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The first castle was founded at Pembroke in 1093 by Roger of Montgomery, and withstood many Welsh counter-attacks over several decades. However, in 1189 under the ownership of William Marshall, the early earth and timber castle was gradually transformed into a powerful stone fortress. Dominating the site is the enormous round Keep, one of the largest and finest examples of its kind in the country. The walls are some 19ft (5.7m) thick, it has five floors, rising to over 70ft (21.2m) high, and is crowned by a unique stone dome. There is a substantial Gatehouse, the significant residential part of Pembroke Castle, and a Barbican which once had three portcullises. During the Civil War the immense strength of the Barbican Tower was put to the test when Cromwell tried to blow it up, but was unsuccessful in completely demolishing it.
Further buildings were added in the late 13th century, including the impressive Great Hall with its enormous decorated windows. Descending the spiral staircase, an amazing discovery can be made: a vast cave, formed years ago by the fast-flowing waters of the river. This cavern, a unique feature for a British Castle, was once used as a boat store, and also allowed access to the river. Also still complete is the Henry Tower, believed to have been the birthplace of Henry Tudor in 1457, who later became King Henry VII. In commemoration of his birth, a splendid fireplace decorated with Tudor heraldry was built, as was customary during that period.
The squeamish may wish to avoid the Dungeon Tower, where past injustices and horrors took place with alarming regularity. Here it is possible to see the 'oubliette' -a hole in the ground where prisoners were cruelly left to die. After the Civil War ended, Pembroke Castle was left to decay and, like so many other great medieval structures, its stone was quarried away for use in local homes and farmsteads. Over 200 years later, a famous antiquarian Mr. J. R. Cobb decided to buy Pembroke Castle, and he spent three years partially restoring it to its former glory. However, once again it fell into a state of disrepair and neglect until 1928, when an extensive restoration programme was undertaken.
Castles in general are fascinating places, and Pembroke Castle certainly rates highly among those holding great appeal for all ages. There's an interesting history to learn, dark secrets to unveil, innumerable staircases and turrets to investigate, a heady walk along the ramparts to enjoy, and many remains of internal decorations to find. Personally, I thought the highlight of our visit were the breathtaking views, seen from the top of the Keep, which clearly put into perspective what a magnificent defensive position Pembroke Castle commanded.

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This episode of 'The Recovery Act in Action' takes place in Barre, Vermont, where SBE, Inc., an electronics firm that builds capacitors for batteries, is breaking ground on a brand new factory.
The thing is, that groundbreaking almost took place in China.
SBE's owners were seriously considering opening this factory abroad until the Recovery Act stepped in and changed their minds. The firm received a $9 million grant from the Act's Electric Drive Vehicle Battery and Component Manufacturing Initiative (and yes, we need to work on the names of these things) toward SBE's $18 million new plant.
The factory is going to produce "Power Ring" capacitors, designed to increase the efficiency of hybrid and electric vehicles. SBE expects the plant to have the capacity to support 100,000 electric vehicles within three years, but this technology should also be useful in producing wind and solar energy. (Feed your inner engineer by going here -- I, for one, was happy to see that these capacitors provide "extreme current pulse survival.")
And it's going to employ people -- SBE expects to hire 100 workers for the new plant, possibly rising to 300 by 2015 depending on where demand is headed for this stuff (which, in my humble opinion, is straight up).
These are good jobs. I spoke to SBE's CEO, Ed Sawyer, and he told me the new factory would employ technicians, machine operators, and inspectors, as well as office personnel.
Most importantly, they're good jobs. And they're here in this country, not somewhere else. I asked Ed about what changed SBE's plan to build the factory in China.
"We were preparing to go to China," he said. The problem, he told me, was that they lacked the capital they needed to build the highly automated domestic plant required to offset the labor cost advantage in China. But with the Recovery Act grant, "We were able to build a factory that would match unit costs, and that made all the difference."
It's a great example of the Recovery Act making the right investment at the right time. The result is an American company keeping good jobs here while partnering with private capital to build the clean energy infrastructure at the heart of President Obama's vision to reform US energy use and production.
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Yesterday we spent our Thursday afternoon retweeting your #etailthursday tweets and, as always, we were overwhelmed by your blogs!
Today we've picked four Friday Favourites to share with you…
Danielle's blog danielleyc is full of lovely pictures and she's running a Moroccan Oil giveaway at the moment! Head over there to enter.
We follow Jade's blog a little lipstick for beautiful writing and crazy-good photos – check out her recent post featuring those Olympic rings.
We're big fans of Gillian's blog elevator musik for the lovely photos, and her Edinburgh posts make us wish we were north of the border.
And finally, Rhiannon from Vintage Style Me seriously floats our boat. She inspires us to wear kimonos to work and helps us hone our vintage shopping skills!
Be sure to come back next week for more #etailthursday tweets – we pick the favourites from the people who tweet us, so get involved!
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The earnings season got off to a good start with heavyweights Tata Consultancy Services, ITC, Maruti Suzuki and Reliance Industries all putting up a good show.
However, corporate India continues to battle stagnating demand in several segments and players in the consumer space seem to have little pricing power.
Moreover, the capex cycle, critical for the economy to get back on track, may not have quite bottomed out with ongoing projects also seeing slow execution.
Engineering firm Larsen & Toubros net profit for the three months to December would have been far smaller had it not been for the support from other income.
Also, commercial vehicles manufacturer Ashok Leyland reported a loss of R84 crore with operating margins crashing 300 basis points year-on-year. Hindustan Unilever disappointed the Street as volumes grew just 5% y-o-y.
For a clutch of 247 companies (excluding banks and financials), revenues in the December quarter grew just 15.3% y-o-y compared with around 17%-plus in the previous three quarters, a sign that demand is not too strong.
However, companies have benefited from benign commodity prices and have managed to keep costs on a leash, earning themselves better operating margins up 180 basis points y-o-y and operating profits that jumped 30% y-o-y. The bottom line was driven up 43.5% y-o-y thanks to moderate increases in depreciation and taxes and support from other income up 19% y-o-y.
Consumers are clearly paring discretionary spends but whats of more concern is that key segments like commercial vehicles and cement remain weak; net sales at Ashok Leyland fell 18% y-o-y as both volumes and realisations were hit while sales volumes at Ultratech Cement stayed flat.
Moreover, demand for industrial goods isnt picking up meaningfully L&Ts muted 10% y-o-y revenue growth suggests a loss in momentum given that the companys revenues had risen 21% y-o-y in the first half of the year. Consolidated revenues at chemicals producer Rallis rose just 5% y-o-y with the core business not faring well. The jump in profits has come from softening input prices as a share of sales, the cost of raw materials for the sample has risen just 92 basis points y-o-y, a much smaller increase compared with that in previous quarters. Lower fuel prices, for example, have driven up profits at Ultratech while Asian Paints gained by paying less for key inputs.
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The slogan aims to reflect both the national character of Russia and the values of Sochi 2014, by being dynamic and constant.
"Hot. Cool." form the dynamic part of the slogan as these words can be used in a range of individual advertising campaigns to promote the Olympic event. They also symbolise movement, evolution and moving forward.
"Hot." also reflects the intensity of sporting battle and the passion of the spectators.
The word "Cool." references the fact that these are Winter Games, and alludes to traditional perceptions of Russia around the world.
"Yours.", however, is constant – it will provide continuity across campaigns and develops the brand communication that Sochi 2014 is "my Games". It also symbolises personal involvement and invites everybody to share in the achievements and the sense of pride created by the Games.
The President of the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee, Dmitry Chernyshenko, noted: "The slogan of the Winter Games in Sochi, in my opinion, very successfully captures the diversity of Russia's national character, and the very personal nature of this Games. The Sochi 2014 slogan demonstrates that it is impossible not to participate, watch, experience and be proud because this is Your Games."
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After nearly two decades in Britain, when Bryson took the decision to move Mrs Bryson, little Jimmy et al. back to the States, he made one last valedictory tour around old Blighty, resulting in Notes from a Small Island, a heartfelt eulogy to the country that produced Marmite, milky tea, Gardeners' Question Time and people who say, 'Mustn't grumble'.
And while residing in New England to give his family a taste of the American way of life, he wrote the columns that became Notes from a Big Country, revealing the strange appeal of breakfast pizza, the jaw-slackening direness of US TV, and the answer to the puzzle of why nobody in America ever walks anywhere.
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duty is hiked, sugar broker Kamal Jain said.
India sets a floor price that mills must pay farmers, which individual state governments can increase to ensure returns for a crop that takes around a year to mature.
For this season, the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India's second-biggest sugar producer, has raised by as much as 16 percent the price mills must pay for cane, while mills in top producer Maharashtra have agreed to pay nearly a fifth more after protests by farmers.
With a general election to be held by early 2014, mills will face pressure to raise cane prices again for the year starting from Oct. 1, Narvekar said. Farmers are a key block of India's voters and moves to please them form part of election strategy.
Such pressures would further push up mills' prices to domestic wholesalers and bulk consumers.
"It is difficult for India to export even in coming years, due to higher production costs. If it rises, then ultimately mills can't sell sugar below a certain level," said Mukesh Kuvadia, secretary of the Bombay Sugar Merchants Association.
Western Maharashtra and the southern cane-producing states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu are reeling from a harsh drought that could drive sugar production in the 2013/14 season below consumption for the first time in four years.
Such scarcity would give farmers the upper hand in negotiating cane prices with mills next year.
Cane supplies will remain tight even in 2014/15 as drought slashes planting and affects crops, said Balasaheb Patil, chairman of the Sahyadri Co-operative Sugar Mill in Maharashtra.


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xkcd Explains Why Brain Scans Can Be Misleading
So much of neuroscience is now based entirely on fMRI studies. But as Randall Munroe's latest webcomic points out, brain scans are not without their limitations.
So much of neuroscience is now based entirely on fMRI studies. But as Randall Munroe's latest webcomic points out, brain scans are not without their limitations.
The human brain has been described as a massively parallel computing machine. But just how powerful is it? A recent brain scan analysis is offering some unexpected results.
While watching Alfred Hitchcock, a man who has been in a vegetative state for 16 years exhibited similar brain patterns to healthy viewers, including parts of the brain involved in higher cognition and the processing of sensory information. The study "provides the best evidence to date that fMRI can be used to…
Behavioral psychologists have known for quite some time that people are more likely to harm others when they're part of a group. A new study suggests that "mob mentality'" happens when we stop reflecting on our own personal moral standards.
As any dedicated dog owner will tell you, canines often appear to grasp the emotional content of what's being said to them. An unprecedented brain scanning study now shows this is likely true — and that this capability pre-dates domestication.
See that walnut-like object in this brain scan? It's a tumor that needs to be removed. But to avoid damaging critical functions like speech and vision, surgeons have to see the brain's tangled web of connections. The solution? Just add water.
What you're looking at is a CT scan from an 8-year-old girl who was accidentally hit by a bullet fired into the air during a marriage celebration.
Yikes, this is all kinds of creepy. Stanford scientists recently took the EEG signals from a person experiencing a convulsive seizure and converted them to tones that fell within the acoustic spectrum of the human voice. The results will send chills up your spine.
When working with patients in a deep coma, doctors interpret a flat EEG reading as a sign that the person is brain-dead and with little chance of waking up. But a new Canadian study raises the possibility of ongoing brain activity beneath that flat line.
By using brain scan data and a set of computer algorithms, scientists from the Netherlands were able to determine which letters a person was looking at. The breakthrough suggests it'll soon be possible to reconstruct human thoughts at an unprecedented level of detail, including what we see, remember — and even dream.
An international research team has produced the first-ever ultra-high resolution 3D digital reconstruction of a complete human brain. At the astonishingly low resolution of 20-microns, the new scans are providing an unprecedented glimpse into the inner workings of the mind.
In a much needed breakthrough, neuroscientists have developed a technique to predict how much physical pain people are feeling by looking at images of their brain scans.
Temple Grandin, the world's most famous person with autism, is a "savant" who is known for her exceptional nonverbal intelligence, spatial reasoning, sharp visual acuity, and an uncanny gift for spelling and reading. Now, looking to understand how she is able to perform such amazing cognitive feats, a group of…
To date, geneticists have identified plenty of genetic markers that are correlated with intelligence. Taken individually, however, these account for a paltry 1% of the variation in IQ scores. But now, an international team of scientists has identified a set of genes that appear to amplify each other's effects —…
fMRI brain scans have been used in a few US court cases to determine whether people lied on the stand. But the technology remains controversial. Now a court case could decide whether fMRIs are the next lie detectors.
A new computer program lets your brain turn fMRI machines into musical instruments by assigning notes to active regions of your cortex. The results may cause people to drive themselves crazy just to stay on the cutting edge of electronica.
Neuroscientists think they've identified the part of the brain that causes Tourette's Syndrome, the condition that causes random tics including compulsive obscenity. How long before we can hack that part of the brain?


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- Mini Sheer Wraps - This is perfect if you want to show off your body and have fun. You don't have to worry about this wrap falling off while dancing or getting in and out of the water. You can have fun with the colors and have it match or accent your bikini. This a great accessory that will definitely make you look more sexy.
- Custom Sarongs - Most people wrap sarongs around their waist like a towel. You can also use the sarong to dry you off, place on your lounge chair, or wear around your back like a cape to keep you cool and the sunburns away. The only downside to a regular sarong is that it can get a bit bulky at times. If this is you, use it more like a towel instead of a sarong you wear and try a half sarong or sheer wrap.
Sarongs are a must have at any pool party or outdoor water event. It is a great accessory that brings a lot of fun to the party. Sarongs are versatile and provide many uses. The nice thing about a sarong is that you can use however you like. Whether you're in Vegas, Cabo, Miami, or Ibiza, make sure you don't leave home without a custom sarong or wrap!
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energy recovery Companies in Switzerland
Anguil Environmental Systems, Inc.
based in Milwaukee, WISCONSIN (USA)
Anguil Environmental Systems is a global provider of industrial air pollution control, emission abatement and energy recovery systems. We design, manufacturer, service and install thermal and catalytic oxidation technologies as well as heat recovery systems for a variety of applications and industries.Anguil Aqua was developed to help our industrial clients with water ...
Osalhafner Inc.
based in Istanbul, TURKEY
About Osalhafner Facilities; Set up in individual modules, -High Flexibility (This system can be operated with different incineration temperatures for the energy recovery from household waste and similar wastes, but also for the incineration of hazardous and medical wastes.) Very economical/low investment and operating costs, Utilization of established and approved ...
Advanced Cyclone Systems, S. A.
based in Porto, PORTUGAL
Advanced Cyclone Systems, S.A. (ACS) is a company exclusively dedicated to the development and commercialization of high efficiency cyclone systems, worldwide. The company works in a very close cooperation with its clients in order to design custom made cyclone systems that really solve their unmet needs.
Eneko Heat Recovery Ventilation
based in izmir, TURKEY
Eneko meets the needs of the sector with its effective and cost-efficient technology products complying with Turkish and European standards, while keeping up the quality on ventilation and heat/energy recovery systems. Since our establishment, we have recovered 62 million kWh of energy with the units we have produced. As Eneko, we are proud of having done our best in ...
Wessel-Umwelttechnik GmbH
based in Hamburg, GERMANY
Wessel Umwelttechnik GmbH has supplied commercial scale technology for exhaust air cleaning and is now one of today`s leading manufacturers of process plants in the field of environmental technology as well as waste management. Apart from reliably complying with the legal specifications, our priority is finding the most economic solution for our customers. Our ...
European Plastics Recyclers
based in Brussel, BELGIUM
Plastics Recyclers Europe was created in 1996 to represent plastics recyclers in Europe. It is located at Schuman in the heart of the European District in Brussels. When created the association had 7 members. Currently Plastics Recyclers Europe has more then 110 members from all over the EU and this number will continue to grow. In the first years of creation, PRE ...
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Mepex Consult AS is an independent consultancy company with top competence on waste management and with its direct connections to energy and environmental issues. Our advisory services cover all elements in an integrated waste system from idea to final realization. We can ensure modern solutions based on best available technologies (BAT) in all steps in value chain, in ...
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Before I set up shop in Metro Atlanta I spent my time growing up in the Apple Capitol of Georgia, Ellijay. A beautiful town North of Atlanta up Interstate 575 (till it ends and becomes Hwy 515) Where most Atlanta residents have second homes or family that has retired here. It's a leaf lookers dream and you can enjoy some of the best apple picking fun with your family. October also plays host to the Georgia Apple Festival which will be October 10th – 11th, October 17th – 18th. (No firearms or pets) A fantastic arts and crafts festival that also brings out some of the best food vendors around. This is a busy festival so plan your trip to spend all day or even the weekend. Because if you come to Ellijay to see the Apple Festival you can't leave without visiting the many different apple orchards. Here are a few of my favorite apple orchards that allow you to pick your own apples.
There are a lot of Apple Orchards, but these are our favorites that have the best foods, u-pick and family fun to experience.
R & A Orchards
5505 Hwy 52 East, Ellijay, GA 30536
This is one of mine and my families personal favorites. Not only do they have the best Peach orchard to go with their Apples but amazing farm fresh vegetables. This was our stop for Apple Picking this year. Apple Picking is every weekend in September and October. Don't leave Ellijay without stopping by R & A for their Apple Bread, it is the BEST….Mmmm!
Hillcrest Orchards
9696 HWY 52 EAST, Ellijay, GA 30536
Apple Pickin' Jubilee Open Daily: 9:00am – 6:00pm (Sep. & Oct.) 9:00am – 5:00pm (Nov.) Admission $7.00 per person Separate $3.00 per person admission to Petting Farm Hillcrest is the one orchard that is built more towards the kids. Inside Hillcrest you will get to milk a Cow, watch pigs race, jump on the giant pillow, see a moonshine museum, enjoy a wagon ride, walk the nature trail and slide the giant slide
B.J Reece Apple House
9131 Highway 52 East, Ellijay, Georgia 30536
Open July 20 – December 20 Monday -Saturday: 8am-6pm & Sunday: 1pm-6pm
U-Pick: August 30 – October 31: 9am-6pm everyday including Sunday. U-Pick is open everyday and you have the following options for prices: ½ peck – $5.00 1 peck – $8.00 ½ bushel – $14.00 These are the varieties that will be available during your visit. (Underlined are U-Pick only)
Red Apple Barn
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Opening date: mid July through December 23 | Monday-Saturday 9am-6pm, Sunday 12:30pm-5:30pm > $5- Tractor Ride and Tour: Tractor ride to and from the orchard, tour of the farm, pick an apple from the orchard, a cup cold cider and an apple cider donut. Rate for additional apples: ½ Peck – $4 ½ Peck – $6 1 Peck – $10 ½ Bushel – $16 3379 Tailscreek Road, Ellijay, Georgia 30540
Mercier Orchards
8660 Blue Ridge Drive, Blue Ridge, GA 30513
Apple U-PICK will run every Saturday and Sunday from 10-4 through October. $10 gets one customer a peck sized bag to fill with freshly picked apples and a guided tractor tour. If you're not interested in picking, but would still love the tour the cost is $2 per person. Children 2 and under are free to ride! It's sure to be a fun filled weekend! The price is $10 for a peck sized bag. Check their Events page for the varieties available during your trip.


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Kobe Bryant Wins A Kiss From His Estranged Wife
By Jessica Grabert 4 years ago
Back in December, Kobe Bryants wife, Vanessa, filed for divorce. Those who have been following the relationship for a while probably know Bryant was accused of sexual assault back in 2003. You would think that would have been enough to keep the Laker in check with his wife; however, reportedly, it was a set of newer affairs that caused Vanessa to end the relationship.
Since Vanessa filed for divorce, Kobe has been working to earn his wifes trust, again. Through divorce proceedings and an agreement to split assets 50/50 are in place, Kobe has not stopped attempting a little relationship magic. However, for months his efforts didnt seem to be paying off. That is, until Valentines Day rolled around.
Yesterday, the Lakers played the Atlanta Hawks. Attending the gamein a startlingly sexy red dresswas Kobes wife Vanessa. According to TMZ, the dress was not the only thing Vanessa brought to the game. After the Lakers won, she accompanied Kobe down to the locker room, where they overtly kissed one another.
On one hand, it is great the couple is working things out. Kobe seems like a guy who genuinely has a romantic connection with his wife and really does care about his family. Clearly, if Vanessa has forgiven Kobe in the past, she really does love him above all else. On the other hand, it is always a little sad to see a woman put herself in a situation to be unhappy again and again to make it work with a man who cant seem to 100% get his act together. Heres to hoping, if they do work things out, they really fight for a relationship that works for both of them. At least they have until June, when the divorce is to be finalized, to figure things out.


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Hi folks!
This is my first thread about zimbra.
My situation: I created Samba + OpenLDAP domain - everything works! Log in domain works, can change password from windows and all the usual NT4 domain features works. Than there is one more samba file server, that authorizes to this External LDAP! Everything's cool, but! My pain is Zimbra server (on DMZ port) that authorizes internally. Right now i would like to change this Zimbra authorization to this External LDAP and there is an option to configure it in admin console, so no problem, but... will Zimbra work on selected domain using External LDAP and internal authorization at the same time? I ask this thing because i have to migrate ~50 users from local authorization to domain and it is going to take more than a couple of hours, but people need their e-mail an stuff. Maybe I'm thinking wrong and someone has other ideas how to manage this trick?
Sorry for my poor English!
P.S.Zimbra Version 5.0.11_GA_2695.SLES10_64.FOSS Nov 17, 2008


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Estate Law
Estate Law Questions? Ask an Estate Lawyer.
Three months after my mom died in April of 2010. My brother and I went to visit with an estate attorney. He said the estate should be finished in about 6-7 months and that the paralegal could do most of the work to keep costs reasonable and at a minimum. So we visited with the paralegal named Josh and he got the ball rolling. We gave him a listing of property in the estate and he filed it with the court and provided us copies of court documents. Then, after two months of not hearing anything, I called the office only to find out our case had been assigned to an attorney joining the law firm and that Josh had left. We got the name of a secretary named Jeanie who was to act as paralegal and facilitate our estate settlement process. So over the course of the next 7-8 months, we never heard from her. We kept sending emails and calling but these went unanswered. Then, she sent an email and apologized for the delay and said the reason was that she was on a high learning curve. She said all would be done by January at the latest. So then we never heard anything again until March, 2012 when third person contacted us and said she was put in charge of finalizing the estate and wanted a listing of property and how we wanted to divide it. (Which we had already provided to Josh about 2 years earlier). Over the course of two years, my brother and I had divided all the property in the estate and had disposed of everything except one house. So we go meet with the attorney and the three of us come to agreement to " have him (the attorney) list the only remaining piece of property left in the estate (the house) with one of two realtors requested by me and my brother within the next week." So for four weeks we hear nothing. I drive by the house and see a "For Sale by Owner" sign in the yard with the attorney's secretary's phone number on it. He sends us a letter and says his office will sell the house for a 7% fee and he will hire someone to clean for a price. He wants us to sign the agreement to this effect. So we ignore the letter and call the realtor he said he would call and list the house. The house has not sold and probably will not because of structural damage. In the meantime, he has written us two letters saying he wants payment of $10,200 in ten days or he will raise the fee.
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EOS Digital SLR and Compact System Cameras
The benchmark. Remastered.
The benchmark for high speed, high resolution professional photography. Powerful enough to capture a 110 frame burst at 10 frames per second. Built to withstand the toughest conditions.
Canon's APS-H size (28.1 x 18.7 mm) CMOS sensor combines superb colour rendering with a wide dynamic range. Its inherent low-noise characteristics ensure smooth results at high sensitivities. A low pass filter and on-chip circuitry suppress moiré and remaining noise.
The camera delivers 10 frames per second for a continuous burst of up to 110 Large JPEGs or 30 RAW images.
Dual "DIGIC III" processors work in parallel to process images at 14 bits for a total reproduction range of 16,384 tones per pixel. These fast and efficient processors also drive the camera's shooting performance and near-instant response times. Start-up is just 0.2 milliseconds.
A high precision AF system employs 19 cross type points with sensitivity up to f/2.8, spread out across the AF area to accommodate off-centre subjects. 26 AF assist points aid AF tracking for increased accuracy.
Canon's built-in dust prevention and cleaning system works to keep the sensor clean. A combination of technologies reduces, repels and removes dust and includes a Self-Cleaning Sensor Unit that shakes dust from the sensor with each power on.
A wide 100 to 3200 ISO range as standard is expandable to L:50 and H:6400.
The bright 3.0" TFT LCD provides pin-sharp definition for checking focus and composition, with 10x magnification for finer details. When shooting from awkward positions, Live View mode gives you the option of framing your image from the LCD.
Picture Style presets provide easy control over image processing parameters. Each style offers a different colour response - similar to the way film types are changed to achieve different effects. Sharpness, contrast, colour tone and saturation are adjustable within each preset.
A magnesium alloy body with dust and moisture resistant sealing protects the EOS-1D Mark III from harsh weather and the rigours of daily use. Shutter reliability is a durable 300,000 cycles.
The EOS-1D Mark III is compatible with all EF lenses (excl. EF-S lenses) and EX Series Speedlite flash units. Untethered shooting and image transfer are available with the optional Wireless File Transmitter WFT-E2.
|28.1 x 18.7 mm CMOS
|Effective Pixels
|Approx. 10.1M
|Total Pixels
|Approx. 10.7M
|Aspect Ratio
|Low-Pass Filter
|Built in/Fixed
|Sensor Cleaning
|EOS integrated cleaning system
|Colour Filter Type
|Primary Colour
|2 x DIGIC III
|Lens Mount
|EF (excludes EF-S lenses)
|Focal Length
|Equivalent to 1.3x the focal length of the lens
|TTL-AREA-SIR with a CMOS sensor
|AF System/ Points
|19 cross-type AF points (plus 26 Assist AF points)
|AF Working Range
|EV -1 - 18 (at 23°C & ISO 100)
|AF Modes
|One Shot
AI Servo
|AF Point Selection
|Automatic selection, Manual selection, Home position (switch to registered AF point)
|Selected AF Point Display
|Superimposed in viewfinder
|Predictive AF
|Yes, up to 8m ¹
|AF Lock
|Locked when shutter button is pressed half way in One Shot AF mode or AF-ON button is pressed.
|AF Assist Beam
|Emitted by an optional dedicated Speedlite
|Manual Focus
|Selected on lens, default in Live View Mode
|AF Microadjustment
|C.Fn III-7
+/- 20 steps
Adjust all lenses by same amount
Adjust up to 20 lenses individually
|Metering Modes
|TTL full aperture metering with 63 zone SPC
(1) Evaluative metering (linked to any AF point)
(2) Partial metering (approx. 13.5% of viewfinder at centre)
(3) Spot metering:
Center spot metering (approx. 3.8% viewfinder
AF point-linked spot metering (approx. 3.8% of viewfinder)
Multi/Spot metering (Max 8 spot metering entries)
(4) Center weighted average metering
|Metering Range
|EV 0 - 20 (at 23°C with 50mm f1.4 lens ISO 100)
|AE Lock
|Auto: In 1-shot AF mode with evaluative metering exposure is locked when focus is achieved.
Manual: By AE lock button
|Exposure Compensation
|+/-3 EV in 1/3 or 1/2 stop increments (can be combined with AEB).
|+/-3 EV in 1/3-stop increments. 1/2-stop increments
|ISO Sensitivity*
|100-3200 (in 1/3-stop or 1-stop increments) ISO can be expanded to L: 50 or H: 6400
|Electronically-controlled focal-plane shutter
|30 - 1/8000 sec. (1/3 stop increments), Bulb (Total shutter speed range. Available range varies by shooting mode)
|Auto white balance with the imaging sensor
|Auto, Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten light, White Fluorescent light, Flash, Custom (5 settings), Colour Temperature Setting
White balance compensation:
1. Blue/Amber +/-9
2. Magenta/ Green +/-9.
|Custom White Balance
|5 custom WB settings can be registered
|WB Bracketing
|+/-3 levels in single level increments
3 bracketed images per shutter release.
Selectable Blue/Amber bias or Magenta/ Green bias.
|Coverage (Vertical/Horizontal)
|Approx. 100%
|Approx. 0.76x ¹
|Approx. 20mm (from eyepiece lens center)
|Dioptre Correction
|-3 to +1 (1/m) (dioptre)
|Focusing Screen
|Interchangeable (10 types, optional). Standard Focusing Screen Ec-C IV
|Quick-return half mirror (Transmission: reflection ratio of 37:63, no mirror cut-off with EF1200mm f/5.6 or shorter)
|Viewfinder Information
|AF information: AF points, focus confirmation light
Exposure information: Metering mode, shutter speed, aperture, manual exposure, spot metering circle, AE lock, ISO speed, exposure level, exposure warning
Flash information: Flash ready, FP flash, FE lock, flash exposure level
Image information: White balance correction, JPEG recording, RAW recording, number of remaining shots, maximum burst (2 digit display), memory card information, battery check icon.
|Depth of Field Preview
|Yes, with Depth of Field preview button.
|Eyepiece Shutter
|3.0" TFT, approx. 230K dots
|Approx. 100%
|Viewing Angle (Horizontally/Vertically)
|Approx 140°
|Brightness Adjustment
|Adjustable to one of seven levels
|Display Options
|(1)Shooting function
(2) Camera settings
|E-TTL II Auto Flash, Metered Manual
|1/300sec (EX series Speedlites only)
|Flash Exposure Compensation
|+/-3 EV in 1/3 or 1/2 stop increments with EX series Speedlites
|Flash Exposure Bracketing
|Yes, with compatible External Flash
|Flash Exposure Lock
|Second Curtain Synchronisation
|HotShoe/ PC Terminal
|Yes/ Yes
|External Flash Compatibility
|E-TTL II with EX series Speedlites, wireless multi-flash support.
|External Flash Control
|via camera menu screen
|Program AE, Shutter priority AE, Aperture priority AE, Manual
|Picture Styles
|Standard, Portrait, Landscape, Neutral, Faithful, Monochrome, User Defined (x3)
|Colour Space
|sRGB and Adobe RGB
|Image Processing
|Highlight Tone Priority
Long exposure noise reduction
High ISO speed noise reduction
|Drive Modes
|Single, Silent, Continuous L, Continuous H, Self timer (2s, 10s)
|Continuous Shooting
|Max. Approx.10fps. (speed maintained for up to 110 images (JPEG), 30 images (RAW)) ¹
|Electronic viewfinder with image sensor
|Approx. 100% (horizontally and vertically)
|Frame Rate
|30 fps
|Manual Focus (Magnify the image 5x or 10x at any point on screen)
|Real-time evaluative metering with image sensor
Active metering time can be changed
|Display Options
|Grid overlay
|Still Image Type
|JPEG: 10 compression options (Exif 2.21 [Exif Print] compliant) / Design rule for Camera File system (2.0),
RAW: RAW, sRAW (14bit, Canon original RAW 2nd edition),
Digital Print Order Format [DPOF] Version 1.1 compliant
|RAW+JPEG Simultaneous Recording
|Yes, any combination of RAW + JPEG possible, separate formats to separate cards possible
|Image Size
|JPEG: (L)3888x2592, (M1)3456x2304, (M2)2816x1880, (S)1936x1288
RAW: (RAW)3888x2592, (sRAW)1936x1288
|Sound Files
|WAVE (monaural)
|New folders can be manually created and selected
|File Numbering
|(1) Consecutive numbering
(2) Auto reset
(3) Manual reset
|Custom Functions
|57 Custom Functions with 156 settings
|LCD Panel / Illumination
|Yes /Yes
|Water/ Dust Resistance
|Sound Memo
|Up to 30sec per image
|Intelligent Orientation Sensor
|Playback Zoom
|1.5x - 10x
|Display Formats
|(1)Single image with information (inc. file size)
(2) Single image
(3) 4 image index
(4) 9 image index
(5) Magnified view
|Brightness: Yes
RGB: Yes
|Image Erase/Protection
|Erase: Single image, All images in folder, Checkmarked images, unprotected images
Protection: Erase protection of one image, all images in a folder, or all images in the memory card.
|Data Verification
|Original image verification data and encryption can be appended to the image (OSK-E3 required for verification + encryption/decryption)
|Menu Categories
|(1) Recording menu (x2)
(2) Playback menu (x2)
(3) Set-up menu (x3)
(4) Custom Functions menu
(5) My Menu
|Menu Languages
|18 Languages
English, German, French, Dutch, Danish, Portuguese, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Spanish, Greek, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Russian, Polish
|Firmware Update
|Update possible by the user.
|USB 2.0 Hi-Speed (Mini-B)
|Video output (PAL/ NTSC), 15-pin System Extension terminal
|Canon Printers
|Canon Compact Photo Printers and PIXMA Printers supporting PictBridge
|CompactFlash Type I/ II (Microdrive compatible), SDHC¹, SD memory (up to 2GB), External Media (with Wireless File Transmitter WFT-E2 only).
|PC & Macintosh
|Windows 2000 (SP4) / XP (SP2) / Vista (excl. Starter Edition)
OS X v10.3-10.5
|Browsing & Printing
|ZoomBrowser EX / ImageBrowser
|Image Processing
|Digital Photo Professional
|PhotoStitch, EOS Utility (inc. Remote Capture, WFT utility*, Original Data Security Tools*), Picture Style Editor
* Requires optional accessory
|1x Li-ion pack LP-E4, 1x CR2025 for date & settings
|Battery Life
|Approx. 2200 (at 23C)¹
Approx. 1700 (at 0C)
|Battery Indicator
|6 levels + percentage
|Power Saving
|Power turns off after 1, 2, 4, 8, 15 or 30mins.
|Power Supply & Battery Chargers
|Battery charger LC-E4, Car Battery Cable CG-570 (use with LC-E4), Power Adapter ACK-E4
|Body Materials
|Magnesium Alloy
|Operating Environment
|0-45 °C, 85% or lower humidity
|Dimensions (WxHxD)
|156.0 x 156.6 x 79.9mm
|Weight (Body Only)
|Approx. 1155g (battery weight 180g)
|Eyecup Eg, Eg-series Dioptric Adjustment Lens with Rubber Frame Eg, Anti Fog Eyepiece Eg, Focusing Screens Ec, Angle Finder C
|Wireless File Transmitter
|Wireless File Transmitter WFT-E2
|All EF lenses (excludes EF-S lenses)
|Canon Speedlites (220EX, 380EX, 420EX, 430EX, 430EX II, 550EX, 580EX, 580EX II, Macro-Ring-Lite, MR-14EX, Macro Twin Lite MT-24EX, Speedlite Transmitter ST-E2)
|Remote Controller/ Switch
|Remote control with N3 type contact, Wireless Controller LC-5
|Original Data Security Kit OSK-E3, Hand Strap E1
|¹ with 50mm lens at infinity, -1(1/m) dpt
|Continuous Shooting
|¹ Based on Canon's testing conditions, JPEG, ISO 100, Standard Picture Style. Varies depending on the subject, memory card brand and capacity, image recording quality, ISO speed, drive mode, Picture Style, Custom functions etc.
|¹ Compatible with large memory card capacities, including cards of 2GB and more (camera may require firmware update).
|Battery Life
|¹ Based on the CIPA Standard and using the batteries and memory card format supplied with the camera, except where indicated
|Predictive AF
|¹ with EF300mm f/2.8L IS USM at 50kph


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In a competitive law firm as well as solo practice, young attorneys must learn two essential skills: How to win clients, and how to get business from referring attorneys. In this audio program, panelists discuss techniques to attract clients, and provide tips on professional networking and relationship building with experienced practitioners to give young attorneys an advantage in their professional environment. Recorded March 11, 2014.
Moderator: Neyleen Ortiz Beljajev, Girardi Keese, Los Angeles, CA
Jeffrey Greenman, The Law Office of Jeffrey Greenman, Newport Beach, CA
Alena Shautsova, Law Office of Alena Shautsova, Brooklyn, NY
Sponsored by: YLD Women in the Profession Committee


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The world is too much with us, on us, in us — beheadings and car bombs, hatred from militant Muslims, war and death, brutality and fear. Violence and retribution become expectation, the staple food of daily news, deadening sensibilities until they no longer shock us. Weariness descends, draining life of the vibrancy God intends.
And what does the church offer? One hopes more than an hour of tranquil avoidance, respite from a world where self-interest and power seem to shape all relations, person-to-person, group-to-group, nation-to-nation.
We need the vision of another world, a world more humane and godly that already penetrates and makes itself felt amid this one. Without this hope, we believers lose our distinctiveness and become indistinguishable from a world in which we are to be salt and light.
The rest of this article is only available to subscribers.
© 2016 Augsburg Fortress, Publishers


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Catholic Peace Ministry Presents Twelfth Annual Bishop Dingman Award
Gillespie, Michael, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
THE CATHOLIC PEACE Ministry (CPM) drew a record-breaking crowd for its 12th annual award celebration at Our Lady's Immaculate Heart (OLIH) Catholic Church in Ankeny, Iowa on March 3.
"It is most fitting that each of you should receive the Bishop Maurice J. Dingman Peace Award," CPM board member Bob Brammer told this year's honorees, Des Moines peace activists Eloise Cranke and Rev. Chet Guinn. "You share many of the qualities we so admired in him. You carry on his work. You remind us of him.
"Like Bishop Dingman, your commitment to waging peace springs from your faith; you both constantly strive to answer God's call to be instruments of peace," Brammer elaborated. "Like Bishop Dingman, you are quick to collaborate. You each give of your time to many organizations that work for justice and peace, and you do much to connect our groups and foster cooperation."
CPM director Brian Terrell also emphasized cooperation and collaboration as he described recent CPM activities, including the group's participation as one among several Iowa peace and justice organizations in an action at the Des Moines office of Congressman Leonard Boswell (D-IA) in late September as part of the nationwide Declaration of Peace initiative endorsed by some 500 national and local peace and justice organizations (see December 2006 Washington Report, p. 62). Terrell noted that CPM also has taken an active role in more recent actions at the Iowa offices of Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) as part of The Occupation Project, a continuing initiative organized nationally by Voices for Creative Nonviolence and supported by dozens of national and local peace and justice organizations.
On May 3 of last year Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA)-who was the keynote speaker at the 1997 CPM award ceremony honoring Sr. Gwen Hennessey, OSF-introduced Senate Concurrent Resolution 93, calling for no permanent U. …


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International Conference on Dialysis – 2013
January 23, 2013 | Leave a Comment
15th International Conference on Dialysis sponsored by the Renal Research Institute from Rio Grande, Puerto Rico Table of Contents The MONitoring Dialysis Outcomes (MONDO) initiative Nutritional Resilience – A Novel Concept Ports for Vascular Access in Dialysis Extracorporeal Method to Reduce Inflammation in Acute Sepsis HIF-1 Stabilizer Drugs for the Treatment of Anemia Remote Ischemic […]
Bundling and the QIP: One Year Later
November 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment
A historical perspective of how the "bundle" has come into existence and where dialysis payments will head in the future.
Palliative care for patients receiving dialysis treatment
March 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment
As the incident and prevalent dialysis population ages, healthcare providers must be attuned to end-of-life issues, particularly nephrology trainees. This presentation outlines fundamental areas of palliative care and provides a basis from which additional study can ensue.
Home Hemodialysis
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Home hemodialysis is becoming an increasing viable and preferred option for patients with ESRD. This presentation discusses the popularity and comparable morbidity and mortality of home hemodialysis with conventional renal replacement therapies. Also discussed are the logistical steps needed to initiate a patient on home hemodialysis


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As promised, I have composited a list of US NU projects - this list is quite brief but they are held-out-there by your own Congress for NU. And as mentioned in my earlier thread, I am keen to know if people have cycled in these places and can make observations about how well cycling has been integrated into these communities.
I also want to make some points.
1. Australians are very quick to observe that these US projects have a very strong neo-tradition leaning. In Australia, our architecture probably has a more developed modernist aesthetic. Each to their own but if you hear an Australian respond "that is just georgeous" when shown one of these communities, it probably isn't a compliment.
2. US projects seem to be developer driven whereas Australian projects are much more strongly Government Driven. Our governments appoint developer authorities that oversee the design and implementation, and this has proven to lead to strong outcomes (see some of the australian links)
3. About Road Design, we consistently have councils demanding unrealistic road widths to accommodate rare events, such as the chance meeting of a car/truck and a garbage truck a 5:30 in morning that one day in the week that council collects. The wider the road, the faster vehicles travel and the greater the seriousness of injury in case of a collision.
We were all heartened to hear the director of Honeysuckle exclaim "who cares" in response to council engineering departments whose primary concern is how the rubbish is collected as opposed to the resultant amenity of the built form. We need to reject design to this lowest common denominator because designing roads based on turning templates (especially in residential locations) is leading to roads that are just too big which in turns leads to poor amenity and high speeds - read: places you dont want to be.
Do check out the Aussie links though. The difference in outcomes between US and Aus are striking. Anyway... please review with a mind to walkability and cycle-ability. All comments (well, almost all) welcome.
US Links
> I'on Village
> Seaside
> Celebration
> Mashpee Commons
> Battery Park
> Mizner Park
> Orenco Station
Australian Links
> SubiCentro (WA)
> Claisebrook Village (WA)
> Victoria Park (NSW)
> Honeysuckle (NSW)
And dont forget that the Europeans have been doing Urbanism for a bloody long time. We spent time in Switzerland and Austria over winter in 96/97 and were staggered by the high number of commuters on bike. -10C and there would be a few hundred bikes locked up to everything at the train stations. Narrower and slower speed roads count for a lot.


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Mapping Boston
To the attentive user even the simplest map can reveal not only where things are but how people perceive and imagine the spaces they occupy. Mapping Boston is an exemplar of such creative attentiveness—bringing the history of one of America's oldest and most beautiful cities alive through the maps that have depicted it over the centuries.The book includes both historical maps of the city and maps showing the gradual emergence of the New England region from the imaginations of explorers to a form that we would recognize today. Each map is accompanied by a full description and by a short essay offering an insight into its context. The topics of these essays by Anne Mackin include people both familiar and unknown, landmarks, and events that were significant in shaping the landscape or life of the city. A highlight of the book is a series of new maps detailing Boston's growth.
The book also contains seven essays that explore the intertwining of maps and history. Urban historian Sam Bass Warner, Jr., starts with a capsule history of Boston. Barbara McCorkle, David Bosse, and David Cobb discuss the making and trading of maps from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century. Historian Nancy S. Seasholes reviews the city's remarkable topographic history as reflected in maps, and planner Alex Krieger explores the relation between maps and the physical reality of the city as experienced by residents and visitors. In an epilogue, novelist James Carroll ponders the place of Boston in contemporary culture and the interior maps we carry of a city.
About the Editors
Alex Krieger is Chairman of the Department of Urban Planning and Design at the Harvard Graduate School of Design and a principal of Chan Krieger & Associates.
David Cobb is Head of the Harvard Map Collection at the Harvard College Library.
"What a marvelous and immensely welcome book! The collection of maps is surpassing, and to have them so beautifully published in combination with such superb essays is cause for celebration for everyone who loves Boston and loves history. Mapping Boston is a perfect treasure."
—David McCullough
Second Prize, 2000, American Association of Museums (AAM) publication competition.


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The Chip Kelly era in Philadelphia is off to a rousing start as the Eagles defeated the Redskins 33-27 at FedEx Field. Washington jumped out to a 7-0 lead after DeAngelo Hall returned a fumble 75 yards for a touchdown, but Philly went on to score 33 consecutive points after that. Michael Vick threw for two touchdowns and ran for another, while totaling 257 yards. LeSean McCoy had 184 yards on a career-high 31 carries. DeSean Jackson totaled seven receptions and 104 yards including a 25-yard TD catch. Washington made things interesting as Robert Griffin the Third awoke after a poor first half in his return from offseason knee surgery. RG3 finished with 329 passing yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions. The Skins turned the ball over three times.
Randy Bullock kicked a 41-yard field goal as time expired to finish off the Texans' 31-28 comeback win over the Chargers at Qualcomm Stadium. Houston trailed 28-7 early in the third quarter before rattling off 24 unanswered points. Brian Cushing tied the game at 28 with an 18-yard interception return for a TD. Andre Johnson caught 12 balls for 146 yards, while Owen Daniels hauled in two touchdowns. Matt Schaub completed 34-of-45 passes for 346 yards, three TDs and one interception. San Diego jumped out to the lead behind four touchdown passes from Philip Rivers. Eddie Royal hauled in two of them. The Chargers only gained 263 total yards.


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Is there an accepted "standard" of which channels are used for which instruments on a live mixer?
The reason that I ask is that I've been setting up the PA for my band today and working from left right, I tend to put vocals on the first few channels, then guitars, then bass and then the drum mikes. One of the guitarists told me that the "norm" is to put the bass drum on channel 1 and so on, I've never heard of this, is there an accepted order for these things?
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Search the Internet for "greatest novel ever" and you get a ton of lists compiled by the likes of Time and Modern Library and Wikipedia. What you don't get is the truth.
For I know that the greatest novel of all time is not on these lists; the greatest novel of all time is rotting at the bottom of a drawer in my bedroom. This priceless manuscript has collected dust the past few years, unseen through many dark and stormy nights while Netflix spewed from the TV in torrents—except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of College Gameday Football while Facebook rattled along the screen of my laptop. Nevertheless…
Like many great works, this novel was rejected by a slew of unreceptive literary agents. Why? Because it didn't fit their mold of maximum profit—a mold designed to churn out vanilla fiction for consumers with IQs of 100 and appetites for munching bottom sand in the holes where they dug and placed their heads.
These vapid readers inhabiting the wide middle of the consumer bell curve prefer trudging slop like Ulysses, The Great Gatsby, Catcher in the Rye, or To Kill a Mockingbird.
Meh. Those novels are fine, but do they have…
Badass secret agents?
False flag ops?
C4 explosives?
Gorgeous A-list celebrities on the lam?
Genetically-modified super viruses?
Intra-CIA civil wars for the spoils of the world?
Presidents who can't bowl worth a crap?
No? Well, then I guess you'd have to say Ulysses COULD have been a great novel, but Terminal Departure, by yours truly, KICKS. ITS. EVERLOVING. BUTT. ;-)
So, while I'm polishing the greatest novel of all time for Kindle and Nook format, I give you the first chapter at the link below. I'll try to clean up and post a new chapter each Monday.
UPDATE: Terminal Departure: A Cleo Matts Novel is now available at the following links!
Kindle edition.
Nook edition.


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Man injured in rollover accident in Lake Park
LAKE PARK, Fla. - A man was seriously injured when his vehicle rolled over and hit a tree at Garden Road and Fiscal Court in Lake Park.
According to Palm Beach Fire and Rescue Spokesman Albert Borroto, crews responded at 8:15 pm where they found only one man at the scene and he met the Trauma Alert criteria.
The patient was transported to St. Mary's Medical Center.
No more information is available at this time.


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Kim Kardashian
Nipped and Tucked? Plastic Surgeons Weigh in on Kim Kardashian's Changing Face
Kim Kardashian's look has certainly evolved over the years, but is her fabulous face the result of healthy living and good makeup or a healthy relationship with a good plastic surgeon?
While Kim has only publicly admitted to having some conservative Botox — and using the fat-melting machine she used to sculpt her backside KUWTK — plastic surgery experts claim that she's been carved up more than a Thanksgiving turkey.
Dr. Anthony Youn, who doesn't treat Kim, reveals to RadarOnline.com, "It appears to me Kim's had quite a bit of work done."
While Dr. Youn doesn't believe Kim's hooked on surgery, dubbing her an "enthusiast" rather than an addict, he thinks she's had quite a few fillers, in addition to a few more serious trips under the knife.
"She looks like she's had a Botox brow lift, where Botox is injected in a pattern to raise and arch the brows," says Dr. Youn, adding, "I do believe she may have gone under the knife for a nose job, thinning out and straightening her nose."
The cherry on top of the plastic surgery cake? Kim's puffy pout, which Dr. Youn praises for its relatively natural look. Despite his belief that Kim has had her lips plumped by a surgeon, Dr. Youn says, "She doesn't sport the 'trout pout' of some other reality stars."
Do you think Kim has had plastic surgery, or is her changing look simply the result of a skilled makeup artist?
Source: RadarOnline.com


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A federal appeals court has reinstated a putative class action racial discrimination case brought by a former Humana Inc. employee in a technical legal ruling.
According to The July 2 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in Kathryn Keys vs. Humana Inc., Keys, a former director at the Louisville, Kentucky-based health insurer who is African-American, stated that after two reorganizations, her role and responsibilities had been diminished unlike those of Caucasian directors.
Humana terminated Keys' employment in June 2008, citing a 2006 negative performance assessment and ignoring a 2007 favorable performance appraisal, according to the ruling. Keys filed a lawsuit against Humana in October 2009.
A district court dismissed the suit in July 2010, concluding that Keys had failed to establish a prima facie case of racial discrimination under the McDonnell Douglas framework.
This framework, which stems from a 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision in McDonnell Douglas Corp. vs. Green, states that to establish a prima facie case, a plaintiff must establish that she is member of a protected class; that she was qualified for her job; that she suffered an adverse employment decision; and that she was replaced by a person from outside the protected class, or treated differently than similarly situated nonprotected employees.
The district court found Keys had failed to meet the last qualification.
However, the appellate court said the district court had incorrectly applied the McDonnell Douglas framework in its ruling because it should be used as a standard to evaluate evidence, not merely to plead a case.
"The district court's requiring that Keys' complaint establish a prima facie cause under McDonnell Douglas and its progeny is contrary to Supreme Court and 6th Circuit precedent," said a three-judge panel's unanimous ruling.
Citing the Supreme Court's 2002 ruling in Swierkiewicz vs. Sorema N.A., the appellate court said, "The Supreme Court unanimously held that the prima facie case under McDonnell Douglas is an evidentiary standard, not a pleading standard…As the court reasoned, 'it is not appropriate to require a plaintiff to plead facts establishing a prima facie case because the McDonnell Douglas framework does not apply in every employment discrimination case."
"Keys adequately alleged the components of her claim and of her class action case, both of which now may be defined further through the discovery process," the court said, in remanding the case.
A Humana spokesman could not immediately be reached for comment.
In a related ruling, the 6th Circuit late last month upheld an award to an African-American custodian who accused a school district of racial discrimination and retaliation in connection with his demotion and transfer to another school in Clifford Litton vs. Talawanda School District.
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The Communist Party's top disciplinary body is enacting an "anti-flight" program to keep people in place.
BEIJING — When anticorruption investigators started probing China's high-speed rail program, they discovered that one of the Railway Ministry's chief engineers owned a five-bedroom, five-bath Mediterranean-style house in Los Angeles County.
Zhang Shuguang had bought the $840,000 house in the city of Walnut nine years earlier when he was reportedly earning just $365 a month. His wife and daughter had moved there, which led investigators to suspect he intended to skip out of China to join them.
That made Zhang, 56, what the Chinese call a luo guan, or "naked official." The term refers to an official who has sent his family and money abroad and is poised to make a getaway himself. The communist government has been trying to put officials on a shorter leash since 2007, amid a flurry of scandals in which public funds were squandered on mistresses, luxury villas, cars and gambling.
The issue of official corruption has risen to the top of the government agenda this year with the ouster in March of Politburo member and Chongqing party secretary Bo Xilai. Among the myriad accusations swirling around Bo is that his wife moved the couple's money out of the country through trading companies set up abroad with an Englishman, Neil Heywood, whom she is accused of killing. In addition, the couple's son, Bo Guagua, was sent overseas to school, first to Harrow, then Oxford and more recently Harvard's Kennedy School, where he graduated last month.
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The practice has become so endemic in China's officialdom that the Communist Party's top disciplinary body is enacting an "anti-flight" program to keep people in place. The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection last month reviewed ways to keep people from moving abroad, including confiscating passports and registering family members living overseas as a way to monitor who might be kept out of high positions.
Chinese prosecutors say 18,487 officials, including executives from state-owned companies, have been caught during the past 12 years while allegedly trying to flee overseas with ill-gotten gains, according to this week's issue of China Economic Weekly. The magazine described the typical "naked official" as a man in his 50s who was approaching retirement and had accumulated at least $13 million.
The People's Bank of China last year inadvertently made public a confidential study stating that 800 billion Chinese yuan ($126 billion at today's exchange rate) had been siphoned overseas by thousands of officials in the government and state-owned companies from the mid-1990s until 2008.
Another report by the Washington-based watchdog Global Financial Integrity, which tracked illicit outflow of money by all people, not just officials, found China led the world with $2.7 trillion (five times as much as runner-up Mexico) illegally taken out of the country from 2000 to 2009.
The top destinations for stashing cash were the United States, Europe, Australia, Canada, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Within the United States, Los Angeles topped the list.
Zhang was one of the senior officials developing China's bullet trains, a program riddled with cost overruns and allegations of kickbacks. He was fired in March 2011 for what the state media said were "severe violations of discipline," which is often shorthand for corruption, shortly after the sacking of his boss, Railways Minister Liu Zhijun.
The state media announced last week that Liu had been expelled from the Communist Party for taking "huge bribes," but they have not reported yet what has happened to Zhang.
Until the 1980s, it was difficult for any Chinese citizen to go abroad because the government feared many wanted to defect. Now, middle- and upper-income Chinese are fixtures on the tourist circuit, filling the Hermes and Chanel stores in most European cities. Chinese officials, including executives of state-owned companies, often have two passports, one for business and the other for personal travel.
"It's very hard for the government to control this. They might hold your official passport, but most people will have a private passport as well, and they can slip out of the country with that," said He Jiahong, a corruption expert at People's University in Beijing.


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With economic concerns weighing heavy on enterprise IT executives' minds in 2009, revamping DNS systems might not seem like a top priority. Infoblox offers reasons why DNS should stay top-of-mind in 2009.
The discovery of a major DNS flaw in mid-2008 landed the technology in many headlines, but with economic concerns weighing on many in IT, industry watchers worry that revamping systems and security around domain name servers could be put on hold in 2009.
The vulnerability discovered by director of penetration testing at IOActive Dan Kaminsky motivated numerous vendors to upgrade their products to protect enterprise networks against cache poisoning and other DNS attacks, such as distributed denial-of-service (DDoS). IT directors were encouraged to upgrade their DNS systems to guard against potential threats, but a survey by The Measurement Group revealed that about 25% of servers had yet to be upgraded by mid-November. Now, with the year coming to a close, DNS experts worry the projects will take a back seat to cost-cutting measures.
"These name servers are trivially vulnerable to the Kaminsky attack. With an effective exploit script, a hacker can insert arbitrary data into the cache of one of these names servers in about 10 seconds," says Cricket Liu, vice president of architecture at Infoblox.
A separate survey of 466 enterprise online customers conducted by DNSstuff in September revealed that 9.6% hadn't patched their DNS servers and 21.9% didn't know if they were patched. The findings show that despite the DNS community's and several vendors' efforts, a significant number of server administrators have yet to take action. As for the reasons behind the lack of patches, more than 45% cited a lack of internal resources, 30% said they were unaware of the vulnerability and 24% reported they didn't have enough knowledge of DNS to take the appropriate steps. DNSstuff's customer research also found that the most common DNS issues among respondents include e-mail downtime for 69%, DDoS attacks and cache-poisoning attacks for nearly half and spoofing for 18.5%.
That's why the IP address management vendor is looking to dispel what it calls a handful of myths around DNS and get people paying attention to the technology in 2009, despite economic worries.
For one, Infoblox says there is a misconception that DNS is a trivial part of the network. It performs a critical function by mapping domain names to IP addresses and directing Internet inquiries to the appropriate location. "Should an enterprise's DNS systems fail … all Internet functions, including e-mail, Web access, e-commerce and extranets become unavailable," according to Infoblox.
Secondly, the belief that any version of BIND will protect name serving machines on the Internet is false, according to Infoblox. BIND version 9 is a major rewrite of the Berkeley Internet Name Domain and includes DNS security and protocol enhancements, as well as support for IPv6.
Another misconception regarding BIND is that organizations using version 9 are safe from attacks due to the Kaminsky vulnerability. Infoblox's Liu says that is untrue. "Even running the most recent version of BIND, many organizations have not taken the necessary precautions to limit access to recursion or secure zone transfers," he says.
Lastly, the belief that upgrading DNS needs to be put off until IT can gain budget approval is false. It is possible to test the system to learn of any vulnerability and upgrade the DNS server with tools available for free download. For instance, Infoblox QuickSecure Solution can be downloaded from the vendor's Web site.
Recursive name servers can be tested for the Kaminsky vulnerability at doxpara.com, www.dnsadvisor.com or using DNS-OARC's port testing tool. If the servers are found to be vulnerable, Infoblox suggests moving the name server to one that uses query port randomization or move to another name server that does support it.
"Even if an enterprise has gone to the trouble of patching against the Kaminsky vulnerability, there are many other aspects of configuration, like recursion and open zone transfers, that should also be secured," Liu says. "Organizations clearly need to pay more attention to configurations and deployment architectures that are leaving their DNS infrastructures vulnerable to attacks and outages."
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Why should driver needs to use DRS in qualifying section if DRS is only for easy over taken on slow car?
Without DRS, there will be a lot of fighting for over taken each other and skillful driver will pass slow car and same speed car.
With DRS help slow car can over taken fast car and can crash into fast car as well.
Also DRS developing cost is not cheap for team.
DRS should be dropped in 2013.


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I had an interesting ride today...
I first saw a guy with full gear waiting at a light with me, and just staring at me....I was like CRAP! So I said, "Hi"...He did not respond. And he kept starring. I was a bit disturbed.
I saw another cyclist ahead of me pushing 19+mph on flats. I was about 15 feet behind him trying to keep up. He looks back and waves for me to pass. Im thinking, "Crap dude I have to go at least 21+mph to pass this guy, hes crazy" and constantly trying to keep up he waves for me to pass him. I started spriting and then as soon as I was getting close he started sprinting too. I was like CRAP!!! . I look down and Im going 25mph and hes staying with me. We were doing 22mph average for about 5 minutes until I gave up. He gave me a thumbs up and then he sped off. I was no match for this guy
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Alexander Skarsgard's Nude Scene: Did He Have a Body Double?
We're not gonna lie, Alexander Skarsgard's nude scene was probably the best part of the True Blood Season 6 finale. Sure, we've gotten scandalous glimpses of the sexy Swede before, but this was the first time A. Skars took it all off and went full-frontal.
So, that begs the question: Did Eric Northman's portrayer enlist the help of a body double for the big reveal, or was that glorious human form all his own? Keep reading to find out, because the answer may surprise you!
According to showrunner Brian Buckner, everything viewers saw during the Aug.18 season ender was 100 percent Skarsgard.
When TV Guide chatted with Brian post-finale, the interviewer brought up the theory that many people thought a body double was used, and he was quick to deny it. "Nope! One day the tell-all will come out that that guy is as cool as Eric Northman. He doesn't sweat the small stuff," Brian clarified.
While we're glad Alex opted against using a body double, we're surprised he was open to showing that much of himself.
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My little girls are just like the thousands of little girls who squeal whenever Justin Bieber pops on the TV screen or on the radio. I've sat through Never Say Never more often than I'd care to admit.
But hold up one minute. Before my eyes can roll back and I moan, Justin Bieber agaaaaain? I have to stop and think back at my first
obsessed, hormone-crazed squeal-worthy crush on a musician.
In my case, I should say musicians. Because Duran Duran wasn't just one dude. Oh no, ma'am. There were five of them. And they were hot, sexy, glamorous, perfectly coiffed, handsomely stylish drool-worthy dudes from England. They weren't called "The Prettiest Boys in Rock" for nothing. My favorite was John Taylor.
Can you say obsessed?
I was a young girl in the MTV days so I watched all of their videos, I had posters on my walls, and I knew all of their songs. In fact, they were the first to inspire lust in my precocious, preteen mind. My Dad bought me their compilation video, thinking they were all harmless Duran Duran music videos. But in reality, several of them were unedited videos–videos they wouldn't play on MTV. Blush. That is exactly what an obsessive, chubby, starry-eyed and curious young girl does not need. I watched that thing backwards and forward, pressing pause on the interesting parts.
This year marks the 30th anniversary of "Rio". Wow, are we really that old? Thirty years?
I can't lie, watching this video still makes me feel a little giddy. I'm totally fanning myself.
Who did you have the hots for as a kid?
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Jocelyn E. Strauber, former co-head of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York's Terrorism & International Narcotics Unit, is joining Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.
Strauber will join the firm's White Collar Crime Group in its New York office where she will work on civil and criminal cases, the firm said in a news release.
She has been involved in the prosecution of Times Square bomber Faisal Shazad as well as of Mansour Arabsiar in connection with an attempt to assassinate the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States, in addition to a number of other national security cases.
Strauber was in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York for eight years, previously she worked as an assistant in the Criminal Division.
"Jocelyn Strauber is a superb lawyer who has handled high-stakes matters throughout her career," said David M. Zornow, global head of Skadden's Litigation/Controversy practices in the news release.
Strauber received her law degree from the Duke University School of Law and graduated from Brown University.


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Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg warns investors that the next Call of Duty will sell less than Call of Duty: Black Ops II.
"The Call of Duty franchise continues to set the bar for innovation and we expect the new Call of Duty game in development for 2013 to raise that bar even higher," Hirshberg told investors during a conference call to discuss financial results this week.
"There is increased volatility this year due to the ongoing console transition, which makes predicting the future more challenging than during normal years in the cycle. For Call of Duty, consistent with our past practices, we are planning for the mainline release in Q4 to be down versus 2012."
To be fair, investors and analysts that have been paying attention already know that the trend has been that each new iteration of the Call of Duty franchise seems to do worse than its predecessor. Some call it buyer's fatigue, while others point the finger at the long life cycle of current generation systems. One thing that could change this trend would be for the next Call of Duty game to be available on next-generation consoles systems from Sony and Microsoft – assuming those systems are on track for a release this year.


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You Have Got to See Lindsay Lohan Be Great in This Trailer for "The Canyons"
Can we have a serious discussion about how good Lindsay Lohan looks in this trailer? Because she looks SO GOOD. But does she really look that good, or is it just because we want her to look that good? Has all our goodwill and high hopes for Lindsay transformed her into the beauty she was during her "Mean Girls" days, while in reality she remains ravaged by questionable cosmetic procedures and bad life choices? Has Lindsay somehow transcended our simple human understanding of beauty, does she exist on some higher plane that makes her so beautiful that all we can do is think "PRETTY" and drool a little bit? What is the truth here?
Meanwhile, we can all agree that we're going to watch this movie based on the review that says it's "an acid-etched horror story of souls," right? That's universal, at least, isn't it?