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If you missed Parts I and II of this blog series, you can find them here and here. I finished Part II promising to reveal the organization behind this sorry saga.
Following the trail
The trail really wasn't very hard to follow. When we looked up some of the IP addresses from the Active Connections listing (in Part II), we found some interesting results:
This one appeared in both lists (along with several other addresses in the same subnet); the list from Derek's computer and the one from our virus lab machine. It was also the top generator of traffic on our virus lab machine (we didn't take such stats from Derek's pc). Doing a lookup using robtex.com on this address tells us it's hosted in Sweden and at the time of the lookup was blacklisted in three lists:
The big picture
A bit more checking and another of the IP addresses we saw in the active connections list—
—leads us to the source. This time the results from robtex.com were more telling:
22.214.171.124 = p2pcontrol.com, also based in Sweden. Well, no real surprises there, but let's see what else is hosted in that domain by using the very handy graph-generating capability provided by robtex.com.
Now that gives us the big picture—literally. Not only was one of the hosts listed there the very one that Derek was directed to in order to download the "free" media player, several infamous sites hosting malware were also included. One that certainly stuck out was 3wPlayer.com. It even has its own wiki page - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3wPlayer.
The media player Derek downloaded wasn't 3wPlayer, but sadly the result was the same. Coincidentally, Symantec has had a write-up for 3wPlayer since July 2007, which the wiki entry quotes from:
"The program may then download a copy of Adware.Lop on to the computer."
And, I can confirm we did see an Adware.Lop detection during our testing of the 3wPlayer install file downloaded from the p2pcontrol website.
A glimpse inside
I want to keep this story relatively non-technical, so I'll only provide a quick overview of the actual P2P program. When p2control.exe is installed, it creates a series of folders on the compromised computer that mimic the eMule file sharing application (not to be confused with, but related to, the eDonkey network). It adds itself to the Windows registry Run key so it runs automatically when Windows starts. It also adds itself as an authorized application of the Windows Firewall (if Windows Firewall is running in memory), using the INetFwMgr interface. It then downloads several configuration files, including "Server.met," which contains the server list used by eMule to keep track of the servers it connects to for file sharing. So, p2pcontrol (that is, the actual application as opposed to just the executable file) is effectively emulating a node on the eMule/eDonkey network. Current versions of eMule reportedly also have support for the Kad network.
In short, p2pcontrol is attempting to control which files are downloaded via P2P networks, such as eMule, BitTorrent, and possibly others. As a result, anyone using the eMule and BitTorrent file sharing networks may be exposed to files that have been manipulated by p2pcontrol to appear at the top of their search results.
Wrapping up
I think we've probably covered enough to explain the background to Derek's plight, but let's quickly join up to one last dot. A further search of the p2pcontrol.com domain, this time the .85 address, returned the following:
The cash4downloads website rang some bells. I knew that Symantec products detected practically everything available for download from their site and a quick check confirmed my suspicion that 3wPlayer was one of the files listed there, along with several others that either charged a usage fee or installed adware. All of this is to allow you to view (compress/archive/etc) files that, before they wrapped their DRM encryption layer around them, were already viewable.
Now that's quite a notion, so I'll repeat it here for added emphasis:
To allow you to view files that, before they wrapped their DRM encryption layer around them, were already viewable.
Interesting, to say the least.
So we've made a connection between the files Derek came across and known security risks from various web sites on the Internet, including 3Wplayer. But what of the actual company responsible for the events leading up to Derek calling me for help with his bandwidth problem?
No joining of dots required there. We only have to take another look at the EULA:
This End User License Agreement ("Agreement") governs use of Circle Development Ltd.'s ("CiD") software product and related written materials (the "Software") that you are about to install.
Epilogue – what can we learn from this?
So what's the moral of this rather unfortunate story? To be honest I think it speaks for itself, but my advice to Derek was this: in the future, if the existing media players on his computer aren't capable of playing the media files he wants to see and prompt him to download an entirely separate player, a new "codec," a Flash player "update," or something along those lines, then perhaps he really doesn't need to see the video that badly after all. Using social engineering tricks such as these is a very common method employed by the creators of security risks and rogue applications to fool people into installing their "warez" and people really need to be cautious about installing software from unknown sources. In Derek's case, a quick Internet search on the name of the "free media player" would have probably allowed him to avoid the situation he found himself in. I also advised him not to rely solely on antivirus, but to run a comprehensive security suite that includes a secure firewall, intrusion prevention (IPS), and browser protection. Some of these other detection technologies can add protection where antivirus alone may not be able to.
There will always be villains
I rhetorically asked him why, given hundreds of years to learn and a seemingly endless supply of (our) money to use in protecting themselves, banks still get robbed or scammed. (He just grinned and informed me that none of it was his money since he didn't have any to be robbed of). The basic truth is that there will always be evildoers trying to cheat the system, and through dogged persistence sometimes some of them will succeed. Security companies work 24x7 to protect their customers from those with ill intent, but people should also educate themselves about the potential risks when using a computer on the Internet in order to help make their Internet experience a safer and ultimately more enjoyable one. Computer users can help defend themselves against relentless attacks in their many guises by making informed decisions and using best practices in their daily computing.
I hope this series of articles describing Derek's bandwidth-challenging experience has been entertaining, but more importantly, has provided food for thought. If there is even a single reader who has learned something from it, then it was well worth writing. Safe surfing everyone.
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Kinu at the Grand Hyatt Sao Paulo (Japanese) Delicious cuisine and a wide selection of premium sake. Avenida das Nacoes Unidas 13.301; 011-55/11-6838-1234. $$$
Braz (Italian) Known as the best pizza in Sao Paulo; wash it down with a home-brewed beer. Rua Grauna 125; 011-55/61-0905. $
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It's everywhere, of course, but good clubs to seek out are the Rio Scenarium and Carioca da Gema in Rio, Teatro Castro Alves and Beco de Gal in Salvador, and Morena do Brasil and Sargentelli in Sao Paulo.

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How can you tell Honorabile from Gracchus? is there any other that might get easily confused??
We have an old yellow iris with dark falls which I have tentatively as Honorabile. It has bright yellow, um, standards and bright yellow fuzz (beard? stamens?). It is similar in appearance to ones identified here as Honorabile but not quite as faded on the lower left and right of the falls... hope to post a photo soon as they are just coming into bloom. We are told our house was built 1840; there were major renovations in the 1910's and iris leaves appear in some photos slightly later. |
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The liver is an abdominal glandular organ in the digestive system. It is located in the upper-right area of the abdomen, under the diaphragm. The liver is a vital organ that supports nearly every other organ to some capacity. You cannot live without a healthy liver.
The liver is the body's second-largest organ (skin is the largest organ), weighing about 3 pounds (1.4 kilograms). It has four lobes and is a very soft, pinkish brown organ. It contains several bile ducts.
The liver performs many functions necessary for digestion, metabolization, detoxification and maintenance of the immune system. It produces bile, a chemical substance that breaks down fats and makes them more easily digestible. The liver also produces multiple important elements of plasma. In addition to producing important substances, the liver stores some vital nutrients, including vitamins (especially A, D, E, K, and B-12) and iron. It also stores simple sugar glucose and converts it to usable glucose if your blood sugar levels fall.
One of the best-known roles of the liver is as a detoxification system. It removes toxic substances from blood, such as alcohol and drugs. It also breaks down hemoglobin, insulin and excessive hormones to keep hormone levels in balance.
The liver is vital for healthy metabolic function. It metabolizes carbohydrates, lipids and proteins into useful substances, such as glucose, cholesterol, phospholipids and lipoproteins that are used in various cells throughout the body. The liver breaks down the unusable parts of proteins and converts them into ammonia, and eventually urea.
The liver also destroys old blood cells and captures and digests bacteria, fungi, parasites and other unwanted contaminants. This function supports the immune system.
Liver Disease
There are several types of diseases that can affect the liver. The Mayo Clinic lists the following diseases:
- Acute liver failure
- Alcoholic hepatitis
- Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency
- Autoimmune hepatitis
- Bile duct obstruction
- Chronic liver failure
- Cirrhosis (when the liver gets scar tissue because of an illness)
- Enlarged liver
- Gilbert's syndrome
- Hemochromatosis
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- Hepatitis D
- Hepatitis E
- Liver adenoma
- Liver cancer
- Liver cyst
- Liver hemangioma
- Liver nodule (focal nodular hyperplasia)
- Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
- Parasitic infection
- Portal vein thrombosis
- Primary biliary cirrhosis
- Toxic hepatitis
- Wilson's disease
While some liver diseases are genetic, others are caused by viruses or toxins, such as drugs, poisons and excessive alcohol. Some risk factors include drug or heavy alcohol consumption, having a blood transfusion before 1992, high levels of triglycerides in the blood, diabetes, obesity and being exposed to other people's blood and bodily fluids. This can happen from shared drug needles, unsanitary tattoo or body piercing needles, and unprotected sex.
The most common symptom of liver disease is jaundice — yellowish skin and eyes. Other symptoms include abdominal pain and swelling, persistent itchy skin, dark urine, pale stools, bloody or black stools, exhaustion, nausea and loss of appetite.
Fatty liver
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is extra fat in the liver that is not caused by excessive alcohol. If more than 5 percent to 10 percent of the liver's weight is composed of fat, then you have fatty liver. Fatty liver disease can lead to swelling and cirrhosis, and it increases the chance of liver failure or liver cancer. People who are overweight, have experienced rapid weight loss, or who have diabetes, high cholesterol, or high triglycerides are at risk for fatty liver.
Some people may get fatty liver even if they don't have any risk factors. Up to 25 percent of the U.S. population suffers from fatty liver disease. There are no medical treatments for fatty liver disease, though avoiding alcohol, eating a healthy diet, and exercising can help prevent or reverse fatty liver disease in its early stages.
Enlarged liver
An enlarged liver (or hepatomegaly) isn't a disease itself, but a sign of an underlying serious problem, such as liver disease, cancer or congestive heart failure. There may be no symptoms of an enlarged liver, though if they are they are the same as the symptoms for liver disease. Normally, the liver cannot be felt unless you take a deep breath, but if it is enlarged, your doctor may be able to feel it. The doctor may then do scans, MRIs, or ultrasounds of the abdomen to determine if you have an enlarged liver. Treatment will involve addressing the underlying problem.
Liver pain
Liver pain is felt in the upper right area of the abdomen, just below the ribs. Usually, it is a dull, vague pain though it can sometimes be quite severe and may cause a backache. Sometimes people perceive it as pain in the right shoulder. It is often confused with general abdominal pain, back pain or kidney pain. It can be hard to pinpoint the exact location or cause of such pains, so it is important to see a doctor. Doctors may do blood tests, ultrasounds or biopsies to determine the cause of pain.
Liver pain can be the result of a variety of causes, most commonly a form of liver disease. Liver pain can also be caused by gallstones, disturbances or obstructions in the bile duct, irritable bowel syndrome, pneumonia, gastritis (abdomen inflammation) or ascites (fluid buildup in the abdomen).
Liver failure
Liver failure is an urgent, life-threatening medical condition. It means that the liver has lost or is losing all of its function. Early symptoms of liver failure are fairly general, making it difficult to know that the liver is failing. Early symptoms include diarrhea, nausea, loss of appetite and fatigue. But as the condition worsens, symptoms become more serious. You may become confused, extremely sleepy or disoriented. You may even fall into a coma.
Chronic liver failure is the most common type of liver failure. It is the result of malnutrition, disease and cirrhosis, and it can develop slowly over years. Acute liver failure is more rare, and it can come on suddenly. Acute liver failure is usually the result of poisoning or a drug overdose. Sometimes, liver failure can be treated without surgery, but in other cases a liver transplant is the only option for patients with liver failure.
Liver transplant
Donated livers can come from cadavers or living donors. In the case of living donors, the donor donates part of his or her liver to another person. The liver can regrow itself, so both people should end up with healthy, functional livers. According to the NIH, the most common reason adults get liver transplants is cirrhosis, though transplants can also be done for patients with various liver diseases or early stage liver cancer.
A liver transplant is a very serious surgery that may take up to 12 hours. There are several risks involved with liver transplants, including:
- Bile duct complications, including leaks or shrinking
- Bleeding
- Blood clots
- Failure of donated liver
- Infection
- Memory and thinking problems
- Rejection of donated liver
If you have a liver transplant, you can expect to stay in the hospital for at least a week after the surgery, to get regular checkups for at least three months, and to take anti-rejection and other medications for the rest of your life. It will take six months to a year to feel fully healed from the surgery.
Liver transplant success depends on the individual case. Transplants from cadavers have a 72 percent success rate, meaning that 72 percent of liver transplant recipients lived for at least five years after the surgery. Transplants from living donors had a slightly higher success rate, at 78 percent, according to the Mayo Clinic.


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- Putative class action filed against University of Illinois over clout-in-admissions scandal; a contest challenges readers to come up with best arguments for dismissal [Russell Jackson]
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"Putative class action filed against University of Illinois over clout-in-admissions scandal; a contest challenges readers to come up with best arguments for dismissal."
Does your entry have to rhyme? I think I could come up with something.
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i'll share this tip in this thread: http://www.abajournal.com/news/heller_bankruptcy_judge_offers_grammar_tips_questions_legal_bill/
painful 7 page letter by judge to lawyers including grammatical corrections.
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I don't think I've ever had a currant anything, but that looks just mouth-watering! That's very nice. |
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Oh yum, actually I made two tarts and gave one away! Wish you all lived closer! Nope I leave on the tiny stems but each one has to be pulled off the long string (strig) they grow on, its quite tedious, but worth every bite! Mrs. G |
I freeze them first and it makes stem removal easier. Nice haul! I had a good year too. I still have one yet to mature, taking forever. A white currant. I want to add a few plants if I can find room somewhere! If I had it my way the front garden would be all fruit. |
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Currants are related to gooseberries and jostaberries. Those tiny dried Zante currants in a box are really small raisins. Currants love winter, a frost and warm summers. Hope this helps. Go to the Norse Farms website as they sell many varieties and check out which zone you are in and which currants you can grow. Also Black currants have a very distinctive flavor. Red, white, and pink currants taste a bit like cranberry and rhubarb. Mrs. G |
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For 39-year-old Richard Watson of Lumberton, walking uphill is no problem. Its coming back down thats the trouble.
Watson had to have his leg amputated in 2009 after it got caught in a machine at work.
He is one of more than a million people in the United States who have lost a leg to accident or disease. For many of them, everyday activities like climbing stairs or getting in and out of a car takes concentration and conscious effort.
Their sound leg automatically adjusts to different speeds, activities or types of terrain, but their prosthetic leg drags behind them unless they tell it what to do.
Most prosthetic legs in use today are passive, which means the user has to pull it along, or shift weight to lock and unlock the knee.
Others move with help from motorized knee and ankle joints that require pushing a button or toggling a switch to transition between sitting, standing and walking modes.
The result can be awkward and slow-going, even after months of training.
Toward the next step
The limitation of current prosthetic devices is that they dont know what the next step should be, said Helen Huang, an associate professor of biomedical engineering at N.C. State and UNC-Chapel Hill.
With help from a $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation, Huang and her colleagues are building a smarter, safer bionic leg that listens to the users body and figures out what he or she has in mind before that person takes the next step.
The engineers hope is that one day, people who have lost all or part of a leg will be able to transition smoothly and seamlessly from sitting to standing to navigating stairs and slopes and even regain their balance to avoid falls after slips and trips using only their thoughts.
It may sound like the stuff of science fiction. But advances in brain-to-machine interfaces are turning mind-controlled bionic limbs into a reality.
The technology uses sensors capable of detecting the same brain and muscle signals the original leg used.
When an amputee thinks about bending his knee, the part of the brain that controls movement sends a tiny electrical signal down the spinal cord to peripheral nerves in his residual limb, just as it did before he lost his leg.
Only now, instead of reaching a dead end at the site of amputation, the signal is picked up by electrodes in the prosthetic leg.
Within milliseconds, pattern-recognition software in the devices onboard computer decodes the signals and translates them into instructions that tell the knee joint how to move to stay in sync with the wearer.
Thought-controlled cursors and other robotic devices have been around for some time. Some rely on electrodes that sit on the surface of the skin. Others use electrodes that are surgically implanted in the muscles or beneath the skull.
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The noninvasive approach cant match the accuracy and precision of surgical methods, but by combining skin surface signals from multiple sources, Huang hopes to narrow the gap.
Huang and her team have already built a prototype of a bionic leg that uses skin sensors to measure electrical signals produced by the muscles in the users residual limb, and they have been testing it in the lab to see how it performs.
The volunteers all people with above-knee amputations take off the artificial leg they normally wear, put on the bionic one, and run through a series of exercises.
In one study, the amputees maneuvered through an obstacle course that involved stepping over a box, climbing five stairs or walking up a 10-foot ramp, and then traversing the course in reverse.
By combining muscle signals with data from motion and force sensors that measured the angle and the rotation of the knee and the pounding on the leg with each step, the artificial leg was able to correctly anticipate the next move 95 percent to 99 percent of the time.
Since then, Huang and her team have improved the technology by adding a stumble detector that helps amputees regain their balance after slips and trips.
To test the idea, the researchers asked amputees to walk on a treadmill that stopped and started suddenly to throw them off balance.
The volunteers wore a harness suspended from the ceiling to keep them from actually falling to the floor.
As they walked, sensors measured the electrical activity of their thigh muscles. Motion sensors in the artificial leg detected when they began to slip or trip.
By combining muscle signals with data from the motion sensors, the researchers were able to figure out what combination of signals allowed the artificial leg to act fast enough and accurately enough to prevent a fall.
What Huang wants to do now is build a bionic leg that combines muscle signals with signals from the brain.
The approach could be especially useful in cases where there is too little muscle left in the residual limb to rely on muscle signals alone.
By using brain signals, we might be able to compensate for that, Huang said.
The brain factor
On a table in her lab, a Styrofoam mannequin wears something that looks like a futuristic swimming cap.
The cap is lined with 64 sensors that detect brain electrical activity via electroencephalography (EEG).
Huang and her team will ask amputees and able-bodied volunteers to wear the cap and record their brain signals while they do basic moves, like bending the knee.
Brain signals are hard to measure noninvasively because they have to pass through the skull and cranial fluid before they reach the scalp.
Its like recording a cocktail party by placing microphones on the outside of a building. Some people are closer to some microphones than others, and each microphone picks up a different mix of voices. Teasing out individual conversations from the rest of the noise is tricky.
The researchers first task is to combine the signals from the many sensors in the cap and see if they can identify distinctive patterns of brain activity related to specific movements.
Eventually, the goal is to program the bionic leg to recognize a particular pattern of brain activity as a specific command to, say, lift the foot or bend the knee.
In the meantime, Watson has been using the device to walk up and down an incline in Huangs lab. He wont be able to take it home a commercial version of a thought-controlled bionic leg is still a long way from reality.
But one day, Huang hopes the results from the basic research in her lab will help people like Watson use their artificial leg just as they use their real one.
With (this approach) an amputee should be able to just put on the prosthetic and go. Were not there yet, but were making efforts to get there, Huang said.
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Mr. Townsend was appointed Spectraserv's President and CEO in 1983, and since then he has utilized his executive management skills to ensure the proper allocation of resources for all Spectraserv companies. He retains ultimate responsibility for finances and regulatory compliance, as well as defines the Companies' markets, develops its business plan, and fulfills all contractual obligations. In addition, he is a member of the Board of Directors of each of the Firm's subsidiary companies. Prior to joining Spectraserv, Mr. Townsend spent eight years with the City of Philadelphia Water Department as Chief of Sludge Management. In this role, he successfully led the City's research, planning, and development of alternatives to ocean disposal. Through experience gained in this position and with a previous waste industry employer, Mr. Townsend developed negotiating, project management, and public relations skills important to the success of Spectraserv.
John Wengryn Senior Vice President of Operations
Mr. Wengryn is the Senior Vice President of Operations where he is responsible for the daily operational management of Spectraserv's waste operations and construction services divisions. In 1973 Mr. Wengryn joined Spectraserv as a sales and operations coordinator. He assumed the current position of vice president and chief of operations in 1984. Since then, he has become responsible for the oversight of bid and contract preparation, including the estimation of the labor and equipment demands for these proposals. In addition, Mr. Wengryn supervises the development and implementation of operational schedules for work to be performed in both the Waste Operation and Construction Divisions.
Francis Senske, P.E. Senior Vice President of Technical Services
Mr. Senske is the Senior Vice President of Technical Services and is responsible for the technical management and planning of all of the business activities performed by Spectraserv, as well as the development of new business ventures considered and implemented by the firm. In addition, he directs the overall regulatory compliance of Spectraserv's processing facilities, trucking activities and construction projects. Prior to joining Spectraserv in 1989, Mr. Senske was employed by Black & Veatch as the Engineering Manager of it's Philadelphia office, where he supervised an interdisciplinary team of engineers on numerous sludge, solid waste, and hazardous waste management projects, as well as other environmental engineering tasks. Mr. Senske also spent ten years with the Philadelphia Water Department as Manager of the City's Sludge Management Program. He directed an extensive staff and budget for the development and implementation of comprehensive sludge management and utilization programs, and was charged in leading the City to establishing a full-scale composting facility.
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The Queue: I'm up late tonight {WoW}
May 19th 2011 11:23AM I think if they implemented it properly ala DC universe, you would not be able to look like you are wearing gear that you have not already attained. they could take it a step further and make it so that you could not look like you were wearing gear not available to your class, like mages could not style themselves to wear plate or shields. They could take that a step further and have a mouse over average worn item level so you don't have to inspect someone to see their average score. I know I can't tell what your ilvl is from looking, but if you can, then there is a solution to how Blizzard could handle the implementation so that you were not hurt by the style choices.
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Mar 19th 2011 10:58AM Comment!!!!
PTR Patch 4.1: New code hints at random dungeon change {WoW}
Mar 17th 2011 11:13PM It would be awesome if this extended to level 80+ regular dungeons as well. I am currently leveling another toon through the 80+ content and would love to run more dungeons, but the lower ones, besides gear, just aren't worth it really. I would like th be able to gain a bit of a stockpile of JP for hen I hit 85, by that point someone should know how to play their character, especially if they have done it through dungeons.
The Queue: A very special Monday treat {WoW}
Mar 7th 2011 11:24AM Because you can fly from those zones to a major city (Twilight Highlands to Undercity or Stormwind and Uldum to Orgrimmar or Darnassus). Is it convenient? Not at all.
The Queue: It's a moose, all right? {WoW}
Mar 6th 2011 7:31PM Question:
What, if anything, will you guys be doing at PAX East? I made the mistake and waited too long to order a ticket and am only able to go Friday, was just wondering if any of the WoW.com team would be poking around that day.
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Mar 4th 2011 11:38PM Your totems are missing?!?!? This means that this could all be a dream that someone else is controlling and you no longer have a way to test it! Leonardo DiCaprio would be ashamed of you right now!
Patch 4.1 PTR notes updated for March 1 {WoW}
Mar 1st 2011 7:46PM I fully agree with the original poster. First off, I have nothing against a class outside of the healing classes having a B-rez, Warlocks have had one fore years and it makes sense. DK's having one just doesn't work lore wise for me at all. They are masters of DEATH magic, not life magic, resurrection is something that shouldn't be able to be done by those that are the exact opposite of the light or nature. The way the spell existed before was actually pretty cool, they should have expanded on that, made it a temporary battle rez where healing just doesn't work as well on the target or something. I just don't like DK's getting something like this, it just makes them seem more...cheap to me, but I have never been one to like the idea of "specialty"/"hero" classes anyway, they tend to make the other classes seem dull.
Blood Sport: A guide to PvP keybinding {WoW}
Feb 22nd 2011 11:48PM The Razer Naga is fantastic! I was a big clicker before (and not the addon), I would arrange my bars all on top of each other so I didn't have to move my mouse far, but ever since I go the Naga it's been even better! I have 24 abilities at my right thumb with shift as a modifier and all my traps (hunter) with ctrl as a modifier, it's great! My game has really improved. I find PvP to be so much more enjoyable because I can actually look at whats happening instead of trying to find disengage while I die a horrible and painful death.
Note: I have my bars set up in a 3X4 grid, two of them, with the Dominos add on. The best part is that you can make the bars disappear until the modifier is pushed, I have much less clutter because I can hide my mount/profession/hearth/food/pet care buttons until I need them!
3 makeover suggestions for WoW's default UI {WoW}
Jan 15th 2011 11:21AM @Lee
I am also perplexed by keybinds. I move with the keyboard, but am not a keyboard turner, I use the mouse for moving a lot too.Best investment I ever made was the Razer Nage, the thing is incredible. I bound 12 keys right at my thumb and then another 12 when I combined them with shift. I have 24 actions at my thumb at any time and my UI is exactly the same for every character.
This is how I like to play, people like me and Lee just don't like to keybind, it is awkward and hard for us to get used to it. Mouse play is completely valid and possible, like Lee said the GCD keeps it possible.
Is comparing your game to World of Warcraft really such a good idea? {WoW}
Jan 14th 2011 12:00AM @Abremm
*removes glasses* Do you realize what you are describing?! MMO hipsters! This is the worst thing to happen to video gaming since the hot coffee mod debacle during GTA San Andreas! Soon other MMOs will be filled with skinny jeans and ironic t-shirt wearing, PBR drinking, philosophy majoring, douche bags! This, this could be the end of WoW, when hating on the most popular game is underground and cool becomes mainstream and even more cool! Damn them, I could take them on my college campus, in my underground record stores, and in my funny web based comics (see hipster Hitler) but I will be damned if they make it into my favorite hobby!


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Essay: Weary Italians aren't in the mood to laugh anymore at Berlusconi's latest transgressions.
ROME — For many Italians, the annual mid-August vacation exodus known as ferragosto could not have come soon enough. It has been a sweltering, stressful summer.
Flocking to the beaches, they leave behind the usual Italian cacophony of politics and intrigue, from warnings of creeping fascism to accusations by jailed mafia godfather, Toto Riina, that a high profile anti-mafia prosecutor was blown to bits in 1992 by agents of the state.
Italians have long grown accustomed to the din in a country deeply divided politically. Harder to shrug off is a recession that has them feeling more worried and depressed, according to a poll last month. They're so preoccupied that 33 percent say they're having sex less often.
That apparently isn't the case with Italy's prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi. For the past year, his alleged sexual exploits have been the stuff of widespread media coverage, café chatter and, most recently, tape-recorded pillow talk. The recordings were made by Patrizia D'Addario, an escort who says she was paid 1,000 euros by a friend of Berlusconi's to sleep with the prime minister. The friend, Gianpaolo Tarantini, is being investigated on suspicion of corruption and abetting prostitution.
The recordings were posted last month on the website of the Italian magazine, L'espresso. One conversation is between Tarantini and D'Addario last October, before they head to Berlusconi's official Roman residence, Palazzo Grazioli. Tarantini stresses the prime minister doesn't use a condom. D'Addario protests but seems to relent.
She claims other taped conversations took place a month later after a night of sex with Berlusconi at his home. One exchange goes like this:
D'Addario: A young man would have come in a second … Do you know how long I haven't had sex like I had with you tonight? Many months … Is it normal?
Man said to be Berlusconi: If I may say so, you have to have sex on your own … You have to touch yourself with a certain frequency.
Berlusconi has not denied that D'Addario attended a party at his home, but has insisted he has never in his life paid for sex. His only comment after the tapes were released was to tell an audience: "I am not a saint; you've all understood that."
The recordings cap a series of sexually-tinged controversies, beginning with accusations he appointed women to political posts who were more experienced in seduction than politics.
In the spring, his wife, Victoria Lario, sent an email to a news agency suggesting her husband uses his political party as a harem. Days later she asked for a divorce — they've been married 19 years — when it emerged Berlusconi had attended the birthday party of an 18-year-old aspiring actress who calls him "daddy."


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noun \jī-ˈgan-ˌti-zəm, jə-; ˈjī-gən-\Definition of GIGANTISM
: giantism 1
: development to abnormally large size
: excessive vegetative growth often accompanied by the inhibiting of reproduction
Examples of GIGANTISM
- <the gigantism that is this newest ocean liner is impossible to describe>
First Known Use of GIGANTISM
circa 1885
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- Synonyms
- enormity, enormousness, giantism, immensity, hugeness, immenseness, magnitude, massiveness, prodigiousness, vastitude, vastness
- Antonyms
- diminutiveness, minuteness, tininess
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noun \jī-ˈgan-ˌtiz-əm, jə-; ˈjī-gən-\ (Medical Dictionary)Medical Definition of GIGANTISM
: development to abnormally large size from excessive growth of the long bones accompanied by muscular weakness and sexual impotence and usually caused by hyperpituitarism before normal ossification is complete—called also macrosomia; compare acromegaly
noun (Concise Encyclopedia)Excessive growth, resulting from heredity, diet, or growth regulation disorder. Androgen deficiency causes long bones to continue growing after they would normally stop. Overproduction of growth hormoneusually due to a tumourcauses pituitary gigantism (see pituitary gland). With gradual but continuous growth, height may reach 8 ft (240 cm), with normal proportions. Greater susceptibility to infection, injury, and metabolic disorders shortens the life span. Surgery or radiation can be employed to curtail further growth. Gigantism often occurs with acromegaly.
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Bathroom Breaks and Children
I was advised to post here, as I'm a bit worried about our upcoming trip and I'm really hoping for some tips! We're coming to WDW for the first time (yay!) this August, with our three nieces. My middle niece will be 13, and suffers from a number of bladder problems due to having contracted meningitis as a child. The biggest problem she faces, is that she is very rarely aware that she needs to go to the toilet until she needs to go right that minute and we have to do a bit of a dash for the nearest bathrooms. We have done theme parks before, including Disneyland Paris, and our plan is to take regular bathroom breaks, going before any rides which we know have a big queue... but inevitably she will need to go at some point, and with 14 days in WDW she (and I) are anxious about what will happen if we have to repeatedly leave an attraction queue. I don't expect this to happen all the time, but during our six days at Disneyland Paris, we needed to leave and re-enter ride queues maybe nine or ten times. Would be be able to return to our place in the queue, if we ask the rest of our party to wait and let others pass until we return? Or would this annoy others in the queue? Or, should I explain that should this happen and we need to leave the queue, we'll have to join the back of the queue or perhaps miss the ride out this time? I know re-entering ride queues is a contentious issue on the boards, so I'm sorry if this offends anyone! Thanks in advance! One very anxious aunty x |
I think your plan is really the best option going for you. My DD has similar issues so I understand the concern. You could try to request a DAS, but I know from personal experience that it was hit-or-miss with the old GAC as to getting one for bathroom needs. So your best defense is a strong offense -- and your "plan" fits that. I'd also suggest picking up a park map first thing and making sure you are always aware of where the nearest restrooms are located.
As to leaving the line...if you have to, you have to. Speak with the CM on your way out and see if they can offer any assistance. But I don't recommend trying to regain your position in line -- there will be a number of people you'd have to pass who 1) aren't aware that you left because they've joined the line since then, or 2) simply will not allow anyone to pass regardless of your reason. The queues can be fairly tight and winding. Again -- making sure she uses the restroom before getting into a line is your best bet. What is your plan once you are on the ride/show? Some simply cannot be stopped and she will have no "out" once she has boarded the ride or the show has started. Also, some (I'm thinking Ellen's Universe of Energy) are quite long. At 13, would she be willing to wear an incontinence pad as a back-up? You'll really need to plan for the "what-if" situations. Enjoy your vacation! |
My 10 year old DD has difficulty recognizing when she needs to go. I've been told it is related to her sensory issues, but the reason doesn't change how we address it. We stop frequently to go to the restroom and always stop in to the restroom before entering a long line.
It can be difficult to leave and re-enter the line due to the setup of the lines. When we go to WDW, it's usually just DD and me. With no one else to hold our place, if we have to leave the line we would have no other choice than to just come back to the end of the line. On our last trip, DD was finally old enough I was comfortable letting her go to the restroom without me as long as the restroom was close by. We really didn't do this for rides, but there were a couple character lines where it was easy to leave and re-enter. In those cases, I would let her go by herself while I stood in line. But those instances were the exception rather than the rule. I was wondering the same thing as lanejudy. Would your niece agree to wearing an incontinence pad just as a precaution in case she didn't quite make it in time? Lines at the restrooms usually move fast, but there have been occasions when we reach the restroom and have a wait. |
I agree with the other posters that incontinence pads may be a good idea. There will be times when you dimply can't leave - like during rides and attractions. And, there are sometimes long lines in the bathrooms. Just knowing she is 'protected' may help with some of her issues - being nervous about losing control can lead to loss of control.
If she doesn't like the idea of pads, there are a number of companies that make absorbent reusable underwear. This company in the UK makes especially nice ones (plus the people are very nice) http://www.pshealthcare.co.uk/incont...ncontinence_12 If she hasn't seen a urologist recently, it may be helpful to get a consultation. There may be new treatments since she was seen last or treatments that were not appropriate for her before because of her age that could be used now. Some people also have good luck with timed voiding. |
I think in general your plan (without trying to reclaim the spot in the queue if you have to leave), is going to be the best bet for a plan you know will work. You definitely could consider requesting a DAS by explaining what you explained here (the frequency of how often you still had to leave queues at DLP may help). That would allow you to wait outside the queue so she'd be able to really go to the bathroom as close to when she boards the ride as possible. That said, it's definitely something where the CM may not feel a DAS is appropriate. lanejudy's suggestion about informing a cast member if you do have to leave a queue is a good one.
There are definitely some attractions she may need to avoid. Ellen's Universe of Energy is around 40-45 minutes long and there's no way to get off it once started (if someone were to stand up and try to leave, the ride would stop and have to completely be reset before restarting). Shows she should be able to leave if needed. Off the top of my head, I'm not sure exactly which other rides might be problematic off the top of my head. Outdoor queues for character meet & greets, someone can usually hold a place in the queue if she needs to make a dash. I also agree with the others about whether she'd be willing to wear incontinence pads. I'd even consider seeing if she'd wear a full "adult nappy" on the plane. I have similar issues (just not quite as often) as your niece and once nearly had a very embarrassing accident on a transatlantic flight. There was quite a bit of turbulence towards the end and the fasten seatbelt sign was on for at least the last 2 hours before arrival (it may have been as many as 3 hours). Since it would also be very bad to suggest she be dehydrated while flying, having something more protective might provide some peace of mind. I actually know plenty of people who have no problems with continence at all who use "adult nappies" for long flights just in case all the bathrooms keep being full or the sort of issue with the seatbelt sign being on for extended periods of time that I had. |
Thank you so much everyone for your advice and support. Sorry for not coming back sooner - we've just moved house so it's been a hectic few days! Out of interest, does anyone know what the average wait times may be at the very end of August/beginning of September (22nd August - 9th September)? I know in DLP, you can expect 60min waits, going up to 90-120mins during busy parts of the day, on most popular rides as a standard, FastPass is much less popular and less used.
Truthfully though, I hadn't considered the plane journey. We flew to DLP, but that was only an hour and going to the bathroom right before boarding, once during the flight and then again when getting off the plane was enough. Given it's such a long flight, I think we will definitely need to have a discussion with her about the adult nappy idea, just in case. Thank you for that suggestion! |
Just a thought that Perhaps she may consider trying one out to see if she is comfortable prior to the trip. They make them pretty comfortable these days unlike the bulky obvious ones years ago.
If you go in the morning and return after dinner it will be pleasant. The week after Labor day will be even slower. Historically labor day weekend is busier, but last year everybody was saying the parks were completely empty- so hopefully that can happen again for you. |
1) PERSONALLY SPEAKING, we do let a parent with one kid back into line.
2) I don't mind the "emergency" potty break for kiddies. 3) And, I don't even put up a fuss when they walk by me. 4) Yes, I know, even I don't mind. 5) Where I DO GET PERTURBED is when a parent has 2-or-more kids. 6) Or, if I see a parent sitting outside the line then joining. 7) To me, this means they waited until their other-half got closer in line. 8) I do not go along with line-jumping. NOTE: I have yet to see an Attractions CM not let a parent and kid back into line after a potty break. |
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For All Us Bakers
Friday, July 15, 2011
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- Ginger Zuck said...
All too cute! Love the vintage mixter. Turqoise is my favorite color ever!
- July 15, 2011 at 5:27 AM
- Mary said...
Seriously in love with that necklace! The mixer is awesome, and also love those bowls. And I know you can make Hello Kitty, I just know you can - and I can't wait to see the pics you share with us!
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- Bonnie said...
I love pinterest! I find the most fabulous things! I want the turquoise mixer as well......can we have timeshares? Hugs! Bonnie
- July 15, 2011 at 7:04 AM
- cynthia lee designs said...
What a cute necklace!!
- July 15, 2011 at 8:06 AM
- Kris said...
That necklace is darling, and I love the aqua mixer!!
- July 15, 2011 at 8:25 AM
- Diane Writes said...
Hello Elaine! Thank you for the comment you left in my blog. And these pictures are cuteness! I love them. :)
- July 15, 2011 at 8:53 AM
- poppilinnstudios said...
Very Cute! Love the tiny necklace.
- July 15, 2011 at 9:25 AM
- Ricki Jill Treleaven said...
I actually have on of those vintage mixers @ our lake cabin. It comes with its own stand. I need to send you a photo of it.
You need that necklace. :D - July 15, 2011 at 9:35 AM
- Gabriela Delworth said...
I love Kitty macaroons!
~ Gabriela ~ - July 15, 2011 at 10:47 AM
- Fishtail Cottage said...
Really cute baking goodies - i just picked up some of that aqua corning ware while out 'junkin' recently - love it! oxxo, tracie
- July 15, 2011 at 6:53 PM
- Debra @ Common Ground said...
so fun! I love that great mixer and bowls, and who wouldn't adore Hello Kitty macaroons AND cupcakes. Have fun! Thanks for sharing at VIF! xo Debra
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http://www.lockergnome.com/mobile/2011/09/28/is-cell-phone-radiation-dangerous/ I say texting and driving is more dangerous. :) asked Oct 03 '11 at 20:25 chris ♦♦ 1
Duplicate qestion: http://lockergnome.net/questions/153162/are-cell-phones-killing-us Please close this thread
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I don't think any one person has anything to worry about. It's our species that could be in danger. We use microwaves, radios, cell phones, nuclear reactors and x-rays, and the list goes on. It doesn't hurt anyone too much, but slowly it alters the way our cells divide and mutate. Slowly it reduces sperm-count in males and increases the likelihood of cancer and reproductive disorders. In a few thousand years, we may come to a point where reproduction is impossible. answered Oct 03 '11 at 22:22 MacManDerek hmm microwaves, cell phones has nothing to do with it. But x-rays and nuclear power is pretty damn hazardous. Why do you think the doctors leave the room when they x-ray you?^^ in 1000 years we'll prolly all be clones of a genetic superior human super being.
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In the late 90s and early 00's cellphones where linked to brain cancer, but not the EMR, it was the kind of screens they where using. but what about more recently? http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/cellphones (Reviewed Aug 16, 2011) (Part 5 is worth a look but I wont copy it over) Scientific America says "In other words, the verdict is still out." on November 21, 2008 in "Fact or Fiction?: Cell Phones Can Cause Brain Cancer" The Washington Post agrees with the above story on June 3rd of 2011 in "Do cellphones cause cancer? Unclear. But science proves they're annoying." So what lessons should we take away Do your research and don't listen blindly to what the media says, if they had their way we all would be in aluminum covers helmets in the middle of the deep woods scaring us shirtless (because the cloth used to make clothes cause cancer too) using mud to avoid sunburn (which is linked to skin cancer) because sunscreen is toxic. I have offered a lot of evidence to support my claims and have cited them adequately, where do you get your information? every CREDIBLE source I find says in a nutshell, "We don't know yet." answered Oct 04 '11 at 14:52 trueb |
Although I cant argue with the point that doing anything else while driving other then driving is inherently more dangerous then just focusing on driving. But to say cell phones are killing us because people text and drive is akin to saying guns kill people. But I'm sure most people on this site will agree that guns don't kill people, people kill people, admittedly guns make it easier, but they don't themselves. Just like cellphones, they don't kill people, people kill people. answered Oct 05 '11 at 08:07 trueb |


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