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The Ignite Realtime community is happy to announce the latest release of Smack (version 3.3). It is now available for download. There have been a large number of issues addressed for this release, including new functionality with support for several more protocol extensions (XEP's) and many improvements on existing features.
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A new version of the Jappix plugin for Openfire is available with support for WebRTC restored back. It only supports Chrome version 26+ and is compatible with the WebRTC plugin for Spark. It uses The Openfire JingleNodes plugin for media relaying via Openfire server when WebRTC peers can connect directly with each other.
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For those following the use of Openfire for audio and video communication, The Jitsi project released very recently, the
. If you use Jitsi with Openfire, you find it very useful for creating both audio and video conferences with multiple people. I am hoping someone will try and make a Spark plugin for it
In the meantime, I did a quick experiment to see if I could convert the Redfire plugin for Spark to use WebRTC instead of RTMP/RTMFP
Guess what!!. It worked
It works the same way as the Redfire plugin for Spark. Click on the webrtc button to share audio and video with the person you are chatting with. On the other side, that person will receive a prompt to accept or reject the offer.
So here it is attached, if you want to play with it. It does not depend on any Openfire plugin, but will use the JingleNodes plugin if available to relay WebRTC audio/video media when a direct connection cannot be made between two Spark clients..
It needs Google Chrome version 26+ running on the client desktop as the default browser. It supports Google Chrome frame for Internet Explorer. The source code is in there as well. When Firexfox WebRTC support becomes stable, I will probably add support for that too.
I finally got multi-user video conferencing working in group chat like Redfire. Please note that there is no prompt. Each participant MUST click on the webrtc button to join the video conference and the plugin ensures a webrtc peer-connection is made between each and every participant. This should be done after everyone joins the groupchat.
If a new person enters the room and wishes to join the video-conference, each participant should close their browser windows and click on the webrtc button again.
Chrome version 26 stable and Firefox (Nightly build) now support full desktop screen sharing. In Chrome, you have to enable "Enable screen capture support in getUserMedia()" with the chrome://flags URL.
As the desktop screen is treated as a video device, you only have to make a change to the getUserMedia method for video and your existing application will work with no further changes. As an example, I only made the following change to my webrtc video example and now it allows two users to share their desktop screens
{video:{mandatory: {chromeMediaSource: 'screen'}}},
To see it in action, just click on this URL https://webrtc.free-solutions.org:8443/webrtc/screen.html from two different PCs. Register with two different user names (no spaces or special characters).
It is hosted by the very good kind and generous folks at free-solutions.org
The Ignite Realtime community is happy to announce the release of version 3.8.1 of Openfire! Downloads for various platforms are available here.
Openfire is a real time collaboration (RTC) server licensed under the Open Source Apache license. It uses the only widely adopted open protocol for instant messaging, XMPP (also called Jabber). Openfire is incredibly easy to setup and administer, but offers rock-solid security and performance.
This release is primarily a bugfix release that addresses issues that were reported after the release of 3.8.0, a few weeks ago. Release 3.8.1 includes fixes for, amongst others, shared groups and pubsub-related issues. The release also improves the robustness of loading the Multi-User Chat service at start-up. The changelog lists these and other changes in more detail.
As always, we welcome your feedback, suggestions, tips, hints, questions and other contributions in the Ignite Realtime Community pages.


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- micheleJuly 15, 2008 at 7:40 AM
Hence the reason my stint in ER was short-lived and miserable. I was used to oncology patients. You're having pain? Well, here's your morphine, and let me know if you need more. It was too much cognitive dissonance to go from that to malingerers. The first time an ER doc asked me if I thought a patient was faking a seizure I felt like I had fallen down the rabbit hole. Why would anyone want to fake a seizure???
ReplyDelete - ndenunzJuly 16, 2008 at 9:38 AM
This post got me to thinking. I understand you get many calls for referrals for admission from the Emergency Department. What percentage of the patients do you admit and what percentage do you sent home?. Do you use that opportunity to educate the Emergency Department physician?
Do you get calls from outside the hospital to do direct admissions or do all your referrals come through your Emergency Department? - AnonymousJuly 17, 2008 at 10:44 PM
Don't forget the classic calling the doctor an MF'er sign. When done by a family member when you refuse to write their mother/brother/sister narcotics because they are malignering then you know that they are in on the game as well and need their drugs. Yes it happened to me. I did not write the narcotics and the patient's daughter got up to push me so I walked out of the exam room. The kicker is that the next day the patient called the office wanting a medical note to turn her power back on after she didn't pay the bill. If you or your family calls me an MF'er I don't turn on your power or write you narcotics.
ReplyDelete In pediatrics we call this the "sleeping parent sign". When you walk into a room and the parent is asleep on the stretcher or in the bed (or, in the case of last night, in the CLIMBER CRIB) and the kid is in the pack-and-play or on the floor, you can say with 100% specificity that the kid is not sick.
ReplyDeleteGood sign - had a patient the had an atypical seizure in PACU after routine day surgery. CT, stat neuroangio and neuroconsult all either normal or inconclusive (despite continued seizures with iv dilantin and valium). How did we figure out he had Munchausens'? When we called his mother from the neuroangio suite she told us to call back in the morning!
ReplyDelete- AnonymousJuly 20, 2008 at 5:05 PM
I had a chest pain patient on Thanksgiving Day, guy in his late 30's who had what looked like a STEMI on his EKG. We activated the cath team, cardiologist evaluated him and took him to the cath lab. We call his family and tell them we think he is having a major heart attack, they said they'd try to make it up later that evening after their meal and the football game.
Cath results: no coronary stenosis
Labs: cocaine positive - AnonymousJuly 21, 2008 at 10:49 PM
funny thing. I am a biochemist. I build your clincal tests. I know the things you guys dont know. I know the gaps in knowledge you have and the areas where you are behind the science. your arrogance is so odd.
sometimes maybe these folks-especially the narc seakers-maybe are as bad as you guys say. But the rest? In reality you are missing pieces of the puzzle. You cant identify the problem because you lack the correct biomarker, the correct type of test, the proper understanding or realization that you lack the understanding. But of course your tests and cognitive skills couldnt be flawed. the patient is the flaw, eh? You guys live in total denial.
Tell your stomach pain lady to stop eating wheat and milk for a week-see if it helps. search pubmed for "dueodenum" and "eosinophil" to find an interesting paper by mayo. See? Oh but those whiny stomach folks.. - AnonymousJuly 22, 2008 at 3:37 PM
The sleeping husband sign may be sensitive but I don't think it's specific. I've had several husbands/baby-daddies who have slept through the delivery of their children! You certainly can't argue that women in labor are malingering.
ReplyDelete - AnonymousOctober 5, 2008 at 5:16 AM
I have a comment in regards to the "cell phone" sign...I was in labor with my first with no pain meds and lots of yummy pitocin for about 4 hours. When the doc came in to check on me I was having a conversation and not screaming and writhing uncontrollably- she proclaimed "ahhh, you're not in labor- a woman in labor doesn't laugh and smile." She then strolled out of the room, my water broke and I delivered about 15 minutes later! Only a tech and a brand new nurse were around-she didn't rush to answer her page because in her mind I wasn't in labor. By the way, the two who delivered the baby were AWESOME! I didn't need her anyway :-) Just please don't be so quick to generalize...I was in excruciating pain, I even passed out a few times, but didn't feel the need to make a scene. When I pop this new baby out next month, I'm gonna be as loud as possible just to get some attention :-) Just kidding!
ReplyDelete - AnonymousOctober 5, 2008 at 5:31 AM
Oh Please! 100% certainty that a kid isn't sick if their parents fall asleep? Maybe they've been up for two days debating whether or not they should brave the jungle that it is the ER...Or maybe they've spent every moment of the last 20 something hours at the child's bedside and now that they're in "professional" hands, their guard is lifted a little. I can't even count how many times I've fallen asleep after sitting in a damn ER for 16 hours while the docs (usually residents) try to figure out if they're going to admit my CAH daughter. Never mind the fact that I haven't eaten or slept in the two days it took for her "sniffles" to turn into an emergency. I can't fake or over react to an adrenal crisis, but the human body can only take so much. You're all medical professionals, you should know that. Sheesh. Look at the whole picture, please. That line of thinking is where complacency comes from.


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In new business, the council gave Cherokee County Youth Girl Softball permission to use the Leesburg softball fields during the upcoming season.
The council approved a special edition article with picture for a special edition in the Cherokee County Herald, and Vickie Robinson addressed the council concerning this.
The council approved reinstating the police officer reserve program.
Three volunteers are being sought to ride with full time officers.
Police Chief Lanny Ransum said the program should be up and running soon as applications, training, and qualifications would be evaluated.
The cost would come from workers comp, and the reserve officers would not have arresting powers. The reserve officers would have to provide their own shirt.
Interested candidates should contact Chief Ransum at the department.
The council voted to offer volunteer firefighters death and disability insurance through the Alabama Volunteer Firefighters Association at a cost of $20. per firefighter. This insurance would pay $100. a week to an injured firefighter, and $20,000. to the beneficiary of a firefighter killed in the line of duty.
Mayor Mackey briefly discussed problems with the sewage work in the town and problems with the cable TV company.
The meeting was adjourned and everyone thanked for coming to the meeting.


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The iPad Mini made its global sales debut Friday, but the lines of fans outside many stores were much smaller than previous Apple debuts.
By midday, the line at Apple's flagship store in Hong Kong to pick up reserved devices had five people, a far cry from the throngs that turned out for the iPad 2 debut here last year.
Hong Kong was among the first of 34 countries -- including the U.S. and major European markets -- where the iPad Mini went on sale Friday. Local press reports in Australia and Japan also suggested fewer fans were lining up to greet the thin 7.9-inch tablet.
Buyers were required to pre-order the device and arrive to pick up at a scheduled time, which may have contributed to the muted response. In January Apple halted sales of its iPhone 4S in Beijing and Shanghai after scuffles broke out among fans waiting overnight to buy the phone.
Apple wouldn't comment on how many iPad Minis were pre-ordered.
However, more than 750 people lined up to buy the tablet -- or other Apple gadgets -- Friday morning outside Apple's flagship store on Fifth Avenue in New York City, according to Fortune's Philip Elmer DeWitt. The size of the line was perhaps surprising given that Hurricane Sandy has disrupted access to Manhattan and some parts of the city are still without power.
In Hong Kong, the sale brought out the Apple faithful such as Thomas Wu, who added the Mini to his collection of products that include the iPhone, iTouch and iPad. "I love Apple," Wu said. "I'm going to use the Mini, and give my iPad to my family."
Those who crowded in the store over the iPad Mini display seemed more curious than ready to purchase the tablets, with models starting at $329. "I have several other tablets, so I'm just going to wait," said one customer, who asked not to be named, as he tried out the iPad Mini.
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The strongest pressure gradient on the 305K surface, and resultant more concentrated lift looks to be across northern Missouri by midnight or so so think the best coverage will be across the northern half of the forecast area. This focus should shift northward by daybreak. Given the amount of instability, which may be around 3000J/kg, strong storms are likely and a few severe storms can not be ruled out. Although the strongest shear will move into the region later, most likely after the convection has lifted north of the forecast area. The threat of severe thunderstorms looks to dramatically increase by Sunday afternoon and evening. The finer scale details still can not be resolved with much confidence, but the larger scale pattern will be very favorable for severe thunderstorm development. Widespread convection will likely be ongoing during the overnight across central to possibly eastern Kansas. This will likely spread cloud cover over the area through the morning hours which lead to weaker instability. But with such a humid air in place, breaks in the clouds by early afternoon should result in a rapid destabilization across the area with potential instability likely to be 2500 to 3500 J/kg by late afternoon or early evening. Strong convergence and lift along the advancing cold front will be enough overcome any cap and initiate convection. With 0-6km shear likely greater than 40 kts, and strong instability in place, storms should quickly become severe across eastern Kansas. Steep lapse rates, particularly in the hail growth area should lead to a very large hail potential across eastern Kansas and possibly western Missouri, if storms can remain discreet as the move east. The orientation of the shear would favor more persistent discreet storms in southeast Kansas where storms are more likely to move away from the initiating boundary. Further north, the orientation looks more parallel to the boundary which may keep the storms closer to the boundary and suggests that the northern portions of convection would form more quickly into a linear complex of storms. So think that by the time the storms begin to impact our forecast area they may be transitioning to that more linear mode. All hazard types are possible across extreme eastern Kansas and western Missouri as this transition occurs but damaging winds and large hail will become the main threats as the evening progresses and storms move east southeastward. .LONG TERM...(Monday through Friday) Issued at 300 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013 Monday into Monday night will see the potential for additional active weather over portions of the area, but greater uncertainty exists during this period based on Sunday night`s unknown convective evolution and model discrepancies. 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Notice how nearly every player deflects credit elsewhere?
I hope the NFL weenies were paying attention to the size, energy and excitement of the crowd.
Salary cap situation in the AFC North
Ravens - 12.9 Million Under (Assumes Flacco's current rookie contract)
Bengals - 50.6 Million Under (Only time he lets go of a nickel is to get a better grip)
Steelers - 13.8 Million OVER (That's money well spent! NOT!)
Browns - 45.6 Million Under (If they ever get their heads out of their collective backsides, they might be able to resurrect a storied team)
Free Agency
It will not be easy for the FO to retain as many impact players as we fans would like. Remember, however, the FO will try to keep as many as possible (meaning as many as the cap will allow).
They have faced this problem nearly every year for the last decade - good record of accomplishment equals low draft position. The FO seems to have excelled in facing that problem. Let's wait and see how they pull it off.
As fans, we know the Ravens will never do anything the easy way or in a pretty way. I have faith that the organization (Owner, GM, FO, coaches, staff and players) will make us proud to be fans.
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A source at Novi Detroit Catholic Central confirms that Shamrocks' standout sophomore football player David Widzinski has died.
It is believed that Widzinski, a Northville resident who was a leader of a Catholic Central defense that helped lead the team into its second straight Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 1 championship game late last month, died in his sleep.
The Wayne County Medical Examiner's Office has listed the cause of death as pending. Officials are awaiting results of toxicology tests.
The local Twitter sphere was ablaze with emotional tributes to Widzinski by the Catholic Central community on Monday night.
"The hole in the middle of our defense, that we will fill — the hole in the middle of our hearts will be there forever..Love you, David," Shamrocks assistant coach, Mike Mach, tweeted.
Catholic Central athletic director Aaron Babicz tweeted: "I LOVE ALL OF YOU. WE WILL FIGHT AND HEAL TOGETHER. WE ARE A FAMILY AND WILL STAND TALL AS ONE FOR OUR BROTHER. #CCFAMILY."
Widzinski's teammate and Shamrocks quarterback Garrett Moores, tweeted: "David I love you like a brother. I will remember you forever. Life is not fair."
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"It is with great sadness that the Catholic Central community mourns the loss of one of our brothers and Men of Catholic Central, sophomore David Widzinski, who passed away in his sleep sometime Sunday night or Monday morning," the letter reads.
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Students, faculty and staff prayed a common rosary at 8 a.m. Tuesday, after which members of the football team met with Basilian Fathers and counselors, according to the letter.
Counselors and Basilian Fathers are available for all students, and teachers were "more pastoral than academic" with students on Tuesday, the letter stated.
"The hearts of our CC community have been tugged in several different and painful directions over this past year," the letter states. The school suffered tragedy in the spring, as then-junior Salvatore Cipriano was severely beaten in a baseball bat attack that left his father, Robert, dead.
Salvatore's brother, Tucker Cipriano, is charged with murder in the attacks that also injured their mother, Rose Cipriano.
"We are confident in the prayers, love and support of the greater community, as we have already experienced over this past year," Huber stated in the letter.
"We are grateful for the prayers and love of students and families from our fellow Catholic, public and private schools; you are good friends."
Funeral arrangements were pending as of 2 p.m. Tuesday and will be listed at catholiccentral.net "as soon as they are set," the letter states.
Widzinski's last time on the football field left a fitting legacy. The fearsome middle linebacker collected a game-high 15 tackles in the team's loss to Detroit Cass Tech in the state finals.
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New York City Football Club (New York City FC) has named Claudio Reyna as the club's Director of Football and its first employee.
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Just last Friday, I released my 12 week training program, "Body Built". In my last post about it, I gave details about the program and what is included when you purchase it. Since then, I have received more questions about the program and many asking for me to post a sample workout. I want to first address a few of the most frequently asked questions:
- Is the program for beginners?
Well, to be quite honest, not exactly. If you've never stepped foot in the weight room, this may not be the program for you. Now, I am not saying a beginning couldn't catch on and do Body Built, but these are intense lifting workouts. As far as knowledge, all exercises and how to perform them can be found here on bodybuilding.com. So, if you were unsure of an exercise or how to perform it, you simply need to look it up and watch the video. The workouts are structured in a very detailed manner. I provide definitions for all terms (supersets, dropsets, etc) and explain the structure for everything that is to be expected for each workout. In terms of physical intensity, you essentially determine how intense you make the workouts. If you're going all out and lifting heavy, it's going to be tough, but if you're kind of going through the motions leisurely, it won't be as tough or effective.
I encourage you to lift as heavy as possible with proper form (safety always first). I include active rests and plyometric moves (think jump squats, burpees, jump rope, high knees). If you were able to do Insanity, Turbo Fire or P90X, then you most certainly can do the program. It isn't nearly as much jumping and impact as those Beachbody programs because it is essentially a weight lifting program supplemented with some active rests/plyo like mentioned above. The focus is weight lifting, so don't worry about having to jump around the whole time.
- What if I have bad knees or joints?
- How will I receive the program and when?
I will email you the program using the email provided on your PayPal account within 24 hours from when you purchase it. If you do NOT receive it in 24 hours, first check your spam. If it's not there, contact me at email@example.com and I will look into it and resolve the issue.
Many wanted a sample workout. I understand why you would want to see what Body Built is all about before you purchase it since it is a new program. I do want to explain something before I share any workouts. Now, Body Built is split into 3 phases. Phase 1, 2, and 3. Each phase is a progression, meaning each phase builds off the other. Now I don't want to compare my program to another, but to give you an idea, many of you probably know about Jamie Eason's Live Fit Trainer. If you look at her program, you'll see it's 3 phases and each phase, the workouts are vastly different. That's how my program is constructed. So, if I provide a workout or even two, you still are only seeing a glimpse of what there is. Just an FYI.
The first phase focuses on building lean muscle and lifting heavy with proper form. We focus more on the slow twitch muscles in phase one. The second phase progresses into involving more supersets, some dropsets, dropsets to burnout, and active rest/plyo moves. The third phases involves some exercises that work your balance and coordination. The layout is constructed as mini circuits and we really focus on working the fast twitch muscles. All 3 phases are meant to help you build your skills in the weight room so you are well rounded in terms of form, balance, coordination, posture, flexibility, while increasing strength and building lean muscle. The workouts in all three phases will have your heart rate up pretty high (especially phases 2 and 3), so that you're torching fat and burning calories without doing cardio. That is why my program is weight based and not cardio based. Cardio is called for only 3 days a week for Body Built and detailed instructions are given for the cardio plan. There is no need for tons of cardio when you're doing things right in the weight room and eating clean.
With all that being said, I will share two workouts, both from Phase 2 of Body Built so you can get a small glimpse into what the workouts are essentially like:
Shoulders/Abs- (All exercises 3x12 unless otherwise noted)
DB shoulder press
Standing one arm DB shoulder press (12 reps each side)
normal sets:
BB clean and press
Standing upright BB row
w/ active rest:
Cable rear delt fly
Jump rope (1 minute)
set/mini circuit (3x15)
Bench leg pull-ins
Reverse bench crunch
Plate side bends (15 to each side)
phase 2 of the program, there are 2 leg days per week, one day focus is
quads/calves and the other day, the focus is glutes/hamstrings
(Quads/Calves emphasis) - All exercises 3x12 unless otherwise noted)
Smith Machine squat (place a plate underneath your heels to target quads)
Smith machine split lunge (12 reps each side)
Walking barbell lunges (12 reps each side)
w/ active rest:
Single leg extension (12 reps each leg)
Bench/box jumps (12)
Leg press (two giant sets of 30)
Jump pulse squats (pulse 5 times, jump, land, repeat)
normal sets:
Seated calf raise
Standing calf raise (one set toes forward, one set toes angled in, one set toes
angled out)
I truly hope this helps give you an idea of the type of workout you can expect from the program. Again, no two workouts are the same, so there are a TON of other workouts you'll be doing. If you do decide to purchase Body Built, the PayPal link is on my homepage here, in the top right hand corner. If you're on Instagram, hashtag your progress pics #SOFBodyBuilt so I can track your progress and you can motivate each other. :)
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An Open Letter to Senator Marco Rubio on Gun Control
Sen. Rubio:
I hope that we can count on your support for upholding your oath of office and defend our 2nd. Amendment rights. This is not about semi-automatic weapons it is about who can have them. This is not about gun control but population control and we know it.
You people in the District of Corruption need to wake up and realize that We The People have had enough of you the tyrants. Your constant assault on our Liberties and Freedoms as defined by the Bill of Rights is not transmutable but finite. The last 4 words of the 2nd. Amendment reads as follows: "Shall Not Be Infringed" now what part of that statement don't you and the rest of the DC ruling class elites comprehend.
You're direct defiance of your oath of office by signing legislation like NDAA 2012, the 2 debt ceiling increases, the refusal to investigate Fast & Furious, Benghazi, stimulus 1 & 2, QE1 2 3 3.5, et.al. I would run out of room just listing the criminal actions that have been committed that you and your colleagues have turned a blind eye to.
You incompetent assholes haven't passed a budget in going on 4+ years and you still can't because you are all too gutless to do what needs to be done. As I am writing this it is taking every ounce of restraint I can muster to keep from verbally chastising you for your actions and your co-conspirators who infest our government. You have spent me, my children and now my grandchildren into poverty and you come back for more. You and your cohorts gall is astounding! read more »


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Piloting the Forest Landscape Restoration Approach
In Georgia, the area covered by forests is approximately 2.8 million hectares which is about 40% of the country's territory. Forest plays an essential role in the economic and social life of the country. The relationship between people and the natural resources of a landscape, they live in, is a complex one. People can depend heavily on their surrounding resources for subsistence aspects of their daily life. …
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Protected areas play a vital role in contributing to climate mitigation and adaptation, both on global and local scale. However, their role in responding to climate change is currently insufficiently recognized in the development of national strategies and policies of Georgia. …
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It's a common refrain heard from neighbors and friends after someone they know is accused in a mass shooting or other horrific crime: "He was such a nice guy! He was so quiet -- I can't believe he'd do something like this!"
Even serial rapist and killer Ted Bundy, who admitted to killing more than 36 women in the 1970s, was roundly described as charming.
And now accused cop killer Christopher Dorner seems to belong to the group of people who, if California authorities are correct, duped most everyone around them when it came to their sinister side.
"Chris was a guy who was approachable, had a great sense of humor, fun to be around, intelligent, good conversationalist, the kind of guy most people would want to hang out with and want to spend time with," said his friend and former Southern Utah University classmate James Usera.
"He was really, in my experience, a pretty terrific individual for whom I had a great deal of respect."
A former next-door neighbor also had a good impression of the accused killer, saying Dorner was "a nice, friendly guy, easy to approach."
Approachable, funny, terrific -- hardly the description you'd expect of a man who commanded a $1 million bounty after he promised a campaign of "asymmetric warfare" on the Los Angeles Police Department, his onetime employer.
Police say he followed through, killing four people, two of them police officers. He wounded four others. Authorities are now working to determine whether a body found in burned-out cabin near Angelus Oaks in Southern California belongs to the 33-year-old man who allegedly terrorized the force.
While Dorner gave off a certain impression to many, some who knew him best, like ex-girlfriend Ariana Williams, had seen another side of him.
Their relationship started when Dorner was a rookie cop in a tough, stress-filled beat, and ended with Williams posting a warning on a website for other women to avoid dating Dorner.


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Friends and family of Patrick Baldwin hope to raise awareness about mental illness
Family and friends described Patrick Baldwin of Ortonville as the funniest person you'd ever meet.
Little did anyone know, Patrick was struggling with depression. He was only 19 years old when he took his own life on Nov. 14, 2012.
Now, Patrick's friends and family are trying to raise awareness about mental illness — hoping something good can come out of his suicide.
Patrick was a graduate of Brandon High School, and he was attending Oakland Community College in Auburn Hills, where he also worked in the bookstore.
"He was so funny, he was just the funniest kid. He was active ... very imaginative. He hid his depression so well, you would have never known," said his aunt, Ann Thather, who is in her 50s and lives in Sterling Heights.
"I guess the fondest memory is he loved music," she said. "He would spend the night with me and we would throw on rap, rock and we would dance — he really loved music."
His father, Pat, who works as a public safety office at Oakland Community College, described his son as "very funny, intelligent, good-looking, tall and very athletic."
Pat said his son also had a passion for karate, especially Tang Soo Do — which is related to taekwando.
"When (Patrick) was younger, he did gymnastics for about eight years," Pat said. "The last couple of years, he and I started taking karate ... at Hayme Serrato's Martial Arts in Ortonville. ... (Patrick) loved karate, he was on the schools competition team for 2012. He was a state champion in the Michigan Sport Karate Circuit. He took first place in sparring and forms."
Though he didn't have a black belt, his father said Patrick had the kind of control a black belt holder would have. Continued...
One of Pat's favorite memories of his son was at a karate tournament.
"There were a bunch of folks, and (Patrick) was 6 foot 3 and 190 pounds ... and there was all these guys doing flips and stuff and Patrick was going 'I'm going to show them who they're messing with,' and he proceeded to do ... a back flip," Pat said. "It's rare that guys his size have that kind of agility."
Patrick won many trophies for his karate talents.
Pat describes his son's suicide as "the most devastating thing" in his life, and he does not want anyone to suffer in silence.
The week of Feb. 18, which would have marked Patrick's 20th birthday, is being declared by his friends and family as "National Pajama Pants Week."
"Patrick was a goofball, he wore pajama bottoms everywhere, to school, to work. If he had an interview at Harvard, he would have worn his pajama bottoms there," Thatcher said. "For a woman of my age, (wearing pajama pants publicly) is a frightening prospect."
A public Facebook page called "7 Days for Patrick Baldwin's Pajama Bottom Ways" has been created. Participants are asked to post pictures of themselves or family and friends out in public wearing pajama bottoms.
"The idea is that Patrick liked to wear his pajama pants and slippers ... we used to have to make him wear normal pants," Pat said.
The family hopes to get rid of the stigma associated with mental illness. Pat said if someone had a disease like cancer, medical attention is a part of treatment — it is the same for mental illness because it can be fatal if left untreated.
"The idea is to support and raise awareness, that day, or any day that week, and post pictures of you wearing (pajama pants)," he said. Continued...
"Hopefully this will help some kid down the road, with the idea that other people suffer from depression and treatment is available. ... There's other answers."
The family has chosen the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention as their chosen charity. This family is not asking for donations, but hope that the organization can provide tools for preventing future suicides. To learn more about the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, visit www.afsp.org
The week of Feb. 18 is being declared as "National Pajama Pants Week" because Patrick Baldwin enjoyed wearing pajama pants everywhere he went. Participants should wear their pajama pants to work, school or other public places to raise awareness of suicide and mental illness. Those who participate are encouraged to join and post them in the Facebook group "7 Days for Patrick Baldwin's Pajama Bottom Ways."
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The nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest announced the "winners" of its Xtreme Eating Awards, handed to restaurant-chain dishes with off-the-chart calories and saturated fat.
Some are obvious awardees, such as a milkshake that actually contains a slice of apple pie. But pasta with shrimp, arugula, tomatoes and mushrooms? How bad could that be? Pretty bad, it turns out.
Following are some of the dishes that topped this year's list of awardees, and the amount of calories and saturated fat that put them there. The CSPI notes that a typical adult should consume about 2,000 calories and a maximum of 20 grams of saturated fat and 1,500 milligrams of sodium per day; in addition, the Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommends consuming no more than 6 teaspoons of added sugar for women and 9 teaspoons for men.
IHOP's Country Fried Steak & Eggs combo includes a deep-fried steak with gravy, two fried eggs, deep-fried potatoes and two buttermilk pancakes. It has 1,760 calories, 23 grams of saturated fat, 3,720 milligrams of sodium and 11 teaspoons of added sugar.
Johnny Rockets' Bacon Cheddar Double Burger -- with two one-third-pound beef patties, four slices of cheddar cheese, four strips of bacon and a "special" sauce -- has 1,770 calories, 50 grams of saturated fat, and 2,380 milligrams of sodium. And the Big Apple Shake — a milkshake with a slice of apple pie in it — has 1,140 calories, 37 grams of saturated fat and about 13 teaspoons of added sugar.Uno Chicago Grill's Deep Dish Macaroni & 3-Cheese has 4 cups of pasta, cheddar, Parmesan and Romano cheeses, alfredo sauce (made with cream, cheese, rendered chicken fat and butter) a crushed Ritz cracker topping. That's 1,980 calories, 71 grams of saturated fat and 3,110 mg of sodium.
Cheesecake Factory's Bistro Shrimp Pasta, with crispy battered shrimp, mushrooms, tomato, arugula and basil-garlic-lemon cream sauce, has 3,120 calories and 89 grams of saturated fat.
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