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How to Geocode With the LatLon.io API
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Google Aligns Places API with Maps Search Results
Developers have requested that Google better align the Places API and Google Maps search results. Google has answered the call by integrating the Places API with Google Maps search. The move offers better search quality, but developers need be aware the changes may affect current installations.


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[IC] The beginning of our path… And when they reached the Crusader Road together, their destination near, they discussed their plans for the future of their band. Proposals were considered and rethought, and many nights of sleep were lost to the work of trying to create a certain future in an uncertain world.
They agreed that they wanted, eventually, to found a town dedicated to the collection and distribution of knowledge. All the gods which revered knowledge and education would have temples, or at least elaborate shrines, and in the center of town would be a library to rival the greatest of legend. This effort would insure their place in the afterlife.
Additionally, they determined that, in time, they could branch into every town in the River Kingdoms, and even beyond. Each should have a smaller library of its own, the better to accumulate and distribute the knowledge of the world. The nature, quality, fees or tithes, and other details of those libraries would have to be negotiated with the local governments as conditions changed, but the Cæruxi would offer their services everywhere, regardless of political situation or differences of alignment.
In order to fill those libraries, and to prevent wasted duplication of effort, all of knowledge was broken down into seven Veils, or Choruses, (the terms are interchangeable) by how the knowledge could be gained: The Acts of Creation and Destruction; The Searches of Exploration and Contemplation; The Metamorphoses of Magic versus the Changes of Nature; and the Mysteries.
Creation includes Crafting which would handle clockwork and other machines, contraptions, and in general all physical objects which were created by people. The contrast to Creation, Destruction, includes all manner of warfare, conflict, and hunting. Creation is also known as the Act of Making, while destruction is also known as the Act of Undoing. Together, they may be called the Acts.
The chorus of Exploration embodies the knowledge of geography and nature; including the location of things on and within the earth, the sources and mouths of rivers, and the creation of accurate maps. Exploration must be accomplished by travel and direct observation. Contemplation on the other hand proposes to find truths in searching for the locations of things within themselves. Contemplation must be accomplished alone, and the advances are entirely within one's own mind. Exploration is also known as the Search From Without, while Contemplation is the Search From Within. Together, they are the Searches.
The chorus of Magic studies and understands the manner of expression of Magika and how it comes to be expressed in manners which require the will of the user, or the direct consent of a divine being. This is opposed by the veil of Nature, focusing on the location, habitats, behaviors, and properties of the uncivilized beasts. Those who pursue knowledge through Nature seek to uncover the secrets hidden by all of the elements, and the manner in which clouds form and create other forms of weather, the understanding of the motivations and behaviors of natural fires. The Chorus of Magic would also be known as the Metamorphosis From Will whereas Nature is the Metamorphosis From Being. Together, they are the Metamorphoses.
Finally, the Mysteries are a unique seventh Chorus with no counterpart. It includes History which in turn would deal with the people, politics, and everything abstract which was created by people. The Chorus of Mysteries also encompasses everything not covered by another Chorus, as well as the Choruses themselves and the Cæruxi themselves.
Members would be ranked by both their knowledge of, and contribution to the Veils. In general, uncovering a new secret is more highly regarded than knowing many secrets, but it is wasted effort for many people to discover a secret that could have been shared.
Masters of each of the Veils would not only be discovering new knowledge about those Veils, but would have to be actively participating in them; A master student of Creation would not just study creating, but would have to learn and teach new techniques of creation, while a master student of Destruction would not only hunt, kill, and destroy, but must also know as much as possible about how others perform those Acts. A master student of Mysteries would not outrank someone of the same rank in a different Chorus, but rising in rank within the Cæruxi is one manner of studying the Mysteries.
~ Decius, Founding Member of the Cæruxi
|KitNyx Goblin Squad Member
**All information below is dependent upon the allowance of the mechanics of the game and the motivation of our members.
Name: "The Seventh Veil"
Actually, the guild has both a public and private name. "The Seventh Veil" is the public name and "Cærux Khaiognos" (/kɝ.ʊks.kʰa.io.Ɂnos/ (kair-ooks ka-ee-o-nos)) is the private. This explains the term used as a reference to members: "Cæruxi " (singular and plural forms are identical)( /kɝ.ʊks.i/ (kair-ooks-ee))
Alignment Axis: Guild members tend toward TN-NG, LN-TN, if only because of the willingness to help each other (and because everyone has useful information or experiences for us to record).
While our search for knowledge usually draws members to pure alignments, specific alignments are not a prerequisite (although we do have a decidedly good lean).
Purpose: The OOC purpose of the guild is to collect lore and information about the world. Using (and remaining true to) the official Paizo lore, we intend to both expand upon what is visible in game, and reconcile the differences that will inevitably be found between the game and official lore. Ideally we will make in-game manuals/books about every aspect of the world including the flora/fauna, races, crafts, etc. Even if in-game books not possible, we will collect information and collate it in an out of game website. Most of this information will be accessible to the general public.
Our particular lore allows us to act as both a guild/clan in isolation and a religion, recruiting agents from other organizations both openly and covertly. It also allows us the opportunity to collect information and experience from all aspects of the game; allowing players the utmost freedom in character design and play, while remaining true to the RP.
Structure: The guild has a voluntary ranking system driven by internal missions and donations to the guild. As players progress up the ranking system they will have increased access to guild resources. All players are expected to work for the wellbeing of the guild, but they are free to do so in the way they believe is best.
Members can focus entirely upon their association with the Cæruxi or they can leave to gather information, joining whatever other associations they feel is necessary. Those who do associate exclusively with the Cæruxi are able (but not required) to join one of the 7 choruses, or internal groups, which each specialize in avenues of research in the attempt to find knowledge. These choruses embody distinct and contrasting philosophies about how to insure the well being of the Cæruxi and each act upon their own agenda, sometimes with the help of the other choruses, sometimes not.
Currently the seven choruses are as follows:
- Creation
- Destruction
- Exploration
- Contemplation
- Magic
- Nature
- Mystery
Entry into the guild is via interview and there is a month trial period. All new recruits are expected to progress beyond the first rank during this period or they will be removed at the end of their trial period.
Alts are welcome and our ranking system is based on player participation, so alts automatically gain the in-guild rank of the main.
Who we are looking for: We are looking for anyone who wants to assist with fleshing out the corner of Golarion we are being offered. Toward this end, we are looking for people who want to spend some time both in game and out developing material (online or hardcopy, that we can then scan) that can be made available to the general gaming community. We are looking for artists, poets, writers, authors, or creative people in general. At the moment, we especially need people who can help us develop a website. We are also looking for people who wish to help build and protect a storehouse to hold this knowledge in-game.
Our intent is to tie any materials we develop, or information we document, to our in game library by limiting the availability of materials. This will give everyone a reason to help us defend our holdings, to protect their access to information.
This story also gives us reason to pursue every avenue of the game.
To clarify what I mean by "flesh out" the world, not only will we collect and document information on the interactive parts of the world, but also about the non-interactive. Examples of the non-interactive include plants and animals in the scenery, astronomy, geography, etc…all of this need to be brought into alignment with what we already know about Golarion. By developing stories, theories and observations about this material, we make the world that much richer for every person in it. The scenery becomes a world and everything is given meaning and history.
RP Level: Casual, All official functions are RP based (although not necessarily IC) and all guild decisions are RP based. RP will be central to many guild rituals/events. RP in around/local chat channels is always encouraged but not required. All members of the guild are required at minimum to be patient and supportive of RP, although not necessarily participate. Likewise, since RP is not required, as long as non-RPers are not being disruptive, RPers need to be tolerant of them as well.
[IC] Structure: Charter, The Cæruxi (in the works). All members are bound by the purpose and wellbeing of the Cæruxi as they each see fit. Association with other organizations is allowed as a means of collecting information and lore. All members have access to our store of knowledge; access to other guild resources is limited by rank. Rank is gained via demonstrations of devotion to the Cæruxi.
[IC] Information: Make your roll.
The Cæruxi have come to the Riverlands to build their first library. The library is a necessity for collecting, sharing, and protecting their experiences. They also, for the most part, see the wisdom of all (not just Cæruxi) benefiting from their labors.
They are not aggressively war-like except where useful in gathering information or experiencing the world. In this, they only tend to join the causes of others; as long as it also benefits the Cæruxi.
There are seven branches within the Cæruxi each called a chorus each with their own methods and philosophies.
Current Members: since the guild is in its initial planning phase, there is currently no ranking system, all members are allowed to contribute ideas and are voted upon.
- KitNyx
- Daniel Powell 318/ DeciusBrutus
- Blackuhuru
- Nihimon
- Solemor Far'men
- Diego Rossi
- Terevanya
- Coldman
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KitNyx and Decius (Daniel Powell 318) have done brilliant work laying out the story and details of our Chartered Company. And they have asked me to post the following about the spirit of the Company itself, and of the members we'd like to attract.
The Seventh Veil will display the following attributes:
Fun - We are dedicated to keeping Pathfinder Online fun to play for all members. You will never be required to do anything you don't want to do, and we will take every opportunity to make the game as fun as you've dreamed it could be.
Fully Engaged - We are dedicated to embracing all aspects of gameplay. Members who choose to specialize in a single aspect, such as Crafting, and members who choose to dabble in everything will be equally at home.
Organized - We are dedicated to providing the kind of organized events that turn a group of individual players who share a chat channel into a strong family unit. Not only do we intend to host organized events, but we also intend to be organized in measuring the participation and contribution of our members, to ensure they are properly rewarded.
Family Friendly - Not only are family and friends welcome, but we will strive to create a place safe for children, whether they are with us in chat or simply looking over their parent's shoulders. It is understood that even best of us can slip up and say something we'll regret in the heat of the moment, but casual cursing and overtly sexual chat should be kept to private channels.
RP-Friendly - RP'ers and non-RP'ers alike will be welcome, and we will encourage RP but it will not be required. Intolerance in either direction will not be permitted. Expect organized RP events, and a safe haven for constant RP.
Hardcore-Friendly - We welcome hardcore players who want to reach the very apex of their chosen playstyle, and we are committed to reaching the pinnacle of achievement in Pathfinder Online, with your help.
Casual-Friendly - We also welcome casual players who may not be able to dedicate as much time to the game, and are simply looking for a place to call home, and friends to play with.
Members of The Seventh Veil will display the following attributes:
Integrity - You will be expected to play by the rules; those of Pathfinder Online, and those of The Seventh Veil. When you say that you will do something, we expect you to make every reasonable effort to do it, or to let us know that you can't.
Positive Attitude - Your attitude influences that of everyone else around you; keep it positive and you will find others drawn to you simply because they feel happier when you're around.
Patience - It is easy to get caught up in an argument and dismiss what the other person is saying before they've even spoken. We must all strive to remember we have two ears and one mouth - listen first, gain understanding, and only then speak.
Curiosity - You must have a spark of curiosity inside of you, seeking to learn the mysteries of Golarian, and share them not only with your fellow members, but with everyone.
Commitment - The Seventh Veil will succeed or fail based not on the occasional actions of the few, but rather on the sustained efforts of the many. As we are committed to ensuring your individual success, so we ask you to commit yourself to ensuring the collective success of The Seventh Veil.
Self-Reliance - We are committed to helping our members, but that is a gift from the other members, not a right you should demand. If you find yourself unable to get help with something, step back and ask if there's anyone you can help, instead.
Willingness to Help - No one will ever expect you to drop everything you're doing whenever someone else asks for help, but we will do everything we can to encourage a general spirit of helpfulness in The Seventh Veil. You can help us set an example everyone should be proud of.
~ Nihimon, Founding Member of the Cæruxi
|KitNyx Goblin Squad Member
The Cæruxi are not yet recruiting; any who express interest here will be sent an invite (as an IM in the PFO forums) to apply on our website as soon as we begin accepting new members.
We are interested in entering preliminary negotiations with any other Chartered Companies whose goals and ideals may align, or at minimum do not conflict, with ours.
|BlackUhuru Goblin Squad Member
|Skwiziks Goblin Squad Member
Every Chorus seems to have a direct in game component except for Contemplation and Mystery. Is Contemplation going to be the realm of story,and deep RP? Will Mystery be the area where the political movement of players and NPC's are discussed? Mystery could work as records of news and history of what's going on in the player-influenced sections of PFO.
|KitNyx Goblin Squad Member
|Brady Blankemeyer Goblinworks Founder
Greetings, I happen to find my interests like in working at junk and creating it into something useful. My studies are involved in the dealings of creation and contemplating the mysteries of objects discovered in dungeons.
When my hands are not toiling at a workbench or studying in the library; I like to keep some time to the studies of religious magics that benefit others and my creations do.
I'll create you a weapon; but only as a means of protection not one that is forced on others in anger.
But if you would like to accept a crafter or explorer of objects, then I'd like to join your group.
|Nihimon Goblin Squad Member
|Brady Blankemeyer Goblinworks Founder
|BlackUhuru Goblin Squad Member
|Brady Blankemeyer Goblinworks Founder
|BlackUhuru Goblin Squad Member
|KitNyx Goblin Squad Member
|Valkenr Goblin Squad Member
|BlackUhuru Goblin Squad Member
|DeciusBrutus Goblinworks Executive Founder
|Nihimon Goblin Squad Member
|Nihimon Goblin Squad Member
Organized Events
The Seventh Veil is dedicated to hosting a wide variety of organized events (one of our primary goals is community development). The following is a broad outline of our intent:
Event Schedules will be chosen with the intent of maximizing our members' opportunity to participate.
- Fixed event schedules will be for events that occur every week on the same day and time. This will include events like the set Raid Nights many of us are familiar with from other MMOs.
- Rolling event schedules will be for events that occur at one day and time one week, and another day and/or time the next, but are still periodic. Each event type will have a list of times that are possible for it, and will occur at one or more of those times per week, in order, until all of those times have been used, at which point we will start over from the beginning. There might only be 2 different times, or there might be a dozen; it will all depend on the needs of the membership.
A wide variety of Event Types will be supported. Participation is encouraged, but never required.
- Adventuring events will involve seeking out Ruins, Lairs and Caverns as well as eventually patrolling our lands for Encampments that need to be eradicated.
- Harvesting events will hopefully allow us all to acquire the rare and more powerful resources that we would not be as likely to acquire on our own or in small groups.
- Crafting/Building events will largely depend on the nature of the Crafting/Building system. Stay tuned for more details.
- Exploration events will hopefully allow us to map areas, catalog the local flora and fauna, and note any dangerous areas that can't be dealt with immediately.
- Roleplay events may very well prove to be the most entertaining and community-building events we host. Our intention is to make one or more of each event type each month into a special RP event. Imagine setting out for a special Adventuring event, heading into a dangerous lair in full RP mode, knowing that the group will take as much time as necessary to give everyone full opportunity to play out their character.
- Impromptu events of all types will happen based on the desires and capabilities of online members.
- Rank events will be set up and run by members to fulfill a requirement from our internal ranking system. These events will be scheduled but will be one-off (as they are required to gain some ranks, and to maintain others). Rules for rank events are outlined in our charter but can be anything from those described above to simple OOC scavenger hunts or even just chat-based Golarion Lore trivia events.
Although many of our events will be limited to members, we will also be hosting events that are open to the community at large. We will be using whatever means are available to announce these publicly, and we hope to see you there.
~ Nihimon, Founding Member of the Cæruxi
|Abigail :: TheSeventhVeil Goblin Squad Member
OOC: I also reccomend phpBB. I am more computer artist than programmer and would be willing to offer art made for the guild website. I could work on a logo with sivanah's symbol as inpriation (whether or not she is a patron).
I am at student skill lvl in digital art, but I know enough at this point to prepare for web publishing. I would just need a site. And would be very happyto make things inspired by exploring the game and put them on the forum or gallery on the site. And could be produced by my character in-game as well, (if that makes a difference)
the character concept is based off of what the blogs are saying and what I agree with the Seventh Veil: (dependant on final game mechanics)
Abigail, NG female Gnome of Shelyn (art, go figure), Explorer and crafter (generalist, with some crafting or building. very dependant on game mechaics).
"Just give me a room to work and a world to watch, life is the best inspriation"
|DeciusBrutus Goblinworks Executive Founder
|Skwiziks Goblin Squad Member
|Nihimon Goblin Squad Member
|Nihimon Goblin Squad Member
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It's always good to put a face to a crook - as an old retired Policeman friend of mine says ... and to be sure, a 'big wheel' in the Roxburghshire Bar Association has obliged, by sending me a picture of the infamous Norman Howitt - the accountant who was executor of my late father's estate, and not content with ruining that, he decided to steal my mothers money too.
Norman Howitt, Chartered Accountant, JRW Group Galashiels :
To my surprise, a well known Borders lawyer has broken ranks and sent me a big fat file on Norman Howitt and his firm, Welch & Co, Accountants - where there seem to have been a few problems with clients swept under the carpet .. in true tradition Howitt style.
In fact, Howitt seems to have a few sidelines as well as his main business as an Accountant, all the worse for the poor people of the Borders sadly ... where rip off after rip off is the norm. I certainly wouldn't be trusting a man who stole a pensioner's state pension book, bank book & tried to take the rest of her assets, not to mention causing the occasional client to go bankrupt .... and I will show you some of what I mean the following images of fraud, deception and greed ...
You can see why I don't care much for Norman Howitt in this next picture, which is of my mum's pension book, which Norman Howitt stole for himself.
Bit odd that one, isn't it ? An accountant, stealing an old age pensioner's state income book ? garnishing it for his own custody ? How many accountants keep clients pension books for themselves - and who at the Benefits Agency handed over the pension book in the first place ?
What, pray tell, could Howitt's defence be on that one ? Something like perhaps " Oh, m'lord, I desperately needed an elderly woman's pension book to keep by my bedside ..."
Bit sick, isn't it ? .. and even worse ... some bent official at the Benefits Agency in Galashiels gave Mr Howitt my mum's pension book - no strings attached ! .. then covered up the whole thing when enquiries were made as to what happened to it. Could it be a few palms were greased by Mr Howitt on this one ?
No wonder the lawyer who sent me a batch of files on Mr Howitt's antics for other poor clients, says Howitt is now known to some as "Pension Book Howitt" .. after what he did to my mum. Do you know any accountants, or indeed, other 'so-called' professionals such as lawyers & the like, who confiscate their clients pension books ? Answers in the comments section please.
Norman Howitt's greed didn't stop there though .. oh no ... it got much worse .. just look at these next images of a bank book belonging to my mother ... where, again, Norman Howitt confiscated the Bank book for himself (after setting up the account in the first place) and it was then systematically drained over a few weeks, until my very tearful & upset mum broke down in the house and told me she was being robbed blind by Howitt and a long lost relative, Susan Begley, who was about to go bankrupt & saw my mum as an easy target to con 15,000 plus as much more as she could get - all with the blessing of Norman Howitt.
It gets worse of course - much worse. Not content with taking my mum's pension book and bank accounts, Norman Howitt decided to take everything she had, and create a secret trust which he would manage himself, and of course, force my mum to pay him for doing so, all done in collaboration with my mother's crooked lawyer Nigel Hall of Haddon & Turnbull Solicitors, Hawick. Here are copies of the secret trust documents which were drawn up by Norman Howitt to keep control of my mum's money for himself .... :
You might be wondering how on earth Norman Howitt was able to do all this, and how my mum appointed him to represent her affairs. Well, as you can see from this next letter, which my mum told me she had to write out from a typed letter which was put in front of her to copy, she was forced by her niece, one Mrs Susan Begley, of Charlesfield, StBoswells, Scottish Borders, & Norman Howitt to write and sign the letter - without a witness or consultation with anyone, appointing Howitt and Welch & Co Accountants - Norman Howitt's company, as her agents. The most important condition of this signing, was, that the whole thing was to be kept secret from me !
Now, one might think that's a bit strange, my mum appointing Norman Howitt as her agent .. because Norman Howitt was executor of the estate of my father, who my mum had obtained a divorce from in 1989 .. so how could the executor of my late father's estate also represent my mother, who had a claim on my father's estate ? ... bit of a conflict of interest there one might say ? .. well .. yes .. but as you can see, going back to the terms of the secret trust deed which Norman Howitt set up for his own control - he was obviously hell bent on keeping every single penny of my late father's estate for himself - not allowing me, my mum or anyone to have a claim or secure any inheritance on it .. and my mum was simply used as an excuse to obtain full control over the money & estate for his own ends .. along with of course, the ends of crooked lawyer Andrew Penman, who knew every detail about this extensive con for some time ... We now come to a letter which Norman Howitt, Susan Begley, and my mother's lawyer, Nigel Hall, who saw a great benefit to himself in what Norman Howitt & Begley were proposing, forced my mum to sign, again without consultation to anyone else, and under tight condition of secrecy, instructing that any money my mum receive, be given direct to her con artist relative, Susan Begley.
Now, there's a problem with this letter as you can see - a fairly major problem ... THE DATE. If you co back to the handwritten letter my mum was forced to sign appointing Norman Howitt and Welchs Accountants as her agents .. you will see the date on that letter is 30.10.1991 but the typed letter which requires that my mums money be given direct to her con artist niece, Susan Begley (a close friend of Norman Howitt by now) .. has a date of "April 1990" which would make that 17 months earlier. It seems the incompetence of faking files & documents & arranging the secret theft of much of my mum's money grew even more of a strain for Norman Howitt, Susan Begley and crooked lawyer Nigel Hall, because we now come to a letter typed by Nigel Hall, dated 20th February 1992, confirming that the payment of 15,000 had been made to Susan Begley (Mr & Mrs James Begley).
So what he have here folks, is a rather complicated embezzlement of my mum's money, by a crooked accountant, a crooked lawyer, and a long lost niece who was on the verge of bankruptcy .... and each of the players certainly seemed to enjoy their part to the hilt - they certainly profited from it extensively. Norman Howitt, of course, got off with not even a slap on the wrist from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland, because as you can see from the investigation of my complaint against crooked Howitt's activities, the Director of Legal Services for ICAS - Tom McMorrow, covered the whole thing up in his response to my complaint.
Funnily enough, there is no mention in McMorrow's investigation of Howitt's stealing of my mum's pension book, bank book & the secret trust .. as well as a few other things, but Tom McMorrow is well used to covering up for crooked accountants, so that's no surprise at all. If you think that's bad ... remember Norman Howitt also filed false reports with Lothian & Borders Police at Wilton Hill, Hawick to try and cover up the fact he had stolen my late father's car and sold it to a friend ... which I wrote about here : Complaining against a lawyer ? You should expect a knock from the Police .. and even worse was to come ....
When my mum died in tragic circumstances, through hospital negligence, Norman Howitt, Andrew Penman, and the Bosses at the Law Society of Scotland thought they had won the lottery
Norman Howitt was busy celebrating with crooked lawyer Andrew Penman that the death of my mum would take such a toll on me, betting that I would also die, and that would be the end of their problems. They were of course, wrong.
So, Norman James Howitt, Chartered Accountant, is still at large, according to my legal source from the Borders, ripping off clients again ... and has worked his way into a Directorship of the well known Eildon Housing Association in the Borders, and is also a Board member of the Borders College in Galashiels . Norman Howitt is also an official with Scottish Building - where he can be contacted to recommend building companies for work.
You can all see why I don't really care much for Norman Howitt, or these crooked lawyers such as Andrew Penman, Nigel Hall, and the rest. Howitt wanted me dead. He still does, because he hates me publicising this story on what he did and got away with. He lied to the Police, he lied to his own regulatory body, ICAS, he lied to clients, and he lied to everyone who asked him what he had done. He is definitely a dangerous person, a liar, and a thief, and be warned - he will do the same to anyone, as he did to my family, and preying on the elderly, as he did with my poor mum, came very easy to him.
This is all, sadly, just another example of how a fraudster can get away with fraud ... as Norman Howitt certainly seems to done .. but its always good to put a face to a crook, as my old retired Policeman friend says .... and it's good to publish what that crook did .. just incase others fall to the same fate ... and maybe, just maybe, it might work to get rid of the way in which crooked accountants fiddle complaints against other crooked accountants ... as happened here.


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Snowden, a former employee of Booz Allen Hamilton who leaked classified materials related to the National Security Agency's electronic surveillance operations, has been charged with several counts of espionage.
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March 28-31, 2013: Despite the passe being closed, we couldn't resist the siren call of the Eastern Sierra and drove out via 80, a longer drive but worth it. On Friday we spent some time exploring some hidden petroglyphs, climbed at the Happy Boulders on Saturday before heading south to check out the desert wildflowers (non-existent). Saturday night we stayed in Indian Wells Canyon and spent sunday morning doing the fun little hike up Morris Peak before heading home. A quick, but much needed trip to my favorite place in the world. Trip Report Morris Peak GPS TrackRead More


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Israeli soldiers killed two armed Palestinians dressed in diving uniforms who attempted to infiltrate a Gaza Strip settlement from the coast, the army said yesterday, the latest in a series of failed attempts to avenge Israel's assassination of the Hamas spiritual leader.
Initially, the army said three Palestinians had been killed. After searching the area in daylight, a spokesman downgraded the death toll, saying only two bodies were found near the Tel Katif settlement.
The two militants -- who opened fire on an army outpost guarding the settlement shortly before midnight Thursday -- were wearing diving uniforms, and flippers were found thrown on the coast, the army said. The men were armed with assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades, the army said.
In August 2002, militants also attempted to infiltrate from the sea the Dugit settlement in the coastal strip. The militants were killed before they reached shore.
Tensions -- especially in the Gaza Strip -- have increased significantly since Israel assassinated Hamas spiritual leader Ahmed Yassin on Monday. The Islamic group has vowed bloody revenge, saying even Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is a target.
The Hamas military wing issued a rare videotaped statement on Thursday, threatening retaliation against Israelis in graphic terms.
The statement pledged "a strong, earthshaking response to make the sons of monkeys and pigs taste a painful death."
In the videotape, given to the Dubai-based Al-Arabiya TV channel, a masked man declared, "We say to the pig Sharon that we will pound your fortresses and make you curse yourself 1,000 times for merely thinking of assassinating our leaders and symbols."
However, some Palestinians are questioning whether violent resistance has done them more harm than good. Their economy has been decimated. Israeli checkpoints, closures and other restrictions, which Israel says are necessary to stop attackers, have made their lives miserable.
Since violence erupted in September 2000, 2,762 people have been killed on the Palestinian side and 942 on the Israeli side. But Palestinians are hard pressed to show any accomplishments from the more than three years of bloody fighting.
On Thursday, a group of respected Palestinians put a half-page advertisement in the PLO's Al-Ayyam newspaper calling on Palestinians to lay down their arms and turn to peaceful means of protest toward ending Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
The intellectuals who signed the ad -- including peace advocate Sari Nusseibeh, lawmaker Hanan Ashrawi and Abbas Zaki, a leading member of Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement -- said revenge attacks over Yassin's assassination would lead to strong Israeli retaliation and further hurt the Palestinian cause.
The group called on the public to "rise again in a peaceful, wise intefadeh [uprising]."
Some Palestinians doubted that the ad would be greeted with a similar call for restraint by Israelis, noting that Israel has announced plans to kill all Hamas leaders.
"We had many previous experiences with the Israelis," said Ahmed Radi, 32.
"There was a truce with Israel, but Israel has not stopped its aggression," he said.
Stepped up security measures paid off for the Israelis. On Wednesday, soldiers stopped a 16-year-old Palestinian youth with a suicide bomb vest strapped to his body at a crowded West Bank checkpoint, setting off a tense encounter with soldiers.


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The American Indian name for the hero of Assassin's Creed III is "Ratohnhaké:ton." Somehow, that Anglicises to "Connor Kenway". His last name came to light this week, and it's there on Ubisoft's official site. So there you go: La'Ahad (Altaïr), Auditore (Ezio) and now ... Kenway.
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- Third listing: A maker of drain-cleaning equipment. Do we sense a theme?
- Eighth listing: The English former cricketer Derek Kenway. According to his bio on Wikipedia, he is currently a roofer.
- 15th listing: The aforementioned Connor Kenway.
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Getting Qualified
Qualifications within the British Photographic Industry have always been a
contentious topic, and I guess they always will be. Plagued by such questions as "How can
you judge an Art form?" or "What exactly are the rules?", the system can never be perfect. And yet, we try to apply simplistic criteria at the base levels that are designed to accredit an acceptable degree of competence upon which the general public
can rely when engaging the services of a "Qualified" photographer.
All organisations that represent working photographers in the UK have virtually identical structures in their qualifications systems so this outline should prove useful.
Unqualified Members
As the term suggests, these are people within organisations who as yet have not submitted their work for appraisal and accreditation. Everybody has to start somewhere no matter what dizzy heights he or she may achieve later in his or her careers. This group contains many skilful photographers and should not be dismissed out of hand simply because they have not got around to preparing a qualifications submission. We at the SWPP are keen to encourage all our members to take the first steps on the qualifications ladder but we cannot force them to do so.
The general public tend to regard this, our lowest level of qualification as a "Licensed" photographer and in many ways this is not an unreasonable analogy. As far as the SWPP are concerned, we draw our judges for all levels of qualification from amongst the most skilful practitioners in the World. They are trained to look at this level for a consistent standard of imaging that a client could reasonably not take issue with. If you like, a base level of professional competence or in the terminology of Trading Standards departments, "items of merchantable quality". Of course we also look at aesthetics and imagination but at this level they are not crucial factors.
At this standard, we are viewing images that not only display a high degree of technical ability, but also portray imagination and creativity in execution and presentation. These are important factors that often go hand in hand with higher prices as this qualification is held by the top 10% of practitioners, who coincidentally are often impressive image makers and astute businessmen.
Our ultimate accolade and is held by the top 1% of the memberships of most of the UK's representative bodies. These select few have achieved the highest professional
standards in imaging, creativity, presentation and behaviour. As with the judging criteria for "Associateship", never bestowed lightly but only after constant submission
of work to their mentors, rigorous examinations and many years in professional practice.
So, to our members, we encourage you to achieve qualifications that benchmark you and your work within the photographic industry.
And to the general public, we can confidently say that the SWPP continually strives to raise the standards of imaging available to consumers through the provision of some of the world's best education and training programmes for professional photographers.
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Discovery of gene function may help prevent kidney stones
The discovery of a gene's function in E. coli and other bacteria might lead to a probiotic to prevent the most common type of kidney stone, according to a Purdue University study.
Human cells can't metabolize oxalate, an acidic chemical found in nearly all plants we eat, so any oxalate we absorb from food must be excreted from the body. Calcium-oxalate urinary stones can form when oxalate reaches a high concentration in the kidneys. About 80 percent of kidney stones are composed of insoluble calcium oxalate.
T. Joseph Kappock, assistant professor of biochemistry, and his research team made the discovery during a study of genes in Acetobacter aceti, a harmless bacterium that is typically used to convert wine to vinegar. Acetobacter aceti, which normally lives on plant tissue, thrives in acidic conditions that easily kill most other bacteria, Kappock said.
The researchers were searching for other acids in addition to acetic acid, the acid present in vinegar, that the bacterium can metabolize.
"We were very excited when we realized E. coli has the same genetic setup as Acetobacter aceti," said Kappock, whose findings were published in the journal PLOS ONE.
Kappock and doctoral students Elwood A. Mullins and Kelly L. Sullivan found that Acetobacter aceti and E. coli each contain an enzyme with a previously unknown function, called YfdE in E. coli.
DNA sequencing had identified related genes in each bacterium, but provided little insight about its function.
"When we look at a bacterial genome by DNA sequencing, we can't tell what many of the proteins in the organism do," Kappock said. "I compare it to knowing that a vehicle has an internal combustion engine. You don't know if it's in an Indy car or a diesel truck. DNA sequencing tells us we have an internal combustion engine in this organism, but we don't know what it's for or what it can do."
Many other bacteria have the same genes but don't seem to be capable of using them.
"A few bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract eat oxalate, and we think we know how those work," Kappock said. "But we don't know why so many others are killed by oxalate, even though they have genes that would seem to be able to protect them. Oxalate is a very hard nut to crack. It's a very stable molecule that is difficult to decompose. The enzymes that process it are pretty specialized and don't seem to connect to normal bacterial metabolic pathways in an obvious way."
The researchers determined which chemicals are processed by the YfdE enzyme, following a hunch that it would use oxalate. Their results connected oxalate degradation to the core of bacterial metabolism.
Assigning a function to YfdE may help identify beneficial bacteria that could serve as probiotic agents in the human gastrointestinal tract to reduce the risk of kidney stone formation. Kidney stones, which affect more than 5 percent of the U.S. population, can cause painful blockages of the urinary tract.
"If we understand what bacteria need to degrade oxalate, then we might have a better idea how to identify strains that can do that, and thereby suppress the uptake of dietary oxalate" he said. "There are probably bacteria out there that have engineered themselves to do this for us."
Genome-sequencing information will increase the speed of the search, Kappock said.
"Because we've figured out what the gene product does, we will be able to find it in any organism and can zero in on those that might be beneficial," he said.
The researchers used X-ray crystallography to pinpoint the most important regions of the YfdE enzyme.
Kappock said the information has other applications, as well. Scientists and engineers who are interested in mapping and reprogramming microbial metabolism now know what one more gene product does.
"Our one piece of the puzzle will help others understand other metabolic networks," he said.
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I was told by a siriusxm rep that I would be able to get NFL play by play on the SiriusXM App. The app has a listing for MLB and general sports play-by-play. I found the channel numbers for the game listed online but have no way of connecting to a specific channel number through the app.
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Vermont State Police investigating the abduction and killing of a Sheffield grandmother more than two years ago have returned to her home to search the property.
Seventy-eight-year-old Mary "Pat" O'Hagan disappeared from her home in September of 2010. Her body was found nearly a month later by hunters in a remote area 10 miles away.
No arrests have been made in her killing.
WCAX-TV reports that on Tuesday detectives searched her property to see if anything may have been overlooked.
In November a Vermont state police detective testified that Michael Norrie, a Sheffield man held on other charges, "was confessing to part of the murder" when he stopped cooperating with authorities.


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Valtteri Filppula scored in the shootout and the Tampa Bay Lightning rallied for a 3-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday night.
Ben Bishop made 37 saves in his first start this season for Tampa Bay, then denied each of Chicago's three shooters in the tiebreaker. Filppula beat Corey Crawford into the right side of the net in the first round.
Tampa Bay looked listless before Martin St. Louis and Teddy Purcell scored midway through the third period, tying it at 2. It was the first victory of the season for the Lightning, who opened with a 3-1 loss at Boston.
Patrick Kane and Brandon Saad scored in the second for Chicago, which outshot Tampa Bay 39-16 in the first game between the teams since the Lightning's 5-4 overtime victory on Nov. 4, 2011. Jonathan Toews, Kane and Marian Hossa each were unable to solve Bishop in the shootout.
The Stanley Cup champion Blackhawks were coming off a 6-4 victory over Washington in their season opener Tuesday. They set an NHL record by recording at least one point in each of their first 24 games a year ago, but they wasted an opportunity to earn two points against the Lightning.
Tampa Bay failed to register a shot on goal before Nate Thompson was stopped by Corey Crawford 1:22 into the second. It had only six shots at the end of the period, compared to 25 for the Blackhawks.
The scoreless first was the first time an NHL team had failed to register a shot on goal in a period since Edmonton on March 3 at Minnesota, according to STATS. It was the third such period for Tampa Bay in franchise history, and only the second time Chicago had pulled off the feat, including the first period of a scoreless tie against Detroit on Dec. 4, 1946.
The Blackhawks grabbed the lead when Kane jumped on a loose puck on the right side of the net and punched it in just 59 seconds into the second. Saad then made the most of a big break midway through the period.
With Tampa Bay center Alex Killorn in the penalty box for hooking, Blackhawks defenseman Nick Leddy tried to dump the puck in behind the Lightning net. Bishop went back to get it, but it took a weird bounce off the boards and slid toward the front of the goal.
Saad came in from the left side and knocked it in before Bishop could get into position, making it 2-0 at 9:14.
The two-goal advantage looked as if it would be more than enough before Tampa Bay suddenly woke up midway through the third.
First, St. Louis beat Crawford with a backhander on a rebound with 9:52 remaining. Then, Purcell sent a wrist shot over Crawford's right shoulder for a tying power-play goal just 1:43 after Tampa Bay's first score.
After beginning with the Stanley Cup finalists from a year ago, Tampa Bay is at Buffalo on Tuesday night before beginning its home schedule on Thursday against the Panthers.


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Sheldon Adelson is a casino tycoon who famously declared he would donate "whatever it takes" to defeat the re-election of President Barack Obama in 2012. That turned out to be over $100 million in donations to Republican candidates, most of whom lost at the polls -- including Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney. Adelson is a self-made billionaire who grew up in a poor neighborhood of Boston, the son of Jewish immigrants from the Ukraine and Lithuania. Successful at a variety of business ventures, he hit it big in the 1980s, thanks to the convention business. Adelson began the Computer Dealers Exposition (Comdex) in 1979, an industry trade show in Las Vegas; by the late 1980s Adelson was in the casino business. He bought the Sands Hotel, demolished it and built an expo center and another casino, the Venetian. Selling Comdex in 1995 reportedly made him half a billion dollars richer, and in the early 2000s Adelson became the first foreign owner of a Chinese casino, on the island of Macau. His casino business kept expanding and Adelson became one of the richest men in the world, at one time behind only Bill Gates and Warren Buffett. Although most of his philanthropic efforts have been directed to helping the State of Israel (he is an avowed Zionist), Adelson became more involved in American politics after 2007. He has lent financial support to a number of Republicans since then, including George W. Bush, Scott Brown, Tom Delay and Rudy Giuliani. He initially backed Newt Gingrich for president in 2012 and donated $10 million to Gingrich's effort during the Republican primary elections; when Gingrich got bumped out by Mitt Romney, Adelson agreed to financially back Romney's presidential aspirations. His reasons for wanting to oust President Obama are both personal and professional: as a Zionist, Adelson rejects Obama's notion that there can be a peaceful two-state solution between Israel and Palestine, and as a casino operator, Adelson has been under investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice since 2010. His Adelson Family Charitable Foundation, established in 2007, donates hundreds of millions of dollars a year to a variety of organizations, including medical research, addiction clinics and Birthright Israel, an organization that encourages Jewish identity by sending kids to tour Jerusalem.
Adelson wasn't especially active as donor until after his 1991 marriage to Miriam Ochsorn, an Israeli physician who specializes in helping drug addicts… Adelson started an Israeli newspaper in 2007, Israel Hayom (Israel Today), a free tabloid known to be supportive of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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The trattorie, osterie and ristorantes reflect that sensibility. As we walked the streets of Florence, we saw the same places we had been to 17 years before, serving the same variations on pasta and meats that are simply prepared, and simply delicious. Their enduring popularity is a testament to great food.
This time around we wanted to try new places that were old favourites. Our first night's dinner also happened to coincide with the Azzurri playing Paraguay in World Cup action, so naturally we wanted to both eat and watch the game. Trattoria dei 13 Gobbi, at Via Del Porcellana, seemed like the right mix of local flavour and flavours. "Tredici Gobbi" translates into 13 hunchbacks, and is typical of the off-beat names that one finds in Florence, especially at establishments that have been around for a long time (for example, Coco Lezzone means "smelly cook" but the food is anything but smelly!)
Note the TV screen with the game inside!
Our meal started with the absolutely perfect early summer dish: fiori di zucca: zucchini flowers stuffed with cheese and anchovies, lightly battered, fried. and sprinkled with lots of salt.
Better than french fries...
Although every menu offers a full array of dishes, from antipasti, to primi, secondi, contorni (side dishes) and dessert, watch the way the Italians eat. It's an antipasto (appetiser) and main (secondo), or perhaps a plate of pasta (primo), with a main. Often no dessert. Always wine. While we tourists just can't understand why we've gained wieght in Italy and the locals all seem slender, it's because they pick and choose carefully. No snacking. A leisurely lunch. Eating s-l-o-o-o-w-l-y. The Slow Food movement, which began in Torino, is aptly named.
But back to dinner. In one of the rare times we ate like Italians, we too, only ordered pasta. The winning dish of the evening was Richard's pasta. The trattoria is famous for its rigatoni, and rightfully so: it's simply dressed with a tomato sauce that's got plenty of cheese, a touch of basil, and not much else. Like most of the best Italian dishes, three or four ingredients are enough to make the dish memorable.
House wine, always well priced and good
My kind of dessert: in-season strawberries, a sprinkle of sugar and a squeeze of lemon.
The next day was going to be a mix of culture and shopping: a stop at the famous Farmacia Santa Maria Novella and next on to the Pitti Palace.
The Farmacia is as beautiful as a musuem but smells better
Instead of a full-blown lunch, we thought we'd grab a quick bite at one of the many bars that dot the city. We stopped in at Enoteca le Volpi e l'uva Enoteca le Volpi e l'uva, a small wine bar tucked next to a trattoria that was filled with bratty American students changing ingredients on every dish they were ordering.
We were very happy with what Le Volpi had to offer. Small bites, perfectly paired with boutique wines. The first "bite" was Peperoncino piccante, a spicy pepper stuffed with anchovies and capers, alongside a single tomato bruschetta, drizzled ever so lovingly with the best olive oil. The Porcini e tartufo bianco (a small finger sandwich filled with a porcini mushroom and white truffle spread), was equally delicious, and gave me that first longed-for taste of porcini mushrooms.
The next "bite" was even better. Le Volpi serves a wide variety of crostone, thick slices of toasted Tuscan bread with delicious toppings. The Crostone con salsiccia al tartufo (melted Asiago cheese and black truffle-infused sausage), was amazingly good.
Big enough to share, small enough to savor
Yes, it was good!
It was the ultimate Italian lunch - small bites, each distinctly delicious, eaten slowly and with no fuss. On to the Palazzo Pitti and art for dessert...
The view from the Palazzo Pitti
If you are lucky enough to get fresh zucchini flowers, try this simple recipe. perfect as an appetiser, it is both easy and impressive - and truly a seasonal dish, a la Toscana.
1 egg, separated
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp lemon juice
1 c. all purpose flour
pinch saffron
12 zucchini flowers, gently washed and dried, pistils removed
12 anchovies preserved in oil, separated and rinsed
12 small slices fresh mozzarella, about 2 inches long and no more than an inch thick
½ c canola oil
1 lemon, cut into wedges for squeezing
1. Beat the egg yolk until creamy, and slowly add the oil, water and lemon juice.
2. Slowly whisk in the flour, beating to form a light batter with a consistency like heavy cream. Add the salt and saffron, and set aside for at least one hour. Beat the egg white and fold into the batter gently.
3. Heat the oil in a skillet over medium-heat high. Fold back the petals and stuff each flower with a piece of anchovy and cheese. Tuck the petals back together so that they enclose the filling. Holding the flowers by the stem, dip into the batter, letting any excess batter drip off. Deep fry until golden on all sides, removing as done with a slotted spoon and draining on paper towels.
4. Serve the hot flowers on a platter, sprinkled with salt, with lemon on the side for squeezing.


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Sautéed shishitos are the perfect cocktail snack or accompaniment to a light meal.
While on a food and native plant pilgrimage to Austin, Texas, I was offered a small plate of charred, wrinkly green peppers sprinkled with sea salt. The waiter said that the peppers were called shishitos and that they were native to Japan. I was told to eat them like candy – everything but the stem. The flavor was mild with an undertone of smoke and a subtle hint of spiciness. Most of the peppers were mild, but occasionally I would bite into one that was hot, but not mind-numbingly so. Within a few minutes, I had devoured the entire plateful and was clamoring for more. These odd looking little peppers were seriously addictive.
Shishitos are prolific and can produce 30 or more peppers per plant at one time.
Within the next few months, I found the peppers at fine restaurants from Texas to Maine and even in specialty supermarkets. Unfortunately, this chef's darling is pricy and not always available. The solution, however, is simple: Grow them at home. If you can grow bell peppers and jalapenos, then growing shishitos (Capsicum annuum) will be easy. They can be grown from seeds or small plants can be purchased at many nurseries – 'Mellow Star' is a popular variety.
Shishito plants can become leggy and benefit from metal cages to support them.
Left on the vine, shishitos turn bright red, but don't become hotter.
When working with seeds, plant them indoors approximately six to eight weeks before the last frost. Provide a source of heat under your container to encourage germination. After all danger of frost is past and the soil is uniformly warm, transplant young plants to the garden. Be sure to harden off the plants first. They can be grown successfully in the ground or in large containers, such as half whiskey barrels. Choose a location in full sun with well-drained, rich soil high in organic matter. If necessary, amend the soil with compost. Space the shishito plants approximately 3 feet apart as they can become quite large and tall – up to 4 feet high and several feet wide. You may want to grow them with some type of support, such as wire cages, that will keep the plants from toppling over and breaking while also making harvesting the peppers easier.
After the shishito plants begin to flower, feed them regularly with a balanced fertilizer, such as 5-10-10. Applying fertilizer earlier tends to make plants produce more foliage and fewer peppers.
Although shishitos are a hot weather crop, they tend to drop their blooms when temperatures are consistently above 90 F. Be patient and provide the plants with a regular supply of water. At the end of the summer, harvest shishito peppers when they're 2-3 inches long and still green. It's not unusual to find 20 to 30 peppers on a single plant. If you miss some and they turn red, no matter. They're still quite tasty. According to shishito lore, most of the peppers are mild, but approximately 1 in 10 can be spicier. Not fiery hot, but noticeably hotter than their counterparts. They're a culinary surprise and that's part of the fun of eating them.
Shishito peppers are tough plants and easy to grow; they're quite tolerant of benign neglect. They have few pests, just occasional aphids and slugs that can usually be dealt with by hand picking or a blast of water from the garden hose. The most persistent pest that you'll have to deal with when growing shishitos is your best friend or neighbor. Once they realize that you have a steady supply of these treats in your garden, they'll expect a bagful on a regular basis.
Shishitos should be sautéed over high heat until they are charred but still crunchy.
A version of this article appeared in a March 2017 print edition of State-by-State Gardening.
Photography courtesy of Cynthia Wood.