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A man has been jailed for at least 26 years over a double murder in South Australia.
Shane Jon Shove, 44, pleaded guilty in the South Australian Supreme Court.
He shot dead two other men at his property near Sandalwood in the Murray Mallee while he was high on drugs.
A court was told Shove was paranoid and thought his victims were going to steal his cannabis.
Philip Jonathon Thomas, 40, and Christopher Bennet Sandison, 41, were killed, in April last year.
The court heard the victims, and other people, had gone to Shove's property for a weekend to go shooting and take drugs.
Thomas was shot in the backyard of the property and Sandison on his return to the property from the town nearby.
The prosecution told the court the victims were completely blameless men.
In sentencing, Justice Trish Kelly said it was a senseless crime.
"The fact two lives were taken away from Mr Thomas and Mr Sandison is a senseless tragedy," she told Shove.
"The seeds of your self destruction were sewn in the choices you made as long ago as while you were still a teenager, and make no mistake Mr Shove you are the author of your own self destruction.
"You simultaneously destroyed your own life and the lives of two men and the lives of the people around them."
She said she gave him credit for his guilty plea.
"You deserve and will receive a substantial credit for that decision," Justice Kelly said.
"I accept that in the weeks leading up to the entry of your plea of guilty that you decided to accept responsibility for what you have done and that you do now accept full responsibility for the consequences of your actions and the devastating consequences for the family of Mr Thomas and Mr Sandison."


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Apparently Charles Xavier (James McAvoy) and Magneto (Michael Fassbender) didn't listen when Wolverine told them to, "Go fuck yourself," because Hugh Jackman is reportedly in negotiations to reprise his role in the sequel, X-Men: Days of Future Past. A brief, but fan-favorite moment in Matthew Vaughn's X-Men: First Class, the gruff response from Logan when asked to join the X-Men was spot-on for his character and delivered by the face of the franchise in Jackman. With the director of two of the original films, Bryan Singer, now directing the sequel, it's even more likely that we'll get to see another classic moment. Hit the jump for more.
Heat Vision reported that Jackman was in talks to reprise his role for a cameo in X-Men: Days of Future Past. He would join other X-Men stars, Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart, as we reported earlier. The First Class sequel not only occurs before the events of the original X-Men trilogy, its source material also includes two alternate timelines, which makes it feasible for the casts of both series to appear in the same film. In Chris Claremont's Days of Future Past arc, an alternate future saw surviving mutants held in concentration camps while giant robot Sentinels patrolled the land; most of the X-Men had been killed. It fell upon heroes of a prior timeline to stop a key event from happening that would lead to the alternate future. How the two versions of Professor X and Magneto are going to be used in the film remains to be seen.
It's also unclear at this time just how much screentime Jackman would see. With him wrapping on Wolverine (which focuses quite a bit on the hero's struggle with immortality), he could do press for his upcoming film, Les Miserables, and still be in fighting shape by the time cameras start rolling on the sequel early next year. Whether he'll have a ten-second cameo or a more integral role in the film, we'll just have to wait and see.
So, for those of you who are keeping score, X-Men: Days of Future Past is set to star Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult…and Hugh Jackman. Crazy.
X-Men: Days of Future Past is set to open July 18, 2014.

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| Ingredient 1 = Aetheria Mana Stone
| Ingredient 1 = Aetheria Mana Stone
| Ingredient 2 = Coalesced Aetheria (
| Ingredient 2 = Coalesced Aetheria ()
| Result = Aetheria (Yellow)
| Result = Aetheria (Yellow)
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Related topics: Aetheria Teaser, Aetheria Quest
Lore & Background
By researching the ancient writings of Empyrean magic, the Archmages of the Arcanum have unlocked the secrets of a new kind of magic that the Empyreans called Aetheria. In ancient times, powerful Empyrean mages learned to infuse Aetheria in Dereth with pure mana to empower it. By infusing this Aetheria with pure mana stored in enchanted gemstones, they could coerce Aetheria to crystallize into patterns that the ancient mages called sigils. These sigils could be manipulated to increase personal power. The Empyreans found that it was the nature of Aetheria to grow in power as it was used. The more you used these Aetheria sigils, the more powerful they became.
Long ago the ability to recognize and manipulate Aetheria was lost. Although this magical energy wells freely from the menhir mana fields into Dereth, these potent magical energies have in recent times remained undetected as they flowed throughout the lands. That is about to change.
With the help of explorers, adventurers and mercenaries the Arcanum has drawn this Aetheric magic from the Menhir mana fields into specially prepared mana stones enchanted to hold Aetheric power. The Arcanum have traveled from the corners of Dereth to perform a complicated ritual. Calling forth ancient magics, the circle of mages were surrounded by hundreds of glowing gemstones infused with the Aetheric power of the menhir mana fields. The mages have enacted a ritual to reveal the Aetheria that flows out of the mana fields and rains down upon Dereth.
Once hidden from untrained eyes, the power of the Arcanum has caused this Aetheric magic to be revealed. The Aetheria appears as three distinct colors, as it once appeared to the mystic sight of ancient Empyreans. Now that the Aetheria that flows from the mana fields has color and has coalesced into form, it can be found on all manner of creatures that inhabit Dereth. More importantly, the Arcanum has agreed to teach those it deems worthy to empower this Coalesced Aetheria so it once again forms into the ancient sigils of power and can be wielded by those who have learned its secrets.
Tutorial Videos
Obtaining Aetheria
For complete details on how to first open your slots, see the Aetheria Quest.
The icons can be filled with Aetheria trinkets. They may be activated by the Aetheria Mana Stone and placed in the empty corresponding color slot. That is, you can only wield one blue, one yellow, and one red aetheria at the same time.
- Use Aetheria Mana Stone on Coalesced Aetheria (Yellow_2) to create Aetheria (Yellow).
- A sigil rises to the surface as you bathe the aetheria in mana.
The aetheria require 1,000,000,000 points added to them to activate the Sigils and Surges. Once activated, they must then have 3,000,000,000 in xp to activate the next level (level 2). To reach level 3 requires 7 Billion XP. The extremely rare level 4's require 15 Billion XP. Xp must come from killing monsters or from questing. Passup experience won't affect them. Blue are pre-loaded with xp of 750,000,000 to make it easier for lower levels to use them. They are dropped by monsters and also found in MFK chests.
Aetheria Powder
Characters can also utilize an Aetheria Desiccant which can destroy any Aetheria they do not wish to keep and extract from those destroyed remains pure Aetheria Powder, you can purchase the desiccant from Janier al-Evv in Xarabydun. Dessicant costs 1,250 pyreal per use, stacks to 1000, and is weightless...an MMD thus buys 200, but doesn't add to burden, and takes just one pack slot.
- Use Aetheria Desiccant on Aetheria (Yellow) to create Aetheria Powder.
You use the desiccant on the aetheria to create an aetheria powder.
The Arcanum can use this powder to further their research. The Arcanum is already preparing mages to accept this Aetheria Powder in trade for other rewards. Rewards include a Mana Forge Key per 10 Aetheria dust. Visit Cypher in Xarabydun for your reward (the same person you talk to to start the Aetheria Quest.) A turn in limit was later added of 50 powders per six day period per character.
Aetheria Sets
- Sigil of Growth Set
- Sigil of Defense Set
- Sigil of Fury Set
- Sigil of Destruction Set
- Sigil of Vigor Set
Note: set bonuses occur when any level 1 or above Sigil is equipped. It appears that to a certain degree the spells are cumulative. i.e. Two level 2 Sigil of Destruction will cast a level 4 spell on the wielder. Surges stack to exactly level 7, i.e. having 3 level 3 Sigils of Fury grants no additional benefit. Thus, the optimial combination of Sigils is a level 4 and a level 3 of your desired type, and a level 4 of your desired secondary type. Or, if you can only get 3's, two 3's of one kind, and a 3 of the second. This way, you waste no Sigil Ranks. ---
Level 8 Sigils
Aetheria Surges
Any Aetheria that is level 1 or greater grants your character a cast on strike property called a "Surge". These Surges activate based on your single offensive attack, meaning multi-target spells and the cleaving property of two-handed weapons does not equate to an increased chance of Surging (nor will you surge on multiple targets). The act of being hit or attacked would also seem to increase the chances of a Surge going off. An active Surge shows by a symbol circling your character (green symbols) or your opponent (red symbols), see Images under the image section.
Surge of Destruction : Your Damage Rating is increased by 20% for 10 seconds, similar to a Spirit Thirst bonus. Multiple Destruction Surges do not stack. This is a % increase in damage, NOT a +dmg effect like Blood Drinker.
Surge of Protection : Your Damage Reduction Rating is increased by 20 for 10 seconds. This has been hard to verify if it actually works. If a % number, the effect will only be 1-2 pts at best.
Surge of Regeneration : You begin to regenerate at an increased rate. You gain 30 points of health a tick for 5 ticks (150 health maximum total). It's noteworthy that if you get multiple Surges of healing, they surpass (extend duration), they do not stack (heal +30 per Surge per tick). These Surges are not considered healing effects per the Sigil of Growth.
Surge of Affliction : The target loses 90 points of health over 19 seconds. This is considered a drain attack and attack spell debuff (for purposes of some monsters who then start vulning you in return).
Surge of Festering : Your opponent is cursed so all healing effects are reduced by a Healing Reduction Rating of 20. For the next 20 seconds any healing effect from spell, potion, food, or kit is reduced. This is probably the weakest of the effects. It is also considered an attack debuff.
Surges are considered short-term low-power magical buffs, and can be dispelled by monsters (Killagurg got lucky and dispelled a Surge of Destruction on me, along with Blackmoor's Favor).
Gameplay and Advice
- General Advice: Having all your Aetheria use the same Surge is generally better then having mixed Surges. This will allow you to factor the Surging into your combat plans more easily. Randomness can be entertaining, but generally it is better to be predictable.
- Offense: The Offense mindset is simple...you kill the enemy as fast as possible. You don't need to heal until after the fight, because the enemy dies faster.
The combination of Surge of Destruction and Sigil of Destruction is ideal. This nets you up to +7% dmg constantly, and a further +20% damage when the Surge is active. As a secondary Sigil, you should probably use Fury, which increases dmg on crits. Note that Surges of Destruction do not stack.
Use of the Surge of Affliction is a possible alternative, but the fixed 90 dmg is not that impressive, and is actually done to the enemy, not cast on you...so, for instance, if you switch targets, and/or the Afflicted dies, the Surge is wasted.
- Defense: The Defense mindset is that by not needing to heal, you don't interrupt damage infliction and you stay in the fight. It's about action conservation.
There are two schools of thought here...damage prevention, and damage restoration/healing. Primary one, secondary the other. (Defense/Prot x2, Growth/Prot x 1, or Healing/Regeneration x2, Defense/Regeneration x1).
Damage prevention naturally entails the Sigil of Defense and Surges of Protection. +7% to your Damage Reduction, kicking with +20%, should prevent an additional 1-2 pts of damage per blow, and potentially a great deal with the Surge, which should reduce your healing needs, and let you stay in a fight longer. Protection is hard to tell if it actually works because the numbers are so small, but if it does, it certainly can prevent potentially hundreds of points of damage depending on how often you are being hit!
Healing is all about taking care of the damage that does get thru so you don't have to spend actions to heal. By boosting the Surge rate/fequency, multiple Surges wipe away your damage and allow you to keep fighting. This technique can be very effective if multiple Surges come out, because the healing effect continues longer. 90 points is about the average of a level 6 healing spell, so it's quite a nice boost.
A Defense set is more appropriate for war magic users, because they do extreme damage with spells already, and the additional damage is not as significant as it is for weapon users. Too, every action not spent healing, or delaying healing, helps the mage inflict more and more dmg, and every Surge of Regeneration is one less Heal Self 7 the mage has to cast, while damage soaked by improved DR delays self healing even longer.
- Utility: Or, more accurately, general usage. The Sigil of Vigor is designed to fill this slot. It grants more hit points, stamina, and mana (+1/5/5 per Level). It's geared for mages mostly, who use all three stats actively. By having more mana and stamina, mages have more tools to stay in a fight longer without having to regain such (even 1 or 2 spells can be key for a mage).
Surges for the Utility/General mindset are going to be either Offense or Defense based, i.e. Destruction or Regen/Protection.
General Commentary
- Sigil of Fury: Right now, this Sigil is less useful than Destruction. It adds damage like Destruction, but only to Critical Hits, and adds the same amount as Destruction. This Sigil is being fixed next month... current musing from Django is that it will provide an Endurance boost. This Sigil naturally works best if you like to use weapons with the critical hit effects (Biting Strike/Crippling Strike, Critical Strike, Crushing Blow). The damage is also % based, making it do more as you go up in level and gain higher base dmg attacks. The Sigil of Fury does NOT affect chance of critting (600 attacks w Sigil/Fury VI resulted in 59 Crits, should have been closer to 80).
- Surge Frequency: The trigger method involves more then launching a single attack. 600 attacks at a Target Druge yielded only 4 Surges. I posit that it checks to see if you are being attacked to increase the chance of a Surge. Certainly mages don't seem to have that many fewer Surges then fast attacking melees. (RE: doesn't seem so. Tested surge rates using the same Aetheria set with a mage under non-stop attack by at least 6 mobs whenever casting for 10 hours; results were identical as surge rate when casting without mobs in melee range, or < 1%). It's also worth investigating if increases in crit chances (such as the Biting Strike/Critical Strike affect the frequency of Surges (worth investigating, given base crit chance is extremely close to surge chance).
- Surge of Festering: The only use I can see for this is against creatures with a monstrous Heal/Drain rate, such as Virindi or Tentacles...Nahhhhhh. This is also considered an attack spell effect, which certain creatures will 'activate' and start casting hostile spells back at you (Crystal Lords, Plat Golem Mtn kings, etc)
- Sigil of Growth: Tests don't seem to show any change to Natural Regeneration or the Surge of Regeneration. The healing boost is +1 point per Level, to things like potions, spells, and probably the healing skill (i.e. a 50 pt healing potion heals 52 with a level II Sigil). This is not absolute from tests, but seems pretty clear.
- Surge of Regeneration: Confirmed that Surges of Regeneration do NOT stack if multiples are active. This means that Surges of Affliction will not stack, either. Duration is extended, that is all.
Leveling Aetheria
When first created, an aetheria is inert and will neither cast a sigil spell on you when wielded nor will it surge. You must first level the aetheria to at least level 1. You level an aetheria by wielding it and earning experience through questing or hunting (aetheria do not earn xp from passup and do not benefit from xp bonuses such as from trinkets). Each aetheria has an inherent level cap beyond which it cannot be leveled further, this is indicated by the small number in the corner of the icon image, and by second number in the "Item Level: x/x" line on the ID panel (the first number is the current level).
The xp earned isn't divided in any way amongst your various aetheria, therefore you gain the most benefit by making sure each aetheria in a slot has room to grow when completing quests with a large xp reward (if an aetheria is fully leveled, you earn nothing for that slot). Holding a Rare Weapon will also give xp to that weapon. In other words, if you earned a million xp and only had one aetheria wielded it would get 1 million. And if you had 3 aetheria wielded and are holding a weapon, all 4 items would get 1 million xp (4 million xp total).
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In general, an Aetheria of level N requires 2^N-1 billion XP to fully level it (750 million XP less if it is blue since it starts with that.)
When an aetheria levels you see the rainbow burst of levelling up and receive a green text message :
Your Aetheria has increased in power to level 1!
Your Aetheria has increased in power to level 2!
Your Aetheria has increased in power to level 3!
Your Aetheria has increased in power to level 4!
Blue Aetheria requires you be level 75 to open the slot and equip.
Yellow Aetheria requires you to be level 150 to open the slot and equip.
Red Aetheria requires you to be level 225 to open the slot and equip.
Combinations and misc details
Please post individual findings and observations below. The information here will be structured and integrated into the main article as we become more confident in our findings and conclusions. So the information below may not be 100% accurate, but should be useful as we flesh out the details together.
- Aetheria with a maximum level of 1 are most common; level 2 are less common, and level 3 are even more rare. Very, very rare are Aetheria which can grow up to level 4 or 5 (unverified 6). Level 4 have been confirmed to drop on non Tier 7 creatures (for example in Egg Orchard).
- Blue Aetheria, regardless of maximum level, always drop with 750,000,000 "bonus" xp already invested towards their first level. Yellow and red Aetheria always drop with 0 xp to start, and must be leveled from scratch.
- Aetheria may drop with any combination of Set + Surge, for a total of 25 possible combinations thus far. In addition to these variables, Aetheria's maximum possible level also ranges from 1 to 5, bringing the theoretical total number of unique Aetheria to 600 after factoring in color variations.
- Initial observations suggest that all Sets have an approximately equal chance of occurring, while certain Surges--particularly Affliction and Regeneration--may be significantly less common than the rest.
- With five sigils and five surges, there are 25 possible variations. This means that if you are looking for a specific combination, say Growth/Protection, there is only a 4% chance of getting it each time you create a new Aetheria.
- 3:33:28 You cast Surge of Destruction on yourself 3:33:28 Critical hit! You impale Olthoi Ripper for 1102 points of piercing damage! 3:33:31 Critical hit! You impale Olthoi Ripper for 1320 points of piercing damage! The first hit is normal damage the second is after a surge. Using paradox touched atlatl with deadly barbed darts(23.1-33 base damage) and a level one surge. NOTE: This represents a 20% damage increase, in line with other tests.
- It is not necessary for a spell to land in order for a surge to occur. It happens on the release of the war spell, not the impact. I would guess a similar thing would happen with melees.
Solo Sigil Effects
|Blue (Level 75+) - Yellow (Level 150+) - Red (Level 225+)
|Healing Rating +1
|Damage Reduction +1
|Critical Rating +1
|Damage Rating +1
|+1 Health
+5 Stamina
+5 Mana
|Healing Rating +2
|Damage Reduction +2
|Critical Rating +2
|Damage Rating +2
|+2 Health
+10 Stamina
+10 Mana
|Healing Rating +3
|Damage Reduction +3
|Critical Rating +3
|Damage Rating +3
|+3 Health
+15 Stamina
+15 Mana
|Healing Rating +4
|Damage Reduction +4
|Critical Rating +4
|Damage Rating +4
|+4 Health
+20 Stamina
+20 Mana
|Healing Rating +5
|Damage Reduction +5
|Critical Rating +5
|Damage Rating +5
|+5 Health
+25 Stamina
+25 Mana
|Healing Rating +6
|Damage Reduction +6
|Critical Rating +6
|Damage Rating +6
|+6 Health
+30 Stamina
+?+30 Mana
|Healing Rating +7
|Damage Reduction +7
|Critical Rating +7
|Damage Rating +7
|+7 Health
+35 Stamina
+35 Mana}
Critical damage rating increases your damage done when critically striking. IT does not affect chance of crit (600 strikes = 59 crits with Sigil VI up), and the damage is a % of the base crit (14 went to 15).
Surge and Sigils of Destruction are also % based damage, not fixed (i.e. not like Blood Drinker). This is probably because Spirit Thirst mechanics work on melee attacks, but BD isn't scaled to work with wands.
Sigil effects stack only to level VII (7). Having 3 Sigils at Rank3 does NOT get you to 9. As Turbine said, there's a benefit for having some versatility in Sigils. The ideal combo is thus 7 of one Sigil and 4 of another.
Surge rates of occurrence: (please verify, before beginning your tests, that non-hits such as evades and resists either can or cannot cause a Surge). Note: Pure attacks are only one Surge trigger. 600 fast UA attacks generated only 4 Surges, but the Surge rate can be MUCH higher in melee.
- Blue Aetheria
Level 1: X over (# of tests)
Level 2: X over (# of tests)
Level 3: X over (# of tests)
Level 4: X over (# of tests)
- Yellow Aetheria
Level 1: X over (# of tests)
Level 2: X over (# of tests)
Level 3: X over (# of tests)
Level 4: X over (# of tests)
- Red Aetheria
Level 1: X over (# of tests)
Level 2: X over (# of tests)
Level 3: X over (# of tests)
Level 4: X over (# of tests)
Confirmed Drops
- Lists of creatures and chests that are confirmed to drop specific aetheria colors/levels. Currently it is believed all colors can drop on everything, with more data this may turn out to not be the case. Click icons for individual lists - in progress - if you find aetheria on nonlisted creatures, please add it to the trophy section for that creature/chest):
- List of creatures that have been extensively hunted for hours and have not dropped a single Aetheria (if you find one on a listed creature, remove the creature from this list):


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Lightning Acquire Jean-Francois Jacques From The Florida Panthersby Staff Writer / Tampa Bay Lightning
The Tampa Bay Lightning have acquired forward Jean-Francois Jacques from the Florida Panthers in exchange for future considerations, vice president and general manager Steve Yzerman announced today.
Jacques, 27, has played in 24 games this season with the San Antonio Rampage of the American Hockey League, collecting five goals and seven points to go along with 37 penalty minutes. The 6-foot-3, 231-pound left winger ranks tied for first on the Rampage with three power play goals.
The Montreal, Quebec native has skated in 166 career NHL games with the Edmonton Oilers and Anaheim Ducks, recording nine goals and 17 points to go along with 197 penalty minutes. Last season Jacques appeared in six games with the Ducks and tallied 12 penalty minutes.
Jacques was originally drafted by the Oilers in the second round, 68th overall, in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft.


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Industry News for JTECH Medical
Salt Lake City, Utah 84115
Salt Lake City — December 21, 2012 — JTECH Medical again received the renewal of their ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 13485:2003 with Canadian Medical Devices Conformity Assessment System (CMDCAS) certifications for its manufacturing facility - continuing its commitment to excellence in quality.
"These certifications are an endorsement of JTECH's USA-based manufacturing capabilities and dedication to quality management systems," says JTECH Medical President, Len Smith. "JTECH has a tradition of regulatory compliance which ensures clinicians they are utilizing world-class medical devices."
The ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 13485:2003 with CMDCAS standards has specific requirements the quality management system of an organization has to meet, such as consistently providing products that meet customer and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements. It also aims to enhance customer contentment through the effective application of the system, including processes for continual enhancement of the system and the assurance of conformity to customer and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements. The ISO standards provide a tried and tested framework for taking a methodical approach to managing an organization's processes so that it consistently turns out products that satisfy customer expectations and can assure regulatory authorities that JTECH Medical is manufacturing products using a quality management system in its facility.
JTECH Medical is a world leader in physical evaluation, functional assessment and functional testing products. Technological innovation is a directive at JTECH Medical. The in-house programming and engineering staff developed and patented the world's first digital dual inclinometer and introduced computerized functional testing to medical practices before computers were standard equipment. Today customers enjoy the ability to test how and where they want with a radio frequency based wireless evaluation system, which includes important technical features such as frequency hopping and bidirectional data verification giving assurance that data is accurate and reliable.
Companies' compliance to ISO standards are certified by third-party audit and registration organizations, such as Intertek. For more information, visit http://www.intertek.com.
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If you've been less than impressed with the performance of the touch interface for Windows 8 Consumer Preview it may be because the hardware running it wasn't designed for the new operating system, Microsoft says.
The eight screen-touch interactions defined for Windows 8 call for screens whose sensitivity may vary from what Microsoft requires of manufacturers who are building machines for Windows 8 specifically, according to the Building Windows 8 blog.
TRY YOURSELF: 12 available devices to test drive Windows 8
TEST YOURSELF: The Windows 8 Quiz
"[W]hile we ensure that the OS works well with a Windows 7 PC, a new Windows 8 PC is going to be much more consistent and predictable both from a user and developer perspective," say the authors of the blog, Jerry Koh, a group program manager, and Jeff Piira, a test manager of the Windows human interaction platform team.
When the software is finalized and installed on devices that were designed specifically to support it the experience should be better, they say, and that is the top priority. In the meantime Microsoft has tried to make Windows 8 compatible with machines designed for Windows 7. "So you should feel confidence in installing the Consumer Preview on the machines that you own today," they write. "However, as much as we value compatibility, we also have to balance this with making Windows 8 really shine on new Windows 8 PCs."
As an example, they point to the edge-swipe feature that reveals application bars from the bottom of the screen and the charm bar from the right side. "Traditionally, the edges of the screen are where touch sensitivity drops off, and it's a place that hardware manufacturers have traditionally not placed much emphasis on," they write. So on Windows 8 machines, those edges will be made more responsive without sacrificing space that the application can use when the bars are hidden.
Since Windows 7 machines had different design requirements, Microsoft had to do a workaround for screens that are not ideal. "In order to make edge swipe work consistently on Windows 7 PCs, we created a mode where there is a 20-pixel buffer to catch the edge swipe gesture. This allows a majority of PCs to reliably invoke the charms and use Windows 8 effectively," the blog says.
As it says, this may work on a majority of machines, but not flawlessly. On a brand new HP TouchSmart 520 PC tested by Network World, the preview edition sometimes responds the first time with a finger swipe from the left to open up the charm bar, but sometimes it takes two or three swipes. Sometimes it misinterprets the edge swipe for a slide-to-pan swipe which scrolls the screen side to side. So a swipe meant to summon charms can scroll the live-tile screen for the Windows Store, for example.
But Microsoft says it has straightened this out with hardware developers. "There were many challenges here," the blog says, "but we were able to deliver on the promise of Windows 8 PCs that have the ability to trigger the edge swipe without taking any pixels from applications, and with extremely good edge sensitivity using touch — a promise that benefits developers and users alike."
Other issues the blog acknowledges:
= Taps don't always work, especially when typing. This may be due to touch screen response rate and the number of touch points. Or it may be that the user is typing too fast, leaving more than two fingers on the screen at the same time.
= Trouble detecting swipe-to-select motions. This could be because some systems ignore the first few values of a touch, throwing off its interpretation of a swipe.
= Swipe-and-slide can be interpreted as a tap. Again, if the first values are ignored, the swipe is misinterpreted. Slower swiping and sliding can help.
= Swipe from edge doesn't always work. Similar causes to the previous two issues and the same solution: slower swiping.
In its Windows on Arm (WOA) devices, in which the hardware is wed to the software with tight restrictions, Microsoft is shooting for responsive touchscreens that will inevitably be compared to the performance of iPads, since many WOA devices will be tablets.
The bloggers list some of the machines on which Microsoft has been testing Windows 8: HP Elitebook 2760p convertible; ASUS EP121 tablet; Dell Inspiron Duo convertible; Lenovo x220t convertible; 3M M2256PW 22" display; Samsung Series 7 slate.
(Tim Greene covers Microsoft for Network World and writes the Mostly Microsoft blog. Reach him at email@example.com and follow him on Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/Tim_Greene.)
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Coroners could not determine an exact cause of death in the sad passing of Kanye's mother, Donda West. They think that preexisting coronary artery disease might have contributed to her demise. • Mischa Barton told Ryan Seacrest on his radio show that she takes responsibility for her recent DUI. "I'm really disappointed in myself," the former O.C. heroine said. • Fellow O.C. alum Rachel Bilson did an interview with Playboy recently. She told them she won't do nude scenes! Rachel is scared of mushrooms! This interview sounds really boring but she's still adorable! [TMZ, People, People]
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I don't want to sound harsh but maybe Kanye's mom should have known there could be problems when she had to go to more than one doctor before they'd operate on her.


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- 1 Cascadia Initiative Data
- 2 Expedtion Updates
- 3 Education and Outreach
Cascadia Initiative Data
Cascadia Initiative OBS Data Available at IRIS DMC
OBS data from the first two years of the Cascadia Initiative is available at the IRIS DMC. Visit the Data Highlights page to find out more about data and metadata
Toomey, D.R., R.M. Allen, A.H. Barclay, S.W. Bell, P.D. Bromirski, R.L. Carlson, X. Chen, J.A. Collins, R.P. Dziak, B. Evers, D.W. Forsyth, P. Gerstoft, E.E.E. Hooft, D. Livelybrooks, J.A. Lodewyk, D.S. Luther, J.J. McGuire, S.Y. Schwartz, M. Tolstoy, A.M. Tréhu, M. Weirathmueller, and W.S.D. Wilcock. 2014. The Cascadia Initiative: A sea change in seismological studies of subduction zones. Oceanography 27(2):138–150
Expedtion Updates
Find the CIET Blog here.
2014 Field Season
During the 2014 field season there were 5 Cascadia Initiative cruises and two PI-led expeditions that recovered 69 OBSs and deployed a total of 93. All data from Year 4 of the CI will be publically available when it is recovered in 2015.
2013 Field Season
During the 2013 field season there were 6 Cascadia Initiative cruises. Operational objectives were to recover 70 OBSs deployed in 2012 and deploy 70 OBSs for 2013. Relevant documents can be found on the 2013 CIET Expedition pages
2012 Field Season
During the 2012 field season there were 6 Cascadia Initiative cruises. Operational objectives were to recover 62 OBSs deployed in 2011 and deploy 70 OBSs for 2012. Cruise objectives and relevant maps/files can be found on the 2012 CIET Expedition pages.
2011 Field Season
During the 2011 field season the CIET completed 3 oceanographic expeditions to deploy 64 ocean bottom seismometers (OBSs). All 64 OBSs were recovered between May-July 2012. Visit the 2011 Expeditions page for links to individual legs and related information.
Education and Outreach
Apply to Sail on a Cascadia Initiative Expedition (Summer 2014)
- About the Program
- 2013 Participants and their stories
- Geoprisms Announcement
- A Graduate Student's Perspective by Daniel Zietlow (U. Colorado)
On the Pacific
Read dispatches written by Matt Cooper from the Atlantis as it retrieves earthquake monitors off the Northwest coast.
EARTH magazine highlights CC@SEA Program
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Cascadia Initiative: The Movie
- Cascadia Initiative: THE MOVIE: During leg 1 UCORE students from Oregon community colleges made a VERY entertaining movie suitable for undergrads and high school students. Visit the E&O page to view it.
CIET Presentations
- Fall AGU 2012 (pdf)
Fall AGU 2011 (pdf)
CIET and Fisheries Cooperate on successful field season:
The deployment of OBSs in shallow water requires close cooperation with fisheries in the PNW. During the 2011 field season CIET sited dozens of OBSs in shallow water and consulted with local fisheries and stakeholders so as to minimize our impact on their operations (and vice versa!). Scott McMullen from the Oregon Fishermen's Cable Committee (OFCC) writes:
This is a real success story of the benefit of collaboration. Just so you understand, had the seismometers been deployed in their originally proposed positions, I am sure that the outcome would not have been so positive–for your instruments and for the fishing industry. Locating the seismometers near known "hang-ups" eliminated the impact on the trawl fleet and likely spared the devices some damage. I applaud you for modifying the design to recover the instrument anchors rather than abandoning them, another very positive development.


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DEARBORN HEIGHTS, Mich. (AP) - A Detroit-area man who fatally shot a drunk, unarmed woman on his porch will stand trial for second-degree murder, a judge said Thursday, rejecting a self-defense argument for the killer's 'bad choice.'
There is no dispute that Theodore Wafer shot Renisha McBride, 19, through the screen of his front door in the early hours of Nov. 2. His attorneys said he feared for his life, but Dearborn Heights Judge David Turfe said Wafer had other options.
'We can't allow (someone) to use a bad decision as a shield to criminal prosecution. … The defendant made a bad choice,' the judge said.
Wafer's attorney, Cheryl Carpenter, pointed to Michigan's 2006 self-defense law.
'If someone is breaking into a home there is a presumption that a homeowner can use deadly force,' she argued.
'You don't know how many people are out there. … There's violent banging on the front door. We have a man alone in his home,' Carpenter said.
But Wayne County assistant prosecutor Danielle Hagaman-Clark said it's 'ridiculous' to believe that Wafer was deeply afraid but still decided to open the door and fire instead of first calling the police.
'He shoved that shotgun in her face and pulled the trigger,' Hagaman-Clark said.
Wafer, 54, called 911 around 4:30 a.m. and said he had shot someone who was banging on his door. More than three hours earlier, McBride had crashed her car into a parked car in a residential neighborhood, about a half-mile away in Detroit.
A witness said McBride was bleeding and holding her head, but that she walked away from the scene before an ambulance arrived. It's still unclear, at least publicly, what she did between the time of the car wreck and her arrival on Wafer's porch.
An autopsy found McBride had a blood-alcohol level of about 0.22, more than twice the legal limit for driving. She also had been smoking marijuana.
Her best friend, Amber Jenkins, 18, said they had been drinking vodka and playing cards seven to eight hours before the shooting was reported to 911.
Spectators, mostly McBride's family and friends, left the courtroom immediately after the judge's decision. Wafer lingered and appeared dazed as he stood and looked out a courtroom window. He thanked his attorneys and eventually left through a back door.
Carpenter told reporters the ruling was a disappointment.
Before hearing final arguments, the judge rejected Carpenter's request to play Wafer's one-hour recorded statement to police. It was not introduced by prosecutors when they presented evidence Wednesday.
Hagaman-Clark, citing Michigan court rules, successfully argued that the defense could play the video only if Wafer would agree to testify and open himself up to cross-examination.
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Sarasota attorney David Persson appears before the Venice City Council Tuesday seeking approval of a contract making him the next city attorney. He does so knowing that four of the seven council members preferred a different lawyer.
Persson says he is not worried about being accepted.
"I'm very comfortable," Persson said. "Forget the politics. What it shows me is the character of the people involved, especially the mayor."
After interviewing the candidates Jan. 22, Mayor John Holic and the council members ranked the five finalists, giving the most points to their top choices.
Holic and council members Emilio Carlesimo, Jeanette Gates and Bob Daniels awarded their highest scores to Venice attorney Jeff Boone. Council members Kit McKeon, Jim Bennett and David Sherman put Persson on the top of their lists.
Even so, when the points were totalled, Persson — who was Gates,' Holic's and Daniels' second choice and Carlesimo's third — had 30 points to Boone's 29.
Holic stuck with the procedure he had explained to the applicants before the interviews, and said Persson will not be stepping into a hostile environment.
"I don't think there will be a problem with the council's acceptance of him," Holic said.
A major reason Boone scored so many points is that some council members thought the city should hire a firm based in Venice. Persson's firm is based in downtown Sarasota.
Persson said he is leasing an office within "walking distance" of City Hall.
"I will be like the flagpole," Persson said. "I will be there every day. My only physical office will be in Venice."
Persson said his approach to the job will be like "preventive medicine" — trying to keep the city out of costly, unnecessary litigation.
Several lawsuits against the city are now pending.
Venice, which lost a 2008 lawsuit accusing some of its then-elected officials of using emails to violate Florida's Government-in-the-Sunshine laws, will find him to be a vocal advocate of "transparency," Persson promised. "Sunshine is the best disinfectant."
Persson recently resigned as attorney for the town of Longboat Key, which he served for 22 years.
"It was just time," Persson said. "I wanted to take the skills I have and apply them somewhere else."
Longboat Key Mayor Jim Brown said Persson told him of his intent to leave two or more years ago and that he encouraged him to stay while the Town Commission searched for a new town manager and planning and zoning director.
"He's been a steady hand," Brown said.
When Persson heard that Venice would be searching for a new attorney, he resigned from the Longboat position so he could apply.
"A dog cannot serve two masters," Persson said. "You can't be lead counsel for more than one community."
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Sarasota attorney David Persson appears before the Venice City Council Tuesday seeking approval of a contract making him the next city attorney. He does so knowing that four of the seven council members preferred a different lawyer.


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LHP Tom Milone (6-5, 3.51)
TODAY'S GAME: Tonight, the Bisons welcome the Syracuse Chiefs in the first game of a two-game series at Coca-Cola Field (7:05 p.m.). The Bisons are now 6-2 on their 10-game homestand that began with a four-game sweep of Norfolk and was followed by a split of a four-game series against the Lehigh Valley IronPigs. Buffalo is an even 23-23 at home this season.
VS. THE CHIEFS: The Bisons are 1-1 against the Chiefs this season as the two teams split a season-opening series in Buffalo. It has been 84 days since the two Thruway rivals squared off. With that, there are only nine players on the Bisons active roster who played in that two-game set to begin 2011. The Herd's active roster has just two hits in only 17 at-bats against Chiefs pitching this season.
ON THE BUMP: LHP MARK COHOON makes his seventh start for the Herd tonight. Cohoon work a season-high six innings and allowed only three runs in a victory over Norfolk his last time out. His four strike outs against the Tides was also an individual high for the Triple-A rookie.
SCHWING AND MISS: RHP CHRIS SCHWINDEN made his team-high 15th start of the season last night. The International League All-Star worked seven innings and allowed only four hits with eight strikeouts. Schwinden is currently sixth in the International League with a 2.87ERA. He is also leading the Bisons with five wins and 75 strikeouts.
EVANS ALMIGHTY: INF NICK EVANS' went 2-3 in last night's game for his 25th multi-hit performance on the season. That total is 11 more than any other Bisons batter. Evans had a hit in 20 out of his last 21 games with a .494 average (40-81). In the first eight games of this homestand, the slugger has led the herd with a .500 average (15-30).
BISONS BITS: Last night, INF VALENTINO PASCUCCI went 1-4 and currently has the longest active hitting streak on the Bisons with a seven-game stretch (.269, 7-26)…Last night's game was the first time the Herd lost in the last at-bat at home this season (previously 5-0).
METS UPDATE: The Mets (41-41) lost 5-1 in the first game of the Subway Series against the New York Yankees, last night . Former Bisons LHP JON NIESE allowed three runs in six innings of work to fall to 7-7 on the season. The Mets collected 10 hits in the game, but all were singles. The Mets host the Yankees again today at 4:10 p.m.


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Simultaneously releasing a pair of EPs rather than making its debut on a single disc might seem like a marketing ploy on the part of Kingsize, but there's a certain logic to the L.A. band's approach. The Good Fight offers scrappy garage rock songs while The Bad Night is a heavier, hard rock affair. Reportedly, Kingsize wants to let these genres duke it out before deciding which one to pursue on its next release.
Both CDs offer powerful music anchored by vocalist/drummer Jason Thomas Gordon and guitarist/vocalist Cary Beare. Gordon, grandson of comic actor Danny Thomas is an impressive vocalist who writes streetwise but well-crafted lyrics on songs like the catchy "Miss America" and grunge rock-oriented "Nice Dress Pt. II." He adds a touch of glam to the hard-rocking stomp of "Rabbits" but also manages to sell the inner city romance of "Elevator." The swaggering, guitar-driven "Hits For Hypocrites" feels like timeless rock 'n' roll no matter what label Kingsize decides to slap on it.


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The morning after two brush fires in Charlotte County -- the largest for several years, forcing the evacuation of homes northeast of the Rotonda West subdivision -- emergency management officials were warning that this could be just the start of wildfire season.
The area already had been covered with "red flag warning" on Wednesday, with dry conditions making brush fires possible. A few hours later, the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office received a call about a fire in Punta Gorda at 2 p.m. Then, shortly after 3 p.m., another call came in reporting the even larger blaze at Rotonda.
This morning, firefighters were continuing to monitor both areas for any rekindling brush.
"This is the kickoff of wildfire season," said Wayne Sallade, Charlotte County's director of emergency management. "We have a very difficult couple of months coming up here."
None of the Rotonda homes were damaged and residents were allowed to return Wednesday night.
At the Punta Gorda site, two unoccupied buildings, a travel trailer and a mobile home, were destroyed in the 500-acre fire. The blaze drew crews from Sarasota and other communities, including a five-engine contingent from Collier County.
The area was heavily wooded, and with winds kicking up and humidity dropping, Sallade said there will be additional threats in coming days.
Residents should be alert and "fire-wise," Sallade said. "It's making sure that you're clearing out pine straw from the gutters, keeping the grass trim, watering the grass when you can. This is critically important, having the fire department to have 30 feet of defensible area around your house."
Fire officials in Sarasota County also are keeping an eye on the weather. Like Sallade, they said residents need to take precautions.
"People who move here from other states aren't used to green burning," said Joe Padgett, wildfire mitigation specialist with the Sarasota County Fire Department.
"But in Florida, green plants burn."
Padgett said Sarasota County's last controlled burn was in December. As the fire season dries more vegetation, the periodic burns in wooded areas and preserves become too dangerous.
He is checking the weather several times a day to monitor quickly changing patterns that come during the state's traditionally dry season and that could lead to fires.
"You'll start to see the grass turn brown," Padgett said. "When the grass crunches under your feet, that's when it's bad."
The morning after two brush fires in Charlotte County -- the largest for several years, forcing the evacuation of homes northeast of the Rotonda West subdivision -- emergency management officials were warning that this could be just the start of wildfire season.


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The additions in the January to June period include two 5MW offshore turbines with together 10MW and 6.9MW of repowering, in which three turbines with 2.3MW each replaced 8 turbines with a total 2.88MW, according to German wind energy institute DEWI (Deutsches Windenergie-Institut).
Due to relatively poor winds, generation in the first half of 2010 was unremarkable, however, totalling 18.3TWh, on a par with wind generation in the first half of 2009 despite the increase in installed capacity, according to statistics organisation AGEE (Arbeitsgruppe Erneuerbare Energien).
For comparison, in a normal wind year, 26,387MW of wind capacity would generate about 47.8TWh over the 12-month period, according to DEWI.


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SAKAYA's Best Selling Speciality Sake for 2013Saturday, January 4th, 2014
Sake that veer away from nihonshu made solely from rice, water, yeast, and koji we refer to as "specialty sake." Included in this category are: nigorizake (cloudy sake), umeshu, yuzushu, and sparkling sake. These are the top sellers among what tend to be sweeter products created by sake brewers…
5. Chikurin Hou Hou Shu Sparkling
Light, festive, and fun with a touch of sweetness.
4. Dassai 50 Sparkling Nigori Junmai Daiginjo
A top grade sparkler with effervescence that is comparable to sparkling wine.
3. Ume no Yado Aragoshi Umeshu
A "cloudy" umeshu with pureed ume blended into a honjozo sake base with added sugar.
2. Chikurin Hana Hou Hou Shu Sparkling
Slightly pink in color with rose petal and hisbus flavors infused.
1. Ume no Yado Yuzu
This Japanese citrus-flavored sake has been the most popular in this category for the last six years.


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St. Paulus-Dom, Münster
Later he spent the bigger part of his career at Münster, where he worked at the Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte and created the Cathedral Museum at Münster. He worked as the first curator of the institution from 1981 to 2000. In addition to publishing extensively on the medieval objects in the collections of Münster, Géza Jászai wrote on other subjects, such as Giovanni and Nicola Pisano's pulpits in the cathedral and the baptistery of Pisa (1968, 2010, respectively), and also on Botticelli. You can see his selected works by entering the Regesta Imperii Opac, or even more publications if you carry out a search in the Union Catalogue of the Art Libraries Network. For more information and photos of Münster cathedral, in addition to the website of the cathedral, click here.
You can read the Hungarian-language invitation to the event here.


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Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Nanuq Speaks
Hi, Nanuq here! Sitka is tired this morning, so I hijacked his blog. I am an old guy and thought it might be fun to sneak in while my furry brothers and human mom and dad were not looking. They would never think about me doing such a thing. I am quite, gentle, and rarely say much. I am dad's buddy.
Yesterday, mom and our human brother, Wil brushed Sitka and I for hours. They took away an entire garbage bag of our fluff. Really, do they have to brush us for so long. Sitka doesn't seem to mind, but I would much rather have a good long nap than have mom attack me with those brushes. Mom does not allow a mat or tangle in my fur. I suppose I should be thankful, but I am an old guy who likes to spend my days curled up on a big fluffy bed. Arthritis plagues my hips and knees. My looks are no longer my greatest concern. I sure hope mom lets me sleep my way through today. I hope she has put those brushes away for a few days. Gotta go; my orthopedic doggie bed is calling.
Living the good life,
7 comments:
- The Ladies of Beaglebratz Manor said...
Nanuq - Shiloh here - You shood haf hair like us Beaglez than u wood not git brushed much at all. And I herd that u really don't want tu git matted - matz can hide stuff like fleaz an'other bad stuffz an'make your skin itch - I haf a Westie cuzin that haz that problem sumtimez - ain't purty. Butt yep, we older guyz du love our napz - think I'll go take one now. C U later...........
- May 3, 2011 at 9:27 AM
- vanilla said...
Nanuq, napping is good. [One old guy to another!]
- May 3, 2011 at 9:52 AM
- NanaNor's said...
Hi Nanuq, You are so regal looking but I understand how uncomfortable you might feel as my Reggie is older and also suffers from painful joints.
Thanks for sharing today.
Noreen for Reggie-dog
- May 3, 2011 at 10:54 AM
- Two French Bulldogs said...
you are still one good looking guy
Snuggles and snorts,
Benny & Lily
- May 4, 2011 at 12:33 AM
- Tracey said...
We all need a nap Nanuq... enjoy your brush-free day today!!
- May 4, 2011 at 6:36 AM
- Tracy said...
you are certainly beautiful! Take a nap and be good to yourself!
- May 7, 2011 at 9:02 PM
- Elizabeth Mahlou said...
It's good to hear from you directly, Nanuq. Glad you sneaked on line! I guess all that hair would be pretty uncomfortable with summer coming (I am in Virginia right now, probably not far from you, and it is not too warm yet, but I can feel that the warm weather is coming). Maybe it is good that it gets brushed out so you don't get overheated and have trouble slipping.
- May 11, 2011 at 5:17 PM


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Rare Sumatran tiger killed by electric fence
An endangered Sumatran tiger has died after brushing against an electric fence set up by Indonesian farmers, in the second such incident this year, an official said Friday.
There are fewer than 400 Sumatran tigers left in the wild and environmental activists say the animals are increasing coming into contact with people as a result of their natural habitat being lost due to deforestation.
The two-metre (six foot) male tiger was electrocuted on Monday in Jambi province in the centre of Sumatra, Indonesia's largest island, a provincial conservation agency chief, Trisiswo, told AFP.
He said it was the second time this year a tiger had died as a result of the electric fences installed by locals to protect palm oil plantations.
"The tiger's body was partly charred but unlike the first incident, the body was still intact," he said. Locals had sold some of the body parts of the tiger that was killed last month.
Trisiswo said people in the village of Air Laut Hitam village had encircled their palm oil plantations with the high-voltage electric wires to keep out wild animals and had refused to abide by local rules banning the practice.
"We reported the case to local police to act firmly against them and we'll cooperate with local administration to stop this dangerous practice," he said.
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