outline of Doctor Adewa Kufo's body in the weak moonlight turn his head around from side to side. Finally, the man turned to face the wall from the other side and leaned his face against the wall in a failed attempt to confirm who was on the other side.
"Daron?"
"Hush! Turn your back to the wall and just answer the questions that I ask you."
"Understood." The Doctor did as instructed and leaned his body against the wall, causing a creak to emit from the aged planks. Daron sighed and shook his head. "I just wanted to make sure-"
"Yes, yes, fine, but no names. Ain't no secret if names are heard." Daron strained to keep his speech in a whisper and his words were delivered with enough rasp to compel him to cough.
"I suppose you're right." The Doctor was embarrassed to make that admission, and his voice reflected it.
"Just remember it. Anyways, reason I wanted you here is to tell you that some folks here got a story against you and your pal Garr. They want you out of here. I don't agree, but you need to make a reason that you should stay."
"Is it the Reverend?"
"Doesn't matter who. Bad enough you're not out there with the rest of us workin the crop. Folks think you just here to leech."
"That's unfortunate. Research takes time."
"Well one of em is sayin that you do experiments on dead babies, Doctor. This ain't just about how you spendin your time."
"Oh, what rubbish. It is the Reverend, then. They get one story about one person and-"
"Look, I just said it doesn't matter. What you gotta do is prove your worth here. What is your work now, then? What're you working on?"
"Well, Dr. Peterson and I were making experimental formulations for new feminine cosmetic products. We're trying to find better formulas for compounds which hydrate the flesh. We believe there to be a strong market for that."
"So, beauty products?"
"Yes, D-. Yes sir."
"All right. All right. I hear what you're sayin but you gotta change that now. Like right now. What's something you can do for something like our crops first, instead?"
"Uh, well, I uh... you must understand that neither Dr. Peterson or I are specialists in that kind of organic chemistry, and we just can't-"
"Hush, I don't care, I don't care. It don't matter. I'm trying to help you earn your stay here. You find a way to get our crops to stretch out, how to get us to grow more from the same plot, that'll shut them all up. You find a way to help feed all of us, ain't nobody gonna run you out. All right?"
"Um, yes, that would be true, yes, but, again, that will take some time to happen."
"Think beyond your job, Doctor. You gotta make your case and sell yourself like you got a new tonic. Make something up. I don't know what. New seed, new soil food, something, anything. Prove your worth. And do it as soon as possible. Do it and buy yourself some time, and earn your stay."
Doctor Kufo stood silent for a moment, with his gaze cast to the darkened ground in contemplation. The request did make sense, but he didn't understand how this situation had already come to conspire in this fashion. Why was it his task to give this instruction? Why did this accuser not face him or the other Doctor directly? Why was his mere hearsay enough to cause this all to occur? How soon would be soon enough to make some kind of new discovery be presented? What would be an acceptable justification? He quickly deduced that the most important variable to determine was the allowance of time.
"Sir, how much time will I have for this?"
The question was asked to nobody. Daron had slipped away from the barn while the Doctor was lost in thought.

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Songs. The good news is that the loading issue that I had yesterday between the end of the song and the result screen coming up seems to have gone away. The bad news is that today was one of the worst days I've had in a while, in respect of making new records. Despite the amount of time that transpired from the beginning to the end, I didn't have many plays recorded as well, because I seemed to encounter a few times where the song that loaded came with mismatched keysounds - I instinctively know to immediately quit out when that happens, or else the game could crash. Luckily that didn't happen today. I still ended up wasting a fair amount of time to ensure that the program remained afloat.

Lunar Beat. Extra Mode. Double play. "@" denotes Random chart modifier. All songs are of highest difficulty type unless specified.
First line, by column; song title, EX score percentage and letter grade rank, EX score value and pass/fail, judgment readout (just great, great, good, bad poor), highest combo reached, note count of chart under Extra Mode, original note count of chart, percentage increase of Extra Mode notes over original note count, timestamp.
Second line, by column; pass count / play count, EX score percentage difference from record, EX score value difference from record, judgment readout difference from record (if current play is new record), highest combo reached difference from record (if current play is new record), timestamp of old record (if current play is new record).

Code:

			EX% & Rank	EX.p/f	pg.gr.gd.bd.pr		combo	nc	onc	%+nc 	date
broadbanded @		56.96 B		1267.F	447.373.250.6.56	0185	1112			2013-10-17T23:25:05:534Z
0/4			09.53-		0212-

cho reu yeum @		41.70 D		1690.F	598.494.540.168.615	0081	2026			2013-10-17T23:28:52:150Z
0/4			00.14-		0006-

fly above @		76.89 A		1727.P	690.347.50.9.56		0268	1123			2013-10-17T23:31:47:085Z
7/8			00.17-		0004-

blind justice @		59.34 B		2019.F	777.465.253.102.323	0209	1701			2013-10-17T23:34:56:814Z
0/10			02.61-		0089-

sunshine hero @		67.60 A		1843.F	721.401.178.18.97	0143	1363			2013-10-17T23:38:39:414Z
5/7			03.48-		0095-

green rock festival @	36.81 D		1491.F	521.449.556.173.720	0181	2025			2013-10-17T23:44:07:357Z
0/2			02.91-		0118-

sundrop afternoon @	52.09 C		1962.F	698.566.413.53.349	0140	1883			2013-10-17T23:50:43:070Z
0/4			05.01-		0189-

flashback 90s A14 @	59.40 B		1876.F	694.488.254.44.226	0088	1579			2013-10-17T23:57:12:917Z
0/5			01.04-		0033-

cyber force @		37.51 D		1716.F	576.564.647.248.805	0032	2287			2013-10-18T00:05:16:726Z
0/9			03.23-		0148-

move me @		73.87 A		1312.P	520.272.71.4.31		0154	0888			2013-10-18T00:09:55:725Z
4/4			01.46-		0026-

蒼い衝動 @		70.34 A		1293.P	495.303.88.6.48		0148	0919			2013-10-18T00:15:05:254Z
2/9			00.43-		0008-

ifuturelist @		61.87 B		2084.F	761.562.242.43.169	0139	1684	0573	193.89	2013-10-18T00:19:58:996Z
0/5			04.01+		0119+	47+25+27-17-74-		0027+				2012-04-07T00:43:13:800Z

candy galy @		47.72 C		1871.F	663.545.459.104.545	0093	1960			2013-10-18T00:23:47:390Z
0/4			02.16-		0085-

traces tracing you @	47.00 C		1739.F	604.531.416.123.450	0167	1850			2013-10-18T00:31:49:381Z
0/7			02.86-		0106-

the hope tomorrow DD @	44.03 D		2275.F	806.663.663.154.652	0176	2583			2013-10-18T00:36:36:854Z
0/5			02.16-		0112-