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State of the blog: I'm still alive!
Over the past little while I've had a big case of the whatevers, in the fact that I have had not much drive to work on my blog. However, thanks to the friendly pestering of some fellow bloggers, I've decided to try to get back into the swing of things.
Also, I've had a little something – or someone – that has kept me busy for the past week.
Meet The Spawnling, born last Saturday. She is absolutely adorable and is totally in control of our house already. She's going to have her daddy wrapped around her pinky so very quickly, I'm sure.
The Challenge
Go into your image folder, open the sixth sub-folder and choose the sixth image. Show the image, and share some thoughts about it. Challenge six new bloggers, and link to them.
Fannon at Dwarven Battle Medic started to complicate things a bit by making it more than just one folder, which Aidrana from Miss Pew Pew followed – and since they bugged me, and I want to write, you get more for your non-spent money!
1 – World of Warcraft (852 pictures total)
I used to have more pictures, but unfortunately after reformatting a few times there were some that had been lost. Thankfully this one was saved, which was my very first screenshot of my main character. At the time his name was Asok (after the Dilbert character), and is now Korath – the closest I can get to my usual name as I could on the Thrall server.
As you can see, he is very much a baby character. This was during Burning Crusade when I was leveling up with my wife's new character, as she had just recently bought WoW and was leveling her way through it. Back in the day, you had to go all the way to Silvermoon just to train Jewelcrafting for the Horde, as you had to go to Exodar for the Alliance. Those days sucked.
2 – Muse Concert (6 pictures total)
Unfortunately, these were very bad pictures taken with my old mobile phone. Thankfully it is now dead, and I have a new fancy iPhone 4S to replace it. However, amazingly enough the pictures are somewhat recognizable. Muse is my favourite band, and my wife and I were fortunate enough to see them in March 2010.
3 – Blog Stuff (144 pictures total)
What I do is whenever I have anything specifically for the blog from something else, I would usually save a copy of it in my Blog folder, renamed for whatever purpose. However, in this case since I'm using something that I've already done… then I don't bother.
I have only a few sub-folders: one specifically for third party images, so I know which ones are mine and which ones are not; one for my Screenshots of the Week (which is definitely not weekly anymore); and a sub-folder of the SSOTW where I move over the images that I have used.
Why hello, Archaeology survey tool from my Archaeology 101 guide.
4 and 5 – Third Party and Screenshots of the Week (52 pictures total)
As mentioned above, these are just pictures from my separate sub-folders.
Howling Fjord is still one of my favourite zones for many reasons. It was one of our first tastes of Wrath of the Lich King, and it really sets the tone for this Northern land. Living in Canada, I'm fortunate enough to see the real Aurora Borealis from time to time, and it never gets old. I just love it so very much.
The Verming concept art was one that just made me laugh so very much. We were watching the BlizzCon live stream this year, and they had this during the Mists of Pandaria preview panel. I can't wait to kill these guys, as I'm pretty sure that they're the new kobolds or murlocs and we'll hate them soon enough.
6 – The Spawn/The Spawnling (1964 pictures total)
What parent doesn't like to take pictures of their kids? If anyone follows me on Twitter, they'll know that I refer to my kids as The Spawn and the new one as The Spawnling. I'm a bit paranoid so I prefer not to use their real names, as Fannon from Dwarven Battle Medic frequently uses the same idea with the Dwarfling.
The Spawn is two and a half years old, and The Spawnling is a week old now. We have our hands full with them, but as I've said many times – being a Dad is the best job in the world.
This picture happened to turn out really well. I was trying to get a picture of The Spawn with my iPhone, and of course he was running around. I figured I'd see what happens, and it ended up being one of my favourite pictures.
Bonus – Too much cute to handle
It's quite handy having a phone to capture some great moments. Of course, when The Spawnling was first born we weren't sure how The Spawn would react. Thankfully, he's been an amazing big brother – we just really hope that it continues.
Challenging Others
The last part of the challenge was to tag six other bloggers to do the same thing. Unfortunately, most of the bloggers that I know have already done this challenge, so I'm going to call out a fellow Band of Thorns member to get off his butt and update his blog. Sharden of 15 Minutes of WoW – I hereby challenge you!
Next Steps
Thanks to my blogger friends, I should be back into the swing of things. With having two children under three in the house now, updates will most definitely not be as consistent as I would like, but I will try to keep things going as much as possible.
Here's to a new chapter, I hope that it turns out to be as good on paper as it is in my head.
BlizzCons and such
We now have confirmation that the world truly will not end in December 2012. How, you ask? Because Blizzard has told us that BlizzCon 2013 is going to happen.
This morning, it was made official that there will be no BlizzCon in 2012, predictably giving a lot of people room to complain. After five years in a row, why this year? Why not have such an amazing experience? Bashiok gave us a very good reply, which in essence said: "Well, we're kinda busy."
Now remember, there actually was no BlizzCon in 2006 after the first one in 2005. At the time, it was understandable as it was shortly before Burning Crusade was being launched, and there weren't really any big announcements at the time. Since then, the conventions in 2008 and 2010 could be seen as a bit lackluster since there was no new game announcements at either. In my opinion, that is one of the reasons why they decided to forego this year.
Plus, as Bashiok said, they are busy. This year we have the possibility to see THREE games being released. We know that Diablo III is coming sometime in the early part of the year, and it's very likely that Mists of Pandaria and Heart of the Swarm will be released later on (the current thoughts are late summer or early fall for Mists and late fall or early winter for Swarm). Because of all the things that are involved, Blizzard can only stretch their resources so thin.
Not only do they have to organize the convention in the first place, but actually setting up, running it, and taking it down takes much more time and effort than the two days that BlizzCon occurs. I'm sure that they have people devoted to events like this, but there will definitely be volunteers from other departments. Every person taken away from their desk is one more project that will take longer to complete.
In the end, I'm definitely disappointed. Once again, like every year since we went to BlizzCon 2008, my wife and I have been looking at our finances and seeing if it was possible to make it out this year. With it not happening this year, we will definitely be trying to make it out next year. After a year off, I can't imagine how big of a party that it will be.
Meanwhile, there are other events that go on. PAX Prime and East, Nerdtacular, Dragon*Con, and a whole lot more that I don't know about or have forgotten. Nerds shall unite and party!
The End Begins Now…
It's hard to believe that it's almost been a year since Cataclysm was first released. There's been a lot that has happened – good things, bad things, and things in between that people really aren't sure about. The expansion on a whole seems to be controversial in the fact that some believe it's been a big success, while others believe it's been a failure. I personally think that it's an experiment that was partially successful, but that's for another time.
As of November 29th, the beginning of the end of Cataclysm is upon is.
Blizzard has said that this will be the last full content patch for the expansion, and that this will basically be the end for updates before Mists of Pandaria comes out. This could be taken two ways: the optimistic way, thinking that we'll be seeing MoP sooner rather than later and won't have to do this content forever; or the pessimistic way, thinking that we'll be doing the exact same content for a year, as we did with Icecrown Citadel at the end of Wrath of the Lich King (Ruby Sanctum doesn't count).
Unfortunately I don't work for Blizzard, and I don't know when they hope to release MoP. Like everyone else, I'd rather see it sooner rather than later, but we know that it will be done when it's done. However, all that being said, I'd like to take the optimistic view.
The 4.3 content patch has a lot in it. Not only do we get the new raid on Deathwing, but there are three new 5-man dungeons, a revamped Darkmoon Faire, Transmogrification, Void Storage, the Raid Finder, a bunch of new items from the raids and other content, and a whole bunch of balance changes. It would take too long to go through each one, so I'll suggest you check out WoW Insider's guide to Patch 4.3 to get the details about many of the new features.
Briefly, I'm very happy with Transmogrification. The interface is incredibly easy to use, and I finally am rewarded for being such a packrat for all these years. I was able to have one of my favourite looks of the Tier 5 shoulders and Wildfury Greatstaff for my Druid, which really makes me happy and nostalgic.
Void Storage is nice, but unfortunately a bit too restrictive. I have a lot of stuff in my bank from the many holidays that have come around, and I was hoping to empty a bunch out to free up some room. The biggest thing is that items labelled "unique" or items not soulbound cannot be deposited to VS. Many tabards, as well as other holiday things are all unique, and some of the holiday items like the Brewfest and Winter Veil gear are not soulbound, but I wanted to keep them nonetheless. So I deposited what I could, and at least freed up some room.
The Raid Finder has been one of the things I've been looking forward to most. As I've mentioned before, my schedule is very weird for when I can raid, so now I can raid whenever I want – as long as there's enough other people queuing as well. I was able to get into a group, and successfully get the four bosses currently available with little drama. We only wiped twice, and there were people taking charge of the raid to get things done.
We also got Tyrael's Charger. It's pretty.
All in all, there's some great new content that everyone can enjoy no matter what you do. Raider, casual player, leveling player, there's something for everyone. As I experience more of the new content, I'll post my thoughts about some of them. In the meantime, happy exploring!
Screenshot of the Week – November 19
This isn't a weekly feature anymore, obviously, but that doesn't matter!
Being Canadian and experiencing the Northern Lights on a number of occasions, I will never get tired of seeing them. Blizzard did a great job of making them in-game in Northrend, especially in Howling Fjord. This view looks toward Utgarde Keep, just over a Vrykul settlement. A moment of peace in an otherwise war-torn zone.
Excrement Excavations and YOU! (or, worst quests in WoW)
This is part of a Blog Azeroth Shared Topic – check out other articles about this topic from great authors around the WoW blogging community!
One of the very first things that anyone will do when they log into World of Warcraft on a new character will do is accept a quest. There's a big shiny yellow exclamation point above a nearby NPC that draws you in and compels you to right-click them. Then, for whatever reason, if you kill enough pigs you'll get a reward! How awesome is that?
More often than not, it's very awesome. Even moreso since the Cataclysm old world redesign, WoW's quest design has been amazing. Not too long ago, I did an article about some of my favourite quests in the game. This time we're going the opposite way, to some examples of the worst quests that are out there today. Not surprisingly, they mostly come from Outland and Northrend – but this is partly because I haven't done all of the new content yet.
RNG – the bane of all existence
The infamous random number generator (RNG) can be one of the best or worst things in the game. It is blamed for drops from mobs and bosses, block/parry/dodge/hit/miss chance, spawn rates, and quest item drops. There is a reason why the RNG is hated so much, and it's because of the simple fact that it's so very random.
Any quest that does not have a 100% chance to drop your item has the possibility to require you to spend an unhealthy amount of time trying to get what is required. Lately it seems that the drop rates for many quests have been improved, but there are many that are still very annoying. Good examples are in Zul'Drak, the quests to collect bat wings and spider ichor.
Isn't killing a BAD thing?
Falling in line with the RNG is the "kill mobs until something happens" style. Apparently the leaders or commanders of certain groups of mobs only appear after a certain amount of people die. It makes me very glad that I don't serve under them.
Three examples that came to mind immediately are all from Northrend. In Howling Fjord, you have to kill a number of Vrykul until the commanders show up for you to impale with a battle standard. In Zul'Drak, shortly after going to Zim'torga, many trolls need to die in order for certain mobs to show up and take their shinies. I just did this quest again yesterday, and it took way more time than it should have.
Excrement Excavations
This post could not happen without some mention of the poop quests. First appearing in Burning Crusade, there has been some sort of quest like this in random places since. To this day, my wife won't do the Hellfire Peninsula one.
The above-noted quest is called Shizz Work, and is given by a goblin foreman near Thrallmar. Part of a quest chain and open to both factions, it involves using a flute to summon a felhunter and digging through its "leavings" to find some keys. After digging through each pile, you get a debuff called "Stanky" that doesn't do anything but give you a green smelly aura.
Good idea, but enough already!
Once Blizzard finds a quest mechanic that they like, they tend to stick with it. Sometimes a bit too much, at times. There are quests where it's a fun mechanic, such as taking an abomination and blowing things up with it, but the amount of things required to blow up is a bit much.
A good example of this is the a quest in Zul'Drak for Drakuru to require a total of 60 trolls to be killed to draw out the three chieftains. I really enjoy things exploding, but it could have easily be done in half the amount of trolls and have the chieftains come with every 10 instead of every 20.
In closing…
Thankfully there is a good variety of types of quests in the game. Blizzard has done a great job, especially in the new Azeroth, of mixing things up. I hope that eventually we'll see a revamp of Outland and Northrend, and with that we can see some of the new mechanics introduced to these areas.
4.3 Instances of Awesome (I hope)
Looking around the WoW news community this morning gave me quite a bit of happiness. 4.3 looks like it's going to be incredibly awesome – and even though the word is used entirely too much these days, the word we're looking for is epic.
On top of the other features of the patch (transmogrification, void storage, raid finder tool, Darkmoon Faire revamp, among other things) we get the best part: the Deathwing raid and 5-man dungeons. Interviews were given from Tom Chilton and Greg Street (aka Ghostcrawler) across a few websites, and a bunch of information was given.
Basically, there will be three 5-man dungeons giving the story leading up to the Deathwing raid, all involving the Caverns of Time:
- The first one ("End Time") will be a dystopian future where Deathwing won and the world has been destroyed and remade the way he likes – all in ruins. The idea behind this is convince Nozdormu that he needs to get involved and help, or else there won't be much of anything to watch over.
- The second one ("Well of Eternity") will be during the War of the Ancients, where Deathwing first betrayed the aspects and created the Dragon/Demon Soul. It looks like we join Thrall to get the Demon Soul to use as a weapon against Deathwing in the present. Basically using the power to overload the essence within him, causing the big black dragon to burst from within.
- The third one ("Hour of Twilight") will be a flight to Wyrmrest Temple to begin the fight against Deathwing, raid-style. Along the way there will be battles against many foes trying to steal back the Demon Soul and prevent you from attacking the big bad guy, likely lots of Twilight people.
The final battle against Deathwing ("Dragon Soul") is in an instanced version of Wyrmrest Temple in Dragonblight (hopefully including the changes that happened in the Thrall: Twilight of the Aspects novel), with fights around and in the temple itself. At one point we get to be on Deathwing's back, trying to pry off his armour plating to get to his fleshy bits underneath. Apparently there will be a "balance" mechanic, as Deathwing isn't just going to be flying in a straight line – the raid will be a bunch of fleas on his back that he wants to shake off (do a barrel roll!).
Eventually, Deathwing ends up at the Maelstrom where he becomes a bit of a conglomeration between himself and an Old God minion. The phrase used in the interview with Ghostcrawler says that they call him "Cthulhu-Deathwing", tentacles included. All in all, this raid looks like it will be living up to my expectations and more.
Also included with this will be a new legendary, a set of two daggers for rogues specifically. This quest line will involve the uncorrupted black dragon egg that was the subject of a really good questline in the Badlands. At the end of it, there's nothing said about the future or fate of the new whelp, but it looks like we'll find out shortly.
For more reading, check out interviews at Joystiq, MMO-Champion, and Tankspot. The official World of Warcraft community site also has a bunch of information.
Screenshot of the Week – September 1
Been a little while for one of these, and since I'll be out of town for the long weekend I thought I'd throw it up early.
I was in Dragonblight helping my wife with some quests, and noticed the nice auroras. I live in Northern Canada, and even though I see the Northern Lights often, it never loses its wonder for me.
Memories of Azeroth: Naxxramas
Lately I've had difficulty having inspiration for a new post, and have been thinking about what to post about. Patch 4.2 has just recently dropped, but sites such as WoW Insider have much more comprehensive coverage of things in there than I could ever give. However, one thing that I can give is where I've come from through my time in WoW. Let's take a trip with the way-back machine to Wrath of the Lich King and look back at Naxxramas.
Naxx was one of the entry raids of WotLK, the other being Malygos in the Eye of Eternity. It was originally a 40-man raid at the end of Vanilla, but the difficulty level and attunement process was quite high at the time. Very few people were able to experience it, even through Burning Crusade. Thus Blizzard decided to bring it back in Wrath, along with updated items and tier armours.
This tier of raiding was the first time people got to experience having the choice between 10 and 25-man groups of the same instance. They were on separate lockouts, so if someone had enough time they could do both versions of the raid to get gear faster. Personally I felt it was better suited for 25-man raiding, as it is such a very large instance, and it feels even larger when there aren't as many people. The size of the instance and rooms were not changed from the original 40-man raid, so that probably has a bit to do with it.
There were four wings, each with a boss at the end that needed to be defeated before moving on to Sapphiron and Kel'Thuzad (originally – later through Wrath it was possible to skip the wings and go directly to them). The four quarters were: Military (or Death Knight), Plague, Spider, and Construct. Each wing was themed with similar trash mobs and bosses, with each having their own little special thing.
Back in Vanilla, Patchwerk was the DPS check for the instance. If the raid DPS was high enough to kill Patchwerk before he enrages, the group is probably ready to do the rest of the instance. Fortunately with Naxx being the first raid of the expansion, it was a little more forgiving.
I never had the chance to do it in Vanilla, but I have heard that the entire instance retains much of the original feel. Fights like Loatheb are still very difficult due to the very big mechanic of not being able to heal except for a few brief seconds every minute. Heigan still requires the entire raid to dance between the flames. Kel'Thuzad is still a royal pain if you're melee-heavy with the ice blocks.
Altogether it wasn't a bad instance, and I certainly enjoyed the time we had through it. There were certainly things that could have been improved, however. Standing out to me was the Instructor Razuvious fight in 25-man mode. It was a requirement for there to be two priests in the raid, as there are two adds that need to be mind controlled for the fight to tank the boss. In 10-man mode, there were crystals that were used for this reason so anyone could do it. Even though there are 25 people in a raid, there were a few times our guild couldn't do that quarter because we didn't have enough priests.
There were a LOT of bosses. 16 altogether (I'm counting the Four Horsemen as one boss), and while that allowed a lot of loot to be given out, it also made for a lot of time in one zone looking at the same stuff over and over again. I'm all for a lot of content, but sometimes there's a bit too much.
Class tier item sets dropped were re-skinned Tier 3, updated for Wrath. Some of my favourite tier sets are in tiers 3 and 7, so I was quite happy when I got my sets. Along with it were some very interesting looking weapons, including Journey's End and Origin of Nightmares (guess what spec I was during that time). Unfortunately, as much as feral Druids loved these two items we suffered the usual pains of not being able to see them while in combat.
This instance was a very good raid to start off the expansion with. It was perfect for Wrath's lore, and had a variety of fights that people had to adapt to very quickly. Thaddius and the positive/negative gimmick was always a lot of fun and very frustrating at the same time.
If you ask me, that's what raiding is supposed to be like – have fun while ripping your hair out. Good times.


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A traveling Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall is in Fort Myers at Hammond Stadium through the weekend. The traveling wall is a tribute to the men and women who died for their country.
The traveling wall is 370 feet long and has more than 58,000 names engraved on it. The wall travels to 60 locations a year.
It's tough for Bruce Miller to see the names.
The former Vietnam veteran admits he wasn't going to visit the wall, but felt a call from a long lost friend.
"It's a sign of respect to come here," said Miller.
David Lawson served in Vietnam from 1966 to 1968.
Lawson never thought he'd be able to see the wall, but happened to be in Southwest Florida on vacation.
"It's kind of overwhelming when you see how big it is and how many names are on there," said Lawson.
Along with the Vietnam Memorial there are other displays honoring those who served in the Korean War, the heroes of September 11th and those who served during the global war on terror.
The memorials will be in Fort Myers through Sunday, January 29th.
For a complete list of events and times, click here.
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The draft standard, BSR E1.6-1, Entertainment Technology--Powered Winch Hoist Systems, is available for public review from now through December 25, 2006. BSR E1.6-1 deals with powered winch systems that do not use serially manufactured electric chain hoists, and is intended to establish requirements for the design, manufacture, inspection, and maintenance of powered winch hoist systems for lifting and suspending loads in theatres and other places of public assembly. The public review materials are available here on the ESTA website.
The BSR E1.6-1 project is part of a larger E1.6 project to draft standards for powered rigging systems in theatrical venues. The project was announced to the American National Standards Institute and to the general public in late 1997, and originally was conceived as one document. However, after several public reviews of a unified BSR E1.6 draft document, it became clear that the large topic of powered rigging systems would be better handled by dividing the project into smaller documents. BSR E1.6-1 covers powered systems that use winches that are not serially-manufactured chain hoists, while BSR E1.6-2 covers powered systems that use serially manufactured chain hoists. BSR E1.6-2 was most recently made available to the public for comment in a review that ended May 22.
At its meeting on October 18, the Rigging Working Group voted to start a third part of this project: BSR E1.6-3, Safe Use of Serial Manufactured Electric Chain Hoists in the Entertainment Industry. The scope of the project is, as the name suggests, the operation and safe use of electric link chain hoists having capacity of two tons or less and used in the entertainment industry. This standard is not intended to cover the design and maintenance of the hoists, since that would be covered by E1.6-2.
Anyone interested in working on the BSR E1.6-3 project is invited to become involved, either by joining the Rigging Working Group or by commenting on the draft document when it is available for public review. Membership in the working group is open to all who are affected by the work of the group. There is no fee, and membership in ESTA or any other organization is not a requirement, but voting members are required to attend meetings regularly and to vote on letter ballots. The Rigging Working Group is particularly interested in having people who would represent a dealer or rental company join as voting members. This would help maintain a balance of interests in the working group. Information about joining a working group is available here on the ESTA website.
For more information, please contact:
Karl G. Ruling
Technical Standards Manager
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CATEGORIES MoviesCongratulations, folks! The 85th annual Academy Awards are on the horizon! So to tide you over until Hollywood's biggest night, Moviefone is pulling out the big guns: The Worst Dressed List.
Because, hey, what's even better than stars dressed beautifully? Stars dressed dreadfully!
Voila, the worst dressed Oscar attendees ever. (For a glimpse at some of the best dressed, click HERE.)


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Witton Gilbert couple to renew wedding vows on Valentine's Day
Updated 3:38pm Friday 8th February 2013 in News By Tony Kearney
A COUPLE who are celebrating love the second time around are helping to organise a Valentine's Day wedding vow renewal service.
David and Jennifer Wilcox married in 2007 in St Michael and All Angels, in Witton Gilbert, near Durham City, having both been widowed.
On Thursday, the pair, who are both retired, will renew their vows at the church where they married second time around and are inviting other couples to take part in the service.
Jennifer was widowed in 2001 and David three years later.
Mrs Wilcox said: "The church and our circle of friends were very supportive of us when we went through difficult times and I think they were willing us to get together.
"People have been very supportive and it was the wedding of the year in the village."
Mr Wilcox added: "We had known each other for years, and our children knew each other as well. As part of the same circle of friends, we have always enjoyed each other's company and we got together as a couple after having a cup of coffee together. That was in 2006 and we were married in 2007.
"We are delighted to be helping to organise the service and see it as a real celebration of marriage. It gives people the chance to renew their vows."
Canon Caroline Dick said: "I can't think of a better way to celebrate Valentine's Day than by returning to the church in which your married life began, renewing your marriage vows and sharing memories with others for whom our church means so much."
Couples wishing to take part can simply turn up for the 7pm service. People attending are invited to gather afterwards at the Travellers Rest, in Witton Gilbert.
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High on the hillside and nearly facing Cynical Pinnacle and The Sunshine Wall is the stunning yellow East face of The Bishop. From a distance, this gorgeous face appears to be nearly featureless, but for a single wide crack that cleaves the rock in two. In fact, The Bishop is host to several routes, including what may well be the best single pitch 5.11 crack in the state, hell, anywhere.
Getting There
Approach The Bishop as you would for Cynical Pinnacle. Parking can be had off JeffCo 96, 3.8 miles from the intersection with road 97 and the South Platte River. Hike up the mining road past the cutoff for The Dome. You can bushwhack a ridge line that provides line of sight guidance to The Bishop, in the past a cairn trail takes off from the drainage heading West. The hiking takes about 60 minutes, and it is indeed all uphill.
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Bishop Crack 5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b Trad, 1 pitch
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While Bishop Crack is a two pitch route, the first pitch gets my vote as the best single pitch 5.11 crack in Colorado. Several years ago we headed up to The Bishop with our minds full of sending the whole damn unit, however, there is nothing like having eyes far bigger than our stomachs.Bishop Crack starts left of center on the perfectly vertical East face, a brilliant yellow wall in the morning sun. A wide 5.8 squeeze gets the juices flowing for perhaps 30 ft. This seques into a fingers thin cr...[more] Browse More Classics in CO
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Virginia Western Community College Spokesman Josh Meyer says several of the people involved in a fatal accident in Craig Co. had ties to the school. Megan Bradley, the driver who was killed, is currently enrolled at VWCC. The two other girls who died in the accident were former students at Virginia Western, and one injured girl is a current student there. Meyer says intervention counselor Sherilyn Meixner is available at 857-6711.
Virginia State Police say they are still investigating the fatal accident that left two New Castle teens and another woman dead and sent two other teens to the hospital.
Troopers say it happened around 11:30 p.m. on Route 311 in Craig County. Investigators says 18-year-old Megan Bradley was heading southbound and attempting to pass another vehicle that was making a left turn when she lost control, ran off the road and hit a tree. Bradley was not wearing a seat belt, State Police say. She died at the scene.
Two passengers were also killed. 22-year-old Carleigh Taylor, died at the scene. 19-year-old Tia Gardner was taken to Roanoke Memorial Hospital and died a short time later. Two other female passengers in the vehicle, 19-year-old Jessica Stebar and a 16-year-old were both airlifted to Roanoke Memorial Hospital for their injuries.
State Police say the driver of second vehicle, 19-year-old Nicholas Fisher and his two passengers were not injured in the crash.
UPDATE: 10:20 a.m.
State police confirm five girls were in vehicle involved in fatal accident on Route 311 in Craig Co. Two died on the scene, one died at Carilion Roanoke Memorial, State Police say. The two others were airlifted. No word on their condition. One of the girls involved is a minor.
Three people in a second vehicle involved were not hurt.
Craig County Superintendent Kelly Wilmore confirms 4 former students and 1 current student were involved in a fatal accident near New Castle overnight. We are waiting for confirmation on the number of deaths and injuries from State Police.
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All I can say is WOW!! This album shows that there is still hope for heavy music. No rap or whiny voices here, just pure energy. I will agree it sounds alot like Pantera, but is that all bad? Everyone is influenced by someone else. How many bands sounded like Metallica back in the day… OH WELL! In many ways this is a more complete album than Pantera's later efforts. Every cd seems to have those tracks you have to skip. There may be one or two on this cd, but it's all about personal preference. If you like heavy metal like Lamb of God or Pantera, then I highly recommend this cd.
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Typically Throwdown is stereotyped easily as being a metalcore band due to them coming from Orange County like other bands such as Eighteen Visions and Bleeding Through. By the time they recorded 2005's Vendetta, their Pantera and Machine Head influences started to show more. Enter 2007, they've released Venom & Tears. Now, each Throwdown album is a soundtrack to a white-knuckle brawl. This album: an obliteration. More fast heavy riffs, quick thrashy drumming, and a first…actual guitars solos. A great album for fans, and if you weren't convinced before, this one might just convince you.
Very solid can't wait to get the other ones. I've had amazon recommend this band to me several times with other purchases, and for some reason I always ignored them. When this album came out I saw an ad for it on myspace so I listened to the first two tracks. I was sold immediatley. Its pretty much obvious they get influence from Pantera, the singer sounds much like Phil in his hoarse screaming and really the only difference in the instrumental sound is the guitar, I would say its heavier than Dimebag, although dimebag was probably better at coming up with a sweet riff, all of the songs on the album have very heavy catchy riffs. Highly recommend this album.
Venom and Tears is absolutely savage. It is crafted masterfully, from beginning to end. There is NO filler on this record, guaranteed. Throwdown manages to do what few heavy bands these days do. They create their own monster while tipping the hat to some truely classic sounds of the past. They know where the beating heart of metal comes from and they show it respect, and you get the sense that it's not just because it's paying the bills. They took time with these songs to carve out a beast. Vendetta was just a preview of things to come. If you're starving for some good metal, you will not be disappointed with this purchase.


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Located on Fife Lake, a 660 acre all sports lake, this cottage offers a large variety of water related activities. Canoe, Kayak, paddleboat and water toys are provided.
The cottage has front and rear decks on which to relax and catch the sun. A front porch sun room is a nice place to enjoy a good book during rainy days or cooler seasons.
The living room is comfortable with a beautiful view of the lake and sun sets.
The kitchen and dining area are original knotty pine giving that cozy 'Up-North' feel. Dishwasher, Microwave and water dispensor are provided. There is also a clothes washer and dryer.
The master bedroom has a Queen bed, second bedroom has a double bed and bunk beds. There is a pull out double in the living room and sun room.
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Year-round fishing includes walleye, bass, pike, perch and plenty of pan fish for the kids. Swimming off the dock or from the shore is pleasurable with the firm sandy bottom and gradual drop.
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The construction of the West Church Streetscape project began in June, 2014. The project will be under construction through September, 2014. During this time, portions of the street will be periodically closed to traffic. The city parking lot, located between West Market and West Church streets, may be accessed from West Market Street. Photo Gallery
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Monday, a judge sentenced Muff to seven years to be served in prison, and another 23 on probation.
19 year old Lentavious Morgan was the gun owner and the driver of the car the four were in. 21 year old Akeem Hines and 19 year William Davis are all charged with aggravated assault.
School Police say the four drove up and down Lippitt Drive past the school several times, when they stopped and started to argue with several students.
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AuSABLE FORKS — L. Post Rustics — Larry, Joann, Ryan and Jillian Post — create exquisite, rustic furniture and are racking up an oak-solid rep in the rustic world.
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"We were kind of floored about that," said Larry, who founded the business in 2004.
"All the other makers, artisans voted on who they felt did the best job. There are between 50 and 60 people voting."
A record number of fair attendees voted the Posts as the People's Choice.
Their display featured an array of tables, mirrors, paintings with custom frames, consoles and cabinets, including one spectacular piece commissioned around Christmas last year. It features paintings by Joann and mink and ermine carvings by Jillian.
"We had it completed prior to the show," Joann said. "We got permission from the woman who commissioned it to bring it to the show. It's a scene of the Upper Saranac. It's the scene outside her home."
"The woman asked me to carve a mink and ermine," Jillian said. "She sees a lot of them on her property."
The cabinet's side panels are carved to look like a tree and segue from rugged detail to a fine, more delicate design in the cabinet's center featuring alder leaves.
"She sees a lot of them on her property, too," Joann said. "It's a marshy area."
The Posts worked a good nine months on the commission.
"Jillian had to do her carvings first, and I had to do my paintings," Joann said. "The woman knew it was going to be quite some time with that much art."
A smaller but equally spectacular piece features idyllic vistas of Whiteface and the Ausable River.
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---- — PITTSBORO — It's said that the first step to fixing a problem is acknowledging it. That's just what residents of Pittsboro have done after attending Thursday night's Substance Abuse Awareness Meeting, which was put on by the Pittsboro Police Department.
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"Typically, the Pittsboro Police Department probably makes between 40 and 45 arrests a year," she said. "This year we're up to over 60. Also we used to never have burglaries in town, (but) about two or three years ago we started having two to three a year. We would solve them and every single suspect was an admitted drug addict feeding their addiction. They were either friends or family of the victim."
She said this year, there have been even more burglaries in town.
"We've actually had 12 burglary theft arrests, so far this year," Patterson said. "Ten out of the 12 were admitted drug addicts, mostly on heroin."
For the county this year, she said there have been 16 armed robberies.
"Out of the 16, the main reason the defendant gave was a heroin addiction," Patterson said. "(The county has) also prosecuted 40 burglaries this year and again the main reason that was given is drug addiction."
Despite the startling statistics, Patterson said she feels the community can come together to defeat the problem.
"I'm very proud to be part of this community," she said. "We're a strong community, we're a caring community, and I think we can come together as a community and help fight this problem."
The first speaker of the night was Frankie Andrews, North Carolina area director for the National Coalition Against Prescription Drug Abuse (NCAPDA).
Andrews was personally affected by prescription drug abuse after he lost his nephews, Matthew Absher, 25, and Brandon Moxley, 26, from overdoses on prescription drugs in 2006 and '10, respectively.
"Some things that I've been able to do is try to be proactive and try to raise awareness about my family's tragedy," Andrews said. "We've got flyers that we hand out. I've started a scholarship back home that the winner has to write an essay on prescription drug abuse and they have to present it to their graduating class. It's my hope that peers educating peers will have more of an impact than some old man up here trying to tell a story about his family."
He said prescription drug abuse has become a national epidemic.
"The last statistics I've seen is someone dies every 19 minutes from a prescription drug overdose," Andrews said. "By the time I get done running my mouth, someone will have died from a prescription drug overdose. We've got to do something about this. We as family members, we as parents, and we as peers, have got to do something about this and education is the first step."
He said in his home, he's already started the education with his 7 year old son by locking up all of the medicine in his house.
"Together, we'll lock this medicine up," Andrews said. "We lock it up, and when he needs it, we go unlock it together. I give him this medicine, and I explain to him why he's getting this medicine. When it's time to get taken off the medicine, I explain to him why he's being taken off of it. It's my hope, that by doing this with him, it will be second nature for him when he gets older."
He said he has already witnessed the difference it's made.
"We can go places like my mother's house and he can see a bottle of medicine on the cabinet and he'll say, '(Grandma) that's supposed to be locked up,'" Andrews said. "So it's already become second nature. I don't play games with my son when it comes to medicine."
The last speaker was Jazzmin Brown, 20, from Greenwood, who only 10 months ago was fighting for her life after an overdose on heroin.
Due to the overdose, Brown is now paralyzed, but it hasn't stopped her from trying to make a difference. She's started Jazzmin's Journey and acts as a mentor and motivational speaker.
"Obviously, God has a plan," she said. " … I think God wants me to share my story just so maybe, just maybe, I can plant a seed in someone's brain not to touch, experiment, lick, or even think about using drugs."
Brown said to this point, she's overcome many odds.
"When I was first in this position, I wasn't supposed to come off life support — your girl's off life support," she said. "Then I wasn't supposed to come off the trache (tracheotomy), well I'm off the trache, but I have the scar to prove it and it's a sideways heart. Whenever I was on the trache though, I couldn't talk because your airways are opened up, which means I wouldn't have a voice, (but) God has a different plan and he wants me to relay the message."
She added that doctors have told her she won't walk again. Her answer: "Watch me."
Brown urged parents to teach their kids about the dangers of drugs and to use her story as an example.
"Parents, school your kids on drugs," she said. "I want to say over-exaggerate to them, but there's no over-exaggerating about it. Strongly express to them drugs will lead you to three places: Jails, institutions, and death. If they don't believe you, let them know about Jazzmin Brown."
For more information on the NCAPDA, visit the website at www.ncapda.org. For more information about drugs locally, visit the Hendricks County Substance Abuse Task Force website at www.hcsatf.org.
To follow Jazzmin's Journey, search Facebook for Jazzmin's Journey: Directed by God, or on Twitter @Jazzie911.


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TiVo App for Android Phones and Tablets Troubleshooting
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Getting Started
For a list of features and to learn more about the TiVo App for Android, please visit: www.tivo.com/android
For the how-to guide, please visit: How to get started on the TiVo App for Android
For a feature comparison, please refer to the features page: www.tivo.com/android
The TiVo App for Android is compatible with:
Android Phones and 7-inch Tablets running Android 2.1 and higher
- HTC Android devices need to be running Android 2.2.2.
- These devices can download the TiVo App for Android through the Google Play store.
Android Tablets (with screen sizes larger than 7-inches, and running Android 3.1 or higher).
- These devices can download the TiVo App for Android through the Google Play store.
Kindle Fire
- The Kindle Fire can download the TiVo App for Android through the Amazon Appstore.
The TiVo App for Android is compatible with the following DVRs:
- Retail TiVo Roamio Series and Premiere Series DVRs
- Suddenlink, RCN, Charter, Grande Communication, GCI, and Midcontinent Communications Premiere series DVRs
- TiVo Series3 and HD DVRs (limited functionality)
Network Remote ControlMake sure you enable the "Network Remote Control" setting on your DVR. You can do this by using the following path:
From TiVo Central, go to Settings and Messages > Settings > Remote Control, CableCARD, and Devices > Network Remote Control.
Common Troubleshooting
Select a symptom from the list below for troubleshooting instructions:
- My Android device can't find my TiVo DVR
NOTE: HTC Android devices need to be running Android 2.2.2.
If you are experiencing issues locating your TiVo DVR through the TiVo App for Android device:
- Make sure your Android Phone or Tablet is using the Wi-Fi connection and not 3G/4G.
- Make sure the "Network Remote Control" setting on your TiVo DVR is enabled. To verify, go to TiVo Central > Settings and Messages > Settings > Remote Control, CableCARD, and Devices > Network Remote Control.
- Verify that your TiVo DVR is connected to your network. To do this:
- Series3 DVR: From TiVo Central go to Messages & Settings > Settings > Phone & Network > View network diagnostics > TiVo service connection
- Premiere series DVR: From TiVo Central > Settings and Messages > Settings > Network & Phone > View network diagnostics > Test Internet connection
- Powercycle the TiVo DVR. Once restarted, connect it with the Android device again.
- If still unsuccessful, then restart your network router by unplugging it, waiting 30 seconds and plugging it back in. Once the router restarts and your Android device has reconnected to your router, attempt to locate and connect to your DVR on your Android device again.
NOTE: The TiVo app uses the Bonjour discovery system and in some instances, certain routers do not support this system. Please check with your router manufacturer to determine if there is a defect and if upgrade is available.
- If you are using a wireless connection on your TiVo DVRs, you may want to consider using a wired connection through Ethernet or MoCA. This will improve the speed of your video downloads.
- My Android device can't connect using my Media Access Key
Verify that your Android is in fact attempting to connect to your TiVo DVR. If you share a network connection, the Android device may be attempting to connect to a TiVo DVR on another account. If your Android is attempting to connect to your TiVo DVR, verify that you entered the correct Media Access Key (MAK). To do this from TiVo Central, go to: Settings and Messages > Account and System Information > Media Access Key.
IMPORTANT: Newly activated TiVo DVRs should receive their Media Access Keys within 24-48 hours of activation.
If the Media Access Key is still not available from the TiVo DVR after that time period then please attempt this workaround:
- Sign in to your account on http://www.tivo.com.
- Once logged in: select My TiVo from the tabs on the top, My account from the navigation pane on the left, and then DVR preferences.
- Find the TiVo DVR that does not show the Media Access Key and uncheck both Video Sharing and Enable video downloads.
- Click Save on the bottom.
- Return to DVR preferences.
- On the same TiVo DVR, re-enable Video Sharing and Enable video downloads.
NOTE: To do this, repeat Steps 3-4.
- Click Save on the bottom.
- Wait 15 minutes and then force a connection to the TiVo service.
- When the service call is complete check again for the Media Access Key.
- My Android device can only connect to my TiVo DVR using My Account login
Make sure your Android device is using the Wi-Fi connection and not 3G/4G.
- I get the message "In order to use this application, you need to be connected to the Internet"
- Make sure your Android device is not in "Airplane Mode."
- Verify that your router and modem are operational.
- When selecting some programs in My Shows, the information section lists "To Be Announced" or "No Information available"
Programs that have been transferred to your TiVo DVR from another TiVo DVR or TiVo Desktop currently do not transfer the data required by the TiVo App for Android to display the program information. The program information is required for the app to perform functions such as Watch now.
- I renamed my TiVo DVR and now the TiVo App for Android lists both the new name and old and name, and won't let me select either
The local network has cached the old name. Please reboot your TiVo DVR to clear out the cache.
- I have enabled Network Remote Control on my TiVo Series3 DVR but the TiVo App for Android still prompts me to enable Network Remote Control
On TiVo Series3 DVRs, it is sometimes necessary to reboot the TiVo DVR for the Network Remote Control setting to take effect. Please try rebooting your TiVo DVR.
- The keyboard does not work with some applications/features on my TiVo Series3 DVR
When using a TiVo Series3 DVR, the keyboard only works when using Search by title and WishList.
- My TiVo DVR shows up as "DVR-####" after scanning for TiVo DVRs
The TiVo App for Android could not fully assess your TiVo DVR information due to a failure with Bonjour Discovery on your network. Instead of showing your TiVo DVR's name, your TiVo DVR is being identified as "DVR-####", where "####" is the last four characters of your TiVo serial number. The TiVo App can still connect to the TiVo DVR in this state and all features supported on the TiVo App for the DVR will work as normal.
- I can't use Out-of-Home Streaming with my Android device
Out-of-Home Streaming is currently not available on Android devices. TiVo is actively working to provide this functionality, and will announce Android streaming capability when it becomes available. For more information on TiVo App for Android, see TiVo app for smartphones and tablets.
- TiVo App for Android Phone software version information
Version 1.9 (March, 2013)
- Support for Jelly Bean (Android 4.2)
- Support for Amazon's Kindle Fire HD 8.9 (published as "TiVo for Kindle Fire HD 8.9" in Amazon App store
- Additional Away Mode functionality so you can manage Season Passes and ToDo Lists while on the go!
- The new TiVo tablet Browse experience:
- TiVo-authored collections (e.g., Academy Awards, Tebow Zone) published directly to your tablet
- Fast navigation from collection to collection
- Improved guide performance
- General bug fixes
Version 1.6.2 (October, 2012)
- Added support for 7" screens with 1280x800 resolutions
- General bug fixes
Version 1.6.1
- Improved TiVo DVR discovery
- Data caching improvements throughout Application
- General Bug Fixes
- Performance and stability enhancements
Version 1.6
- Added support for Android Tablets larger than 7"
Version 1.5.1 (March, 2012)
- Exit Button Added (accessible from Android "Menu" button)
- Native Resolution Support for 960x540 Resolution.
Version 1.5 (January, 2012)
- Initial TiVo App for Android Phone release.
- Available for Android 2.1 and above.


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International Conference on Fisheries and Aquaculture ( ICFA) - 2014
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Lark in the Park hailed a success and will be repeated next year (From Stroud News and Journal)
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Lark in the Park hailed a success and will be repeated next year
9:50am Friday 10th August 2012 in News By SNJ Reporter
HUNDREDS braved the weekend's downpours to enjoy two days of fantastic live music at The Door Youth Project's first Lark in the Park festival.
Staged at Berkeley Castle, the event kicked off on Friday night with 80s glam-rock headliners Doreen Doreen.
Saturday night saw Dire Straits tribute act Shire Straits perform a medley of the classic hits, despite increasingly heavy showers keeping audience numbers lower than the previous evening.
Among the packed bill of other crowd-pleasing bands who performed were funk specialists Dysfunktional from Bristol, renowned Five Valleys 1950s rockers The Boogie Bop Boys and Stroud favourites
Inbetween Days and Lost Monkey.
A host of young people from The Door's own Undiscovered Youth Talent Contest performed on Saturday, including the Rebel Cheesecutters, Ciara Wakefield and ventriloquist Kieran Powell, who had been
on site all week helping to set up for the event.
Festival-goers also enjoyed visits from Peppa Pig and Buzz Lightyear in the children's tent, which included rides, face painting and a medieval themed art competition to tie in with the historic
Brendan Conboy, chief executive at The Door, said: "From a festival point of view it was a success. The comments we had from people was that they really enjoyed themselves.
"But from a business point of view, unfortunately we did not raise as much as we would have liked.
"What we have done however, is establish a new music festival which we hope to take forward and make an even bigger success in future."
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Holly Cross residents hope developers take their ideas into consideration for redevelopmentUPDATED 11:03 PM CST Jan 30, 2014
Holly Cross residents provide ideas for the redevelopment of the site of the old Holy Cross High School.Video Transcript
NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE THEIR OWN IDEA ABOUT WHAT TO DO WITH THE SITE OF THE OLD HOLY CROSS HIGH SCHOOL. WDSU NEWS REPORTER GINA SWANSON GOT A LOOK AT THE PROPOSALS AND JOINS US NOW LIVE AT 10 WITH WHAT IS INCLUDED. THE HOLY CROSS SCHOOL SITE HAS SAT VACANT SINCE HURRICANE KATRINA. ITS PRIME REAL ESTATE RIGHT ALONG THE RIVER. SOME HAVE PROPOSED A HIGH RISE CONDOS FOR THE SITE. THIS AFTERNOON NEIGHBORS HAD SOME IDEAS OF THEIR OWN. THE HOLY CROSS SCHOOL SITE IS SACRED GROUND IN THE LOWER NINTH WARD. that's the most important property in the lower 9th ward NEIGHBORS HAVE KEPT A CLOSE EYE ON PLANS FOR ITS FUTURE. IN AN AREA SLOW TO COME BACK AFTER HURRICANE KATRINA NEIGHBORS WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE IS NO FAST TRACKED DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT THEIR INPUT. we have to do all that we can do as a community and resources are limited for us we are not opposed to development we expect to be part of the process when you com and tell us here is what I want you will also say what is it that you want and when we answer you will listen THAT'S WHAT BROUGHT TOGETHER THE LOWER NINTH WARD VISION COALITION. THE GROUP PRESENTED THREE ALTERNATE PLANS FOR THE FUTURE OF HOLY CROSS. we want this building to continue to serve the community. Whether it be through school use through arts use through vocational training THE PLANS INCLUDE A MIX OF RESIDENTIAL HOUSING GREEN SPACE AND BUILDINGS FOR COMMUNITY USE. THIS COMES AFTER PROPOSED HIGH RISE CONDO BUILDINGS FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD STIRRED CONTROVERSY AND LEAD TO THIS PROTEST LAST SUMMER. WHILE THE HIGH RISE PLAN IS ON HOLD FOR NOW...NEIGHBORS HOPE IT'S THE COMMUNITY- DEVELOPED PLAN THAT WILL SHAPE THE HOLY CROSS NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE FUTURE. NEIGHBORS IN THE LOWER NINTH WARD HELD A SERIES OF 5 COMMUNITY MEETINGS TO COME UP WITH PLANS FOR THE HOLY CROSS SITE. NOW THEY ARE HOPING THE CURRENT DEVELOPER WILL TAKE THEIR IDEAS INTO CONSIDERATION. RIGHT NOW.. WE CONTINUE TO
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Dallas and Oklahoma City are tied at halftime as the Mavericks try to avoid being swept by the Thunder.
Oklahoma City led most of the first half and was up by as many as seven points, but the Mavericks, led by Dirk Nowitzki, were able to come back and tie the game 47-47 at halftime.
Nowitzki leads all scorers at the half with 13 points. He is also the high assist man in the game with four. Ian Mahinmi has been big off the bench for the Mavericks, scoring seven points in just four minutes.
James Harden came off the bench to lead Oklahoma City with 12 points. Kevin Durant is also in double figures for the Thunder with 10. The Thunder played much of the first half without starting center Kendrick Perkins, who left the game in the first quarter with a right hip strain.
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The most important predators are golden eagles, grizzly bears, wolverines and other scavengers. The golden eagles are the most important predator of the calves when they are born at the calving grounds. Adult caribou fall prey to wolves. Wolves harvest approximately 3-5 percent of the herd each year. Grizzly bears are found on both the summer and winter ranges of the Porcupine Caribou Herd and eat adult caribou as well as many kinds of plants, berries and other animals. Wolverines cannot kill healthy adult caribou, but they do prey on newborn calves, cows giving birth and other weak adults.
Mosquitoes are sometimes referred to as "micro-predators," because of the damage they cause to the caribou. A Russian study revealed that mosquitoes can take as much as 125 cc of blood daily from adult animals. Malnutrition results when feeding patterns are affected. Mosquitoes distract the animals from feeding and prevent the cows from nursing their young. Animals sometimes rush about in frustration and injure themselves or other caribou.
Over the years, the PCMB has seen many health "scares" concerning the Porcupine Caribou.
Following the explosion of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor in 1986, levels of radioactive cesium rose in the herd for some time. The PCMB responded by conducting an extensive public education campaign and arranged for the residents of the caribou communities to be tested for radiocesium by Health and Welfare Canada. The tests revealed extremely low levels of contamination and concluded that there was no health risk to people, even on a steady diet of caribou.
In the fall of 1992, the Canadian Wildlife Service released a report which stated that there could be health risks from cadmium contamination for people eating Porcupine Caribou under certain conditions. After a thorough examination of data and a public education program, the PCMB concluded that there was no realistic health risk to anyone eating caribou kidneys or livers. Several Old Crow residents were tested for cadmium toxicity, and there was none found. Tests from caribou samples for 1991-97 show that cadmium levels are not increasing in the Porcupine Caribou Herd.
The only other contaminant in the Porcupine Caribou that has been investigated is mercury. It was reported at the November 1995 meeting that although mercury levels in caribou for 1991-94 were slightly higher, the mercury was not in the toxic methyl mercury form and so is not considered a health hazard.
The health advisory issued by the Yukon Health and Social Services in 1997 recommends limiting consumption of Porcupine Caribou kidneys to 25 servings per person for the year. The consumption limit for Porcupine Caribou livers should be 12 servings per person for the year.
Caribou samples sent in by hunters and any samples taken during body condition monitoring are submitted for testing every year.
Parasites and diseases are a natural part of any wildlife population. However, if there is a change in the frequency of occurrence or if the environment changes, the effects of these parasites and diseases may become more important to the caribou.
The larvae of tapeworms (Echinococcus granulosis) live in the lungs of caribou in a fibrous cyst. When animals eat infected lungs of caribou, they can grow in the animal's gut. Those animals in turn can pass the worm's eggs in their feces. These tapeworms can pose a serious risk to human health. People become infected by ingesting food or water contaminated by infected wolf or dog feces. The eggs hatch and larvae form a cyst in humans that then have to be surgically removed.
Another type of flatworm larvae found in caribou is Taenia hydatigena, which produces cysts on the livers of caribou. These cysts probably don't affect the health of the caribou, and there is no known danger to people from this species of tapeworm.
A third kind of flatworm larvae found in caribou is the Taenia krabbei, which migrates to the heart and muscles to form yellowish-white cysts.
Thread lungworms (Dictyocaulus) are roundworms found in the lungs where their eggs are laid and hatch. The tiny immature worms migrate up the windpipe and are eventually swallowed and deposited on the vegetation in the feces. They grow and, if eaten by a caribou, travel through the bloodstream to reach the lungs where the cycle starts again. The impact of thread lungworms can cause pneumonia.
A protozoan called besnoitia can cause cause "cornmeal disease," so named because it causes roughening and pitting in the bones and tendons. Most infestations have been light, well tolerated and of no consequence to the animal.
Brucellosis is a bacterial disease that is transmissible to humans by caribou. In female caribou, the infection can cause abortion, retained afterbirth (which may cause infection) and giving birth to weak calves with a poor prognosis for survival. In humans, the disease is called undulant fever. Humans can be infected by milk, aborted fetuses or the body organs and marrow from infected caribou. The flu-like symptoms can be severe, and hospitalization might be required.
Warble flies (Oedemagnena tarandi) and nasal bot flies can cause the caribou to run about wildly and lose the body fat the need to gain during the summer months. Warble flies are known to affect the nutritional balance, cause allergic responses and suppress immune responses in caribou. Animals weakened by warble infection are more susceptible to other diseases, predation and environmental stress. Nasal bot flies can cause nasal discharge and coughing and may block breathing to some extent, but their effect on the overall body condition of the caribou is unclear.
Caribou that are chased by snowmobiles and aircraft can suffer from stress syndrome. Sudden and violent exertion causes changes in the muscle as chemicals from the functioning of the muscles build up faster than the blood can remove them. Such changes in the muscle can cause the caribou to die hours, days or even weeks after the chase. As well, a panicked caribou can injure itself, or suffer frostbite in the lungs from panting in extreme cold.
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What does this blockbuster trade between the Blackhawks and Thrashers mean for Chicago's salary cap issues?
It means the Hawks now have $2.3MM in cap space for next season, with 13 players signed. It means the Hawks now have the cap space to qualify (and re-sign, if they are so inclined) Andrew Ladd, Antti Niemi, Niklas Hjalmarsson and Jack Skille. It also means they still have at least two big moves to make.
Let's say Bowman re-signs Ladd, Niemi and Hjalmarsson at $2.75MM, $3MM and 2.25MM, respectively.
That puts them $5.7MM over the cap, with 16 players signed.
I know, I know. Bury Huet in the AHL. Promote Crawford. Okay. Recalculating... All right. Now it's only $890K over the cap, with 16 players signed. Let's fill out the roster with minimum wagers, call it $700K per player. Four time $700K is $2.8MM, so add that in, and you get...
$3.7MM over the limit, but with a full roster. So, there are still one or two moves left to make.


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Masturbating with silicone lube. Feels awesome but requires soapy water as part of cleanup.
He's going to get caught on one of those bathroom runs after a Wax and Wash.
by kmfrayed February 17, 2012
The act of having heterosexual intercourse while the female in on her period. When finishing, man pulls out blood covered penis (waxed) and has female suck it clean orally (washed)
Travis: "So, did you do anything crazy last night?"
Donald: "Yeah, I gave her the Wax and Wash!"
Donald: "Yeah, I gave her the Wax and Wash!"
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In May 2002, NBC announced Brian Williams will succeed Tom Brokaw as Anchor and Managing Editor of NBC Nightly News (after the 2004 Presidential election.) It is the first announced change in the major network evening news anchors in over two decades.
- Until January 2004, Anchor and Managing Editor of The News with Brian Williams on CNBC
- Anchor and Managing Editor of the Saturday edition of NBC Nightly News for six
- Following the terrorist attacks of September 11th, Williams was on the air for days of continuous coverage.
- In 1994, NBC News Chief White House Correspondent.
- He covered almost every foreign and domestic trip by the Pres. Clinton until 1996.
- Williams was the only television news correspondent to accompany three U.S. presidents -- Clinton, Bush and Carter -- to Yitzhak Rabin's funeral in Israel.
- He spent 7 years at CBS's owned-and-operated stations division as anchor and correspondent for WCBS-TV in New York
- Began at CBS as a correspondent for the network-owned WCAU-TV in Philadelphia
- Correspondent at WTTG-TV in Washington, D.C.
- Started his broadcasting career at KOAM-TV in Pittsburg, Kansas.
- Worked in the White House during the Carter administration, first as an intern
- Assistant administrator of the political action committee of the National Association of Broadcasters
- Served several years as a volunteer firefighter in New Jersey.
A native of both Elmira, New York, and Middletown, New Jersey
Attended George Washington University and the Catholic University of America, but did not graduate.
He and his wife, Jane Stoddard Williams, have two children.
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Info: Brian Williams discusses his passion for history, books and his career path to the anchor chair. Williams took over as anchor for NBC Nightly News on Dec. 2nd, 2004. He's been with NBC News since 1993. The interview took place in his office at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City.


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Highway Safety - Car Seats
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For detailed information on car seats, booster seats and Utah's laws visit clickitutah.org and boosttil8.com
For Child Passenger Safety Training click here.
Utah's Child Restraint Law states: The operator of a motor vehicle operated on a highway shall provide for the protection of a person younger than eight years of age by using a child restraint device to restrain each person in the manner prescribed by the manufacturer of the device.
Children younger than eight are not required to be in a booster seat if they are at least 57 inches tall. At that point, they should use the lap and shoulder belt without a booster.
The penalty for breaking this law is $45. Failure to properly secure children is a primary offense, so a driver may be pulled over if anyone in the vehicle under age 19 is not properly restrained. This does not mean simply restrained in a seat belt. Children ages seven and younger must be restrained in an age-appropriate child safety seat or booster seat.
For more information on car seat safety, visit the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's page on Child Safety.
For a comprehensive guide for parents, click here for NHTSA's Parents Guide to Playing It Safe with Kids and Cars.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois House members voted Tuesday to approve half a dozen regulations on assault weapons, but the votes are not final.
The House approved three separate definitions of what constitutes an "assault weapon".
In one heated exchange, State Representative Dennis Reboletti accused Democrats of not following House procedure and using the assault weapons issue for political purposes.
"I didn't hear any testimony in Judiciary from the Chicago Police Department regarding what guns have been major problems," said Reboletti, (R) 46th District. "I do know they said less than 3 percent of crime they investigated, the homicides, dealt with assault weapons. At the end of the day, this is not about public safety. This is all about politics."
"These are human lives," said State Representative Edward Acevedo, (D) 2nd District. "Yes, the gang issues are correct. The drug dealers, yes, that's correct. What about the people in Aurora? What about the kids in Sandy Hook?"
Most Republicans did not vote on the amendments to the assault weapons ban and House members still need to vote on the entire proposal as a whole.


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McDonnell charges mirror others for area leaders
The indictment of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife Maureen is strikingly similar to charges against other Washington-area leaders in the past few years, and even the past few decades.
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D.C. pushes to decriminalize marijuana
A majority of D.C. City Council members and Mayor Vince Gray support removing local criminal penalties for marijuana possession, and that could lead to hundreds fewer arrests each year.
Md. property values head in different directions
Home values are rising in much of Washington's Maryland suburbs, but new property assessments show signs of continued trouble in southern and western Maryland and on the Eastern Shore.
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Montgomery Co. bag tax on track to bring in $2 million
Montgomery County's bag tax is set to bring in about $2 million to clean up local rivers.
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Trading parking spots for bike lanes in Alexandria
After months of wrangling, bike lanes are coming to a stretch of King Street in Alexandria, Va.
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Police offer businesses robbery prevention tips, advice to witnesses (Video)
After a number of gas station and convenience store robberies, the Prince George's County Police Department is out with tips to prevent others and some advice for witnesses.
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What belongs in your storm emergency kit
When flurries threaten the Washington area, everyone runs to the store. But do you really know what to buy for your emergency kits?
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Police offer driver safety tips ahead of wintry weather
With snow and later ice predicted to fall over the D.C. region Sunday, emergency responders urge drivers to remember some basic winter weather rules.
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Drivers can reserve parking spots at Silver Line station
The only parking garage set to open in conjunction with the Silver Line is at the Wiehle-Reston East station, and drivers can begin reserving spots now.
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Grammy winner visits Maryland high school
A Montgomery County high school jazz band got a special treat Tuesday when multi-Grammy-winning artist and Medal of Freedom recipient Arturo Sandoval came to visit its practice.
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A fun way to wish someone on their anniversary.
Wish a couple on their anniversary with this beautiful ecard.
A beautiful card with soft music for the most romantic day of your life.
Send warm anniversary wishes to your loved ones.
Wish your wife/ beloved on your anniversary with this heartfelt message.
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