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It's time again for Arcane Brilliance, the weekly mage column that used this boring screenshot of a damage meter graph for one reason and one reason only: Arcane Brilliance needs more of your pictures! There are still some languishing in Arcane Brilliance's email folder, for use in future columns, but not nearly enough. The strong initial outpouring of excellent screenshots has now petered out, and Arcane Brilliance would like to humbly request more. Send your pics to firstname.lastname@example.com, and see this column for the rules.
The comments section of last week's column on mage mistakes was an absolute treasure trove. It was full of wisdom, good advice, relevant in-game experiences, and the occasional trolling warlock (always welcome... we love it when the fireball-fodder comes to us... speeds the whole process up). But one comment stood out to me, so much so that I felt compelled to write an entire column about its topic. It's far too long to simply reprint here, and so I highly encourage going to the comment itself and reading it. There's actually another by the same commenter later on that is just as awesome. In fact, I will reprint one of the paragraphs from that second comment, because it pretty much encapsulates what I want to discuss this week.
Sarabande wrote:
Please don't remark on low DPS or complaining that DPS is barely above the tank's (esp. if tank is doing pretty high dmg) or constantly spam Recount in group, if everything is dying in a timely manner. This encourages the atmosphere of competition and pressures DPS into concentrating only on the numbers. If there is some kind of timer (such as HoR, VH, etc) which the DPS is not able to meet, that's a whole different thing. In fact if you happen to notice some DPS being considerate by holding back on purpose (even though most likely they want to be blowing stuff up, shooting stuff, stabbing things to death) and it's really helping, you might say something positive. That might encourage that behavior further and let the other know that that's something they might want to do as well.
This week's topic: DPS meters, and why I wish they'd just go away.
It's time again for Arcane Brilliance, the weekly mage column that used this boring screenshot of a damage meter graph for one reason and one reason only: Arcane Brilliance needs more of your pictures! There are still some languishing in Arcane Brilliance's email folder, for use in future columns, but not nearly enough. The strong initial outpouring of excellent screenshots has now petered out, and Arcane Brilliance would like to humbly request more. Send your pics to email@example.com, and see this column for the rules.
Now, before you tune out completely and start sharpening the pitchforks, let me clarify. I understand and appreciate the positive uses for damage meters. I have Recount installed on all my characters and use it liberally. Here are the things damage meters are good for:
- Monitoring your own DPS.
- Using the meter to help you when tweaking specs, gear setups, or testing spell rotations.
- In raids.
- Linking in party chat during a random PUG, without being asked to do so.
- Determining who's a good DPS and who isn't.
- Justifying a vote-kick.
Seriously, that's pretty much how I feel about the topic. In my opinion, society (and by extension, WoW) is made up of two kinds of people: those who are jerkwads and those who aren't. The people who spam damage meters after every pull to point out that A.) they are awesome and B.) you are not -- those are jerkwads. I can't think of a single good reason for this behavior. It's counterproductive, it's mean, and it's stupid.
The era of the random PUG is upon us, and it has heralded in a new style of instance running. As Sarabande points out, the tank sets the pace more than ever in these random dungeons, and though you will occasionally encounter the patient or uncertain tank, who prefers to take the instance at a slower, more normalized pace, most of the time your tank will be sprinting from pull to pull, daring the DPS and healer to keep up, rushing to complete the instance in as little time as possible. The tank assumes the DPS will kill things, and that the healer will be able to keep everybody up, and heaven help anybody who lags behind. In the rush, groups die with absurd rapidity, and there is no time between pulls to drink, look around, inhale, or even flip off the warlock. This leads me to the first reason I hate DPS meters:
They're worthless on trash pulls.
Beyond worthless, actually. The typical trash pull in a random PUG, with a decent group, lasts such a short amount of time that a mage typically can't even finish a full spell rotation before the mobs are dead. My arcane mage has resorted to using an abbreviated rotation for all non-boss encounters. He waits a second for the tank to pull everything, then spams Arcane Blast until Missile Barrage procs, at which point he fires out an Arcane Missiles, no matter how many stacks of Arcane Blast he's got out. Then, he follows it with a quick Arcane Barrage, because if the mob isn't dead yet, that's the only thing he's got time left to fire out. There are times, especially if the rest of the group is trigger happy, or if I'm lagging behind the group because of an Evocation or because I lagged a little while looting something, or any number of other reasons, that I don't even finish the first cast of Arcane Blast before a mob dies.
How is that in any way an accurate representation of the damage output a player is capable of? The answer? It isn't. Which brings me to my second reason for hating damage meters:
They're largely inaccurate in random PUGs.
Let's lay aside the fact that most DPS meters are still of questionable veracity in cross-server instances (the numbers are still pretty wonky, in my experience). Even if your damage meter is 100% accurate, accounting for everybody in the group without error, you're still talking about a rush-job random PUG. Chances are that most of your group outgears the instance. The tank is rushing. The rogue is spamming Fan of Knives on every pull. The arms warrior can't stop using Bladestorm as an opener. The ret pally only appears to have one button on his action bar, and that button is Divine Storm. The tank is in full tier 9/10 gear and does more DPS than anybody else is capable of. Mobs die swift, horrible deaths, to the point that other mobs in the instance see what's happening and just leave.
What you end up with is an environment where you can't judge anybody's worth by a meter. The entire operation is barely-constrained chaos. There is no semblance of a kill order, of target marking, of crowd control, of anything resembling even rudimentary organization. You end up throwing out spells and burning mana you ordinarily wouldn't, simply to look better on Recount. The numbers on the meter only reflect a player's ability to throw numbers up onto a meter.
Then somebody links recount after the first pull and we come to my third reason for hating damage meters:
They breed an unnecessary sense of intra-group competition.
So let's look at the reasons a person might feel obligated to link the damage meter in party chat:
- They were asked to do so by someone who doesn't have Recount installed, but would like to know how they are doing. In this case, I usually just whisper the numbers to that specific individual.
- They were topping the chart, and wanted everyone to know it.
- They want to point out someone's perceived sub-par performance to the group.
- They are the tank and want to shame the DPS by notifying them that the tank is outperforming them.
- They suffer from muscle spasms, and accidentally clicked the wrong button.
The first time somebody links Recount in chat, the group dynamic instantly changes. Suddenly it's on. The game condenses down to a single gnawing imperative: I must lead that meter. Whoever is last on the list instantly feels terrible. They may not have anywhere near the gear they need to outperform the other two DPS members of the party, but they feel bad about it just the same, because if you linked, you clearly want them to know how badly they're doing. The person topping the group feels good about themselves, but might also begin to resent the underperforming members of the group, feeling that they aren't pulling their weight. The group atmosphere goes, in one fell swoop, from cooperative to toxic.
What was the point of linking it? The answer, of course, is my fourth reason for hating damage meters:
Unless the group is wiping, the numbers are largely pointless.
Before you link your meter in chat, ask yourself the following question: are the mobs dying?
If the answer is yes, then why do you care? If things are going poorly, then maybe you need more DPS, and the undergeared or incompetent DPS in your group are holding you back and need to be voted out. If things are going well, though, what would possess you to point out what you perceive to be weakness in your teammates? Doing so has zero upside. What do you hope to gain? Do you think that by pointing out a below-average member of the group, that member will suddenly become better, improve their performance, and top the DPS meters? Are you secretly trying to inspire them? No, you're trying to demean them. Don't argue. That's what you're doing, and you know it.
Do you point out their shortcomings to the group in an attempt to foster support for a vote-kick? If so... what do you expect to gain from the eventual kick and replacement? Again, we've already established that the mobs are dying, right? Do you want those mobs to die... more? Is the time you'll spend waiting for a replacement and then waiting for that replacement to catch up with the group really worth the extra second or two you'll shave off the pulls from then on?
If the mobs are dying, if things are going well, then having somebody on the team who's not up to your standards isn't hurting you at all. In fact, for all you know, the subpar DPS they're putting out may not actually be a measure of their incompetence. It may, in fact, be a byproduct of their utility. Speaking of which:
Damage meters don't reflect anything that doesn't actually do damage.
I was in a group the other day. The healer died during a particularly difficult boss fight. The feral druid was on the ball, though, and very quickly came out of cat-form and took up the slack, allowing us just enough time to down the boss. Then the warlock (have I mentioned that I dislike warlocks?) had the gall to post the recount numbers in chat, and add a comment at the end that the druid did less than half of the damage that he and I had done. He initiated a vote-kick, and before anybody could say anything, it passed, and the druid was gone. I was flabbergasted. I pointed out, angrily, that the druid's numbers had been low because he'd spent the second half of the fight keeping us alive instead of doing damage. And then I left the group.
We become conditioned to look at the DPS numbers as some magical, infallible yardstick for evaluating a DPS character's worth to the group. And yet a DPS meter is only that: a cold, numerical measure of raw damage output. It is nothing more, and nothing less. It doesn't reflect the time we spend decursing. It doesn't reflect time spent on crowd control. It doesn't reflect time spent running out of the pool of green poison so that the healer doesn't have to worry about us when he should be worrying about the tank. It doesn't reflect time spent throttling back our threat generation, or waiting for the tank to grab aggro. It only reflects damage. I can't emphasize that enough. I really can't.
Do we really want to create an environment in which people are scared to contribute to the group in ways other than flat damage? Would you rather the hunter throttled back his DPS a bit so that he isn't constantly pulling mobs off the tank? As a mage, would you rather I spent some time removing curses, taking a bit of the weight off the healer? Or would you prefer that I continue to be so worried about my position on the damage meter that I concentrate entirely upon DPS?
Now, about 2,000 words in, I have come to a realization. I don't actually hate DPS meters. I've focused largely upon their failings in the environment of the new random dungeon finder. In a traditional raiding environment, though, they're must-have tools. You have an organized group, taking on challenging content, and it's vital to know if somebody can't pull their weight in an extended combat encounter. It's important to know if you have enough DPS to swap one out for an additional healer or off-tank, or if your DPS is lacking and you need to replace members, or ask somebody to change specs. No, I guess I don't hate damage meters.
I hate the people who misuse them.
So the next time you glance over and realize that LolpallyXxX is only throwing down 1k DPS in heroic Nexus, and you're suddenly struck by the urge to link his meager numbers to the rest of the group, stop. Take a breath. Look around. Are the mobs dying? Is the run going smoothly? Are you in heroic freaking Nexus? If you're nodding your head to those questions, you need to reconsider your motivation.
And finally, I realize that this is a mage column, and that the majority of what I wrote above isn't exactly a mage-only concept. But I play a mage, and I run random heroics all the time on him, and I use a DPS meter. I'm sure a great many of you mages out there do the same thing. I am concerned by the douchebag who keeps linking Recount. His constant presence in my groups disturbs me. Sometimes, he is a mage. I write all of this in the solemn hope that the mage community can begin to be a part of the solution to this, instead of contributing to it. We're DPS. We remove curses. When asked, we provide rock-solid crowd control. Other classes perform other duties within the group. Let's all do our jobs, and let others do theirs. If the mobs are dying, who cares what the stupid meter says? The answer, of course, is nobody. Except the jerkwads. The jerkwads care.
Every week Arcane Brilliance teleports you inside the wonderful world of mages and then hurls a Fireball in your face. Check out our recent mage primer for patch 3.3, or our lengthy series of mage leveling guides. Until next week, keep the Mage-train a-rollin'.


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Friday, April 23, 2010
NOT a win, FAIL Blog and Cheezburger.
NOT a win. Jesus, how many times do we have to talk about this?
I'm utterly, utterly tired about women's bodies being used as fodder for jokes, much less sexual assault jokes. You spend so much time and energy trying to enact real difference in people's attitudes and interactions with others, and then one image can suck all the air out of any sense of progress. The fact that the core of the image is focused around one simple idea - that women aren't people. That it's funny to see women's bodies assaulted.
Sometimes it just feels suffocating.
Here's the contact page for the people at FAIL Blog and Cheezburger.
Have a nice weekend, I guess.
5 comments:
- Amelia said...
Lindsay, you should check out the comment thread on this post on the Female Impersonator Facebook page.
I tried to discuss this with a guy, and he merely accused me of being prejudiced against men and then refused to engage with any of my critiques because "well, we just see if differently so I'm not gonna address anything you say" in a manner that made it seem like he was unwilling to think critically about anything a feminist might say.
Extremely frustrating because he was basically defending the image.
- April 24, 2010 at 1:23 PM
- Amelia said...
Nevermind. Me calling the guy out prompted him to leave the fan page. Lucky for me, I forsaw this happening and saved all his comments, if anyone is interested in reading them (and my responses).
- April 24, 2010 at 3:09 PM
- Ashley said...
I cannot believe people..
Ugh.. I am losing faith in society.
I'll be writing a blog post to link my readers back to you.
Sidenote: If any one is interested check out my blog at www.audioqueer.com
- April 25, 2010 at 10:59 PM
- doc Martens Boots said...
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- May 4, 2010 at 2:44 AM
- Amelia said...
Comment deleted for being completely irrelevant to the mission of our blog. Guess I should turn comment moderation back on...
- May 4, 2010 at 10:51 AM

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Norway and UNESCO sign a Cooperation Agreement for 2012-2013
On 11 October, UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova and the Norwegian Deputy Minister for Development Cooperation, Arvinn E. Gadgil, agreed to renew the Programme Cooperation Agreement between UNESCO and the Kingdom of Norway for 2012 and 2013, under which 108.8000 million Norwegian Kronor (around USD 19 million) will be provided to UNESCO to support activities in the fields of education, freedom of expression, cultural heritage and oceans.
"Norway has always been a strong supporter of UNESCO's ideals and work, and one of its major donors, and I do hope this trend will continue", said the Director-General.
While commending Norway for its support to multilateralism, the Director-General expressed her gratitude for the country's support to multi-donor pooled accounts and partial un-earmarked funding.
The Director-General underlined that the Agreement bears witness to the strong interest of Norway in UNESCO's priorities -- notably in the area of Education for All, with a focus on the Global Monitoring Report, as well as on advancing Cap-EFA, literacy and gender equality at country level. She stressed the Kingdom's openness to embark on other areas of cooperation, such as freedom of expression and intangible cultural heritage, but also on new avenues of cooperation, such as oceans. The Director-General also referred to the importance of advancing education in post-conflict and transition countries such as Liberia, Myanmar and South-Sudan.
The Deputy Minister, Arvinn E. Gadgil, underlined that "UNESCO is a worthy partner for Norway and education remains a key priority for Norway's support", underscoring his great satisfaction for his country's renewed longstanding commitment to cooperation with the Organization. The Deputy Minister also stressed the need for innovative approaches and welcomed UNESCO's efficient approach in dealing with partner countries on education-related activities. He referred also to the imperative need for UNESCO to ensure alignment with Norway's Policy Strategy for Engagement with the UN, stressing that the special trust placed by his country in UNESCO also comes with certain expectations, in particular as regard the pursuit of the reform of the Organization, and the commitment to use the Norwegian contribution to leverage additional funding, and trigger innovative approaches from the wider donor-community.
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Not You Too "Q"
NEW YORK – Former major league infielder Omar Quintanilla has been suspended 50 games for using a performance-enhancing substance.
The 29-year-old Quintanilla, a 2000 graduate of Socorro High School, was playing in the Colorado Rockies' organization at Class A Tri-City of the Northwest League. He was hitting .252 with one home run and 15 RBIs.
Quintanilla was penalized Wednesday during the minor league drug program.
Quintanilla played parts of the last five seasons in the majors with the Rockies. He hit .220 with two home runs and 32 RBIs in 216 games.
The Rockies issued a statement saying they were disappointed to learn Quintanilla had been suspended.
The above story is from the Associated Press.
When I think of "Q" the first thing that always comes to my mind is heart. Despite his size the dude can play ball. "Q" was the first baseball player to autograph anything for me.
It was a simple autograph on my ticket stub but the interaction and the experience was the spark that got me back into baseball.
I write this entry with a heavy heart. Omar Quintinilla may not be a household name but I seriously looked up to this guy (so to speak). This news is crushing to me.
To tell the truth I didn't give a sheet about Barry Bonds..I'm not a Giants Fan.
Didn't care about Manny Ramirez…I'm not a Dodgers fan.
I haven't been personally affected by anyone whose taken "performance enhancing drugs" until now. If I had to make a list of ten ballplayers who I was absolutely sure never ever use steriods, Omar would be on that list.
Hunter and I would watch Omar play and I would always say something to him like…
"See buddy, it's talent not size", or something along those lines". I always cheered for "Q". He has no idea but I was probably one of his biggest fans. All because of one cool interaction with him four years ago.
Steriods wreck everything.
The "juice" hurts more than the individual player and his reputation, it chips away at the heart of baseball, it's loyal fans.
Steriods hit home this time and it hit hard.
Once again I find myself questioning the people I've put on a pedistol…(aka Vinny Castilla).
I can't bash Omar because he's always been a classy dude the times we've talked.
But if he reads this I just want him to know that this news rocked my world in a really bad way.
Get it together Omar…The Rockpile Rant is all about second chances so please brotha give me something good to write about.
I'm "D" The Rockpile Ranter and I don't dig steriods.
I'm all about keep'n it real.
UPDATE-LUVMYROX sent me a link to this article from Troy Renck
NEW YORK — Omar Quintanilla, a well-respected player in the Rockies' organization for years, released a statement today to The Denver Post, apologizing for his suspension. He was disciplined 50 games Wednesday after testing positive for a performance-enhancing drug.
He has spent the entire season in Triple-A battling through injuries. He was a valuable bech player for the Rockies last year, providing solid defense at a variety of positions.
Here is Quintanilla's statement in full:
"I would like to apologize to my family, teammates, the Colorado Rockies Organization and their fans for recently testing positive for a performance enhancing product. I recently purchased this product over the counter at GNC and it was my understanding that after looking at the label, it did not contain any banned substances. I've always taken great pride in my nutrition, my training, my preparation and dedication to the sport that has given me so much.
I realize just how fortunate I am to be playing professional baseball and would never intentionally do anything to jeopardize that or disrespect the game. "
Told you he was a classy guy. Thank's LUVMYROX…D
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The strength of the dollar won't help things either, he said at the Agricultural Outlook Forum 2002 at Washington. And adding salt to the wound, this will only encourage more crop production by U.S. competitors.
If there's a bright spot, Collins said, it's that the slow world economy will help to stabilize production expenses for U.S. growers.
"The outlook for the global economy is a continuation of the slowdown through 2002 – which will constrain overall U.S. agricultural growth," he said.
Food spending in 2002 was basically flat, Collins noted - some $40 billion below trend - "and unfortunately, could remain flat again for much of 2002."
Food sales "should improve as the year unwinds, as inventory balance is restored, tax cuts continue to be implemented, and low interest rates finally show their lagged, stimulative effects."
The economies of many foreign countries "continue to shrink," Collins said, and in 2002 "developed economies will be particularly weak, especially Japan. But prospects are improving in a number of areas, including the Middle East, East Europe, and parts of Asia."
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"The dollar is 25 percent higher than the past six years," Collins said, "and a further slight appreciation is expected this year as the U.S. continues to attract capital inflows as the recovery advances and the U.S. remains a global safe haven."
The combination of a lagging recovery for foreign economies and the strong dollar "not only makes U.S. products more expensive, but insulates foreign competitors from market price declines, thus serving as an incentive for them to maintain or even expand their farm production."
The relationship between U.S. agricultural exports and foreign economic growth "is positive in the short term, but weak in the long term," Collins said.
But despite continued slow economic growth in foreign countries, the strong dollar, and generally good and/or increased production by competitors, "we continue to forecast a modest increase in U.S. exports to $54.5 billion, up from nearly $53 billion this past year."
U.S. markets are where they are today "largely because of inconsistent and weak world economic growth since the late 1990s, and generally good world weather for six consecutive years," Collins said. Although there was year-to-year variability in yields, overall production has been "very stable" for the period, he noted.
Today's agricultural markets "reflect a world economy that has been weaker and more variable the past few years, while crop production has been reasonably good around the globe. For 2002, the world and U.S. economies will get better as the year unfolds, but they are not likely to provide agriculture with much demand, and global farm production may again reflect the trend of the past few years.
"The upshot," Collins said, "is that U.S. farm markets may strengthen somewhat, but look very similar to 2001/2002."
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He was also a dedicated family man, with endless affection for his wife, daughter, and granddaughters. He was a loyal citizen who served his town, his State, and his country in many unsung ways.
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Reality Squared Games (R2Games) has released a fourth playable class for Blade Hunter, the free to play beat 'em up action browser MMORPG. Hot on the heels of Blade Hunter's January update, which introduced Mounts and several game systems, the all-new Mechanist class brings industrial flair and a range of new combat abilities to the side-scrolling fantasy MMO.
Wielding a jet-powered hammer, the Mechanist brings her keen intellect and a suite of deadly inventions into battle. While the Knight uppercuts enemies with an enchanted sword, the Mechanist uses a cast-iron fist. While the Valkyrie punishes foes with the ancestral power of illusion, the Mechanist sets her hammer on fire and spins through the crowd. And while the Rogue relies on demonic rage to beat the odds, the Mechanist takes no chances, unleashing a barrage of Stormfire missiles.
While the Mechanist is sure to make an impact on the Blade Hunter battlefield, this new character is only one of many features included in this update. Players will discover a slew of fresh improvements, including a raised level cap, a brand new quest area, guild-exclusive events like Scepter Defense, and more. Full patch notes can be found on the official Blade Hunter site: http://blade.r2games.com/index/view?postid=6414
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I want ot install arch to my external usb hard drive using the 0.7.1 install cd. However it will not recognise the usd hard drive. Alll atytempts to mount it or fdisk fail.
Does the install disk not recognise usb devices?
If not is there a way to get it working?
I haven't used the installer much, so I don't know if it works with usb, I will probably try soon.
You can always bootstrap an arch installation manually, it's not that comfortable, but shouldn't be a big problem. I think there were some pages about this.
According to another post i came across 0.7.1 doesnt recognise some/all usb devices but 0.7.0 (Wombat) does. So im going to try it with that. I just have to reburn and redownload it cause i threw it away after getting Noodle :-)
BTW has anyone sucessfully installed to a usb drive before?
Mr Green
Yea i had seen it earlier when trwling the forums for info. I got the 0.7.0 cd again and that recognised the external harddrive fine.
I then booted the old system, chrooted into the external drive did a pacman -Syu its its up to date.
I have grub installed and the kernel boots just fine but after that i get a few error messages and end up in a busybox(ash) shell with almost nothing in it.
My grub conf currently looks something like this:
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/hdx
initrd /boot/initrd26.img
As far as i can tell the problem lies with with where i am specifying root = /dev/hdx.
I have tried various different values with no success.
It does however work because if i specify root = /dev/hda2 it will boot my old arch install off my internal hard disk.
I suspect i need to account for the fact that im booting off a usb device but i have no idea about what to change.
Any help/ideas/advice appreciated!
now ....
Are you booting from USB device or ... booting via main system?
ie USB is the first on bios boot list
Mr Green
During boot hitting f8 brings up the boot menu in the bios. All plugged in usb devices appear as an option. i.e. pen drive and external hd so its immediately obvious which one to select.
Grub is definitely installed to the mbr of the external hd. - the contents of the grub menu on the internal hd and the external hd are distinctly different so no mistake there.
I havent actually tried to boot it off the main system but ultimatly i dotn want it to work like that anyway.
Also i just tried it on a completely different machine in college and i get the exact same problem so its not the main system interferein somehow or getting me confused.
BTW is it possible that there is a problem with initrd & usb support? On the college pc i cant use the usb keyboard on the busybox emergency shell.
If you are being dropped to busybox then it may be a problem with initrd26.img
not loading usb modules ... have you checked ?
I understand now you want to boot off usb drive so its portable thats cool ...
Grub must work for it to reach shell ,,,,,,
May be that usb modules are not loaded so it cannot find partition
chroot or mount drive & check out mkinitrd.conf .....
Mr Green
Will do, thanks.
just a thought try using the full image .... initrd26-full.img .... see if that works ...
O & to save rebooting load up qemu & run
qemu /dev/<device>
ie I can boot my system like this
qemu /dev/hda
[man] qemu for more info
Mr Green
Thanks but i beat you to it :-)
Booting with initrd26-full or one with usb enabled gets me past the emergency busybox shell but it drops me to another shell after the kernel has booted.
i.e. Initscripts do not run but there are no error messages either.
The last two messages displayed are:
Initial Ramdisk loading Completed . . .
Freeing unused kernel memory: 252K reed
Followed by shell prompt:
Thinking about it now im not actually sure whether initscripts are installed or not so im going to check that now . .
Emmm i could not get 0.7.1 to see ex.drive (although modules loaded!)
Sooo I am trying out archbootstrap atm but got ....
/usr/sbin/chroot: cannot run command `/tmp/bootstrap/usr/bin/pacman.static': Permission denied
Will take a look at script see whats wrong but this could be the way to install to ex.drive .....
Mr Green
Got arch to boot perfectly off the external hd.
Turns out i accidentally didnt install sysvinit(i think)
I just started form the beginning & installed all packages from base.
0.7.1 doesnt recognise my usb device so
i used 0.7.0 which found the external drive no problem.
Used that to install as you normally would. In my case i only created a partition for /, no swap and no /boot partition.
Used 0.7.0 to install & also installed grub to the mbr of the external hd.
*I did not use the grub install on the internal hard drive*
*This way it should boot with any pc though i havent tried it yet.*
Then booted the INTERNAL hard drive into the old install.
This recogniesd the external drive no problem as usual.
Then opened a terminal:
mount --bind /dev /mnt/sda1/dev
mount --bind /proc /mnt/sda1/proc
chroot /mnt/sda1 #change root to system installed on external hd
Copied the current repository off the 0.7.1 cd onto the external hd to /var/current
Put this directory in /etc/pacman.conf and commented out the online repos.
pacman -Syu
Its necessary to update the install on the external hard drive to make it easier to boot with the updated udev & initrd.
i.e. I installed with 0.7.0 because 0.7.1 wont recognide usb devices but only 0.7.1 will boot aff the external drive
Then you have to change your menu.lst for grub.
Mine looks something like this:
# title arch linux
root hd(0,0)
kernel = /boot/vlinuz26 root = /dev/sda1
initrd = /boot/initrd26-full.img
As far as i know root is always hd(0,0) when you select usb boot in bios.
kernel is in /boot because i did not create an extra boot partition, same for initrd.
root = /dev/sda1 works for me i expect it would be the same everywhere, either way you can discover where both are from the grub command line before booting.
You have to use initrd26-full.img, the regular initrd26.img does not inculde usb support.
Alternatively you can edit the mkinitrd config file and make your own initrd image with usb support.
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Every time we learn something new about the molestation scandal in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, it becomes more obvious why Cardinal Roger M. Mahony and his minions have fought so tenaciously to keep things under wraps.
Not to protect the privacy of victims or the rights of suspected abusers, as the church hierarchy has contended. But to hide the unconscionable deception by church leaders, who repeatedly did more to protect their own image than to help the victims of horrific crimes.
This week's revelations of deliberate efforts by Mahony and others to shield abusers from law enforcement authorities are deplorable yet entirely unsurprising. It all fits the M.O. that's was in place at least through the 1980s.
Conceal the church's dirty secrets at all costs. Don't notify the police when abuse is reported. Keep prosecutors at bay with legal challenges. Avoid reforms until public pressure mounts. And, when all else fails, have Mahony issue a carefully scripted "apology."


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Podcast #218 - Gigabyte Z77X-UD7, Apple A6 SoC, Thunderbolt GPU Tech from Lucid, and more!
Subject: General Tech | September 13, 2012 - 04:53 PM | Ken Addison
Tagged: z77x-ud7, z77n-wifi, WD, thunderbolt, SoC, podcast, lucid, idf 2012, Hybrid Drive, haswell, gpu, gigabyte, arm, a6
PC Perspective Podcast #218 - 09/13/2012
Join us this week as we talk about the Gigabyte Z77X-UD7, Apple A6 SoC, Thunderbolt GPU Tech from Lucid, and more!
You can subscribe to us through iTunes and you can still access it directly through the RSS page HERE.
The URL for the podcast is: http://pcper.com/podcast - Share with your friends!
- iTunes - Subscribe to the podcast directly through the iTunes Store
- RSS - Subscribe through your regular RSS reader
- MP3 - Direct download link to the MP3 file
Hosts: Josh Walrath, Jeremy Hellstrom, Allyn Malvantano and Scott Michaud
This Podcast is brought to you by MSI!
Program length: 1:01:33
Podcast topics of discussion:
- Week in Reviews:
- 0:28:05 This Podcast is brought to you by MSI!
News items of interest:
- 0:28:45 IDF 2012: Lucid External GPUs?
- 0:32:05 IDF 2012: Intel Dives in to Oil!
- 0:35:45 IDF 2012: Western Digital Hybrid Hard Drives - 5mm 500GB
- 0:38:00 AMD Steamroller -- Shrunk Die Without a Die Shrink?
- 0:39:50 Firefox OS Interface: Sept 6, 2012.
- 0:42:30 CiiNow Sounds Like Wii... also AMD Investment.
- 0:47:15 Valve Big Picture Mode for Steam
0:50:36 Hardware / Software Pick of the Week
- Jeremy: SLI\CrossFire PSU for dirt cheap, NewEgg not quite so good
- Josh: Not terrible. Hopefully it actually works for the S3
- Allyn: WD MyBook VelociRaptor Duo
- Scott: Back to school? For the love of God, laser printers.
- 0:50:36 Hardware / Software Pick of the Week
- 1-888-38-PCPER or firstname.lastname@example.com
- http://pcper.com/podcast
- http://twitter.com/ryanshrout and http://twitter.com/pcper
- Closing/outro
IDF kicks into full swing
Subject: General Tech | September 12, 2012 - 03:04 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: Intel, idf 2012, haswell
The real news today is coming out of San Francisco, not Cupertino, as that is where the Intel Developer Forum is being held. If you missed Ryan's Live Blog yesterday you can catch some of what you missed over at Legit Reviews, with pictures of some of the slides and products which were revealed during the keynote address, up to and including a Core i7 powered Coke machine. This machine has a 46" 1080p screen. WiFi, a QR Code reader, camera and microphone ... as well as a coin slot and dispenser so you can actually get a can of Coke. It seems Intel wants to redefine the way people gather around the watercooler to chat. They did not state if it could play Crysis.
Catch all our coverage under the IDF 2012 tag.
"Intel showed a slide that said Haswell will have uncompromised performance, all day use and greater than 10 days of connected standby. This all adds up to a mainstream notebook that has a connected standby power that is 20x better than we what we had in 2011 with the 'Sandy Bridge' architecture. The slide also said that Intel is targeting 2013 to launch Haswell, which supports the rumored Q2 2013 launch time frame..."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Intel to etch 22nm Xeons and Atoms in 2013 @ The Register
- Intel debuts 'Haswell' chippery: from tablets to servers @ The Register
- Intel demos next-generation voice and gesture interfaces @ The Register
- ourth generation Intel Core preview: all about Haswell @ Hardware.info
- 64 Rasberry Pis turned into a supercomputer @ Hack a Day
- Kingston Shows Off Windows To Go w/ Datatraveler Workspace @ Legit Reviews
- Skype announces plans to enhance call quality @ The Inquirer
- Power2U AC/USB Wall Outlet Review @ OCC
IDF 2012: Western Digital shows off 5mm Hybrid HDD
Subject: Storage | September 12, 2012 - 02:08 PM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: idf, idf 2012, western digital, wdc, 5mm, hybrid hdd
At the Technology Showcase yesterday during IDF I got see in person the new Western Digital hybrid hard drives that will combine a single platter spinning disk with a NAND flash for a hybrid solution at under 5mm thick.
You can see that is barely enough z-height for a standard installation screw and this will really help get larger amounts of storage into thinner devices. WD will have it available in 500GB and 1TB versions though the 1TB model will come in a slightly higher 7mm variety.
The WD Blue models will be spinning disk only while the WD Black will combine as much as 32GB of flash memory but it could vary based on the specific OEM request and considerations.
Another requirement of this new form factor is the need for a new connector, conveniently named SFF-8038, that handles both power and data.
We are still waiting for pricing information, but another wave of hybrid technology looks to be on its way!
OCZ Vector SSD Spotted - Indilinx Barefoot 3 Controller
Subject: Storage | September 11, 2012 - 09:48 PM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: ocz, idf, idf 2012, vector, ssd, Indilinx, barefoot 3
While wandering around San Francisco today, I was stopped by a stranger on the corner of Market and 4th to show me something he found outside the convention hall. It LOOKS like an SSD PCB but what do you think?
What you have here is a the internals of a new OCZ Technology SSD brand called Vector that will sit ABOVE the Vertex 4 in the product stack. This SSD uses the as yet unreleased Indilinx Barefoot 3 controller.
The drive should be available sometime in Q4 of this year and it marks the first complete Indilinx controller design - no Marvell or other third party intellectual property to be found.
That's all we know for now but you can be sure we'll have the details as they are released!!
Core Philosophy
Ah, IDF – the Intel Developer Forum. Almost every year–while I sit in slightly uncomfortable chairs and stare at outdated and color washed projector screens–information is passed on about Intel's future architectures, products and technologies. Last year we learned the final details about Ivy Bridge, and this year we are getting the first details about Haswell, which is the first architecture designed by Intel from the ground up for servers, desktops, laptops, tablets and phones.
Design Philosophy
While Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge were really derivatives of prior designs and thought processes, the Haswell design is something completely different for the company. Yes, the microarchitecture of Haswell is still very similar to Sandy Bridge (SNB), but the differences are more philosophical rather than technological.
Intel's target is a converged core: a single design that is flexible enough to be utilized in mobility devices like tablets while also scaling to the performance levels required for workstations and servers. They retain the majority of the architecture design from Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge including the core design as well as the key features that make Intel's parts unique: HyperThreading, Intel Turbo Boost, and the ring interconnect.
The three pillars that Intel wanted to address with Haswell were performance, modularity, and power innovations. Each of these has its own key goals including improving performance of legacy code (existing), and having the ability to extract greater parallelism with less coding work for developers.
Continue reading our preview of the upcoming Intel Haswell architecture!!
Live Blog: Intel Developer Forum (IDF) 2012 Keynotes
Subject: Editorial, General Tech, Processors | September 11, 2012 - 11:52 AM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: Intel, idf, idf 2012, keynote
The Intel Developer Forum is one of the best places in the world to get information and insight on the future of technology directly from those that creat it. Join me as I live blog (Wi-Fi connection dependent as always!) the keynotes from all three days at http://pcper.com/live!!
Be sure to stop by our PC Perspective Live page at 9am PT on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday!!


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Unfortunately, death is a revealing time. More often than not, memorial services and obituaries are where you learn neat things about people you did not know before.
I did not know Jim Kuhn well. I had met the 41-year-old farmer as editor of Western Farm Press, through his involvement in the California Alfalfa and Forage Association. I also interviewed him several years ago for a story on Imperial Valley; California alfalfa production; his hay exporting operation; his dairy and his unique cheese factory.
He was not real comfortable being interviewed and photographed. Like many farmers, he liked to keep his business as private as possible, yet he was proud of being a farmer and proud — yet not boastful — of the success he had enjoyed. Some volunteer a lot in an interview. Others simply answer questions posed to them. Jim was the latter.
He wanted other farmers to be successful. He built his dairy not only to be a successful business, but to show others that the Imperial Valley was a good place for dairy cows. He wanted to see many dairies in Imperial County because he knew it would help the valley's economy.
In most interviews, you gather facts that stick linger long after the story has been printed. The one from the Jim Kuhn story was that he was a graduate of Stanford University with a degree in Slavic languages and literature. I could not help but think; why in the world would anyone with the desire and the curiosity to get a degree in Slavic languages and literature want to come back to Imperial Valley to farm?
Don't get me wrong. Imperial Valley is wonderfully productive farming valley. However, it also is a tough place to farm and live in the summer. Farming in the Imperial Valley is not for the faint of heart. I have written about more agricultural crises in Imperial Valley and the Southern California and Arizona desert than any place else.
Jim was born in Holtville, yet was educated in Indiana, New Hampshire and Palo Alto. He traveled the world, but returned to Imperial Valley to raise his family and to farm where his grandfather first began farming 90 years ago.
There was another reason I wanted to interview Jim. He was the son of Fritz Kuhn, and I was curious what the son of Fritz Kuhn was like. I did not tell Jim of my curiosity. When I began reporting on California and Arizona agriculture 30 years ago, I spent a lot of time in Imperial Valley. One of the first people I recall meeting was Jim's father. Fritz Kuhn definitely made an impression. Anyone who knew Fritz Kuhn knows what I am talking about. He was a distinguishable person. I have no idea how many photographs I snapped of Fritz. He was always at meetings and conferences; soaking in information; talking to people; listening to people. He was a leader, maybe not by choice, but by recognition from his peers, much like Jim was a leader.
Back to the point my opening paragraph. I learned from the obituary of Jim Kuhn that he was a nature photographer whose persistence created the Salton Sea International Bird Festival. He also published a book, Land of Contrasts, a photography book on Baja California, and a pamphlet titled Birds of the Imperial Valley. He did not tell me this when I interviewed and photographed him at his farm. Makes me very self-conscious now. He probably could have given me some needed photography pointers. Like I said, Jim did not volunteer too much. I regret not talking to him about his passion for photography and nature.
The purpose of this column is to send condolences to Jim's family; to recognize the success of Jim's business and his contribution to California and Imperial Valley agriculture -- and to plead with everyone, please buckle up. Apparently, Jim was not buckled in when his SUV flipped on the rural road near his farm.
No one dislikes being told what to do more than me. I don't like big brother, the government or anyone else telling me what personal choices I must make. Buckling up is the law, but in reality it is a personal choice. Call me an old fogy, but I buckle up. Unfortunately, I climb into too many farmer pickups and SUVs where the seat belt dangles from the door post. I have long buckled up and made everyone who rides with me do the same, regardless of how uncomfortable or confining or anything else it may be.
I have a longtime friend who is a pediatric neurologist. He has told more than one parent they had to make a decision to turn off life support of their child because the child was brain dead from being thrown through a windshield or out the window of a car rolling over. That and all the stories I have read about people who could have survived wrecks if they had been buckled in.
I know you are just going down the road to check this that or the other or you are only going 2 miles to the coffee shop for lunch and it is a hassle to buckle up. Regardless of where you are going, grab that seat belt and click it until that funny little red symbol on the dash goes out.
We only have a short time on this earth. Don't cut it needlessly short.


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The shutdown of a 102-year-old California manufacturing company points to a major flaw in California's industrial development policy:
We don't have one.
The company is Pneumatic Scale Angelus, which turned out top-of-the-line machines for sealing lids on soda and beer cans from a factory in Vernon. That was a niche business but not a small one, since bottling companies the world over were Angelus customers.
As we reported just after Christmas, Angelus employees were told on Nov. 2 that its owner, privately held Barry-Wehmiller Cos., would shut down production at the plant Jan. 1 and move it to a factory in Ohio. That meant lost jobs for 111 members of the United Steelworkers in Vernon.
The company appears to have fulfilled its legal obligation to inform city and state officials of its plans; economic development agencies at all three levels of government got notices pursuant to the state WARN Act, which requires notifications of such layoffs 60 days in advance. Another copy went to the office of County Supervisor Gloria Molina, whose district covers Vernon. Her office didn't get back to me to explain how they responded to it, if at all.


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Visit the The Arts University Bournemouth website
- Head office
- 7 Fern Barrow Poole BH12 5HH
- Telephone
- 01202 533011
- Fax
- 01202 537729
Quality assurance report(Opens in a new window)
by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education
What is Unistats?
Unistats is the official site that allows you to search for and compare data and information on university and college courses from across the UK. The site draws together comparable information on those areas that students have identified as important in making decisions about what and where to study. The items that students thought were most useful have been included in a Key Information Set (KIS), which can be found on the Overview tab for each course.
The site draws on the following official data on higher education courses:
- Student satisfaction from the National Student Survey
- Student destinations on finishing their course from the Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education survey
- How the course is taught and study patterns
- How the course is assessed
- Course accreditation
- Course costs (such as tuition fees and accommodation)
These data have been provided by the Higher Education Statistics Agency, HESA(Opens in a new window), the Skills Funding Agency(Opens in a new window), universities and colleges and Ipsos MORI (National Student Survey)
How to use Unistats
You can use Unistats to find out what previous students thought about the course, as well as to learn about the likely costs and the kind of jobs or further study which students who completed the course went on to do.
It is important to remember when you use Unistats that the information here is designed to give an indication of what it might be like on the course you select. Obviously, the experience of each course will be different for each person, and will differ from year to year.
Some of the information on Unistats, for example on student satisfaction and employment outcomes, is retrospective – and some of it, like fee information, is for the next academic year. You should be careful to make sure that you understand which year the data relate to.
When comparing survey data for courses, care should be taken especially where the differences between courses are small. To help you interpret the data, the site will show the number of respondents to the survey for each course. For some courses these data may be grouped to show survey results for more than one year or more than one course. The site will indicate where this has happened and will show the total number of respondents in the grouped data. In general, differences of less than ten percentage points between two courses each with a small but similar number of respondents (e.g. 30), are unlikely to be statistically meaningful.
Please see the section Why not all courses have full KIS data sets for further information on how the survey data is grouped for courses with small numbers of students, new courses, or courses with responses from less than half of their students. Please note that sometimes there may be no data and that this is not an indicator of quality.
Where information has been collected from fewer than 53 students, the percentages you see (e.g. on bar charts and pie charts) on Unistats have been rounded up or down to the nearest five percentage points. To calculate a percentage (to show that, e.g. 8 out of 24 students got a first class degree) we would divide 8 by 24, then multiply by 100, which equals 33.33% – this figure would then be rounded up to 35%.
If data have been collected from more than 53 students though, the percentages shown are rounded up or down to the nearest one percentage point (e.g. 39.89% would become 40%).


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Dance. A number of homes and locations around Rymdtorget in Bergsjön will be transformed into temporary local stages by the dancers from the company.
37°/ Suburbia – you can't get any closer.
A public square. A balcony. A church. A private home. Places which for one night transform into stages as you approach them. Equipped with a map, you find your way to experiences created by members of GöteborgsOperans Danskompani.
The art work 37˚ / Suburbia consists of a dozen intimate creations in mini format. 37˚ / Suburbia is a part of Homeland & Risk Zones.
37˚ / Suburbia plays with the perception of reality and theatre. You're allowed to step into no-go areas and experience art in a very different format. What will you see? Whose reality are you in – and how will you react when you get permission to enter it?
37˚ / Suburbia is a dynamic art experience for a small, curious audience – far from the traditional stages.
May 16th & 17th, starting at 6 pm.
The area surrounding Rymdtorget, Bergsjön
The tickets are released on the 10th of May at 12-noon. Tickets are sold by phone, 031-13 13 00 and on www.opera.se (tickets can not be purchased on site).
37˚ / Suburbia is a part of Göteborgs Dans & Teater Festival.
Look at photos from 37°/ Suburbia
Adolphe Binder
Live Art by and with Adolphe Binder and Meritxell Aumedes Molinero.
The cartography of the veiled. An envelope arouses curiosity – about the cover as well as the veiled. As in a gift both belong together. Content and wrapping and the tension between. Vested interests. This piece focuses on the semiotic dimensions of visualization of the ostensibly non-visible.
Jubal Battisti
P^4 – Post Performance Portrait Project
What lies behind this ambition to perform? How do we reflect (or not) on our performances, come to terms with exhaustion, or sometimes ride the adrenaline rush that remains? Ongoing photo project.
Aviad Avik Herman
Before dark
An homage to the drag artist Christer Lindarw's spectacular shows, and an analogy for the power we have as human beings to choose – who to be and how we can make this world a beautiful place.
Roderick George
An installation of how people can identify between the reality of a human and a mannequin. Showing how mannequins could move in a small human form.
Danielle De Vries
An everyday home transforms into a living, surrealist painting.
Toby Kassell
A free improvisation of music and dance searching to break the boarders between the two art forms.
Pedro Goucha Gomes
Rented dream
As the guests enter the intimacy of a private home they encounter a world that extends beyond its walls.
Kyoko Matsumoto
Guitarist, violinist, visual artist, dancer ... we are all from Japan and for the first time we are collaborating!
Harumi Terayama
What is sight? Is it possible to see without using your eyes?
Heather Telford
Live performance installation involving two sisters, questioning the tangibility of home. Projecting into past realities and future possibilities of a place to create a disjointed sense of belonging.
Anna Altès
This dance-installation is an outcome of a critical reflection on the contrasting experiences of individuals. A personal journey in which social surroundings become unconsciously absurd in a dream-like world.
GöteborgsOperans Danskompani consists of 39 dancers from 16 countries and is recognized as one of the best European contemporary companies. During Göteborgs Dans & Teater Festival they will present the art work 37˚/ Suburbia.


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HIPAA Use and Disclosure of Protected Health Information for the Sale of Protected Health Information
|HIPAA Use and Disclosure of Protected Health Information for the Sale of Protected Health Information
|Health Affairs
|Health Affairs Matters - General
Effective: September 19, 2013
Transitioned from Interim to Permanent: July 17, 2014.
ECU HIPAA Privacy Office, 252-744-5200
|Related Policies
Authorization to Use and Disclose Protected Health Information
|Additional References
45 CFR 164 Subpart E: Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information
"Modification to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Enforcement, and Breach Notification Rules Under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act; Other Modifications to the HIPAA Rules; Final Rule," 78 Federal Register 17 (25 January 2013), pp. 5566-5702.
1. Purpose
1.1. This regulation applies to East Carolina University's Health Care Components ("ECU Health Care Components") that create or maintain Protected Health Information ("PHI"). Additionally, this regulation covers interactions involving uses and disclosures between an ECU Health Care Component and other areas of ECU that may receive PHI. The purpose of this regulation is to describe when the use or disclosure of PHI will result in a Sale of PHI and when authorization is required for the Sale of PHI.
2. Definitions
2.1. Reasonable Cost-Based Fee means:
2.1.1. Both direct and indirect costs, including:
184.108.40.206. Labor, materials, and supplies for generating, storing, retrieving, and transmitting PHI;
126.96.36.199. Labor and supplies to ensure the PHI is disclosed in a permissible manner;
188.8.131.52. Related capital and overhead costs
2.1.2. Reasonable Cost-Based Fee does not include:
22.214.171.124. Fees charged to incur a profit from the disclosure of PHI
2.2. Sale of PHI means a disclosure of PHI by an ECU Health Care Component in which a direct or indirect remuneration is received from or on behalf of the recipient of the PHI in exchange for the PHI.
2.2.1. Sale of PHI includes a transfer of ownership, as well as disclosures of PHI based on an access, license or lease agreement.
2.2.2. Sale of PHI includes in-kind remuneration.
184.108.40.206. For example, consider that an ECU Health Care Component is offered computers in exchange for disclosing PHI:
184.108.40.206.1. Sale of PHI: if the ECU Health Care Component is permitted to use the computers for other purposes or to keep the computers even after the disclosures have been made.
18.104.22.168.2. Not a Sale of PHI: if the computers are solely used for the purpose of preparing and transmitting PHI to the person collecting the PHI and are returned when such disclosures are completed.
3. Regulation
3.1. ECU Health Care Components will comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ("HIPAA") regarding the sale of PHI. Specifically, an ECU Health Care Component must obtain a written authorization for any disclosure of PHI which is a Sale of PHI and such authorization must state that the disclosure will result in remuneration to the ECU Health Care Component.
4. Exceptions
4.1. The following communications are exceptions to the authorization requirement for Sale of PHI:
4.1.1. Public health purposes;
4.1.2. Research if the payment is a Reasonable Cost-Based Fee to cover the cost to prepare and transmit the PHI;
4.1.3. Treatment and payment purposes;
4.1.4. Sale, transfer, merger, or consolidation transaction involving an ECU Health Care Component;
4.1.5. Activities performed by a business associate for or on behalf of an ECU Health Care Component if the payment is for the business associate's performance of such activities to the extent such fees are Reasonable Cost-Based Fees, in compliance with a fee schedule provided by State law, or otherwise expressly permitted by other applicable law;
4.1.6. Providing an access or an accounting of disclosures to an individual to the extent such fees are Reasonable Cost-Based Fees, in compliance with a fee schedule provided by State law, or otherwise expressly permitted by other law;
4.1.7. As required by law; and
4.1.8. As otherwise permitted under HIPAA.
5. Procedure
5.1. ECU Health Care Components must obtain an authorization for the Sale of PHI.
5.2. If an ECU Health Care Component requires the use or disclosure of PHI that will result in the Sale of PHI, please contact the ECU HIPAA Privacy Office by calling 252-744-5200 or by email at email@example.com.
5.2.1. An ECU authorization form must be obtained for the Sale of PHI. The authorization must state that the disclosure will result in remuneration to the ECU Health Care Component and the individual who signs the authorization must receive a copy of the authorization.
5.3. Individuals will not be coerced to authorize the disclosure, use, or sale of PHI for any purpose.


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Friday, February 26, 2010
Maple-glazed drumsticks and vegetables
Chicken drumsticks are a really affordable cut of meat that can be made into a number of delicious dishes. I'd call it a perfect recession dish, if it weren't for the maple syrup - hardly a cheap ingredient, at least here in Estonia (and I doubt that the proper stuff is cheap anywhere). Maple syrup lends these drumsticks a lovely sweet flavour, the potatoes add the bulk and roasted cherry tomatoes cheer the whole dish up with their lovely colour.
You could obviously use chicken thighs or even breast fillets instead of drumsticks.
Maple-glazed roasted chicken drumsticks and vegetables
(Vahtrasiirupis röstitud kanakoivad)
Serves three to four
8 chicken drumsticks
4-6 large garlic cloves
6 Tbso maple syrup
2 Tbsp olive oil
1 Tbsp Dijon mustard
2 fresh rosemary sprigs, leaves only
juice of half a small lemon
500 g small potatoes
250 g cherry tomatoes
sea salt
freshly ground black pepper
Mix maple syrup, olive oil mustard, rosemary leaves and lemon juice in a medium-sized oven tray, season generously. Add the drumsticks and stir them in the mixture to cover. Add the garlic cloves (we LOVE oven-roasted whole garlic cloves over here. If that's not your favourite thing, then simply add 2-3 crushed garlic cloves to the maple glaze).
Peel the potatoes and cut into thin wedges. Add to the oven dish and give them a quick stir.
Roast in the middle of a pre-heated 200 C/400 F oven for about 20 minutes.
Scatter the cherry tomatoes on top and roast for another 15-20 minutes, until the potatoes are cooked and chicken is done.
8 comments:
- linda said...
hello, this is the first time I see your photos!
very good, are beautiful!!
- 9:38 pm, February 26, 2010
This looks yummy, I'm going to have to try this! Thanks for yet another great recipe Pille!
-- Maimu
- 9:53 pm, February 26, 2010
- Lydia (The Perfect Pantry) said...
My maple-syrup-addicted Canadian husband will love this.
- 2:06 am, February 27, 2010
- Redbonegirl97 said...
Now see I love this recipe, but my mother is against the rosemary and maple and my kids hate garlic. I wonder if I can cut the recipe to one chicken leg, lol.
- 5:31 am, February 27, 2010
- ChichaJo said...
Proper maple syrup is pricey - have a bottle myself that I'm jealously hoarding! Now I have another delicious use for it...thank you!
- 5:57 am, February 27, 2010
No, it's not cheap, sadly, the prices were up to $18 a litre at Whole Foods last time I was in the states and the store had posted an apology/advisory about the supply.
- 6:59 am, February 27, 2010
- natural selection said...
This looks delicious!
- 7:05 am, February 27, 2010
- Terry said...
yum...I'm giving this one a try! It looks fantastic!
- 1:53 am, March 05, 2010


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Farmers may need to circle the dates of Sept. 16 and Sept. 30 on their calendars, the National Corn Growers Association says.
Sept. 16 is the deadline for signing up for the permanent disaster program Congress included in the 2008 farm bill, while Sept. 30 in the last day to enroll in the 2008 Direct and Counter-Cyclical Payment program.
The NCGA, the group that represents many of the nation's corn producers, says it believes the new permanent disaster program is a big improvement over previous ad hoc programs that had to be passed individually by Congress.
"The new disaster assistance program is better because it is more comprehensive than past programs, which took an ad-hoc approach," said NCGA President Ron Litterer. "This approach is not only more equitable and reliable, but it helps to eliminate duplicate payments for the same losses."
The Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 requires participants in the new disaster programs to have crop insurance or non-insured crop disaster assistance coverage for the land for which assistance is being requested, and for all farms in all counties in which they have an interest. Because this law was enacted after the application periods had closed for those programs, a waiver was authorized that allows producers to pay a fee, called a "buy-in" fee, to be eligible for this new disaster assistance.
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Litterer also noted that Sept. 30 is the deadline for growers to sign up for the 2008 Direct and Counter-cyclical Payment Program, which helps deliver certainty for the crop year and the option of a timely advance payment.
"It's important for growers to be aware of these deadlines so they can make informed decisions about an important part of farm finances," Litterer added. "Given how many applications must be reviewed, we urge farmers to learn what they are eligible for and apply as soon as possible."
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Battle: Los Angeles – Opens March 11th
Meteors shoot into the ocean a couple of miles off the coast of Los Angeles. Minutes later, beachgoers witness a strange alien like army oozing out of the water. These aliens are nasty, they're fast, and they kill on site. Within seconds they're shredding the suntanning populace to pieces and moving into the city of Santa Monica. Marine Sgt. Nantz leads his new platoon against a surprise attack on Los Angeles, attempting to rescue civilians in Santa Monica and destroy the hub of the enemy's mysterious power grid, while similar epic battles are waged across the world in other cities.
Scream 4 – Opens April 15th
Scream 4 is an upcoming ensemble-cast slasher film and fourth installment in the Scream series. It was directed by Wes Craven and written by Kevin Williamson, writer of Scream and Scream 2, and co-writer of Scream 3. It stars an ensemble cast of David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Emma Roberts, Hayden Panettiere, Rory Culkin, Nico Tortorella and Erik Knudsen. Campbell, Arquette and Cox are the only returning main cast members from the previous films.
Ten years have passed, and Sidney Prescott, who has put herself back together thanks in part to her writing, is visited by the Ghostface Killer.
The Hangover 2 – Opens May 26th
Phil (Bradley Cooper), Stu (Ed Helms), Alan (Zach Galifianakis) and Doug (Justin Bartha) travel to exotic Thailand for Stu's wedding. After the unforgettable bachelor party in Las Vegas, Stu is taking no chances and has opted for a safe, subdued pre-wedding brunch. However, things don't always go as planned. A source familiar with the production said the character of the tattoo artist (played by Liam Neeson) is "pivotal" to the plot, in which one of the stars gets a tattoo during a night of debauchery.
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides – Opens May 20th
When Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) crosses paths with a woman from his past (Penelope Cruz) he's not sure if it's love—or if she's a ruthless con artist who's using him to find the Fountain of Youth. When she forces him aboard the ship of the formidable pirate Blackbeard (Ian McShane), Jack finds himself on an unexpected adventure in which he doesn't know who to fear more: Blackbeard or the woman from his past.
Transformers: Dark of the Moon – Opens July 1st
"Transformers 3″ features Sam Witwicky (LaBeouf) taking his first tenuous steps into adulthood while remaining a reluctant human ally of Optimus Prime. The film centers around the space race between the U.S.S.R. and the USA, suggesting there was a hidden Transformers role in it all that remains one of the planet's most dangerous secrets. The villain of the third film will be Shockwave.
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When the evil wizard Gargamel chases the tiny blue Smurfs out of their village, they tumble from their magical world and into ours – in fact, smack dab in the middle of Central Park. Just three apples high and stuck in the Big Apple, the Smurfs must find a way to get back to their village before Gargamel tracks them down.
Neil Patrick Harris, Jayma Mays, Sofia Vergara, and Hank Azaria star on camera opposite an all-star voice cast. Anton Yelchin will play Clumsy Smurf; comedy legend Jonathan Winters, who voiced roles in the "Smurfs" television series, will voice Papa Smurf; Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Katy Perry will play Smurfette; Alan Cumming will play Gutsy Smurf; "SNL's" Fred Armisen will voice Brainy Smurf; and George Lopez will play Grouchy Smurf.
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- Kung Fu Panda 2 – May 16th
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What went wrong at the Co-op Bank?
As a sobering assessment of missed warnings, leaders that could not see the wood for the trees and a failure of governance at a bank that very nearly went bust, Sir Christopher Kelly's report on the debacle at the Co-op Bank will take some beating.
As the BBC revealed last week, the Kelly report says the root cause was the attempt to take over the Britannia Building Society. Sir Christopher says the merger "should probably never have happened", a view that could equally legitimately be taken about Lloyds Bank's takeover of Halifax Bank of Scotland. Or the Royal Bank of Scotland's calamitous attempt to buy ABN Amro.
The Co-op saw Britannia as an easy route to retail customers and a ready-made branch network. It received into the bargain a mass of commercial property assets "outside its risk appetite", according to Sir Christopher. Britannia had loan-to-value ratios - a key test of the stability of a bank - that should have made the board wince. Due diligence was "cursory" and what is known as the "fair value adjustment" - reporting the true value of assets and liabilities at the time of the deal - proved "woefully inadequate". It estimated a £284m adjustment downwards. The actual figure was later revealed to be £802m.
Sir Christopher says "the Regulator did not object" to the deal. Why the Financial Services Authority kept quiet is a reasonable question, given that it had put Britannia on its own private "watch list" as an organisation in trouble.
The report says that on capital "forecasting and planning" were poor at the Co-op, the bank's board was "ill-informed" and managing day-to-day budgets appeared more important than ensuring a healthy balance sheet. Key executives had little or no banking experience, Sir Christopher says. The person put in charge of the bank's strategy post-merger was an expert in human resources.
On top of the bank's struggles to integrate the Britannia, the Co-op Group Board applied two further stresses - Project Unity, to bring together functions at the Co-op Group and the bank; and an attempt to buy 632 branches owned by Lloyds Bank. It was like attempting to fit after-burners on a Trabant.
Sir Christopher touches on the culture of the Co-op, a section of the report which should be required reading for any budding management gurus out there. His report says there was a willingness to accept poor performance, a tendency to promote good news over bad and a dislike of challenge. Niall Booker, the present chief executive of the Co-op Bank, insists that that culture is changing.
After its near collapse and restructuring, the Co-op Bank was bought by a number of American hedge funds and Co-op Group's stake fell to 30pc. Attention will now turn to the lessons in Sir Christopher's report for the Group, which has its key annual general meeting on May 17.
What it says of governance will be the key. Will members be convinced by Sir Christopher's finding that "the methods used over the last few years to appoint members of the board have led to serious failures". Will they vote through governance reforms? Many argue that the future of the Group hangs on reform and that the banks which are supporting the Co-op Group despite quite eye-watering losses will demand action. Sir Christopher's report is likely to strengthen the resolve of those who argue that without reform, Co-op Group will not have the tools to fix itself.


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Re: Dzogchen and Buddhism
Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 2:56 pm
The state of Dzogchen is Buddhahood. Whoever practices Dzogchen is trying to integrate with that state. A Dzogchen without Buddhism is not possible, since Dzogchen represents the goal of all paths, whether non-Buddhist or Buddhist. That goal is buddahood or full awakening.mindyourmind wrote: This whole Ati-lite thing is getting on my nerves. Read something like "Blazing Splendor" and see how Dzogchen should be studied.
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March 20, 2013
Wabash College senior football player Weston Kitley is one of 29 male student-athletes to receive the prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship for the fall sports season.
Kitley, a chemistry major and classics minor with a cumulative grade point average of 3.773, is considering attending the Indiana University School of Medicine in the fall with plans to become a surgeon.
"I was very excited when I received notification from the NCAA regarding the scholarship," Kitley said. This is something that you're never really sure will come through because there are so many deserving applicants. This scholarship would be very helpful to anyone going to graduate school. I am very appreciative to receive this assistance toward my future."
The NCAA awards up to 174 postgraduate scholarships valued at $7,500 each annually, including 87 for men and 87 for women. The scholarships are awarded across all divisions to student-athletes who excel academically and athletically, and who are in their final year of intercollegiate athletics competition.
Kitley is a four-year member of the Little Giant football team, starting three seasons on the offensive line and helping Wabash to an overall record of 37-7 along with North Coast Athletic Conference titles in 2011 and NCAA Division III Football Playoffs appearances in 2009 and 2011. Kitley received First Team All-NCAC honors from the league coaches in 2010, 2011, and 2012. He was elected captain by his football teammates as a senior. Kitley received national recognition as an Honorable Mention All-American by D3football.com in 2010. He was named to the D3football.com All-North Region Team in 2010, 2011, and 2012.
The College Sports Information Directors of American honored Kitley for his academic and athletic prowess by voting him to the Capital One Academic All-America Team as a senior. Kitley has also received accolades from Wabash, including the Howell Chemistry Award and the Treves Science Award. Kitley has served as president of the Wabash Chemistry Club and was inducted in the Hovey Honorary Chemical Society in 2012.
"Weston's outstanding performance as a student, researcher, and servant-leader made him an outstanding candidate for the prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship," Wabash College Director of Athletics and Wellness Joe Haklin said. "In many ways, Weston represents the very best Division III athletics has to offer. He is the embodiment of the ideal student-athlete. He has established a fine balance in his life between academic excellence, athletic prowess, and leadership."
Kitley's study and service outside the classroom has also been impressive. He spent the summer of 2012 conducting research, which he presented at the HHMI Janelia Farm Research Center in Virginia. He also exhibited his work at Wabash's Celebration of Student Research, and will travel to New Orleans in April to present his research at the 2013 national meeting of the American Chemical Society. His passion for medicine has been evident in his involvement with the Foundation for International Medical Relief of Children. Kitley has traveled to Nicaragua and El Salvador to study medical practices in these areas. In August he observed health conditions in Peru as part of a global health program and immersion trip provided by Wabash.
Assistant Professor of Chemistry Laura Wysocki has served as teacher and mentor to Kitley. "I have observed Weston in both a classroom setting in Advanced Organic Chemistry and in my independent research lab, and his contribution to both is immeasurable," Wysocki said. "I can always count on Weston to help me gauge the class' comprehension level. Weston is the backbone and spirit of my research lab and has developed into a true scientist and independent thinker. Weston has the intelligence and drive to reach any goal he sets for himself, but he also has the heart that will make him an excellent physician that patients will connect with and trust. I am truly excited to see what the future holds for him."
Wabash head football coach Erik Raeburn, who served as Kitley's position coach over the last four years, praised his character and demeanor.
"I have just completed my 13th year as a head coach, the last five at Wabash," Coach Raeburn said. "We have always targeted young men of high character who were driven to reach their full potential on the field and in the classroom. I have been both blessed and fortunate to coach and work alongside so many incredible young men, but none have been more impressive than Weston Kitley. Weston has many outstanding qualities, but his best is his humility. He is the most humble player I have ever coached. As a father, I would be truly blessed if my son grew up to be half the man Weston has become."
"I'm very grateful to everyone who helped to nominate me," Kitley added. "In many ways this is a validation of the hard work Wabash College demands to be successful. I have learned so much here and have been afforded many opportunities. This has been a once-in-a-lifetime experience that would not trade for anything else."


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There are a few things that you need to iron out, but I'm not going to give it all away
Took me about 45 mins, which considering I haven't got a clue what I'm doing is probably about 100 times less than the rest are going to take me...
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And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, "Which," He said, "you have heard from Me." —Acts 1:4
The task of the church is twofold: to spread Christianity throughout the world and to make sure that the Christianity she spreads is the pure New Testament kind....
Christianity will always reproduce itself after its kind. A worldly- minded, unspiritual church, when she crosses the ocean to give her witness to peoples of other tongues and other cultures, is sure to bring forth on other shores a Christianity much like her own....
The popular notion that the first obligation of the church is to spread the gospel to the uttermost parts of the earth is false. Her first obligation is to be spiritually worthy to spread it. Our Lord said "Go ye," but He also said, "Tarry ye," and the tarrying had to come before the going. Had the disciples gone forth as missionaries before the day of Pentecost it would have been an overwhelming spiritual disaster, for they could have done no more than make converts after their likeness, and this would have altered for the worse the whole history of the Western world and had consequences throughout the ages to come. Of God and Men, 35-37.
"Lord, I don't want to be guilty of producing inferior disciples. Send Your Holy Spirit that I might be empowered to produce converts with whom You can be pleased. Amen."
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DARTMOUTH, Mass. -- With their top five runners finishing among the top 25 and all seven of their competitors in the top 40, the Brandeis women's cross country team finished second out of 42 teams at the UMass-Dartmouth Shriner's Invitational. They finished behind only MIT, the No. 9 team in Division III, and ahead of No. 16 Colby and Stonehill College, the No. 21 team in Division II.
The Judges were paced in the second week in a row by junior Grayce Selig (Narberth, Pa./Springside School). Selig completed the 5,000-meter couse in 18:24, good for eighth place and five seconds ahead of her nearest competitor. Selig was followed by sophomore Kate Warwick (Boxborough, Mass./Acton-Boxborough) and junior Marie Lemay (Saco, Maine/Thornton Acad.), who finished in 12th and 13th place, respectively with times of 18:32 and 18:36. For Warwick, it marked the third time in her career she was the team's second scorer.
Next up for the Judges was sophomore Alyssa Pisarik (Chelmsford, Mass./Chelmsford), who came in 17th with a time of 18:47, while senior Ally Connolly (Concord, N.H./Concord) rounded out the scorers in 25th place with a time of 19:07. Ally's sister Beth, a senior, finished in 38th place in 19:18, just ahead of junior Hannah Lindholm (Masidon, Wisc./West), who was 39th with a time of 19:19.