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Astex Pharmaceuticals Announces Oral Presentation of SGI-110 Data at the Upcoming European Cancer Congress (ECCO-ESMO-ESTRO) Correlation of Biomarkers and DNA
No wonder astx keeps going up.
Sentiment: Strong Buy
Astex will be a star at ECCO.
JD, Astex's drug discovery platform is very good.
I continue to hold, though wondering what to do given the nice potential profit at these prices. Hopefully JNJ will partner after this phase 1-2 trial results are announced.
Anyone know how promising is Astex's way of finding new potential drugs using their drug discovery system?
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The current amplification factor β of a BJT is very sensitive to
the base width as well as to the ratio of the
base doping to the emitter doping. Calculate and plot β for a p-n-p BJT with Lnp = Lpn for:
(a) nn = pp and Wb/Lnp = 0.01 to 1
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Randon Advances in Sao Paulo as First-Quarter Sales Climb
Randon Participacoes SA, a Brazilian auto parts maker, rose after reporting an increase in first-quarter sales.
Shares gained 1.6 percent to 12.50 reais at the close of trading in Sao Paulo, after earlier rising as much as 3.9 percent. The benchmark Bovespa Index gained 1.4 percent.
The Caxias do Sul-based company's first-quarter sales rose 33 percent to 974.9 million reais ($485 million), according to a regulatory filing today. That compares with an estimate of 893 million reais, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
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Kitarō (喜多郎, born February 4, 1953) is a Japanese musician, composer and multi-instrumentalist who is regarded as a pioneer of New Age music. Kitaro was born in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, Japan and is a graduate of Toyohashi Commercial High School. After graduating, Kitaro moved to Tokyo to experience and become a part of the music scene, and it was there that he discovered the synthesizer. His first synthesizer was analog, and he recalls having "just loved the analog sound that it made compared to today's digital sound". Read more on Last.fm Read more about Kitaro
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Inslee Says He Will Back Will Of Voters On Marijuana Legalization
SEATTLE, Wash. – Washington Governor-elect Jay Inslee says states are the incubators of new ideas – and that should extend to marijuana legalization. Inslee Wednesday said he's hopeful Washington's new recreational pot law can take effect without federal interference.
Inslee didn't support Washington's marijuana legalization initiative. But now that it has passed he says, "The voters have spoken."
Inslee says he will work in a "rational and mature" way to persuade the Obama administration to allow Washington to implement the law.
It and a similar law in Colorado will allow the state regulated sale of marijuana for personal use.
"I don't think there's any reason that that is antithetical to national security or interstate commerce," the Governor-elect says. "This is a local decision of a local state and we're going to do everything we can to convince the Administration in that regard."
Inslee made his comments at a news conference to announce his transition co-chairs.
Meanwhile, outgoing Governor Chris Gregoire met this week with a top Justice Department official to discuss what the Obama administration might do about the state's new marijuana law.
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I am looking for a framework to visualize Circuit Diagrams in Java application.
I have to show Diagrams like that:
For one of my previous projects (in 2008 year) I used Jung. It worked well, but maybe somebody could propose more suitable for my needs framework? Does anyone have a similar task or know a good tools?
Also one of my tasks is to try to layout elements, because there is only info about connections in DB, but there is no layout information. I want to try to minimize manual layout work and looking for layout algorithms.
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By Sara E. Martin, Army Flier Staff WriterOctober 31, 2013
FORT RUCKER, Ala. (October 31, 2013) -- The Army is a fruit salad of individuals who come together from different backgrounds and experiences which collide to make a delicious and successful combination, and to ensure that the salad blends together correctly the Fort Rucker garrison command team has put together a new program to hear from an important ingredient -- its female Soldiers.
Better Empowered Soldiers Today will hold a kickoff event Nov. 7 from 4-5:30 p.m. at The Commons, Bldg. 8950, to start the garrison lead initiative off on the right foot.
"The goal is to develop a diverse network of female Soldiers with similar interests and backgrounds that they can turn to for help and advice when needed," said Ruth Gonzalez, Army Community Service relocation readiness program manager. "It is a chance for mentorship, professional development and for Soldiers to share their experiences on how to deal with certain aspects of military life."
Gonzalez believes that being able to speak with someone who has been there and done that and has more insight can be very beneficial to younger Soldiers, and Col. Stuart J. McRae, Fort Rucker garrison commander, believes that is one of the best results that will come out of the group.
"This is not a social group, it is simply an opportunity to gather and talk about issues of the day," he said. "I think those who will benefit the most at the beginning are going to be the younger folks hearing the experiences and the valuable lessons from the people who have come before them, and learning how to cope with certain things while having a full career.
"We hope this will enable women to be able to have a forum to talk about things that are unique to them," he added.
There is a limited number of female Soldiers on the installation and they are often spread out in the workforce or work area, so by getting them together Gonzalez said that female Soldiers will be able to meet new people and make professional and personal connections.
The program, which seeks to strengthen all Soldiers through mentorship and social opportunities, is open to all military personnel, though the group will focus on female, Soldier specific, topics.
"It is not a male bashing or even a female empowerment program; it is something that we hope will empower that person," said Gonzalez, adding that she hopes attendees will feel more in control of their lives and career by developing a strong network of friends and co-workers.
The garrison saw the need for a group like this to be developed after surveys where completed and experiences were shared about the unique things female Soldiers face during the everyday work day.
"It is important for us to understand the stresses and issues that females face so everyone can better understand," said Gonzalez.
"I hope that men will attend so they can see through the eyes of a female Soldier, realizing that they don't have to deal with and will never have to deal with some of the obstacles females face. More understanding and cohesiveness will flow through the unit and better that relationship between male and female Soldiers," she continued.
Gonzalez and McRae also both agreed that it is counterproductive to have an isolated female Soldier moving from installation to installation who is possibly in a unit with only male Soldiers and no one to talk to on specific topics.
"This will be good for Soldiers to intermingle with others they might never encounter to network, and for older Soldiers to share stories and advice that the new Soldiers really need to hear," said McRae.
The garrison command team plans for a committee to be formed out of the participating women who will decide what the long and short range goals will be, and the direction and form that the program will take.
The guest speaker at the kickoff event is Gail Dwyer, a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy and author of 'Tough as Nails: One Woman's Journey Through West Point.'
"She was in the second graduating class that had females from West Point," said Gonzalez. "Her experiences will hopefully energize and motivate those Soldiers about looking for someone to lean on or ask for help."
A personality assessment will also be a part of the event for attendees and light refreshments will be served.
"If we see there is a need and a desire for other groups to form up like this then that need will be developed further," said the garrison commander. "This is not about singling out one group based on one demographic. We all have a singular experience, and as we draw from other experiences we are able to adjust our worldview."
Soldiers are asked to RSVP.
For more information, or to RSVP, contact Ruth Gonzalez at 255-3735.


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Move over, Photo Stream. Facebook is horning its way into iOS's automatic photo syncing turf. The world's largest social network is starting to roll out a new service to users of the iOS app that will automatically squirt up to 2GB worth of their most recently taken photos to Facebook's servers.
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Human Trafficking Is A Major Concern For Immigration Operatives.
Human Trafficking Is A Major Concern For Immigration Operatives.
Illegal immigration is not only a breach upon the law and order of a country, but is also an outlet of the criminal activities. It is serious issue related to the peace and security of the people. The government is bound to take serious initiative to this illegal activity to save the law and order and people of its country.
Immigrant officials of Manila became vigilant about illegal immigration when they discovered that Manila and Kuala Lumpur were being used as transit point for human smuggling by international syndicates. The officials keep a thorough vigilance over the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). Now, the officials keep strict eye on all kinds of transactions and other activities taking place at the airport.
The immigration chief, Marcelino C. Libanan is personally undertaking the invigilation of the passengers. As per his observations, he ordered the immigration operatives of NAIA-BI to keep a check on passengers from Malaysia bound for Vancouver and Amsterdam as they were found carrying fake travel documents within three weeks' duration.
As per Libnan's observation, the movements of syndicates follow a particular pattern and it needs immediate and serious attention as its frequency rising remarkably. Libnan shares his opinion that in order to counter the problem of human trafficking, international cooperation is the utmost requirement. Advisories have been sent to the Malaysian's immigration officials to make them vigilant about the arrest of people carrying fake travel documents.
There have been series of cases wherein passengers with fake travel documents have been identified. Recently, NAIA –BI workforce spotted three Sri Lankans with fake passport of Malaysia and Singapore as they were about to board a Royal Dutch Airlines for Amsterdam. These passengers were there since hours and they came as transit passengers from Kuala Lumpur. One amongst these passengers was identified as Vengtespura Rao Appalanaidu, but then he fled, leaving his passport and companions behind. The airport authorities examined the passports and his companions, and sent Vengtespura and his companions back to Malaysia. Another related event took place when a Botswanian woman was trying to board a flight for Vancouver, Canada with a tampered passport. She got identified and napped for her try at the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport in Angeles City. The passenger's name was Tshekiso Boitumelo also came from Kuala Lumpur and was later sent back to her pert of origin from where she came. Such attempts will keep coming into scene till the time joint effort is made on an international forum.


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James Gamble Rogers II
James Gamble Rogers II (January 24, 1901 – October 30, 1990) was a celebrated American architect practicing primarily in Winter Park, Florida in the middle years of the twentieth century. He is noted for suavely elegant residential and commercial work, in the Spanish Revival, Mediterranean Revival, French Provincial, and Colonial Revival styles.
His occasional forays into the Art Deco and International Style also garnered outstanding contributions to the built environment.[1]
Early life[edit]
Rogers was born on January 24, 1901, in Chicago, Illinois, to John Arthur Rogers and Elizabeth Baird Rogers. His father, as well as his paternal uncle and namesake James Gamble Rogers were both architects. Rogers grew up in Winnetka until his family relocated to Florida when he was in high school. Thereafter, he attended Dartmouth College but returned to Daytona Beach and began work in his father's architecture practice before he could graduate, in 1924.[citation needed]
Architectural career[edit]
Between 1924 and 1934, Rogers designed many buildings but because he was not yet a registered architect, during that decade the drawings were signed by his father and by other architects. In 1928 he opened a branch of his father's practice in Winter Park. Following his father's death in 1934, Rogers managed the Orlando office of architect David Hyer. When Hyer returned to Charleston, South Carolina in 1935, Rogers opened his own practice in Winter Park, having successfully passed the Florida Board of Architecture examinations that year.[2]
Throughout the 1930s and 1940s Rogers designed many outstanding commissions, chiefly residential, which were and remain among the most sought after homes in Winter Park and environs. Perhaps his best known of these is the Barbour Residence, also known as "Casa Feliz". The house was built on a site overlooking Lake Osceola in 1932; to save the home from destruction, in 2000 it was moved to its present location and is available for tours and for special event rentals.[3] The home, designed to resemble a Spanish farmhouse, displays many of Roger's aesthetic gifts. Other easily viewed Winter Park commissions include the Greeneda Court shops on Park Avenue, the First Church of Christ Scientist, the Barbour Apartments and the Olin Library on the campus of Rollins College.
Rogers continued to practice architecture until he was in his eighties. Among his later commissions of note is the Greek Revival Florida Supreme Court Building in Tallahassee, of 1948.[4] Rogers died on October 30, 1990[5] at the home he designed on Temple Grove Avenue, Winter Park.[6]
Architectural work (partial listing)[edit]
- "Four Winds", Rogers House I, Isle of Sicily, Winter Park, Fla. - 1929[7]
- Shippen House, 1290 North Park Avenue, Winter Park, Fla. - 1931[8]
- Robert Bruce Barbour House, "Casa Feliz", Interlachen Avenue, Winter Park, Fla. - 1932 (relocated 2000 to 656 Park Avenue North)[3]
- McAllaster House, 160 Alexander Place, Winter Park, Fla. - 1934
- Holt House, 1430 Elizabeth Drive, Winter Park, Fla. - 1937
- Jewet House, North Park Avenue, Winter Park, Fla. - 1937[9]
- Barbour Apartments, 520-540 N. Knowles Ave, Winter Park, Fla. - 1937[10]
- Greeneda Court, Park Avenue, Winter Park, Fla. - 1945-1947[11]
- Mills Library, Rollins College, Winter Park, Fla. - 1948
- Florida Supreme Court Building, 500 S. Duval St., Tallahassee, Fla. - 1948
- First Church of Christ, Scientist, 186 Whipple Avenue, Winter Park, Fla. - 1958
- Olin Library, 1000 Holt Avenue, Rollins College, Winter Park, Fla. - 1986
- 1020 Palmer Av. Winter Park, Fla. Rogers' largest residential design[12]
- 711 Alba Drive Orlando, Fla.
- 160 Glenridge, Winter Park, Fla.
- 1329 South Highland Park Drive, Lake Wales, Fla. - 1957
- 490 E Webster Ave, Winter Park, Fla.
- McEwan Residence: 407 Peachtree Road, Orlando, Fla., - 1939
- ^ Kilby, Rick (2009-04-25). "Visual Ephemera: The homes of James Gamble Rogers II". Studiohourglass.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2012-11-16.
- ^ The Architecture of James Gamble Rogers II in Winter Park, Florida, Patrick and Debra McClane, 2004; ISBN 0-8130-2770-5
- ^ a b "Casa Feliz Historic Home Museum". Casafeliz.us. Retrieved 2012-11-16.
- ^ "Florida Supreme Court Home Page". Floridasupremecourt.org. Retrieved 2012-11-16.
- ^ "James Gamble Rogers II Dies, Noted Architect Designed Houses, Public Buildings". Articles.orlandosentinel.com. 1990-10-31. Retrieved 2012-11-16.
- ^ The Architecture of James Gamble Rogers II in Winter Park, Fla., Patrick and Debra McClane, 2004; ISBN 0-8130-2770-5
- ^ "Magnificent "Four Winds" Home! (706117)". Tours.tourfactory.com. Retrieved 2012-11-16.
- ^ Staff (2009-08-25). "Shippen House". Flickr. Retrieved 2012-11-16.
- ^ Staff. "Art Deco by James Gamble Rogers II". Flickr. Retrieved 2012-11-16.
- ^ "Frank Roark General Contractor". Frankroark.com. Retrieved 2012-11-16.
- ^ "The Development of Greeneda Court". Rlfarchitects.com. Retrieved 2012-11-16.
- ^ "Merrywood - Gamble Rogers - 1020 Palmer Av Winter Park Florida - Tile Roof Leak Repair". Floridatileroof.com. Retrieved 2012-11-16.


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"'Tis only fitting that this island would host its own Reaper. It haunts Arisen as though enraged at the half-immortality granted by the wyrm, relentless and intractable as its namesake. Even now, I swear I can hear the whispers..."
- -Barroch's Notes
Death is an Enemy in Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen.
Death in the Dragon's Dogma universe shares the same features as the Grim Reaper in popular mythological depictions. Larger than many creatures in the realm, Death is a shadowy, black-robed figure hovering ominously above the ground. Death's hood hides no facial features-- instead, only a gaping black hole looks back at the Arisen. Larger than Death's own body, his deadly Scythe will instantly kill even well-prepared adventurers. The Bone Lantern held on his left side allows him to cast Sleep.
Death was once an Arisen. The notice board quests, The Wages of Death I, II, III, and IV, were written by Death. In The Wages of Death IV, he states, "I have cast away the shackles of the Arisen. In form and function, I have embraced my calling... as death."
Speculation suggests that Death is the twisted form of Arthacos, an Arisen driven insane by loneliness and the unending labyrinth of Bitterblack Isle. In his insanity, Arthacos came to believe that it was his duty to offer one thousand human sacrifices to appease the Dragon's destructive nature and to save his country from calamity. He continues his vigil to this day.
Arthacos' accounts can be found in the form of ten epitaphs scattered through the isle, which when collected are displayed at the Monument of Remembrance. The tone and style of these epithets is similar to The Wages of Death I, II, III, and IV which suggests that Arthacos and Death (who authored the Wages quests) are one and the same.
When Death searches in the darkness, the Arisen will sometimes hear the whispering voice that drove Arthacos to madness.
Information and StatsEdit
Death is classed as a corpse-feeder enemy, and is therefore attracted by the presence of corpses or Rancid Bait Meat.
|Teleports from one point to another, generally to get closer to Arisen/Pawns.
|Lantern (Purple Glow)
|Inflicts Sleep on nearby foes.
|Lantern (Yellow Glow)
|Used to seek out Arisen/Pawns, also an indicator for determining when Death will attack with the Scythe.
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|Attacks with a wide sweep of the Scythe causing instant death to Arisen/Pawns caught in the swing. All pawns killed are immediately returned to the Rift.
Further Explanation of AbilitiesEdit
Death has only three abilities:
- Teleportation, allowing Death to engage the party at close range.
- Death's Lantern, which will inflict Sleep (purple glow) on nearby characters vulnerable to the debilitation. A yellow glow functions as a searchlight, seeking prey.
- Death's Scythe, which will instantly slay any party member (the Arisen and Pawns) caught within its swinging arc in a single strike. It will also do substantial damage to Bitterblack Isle enemies - Cursed Dragons, Condemned Gorecyclops, etc. Any such enemy slain by Death will not drop loot nor award experience unless the player had engaged it prior to Death's intervention.
While the Arisen may use a Wakestone to revive, Pawns slain by Death will be instantly forfeit, with no chance of revival and will have to be re-hired within a Rift Stone. Mage Pawns wielding Legion's Might are not immune to Death's Scythe.
Pawns often comment: "Death cannot be slain in one go." Death has a great deal of health, and is intended to be fought over a number of separate encounters.
Death will flee when enough damage has been inflicted. Any damage inflicted on Death will carry over to every subsequent encounter until Death is slain. As the physical manifestation of the cessation of life, Death cannot be permanently slain and will eventually re-appear to resume his hunt for living prey.
In some areas, Death will disappear if the party simply exits and re-enters the dungeon. Death will also sometimes leave after slaying pawns or after a Wakestone is used.
Upon entering the lower level of the Garden of Ignominy on Bitterblack Isle for the first time, even in New Game Plus since the dungeon resets to a Pre-Daimon state, Death will always appear. For newer players, the most effective defensive strategy against Death is to run.
Death will randomly appear throughout the various dungeons of Bitterblack Isle, appearing in areas rife with fresh corpses (with increased frequency in the Post-Daimon phase). When Death appears, it is advisable for lower-level players to flee the area as quickly as possible.
Death's spawn rate is close to 100% in The Bloodless Stockade until Daimon is defeated for the first time. If Death does not spawn, an Elder Ogre will spawn instead. Once defeating the Elder Ogre(s), exiting and reentering The Bloodless Stockade will result in Death spawning. Occasionally, Elder Ogres will spawn on consecutive visits to the Bloodless Stockade. However, upon their defeat, Death will reappear. It is also possible for both Death and an Elder Ogre to appear during the same visit to the Bloodless Stockade. Refer to that page for information on farming Death pre-Daimon.
Farming Death Edit
Death will stalk all of Bitterblack Island indiscriminately once Daimon is defeated for the first time.
However, there is still an easy way to spawn Death post-Daimon. Much like the first encounter, Death can appear in the courtyard of the first area, The Garden of Ignominy, provided the stench of death there is high. This can be achieved either by killing enemies, or, more easily, using Rancid Bait Meat. Note that Death will spawn only if Saurians are present in the courtyard. If Goblins are present, Garm will appear instead of Death.
The spawned enemies in the Garden of Ignominy can be changed by simply entering and exiting a Rift Stone, or by exiting the main entrance and re-entering. After Death is routed from sustaining too much damage, re-zoning after dropping another bait can cause him to re-spawn immediately.
Intuitively the following steps can be taken:
- (1) When in the Garden of Ignominy defeat all enemies [Note 1] .
- (2) Save the game.
- (3) Stab the Arisen by using the Godsbane/return to main menu.
- (4) Reload the save.
- (5) Upon reloading drop a piece of Rancid Bait Meat. Death will Spawn.
- (6) Damage Death as much as possible until he retreats.
- (7) Zone the area by leaving and then re-enter.[Note 2]
- (8) Repeat the steps 2-7 above to re-spawn Death again.[Note 3]
- ↑ Saurian corpses attract Death, while Goblin corpses attract Garm.
- ↑ Eventually, enemy corpses will decompose. Enemies must be refreshed and killed again.
- ↑ This procedure can also be used to farm Garm.
Defensive tactics Edit
- Upon entering the lower level of the Garden of Ignominy on Bitterblack Isle for the first time (even in New Game Plus, as the dungeon resets to a Pre-Daimon state), Death will appear. For low level players, the most effective defensive strategy against Death is to avoid confronting Death (and the Hobgoblins within) by running directly down the stairs leading to the Duskmoon Tower. Upon re-entering the Garden of Ignominy, Death will be gone.
- Death only has two attacks: Sleep (indicated by his lantern turning purple) and the Scythe attack (after searching with the yellow lantern). Come prepared with the highest sleep resistance possible when facing Death, ideally at 100%. Pawns especially will benefit from this. Spells or items that protect against debilitations can also help. This can be achieved by the use of one Sobering Wine, or wearing two Restless Earrings (sold by Madeleine and Delec), or with Mercenary Slogs, a Harpy Cloak, Patterned Gambeson, etc. The application of one Sobering Wine will give the entire party immunity to all debilitations for ninety seconds, which is very useful against Death's Sleep attack. A gold rarefied Leather Circlet provides 100% immunity against sleep.
- Death's scythe attack cannot be blocked with any shield or countered with Masterful Kill or Clairvoyance. The Scythe can only be avoided by evading it completely.
- Wakestones can resurrect the Arisen, but Death's attack will kill pawns instantly with no option for revival. Pawns will be immediately sent to the Rift and must be rehired.
- Death tends to float off the ground and cannot be grappled. This, combined with the range of the Scythe, makes melee attacks more prone to counterattacks from Death. Spellcasters and bow users can safely attack from long range, but should be wary of Death's ability to suddenly teleport behind them.
- In areas such as the The Bloodless Stockade, the abundance of water can extinguish the Arisen's lantern. To avoid fighting in total darkness, equip a Ring of Desiccation or use a Sobering Wine or Monk's Periapt .
- Death will be strongly attracted to the light of any lantern. To avoid Death's attention make sure no lanterns are lit.
- A correctly timed Full Moon Slash will protect the player from Death's Sleep attack.
Offensive tacticsEdit
- Immune to all debilitations.
- Weak to high knockdown or stagger, even in Hard Mode.
- Death has been confirmed to spawn with differing defenses and elemental resistances, similar to the online Ur-Dragon's different levels of DEF and MDEF from generation to generation. Do not count on Death being weak or resistant to any given element. In some rare instances, its physical defenses can be exceptionally high; in such an encounter buffing your entire team with Holy or Blessed Trance will serve better than a non-elemental attack.
- Non-magical vocations should use physical (non-elemental enchanted) weapons against Death.
- All vocations : To maximize the party's damage output, consume up to four Tagilus's Miracle potions at a time to approximately double the entire party's physical damage when fighting Death. Also consume up to four Salomet's Secret potions at a time as well to approximately double the magic attack of the entire party if there any any Mages or Sorcerers within the party. Consuming more than four of each type of stat boosting potion at a time is needlessly redundant (stats can only be stacked up to four uses).
- Striders: The fastest way for a Strider to inflict a lot of damage to Death is with the Brain Splitter skill and the Eminence augment (be sure to jump first before initiating the Brain Splitter to get the 30% Eminence damage bonus). Three to six Brain Splitters interrupted by Instant Reset (for faster recovery time between jumps) can scare away Death fairly quickly. From afar, use Hailstorm Volley.
- Rangers :
- Tenfold Flurry shots to the head cause massive damage. If equipped with Blast Arrows and high enough knockdown/stagger stats, Death can be stun-locked infinitely, slaying Death easily with enough Blast Arrows. Using four Conqueror's Periapts or four Tagilus' Miracles will increase damage output significantly. Using a Gold Dragonforged Revenant Wail (or a GDF Dragon's Glaze if one does not have a Revenant Wail), a 4x strength buff, and Blast Arrows, even a low-strength Ranger Arisen can kill Death quickly.
- Warriors: Use jumping Light Attacks with Vehemence, Clout, Ferocity and Eminence augments. Stack four Conqueror's Periapts or Tagilus's Miracles to maximize the damage.
- Magick Archers: Ricochet Hunter in close quarters (like the Bloodless Stockade) is extremely effective, potentially stun-locking Death in a barrage of increasingly damaging ricochets. Explosive Bolt or Explosive Volley is also very damaging and provides melee attacks that detonate the rivets with additional stagger and knockdown. Note that when Death teleports, he will free himself of any attached explosive rivets. Magickal Gleam can stun an unaware Death, allowing time to strike or run past him. Use Ricochet Hunter without getting spotted to deal massive damage. Start firing bolts immediately upon entering the area, and as long Death doesn't find the party, it's possible to take out several bars of health, and more when Death falls down. Because Death is not officially engaged in battle, he won't teleport away. Death has a high damage threshold and a powerful bow is required. Four Demon's Periapts or four Salomet's Secrets could be required to attain the damage threshold since Death is highly resistant to magick in general. Use of Ward Arrow will grant the player immunity to "all manner of debilitations for a time." (Including Death's "Sleeping Lantern Attack")
- Mystic Knights: An Arisen can easily use the Reaper's teleport skill against it, providing they have the ability Stone Jungle. With this skill, an Arisen may cast from afar and hold the spell, awaiting Death as he teleports close. Once it does, using this magick will have a high chance to knock the Reaper down, allowing a party to deal massive amounts of damage. If the Mystic Knight is confident Death will spawn exactly in one specific spot, then a trap consisting of Abyssal Anguish and Holy-buffed multiple Great Cannon and Ruinous Sigils can be laid in advance, thus stun-locking and even possibly slaying Death in one encounter.
- Mages and Sorcerers: A Holy buffed Focused Bolt can deal high damage to Death, especially when multiplied with four Demon's Periapts or Salomet's Secrets, and even more if it hits Death's Bone Lantern (which is a weak spot). With a powerful enough Staff/Archistaff, Death can be knocked down by this attack. Equip one or two Barbed Nails to increase Stagger/Knockdown effectiveness.
- There is a small blindspot just behind Death when he swings his scythe.
- In places like the The Bloodless Stockade, lighting a Beacon can cause moderate damage to Death. Lure him close to a Beacon and light it. Mystic Knights can use the Beacons to fire Great Cannons, for more firepower; the Beacons cast Holy Furor when lit.
- Death can be defeated by knocking him into a deep enough abyss, achieved by surprising him with Blast Arrows, Magickal Gleam/Magickal Radiance, or Sixfold Bolt/Ninefold Bolt. This is possible when Death appears above the bridge at the entrance to the Fortress of Remembrance upon entering the area for the first time. This will earn the experience point rewards but none of the item drops. Refer to the notes section for more information regarding Death's initial appearance in the Fortress of Remembrance.
- Autonomy augment can be useful as pawns are often slain by Death's Scythe.
Pawn Bestiary KnowledgeEdit
- Witness the scythe attack (no victim needed)
- Witness Death inflicting Sleep
- Witness Death bow and flee (may need to be seen a few times)
- Witness Death teleport in front of a character with a lantern equipped
- Witness Death teleport in front of a character with no lantern equipped
- Kill Death at least once with all 5 previous flags triggered
In addition to witnessing these techniques, it is necessary for Pawns to participate in killing 3, 6 or more times Death either with their own Arisen or while travelling with others.
More information can be found on the Pawn Bestiary Knowledge page.
Notes Edit
- The teleport flags may need to be seen a few times
- It may be needed to equip/unequip the lanterns during the fight for the associated flags to be triggered.
- Last flag will only trigger on reaching kill count 3, 6 or more (and NOT on kill count 1, 2, 4 and 5). After kill count 6 (7 and beyond), any kill with all first 5 flags triggered will trigger flag 6.
- Base XP awarded : 420,000 on normal/easy mode, 840,000 on Hard Mode
- Bone Lantern
- Scythe Shard
- Jewel of Summoning
- Bitterblack Armor Lv.2
- Bitterblack Armor Lv.3 (rare)
- Bitterblack Novelty Lv.3
- Bitterblack Gear Lv.3
- Bitterblack Weapon Lv.3 (rare)
Note: Death does not drop Elite Lanterns, which may only be obtained from purifying Bitterblack Novelty Lv.3.
Related quests Edit
- The Wages of Death IV (slay Death on Bitterblack Isle, acquired from the Arisen's Refuge notice board). Be aware that only three notice board quests may be active at any given time, so it may be necessary to complete one or more active quests in order for The Wages of Death IV quest to appear.
Notes Edit
The Brine cannot slay Death, making it the only enemy in the game which cannot be dealt with in that fashion.
But knocking down Death over an abyss will slay it outright.
Death can be instantly slain in the Fortress of Remembrance by being knocked off the bridge into the abyss below.When the dungeon is first visited (Pre-Daimon, even in New Game Plus), Death will make a scripted appearance just off the first bridge.
Walking down to the second landing of the crumbled stairway will trigger Death's appearance where it can be killed outright if it is caught with a staggering attack while he hovers over the water.
There are two techniques which can slay Death here very quickly :
- Firing Blast Arrows to the lantern can easily stun Death and make it fall down to the abyss below, killing it in a single encounter. Equipping two Barbed Nails will increase the player's Stagger and Knockdown capabilites.
- A single Magick Archer's Magickal Radiance shot can stagger Death in to falling into the abyss below as well, instantly slaying it. Before firing the shot, be sure to wait for Death's appearance animation to end or else the shot will pass right through Death's body.
Slaying Death in Hard Mode while a Weal item (such as a Pilgrim's Charm) is activated will quadruple the experience point reward to yield multiple level gains and large Rift Crystal earnings for the owners of the Hired Pawns.
In Hard Mode, Death has considerably more stagger and knockdown resistance.
Firing a Maker's Finger will not slay Death, but it will wipe out one full bar of health.
Trivia Edit
- Death can sometimes be heard saying "Come my child" or "Waver no more" when winding up to swing.
- Death can sometimes be heard saying "Sleep..." while preparing its sleep.
- ps3xbox360When Death spawns in the Garden of Ignominy (from the Entrance of Bitterblack Isle), if the player walks onto the balcony, Death will try to attack the player but will get stuck on the way (where Snakes (Pre-Daimon) or Leapworms (Post-Daimon) spawn). If players stay away from the Lantern Light and have no light source of their own (such as a Lantern), Death will stay there and do nothing.
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There is no solution with Microsoft's NFS client in Windows 7
There are no way to solve your problem under this setting, not even the method given in the "Correct Answer" of this question. This is not a mistake, it is by design to create the barrier you are facing. It is not possible that the designer of NFS Client offer the option to use BIG5, EUC-KR, EUC-JP, ksc5601, GB18030, SHIFT-JIS and simply forget UTF-8 and keep forgetting patching it up in a decade. All these codings are used by various versions of Windows except UTF-8, not a coincidence. In fact, Microsoft's intents to briget old UNIX and Windows, to foster migration from Unix to Windows, and it must be carefully measured that this does not give its competitor Linux an easy environment to exist. Any feature makes Linux different from Unix or modern Unix different from old-unix-to-be-replaced are excluded. It's precision in marketing, job well done.
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Idea is to find some software that can dynamically transcode file names, for example by inserting itself a layer between FS and the OS. Or, find some software that can setup an environment for another software to use that file system. No known Windows software can do this. This does not work, because unlike Linux that allows each application to use a different encoding, Windows configure an encoding for a FILESYSTEM.
To workaround the server is no go:
Most NFS servers are Linux. In theory one could use fuse-convmvfs to make a mirror of the filesystem and export that. Oleg Lobach demonstrated the code to do this, and it is marked correct without test. It doesn't work because Linux's NFS server can only export FUSE file system in NFSv4, not in NFSv2/v3, in the meantime, Windows 7 (as well as Services for Unix v3.5) only support NFSv2/v3, not NFSv4. I demonstrated this limitation in detail in another answer.
The problem is elaborated in TechNet:
There are solutions if you opt for a switch:
The best solution is of course abandon Windows. It is not important nowadays, and the global trend is no longer to release Windows-only software. If you are stuck with old Windows applications, you can change your requirement:
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CHICAGO -- A Rembrandt or Van Gogh? Hardly. More like Doodle Art.
But on a night when their top line was a combined minus-9 with just two shots on goal, and they gave up five goals, the Chicago Blackhawks will take their first win in a Stanley Cup finals game since 1973 and be happy.
Very happy.
"A lot of action, a shootout at the O.K. Corral," Chicago's Joel Quenneville said after his squad produced a 6-5 victory over Philadelphia in what was his first Stanley Cup finals game as a head coach.
Wacky? You bet.
The Flyers led 1-0, 3-2 and 4-3, didn't take a penalty and still lost.
In fact, without being too harsh, if starting netminder Michael Leighton had come up with even one big save, the Flyers might be heading into Game 2 on Monday with a 1-0 series lead. But he didn't and was given the hook by Flyers coach Peter Laviolette with 4:42 left in the second period after Troy Brouwer scored his second of the game to give the Blackhawks a 5-4 lead.
Even then, this pond-hockey exhibition could have gone either way.
Arron Asham scored with 1:11 left in the second to tie the score at 5, and the Flyers nearly scored again before the second frame ended.
"I came out after the second period and we were starting in the third and I looked up and it's 5-5 and I was like, 'Holy crap, what is going on,'" said Chicago forward Kris Versteeg, who scored midway through the second period to make it 4-4. "It was obviously a bit different than what we were used to and the way we want to play, but we've got to really sit down and talk about how we're going to be better next game."
As a kid, Versteeg said he's played many Stanley Cup finals games in his driveway, but even those paled in comparison to the ice rodeo the packed United Center was witness to Saturday night.
"I don't think as many goals got scored in the driveway as did tonight," Versteeg said. "But it was definitely exciting, and it wasn't the way we wanted to play, though, in the end. I think the third period was the way we wanted to play, and we came out and played strong, but we've got to be a lot better next game."
John Madden won a Stanley Cup with New Jersey in 2003. In the finals against Anaheim -- one of the worst Cup finals series of all time -- it would have taken a week for those teams to combine for 11 goals. The goal production in Game 1 was the most in a Cup finals game since Game 4 of the 1992 finals, which coincidentally marked the last finals appearance by the Blackhawks.
Madden sure isn't expecting the rest of this series to follow the pattern established in Game 1.
"I hope not. From a fan's standpoint, I'm sure it's exciting, and if you're watching at home, it's great. But from a player's standpoint, it's not the type of games you want to get into, just run-and-gun, high-scoring games," he said. "In that case, it could be anybody's game, so we want to take more control of the game. We can play 100 times better than we did tonight, and I'm sure they're saying the same thing over there."
He was right.
The Flyers refused to blame Leighton for the loss (he was pulled in the second period after allowing five goals on 20 shots), and promised they would also be a different team in Game 2.
"We have to do a better job taking time and space away from them. Six goals is way too much for us to allow," said Scott Hartnell, who had his best game of the playoffs with a goal and two assists. "I'm sure NBC is happy for the ratings with all the goals. It's real frustrating with how it ended up."
While Hartnell, Daniel Briere and Ville Leino were easily the best Flyers forward line in Game 1, the team's top unit of Simon Gagne, Jeff Carter and captain Mike Richards was nullified by the Blackhawks' top checking unit centered by Dave Bolland.
Not only did that Philly trio not register a point, Bolland scored shorthanded in the first period and his linemates, Versteeg and Tomas Kopecky, also scored. Kopecky, in the lineup because of an injury to Andrew Ladd, scored the winner before the midway point of the third period.
"You know, you lose a game, the first game of the Stanley Cup final, it's hard to sit here and thumb through the positives right now," Laviolette said. "We'll take a look at it tonight and tomorrow and we'll be ready to go."
Naturally, the Blackhawks were pleased to have come up with the win regardless of whether it scored on style points or not. Beyond that, they were especially happy with how the final 20 minutes turned out. After the frenzy that produced 10 goals through the first two periods, the Blackhawks more closely resembled the tight, disciplined team that swept San Jose in the Western Conference finals.
They got a goal from their third line to win the game on a night when their dynamic forward line of captain Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane or Dustin Byfuglien was held pointless. Toews' goose egg snapped a franchise-record 13-game points streak.
"We have a lot of depth. That's one of the things we pride ourselves on, we have all year," Madden said. "So we rolled four lines in the third and we were able to produce another goal, that's the way it is. The top line's not going to score every night of the week and you've got to be able to pick them up, so we did it tonight."
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One of the most rewarding things about travelling with kids is seeing a new place through their eyes. Nowhere is this experience more poignant than in Normandy. Rollo's fiefdom; William the Conqueror; Operation Overlord…the region's sands have witnessed a millennium of history. While the kids sail, ride horses, and go sand-sailing on Utah Beach, the adults can sip Calvados at our private 16thC castle. Together you can explore Pegasus Bridge, view the Bayeux Tapestry and tour the American cemetery. In Normandy, fun is ageless.
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Relive D-Day at Utah Beach and in Sainte-Mère-Église, the town made famous in the film The Longest Day. While kids horseback ride in the afternoon, parents can try the Century Ride back to the hotel.
Families stay together to experience the chills of Omaha Beach, the Pointe du Hoc and the American cemetery, brought to life by our guide.
After breakfast we drive to the train station in Caen. From here, you can connect back to Paris for your return flight home. Bonne route!
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While most of the riding is relatively easy, expect the occasional challenging climb. On a couple of days, the ride is longer than the average 45 km (28 mi.), although the terrain on these days is fairly flat. Supervised kids' activities and extra van support provide added flexibility for shortening daily rides. The activities on this trip are geared for children 8 years old and up.
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Considered a "must play" course in the Midwest, Aldeen has an impressive list of accolades, including being voted best municipal course in Illinois by Golf Digest, and ranking number 38 in Golf Magazine's Thrifty 50 list.
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Daiwa Joins Mizuho in Deeper Cost Reductions by Paring Jobs
Daiwa Securities Group Inc. and Mizuho Financial Group Inc. will deepen job cuts by trimming an additional 500 positions, reversing an expansion aimed at challenging Wall Street firms as Europe's debt crisis persists.
Daiwa said yesterday it will trim 200 positions overseas after posting a fourth straight quarterly loss, while Mizuho plans to eliminate 300 more jobs at its brokerage arm following an 80 percent decline in the bank's third-quarter profit. Samsung Securities Co. also plans to cut staff at its 100-person Hong Kong unit by more than half, it said today.
Asian financial firms are trimming costs as the contagion from Europe's sovereign debt crisis, which has forced global rivals to announce more than 230,000 job cuts in the past year, spreads to the region. Japan's biggest banks are also seeking ways to offset declining loan profitability as an export slump and stronger yen threaten an economic rebound at home.
"It's wrong timing for the Asian firms," Sandy Mehta, chief executive officer for Hong Kong-based Value Investment Principals Ltd., said by telephone. "I think you'll see more scaling back by the brokerage firms basically because of poor investment banking business, share trading and IPO business. Everyone here is scaling back."
Daiwa shares fell 1.1 percent to 271 yen at the 11 a.m. break in Tokyo Stock Exchange trading. Mizuho rose 0.9 percent to 116 yen. Japan's benchmark Topix index rose 0.6 percent. Samsung Securities, South Korea's largest brokerage by market value, climbed 2.6 percent to 62,900 won in Seoul.
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Samsung Securities will suspend brokerage services for Hong Kong shares as of today and reduce the unit's research and sales workforce, according to an e-mailed statement. The office is the firm's largest outside Korea.
"It may be a smart move for Samsung to retreat from Hong Kong's cut-throat competition," said Sohn Mi Ji, a Seoul-based analyst at Shinhan Investment Corp. "It needs to trim losses from the unit, which hasn't been covering expenses."
The firm may resume its Hong Kong operations when market conditions change, it said.
Daiwa's net loss totaled 21.6 billion yen ($283 million) for the three months ended Dec. 31, compared with a profit of 1.2 billion yen a year earlier, the Tokyo-based brokerage said in a statement. The average estimate of seven analysts surveyed by Bloomberg was for a loss of 14.2 billion yen.
Chief Executive Officer Takashi Hibino, who took the post in April, is cutting jobs in Europe and Asia and trimming executive pay to cope with losses in those regions.
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The brokerage in October said it would cut 100 positions in Asia outside of Japan and 200 jobs in Europe to save 40 billion yen a year. It also said Hibino and other top Daiwa executives will take pay cuts of as much as 40 percent until the end of March.
"While we're not sure the cost cuts are enough, it's still significant and moving in the right direction," said Shiro Yoshioka, an analyst at Japaninvest Group Plc in Tokyo. "It's uncertain at this point whether Daiwa can boost its top line under these market conditions."
Revenue slid 21 percent to 92.9 billion yen for the three months ended Dec. 31 from a year earlier, led by a drop in trading income and brokerage commissions.
Trading profit plunged to 8.6 billion yen from 31.6 billion yen, the brokerage said. Commissions fell to 8.2 billion yen last quarter from 12.5 billion yen a year earlier. Equity and bond underwriting fees rose to 8.1 billion yen from 7.5 billion yen.
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Daiwa's headcount fell to 15,214 from 15,592 three months earlier, according to the statement. Job cuts abroad now total 500 and will help save the company about 60 billion yen a year. Daiwa said it plans to complete the reductions by the end of March.
Financial firms are cutting expenses as revenue from investment banking declines amid stricter regulations and Europe's debt woes. Citigroup Inc., the third-biggest U.S. bank by assets, last month announced 1,200 job reductions to save $600 million this year at its securities and banking division.
The latest announcement takes job cuts at Mizuho's securities unit to 1,000 for the year ending in March. The bank yesterday said that it will also close 10 domestic branches for the division by May to cope with a "protracted severe management environment."
Mizuho Securities Co. posted a loss of 36.7 billion yen for the three months ended Dec. 31, the unit's biggest quarterly loss in at least five.
Japan Challenge
The positions being cut at Mizuho Securities are separate from the parent company's plans, announced in November, to eliminate 3,000 positions by March 2016 through the merger of its corporate and retail lending units, said Masako Shiono, a Tokyo-based spokeswoman for the banking group.
"There's a risk that Japan's loan market will resume a downward trend depending on the nation's economic growth, forcing the megabanks to increase lending overseas," Natsumu Tsujino, an analyst at JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Tokyo, wrote in a note on Jan. 27. "Mizuho may have the best chance among the three banks to improve profitability given the substantial cost reduction expected from" the merger, Tsujino said.
Mizuho Financial Group's net income dropped to 16.3 billion yen in the quarter ended Dec. 31 from 80.3 billion yen a year earlier. Quarterly earnings were calculated by subtracting first-half profit from nine-month figures reported in a statement yesterday.
The bank's loan income dropped 5.4 percent last quarter from a year earlier to 254.5 billion yen. Fees and commissions fell 1.5 percent to 103.9 billion yen, while profit from sales of bonds and other securities more than doubled to 81.2 billion yen from 31 billion yen.
For the nine month period, net income fell 36 percent from a year earlier to 271 billion yen, led by declines in lending profit, Mizuho said in the statement. The bank kept its full-year profit forecast at 460 billion yen.


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woah! that is some serious hyperbole!
It's a gay Auschwitz threat!
In case you have not figured it out: The GOP's total stratagy for 2008 is make liberals the same as Nazi's. Just take a look at what has been going on: Bush and his appeasement speach in Isreal, and now this.
Expect Obama to have a doctored picture of him with a Charlie Chaplin mustache anytime.
That has to be one of the most patently OFFENSIVE statements I think I've ever read!
Equating the desire for two adults to engage in a social contract that allows them to share legal, financial and social rights, responsibilities and obligations, with the brutal execution of six million jews, gypsies, gays (!), and other "undesirables" is reprehensible almost beyond comprehension.
Those of you who profess "Christian Values", but who disagree with these unambiguously bigoted, hateful purveyors of filth need to stand up and let your fellow "believers" know, in no uncertain terms, that this is unacceptible, and will NOT be tolerated.
It's not offensive, it's funny and self-destructive. By making themselves laughingstocks, Save California is doing their part to push everyone who's not utterly psychotic over to the side of marriage equality. We should be thanking them!
The Internet is escaping into real life...
But Pastor Hagee said the Nazis were a god-sent force for good. I'm confused.
Marriage is equivalent to death?
I'm with also @ 5. This is great. If the wingnuts are reduced to risable arguments like this, they must be seriously running out of ammunition.
If your pastor stood at the pulpit and ordered you to wait outside gay bars and beat up faggots, would you?
Wow, apparently Moore's Law and Godwin's Law are merging into one.
As a discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one. The length of the discussion needed to approach one will shrink by 50% every year.
Horrifying. . . . I have no words. No words.
Well, other than to say that whoever wrote that has completely mocked the persecution, pain, and suffering of six million jews, blacks, gays, and other "undesirables" labeled such by the Nazi agenda. That is by far one of the most offensive thing I've heard yet.
The amusing part is when Communists like the GOP try to call liberals Nazis.
I mean, seriously?
Oh man, I so call Godwin on that shit.
They also reference the Dred Scott case which defedned the property rights of slave owners. It is very odd that they are using examples of heinous civil rights violations to deny civil rights to a group they don't like.
Where's the best place to send money to help defeat their godawful anti-marriage ammendment? The forces of good on this issue need our money now.
Man, the Xtian wingnuts are really getting desperate. Won't it be interesting when they finally turn to actual terrorism. Gitmo's going to get some bible thumpers to put next to the Koran nuts!
They are desperate to get out the zealots in this election. This is the revolting non-sense they resort to because these people aren't motivated by John McLame.
What? Like you are all surprised at a comment like this? This is yet another symptom of the dumbing down of public discourse. Hardly surprising after the last 8 years.
fucking dirtbags.
Someone should blast some crabgas on the Save California folks.
Ask yourself if any of the morally righteous folks over at Save California would have refused to sign an order sending a gay man to the concentration camps. Go ahead. Try not to laugh.
And...I see they're invoking Dred Scott too. I have a question. Why do you never see these groups invoking Plessy v. Ferguson as an example of bad law that should be civilly disobeyed?
I know...I know...
"Save California" has a point in that the California Supreme Court is expressly prohibited by their constitution from making law. Assuming the Court has a valid constitutional argument against the marriage restriction, instead of extending the marriage laws to gays they should have struck down California's marriage laws altogether.
Um, TheyHaveOnePoint, do you have any idea what you're talking about? The Court didn't make law. It found the prohibition unconstitutional. If that's the same as making law, then the Court couldn't do anything.
24: The CA Supreme Court found that baning gay marriage violated both the liberty and equality rights as outlined in that state's constitution: a fact that was stated in just about every news article on the ruling. The decision explicitly parallels the US Supreme Court's ruling in Loving v. Virgina--do you feel that the federal SC should have struck down all state's marriage laws, rather than (as they did) extend them fairly to everyone?
I do believe that getting the government out of the marriage business is an idea with some merit, since a lot of the strife around this area stems from the fact that marriage is the name both for a civil institution and a religious sacrament. Calling the piece of paper the government gives you something else would eliminate the argument that churches should have some say in who can have a civil marriage and who can't. But that *would* be creating a new law, which is something no court can do, so it wasn't an option for the CA court.
They're just trying to protect gays from the horrors of marriage that they themselves are experiencing. It's the ultimate Christian act of selflessness. How can you not see that?
Bible-banging Jesus Nazis and other Kooky Konsherdative Khristians have used this kind of rhetoric before. One appropriate response would be to look in the Yellow Pages and call your local Assemblies of God, Vineyard, Southern Baptist or Church of the Nazarene congregation and just ask them how many child-molesting Christo-fascists they have guarding their nurseries. Then send some money to your local UCC, MCC or welcoming Episcopalian, United Methodist, Roman Catholic, ELCA Lutheran, PCUSA Presbyterian or Disciples of Christ Christian church or to Harry Knox at HRC or the Institute of Welcoming Resources (despite its record of wrongful discrimination on other grounds) at the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.
As good an idea as that is and how nice it sounds, Christians would never go for it. You'd have to pry the word marriage out of their cold, dead fingers.
Hey, It's like, marriage is a gas, man.
This just betrays how stupid conservatives really are. The Nazis didn't just persecute Jews. They persecuted gypsies, Jehovah's Witnesses and HOMOSEXUALS. If anyone can be compared to the Nazis, it's the people who want to deprive homosexuals of the basic dignity of rights accorded to all human beings.
OOhhh...words are dangerous around here. The people who expressed their opinions have a right to do so. At least for now. So what if you or I do not like what they have to say. But it worked. It got the attention of myself and scores of others.
these comments are BEYOND insane
Does anyone see hypocrasy in those lines?
The person who wrote that is persecuting Gays and Lesbians like the Nazi's were persecuting Jews.
Gays and Lesbians in America are also becoming a scapegoat to the moral decay as well as the economic downfall of the United States.
Jews were also a scapegoat to the economic decline of Germany.
Those who are persecuting the LGBT community are the Nazi's. Not those who identify themselves with the LGBT.
If this person wants to bring up parallels between Nazi's and Jews versus Conservatives and the LGBT Community, they should realize who is persecuting whom.
It looks like they took that passage down and replaced it with a slightly less offensive one.
The Nazis sure do like to talk about gassing people, don't they?
"Ask your county clerk if they were a Nazi officer during WWII and had been ordered to gas the Jews, would they?"
Nevermind anything else: is this even a grammatical sentence?
It seems symptomatic of schizophrenia to me.
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The ability of plant communities to recover after non-native species invasion will depend upon the nature of their soil seed bank and seed rain characteristics. This study assessed changes in the soil seed bank and seed rain associated with the invasion of the non-native shrub Cytisus scoparius in subalpine vegetation. Soil seed bank and seed rain composition, density and richness were investigated at three areas of different stages of invasion: (i) recent (8–10 years), (ii) mature (15–16 years) and (iii) long-term (25 years). There were few changes in seed bank composition or richness regardless of invasion stage. By contrast, the seed rain composition, richness and density was substantially different within long-invaded areas. Very few seeds were able to colonise the dense barrier characteristic of larger, more mature C. scoparius stands. Some prominent herbs from the native vegetation were under-represented or absent from the seed bank, both in invaded and uninvaded areas. Laboratory germination experiments demonstrated that most native species germinate easily, which may imply a transient seed bank, rather than a persistent one. The majority of herbaceous and shrub species were capable of resprouting vegetatively. Therefore, regeneration appeared more reliant on the bud and tuber bank than a persistent soil seed bank. The dominance of graminoid species and C. scoparius rather than other herbaceous, shrub or tree species suggests that the regenerating vegetation will be dominated by grass species and/or C. scoparius. Hence, in areas where long-invaded C.␣scoparius stands are present the recovery of native subalpine vegetation maybe difficult. Recovery may only be possible through wind dispersal from the surrounding intact vegetation or through actively reseeding the area. This study highlights the importance of early intervention in invasive species management.
KeywordsCytisus scoparius Germination Seed rain Soil seed bank Vegetation change
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- 1. Department of Botany, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, 3086, Australia
- 2. Cooperative Research Centre for Weed Management Systems, Adelaide, Australia


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Author Notes: Made with mostly easy-to-find ingredients, this unique combination of coconut milk, vegetables, and white fish turns into an exotic Brazilian stew. I adapted the recipe from Simply Recipes by substituting annatto oil for paprika for authenticity and using regular steamed rice for simplicity. (If you can't find the annatto seeds in the Latin section of your grocery store, just add 1 tablespoon of sweet paprika in with the red pepper flakes.) I've also started using adobo seasoning, also found in the Latin section, instead of salt when seasoning to taste because it adds a lot more depth of flavor to the dish. —The Cooking of Joy
Serves 4
- 2 pounds haddock or cod fillet, cut into large pieces
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- Juice from one large lime
- Kosher salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 medium onion
- 2-3 scallions, chopped
- 1 yellow bell pepper, sliced
- 2 cups plum tomatoes, sliced
- 1 pinch red pepper flakes
- 1 bunch cilantro, chopped
- 14 ounces can of coconut milk
- Adobo seasoning, to taste (optional)
- 1/2 teaspoon annatto seeds (found in Latin section or spice shops)
- 1/4 cup canola oil
- 3 cups cooked rice
- Place the fish in a bowl and add the minced garlic and lime juice so that the pieces are well coated. Season generously with salt and pepper. Keep chilled while preparing the rest of the stew.
- Add the olive oil to a Dutch oven and heat on medium heat. Add the onion and cook a few minutes until softened. Add the yellow pepper and red pepper flakes. Season generously with salt and pepper. Cook for a few minutes longer, until the bell pepper begins to soften. Stir in the tomatoes and scallions. Bring to a simmer and cook for 5 minutes, uncovered. Stir in most of the chopped cilantro, saving some for garnish.
- Make a well in the vegetables and add the fish pieces along with the garlic and lime juice. Season with more salt and pepper. Pour in the coconut milk. Bring stew to a simmer, reduce the heat, cover, and let simmer for 15 minutes.
- Optional: While the stew is simmering, in a separate small saucepan, cook the annatto seeds in the canola oil over medium-low heat until the oil turns bright orange. Discard the seeds and add the annatto oil to the stew.
- Add adobo seasoning or salt and pepper to taste (you may need a lot). Garnish with the reserved cilantro and serve with the rice.
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National Distributors is a family owned company that has been providing quality beverages to retailers for the benefit of consumers for over 50 years. Predominantly servicing retailers in Southern Maine, we also distribute and sell wines in Central & Coastal Maine. We are a company with a vision for the future while doing business in Maine. We are concerned about our environment and have an active "going green" program within the company. We stand behind our products while being good community leaders by promoting the responsible consumption of our products.
Jeffrey Kane, president of National Distributors, Inc., announced that he will retire effective May 2, 2016. Tim Longstaff, the general manager of National Distributors, will succeed Kane as president effective immediately. Kane will continue as a shareholder of National Distributors. He will be an active advisor to the board of directors and remains invested in the continuing success of the business. Read the press release.
$14,000 in scholarships awarded to six student athletes from across Maine
On January 30, 2016,, Jeff Kane, president of National Distributors, Inc. and Frank J. Gaziano's son-in-law, announced the scholarship winners of the Frank J. Gaziano Memorial Offensive and Defensive Lineman Awards during a luncheon ceremony at the Augusta Civic Center.