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- Julio Acevedo to be arraigned Thursday night
- He'll be charged with vehicular manslaughter and other charges in a fatal hit-and-run
- A Brooklyn couple died; their couple's unborn son was delivered alive, but died the next day
- He waived arraignment in Pennsylvania earlier Thursday
The suspect in the weekend hit-and-run crash that killed a Brooklyn couple and their unborn child faces vehicular manslaughter and other charges after being sent back from Pennsylvania, New York police said Thursday.
Julio Acevedo, 44, now faces charges of vehicular manslaughter, three counts of criminally negligent homicide and three counts of leaving the scene of an accident, the New York Police Department announced. He was scheduled to be arraigned late Thursday night in Brooklyn.
Acevedo was sent back to New York earlier in the day, after a brief hearing in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He was arrested Wednesday in nearby Bethlehem in connection with the Sunday wreck that killed Nathan and Raizy Glauber, both 21.
Raizy Glauber was pregnant, and the couple's baby boy was delivered by caesarean section but died the next day, police said. Police say Acevedo ran away from the scene, and it wasn't immediately clear how investigators identified him as the suspect.
Acevedo was arrested after a friend helped facilitate his surrender in the crowded parking lot of a convenience store in Bethlehem, New York Deputy Police Commissioner Paul Browne said. During Thursday morning's hearing, he said he is currently unemployed and living with his mother in Brooklyn, Judge Kelly Banach said.


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text: São Paulo-based artist Fernando Velázquez mines prominent midcentury traditions of abstraction for his multimedia works, which reflect on the nature of technology. Working in video, installation, prints, and interactive media, Velázquez's work conjures comparisons to minimalism, net art, op art, and neoconcretism. His pieces range from bold mash-ups of pixelated forms to spare, colorful videos of vibrating patterns. Velázquez continues the traditions of the aforementioned movements by raising questions about how abstraction can visualize and stimulate mental processes and how technology mediates the world. "There is another semantic layer, very complex and rhizomatic, related to the way we perceive the world, and build and trigger memory and knowledge," he has said.


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Remember the old saying, "the early bird gets the worm"? We have created a program especially for you called the Early Bird Gets The Law. The program will use a true courtroom drama about a famous painting by Monet. The class will focus on the court system in the United States and on the procedures lawyers often use in litigating a case. The goal is to help you understand many procedures that will be included in the cases you will be reading when the semester starts. We will not attempt to conduct the class like the traditional law school class that you may have heard about or seen in the movies about law school. The book we will read is Whose Monet? An Introduction to the American Legal System. The book may be obtained from any major bookseller in store or online. Other than the cost of the book, THE PROGRAM IS FREE!


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Language can be one of the biggest obstacles to tracing Latvian genealogy. However, it is not an insurmountable one. Most records follow specific patterns, and once you know what to look for in the patterns, you can easily find what you are looking for.
Most Latvian religious records are not in Latvian. They are usually in German or Russian. I have seen some old church records in Latvian, but these are generally quite rare. Most religous records after 1891 will be in Russian, since it was at that time the czar handed down a decree that all vital records should be recorded in Russian. Not all congregations followed this, however, and some records remain in German, which was the most common language in the records prior to this time. However, some denominations already kept records in Russian before 1891, namely Orthodox and Old Believer congregations. Jewish records are often kept in two languages, one being Yiddish and the other German or Russian, depending on time period and location.
The formats for records vary widely, therefore it is important to be able to recognize the German or Russian words for the types of entries you are looking for. Below is a list of keywords, in English, Latvian, German and Russian of words commonly appearing in records (brackets show words as they appear in the records in old Russian orthography). Keep in mind that the endings may change, since Latvian, German and Russian all have a noun case system.
- Births – Dzimušie – Geborene – Рождений (Рожденныхъ)
- Baptisms – Kristītie – Getaufte – Крещений (Крещенныхъ)
- Marriages – Laulātie – Getraute – Браки (Бракъ)
- Deaths – Mirušie – Verstorbene – Умершие (Умершіе)
- Given name/Surname – Vārds/Uzvārds – Name/Familienname – Имя/Фамилия (Имя/Фамилия)
- Child – Bērns – Kind – Ребёнок (Ребёнок)
- Father/Mother – Tēvs/Māte – Vater/Mutter – Отец/Мать (Отец/Мать)
- Godparents – Krustvecāki – Taufpaten – Крёстнии (Восприёмники)
- Day – Diena – Tag – День (День)
- Month – Mēness – Monat – Месяц (Мѣсацъ)
- Year – Gads – Jahr – Год (Годъ)
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Cancer-fighting foods (and foods to avoid)
When it comes to the question of whether you'll get cancer, it often seems that your fate is a mysterious combination of factors beyond your control. We all know someone who smoked, drank and ate bacon every day yet escaped a diagnosis. And far more disheartening, we also know people who lived a virtuously healthy life only to develop the disease. Add to that the confusion over what actually is the right way to avoid the Big C. In fact, three in four people believe there are so many recommendations about preventing breast, colon, lung and other cancers that it's hard to know which guidelines to follow.
The area that probably generates the most debate? Knowing what to eat. There is such an abundance of contradictory studies about food and cancer that it's nearly impossible to consider any one definitive, let alone keep them all straight. So how do you sort through myriad studies, complete with caveats and exceptions? Well, you don't, because we did it for you. SELF went to the experts and scrutinized the latest research to summarize the best cancer-fighting eating advice so far. We also looked at the news on other lifestyle factors such as stress and exercise to generate a guide that can help cancer-proof your body from head to toe. But first, a list that tells you what to forgo and what to fill up on. Let's eat!
Three foods to feast on frequently
Cruciferous veggies Broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower and kale are all cancer-fighting stars in the produce department, and several studies have linked them to a lower risk for colorectal, lung and stomach cancers, says Lawrence Kushi, Sc.D., associate director for epidemiology at Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, California. Plus, research from Michigan State University in East Lansing found that those who ate raw or lightly cooked cabbage and sauerkraut more than three times a week were 72 percent less likely to develop breast cancer than those who had 1.5 or fewer servings. Experts suspect vegetables such as cabbage contain chemicals that turn on your body's natural detoxifying enzymes, Kushi explains.
How much to eat You can't have too much, but five weekly half-cup servings is a reasonable goal.
High-fiber anything Fiber's ability to keep things moving appears to have a protective effect not only on the colon (no surprise) but also on the breasts. Researchers in Sweden followed more than 61,000 women and discovered that those who consumed more than 4.5 servings of whole grains daily had a 35 percent lower risk for colon cancer. Because fiber speeds the passage of stool through the colon, cells have less exposure to potentially carcinogenic waste. Roughage may also sop up excess estrogen and insulin, two hormones linked to breast cancer.
How much to eat Aim for 25 grams (from food) a day. A half cup of a high-fiber cereal, such as All-Bran or Fiber One, can provide about half your daily dose. Beans, whole-grain breads with added fiber, fruit and veggies can help get you there, too.
Foods rich in vitamin D and calcium Your breasts and colon may get protection from this vitamin/mineral combo. Scientists who reviewed 10 studies found that those who consume high amounts of dairy products have a lower risk for colorectal cancer, likely because of calcium's protective effect, according to a report in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The two nutrients may also help ward off early breast cancer by suppressing the effects of hormones.
How much to consume Women under 50 need 1,000 milligrams of calcium and at least 400 international units of vitamin D a day. Fortified milk and orange juice are good sources of both.
Two foods to enjoy often
Tomatoes and berries There's a bit of evidence that tomatoes and tomato products may reduce the risk for gastric, ovarian, pancreatic and prostate cancers. The theory: Lycopene, which gives tomatoes their red color, may help prevent cell damage. The research, however, is far from proven. "It is one thing to show effects in tissue culture, and another thing to demonstrate conclusively that these effects translate into real health effects in people," Kushi says. Still, these foods are absolutely healthy, so SELF says, Eat them!
Berries, too, have their share of fans, but evidence of their anticancer benefits is still being gathered. Certainly, strawberries, raspberries and blueberries are rich in antioxidants, which protect against cell damage. But as with tomatoes, it's not clear if the findings hold up in the real world. Again, this is not a time to wait for the science to catch up—consuming a variety of fruit and veggies will always be good for you.
How much to eat Make berries and tomatoes a part of your nine fruit and veggie servings a day. Sneak in extra amounts by tossing some berries on your cereal or ordering a little extra sauce for your pasta.
Three foods to cut back on
Red and processed meat Still reluctant to trade your hot dog for a not dog? You may want to reconsider. Studies have found a strong connection between colon cancer and processed meat such as hot dogs and cold cuts, as well as beef, pork and lamb. The stats are pretty convincing: Women who ate approximately 1 ounce of processed meat (about one slice of bologna) two or three times a week for a decade were 50 percent more likely to develop colon cancer; eating only 2 ounces of red meat a day long-term can increase the odds of rectal cancer by as much as 40 percent, according to a large study in The Journal of the American Medical Association. Colon cancer isn't a carnivores-only concern. Women who downed 1.5 servings of meat a day had nearly twice the breast cancer risk of those who ate fewer than three servings per week, according to a study in the Archives of Internal Medicine. One possible reason? Carcinogens are created when meat is cooked at high temperatures as well as when it's processed with substances such as nitrates.
How much to eat Think of meat as a side dish, Kushi says. Stick to less than 3 ounces of red meat a day, and avoid charring as much as possible.
Alcohol Disconcerting news for drinkers: Imbibing alcohol increases the risk of developing breast, colon, esophagus, mouth and throat cancers. "Alcohol is one of the few dietary factors showing a clear and consistent relationship with breast cancer," Kushi says. If you're wondering why total abstinence isn't encouraged, the reason is twofold: "We recognize that a little bit of alcohol reduces risk for cardiovascular disease," Kushi says. Plus, there's nothing wrong with enjoying life!
How much to down It's safest to limit yourself to a drink a night, max—and less if you have a significant risk for breast cancer. Because binge drinking may have other negative health consequences, no divvying up your seven drinks over two days instead of seven. (We asked.)
Fats Although experts agree that maintaining a diet low in saturated fat is smart all around, the research linking fat and cancer is controversial. Still, there is evidence suggesting that keeping fat intake low may offer some breast cancer protection. When researchers from the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, followed nearly 189,000 postmenopausal women for four years, they discovered that the chance of developing breast cancer was 15 percent higher among women whose diets were 40 percent fat versus those that were 20 percent.
How much to eat No more than 30 percent of your calories should come from fat. That's about 60 grams of fat for women eating 1,800 calories a day. And because saturated fat plays a huge role in heart disease, try to get most of your fat from healthy sources such as avocados, fish, nuts and olive oils.
One food to watch carefully
Soy Soy is generally good for you, but its exact relationship with breast cancer is still being sussed out. Studies in the lab show that breast cancer cells proliferate when exposed to isolated soy compounds, most likely because soy contains plant-based estrogens, Kushi says. In the body, however, "these same phytoestrogens seem to be related to some reduction in risk." How much to eat About 20 grams or less daily. You'll be in the healthy range with a cup of tofu, three quarters of a cup of edamame, about half a cup of tempeh or a quarter cup of soy nuts.
Protection in a bottle?
"The best way to get your vitamins is with food," says Larry Norton, M.D., medical director of the Evelyn H. Lauder Breast Center at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. "God put more good things in an apple than I know about," he says. But the one exception may be vitamin D. Women who took nearly three times the recommended amount of this nutrient, as well as about 1,500 milligrams of calcium, reduced their cancer risk by 77 percent, according to a study in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. For now, get at least 400 international units a day. Fortified milk and orange juice are good sources, but ask whether a supplement can help you make up the difference.
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- 4 Cups (1 Quart) of Heavy Whipping Cream
- 1/2 Cup Sugar
- 2 tsp of Vanilla
- 2 Envelopes of Unflavored Gelatin
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- 1 - 12 oz Bag of Whole Cranberries
- 1 Cup of Water
- 2 Cups of Sugar
1) Heat heavy whipping cream and sugar in a large saucepan over medium heat until sugar is dissolved.
2) Once cream and sugar are warmed and mixed together add vanilla.
3) In a separate, large, heat-resistant bowl, mix packets of gelatin along with the cold water. Let mixture
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8) Rinse cranberries in cold water.
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Vine-like plants in the sarsaparilla family are found in many parts of the world. The most common form, Smilax officinalis, is grown primarily in Jamaica. Other common forms include S. glyciphylla (Australia), S. japicanga (Brazil), S. glabra (Sri Lanka), S. china (China), and S. luzonensis (Malaysia). The root is the part used medicinally.
Traditionally, various forms of sarsaparilla have been use to treat cancer, psoriasis, eczema, and other skin diseases. These uses are all tied together by an outdated treatment concept known as "blood purification." It was thought that numerous ailments, including skin diseases, cancer, and other conditions, were due to impurities in the blood. Herbs said to have blood purifying properties, such as sarsaparilla, were used to correct this traditionally acknowledged problem.
Additionally, sarsaparilla was recommended for joint pain, "female problems," and syphilis.
An entirely different plant, Aralia nudicaulis, is sometimes called "Wild Sarsaparilla." However, it is more closely related to ginseng than to the forms of sarsaparilla discussed here.
Sarsaparilla should also not be confused with sassafras, a flavoring traditionally used in root beer.
There are no medicinal uses of sarsaparilla with meaningful scientific support.
Extremely weak evidence, far too weak to be relied upon at all, hints at possible antifungal,1 anti-inflammatory,2-4 and anti-cancer 5-7 effects.
Like numerous other herbs, sarsaparilla contains substances in the saponin family. One of these, sarsasapogenin, is often said to reproduce the effect of various hormones. However, there is no evidence whatsoever to support this claim.
Based on traditional usage, as well as ungrounded extrapolation from test tube findings, sarsaparilla is sold today as a treatment for psoriasis and other skin problems as well as cancer, menstrual disorders, and asthma. Other unsubstantiated uses include enhancing sexual function, improving mental function in Alzheimer's disease, protecting the liver, and improving sports performance.
A typical dose of sarsaparilla is 2-4 g three times per day. Various tinctures are also available; these should be taken according to label instructions.
Although the use of sarsaparilla has not been associated with any serious adverse consequences, comprehensive safety studies have not been performed. Sarsaparilla is traditionally not recommended for use during pregnancy or breastfeeding. Safety in young children and people with liver or kidney disease is also questionable.
As with most substances taken orally, sarsaparilla may cause gastrointestinal distress. Germany's Commission E also reports short-term "kidney irritation" as a side effect; what this means, precisely, remains unclear.
Note that though various species of sarsaparilla are often used somewhat interchangeably; it is quite possible that some varieties of this plant are safer than others.
Finally, some sarsaparilla products have been found to contain unsafe levels of lead.8
1. Sautour M, Miyamoto T, Lacaille-Dubois MA. Steroidal saponins from Smilax medica and their antifungal activity. J Nat Prod. 2005;68:1489-1493.
2. Shao B, Guo H, Cui Y et al. Steroidal saponins from Smilax china and their anti-inflammatory activities. Phytochemistry. 2007;68:623-630.
3. Xu J, Li X, Zhang P et al. Anti-inflammatory constituents from the roots of Smilax bockii warb. Arch Pharm Res. 2005;28:395-399.
4. Shu XS, Gao ZH, Yang XL. Anti-inflammatory and anti-nociceptive activities of Smilax china L. aqueous extract. J Ethnopharmacol. 2006;103:327-332.
5. Thabrew MI, Mitry RR, Morsy MA et al. Cytotoxic effects of a decoction of Nigella sativa, Hemidesmus indicus and Smilax glabra on human hepatoma HepG2 cells. Life Sci. 2005;77:1319-1330.
6. Cox SD, Jayasinghe KC, Markham JL. Antioxidant activity in Australian native sarsaparilla ( Smilax glyciphylla). J Ethnopharmacol. 2005;101:162-168.
7. Kuo YH, Hsu YW, Liaw CC et al. Cytotoxic phenylpropanoid glycosides from the stems of Smilax china. J Nat Prod. 2005;68:1475-1478.
8. Ang HH, Lee KL, Kiyoshi M. Determination of lead in Smilax luzonensis herbal preparations in Malaysia. Int J Toxicol. 2005;24:165-171.
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We were recently Tweeted an inquiry about what exactly cloud computing means. If you are listening in to tech chatter these days it's impossible to avoid the flurry of opinions about what the cloud is.
So ... we figured we might as well add our two cents and spent a thought provoking morning developing a cloud stack analogy.
Cloud services tend to fit into the category of SaaS (Software-as-a-Service), PaaS (Platform-as-a-Service) or IaaS(Infrastructure-as-a-Service), each one delivering a service that encompasses the stack components below. So, IaaS provides everything needed for server operation so that customers don't have to set-up their own server operation, hardware and server connectivity. PaaS adds a further layer of integrating providing the traditional server stack elements and installed code bases and databases as well as frequently layering on a codeless development environment. And SaaS delivers a complete application to end users via the browser with the rest of the cloud stack supporting it.
While this model seems very helpful in describing the rough layers of the cloud stack, there are is in fact a continuum of cloud services spanning from Iaas to Saas. The key to understanding this continuum is to understand the trade-off between efficiency and flexibility of different requirements. For example, I recently had a need for a collaborative mark-up tool that would quickly screen capture a website and allow me to add comments and graphics as a way to model user experience for our client projects.
I naturally turned to the cloud to seek solutions. Taking the IaaS route could have yielded something along the lines deploying an Amazon EC2 (aws.amazon.com) server and running Gimp as a cloud service ... a pretty cool idea for an enterprise solution but likely a 6 month endeavor and overkill for my simple requirement. On the other hand I spent about 30 minutes searching the web and found the SaaS image tool Aviary (www.aviary.com) which did the job just fine.
This cloud continuum is also helpful to understand why we see PaaS as an optimal tool for business process application development. Most SaaS applications are too limited in scope and lack the flexibility to support and enterprise or even small business management application. On the other hand just leveraging IaaS for application hosting does not yield the efficiency and cost benefits that SaaS delivers. PaaS tools like QuickBase (www.quickbase.com), WorkXpress (www.workxpress.com) and Wolf Frameworks (www.wolfframeworks.com) allow for flexibility and customization of applications at rapid speeds and low costs.
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RainCaptcha API - Source Code
RainCaptcha provides anti-spam protection in the form of a CAPTCHA test. The distorted text the test produces is designed to be easy for people to read, but hard for machines to decipher. RainCaptcha requires no registration and is free for both personal and commercial use. It works on any web server and is easy to implement thanks to its reliance on APIs for integration.


text: hogglet 0 Posted April 6, 2009 (edited) Due to lack of time for editing I have for sale the following gear. It has been used on two holidays to great effect but as I am concentrating more on deep Trimix dives, I don't have the time to justify keeping the kit. It comprises of the following and is 'like new'. Sony HDR HC1E Camcorder (High def camera shoots High or standard def, widescreen or normal NTSC or PAL) Gates housing with optional White Balance control switch and camera mounting plate 2 Bouyancy Tubes and collars, Standard lens port, WP25 lens port, 2 Underwater Kinetics light canon 100 lights and arms, Gates external Widescreen colour video monitor, 2 hard cases for all the gear, Extra large-capacity battery for camcorder as well as the standard battery, Full Spare set O rings for housing etc, All instructions Manuals The cost of the setup was in excess of £7000 - for instance the WP25 port retails at over £850 and the monitor at £2000, whilst the lights retail at £200 each. I am looking for sensible offers because I want to get rid of the kit - it is wasted having such good stuff sitting doing nothing. Give me an offer (sensible) you might be surprised :-) For reference, prices of most of the kit can be found on retail sites. Note - this kit is obviously quite cumbersome so although willng to post anywhere negotiation may have to take place wrt cost. Edited April 6, 2009 by hogglet Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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- For character biography, see Keristrasza.
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Keristrasza was a servant of Alexstrasza the Life-Binder, captured by Malygos, who keeps her imprisoned inside the Nexus.
- [Tail Sweep]ω ϖ—Inflicts 600 to 1000 damage on enemies in a cone behind the caster, knocking them back.
- [Crystal Chains]ω ϖ—Inflicts Frost damage and immobilizes an enemy target for up to 10 sec.
- [Enrage]ω ϖ—Enrages, increasing physical damage and attack speed for 2 min. Activates when boss is at 25% health.
- [Crystalfire Breath]ω ϖ—Inflicts Frostfire damage (2,763 - 3,737) to enemies in a cone in front of the caster, slowing their movement speed and dealing damage (1,000) over time.
- [Crystalfire Breath]ω ϖ—Inflicts Frostfire damage (3,825 - 5,175) to enemies in a cone in front of the caster, slowing their movement speed and dealing damage (1,500) over time. (Heroic)
- [Crystallize]ω ϖ—Inflicts Frost damage (1650 to 1850) to nearby enemies, immobilizing them for up to 10 sec. (Heroic)
- [Intense Cold]ω ϖ—Deals periodic damage and slows the attack and casting speeds of nearby enemies over time. Movement breaks the effect. Debuff: 100 Frost damage every 1 sec. Attack and casting speeds slowed by 10%. Movement removes this effect. Can stack up to 9 times.
- Frenzy
- Greatly increases Keristrasza's swing speed and damage per hit. Can be removed by a hunter's Tranquilizing Shot (Anesthetic Poison is unverified). Used when she reaches 25% HP. Semi-frequently reapplied if removed.
Keristrasza is frozen in ice at the beginning of the instance. There are three usable orbs around her. Once the area is clear of any patrols, click on the orbs and she will be released. It's best to have your three DPS use the orbs, so the Tank can can pick her up right away. Keep her parallel to the rest of the group. She has a tail sweep, casts Crystal Chains, Crystalfire Breath that does frostfire damage and slows attacks, and has a stackable debuff called Intense Cold that can stack up to nine times.
Crystalfire Breath can be dispelled. To prevent Intense Cold from stacking, all you have to do is move and it removes the debuff. Any movement clears the debuff so all casters can either strafe one step or jump after a cast or two. Melee and the tank must keep close watch on their debuff and move a little or jump to clear it. It helps if there is someone in the party that can either dispel or cleanse so that they will be able to remove Crystal Chains. It will keep the targeted party member rooted for ten seconds and prevent them from clearing their Intense Cold debuff. Mages can blink out, and a PvP trinket also clears Crystal Chains. Having a Shaman in the group will help immensely here, as continuous use of Grounding Totem will eat every cast of Crystal Chains. Make sure to stand off so that you are facing her side and do not get Tail Swept or are hit with Crystalfire Breath.
The mage spell Frost Ward absorbs damage from Intense Cold, allowing the mage to jump less often and thus maintain a higher DPS.
A Paladin healer may have difficulty healing the tank and moving to avoid Intense Cold. To solve this problem, the paladin healer can put Beacon of Light on himself. When he heals the rest of the group, he will heal himself through the Intense Cold damage.
Hunters, Warlocks, and Death Knights may have trouble keeping their pets alive, as intense cold will stack several times. You can dispel Intense Cold on your pet by clicking the "follow" button, and having them move. For Warlocks using an Imp and frost Mages using a Water Elemental (or any other ranged pet), you will need to move a few steps away from your pet for this to work. There is no way to keep guardian pets alive during this fight.
Alternate, easier strategy: Have the tank stand right in the center of the room on the platform and set up melee DPS on either side to avoid the Tail Swipe and HAVE EVERYONE JUMP. Kiting isn't necessary for this fight, as jumping is a much easier and friendlier alternative strategy. For groups having trouble jumping due to cast time, particularly for healers, kitting is possible with a hunter however it can be a painfully slow kill.
Fighting her on heroic is just like fighting her on normal except for a few minor changes:
- Intense Cold ticks harder.
- Crystal Chains hits the entire group rather than a single target and is used much more frequently.
- Her melee attacks hit for 5-7k on plate.
Keristrasza on heroic is just like Keristrasza on normal with the added difficult of not being able to dodge the Intense Cold damage all the time. Having the tank jump in place turns the fight largely into a typical dragon tank 'nd spank.
Heroic TipsEdit
- If you have a dispeller have them remove the chains from the tank and the healer at the very least whenever Keristrasza casts Crystal Chains.
- Hunters (Tranq Shot) and Rogues (Anesthetic Poison II) can remove Keristrasza's Frenzy effect.
- If you don't have a way to remove Keristrasza's Frenzy effect make sure everyone knows to save their big CDs for 25%.
- Tanks should save Shield Wall, Icebound Fortitude, Divine Protection or Barkskin for between 30-26%. You don't want to eat even one full power melee attack from Keristrasza when she's frenzied.
- Especially if the damage spike might be more than your healer can handle.
- Especially considering that you will be eating her increased damage at some point if your group can't take her down 25% in under 15 seconds.
- If you have a way to buff the party's Frost Resistance (totem or paladin), do it.
- [Intense Cold] is easiest to do with a Priest in the group that is able to use Mass Dispel to get rid of the Crystal Chains, since the Achievment requires no more than 2 stacks.
An Earthen Power-enhanced Earthbind Totem will not affect Crystal Chains, because it does not affect root effects.
Quotes Edit
- Preserve? Why? There's no truth in it. No no no... only in the taking! I see that now!
Crystal Nova Root:
- Stay. Enjoy your final moments.
Killing a player:
- Now we've come to the truth!
- Finish it! Finish it! Kill me, or I swear by the Dragonqueen you'll never see daylight again!
- Dragonqueen... Life-Binder... preserve... me.
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Quests Edit
Keristrasza is involved in a quest chain that provides reputation with the Wyrmrest Accord.
- [71] Basic Training
- [71] Hatching a Plan
- [71] Drake Hunt
- [71] Cracking the Code
- [71] Puzzling...
- [71] The Cell
- [71] Keristrasza
- [71] Bait and Switch
- [71] Saragosa's End
- [71] Mustering the Reds
- [71] Springing the Trap
- [71D] Prisoner of War
- [71] Springing the Trap
- [71] Mustering the Reds
- [71] Saragosa's End
- [71] Bait and Switch
- [71] Keristrasza
- [71] The Cell
- [71] Puzzling...
- [71] Cracking the Code
- [71] Drake Hunt
- [71] Hatching a Plan
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Early registration is $55 and is required in order to book a room at the Green Park Inn during Nov. 13-15, 2009. The entire hotel is blocked off for the conference attendees only--which means more fun for everyone. Rooms for both nights, including Saturday dinner, is a total of $100 plus taxes!
Those booking the inn's most haunted rooms (131, 218, 318, the caretaker's room, 332, and 333) will be asked to allow hunt access to those rooms. We will secure your belongings. If you don't want hunts in your room, please don't request "haunted rooms" because the hotel agrees with this policy.
Besides, as we learned last year, it's not only the most notorious rooms that are haunted! We're not sure if any of the rooms are spiritually uninhabited! So take your chances!
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Canucks rally again, beat Avs in Denver
Vancouver goalie Roberto Luongo did it again. He held the Canucks together with some magnificent play and watched as his teammates rally to beat the Avalanche at the Pepsi Center. Luongo made 44 saves in a 3-2 shootout win on Feb. 4 and produced 38 saves tonight in a 3-2 overtime triumph.
On Feb. 4, the Canucks rallied from a 2-1 hole. They trailed 2-0 tonight, and are now 5-0 against Colorado this season.
"No panic. Last time we were in here I think we were down (2-1) and we all remember what happened — we scored that goal with 30 seconds and won in a shootout," Luongo said outside the visitor's dressing room. "There is no panic with our team. We know we can come back and have the talent to do it. We stuck with it and responded well."
Most of the Avs were generally upbeat afterward, but this was a tough loss. The Avs really needed two points. They can now only finish with a maximum 96 points, with 95 usually being the playoff minimum. The remaining games (five): at SJ, at Vancouver and at Calgary this week, and at home vs. Columbus and Nashville the first week of April.
"We'll take the point but at this time of year we need two points. You have to credit Luongo. He played good for them and made saves when he needed to," Avs defenseman Shane O'Brien said. "We had a 2-0 lead and let it slip away, and when you do that against good teams they find a way to win. We'll take the point but we're running out of games. It definitely stings a bit."
Jannik Hansen made the game-winning pass after bumping rookie defenseman Tyson Barrie off the puck in the Avs' corner. Hansen fed Chris Higgins, who beat Semyon Varlamov five-hole.
"Not really happy with myself right now," Barrie said. "I was going back for the puck and he rode me in and got the puck. I have to be better there."
Matt Hunwick was also given the minus on the play, but I'm not sure that's fair. Shane O'Brien was Barrie's partner in the 4-on-4 OT, and he went for a neutral zone hit and then changed with Hunwick while Barrie went back to get the dump-in. Good play by Higgins and Hansen.
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I am interested in examples where the Shooting Method has been used to find solutions to systems of ordinary differential equations that are either
- reasonably large systems, or
- the search algorithm in the shooting parameters is somewhat prohibitive because of the nature of the solutions, or
- both of the above.
Any references, descriptions, recent progress, folklore, in the ballpark would be of interest. Feel free to interpret "reasonably large" subjectively if necessary.


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Plastic surgery side effects are generally temporary and the risks and recovery times may vary. Your doctor can give you an estimated recovery time that is specific for you. Risk tends to be greater with the use of general anesthesia, which puts you to sleep. It is different from local anesthesia, which is applied directly to the site of the surgery and does not put you to sleep.
Cosmetic procedures that are not due to a medical condition are generally not covered by insurance.
Above the Neck
Nose Reshaping (Rhinoplasty)
Description: General anesthesia is given. The skin of the nose is separated from the bone and cartilage, which is sculpted to the desired shape. The skin is redraped over the new framework and a splint is applied to keep the nose stabilized.
Side Effects: Swelling and bruising around the nose, headache, bleeding, nasal stuffiness, and discomfort.
Potential Risks: Infection, small burst blood vessels, deviated septum, and incomplete improvement, requiring additional surgery.
Facelift (Rhytidectomy)
Description: General anesthesia is given. Incisions are made, usually just above the hairline at the temples, extending in a natural line from in front of the ear to behind the earlobe to the lower back part of the scalp. The skin is separated from the underlying fat and muscle. Fat may be trimmed or suctioned from around the neck and chin to improve the contour. The underlying muscle and membrane are tightened and the skin is pulled back, and the excess removed. Stitches secure the layers of tissue and close the incisions. Metal clips may be used on the scalp.
Side Effects: Swelling, bruising, numbness, skin tenderness, dryness, and tightness.
Potential Risks: Infection, bleeding, poor healing, injury to nerves that control facial muscles, excessive scarring, and changes in the hairline.
Eyelid Surgery (Blepharoplasty)
Description: Local or general anesthesia is administered. Incisions are made in the creases of the upper lids and just below the lashes in the lower lids. The incisions may extend into the crow's feet or laugh lines at the outer corners of the eyes. The skin is separated from underlying muscle and fatty tissue. Excess fat is removed and sagging skin and muscles are trimmed. The incisions are then closed with fine sutures.
Side Effects: Temporary discomfort, eyelid tightness, swelling, bruising, dryness, tearing, itching, and sensitivity to light.
Potential Risks: Blurred or double vision, infection, bleeding, swelling, dry eyes, asymmetrical healing or scarring, difficulty closing eyes, and blindness.
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Breast Augmentation (Augmentation Mammoplasty)
Description: General anesthesia is given. An incision may be made in the crease where the breast meets the chest, around the areola, or in the armpit. The breast tissue is lifted to create a pocket where the breast implant is placed, either directly behind the breast tissue or behind the chest muscle. Tubes may be temporarily placed for drainage and the incision is closed with small sutures.
Side Effects: Soreness, skin wrinkling, swelling, changes in nipple sensitivity, bruising, and altered mammographic appearance.
Potential Risks: Bleeding, infection, thick wide scars, implant rupture or deflation, unevenly positioned nipples, and loss of sensation in breasts or nipples.
Tummy Tuck (Abdominoplasty)
Description: General anesthesia is given. An incision is made in the lower abdomen (just above the pubic bone) from hipbone to hipbone, and another small incision is made to free the navel from surrounding tissue. The skin from the abdominal wall is separated all the way up to the ribs, and the underlying abdominal muscles are tightened by pulling them close together and stitching them into their new position. This provides a firmer abdominal wall and narrows the waistline. The skin flap is stretched down and extra skin is removed. A new hole is cut for the navel, which is stitched in place. Finally, the incisions are closed with stitches, dressings are applied, and a temporary tube may be inserted to drain excess fluid from the surgical site.
Side Effects: Swelling, bruising, and discomfort.
Potential Risks: Bleeding, infection, blood clots, and poor healing or scarring.
Liposuction (Lipoplasty)
Description: Local or general anesthesia is given. A small incision is made in the skin and a narrow tube, called a cannula, is inserted through the incision to vacuum the fat layer that lies deep beneath the skin. The cannula is pushed and pulled through the fat layer, breaking up the fat cells and suctioning them out. More than one site may be treated during the surgery. IV fluids are given to replace the fluid that is being lost along with the fat. The incisions are closed and temporary drainage tubes are sometimes inserted to drain fluid that builds up at the surgery site. After surgery, some patients are fitted with a snug elastic garment to wear during recovery.
Side Effects: Swelling, bruising, numbness, soreness, and burning sensation
Potential Risks: Infection, bleeding, excessive fluid loss leading to shock, asymmetry, lumpiness, rippling, bagginess, or pigmentation changes of the skin; and fluid retention.
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I find a life with chronic pain sends me in many directions. I walk differently, I think differently, and I eat differently. Everything in my life has changed, affected by this unpleasant "resident" called pain; therefore, I am no longer me. The question remains, who am I now? I have become many people and many things, such as:
Some days I am the wicked witch of the North and the house has fallen on me. Can I keep Dorothy's shoes, you know, the sparkling red ones?
Other days, I am like a piece of that nasty fly paper that used to hang in homes and stores in the summertime, twisted and sticky; the difference is, instead of flies, I attract every virus in the room, any room.
To live with chronic pain makes me feel more vegetable than mineral. I'm often more like a crooked, gnarled tree, and if I was a spiny Saguaro cactus, instead of having two arms reaching toward heaven, they would be in place — one on my tush to keep it safe with the other out to steady me. I could use those spiny thorns, however, umm let me think how.
I like to think if I was a bird I would be a peacock, beauteous plumage fanned out behind me, but as a woman, I would probably be a peahen and not nearly so impressive. Which one is it that cries all night long?
I am actually more closely related to the extinct dodo birds who were the ones who kept diving into the hard ground head first, weren't they? I think that's only in the dinosaur cartoons, but they were funny…and colorful. I think I relate to them in cartoons because they always have their bushy rear ends sticking up. Being attractive and making people and children laugh is a good thing. We all leave a "taste" in the world and to leave a smile behind, that's a good thing.
As a flower, I am definitely a primrose. Just when I think the bloom is gone, I pull away the dead flowers to find many others, hiding beneath the old bloom, awaiting their turn in the light. Tiny new primroses hide beneath like ballet dancers in the wings waiting to go onstage. I love it. Once they feel the sunlight, they explode into blossom.
I'd also make a pretty good hot house plant since I spend so much time in this rainy environ, much like an African violet who delights in blooming with just the aid of a nearby lamp. Don't try to keep me in the dark because I am determined to bloom.
I often feel like the fat lady at the opera. If it's not over until the fat lady sings, well, guess I'll just keep singing. Surely life won't walk out on me while I'm singing, will it?
If I was a dress, I'd be red and ruffled and let nature take its course and swing it. I kind of miss swinging it, and every woman should have a red dress…and every guy should have a cowboy hat.
If I was a pair of shoes, I'd be well-made, comfortable, flat, yet interesting. No boring shoes for me. They're like a new hairdo and define you as an individual.
I often feel like a door mat but know in reality I am more like a welcome mat.
As a medication, I would be all-purpose for all types of pain, inexpensive, chewable, and available in an assortment of delicious flavors.
If I was a doctor, I'd work on my listening skills and learn how to shut my mouth. Then I would make a point of reading the ten pages of information the patient took a half hour to fill out.
If I was a malpractice attorney, I'd pass a law to rule out computers being used while the patient is being questioned and examined.
If I was a gynecologist, I'd warm my hands before each exam, as well as the vaginal speculum. Then I'd learn to stop saying, "Relax, relax."
If I was an urologist or a proctologist, I'd follow the same rules as the gyno. Can you warm those rubber gloves and that tube of lubricant?
If I were a bird that flies, I would be a soaring American bald eagle and glide with the wind. If I chose to be a seagull, I'd eat more than most and fly over the heads and windshields of those who deserve a bit of aggravation from on high and let gravity take control.
As a fish, I'd have to be a spawning salmon — I think I've been going upstream my whole life.
As I age, I understand more and more what it is to be aged, stinky cheese and a bottle of fine old wine — I just wish my value was also going up. I think I identify more closely with a fine old antique piece of furniture. I dry out more quickly, squeak much more when I'm moved, and often feel the rust on my nails and screws.
But alas, I am still here, still me, and can only take these other forms in my imagination. That doesn't mean life can't be fun.


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XML Security Tools
XML is available more or less everywhere nowadays. As configuration files, for data exchange, in XML enabled databases, web services and many more. And a lot of these applications and services do not secure their XML documents: neither encryption nor digital signatures are applied. Or standard transport security like https is used. This destroys the advantages of XML and prevents parsing.
Using XML Security to secure XML based information provides many advantages: the XML structure of the XML document remains intact, independent of the applied signature or encryption (or both). Arbitrary elements or element content can be secured, with different keys if desired. XML Security provides end-to-end-security, applying security directly to the message (information), not to the transport.
The code base is based on an initial code contribution from Dominik Schadow and his original project at SourceForge. Dominik has contributed that code base to Eclipse as of September 2008. All code is licensed under the Eclipse Public License.
The XML Security Tools is a set of plug-ins, which enable users to canonicalize, sign, verify, encrypt and decrypt arbitrary XML documents in different editors. The goal is to support as many XML editors as possible (with a preference on the WTP XML Editor).
All XML security functionality is based on the Apache XML Security project Santuario. No further cryptography software or library is required.
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The Eclipse XML Security Tools will be based on a contribution from the XML-Security Plug-In project, originally created by Dominik Schadow and hosted at SourceForge. The goal of the project is to provide an easy to use possibility to secure various XML documents in various editors (or via extension points).
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Starters effective, but not working deep
HOUSTON -- Through its first five games of the season, Houston starting pitching led the American League with a combined 2.63 ERA. The four starters -- Bud Norris, Lucas Harrell, Philip Humber and Brad Peacock -- had allowed two earned runs or less in each start, with Norris getting two starts.
If there's any drawback with the starters' success, it's that they're not pitching deep into games.
"All of them that have taken the mound have given us an opportunity to win the game," said manager Bo Porter. "If you can get the starting pitching, you'll be in a lot of ballgames.
"You always want your starters to go deep. But at the same time, we're going to monitor certain guys' pitch counts a little more than other guys. And as the games start to progress, you'll let your eyes tell you when a guy should continue on."
In a 122-pitch outing on Saturday, Norris lasted just 5 2/3 innings. Norris has gone 5 2/3 in both of his starts. Harrell went six innings in his first start while Humber pitched 5 2/3 innings and Peacock made it through just 4 1/3 innings.
Through Saturday, Houston starting pitching had allowed only seven earned runs in 27 1/3 innings. The White Sox were second in the league in ERA by starting pitchers at 2.76, followed by the Rays (3.06) and Rangers (3.31).


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Dulce de Leche is a milky cooked caramel that's used in Argentina the way we use peanut butter or preserves. Rich and creamy, you can spread it on toast or between cake layers. Spoon a little on to some ice cream or use it in a brownie like we do in our Buenos Aires Brownies.
This particular dulce de leche is made from the milk of a single farm's herd, so the quality of the major raw material—the milk—is managed from start to finish. It's highly regarded in Argentina, too. If you're lucky enough to stay at the Four Seasons in Buenos Aires, it'll be the only brand they offer in your snack bar. The flavor is superb. Everyone I've offered a taste to loves it, as will the lucky soul on your gift list.
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Reds Walk-Up Music Highlights
I ran across this updated list of the Reds at-bat music at the fantastic Better Off Red blog. We all know at-bat music is important and great and more telling as to whom you want on your team than any stat line (except OBP and WAR, duh). Here are a few of my favorites from the Reds' list:
PITCHERS: Latos – "Set Fire to the Rain – Ember Waves Dubstep Remix" by Adele / "Typhoon" by Foreign Beggars
-I get the sense that baseball saved (or HELD BACK, depending on how you look at it) Mat Latos from being some tall, skinny, wild-eyed kid who punch-danced his way into getting kicked out of club after club every weekend throughout his 20's. Also, he may still do that during the off-season. Good for him.
Leake – "Some Nights" by Fun
-Already a favorite of the Abercrombie-clad youngsters in the crowd, Leake is clearly aiming for that 14-20 year old demo. And he's right on target!
Choo – (null)
-I imagine Choo sprinting to the clubhouse with his newly purchased, still-in-the-cellophane copy of The Black Album screaming "99 Problems! 99PROBLEMS! 99 FREAKIN PROBLEMS COME ON WAAAAAAAAIT!!!!" and getting there just as they locked the door.
Phillips – "Showout" by Juicy J (start at :29) / "Go Get It" by T.I. (start at 1:17) / "We Still In this B****" by B.o.B. (start at :08) / "All Gold Everything" by Trinidad James (start at :29) / "I'm Different" by 2 Chainz (start at :29)
-Phillips is the only player with five songs (he's the only one with more than two actually) and all of them have very specific start times. I have nothing to add to this other than Dat Dude knows how to make a walk-up song list.
Votto – "Paint it Black" by Rolling Stones (start from beginning)
-<>I'm sure Votto's walk-up pick went like this: First at-bat of the season. Votto steps into the on-deck circle and a sweaty intern shouts from the bench, "Mr. Votto! Mister Votto! What song do you want to play when you go to bat?!" Votto stops in his tracks, turns slowly, with an icey glare, and through squinted eyes whispers loudly, "Paint it Black...start from the beginning." Then he strides to the plate and hits a million home runs. Ultimate baller.
Bruce – "Thrift Shop" by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (start at :17)
-Has a super infectious opening hook and a cool calm voice talking about how much money he's got followed by Macklemore rapping who is about as hot as it gets right now. Perfect recipe for a solid Walk-up. Kudos.
Frazier – "You Make Me Feel So Young" by Frank Sinatra (start at 2:33) / "Fly Me to the Moon" by Frank Sinatra
Frazier's gotten a lot of pub for walking up to Sinatra. KINDA seems like it MIGHT be pandering to all the geezers at Great American Ballpark, but I get it. "He's a sweetheart" -- My Grandma


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By all accounts, it looks like winter this year in the West, including Southwest Colorado, is going to be warmer and perhaps drier than normal.
Arriving on the heels of a two-year drought, the forecast doesnt bode well for farmers, skiers and river guides.
In its latest report that covers December through February, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the absence of El Niño conditions has thrown forecasters for a loop.
El Niño is the warming of water in the tropical Pacific Ocean that influences the path and the potency of storms in the United States. In the Southwest, the phenomenon brings more precipitation.
When the ocean in the South Pacific cools, La Niña conditions trigger the opposite effect. The Four Corners receives less precipitation.
El Niño, which usually peaks in December, was starting to form but stopped, Nolan Doesken, director of the Colorado Climate Center at Colorado State University, said Tuesday. Its in one of its rare neutral positions, he said.
As a result, NOAA maps available online show that there are equal chances that precipitation from December through March in Southwest Colorado will be normal, above-normal or below-normal.
As for temperatures in the region, NOAA maps predict December will have a 40 percent chance that temperatures will be above-average. The chances for above-average temperatures rise to 50 percent from December through February. Looking further out, the outlook for January through March is again a 40 percent chance of above-average temperatures.
Andy Corra at Four Corners River Sports said Wednesday that commercial rafting companies prefer a flow of 500 cubic feet a second.
The Animas River at Durango was flowing at 155 cfs on Wednesday.
We had a good season this year because of our paddle boards, which can use flat water, Corra said. We can go lower than 500 cfs for commercial rafting, but we like a minimum of 500 over a few months to make a good season.
Farmers and ranchers in La Plata and Archuleta counties face a grim future if the weather outlook proves accurate, Ronnie Posey, executive director of the U.S. Department of Agricultures Farm Service Agency in Durango, said Tuesday.
It will be devastating, Posey said.
The production this year doesnt reflect the gravity of the situation, Posey said. There is no soil moisture to draw on next season.
Poseys two counties have a combined 50,000 crop acres, mainly in small grains and forage plants.
If they start slow, theyre more susceptible to wind and pests like grasshoppers or mites, Posey said. The potential is extremely discouraging.
Sven Brunso, marketing director at Purgatory at Durango Mountain Resort, where the skiing season will open Friday, said Wednesday the resort has as 15-inch base of natural snow. It can continue its own snowmaking if necessary, he said.
In its mid-November report, NOAA said its likely up to 90 percent so that 2012 will be the warmest year on record in the Lower 48.
The global temperature is inching upward, too, NOAA said.
This years October was the fifth-warmest globally since records started being kept in 1880, NOAA said. The global temperature in the last 36 Octobers has been above the 20th century average.
Weather forecasters and water experts in New Mexico are pessimistic about the chances of a good snowpack this winter, the Associated Press reported Tuesday. The snow level currently is 50 percent of average for the date.
Ranchers are selling livestock for which they have no feed, orchardists are going out of business and agriculture-related operations are closing their doors, the story said.
Closer to home, the snow level in the Animas, San Juan, Dolores and San Miguel basins is 45 percent of average for this time of year.
Doesken heard a report Tuesday from Klaus Wolter, a University of Colorado climatologist.
Wolter, who sits on the State Water Availability Task Force, said the climate outlook is highly uncertain, but he is leaning in the direction of a dry winter, Doesken said.
Theres no guarantee itll be a dry winter, but conditions certainly arent encouraging that it will be wet, Doesken said.
Under any conditions, weather forecasting isnt flat-out prediction, said Chris Cuoco, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Grand Junction.
Forecasters, including the agencys Climate Prediction Center, deal with the chances expressed in percentages of a weather or a climate pattern occurring, Cuoco said.
Theyre the experts, Cuoco said. They do the best they can.
In an attempt for certainty or simplification, the journalists and the public often overlook or omit this point, Cuoco said.
In his office in Grand Junction, forecasting for the Western Slope and the four easternmost counties in Utah stops at 10 days, Cuoco said.
Even then, we try to use words like possibility or probability in our forecasts, Cuoco said. If we say predict, we talk about percentages of a chance.
Forecasters may use expect in the first eight to 12 hours of an event, Cuoco said. Beyond that, they use likely, he said.


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I've seen some long trucks carrying wind turbine blades so big that they defy belief. But I've never seen a truck carrying two of them. How can this thing turn without trashing all the other vehicles on the road?
I've checked it in Photoshop, and I have found no evidence of image manipulation whatsoever. [Thanks Oscar!]
Note: Apparently we were all blind in Gizmodo this morning. It's two trucks together, "joined" by an optical effect. Apologies.


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Don't scratch your head--it's only immigration law
U.S. law can be contradictory – no more than tax or immigration law. An attorney can make a handsome buck in tax law, not so in immigration law – since it usually deals with poor or modest-income people. This was illustrated last week in two reports in the New York Times.
Angel is a waiter in New York City. He's Mexican, undocumented, married and the father of two young American citizens. Angel also has renal disease. When his kidneys began to fail, he checked into an emergency room – which is legal – and was placed on dialysis courtesy of New York's Medicaid. That cost $75,000 a year, shared between the state and the feds. That enables Angel to continue to work four days a week at the restaurant where his service is prized by his employer, fellow workers, and patrons.
What Angel really needs is a transplant. And he has a brother willing to donate a kidney and doctors willing to waive their fees. The operation and the medication to help his body accept the new kidney would cost $100,000 which ordinarily would be covered by Medicare -- except Congress has explicitly excluded the undocumented immigrant from participating. So the Catch-22 is what's good for the patient and cheaper for the tax payer is illegal. What is legal is keeping Angel attached to a machine for the rest of his life, costing the tax payer $75,000 a year. (Mount Sinai Hospital which was recommended for the operation had rejected Angel as a charity case and would make him pay $200,000 out of his own pocket. The hospital is not being heartless. Uncompensated care is another issue the poor and hospitals must confront.)
Cases like Angel's are not rare and often end in tragedy. Many suffer worse consequences than his drudgery on a dialysis machine. Delay can end in premature death or lead to neglecting serious illness. Some in Congress are actually for tightening the law – taking dialysis away from Angel and denying some emergency room treatments. A last irony is the cruelest. The undocumented can donate his/her organs through the emergency room – about 2.5% donated come from the undocumented – but can't receive one – only about 1%.
The other report is on affluent foreign investors who heartedly welcomed welcomed by many state and federal agencies. The law is readily stretched to accommodate them. It was enacted in the 1990s to encourage investments that create jobs by entitling the investor and his family to a "green card" or permanent residency. They must invest a million dollars and create 10 new jobs over two years. But if the investment is in a high unemployment area, the investor has cough up only $500,000. The popularity of the program isn't so much to make a buck, as to get one of those precious green cards for their kids.
A nice business has grown up in gerrymandering districts to meet the requirements of the law. The New York Times highlighted a project in the diamond district of midtown Manhattan. Much of its funding is in these $500,000 investments facilitated by state agencies and our federal government. Many of the investments come from China and are clearly a path to citizenship – even if it's dual citizenship – for young rich kids.


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H2O is a contemporary crossover women's novel that tells the story of Kate Pepper, a successful young business woman in Seattle whose life is suddenly—and strangely—turned upside down. Unexplainable visions torment her every time she gets wet. Sinking into despair, frantic to avoid water at any cost, Kate ultimately finds romance and redemption through the advice of simple people who love her for who she is, not what she was.
Kate Pepper has it all . . . a razor-sharp intellect, perfect health, stunning beauty, a wildly successful career, and all the money she can spend. Or rather, she thinks she has it all.
Despite the perfect shell, there's something dark inside Kate. Terrible visions send her into a deep depression and her world crumbles. All her business savvy and elite connections don't make a difference; she has lost control.
Who will save her? Xavier, her predatory boyfriend? Or Candice, the Down syndrome waitress at her favorite coffee shop? At the bottom of her dark well, desperate to get out of the water, there's nowhere to reach but up.
H2O—a fascinating allegorical look at success, sanity and spiritual redemption in a young woman's relationship with water.
If water can hold truth then the latest work of speculative Christian fiction by prolific techno thriller author Austin Boyd and sci-fi author Brannon Hollingsworth is sure to open the floodgates for that genre. H2O is a Christian Twilight Zone Episode (maybe a little Frasier thrown in as well) with all the trappings, twists and turns of a Mr. Serling plot but with 21st century characters revolving around protagonist, Kate Pepper. We follow Kate, an independent-minded and professional young woman who is living the dream of success until a mysterious affliction turns her high-tech life into chaos. Here the most basic of elements, water, takes her on a journey of wild fantastic visions and sweeps her into an alternate world and search for meaning. It is first rate fantasy and storytelling. Boyd and Hollingsworth deliver their collaboration in an engaging style, spilling over with subtle irony and enough suspense that will satisfy and won't leave you thirsty.
Harper Payne
Ok, I got this book from Netgalley a while back and finally got some time to read it. I want to say ahead of time that while i enjoying this book, I feel like I was duped. lol. I was unaware that this book would have such a large religious element to it. I mean I know the description said spiritual redemption, but whoah. I mean this book was out of left field for me. I was expecting a sort of paranormal setting when I requested it from Netgalley, but I was not expecting such a religious element. That is not to say that I regret reading it. By the time I figured out it was a christian book, I was too deep into the story to get out. I mean, i wanted to finish this book. I wanted to know what happened that she needed redemption for. I wanted to know who the mysterious man on the IM was. I wanted to know what the mysterious messages she received meant. I NEEDED to know. I have always had questions reguarding religion. I am not sure where I stand on it. This book kind of touched base on what I do know. It did not try to force the religion down my throat. It simply stated a few widely known things about God, but it did so through the story. And it was a wonderful story.
Kate Pepper is a serious wonder woman. She can do anything that she puts her mind to. And while her boyfriend is a Grade- A Jerk, she hates the mediocre and he is anything but. She lives her life in the fast lane. Best of everything. All in an attempt to escape her parents. While her parents were not mean, her mother was very strict due to her firm catholic beliefs. This sort of helped turn Kate off of religion at a young age. While it was being forced on her and ruining her life her mother was a bit eccentric, she wanted nothing to do with it. And after an event that changed her forever at seventeen, she moved on to bigger and- lets face it- more expensive things. One day, out of the blue, she is washing fish in the sink and when the water touches her, she blacks out. This begins a pattern of her having an episode every time she comes into contact with pure water. Sometimes she loses seconds and sometimes she loses hours- even days. Each time she has one of these episodes, she experiences a very real Hallucination- or at least what she believes are hallucinations. In each Hallucination, she is Water of some kind- or very close to water. She feels what the water feels, she thinks like the water. And in every Hallucination, the same man appears. He is pure, dressed in all white and his mere presence is soothing. And whenever he speaks to Kate in her water form, she feels loved. interpret what you will. That is what Kate has to do. Only she interprets that she is losing it. insane. loco. I'll leave you with that. but there is one more thing I would like to address.
The imagery in this book was beautiful. Whenever Kate was in her Vision/Hallucination- or whatever it was, she always described the situation in such beautiful terms. She related the feelings of the water in a well- reaching out to be loved. I mean water with feeling just created such a beautiful image to me for some reason. I do not know. maybe I am alone in this, but I love that image. This book was a joy to read, even if I was expecting something different. It was a pleasant surprise. :
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Published source code accompanying the article by Craig A. Lindley in which he builds Webster2 -- a low-power, personal web server. Also see WEBSTER.ZIP.
Building Your Own Web Server by Craig A. Lindley Example 1: Typical configuration file. // Webster2 Configuration File - Version: 1.1 // NOTES: // 1. Case is significant // 2. No blank lines allowed; Use // for comment lines and formatting // 3. Be careful with spaces around usernames and passwords // 4. ...


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The Chinese Space Station, Tiangong 1, looks very much like a glider i.e. a bit like the US Space Shuttle (solar panels are made of similar materials to Space Shuttle tiles with much less friction), as the German radar images show in the link below, so it most likely wasn't tumbling but yawing from left to right and pitching and rolling just like a glider would, as it comes down to land.
Here's a basic summary of how to project the reentry time of non powered Glider Class reentry vehicles, similar to Tiangong 1, as it might prove useful in the future.
It's probably a little bit easier to look at rough approximates, as I never managed to find out how the US Strategic Command, or anybody else for that matter, calculated their Altitude of Nominal Burst (ANB). The ANB's used below are those provided by Satview.org, so here's the basic methodology.
The basic rule of thumb is that when the natural descent becomes a Pythagorean right triangle with a ratio of 3:4:5 over 8 days. i.e. it drops 6km over 8 days, the time to atmospheric reentry is approximately 1 kilometre per day until the average ANB (over those 8 days) is reached plus an adjustment factor.
I made rough plots and a projection on the link below on March 1, and wasn't sure how recent the data was as the Satview.org UTC timers (and the ANB) were all over the place for most of the reentry, so the end figure I used was 252.5 - 220.25 = 32.25 days - an adjustment from my last plot (i.e. 09:00 UTC March 1), because I didn't know how accurate the timing/altitude was.
Note that my figures don't actually reflect the eventual altitude of atmospheric reentry (ANB), they just indicate the time of atmospheric reentry based on the last data point, that satisfies the criteria in bold, and the average ANB projections over the previous 8 days. Even without the timing adjustment this projection was much more accurate than the forecasts by the US Strategic Command and the European Space Agency (ESA) for most of March.
The eventual atmospheric reentry time given by the US Strategic Command via Satview.org was April 2, 2018 at 00:16 +/- 1 minute UTC (below) and China Manned Space give the reentry altitude as approximately 132.75 km (below).


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Can't make it? We have the email addresses you need to pressure people
The place? San Diego City Hall.
The date? March 14.
The time? 9 a.m.
Nine a.m. Well, beggars can't be choosers.
Disgruntled San Diego baseball fans finally have a place to vent their frustrations about the impasse that could leave about 22 percent of the county's pay TV households without Padres games when the season starts April 1: A special meeting of the City Council's Rules and Economic Development Committee.
City Councilwoman Sherri Lightner has invited representatives from Fox Sports San Diego, which owns the broadcast rights to Padres games, and Time Warner Cable, which refuses to carry the games, to the first public hearing of its kind a year into an impasse that affected about 40 percent of the county last season when it also involved other providers.
"The city of San Diego has a stake in the success of its local Major League Baseball team," Lightner wrote one Time Warner Cable executive. "The team generates economic activity, promotes San Diego nationally, and enhances civic pride. As a cable television franchisor, the city of San Diego has a responsiblity to ensure its citizens can fully participate in 'America's pastime.' Many fans, including the elderly and disabled, are only able to watch Padres games on television, and for many fans living north of the San Diego River, TWC is the only option for television service."
Many of these fans attended a "Padres to the People" rally I organized in July outside Petco Park to voice our displeasure about the lack of coverage. Then-mayoral candidate Bob Filner promised to put the media companies "on the spot" at a public hearing if he were elected and the TV carriage dispute continued. Campaign promise fulfilled.
But what can the city actually do beyond give us fans a chance to sound off on the two companies and the team itself, which owns 20 percent of Fox Sports San Diego? City Attorney Jan Goldsmith is exploring what options the city has under a cable franchise agreement with Time Warner that runs through 2020. His report may be ready three days before the meeting.
The March 14 meeting is expected to run from 9 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. on the 12th floor of City Hall in the council committee room. City Hall is located at 202 C St., San Diego CA 92101, right off a trolley line.
If there is a crowd, speakers may be limited to as little as one minute of speaking time, much of which will presumably be devoted to the words of TV and/or city officials.
Any questions, please drop me a line. Look forward to seeing some of you there. If you're planning on attending, please let me know so I can try to get a sense of how many of us might show up.
If you aren't going to attend, or even if you are but want to register your thoughts ahead of time, the next page of this post includes the email addresses for Lightner, the committee chairwoman, the four other members of the Rules Committee, all the other council members, the mayor, the media company executives and the team president.
Here are emails for the five Rules Committee members, starting with the chairwoman.
Sherri Lightner, District 1 firstname.lastname@example.com
Kevin Faulconer, District 2 firstname.lastname@example.com
Mark Kersey, District 5 email@example.com
David Alvarez, District 8 firstname.lastname@example.com
Marti Emerald, District 9 email@example.com
Here are the other city council members, starting with the council president:
Todd Gloria, District 3 email@example.com
District 4 vacant seat currently
Lorie Zapf, District 6 firstname.lastname@example.com
Scott Sherman, District 7 firstname.lastname@example.com
Also, here's the mayor:
Mayor Bob Filner email@example.com
And Time Warner:
Melinda Witmer firstname.lastname@example.com
Glenn Britt email@example.com
And Fox Sports San Diego:
Henry Ford firstname.lastname@example.com
Chris Bellitti firstname.lastname@example.com
And the Padres' Tom Garfinkel: email@example.com
As always, a request. If you write letters to any or all of these people, please CC me at email@example.com. Thanks for your time.
Maybe I'll see you on March 14. Looking forward to it.


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