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WASHINGTON -- A man has been rescued after he spent nearly nine hours stuck in a trench in Fairfax County Thursday afternoon.
The dramatic rescue happened on the 7400 block of Venice Street in the Falls Church section. Fairfax Fire and Rescue says an excavation crew was digging in the yard of a single-family home when the trench collapsed on top of a construction worker shortly before 4 p.m. Thursday.
The man was buried up to his chest about 15 feet below the surface and was finally pulled out shortly before 1 a.m. Friday.
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Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Captain Robert Konczal says it was a tedious rescue because the muddy ground kept caving in when they tried to get him out.
"Because of the recent rains, and the amount of dirt that was next to the trench, it was very unstable, and it was extremely hazardous for both the victim and the [rescuers]," he said. "There was constant danger of a secondary collapse."
Rescuers were concerned about the man's body temperature because the ground was cold and wet, so they brought in heaters to keep the man warm.
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It's not quite as enticing as eating cereal at Per Se, but when some power brokers dined at Eleven Madison Park recently, they joked about wanting a "double cheeseburger" while browsing the high-end menu. As fate (and omnipresent Danny Meyerly hospitality owner or not) would have it, the waiter presented the group with a plate of Shake Shack cheeseburgers, presented under an elegant dom, with a price tag of just under seven bucks. [NYP]
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While The Easybeats had Friday on their mind, RocKwiz have Monday on theirs when the new season launches on Monday March 24 with a special episode saluting Australian songwriters Harry Vanda and George Young.
Joining the delightful Julia Zemiro, charismatic showman Brian Nankervis, beloved human scoreboard Dugald and the RocKwiz Orkestra, are a cavalcade of stars including Doc Neeson (The Angels), Isabella Manfredi (The Preatures), The Basics (the band featuring Wally De Backer aka Gotye), Steve Kilbey, and Gossling to name just a few.
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As the inboxes of Labour's 257 Members of Parliament continue to clog up with subtle (and not so subtle) appeals for support in the forthcoming beauty contest that is the shadow cabinet election, our back-of-a-fag-packet calculations indicate a potentially embarrassing problem for the boys.
Rule changes reserve at least 31.5% of the 19 places (that's 6 in old money) for women, two more than the last time Labour elected its top team in 1996.
However the current shadow cabinet contains 19 men (excluding Nick Brown as chief whip). When you remove declared retirees like Alastair Darling, Bob Ainsworth and Jack Straw you drop to 16. Then take out one of the leadership contenders so we're down to 15. But there are no more than 13 places available for those with an Y chromosome. This is before insurgents from the lower ranks break through. And, of course, there may well be more than six women elected. Sunder Katwala has a good piece on this over at Next Left.
An embarrassing game of political musical chairs beckons if the 15 run as expected:
- A Miliband
- Ed Balls
- Andy Burnham
- Liam Byrne is said to be marauding
- Pat McFadden
- Alan Johnson has thrown his hat in
- John Denham
- Sadiq Khan has declared
- Hilary Benn
- Douglas Alexander
- Shaun Woodward
- Jim Murphy
- Peter Hain
- John Healey looks likely
- Ben Bradshaw
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WASHINGTON - This weekend brings metal, alt-folk and a well-known American singer to the D.C. area.
Friday at the Barns at Wolf Trap, Lisa Marie Presley is scheduled to perform. Her latest album, "Storm & Grace" is a solid set of songs.
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Saturday at the 9:30 Club, Florida-based alt-folkers Sister Hazel are scheduled to perform in celebration of their 20th anniversary as a band.
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Sunday at the 9:30 Club, cartoonish metal band GWAR is scheduled to perform.
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The U.S. Supreme Court this week declined to hear an appeal in support of a controversial Illinois law prohibiting people from recording police officers on the job. By refusing to hear the issue, the justices left in place a federal appeals court ruling that found that the state's anti-eavesdropping law violates free-speech rights when used against people who audiotape police officers.
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DJ Megatron Shot Dead at Age 32by Hilton Hater at . Comments
DJ Megatron, a popular radio and TV personality in New York, was shot and killed early Sunday morning. He was 32.
The host of the show What's Good was found near his home in Staten Island with a gunshot wound to the chest, according to The Associated Press. His manager Justin Kirkland (aka J. Smoove) says Megatron was headed to a store at the time.
"He probably had one of the best personalities around, super-positive, happy all the time," Kirkland said.
Megatron, whose real name was Corey McGriff, was an aspiring hip hop artist who kicked off his career on New York's Kiss FM. He is survived by three children and no arrests have been made in the case.
They don't know who did it, yet. . .They've made no arrests. So, how do you know the cause was jealousy? Maybe it was robbery????
Anytime I hear of a young person at the prime of their life passing it tears me up inside.I feel for his whole family.And I also hope the pig who took this life rots in the gutters of Hell.
To be young, gifted & black is a curse among our own black people - especially in the hip hop world. To kill another human being out of jealousy is sad because you are only killing yourself with hate. It will eat you up alive. GOD don't like ugly. The HATE IS EATING THEM ALIVE MY FRIENDS. And that goes for the people they never found for the killings of Biggie Smalls, Tupac, & we MUST not forget Run DMC. Why can't they find these people is beyond me. But GOD knows & eventually they will PAY one way or the other. It's only a matter of time. RIP My Beautiful One!
This has to stop. I'm sick & tired of killings. This was a young man with a young family & now their world has been destroyed for what? Is the killer happy now taking a man away from his family. These pointless killings are getting worse & something has to be done. Killing someone for whatever the reason is NOT the answer. It doesn't make you clever or hard etc. Just a f**king loser with no bottle to handle your own sh*t. RIP & prayers to his family. Didn't know him but he got off his backside & worked hard to provide for his family & made some fans along the way (will be remembered for his positive energy). I hope the killer never finds peace & is caught soon. That will not bring him back (they say the good die young) but hopefully, help the family to find a little peace.
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Mayor John Engen was re-elected in a landslide win Tuesday.
Engen pulled in 10,028 votes. Peggy Cain came in second with 2,515.
Engen was first elected in 2006, after a year as a Missoula City Council member. He ran unopposed in the 2009 election.
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In defence of Kim Dotcom…June 13 - 9am
Following the illegal surveillance of the Megaupload founder, why have heads not rolled within government?
That is the question on the tip of Hank Wolfe's tongue, a University of Otago security expert who believes charges should be laid and the government should "fess up" to its part in the spying saga.
Dotcom's extradition case hearing was delayed once again earlier this week, but Wolfe believes the focus should be on those in office, not the internet mogul.
"The whole case is illegal for so many reasons," he told Stuff.co.nz.
"The FBI stole his material. They had no right to do that. The GCSB had no right to surveil him.
"They didn't have a proper warrant. They broke the law."
After ordering an inquiry into the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) after the unit's staff were alleged to have unlawfully acquired communications relating to the Megaupload case, Prime Minister John Key has yet to make anybody accountable.
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Hilary Mantel has won the 2012 Booker Prize for Bring Up the Bodies, the sequel to her 2009 Booker Prize winner Wolf Hall. She is only the third author in the history of the prize to win twice—and she has the distinct honor of being the first to win for both a novel and its sequel!
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Assuming the power recently lost by the disgraced Cardinal Wolsey, Thomas Cromwell counsels a mercurial Henry VIII on the latter's efforts to marry Anne Boleyn against the wishes of Rome and many of his people, a successful endeavor that comes with a dangerous price.
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This is another of my custom Rebel snipers! Unlike the other one, this one has more Rebel Commando based armor and gear. I was inspired to make him when I watched the Onderon arc of the Clone Wars, s …
Hey guys! Here's another chapter of APTHE! I'm sorry that this miniseries has almost taken a WHOLE ENTIRE YEAR TO FINISH!!! I was writing a book earlier on in the year and now I am polishing it and m …
I think you understand whats going on in the pictures
as the co leader for the 405th I need a character so here he is!
can go Through anything
This is what happens when Jek14 runs into a bunch of droids!! :)
a video game based on the movies- star wars battlefront 2-with many trooper classes to choose from, and many awesome battles
This is my creation, 2 people are selling stuff they found from a battle field
This is my creation, there has just been a battle and there are lot's of part's that are left from the battle
This is my creation, this is a clone driving a bull bike
This is my creation, a clone is driving his patrol bike
This is my creation, this is the mega blaster and it takes up to 3 people to use it
This is my creation, 1 clone and 2 death star guard's are guarding an area on a big tree
these are the rules for making a mandolorian in my club the emerald elites, Your troop doesn't have to be mandolorian but give it green at least (see example pics.). You can make as many as you want. …
This is for a club sorry I forgot to do this
clones prepare themselves for an attack on the separatist army
Join the light side you must. evil the sith are.
Grievous in a lightsaber duel with Obi Wan Kenobi!
Can I be in gold squadron please pilots name crossfire
it is more volumetric work than my previous one. Yes, and it's the same hot P.S. if the work is not like then do not write that it is idiotic, and just write what you do not like
Happy Thanksgiving
If you want to join the JMA all you have to do is make a custom Jedi and tag it JMA. please join!!!
Hello omfdecalinc employees! Or should I say troopers! Yes, I'm turning it more into a club and it'll be ready around dec1. Omfdecalinc will still be running while I'm updating so don't worry!
i just got two characters and boom! finished!
Is the faster ship in all the galaxies
Prolouge: Earlier today, republic scientists found a buzz droid in its shell in the Chancellor's suite. Now a team of some shock troopers, clone engineers, and Dr. Goff Forsett of Mon Cala go to a re …
They are important for empire
Commander Gree is taking his best troop to take out a secret droid base. When they get there, they will call in some more renforcemets to help with the job.
Thats powerful than all droids and troopers
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Given the all-singing, all-dancing media circus the international collections have become, Jil Sander's quietly dignified, even pure aesthetic signifies a moment of calm just as it always has done. For her second season back at her eponymous label the designer sent out the lovely cashmere coats with which she made her name in camomile, burnt orange and sky blue as well as classic navy and grey. They were oversized as the moment decrees coats must be but never so huge as to be attention-seeking.
Neither was there any heavy metal hardware disrupting their clean surfaces. Instead a single bold stripe in a contrasting shade, a reversed seam here and a tuck there were the only decorative touches. The latter were functional too, only adding to the beauty of proportion and fit. Soft black leather, equally, stood away from the body slightly: dresses and jackets were cocooning over and above skin-tight and refreshing for that. They were tough but feminine and without a trace of the fetish references dominating the catwalks elsewhere. That would just be rude.
Sander spoke of "spirited poise, effortless modernity and a regal figure". These have always been her priorities. More than dressing to impress, her monied customer enjoys a private dialogue with her clothes which are wonderfully well made in the finest and most discreetly luxurious fabrics. This was never more evident than in an end sequence of all black pieces finished with stripes again, this time gilded and horizontal across the front of a feather-light sweater or lining the split in a knee-length skirt.


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THE LIE: "The sun is only dangerous between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m."
THE TRUTH: The sun may not feel as intense post-lunchtime, "but it can do damage even on a cloudy day, so you have to take afternoon sun seriously," says Baumann. And if you're sitting by the water, the sun's rays are reflected and intensified, so stick to that every-two-hours sunscreen-application rule, at least until happy hour starts.
THE LIE: "I'm not Caucasian, so I'm not really at risk for skin cancer."
THE TRUTH: We get the logic of this one, because the darker your natural skin tone, the more melanin your skin contains. And this does give you some inherent protection against UV rays, but dermatologists all agree: It's not nearly enough. "A person with medium-brown skin has a 'natural' SPF of about 13. You need at least SPF 30 to protect against skin cancer and wrinkles," Gohara says, and even the darkest-skinned individuals don't have a natural SPF that high. Another wake-up call: African-Americans are at higher risk for acral lentiginous melanoma, a particularly dangerous form of the disease that develops on the palms of hands and the soles of feet—places the sun often doesn't even reach. "It's so deadly because many people don't see it until it's spread," says Gohara. Which is why it's also essential for everyone, regardless of skin color, to see a dermatologist once a year for an allover skin check.
THE LIE: "Getting a bit of color on my legs or arms is no biggie—they aren't as delicate as my face."
THE TRUTH: No siree bob. "The most common spot for melanoma to develop on a woman is on the calf of a leg," Gohara says. The second most common area is on the torso. Remember: You need to make sure all of your exposed body parts are either covered with clothing or coated in a broad-spectrum sunscreen like Neutrogena Ultra Sheer Body Mist SPF 45, $10.49.
THE LIE: "Don't some chemical sunscreens contain carcinogens?"
THE TRUTH: This rumor has been floating around online for some time now. "It started when, in 2001, a small study performed on mice suggested that oxybenzone, an FDA-aproved ingredient found in many chemical sunscreens, produced free radicalsthat may contribute to melanoma," says Marder says. But every dermatologist we spoke with said there's no scientific evidence suggesting that oxybenzone is harmful to humans. Still, if you'd feel better using an all-natural sunscreen, one of our favorites is Alba Botanica Very Emollient Mineral Sunscreen SPF 30, $10.99.


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"We found that fish and human hair from around the world regularly exceeded health advisory levels," said Joe DiGangi, senior science and technical advisor with IPEN. "The results demonstrate the need for a mercury treaty that mandates true reductions of mercury emissions – not just to air, but to land and water as well. Mercury is a large and serious global threat to human health that requires a robust and ambitious global response."
A new scientific report, Global Mercury Hotspots, finds that humans and marine ecosystems around the world are contaminated with mercury and that mercury levels in humans and fish regularly exceed health advisory guidelines.
"The evidence just keeps piling up. We need to take action at every level – state, federal, and international – to eliminate sources of mercury exposure. Exposure to mercury building up in the environment hurts Maine's fishing and recreation economies, and costs us millions in health care and special education. Children in Maine suffer from neuro-behavioral conditions that we know are due in part to exposure to mercury and other toxic metals and chemicals," said Abby King of the Natural Resources Council of Maine.
Maine has strong laws that help eliminate the root sources of mercury in products sold in the state, as well as handling them safely when they are thrown away. But King says there is more to be done.
"We need to make sure that mercury-containing products don't end up in landfills and incinerators, and that Mainers aren't left footing the bill for the safe recycling of thermostats, compact-fluorescent bulbs, and other toxic products. We need to continue to strengthen product stewardship programs for these toxic and costly every-day items," stated King.
The report, Global Mercury Hotspots, "brings together new data on mercury concentrations in fish and human hair samples and identifies, for the first time, a set of global biological hotspots where elevated levels of mercury are sufficient to pose serious threats to both ecosystems and human health," said David C. Evers, Ph.D., BRI's executive director and chief scientist. The report was a joint collaboration between IPEN, a global network of public interest organizations, and the scientific research team of BRI.
The report, a collaboration between IPEN and Biodiversity Research Institute (BRI), highlights the urgent need for an overall reduction in mercury emissions when government delegates convene next week in Geneva in their final negotiating session to establish an international mercury treaty – the first global treaty on the environment in more than a decade by the United Nations Environment Program.
Key findings from the report:
- Mercury contamination is ubiquitous in marine and freshwater systems around the world.
- Biological mercury hotspots are globally common and are related to a variety of human activities, such as chlor-alkali facilities, contaminated sites, coal-fired power plants, artisanal small-scale gold mining, mixed-used chemical industry sites and other sources.
- Fish samples from around the world regularly demonstrate mercury concentrations exceeding U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) human health advisory guidelines. In the study, from 43 up to 100 percent of fish samples from 9 countries exceeded safe consumption of one fish meal of 170 grams (6 ounces) per month. Mercury concentrations in fish from sites in Japan and Uruguay were so high that no consumption is recommended.
- More than 82 percent of human hair samples from eight countries exceeded U.S EPA reference dose levels of 1.0 ppm. In Thailand, 20 out of 20 individuals living near an industrial site had unsafe levels; 19 out of 20 Indonesians at a gold mining site exceeded EPA recommended levels; and 18 out of 20 individuals in Tokyo, Japan had similarly high levels.
Public interest groups such as IPEN are concerned that current proposed treaty measures are not sufficient to prevent continued health impacts from mercury or reduce global levels of mercury in fish. Concluding negotiations on the mercury treaty will take place on January 13 to 18, 2013 in Geneva, Switzerland.
There are also growing objections to naming the treaty, the Minamata Convention, as proposed by a former Japanese prime minister, and holding the treaty signing ceremony in Minamata, Japan, a site where mercury contamination has devastated the community's human and animal population for decades. As currently proposed, the treaty does not contain any obligations to identify or clean up contaminated sites, does not require polluters to pay for health damages or environmental clean up, or provide for protection from similar disasters occurring anywhere in the world. Varying objections to the name have been raised by some government delegates, organizations representing victims of the tragedy, and the Minamata City Council.
Human activities such as burning coal, mining and refining metal ores, and the manufacture of cement release mercury into the environment. Large intentional uses of mercury today include small-scale gold mining and vinyl chloride monomer production. Coal combustion is also a significant contributor to atmospheric mercury emissions and subsequent global deposition. Much of the mercury produced and used eventually volatizes into the atmosphere and travels around the globe, eventually falling back to the earth or ocean.
When mercury falls into the ocean and waterways, microorganisms transform it into an especially toxic form of mercury, methylmercury, which then becomes part of the food chain. Methylmercury is readily absorbed by the body and people are exposed primarily through the consumption of fish. Many national and international health organizations recognize mercury in fish as a threat to human health, livelihoods, and the environment.
The dangers of mercury poisoning have been known for centuries. Exposure to high levels of mercury can permanently damage the brain and kidneys. Harmful effects are also passed from a mother to her developing fetus and can result in brain damage, mental retardation, blindness, seizures and an inability to speak.


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Whether you're jumping into The Events Calendar in its entirety or just a new add-on that extends the core plugin's functionality, the new user primers we've presented below should get you up to speed. It is recommended that anyone installing an add-on who is not familiar with the core functionality review both the The Events Calendar primer and whichever is specific to your new add-on.
As new plugins and add-ons are released, primers for each will be published and added to the list below. Currently available primers are:
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Bubble milk tea (珍珠奶茶, zhen zhu nai cha) is one of my favorite comfort drinks. I still remember how excited I was, when the first afternoon tea chain store RBT from Hong Kong opened in Beijing. I was in middle school at that time and the best drink I ever had is hot milk with instant coffee. Back then, there were much fewer restaurant options in Beijing, and even fewer dessert or coffee place. For me, this rich and milky drink is such a new thing and I love to chew the crunchy sweet litter bubbles inside of it, so that I went back to have the same drink for quite long time. Later on, I've tried lots of drinks on RBT's menu, but the classic bubble milk tea is still my favorite, till today.
My mom and I have been trying out all kinds of ways to make bubble milk tea at home for several years. After making experiments with different kinds of tea, milk, powdered milk and creamer, we finally found the best combination. Plus, we choose the most healthy ingredients for the drink. Now I'm gonna share this secret with all of you!
First of all, you need black tea powder to make a really tasty bubble milk tea. I know it sounds cheesy, but the most important thing to create a good milk tea is to make a very strong tea with less amount of water, so that the drink will have a rich, silky and thick texture after adding in milk. I have tried to make it with high quality black tea leaves, but the result turned up a thin plain just so so drink. Nowadays, I mainly use high quality blended black tea powder from Sri Lanka. It's still very cheap comparing to black tea leaves, but it yields the best result so far.
The next thing comes with the fine strainer. Because the tea powder is so tiny, so you need a very fine strainer, like the one you use for making greek yogurt. You could also replace it with a coffee filter, but it takes longer time to drain the tea.
The last thing you need is the black tapioca pearls – a dried tapioca ball with the size of chickpeas. The dried ones have a faded brown color and rubbery texture, but after boiling, they will become soft and crunchy black little balls. You need to add sugar to marinate those pearls, because itself is flavorless. Actually, even the milk tea without the pearls is still very nice, but I'd like to add in some bubbles. Believe me or not, it increases the feeling of happiness while you enjoy the tea.
I use milk and honey in this recipe, instead of nondairy creamer and sugar, because I want to make this drink as healthy as possible. For the measurement in this recipe, you could slight adjust the amount of milk and pearls according to your palate. Generally, the ratio of tea and milk is 3:2 or 4:3. But if you are not sure about the flavor of the tea you purchased, blend in the milk slowly and taste it. The finished drink should look like light caramel color.
I love to make this drink for afternoon tea on weekends. What's your favorite drink?
- 80 grams (2.7 ounces) black tapioca pearls
- 20 grams (0.7 ounces) black tea powder
- 1 tablespoon white / red sugar
- 400 milliliters (14 ounces) milk
- 2 tablespoons honey or to taste
- (option) 1 cup ice cubes
- Add 800 milliliters (27 ounces) water in a small pot to bring a oil, add tapioca pearls, boil for 15 minutes. Stop heat, cover with lid and let it rest for 15 minutes. Drain tapioca and transfer into a small bowl, add in cold water to cover and chill for 1 minute. Drain tapioca again, then transfer into a bowl, add sugar and mix well with a small spoon, marinate under room temperature for 30 minutes.
- Ten minutes before tapioca is ready, add 600 milliliters (20 ounces) water in a small pot and bring to a boil, add black tea, boil on medium low heat for 5 minutes. Stop heat and let the tea steam with lid on for another 5 minutes. Drain black tea with a very fine colander or coffee filter.
- (Option 1) For 1 serve of hot drink, heat milk in microwave till warm, add a big spoon of tapioca balls, 1/4 black tea and 1/4 milk into a big cup. Add 1/2 tablespoon honey or to taste. Stir well and serve immediately.
- (Option 2) For a cold drink, add chilled milk into black tea and mix well. Add a big spoon of tapioca balls into a big cup, add milk tea and ice cubes. Add honey to taste and stir well. Serve immediately.


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GOP senators battle for Budget gavel
GOP offices say Republican Senate leaders weren't involved in Sen. Mike Enzi's (R-Wyo.) decision to challenge Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) for the Senate Budget Committee gavel.
Incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's (R-Ky.) office said it didn't know why Enzi jumped into the race when asked if his decision was the result of pressure from GOP leaders…
Other observers wonder if GOP leaders want someone else at the top of the panel.
What immigration reform means for housing
With the recent announcement of President Obama's Executive Order on immigration reform, responses from both sides of the political spectrum have been mixed. However, the reform can be expected to spur new opportunities for growth in the housing market.
Last Thursday, President Obama made the heavily anticipated announcement to the public.
Good News on Energy
WHEN the world's two largest polluters join in establishing new goals for reducing emissions of climate-disrupting gases, criticism and skepticism are predictable. And there was plenty following the recent agreement between the United States and China to do just that.
Critics warned of a "war on coal," regulatory overreach and the surrender of American interests to Chinese duplicity.
Ryan set for collision course with Obama
It's showdown time for Rep. Paul Ryan and President Obama.
House Republicans officially named Ryan chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday, giving the GOP's 2012 vice presidential nominee his most direct power yet over the country's tax system and entitlement programs…
Bill Hoagland of the Bipartisan Policy Center, who worked with Ryan as a Senate staffer, said he thought Ryan might concentrate on streamlining federal anti-poverty programs without cutting their funding, as the GOP works to broaden its appeal ahead of the 2016 election.
An Obamacare program helped poor kids and saved money. It was also doomed to fail.
An Affordable Care Act grant has led to a dramatic drop in asthma-related incidents like Rae'Shawn's in Delaware — and significant Medicaid savings — but that funding may disappear in a matter just of months. Doctors knew the problem: too many kids were landing in the E.R., fighting to breathe.
Can the Republicans balance the budget?
"We must produce a budget that achieves balance within 10 years," Jeff Sessions said last week.
Sessions, who may end up in charge of the Senate's budget committee next year, is not the first Republican to call for a balanced budget in a decade.
In Search of the Compromise Caucus
The need for compromise—for making government work for the American people—has been bandied about freely since Republicans won their resounding midterm victories. But it's not surprising, given the past six years, that the reality has been different. The operative game is that both parties express their desire to compromise, while attempting to maneuver the other party into a position where it looks obstructionist and ineffective.
What's the key to ending Washington gridlock?
The Cyclists talk to Jason Grumet, author of "City of Rivals," which suggests way to fix Congress and restore the "glorious mess of American democracy."
Obama Stays the Course on Immigration as Pressure Mounts
President Barack Obama has remained resolute in his plan to unilaterally reshape U.S. immigration law in the wake of his party's heavy losses in last week's midterm elections, but pressure is mounting from both sides as he approaches a decision later this year.
Conservatives Warn That GOP Must Act On Immigration, Not Just Attack Obama
In the wake of huge wins for the Republican Party in the 2014 elections, conservatives in favor of immigration reform are warning their GOP counterparts they can't spend the next two years ranting against an executive order on immigration rather than proposing their own bills.


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Shakespeare gets an honorary green card
Wes Anderson's latest premieres at the Berlin Film Festival.
[Spoiler alert: This feature contains many details about the film Inside Llewyn Davis.] I was married to and managed Dave Van Ronk, the folksinger whose memoir spurred the Coen brothers' new movie, Inside Llewyn Davis. David and I were together from fall 1957 to fall 1968 and had been married for s ... More >>
A new Coen brothers movie and Folkways box set shed light on artist's storied career
The playwright heads backstage with Bellini
The Master is the eagerly awaited Paul Thomas Anderson film about a man (played by Philip Seymour Hoffman) who starts a cult-like religion in the 1950s. Sound like anyone, maybe with the first initial L.? Well, Hoffman says this movie has nothing whatsoever to do with Scientology.
F. Murray Abraham embodies Brecht's complex, compromising hero at CSC
The best of the 2010-2011 Off-Broadway theater season
The best of the Off-Broadway season
This just in. . . LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD René Buch and Repertorio Español BEST NEW AMERICAN PLAY Kristoffer Diaz, The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity (includes $1,000 prize)
From undervalued plays and underfunded companies, 10 years of freewheeling joy
Ethan Coen explores cubicle hell
Mamet draws big laughs, Inge draws some tears, Ethan Coen draws a blank
Whether new plays or revivals, Broadway shows seem to be singing familiar tunes
Barabas gets his revenge in a rollicking new production
Talking to Theater for a New Audience about restaging anti-Semitic classics
New artistic director gives the classics a religious makeover
Definitely honor-free will be Joseph Fiennes for Shakespeare (sorry, but the Bard didn't look like Rob Lowe).
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BEIJING (Reuters) - The World Bank on Tuesday urged China to step up efforts to fight chronic diseases, the main cause of death in the country, warning of rising health expenditure and an economic slowdown if rapid action is not taken.
Chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) -- such as lung cancer, stroke, heart disease and diabetes -- account for over 80 percent of all deaths in the world's most populous nation, the World Bank said in a report on non-communicable diseases in China.
The report warned that "a reduced ratio of healthy workers to sicker, older dependents will certainly increase the odds of a future economic slowdown and pose a significant social challenge" in the world's second-largest economy.
"The issue that should concern all of us is with the growing epidemic of non-communicable diseases, that will imply more people using expensive and costly hospital care for long periods of time," said Patricio Marquez, a World Bank lead health specialist and co-author of the report at a news conference in Beijing.
"The key issue facing society as a whole is how to control the escalation of healthcare costs," he said. "One could say that if unchecked, this would make the current reforms unsustainable."
China launched a $125 billion healthcare reform plan in 2009 to try and extend health insurance and basic health care to all of its people.
Out-of-pocket payments, which represent 37 percent of total health expenditure, will continue to rise, said Shiyong Wang, a World Bank senior health specialist and co-author of the report.
Richard Yeh, a healthcare analyst with Citigroup in Hong Kong, said the rising healthcare costs will have broader implications for the Chinese government, which is aiming to reduce the economy's dependence on export earnings.
"Part of the reason that people don't want to spend is because the healthcare system is not taking care of the entire healthcare bill for the people," he said.
"If there's no strong national healthcare supporting system, people will continue to have a high savings rate. That will definitely ... hold up national consumption."
The World Bank report said China's "healthcare system is not responding effectively" to tackle non-communicable diseases, which is why the country's deaths from those diseases are higher than other leading G20 countries.
For example, China's mortality rate for strokes is four to six times higher than that in Japan and the United States.
A rapidly aging population and more sedentary lifestyles, with bad diets and lack of exercise, were also factors contributing to the increasing rates of the diseases, the report said.
The World Bank report said that the economic benefit of reducing cardiovascular diseases by one percent per year from 2010-2040 could generate more than $10.7 trillion, equivalent to 68 percent of China's real GDP in 2010.
The World Bank estimates that without action, China will lose $550 billion in national income between 2005 and 2015 due to heart disease, stroke and diabetes.
Fifty percent of the risk factors of non-communicable diseases can be prevented by the adoption of certain measures, which would cost the Chinese government $220 per capita per year, Marquez said.
One way was to increase taxes on tobacco to create "an economic disincentive for people to smoke," he said.
Excise taxes on cigarettes in China are less than 30 percent, far lower than Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, where they hover around 65-80 percent, he said.
China has the world's largest number of smokers, with more than 300 million smokers. It is also the world's largest cigarette producer and has embarked on years of half-hearted campaigns to stub out the habit in some cities.
China's health ministry said it will ban smoking at all indoor public venues from May.
Restricting access to alcohol, introducing taxes on unhealthy food and cutting salt in food would also prevent non-communicable diseases, the report said.
SOURCE: http://bit.ly/qhsmaw The World Bank, July 26, 2011.
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This really begs the question, should you really use movement on the mouse when it is basicly like a hand due to the way healing in WoW works.
So your complex sequence for me would simply be: wasd(default UI has a+d as turn camera, I ofcourse rebound to strafe) combinations and spells cast on whomever I wish I don't need to switch out to keyboard movement or mousemovement when I select another player because this method is accomidating the UI limitations.
It also raises questions about mouse movement which can be useful for other classes but due to the raid frames game seems rather clunky for healers from what you have described.
You describe a situation in which you categorically state "this cannot be done with strafing," which is simply false. There is no situation where forward movement is possible and strafing is not. I could go at length to provide situational examples, but doing so would rather bloat things. I almost never move directly forward in any situation. In most cases, it's more efficient to turn 90 degrees and strafe than turn 180 degrees and move forward. It doesn't save a lot of time, but those milliseconds do help on occasion.
Second, you state that you have to hover over the target you want to select, which seems to imply that you spend time mouseovering someone before casting. That is not what mouseovers are for. There is no time period in which you are consistently hovering over a single target unless you're flat out spamming them.
Third, you state that mouseover casting affects your controlled movement. What's affecting your controlled movement is moving with the mouse, not mouseover casting. Moving via the mouse gives you access to three of the standard six movement keys (move forward, turn left, and turn right.) Moving with the keyboard alone gives you access to four, making it a better option from a pure efficiency standpoint, all six if you really want to keyboard turn. Also the four keys that you have available via the keyboard actually move your character. Turning is a requirement, but not as required as have the capacity to move in multiple directions instantly.
Fourth, you state that target casting does not provide any downside or loss of speed. That is also false. Inherently, in situations that call for rapid target switching, for any of a variety of reasons, target casting introduces a slight bit of latency that mouseover casting does not have. That is simple fact. You cannot somehow make click to target, then key to cast faster than click to target and cast. There are situations in which you can mitigate that issue, primarily when you're standing still and spamming. Even instants have a GCD, and therefore, a cast time, so you can always alter target while spamming a single button. However, in situations where you don't have the option of standing still and spamming, it's an inefficient use of resources. This phenomenon isn't entirely important to some healers (primarily Shamans, Paladins, and Holy Priests, who have a much more limited arsenal of casting while moving), but for the other two healers, whose primary advantage is being able to heal and do other things at the same time, reducing that lag time in target selection is invaluable.
Not to mention that I can eat during trash pulls because I can heal and target with one hand. :P
If your opinion of targeted casting is that you've tried mouseover casting, and you're still comfortable with the other method, that's fine, to a degree. My personal opinion is that it's a less efficient means of healing, and, yes, I think somewhat less of people who feel that way. It doesn't make you a bad healer, and I'm more than happy to be proven wrong. There are target healers that I will readily admit are better healers than I. But that doesn't mean that I don't think they'd be better if they learned to mouseover cast. And my very slight derision in the matter is because I can't understand why people wouldn't take every tiny little advantage they're given. I change my UI about once every two months, and almost every time I log in, I either write a new macro, adjust an old one, or move things around on my bars in an attempt to find literally the perfect healing setup. I know that is nearly impossible to accomplish, but it doesn't stop me from trying, and occasionally, I find something new, something that shaves .1s off one thing that I do once a night. And that, to me, is a very big win.
To get this sort of back on topic, a number of options presented in the original thread are presented according to taste. Mods like Recount, Omen, Quartz, Forte, Power Auras, all of these are simply there according to taste. They are not requirements to heal. In some cases (like Omen), they're actually useless to healers, and in others (like Recount), they're actually a detriment. If you're going to include these mods that you use according to your taste, I believe those of us who use Clique have made enough of a convincing argument that there is a taste out there which leans toward using it, and therefore it should be included in the list as much as any of those other mods.
And in a belated response to another player in the thread, who stated that using fewer mods makes for a better healer. If someone has two tiers worse gear than the content that they're raiding, and they heal fine, they are without a doubt a better healer. Does that mean they shouldn't get any gear upgrades, so as to maintain that? Mods are a resource, just like anything else. The assumption is that if I play without my mods, I'll be useless as a healer, and that is just patently false. While this will sound very inflammatory, if some event made all of my mods useless, it would simply just turn me into you. And before you find that insulting, I assume you are a good healer without mods. I would be a good healer without them too. But with them, I am better than I would be without them. And I think it's letting down my raids to not use every possible resource to do what I do better.
And if anyone takes offense to anything said here, I apologize. My aim is not to insult anyone. But in my defense, one, I've been told I'm a worse player because I use mods, and two, I'm attempting to argue against a particular philosophy. I tend to be very blunt in my opinions about philosophy, my opinions of people, I assure you, are much more nuanced.
Personally when it comes to these sorts of things it all comes down to personal preference. What do I like? I like to use a pretty wide combination of all of the above. Certain priority targets I have focused and directly targeted (or a boss targeted and using a target of target means of selection) in an encounter and use an alt / control / shift modifier macro to go between them for movement intense situations to keep my assignments or a given tank alive. I tend to use the mouse over macros and clique when I am just planted and spamming raid healing. I also like the fact when I am getting the opportunity to stand still I can be hovering my mouse around on the raid and quickly snap a heal with a direct keyboard command without having to react with the mouse. Gives me an ability to do 2 things at once during a button mash GCD pause. I don't really expect everyone to do it the way I do but in the end is just how I do it. Take it or leave it. I have played without them all and played with them all. So I know personally either or works depending on the person. I also know that most people think that their given way is really the only way to fly. Which usually makes me chuckle a little bit. :P
As far as powerful healing tools I have to say one of my most essential and one of the most under spoken about addons is really a boss mod and really using it as an effective tool. Knowning when big damage abilities are coming in and knowing where said ability impacts (of course not all of them are that predictable but a lot are like a boss that stomps and damages all melee etc).
Next is really having an effect means of tracking raid debuffs. So you can react to people that get the debuff. So you can be a lot more proactive of a healer rather then a reactive healer. Since a lot of these debuffs are something along the lines of a DoT deal it really helps to know where things are going to start ticking down.
Then of course it comes down to your unit frame selection choice. Whichever the hell you choose to use works. Because arguing which is better is discussing religion at work as far as I am concerned. It isn't going to go anywhere but bad.
Then finally I use some sort of class timer or power auras. Ques me when things have come off cool down, when abilities are ready to use, and how long until they are ready to come up. For some of the shorter things like my wild growth for example I can typically just roll in my head as I used GCDs but a visual que is nice for times it isn't needed at a constant rate.
Now are any of these things absolutes? I doubt it. Mostly because absolutes are a pretty difficult thing to pinpoint. In reality I am sure you could just drag the frames out on the raid boxes and heal making almost next to nothing an absolute. But in my opinion these things drastically improve the easy and ability for me to heal.
Not saying one or the other is superior, it's really preference, but your example was incorrect about mouseovermacro limitations.
Last edited by Benea; 03-22-2010 at 05:31 AM. Reason: Too early I forgot a word.
I personally do not use mouseover macros and my macro syntax is slightly different for healing (in particular my spells will always resolve to [@player] as the last condition cause I PvP a bit and want my healing spells to target myself automatically if there is no other target).
First off, lets start with a strong mouseover macro. Something to the effect of:
Priority one is your mouseover. Provided it is a friendly unit that is not dead (help does not automatically do a nodead test because spells like Revive can also be used to help friendly corpses).Code:/cast [@mouseover,help,nodead] [help,nodead] [@targettarget,help,nodead] [] Lifebloom
Priority two is your current target.
Priority three is an automatic assisting rule (for cases where you are healing the "current tank" you may choose to target the boss instead).
Last priority defaults to the normally conditions (no valid target found would mean that spell is awaiting you to select a target).
Now how does a mouseover macro work when you use mouse movement you ask? When you use your mouse to steer or move, you right click the WorldFrame which allows the steering also removes your cursor. It disappears quite litterally while you are steering in this way. As a result, you literally have no mouseover, and your macro will skip that condition. In the example macro posted, it would then start at priority two which is to heal the current target and work it's way down the list from there.
So you see there is no problem with using mouseover macros and using mouse steering for movement provided the macro is written strongly enough to still have valid conditions after the mouseover.
"In anything, if you want to go from just a beginner to a pro, you need a montage." /w TankSpot WTB Montage for Raiders.
I like the UI suggestions, there are some other ones that are rather nice and provide good information, albeit preference-deciding.
One for Priests is PoM Tracker, great little addon that does nothing but track what target PoM is currently on and how much total healing has been done by PoM since your last reset. Grid can track PoM and Recount/Skada can show you the healing if you don't want to use a special addon for it, but I find this addon exceptionally lightweight and convenient.
Another addon I got recently and have found to be quite helpful from a healing perspective, is Hero. This shows who has used what important life-saving/"big" cooldowns, but only ones that affect healing. IE, Shield Wall, Divine Protection, Hand of Sacrifice, Guardian Spirit, Barkskin, Pain Suppression, Iceblock, etc. This allows you to react to those situations quicker if you are not already aware of the situation fully or simply want to assist with someone elses target for whatever reason, if they are popping those abilities, they are probably anticipating a damage spike of some kind or have already taken excess damage and want to help mitigate it, this also allows you to mentally keep note of who used what cooldowns recently to mentally keep track of that.
Also, if you're increasing the number of addons you're using and trying to rearrange them to your fitting, two addons I've found nearly invaluable, are HideBlizzard and MoveIt. Enabling you to hide or move any aspect of the default UI easily.
I've created a topic to discuss healing-style as I find it an interesting topic that while related, is not entirely on topic to this particular thread, so it should have it's own thread.
Last edited by klaugh; 03-22-2010 at 01:44 PM. Reason: Add link to separate discussion of healing-style.
I currently use grid/clique to heal though I do have some things un keybound PoM, CoH, GS are some of them but I once tried to do target healing because I heard it was better for healing I gave it an honest try and it really hurt my healing im not saying that click casting is better its that its that I have been click casting since Ive started healing and then switching the a very diffrent healing style just put me out of whack both healing styles are good neithier one in my opinion is better then the other just use what you are better with and stic with it.
OMG ...why are you all dumping on Aliena's preferred movement/healing method? I dont priest Heal, I'm a pally healer and I have exactly 2 heals i can cast while moving. Holy Shock and Lay of Hands. 10man ICC im almost always top heals overall, 25man icc top 3. I use a combination healbot, keybinds, and wasd(rebound ad;strafe). MT is always my target(except breifly while i judge), focus Boss. If I'm doing my job with my setup why should I change it to someone else's preferred method? Same for Aliena, she obviously is elite heals with her preferred method, so why the heck are all of you beating on her method?
This statement by Aliena is false. You can both use mouseover healing and your mouse to move, so long as your mouseover macros are "strong" (can still resolve a target using other targeting rules).Originally Posted by Aliena
That is a "strong" mouseover macro. While mouseover is one of the highest priority cases, the macro is written in a manner such that even if the mouse currently isn't over a valid target it can still cast a heal following some additional targeting rules. So even if I were using the mouse to move and using this macro to heal, I am still able to heal with this macro, just as effectively as if I were not using mouseover healing.Code:/cast [@mouseover,help,nodead] [help,nodead] [@targettarget,help,nodead] Lifebloom
Aliena is a strong player and we aren't trying to discredit her. We are simply correcting incorrect information in her post.
Just because a macro has "@mouseover" in it, doesn't mean it doesn't work when your mouse isn't over something. People who write stronger macros understand that they need to set up multiple priorities for their healing. When writing macros you have a whole list of priorities, not one and then the macro fails when that one condition isn't met.
Oh and if you're curious, I don't use mouseover personally. All of my healing macros (I play DPS), are of the nature:
As a DPS I'm more likely to use my healing in PvP or to save my own behind hence use of @player targeting rules mixed in.Code:/cast [mod:SELFCAST,@player] [help,nodead] [@targettarget,help,nodead] [@player] Lifebloom
"In anything, if you want to go from just a beginner to a pro, you need a montage." /w TankSpot WTB Montage for Raiders.
First of all, great post Aliena!
I feel this has gone off topic a little and lots of bashing over personal preference going on. I agree with Aliena about the whole mouseover addon issue with prohibiting movement, and it largely has to do with the user and what choice of keyboard/mouse and keybind setups they use. Up until early ICC I was actually a "click target healer", I manually clicked on my X-Perl raid frames and hit the keybinds on my Logitech G15 (old version with 18 keys on the side). As a Resto druid I found this was sub-optimal because X-Perl lacked the ability to show individual hots and I often wasted time targeting people just to find I already had a Rejuv on them. I switched to Grid, which was short lived. Let's just say that I got extremely frustrated trying to configure it and get it to do what I wanted. I'm now happily using VuhDo which has built in options for mouseover healing and found that it boosted my healing considerably. I have great reflexes but the process of click targeting and casting was reducing my effectiveness. Upon the use of mouseover macros I quickly found that mobile healing was extremely difficult, if not near impossible and that shouldn't happen for a Druid. I used to use my arrow keys to move along with my mouse by right clicking to rotate the camera in the direction I needed to move. If you think about it it's impossible to effectively move/rotate and still mouseover cast with my old setup.
Which leads to my solution. I recently purchased a Razer Naga and bound all my heals to the buttons on the mouse. I changed the keybinds on my Logitech G15 so the bottom 6 keys act as the arrow/strafe keys which now allows me to move and heal more effectively. I can hold down the right mouse button to have precise control on my camera rotation while still clicking the buttons on the thumb area at the same time. The Razer Naga definitely takes some getting used to but if you can manage it's a worthwhile investment. Other good choices of gamepads may help with healing as well to provide more keybinds that are more accessible.
Anyway, back on topic. One addon that isn't essential but very helpful is OmniCC. It provides a visual number on each spell that shows the current CD timer and is easier to see than Blizzard's "stopwatch/dial/whatever you call it". I haven't used it yet but VuhDo contains an option to aid in better/smarter use of aoe heals. I'm just going off memory here but I think you can set a min target requirement so if your CoH or Chain Heal is only going to hit 2 people it will tell you, allowing you to make better use of your mana and CD's. I also like it's ability to create your own private "MT list".
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Most of it comes down to the fact that healing is more an art then a science. Which brush an artist uses isn't what I determine a paintings value on the canvas where as a scientist using the wrong chemical can determine a lot more in a experiment. If the artist is satisfied with the results and is able to make a living off of selling his/her work then by all means it is a success. In the end that is how I look at it anyway.
I'm going to (not really) go out on a limb here and suggest that for each method of healing people use, there are adequate solutions for all situations; whether or not you like those solutions determines if you like the method.But X healing method isn't good for Y situation!
Great post, Aliena. Maybe in the video just be sure to make some comment about different methods working for different people blah blah, and just stick to what you're familiar with...probably what you were planning to do, but thought I'd butt in.
1. When you enable mouse steering by right clicking the WorldFrame, your mouse is removed from the UI. Try it. Right click on the WorldFrame in game to enable mouse steering, do you still see your cursor? The answer is no you do not. The mouse when it is steering is no longer moving a cursor on the UI layer, but is instead controling the orientation of your character and the angle of the camera.
2. Because the mouse is no longer act on the UI layer of the game, it is functionally impossible for it mouse over a UI frame like a raid frame for you to then left click as you say. You no longer have a cursor while steering.
Mouseover macros are not limited to mouseover. You can and should write the macros in such a manner that they can still perform their function following normal targeting rules even if the mouseover condition fails.
[@mouseover,help,nodead] [help,nodead]
That simply means if my mouseover isn't valid, try my current target instead. Now mouseover is functionally no different than pre-clicking the target. However, and most importantly, just because you can't currently use your mouse does not mean you can't use the macro.
In Aliena's case, she chooses to click to target who to heal and that's perfectly acceptable. In the same regard, she requires the mouse too to pick her target.
In the end, neither system wins. Because both require use of the mouse and keyboard. They just use them in different ways.
I am not a healer... I'm just correcting false statements about how the game functions. Saying something can't be done or doesn't work when it does or saying something can when it's impossible. That's what I'm correcting. I have no preference whether people use mouseover healing or any other kinda of healing style other than to say, did I live, if so, good work.
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"In anything, if you want to go from just a beginner to a pro, you need a montage." /w TankSpot WTB Montage for Raiders.
No really, you got me. Apparently my memory completely failed me. Perhaps I should've just said that it's difficult (for me at least) to press modifiers while moving and still clicking at the same time. You're right, you can't camera move while left clicking but you can still use the regular movement keys.
I agree with what someone said already, the positioning is very important.
It could actually be more important than the selection of mods in the first place.
You want all critical information in peripheral vision and large or obvious enough so you can see it without having to look at it. Which means that your raidframes need to be close to your character because otherwise that's not possible (though Grid configured so the frames are black-ish until damaged works quite ok). Bossbars need to be large enough so you don't have to actually look at that part of the screen to grasp what's going on, the same goes for proc and buff/debuff monitors.
Try to make your UI so that you can "perceive" everything while looking at the 3D world. Once you get there, moving around bossabilities and all that just became world simpler because are no longer playing the "Stare at raidframes"-game.
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