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ESA's Estrack network is a worldwide system of ground stations providing links between spacecraft in orbit and our Operations Control Centre in Darmstadt. The Estrack core comprises 10 stations in seven countries, including three 35 m-diameter deep-space stations in Australia, Spain and Argentina.
We design, build and upgrade ground tracking stations providing critical communications for robotic and human missions. Our stations offer superb accuracy and can pick up faint signals from billions of kilometres away. ESA makes Estrack stations available for cooperative missions with international partners, including NASA, JAXA, Russia, China, India and European national space agencies.
What we do
We are ESA's ground station systems engineering experts, and we ensure that ESA's Estrack network can provide cost-effective, accurate and on-time space communication solutions. These include sending telecommands to robotic and human spacecraft, receiving scientific data and telemetry from missions and supporting navigation, time synchronisation and radio science.
The network uses cutting-edge technology – high-precision pointing antennas, multi-frequency radio reception and transmission, cryogenically cooled low-noise amplifiers, high-power uplink amplifiers, highly sensitive receivers for telemetry reception, telecommand generation and radiometric measurements – to provide the most accurate possible tracking for mission billions of kilometres away in deep space.
Our latest system designs focus on optical space-to-ground communication solutions. These aim to provide ten times higher data return compared to similar radio-frequency technology.
In support of the Agency's Space Situational Awareness Preparatory Programme, we are designing and developing a test radar and designing a network of optical telescopes for space debris detection.
We also offer consultancy services within the space communication domain of expertise.
How we do it
Working with other ESA engineering teams, we design new space communication solutions that enable vastly improved scientific capabilities. This means developing the required new technologies for use in next-generation ground station systems. Based on our space communication design expertise, we define specifications for complete antenna systems that can be implemented by industry.
We support regular performance retesting and upgrade of the ten core ESA stations. This results in a sustainment plan for continuous improvement of station capabilities and cost efficiency.
Finally, we support ESA's involvement in setting European and international technical standards. Among other benefits, these allow, for example, ESA ground stations to track missions flown by other agencies – such as NASA or European national agencies – and vice versa. This is critical for fostering future cooperative missions at destinations such as the Moon or Mars.
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In 2006, ESA was required to develop a critical back-up communication channel for the second (and all subsequent) Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), Johannes Kepler. The system had to enable mission controllers at the ATV Control Centre, Toulouse, France, to send emergency commands to ATV should either of its primary or secondary communication systems to fail.
Experts from the Ground Station Engineering team worked with other engineers from ESA and from the French space agency (CNES) to re-purpose the ATV's existing proximity radio link (which communicates over short distances to the ISS) for long-distance space-to-Earth communication. This solution was tested at Kourou prior to launch by sending data from ATV mounted on top of its Ariane launcher to the ESA ground station at Kourou.
Our most recent major development project was the design and construction of ESA's third deep-space ground station at Malargüe, Argentina.
The station, DSA 3, enables global deep-space tracking coverage together with DSA 1 and 2 in New Norcia, Australia, and Cebreros, Spain, respectively.
On 7 December 2011, the huge 35 m-diameter dish antenna was hoisted into place, marking a major milestone in construction. The delicate and demanding operation took several hours and had to wait for a calm day with no wind.
On 18 December 2012, the station was formally inaugurated; it entered regular service early in 2013.


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Helmet cameras have grown immensely in popularity over the years and for good reason. When they first came out these cameras were bulky and expensive but things have definitely changed. Now more moderately priced and sized down you can get your hands on a helmet camera and not break the bank.
So what makes a helmet camera so much superior to a regular camera? Well, helmet cameras offer a fantastic resolution and picture or video capability of pro quality. The compact design of these cameras and the differing mounts make them able to mount nearly anywhere and get nearly any shot in great pristine quality.
Helmet cameras also mesh really well with the action sports community especially skiing. Being able to capture high speed photos and video in high quality has changed the way we shoot skiing movies and action footage. Now you can be right in the driver seat while your favorite skier goes barreling down chutes and get a first hand experience of heli-skiing while never boarding the chopper.
Helmet Cameras are not just for helmets anymore.
As the helmet camera industry grows more and more accessories are becoming readily available. Now you can mount your cameras to nearly anything. There are helmet cameras with available mounts that suction cup on most all surfaces and pole mounts, surfboard mounts and flexible mounts that will adapt to nearly anything. Getting the best shot just become easier with endless mounting options.
As you shop Skis.com you will see two main brands of helmet cameras that we stock, GoPro and Contour. Both these brands make a great product but if you like one over the other you can easily shop just one brand of helmet camera. You will see on the left side of the page a box where you can choose to shop by brand. By selecting either GoPro or Contour in this brands box will only show you helmet cameras and accessories by that brand. This filter will also help if you already own a helmet camera and only want to see accessories by the brand of camera you own.
In the course of time there are plenty of things that have changed the ski world for the better, you may not agree that helmet cameras have changed skiing for the better but you can't argue that it has changed the way we see the skiing world.


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Another thing I enjoy doing with my family are little projects here and there where they feel their talents have been used. They feel proud of themselves and that's the best that any mother could want for their children.
*The children love cooking dinner with me. Which takes a lot of patience on my part. For example, his job was to cut off the ends of the string beans with his fingers. I must say I looked at his pile of half string beans in the garbage and decided to show him once more, "only the ends.." He continued throwing away half a bean string and I decided to be more happy that he was proud of the job he was doing. The oldest said why am I crying as he pealed an onion for the first time. He found this amazing and asked 20 questions on onion vs. tears.
*We also like to make art work for decorating our outside door. This year we gathered some leaves for Thanksgiving on our trail walk. I just took it down yesterday to make room for Christmas. They want to buy a fern to decorate. Again patience, for all they want to put on the fern tree.
*The computer is always a nice way to educate as they have fun. These are some sites they enjoy using:
www.starfall.com (I learned from the NY Board of Education)
www.funbrain.com (One day my son was playing it because his friend told him about it)
www.clubpenguin.com (Advertised in a book my son was reading. Must sign up first to play)
www.mcworld.com (From McDonalds. Sign in also required)
www.pbskids.com (Used to play all the time)
www.thomasandfriends.com (Used to play all the time)
www.nickjr.com (Formerly known as "Noggin" )
www.nicktoons.com (A little more mature)
There is one more game that I know but it is for children and adults. You have to put in the search engine the game you want and have to keep vigilant as some games are inappropriate for children. I used to use it for racing games and sports games. I rarely use it now. If you want the site I can get it for you otherwise this is my list of online free games for children. If you have another please feel free to share.


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A frequent theme in the oeuvre of writer-director David Cronenberg is how we become alienated through the ubiquitous. We fail to notice how everyday facets of our lives are changing us on a fundamental level, and causing us to be alienated from ourselves and each other physically, mentally, and emotionally. In Videodrome, Crash, and eXistenZ, Cronenberg explored how technology warped our relationship to the world to the point where technology became organic and the organic became mechanical. In his last movie, A Dangerous Method, Cronenberg explored how psychotherapy causes people to become distanced from their emotions and psyches. In his latest film, Cosmopolis, Cronenberg turns his eye to capitalism, and has created a darkly comic, coldly calculating look at a world where everything is for sale and nothing has value. Like A Dangerous Method, Cosmopolis suffers from the lack of an emotional impact, which is the inevitable result of a story where characters have become disconnected from emotion, but the story will still leave your head spinning.
Eric Packer (Robert Pattinson) is going for a haircut. It's an innocuous errand except Packer is the billionaire head of a financial institution he inherited from his father. Packer has maintained his wealth the same way many modern financial titans do: he moves around numbers. But today, he has moved the wrong numbers, bet on the Yuan, and his money is disappearing by the millions. But this doesn't faze Packer, and nothing really does. And as he rides in his limo towards his haircut, he has casual, emotionally vacant conversations with various acquaintances. He can only really be bothered to exit his posh vehicle to converse with his wealthy new bride, Elise (Sarah Gadon), and their marriage is just another empty transaction that continues to decline in value. Meanwhile, the rat becomes a symbol of economic protest, and an unknown assassin is trying to kill him.
Cosmopolis is able to maintain its dry conversations because the raving lunacy isn't in the dialogue. The madness is outside the limousine. It's in a diner where two men can enter, hold up two dead rats a piece, and loudly chant, "A spectre is haunting the world!" before tossing the dead vermin at the restaurant's patrons. But that kind of bizarre behavior is nothing compared with how Eric and his cohorts view the world. In his limo, Eric undergoes his daily doctor's examine, not because he's sick, but because he wants it. And while receiving a proctologic exam, he carries on a conversation with an associate. Neither seems to mind Eric's doctor being elbow-deep in his patient's anus.
It would be inaccurate to call Eric and his various acquaintances "robotic." These characters speak in allegory, symbols, double-speak. They cling to the last vestiges of what humanity, but they no longer understand it. It's like a dead language without the romanticism. The reaction is similar to how characters behave in Videodrome and eXistenZ except the alienation in those movies is represented in organic videocassettes and game controllers. In Cosmopolis, the alienation is represented in the characters' souls in a world where everything is nothing more than a price tag. At one point, Eric inquires about purchasing a cathedral so he can put it in his home. He no longer understands that religion is for the masses or that it's meant for spirituality. It's something to be possessed and nothing more.
And what do you get for the man who has everything? You get him nothing, or rather, you get him to lose everything. Cronenberg has always been interested in following his themes to their disturbing conclusions, and in Cosmopolis, the world reaches the point where the numbers blur together and it all becomes meaningless. It's not simply "money can't buy you happiness." Money can't buy you sadness, anger, or any emotion.
Cronenberg has crafted a richly layered examination of capitalism where the broad themes will be apparent to everyone: the Occupy-like protests, the man in his limo who can't be bothered by the outside world, etc. And then you can dig deeper into the larger symbols, the broader societal commentary, and intellectually engage with a movie that provides no easy answers, but is meant to provoke discussion in a meaningful way. There's no half-hearted grasp at exploring our turbulent economic times with regards to the power of Wall Street. The movie is based off Don DeLillo's novel, which was published in 2003 and takes place in 2000, but Cronenberg's film is born out of 2008 crash and has no time period. The movie is timeless yet it functions as historical document.
It also functions as a superb meta-commentary on the value of celebrity by casting Pattinson in the lead. There could be no better choice, because not only does Pattinson break free of his romantic-lead mold, but by the very fact that we note his freedom. Robert Pattinson is a commodity. He first gained value by getting cast in Twilight, he has maintained his value by appearing in other romance films like Remember Me and Water for Elephants, and Cosmopolis is a calculated 180 for the actor. It's the only way his career continues to grow, and it's the smart move because he has attached his value to an indie feature, and split his risk by having David Cronenberg at the helm. Pattinson gives an intentionally stilted performance, but no one will be able to walk away from this movie thinking he can't act. He acts to the piece, and we'll have to wait for another role to "test" him.
This is how we measure a person. One could argue that we're valuing his talent and not him, but he carries the Twilight franchise with him. The industry will write about this move, his fans will decide if they want to see him in a role that couldn't be further away from Edward Cullen. Is Pattinson trying to lose everything like Packer? Of course not, but he also shares his character's desire for freedom. I can only imagine the feelings of a Pattinson fangirl who sneaks into the movie only to see her on-screen crush engage in act after act of meaningless sex. Hopefully, it will drive her to see Cronenberg's other movies and observe that sex is always a primal force rather than an expression of love.
There's no room for love in this world, nor any other emotion, which is what leaves Cosmopolis cold like A Dangerous Method. It's built that way, and the movie isn't dull because it's perfectly built, and Cronenberg has installed dark humor and comically bizarre dialogue like Eric telling his new bride, "You have your mother's breasts," and neither remarking on the strangeness of such a comment. However, the intellectual explorations of Cosmopolis shouldn't put up a wall between the audience's feelings for the characters or at least feeling some emotional resonance with the world Cronenberg is depicting. We can laugh at its strangeness, but it's tough to be pulled into its drama. We can react to what we're seeing, but we can't feel it.
Cronenberg can't be criticized for putting us right where he wants us, and where he wants us is to think about the alienation our economic collapse has caused. There's no attempt to make us pity Packer or his financially obsessed ilk. There's no room for pity in his movies about alienation. If anything, we're meant to marvel at the grotesque so that we can't ignore the issue it presents. The problem is that emotions drive us as much as our intellect if not more. Cosmopolis has the power to entertain and to enlighten, but it fails to recognize that we're not dead inside like Eric Packer. Not yet, anyway.
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Today the European Commission's Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (more commonly known as 'DG Connect') released a new proposal for a directive on "Accessibility of Public Sector Bodies' Websites". The proposed directive will require twelve categories of EU public sector websites which provide essential public services to EU citizens to comply with W3C's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 at the AA level. The proposal also makes clear that this level of accessibility support is desirable for all public sector websites.
Adobe supports efforts to provide clear and globally-harmonized standards for accessibility, and applauds DG Connect for referencing the WCAG 2.0 standard which not only represents a high bar for accessibility standards, but that is being incorporated into policy in many countries around the world including Australia, Canada, India, Japan, and the USA. This helps ensure that vendors like Adobe and web developers around the world don't need to learn different accessibility standards in order to ensure that their tools and content promote and meet accessibility requirements.
The goal of ensuring that these services are accessible by 2015 is also manifestly the right thing to do as all people need access to government information and services. It will take time to approve this proposal and for individual EU member countries to incorporate the new law into national policy, but this is an important proposal that will help clarify what needs to be done to provide access to all users. Adobe supports this proposal in principle and in practice with our product offerings such as Dreamweaver and CQ which help web authors address accessibility, as well as our tools for creating accessible PDF documents and providing access to video content delivered on the web. More information about these products is available at the Adobe Accessibility Resource Center.
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Weber Q-140 electric grill
Because years ago some careless dolt didn't pay attention to his grill (and burned down his apartment building), it's against the law in North Carolina to have any grill using an open flame on an apartment balcony or patio. Gas or charcoal grills must be at least 10 feet from the structure.
Which makes barbecuing on the third floor a challenge.
Not grilling was not an option. So I had to obtain an electric grill and researched the alternatives. The result: A Weber (duh).
The Q series comes in gas and electric models; and if you saw "Dear Food Network" last week, you'll recall one of the hosts (it may have been Aida Whatsername) cooking on one of the Q series gas models.
This grill is not cheap. We got it at Bed, Bath & Beyond and using the standard 20% off coupon it was about $220 including tax. But it's a terrific grill that should last for years. And when we move to a house, I can see it being our primary grill when we don't use charcoal -- when we're cooking for just us and it's burgers or hot dogs or any veggie or non-steak protein that requires direct heat and can cook in less than 15-20 minutes. In other words, we probably won't need a gas grill to supplement our Weber kettle.
On the highest setting, the Q-140 can reportedly reach temperatures of 600 degrees F. That's because Weber developed a reflective coating for the cover and the base that intensifies the heat from the element.
All I know is, it really can sear meat, as you can see from these pork chops.
And salmon
It also does indirect cooking well, too. Turkey thighs
Stuffed peppers
The final word: An outstanding alternative to lousy tabletop appliances or cheesy George Foreman models if you can't have an open flame. Comes apart for easy cleaning, too. And you can buy accessories, including a stand with wheels (and trays) giving you all the convenience of a "real" patio grill.
Highly recommended, notwithstanding the hefty price tag.
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In an effort to clean out my fridge and cupboards...this week is leftover week. Thinking I'll do a savory bread pudding tonight...and I'd like it to perhaps include sage, figs, and walnuts.
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Can people tell I am procrastinating starting a writing project today (all of my lengthy posts)? I found this pretty good looking recipe from Gourmet magazine on Epicurious.com. I, myself, would use fresh spinach or even fresh chard which I like even better rather than frozen spinach, which I detest. (I hate slimy over-boiled frozen spinach, which I think is why so many children hate an otherwise innocent and delicious vegetable.) I would also probably add fresh mushrooms. You, Shut UP -- sorry, I couldn't resist!!--of course, will have fun playing with it, and I might even see your improved version back here. I am very interested in the idea of a savory bread pudding, but being married to a South American who hates the very idea of anything even remotely casserole, I have been a bit hesitant to try. There is a work in Colombian Spanish for any kind of "mixed up" food-- masacote-- although I have never seen it written, so the spelling might be wrong. It means, roughly, mixed up mess, and shows a strong cultural preference for separate and distinct piles of food on the plate as opposed to stews and casseroles, meaning that I often wait for guests before trying any kind of gratin, casserole or stew, unless it is very carefully labeled for the wife only, or, very carefully, if the gratin contains only one kind of vegetable.
Spinach and Gruyère Strata from Gourmet, 2003
yield: Makes 6 to 8 servings
active time: 30 min
total time: 10 hr
1 (10-oz) package frozen spinach, thawed
1 1/2 cups finely chopped onion (1 large)
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
8 cups cubed (1 inch) French or Italian bread (1/2 lb)
6 oz coarsely grated Gruyère (2 cups)
2 oz finely grated Parmigiano-Reggiano (1 cup)
2 3/4 cups milk
9 large eggs
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
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Squeeze handfuls of spinach to remove as much liquid as possible, then finely chop.
Cook onion in butter in a large heavy skillet over moderate heat, stirring, until soft, 4 to 5 minutes. Add 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon pepper, and nutmeg and cook, stirring, 1 minute. Stir in spinach, then remove from heat.
Spread one third of bread cubes in a buttered 3-quart gratin dish or other shallow ceramic baking dish and top evenly with one third of spinach mixture. Sprinkle with one third of each cheese. Repeat layering twice (ending with cheeses).
Whisk together milk, eggs, mustard, and remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper in a large bowl and pour evenly over strata. Chill strata, covered with plastic wrap, at least 8 hours (for bread to absorb custard).
Preheat oven to 350°F. Let strata stand at room temperature 30 minutes.
Bake strata, uncovered, in middle of oven until puffed, golden brown, and cooked through, 45 to 55 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes before serving.
Cooks' note:
• Strata can be chilled up to 1 day. Let stand at room temperature 30 minutes before baking.
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Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 1:38 am
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Oh dynamite.....THANK YOU!!!!
The life, trials, tribulations, and adventures of the every woman in the kitchen; the Attainable Gourmet.
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Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 11:20 pm
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I have actually been reading your blog. I also found interesting instructions for a very basic savory bread pudding in the cookbook "How to Eat Supper" by Lynn Rosetto Kaspar and Sally Swift, of the Splendid Table radio program. THis is a book I recommend, and I also recommend the radio broadcasts, which Wisconsin Public Radio discontinued, but which I now listen to on the internet.
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Thursday, 23 December 2010
Neang Sokchea & Kounila Keo
The Phnom Penh Post
Ever since urban centres were formed in Cambodia, usually around centres of trade and industrythere has been an understanding gap between people living in the rural areas and people who became accustomed to life in the city.
Ethnic groups tended to stay in the rural areas, and because they have been separated from places like Phnom Penh, they are seen, and often see themselves as foreigners in their own country when they come to the capital city.
In order to facilitate a greater sense of understanding and community between rural and urban populations, Khmer Community Development, officially established in 2005, invited 750 youth from 7 minority groups in Cambodia to join each other for a weekend of dialogue, activities and developing relationships.
Ngach Pheaktra, a tenth grader from Mondulkiri province, took part in the camping activity and said that, because this was his first trip to Phnom Penh, he sometimes felt like an outsider.
"I feel strange walking along the buildings and houses here. They are all made of brick, while our houses back in our villages are made of wood," he said, adding that his home doesn't have too many mosquitoes and he rarely goes on difficult journeys, but his homeland does have mountains, trees and wild animals.
Ngach Pheaktra says Phnom Penh seems much more dangerous, with all of the vehicles moving around the city. "I do not feel secure at all when I am in Phnom Penh. I heard of robbery and rape," he said. "Compared to Phnom Penh, my village is much better off and safer," he added.
For Kham Sopheap, a 17-year-old and twelfth grader from Rattanakiri province who is part of one of the ethic minorities in the area, told Lift that she can hardly breathe in Phnom Penh, unlike here village where there are plenty of trees and therefore lots of fresh ait. As a child, she faced a discrimination from students who asked her why she even came to school when she could not speak any Khmer. By the time she was eight, however, she was able to speak Khmer well enough to converse with her classmates.
"There are some things I like about Phnom Penh and other things I don't like," she said. "I like it for its amusement parks and the Royal Palace, but I certainly do not like when Phnom Penh is too crowded."
Lat Bunart, an eleventh grader from Ratanakiri, said that she feels like Phnom Penh is a place only for wealthy people, whereas her village doesn't require people to be rich. "People in my village are so friendly and welcome the poor and the rich, but people here seem so busy with their businesses and work," she said. "In our village we spend the day farming and have much more free time to enjoy life."


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A record breaking Burmese python has been found in the Florida everglades. The snake was a record breaking 17-foot-7-inches long and weighed 164.5 pounds. It was also full of eggs which numbered 87, another record breaker.
The snake has been handed over to the Florida Museum of Natural History by officials from Everglades National Park. Burmese pythons are native to southeast Asia, but have become quite an invasive species in the Florida everglades as many people tried to keep them as pets. Once the pet owners realize how large these guys can get, they often release them into the wild. Unfortunately, due to the size of this particular find, it is becoming apparent that they are thriving in their new home. "This thing is monstrous, it's about a foot wide," said Florida Museum herpetology collection manager Kenneth Krysko. "It means these snakes are surviving a long time in the wild, there's nothing stopping them and the native wildlife are in trouble."
Skip Snow, a park wildlife biologist, said, "I think one of the important facts about this animal is its reproductive capability…There are not many records of how many eggs a large female snake carries in the wild. This shows they're a really reproductive animal, which aids in their invasiveness."
The researchers hope they can examine this specimen to find out what its eating habits are and hopefully discover some way they can curtail the spread of this deadly invasive species. As it stands now, the Burmese python has no known predators and one this size can eat just about anything it wants.
According to a University of Florida press release, "Florida has the world's worst invasive reptile and amphibian problem." Most of this is due to the pet trade. For more information about Florida's wildlife program, visit the Florida Museum of Natural History at http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu.


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Check out the updated default healing UI. Yes, this is the default UI. As in, the interface you get without any customization whatsoever. I queued randomly into Blackrock Caverns (took a while, but I managed to get in).
What you see right now is actually the raid frames, not the party frames. I didn't switch to party frames yet (I prefer my raid UI for everything and this is as close as I can get to it). First thing you'll see is that the top left of each player has a little role icon.
Never again will I ever see the question "Who are the tanks?"
At least, I hope.
And yes, the red frame highlight shows who currently has aggro.
Yellow frame shows who I currently have selected. You can also move the frames around. I haven't found out how to lock it in place yet.
Now we've got some more action going on here. The healing combat text hasn't changed much. My personal Renews appear on the bottom right. Haven't shielded anyone yet.
If you look carefully at our tank, you can see a Frostbolt icon on the bottom left. I almost missed it. Things like debuffs that can be removed need to be made a lot more noticeable.
Green bar shows approximate incoming heal amount. I don't know if that's before or after any type of Mortal Strike debuffs or healing buffs.
That's it for shots since I'm too busy trying to keep the group alive (Prayer of Healing was the next spell cast, believe me).
Then we wipe because I cast Guardian Spirit on the wrong Pally when some Ogres and stuff wander into us.
EDIT – Back in. Here's more:
Something that needs to improve on is the dispelling interface. It's really hard to notice. You have to mouse over it in order to see what type of debuff it is. In the shot below, you can see a little red skull icon on the top right denoting a disease. The actual disease icon is then on the bottom left where you can mouse over and see what it actually is.
I think a better solution would be to fill the entire player frame with the appropriate dispel color which states what type of debuff it is.
For example, if I get hit with a Frostbolt, my background color could fill with a gradient blue which overrides my normal class color of white. That would make it extremely obvious I have a debuff. The actual debuff icon could still be on the bottom left.
Definitely very cool though.
Thoughts? If this continues to get developed and streamlined further, I might not have to use custom raid frames anymore.


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It has now been more than twenty years since I first published anything bearing the title THROAT SPROCKETS. It first appeared as a 12-page story in the premiere issue of Steve Bissette's horror anthology TABOO, published in the Fall of 1988. The initial tale was conceived as the first chapter of a graphic novel; it was illustrated in remarkable photo-realistic style by Mike Hoffman and garnered a lot of favorable attention. TABOO's debut issue also featured the work of comics royalty like Alan Moore, Steve himself, Eddie Campbell and Charles Burns, but many reviewers singled out "Throat Sprockets" -- my very first published work in comics -- as the collection's best story. I've never forgotten how, while attending an Ohio comics convention with Steve around that time, someone I knew locally (who had never really given me much of the time of day before) came up to the table where we were signing, clasped my hand in both of his, shook it vigorously, and congratulated me with all the earnestness of a priest. His sincere appreciation of the story was my first glimmer of the impact THROAT SPROCKETS would have on certain people.
I'd like to say "people" in general, rather than "certain people," because that would mean the initial positive reaction went on to become more widespread. Alas, while TABOO went on to introduce other developing graphic novels (like Alan Moore & Eddie Campbell's FROM HELL and Moore & Melinda Gebbie's LOST GIRLS), the graphic version of THROAT SPROCKETS was stillborn, never completed. This was partly due to the fact that Mike's photo-realistic style required so much time to execute, and also because my comics scripts -- possibly as a result from the Alan Moore SWAMP THING scripts that Steve used to school me in the technique -- were becoming not only more detailed and more complex, but untenably long. The second chapter, "Transylvania mon amour" in TABOO #3 (1989) ran a full 30 pages. In retrospect, it seems obvious that the graphic-novel-in-progress was crying out to become the traditional novel I eventually wrote. It was Steve who encouraged me to do this, and it took some doing because I had already written, and failed to sell, numerous other literary novels. But I knew I couldn't continue with the way things were going: my working relationship with Mike Hoffman worsened after we met, and my only contact with his successor David Lloyd (V FOR VENDETTA) -- who ultimately did a splendid job of illustrating the third story, "The Disaster Area" for TABOO #8 (June 1995) -- was a belligerent note he fired off to me on an Edward G. Robinson postcard, when I suggested adding a single panel to a page I had scripted. The three issues of TABOO in which the THROAT SPROCKETS arc appear -- numbers 1, 3 and 8, respectively -- are long out-of-print, but Steve makes a dwindling number of personal stash copies available at SR Bissette's Online Emporium. If you're at all interested, order now because the supply is just about gone.
I would never have proceeded with the novel without the support of a literary agent. My first agent, an enthusiastic young woman named Cathy Mahar, took on the project -- then, in a preview of things to come, decided to quit agenting just as things started happening. Cathy did give me the lead that got me accepted as a client by agent Lori Perkins, and Cathy and I kept in sporadic touch until I received the tragic news of her death, from a brain aneurysm, just weeks after she had sent me a congratulatory letter on the book's acceptance by editor Jeanne Cavelos at Dell. THROAT SPROCKETS was originally acquired by Jeanne to be part of her Abyss horror series, but because the manuscript was considered to be literary noir than traditional horror, it was held back from release a full year and finally issued in September 1994 as the first original novel under the new Cutting Edge imprint. It was preceded by the first softcover edition of Patrick McCabe's THE BUTCHER BOY (which featured an ad for THROAT SPROCKETS on its closing page), which had already appeared in hardcover from another company.
Despite a front cover endorsement by Bret Easton Ellis, a sexed-up subtitle I had nothing to do with ("A novel of erotic obsession"), and unanimous rave reviews, Dell's lack of promotional support (made worse by Jeanne's departure from the company and her replacement by a chilly editorial contact who, I was told, found my book offensive) killed it in its crib. Though Ellen Datlow called it the year's best first novel, THROAT SPROCKETS went unnominated in any of the fiction categories for literary horror awards. It was subsequently published in Great Britain by 4th Estate, who gave it lovely hardcover and softcover editions, and it fared somewhat better overseas than here. It was later translated into French by Simon Lhopiteau as SALLES OBSCURES ("Darkened Theatres") for Pocket Books' Terreur line in Paris. The cover of the French edition (pictured above, a painting by Pierre Olivier-Templier) is my personal favorite, one of the most extraordinary covers I've seen on any book. I so wish I owned the original.
THROAT SPROCKETS, the novel, has been named as one of the best horror novels by at least two reference books compiling such lists, and RUE MORGUE recently included it in a list of essential progressive horror fiction. Despite this continuing interest and support, the book has now been out of print for thirteen years, and there is no sign of it being reprinted and given a chance for broader recognition. With internet booksellers offering used copies at a lower price than it costs to mail it, I can easily understand, especially in this economy, why publishing companies might not see the wisdom of throwing new money in its direction. Though I make no profit from these used copies, they are like seedlings, continuing to bring me new readers brave enough to read fiction by someone principally known for writing non-fiction.
In the very first sentence of the first review of my book I ever read, a wonderful write-up in FANGORIA, Linda Marotta called THROAT SPROCKETS "the kind of novel around which cults are formed." The enthusiasm of her review braced me for imminent fame and fortune, which didn't come, but she was prophetic in that she foresaw a cult for the book.
If you type the words "throat sprockets" into the search engine at Amazon.com, you will be taken to a page that not only shows the various editions of my novel, but lists other works of fiction that, uncannily, pay it tribute. A story by VW's Kim Newman -- called "Castle in the Desert" in THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF BEST NEW HORROR 12 and "The Other Side of Midnight" in VAMPIRE SEXTETTE -- namechecks the imaginary film in my novel as a real one, and a vivid character I mentioned only in passing, porn director Debbie W. Griffith, is discussed as though a real person. For all I know, today she may well be... it would sit well beside the fact that a 1996 horror novel, ESCARDY GAP by Peter Crowder and James Lovegrove, features a Nurse Sprocket (possibly a nod to my novel's "Once Upon a Time in the West" chapter, set in a hospital) and refers on page 252 to the "throat sprockets" of an old projector in a movie theater. Last year, Rayo Casablanca's novel 6 SICK HIPSTERS placed a copy of THROAT SPROCKETS in a character's apartment as a sign of their good taste. To my even greater surprise, two different books about music make reference to THROAT SPROCKETS, citing its depiction of cinemania as reflective of the masculine record collecting impulse.
Which brings us to this curious turn of events. As of last week, when you type "throat sprockets" into the Amazon.com search engine, my book is no longer the first thing you see. The newest THROAT SPROCKETS on the block is the debut CD (pictured) of an inventive and energetic band from Glendale, California, who call themselves, with my blessing, Throat Sprockets. The 14-track album on Cat Sandwich Records is available from both Amazon and CDBaby.com. CDBaby.com also makes it available as an mp3 download.
The lead singer of the group, who goes by the name Miss Lonelyhearts, sent me a copy of the disc for my thoughts. It's one of the most intimidating review duties I've ever had to face, because I feel a paternal connection to these fans of my book who wanted to carry its banner, so to speak. (Miss Lonelyhearts told me "It's the best band name since Led Zeppelin!") But what if I didn't care for what they produced under the auspices of my title? Would I want to withdraw my permission? Could I?
Fortunately, I need no longer fret over such questions because, having listened to THROAT SPROCKETS a few times, I do like it. It's noisy, quirky, clever and unpredictable. Like most debut independent releases, it finds the band still in the process of discovering their group identity, their group sound, but the search itself takes them through a series of interesting mutations. It's a map of their musical interests and ranges rather than a focused statement, and its presentation is so cryptic -- no personnel listing, no explanation for the front or back cover illustrations, and the album's opening and closing guitar notes are in Morse code -- that it conveys the feel of a message launched in a bottle, sent out in search of the right ears eager to listen.
"The Bruiser" is probably the most commercial and fully realized track of the bunch, but I find myself most attracted to the more lyrical "Small Potatoes" (really lovely) and "Violent Kisses," which I think feature the best singing on the album. Several songs have a strong melodic sense and, at the same time, a quirky experimental edge; the sound of Throat Sprockets is a slippery, busy, noodly sound, at different times whimsically juvenile, brashly teenage and emotionally armored young adult, veering somewhere between instrumental virtuosity and André Gide's admonition "Do not understand me too quickly." Sometimes the music and lyric are willfully contradictory. For example, "Each and Every Day" might have been the standout, but the bluesy gravitas of the lyric seems to belong to a different song, the accompaniment so contrary as to deny the emotions the words express. Miss Lonelyhearts, whose voice I file mentally between Joan Jett and Belinda Carlisle, alternates vocals with an unnamed male bandmember, but his tracks don't particularly grab me. I suspect the more melodic inclinations of the band will guide them to a unique group sound before their thrash numbers will, but it's the band's call, of course -- and everything depends on what they add to these building blocks. I'm told they have already moved on creatively from here, and will start recording their second album shortly.
Bottom line: Though I found the THROAT SPROCKETS album too scattershot to pin down as a whole, it held my interest throughout with its constant edge of invention, and it kept my foot tapping. It is engaging, and I'm proud to be reached by this latest ripple from the book I cast on the waters all those years ago.


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The Crisper Whisperer: Lucky-Lusty Red Cabbage and Apples Recipe
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Note: You may know Carolyn Cope as Umami Girl. She stops by on Tuesdays with ideas on preparing fruits and vegetables.
As a proud Quarter-Irishwoman, I simply couldn't let St. Patrick's Day roll by without a proper dinner of corned beef and cabbage. But your average boiled green cabbage doesn't so much remind me of dinner as it does a recent, unexpectedly endless car ride with nothing to snack on and only A Prairie Home Companion's boiled owl humor for company.
If you're unfamiliar with the reference, let's just say I am deeply envious of your innocence. If you're familiar, please contact me so we can schedule some group therapy and then, with any luck, move on with our lives.
A few Novembers back, in a blissfully different time and place, I ran across a recipe in Gourmet for red cabbage and apples "quick-braised" in caraway- and allsipce-scented cider and finished with a touch of cider vinegar. A little sweet, a little sour, and just the right amount hearty and warming, it perfectly communicated the essence of fall and quickly became a regular accompaniment to chicken and pork in our kitchen.
Maybe it's the hot shamrock shades I'm looking through, but this year that red cabbage is looking awfully lusty next to a hunk of St. Patty's corned beef. Sure, it's practically spring, but the meat and veg have warming spices and a hint of sweetness in common, and they both pair jauntily with potatoes.
It's the perfect antidote to the boiled cabbage blues. Now, off to find a cure for boiled owl.
Lucky-Lusty Red Cabbage and Apples
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- 1/2 cup apple cider
- 1/2 teaspoon caraway seeds
- 2 whole allspice, crushed
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- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 1/2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
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- Being able to understand your past so that you can change your future in relationships.
- Stop 'searching' for relationships and learn how to 'create' a relationship.
- Develop effective practical skills for conflict-resolution.
- Develop effective communication skills.
- Develop skills for effective practical living together.
- Learn how to develop lasting intimacy with yourself and/or your partner.
- How to commit you to yourself and/or a partner in an agreement that supports growth, expansion and self-development.
- Utilise masturbation as a tool for compatibility and effective agreement alignment.
- Take sexual fulfillment to a whole new level of mutual exhilaration.
Agreement Course is Based on Developing an Effective Relationship with Self in Order to Develop an Effective Relationship with Another.
The basis of this course is to establish an effective self-agreement – to from here develop an effective agreement with another as self. Thus – the course 'Agreements: Re-Defining Relationships' is a process of living what it means to be equal and one with another as self.
Note: One does not require being in a relationship to walk this course. When walking this course alone you will be facilitated in preparing yourself to walk an effective relationship/agreement.
- Lessons are structured over a period of 12 months, and are walked with a personal buddy.
- There are no prerequisites for the Agreement Course.
- Completing the Agreement Course will give one access to the Structural Resonance Alignment Two: Muscle Communication course.
Agreement Course Lessons Overview
Lesson 1: Who am I in this Course?
Here you will be introduced to the terminology and application of self-agreement, agreement with another in equality and oneness and the practical tools that will assist and support you to walk this process – such as: self-honesty, self-responsibility, self-commitment – and within that, understand the difference between relationships and agreements.
Lesson 2: Self-Sabotage
Here one discover the underlying causes, reasons and origins of failed relationships, conflict about relationships, comparison to other relationships, desire for relationships – and how to direct, correct and stop these points so as to not compromise one's current and/or future relationship.
Lesson 3: Laying it out on the Table and Coming to a Conclusion
Here you will learn how to make an effective, self-directive decision within the question of entering a relationship or not.
Lesson 4 & 5: Structuring the Agreement
Here you will be going into practical equality and oneness through learning how to live words that assist and support with self-development, growth and expansion – as well as development, growth and expansion of an agreement.
Lesson 6: Communication
Here you will develop the communication skills to stop the secret mind.
Lesson 7: Challenges Faced in Agreements
Here you will acquire and utilize tools and skills to effectively manage internal conflict-experiences and external conflict-situations.
Lesson 8: Physical Practicality of Agreements
Here you will improve practical skills in how to share your space, environment and responsibilities.
Lesson 9: Internal Practicality of Agreements
Here you will learn how to take responsibility for yourselves, your life and each other.
Lesson 10 & 11: Sex and Masturbation
Here you'll discover the potential within masturbation and sex as support and assistance expressions within self-agreements and/or agreements with a partner.
Lesson 12: Over-All Course Assessment
Here you will do a review of your self-agreement and/or the agreement you are walking with another to establish where one is within oneself and/or the agreement, and from here continue walking one's future in equality and oneness.


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Note: This article was originally published at The Weekly Standard.
Ever since outgoing Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced a week ago that the U.S. military would lift its ban on women in combat roles, the debate, which has been simmering for decades, boiled up again. Much of the argument has centered on cultural, social, and morale-related effects that such a change would bring about, though other practical issues have been raised as well. However, a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released just this week may bring some other considerations to the fore, among them, the financial impact.
According to the introduction to the GAO report, the National Defense Authorization Act For Fiscal Year 2012 charged the GAO with conducting "a review of the female-specific health care services provided by DOD to female servicemembers..." Though not directly addressed by the GAO, the report raises a perhaps unanticipated consequence of lifting the ban on women in combat. With an increasing number of women in combat units, as well as presumably an overall increase in women enlisting in the service now that more positions will be open to them, there may be a corresponding increase in health-related costs. For example, the report says:
DOD has put in place policies and guidance that include female-specific aspects to help address the health care needs of servicewomen during deployment. Also, as part of pre-deployment preparations, servicewomen are screened for potentially deployment-limiting conditions, such as pregnancy, and DOD officials and health care providers with whom GAO met noted that such screening helps ensure that many female-specific health care needs are addressed prior to deployment.The "female-specific aspects" of health care are self-evident, but for confirmation, one need look no further than the Affordable Care Act with its 145 uses of the word "women" versus one use of "men." Although women already serve in many areas of the military, the full (or near-full) integration will certainly impact the amount of "female-specific " medical equipment, supplies, and expertise needed by each branch of the service to meet the increased demand. Examination rooms may need to be retooled and medics may need further training. Additionally, the "potentially deployment-limiting conditions, such as pregnancy" can be screened for, but will still affect associated costs, not to mention the readiness of units destined for combat, in a way that is not present with male-only units. The report implies this when it says:
Given the expanding and evolving role of women in the military, the health and wellness of servicewomen plays an important role in overall military readiness.The exact cost of women in combat is not revealed in the GAO report.
But at a time when the defense budget is under increasing scrutiny, and with the threat of sequestration slashing the budget further, the likely increased healthcare costs associated with the lifting of the ban should be taken into account.
Higher costs may not be the most important aspect of the policy change, but neither can they be ignored. The higher percentage of the defense budget that must be devoted to routine healthcare, the lower the percentage that is available for areas more directly related to keeping the U.S. military the best equipped, best trained fighting force in the world, ready at a moment's notice to deploy whenever and wherever needed.


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A family member recently encountered credit card fraud. That isn't unusual, but there were some features of the whole experience that seemed odd.
First off, the person involved is certain that the fraud relates to the use of the card at a tap/RFID/proximity reader. The card has been in use for some time, but the day before the fraudulent charges the card was used, for the first time, at a gas pump with a "tap" reader.
(I suspect this is wrong. The card owner feels that gas pumps, left unattended all night, would be a prime target for reader tampering. I can't fault that logic, but the fact that an address was later associated with use of the card makes me wonder.)
At any rate, the day after the gas was purchased, two charges were made with the credit card. One was for about $600.00, and was with startech.com, a supplier of computer parts, particularly cables, based in Ontario. The other charge was for almost $4000.00, and was with megabigpower.com, which specializes in hardware devices for Bitcoin mining, and operates out of Washington state. (Given the price list, this seems consistent with about 8 Bitcoin mining cards, or about 20 USB mining devices.) The credit card company was notified, and the card voided and re-issued.
A few days after that, two boxes arrived–at the address of the cardholder. One came from startech.com via UPS and was addressed to John Purcer, the other was from megabigpower.com via Fedex and was addressed to Tom Smyth. Both were left at the door, refused and returned to the delivery companies. (At last report, the cardholder was trying to get delivery tracking numbers to ensure that the packages were returned to the companies.)
As noted previously, this is where I sat up. Presumably a simple theft of the card data at a reader could not provide the cardholder's address data. An attempt might be made to ensure that the "ship to" address is the same as the "bill to" address (one of the companies says as much on its billing page), but I further assume that a call to the credit card company with a "hey, I forgot my address" query wouldn't fly, and I doubt the credit card company would even give that info to the vendor company.
One further note: I mentioned to the cardholder that it was fortunate that the shipment via UPS was from the Canadian company, since UPS is quite unreasonable with charges (to the deliveree) involving taking anything across a border. (When I was doing a lot more book reviews in the old days, I had to add a standard prohibition against using UPS to all my correspondence with companies outside Canada.) When UPS was contacted about this delivery, the agent reported that the package was shown as delivered, with a note of "saw boy," presumably since the cardholder's son was home, or in the vicinity of the house, at the time of delivery. The cardholder was understandably upset and asked to have that note taken off the record, and was then told a) the record could not be changed, and b) that was a standard code, presumably built-in to the tracking devices the drivers carry.
Just a note to those of you who care anything about privacy …


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Export and storage of mercury
Export and storage of mercury
Export and storage of mercury
This summary has been archived and will not be updated. See 'Use, storage and trade of mercury' for an updated information about the subject.
Export and storage of mercury
The European Union (EU) shall ban all exports of metallic mercury and certain mercury compounds and mixtures from 15 March 2011. With the entry into force of this ban, Member States must guarantee the safe storage of this metal used in or produced by certain industrial activities.
Regulation (EC) No 1102/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 on the banning of exports of metallic mercury and certain mercury compounds and mixtures and the safe storage of metallic mercury.
The ban on exports of mercury from the European Union (EU) shall contribute to reducing the global mercury supply, and, indirectly, to limiting the emissions of this heavy metal, which is extremely toxic to the environment.
The ban
This Regulation bans the exports of metallic mercury and certain mercury compounds and mixtures originating from the EU. The ban is to apply from 15 March 2011 to exports of:
Mercury storage
From 15 March 2011, mercury produced by certain industrial activities will have to be stored in conditions that guarantee the safety of human health and the environment. The industrial activities concerned are:
Metallic mercury from these sources is considered waste, metallic mercury and can be stored:
This option constitutes a derogation from the provisions of Directive 1999/31/EC, which prohibit the disposal of liquid waste in landfills (metallic mercury is liquid at normal temperature and pressure).
Safety assessment
The safety assessment for the storage of mercury is carried out in accordance with Decision 2003/33/EC establishing criteria and procedures for the acceptance of waste at landfills. This assessment shall ensure that the particular risks arising from the nature and long-term properties of the metallic mercury and its containment are covered.
Storage permit
The permit which is granted to mercury storage sites shall include requirements for regular visual inspections of the containers and the installation of appropriate vapour detection equipment to detect any leak.
Member States shall submit to the Commission a copy of any permit issued for a facility designated to store mercury, as well as information on the application and market effects of this Regulation in their territory by 1 July 2012.
Exchange of information
The Commission shall organise an exchange of information between the Member States and the industries concerned on the possibility of:
The ban on exports and the safe storage of surplus mercury are essential elements of the Community strategy concerning mercury adopted in 2005. This strategy aims to combat pollution caused by mercury in the EU and the world. It includes 20 actions which aim to reduce mercury emissions, limit supply and demand and protect against exposure, particularly to methylmercury present in fish.
Entry into force
Deadline for transposition in the Member States
Official Journal
Regulation (EC) No 1102/2008
OJ L 304 of 14.11.2008
Communication from the Commission of 28 January 2005, "Community Strategy concerning Mercury" [COM(2005) 20 final- Not published in the Official Journal].
In view of the risks to human health and the environment associated with mercury the EU is drawing up a strategy based on six objectives and accompanied by specific actions chiefly aimed at reducing the quantity and circulation of mercury in the EU and the wider world and populations' exposure to the substance.
Directive 82/176/EEC of 22 March 1982 on limit values and quality objectives for mercury discharges by the chlor-alkali electrolysis industry [Official Journal L 81 of 27 March 1982]. This Directive lays down limit values for mercury emission standards in the EU's aquatic environment. It also lays down methods for measuring the mercury content in discharges and a monitoring procedure.
Last updated: 22.10.2010