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introduction As the name implies, 'murderabilia' refers to the trade in collectibles from, by, or about murderers, murders or other violent crimes. It has been characterised by journalists, religious figures and legislators as a peculiarly modern activity: one associated with online trading venues such as eBay and with a culture that supposedly differs from the past through a morbid interest in 'celebrity' and artefacts associated with the infamous. That criticism is in fact strikingly ahistorical. Marketing of memorabilia relating to notorious figures is discernable in the West over several hundred years. That trade reflected the presumed therapeutic or even magical properties of items such as the hangman's rope, axe used by a killer or ink stand used by a prominent forger and poisoner such as Wainewright. It also reflected the potential of collectibles to demonstrate the collector's status or to meet more subtle atavistic needs. Over the past 200 years in the UK, France and Germany we can thus identify demand for -
along with items specifically manufactured by the 'guignol industry', for example miniature guillotines and prints that were hawked among crowds attending public executions. Richard Altick's Victorian Studies in Scarlet, discussing the 1828 Maria Marten 'Red Barn' murder case, thus notes planks stripped from the walls of the barn by sightseers, Staffordshire pottery models of the red barn and the victim, a plethora of prints and even snuff boxes made from the barn's timber. Richard Evans' Rituals of Retribution: Capital Punishment in Germany 1600-1987 similarly notes a trade in swatches of murderer hair, rope and splinters from the scaffold, hardkerchiefs dipped in the blood of beheaded criminals and even tools used by the executioner Although often repugnant, much of that collecting (and the associated commercialisation) is not significantly different from early demand for autographs by Goethe, a handkerchief stained with the blood and sputum of the ailing Keats, the pistol used by Heinrich von Kleist, the ruby red slippers from The Wizard of Oz or Elvis' blue suede shoes and jumbo-size jumpsuit. Contemporary murderabilia has included items owned or created by serial killers, including postcards from Charles Manson, what are claimed as his fingerprint cards, the license plate of the van used by John Wayne Gacy, a murder weapon used by Gary Gilmore, letters from the 'Yorkshire Ripper' and the 'Acid Bath Killer' in the UK, drawings by Gacy and other US killers, the radiator cap from the Bonnie & Clyde 'death car', Heinrich Himmler's limousine, earth supposedly from the house where Gacy buried some of his victims and the clothing of some killers. 2009 saw artworks by UK gang leaders Ronnie and Reggie Kray auctioned for £17,125, along with £3,105 for a canvas by poisoner Graham Young. Auctioneer Christine Smith announced that "The Krays were the last of their kind and known all over the world". Some vendors, successfully or otherwise, have offered other items: we have difficulty understanding the demand for serial killer toenail clippings or foot scrapings, although reputedly such things have come on the market. The borderlands of such collecting, although rarely remarked by contemporary moralists, occupy the same terrain as as the market for Nazi memorabilia - Allach porcelain, SS daggers, Wehmacht belt buckles and the pornography of death (copies of Der Stürmer, happy snaps from outrages such as Babi-Yar ...). markets Where does murderabilia come from, how is it sold and who buys it? We can differentiate between items created or used prior to arrest and those during incarceration. The range of memorabilia created after arrest tends to be restricted: in general it comprises letters, cards, sketches and other material that an offender has been able to to personally hand to visitors, send by post or persuade a custodial officers to transmit in breach of official rules, such as censorship protocols highlighted here. (Some memorabilia prosecutions feature action against prison staff who have sold 'official' mugshots of high profile offenders or been instrumental in smuggling items out of custody.) Some items will be sold by the offender to the consumer, and can thence be sold to third parties. Others are not intended for sale but are offloaded by the recipient or by someone who has received the item from that recipent. 'Souvenirs' of life prior to arrest have a broader range. It is clear that people have collected and sold (or tried to sell) everything from garbage bins and swizzle sticks used by serial killers through to weapons used in offences. That range reflects availability. Contemporary jurisdictions typically do not forfeit all offender assets to the state, there is scope for gawkers to purloin assets, assets may be sold by government (with revenue for example going to compensate victims) or the offender's family, and the families of victims may indeed gain ownership of an offender's assets through civil action. As in the past, owners of properties where crimes have been committed complain that souvenir hunters invade the location in search of collectibles; others have acquired properties with the intention of commercialising the site and/or retailing its contents. Sale of murderabilia items reflects the eergence of e-commerce, with general and specialist online venues supplanting traditional marketing through shopfronts ('curiosity shops') and mail order. Auction sites and newsgroups offer a mechanism for matching suppliers with global markets, important given indications that trade in serial killer memorabilia, for example, is international rather than restricted to a handful of local ghouls. Comprehensive information regarding consumption is unavailable. Anecdotal indications suggest that consumers are typically male, under 35 and in a blue collar or low-level white collar job. However, it is evident that some wealthier consumers have built collections (particular rock musicians for example have sought to buff their profiles as 'transgressive' by publicising their collecting) and lawyers or justice officials use items as decoration. Are consumers getting what they have asked for (as distinct from what they deserve)? Elsewhere on this site we have highlighted the potential for forgery and fraud. Few items on the murderabilia market come with authoritative authentication or provenance. regulation Regulation of murderabilia has taken several forms. The first is an outright prohibition on dissemination, with for example confiscation by prison officials of artwork, correspondence and other items created by prisoners while in custody. That confiscation has sought to prevent prisoners from passing items to family, lawyers or other contacts, some of whom may later sell the items (whether for their own benefit or that of the prisoner). A more subtle approach, consistent with notions of allowing criminals some autonomy, has been to allow prisoners to communicate in writing with family, lawyers, friends and groupies but not to sell items. The intention is that the offender should not receive a financial benefit from notoriety. The restriction has been subverted by prisoners giving drawings or other items, rather than selling them. Recipients are free to subsequently market the items and it is clear from examination of some murderabilia sites that some people have corresponded with US serial killers to gain letters and sketches that can be sold. A third restriction is for the state to claim ownership of revenue from the sale of artefacts. That claim is consistent with the treatment of literary rights highlighted in the preceding page of this note, with revenue typically being distributed to victims/estates on request. Alberta's proposed Criminal Notoriety Act sought to take premiums where convicted criminals receive an "inflated price" for memorabilia because of the notoriety of the crime, with the provincial government receiving that portion of the price above the "market value" for the item. A final restriction is self imposed by intermediaries. eBay for example has formally banned sales of murderabilia, whether directly from imprisoned offenders, from their representatives and associates or from people who have obtained (licitly or otherwise) 'murder collectibles'. In practice that restriction appears to fade with time: interviews with eBay executives for example appear to imply that although selling serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer's refrigerator would not be permitted it would be acceptable to offload correspondence or petticoats from 1893 celebrity Lizzie Borden.
Lizzie Borden took an axe And gave her mother forty whacks. And when she saw what she had done, She gave her father forty-one.
Presumably the axe would not be accepted. The restriction does not appear to have crimped the market, with vendors and consumers instead turning to specialist sites such as murderauction.com ("We simply present the facts as they are and offer a rare opportunity to own various pieces of criminal history") and supernaught.com. Offline, of course, consumers can get a frisson at venues such as the Lizzie Borden Bed & Breakfast and Museum: "You can stay in her bedroom, eat breakfast in their kitchen, and tour the museum of Lizzie Borden memorabilia". We are not looking forward to the Chopper Read B&B. studies Murderabilia has primarily attracted attention as a subject for study of popular culture. Salient works are David Schmid's Natural Born Celebrities: Serial Killers in American Culture (Chicago: Uni of Chicago Press 2005) and 2004 article Murderabilia: Consuming Fame, Harold Schechter's Savage Pastimes: A Cultural History of Violent Entertainment (New York: St Martin's Press 2005), VA Gatrell's The Hanging Tree: Execution and the English People, 1770-1868 (Oxford: Oxford Uni Press 1994), Richard Altick's Victorian Studies in Scarlet (London: Dent 1972), Richard Evans' Rituals of Retribution: Capital Punishment in Germany 1600-1987 (Oxford: Oxford Uni Press 1996), Richard Schickel's Intimate Strangers: The Culture of Celebrity in America (Chicago: Dee 2000) and Leo Braudy's The Frenzy of Renown: Fame and Its History (New York: Oxford Uni Press 1986). There appear to have been no major studies of the Australian murderabilia market, although consumption presumably echoes that of the US. For perspectives on the community's ambivalent attitudes see Media Scandals: Morality & Desire in the Popular Culture Marketplace (New York: Columbia Uni Press 1998) edited by James Lull & Stephen Hinerman, I Watched A Wild Hog Eat My Baby! - A Colorful History of Tabloids and Their Cultural Impact (Amherst: Prometheus 2001) by Bill Sloan and other works highlighted here. Works on the psychology of collecting, from status enhancement and the desire to best the collector's peers through to control of deep-seated insecurities by ordering a personal environment, are highlighted here. They include The Cultures of Collecting (Melbourne: Melbourne Uni Press 1994) edited by John Elsner & Roger Cardinal, To Have & To Hold: An Intimate History of Collectors & Collecting (London: Allen Lane 2002) by Philipp Blom and Collecting: An Unruly Passion - Psychological Perspectives (Princeton: Princeton Uni Press 1994) by Werner Muensterberger. For auctions see studies of eBay and other online markets elsewhere on this site. Perspectives on ephemera are provided in The Encyclopaedia of Ephemera: A Guide to the Fragmentary Documents of Everyday Life for the Collector, Curator & Historian (London: British Library 2000) by Maurice Rickards. Work on regulation includes 'The prodigal 'son' returns: an assessment of current 'son of Sam' laws and the reality of the online murderabilia marketplace' by Suna Chang in 31 Rutgers Computer & Technology Law Journal (2005); 'Making a Killing: Evaluating the Constitutionality of the Texas Son of Sam Law' by Tracey Cobb 2003 in 39 Houston Law Review (2003) and 'The Proceeds of Criminal Notoriety' by Anthony Kennedy in 27(11) Company Lawyer (2006) 322-335. ::


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TFK MA.<»SMJ POST, FRBRPOET, M Y., FRIDAY PRBROAAY ft, 191A—Pa«« K j Calmly Conscious of Her Pretty Clothes LOCAL FEDERATION REPORT SHOWS EXTENT OF WORK TfHanrer Pearsall Expresses Pnbt ' Hcly Thtmks to Residents and Co-Workers. MotherH love to make dainty llnery for their little Rirls nt nny sea.son of the year, hut more especially now, nt the senson when Indoors la more In¬ viting than outdoors. In the North the long winter evenings must be fllletl somehow and leisurely sewing un pret¬ ty white clothos Is ns much pastime as work. Mnny mothers count on Jan- nary and Februnry as the time for get¬ ting the little one's sewing out of the way, before the approach of Enwter <»mpels them to give time and attention to the more important needs of them¬ selves. In January dry goods stores put on their annual sales of white goods and present their new-season models In children's frocks — assortments are complete and prices low, so the mer¬ chant plays into the hands of those patrons who count on making up lin¬ gerie and children's clothes at this tlma Styles for little folks do not change much; there Is so little room for improvement In them. We all like to see the same sheer white fabrics trimmed with the same simple needle¬ work, or flne embroidery and lingerie laces that we have come to n.ssoclate always with babyhood. Above a dresH-up frock for the sm^all lady of three nr four years la pictured. It Is made of fine l);iliste nnd nnrrow val lace. This is a frock for state oc- rnslons, like fi blrtltdiiy party, in the life of the little miss. It Ls, therefore. Indulged In more lace and embroidery than any other of her belongings.. It Is cut with a long body and a short, full skirt, scalloped at the bot¬ tom. There is a str.-tlght piece of flne Bwl.sH embroidery down the front set In with lace Insertion nt each side. Little Jacket fronts are set on at each side with val edging set In a scant ruf¬ fle on the edge.s. Rosettes of pink sntln ribbon at each side of the front emphasize tbe begin¬ ning and the end of a skirt sash that marks the Joining of the waist and skirt. A wide soft ribbon makes this sash a very splendid affair that matches up virell with the hat of pink ribbon and white lace. There Is a miniature rose on its brim. No won¬ der the little one is calmly conscious of being well dressed! moiGwviifj Mr. Sidney H. Swewy, President Freeport Federation, Freeport, N. Y. Dear Mr, Swezey: I herewith submit to you my re¬ port in connection with the work at our Army and Navy Headquarters. Because of the mixiing of duties of the treasurer and the chairman of the committee on accommodations and en¬ tertainment it is rather difFicult to .Submit it all in one report. P'ir.st, I wish to express my appre¬ ciation of my neighbors, the people of F'reeport, and incidentally Baldwin. Merrick, Bellmore, Seaford and Wan¬ tagh. It was well worth While to en¬ gage in the work if just for the priv¬ ilege of iretting better acquainted with each other. It would be impossible to mention all or part of those who aided in the multitude of ways, contributions of books, mafrazines, phonograph, candy, refreshments, carpet and oilcloth, car¬ penter work, etc., hut I would speak of the great work done by Mrs. Fred I K, Story, chairman of the Women's Committee serving refreshments at j Headquarters each Saturday and Sun- \ (lay night. It was predicted that thel interest would run down, but for 15 wci'l<s .Mr.s, Story and her splendid assistants were at the work rejrular- | ly, serving' from '20(1 lo OOO of the | lioys from the neighboring camp, and sUying fre<iuently till after midnight. II would also e xrpessaaljllifF.AO I would also express my apprecia¬ tion of your kind assistance, and will¬ ingness to help whenever called on, or whenever wc needed special help. The men were fine in their interest. Whin we closed we had a staff of ahout 10 workers, most of them well li-ained, .so that your chairman was setting quite easy as to results and the operating of the room. My financial report is as follows: K. E. KU.ry $S0.00 .lero lv Hrown R'«» Kdnnr ,Iack.s<>n lB-00 V. (',. Walters S-OO ,1. M. Hnrrinjrton '. 10.00 E. W. Ault ''•OO Nn.ssHU County Review 25.00 Alfred T. Daviaon 10.00 C. E. Mnck, collecte<l in $1 contrib.. . 4.00 E. ,S. Randall 10.00 Charles .1. Martin r>.00 R. ,S. Barrie ISOO H. P. Libby 6.00 Samuel R. Smith 2.5.00 Rolwrl A, Patrick . . . . 10.00 Kreeport LodRe 1253, B. I*. O. E 10.00 M. Millor 2.00 H. lUiraach 5.00 r. Nickclsburv -00 A. E. Miller 2.00 (•.eorne Bennett Smith . 10.00 S. H. Seweiey 600 H. Sehloaa 5.00 John P. GoUer 100 H. 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In the new PSVita mk, there are 16 new skins, including DLC skins. If these skins are brought to MK9 console versions as DLC, and Rain gets his MK Trilogy skin, il be main-ing him just for that reason. Just sayin...
Agreed. Rain seems more badasss with his ninja purple outfit, instead of his royal prince purple carnival costume .... hehe
NRS must release the new skins as DLC for consoles...or I'm gonna cry. You can see UMK3 Sub-Zero at 1.42 in this video
I think you should main him anyway. Put YOUR name with the character for awhile. Blow up EVERYONE with the sickness that I just can't wrap my fingers around
I met that girl an the MK demo comp in NEC Birmingham, she is even better looking in real life, and yes, she was wearing exactly that costume...
Thats exactly what I am talking about, you can see Sub Zero (1:42) has his MK3 skin but with the hood on, that is the exact skin Rain should have, I wonder if all the ninjas will get these MK3/UMK3 Skins? Sub Zero certainly doesn't need another one.
Yeah. They mention in the vid that Khan is playable in some of the new challenges like Goro was in MK9.
I have wanted umk3 since rain came out....now that I main him the fire burns even brighter, we will have umk3 rain someday...... I would love to see you main rain show everyone he is a walking purple tank to be feared
Is there a picture or any confirmation that Rain will have UMK3 suit in this? If so, I'm gonna rage so hard if he doesn't get it on the consoles via DLC or a free patch. I don't care! I'd pay those damn absurd eBay prices that the Klassics were going for before they released him as DLC. And yes, for the record...I said I'd pay the upwards of $60 (a new game) for one costume. (Rain's MK3)


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In Google Drive, is there a way to search only the contents of files within a particular folder (instead of files within the entire drive, as is the default)?
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The research was carried out by Dr Ben Baumberg, lecturer in social policy within the Universitys School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research, together with the policy experts Kate Bell and Declan Gaffney.
The research, which included an analysis of media coverage since 1995, shows that disproportionate coverage of fraud and misleading news stories are linked to rising stigma, with people who read more stigmatising newspapers perceiving higher levels of deception and demonstrating more reluctance to claim, even when they are experiencing abject need.
Dr Baumberg said: The study also highlights a discernible shift in public attitudes, with claimants seen as less deserving than they were 20 years ago, when the fraud and scrounger rhetoric really started to take hold in media discourse. Looking at trends over time, non-take-up of benefits has risen concurrently with stigma.
'When questioned, we found that the public vastly overestimate the numbers of people claiming falsely or committing fraud, with one in five believing a majority of claims to be outright fraudulent. This is perhaps unsurprising when up to 39% of newspaper coverage of benefits referenced fraud.
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Rob Tolan, Head of Policy at Turn2us, said: At a human level, stigma is resulting in thousands of elderly, sick and disabled people skipping meals or keeping the heating off, lest they be tarred with the scrounger brush. One lady we helped, who was left disabled by a brain tumour, ate porridge five nights a week, rather than ask for help.
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" You have to wonder, rank in a volunteer fire department. What type of civil service professional written test is needed to be a LT in a volunteer agency? Do you really think its measures up to paid professional standards? "
ratsmik wrote on Feb 15, 2013 11:06 AM:
" Were they man or women ? And they want these perverts in the Boys Scouts.
Another lousy reporting. "
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" @ truth. Basically if you're willing to be an officer, you get it, and whoever brings the best beer gets to be chief. "
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" Spectacularly ignorant responses. @conservative1: What you get is largely an amazing group of local people who are spending an inordinate amount of time dedicated to training for the day that they need to save your dumb hide. @Truth: volunteer first responders do not take a civil servant test. They volunteer of their own free will and time. Nobody is questioning whether or not a volunteer department measures up to paid professional firefighters. The town gets an exceptionally good deal having well trained volunteers do some incredibly brave work for free. Show some respect, for crying out loud. @ratsmik: Huh? Get over your homophobia issues. It has nothing to do with this story. @steve mcattee: guys? What guys? The story talks about one person who abused his position, power and responsibility. Let's stick to the facts. Boredom has nothing to do with this story. "
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Educational programs can be offered by the vendor. Bringing the productdevelopment managers to the client's site enables the vendor toincorporate new applications into future products. Providing vendor-sponsoredseminars at the client's site also can provide a worthwhile educationalexperience. Such seminars should include operational solutions from other sites("Here is what we did to facilitate our trauma physicians' need forradiology services to be available on a 7-day, 24-hour basis"), and futuretechnological developments (such as archiving systems and new networktechnologies).
Other responsibilities you should expect a vendor to assume include partialpayment for software upgrades, maintaining up-time (98%), and providing toolkits (display protocols, system monitors, and audit trails). Hospitals aredeveloping enterprise-wide systems, demonstrating the ability to interface intoany healthcare database, such as electronic records and images, and providingPACS and teleradiology interfaces. Vendors impact these systems by developingworkflow engines to manage image data, and compression engines to takeadvantage of reduced image file sizes. It is the responsibility of the vendorto make you aware of these developments, so that your site may achieve the fullbenefit of what a system has to offer.
Remember, you do not want your vendor to go out of business because ofexcessive client overhead. Yet, clients should expect vendors to becomeproactive for their sites. A large number of vendors will be bought out andwill change management; this requires, you, the client, to be certain thatstandards (DICOM HL-7) are an integral part of your system. The best protectionis for you to have a knowledge base of the operation and technology of a PACSand teleradiology system.
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We're celebrating the 1968 film year sporadically as countdown to the Smackdown!
The first time I consciously remember obsessing over exact typography in a film title was in 1995 when David Fincher's Se7en emerged and then again when Moulin Rouge! hit in 2001. With the latter I got angry every time I saw someone type that title without the exclamation point. Bazmark movies require their specific punctuation. (See also: Romeo + Juliet. It's just not the same at all with an ampersand!)
Surveying 1968's film releases recently I couldn't help but wonder if that era, a seminal time for the world and the cinema, and that year specifically was the peak of exclamatory film titles? No less than four major films released that year asked you to shout their titles rather than politely sound them out.
BOOM! with Liz & Dick. Which also wins our Best Tagline of '68 for "together they devour life"
OLIVER! the only exclamation point film title to ever win the Best Picture prize (though not the only nominee obviously)
BANDOLERO! with Jimmy Stewart, Dean Martin & Raquel Welch. The exclamation point wasn't exclamatory enough so they had to add all caps in the tagline "a NEW kind of western"
STAR! with Julie Andrews ! as Gertrud Lawrence
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plz update soo cas it will save the game alot there is meny things people complaining about how that shogun and war fact arnt working but some people like me cant play any more but what ever or so i just want the people that cant play to play i think just one update wold save the game because yes meny people are say ing the game is dieing and it is but if you can up date every now and then it will save the game :/
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It's a great game so far. What I really would like to see is, something like a wavecount. I never know if the monster I'm battling is the last one or there will be coming more after them (new wave). So I don't know if I should heal the person or attack the last monster (and finish this dungeon).
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This game had all the potential in the world, but now it's been neglected to the point of death. This game had its run, but it could never keep it. I said it before and I'll say it again, recipes aren't enough to keep people playing. there has to be content, something other than just crafting and farming and mining. There has to be more playable content, not farmable content.
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Oneshark tweeted out recently: Dear fans,the Esgrima2 patch has been delayed greatly, as we are experiencing technical problems with our software.Thanks for your patience!
Bummer. Can't do anything about unforeseen circumstances. Would be great if you also made announcements like this in the Kong game news too so people won't feel like this game has been abandoned. Please keep us updated.
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I guess this game could use badges. I have a couple of suggestions.
Easy: Level up to level 10
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Hey Greg, if somehow you manage to read this, could you add badges? The ones up there are just suggestions.
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Esgrima is the one of the best browser game i ever played. But there are some bugs that need to be fixed. First of all, this game needs a vote kick system. -When a player doesn't attack for 2 turns, other players could kick him by voting.(cuz its really annoying to have afkers) -When a muskeeter casts Stun Grenade, sometimes died npcs still look alive and you cant click on them. -Somehow, after a few battle I can't see my teammates. -It would be great if I could see the buff's details(not only icons). I can see only my buffs details. -Private Message function would be great too. -Also what about hotkeys? Like C for character screen, L for quest list etc
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diploms1 is the developer that has asked us to report known cheaters and those that are suspected of cheating to him in chat or through PM. They can and will check their logs to see what items are duped and take whatever action they feel they need to. You will be rewarded for sending in these reports, what you will receive I do not know, just simply passing the word on to you as it was passed down to us by diploms1 through Kong Chat.
I am just as tired of cheaters as any other honest player and I myself have asked to have my own account checked to make sure I was not suckered into buying and/or taking in any items that were duped, so there you have it, fire at will ladies and gents-Get those reports in.
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Well, looks like we're in the same rut that we were in pre-shogun update, not sure how long our numbers will last, or if any new updates/suggestions will ever be implemented, but there has to be something more to keep a player playing than extensive recipes, there needs to be something that keeps players active, rather than farm the same places and mine the same places over and over until they get the best gear, but then what do they do once they have the said gear?
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As of now, guild costumes/guild hats don't work. Even while being in a guild, with the proper guild level and class (warrior in a level 5 guild), each time I try to buy either the hat or warrior costume, neither a message appears or does the item appear in my inventory, and my denars are still intact. For the guild hat, it doesn't even seem to have a price. Please fix.
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Think about that; There is a market place where you can find a lot of NPC seller and the best part is that you can rent this npcs for awhile(for a week etc). This npcs will sell your items(it will be like your personal shop). So while you are offline, you'd sell your items! Do I need an item? Oh now i dont need to spam kong chat anymore! I'll just go to the market place and look for the npcs. Also owners can rename npcs, so you can rename your npc like ''AC/PI/DRIX'' or ''LV40 RECIPES'' so everyone will understand what are you selling. Vote if you like! (Y)
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Fantastic game. I have been addicted to the game and even though we all moan about the mining I can see how it is a great way for you guys to make some income, the sheer frustration makes those who can afford to pay to do so... I am hoping the updates are worth the wait and I hope that you have thought about some weapons that build on the Dragon weapons. Even though I have no t2 weapons myself (yet) if your update requires t1 weapons for the level 60 elites you are going to have some major revolt in your hands from gamers that have invested time and money into the game.
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As a veteran player im disappointed to say this but this game has been ruined by the cheats and people duping items, now everyone is running around with the best gear and flaming gear and weapons i can tell you now there was only a handfull of us who actually crafted that gear properly without cheating...devs need to reset this crap bigtime
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Diploms said "I am sorry, but I am not a programmer I cannot do anything :/ Our programmer has moved on his own way." Well. I guess this is it guys. The end of Esgrima 2, we've worked on, Wasted away. This is absolute bullcrap, I love the game, I just hope more people come to help around in making it better. See you in the far side boys and Girl. See you in other games.
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putting in a formal request for a level 50/51 quest when the level cap is raised ... reward for quest: skill reset scroll. several of us made mistakes we'd like to fix without it costing us a character slot... move mining off of characters that are our mains for dungeons etc.
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Some unit conversions of interest are nonlinear; for example, temperature conversions between the Fahrenheit and Celsius scales cannot be done by simply multiplying by conversion factors.
When you give a linear unit definition such as 'inch 2.54 cm' you are providing information that units uses to convert values in inches into primitive units of meters. For nonlinear units, you give a functional definition that provides the same information.
Nonlinear units are represented using a functional notation. It is best to regard this notation not as a function call but as a way of adding units to a number, much the same way that writing a linear unit name after a number adds units to that number. Internally, nonlinear units are defined by a pair of functions that convert to and from linear units in the data file, so that an eventual conversion to primitive units is possible.
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tempF(x) units=[1;K] (x+(-32)) degF + stdtemp ; \ (tempF+(-stdtemp))/degF + 32
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Next the function definitions appear. In the example above, the 'tempF' function is defined by
tempF(x) = (x+(-32)) degF + stdtemp
This gives a rule for converting 'x' in the units 'tempF' to linear units of absolute temperature, which makes it possible to convert from tempF to other units.
In order to make conversions to Fahrenheit possible, you must give a rule for the inverse conversions. The inverse will be 'x(tempF)' and its definition appears after a ';' character. In our example, the inverse is
x(tempF) = (tempF+(-stdtemp))/degF + 32
This inverse definition takes an absolute temperature as its argument and converts it to the Fahrenheit temperature. The inverse can be omitted by leaving out the ';' character, but then conversions to the unit will be impossible. If the inverse is omitted then the --check option will display a warning. It is up to you to calculate and enter the correct inverse function to obtain proper conversions. The --check option tests the inverse at one point and prints an error if it is not valid there, but this is not a guarantee that your inverse is correct.
If you wish to make synonyms for nonlinear units, you still need to define both the forward and inverse functions. Inverse functions can be obtained using the '~' operator. So to create a synonym for 'tempF' you could write
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baume(d) units=[1;g/cm^3] domain=[0,130.5] range=[1,10] \ (145/(145-d)) g/cm^3 ; (baume+-g/cm^3) 145 / baume
In this example the domain is specified after the 'domain=' with the endpoints given in brackets. One of the end points can be omitted to get an interval that goes to infinity. So the range could be specified as nonnegative by writing 'range=[0,]'. Both the range and domain are optional and can appear independently and in any order along with the 'units' specification. The values in the range and domain are attached to the units given in the 'units' specification. If you don't specify the units then the parameter inputs are reduced to primitive units for the numeric comparison to the values you give in the range or domain. In this case you should only use 'range' or 'domain' if the endpoints are zero and infinity.
Specifying the range and domain allows units to perform better error checking and give more helpful error messages when you invoke nonlinear units conversions outside of their bounds. It also enables the -c option to find a point in the domain to use for its point check of your inverse definition.
You may occasionally wish to define a function that operates on units. This can be done using a nonlinear unit definition. For example, the definition below provides conversion between radius and the area of a circle. This definition requires a length as input and produces an area as output, as indicated by the 'units=' specification. Specifying the range as the nonnegative numbers can prevent cryptic error messages.
circlearea(r) units=[m;m^2] range=[0,] pi r^2 ; sqrt(circlearea/pi)
Sometimes you may be interested in a piecewise linear unit such as many wire gauges. Piecewise linear units can be defined by specifying conversions to linear units on a list of points. Conversion at other points will be done by linear interpolation. A partial definition of zinc gauge is
zincgauge[in] 1 0.002, 10 0.02, 15 0.04, 19 0.06, 23 0.1
In this example, 'zincgauge' is the name of the piecewise linear unit. The definition of such a unit is indicated by the embedded '[' character. After the bracket, you should indicate the units to be attached to the numbers in the table. No spaces can appear before the ']' character, so a definition like 'foo[kg meters]' is illegal; instead write 'foo[kg*meters]'. The definition of the unit consists of a list of pairs optionally separated by commas. This list defines a function for converting from the piecewise linear unit to linear units. The first item in each pair is the function argument; the second item is the value of the function at that argument (in the units specified in brackets). In this example, we define 'zincgauge' at five points. For example, we set 'zincgauge(1)' equal to '0.002 in'. Definitions like this may be more readable if written using continuation characters as
zincgauge[in] \ 1 0.002 \ 10 0.02 \ 15 0.04 \ 19 0.06 \ 23 0.1
With the preceding definition, the following conversion can be performed:
You have: zincgauge(10) You want: in * 0.02 / 50 You have: .01 inch You want: zincgauge 5
If you define a piecewise linear unit that is not strictly monotonic, then the inverse will not be well defined. If the inverse is requested for such a unit, units will return the smallest inverse. The --check option will print a warning if a non-monotonic piecewise linear unit is encountered.


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Statins Improve Critical Limb Ischemia Outcomes After Endovascular Surgery
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Patients have higher survival, patency and limb salvage rates
January 24, 2012 Contact: Sue Crosson-Knutson 312-334-2311
CHICAGO– A retrospective study has revealed that statin therapy improves clinical outcomes after endovascular intervention in patients with critical limb ischemia (CLI), a severe form of peripheral artery disease (PAD) that usually requires treatment with bypass or endovascular surgery to prevent amputation. The report was authored by vascular and endovascular surgeons from New York - Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. Their research appears in the February issue of The Society for Vascular Surgery's®
of Vascular Surgery®.
"Patients who received statin therapy when they underwent interventions to treat CLI by lower extremity revascularization procedures showed significant improvement in overall survival, primary and secondary patency, and limb salvage rates," said Francesco A. Aiello, MD from the divisions of vascular surgery at New York - Presbyterian's Weill Cornell and / Columbia University Medical Centers.
"Our findings suggest that statins should be part of the periprocedural treatment regimen and support further investigation into their beneficial effects in patients undergoing endovascular treatment of CLI," said Dr. Aiello. "Statin therapy also has been associated with improved outcomes in patients with less severe forms of peripheral arterial disease."
Researchers reviewed patient records from 2004 and 2009. There were 646 patients (904 limbs) who underwent lower extremity revascularization (1,469 lesions) for CLI. The patients were divided into two groups: 319 who were receiving statin therapy at intervention and 327 who were not and served as the control group. Demographics, lesion morphology, overall mortality, primary and secondary patency, and limb salvage were compared between the two groups. The statin and control groups did not differ significantly in age, sex, smoking history, hypertension, chronic renal and LDL levels.
The statin group had significantly higher rates of diabetes mellitus (DM), coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, previous myocardial infarction (MI) and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Dr. Aiello added that even though the prevalence of DM, CAD, congestive heart failure, history of MI, and CABG was significantly increased in the statin group, all-cause mortality was still significantly decreased in these patients at 12 and 24 months.
At 24 months, the statin-treated group had improved rates in many categories: primary patency (43 percent vs. 33 percent); secondary patency (66 percent vs. 51 percent); limb salvage (83 percent vs. 62 percent); and overall survival (77 percent vs. 62 percent).
Dr. Aiello said that this finding emphasizes the risk reduction potential of statin therapy and calls attention to the overall undertreatment of PAD patients compared with their CAD counterparts. He noted that lower prevalence of statin use has been seen in patients after hospitalization for acute MI or first-time lower extremity ischemia due to PAD, with a significantly smaller number of PAD patients being treated with a statin at the 6-month follow-up.
Researchers said they believe that despite increased recognition during the last decade of the need to initiate an appropriate statin regimen in all PAD patients, the prevalence of statin use in PAD patients still lags well behind the CAD population.
The clinical benefits of statins go beyond the cardiovascular protective effects seen in both operatively and conservatively treated patients with PAD, and in some studies it has been reported that statins also improved ABI, walking distance, and pain-free walking.
"Our findings have clear implications for clinical practice," said Dr. Aiello. "CLI patients who are not already on a statin should be started on statin therapy before undergoing an endovascular intervention and continue the regimen afterwards."
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