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WEDNESDAY, Dec. 15 (HealthDay News) -- A group that accredits many U.S. hospitals has urged hospital and emergency-room caregivers to watch for attempted suicides in patients with no history of psychiatric problems.
The new alert, issued by the Joint Commission, stresses that it's not just psychiatric patients who kill themselves, citing as an example someone recently diagnosed with cancer who goes to an ER because the cancer-related pain has become unbearable.
"A patient who attempts suicide in the emergency room or a hospital's medical or surgical unit often has a different set of presenting complaints or a different diagnosis than a patient hospitalized in a psychiatric unit," said Dr. Robert Wise, a psychiatrist and medical adviser to the commission's division of healthcare quality evaluation.
The alert suggests strategies to help hospitals and ERs reduce the risk for suicide among such patients.
Of the 827 suicides reported to the commission since 1995, almost 25% occurred in non-psychiatric settings, such as emergency rooms, cancer and intensive-care units and long-term care hospitals, the commission noted. The methods most often used were hanging, suffocation, intentional drug overdose and strangulation.
Because the suicides are reported voluntarily, there's no way to know how common the act is, Wise said. But a hospital in which a suicide occurs examines the circumstances to determine potential causes, "and that's probably more important than the actual prevalence, as it can help to prevent future occurrences," he said.
People with illnesses that cause chronic pain, such as cancer, or that cause a slow mental deterioration, such as dementia, may begin to have thoughts of suicide, he said.
"A patient diagnosed with cancer who is in intense, intractable pain may feel worn out and hopeless, even though they may not talk about the associated emotional issues of their disease," Wise said, adding that caregivers may not think to ask about it because that's not their initial focus.
"Emergency room and hospital staffs tend to see medical illness -- the high fever, chest pains that suggest serious medical problems," he said. "They may be less likely to think about how a cancer patient in unremitting pain feels when they are told the increase of pain is caused by the spread of the disease."
Elana Premack Sandler, a prevention specialist with the U.S. Suicide Prevention Resource Center, said that the commission's alert highlights the fact that not every person who dies by suicide has a psychiatric history. It gets health-care providers in hospital settings "to think outside the box about their roles -- to be equipped to know the warning signs of suicide and respond appropriately," she said.
Those warnings include irritability, agitation, complaints of unrelenting pain, refusing visitors or medications and requesting early discharge, the commission noted. Dementia, chronic pain or illness, end-stage cancer, acute signs of depression and drug or alcohol intoxication may also heighten suicide risk.
"These are signs that anyone -- like friends, family or co-workers -- can be aware of," Sandler said. And anyone who notices such signs, she said, should reach out to hospital staff or other mental-health professionals who could help.
Teaching hospital and ER staff members about suicide risk factors and warning signs of an imminent attempt is the first step, the alert said. Other strategies include:
- Doing suicide screenings in the ER.
- Screening all patients for depression when they're admitted to a hospital.
- Checking anyone deemed to be at risk for items they could use to harm themselves.
- Encouraging staff to call a mental health professional to evaluate patients believed to be at risk.
Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States, with 34,598 reported suicides in 2007, according to the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health.
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Impressive panorama with vast mountainous surrounding dominated by cool temperature will be among the feeling for those who visit the village. It is located at 1200 meters above the sea level with refreshing atmosphere which requiring challenging efforts of trekking to the village though the densely populated forest. Often portrayed by its traditional Manggaraian house of Mbaru Niang houses, which are round and windowless, with a central hearth and a ridge pole sticking out from a conical, thatched roof sloping down to the floor. The forest before wae rebo is also offers adventure of birding as well since the village's philosophy of calendar is inspired from the dwelling birds.to identify the changing season.
Agricultural products are grown such coffee and vanillas. The village signifies the only remaining authentic character of Manggaraian traditional house throughout West Flores. Some stories of how the unique kampong has been defending its community from the current modernization were the bargaining position of outsiders influence on culture tourism and the local's livelihood. The people claimed that the village is already 1080 years old counted from the current existing 18th generation by multiplied the average age of 60 years per generation.
other stop over toward to the village are Mules island 20 minutes from Dintor by boat, Information center Wae Rebo,it can be also combined with the visit to Wae Rebo's relative; Todo Village. Experiencing the livelihood of noble and simple inhabitants of Wae Rebo. Located in Satarlenda village, Satarmese Barat sub-district, Manggarai,
Kampung Wae Rebo is a village at Flores, Manggarai Barat, Nusa Tenggara Timur (the east side of Bali). The first tourist came from Czech Republic and no local tourist till 2009, which was only 3 years ago (I felt a bit funny because foreigners even knew this place earlier then us).
It's placed between two mountains, and what makes it unique is there are 7 traditional houses made from wood, all with a rope-bundle construction (they don't even use any single nail!), 8 metres height and contained of 5 floors with a cone shape. There are approximately 800 people live there, each house is fit by 8 families without electricity, signal, or television. The people of Wae Rebo make their houses themselves, all with very natural sources from the jungle.
For example, they cut a very heavy Worok Wood from the jungle, and bring it together (approximately 50 people) and sing a traditional song that is believed could make the wood feels more light (they believe that the soul of their dead ancestors help them to carry the wood). For the roof, they use 'anyaman - ilalang', the wild grass that is bundled together.
They use a drying method, which is cooking inside the house with woods and use the smoke of the fire to dryen the grass. The more often they cook, the stronger roof they get.
The original culture is also very interesting. One of them is the traditional ceremony to celebrate the new house. They cut the neck of 2 white chickens and 1 red chicken. In their believe, they send the fur of white chicken to God, and red chicken to the ancestors. They have to cut the white chicken on the very top of the house, which can be climbed by a bamboo stair from the middle of the house, and make the blood touch the 'Bongkok Pilar', which is the very central pilar of the house. After that, the elder people of Wae Rebo sing their ancient song, then burn the chicken while they still half alive! After the chicken has burnt, the elder people have the duty to check the colon of the chicken. If it makes a clear rounding shape, it has a good sign, and vice versa. From 5 days living there, I've seen 9 chickens cut and 3 pigs killed for the ceremony.
The main occupation of them is farmer. Even it seems hard (they need to go for 4 hours walking down and climbing the mountain just to sell their coffee or vegetable at the nearest market in other village). The closest school is also 4 hours walking passing the jungle, mountains and river. For women, most of older women have the skill to 'menenun' or sew which is make a cloth from string that they bought from traditional market. It takes 1 till 3 months to finish one cloth which can be sold up to Rp. 500.000 (around USD 50). From the interview, they started learning to sew the cloth as soon as they finished the elementary school
The locals in Wae Rebo already provides a new traditional guest house included standard toilet for the guests called "Niang Maro" all the guests can stay there properly like locals sleep on mats made from pandanus leavess which circle extends around the main pillars.
Local agreement think out decisions cost for visitor:
Entrance in Wae Rebo Village Rp.325.000/pax/night. Price include entrance fee (for local government), donation to Wae Rebo village, guest house, lunch, dinner, breakfast.
Tourists who don't want to stay overnight in village will be charged Rp.200 000/pax. Price include entrance fee (for local government), donation to Wae Rebo village and lunch.
For the safety reasons during climbing Poco Roko mount forest from Denge village to the top and down to Wae Rebo village, all tourists should follow the locals as porter and guides. Porter cost is about Rp.200.000, per person go and back (return to the Denge).
Crossing from Denge – Wae Rebo – Nandong village (The village behind mountain close to Flores main road) the porter cost is about Rp.250 000 per one porter.
If tourists want to see traditional singing cost about Rp.300.000 per one-time showing. The traditional singing called "Mbata" music accompanied by gong and drum.
Visitors should be maintain decorum when you stay with local community in Wae Rebo village, should not be embrace or kissing even though the husband and wife. When you want to replace the clothes should be in a special room that has been prepared.
Location: Located in Satarlenda village, Satarmese Barat sub-district, Manggarai
Distance: 83,7 km from Ruteng (2.5-3hours) sincluding trekking from Dintor to Wae Rebo (6,6km/± 4 hours). From Nangalili beach (from Labuan Bajo direction) by boat takes 2 hours
Wae Rebo Primitive Village Trekking 03 Days 02 NIghts:
Day 01 LABUANBAJO - DENGE or DINTOR Drive from Labuan Bajo in the morning into inland of Flores through the Mountain View and beautiful landscape panoramic views, villages and rice fields. Lunch provide at at local restaurant in Ruteng. After lunch continue driving to Denge and stay overnight at locals house or Sleep in the tent which we provided. Spend the rest of the afternoon interacting with locals.
Day 02 DENGE - WAEREBO VILLAGE
After breakfast, Morning breakfast and Trek up hill through the rain forest to reach Wae Lomba - a creek as the first stop after about a one hour trek from Denge. Here the atmosphere of being in the forest is real while sometimes the song of Asian Paradise Flycatcher could be heard. Proceed then to reach Post 2 at Pocoroko a vantage point for picturesque views toward Savu sea in the south.
It is the last place for cellular phone connection services available. The next stop will be at Nampe Bakok - a place where you will have a complete view over the traditional village of Waerebo. Arrive at Waerebo by midday. Lunch and dinner will be provided at the village.
Spend your whole afternoon in the village to comprehend the local's way of life and its surrounding. Your overnight stay will be provided at a traditional house to share the experience of being in the locals home.
Day 03 WAEREBO - DENGE - LABUANBAJO
Spend your morning in the village to experience the morning life of thePureTravel peasants and then trek the same way back but this time you walk downhill until reaching a point where the car is waiting to bring you back to Labuanbajo. Lunch will be provided en route. Arrive in Labuabbajo by late afternoon or early of the evening
Rate : Euro 290/person/min 02 person
Price Includes: - Land transportation by air conditioned car - Porter to carry logistic and equipments - English Speaking Guide - Admission fees - Village accommodation or trekking equipments - Meals as stated on the itinerary
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Hopefully someone at Blizzard knows what's going on.
Wait a minute. If Paul isn't there to oil those pneumatic tubes. Then who... OH DEAR GOD!
I for one am totally in favor of Blizzard actually making Rock & Roll Racing 2. A XBLA/PSN title maybe? And while I'm dreaming, a Lost Vikings sequel would be nice too.
Maybe it's because I didn't go to PAX and therefore didn't bother paying attention to anything about it, but that video went right over my head... I spent most of it trying to place the music from when Paul is running...Can't remember where thats from
Recognise that Glass Bridge from somewhere else o.o The christmas Video. Where is that? ...Strangely Paul was there last time too lol
Also, epic, as always...And I liked the WoW meaning =D
Nah, it's cool dude. Just demo the stuff for Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans.
I don't think I got it.
Wow, this was up'ed late.
I just realised that sentence kinda works for the video.
WoW. Late. Gary.. behind the time? Yeah? Get it?
Good vid >_<
Was this video late, or did I just not know about it? O.o EDIT: GOD DAMN THE NINJA ABOVE ME! MINE WAS DONE BETTER! WAH WAH WAH!
Great video guys! Did you film the building scenes in a school perchance?
Calumon: I'll play Whodunnit with you Paul!
I think I missed the point of the video somewhat. Why exactly was Paul lagging behind 10 years?
That puppy figurine. It keeps following me. When ever I close my eyes, it's there, starring.
The expression on Paul's face when he sees PAX on the calendar is priceless. Reminds me of his expression at the end of Mercenary Solutions.
Probably cause Blizzard's taken like 10 years to release there sequals for Starcraft, and Diablo.
Hell yeah, Rock & Roll Racing 2 would be great.. as long as it had options for not only full versions of the classic rock songs but also wonky midi versions like in the original. :)
Great acting by Paul. This is why he is.
And now we see a horrifying glimpse into my future career.
(no, seriously, stuff like this happens to me all the time.)
Aw, damn it, I thought it was a Fallout 3 thing.
Still, really funny.
That's what I felt like during my summer project. What do you mean we have a flowchart now, when the hell did this happen?! Why did no one tell me about this?
They should really consider moving Gary to a new department.
Oh, I know! He can be the new promoter for old titles! He'll raise hype for games released nearly or over a decade ago! It'll be a sensation, I tell ya! A sensation!
You must have also been stuck in wherever Gary was... And btw, Gary = Paul. Just so you know who I'm talking about.
Yeah, same here. Plus, I've never been into Starcraft or WoW.
Hah, that was absurd. Loved it.
Don't tell Gary about Lost Vikings, because he still things it's in alpha.
More often then not these days, i'm the Gary.
Gary must be running on a dial-up connection! :P
Paul is very good at that crazed/worried running gave me good memories of emergency situation (Which took me forever to remember the name of)
What did Paul say he thought WoW stood for?
All I understood was Whodunit, and that was enough to send me into hysterics.
I was hoping for a Gary MF Oak Joke :P
hmmm well perhaps I'd need to go to Pax or follow what Blizzard does.
Still, well produced, well acted and it's good to see you've still got your normal collection of sites
Ok bit of a problem.....
Best episode i've seen so far !!
great acting by the way...
No I get that he was stuck in the past and didn't realize what games had been put out or whatever, but I don't get why thats all that funny, so I was just assuming it was because I've never played a single Blizzard game or because I didn't pay attention to PAX
Where was this shot? Cause there were a ton of paper airplanes all over the place. I liked it.
...maybe we can break it to him gently?
or at least make him sit down and wear a helmet as we break the news to him....
Great stuff guys, although not being very well up on the whole Blizzard stuff myself..... well, I'd no idea they did Diablo.
And cue the "living breathing Gary jokes...."
....I just realised that rock'n'roll racing was Blizzard.
They need to get another one out >.>
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Hi. Thanks for contributing to GTW. If you disagree with someone else, please discuss it on the talk page of the article, rather than repeatedly reverting their edits. Referring to something as "Diaz's Gang" doesn't mean that is its name, it just means they know it as Diaz's gang (as opposed to someone else's gang). I have seen no recent evidence for the exact name of the gang, and this needs investigation before we repeatedly rename and move the pages around. If you can provide evidence, please explain it on Talk:Diaz Cartel and we'll move it. Thanks - Gboyers (?) 18:41, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
Well, hello there! Nice to see a friendly face for once. Wikipedia was really starting to piss me off, and this place seems much more laid back...my kinda wiki! Thanks for the suggestion! Eganio 19:27, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
- Amen to that! Eganio 19:55, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
- I don't mean to butt in, but I'm glad you feel that way about this wiki. I often see Wikipedia ridiculing the actions of editors, just because they aren't exactly in line with the admin's preferences. So long as we get the information in a readable format, it's fine. I agree in quality before quantity, but it's good that we don't obsess over every article (because we'd end up with about 5). If either of you have any suggestions about how we can improve, just give me a shout - Gboyers (?) 21:10, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
Hello, GTA4PC. I hope you've been enjoying yourself here as much as I have! Isn't it nice to share your GTA knowledge without anyone breathing down your neck? Anyway, when you log in, you might want to scroll down on the main page to see if you have any friend requests...took me a while to realize that they only show up there for some reason! ;-) EganioTalk 00:33, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
- Heh, I know. Some of the interface aspects take a little while to navigate. I think I was sitting there with a pending friend request for several weeks before finally realizing it! Anyway, glad to have ya as a friend! Happy editing! :-D EganioTalk 00:38, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi, GTA4PC. Yeah, I agree that the Colombian Cartel is a very large entity, and certainly a major player in GTA III. Also, you're right: they are probably bigger than Diaz's Gang strictly speaking. However, I think Diaz's gang is more prominent in the GTA Vice City storyline than the Colombians are in GTA III. Ricardo and his gang are a major impediment to Tommy in Vice City, and must be destroyed for the storyline to continue. How about this: let's use both to represent the major Latino gangs in the GTA series. Does that sound good? While I agree with including the Colombians, I think we also need to keep Diaz's gang at the top because of its importance to the GTA VC story. What do you think? EganioTalk 20:29, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
- Oh, trust me, I'm not trying to adhere to what people over at Wikipedia think! :-) I just think we need to keep Diaz's gang pretty prominent, since they are so important to the GTA VC storyline, but if you think the Colombian Cartel is more important as far as being a bona-fide gang, that's perfectly fine with me. Just make sure important groups like Diaz's gang don't fall to the wayside! EganioTalk 20:55, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
Hey, Flesh! Thanks for the note. Yeah, I've been toying with the idea of running through the GTA San Andreas missions and bringing all the pages in-line with the agreed-upon format. I have also been working on walkthroughs (with the invaluable assistance of GuildKnight), starting with Key to Her Heart. These will be heavily detailed, including images. I am planning on attaching the walkthroughs to the main mission pages. Let me know if you have any suggestions for anything I'm doing. And thanks for handling the other stuff, since I'm only an expert on GTA:SA and GTA:VC! EganioTalk 20:20, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
- Yup, that's the general idea I've been functioning under, i.e. cleaning up the mission pages that already exist, then moving on to create the missing ones. I started in Las Venturas because I happened to be at that point in the game on the PC (I just got it on PC last month), and was poised to capture images and provide detailed information as I was going through the missions. I will likely re-start again later in order to work on the early Los Santos and San Fierro missions. I will then move on to GTA Vice City after I've finished with everything in GTA San Andreas. EganioTalk 21:01, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
- LOL, yeah, that's why I love GTA San Andreas for this purpose! There is another option that might work for the older games. The following is quoted from a message sent to me by MattyDienhoff.
Use FRAPS (http://www.fraps.com/). FRAPS is a utility that runs in the background and allows you to take screenshots (and videos) with the press of a configurable hotkey. The free, unregistered version only allows you to save screenshots as bitmaps, but you can use paint or any decent photo-editing program to change them to JPG. Once you've downloaded it and set it up, you can go into the display settings in the game to turn the HUD and radar off to get them out of the way, then take some snaps. One tactic I use is to crouch and elevate the camera slightly to get my character out of the way and shift the focus onto whatever you're trying to photograph, so you can easily crop him out of the picture later.
- LOL, yeah, that's why I love GTA San Andreas for this purpose! There is another option that might work for the older games. The following is quoted from a message sent to me by MattyDienhoff.
- Oh, god, I forgot about Grand Theft Auto Advance and GTA London! Haven't played those either. EganioTalk 21:38, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
You ever go on IRC? EganioTalk 21:41, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
- It's a chat room. I'm on there from time to time...it's nice for discussing things that don't necessarily need to be archived on talk pages, such as our above discussion...it saves space on our talk pages, and is a nice place to just shoot the breeze with other editors. :-) EganioTalk 21:45, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
Heya. Thanks for the note. Actually, my work over here has been so fractured and diverse, I don't even know which part to jump into! I've got all of GTA San Andreas on my plate, as well as categorization, capturing images, cleaning up, discussing admin stuff, and to top it all off, I've started a new wiki! Suffice to say, I've been running around like a chicken with its head cut off. I've been spending a good deal of time on the new wiki, since I'm building it from the ground up, so my work here has been rather sparse as of late. But I'm trying to find the right balance between all of this and my labwork!
Anyway, how are things with you? I hope the VCS stuff is going well. Let me know if you come up with any ideas that might translate to GTA:SA! Happy editing! :-) EganioTalk 20:37, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
- Yes, I definitely have you to thank for introducing me to this wiki! Don't worry...I won't forget you when I get to the "top", LOL! Oh, and the new wiki is focused on laboratory research. You are more than welcome to stop by; I'm working on writing essential articles right now, so there's not too much going on, though. Anyway, if you need help with something, don't hesitate to ask! EganioTalk 21:29, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
Mission Pages
I've had a look at the Purple Haze article and it looks great. I'll keep looking but you are doing a great job. A-Dust 22:49, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
Staff Nomination
Hi GTA4PC . You have been nominated to become a Moderator on Grand Theft Wiki. Firstly, please respond on the nomination page as to whether you accept the nomination. If you accept, please state why you would like to become a Moderator. Other users may ask you questions, so make sure you watch the nomination page so that you can respond quickly to questions. Make sure you fully understand the role of a Moderator, so that you can answer the questions effectively. A decision on your promotion will be made by a Manager over the next few weeks, so good luck! Gboyers talk 18:44, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
Congratulations, you have been promoted to the position of Moderator on Grand Theft Wiki. Your responsibilities are to ensure that the wiki runs smoothly, helping users that have problems, fixing urgent problems on the wiki, patrolling edits, being a first point of contact for questions, and spotting any problems with Policy. You now have the ability to move pages, protect talk pages, rollback edits, use the patrol system, and auto-patrol your edits. I will collate some instructions on these tools for you shortly. If you have any notices that affect or require multiple staff, please post these on the Staff Noticeboard. Please also familiarise yourself with the staff half of the Tasks list, and read up on any Policy that you are unfamilair with. Congratulations, and I look forward to working with you. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to let me know. Gboyers talk 14:21, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
Hey - just a quick note. You moved Jet Ski to Jetski by copying all the content into the new page, and overwriting the old page with a redirect. That is a messy way of moving pages, and also disconnects the content from the history (showing who wrote what, which we legally need to show) which makes it look like you wrote the page from scratch. Instead, you simply click the "Move" button at the top (which you have access to as a moderator) and move it to a new page, which will automatically copy the history, create a redirect, and updates any other redirects. I un-did your edits and have have moved the page for you. Let me know if you have any questions about that - Gboyers talk 19:54, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
- I tried moving the page to Jetski, but it said the page already exists and didn't work. Besides while moving the page I re-wrote everything from scratch and added some more info. --GTA 4 PC 19:55, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
When it says the page already exists, it gives you the option to delete the 'other' page. I now realise you don't have the permissions to do that, so you should ask an Administrator to do it (eg by adding the {{move}} or {{merge}} tags). After I moved the page, I also repeated your edits, and made a few more of my own. I was also going to remind you to try and split up big chunks of text (like this) into smaller ones (like this), which just makes everything easier to read, and easier for people to find what they're looking for. Gboyers talk 20:15, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
- I hear you, it was my first time trying it, we all make mistakes, that's a way of life. And if you haven't edited the Last Stand article already, I'm going to split them into paragraphs a bit more. --GTA 4 PC 22:27, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
It's not a problem - we learn by doing. The Last Stand article looks better too. Thanks - Gboyers talk 22:44, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
If you noticed, I posted a message on the Grand Theft Wiki:Staff Noticeboard requesting Staff fill out times that they may be available to join the IRC room. If you don't mind, I'd like to ask that you pop over and fill in times you might be available... We'd like to try to organize a Staff IRC Meeting. Thanks! --GuildKnightTalk2me 04:33, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
Whilst you're around, could you comment on: Grand Theft Wiki:Promotion/Spaceeinstein? Thanks - Gboyers talk 23:56, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
Cleanup Project
Hi GTA4PC. As part of our first Cleanup Project, I have assigned some tasks to staff members. This way, all the tasks get done, not just the obvious ones. Could you have a go at Special:WantedCategories and try and fix as many as possible? If the category is being properly used, create the page, add some basic text, and categorise it. If the category is not being properly used, remove the links to it. If you could do as many as you feel you can, then that would be great. Just ask if you have any questions, or read the project page. Thanks - Gboyers talk 20:29, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
Hey Flesh, good to see you here. TNF here
Promotion 2
Hey. I've nominated you for promotion at Grand Theft Wiki:Promotion/GTA4PC/2. Fill in the page and we can get the ball rolling. Gboyers talk 23:02, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
- Though you dedication to the wiki is undeniable, your nomination for promotion to Administrator was unsuccessful. I urge you to spend some time focusing on spelling and grammar, familiarize yourself a little more with the whole wiki, and renominate later. Thanks for all you do here! --GuildKnightTalk2me 04:33, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
Thank you so much for editing the pump shotgun page. It's been bugging me what type of shotgun is used in the GTA III era, and I think you got it (not far off from what I guessed). However, I was a bit curious when you said the GTA III shotgun was "a combination between the Ithaca 37 stakeout and the Reminton 870P". Please explain. Thanks! Mdietz007 23:55, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
- Ah, yes, good point. I'd have to agree. Thanks again!Mdietz007 02:11, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
Stubby Shotgun
Since you seem like you are a very good weapon ID'er, would you happen to know what the Stubby Shotgun in VC and LCS is based off of? This is another weapon I've had trouble with. Thanks!Mdietz007 02:09, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
- Yes, that's exactly what I was thinking, but I just wanted to make sure. Thanks for your help!Mdietz007 05:33, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
Cleanup Project
Hey GTA4PC, the second phas of the Cleanup Project is underway. Instead of assigning out tasks to people, I'll let you go there and pick your own. Just sign your name next to the tasks you'd personally like to help out with, and get underway. Gboyers talk 23:03, 14 June 2009 (UTC)


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Philanthus triangulum, commonly known as the European beewolf or the bee-eating philanthus (from the now obsolete synonym Philanthus apivorus), is a solitary wasp that lives in Europe and Northern Africa. Although the adults of the species are herbivores (feeding on nectar and pollen), the species derives its name from the behavior of the inseminated females, who hunt Western honey bees. The female places several of its paralyzed prey together with an egg in a small underground chamber, to serve as food for the wasp larvae. All members of the genus Philanthus hunt various species of bees, but P. triangulum is apparently the only one that specializes in Western honey bees.
This wasp was previously considered to be one of the great aculeate rarities in Britain, with colonies only in sandy habitats on the Isle of Wight and Suffolk. It has undergone an expansion in range, with the wasp now locally common in a steadily increasing number of sites as far north as Yorkshire (2002). The species has RDB2 status (vulnerable) but, if revised, it is now likely that this status will be removed because of its increase in range and population.


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Chain Saws and Shattered Faith
The trees — some of them large old oaks — have been cut down and they cannot be put back. But shame on the members of the Benjamin Hall family for their blatant, ridiculous and childish act of aggression on Middle Line and Watcha Paths over the past weekend. Seven days before the Martha's Vineyard Commission was due to vote on a plan to place five Edgartown ancient ways under special protection, the Halls hired a company to fell trees along two of the five old byways. Horrified neighbors spent the entire weekend on the telephone to town officials, including the Edgartown selectmen; one neighbor recorded the environmental destruction with his camera.
The Halls, who want to preserve their right to develop property off Ben Tom's Way, one of the paths designated for special protection, have cried foul in recent weeks about the protection plan, which is accompanied by a building moratorium. The Halls claim that they have been unfairly singled out and vilified in the press. They say that their intentions are widely misunderstood.
But there is no longer any misunderstanding. The Halls have placed their own personal interests ahead of the interests of the town and their neighbors, and their actions last weekend speak louder than any words.
The town has obtained a restraining order in court. The neighbors have intervened on the side of the town.
And last night the Martha's Vineyard Commission took its vote, agreeing to add the five ancient ways to the special places district of critical planning concern and extending for one year a moratorium on any development on the paths.
So the paths will be protected, as they should be. And the Halls, who hopefully will now put away their chain saws, owe the town and the neighbors a sincere apology for their needless act of destruction.


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1300 - 1500
- Zhu Shijie writes Szu-yuen Yu-chien (The Precious Mirror of the Four Elements), which contains a number of methods for solving equations up to degree 14. He also defines what is now called Pascal's triangle and shows how to sum certain sequences.
- Levi ben Gerson (sometimes known as Gersonides) writes Book of Numbers dealing with arithmetical operations, permutations and combinations.
- Bradwardine writes De proportionibus velocitatum in motibus which is an early work on kinematics using algebra.
- Richard of Wallingford writes Quadripartitum de sinibus demonstratis, the first original Latin treatise on trigonometry.
- Mathematics becomes a compulsory subject for a degree at the University of Paris.
- Levi ben Gerson (Gersonides) writes De sinibus, chordis et arcubus (Concerning Sines, Chords and Arcs), a treatise on trigonometry which gives a proof of the sine theorem for plane triangles and gives five figure sine tables.
- Jean de Meurs writes Quadripartitum numerorum (Four-fold Division of Numbers), a treatise on mathematics, mechanics, and music.
- Levi ben Gerson (Gersonides) writes De harmonicis numeris (Concerning the Harmony of Numbers), which is a commentary on the first five books of Euclid.
- Nicole d'Oresme writes Latitudes of Forms, an early work on coordinate systems which may have influence Descartes. Another work by Oresme contains the first use of a fractional exponent.
- Nicole d'Oresme publishes Le Livre du ciel et du monde (The Book of Heaven and Earth). It is a compilation of treatises on mathematics, mechanics, and related areas. Oresme opposed the theory of a stationary Earth.
- Madhava of Sangamagramma proves a number of results about infinite sums giving Taylor expansions of trigonometric functions. He uses these to find an approximation for π correct to 11 decimal places.
- Al-Kashi writes Compendium of the Science of Astronomy.
- Al-Kashi writes Treatise on the Circumference giving a remarkably good approximation to π in both sexagesimal and decimal forms.
- Al-Kashi completes The Key to Arithmetic containing work of great depth on decimal fractions. It applies arithmetical and algebraic methods to the solution of various problems, including several geometric ones and is one of the best textbooks in the whole of medieval literature.
- Alberti studies the representation of 3-dimensional objects and writes the first general treatise Della Pictura on the laws of perspective.
- Ulugh Beg publishes his star catalogue Zij-i Sultani. It contains trigonometric tables correct to eight decimal places based on Ulugh Beg's calculation of the sine of one degree which he calculated correctly to 16 decimal places.
- Nicholas of Cusa studies geometry and logic. He contributes to the study of infinity, studying the infinitely large and the infinitely small. He looks at the circle as the limit of regular polygons.
- Chuquet writes Triparty en la science des nombres, the earliest French algebra book.
- Peurbach publishes Theoricae Novae Planetarum (New Theory of the Planets). He uses Ptolemy's epicycle theory of the planets but believes they are controlled by the sun.
- Regiomontanus publishes his Ephemerides, astronomical tables for the years 1475 to 1506 AD, and proposes a method for calculating longitude by using the moon.
- Regiomontanus publishes De triangulis planis et sphaericis (Concerning Plane and Spherical Triangles), which studies spherical trigonometry to apply it to astronomy.
- Campanus of Novara's edition of Euclid's Elements becomes the first mathematics book to be printed.
- Widman writes an arithmetic book in German which contains the first appearance of + and - signs.


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Quantity vs Quality Content Post
Posted by Unknown on Friday, March 16, 2012
I have been blog hopping a lot lately. Trying to read, leave comments and bookmark blogs that are informative and interesting. These blogs give me additional information that might be useful in the future. Anyway, I have just noticed that there are bloggers that regularly post around 3-5 articles in a day while still there are blogs that only have a single post weekly or just around 5 to 10 posts a month.
It made me wonder, which is really important when it comes to blogging? Is it the quality or the quantity of your content? I read several blogs that stated that content is king. Well, it is...but it is also a known fact that with great quantity, the quality would diminish.
Quantity Content
Correct me if I am wrong but the way I understand how search engines work, they usually grant higher ranking to blog sites with a lot of meat in them. So, which means, the higher rank your blog is, the more you gain visibility and traffic. I observe that most blog sites that got 3 or more contents a day are about current events, movie blogs and personal blogs.
Quality Content
Posting a quality content on your blog would take time to research depending on your niche. You also spend time proofreading before you publish your post. It may be a lot of hard work but the result is quite fulfilling. I have noticed several blog sites which have less contents in them but receive several comments and consistent visitors in their sites.
Weighing all these things, I can say that quality is much better than quantity since you can get return visits and develop loyal readers who will be looking forward to your interesting posts. However, I cannot discard the fact that quantity is also important in blogging. These two should go hand in hand. Both are necessary for successful blogging. I have seen several blog sites that offer regular post each day without compromising their quality. Their secrets, some have several authors in their blog and some blogs offer guest posting. I can say guest posting will greatly help increase quantity and at the same time maintain the quality of your blog contents.
To fellow bloggers and readers, I would like to know your opinion regarding quantity against quality content. You might want to add something important regarding my post. This topic is nothing new and in fact there has been several discussions about this over the years.
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Here's a teaser for you: The pictures below show a part of a contraption my brilliant engineer father and I built during Rosh-HaShana long weekend. It DOES have to do with this project. Could you guess what it does and how it is used? More details to come soon… 🙂
Feel free to write your guesses in the comments 🙂
UPDATE: It's not enough to say what it is, you also need to say how it's used.. 🙂
UPDATE #2 (Sep. 22, 6pm Jerusalem time): I guess it wasn't such a big mystery to you guys.. yes, it is a part of an automatic prayer spooler. It is meant to be put on a sewing machine instead of the regular roll of string, and should roll any piece of paper it has in it. It's just a prototype and we still have a lot more to do, but you have to admit it's pretty cool 🙂 I'll take a video of it in action and will upload it to youtube.
Congrats to Mandi, for being the quickest person to say what it is. Kelly from Ohio gave the most complete answer and also deserves praise. Mark Ferneau, Adam Hanin, QuarkSpin, Fr. Allen Peyton, Anderson Rodrigues, Kelley and Effie Suggs – You are all right! Each of you is rewarded one cookie; Mandy and Kelly get two.


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Boost & Moi ! (PDF, 220 Kb)
February 24, 2012
Launched in January 2012, this program aims at informing consumers about the benefits of healthy food and physical exercise. It encourages them to participate to workshops such as fitness, dance, massages, healthy breakfasts or coaching. More than 600 sites will take advantage of the program.


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Great place to draw and not only animals, the greenery around is fantastic too, some groups of people and/or individuals are also worth a shot.
Anyway, a great few hours scattered here and there with the inevitable thought of 'some of these animals look really out of place...'. Fantastic opportunity to see them live and in motion otherwise.
Btw I just read at 'Lines and Colors' about the 'Freelancers Union' (see links). -Very- interesting.


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Now Can the Candy Man Sell on the Web?By Sean Gallagher Print
When Jelly Belly wanted to expand its Web site, it was missing key ingredients.
It's hard to execute a technology project effectively when most of the vendors who could help you are on death row.
That's the situation the Jelly Belly Candy Company, the family-owned California candy maker, found itself in last year as it tried to expand its sales effort on the Web. Ryan Schader, director of corporate strategy, and Dan Rosman, IT director, were frustrated with the company's inability to do e-commerce back in January 2001. Online sales did not amount to much. They were only 1% of its $140 million in annual sales. Jelly Belly's e-commerce setup amounted to a single NT server running an out-of-the box Web store package. Its most remarkable attribute? The amount of hate mail it generated.
Even at 15,000 visits a day, the online store was seizing up, dropping customers' connections as they shopped. It was a customer-service nightmare.
Obviously, the storefront wasn't up to snuff. It did not take data from Jelly Belly's warehouse management software. It couldn't give customers a history of their orders or remember their preferences of flavors. It didn't let customers ship purchases to more than one addresstough on corporate or family gift-giving. In short, it didn't do much.
"The customers complained bitterly," says Schader. "They said, 'You have an enormous brand, and we expect more from you.' "
Schader and Rosman went back to the drawing board. In a revamped site, they wanted the sales process on the site to be tied into its enterprise planning and warehouse management systems, so customers could see when jelly beans could be shipped. They wanted a customer portal that could be tailored to each customer, greeting them by name when they logged in. They wanted features that let them keep track of each customer's buying habits so they could market to their tastes.
Plus, if they could take orders from customers directly, they could then take orders from distributors. At the time, the company mailed out 10,000 price lists a month to distributors and retailers, and took orders by fax.
Unfortunately, they began their search for help just as Web consulting firms such as MarchFirst and Razorfish were entering death spirals. "We didn't want to be stuck with a vendor that wasn't going to be around next year," says Schader.
It didn't help matters that no one at Jelly Belly was running the project full-time. The selection process dragged on for eight months. "The most important lesson from our experience is that companies should dedicate at least one resource or more to the project," says Schader. In the end, the team came up with four choices: a joint offering from Accenture and Microsoft, and alternatives from ATG, BEA, and Intershop.
Even after selecting a winnerAccenture and Microsoftthe dot-bomb Grim Reaper wasn't done. The Web design agency Jelly Belly chose to create the templates for the siteClear Ink of Walnut Creek, Calif.went under, though it was relaunched in January.
Speed finally arrived. Accenture and Microsoft did help Jelly Belly execute the first phase of its e-commerce strategya new site for selling to consumersin a little more than two months. Now, the site is managed by Accenture and hosted by AT&T. Only three Jelly Belly people were involved in the technical rollouttwo in testing and one part-time in development. And the pre-packaged software and hardware involved are priced at under $250,000.
The site was live on Dec. 17, in time for Jelly Belly to get some leverage out of a tie-in to the Warner Bros. film, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.
Daily Web sales are now up 35%, without an increase in traffic. Of course, Jelly Belly won't see a real return until the phase of the project that ends up serving retailers and distributors is finished. But even that is 80% based on work for the first phase.
And the hate mail already is subsiding.
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We received a nice little refresher of snow, and I've been wanting to get in a good chute for a while. Chief Joseph has plenty of those.
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A group of hard-charging central Oregonians invaded McCully Basin last weekend. Of course, I forgot my camera. Jared put together an awesome vid that does the trip justice. Thanks Jared!
Hurricane Point, East Chute
Hurricane Point as it's called on some maps, or peak 8,457′, greets me every morning over coffee. I've been up there a couple of times, and the ascent isn't much fun. I've been wanting to ski the big chute cutting down the center for some time. Continue reading
Elkhorn Mountain, South Couloir
This is the Wallowa Mountain's Elkhorn Mountain(9,233′), not Elkhorn Peak(8,931′) located in the Elkhorn Mountains. Unique name, Elkhorn is.
I've attempted this line at least twice (maybe thrice?) and every time conditions haven't quite aligned. Last time Tysen and I tried the whole chute was filled with debris. I've been dreaming about this one a lot. 2,000 vertical feet, sustained pitch, ski right off the summit, it's got it all.
Matterhorn East
The Matterhorn is Wallowa Mountains second highest at 9,826′. It's been on my tick list for awhile and I was fortunate to have great weather.
First Sunburn of the Year!
Even though high pressure has been keeping conditions firm, Kip had an idea for a traverse from Sawtooth into Little Granite Creek, down Peak 8620′ into Scotch Creek, then down Ruby. I thought it was a great idea. After strategic rig shuttling we began the slog up Falls Creek to Sawtooth.
Sacajawea, East Face
Sacajawea, 9838′, is the tallest peak in the Wallowa mountains, and sixth highest in Oregon. I've been meaning to get up there, so when Aaron asked if I wanted to go I jumped at the opportunity. We had excellent weather, great travel conditions and good snow. Great day to be on top of the Wallowas.
Only managed to get one picture, Aaron and Devin are superfit dudes so on the rare occasion we stopped I used it to catch my breath.
Another Sunny Day
Sometimes things just don't work out. There's a classic couloir I've been watching all season waiting for conditions to line up and I was sure Monday was going to be the day.
Tysen and I left Joseph at 0230 and began the slog. Firm snow made for effortless skinning, a light breeze kept us cool, and with the world shrunk down to what's in front of your headlamp you really have nothing to do but go fast. All these factors helped us make good time and we hit the alpine with the sun.
We hit the couloir's apron and immediately knew we wouldn't be skiing it today. The past few days' warm sun had baked the couloir's rock walls, filling the gut with mashed potatoes. Ugh. I knew there would be a little, but didn't expect this much. So we slogged on and hunted for a plan b.
Bummer we didn't get our objective, but still had a great day out.
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Hurwal Divide East
You get an awesome view of Hurwal Divide from the Imnaha highway, and every time I see it I think of how good the skiing must be up there. At 9,776′ the northern peak of the divide is the seventh highest in Oregon, which sweetens the pot a bit.


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LAFAYETTE — What was once feared would disrupt Mountain View Drive residents for months ended up being fixed after only nine days of around-the-clock construction.
Work to restore the overcrossing of Lafayette Creek, about four blocks south of Mt. Diablo Boulevard, was essentially finished Friday, and was set for a noon reopening to vehicle traffic. Friday's reopening was not only earlier that the original "into the spring" estimates after the Dec. 2 washout, but four days before the revised Christmas Day estimate.
Mayor Mike Anderson was at Friday's "soft" opening, and he didn't have to walk far to get there. He lives next to the creek on Mountain View.
Did where he lives have anything to do with how fast the street got fixed?
"Everyone keeps saying that," he said, before countering that Mountain View Drive serves as part of an important alternative route to Mt. Diablo Boulevard when that main route gets clogged.
"Also, there was a broken sewer line here, and we needed to fix that right away," Anderson added.
The 80-by-40-foot sinkhole, 15 feet deep, was created when the pipeline under the street became clogged with debris amid Dec. 2's heavy rains, and water dammed there, washing away the ground under the street.
The renowned Rancho Cordova-based construction firm C.C. Myers Inc. was called in to do most of the work; Bay Cities Paving also did substantial work on the restoration project, said City Manager Steven Falk. The repairs cost about $750,000, he said.
Anderson joked that he'll have trouble getting to sleep now that the loud construction work is done. Neighbor Todd Ericson said he took it all in stride.
"It's been a little hectic with all the equipment and so on," he said. "But it's nature; you live on the creek, you deal with it."


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