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CJKV Information Processing 2nd ed. 52
|CJKV Information Processing 2nd ed.
|Ken Lunde
|O'Reilly Media, Inc.
|JR Peck
|Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese computing.
Lunde sets out not to create an exhaustive reference on the languages themselves, but rather an exhaustive guide to the considerations that come into play when processing CJKV information. As Lunde states, "..this book focuses heavily on how CJKV text is handled on computer systems in a very platform-independent way..." Taking into account the complexity of the topic, the breadth of the work and the degree to which it is independent of any specific technology, outside a heavy bias for Unicode, is extremely impressive. A glance over the table of contents show just how true this is. Chapter 9, Information Processing Techniques has sections touching on C/C++, Java, Perl, Python, Ruby, Tcl and others. These are brief, with most examples in Java but that they are all directly addressed shows a great awareness of the options out there. The sections that deal with operating system issues have the same breadth. Chapter 10, OSes, Text Editors, and Word Processors doesn't just hit the top Mac and Windows items. It looks at FreeBSD, Linux, Mac OS X, MS Vista, MS-DOS, Plan 9, OpenSolaris, Unix and more. There are also sections for what Lunde calls hybrid environments such as Boot Camp, CrossOver Mac, Gnome, KDE, VMware Fusion, Wine and the X Window System. Interestingly the Word Processor system covers AbiWord and KWord but not OpenOffice.org The point stands that anyone looking to support CJKV, this book will probably cover your platform and give you at the very least a starting point with your chosen tool set.
That said, an extremely specific implementation is not what Lunde is out to offer up. This is the very opposite of a 'cook book' approach. This also makes the book extremely useful to anyone dealing with internationalization, globalization or localization issues regardless of character set or language. Lunde teaches the underlying principles of how writing systems and scripts work. He then moves to how computer systems deal with these various writing systems and scripts. The focus is always on CJKV but the principles will hold true in any setting. This continues to be the case as Lunde talks about character sets, encoding, code conversion and a host of other issues that surround handling characters. Typography is included, as well as input and output methods. In each case Lunde covers the basics as well as pointing out areas of concern and where exceptions may cause issues. The author is nothing if not thorough in this regard. His knowledge of the problem space is at times down right staggering. Lunde also touches on dictionaries as well as publishing in print and on the web.
The first three chapters set the table for the rest of the book with an overview of the issues that will be addressed, information on the history and usage of the writing systems and scripts covered and the character set standards that exist. This was a fascinating glimpse, once again into CJKV languages and how other languages are dealt with as well. I think there is even a lot here that would be extremely informative to a person who wants to learn more about CJKV, even if they are not a developer that will be working with one of the languages. That's only the first quarter of the book, so I don't know that it would be worth it from just that perspective, but it is definitely a nice benefit of Lunde's approach.
The style is very readable, but I wouldn't just hand this to someone who didn't have some familiarity with text processing issues on computer systems. While there is no requirement to know or understand one of the CJKV languages, understanding how computer systems process data and information is important. I did not know anything about CJKV languages prior to reading the book and have learned quite a bit. What I learned was not limited to the CJKV arena. The experience I had was very similar to when I studied ancient Greek in school. Learning Greek I learned much more about English grammar than I had ever picked up prior. Reading CJKV Information Processing I learned quite a bit more about the issues involved in things like character encoding and typography for every language, not just these four. But in dealing with CJKV specifically I've found that Lunde's work is indispensable. It is not just my go to reference, it's essentially my only reference. If any other works do come my way, this is the standard against which they will be judged.
There are thirteen indexes including a nice glossary. Nine of them are character sets, which were printed out in the longer first edition. In this second edition, there is a note on each, with a url pointing to a PDF with the information. It seemed odd, but each URL gets it's own page. This means there are nine pages with nothing but the title of the index and a url. Fortunately they are all in the same directory, which can be reached directly from the books page at the O'Reilly site. It seems it would have made sense to just list them all on a single page, but maybe it was necessary for some reason. It's a minute flaw in what is a great book."
You can purchase CJKV Information Processing 2nd ed. from amazon.com. Slashdot welcomes readers' book reviews -- to see your own review here, read the book review guidelines, then visit the submission page.


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Story highlights
- Missing journalist was spotted in a 47-second video
- Austin Tice's last public post on Twitter was in August
- It's unclear who was with Tice in the video
The family of an American journalist believed to be held in Syria is planning a trip to Lebanon to help get him home, hopefully by the Thanksgiving holiday.
Debra Tice and her family are working for the release of her 31-year-old son, freelance journalist Austin Tice. He was in Syria on his way to Lebanon when the Tice family lost contact with him in August. In September, he showed up in a YouTube video blindfolded and held by gunpoint.
"Each November, our family gathers to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday, a time of shukr, when we feast and give thanks for all our blessings," Debra Tice said in a statement Thursday, using the Arabic word for thankfulness. "Right now, there is an aching hole in our family, a beloved son who is missing from our table."
Those holding her son, she said, have the responsibility "to keep him safe, care for his needs and return him to us quickly, so our family can be complete when we celebrate the feast of Thanksgiving."
"Someone knows where Austin is, someone has the power to reach him and to restore him to our family. We ask that person, those people, to show compassion. Allow Austin to contact us, release him to come home," she said. Tice said the family is planning to visit Beirut soon.
The circumstances surrounding the 47-second video -- including when and where it was shot, as well as specifically who it depicts -- remain unclear.
The shaky video, apparently shot on a cell phone, is set in a remote and rugged area. Men armed with machine guns -- and, in one case, a rocket-propelled grenade launcher -- are depicted talking loudly as they lead a man -- believed to be Tice -- up a hill.
The camera then focuses on the man, dressed unlike the others, in tattered clothes and with his eyes covered by a large blindfold.
Clearly distressed, he says a garbled prayer in Arabic. He then adds, "Oh Jesus, oh Jesus," before adding in Arabic, "Oh Allah."
Tice's last public post on Twitter was on August 11, when he wrote about attending a pool party with members of the rebel Free Syrian Army. His mother said the family lost contact with him on August 13.
He was believed to have been working in Damascus when he went missing, according to reports.
Two news organizations he worked for -- McClatchy Newspapers and The Washington Post -- both identified Austin Tice in the video, which was posted online to YouTube on September 26.
U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said U.S. authorities believe that Syrian authorities detained Tice soon after, though the Damascus government has not said that it took him into custody.
The video was posted on a Facebook page supportive of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, along with a message saying it will make "many Western media outlets ... embarrassed for blaming Syrian security forces for his detention."
A version of the video posted on YouTube by someone aligned with the opposition, meanwhile, asserted that it "stages (a) fake 'jihadi' video" and that al-Assad's forces are to blame for Tice's abduction.
There is no obvious indication as to who was with Tice, why he was outside being walked up a hill, or even why the video was shot in the first place. The footage differs significantly from others in recent memory showing kidnappers and their captives.
Syria has been embroiled in warfare, a crisis now in its 20th month. The tensions rippling through Syria have spilled over to neighboring Lebanon, and disappearances have been a grim feature of the Syrian civil war. Debra Tice said her family is aware that thousands of Syrian and Lebanese families have loved ones "who simply disappear" and are wracked with anxiety.
"As we work to be reunited with our son, we are keenly aware of the many families in this region who are also living with uncertainty and longing," she said.
She said her son's love for the people of the region "compelled him to come here as a journalist. We know it is also his fervent hope that these children and their families may live in peace."

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Canadian Guidelines for Wireless Fees, Unlocking Phones Proposed
Just one day after the Library of Congress made it illegal to unlock cell phones in the United States, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has drafted a "wireless code" that would set limits on early termination fees and require providers to unlock phones under "reasonable terms."
CBC News reports that the code, now open to public commenting until Feb. 15, is partly based upon thousands of submitted comments from Canadians.
Under the guidelines, Canadian wireless customers would receive personalized summaries of the various stipulations of their contracts, tools to help them monitor their usage and the option to have services discontinued once a personal cap is reached to avoid overage charges.
Carriers, under the proposed rules, would only be allowed to charge earlier termination fees equal to phone subsidies unpaid and early discounts receives. Carriers would also be required to unlock mobile phones if terms such as fees and time frames are met.
Major Canadian carriers Rogers, Bell and Telus already offer to unlock phones, often requiring a fee or that customers have been under contract for periods ranging from 30 to 90 days.
The news comes as the U.S. cracks down on unlocked phones, with the U.S. Copyright Office of the Library of Congress making unlocking a cell phone illegal under certain conditions, with violators facing steep fines and possible jail time.
CTIA said the new laws are directed at large-scale operations pushing unlocked phones, but Sherwin Siy, of consumer advocacy group Public Knowledge, said the laws hurt individuals by further serving to lock them into contracts with carriers.


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McHENRY – Neighbors of Dayana Garcia are planning to open a bank account for donations and hold a fundraiser for the family of the 12-year-old McHenry girl, who died early Friday morning in a house fire.
Dana Rolewski is working with Wayne Jett, who owns Sideline Marketing and frequently organizes local charity events, to move fundraising efforts forward. Jett expects the account to open early this week.
Organizers also will collect clothing and household items.
Garcia's parents and three brothers escaped the fire, which destroyed their house at 4510 Parkway Ave., McHenry.
Rolewski, a neighbor of the Garcias, said she's collected several donations already, and is taking frequent calls from community members looking to help.
– Shawn Shinneman


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Ebay is a staple in many ways; when you want that hard-to-find item, when you need it cheaper than the high street, when you need to get rid of some lovely jumper your nana gave you.
But of course it is not without problems. I don't know about you ladies, but the main problems I have had have been as a seller. I am not a powerseller of any kind, but I do occasionally sell make up, handbags and things I that I discover.
The Ebay process favours sellers terribly. I have had some awful experiences; for example where I have sold something, sent it with tracking, the buyer says they never got it and rather than wait for any type of response or compensation from the postal company, they will go ahead and file for a refund with Paypal. The funds are then frozen whilst you battle it out with the buyer and if no compromise is met, the money is returned to the buyer.
The thing is there are reasonable people and there are not so reasonable people out there. When I have had poor experiences, it has been because of a lack of communication.
When I am selling and I have tracking info etc. there isn't much more I can do, if the buyer does not receive the item, other than file for a refund, or replace the item (which isn't always possible). In the aforementioned experience, I had proof the buyer had signed for it! But Ebay are disinterested at best, and we were told to "sort it out" through conversation via Paypal's dispute console. The buyer was blatently lying of course, about not receiving the item, but nevertheless, I was powerless to stop the funds from being returned to her.
So I read with surprise and a little disdain when I heard that from May 2008, Ebay seller will no longer be able to leave negative feedback for buyers.
What I have always liked about feedback (and I have 3 negatives!) is that they are like battle scars. They aren't controlled by Ebay. They are entirely a person's opinion, although in fairness, people aren't always happy to leave negatives incase they have retaliatory negs, nevertheless, they aren't governed by Ebay policies.
But now, they will be!
From the BBC website, "Critics of the changes argue that by taking away a seller's right to complain about a problem buyer they will have very little recourse for action when a sale goes wrong.
And they complain that by still allowing buyers to leave dissenting comments about sellers, eBay has skewed the whole trading process.
When both sides have equal access and rights to leave negative comments about each other it is a well balanced trading process, they say. However, eBay counters that problem buyers can still be dealt with.
"If a buyer doesn't pay, the seller can easily contact eBay, we will review any complaint and maybe remove the buyer," a spokesman said."
Mmm, in my experience, Ebay don't give a stuff! I have complained about the same things over and over again but I've never had any useful help.
Has anyone ever got a response from Ebay customer care?
It is the worst example of a standardized letter.
My responses are always very very polite, but utterly irrelevant to the question I asked.
In an ideal world, any problems that arise from a sale should come through communicating. As a seller and buyer, I can see it from both angles; all it normally takes to solve a problem on both sides is a polite email. But hey not everyone is as sane as me 🙂 Feedback should not be governed by Ebay. Seeing as sellers have to pay extortionate listing fees, final value fess, Paypal fees, the least we should be able to do it be honest about a rude, difficult or at worst, a thieving buyer!


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MEXICO CITY — A public security official says the death toll in a shootout during an attempted prison break in northern Mexico has risen to 22 people.
The official in Durango state says that the toll rose to 13 inmates and nine prison guards as some of the injured in the shooting later died of their wounds.
The official who updated the death toll today was not authorized to speak on the record.
Guards foiled a massive escape on Tuesday at the prison in Gomez Palacio city.
A statement from the public safety department says inmates tried to climb the prison's back walls. When guards fired into the air to stop them, inmates returned fire at the watchtowers and guard areas. Authorities said Wednesday they investigating how the inmates acquired the guns.


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"Invest in Nature" was the message from IUCN Director General, Julia Marton-Lefѐvre, as she swept through the Oceania region meeting IUCN members, partners and donors.
In her first visit to Oceania as Director General, Julia, together with Oceania Regional Director, Taholo Kami, held talks with IUCN members and committee members, donors, partners and potential members in Australia, New Zealand and Fiji. Julia first stopped in Australia and New Zealand before heading over to Fiji to visit the IUCN Oceania Regional Office.
Her discussions in Australia and New Zealand focussed on regional and national committees' coordination across the region, members' concerns, Antarctica and the Southern Ocean and the possibility of a country office in Australia.
Julia also made courtesy visits in both countries, including meetings with the Australian Minister for Environment, Heritage and the Arts, The Hon Mr Peter Garrett and New Zealand's Conservation Minister, The Hon Mr Tim Groser. Other highlights of her visit included public addresses at Lincoln University and Victoria University in New Zealand and an insight seminar at Bunker Theatre, Canberra, Australia.
In Fiji, Julia met with the Interim Prime Minister, Mr Voreqe Bainimarama, to exchange thoughts about IUCN and Fiji's new state membership status. She was also introduced to heads of regional organisations and held stimulating talks with Pacific island heads of missions and IUCN members and partners. Her visit also marked the launch of the Public Lecture Series, a joint initiative by IUCN and The University of the South Pacific, in which Julia gave an informative lecture on Investing in Natural Capital. Being in the regional office for the first time since its establishment in 2007, Julia took every opportunity to meet and get to know the staff. Her visit concluded at a high note with an informal dinner with staff, High Commission representatives and IUCN members, potential members and conservation partners at the Oceania Regional Office.


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The tragedy of much of the
heroic effort which goes into surgical intervention for cardiovascular
disease is that it touches on just a part of a severely compromised
system. What is the longterm point or value of bypassing
a blocked region with an unclogged vein or artery if the rest
of the channels are already somewhat damaged and if little is
done to alter those habits and patterns which led to the clogging
in the first place? What value a new heart if the system it is
pumping blood through is silted up?
When chelation unclogs circulatory
obstructions this affects almost the entire system, and a host
of factors which could rapidly set the degenerative ball rolling
again if they remained behind, such as heavy metals and low density
lipoproteins, are removed from the body along with the metastatic
calcium. Even then it would be but a shortterm improvement
if the underlying habits which led to the degenerative changes
were not addressed, whether these involve lack of exercise, poor
stress coping abilities, smoking and alcohol abuse, dietary imbalances,
toxic encumbrances or any combination of these and other causes.
The changes needed to keep
the newfound circulatory improvement (after EDTA or surgery)
are the very ones which would have prevented the circulatory
decline in the first place and can be broadly divided into the
eating pattern followed and the many factors in the person's
life which lead so inevitably to arterial damage and all that
Those elements which need
to be seriously considered include:
A prescription for a healthy
heart is a prescription for good health generally. All the same
features are present and these are now so well established that
it almost seems not worth repeating the same 'rules', However,
cardiovascular health is in such an appalling state that those
who know, and hopefully follow, most of the healthyheart
guidelines will hopefully forgive a brief repetition of the most
important points.
A great deal of agreement
exists (a rare thing in science and even rarer in medicine) as
to what needs to be done in dietary terms to meet the needs of
the cardiovascular system in a modern world. Expert committees
have deliberated and come to clear decisions on matters such
as the need for a reduction overall in the amount of fat that
is eaten.
The average West European
and American eats anything up to (and sometimes beyond) 40 per
cent of their total energy intake from fats, much of which is
of the undesirable saturated type. Various health authorities
such as the Senate Committee and NACNE in the UK advise reducing
this to between 30 and 35 per cent.
Nathan Pritikin, the revolutionary
health expert who developed a diet and exercise programme for
cardiovascular dysfunction (Pritikin, 1980), advised reducing
this to a miniscule 10 per cent.
Elmer Cranton suggests that
a more easily attainable (although still difficult) target is
20 per cent, virtually cutting fat and oil intake in half with
the majority of this in the form of polyunsaturated and monounsaturated
(olive oil) forms.
In practical terms this means
avoiding fat on meat and avoiding most meat derived from pigs,
cows or sheep as well as skin of poultry. This leaves game, poultry
apart from skin, and fish as sources of animal protein for those
who do not wish to adopt a vegetarian mode of eating. Game has
a fat level of less than 4 per cent as a rule (some beef contains
up to 30 per cent fat) and this is usually high in polyunsaturated
or monounsaturated fats compared with the less desirable saturated
form found in dairy produce and domesticated animal meat.
This highlights an important
message: not all oils and fats are bad for cardiovascular health,
indeed some are vital. We need essential fatty acids in our diet
(hence the word essential in their title) and we can learn a
good deal by looking at the dietary habits of people who live
in regions (such as the Mediterranean basin) where heart disease
is a rarity. Among the important differences in their diet is
a very high intake of monounsaturated oil (olive), which has
been shown to have a cholesterol lowering effect. They also eat
abundant fish, a major source of eicosapentenoic acid, a protective
factor for the cardiovascular system (and of course garlic which
reduces the adhesiveness stickiness of blood platelets).
Another Mediterranean bonus is the eating of the herb purslane,
a rich source of gamma linoleic acid (also found abundantly in
linseed) and an important source of essential fatty acids. Inclusion
of these factors garlic, fish (especially cold water varieties),
linseed and olive oil instead of other salad oils all act
to protect the heart and its functions.
No frying or roasting of food
should be done and dairy produce apart from skimmed milk
and very lowfat yogurt or cottage cheese should
be avoided.
Approximately one person in
five is affected by a rise in blood levels of cholesterol after
eating eggs. The other four show little or no change in their
cholesterol levels after eating normal quantities of egg. It
should be realized that most cholesterol (which is an essential
part of every cell of the body) is made in the body, unrelated
to dietary intake of the substance but influenced by such factors
as overall fat intake, sugar intake, smoking and, in some instances,
coffee intake. The moderate eating of eggs (three or four per
week) seems therefore to be without danger for most people.
Carbohydrates and sugars
Cardiovascular health is improved
when refined carbohydrates play only a very limited part in the
diet. This means substituting wholegrain for white flour products
and white rice. Wholegrain products, brown pasta, bread and rice
are readily available and contain high levels of fibre which
helps clear excess cholesterol from the intestines (especially
oats), as well as providing essential vitamins, minerals and
trace elements, which are largely or entirely removed in any
refining process.
At present we in the West
eat around 45 per cent of our food as carbohydrate, with an average
of half of this as refined sugars and flour products. The expert
guidelines suggest that we should increase carbohydrates to around
58 per cent of our diet but with the simple sugars, etc., declining
to no more than 15 per cent of our dietary intake.
'Complex carbohydrates' are
the major nutrients contained in vegetables and fruits,
nuts, seeds and beans, and of course whole grains (milled but
not refined). So a diet which emphasizes vegetables at both main
meals with brown rice, pasta and/or bread, as well as abundant
use of fresh nuts and seeds (sunflower, sesame, pumpkin, linseed,
etc.) and the members of the bean family (lentils, chickpeas,
etc.), as well as fresh fruit to the extent that these foods
account for just under two thirds of the total food eaten
is the target we are set.
No wonder vegetarians have
such fine cardiovascular health.
As described under the heading
Fats, the
types of animal protein most likely to assist in achieving the
aims being set are game, poultry (minus its skin) and fish. In
the USA and UK an average intake of around 12 per cent of total
energy consists of protein, and this is thought to be a reasonable
A useful strategy to enhance
heart health would be if this 12 per cent were made up of more
vegetable sources of protein (pulses, for example) and less from
animal sources. Again, the example can be given of the vegetarian
who combines nuts and grains, or pulses (bean family) and grains,
for their protein content, and who have an infinitely better
degree of cardiovascular function than do meat eaters.
Eating a diet rich in complex
carbohydrates ensures adequate fibre, which is necessary for cholesterol
clearance from the digestive tract. Not all fibres are the same,
however: oat bran acts quite differently (in cholesterol mopping
terms, that is) from wheat bran (see Chapter 12). Authorities
in the West urge that we eat up to 30 grams of fibre daily, with
half of this from cereals and the rest from fruits and vegetables.
In rural Africa (where cardiovascular disease is rare) the intake
of fibre is anything up to 150 grams daily. Interestingly, when
people from the African countryside migrate to cities and adopt
a diet low in fibre their cardiovascular health declines rapidly.
The best cholesterollowering
fibres are found in oats, fruits and vegetables and the leading
providers are: blackberries, bananas, apricots, apples, raspberries,
prunes, passion fruit, damsons, haricot beans, bean sprouts,
broccoli, cabbage, carrots, celery, lentils, mushrooms, peas
and potatoes.
This is an area of some debate,
with a very small amount of alcohol (1 1/2 glasses of wine or
1 pint of beer daily) being shown to enhance cardiovascular function
(but with some negative effect on liver function) and anything
more than that amount having negative effects. Overall health
experts agree that alcohol is undesirable but that these limits
are fairly safe.
The drinking of boiled coffee
in any quantity has been shown to increase levels of cholesterol
in the blood.
Because of its known association
with increased blood pressure (a major factor in cardiovascular
degeneration), salt intake should be reduced dramatically from
its current level of around 12 grams daily to no more than 3
grams per day per person, none of which should be added at table.
It is now known that damage from salt starts when we are very
young and if children can be taught to enjoy unsalted food they
could be saved a good deal of distress later in life.


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24 servings
Vegetable cooking spray
18 cups fruit*
1 ¾ cups maple syrup
1 cup flour, all purpose
2 cups rolled oats or oatmeal, Aroostook*
1 cup flour, whole wheat Aroostook*
1 cup honey, Maine*
1 cup MOO milk butter at room temperature*
2 teaspoons cinnamon 1 teaspoon nutmeg
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and spray a large hotel pan with cooking spray.
Prepare the fruit. Mix maple syrup with the fruit and stir in the flour. Spoon into hotel pan.
Combine rolled oats, honey, flour, nutmeg and cinnamon. Cut in butter until crumbly. Sprinkle over fruit mixture. Bake in 350 degree oven for 45-60 minutes, or until fruit is bubbly and topping is golden brown. Let cool 10 minutes. Cut into 24 pieces and serve.
Nutritional analysis per serving (approximate, varies with fruit): 285 calories, 3 grams protein, 52 grams carbohydrates, 8 grams fat (0 grams trans fat), 50 mg. sodium, 4 grams fiber.
USDA School Lunch Guidelines: ¾ cup fruit, 1 ounce whole grain
*Seasonal Ingredient Suggestions
MAY/JUNE: rhubarb, wild blueberries (frozen)
Rhubarb: scrub, cut into chunks. May also be frozen for later use.
Wild blueberries: may be used either fresh or frozen, use right from the box.
JULY/AUGUST: Strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, peaches, plums, wild blueberries
Strawberries, raspberries, blackberries: pick fruit over, wash well. Blackberries and raspberries may be too seedy to use without combining with another fruit like apples or peaches.
Peaches, plums: wash, cut in half, remove pits and slice. Not necessary to peel, but if desired, blanch in hot water and slip off skins.
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER: apples, pears, cranberries, wild blueberries (frozen)
Apples: wash, core and slice. Apples do not need to be peeled. May use lemon juice to prevent
Pears: wash, core and slice. No need to peel.
Cranberries: may be used frozen or fresh. May need to adjust sweetener due to tartness. Best when combined with other fruits like apples or wild blueberries.
NOVEMBER/APRIL: apples, wild blueberries (frozen)
Aroostook wheat and rolled oats, Maine honey, and MOO milk butter are available all year.
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One of the funnest encounters for me in the game is when I get to see big 4-digit numbers scroll up through my screen. As a healer, I hardly ever see that. So it's definitely a pleasant sight. I posted a cropped version of a kill shot I took of Curator several weeks ago because we killed him in a ridiculously fast amount of time. My personal goal is to see this guy dead before the 2 minute mark. If you've ever played Mario Kart, you'll remember that the game had a function called Time Trial. I wish WoW had something like that. Then maybe we could all get funky titles based on how fast we blitz an encounter.
So how fast can you kill Curator?
Group Makeup
Protection Paladin (Main tank)
DPS Warrior
Feral Druid
Enhancement Shaman
Resto Druid
Holy Paladin
Resto Shaman
General Tips
- Blow cooldowns at the 10 second to evocate mark
- Drop fire elementals at the base of Curator
- DPS down the sparks until the last one, then let it free. Group should be geared enough to withstand 15 seconds of that free spark.
Oh and you know the cardinal rule of bragging and SS or it didn't happen. Photoshopping doesn't count either, you crazy people!


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Projects include the Fairway Drive Grade Separation project in Los Angeles. A total of $71 million has been allocated to the Alameda Corridor East Construction Authority to construct a roadway underpass on Fairway Drive and a double-track railroad bridge on the Los Angeles Subdivision of Union Pacific, which is shared with Metrolink passenger trains.
Funds totaling $12.49 million has been allocated to the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency for the Central Subway project, where a 5.2-mile extension of the T-Third light rail will be constructed from the Caltrain terminus to south of Union Square and Chinatown.
The California Department of Transportation will use $12.27 million on the Tehachapi Trade Corridor Rail Improvement Project, where 2.8 miles of double track will be constructed and the Cliff siding will be extended by approximately 900 feet in Kern County at the UP Mojave Subdivision,
In addition to the projects listed, another $17 million has been allocated to grade-crossing projects. A full list of the rail projects, as well as other transportation projects that will benefit from the funds can be found here.


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4 accounts all taking the p*** at once.
Will Monday bring a Decision To Do Something, or is LFX Towers as tardy at these things as Local Government?
P.S. "You cannot make another post so soon after your last; please try again in a short while." - is it just me or has the time delay got longer?


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If Cuz1 had siblings why didn't she ask them if they wanted the documents first? This is very confusing to me. Does Cuz1 not talk to Cuz2?
My aunt recently was moved into a nursing home. Her daughter Cuz1 managed the move and cleared out Aunts house. I told Cuz1 that if there were old family documents she didnt want, I would like to have them. Cuz1 sent me several large boxes of wonderful stuff. It will take me years to sort through it all, but Ive already come across photos, letters, and genealogical records for Cuz1s fathers family (not blood related to me).Cuz1 and I have a bond, but we communicate only occasionally, mostly about her mother. I am much closer to her brother Cuz2, who has an interest in genealogy. I informed Cuz2 what Id found and said Id send it to him. He was excited about it.Yesterday I spoke to Cuz1 on the phone, and she was upset that I was planning to send the documents to her brother. She says she doesnt want the documents permanently, but wants to look through them. She demanded I send them to her. She said she would forward them to her brother later, but she doesnt always get around to doing the things she says shell do. So, to whom do I send the documents? And what do I say to the other cuz?- I promised the documents to Cuz2 first.- Cuz1 showed no interest in the documents before she found out Id promised them to Cuz2. She did not examine the contents of the boxes before sending them to me.- Cuz1 spent a large sum to ship the boxes and refused reimbursement.- Most of the documents cannot be copied easily.
Personally, I'd tell the two siblings to decide between themselves which of them would be the recipient of the family documents. Then get back to me once they've decided upon who it will be.
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EJ swap radiator
Posted 17 September 2012 - 11:54 AM
If I do order new from internet, should I stick w/ GL or go with EJ22 radiator?
Posted 20 September 2012 - 09:36 AM
If you want to be super cool, have the inlet/outlets changed to 1-1/2 in. diameter to fit the EJ hoses.
Posted 26 September 2012 - 06:47 PM
Posted 26 September 2012 - 11:47 PM
Order a 12" flex hose for the top, and a 18" for the bottom. 1-1/4 at one end, 1-1/2 at the other.
Or search for a preformed that will work.
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Posted 03 October 2012 - 10:06 AM
It will work great. Again, flex hose with 1 1/4" at one end, 1 1/2" at the other.
Posted 03 November 2012 - 09:20 AM
Stick with the EA81 radiator. It should be all brass, with larger passages than the EJ rads (aluminum/plastic)
It will work great. Again, flex hose with 1 1/4" at one end, 1 1/2" at the other.
Radiator arrived yesterday. Going to search for hoses today. Are they hard to find?
Posted 04 November 2012 - 11:16 AM
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Posted 05 November 2012 - 09:43 AM
I have a shop that can and will put 1.5" in/out on the EA81 radiators. Done several of them including ones with 90 degree rotated connections for lifted swaps. Works great and no need for ugly flex hoses.
Hey gd, good to hear from you. How much does your shop charge for the work?
Posted 05 November 2012 - 11:09 AM
Ok, I can find flex hose or dual diameter, but I cannot find both in the same hose. Anyone have part #'s or know who carries these?
they can look it up in there industrial/equipent catalog. I've had to wait a day to get them, but they have 'em.
Posted 08 November 2012 - 02:58 AM
Hey gd, good to hear from you. How much does your shop charge for the work?
As I recall it was around $120. Including all leaks repaired, drain plug changed out to a brass pet-cock, pressure tested and painted.
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A police chase along Greenfield Road ended near I-696 Thursday morning with a 51-year-old woman in police custody after she allegedly rammed into the FOX-2 studio's front gates, according to reports from WJBK-TV.
WJBK-TV reports that around 8:30 a.m., the woman crashed her Lexus into the studio's gates, drove around the parking lot, and eluded police who showed up after the security breach.
Before she left the station, however, she came to the entrance doors of the building and pounded on the doors. Station employees said they heard the woman say, "I know something about the (Veterans Affairs) scandal, I'm a whistle-blower, I need to talk to Huel Perkins."
"It was definitely bizarre," FOX-2 Photographer Greg Tatchio told reporters.
The building was put in lockdown until the woman got back into her car and weaved her way through cars in the parking lot, FOX-2 says.
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Countless people addicted to drugs, alcohol or both have managed to get clean and stay clean with the help of organizations like Alcoholics Anonymous or the thousands of residential and outpatient clinics devoted to treating addiction.
But if you have failed one or more times to achieve lasting sobriety after rehab, perhaps after spending tens of thousands of dollars, you're not alone. And chances are, it's not your fault.
Of the 23.5 million teenagers and adults addicted to alcohol or drugs, only about 1 in 10 gets treatment, which too often fails to keep them drug-free. Many of these programs fail to use proven methods to deal with the factors that underlie addiction and set off relapse.
According to recent examinations of treatment programs, most are rooted in outdated methods rather than newer approaches shown in scientific studies to be more effective in helping people achieve and maintain addiction-free lives. People typically do more research when shopping for a new car than when seeking treatment for addiction.
A groundbreaking report published last year by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University concluded that "the vast majority of people in need of addiction treatment do not receive anything that approximates evidence-based care." The report added, "Only a small fraction of individuals receive interventions or treatment consistent with scientific knowledge about what works."
The Columbia report found that most addiction treatment providers are not medical professionals and are not equipped with the knowledge, skills or credentials needed to provide the full range of evidence-based services, including medication and psychosocial therapy. The authors suggested that such insufficient care could be considered "a form of medical malpractice."
The failings of many treatment programs - and the comprehensive therapies that have been scientifically validated but remain vastly underused - are described in an eye-opening new book, "Inside Rehab," by Anne M. Fletcher, a science writer whose previous books include the highly acclaimed "Sober for Good."
"There are exceptions, but of the many thousands of treatment programs out there, most use exactly the same kind of treatment you would have received in 1950, not modern scientific approaches," A. Thomas McLellan, co-founder of the Treatment Research Institute in Philadelphia, told Ms. Fletcher.
Ms. Fletcher's book, replete with the experiences of treated addicts, offers myriad suggestions to help patients find addiction treatments with the highest probability of success.
Often, Ms. Fletcher found, low-cost, publicly funded clinics have better-qualified therapists and better outcomes than the high-end residential centers typically used by celebrities like Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan. Indeed, their revolving-door experiences with treatment helped prompt Ms. Fletcher's exhaustive exploration in the first place.
In an interview, Ms. Fletcher said she wanted to inform consumers "about science-based practices that should form the basis of addiction treatment" and explode some of the myths surrounding it.
One such myth is the belief that most addicts need to go to a rehab center.
"The truth is that most people recover (1) completely on their own, (2) by attending self-help groups, and/or (3) by seeing a counselor or therapist individually," she wrote.
Contrary to the 30-day stint typical of inpatient rehab, "people with serious substance abuse disorders commonly require care for months or even years," she wrote. "The short-term fix mentality partially explains why so many people go back to their old habits."
Dr. Mark Willenbring, a former director of treatment and recovery research at the National Institute for Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, said in an interview, "You don't treat a chronic illness for four weeks and then send the patient to a support group. People with a chronic form of addiction need multimodal treatment that is individualized and offered continuously or intermittently for as long as they need it."
Dr. Willenbring now practices in St. Paul, where he is creating a clinic called Alltyr "to serve as a model to demonstrate what comprehensive 21st century treatment should look like."
"While some people are helped by one intensive round of treatment, the majority of addicts continue to need services," Dr. Willenbring said. He cited the case of a 43-year-old woman "who has been in and out of rehab 42 times" because she never got the full range of medical and support services she needed.
Dr. Willenbring is especially distressed about patients who are treated for opioid addiction, then relapse in part because they are not given maintenance therapy with the drug Suboxone.
"We have some pretty good drugs to help people with addiction problems, but doctors don't know how to use them," he said. "The 12-step community doesn't want to use relapse-prevention medication because they view it as a crutch."
Before committing to a treatment program, Ms. Fletcher urges prospective clients or their families to do their homework. The first step, she said, is to get an independent assessment of the need for treatment, as well as the kind of treatment needed, by an expert who is not affiliated with the program you are considering.
Check on the credentials of the program's personnel, who should have "at least a master's degree," Ms. Fletcher said. If the therapist is a physician, he or she should be certified by the American Board of Addiction Medicine.
Does the facility's approach to treatment fit with your beliefs and values? If a 12-step program like A.A. is not right for you, don't choose it just because it's the best known approach.
Meet with the therapist who will treat you and ask what your treatment plan will be. "It should be more than movies, lectures or three-hour classes three times a week," Ms. Fletcher said. "You should be treated by a licensed addiction counselor who will see you one-on-one. Treatment should be individualized. One size does not fit all."
Find out if you will receive therapy for any underlying condition, like depression, or a social problem that could sabotage recovery. The National Institute on Drug Abuse states in its Principles of Drug Addiction Treatment, "To be effective, treatment must address the individual's drug abuse and any associated medical, psychological, social, vocational, and legal problems."
Look for programs using research-validated techniques, like cognitive behavioral therapy, which helps addicts recognize what prompts them to use drugs or alcohol, and learn to redirect their thoughts and reactions away from the abused substance.
Other validated treatment methods include Community Reinforcement and Family Training, or Craft, an approach developed by Robert J. Meyers and described in his book, "Get Your Loved One Sober," with co-author Brenda L. Wolfe. It helps addicts adopt a lifestyle more rewarding than one filled with drugs and alcohol.
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Hangover II marks one of the most derivative sequels of the year: The opening and closing scenes are taken almost shot-for-shot from the original. Just substitute Asians for Americans, gross-outs for guffaws.
Manages to deliver more laughs than most of the competition.
Here, as in "The Hangover," the laughs aren't just staged, they're superlatively engineered.
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Raunchy comedy sequel is cruder, less funny, than original.
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Parents need to know that, in attempting to surpass the original film, this R-rated comedy sequel is even cruder and more explicit than the first installment (i.e. full-frontal shots of pre-operative transgender characters). This time around, the three main characters wake up in Bangkok with no memory of what transpired the previous night, only to learn that their evening included drug deals, a severed finger, plenty of drugs and drinking, and a surprising encounter with strippers. All of this is punctuated with non-stop swearing, including tons of F-bombs.
Messages: There are some mixed messages here. Although the take-away is to stick by your friends, the film also says that those same friends can get you into a lot of tight spots. And other so-called friends might even try to drug you...
Role models: While some of the characters spend much of the movie lying -- and their behavior is certainly far from exemplary -- Stu ultimately decides to be completely honest about (almost) all of the group's misadventures and stands up to his contemptuous father-in-law.
Violence: A few scenes include fistfights, brawling, and gunshots, as well as one car chase and a high-speed speedboat accident. One character loses a finger in a mysterious incident.
Sex: Explicit discussions about sexual encounters with prostitutes. Several full-frontal shots featuring pre-operative transgender characters, who have breasts and penises (all are visible). Other scenes with topless women. Spoiler alert: The ending features a montage of photos from the lost night that includes a variety of sexually explicit images that border on pornography.
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Remarks by Štefan Füle, Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy to the press after the meeting with Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanović
''Dobar dan,
A short while ago I presented the Commission´s last Monitoring Report to the Croatian government. It is a positive report. Let me summarise its main findings it in four points:
First: Croatia is generally meeting the commitments and requirements arising from the accession negotiations, in all chapters.
Second: Croatia has demonstrated its ability to fulfil all other commitments in good time before accession.
Third: Croatia has completed the ten priority actions identified in our previous report last October.
Four: We are confident that Croatia will be ready to join the EU on 1 July 2013.
This is the result of a long and thorough process, and I wish to congratulate everyone who has worked in order to fullfil this goal.
This report is a clean bill of health. But to remain healthy you cannot fall asleep on the laurels.
The EU membership is an additional incentive to carry on with reforms. Croatia is expected to continue developing its track record in the field of the rule of law, notably in the fight against corruption.
Also, Croatia needs to continue its structural reforms – not only because it will join the eurozone in the future, but also to enhance the competitiveness of the economy.
Croatia is now a different country than it was at the start of the accession process. It also arrives to the European Union better prepared than some other acceding countries.
This is not the end. It ends by completing the ratification procedures by all Member States. Then a new chapters starts on the 1st July with Croatia's EU entry.
Croatia's is a success for enlargement. It is a proof of the credibility of the enlargement policy: when candidate country delivers on the criteria and commitments, the EU delivers on the membership perspective. This is also a good example for the rest of the region as it moves closer to the EU.
The EU membership offers substantial opportunities. These opportunities now need to be used so that Croatia´s participation in the EU will be a success – to the benefit of Croatia, its people, but also to the benefit of the Western Balkans and of the EU as a whole.''
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ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (AP) - President Barack Obama, Russian President Vladimir Putin and other G-8 leaders attempted to speak with one voice Tuesday on seeking a negotiated Syrian peace settlement - yet couldn't publicly agree on whether this means President Bashar Assad must go.
Their declaration at the end of the two-day Group of Eight summit sought to narrow the diplomatic chasm between Assad's key backer, Russia, and Western leaders on starting peace talks in Geneva to end a two-year civil war that has claimed an estimated 93,000 lives.
G-8 leaders also published sweeping goals for tightening the tax rules on globe-trotting corporations that long have exploited loopholes to shift profits into foreign shelters that charge little tax or none. But that initiative, aimed at forcing the Googles and Apples of the world to pay higher taxes, contained only aspirations, not binding commitments.
The declaration on Syria said the country needs a new coalition government with "a top leadership that inspires public confidence," a definition that to British, French or American eyes would rule out Assad. It made no reference to sending U.S., British or French weapons to rebels, an option being kept open by the three G-8 members.
Russia refused to back any declaration that made Assad's ouster an explicit goal, arguing that it would be impossible to start peace talks with a predetermined outcome.
Reflecting the profound divisions that remain, the British host, Prime Minister David Cameron, declared it was "unthinkable that President Assad can play any part in the future government of his country. He has blood on his hands. He has used chemical weapons."
Putin - speaking at the same time as Cameron at a different location in a gesture that some diplomats construed as rude - rejected Cameron's views as unproven.
And referring to last month's butchery of an off-duty British soldier in London by alleged ax- and knife-wielding Muslim extremists, Putin warned Cameron that the weapons sent to Syria might end up being used to kill people in Europe.
"There are many such criminals in the ranks of the (Syrian) opposition, such as those who committed the brutal murder in London. Do the Europeans want to provide such people with weapons? ... We are calling on all our partners to thoroughly think it over again before taking this very dangerous step," Putin said.
Reflecting growing unease at the behavior of Muslim extremists in the ranks of Syria's splintered opposition forces, the G-8 declaration said participants in any peace talks must agree to expel al-Qaida-linked fighters from the country.
The declaration condemned human rights abuses committed by government forces and rebels alike, and called on both sides to permit access by U.N.-led chemical weapons experts trying to investigate the contentious claims of chemical weapons use.
In its only concrete commitment, the plan pledges a further $1.5 billion in aid for Syrians driven from their homes by the conflict: 4.2 million within Syria and 1.6 million more taking refuge in neighboring countries. The G-8 noted that the new funds would cover only part of the United Nations' 2013 appeal for $5.2 billion in Syria-directed aid.
Rebels, who have suffered tactical reversals in recent weeks versus Assad's Russian-supplied army, expressed disappointment with the G-8 verdict.
"We expected more. We expected a more solid statement, a more decisive one," said Loay AlMikdad, a spokesman for the Free Syrian Army, speaking by telephone from Turkey.
AlMikdad said the Free Syrian Army hopes the statement's weakness would be counterbalanced by strong Western intervention on the ground to send weapons. This, he said, would help deter al-Qaida-influenced movements from taking root in rebel-held areas.
"The international community, especially those who say they are friends of Syria, must be more decisive and firm," he said.
But a White House official, speaking to reporters as Obama flew to Berlin, said the U.S. administration was pleased with the outcome and had been braced for less agreement.
Earlier, G-8 leaders announced new goals to combat tax avoidance by multinational companies. In a joint statement, they said tax authorities should share information "to fight the scourge of tax evasion" and make it harder for companies to "shift their profits across borders to avoid taxes."
Britain heralded the agreement as a good first step toward creating a new environment of corporate transparency. A key principle in the plan would require multinationals to declare how much tax they pay in each country.


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