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Russia plans to ban meat imports from most Canadian and Mexican suppliers starting Monday (April 8) over concerns about the use of the feed additive ractopamine, a spokesman for Russia's veterinary and phytosanitary service (VPSS) said Friday.
"More than 50 per cent of Canadian companies will be excluded from the list of suppliers," Alexei Alekseenko said.
Russia also plans to ban about 80 per cent of Mexican meat importers from April 8, Interfax news agency reported earlier on Friday, citing the head of VPSS, Sergei Dankvert.
Canada was the largest pork supplier to Russia and accounted for 25 per cent of its imports in 2012, Sergei Yushin, head of Russia's National Meat Association, told Reuters. About five per cent of imported beef came to Russia from Mexico last year.
VPSS's list of Canadian pork suppliers, published on its website, includes about 88 companies, while the list for Mexico includes 20 names. A VPSS spokesman could not comment on whether these lists had been updated.
Marketed in Canada by Elanco under the names Paylean and Optaflexx as a growth stimulant to make meat leaner, ractopamine is banned in some countries over concerns that residues could remain in the meat and cause health problems, despite scientific evidence indicating that it is safe.
Since December, Russia has only accepted meat from Canadian livestock that were never fed ractopamine — which was already a tiny portion of the cattle herd, said John Masswohl, director of government and international relations at the Canadian Cattlemen's Association.
Now Russia will only accept meat from ractopamine-free animals that are processed in Canadian plants that do not also handle livestock that have been raised on the stimulant — and such plants do not exist in Canada, Masswohl said.
"You're taking a very bad existing situation, which limits (beef) trade to almost nothing, and making it nothing."
Cargill and JBS USA are the biggest beef packers in Canada.
"Our government is disappointed that despite our collaborative efforts, the Russian government is moving forward with this measure not rooted in science," Canada's Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said in an email statement to Reuters.
"We continue to work aggressively with Canadian industry to restore their access into the important Russian market."
Russia is a small, but fast-growing market for Canadian beef, worth about C$15 million in 2011. Russia is the third-largest market for Canadian pork, worth about C$500 million a year, said Jacques Pomerleau, executive director of Canada Pork International, a marketing promotion agency.
Canada has about a dozen pork-processing plants that only accept ractopamine-free pigs, but there is no guarantee that Russia will include all of them on its revised supplier list, Pomerleau said.
Canada's two biggest pork processors, Olymel and Maple Leaf Foods, have some facilities that should be eligible, Pomerleau said.
"We're working very hard to meet Russia's expectations," said Olymel spokesman Richard Vigneault. "It's a very important market for us."
Spokespersons for Cargill and JBS could not be immediately reached, and Maple Leaf declined comment.
Spokesmen for Mexico's Economy and Agriculture ministries said they were still reviewing the situation.
A Feb. 11 Russian ban on U.S. beef, pork and turkey because of the feed additive remains in place. Russia barred turkey imports from the United States despite a U.S. poultry trade group's finding that U.S. turkey companies that ship to Russia do not use ractopamine.
More than US$600 million worth of U.S. beef, pork and turkey is exported to Russia annually. The ban came amid trade tensions between the two countries.
Russia will cover its meat demand with supplies from South America, mainly Brazil, Alekseenko said.
Russia imported 1.32 million tonnes of red meat, excluding offal, worth US$5.12 billion from countries outside the Commonwealth of Independent States in 2012, official customs data showed. — Reuters


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High Times
(1) Find Bill Ronte. (2) Find Jacob Hoff. (3) Help Bill Ronte with his alcoholism. (4) Help Jacob Hoff kick his addiction to chems. (5) Take care of the drug dealer. (6) Return to Julie Farkas.
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This is a quick and easy side quest to undertake as soon as you arrive at Freeside. One of Freeside's main attractions is the Old Mormon Fort, where a group of do-gooders have holed themselves up in order to help the injured, down-and-out and unfortunate. The leader there is a doctor named Julie Farkas. When you speak with her, you'll learn that there are some drug addicts around town that she hasn't been able to reach out to successfully. She asks for your help, and you can give it to her. You can then begin your task of finding the two men in question, and getting down to the bottom of their addictions, one way or the other.
The first man in question is named Bill Ronte, and he can be found in an abandoned, blown-out house on the far side of the road from where the Silver Rush Gambling Hall is. He'll be sitting slumped against a wall, and when you speak to him, the only thing on his mind will be how he'll get his next fix. Well stop that, Bill Ronte! We're here to help! He'll tell you that his dealer's name is Dixon, which will prompt you to find Dixon and deal with him one way or another. But before you do that, find the other man Julie told you about, Jacob Hoff. You'll find this junkie in another blown-out building, this one across from Mick and Ralph's shop near one of Freeside's entrances. Similarly, all Jacob will talk about is scoring his next fix from -- you guessed it -- a man named Dixon.
You may have run into Dixon before you undertook this side quest. Conveniently, he hangs out around Mick and Ralph's shop, so if you wisely followed our instructions and spoke to Bill Ronte first, and then Jacob Hoff second, you'll be in the direct vicinity of Dixon. Find this shady drug dealer walking around, and speak with him. One way or another, you're going to have to get this guy to stop selling drugs to these poor schmucks. While you could outright kill him, or buy him off, the easiest way to do this is to use your power of speech to convince him to stop, via a little blackmail action. No matter how you stop Dixon, be sure that you do. This will solve at least one problem you had. But unfortunately, it's created two more problems.
When you report the news of Dixon's untimely demise to your two drug-using, alcohol-abusing friends, they won't be too happy. This isn't surprising, of course, but Bill and Jacob still need to get their fix. Or do they? You'll have some options here, as is usually the case. Both men will demand more drugs, and you can give them the drugs, though that's the easy way out. If you have a high Science skill, you can concoct them something better and easier, or you can use Speech to convince them to stop doing drugs completely. We did the latter for both men, which forced them to head back to the Old Mormon Fort. We're just about done now.
All that's left to do now is to return to Julie Farkas, who can be found at the Old Mormon Fort. Simply relay to her that you helped both drug-addicted men, and she'll be thankful for your help. Philanthropy hasn't left Julie especially wealthy, but this should gain you a lot of respect around Freeside and with those inside the Old Mormon Fort. It should also make medicine even cheaper for you, should you buy it from Julie or one of her friends.


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Aug. 3, 2011) American Coolairs has developed a heavy-gauge galvanized NBF60 fan that provides performance and durability.
American Coolair has offered the NBF60 fan in 10-guage steel for a number of years. The new galvanized version gives growers another option.
The NBF60 produces maximum air flow while remaining energy efficient, and stands up to the harshest work environments. The agricultural building ventilator is available in slope wall housing, with or without a discharge cone, or as an air circulator. It is available in 1.5, 2 and 3 horsepower motors.
The NBF60 features the largest bearings in the industry and with American Coolairs captured bearing arrangement this allows the blade hub to serve as the driven sheave. Placing the belt load directly over the bearings gives the greatest bearing life in the industry. The optional dual-belt drive system effectively doubles the belt life.
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Mark R. Isfeld Secondary school is being proactive to combat youth obesity by training and certifying fitness leaders for the future.
Isfeld already offers a variety of senior electives such as Sports Conditioning, Active Lifestyles for Girls, Weight Training and Team Games. Starting in February, students will also have the opportunity to become fully qualified personal fitness trainers before they graduate from high school.
Successful students are immediately employable, and are ready to positively impact their families, peers and community. Isfeld becomes one of only two schools in the province able to offer this opportunity to its students.
Traditional Phys Ed programs have been criticized for not meeting the changing needs of today's students.
At a district professional development function in 2010, Dr. Guy Lemausier (VIU School of Physical Education) shared his research: strictly a "team games" focus, although an ideal recreational opportunity for many sports-minded students, doesn't always equip students with two essential skills for the future.
One is the ability to accurately assess personal fitness levels, and the second is the knowledge and tools to improve these levels.
For the past seven years, students in Isfeld's Fitness Knowledge program have been instructed on the curriculum provided by CFES: Canadian Fitness Education Services (www.canadianfitness.net).
Some topics covered in this program are Anatomy and Physiology, Biomechanics, Training Principals and Program Design, Flexibility, Muscular Strength and Endurance, Cardiovascular Fitness, Nutritional, Fitness Safety and Leadership.
At the end of the course, students write a three-hour exam en route to their Introduction to Fitness Knowledge Certification. This is recognized by the BCRPA and NFLA (provincial and national governing bodies for fitness education) as step one of three to becoming a personal trainer.
Since the program's inception, over 150 students have successfully been certified.
The curriculum serves as an excellent basis for careers in not only fitness, but recreation, health sciences (particularly sports medicine), physical, occupational and athletic therapy.
Many of these students have gained employment in the fitness industry, gone on to college programs such as Athletic Therapy at the Pacific Sports Institute in Victoria, and Physical Education degrees at VIU or UVic. Locally, the fitness knowledge program is an ideal introduction to the newly established Health and Wellness program at North Island College.
Fitness Knowledge students will now be able to pursue the next two steps (Weight Training Instructor Certification and Personal Trainer Certification). Course work includes a thorough investigation of fitness safety and leadership as well as education on how to train special populations such as youth and the elderly.
Perhaps most importantly, these students will be equipped with the knowledge and tools to personally lead a healthy lifestyle and share their passion with others.
The teacher responsible for developing the fitness knowledge program at Isfeld is Colin Cunningham, BEd, MEd. Cunningham is a BCRPA and CFES recognized personal fitness trainer.
— Mark R. Isfeld Secondary School


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This installation is for a HO-Scale Stewart VO-1000 using a TCS WOW121-Diesel Decoder, IB-MB1-NC with Keep Alive® and UNIV-SH1-C WOWSpeaker kit.
Please do not use any flux either liquid or paste on the mother board. It will damage it. Use only Rosin core solder approved for electronics use.
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This can be ordered from Techni-Tool under Techni-Tool part number 488SO157
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Borna Coric's Tweener Helps Croatia to 2-0 Lead Over U.S. in Davis Cup
ZADAR, Croatia — Borna Coric pulled off a through-the-legs lob shot winner that had the crowd bowing in admiration during the Davis Cup semifinals on Friday.
Early in the third set of a 6-4, 7-6 (4), 6-3 victory over Steve Johnson, Coric ran down a lob and replied with a shot known as a ''tweener'' that flew over the head of his 6-foot-2 (1.88-meter) opponent and landed within inches of the baseline.
Later, sixth-ranked Marin Cilic gave Croatia a 2-0 lead over the United States with a 6-1, 6-3, 7-6 (5) victory over Davis Cup debutant Frances Tiafoe.
Carlos Ramos, the chair umpire who penalized Serena Williams in the U.S. Open final, officiated the second match without incident.
The 21-year-old Coric, considered one of the top up-and-coming players in the game, said he had never before even come close to landing such a difficult shot.
''I normally go somehow around my back,'' he said. ''But I just felt that I can do it. It was not such an important point, so I just did it. Honestly I never do it in practice as well, so I don't know how it was that good, to be honest. It was really luck.
''I did mean it (to be a lob) but I thought I'm going to miss by a lot,'' Coric added. ''But I made it.''
U.S. captain Jim Courier, a four-time Grand Slam winner as a player, was impressed.
''It was special. That was a great shot. That one will be on a highlight reel for a while,'' Courier said. ''Of course he lost the next point, and it counted the same, so I always remind myself that though they look good they only count the same as the next point coming.''
Moments earlier, the 18th-ranked Coric had landed a delicate forehand drop-shot winner to close out a close second-set tiebreak.
''He came up with some good stuff today,'' Johnson said.
Cilic breezed through the first set in 26 minutes, but Tiafoe pushed the 2014 U.S. Open winner over the second half of the match.
''In the third set he showed that he's capable of playing great tennis. He was serving really good and also hitting well from the back,'' Cilic said. ''I was definitely a little bit lucky toward the end of that tiebreak to win it.''
With his 37th Davis Cup victory, Cilic moved atop Croatia's all-time list, one ahead of Ivan Ljubicic.
''In these later stages of my career I enjoy it so much to play Davis Cup,'' Cilic said.
In Saturday's doubles, Croatia's Ivan Dodig and Mate Pavic will face Mike Bryan and Ryan Harrison with a chance to clinch the best-of-five series. The reverse singles are on Sunday.
The winner on an outdoor clay court along the Dalmatian coast will meet either France or Spain in the final.
Croatia is looking to extend its perfect record over the U.S. to 5-0.
''They're good at tennis,'' Courier said. ''They've been good at tennis for quite a long while and they certainly know how to come together as a team and when you have the depth that they have you're tough to beat.''


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The UK Red Squirrel Group (UKRSG) aims to co-ordinate and raise awareness of the conservation needs of our native red squirrel and the action being taken to deliver this under the UK Red Squirrel Species Action Plan. The group has an official responsibility to report the success and progress towards this within the overall UK Biodiversity Action Plan but also helps to develop and co-ordinate advice and best-practice on red squirrel conservation issues for landowners, conservationists, statutory officials and the general public. The group works at the UK level and liaises closely with the country groups to deliver action on a local level. The group works under theseTerms of Reference (PDF-25K).
Who are the UKRSG?
The group has representatives from Government nature conservation agencies, landowners and non-government organisations which provides a balanced approach to the conservation needs and action for red squirrels. The group meets twice a year to discuss progress, identify any new issues and to share important ideas and information.
Current membership of the UKRSG includes those forums and organisations listed below. There is a rolling Secretariat.
The Country Squirrel Forums
- Countryside Council for Wales
- Department for Agriculture and Rural Development (N.I.)
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Forestry Commission England
- Forestry Commission Scotland
- Forestry Commission Wales
- Forest Research
- Natural England
- Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA)
- Scottish Natural Heritage
- The Wildlife Trusts
Most recent minutes of the UK Red Squirrel Group-53K)
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Media Statements & Speeches
Commissioner John R. Norris Statement
March 15, 2012
Docket Nos. RC11-6-000, RC12-1-000, RC12-2-000, RC12-6-000, RC12-7-000 and RC12-8-000
Item No. E-3
The New Enforcement Mechanism for Reliability Standards
I am pleased to support todays order accepting, with limited conditions, NERCs proposal to implement its new Find, Fix, Track and Report (FFT) enforcement mechanism. Commission Staff from the Offices of Enforcement, Reliability and the General Counsel did a tremendous job assessing NERCs proposal and crafting a thoughtful and balanced response. Please accept my sincere thanks for your efforts.
NERC, the Regional Entities, industry and the Commission all now have several years of experience with monitoring and enforcing compliance with the mandatory reliability standards established pursuant to section 215 of the Federal Power Act. During that time, weve evaluated and reevaluated programs for compliance monitoring and enforcement, and for addressing violations. One key conclusion from these years of experience and review is that minimal risk violations have been treated essentially the same as more serious violations, consuming time and resources disproportionate to the risk posed to reliability of the bulk power system.
This is not just a problem with efficiency. More importantly, it has the very real potential to divert the attention of NERC, FERC, and the industry away from what matters most: maintaining and improving bulk power system reliability. Instead of putting the limited resources of NERC, the Regional Entities and the industry to work addressing the most critical reliability risks and improving reliability generally, the focus can quickly shift to managing compliance risk associated with minimal risk violations. Simply put, fostering such a preoccupation with issues presenting a minimal risk to the bulk power system could be detrimental to reliability in the long run.
In fact, Ive consistently heard from NERC, the Regional Entities and industry since I first came to the Commission that too much time and too many resources are already spent focused on the compliance risk associated with minor documentation and other requirements that do not pose the most risk to reliability.
The FFT initiative that we approve today is a much needed step to address this problem. NERC, in consultation with the Regional Entities and industry, developed this new program to provide a procedure to more swiftly address and remediate minimal risk violations. Im pleased that we are approving it with limited conditions.
Taking action today to approve the FFT initiative is also consistent with the broader conversation that we began last year with NERC and industry in a technical conference about priorities; clearly we cannot make everything a priority, so we need to make sure we are focused on what is essential to maintaining reliability, whether we are talking about standards development or compliance and enforcement.
I understand where the drive to prioritize everything comes from. Congress tasked us with ensuring the reliability of the electric grid. We all take that responsibility very seriously and are extremely dedicated to that goal. However, Congress also set up a unique regulatory process in section 215. Part of the uniqueness of that process is that it gives the responsibility to enforce compliance with reliability standards not just to the Commission, but also to the Electric Reliability Organization. Given this framework, I believe we need to give NERC and the Regional Entities the flexibility to do the right thing and prioritize their resources to what is most important to protecting the reliability of the electric grid. This allows the focus to shift to the highest threats to the grid, while sending minimal risk issues through the FFT track. Going forward, we can be most productive by providing NERC and the Regional Entities with policy direction as to the areas we believe are most critical to reliability.
It is also critical to remember that these minimal risk issues are permitted to go through this different track because the most important thing occurs they are mitigated so that there is not an ongoing reliability risk. This mitigation is essential to the entire program.
NERCs proposal touches on many aspects of its Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Program, so there is much to say. Let me take a few moments to highlight a few key points in the order.
1. Minimal risk
Probably the most significant condition that the order establishes with respect to NERCs proposal is that only minimal risk violations can be processed using the FFT mechanism, and not moderate risk violations. Methods for analyzing violations and determining how possible violations should be categorized in terms of their risk to the bulk power system are a work in progress, and reasonable minds can occasionally differ as to the correct categorization of a particular violation. Like many aspects of the mandatory reliability standards program, I believe risk assessments will become easier as we gain experience under the FFT mechanism.
NERC explains in its filing the guidelines that it will use in making a determination of risk, and requests that it not be held to rigid or inflexible criteria. I believe that what NERC requests is reasonable and consistent with the overall flexibility we are granting NERC and the Regional Entities so that they can focus on priority matters. However, our order does provide a discussion of some of the FFTs filed to date, to provide guidance to NERC and the Regional Entities as to our view of minimal risk. We also commit to continuing a dialogue with NERC regarding risk assessments in the FFT process.
2. Finality
Our order appropriately recognizes that providing finality to matters receiving FFT treatment is critically important to the success of the FFT mechanism. Balancing this need for finality against our responsibility to ensure adequate oversight, the order establishes a time limit on the Commissions ability to review remediated issues included in FFT informational filings. Specifically, the Commission commits to initiating any review within 60 days of the date an FFT is filed, and that all FFTs, unless a review is initiated and absent a material misrepresentation, will be considered closed 60 days after they are filed. Further, the order notes our expectation that the Commission would exercise its authority to review matters in FFT informational filings in only limited and rare circumstances. This is consistent with the Commissions actions to date with respect to Notices of Penalties.
3. Continued Dialogue with NERC and the Regional Entities
I also want to note that todays order accepts NERCs commitment to file additional reports and analysis on how the FFT initiative is working, and stresses that the Commission will use those reports as a meaningful opportunity to review the initiative and to consider any necessary changes going forward, including expanding the scope and parameters of possible violations to be processed by FFT informational filings. As I have said with regard to many other reliability matters, dialogue between the Commission and NERC is essential to making the mandatory reliability standards program enacted by Congress work. This order establishes a strong basis for a continued dialogue on improving the efficiency of the Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement program.
4. Requirements within standards with little effect on reliability or that are redundant
Finally, I want to highlight the very last paragraph of the order, because it makes an important point about the content of Reliability Standards. Given that the FFT initiative is focused on more efficiently addressing a large volume of standards violations that pose a minimal risk to bulk power system reliability, it is fair to ask whether there are some requirements within the standards that have little value in achieving reliability, or are simply redundant. In todays order, we seek to obtain views on whether such requirements could be removed from the Reliability Standards with little effect on reliability and an increase in the efficiency of compliance programs.


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Some "first" facts about Pentax (founded in 1919)...
1. First Japanese Single Lens Reflex camera (camera: Asahiflex I, 1952)
2. First production camera with instant return mirror (camera: AsahiFlex IIB, 1954)
3. First TTL (through the lens) metering system (camera: P, 1964)
4. First 35mm SLR using aperture priority auto exposure (camera: ES, 1971)
5. First 35mm SLR using a pentaprism (camera: Asahi Pentax AP, 1957)
6. First 35mm SLR with a built-in flash
7. First auto-focus 35mm SLR camera (camera: ME-F, 1981)*
8. First lenses with multiple-layer coatings (Super Multi Coating; 7 layers)
9. First point and shoot camera with a zoom lens (camera: IQZoom 70, 1986)
10. First weather-resistant zoom point and shoot (camera: IQZoom 90WR, 1991)
11. First SLR to automatically select proper program (camera: ZX-10, 1996)
12. First medium format SLR with auto-focus (camera: 645N, 1997)
* You may have noticed #7 above. Well, there has been some confusion on the web recently about the start of auto-focus cameras. Some people think the first one was Minolta, while some think it was Canon. It actually depends on what type of auto-focus camera you are referring to. Originally, Leica patented the first auto-focus technologies, but didn't actually mass produce an AF camera until much, much later. The first mass-produced AF camera was a point and shoot, a Konica C35 AF, released in 1977. The first SLR AF was the Polaroid SX-70 OneStep. The first 35mm SLR was the Pentax ME-F (it used a motorized lens on a camera body that included focus sensors). Nikon then released their first AF camera (F3AF) a few years later. In 1985, Minolta released a new AF system, which was the first SLR to have integrated auto-focusing (the AF sensors and drive motor were housed in the camera body). Minolta's first AF camera was the Maxxum 7000. The same year, Canon also released their own AF system. This system housed the AF motor in the lenses instead of the body. The first AF camera for Canon was the T80 (this camera was only made for one year and the compatible lenses had it's own AC mount designation which is not compatible with the EOS system).


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I've been involved in creating a failed web based social bookmarking tool that was completely automated which never worked out fully. Most likely it was for the best because I can only imagine the evils that it would have been used for in the long run. There are a handful of useful social bookmarking tools and software out there so I thought I'd list off my favorites. Some of these sites pretty much do the same thing, it just all depends on how you like the method they use to lead you through a social bookmarking journey that will leave you asking, "Where the hell did my two hours go".
Onlywire.com: I've used Only Wire for a couple of years now and it's the easiest in regards to submitting without going to every site. I tried to create a tool modeled after this one except for one difference, it would submit to 100-150 social bookmarking sites instead of 30. Their new 2.0 release is nothing short of amazing except for the not so free pricing. You can use it for free under certain conditions, which are fair when you think of what it costs to host this tool. My favorite new feature is the API they release which you can integrate to auto submit everything from your website.
Socialmarker.com:I use this site when Socialposter is down which is more often than I'd like to admit. Social Marker offers a very easy to use interface for submitting your content up to 48 of the most popular social bookmarking sites in 5 minutes or less. Take note of their option boxes especially if you only if you want to make sure you're submitting to do follow sites only.
Socialmarking.com:This site is also just like Social Marker and Social Poster except you can submit easily up to 130 social bookmarking sites! I only discovered this from the Google Ad they bought on Social Marker, so cheers to that. It has pretty much the same in frame browser submit that makes it pretty easy to tear through 130 sites….I don't recommend submitting to 130 or you're just going to look like you're spamming, and really you are.
SocialPoster.com: This is the site I use the most mainly beause I like the way the user interface handles the bookmarking. It submits to the same amount as Social Marker and is pretty much exactly the same in everyway. The one downside to this site is that is regularly goes down due to bandwidth or cpu consumption.


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I ultimately decided against DC barrel connectors for the power feed to the OZroll roller shutter controller, as they are
1) ugly
2) supposedly rated at only 3 Amps
3) have only two conductors, making remote up/down button signalling difficult in future
4) flimsy
I opted for 4 pin microphone connectors. They are rated at 10 Amps per pin, are nice and shiny (improving wife acceptance factor), and have a screw collar for positive and secure engagement. I went with white sheathed 6 core cable. One pair carrying 12V DC, one pair carrying Ground, and the remaining pair kept spare for later used in remote signalling of roller shutter up/down commands.
Here is a front and rear view of the connector mounted in a blank wall plate
It turns out that they have 0.2 inch pin spacing, making a breakout board easy with veroboard and terminal blocks:
And here's the breakout board soldered into position:
Labelling is always good, in case you don't remember what you did in 5 years time. See also the jumbo Clipsal wallplate to cover the SLA battery compartment:
And here's the hole in the wall with custom sheet metal glued into position, drilled and tapped for screws to accept the clipsal wall plate (I couldn't find suitable mounting brackets from the electrical supplier).
The drilled out tongue depressors were invaluable in maintaining alignment of the sheet metal while being glued and clamped.
In summary, the nominal 12V, 3.3AHr, SLA batteries I have installed to replace the OZroll NiMH batteries last a few weeks before needing charging again. This charging will be automated in due course. The batteries have very low demands placed on them and should last many years, unlike the OZroll NiMH battery packs, all of which among my six roller shutter controllers have long since died.


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Angelina Jolie may be joining forces with Disney.
According to the Los Angeles Times, the actress "is keen on" the title role in the studio's "Maleficent," a live action version of the classic animated film "Sleeping Beauty" from the perspective of the villainous fairy godmother.
The paper cautions that no deals have been signed, but that Angelina has a free schedule after completing "The Tourist" opposite Johnny Depp and "would like to sign on to play the titular villain" in the upcoming film.
Tim Burton, who paired with Disney for this month's box office-topping "Alice in Wonderland," has been rumored to direct "Maleficent."
Disney reps would not comment on the film to the paper.
In the meantime, Angelina's next movie, the spy drama "Salt," hits theaters on July 23.
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As was pointed out in the comments on a previous blog post, the protection 2-piece-turned-4-piece that returns holy power when Bastion of Glory (BoG) stacks are consumed will allow us to keep SotR up 100% of the time. That comes with a small disclaimer, namely that it takes about 40-45% haste to pull it off. But many players are already at or above that threshold, and more of them will reach it with T16 gear.
The more I think about it the less I think it was intended. To illustrate why, first let's look at how the process works. Let's assume a player has T16 4-piece and barely enough haste to pull this trick off. His finisher cast sequence looks something like this:
1: Build 3 HP, cast SotR, repeat 5 times to build 5 BoG stacks
2: Build 1 HP, cast WoG, cash in on 5 free Holy Power from set bonus
3: Cast SotR
4: Build 1 HP, cast SotR
5: Build 3 HP, cast SotR, repeat 3 more times to reach 5 BoG stacks
6: Build 1 HP, cast WoG, cash in on 5 free Holy Power from set bonus. This takes you back to step 3.
The player then repeats 3-6 indefinitely since that forms a closed loop. Let's call a single traversal of that that loop a "cycle."
For that cycle to maintain 100% SotR uptime, you need to generate 11 HP every 15 seconds. There's 16 HP total expenditure per cycle, but you get 5 back each cycle as well. Eleven HP every 15 seconds is 0.733 HP/sec, which is easily achieved with ~40% haste and any of the T75 talents. Rather than re-do the math myself, I'll just quote Thels, who worked it out:
Let's take 2 minutes from a fight, so we can pop HA exactly once. We need 8 cycles of 15 seconds of SotR uptime, so 8 cycles of 11 HoPo, for a total of 88 HoPo every 2 minutes.
During 2 minutes, at 50% haste, we press CS/HotR exactly 40 times, and Judgment 26 times and a bit, for a total of 66 HoPo.
Our HA covers 6 CS/HotR presses and 4 Judgment presses, for a total of 20 extra HoPo, which brings us to 86 HoPo.
That would mean that we need 1 Grand Crusader proc per minute to indeed cap on SotR. Each additional proc allows us to underperform slightly.
The only thing I want to add is that each additional proc doesn't just allow for under-performance, it also reduces the haste threshold. My conservative estimate is between 40% and 45% haste, but it will vary a lot based on the number of mobs you're tanking, the amount of time you spend tanking those mobs, and the average melee swing timer of the bosses (Ji-Kun, for example, spends so much time casting that his effective swing timer is absurdly long). If you consider any real encounter with tank swaps, banking to 5 HP before starting the cycle essentially ensures 100% uptime while you're tanking even at lower haste levels.
There are a few reasons I don't think this was entirely intended. The fist concern is the "block cap" issue, because that's really the same problem being recreated by this effect. We stack a particular stat (haste now, mastery in Cataclysm) so that we can reach a point where we take a lot less damage from physical attacks (>40% now, 30% in Cataclysm. That certainly feels like it could be a balance problem on any hard-hitting boss, just like the Cataclysm-era block cap was. How do you challenge all five different tanks when one takes almost half of the damage from the largest attacks?
In Dragon Soul, they simply made most attacks bypass block, but that solution doesn't work with SotR. And an entire tier of Lei Shi doesn't sound appealing, nor is the next tier likely being designed with this in mind. Block cap was a persistent problem the entire expansion, and they could (and did) plan for it when designing encounters. I doubt the same is true of this set bonus.
Second, the fact that they swapped the T16 set bonuses makes it clear that the developers thought the interaction between 2-piece tier 15 and this holy-power banking set bonus was a problem. Maintaining a constant +40% block chance buff was bad enough to swap the set bonuses so that it couldn't happen. This effect is even worse, because it's maintaining a constant 40% damage reduction. We may have had a lot of that uptime already, but I'd argue it's still a much stronger effect than an extra 40% block chance.
Third, there are some rotational concerns. On these I'm a little more mixed. The set bonus means that players will literally be able to macro SotR to every ability in their rotation and ignore it. All they need to worry about is timing that single 1-holy-power WoG every ~15 seconds to keep their income level. This bothers me from a skill standpoint, obviously, but also from an annoyance standpoint. I don't really want to write 7 or 8 new macros for my rotational abilities just so I can be lazy with SotR presses. But I probably would, because not having to pay attention to SotR would open up some attention bandwidth that would probably be beneficial.
That said, to pull this trick off you give up WoG as your emergency button, so you are making a sacrifice. Losing that big self-heal is certainly one fewer reactive tool we have at our disposal. But it's almost certainly a sacrifice worth making if you ensure that you never take a full-sized hit. It's sort of like giving up sunscreen to become immune to sunburn.
I'm also not certain that it was entirely intended that we could use a 1-holy-power WoG to return all five of our reserve holy power. That's the key to this trick, after all: use a 1-HP WoG to refund 5 Holy Power, netting you 4 HP. If you can do that every 15 seconds, that's 0.267 HP/sec. For comparison, you get an equivalent HP generation rate from 67% haste, which is ludicrous. The set bonus literally gives us about 67% haste worth of holy power generation, or about 28k haste rating. Now admittedly, that's assuming that you already have about 40% haste, and the overall value of the set bonus will reduce somewhat if you're below that point already. But no matter how you slice it, it's absurdly good.
In fact, it feels a lot like using one-HP WoGs to game Divine Purpose back in Cataclysm. When that trick became fairly widespread, the developers modified the proc chance so that it scaled with holy power spent. The parallels between the two are somewhat uncanny, which leads me to believe that this bonus will be tweaked eventually as well.
I like the general idea of the set bonus, though. Removing the opportunity cost of WoG is neat. Having a Holy Power reserve is sort of neat as well. I can see interesting situational uses for the bank, like getting into real danger and saving the day with a clutch sequence of SotR – WoG – SotR -SotR. That would be pretty fun, and I feel like that's the sort of thing the developers had in mind with this set bonus.
But I think I would like the "banking" idea a lot better if we were not able to use it to reach 100% uptime on SotR. Being able to reach that threshold changes the entire feeling of the bonus. It will feel not like a neat tool at our disposal, but like a maintenance buff. And a cheesy maintenance buff at that – something we have to do because it's just so broken that we're at a disadvantage if we don't.
The ability to reach 100% SotR uptime with this removes the interesting aspects of the banking, like being able to choose when you want to use that HP reserve, and replaces it with a rote, "macro SotR to everything" style that feels really bland and boring. Instead of thinking about timing SotR on short time scales, we phone in our 1-HP WoG every 15 seconds and call it a day.
In more technical language, for the banking idea to be fun it needs to be more reactive than proactive. Just as WoG is a tool you use to react to a big hit, this set bonus needs to be a tool we use primarily to react to a dangerous situation. There's certainly still going to be proactive potential here, like using the bank to cram a few extra SotRs in during a period where you expect to be in danger. But that's still somewhere in the middle of the reactive-proactive continuum, because you're reacting to a potential threat. When it becomes purely proactive, as it does if we're just withdrawing from the bank every 15 seconds for the steady-state HP gain, it stops being nearly as fun.
I do think that it's possible to tweak the set bonus slightly to keep the interesting aspects while preventing abuse. But to do that, the holy power refund we get needs to be scaled or limited somehow, either by the amount of HP spent (as Divine Purpose was) or by some other constraint. I can think of a few fairly simple systems for this:
1) Return 1 holy power per stack of BoG consumed, capped by HP spent.
In other words, you can only get as much HP back as you spend. That still removes the opportunity cost of WoG, but also removes the banking potential entirely. That's a bit of a bummer, but at least it prevents abuse.
2) Let's assume that solution is too severe. Instead you could cap the returns by (HP spent + 1). For example, with a 5-stack of BoG:
3 HP WoG grants 4 HP back
2 HP WoG grants 3 HP back
1 HP WoG grants 2 HP back
This has the downside of not being very intuitive. It also encourages you to use WoG at less than 5 stacks of BoG to avoid "wasting" potential gains. For example, the 1-HP WoG cycle would turn into two consecutive SotRs followed by a 1-HP WoG. That requires 5 HP every 6 seconds if we're aiming for 100% uptime on SotR, which is a higher threshold (0.8333 HP/sec), but probably still attainable with L75 talents and ~50% haste.
Another concern is that it doesn't "fix" the problem, it simply raises the threshold. And if one L75 talent turns out to be the best at HP generation (like the new version of Sanctified Wrath, or "Holy Judgment Spam" as I like to call it), it might be the only valid choice if it lets us reach that threshold. That just ends up turning the set bonus into a constraint on talent choices, which isn't much fun.
3) Internal cooldown. HP gains from the set bonus are limited to once every N seconds. This doesn't eliminate the banking feature, but does limits the maximum HP generation rate one can achieve by it. For a few points of reference, here are the rates one would achieve for several different values of N assuming we use a 1-HP WoG at 5 stacks of BoG, which is a 4 HP gain:
N=30 gives 0.1333 HP/sec, or about 33% haste equivalent
N=45 gives 0.0889 HP/sec, or about 22% haste equivalent
N=60 gives 0.0667 HP/sec, or about 16.7% haste equivalent
N=75 gives 0.0533 HP/sec, or about 13.3% haste equivalent
N=90 gives 0.0444 HP/sec, or about 11.1% haste equivalent
Any longer N would probably be too weak, simply because we're likely to give up about 10% haste just to wear 4-piece unless the itemization team starts embracing our new Mists mechanics. So at that point it would be a wash in the HP generation department, and whether or not to use the set at all would become a question of whether it's worth giving up the raw HP generation rate (and DPS!) we'd gain by using well-itemized off-set pieces to gain the short-term HP banking ability that the set bonus provides.
That may still be an interesting choice, but I think that a 1.5-minute or longer effective cooldown will turn players off. I already heard complaints about the new version of Sacred Shield (30% absorb bubble every 2 minutes, triggered by low health) even though it's rather powerful. The complaints were always, "meh, once every 2 minutes is so rare it might as well be never." I completely disagree, of course. How soon we forget the stupidly overpowered Wrath-era Ardent Defender talent. But most players form their opinions based on gut feeling rather than rational analysis (you'd be surprised how many prot paladins still gear for dodge and parry!), so I think a long internal cooldown on the set bonus will be generally end up being viewed as not worth it.
And it's worth noting that this version still only raises the threshold, it doesn't eliminate it. It raises it by a lot more than the other methods because it severely reduces the steady-state holy power generation rate that the set bonus provides. So by the time we have enough haste to hit 100% uptime with this extra income, perhaps we'd already be well above 90% uptime anyway.
Still, I think the internal cooldown idea is probably the most even-handed. And likely the easiest to implement as well, given that it doesn't involve a significant change to how the HP returns are calculated. A 60- to 75-second ICD would put a cap on how effective the set bonus is, and if chosen correctly might make sure that the 100%-uptime SotR panacea is out of reach.
Though I feel obligated to mention that I've ignored the potential interactions with the revised version of Selfless Healer, which would return 5 HP for zero HP cost via Flash of Light. I'm ignoring that because the version of Selfless Healer on the Public Test Realm doesn't grant the set bonus effect yet. That may be intended, or it may be an oversight, it's anyone's guess as to which. In fact, my guess is that it's an oversight that will become intended once this blog post becomes common knowledge.
But more importantly, I don't believe that the increase in effectiveness we would gain over the regular 1-HP WoG version is worth sacrificing Sacred Shield and tying yourself to the GCD with Flash of Light. However, if the set bonus is "fixed" in a way that leaves the HP generation threshold in reach, it could become a concern, much like the level 75 talents might be. It all depends on what, if anything, happens. As much fun as it might be to be a stupidly-overpowered block-capped paladin tank, I hope something does. If not for the sake of making the set bonus more interesting, than for the sake of the other tanks we'll leave in the dust.


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Humans can't live without blood. Without blood, the body's organs couldn't get the oxygen and nutrients they need to survive, we couldn't keep warm or cool off, fight infections, or get rid of our own waste products. Without enough blood, we'd weaken and die.
Here are the basics about the mysterious, life-sustaining fluid called blood.
Two types of blood vessels carry blood throughout our bodies:
As the heart beats, you can feel blood traveling through the body at pulse points — like the neck and the wrist — where large, blood-filled arteries run close to the surface of the skin.
The blood that flows through this network of veins and arteries is whole blood, which contains three types of blood cells:
In babies and young kids, blood cells are made within the bone marrow (the soft tissue inside of bones), particularly in the long bones like the humerus (the upper arm bone) and femur (the thigh bone). But, as kids get older and approach adulthood, blood cells are made mostly in the bone marrow of the vertebrae (the bones of the spine), ribs, pelvis, skull, sternum (the breastbone).
The cells travel through the circulatory system suspended in a yellowish fluid called plasma, which is 90% water and contains nutrients, proteins, hormones, and waste products. Whole blood is a mixture of blood cells and plasma.
Red blood cells (RBCs, also called erythrocytes) are shaped like slightly indented, flattened disks. RBCs contain the iron-rich protein hemoglobin. Blood gets its bright red color when hemoglobin picks up oxygen in the lungs. As the blood travels through the body, the hemoglobin releases oxygen to the tissues.
The body contains more RBCs than any other type of cell, and each has a life span of about 4 months. Each day, the body produces new RBCs to replace those that die or are lost from the body.
White blood cells (WBCs, also called leukocytes) are a key part of the body's system for defending itself against infection (this system is called the immune system). They can move in and out of the bloodstream to reach affected tissues.
Blood contains far fewer WBCs than red blood cells, although the body can increase WBC production to fight infection. There are several types of WBCs, and their life spans vary from a few days to months. New cells are constantly being formed in the bone marrow.
Several different parts of blood are involved in fighting infection. White blood cells called granulocytes and lymphocytes travel along the walls of blood vessels. They fight germs such as bacteria and viruses and also may attempt to destroy cells that have become infected or have changed into cancer cells.
Certain types of WBCs make antibodies, which are special proteins that recognize foreign materials and help the body destroy or neutralize them. The white blood cell count (the number of cells in a given amount of blood) in someone with an infection often is higher than usual because more WBCs are being produced or are entering the bloodstream to battle the infection.
After the body has been challenged by some infections, lymphocytes "remember" how to make the specific antibodies that will quickly attack the same germ if it ever enters the body again.
Platelets (also called thrombocytes) are tiny oval-shaped cells made in the bone marrow. They help in the clotting process. When a blood vessel breaks, platelets gather in the area and help seal off the leak. Platelets survive only about 9 days in the bloodstream and are constantly being replaced by new cells.
Important proteins called clotting factors are critical to the clotting process. Although platelets alone can plug small blood vessel leaks and temporarily stop or slow bleeding, the action of clotting factors is needed to produce a strong, stable clot.
Platelets and clotting factors work together to form solid lumps (called blood clots) to seal leaks, wounds, cuts, and scratches and to prevent bleeding inside and on the surfaces of our bodies. The process of clotting is like a puzzle with interlocking parts. When the last part is in place, the clot happens — but if even one piece is missing, the final pieces can't come together.
When large blood vessels are cut, the body may not be able to repair itself through clotting alone. In these cases, dressings and stitches are used to help control bleeding.
Blood contains other important substances, such as nutrients from food that has been processed by the digestive system. Blood also carries hormones released by the endocrine glands and carries them to the body parts that need them.
Blood is essential for good health because the body depends on a steady supply of fuel and oxygen to reach its billions of cells. Even the heart couldn't survive without blood flowing through the vessels that bring nourishment to its muscular walls.
Blood also carries carbon dioxide and other waste materials to the lungs, kidneys, and digestive system to be removed from the body.
Blood cells and some of the special proteins blood contains can be replaced or supplemented by giving a person blood from someone else via a transfusion. Besides receiving whole-blood transfusions, people also can receive transfusions of a particular component of blood, such as platelets, RBCs, or a clotting factor. When someone donates blood, the whole blood can be separated into its different parts to be used in these ways.
Most of the time, blood functions without problems. But sometimes, blood disorders or diseases can cause illness. Diseases of the blood that commonly affect kids can involve any or all of the three types of blood cells. Other types of blood diseases affect the proteins and chemicals in the plasma that are responsible for clotting.
The most common condition affecting RBCs is anemia, a lower-than-normal number of red cells in the blood. The symptoms of anemia — such as pale skin, weakness, a fast heart rate, and poor growth in infants and children — happen because of the blood's reduced ability to carry oxygen.
Anemia usually is caused by either inadequate RBC production or unusually rapid RBC destruction. In severe cases of chronic anemia, or when a large amount of blood is lost, someone may need a transfusion of RBCs or whole blood.
Anemia from inadequate RBC production. Conditions that can cause a reduced production of red blood cells include:
Anemia resulting from increased RBC destruction. Conditions that can cause increased RBC destruction in kids include::
The body's clotting system depends on platelets as well as many clotting factors and other blood components. If a hereditary defect affects any of these components, it can cause a bleeding disorder.
Common bleeding disorders include:
Other causes of clotting problems include chronic liver disease (clotting factors are produced in the liver) and vitamin K deficiency (the vitamin is necessary for the production of certain clotting factors).
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Date reviewed: May 2015
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BCG's Mine Operations Systems Transformation (MOST) solution assesses 12 performance elements that span effective management systems, efficient physical processes, and people excellence.Learn more here
By consolidating geographically dispersed operations monitoring and control into a single hub, a bulk commodity producer improved coordination and productivity.
A mining company with a complex supply chain was having trouble managing multiple facilities with different purposes in different locations. As the company's volume grew, so did the scope and complexity of operations, producing an increasing number of interdependencies across the network.
To improve coordination and boost productivity, the company launched a project to consolidate operations monitoring and control to a central hub located in a city hundreds of miles away from its mining operations. Although the individual components of enabling technology were already in place—sensors and actuators, control systems, and network connectivity, for example—it was the combination of those technologies that made the project succeed.
Working with BCG, the company used elements of the Mine Operations Systems Transformations (MOST) solution to:
The benefits have been substantial. The operations center was completed on time and under budget, paying for itself within 18 months. Hundreds of staff were relocated to the city, reducing travel and accommodation costs.
Real-time visibility on where, when, and how bottlenecks shift across the supply chain has allowed management to focus their continuous improvement efforts on delivering real productivity gains and cost savings. In addition, better integrated plans and a stricter adherence to schedules have decreased the variability that exists in many mining operations, thereby increasing production.
The project's success has led to pilots of other technology programs, such as automation, and experiments with big data and advanced analytics.
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Soured cream bundt cake with butter glaze
Soured cream makes for a light and moist pretty, ring-shaped cake that's offset by a creamy, crunchy drizzle
Nutrition and extra info
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal215
- fat11.6g
- saturates7g
- carbs25.6g
- sugars18g
- fibre0.5g
- protein2.1g
- salt0.2g
- 125g unsalted butter, softened
- 180g caster sugar
- 2 large eggs, beaten
The ultimate convenience food, eggs are powerhouses of nutrition packed with protein and a…
- 180g plain flour, sifted
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp baking powder
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Baking powder is a raising agent that is commonly used in cake-making. It is made from an alkali…
- pinch salt
- 150g soured cream
- 100g caster sugar
- 50g unsalted butter
- 4 tbsp water
- few drops vanilla extract
Grease and lightly flour a 1.4 litre (6 cup) fluted bundt tin. Preheat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4.
Put the butter and sugar into a bowl and beat well using an electric mixer until the mixture is very light and fluffy. Add the eggs a little at a time, beating well between each addition. Add a little flour if the mixture starts to separate. Add the vanilla extract.
Mix together the flour, baking powder and salt and stir half into the butter mixture together with half the soured cream. Beat well together.
Add the remaining flour and soured cream and mix well. Spoon into the prepared tin and spread level.
Bake in the oven for 35–40 mins. When cooked remove from the oven and leave to cool in the tin for 5 mins.
To make the glaze put all the ingredients into a small pan and heat until the butter has melted. Bring to the boil then reduce the heat a little and simmer for 3 mins. Remove from the heat and allow to cool and thicken.
Turn the cake out onto a wire rack over a tray. Pour or brush half of the glaze over the cake. Leave to soak in. Then pour the remaining glaze over the cake. Leave until completely cold before serving.


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A 65-year-old California man is down to nine fingers after punching a supporter of President Barack Obama's health care plan.
About 100 people were demonstrating in favor of health care reforms on Wednesday night at Lynn Road and Hillcrest Drive, near the Oaks Mall. Across the street was a group of about 25 counter demonstrators.
The situation turned violent when William Rice punched an Obama supporter who had wandered over to the counter-demonstration.
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"Yes, sir, I did. He came at me, calling me an idiot. And when … he got within my range, I threw a punch," Rice said during an interview with Fox News.
"Then I threw a second punch, and my fist ended up in his mouth," Rice said. "He bit my pinky finger off."
Rice said that because of human bacteria in the bite, doctors chose not to reattach the finger.
Rice said he was not there to debate either side of the issue.
"I didn't go out to demonstrate my beliefs, I happened to be driving by and I stopped to ask people what their purpose was," Rice told The Associated Press on Thursday. "I had no signs. I was not part of the demonstration."
Despite not aligning with either side, Rice has an interesting take on the issue.
"In my heart, I don't think this has anything to do with health care," Rice told Fox News. "I think that this is something much more devious than health care. I think health care is how we are being diverted while the government grabs what's left of our freedom away from us."
"It's what (the government has) us arguing about while they do something else," Rice said.
The biter remains on the lam.
"We don't know the identity of the man who bit the finger off," said Ventura County sheriff's spokesman Eric Buschow. "We want to contact him and get his side of the story.''
Rice said that he would not be suing the man, and he hoped his family members would come to forgive the biter.
Despite Rice not planning to sue, Fox News' Neil Cavuto decided to play the ol' speculation game.
"Now I'm already trying to think of this guy's legal defense -- not that you're suing or even interested in it, which says a lot about you, Bill. He might claim 'I accidentally bit his finger off. I didn't intend to.' Do you think he intended to?" Cavuto said.
"Neil, I can't look into the man's heart or into his mind. My finger was in his mouth and when it came out, I didn't have a finger -- that's all I know," Rice said.
Rice was treated at Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center. The top joint of his pinky, including his whole fingernail, was severed, hospital spokeswoman Kris Carraway-Bowman said.
She said his treatment was covered by Medicare.
Rice refused an interview with NBC on Thursday.
"The more I say about it, the more I feed the monster. I don't want to feed the monster anymore. I want this to go away," Rice said.
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Some EU carbon emission trading registries may start trading again later this week following the Europe-wide suspension of trading in response to a hacking attack on 19 January.
The cross-continental shutdown followed the theft of around two-million pollution licence allowances worth about €30m in the most serious of three cyber attacks since the start of 2011 alone.
Selected (unspecified) registries will be allowed to resume trading later this week but only after they have filed notice and also after they have passed undisclosed security conditions, which reported involved the use of two-factor authentication for account login1. Much the same timetable was announced this time last week without any action.
In a statement, the EU defended its go-slow approach, essentially arguing it was better to be safe than sorry.
The Commission notes the existence of a broad consensus that security should take precedence over speed in determining when national registries can resume business.
It adds that most trading on the markets involves carbon futures rather than spot trades, the segment of the carbon trading market terminated by the suspension of carbon-trading exchanges. Spot trades involve only a fifth of daily market volume.
Carbon-trading registries apply a market-based approach to tackling carbon emissions. Polluters are able to buy and sell emission credits, established in the framework of an overall pollution limit, so cleaner more environmentally conscious factories pay less.
The cap and trade system is equally hated by free market economists and green activists. A segment of cybercrooks (the Underpants Gnomes in this narrative) view the system as a mechanism for turning an illicit income even though it is less than clear who would buy stolen emission credits. It's not exactly something you could sell down the pub or even on an underground hacking forum. ®
1 Two-factor authentication has been routinely applied for logins to corporate email systems for at least 10 years, so why it hasn't been applied to a high-value trading system is more than a little puzzling.
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Wacky Moammar Khaddafy's marathon speech at the United Nations merely bored the heck out of most who heard it, but it caused the poor sap charged with translating it to snap.
"I just can't take it anymore!" the interpreter shouted into his microphone in Arabic after the Libyan strongman had passed the one-hour mark.
The New York Post reported that UN section chief Rasha Ajalyaqeen had to jump in and finish translating Khaddafy's ramblings.
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"His interpreter just collapsed," another UN interpreter told the Post.
Khaddafy had insisted on bringing his own interpreters, according to the Post, saying the UN's translators couldn't do justice to the special dialect he planned to use.
But when the kooky colonel spoke, it was in standard Arabic, according to witnesses who managed to pay attention. In the 100-minute speech, Khaddafy tore up the UN charter in a gesture of contempt, said the UN's Security Council should be renamed the "terror council," questioned whether swine flu could be a creation of western militaries designed to profit pharmaceutical companies and said African pirates were only hijacking ships because imperialists stole their fish.
The bewildering rant capped a week in which Khaddafy wandered the tri-state area looking for a place to pitch his trademark Bedouin tent. He was chased out of Englewood, N.J., and Weschester County, N.Y., by angry townspeople and stickler building inspectors. Anti-Khaddafy fervor reared recently after the strongman gave a hero's welcome to Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi , who was freed from a Scottish prison because he has prostate cancer, aven though he was convicted of killing 270 people aboard Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988.
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In response to "Harford County Council passes resolution condemning state gun law" (May 15th, 2013): The article quotes a Harford County Councilman who questioned the objectivity of gun policy research at Johns Hopkins University because New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is a major benefactor.
I direct the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research, and have been conducting research on gun policy for the past 23 years. Over this time, I have led numerous studies related to gun violence and published the results in 78 articles in scientific journals. Those journals require that articles be independently reviewed and vetted by other experts in the field before accepting them for publication. In my evaluations of the effects of gun control laws, I've found some to be effective and others not, and have reported the findings in the most transparent manner possible.
The principle of academic freedom is one of the standards of responsible conduct of research I follow as a faculty member of Johns Hopkins University. This stipulates that the design, conduct and reporting of research must be independent of potential influence or biases from the funding source. Mayor Bloomberg does not dictate, oversee or vet my research, nor has he ever attempted to influence anything that I write or say pertaining to gun policy.
Questioning the objectivity of the University's research on guns is a distraction from the hard evidence that opponents of stronger gun laws would prefer to ignore. Some gun laws do make us safer.
Daniel Webster, ScD, MPH
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Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research


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|"Are you a wizard or not?"
The title of this article is conjectural. Although it is based on canonical information, the actual name is a conjecture and may be supplanted at any time by additional information released from canonical sources. If this occurs, please move this page to the appropriate title.
Igor Karkaroff's aide (b. prior to October 1977) was a student at Durmstrang Institute during the mid-1990s and served as the aide of former Headmaster Igor Karkaroff during the time of the Triwizard Tournament. He submitted his name to the Goblet of Fire, but Viktor Krum was chosen over him. He shared a dance with Parvati Patil at the Yule Ball in 1994[2]. He sat between Viktor Krum and Pavarti Patil when Albus Dumbledore informed the students about the cause of the death of Cedric Diggory in the Great Hall at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Behind the scenes
- Karkaroff's Aide was portrayed by Tolga Safer in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Tolga Safer auditioned for the role of Viktor Krum but did not get the part, mainly because he did not look like the character. Mike Newell, director, was so impressed with Tolga's acting that he made the role of Karkaroff's Aide specially for him.
- At least on occasion during filming, Tolga hung out with Stanislav Ianevski, doing card tricks among other means of killing time. This can be seen on the bonus DVD for the film.
- In LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4, this character may have been made more generic, being simply called "Durmstrang Student".
- It is possible that this individual is named Poliakoff.
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire[3]
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (Possible appearance) [4]
Notes and references
- ↑ Based on the fact that Durmstrang does not admit Muggle-borns.
- ↑ He replaced the unidentified Beauxbatons boy in the film version of Goblet of Fire because Beauxbatons is depicted as an all-girl school and Durmstrang as an all-boys school.
- ↑ This character was only made for the film, but it is likely that he appeared in the book as an totally ordinary student.
- ↑ A Durmstrang student was playable in the game


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Wonderfully perched between the exotic mountains of Sierra Leone and the beautiful serene waters of the Ivory Coast, Liberia is a majestic African country that features sun kissed beaches, blue lagoons, and virgin rain forests. Although the country has been devastated with the civil war, travelers are still welcome to visit the best natural attractions in West Africa.
What's the weather like
Liberia has two basic seasons, which are hot and dry summers and wet and humid winters. Rainfall is expected around the months of May and October. It would be wise to visit the country during July to August, when the weather is most pleasantly warm and cool.
Things to do
Blo Degbo is a tourist delight due to its astonishing ancient rock that is formed like the face of a man. If you're looking for exotic animals like elephants, antelopes, and maybe leopards if you're lucky, you might want to visit Sapo National Park. ELWA Beach is for those who want to lounge under the sun and swim at the pristine waters of Liberia.
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