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You've heard of "Occupy Wall Street." But you've probably never heard of "Occupy Fleece."
It's more of a party, than a protest.
On Jan. 17, the G. Allen Fleece Library at Columbia International University will open for the first time since a devastating fire in May 2009 closed the library for repairs and renovations. CIU students will celebrate the opening with "Occupy Fleece." Students will camp out overnight in tents in a quad area outside the library and wake up to a celebration featuring music, games and an outdoor breakfast. At 7:30 the library will officially open with the blowing of a shofar, a ram's horn used in ancient times to signal a celebration. The CIU mascot is the Ram.
CIU Residence Life Director Mike Thompson says the event is the brainchild of three sophomores: Challie Shaver, Jamie Baker and Michelle Miller.
"They were telling me how excited they are that the library is opening, and at first I didn't think much about it." Thompson said. "Then it dawned on me that as sophomores, they had never used the library because of the fire."
A temporary building, dubbed by the students, "The Book Barn" has been used as the library since the fire.
Once the library opens for business at 7:30, students will enter and be given a ticket for a drawing for Kindles and gift cards.
The library is named in honor of the second president of CIU, G. Allen Fleece. It first opened in 1968.
The dedication of the renovated library is scheduled for Jan. 24 at 11:30 a.m. and will include members of the Fleece family.


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A paratrooper from Winder died Saturday in Afghanistan while on his third deployment.
According to a press release from the 82nd Airborne Division, Sgt. Keith F. Rudd, 36, of Winder, died Sept. 10 in Parvan, Afghanistan died after being found unresponsive in his room.
Staff Sgt. Keith Rudd was a flight medic with Company C, 3rd Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade.
Rudd joined the Army in May 2003. He completed Basic Combat Training at Fort Sill, Okla., and Advanced Individual Training at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. He was assigned to Fort Bragg in May 2011.
Rudd had three deployments while he served in the U.S. Army. He served in Iraq from April 2007 to November 2007, and in Afghanistan twice from September 2009 to September 2010 and August 2011 to September 2011.
His awards and decorations include three Air Medals, four Army Commendation Medals, six Army Achievement Medals, two Army Good Conduct Medals, the National Defense Service Medal, the Afghan Campaign Medal, the Iraqi Campaign Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon, the Army Service Ribbon, two Overseas Service Ribbons, the Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal, the NATO Medal, the Combat Medic Badge, and the Army Aviation Badge.
Rudd is survived by his father, Donald Rudd, of Sunnyville, Calif.
The incident is currently under investigation.
A photo of Rudd was not readily available.
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#1 Anonymous on 09/12/11 at 10:38 PM
My sincere condolences to the family. God Bless them all.
#2 nikki hazelip on 09/12/11 at 10:55 PM
May Keith rest in peace..
God will make sure your little girls are kept safe.
My thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends!!!
God will make sure your little girls are kept safe.
My thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends!!!
#3 Anonymous on 09/13/11 at 05:39 AM
My heart and prayers go out to the family.
#4 A Man on 09/13/11 at 05:54 AM
Staff Sgt. Keith F. Rudd, 36, of Winder, Ga., died Sept. 10 in Parvan, Afghanistan, while supporting combat operations.
Only the living suffer. May the pride and
love replace Mr. Keith F. Rudd's family and
friends grief. God has taken Keith home.RIP
Only the living suffer. May the pride and
love replace Mr. Keith F. Rudd's family and
friends grief. God has taken Keith home.RIP
#5 MAJ Robert B. Dixon on 09/13/11 at 07:26 AM
John 15:13. Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
#6 Fortitude on 09/13/11 at 08:46 AM
God bless you and your family
#7 Anonymous on 09/13/11 at 04:26 PM
We are there to feed the military-industrial complex that Pres. Eisenhower warned us about in 1961.
#8 Anonymous on 09/13/11 at 06:45 PM
Another one of Bush's wars that never end.
#8.1 Anonymous on 09/13/11 at 07:06 PM
You must be a liberal? Would not expect any less from a President Zero supporter.
#9 No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! on 09/13/11 at 06:49 PM
Please afford this brave soldier his due and argue on another blog. It is really disrespectful and demeans his life
#9.1 nikki hazelip on 09/13/11 at 07:04 PM
I completely agree...
#9.2 Anonymous on 09/13/11 at 10:56 PM
To hide the disagreement elsewhere misses the point. This death is precisely the reason why we should debate the issue front & center.
The continuing war benefits the war profiteers, who bribe the GOP leaders to keep it going. Why do you suppose most Republicans are chickenhawk warmongers? The defense industry bribes them in order to profit.
Tomorrow some other local newspaper will be running a story about another dead US soldier.
It's all about $.
The continuing war benefits the war profiteers, who bribe the GOP leaders to keep it going. Why do you suppose most Republicans are chickenhawk warmongers? The defense industry bribes them in order to profit.
Tomorrow some other local newspaper will be running a story about another dead US soldier.
It's all about $.
#9.2.1 No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! on 09/13/11 at 11:01 PM
It is not denying you the opportunity to disagree, just the forum you have chosen. Since you can not speak for this brave soldier. please be respectful of him and HIS beliefs. go to the story about the 77 year old man and their blogs will give you a playground of color and misrepresentation.
Open forum...just leave this alone here. Please
Open forum...just leave this alone here. Please
#184.108.40.206 Anonymous on 09/14/11 at 10:46 AM
It isn't up to you to determine what is and isn't an appropriate forum. This issue is too large for it to be swept under the rug simply on the grounds of decorum and sensitivity. In fact, since it cuts deepest right here, this is the BEST forum to lay bare the truth and expose how shameful and wrong continued involvement in the Afghanistan conflict is. How many more American lives will be wasted?
#18.104.22.168.1 No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! on 09/14/11 at 03:28 PM
No it is not my decision...we were just hoping you had enough class, once reminded, to stop. You did not know this man or you certainly would not be on this page now. So go ahead and make an a#> out of yourself.
We are leaving this page for good.
We are leaving this page for good.
#9.2.2 Odins Eye on 09/15/11 at 12:31 PM
A coward believes he will ever live
if he keep him safe from strife:
but old age leaves him not long in peace
though spears may spare his life.
A coward believes he will ever live
if he keep him safe from strife:
but old age leaves him not long in peace
though spears may spare his life.
#10 someone on 09/13/11 at 07:06 PM
Sorry for your loss may god watch over his soul. And the children left behind.
#11 Anonymous on 09/13/11 at 09:06 PM
We have to point out these wars which are not legal or moral. This young man was taken from those who love him. It was a waste. A complete waste. I'll continue saying it until those who sent him over there are held accountable. No doubt I'll be saying it for a long time.
#11.1 what? on 09/13/11 at 09:11 PM
Do you speak for him and how he felt?
#11.2 Anonymous on 09/14/11 at 06:13 PM
What did this man ever do to you? He chose to serve. It was his job ... it was what he wanted to do. I never saw an article where he ran down what you do for a living. This was a life lost. He did not make any political statements. He did not start the war or put us into the war. How come you take the time to bash a lost life? You must be one of those losing pittful liberals!
#11.3 Anonymous on 09/14/11 at 06:18 PM
Well the last time I checked you do not make the decisions to whether we go to war or not. You don't set policy. You don't make laws. You don't carry out laws. So who gives a RIP WHAT YOU THINK!!
#12 Anonymous on 09/13/11 at 09:07 PM
The bad thing is Barrow County has so many ignorant rednecks they would vote for George Bush and his warmongering again.
#12.1 No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! on 09/13/11 at 09:08 PM
#12.2 Anonymous on 09/14/11 at 05:23 PM
What war I want to fight is to get you liberals out of this state. Liberals are the cry babies, bleeding hearts, hand out, food stamps, welfare party. I would quit my job tomorrow and join the war to remove all liberals from our state.
#13 Marle on 09/14/11 at 10:15 AM
Keith was one of the kindest human beings I ever known. This site is to honor and remember him. While I too have issues with the way we have engaged in these wars, I am truly proud of his selflessness and honored to call him my friend. As a flight medic and paratrooper, he risked his life to save and comfort others. Keith was a gentle soul... lighthearted... playful... fun... made me laugh a lot... dedicated... dependable... without a doubt, adventurous... maybe fearless... scared the crap out of me on a quick ride on his motorcycle. So RPMs to you, Keith. May you ride the sky.
#13.1 nikki hazelip on 09/14/11 at 10:31 AM
Very well put Marle!
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Clifford Park races fall victim to Queensland's big wet
TOOWOOMBA'S persistent Australia Day rain claimed an unexpected victim when officials were forced to postpone today's Clifford Park twilight race meeting.
Stewards called off the seven-race program at 4.30pm after the water-logged synthetic course surface was judged unsuitable for racing.
Chief steward Martin Knibbs said the decision to abandon the meeting after more than 100mm of rain on the course was made after consulting with a delegation of jockeys and Toowoomba Turf Club officials.
"The track received 50mm of overnight rain prior to 9am and it continued raining for the majority of the day," Knibbs said.
"Members of the club committee inspected the track around the middle of the day and judged it to be safe for racing.
"But the ongoing inclement weather was a concern and another 55mm of rain fell during the day with a lot of that coming in the afternoon.
"I was advised about 2.30 that the track manager Steve Murphy was working on the track with the Trackmaster but the surface water continued to build."
Club officials, along with jockeys Ron Goltz, Adam Best, Kenji Yoshida, Skye Bogenhuber, Jacque Brown and apprentice Melody O'Brien accompanied stewards on a track inspection.
"The major points of concern were around the 1400-metre mark immediately past the crossing in the pull-up area, where it was extremely wet, and near the 1100 metres was totally sodden," Knibbs said.
"With 11 horses racing over 1600 metres in the first race it would be unavoidable having to race on that section of the track and four of the seven races were to be contested over the track near the 1100 metres.
"The jockeys agreed unanimously it was unsuitable to race on in the prevailing conditions.
"With no prospect of improving weather and the likelihood of jockeys having extremely poor visibility safety was a major concern.
"The surface water was not getting away and some of the day's worst conditions were closing in during the inspection time.
"In consultation with club officials it was decided to postpone the meeting at 4.30pm."
The club will apply to Racing Queensland to run the meeting one day next week, but club chairman Bob Frappell could not hide his disappointment about today's washout.
"I'm livid the meeting had to be called off because the track was unable to drain satisfactorily," Frappell said.
"That's supposed to the strength of the Cushion Track surface.
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10 Dinner Recipes That Make Great Lunch Leftovers
When it comes to packing a healthy, homemade lunch, dinner is your best friend. A good dinner is one that is delicious and generous enough to become lunch the next day. From slow cooker enchiladas to green curry, and vegetarian casseroles to hearty meatloaf, here are 10 of our favorite homemade dinners that also make great homemade lunches.
Personally, I think a good dinner-to-lunch meal has a few specific characteristics:
- It reheats well or is good cold. Some dinners just don't reheat well. Others are no good cold. Some are only good one way (I don't like reheated chicken breasts, for instance, but love them cold and sliced on salads).
- It is easy to eat at your desk. I know many people love lasagna as leftovers, but man, it's hard to eat with a plastic fork! Personally, I like casseroles and pasta dishes that are already in bite-sized pieces.
- It is easy to pack. There's no fussiness or separate container needed. If you need a separate container for the sauce, and another for the topping or a mix-in, eh — too much work. It's better to just be able to throw a portion in a container and go. Double points if it's a complete meal, with starch and veg.
Having said that, here are 10 fabulous dinners from our archives that really work well as lunches.
• 1 Cauliflower and Chicken Sausage Casserole - A simple, vegetable-based casserole that gets even more flavorful the next day.
• 2 Peppery Whole Wheat Pasta with Wilted Chard - A generous recipe for vegetarian pasta — it makes plenty for the next day as well.
• 3 Slow Cooker Coconut and Green Curry Pork - Curries and braises just get better as they sit in the fridge. This one is no exception, and since it includes potatoes already, I find that rice is optional.
• 4 Spiced Lamb Meatballs - Make a big batch of these, freeze them, and bake them off as needed.
• 5 How To Make Marvelous Meatloaf - Meatloaf recipes almost always make a lot! Plan ahead and use the leftovers for lunch, maybe sandwiched between two pieces of bread, or crumbled into a pita.
• 6 Slow-Cooker Black Bean Enchiladas - These easy enchiladas are vegetarian and so simple. Plus they are easy to bundle up and carry with you for lunch.
• 7 Chickpea Casserole with Lemon, Herbs and Shallots - This vegetarian casserole makes a generous amount, and it's packed with protein and fresh flavor.
• 8 Easy Homemade Macaroni and Cheese - Homemade mac and cheese for lunch? Yes please!
• 9 Garlic and Herb Roasted Pork Tenderloin - Cold pork tenderloin slices are very good on top of a quick salad.
• 10 Goat Cheese and Swiss Chard Pasta Casserole - One more pasta recipe that makes fantastic leftovers.
What are your favoriet dinner-to-lunch meals? Do you have meals that you cook just for the leftovers?
Related: Odd Couples: Combining Leftovers for Dinner
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All right, so, you've read about the edition of "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" that will edit out the "n-word." You know about that debate; you know all the arguments. This is about that. Sort of. And how you can play a role.
See, someone's following up on NewSouth Books' intention to edit out the offending word by going one step further. And that step is…
Yes, robots. The plan by Gabriel Diani and Etta Devine is to replace "n-word" Jim with Robot Jim. "Statistically, people prefer robots to the word 'n-word,'" say the proponents of this audacious plan. "The word 'n-word' is ugly and pejorative. Robots are fun and cool… even when they're trying to take over our world! So we've decided to take the word 'n-word' out of Mark Twain's classic and replace it with 'robot.'" And they've commissioned an artist to alter the original illustrations to include the robot. (They admit that vampires are "in," too, but say that would be silly)
Where do you come in? Simple: They're raising money for a short print run of the robot-inflected "Huck Finn." The more money they get, the cooler they believe they can make the finished product. More money means more altered illustrations. More money means getting a scholar to add a piece about the "n-word" controversy to add context and credibility. More money could mean hardcover editions.
You can pledge a donation by clicking here for the project's Kickstarter page. A buck will get a PDF copy of the book. Five will get you the PDF and an invitation to the L.A. book launch party (travel not included). $15 adds a print of a robot-altered illustration from the book. $25 adds a physical copy of the book (add $5 for international shipping). $50 adds either a Robot Jim figurine (!) or a "R-O-B-O-T" necklace or two physical copies of the book. $75 gets the physical book, plus either the robot figurine or necklace and the print and stuff. $100 or more gets your choice of two of the three (books, figurine, necklace), $150 gets everything, $200 gets everything plus an acknowledgment in the book, $500 adds 15 more copies of the book, and $1,000 adds your name, or any name you want (that isn't silly or ridiculous), to the actual text of the revised book.
But they need $6,000 pledged by March 11th at 7:15 pm ET. So if you're into it, pledge now. Join Chris Hardwick himself in the quest to bring robots to the world of Mark Twain. If Jane Austen can survive a zombie invasion, Huck and Tom can stand some robot love.
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Chris is a 30-plus-year veteran of the toy industry. Currently, he is a partner in aNb Media, LLC and content director for TTPM (Toys, Tots, Pets & More). During his career, he has held a variety of positions with toy companies covering marketing, media, operations, product development and creative. In 1988, he formed New York-based Byrne Communications and is a researcher, analyst and consultant who has worked with a variety of Fortune 100 companies tracking kid trends, product development and strategic marketing campaigns. He is regularly sourced by the investment community for insights into all aspects of the toy and children's products industries. He speaks at trade shows and for corporate events on the effective integration of play into creative management.
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While the Bonneville Salt Flats remains the gold standard venue for land speed record attempts, the journey across the pond for European competitors is a daunting task. First there is the cost involved in shipping a bike, crew, and supplies from Europe to America, but there is also the hassle at the border for shipping and customs that can throw more than a wrench in even the most carefully made plans.
At 4,219 feet above sea level, the elevation at Bonneville sucks the much needed horsepower out of the engines of internal combustion machines, and the salt flat terrain is a less-than-ideal surface for traction, and can vary wildly from weekend to weekend. All of this adds up to be a daunting level of adversity for would-be record-breakers, but for Europeans, there might be a better option soon.


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Please let me know if I should remove this post.
Anyways, I wanted to announce the creation of The LEGO Contest Blog!
For a while I've been looking for a way to track LEGO Contests going on in all corners of the internet.
Finding none, I've decided to take matters into my own hands.
Hence, the blog. The purpose of this blog is to provide a one-stop source of information on contests involving LEGO building.
I've already posted a few contests going on and the Castle Contest here is next.
So, please check it out and let me know what you think.
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Senator Espada Introduces a Lifeline for Struggling Tenants
Sen. Espada, who also serves as Chairman of the Senate Standing Committee on Housing, Construction and Community Development, today unveiled proposed legislation (S.6811) that would help poor, low and moderate income, and working families pay their rent.
His legislation would establish a rent relief assistance program that would freeze the rents of nearly 300,000 households of rent-stabilized apartments to the tune of $100 million in rent increase exemptions in the first year of the program, and gradually increasing to $130 million in rent increase exemptions by year ten.
This means that nearly three-quarters of a million tenants in an unprecedented one-third of the city's one million rent-stabilized apartments across the five boroughs would have their rents frozen for the next decade.
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VIBE Vegas Takeover: LaLa Anthony Hosts Pool Party At Tao Beach
VIBE turns 20 this year and we're doing it BIG! On the heels of rolling out our three 20th Anniversary covers — Robin Thicke & Janelle Monae, J. Cole and Nas, and Pharrell Williams and Daft Punk — we headed to Las Vegas. Okay, we lost at the craps table, but we won big on the party circuit where LaLa Anthony hosted the VIBE and KFC sponsored VIBE VIXEN pool party at Tao Beach at the Venetian. It was hot, so everyone cooled off in the pool with some drinks and beach balls.
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Last weekend I got all excited about the warm temperatures and bought a backyard patio set. I was so excited that you know where it got me?
In the kitchen...Spring cleaning. Blaaargh.
You see I got all fired up about inviting people over to sit at that patio set, so I started to look through the cupboards to see what ingredients I had to create with, and I ended up completely cleaning out the cupboards. Again I say, blaaargh.
BUT, while buried in those cupboards, I did happen to find some long forgotten sweetened dried cranberries and real bacon bits which got me thinking about brunch recipes and salads, which sure enough turned into me making salads, and voila.
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(While I admit that sometimes I do the quick and easy canned chicken thing, it's so much better when you use freshly cooked chicken or OSCAR MAYER CARVING BOARD Meats)
Mix together ingredients and either serve immediately or refrigerate for later! (Serve on hearty bread, rolls, buns, crackers, anything!)
I actually ended up making three salads, not just one, but I'm too lazy to post all three of them at the same time, so I'll just give you a look at what I served for brunch that day. Nothing fancy, for sure.
And that folks, is how spring cleaning led to spring eating which then led to more spring cleaning because of all the dirty dishes.
Need I say it? Blaargh. But yum. ;)
Bacon bits and dried cranberries add smoky-sweet flavor to this creamy chicken salad. Try it on hearty bread, rolls or even crackers.
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I'm not saying the Knicks had, or have the assets to get him..but how valuable would that 2016 1st round pick have been in any deal involving a player that wants out of town?
I wouldn't mind Asik and Beverly back in a trade.
Knicks would trade Tyson to ATL so Horford slides to the 4. ATL would move Josh to Houston in a sign and trade, and Asik comes to NYK. Ideally, I would include Felton in there somehow, but 1) who wants him? and 2) that would kinda throw the numbers off I think.
Tyson makes $13M, Smith made $13M last year, so his new deal would start in that neighborhood, and Asik makes $5M. I'm not sure if the Knicks are allowed to take back less than a 1-to-1 dollar ratio as a tax paying team. But we still have that exception right?
If I were Grunny, I'd be crashing any talks that involve a center who's 7' of pure "move outta my way." I originally wanted a 2-way 5 to pair with Melo, but that's HIGHLY unlikely. So if I can go get a center who's big enough to contend with Hibbert, Brook(e), Vucevic, Noah, etc. I think I do my best to get him. Or at least try.


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SHOUT OUT: The Bergen County Animal Shelter has posted photos of several of the 40 German Shepherds who were rescued from a Ridgefield Park animal hospital over the weekend by investigators from the county SPCA.
Investigators found full-sized dogs and puppies jammed into tiny crates — some of them in a basement area that they said resembled a dungeon.
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CLIFFVIEW PILOT broke the news of the rescue Sunday night: Bergen County SPCA rescues 40 German Shepherds from Ridgefield Park animal hospital
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As a result, the animal shelter is following a strict screening process.
"Since these dogs have had a very difficult time, we will be screening for the most experienced homes that can offer the love, structure and patience needed for success," the shelter says on its Facebook page.
"Anyone interested is required to complete an adoption application to start the process, which can be done in advance," it says. "HOWEVER, THEY ARE NOT YET AVAILABLE AND WILL NOT BE FOR A COUPLE WEEKS.
"We ask clients to hold off on calls until they are available so we can provide more information. The shelter requires all members of the household to be present and we need meet and greets with any other dogs in the household."
"As they become available for adoption you will be the first to know," the shelter said. "However, you must follow our page."
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Apogenix to Present Phase II Results with APG101 for the Treatment of Recurrent Glioblastoma at Biotech Showcase in San Francisco
Jan 07, 2014, 09:00 EST
HEIDELBERG, Germany, Jan. 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Apogenix, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, announced today that Thomas Hoeger, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer, will present the results of the completed phase II efficacy trial in patients with recurrent glioblastoma at the Biotech Showcase™ in San Francisco. The presentation will take place on Tuesday, Jan. 14, at 4 p.m. PST at the Parc 55 Wyndham San Francisco - Union Square.
"The results of this controlled phase II trial represent the most important milestone since Apogenix was founded," said Thomas Hoeger. "We are actively discussing the further development of APG101 toward approval with the regulatory authorities."
About Apogenix
Apogenix develops protein therapeutics that could transform the treatment of life-threatening diseases by targeting critical pathways involved in the growth, migration, and apoptosis of diseased cells. The company's lead drug candidate APG101 is currently being evaluated in patients with glioblastoma - a disease with a tremendous need for new and effective therapies.
About APG101
Apogenix' lead drug candidate APG101 is a fully human fusion protein that consists of the extracellular domain of the CD95 receptor and the Fc portion of an IgG antibody. The interaction between the CD95 ligand and the CD95 receptor activates an intracellular signaling pathway that stimulates the invasive growth and migration of tumor cells, such as glioblastoma cells. APG101 binds to the CD95 ligand and thus inhibits activation of the CD95 signaling pathway, resulting in reduced tumor cell growth and migration.
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Reviewed By Abel M (Santa Ana, CA) Reviewed for a 1993 GMC Sonoma —11/4/2008 10:21 PM
I drive a 93 GMC sonoma with a small 2.8 six cilinder engine in it. A tiny engine indeed but equiped with 44's i promis you its louder than the average V8. WHen i hop on the feeway i dont step on the gass as much as i use to in order to reach 65 /70 mph so a slight increas in power wass also noticed. THe only down side of this muffler is that you wont be able to sneek your girlfriend out of her house late at night anymore. Evey single car alarm goes off in small neighborhoods. In conclusion, loud interior and loud outside.


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bMod is a privately owned, full-service, healthcare dedicated agency that opened its doors in March of 2003. Steady growth has led to over 35 employees in offices in Montreal (HO) and Toronto, with over 20 product and corporate brand clients.
bMod is headed by 3 senior strategic partners, each with over 15 years of pharma experience, who ensure consistency and depth of service across all clients. Not to mention exceptional grace under pressure.
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Eric has over 20 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry including 8 years in marketing and sales at Merck Frosst. Eric has experience in virtually every therapeutic area and enjoys using his creativity to energize a brand.
Prior to founding bMod Communications, Eric was a principal and led the sales and marketing efforts of I.C. Axon Inc., one of North America's leading digital communications companies with a healthcare focus. During his tenure at I.C. Axon, Eric was involved in over 20 award-winning websites and CD-ROMs.
Eric joined I.C. Axon in 1997, at a time when it had 12 employees and annual revenue of less than 1 million dollars. When Eric departed in 2001, I.C. Axon made the Profit 100 list of Canada's fastest growing companies and was named one of Canada's fastest growing technology companies by the Deloitte & Touche Canadian Technology Fast 50.
Eric has a Bachelor of Science from the University of Toronto and an MBA from York University's Schulich School of Business.
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Clients who have worked with Kathryn recognize her as a highly strategic marketer who takes a very customer-centric approach. As Executive Vice President at bMod, Kathryn manages the Client Services team and acts as a Strategic Consultant, helping to facilitate Clients through their brand planning processes.
Kathryn has extensive experience in the healthcare market. Her current core clients include Bayer, AbbVie, and Pfizer. She has also consulted for business-to-business, finance and fundraising entities.
Prior to founding bMod Communications, Kathryn acted as Director of Client services for 5 years at Publicité Anderson, mentoring a team of Account Managers and acting as Strategic Consultant for clients like Pfizer and Merck Frosst. Previous to Anderson, Kathryn headed up the pharmaceutical division at Canada Direct, a direct marketing company specializing in Customer Relationship Management (CRM) programs.
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When you're serving thousands of miles from home, how in the world do you stay connected with your young children? It's tough, and we've tried to find ways to shorten the distance. Our private telephone network helps, but it's not enough.
For the past few years, we've been working with a great organization – United Through Reading – to give military members a chance to read to their children, no matter how far they are from each other.
At USO locations around the world – including Afghanistan, Iraq and Kuwait- there are United Through Reading Military Program spaces set aside. Here, troops can read a book onto a DVD. We then send the DVDs and the books to the children, so they can read along with Mom or Dad.
It's a simple thing, really. Not all good ideas have to be profound. This program is having a profound effect on military families. The stories we hear are wonderful and uplifting. The UTR program is one way we lift the spirits of troops and their families. And it doesn't cost the troops a dime.
Read about a recent success story in a previous blog post. And…
Tell us your United Through Reading story! Has your family been touched by this program? Send us an email about your experience (pictures are welcome) with United Through Reading and we might publish it in a future blog.
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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Fifteen feet farther and my car would have been crushed.
After the mall attack tragedy that killed more than 60 shoppers, the matter borders on the trivial. But many who were at Nairobi's Westgate Mall during the terrorist attack and military response that saw three mall floors collapse are now learning the answer to an important practical question: What happened to my car?
A two-man team from The Associated Press entered the bowels of Westgate Mall on Saturday in search of my family's car that had been parked in the basement parking garage by friends shortly before the 12:30 p.m. attack on Sept. 21.
Near the mall's entrance, inside the cordoned off crime scene, FBI and British security agents gathered in circles or typed on laptops. A muscled, military-looking white man with a large gun waved us in, past a crude metal-fence security barrier.
A police escort walked us past the metal barrier where drivers get parking tickets. The metal bar was bent straight back from a car that barged past the mall's light security measures.
During the Kenyan military's efforts to defeat the attackers, large explosions were heard from inside the mall and massive damage was caused when three floors collapsed. Kenyan officials told The Associated Press that the military response to the terrorists caused the collapse.
Based on my friends' description of where they had parked my wife's black Suburu Forester, we all knew the car was right on the edge of devastation.
Carrying jumper cables and a vehicle tool set, AP photographer Ben Curtis and I walked into the mall's basement garage. The floor was flooded with a half foot (15 centimeters) of water, apparently from the emergency water sprinklers. A dozen other residents were also picking up cars.
Sunlight lit the back corner of the garage from a gaping hole where the massive destruction had rained down. Walking slowly, I was relieved to find our car, one row away from total destruction — about 15 feet (5 meters). The only damage was a thick layer of dust.
Just beyond my car the damage was immense. Huge slabs of concrete had cascaded down, exposing metal rebar. Burned-out cars — apparently from the top floor parking garage three levels up — lay on top of the rubble. In between the top-level and basement parking areas had been two floors of a department store.
A Kenyan government official has said it would take seven days to work through that destruction. But a close-up look shows it is much more likely to take many months of work, especially given the difficult access for large machinery, since the destruction is in the middle of the mall with no easy ground-level access.
No Western or Kenyan investigators could be seen working through the rubble.
Sherbanu Hashmy, a Kenyan lawyer, had parked a few rows from our car. She, too, had worried her vehicle might have been smashed. It was not, though her battery was dead and she needed a jump.
Hashmy, 29, spent six hours in a bank last weekend hiding from the terrorist attackers with 40 to 50 other people, including her mother. When the gunmen came close, security guards ushered all the shoppers behind the bank's bullet-proof teller windows, she said. For Hashmy, the condition of her car was secondary to her life and health. Still, she was glad to have her car back.
"After the floors caved in I honestly thought that our car had come under the rubble. Because of the position we had parked, it was unlikely to have been saved. I was very scared nervous," she said. A police escort with her said "it seems to be fine, and I just sighed relief."
Not everyone was relieved. Perhaps a quarter of the parking garage has been destroyed. At a table to register your car's presence a man walked up shaking his head. Another person asked if his car had been smashed. He said yes. Sorry, many people told him.
Somewhat good-naturedly he answered, "It's just one of those things."


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A 73-year-old Keystone Heights man with about 6,800 jumps to his credit died in a skydiving accident in Palatka on Saturday.
A 73-year-old Keystone Heights man with nearly 7,000 jumps to his credit died in a skydiving accident in Palatka on Saturday.
Lawrence Leroy Elmore died on impact after his parachute malfunctioned, Palatka police crime analyst David Parsons said on Sunday.
Elmore had jumped from a Skydive Palatka plane out of Palatka Municipal Airport at about 3:30 p.m. Saturday.
Parsons said observers on the ground saw his main parachute open, but Elmore began spiraling, indicating something was wrong with the parachute. Parsons said Elmore's reserve parachute did not open in time.
Palatka police are investigating the accident pending the results of an autopsy, although no foul play is suspected.
Elmore was an experienced skydiver, recording about 6,800 jumps since he first jumped out of a plane in Keystone Heights when he was 50 years old, said Art Shaffer, owner of Skydive Palatka.
Elmore skydived all over the world, but the Palatka airport was his home drop zone.
For special events, he would sometimes jump all day.
A YouTube video from 2011 showed a spry Elmore, then 70 years old, performing 72 jumps on his birthday.
"Some people get into the sport and love the feeling," said Shaffer, who knew Elmore for 23 years.
Shaffer said Elmore was well-known and well-liked around the drop zone, where he often helped younger jumpers.
"He was a great guy. He put a lot back into the sport," Shaffer said. "He definitely will be missed.
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The House of Representatives held Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress Thursday for refusing to turn over internal documents discussing the Justice Department's botched Operation Fast and Furious gun-tracking program.
Republicans said they needed to take the extreme step because Holder is refusing to turn over internal emails discussing the Justice Department's discussions of the failed gun sting operation. They say they need the documents since Holder first denied any personal knowledge of the operation and then acknowledged he was aware of it. Democrats called the charges an effort to embarrass the Obama administration in an election year, with some accusing the Republicans of racism for challenging the African-American attorney general.
The votes to hold Holder in both civil and criminal contempt made him the first sitting U.S. attorney general ever held in contempt by the House.
The House voted 255 to 67 to hold Holder in criminal contempt. One lawmaker, Rep. Daniel Lipinski, D-Ill., voted "present."
Following warnings from the politically powerful National Rifle Association that it considered the actions against Holder a loyalty test, 17 Democrats voted with Republicans for contempt. Only two Republicans, Reps. Steven LaTourette of Ohio and Scott Rigell of Virginia, voted no.
The civil contempt count passed 258-95 with five Democrats voting "present." Twenty-one Democrats voted with Republicans and 85 Democrats didn't vote.
Holder, who was in Orlando, Fla., addressing the League of United Latin American Citizens convention Thursday, defiantly denounced the votes as "the regrettable culmination of what became a misguided and politically motivated investigation during an election year."
"As a result of the action taken today by the House, an unnecessary court conflict will ensue," he said. "It's clear that they were not interested in bringing an end to this dispute or even obtaining the information they say they wanted."
White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer called the contempt vote a political sideshow meant to embarrass the president over a sting operation everyone already acknowledges went wrong when agents lost track of guns they were trying to track to arms dealers.
More than half of the House's 191 Democrats marched out of the chamber before the first vote to protest the proceedings rather than cast ballots. Some accused the Republicans of racism for challenging Holder.
"This is not about oversight, this is about overkill," House Assistant Democratic Leader Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., told reporters outside the Capitol. "We're here to say today that we believe that there's something evil about using procedures of the House, particularly something as severe as holding someone in contempt of Congress, to serve political ends."
The walkout exemplified an angry, sometimes personal debate in which Democrats accused Republicans of conducting a politically motivated attack to discredit Holder and weaken President Barack Obama in an election year.
Republicans, in turn, charged Democrats with helping Holder's Justice Department withhold documents – and the truth – behind Fast and Furious, stalling an investigation by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
Under Fast and Furious, about 2,500 illegal weapons were circulated on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. Two of those weapons were recovered at the scene of the fatal shooting of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry in 2010.
The Justice Department has refused to turn over documents subpoenaed by the committee, saying it had already provided the committee more than 7,000 pages of materials related to Fast and Furious. Obama last week asserted executive privilege, blocking release of the additional materials.
"What percentage of the truth do you want?" Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., a member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said on the House floor. "The truth, the whole truth, so help me God. That's what we ask witnesses to do, that's what we ask jurors to do, and that's not too much for us to ask the attorney general of the United States to do."
"It's about racism," said Rep. Frederica Wilson, D-Fla..
Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., said taking the nation's first African-American attorney general to task had nothing to do with the color of Holder's skin.
"Throughout our nation and specifically in Arizona, folks from all political parties and all races are now living in danger of grave violence due to actions of this administration," he said. "I am convinced that holding the attorney general in contempt is the only way to send a strong message to this administration and future ones that no one is above the law."


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Another View -- Chuck Douglas: Medical malpractice claims are not driving up health care costs
Every year the nonprofit organization Public Citizen in Washington, D.C., does a review of the national data for medical malpractice cases. Its most recent report was of data for 2011, which reveals that medical malpractice payments were at the lowest level since 1991. The number of malpractice payments made on behalf of physicians fell for the eighth consecutive year in 2011. What does this tell us?
While there is always a hue and cry about lawyers driving up the cost of medicine, the reality is that medical malpractice payments on behalf of doctors accounted for just 0.12 percent of national health costs last year, which translates into only one-eighth of one percent.
Despite allegations that most lawsuits are frivolous, the vast majority of payments compensate for extremely serious harms. In fact, 80 percent of the money paid in 2011 compensated victims or their surviving family members for harms defined by the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) as involving significant injuries like quadriplegia, brain damage, injuries requiring lifelong care and even death.
As for costs of litigation vs. costs to consumers, between 2000 and 2011 the value of medical malpractice payments fell by 12 percent while health care spending rose by 97 percent, nearly doubling. Thus, claims that medical malpractice litigation is responsible for rising health costs are totally false.
Unfortunately, not much has changed in terms of care since 1998, when the Institute of Medicine issued its famous report titled "To Err Is Human." It concluded that as many as 98,000 patients were dying each year because of avoidable medical errors. Most of those people or their families never knew they had a malpractice case or went forward to file one.
The inspector general for the Department of Health and Human Services concluded in 2010 that one in seven Medicare patients in a hospital's care experienced a serious adverse event. Unfortunately, of those adverse events, including death, 44 percent were preventable. Those findings translate to more than 700,000 Medicare patients that experience a serious, preventable adverse event every year, including nearly 80,000 suffering preventable adverse events that contribute to their death.
Comparing the prevalence of medical errors with the small number of malpractice payments led the Public Citizen analysis to conclude "that the overwhelming majority of medical errors do not lead to litigation." In contrast to the thousands of annual, avoidable adverse events discussed above, only 9,758 medical malpractice payments were made on behalf of doctors in 2011. In fact, research shows that about half the value of malpractice payments is intended to compensate for the future medical care and costs of patients.
When victims of malpractice do not receive compensation, their future costs have to be borne by somebody. That is often the victims themselves or the government. Thus, what is told to legislators as fact by the hospital associations and medical societies does not reflect the reality of the situation.
Chuck Douglas, a Concord attorney, is a former state superior and Supreme Court justice and member of Congress from New Hampshire.


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PBX in a Flash offers a number of Asterisk- compatible PBX solutions to meet virtually every need. These range from base installs of Asterisk 1.4 and 1.6 in both 32-bit and 64-bit flavors. In addition, the Orgasmatron builds provide turnkey installs for Everex gPC systems and Dell PowerEdge SC440 and T100 servers. And our recent VPN in a Flash build for the Acer Aspire One NetBook introduced the ultimate portable, secure traveling communications server including the Hamachi VPN.
For 2009 we round out our offerings with the ultimate development tool, a bootable USB flash drive which can create turnkey, full-featured Asterisk PBX systems in 15 minutes or less. As its name suggests, this build was specially engineered for the new Atom-based motherboards found in most netbooks although it works just fine with Dell's PowerEdge T100 servers as well. Many of the newer netbooks lack a CD/DVD drive so a bootable flash installer is ideal. In addition to a current generation computer, you'll also need an 80GB or larger SATA disk drive which can be configured as sda1, sda2, and sda3. RAID setups are not yet supported unless you're very familiar with reconfiguring Mondo Restores. With your new computer in hand, just plug in the Atomic Flash, and boot the computer from the flash drive. Type nuke and have a cup of coffee. When you return in 15 minutes and type a couple commands, your system will be ready for deployment. Add your trunk providers, match phones to the preconfigured extensions, secure passwords, and you're all set. It's that easy!
Make no mistake. This is a Bleeding Edge installer featuring a Fedora 10 Remix1 that's less than a week old. It supports the latest and greatest motherboards, wired and WiFi networks, and it includes the KDE graphical user interface for those that love GUIs. Out of the box, it provides a functioning softphone as well as your own private Hamachi VPN connecting up to 15 additional systems so the entire setup can be deployed as a mobile communications hub in less time and for less money than most folks spend on their breakfast.
For those that demo systems for a living, no one will touch this presentation. Just show up at a customer site with a $300 Acer Aspire One NetBook and an Aastra 57i business phone. While the customer watches the Atomic Flash build a new PBX in a Flash server from the ruins of a Windows XP clunker, you can connect and configure the 57i and explain how simple VoIP networks can be.
When you finish your 10-minute slide show, your system will be operational. Dial any 800 number from your Aastra phone, and presto… instant, flawless communications! Now explain to the customer what the world of penny-a-minute communications is all about with every call between PBX in a Flash systems and other SIP phones absolutely free… worldwide.
Friends of PIAF. So how do you get one? If you don't mind a preproduction version, which means we have to custom-build every flash drive, here's how to get yours. First, this offer is for a limited time (until we get sick of cloning flash drives). And don't expect to receive your unit overnight. In fact, it may be several weeks or more depending upon how busy we get with other Honey-Do's. But we won't forget you!
Now what? Just make a contribution of $50 or more to the PBX in a Flash project through PayPal, and we'll give you one (as in gift for free), and we'll even pay the shipping. Limit of one per contributor please! Keep in mind that $50 barely covers the cost of the 8GB flash drive, the shipping, the PayPal commission, and the labor (at 5¢ an hour) so your generosity is most appreciated. And when we get tired of working for 5¢ an hour, we'll holler. 🙂
Once your Atomic Flash device arrives, please visit http://atomicflash.org or http://pbxonaflash.com for complete installation instructions.
The Perfect Complement. The stars have all lined up to provide a perfect opportunity for you to purchase a state-of-the-art NetBook. Click or hover on the image above for details. If you'd prefer a server, you now can grab a Dell Poweredge T100 server with dual 160GB SATA drives and 2GB of RAM saving $397 off the list price. Either hardware works great with Atomic Flash.
Are You Crazy? Why Are You Doing This? Well, yes and because it's the First Anniversary of PBX in a Flash! We want everyone to experience PBX in a Flash in all its greatness now that we've got it down to a 15-minute walk in the park. These are tough economic times for many businesses around the world, and we want you to help us spread the word about the savings that can be realized through Voice Over IP. We also want to encourage those of you on the fence about a career to enter the Asterisk® reseller community, and we're doing our part by providing the perfect sales and development tool.
So now's your chance. We hope you'll tell every business acquaintance and friend you have about PBX in a Flash. And you have our heartfelt thanks for your continuing support. It's been a blast!
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In the news business, time is marked by great events: the anniversaries of elections, wars, hit songs and the births and deaths of famous people.
But each of us also has a personal timeline by which we measure our life: the day we start our first job, fulfill a dream or glimpse history passing by, close enough to touch.
David Rowell's debut novel, The Train of Small Mercies, puts public and personal timelines alongside each other as he recounts June 8, 1968. That's the day a train made a slow, momentous journey from New York to Washington, D.C., to deliver the body of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy for burial beside his slain brother.
Millions of people lined the route. It was the dead middle of an earth-shaking year that had already seen mounting losses in Vietnam, an American president decline to run, a hero martyred when Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated, chaos, riots and songs. All of the characters in this novel are touched by the times, but also mark them in different, intimate ways.
This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Scott Simon.
In the news business, we often mark time by great events: the anniversaries of elections, wars, hit songs, the births and deaths of famous people. But a lot of us also have personal timelines by which we measure our lives: the day we start our first job, fulfill a dream or glimpse history passing by close enough to touch.
David Rowell's debut novel, "The Train of Small Mercies," puts public and personal timelines alongside each other as he recounts June 8, 1968. The day a train made a slow, momentous journey from New York to Washington, D.C., to deliver the body of Senator Robert F. Kennedy for burial beside his slain brother.
Millions of people lined the route. It was the dead middle of an Earth-shaking year that had already seen mounting losses in Vietnam, an American president decline to run, the hero martyred when Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated.
David Rowell, who's also an editor at the Washington Post magazine, joins us. Thanks so much for being with us.
DAVID ROWELL: Well, thanks very much.
SIMON: And how did you get the idea to put Robert Kennedy's funeral train in the middle of a novel?
ROWELL: Well, it was really this book of photographs called "RFK Funeral Train" by Paul Fusco. The idea was always that Paul, he was going to be there to shoot the burial at Arlington National Cemetery. And no one really knew what to expect between - from the time that the train left to the time that it got there.
But as soon as the train pulled out of Penn Station he looked out the window, and I think that he really knew instinctively that this was the story. Here was America in a time of incredible turmoil and pain and confusion. Here was America coming together literally side by side. And Fusco, he put his camera out the window pretty immediately, and he just snapped away.
And I've been looking at the book and the photographs for years and I really thought that I would turn to this book of photographs and try and write a fictional response to these characters that I had been looking at in the photographs for so long.
SIMON: Let's talk about some of your characters. You open with Jaime West, ex-GI who's lost a leg in Vietnam. He's come home. His local suburban newspaper is supposed to interview him on June 8th about his service and about his loss. But all the star reporters are covering the funeral, so they send a cub reporter. And turns out they went to high school and has some connection with each other.
ROWELL: Right. There was a picture in Paul Fusco's book where a young man is holding a crutch up in the air. And that picture really grabbed me. And I thought about the war during that time. And I imagined a young man who had come home without a leg, trying to figure out what his life was going to be like going forward and waiting in his backyard.
And just the thought about talking about his life, but also not really wanting to talk about what had happened. And here is this young reporter trying to do the best job that he could. And just with the backdrop of the Kennedy train coming and just wondering what dynamics might take shape there.
SIMON: You also have a character who's a young man who wakes up that June 8th in New York. He's also 19. He's starting his first day working as a Pullman porter, and it happens to be on Robert F. Kennedy's funeral train.
ROWELL: The reason I wanted that character was because I wanted - see, with all these characters they would only be able to witness what was happening right around them. And I wanted to find a way in which the full scope of Paul Fusco's book could come through.
And I thought, well, the only way I can do that is to have a character on the train, so that he can look out the window as they go state by state. And just see these, you know, these women who fall to their knees when the train passes, these people who have these handwritten signs that say, Bobby, we love you. And old military men who had put themselves in their old uniforms again and offer a crisp salute.
So I wanted a character who could just capture and see that full spectrum of this incredible kind of panorama of grief, and also chaos and confusion.
SIMON: Let me get you to read a section of the book, if we could. And talking about another group of characters. These are a group of kids who want to see the train pass by, you know, yet how do you pass the time until the train passes by. It was running very late anyway.
ROWELL: (Reading) Hey, what are we going to do? Walt asked. This is boring just waiting around. He checked his watch. They were expecting the train to come by at 1:15. All right. I know what, Ty said. I'm going to be Sirhan Sirhan and someone be Kennedy. I will, Walt said. OK. Walt's Kennedy in the hotel and he's coming through the kitchen of that hotel.
(Reading) Who are we? Daniel asked. You be the guys that grabbed Sirhan and wrestled the gun out of his hand - Rosey Grier and Rafer Johnson. Who's Rafer Johnson? Daniel asked. Some athlete who won a gold medal in the Olympics, Ty said. OK. I'm Rosey Grier, Daniel said. Michael, you be Rafer Johnson. But other people got shot too. Well, do you want to be the woman instead?" Ty said. A woman got shot.
SIMON: Boy, you know, and I find that utterly plausible because, you know, kids imitate what they see in life and at that point these scenes of Robert F. Kennedy's assassination right after he claimed victory in the California - accepted victory in the California primary - had been played over and over again.
ROWELL: You know, for them perhaps it's a variation of cowboys and Indians. It's a different way to play around but it's starting to occur to them what all this means.
SIMON: Do you hope that people will close your book and fill in the blanks for what happens for the rest of the characters' lives?
ROWELL: I would love that effect. I was very aware that in writing a novel that takes place on a single day there would be very little closure for any of these characters and so I think about that too, a little bit, wondering what happens. Just because I've written the book now, you know, I don't know any more about these characters than someone who would read the book.
So if someone reads this book and wonders what happens to these folks the next day and the next day and a month from now and a year from now, sure, that would thrill me.
SIMON: Mr. Rowell, thanks so much.
ROWELL: Well, thank you very much.
SIMON: David Rowell, his new novel, his debut novel, is "The Train of Small Mercies." Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Automates the selection of bite targets during the Blood-Queen Lana'thel fight in Icecrown Citadel. Works for both 10 and 25 player normal and heroic modes.
Ask your guild to install VampArrow for the ultimate in bite navigation!
VampArrow adds an arrow to your bite target, as well as a speech bubble. Never miss a bite again! Make sure your raid leader is running Vamp r94 or later to take advantage of VampArrow.
Example video
This video shows Vamp and VampArrow in action during heroic BQL 25: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vY9TWPWSDs
The UI used in the video is available for download here.
What makes this different from other BQL add-ons?
- Uses up to three separate DPS groups, a healer group, and a tank group. This allows the add-on to make intelligent choices, and lets you control positioning and limit movement during the fight.
- Configuration uses the standard WowAce UI and is entirely manual, giving you more control and reliability.
- Group lists are persisted forever, and can be setup to never change if you raid with a fairly consistent group.
- Setup group lists in advance based on guild rank, or set it up on the fly based on players in your raid.
- Continually overwrites other boss mods (like DBM) that are trying to use raid marks, ensuring bite marks are up at all times.
- Can optionally reverse marks (for strategies where the bite target finds the biter).
- Uses the Ace3 profile system, allowing you to switch between several predefined priority lists.
- Can output a detailed log of everything that happened during the fight, to help diagnose issues afterwards.
- Integrates with VampArrow to help your players locate their victims faster.
- Note: players in groups 1-5 are the only players that Vamp considers to be participating in the fight. This applies to both 10 and 25 player modes.
AddonLoader recommended
Installing AddonLoader will cause this add-on to only load when you enter the appropriate raid zone or sub-zone.
Comments and bug reports
General comments and questions can be posted at the WowAce site. Bug reports and feature requests should be made using the ticket system.
Frequently asked questions
How does Vamp inform the raid of the bite target?
A few seconds after someone is bit, that player receives a whisper. The whisper tells them who to bite and what raid mark the bite target will have. It also sends a whisper to the bite target, saying "Soandso is coming to bite you!" It will then mark all bite targets and maintain those marks until more bites occur. The raid marks are reapplied every second, so they will overwrite other boss mods (this is intentional).
When does it announce the bite target?
The delay between bite and whisper defaults to 10 seconds, in order to make sure all bites have happened. The delay is configurable. This gives players 50 seconds (65 seconds on 10 man) to find their target and get ready.
How does it choose the bite order?
The goal is to "seed" each of the three DPS groups as early as possible. Vamp's first priority is to make sure at least one member from Melee, Ranged A, and Ranged B is bitten. It will always try to limit movement as much as possible - for example, a player from Ranged A will be used to seed Ranged B, melee will bite the offtank if possible, ranged will bite healers if possible, etc.
You don't have to use all the groups. If any group is empty, Vamp will just ignore it.
Once the three DPS groups are seeded, players will try to bite other players within their own group. When DPS targets are exhausted, the offtank is the next priority. Unlisted players will be bit next, if that option is enabled. Healers are after that. The very last target will be the main tank.
Vamp will always try to re-seed a DPS group if all vampires within that group die, disconnect, or are mind controlled.
Will it automatically skip players who are dead or disconnected?
Yes. If your bite target dies or disconnects before you bite him or her, Vamp will immediately recalculate a new target for you and let everyone know. Vamp will also send a raid warning, letting the raid know that somebody died or disconnected. This warning can be turned off, and is throttled to occur by default no more often than once every 10 seconds. This throttle is also configurable.
Will Vamp adjust if someone doesn't follow it's directions?
Yes. Decisions are only made in response to actual bites.
Does it require raid leader/raid assist status?
Yes. You must be a raid assistant or raid leader.
Can multiple players in the same raid use Vamp at the same time?
No. Choose one player (preferably the raid leader) to run Vamp.
If a player is in my raid, but I didn't list them in any priority list, will they ever be a bite target?
Yes, if you've turned on the option: "Bite unlisted players". This is on by default. Unlisted players have a priority just below ranged and melee, and above the healers.
Does Vamp provide an arrow to my next target?
Not by itself. Have everyone in your guild install VampArrow.
I'm running Vamp for my guild. Can I tell who's running VampArrow?
Yes. Use the command /vamp ver.


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