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Directed by: Robert Schwentke
Starring: Jodie Foster, Peter Sarsgaard and Sean Bean
Rating: PG-13 (for mild violence, scene intensity)
Running time: 116 minutes
Best suited for: the undemanding thrill-seeker
Least suited for: the other type of thrill-seeker Acorn's Rating Guide:
This one's like "Panic Room" at 36,000 feet. "Flightplan" tries so hard to convince us of its clever intent that it hopes we ignore the gaping holes in plot and logic and the huge number of implausible events, all working in flawless tandem like soon-to-be-falling dominoes, that make up the filmmakers' scenario.
Jodie Foster plays Kyle Pratt, a Berlin-based aircraft designer taking her 6-year-old daughter to New York after the unexplained— accident or suicide?—death of her husband, David. Pratt is understandably overcome by grief. She converses with David's apparent ghost after his death, so we realize she may be a little left field of reality—a blatant setup to remind us of her fragile state of mind later in the film.
During the nonstop Atlantic flight, Pratt falls asleep. When she wakens a short while later, her daughter is missing and nobody aboard the flight remembers seeing the little girl. There's even a suggestion that the kid never came on board. Could Pratt be hallucinating?
Foster plays Pratt like a mamma bear, storming around the humongous 747, interrogating passengers and demanding results from the skeptical crew. The pilot begrudgingly agrees to search the plane, its various holds and compartments, but the little girl still can't be found. When Pratt nears hysteria, the pilot orders the flight's air marshal (Peter Sarsgaard) to restrain her. Can she convince the man that her daughter has indeed been kidnapped and is being held captive somewhere on board? But why? But how?
"Flightplan" actually starts off well—it's well-constructed and beautifully rendered, tinted with a chilly air of melancholy and foreboding. Had I left the theater midway, I would have been mightily impressed, and more than a bit curious. But when the facts begin to fall into place, the film begins to nosedive. The how and why of the little girl's disappearance become too implausible to take seriously.
Should you see this film, just for fun on the way home, ask yourselves these questions: What if Pratt hadn't fallen asleep? What if she hadn't moved her daughter from the window seat next to her? What if her daughter had been unruly or had caused a scene on the plane? What if the flight attendants had been more attentive? What if Pratt and her daughter hadn't been the first to board? What if they hadn't taken that particular flight? See how many improbable elements you can find before you begin to realize "Flightplan's" scenario as utterly unbelievable.
The writers even throw in four scowling Arabs as possible culprits—and I can already hear cries of jihad 10,000 miles away.
This is strictly a star vehicle for Foster, who occasionally reacts like a female (and not particularly pleasant) Robo-cop. She manages to slip free of custody just often and long enough to more than unsettle the nerves of the 400-plus passengers and, because she's an aircraft engineer, she seems to know every little cubby and crevice aboard the massive plane. Before the film ends, she will have wiggled in and out of most of them. Believe it or not, even this fact plays into the story's ever-thickening (but hardly jelling) plot stew. Even David's death—well, that's relevant too. But in this one, isn't everything?
In a nutshell:Sorry, but the nonstop action thriller thrown together by a seeming maelstrom of random events just doesn't do it for me. Subtlety has a purpose in cinema and "Flightplan" could use a heavy dose. It's too much, too fast, with too little logical purpose or rationale.


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Miami is not known for its extensive Irish-American population. So this week, don't expect rivers to be dyed green in honor of the patron saint of Ireland. But in the wake of last year's South Park-inspired "Kick a Ginger Day," we should all eat corned beef and drink green beer in solidarity against such hate crimes. Though the deal is off if we get pinched even once for not wearing green. Hear that, redheads? Keep your fingers to yourself.
Coral Gables is home to just about all of Miami's emerald-hued St. Paddy's Day fun. The 32nd annual St. Patrick's Day Irish Festival begins at noon this Saturday. Enjoy soda bread and whiskey as the Irish entertain you with their pipe hands, harps, and river dances. Have enough Jameson and you'll likely join in on the lyrics to "Molly Malone."
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I've posted this on a couple other forums, but thought that some of you that don't visit them would like to see it.
The wife and I took a train ride from Van Buren, AR to Winslow, AR this past Saturday. Here's one of the shots I took while hanging the camera waaaaay out the window.


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Because she grew up in Los Angeles – motoring along the 405 in rush hour rather than wandering quiet trails – Natalie was a wilderness novice when she arrived at The Wilderness Society. When not catching up for lost time in the outdoors, Natalie volunteers with organizations that provide educational and artistic opportunities to youth.
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Hi there, sorry to hear you're having trouble with the asus,
unfortunately the symptoms you describe would point to a faulty cooling fan. It could be out of balance because of dust/debris inside, but is more likely a failing motor or a bad bearing.
You can try blowing out all of the cooling slots around the sides of the computer with compressed air, in an effort to clean it out.
If it persists after that, the fan assembly would need to be replaced.
That doesn't sound so bad. Would it be best if I opened it up and checked the fan assy?
If that is a task you feel up to doing yourself, you can get the part here: http://www.notebookparts.com/asus-x401a-asus-x401a-fan-heatsink-13gn3o1am010-1/
You certainly can, if you are comfortable doing so. You can look at the link I just sent for a pic of the assembly, so you know what you're looking for, but it should be pretty obvious.
Definitely. I just have to download the manual but it seems relatively straightforward. Any tips?
Note that if you think the unit is under any warranty still, you should not attempt any repairs yourself, as you'll void the warranty. I would be better to let them cover the repair costs at a local shop.
Of course, it's just out of warranty (when all things break), so I'll have a look-see on my own.
It sounds like you have a good handle on it, it's fairly straightforward. But I would unplug power and remove the battery before going inside.
Shall I check back with you if it seems the dfan is not the issue? Can I reach you directly from this site or is it ad-hoc and I get who I get?
And try to ground yourself first (touch something metal, even the screw on an outlet cover plate), so you don't introduce any static into the system and damage the mother board
You can respond direct to me,
I love it when you say, "motherboard."
you'll get back to me direct in this same chat window,
just bookmark/favorite this page to get back with me.
So, I should leave this window open...?
got it.
Either way, you can close out and return, or leave it open.
I'm going to step out for now, but I'll get an email alert when you post back later, and return to help further, if needed.
The other possibility, besides the fan bearing, is that the hard drive is going bad.
Ok...and insofar as payment, I did the deposit thing but there is a 'free trail' so what does that mean?
The hard drive going bad would be bad news. but also do-able to replace, right?
Yes it is, and as long as it is working okay now, you should be able to get all of your files backed up, so they can be restored to a new disc, if needed.
As for the trial, the way this site works is that you can either pay individually for questions as needed (if you need this type of help infrequently), or you can sign up for a monthly subscription service. The trial would be for the subscription service, and I believe they give you the first month free, and then it would automatically renew monthly after that.
Thank you. And the payment issue? Should I reads something or ask someone else? Not sure what the status is based on my above question.
Ok.. got it...
sorry for the repeat.
I'll let you go and get back to you later if it is a different issue.
Thanks again Nathan.
You're welcome. Good luck!
If you end up not needing to get back in touch, I do ask that you remember to "rate" me as well though (even if on a trial) so that I get credit from the site for my time.Thanks,Nathan


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The 200 makes tremendous sense because there are so many boats that can take that kind of power and benefit from a lightweight 200, as opposed to a heavier V6, Yamaha communications manager Martin Peters says. It is also a great motor for repowering because it fits on 26-inch centers. It is a narrow motor and easily could replace a lot of 2-strokes in the marketplace right now.
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1. Re: Logging in RMI serverEJP Feb 16, 2011 10:00 PM (in response to 681859)Why start it in a separate process? Just export it from the Tomcat JVM. Then you get whatever logging configuration Tomcat is already using.
2. Re: Logging in RMI server681859 Feb 17, 2011 10:45 AM (in response to EJP)We need to access some legacy code which is not thread safe in a in a multithreaded environment. To support this kind of functionality we exposed the legacy code as Remote interface and registering the implemented component to a RMI registry. so when ever multiple therads wanted to access this code it will create a RMI serever for that and access it remotely.
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A few days ago Raging Fury has beaten the final event (Anashti Sul, Enslaver of Souls) in the newest expansion of EverQuest called The Broken Mirror (TBM).
As usual upon such a win I present to you the victorious forces:
Actually we won the event 2 weeks earlier, but through an apparent reset bug it was far easier than intended and I didn't want to put it into the news until we had beaten it the intended way. Now I am absolutely sure, that the usual trail blazers (grats again on #1, RoI), have beaten the event on their first go the intended way, because they had learned the on the Beta server. I won't accuse anyone of stumbling across the same mistake as we did, I will simply say that it is a shame that the final event was bugged in a way which made beating it overly easy (not it was very hard anyway). This bug can stand for many more which have occurred during these almost 4 months since the release of the expansion in November. On one event charms happen and what a surprise - they can cause a crash of the zone! Now I am not sure which of the few remaining devs actually remembers this, but there have been events in EQ's history which worked with charm mechanisms and almost all of them caused issues. The current event crashes when a charmed person without a flag dies, so be careful how many people you take in via 85 % rule. Yes, after 1-2 weeks it's not a problem anymore, because everyone is fully flagged, but stuff like that should not happen in the first place and especially not stay in the game for weeks after being reported!
More issues with TBM: Itemization is unfinished, the spells are a joke and quite frankly having exactly one new zone which gets rehashed in multiple incarnations is unworthy of something which calls itself "expansion" (and demands the price for it).
It is rather obvious, that the new owner of EverQuest (Daybreak Group, short DBG) doesn't see current EQ as his main project. Tons of resources are put into building one timelocked progression server after the other, all trying to get people into the game (and to grab their money) while the current content is neglected, players' feedback gets ignored and some devs simply don't respond at all anymore. The fact that a constant loot form the final event (2 very good augments, which are used to build a VERY good mask) has been disappearing for weeks now because of an arbitrary decision instead of simply handing it out the same way as all other loot just shows how far disconncted the current devs are.
Now, don't get me wrong, there are certain positive statements to be made too for this expansion. First of all, that we actually got one wasn't a sure thing and having a total of 10 progression raids was more than many would have thought. There is the process of backflagging which is good and some of the events are not too bad.
There are even a few more events in new Plane of Hate and Plane of Fear, but the hassle of killing for 2-3 hours through trash is not worth it on a regular base. Maybe they should have remembered what made old plane raids interesting: the chance to get items from the trash which were very good (class armor if anyone remembers). Back then, people were happy when a certain group of adversaries were announced, because they knew it could drop their armor. Now it's just a big snore fest.
With this expansion there came a change with the itemization system and to be honest, I still don't understand why this happened. If I had a very small crew and too much work on my plate, I would not put a sizable amount of my work force into an unnecessary reshaping of one of the core mechanisms in the game (and loot IS one of the driving forces!) without any real reason for it. This leads to lame effects like the current situation that the group armor has actually higher AC than the raid armor. Also there seems to be a push towards making grouping mandatory and removing the old paradigm that raiding gives the best gear. If this trend continues there is a good chance that this is the last expansion that you will read the finishing news from a certain paladin, because that is a road I won't go along.
Anyway, back from the gloomy future, let's come to the present. Here are some screenshots of events in this expansion for those still interested in such things:
You might say that the last picture looks awefully the same as the one from the final encounter. That is true, because not only did they reuse the zones, they also used the same boss mob 3 times in this expansion. Talking about "getting an expansion's worth" again, are we? Ah well...
Whatever, as usual after beating an expansion I want to thank our current raid leader Nilzera for the awesome job he has done working out the strategies to beat the events with the help of our strategy team. He is always open to learning new things as this screenshot proves
I also want to thank the other officers Jarasil, Vmas and Washu for all the extra work they are putting in which helps making this guild run smoothly.
Raging Fury from my point of view has done a pretty good job considering we have not had any beta information at all and Nilzera has made a clear point that he does NOT want any hints from outside sources either. I fully support this stance because that is the only way you can actually learn an event instead of just following what someone else has done. Yes, this means we take a little bit longer, but the victory is ours alone then and we didn't do too bad overall (still among the top 15 serverwide). We still have a stable raid force every night and overall a good atmosphere which makes leading a bit easier than it used to be - thank you all for that!
Of course there are some ideas which might make leading this guild even better:
So, if you are looking for an evil overlord... err wait, for an awesome guild with fun people around, check our recruitment section or talk to our lovely ladies from the recruitment team Illandra or Schalimar
Anyway, The Broken Mirror is beaten, let the farming time commence!
...to wish people around the world a great time with friends and family, a time to relax and reflect on what has happened over the last year. Certainly it is also the time of the year where certain wishes from previous years are repeated, because they simply are precisely what you want to express and so I will just rehash a nice Frostfell message from a few years ago (I think I could be running for presidency with such awesome efficiency skills, couldn't I?).
Anyway, here we go:
To all members of Raging Fury (former and present), to all our friends from other guilds or other games than EverQuest and of course all the people who just like to read about Raging Fury:
Enjoy the season of the year with your families and friends, be jolly, celebrate and overall have a wonderful time!
For myself I can only say that while being grateful for all my friends living close by, I am also indebted to EverQuest forever, as it has brought me some new friends from around the world (many of whom I had the pleasure to meet face to face) without whom my life would be so much poorer.
People who don't share our hobby often look down upon us because "it is only a game" and "you should interact with real people more than being in the virtual world", but all I can say is that I am truly grateful for having met so many great people, some of whom I consider among my closest friends. Does it really matter if you live in the same city or even the same country? Being there when you need someone to talk to, cheering you up when you are down and in the same way letting you yourself participate in their lives - that's what friendship is about in my book!
The internet brings possibiLities to our generation that none before has had and from my point of view what could be better than to try to learn about different cultures by the people themselves? Aren't all those "internet relations are not real"-sayers closing their eyes to the new oppotunities we have?
There is a whole world of people to meet out there and during times like these I would like to express my gratitude for all the precious memories I have gotten by starting EverQuest 15 years ago.
Yes, this is a bit sentimental, but what more appropriate time to reflect upon all the great people we have been priviliged to meet over the years?
EverQuest still has people playing not alone because it is such a great game, but mostly because of all the bonds which have been built over the years. Some people may leave, but many still stay in contact even years later and that is what counts.
...you have reached the end of the quote...
OK, that was by far the laziest news update I have ever done (and that does mean something), but nonetheless the words themselves are 100 percent true. It became quite clear how many good friends we have made in EQ during our usual December meeting in Nottingham last weekend, organized by Illandra, where once again we had people from different countries assembled to eat, drink and have fun together (and of course to watch STAR WARS!)
While I was in Nottingham my guild was so nice to wait with winning the final event in tier 1 of the newest expansion of EverQuest called The Broken Mirror (TBM). As I did miss the start of the expansion itself (Las Vegas > Norrath, sorry guys), I have simply forgotten to make nice screenshots, so all I can say is that I will put it on my list of New Year's resolutions to make better news in 2016!
Anyway, that's all for this year, enjoy the last days of 2015 and drink an eggnog (or two) for me, time for a last quote from my news from two years ago:
So from the bottom of my heart I wish you all a great time, may you have a splendid finish of 2015 and a great start into 2016!
After quite a few weeks of banging our heads against the event, tonight finally everything fell into place and we managed to beat the last event from The Darkened Sea called Calix Quirinus and Lanys.
Yes, once again Lanys T'Vyl was used as an adversary, what a novel idea! Anyway I have to admit that in this last incarnation that Darkelf lady was a real pain to fight. There was quite a bit going on (emotes, AEs, knockbacks, liches), but the most annoying part of this event from my point of view were the spark workers (some golems), who had a tendency to attack casters despite OTs using all their tools to get them controlled. I have never found events particularly amusing where certain classes were hindered to do their job properly. Yes in the end we worked around it (also the time between the golems blurring themselves was prolonged in a patch), but nonetheless I find it frustrating when you try to get a mob OTed properly and on a wimp the mob turns and runs to a freshly rezzed caster who didn't do anything to it - sorry, but that is simply retarded.
Whatever, tonight we overcame all obstacles, all those pesky little details which made us abort so often, so in the end we all got us some AA and could cheer:
As usual upon beating an expansion here is a picture of the successful raiders in their glory:
These are only those who were inside the raid upon the final attempt, but I would like to congratulate all the members of Raging Fury on finishing another expansion of EverQuest. While we have dropped out of the top 5 guilds (and actually also the top 10) lately, we still do well enough for such an old guild. While many other guilds on our server Antonius Bayle have fallen over the years, we still stand strong and provide a new home for some of those who would otherwise have been scattered across multiple guilds. Of course it is not always easy to integrate a huge number of new players into an old structure, but after a time people start to learn to coordinate and feel comfortable in their new surroundings, making the guild in total stronger. This has happened to our guild with the influx of not one, but two groups of players from other guilds on the server: Wind of Tranquility and Darkwind. Working side by side for a common goal is the best way to overcome barriers which always exist between rivaling guilds and I think that over the last months our new guild members have come to accept Raging Fury as their new home.
I will write a bit more about my personal verdict on TDS on one of the next days, but I do not want to finish without saying a huge "Thank you" to all of the team who have made this victory possible, first of all our main raid leader Nilzera, but also Rhuurgar who has lead many raids in TDS too. Second I want to thank the other officers Jarasil (great raid leading there too), Vmas (you still rock for doing the pesky RFP snaps) and our newest officer Washu for being a fearless bunny.
Also a huge thanks to all of our new class leaders, to all those people who have volunteered to sit out so we could get the right raid setup and of course to all those who have thrown themselves into the battle doing their very best on every attempt
Last but not least I would like to thank two people who are not members of our guild anymore: Fehu and Dantius. This may seem unusual to some, but both have worked really hard to integrate all those new members, to keep the guild on track and they both have left less than two weeks ago. Your work inside RF is not forgotten!
OK, that's it for now, we are closing in towards midnight, so I will finish this off simply by saying
Dear valued reader of the Raging Fury news: I am proud!
No, not of myself because I managed another update only 5 weeks after the last (I am accepting pats on the back though for such an accomplishment), but of my guild who managed to down the fourth event in Arx Mentis called Principal Indagatrix Lucia yesterday evening.
This event was no "walk in the park" although it takes place in the garden area of that zone, so we did actually have quite a bit of cheering after all those achievements upon the victory:
To be honest, I think Pippi exaggerated a bit there, fights like Triunity, Fumerak (both VoA), many of the Underfoot raids in their original form or even Solteris back its day were much harder than this event. Nonetheless it felt certainly as an accomplishment, to which to a huge part the suicidal tendencies of Firiona Vie contributed. Seriously, that lady should get an honorary PhD in Lemminging, she is a real pro in that discipline...
Anyway, beating this took us a bit longer than expected, but not all of that delay is to blame on our admittedly more casual approach (compared to the times when we were constantly among the top 5 serverwide).
As those who are still following information around EverQuest most likely will already know, Sony has sold its daughter company Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) to an investment company called "Columbus Nova", so SOE is now called Daybreak Game Company.
Aside from the usual lay-offs which happen after such changes (hopefully followed by new hirings) there was also a change on the patch times for EverQuest which hurt the Euro players pretty badly. That change alone cost us two raid days, otherwise I think we may have beaten Arx 4 last week already (not that it really matters anyway). Still we hope that future patches can be moved out of our main time again.
Apart from that we are all anxious to see how Daybreak will handle the current problems in EverQuest and if they will rectify some of the mistakes recently made by SOE (namely the so-called "XP-nerf" when players below 100 were grouped with players level 101 and higher and the huge reduction of exp for all zones below CotF). There is no denying that EQ was not given the resources needed to maintain a healthy game which then lead to more people quitting, leaving it with less resources... a vicious circle.
We can only hope that Daybreak (or Columbus Nova) is seeing things from a different angle than Sony and maybe supports the game in a way which actually brings back some of those retired folks and maybe even gains some new enthusiasts. Having more content than 5 progression raids and two so-called "one-off"-raids and a miniscule number of zones could actually help with that. What is a "one-off"-raid you may ask if you aren't in the game anymore? Well, that is a raid you can only attempt one time, the lockout gets activated when you trigger it, not when it is beaten (a bit like Corniav during PoP-era). No offense, but putting this mechanism in on two from only seven raids in total is a blatant and open attempt to make the content appear bigger than it actually is. You can only attempt it once every five days (meaning for guilds like RF once a week) and there is a good chance that some of the stuff you learned you forget again until next week without training inbetween (or there is a change in the raid force with some new members). Now, I wouldn't mind something like that if we had 20 raids of which two were of this type, but when you only get 7, then this is simply an extremely bad and annoying idea which in no way is making raid more fun!
The brand EverQuest should still stand for something, so we can hope that Daybreak may listen a bit more to the players and the devs may also have to be a bit more understandable that people who are not enjoying the game will actually leave. Putting fingers into ears singing "lalala, I can't hear your whines about not enough content, timesinks via spelldrop rarity and exp-nerfs" has cost EQ too many good players already.
On a more positive sidenote, mages got their summoning spells nerfed, about time!:
That's all for now, folks, the last update should come when we have finished the last progression raid and then I will also give my personal verdict on the expansion called The Darkened Sea (as if you couldn't read it between the lines already).
Dear revered reader of the Raging Fury news!
I am rather proud of myself! I have managed to reach a new level of slackness by giving you the last news from 2014 almost four weeks into 2015 - a new record even by my standards!
There have been different reasons why the number of news has been extremely low, some of them indeed strictly related to my personal life, but part of the praise for this new level of sloth belongs to SOE also, as they are continuing down the road of smaller releases when it comes to the raid game. It simply does not make me very enthusiastic to post about one of five raids in total, even though I have to admit that these raids are not a simple "walk in the park", not at all. Raging Fury has beaten the first three events so far even though we reduced our raid days quite a bit during the last days of 2014 due to the celebrations going on at that time of year.
Also there was our traditional RL meeting in Nottingham again in December, organized once again by our dear Illandra, where the loot was simply far better than some old dusty Breastplate in a chest in Arx!
But why don't you judge by yourself, would YOU pass on delicious Tapas, pitchers of Long Island Ice Tea and the company of friendly folks like these?
Well, as it was so nice on Friday evening, we simply had to travel around the world on Saturday at the Red Hot World Buffet after watching the last Hobbit movie together in IMAX. Sorry, but whatever battles we fight in EverQuest, they cannot compete (at least not for me).
To be perfectly honest, EverQuest doesn't have the same appeal to me as it once had, but meeting people from around Europe (or from the states for that matter *waves to the folks from the meeting in Vegas in October*) just shows what a tremendous impact it has had on many people over the years. Those friendships keep me in a game that is certainly neither as beautiful in its graphics nor as modern as so many other games. EverQuest simply has a community unparalleled in any other game I have tried out so far and to me that is a very important part of it.
Anyway, back to the current expansion, The Darkened Sea.
Some long time players will have noticed the similarity of the name to The Buried Sea from 2007 - and certain aspects indeed have been taken over, for example the small number of raids (mind you, back then expansions were coming out twice a year and "low" meant 7 events in TBS versus 5 in TDS). Oh, and if you wondered. no there is still no "ship-to-ship-combat", which was promised us back then in 2007 - what a surprise!
As written before we have only beaten 3 out of 5 raids, but as to this time this is a fate shared by most guilds in EverQuest we aren't too depressed (yet). The usual suspects from ROI have finished it quite some time ago, so my customary congratulation once again to them - well done!
We ourselves have been working on event 4 and I hope we will see some progress there soon, but our members get distracted so easily and then log in late:
Of course our raid leaders and officers are ALWAYS focused:
Well OK, maybe not always, but we do stick to a topic, once we work on it!
All in all we are simply doing some magic though to make Raging Fury a fun place to be:
Want to be a part of a guild which has fun while raiding (maybe sometimes too much fun?), then contact Fehu, Dantius or Illandra or one of the officers, we have spots in many classes open.
OK; this is the last news update for 2014, I shall see, what I can do about 2015. Expect an update upon finishing the expansion at least (yes, that IS a promise!)
Dear regular readers of Raging Fury news!
I have to apologize to all of you. Not only is this a rather small update this time (as the last one hasn't been THAT long ago), it is also far too late, as we have beaten the last progression event already on the 11th of August, so nearly two weeks ago. I could come now and blame global warming causing floodwaves to ovErflow my apartment or maybe aliens abducting my PC, but I want to be honest with you and simply say that I had other things on my mind and forgot.
That out of the way let's talk about the two last raids we have beaten.
The first one was called "Burned Out", a phrase some raiders may have used recently when they had to describe their own sentiments about EQ and its raids. Nonetheless I personally found this raid not that bad (maybe a bit too easy) and the graphics are rather nice:
The last progression raid is called "The Journey Home" and it wraps up many of the story lines brought in with this expansion - not bad. The raid itself is OK, but once again (like in Tower of Rot) the raid success is completely depending on the last few percent, meaning that you have to redo all the previous rather tedious stuff only to wipe at 5 percent. I myself don't like such a design and having it two times in only three tier 2 raids to me is a bit annoying...
Nonetheless the raid isn't too bad once you learn the setup, the end is just a tad too chaotic for my taste. Oh, and Zebuxoruk still likes to babble too much (long time players will remember him from Planes of Power - now THAT was a proper expansion *remembers fondly*)
So, all of the progression is done, but there is still one raid to beat, the one in Plane of War which came out as "anniversary raid" only to be later officially changed to "permanent", as noone even bothered with it at the start considering its rather high risk vs. reward. Since the event has gone through a retune it has been beaten by more guilds than just the ruling "King of the Hill" Realm of Insanity, so Raging Fury will have a second look at it too now that apart from it only farming is left.
For thoseof you who haven't already heard it, the next expansion for EverQuest has been officially announced for the 28th of October and it will be called The Darkened Sea. I still wonder if they will finally bring in "Ship to Ship Combat" as promised for the expansion The Buried Sea years ago...
Anyway, let me finish with a little fun people have been having with those pesky clickies lately during raids:
It seems, Arionex has indeed taken the point and knows where the balls belong:
That's all for now folks, see you in Norrath maybe!
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By Cihan Cobanoglu | February 11, 2010
One of the most significant recent advances in consumer-based information technology is the introduction, and extremely fast adoption, of social networking tools. Today there are more than 350 million active users on Facebook, according to the site, with its popular "friending" approach to making connections. Fifty percent of these users log into their accounts on any given day. More than 35 million users update their status daily; 65 million use a mobile device to access the site; and more than 2.5 billion photos are uploaded to Facebook each month.
In the business arena, more than 700,000 local businesses have active pages on Facebook and those pages have created more than 5.3 billion fans combined. Twitter, with its 140-character "tweeting" approach to getting the word out, is powerful in its own right, with an estimated 32.1 million users in 2009, a growth of nearly 2,000 percent over the 1.6 million users in 2008.
Marketing rules used to dictate that a happy customer would tell three friends about your establishment and an angry customer would tell 11 friends. This is no longer the case; in both instances, whether happy or displeased, customers can easily reach tens if not hundreds of contacts. Given the vastness of their connections and networks, this can quickly multiple into thousands or more potential customers with word-of-mouth insight into your products and service.
Hotels & restaurants in the fray
Many hotel and restaurant operators are aware that these tools can and should be leveraged for their businesses, but they struggle to identify specific ROI. In fact, according to Hospitality Technology's 12th annual Restaurant Technology Study, while nearly one-half of restaurants recognize that there is value in Twitter as a marketing tool only one-third of restaurant operators use it. There exist, however, many successful examples of hotels using social networking sites to generate awareness and additional revenue opportunities. As of press time, Seattle's Hotel 1000, as a single property, has about 1,000 Facebook fans, and Excalibur Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas has more than 10,000. Hilton Hotels has more than 25,000 and Sheraton Hotels has more than 30,000 fans, while Olive Garden Restaurants has more than 220,000 fans.
While the size of the fan-base is important, the true value is in the interaction. A quick scan of these Facebook pages shows two factors for success: first, they have personality and build emotional connections; and second, people do respond and interact on these pages.
Strategies for success
Social networking tools can be used for more than connecting to external customers. Companies also use these tools to find employees, and to solicit feedback from current and potential customers on menu items, decorations, room design and more. They can even be used as a venue to prompt customers to suggest new menu items. If encouraged properly, employees can be ambassadors of your company in their own social networks.
One creative example of a hotel's use of social networking to boost guest participation is demonstrated by Pod Hotel New York's own social networking site, The Pod Community Blog. When guests make reservations online they are invited to become a member of the Pod Community; there they can choose a login and password and participate in an array of forums: Drink with Me, Eat with Me, Shop with Me, Go Out with Me, etc.
Though social networking tools are powerful, they must be well planned and carefully implemented to avoid pitfalls. If you ask for customers' opinions, listen to them. What's more, managing social networking tools will take time. For this reason, each company should assign personnel to the task of monitoring and regularly updating its social networks. Some hotel companies are recruiting managers dedicated to online services and e-commerce initiatives. Many are combining this responsibility with a revenue, marketing or front office manager.
My recommendation to all hotels and restaurants would be to connect to their guests, employees, families, and vendors through different social networking tools. If you are not doing this already, you are behind the curve.
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The competition for cloud app market share is heating up, with Oracle announcing Thursday it will buy the talent management software company Taleo for $1.9 billion.
Rival SAP announced late last year it was buying Taleo competitor SuccessFactors.
"Together, Oracle and Taleo expect to create a comprehensive cloud offering for organizations to manage their Human Resource operations and employee careers," Oracle said in a statement.
Here's how Oracle sees the acquisition fitting into its cloud portfolio:
Cloud/Software as as Service (SaaS) watchers suggest the big two are building out their cloud portfolios to better battle the upstart Workday, which is expected to go public this year. A Workday combined with Salesforce is the next logical step, which could threaten Oracle and SAP.
Peter Goldmacher, an analyst at Cowen & Co, is reported to have said of the deal today:
We view this deal as an indictment against Oracle's Fusion Apps and an indication of how concerned Oracle is about losing business and maintenance streams to emerging SaaS HR juggernaut Workday. While the purchase price was more reasonable than the 8x revenues SAP paid for SuccessFactors, it is still considerably more than Oracle has historically paid for its acquisitions, further reinforcing our belief that this is a defensive move. This acquisition comes quickly on the heels of the RightNow acquisition, another defensive acquisition meant to slow down another encroaching SaaS provider, Salesforce.com.
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New meteor shower could dazzle to start Memorial Day weekend
THOUSAND PALMS, Cali. - This memorial day weekend could get started with a grand fireworks display put on by mother nature.
There is potential for a brand new meteor shower to grace our skies on Friday and if experts are correct, it could rival some of the best showers of the year.
So, how rare is a new meteor shower? Bruce Gottlieb is President of the Astronomical Society of the Desert, he says, "I have never seen a new meteor shower in my lifetime and I have been interested in astronomy and following it very avidly since 1986."
It's safe to say Bruce, like many astronomy fans across the country, is excited, especially because of this shower's potential.
"There may be a concentrated half hour where you see a hundred to two hundred. That's what I'm hoping for but that remains to be seen."
Estimates vary widely on how many meteors we might see, mostly because the earth has never crossed the path of the comet that produced this shower's dust. That comet, called 209P/LINEAR, was recently moved by our solar systems largest planet.
Gottlieb explains, "Recently the comet's orbit took it past Jupiter, and Jupiter has high gravitational pull and Jupiter moved actually the orbit of the comet. So it moved the comet plus the debris field into the path of the earth."
Scientists are having a difficult time estimating the number of meteors to expect, but we do know if the meteors fall the peak will happen sometime between 10 pm and 2 am Friday night into Saturday. That's when you need to be outside, looking to the north-northwest.
Watching a meteor shower isn't like watching an eclipse. The meteors move too quickly so optical equipment like binoculars and telescopes are out of the question.
"You want as wide of view as you can of the sky because you want to keep roaming the entire sky behind you, in front of you, to the left, to the right, meteors will come from every direction," says Gottlieb.
Head to a place away from city lights, such as Joshua Tree National Park. Other local dark spots include Dillon road between Desert Hot Springs and Coachella. Or if you feel like finding some cooler air, you can always head up highway 74 into the mountains.
Bring a lawn chair, a blanket, maybe some food or drinks, and a red or green tinted flashlight. White light will desensitize your eyes, making it more difficult to spot the dimmer meteors.
Since this shower hasn't happened before, don't give up if you don't see anything immediately. It's possible that all of the meteors could fall in one half hour period, if they fall at all that is.
And, if the meteor shower happens, astronomers will give an easy name to pronounce and remember, the May Camelopardalids.


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Location of Shiogama in Miyagi Prefecture
|Coordinates: 38°18′53″N 141°01′20″E / 38.31472°N 141.02222°ECoordinates: 38°18′53″N 141°01′20″E / 38.31472°N 141.02222°E
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|17.86 km2 (6.90 sq mi)
|Population (August 2014)
|• Total
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|Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
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Shiogama (塩竈市 and 塩釜市 Shiogama-shi) is a city located in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. As of August 2014, the city had an estimated population of 54,621 and a population density of 3060 persons per km². The total area was 17.86 km².
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- 4 Economy
- 5 Transportation
- 6 Local attractions
- 7 Visitor attractions
- 8 Notable people from Shiogama
- 9 References
- 10 External links
Shiogama is in north-central Miyagi Prefecture, bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the east.
Neighboring municipalities[edit]
- Miyagi Prefecture
"Shiogama" means "salt furnace" and refers to a local Shinto ritual involving the making of salt from sea water, still performed every July. The name is sometimes written using the kanji 塩釜 rather than 塩竈 and both spellings are officially permitted. Both 釜 and 竈 are pronounced gama in compounds, but as lone words they are pronounced kama and kamado, respectively. A kamado (竈, "furnace") is a what a kama (釜, "kettle") is placed upon, and so the two are not completely interchangeable. 塩竈 is the form officially used by the city, but for ease of writing, the 10-stroke 釜 is often used in place of the 21-stroke 竈, such as in Shiogama Station.[1]
Shiogama Jinja uses the rendering 鹽竈, with an archaic character for salt. This third form is rarely seen outside of this context.
The area of present-day Shiogama was part of ancient Mutsu Province, and has been settled since at least the Jomon period by the Emishi people. During the Nara period, the area came under the control of colonists from the Yamato dynasty based at nearby Tagajō and was the most important seaport in Mutsu. The ruins of the provincial capital of Mutsu Province have been found within the city borders. During later portion of the Heian period, the area was ruled by the Northern Fujiwara. During the Sengoku period, the area was contested by various samurai clans before the area came under the control of the Date clan of Sendai Domain during the Edo period, under the Tokugawa shogunate. The town of Shiogama was established with the creation of the municipalities system on April 1, 1889. Parts of Tagajō and Shichigahama were incorporated into Shiogama of September 1, 1938. Shiogama was raised to city status on November 23, 1941 (187th, nationally; 3rd in Miyagi). The city annexed the Gyūchi area of neighboring Tagajō on December 1, 1949 and the village of Urato on April 1, 1950.
The city was affected by the tsunami caused by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake,[2] although damage to its fishing industry turned out to be light.[3]
The economy of Shiogama is largely based on commercial fishing, especially of tuna, and fish processing. The city also boasts of the highest density of sushi restaurants in Japan.
- East Japan Railway Company (JR East) – Tōhoku Main Line
- East Japan Railway Company (JR East) – Senseki Line
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Miyagi Prefectural Highways[edit]
- Miyagi Prefectural Route 3 (Shiogama—Yoshioka)
- Miyagi Prefectural Route 10 (Shiogama—Watari)
- Miyagi Prefectural Route 11 (Shiogama—Shiogama-kō)
- Miyagi Prefectural Route 23 (Sendai—Shiogama)
- Miyagi Prefectural Route 35 (Izumi—Shiogama)
- Miyagi Prefectural Route 58 (Shiogama—Shichigahama—Tagajō)
Local attractions[edit]
- Shiogama 'Hote' festival (10 March)
- Shiogama Flower festival and Shiogama Citizens Festival (late April)
- Shiogama Harbor festival (Eve: before Marine Day/festival: Marine Day July)
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Notable people from Shiogama[edit]
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- Masao Maruyama (anime producer)
- Masashi Nakano (politician)
- Hitomi Takahashi (singer)
- Kōichi Yamadera (voice actor, actor, TV personality)
- ^ http://www.city.shiogama.miyagi.jp/seisaku/shise/gaiyo/kamado.html
- ^ http://themes.thestar.com/photo/0eira3V9EGfFA a tsunami wave engulfing vehicles and houses in Shiogama
- ^ Aoki, Mizuho, "Fish processors rise to challenge", Japan Times, 9 April 2011, p. 3.
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- Shiogama City official website (in Japanese)
- Shiogama tourism and industry association (in Japanese)
- Shiogama tourism and industry association (in English)
- Shiwahiko Shrine & Shiogama Shrine official website (in Japanese)
- The Shiogama Chamber of Commerce and Industry (in Japanese)
- ShioNavi-Shiogama Navigation (in English)


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Witcher 3 - Preview @ PC Gamer
PC Gamer has posted a new preview of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.
There's a creature in the woods slaughtering villagers. The elders want to appease the gods in the hope that it will move on. The leader of the village's young upstarts disagrees, and wants you – a professional monster slayer – to bring him the beast's head for a bag of gold. What do you do?
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The hands-off demo I saw was being controlled by CD Projekt Red. For the first time in the series, the game lets players potter about an open world full of incidental missions like this. The devs could just as easily steer Geralt elsewhere and go exploring, but they opt to side with the youngster and venture into the woods, using Geralt's 'Witcher sense' to find the monster. A dull red haze highlights important clues in the environment, some scratch marks here, some tracks there. Geralt soon concludes that the boogeyman is a Leshen – a spooky, antlered humanoid of great power.
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Magic Shifts has been released! Feel free to discuss in the SPOILER section!
To be honest, I don't think either series is quite good enough to blow your budget over. Well, Grimspace might be by itself, that's a five star read. But the rest of the series, while good, doesn't set off any fireworks or shake the earth. I'd put them on your list and buy them in August.


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My experience with Inclusion Body Disease (IBD)
RIP Clementine, my beloved Corn Island boa girlie. She died on the 7th of July 2009 due to massive renal failure. She had started to show signs of ill health on the 20th of June 09. Nothing that was overly serious in my mind at the time. She was going through a bad shed, something which she had never had before. Her skin was horribly wrinkled and looked like leather. She also refused food on two occasions, something that was also completely out of the ordinary. She would normally eat in shed or out of shed and dangling from the rooftops (figure of speech). She then started to become slightly lethargic so off to the vets it was. The first time I was told to take her home and wait for her to shed. I got her home and she did not improve, nor did she shed. I took her back a few days later with increasing worry incase it was some sort of infection. She was sent home again with oral Baytril and critical care and high fat food to tube feed her and hopefully hydrate her and perk her up. She started this medication on the 26th of June and it continued until the 5th of July when I decided enough was enough and stopped. On this day I knew something serious was wrong with her and no amount of critical care was going to bring her back. She was extremely swollen in her kidney area, lethargic, almost completely unresponsive, spinning her head, corking her head into the most strange positions and was almost completely limp. The most worrying symptoms was the fact she was unable to right herself up when placed on her back. She was rushed back to the vet on the 6th of July and I knew then she wasnt going to get better and IBD was spinning in my mind. She was admitted to the practise but nobody expected her to make it through the night. She was given a blood test when still alive. I got a call late that night to say her white blood cell count was through the roof. The count should have been 2-3000 and it was 36000. Kidney count should be 4-500, hers was 13-1500. I was called around 9.30 that night after the blood test was done to say inclusions had been found in the blood, and I knew then I would never see her again. I was called very early on the 7th of July to be informed that Clementine had died overnight. I had already given permission for them to do an autopsy (as of course you would will ANY unknown illness). After the autopsy was done and all the pathology came back I was informed on the 21st of July that she had indeed died of Inclusion Body disease. RIP my wonderful lassie, you will never be forgotten.
For those who are not aware of IBD or what it is, I will try to explain it as simplistically and factually as possible from my own experience, understanding and research. Inclusion body disease is a viral disease which manifests in captive bred boas and pythons (aka boids). As in the case of the human virus AIDS, IBD is a retro virus and spreads through bodily fluids (ie breeding or through unhygienic contact with faeces or other fluids from infected snakes). The most common transportation of this disease in captivity is through mites. This very dangerous little vector only has to suck the blood from one infected snake to spread it around entire collections. Just before Clementine became ill I had been battling a mite infestation (That came from god knows where as in my 4 years of keeping snakes I have never had mites), and she indeed had mites. Infected mites can spread it to any species or genus of snakes, however there is only conclusive evidence of it physically manifesting in boas and pythons. Colubrids CAN carry the disease but may never ever show the signs or symptoms. However this is when the snake mite can suck the blood from a perfectly physically healthy yet infected colubrid and spread it to boas and pythons.
Mites are a serious pest and MUST be eradicated in the most severe manner possible within captive collections. I cannot stress enough how much stress and grief they have caused me, and they could have possibly infected my ENTIRE collection with IBD due to how quickly they breed and spread from snake to snake. I use front line on the snakes and preventamite in their cages. I soak ALL viv furnishings and plants in bleach, then spray with F10 and finally spray with proventamite. During a mite infestation I would advise you leave all hides and plants etc out of vivs. Instead opt for clean white kitchen towel layers the infested snake can bury or hide in, just long enough for the mites to die off. This makes it easy to see live and dead mites and gives the eggs little chance of survival if you are replacing the kitchen towel every day. I would also advise on washing and hovering all carpets as mites travel a long long way to find their next host. And in that time they will be breeding and laying eggs in your carpets. The next time you have a mite infestation try putting some double sided selotape on your carpets surrounding vivs and see just how many mites will be stuck on it in the morning! Anyway enough about mites, I think my point about how dangerous they are has been made.
At the moment there is no cure for IBD. Once the snake is showing signs and symptoms you can guarantee it will succumb to the disease. Boas are known to be long term asymptomatic carriers of the disease. This means that whilst boas can catch the disease the can harbour it for years before it finally manifests. Whereas pythons tend not to have more than a month once they have caught the disease. Thus why pythons are almost like a canary in a mine shaft when you have a confirmed case of IBD in your collection. I can happily say that my 3 pythons (spotted pythons and a chondro) are perfectly fine almost 2 months since Clementine became ill. This is a very small relief for the time being. When taking the manifestation period into account in regards to boas, it is evident that NO amount of quarantine will ever protect you against IBD coming into your collection. You may have boas that have carried the disease their entire life and NEVER shown symptoms. Clementine could have been born with IBD (as it can spread from mother to babies, just like human aids) and almost 3 years later that is it just staring to rear its head. Or she could have caught it from any one of my other snakes brought in over the years when I had a mite infestation.
The point is NOBODY knows where IBD comes from. And how is it possible to track a disease which is sooooo good at hiding. No snake keeper on this planet can claim their collection is free from IBD. The only thing we can do is prevent the spread by adhering to the highest standards of hygiene and care as possible. Ie reduce the risk of the spread of infection by washing all feeding tools and disinfecting your hands between every snake etc. This may seem like common knowledge but ask yourself do you practise these methods between EVERY SINGLE SNAKE? I am guilty of not doing so often in the past when I assumed my snakes were all perfectly healthy and fine. Now, there is no chance of a lapse in my hygiene procedures. Not that I have learnt that lesson the hard way.
Some of the most common signs and symptoms of IBD are stargazing and cork screwing of the head and neck. This generally means inclusions have entered the brain and have cause the snake to have no control over its neuro system which includes coordination and movements. Ie why Clementine was not able to flip herself up. Here is a picture to demonstrate. (not of Clementine)
An infected snake may also experience head tremors, chronic regurgitation, the inability the shed, dehydration, anorexia (ie not willing to feed) and secondary infections may develop such as a respiratory infection or pneumonia.
There are no images of Clementine when she was ill. In retrospect I should have documented her illness, but not in a million years did I think it would turn out to be so serious.
There is a chance every single one of my snakes have IBD, and there is a chance that none of them do. But the fact is I have to treat them as infected individuals because you cannot test conclusively for IBD on a live animal without a positive result for inclusions either in the blood or through organ biopsies which are invasive, painful and extremely expensive. A positive result is definitive, but a negative result in a live animal does not mean it is free from IBD. I have had blood tests done on 3 of my other boas and all of them are negative. However this does not mean they dont still carry the disease. Here is a diagram of a boa who is having an ultrasound guided liver biopsy (which can only be done under anathesia, another risk to add when testing for IBD on live snakes.)
IBD is not a common illness by any means. But I am sure there are a few cases which have not gone public due to the fear of a ruined reputation. Keeping quiet and carrying on like nothing has ever happened is how this disease spreads. And if you are reading this and have ever done such a thing, bow your head in shame! I have no shame in admitting I have had ONE snake die conclusively of IBD. I have nothing to lose from sharing my experience with other people if it helps to prevent this utterly horrific disease. I will NEVER be able to breed, sell or buy snakes until every single snake I currently have is dead and buried. I have two gravid female candoia carinata ready to drop any day now after 8 months gestation. And I will have to keep all of the babies. Sorry to those who were on waiting lists and keep asking about when the girls are due. I cannot risk selling ANYTHING whether they appear to be healthy or not.
I would like to make it clear that in no way shape or form am I laying blame to anyone for the fact I have had one snake die from IBD. How can you trace a disease which can harbour for a boas entire lifetime. Was it spread from a snake I no longer have? Was it from a snake I have had for years that was affected by the mites and spread it to Clementine? I have only ever bought from reputable breeders and well known forumites, so that is something to think about.
As for my other snakes, they are ALL acting normally. Absolutely none are showing signs or symptoms of IBD at the moment. All I can do is enjoy each day as it comes with every one of my pet snakes. It saddens me I cannot breed them but I bought them primarily as pets to enjoy, not just to breed so I have not lost out on much. I am just so thankful for the snakes I have, and to lose anymore would simply break my heart. I do not feel the option of euthanizing all my snakes is the right one for me. They all appear fine at the moment however rest assured any that do show symptoms of IBD will be euthanized straight away and autopsied to confirm whether or not they had the disease. I care too much for my snakes to unnecessarily euthanise them all without giving them a chance at life. As said earlier, some boas may carry the disease their entire life and may never show symptoms. That would be the very best possible outcome I could imagine at this moment in time and for the foreseeable future.
Thank you for taking the time to read my post, I am sure it has taken you a while. RIP Clementine, I miss you so very much lassie
Here is the full autopsy and pathology report from Clementines case. Photographed due to my scanner being broken.
sorry to hear of your loss and fingers crossed your collection will be ok. thank you for sharing your situation with us and the very useful thread. this should be on hand for any keeper to read as we dont all fully understand ibd and should be a sticky. again sorry to hear this
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Gutted for you.But I to you for taking such a good decision, and am relieved that as of yet you have no other cases
Fingers crossed that is your only case.
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wow what a read and thanks for taking your time to write such an explanation of the disease and how it has affected yourself.
sorry to hear about clementine and good luck that this nasty disease doesnt rear its head anymore in your collection.
If anyone wants any further information then I have a good few links on the subject.
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Symptoms for Inclusion Body Disease in Snakes
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Don't risk the lives of your other animals by not finding out why one lost it's life.
Sorry to hear about the little one, never nice to hear of stories like this. But more of a general question as I dont know the size of your collection or how close you are to them. Did you consider having all potential affected or carrier snakes pts? And why did you not and maybe only put a few very special snakes through biopsies? Curious more than anything as when I had larger boas I always said to myself no matter what money would be going down the drain I would start a fresh if it ever happened to me. Thankfully never had to make such a decision but sure thought about it. But a different thing actually being in the situation.
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I was having the exact same trouble as you....still am, somedays.
I can tell Finnick thinks before nipping now (as in, thinking "oh, I can't nip, they don't like that"). Other days he nips everything in sight.
The only thing that works for us is re directing him to his toys. Sometimes he really doesn't want to know and carries on nipping, but you just have to try and distract them!
Also, try to tire her out as much as you can Lots of stimulating toys and Kongs / Boredom breaker type things! Finnick also LOVES chewing and grinding his teeth on a whole carrot (just pop it in the fridge to make it cold) that seems to help his teeth. You're definitely not alone
Always have a toy ready to redirect her when she goes for your hands tell her good girl when she grabs toy. My hands were a mess for a good month or morw
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With the puppy nipping, I put Vicks Vaporub on my hands, ankles, leads - anything that I don't want them to chew. The smell is really horrible to them and will stop them from biting, you can then use a command 'no' or 'leave it' and when she does not bite - praise her telling her good girl.
There are plenty of posts here about puppy nibbing - it is important to remember by nipping you, she is learning bite inhibition from you, this is something she would of already started learning with her littermates and from another dog if had one. It is important you teach her this is not acceptable and by biting hard on you, then the consequences are that you walk away and leave her, she will eventually work it out with good training from you, but try the Vicks as it does stop them. Just do not put Vicks on your puppy or make her lick or eat it.
With waking up at night, either ignore it or put her back to her bed with no sound, praise or fun from you and then go back to bed - ie make the fact she is waking up in the night really boring for her.
Your situation is a classic amongst so many GSD puppy owners....including me.
I'll bet if you search the puppy forums you will find countless threads which discuss your current situation regarding the nipping.
As far as the " ...she keeps waking up every couple hours at night...." situation, I'd take a stab at tiring her out more before her evening snooze. If she's still really young and doing the on/off switch thing, I'd try and keep the on switch activated a bit longer. It seemed like short phase with the GSD pups I've had but I distinctly remember the days of....going a hundred miles an hour and then a half hour later they are fast asleep in some of the most awkward and uncomfortable positions.
However, nothing wrong with a pup that loves to play.....she just hasn't figured out your timetable yet...I guess.
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We know two things about Egypt: one, don't kick a fresh camel turd on a hot day in the Sahara, and two, if you're a despot you have about 30 years to rule until the people get sick of it.
Yesterday, Hosni Mubarak announced he will not seek re-election as President of Egypt after hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets to call for his ouster. However, the wrinkled ruler rankled some fur when he said he would like to stay on and enjoy his digs until September.
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Of the world's oil passes through the Suez Canal. While Egypt is not a major oil producer, some Bedouin tribesman in the region have threatened to attack the canal if Mubarak does not step down. To Mubarak we say: "Beat It!"
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Weird alignment for all wheel drive cars?
Is it true that with awd drive cars that one wheel is pushed inside the wheel well more than the other wheels? I asked a local mechanic and he said that this is common with awd cars. When i have a couple ppl in the car and make a right car it rubs bad will an alignment fix this? Any input will be appreciated thanks in advance
No, the alignment should be identical left to right. As for why right turns might cause rubbing, you'd have to list your specific wheel size, offset, and tire size. The weight of the car isn't symmetrical, but neither should the tire be close to rubbing. More info needed.
i have 18 inch rims and 225/40-18 tires
Will an aligment fix this problem?
you didn't list your offset and your suspension. Also, if it's a wagon or a sedan. I'll assume the answers are +48, stock, sedan: Check the struts. They might be shot, particularly in the corner where you're rubbing. The "rubbing" might just be your suspension bouncing off the limit. Bad alignment can cause many problems but assuming the wheels are on relatively straight, 225 wide tires at a reasonable offset shouldn't cause rubbing
But if the answers are <48, the suspension has some lowering springs, or the car's a wagon, you have other problems not related to the alignment.
This might be a stupid question, but do you have hub-centric rings with your wheels? If you do, when you do wheel/tire rotations front to back, do you always check to make sure the rings come off with the wheels instead of sticking to the hubs? It's possible one could have doubled up... just a thought.
i'm sorry for taking so long to answer...i dont know what the offset is on the wheels, i'm thinking about just buying 17" bbs' and getting rid of the 18's
If you're considering stock STi BBS wheels, the only ones that will fit the WRX are those from 2004 models since they share the same 5x100 bolt pattern. Even though they look the same, 2005+ STi wheels have a 5x114.3 bolt pattern and won't fit any year WRX. Just something to keep in mind.
[quote=wrxbugeyez631;260585]i'm sorry for taking so long to answer...i dont know what the offset is on the wheels, i'm thinking about just buying 17" bbs' and getting rid of the 18's[/quote]
There "should" be sizing on the rim itself somewhere. Might even be where the tire is mounted and you will not be able to see it.
Thank you for the info I actually wasn't aware that they were diff patterns i'll keep that in mind
i think my shocks are going bad also any reccomendations for a good pair? its an everyday car and only sometimes I race...any reccomendations would be appreciated =)
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