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Nate Berg
Nate Berg is a freelance reporter and a former staff writer for CityLab. He lives in Los Angeles.
Getting people out of their cars is a common goal for many urban planners and even some developers. But the idea is not always so easy to achieve, especially in car-dependent places. Eight relatively new developments in Europe, however, offer insights into how small-scale projects can encourage alternate transportation options.
A new report from the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy looks at these new developments and explores how they've limited car use – either though overt parking restrictions, alternative transportation programs or urban design.
The report looks at one project in London, one in Switzerland, and two each in The Netherlands, Germany and Sweden. Authors Nicole Foletta and Simon Field note that each successfully employs a combination of "push" measures to discourage car use and "pull" measures to encourage a variety of transportation options.
Foletta and Field look specifically at modal splits, which explains the overall transportation diet of a place and its people – how many own and drive cars, how many ride bikes, how many walk, and how often. By comparing the splits and the number of cars per 1,000 residents to nearby reference areas, the report shows how these new developments have encouraged less car use across the board.
One of the most intriguing examples is the Vauban project in Freiburg, Germany, a 5,000-person mixed used community completed in 2010. A key element of the development's master plan was that car use should be less convenient than alternatives. Its parking-free residential streets, expensive off-site parking, low speed limits, and certain car-limited thoroughfares help achieve that goal. Bike parking is included with each residence. Large cycle and pedestrian paths criss-cross the development, and public transit is also readily available, with a tram stop within 400 meters of every residence. In Vauban, there are about 160 cars per 1,000 people, while the surrounding city of Freiburg has 393 cars per 1,000. Only 16 percent of trips are made by car in the development, compared to 30 percent outside.
The Greenwich Millennium Village is a mixed use and car-reduced development in London. The multi-phase project began construction in 1999. When compared to the greater London area as a whole, Greenwich Millennium Village didn't reduce car ownership much if at all – which is understandable for a residential enclave 9 kilometers from the city center. But it did greatly reduce use of private cars. Eighteeen percent of all trips in the Village are made by car, compared to 44 percent in the surrounding Greenwich area. Foletta and Field note that the project employs a combination of high density, limited through-streets for cars, parking located away from housing units, and a network of cycle and pedestrian paths throughout. And by unbundling parking spaces from apartments, people without cars won't be granted parking spaces they don't need.
Notably, seven of the eight projects profiled in the report are former brownfields, which offer lessons for other cities looking to develop disused industrial lands.
The authors also note that all of the car-free and parking-free projects they studied had grassroots support early on in the process. And it's important to recognize that each of these developments started out with the intention of reducing car use. It wasn't a coincidence.
These developments offer a number of lessons for new development projects that seek to reduce car use and, in turn, carbon emissions. By designing compact neighborhoods that link closely to shopping and mixed use areas, long-distance travel can be largely eliminated. And by creating links to public transit and developing cycle and pedestrian pathways to transit stops, access will be easier for residents. One over-arching lesson from these developments is the role of parking in determining car use. By limiting the amount and availability and ease of parking, these places have seen marked reductions in car use.
Stressful commutes, unexpected routines, and emergent wildlife appear in your homemade maps of life during the coronavirus pandemic.
Expensive to build, hard to adapt to other uses, and now facing massive pandemic-related challenges, airport terminals often live short, difficult lives.
Fear of crowds in small spaces in the pandemic is spurring new norms and technological changes for the people-moving machines that make skyscrapers possible.
Even before coronavirus, many workers hated the open-plan office. Now that shared work spaces are a public health risk, employers are rethinking office design.
Some cities' roads follow regimented grids. Others twist and turn. See it all on one chart.


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Deceptive Innocence, Part Three by Kyra Davis Book Resume:
Part 3 of Deceptive Innocence—the first book in the sensual, thrilling Pure Sin trilogy by New York Times bestselling author Kyra Davis (Just One Night). A beautiful young woman is out for revenge—only to find the man she's targeting has secrets as dangerous as her own, and a passion she cannot resist. Ever since her mother died while serving time for a murder she didn't commit, Bellhas been focused on one thing: revenge. She knows her mother was set up by the head of the powerful Gable family, international bankers who will crush anyone for profit, or amusement. Now she's determined to take the Gables down—from the inside. Seducing her way into the life—and bed—of the family's rebellious youngest son, Lander, she figures it should be easy to uncover the secrets she needs to destroy the Gables. But Lander turns out to be much more complicated than Bell ever could have imagined. He's enticing, intelligent, mysterious—and their sexual chemistry is off the charts. Lander is still the target, but when he touches her, he starts seeming much less like an enemy… Which is why her anger is so necessary: memories of her mother must help fuel her quest for justice to the very end.

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A Detroit man was arraigned Wednesday in the slaying of his estranged wife even as the whereabouts of her two young children remained unclear.
DETROIT (AP) ? A Detroit man was arraigned Wednesday in the slaying of his estranged wife even as the whereabouts of her two young children remained unclear.
Alicia Fox's 6-year-old daughter, Kaylah Hunter, and her 8-month-old son, Kristian Justice, have been missing since late May. Fox's decomposed body was found about two weeks later in a vacant house about 6 miles from their home.
The woman's relatives think her husband and Kristian's father, Erin Justice, knows where the children are, although he hasn't been charged in their disappearance. About a dozen of Fox's family members sat quietly in a courtroom as the 28-year-old Justice appeared on a video monitor to hear the charges against him.
Magistrate Charles W. Anderson III entered a not-guilty plea to first-degree murder and weapons charges on Justice's behalf. Justice will be held without bond pending a Sept. 4 preliminary examination. Records don't show that he has an attorney and none represented him in court.
Prosecutors estimate Fox was shot and killed in the family's home between May 25 and 27. Her children were last seen with her on May 24. Fox's uncle, Michael Fields, said he found her body June 9 in the basement of a vacant house on Detroit's west side after getting an anonymous tip over the phone.
Justice was arrested June 11 in the Atlanta area. He refused to waive extradition and fought his return to Michigan.
Volunteers and police searched for the children in vacant houses, backyards, parks and fields earlier in the summer. Fox's family members said Wednesday they are planning another search on Saturday.
"We're hoping more tips come in," Fields said. "Good or bad, we're going to follow them."
Fields, 50, said finding the children likely will depend on Justice.
"Just maybe, at some point in time, he'll come around and say what happened to the children," Fields said. "We would like them to be returned home safely."
A second man has been charged with being an accessory. Timothy Jones, 27, is accused of knowing about the slaying and helping the killer afterward. Police haven't released details about his alleged involvement.


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Noida, an abbreviation of New Okhla Industrial Development Authority, is a suburban city of Delhi just across the state line in Uttar Pradesh. Just across the Yamuna River from Delhi, this is Uttar Pradesh\'s most modern city and a popular location for businesses looking to escape Delhi\'s congestion and steep rents. NOIDA boasts of the best roads in NCR, with excellent street lighting and cat-eyes which ensures maximum visibility during nights. It makes the whole driving experience a pleasure. Now with NOIDA Metro i.e. an extension to Delhi Metro, you can reach from Delhi to NOIDA in no time. The easiest way to go to Noida by public transport is to take the Delhi Metro or the Buses of DTC (Delhi Transport Corporation), which has numerous stops around the city. The DND Flyway toll bridge connects Noida to Delhi and is a pleasure to drive. Noida Film City - A hub for films and television in India - Founded by Sandeep Marwah of Marwah Studios Noida is filled with malls and shopping centers. CenterStage Mall, Great India Place, Noida. BIG CINEMAS cineplex, slick (and pricy) Spoon food court on the 3rd floor, Big Bazaar department store, somewhat forlorn amusement part outside. Spice Mall. Features a multiplex with 8 screens. Sab Shopping Mall. Shopprix Mall, Sector 61. Small, somewhat scruffy shopping mall with a good selection of restaurants and a small Subhiksha supermarket, but little else to recommend it. Shipra Mall, This is in Ghaziabad but just touching sec-62 Noida you can visit this Mall too. Greater Noida Industrial Area is located at the intersection of the Western...


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The "Suzie-Q" dance became popular in 1937. It is basically a step done along with or within another dance form. Can be done as a solo, couple or group. Then, in the 60s and 70s "Suzie-Q", the song, became popular with Creedance Clearwater Revival and the Rolling Stones.
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Choreography by: George Balanchine
Music by: Igor Stravinsky
Known for its plush refinement, this streamlined leotard ballet arrests viewers with its formal beauty and simplicity.
The music for Monumentum pro Gesualdo was composed to honor the 400th birthday of Don Carlo Gesualdo, Prince of Venosa, (1560-1613), the 16th century's most chromatic—and having been suspected of murder, most scandalous—composer. The score was first performed on September 27, 1960, at the 23rd Venice Music Festival at La Fenice, with Stravinsky conducting. Of the score, Stravinsky said, "My Monumentum was intended to commemorate the 400th anniversary of one of the most personal and original musicians ever born to my art." Balanchine created this ballet in November 1960, less than two months after the score premiered.


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A joint medical research effort of Rochester Institute of Technology and Rochester General Health System has scored some $5 million in new grants and is shepherding projects backed by more than $10 million in research grants.
RIT and RGHS kicked off the Rochester General Research Institute in February, recruiting University of Rochester Medical Center researcher Michael Pichichero M.D. to form the new institute.
It was established roughly one month after the university and the health system announced plans to collaborate on research, educational and health care initiatives.
The research institute is one of the ini-tiatives formed through the partnership. The rapidly expanding collaboration grew out of conversations between RIT president William Destler and RGHS president and CEO Mark Clement in 2008.
Both then were relatively new to their jobs and rather new to Rochester. Frequently thrown together on the circuit of charity, public service and other such events local community leaders find themselves on, Destler and Clement started to wonder what common interests the health system and university might have.
They found there were many and thought the institutions could go deeper. RGHS and RIT announced the partnership last December. The collaboration has exceeded their expectations, Clement said.
"You never know from the outside how something is going to work," he said. "But this partnership has gelled far more quickly than we imagined. The idea was to see what kind of synergies there might be to benefit the two institutions and the community."
The collaboration is overseen by a joint steering committee. In October, the committee, somewhat overwhelmed by the partnership's mushrooming possibilities, appointed a full-time managing director: Cindee Gray, RIT vice president of government and community relations.
The committee also hired a consultant to help develop a long-term strategic plan. In the meantime, the partnership suffers from no want of projects.
In addition to the new research institute, whose staff includes RIT scientists as well as Rochester General physician researchers, the partnership is letting RIT expand its medical education programs, Assistant Provost Richard Doolittle said.
While RIT is widely known as a center of photographic sciences and printing, Doolittle said, over two decades it quietly has built a medical education program that includes courses in physician assistancy, biomedical engineering, medical photography and medical technology.
While it does not train physicians, the school has a longstanding pre-med program, which graduates more than 100 students a year.
RIT, whose 13,000-student enrollment makes it the region's largest institution of higher education, sees its medical education programs as a prime growth area.
"We're seeing a spike in interest," Doolittle said. "In a recessionary period, health care is one area where the jobs are."
The National Technical Institute for the Deaf also would benefit from the alliance, Doolittle added. NTID sees expanded opportunities to train deaf and hearing-impaired medical providers and researchers, he said. It also sees the partnership as a vehicle to explore ways in which the medical profession might better accommodate deaf and hearing-impaired patients.
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Successful in its first year, Rochester General Research Institute sees more growth ahead, Pichichero said. The institute employs more than 30 people, including a team working directly under Pichichero, a nationally recognized expert in vaccine research.
Its funding sources include the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration and several pharmaceutical companies.
Pichichero expects that his current effort to develop the first vaccine effective against childhood hearing loss will soon lead to one of the research institute's first major achievements. The project is rapidly coming to a head, he said.
"We've already turned down one offer. We weren't ready to make a deal yet, but I think we will be soon," said Pichichero, who as a URMC scientist helped found Praxis Biologics Inc., a locally based vaccine firm that once employed more than 200 at an 84,000-square-foot facility in Henrietta.
That his current research effort could bring new jobs to Rochester is not out of the question, Pichichero said.
Whether the project results in a new company or a licensing deal, the $5 million in grants the research center has scored so far is remarkable, he said. The rapid funding is due largely to the unique nature of research the institute is sponsoring, Pichichero said.
Projects under way
Another research institute project is being conducted by a joint team of RGHS medical researchers and RIT specialists in bioinformatics, a discipline that uses sophisticated statistical and mathematical modeling to analyze the growth and behavior of living organisms.
That team is doing work that could help hospitals control biological films, a leading cause of hospital-acquired infections.
Biofilm growth on intravenous tubes, which occurs when common skin bacteria move inside patients' bodies via plastic IV tubes, is nearly unavoidable and is undetectable, Pichichero said. In addition to causing serious and sometimes fatal infections in patients, biofilms add some $1 billion a year to U.S. medical costs. A patentable biofilm preventer could bring millions to its inventor and save lives.
An RIT graduate program in clinical research trains professionals in the art of managing clinical trials for pharmaceuticals, a discipline that could dovetail with the research institute's efforts.
RIT professor Heidi Miller is director of the school's physician assistant program. The program has a long history with RGHS, having sent students to the hospital for training for 17 years, but ties between the school and the hospital have deepened significantly over the past year, she said.
Buoyed by the alliance, RIT has designed a five-year combination master's and bachelor's degree course in physician assistancy. The school is seeking state Department of Education certification for the five-year program and hopes to see it kicked off within the coming year, Miller said.
In the works as well is a graduate surgical residency program for physician assistants, which also may be set up within the coming year.
Assistant Provost Doolittle predicted that physician assistant graduate programs, which are relative rarities, will become more common in future years.
"We want to be in the forefront of that trend," he said.
In addition to overseeing the surgical residency program's development, Rochester General chief of plastic surgery Ralph Pennino M.D. is working with RIT medical photography students. Pennino is an avid amateur photographer.
Besides standard photos of operations and pictures taken to illustrate medical conditions, the photography students have taken compelling shots of operating room situations that Pennino sees as standing on their own as works of art and as providing valuable documentation of operating room practices.
RIT's expanded medical education programs chiefly will turn out non-physician medical professionals. The possible exception is the school's biomedical sciences major, which sends graduates to medical schools, including at the UR, for training as physicians.
Noting staffing shortages are rife across medical provider categories, Pennino predicted the extra physician assistants, medical technicians and other non-physician medical professionals RIT will graduate would help allay the region's perennial shortage of medical staff.
RGHS' Clement concurred.
The alliance already is helping Rochester General in that respect, he said. Some percentage of students graduating from RIT's medical education programs accept jobs and decide to settle in the area and thus would help to relieve future staff shortages.
Also not to be overlooked, Clement added, is the immediate relief students rotating through Rochester General's departments already are bringing.
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Here's your schedule for this week's "Beads, Baubles and Jewels" airings on KLRN/KLRN HD. Unfortunately, no shows on Create TV this week …
"Memory Wire" (episode No. 806): Tuesday, Nov. 25, 12:30 p.m.
KLRN is channel 9 on AT&T U-verse and GVTC, 8476 on Dish Network, 982 on DirecTV and 10 on Grande and Time Warner Cable.
If you know the channel numbers for anyone I missed, leave them below as a comment. Thanks!
"Beads, Baubles and Jewels" segements can also be found online at Beadalon.com and Howtotvonline.com (login required).
Happy watching, and happy beading!


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This is the long-awaited out-google-adsensing proposal that makes Facebook worth that multi-billion price tag - allegedly.
Interesting that google is fighting back with its new OpenSocial to kick Facebook where it hurts.
Between them, you have to hope that someone is about to crack the 'how to make money out of social networks' conundrum.
There are plenty of guesses about how SocialAds might play: This from TechCrunch...
"It will be how Facebook will actually start to make real money—both through ads on its own site and on other sites through a new ad network... (presumably with its ad partner and new investor Microsoft). SocialAds will be an attempt to be like Google's AdSense, except that it will allow ads to be targeted to Facebook members' individual interests and profile data rather than the text on a given Web page. This targeting will be done by placing cookies on Facebook members' browsers when they visit the social site, so that they can be identified later when they visit other sites hosting SocialAds."
I hope there is more to it than that. Adsense isn't just contextual - it's real time too. At the time I'm interested in content (as revealed by the fact I'm viewing it right now) about X, I get served ads about X.
If, as a result of knowing from my social comms that I'm interested in X, the net effect is the same. And if I'm served that ad long after I've left the content that relates to X, isn't it just in-my-face spam when it hurls itself at me when I'm viewing content on other un-related sites?
I'm guessing Facebook have worked that much out.
So what are the possibilities?
Isn't the truly imaginative solution to try to work out what advertising/marketing looks like in a networked world?
Talk of ad networks, targeting to personal interest and data, it's all very web2.0, but is it addressing the fundamentals of change here?
We have a generation of collaborators, with a network to collaborate on (the internet) and an economic infrastructure which makes out-sourcing, the means to produce, cheap and easy to find and do. The perfect storm that wikinomics refers to is upon us.
We accept that this has and will continue to disrupt the way content is created. It's why social networks of the Facebook variety have succeeded while old-style broadcast sites stare wide-eyed at their Reed's-Law-driven exponential growth.
And it's dawning that the same disruption is happening to the way in which products and services are created (co-created). It's graphically illustrated in the information industry by Linux, for example.
And yet the predicted response from the cutting edge is, more ads, pretty much like the old ones, but better targeted to the individual's social data.
Haven't we missed a (the) point here?
If a community is involved in the co-creation of the products and services it has decided it needs to call into existence, this has two key impacts.
- It has the potential to be a perfect fit. The people who've been involved in the co-creation of the product or service that results will love it and 'buy' it (that which we create we embrace, as Alan Moore likes to say). They will also rave about it – marketing it to other like-minded people, attracting more with the same passion/purpose to join their niche global community of collaborators.
- Doesn't co-creation of this kind imply a perfect fit between supply and demand? What's the need for traditional ads. The community does its own marketing - and it's powerfully peer-to-peer and with all the ramped-up trust that implies.
And if it is the end of the mass industrial model full stop, must it also be the end of advertising?
As I wrote once before: "How do you sell a mass produced one-size-fits-all product to people who want their content disaggregated and delivered to them exactly where they want it, when they want it, and honed to the interests they self-select and/or navigate to/discover through trusted communities?
"One answer might be to tailor the advert to the segmented user group. Take a look at realtimecontent.com for a vision of this.
"It's a brave attempt to solve a difficult problem. But I'm not comfortable with it. I wasn't sure why before. Now I think I am - it doesn't address the fundamental miss-match here - that we're trying to sell the same mass produced product to different people by effectively pretending (spinning that) it's a different product.
"It ain't, it can't be and it won't be until you let the community of shared interest take a stake in the creative process. "
However, the problem is, there are still things we need which we can't ALL participate in the creation of.
I need medicine. But I'm not passionate about taking part in making it. How do I get my medicine? I could contribute something to the process I suppose (can you make it taste nice? can you change the colour, I thinkthere's a need for a non-stain version etc etc). But can I contribute something of real value to the process of production (co-creation) of every good and service and public utility I'll ever need? Time would seem to be a barrier, if nothing else.
It feels like common sense to say no. So I'll still need to offer something in exchange for my medicine. Cash/Capital works pretty well as the representation of this. So capitalism gets to roll on.
And for the matching of supply to demand in those cases, we'll still need some form of connecting agency (marketing of some form or another). So if we can get ads working in a much more engaged way - more like content we want, like and trust - through the use of powerful social data analytics - then it has to be better than the interruptive models we see struggling all around us. Perhaps get some recommendation and rating from members of communities involved.
We see some giant leaps toward this with Blyk. Perhaps we'll see a further taste of it with SocialAds.
But wouldn't it be wild if SocialAds really do what the name suggests: they simply act as the way in which you are recruited to join co-creating communities through a system of brilliantly executed, real time, taste and recommendation engines.
Now that, I would stand up and applaud.


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April 2016: Online abortion service Women on Web is 10 years!
Women on Web is a telemedical abortion service supporting women around the world to get access to safe abortion services. A woman can also receive a medical abortion with mifepristone and misoprostol by mail at her home address if she lives in a country where safe abortion services are not available.
For immediate release 25-4-2016:
The service was featured by several media outlets like the New York Times and the BBC.
Many women express their gratitude, the first email such email is from May 3, 2006:
The website also has an "I had an abortion" section which invites women to upload their portrait and share their stories to break the taboo and stigma surrounding abortion and simultaneously actually support women who are facing the decision to have an abortion. More than 8000 women from all over the world shared their stories so far.
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A song by David Odlöv, Ellen Odlöv, Sanna Eriksson and Mattias Agerberg for the 10 th aniversary of Women on Web. Read more »


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Actress and Church of Scientology devotee Kirstie Alley has denied reports she is feuding with Lean Remini over Remini's recent decision to leave the controversial religion.
The former "King of Queens" star cut ties with the organization after 30 years of membership after reportedly becoming embroiled in an argument with leader David Miscavige over the Church's strict policies.
The news was revealed on July 11, just hours after Alley posted a series of cryptic messages on her Twitter.com account, which read, "When faced w malicious gossip I take a moment to experience the loss of the person I thought was my friend… Then I say f— em… the sweetest poison is often served with a smile… beware syrup."
Gossips suggested the comments were directed towards her pal Remini, but Alley has taken to her social networking account to shut down the rumors perpetuated by anonymous sources.
She tweeted, "Lying news outlets. I do NOT care what religion ANYONE is or isn't. I respect religions & would fight for your freedom as well as mine… Thank U lying 'news' outlets for thinking I have ESP & write tweets 'BEFORE' events OCCUR. I accept that compliment. Ur 'sources' don't exist."
She then quipped: "I'll just be here learning my lines 4 the movie I haven't been offered yet. And buying lottery tickets for The Cal lottery I won in Jan 2014."


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Jackknife Jones Monday Night Raw Review 11/2/2015
Check out Billy Rex aka "Jackknife Jones"—one crazy redneck who LOVES everything WWE! Jackknife's lifelong dream has been to make it to WWE. The problem is that he has zero wrestling experience and is a complete mess.
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The Staunton Island Safehouse is an accessible safehouse in Grand Theft Auto III.
The safehouse, embedded under a skyscraper, is at the district of Belleville Park and contains a garage which can store up to two vehicles (even three or four if an exploit is used), and it is the only garage in the game with extra clearance to accommodate tall vehicles such as a Barracks OL. Strangely, when getting a DeadDodo plane in and out of the safehouse compound, the wings will go in the walls.
The player saves the game by accessing an elevator that heads to an unspecified part of the building. Awarded police bribes, a health pickup and an adrenaline pill are located on the opposite end of the back alley, while pickups attained by collecting hidden packages are located in another opening directly east from the garage.
In GTA III, the safehouse is unlocked after the mission "Last Requests", given by Asuka Kasen to Claude, the protagonist.
However, the safehouse, like the Shoreside Vale Safehouse, is available for use from the beginning after completing "Luigi's Girls", using the Callahan Bridge exploit.
- The compound is believed to be owned by the Yakuza, as during a mission in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, Toni Cipriani, the protagonist, goes there to kill the former Yakuza oyabun, Kazuki Kasen, who flees from the scene during the mission.
- If one was to compare the GTA Advance map with the GTA III map, one may notice that Mike's safehouse is in the same area and street of the Staunton Island Safehouse.
See also
- Portland Safehouse (GTA III), one of the three safehouses in GTA III.
- North West Towers, one of the three safehouses in GTA III.
- Staunton Island Safehouse (GTA Liberty City Stories), the Staunton Island safehouse in GTA Liberty City Stories.
- Staunton Island Safehouse (GTA Advance), the Staunton Island safehouse in GTA Advance.


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Google has published a update to its Chrome browser that addresses a newly discovered high risk security hole.
Chrome version 220.127.116.11 sorts an error in processing long floating point numbers that creates a means for hackers to execute malware within the Google Chrome sandbox. The flaw in the dtoa() component of Chrome's engine is of a type that might lend itself to drive-by download attacks, as explained in Google's advisory here.
Although any malware would only run inside Chrome's sandbox, Google still defines the flaw as "high risk". Security notification firm Secunia goes further and describes the flaw, discovered by Maksymilian Arciemowicz of SecurityReason (advisory here), as "highly critical". ®
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With each cute baby Crystal Neilson delivered, she found her body more unattractive.
Her breasts sagged a little more. The skin on her stomach stretched out like a deflated balloon. "There was stuff falling out all over the place," said the 34-year-old real estate broker.
After four kids, Neilson had enough of camouflaging her flab and flaws with circulation-binding Spanx. In March, Neilson decided to say goodbye to her post-baby body. She had her breasts lifted and increased two cup sizes, her stomach smoothed and flattened with a tummy tuck and her love handles shaped and slimmed with liposuction.
She joined the ranks of women who turn to plastic surgery to try to reclaim their bodies after bearing children. Most get work on their abdominal areas and breasts.
"I look better than I did when I was 19," Neilson said. "I have never looked this good in my whole life."
Lifestyle changes, including fashions that are less forgiving and active mothers who are more aware of their appearance, have driven the growth in such procedures over the past decade, said Dr. Robert X. Murphy, president-elect of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. The surgeries have also become more socially accepted, he said.
Breast augmentations have increased 35 percent in the past decade, breast lifts by 69 percent and tummy tucks by 70 percent, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.
"In a social circle, if one person has done it, then somebody else may get a little more inquisitive and they might follow through with it, too," Murphy said.
Women spend tens of thousands of dollars on the procedures, which the cosmetic surgery industry calls "mommy makeovers."
While carrying a child can be a rewarding life experience, many say it wreaks havoc on their bodies. Their figures just don't pop back into place like those of Hollywood stars.
"It's like a bomb goes off in your midsection and there's nothing you can do," said Kate Blankenship, who also had plastic surgery after having children.
Genetics sometimes plays a role in which women's bodies bounce back, said Dr. Larry H. Lickstein, a plastic surgeon at the Cosmetic Surgery Center of Maryland, where Blankenship and Neilson had their surgeries. For instance, some women have more elasticity in their skin than others.
But even those with the best genes will see some kind of change in their bodies. As the abdominals expand with the growth of the baby, the skin and muscles stretch out. Sometimes the muscles that run down the belly separate in the middle and protrude, Lickstein said. Breasts stretch out with the flow of milk, then look deflated when they go back to the previous smaller size.
Women often fruitlessly diet and exercise.
"You can't exercise your loose skin away," Lickstein said. "When you do cardio and aerobics, you're burning calories, but you don't get to pick where that fat comes off."
Blankenship, 34, teaches a fitness boot camp class for moms. But when it came time to get her own post-baby body back into shape, she was stumped. When somebody asked if she was pregnant after seeing her tummy pooch, Blankenship thought an intervention was needed.
"I was able to nurse two kids, and afterward my breasts just looked traumatic," said the Glen Arm mom of two. "I knew I would lose the weight. I was confident about that. But I still had loose skin and my abdominal muscles kind of sagged outward."
Blankenship had a breast augmentation and modified tummy tuck and said she no longer has to hold her stomach in to get the flat abs she had before pregnancy. She is also comfortable in a bikini again.
"I was able to do the grunt work myself, and the surgery just polished it off," Blankenship said.
Neilson said: "My husband told me not to expect anyone to make me look perfect, but I can truly say I think I look perfect."
The cost of mommy makeover procedures varies by geographic area, said Murphy, who practices outside Philadelphia. He charges about $9,000 for 31/2 hours of plastic surgery, including breast and tummy work. Lickstein said his patients typically pay about $18,000 for mommy makeovers that may also include work on love handles.
Studies on the effects of cosmetic surgery on body image and self-esteem have shown mixed results.
Blankenship and others said cosmetic surgery has helped them feel better about their bodies. Their clothes fit better and they no longer obsess over flaws. They said it was something they wanted for themselves and nothing their husbands, or anyone else, encouraged.
"For me, it was about feeling comfortable in my own skin," Blankenship said. She noted that she still has stretch marks, which she considers a badge of honor.
Some critics said mommy makeovers have fed into a culture that puts pressure on women to live up to unrealistic expectations of beauty, rather than age naturally. Images of celebrities who are slim and trim weeks after giving birth worsen the issue, some say.
Diana Zuckerman, a psychologist and president of the National Research Center for Women & Families Cancer Prevention and Treatment Fund, said studies have found that cosmetic enhancements don't necessarily improve the overall way people feel about themselves. Some women find themselves looking for the next fix and getting additional surgeries.
"It can be quite disappointing when people fix the body part and they find out they are still the same person," Zuckerman said.
Harriet Lerner, a psychologist specializing in women's issues, said women should "say no to the surgeon's knife and to the impossible pursuit of perfection prescribed for women."
"Regrettably, women are taught to feel shame, alienation and disconnection from our 'imperfect' bodies as we move through the life cycle" she said.
Pre-surgery counseling can help women better understand what to expect from the surgery, said Dr. Michele Manahan, an assistant professor of plastic surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
People don't think about the scarring that may occur with the surgery or the typical six-week recovery time it involves. If a mom has young children, she won't be able to pick them up for days, and sometimes weeks, after the procedure.
"We want to make sure the patients are happy with the end result and will choose a surgery that accomplishes what they want," Manahan said.
Cosmetic surgeons said they wouldn't take patients who have unrealistic expectations or have health problems that might make surgery dangerous.
"If there's someone who wants to look like a 20-year-old Farrah Fawcett, we're going to have to get a little perspective," Murphy said.
It is unfair to negatively judge women who take the cosmetic surgery route, he said.
Some moms are waiting to get mommy makeovers later in life, after they are done raising children and they have fewer financial obligations.
Nancy Teasley, 60, decided to turn to plastic surgery after the last of her three children finished college "to get back in pre-baby form as much as possible." Exercise and diet kept her in fairly good shape, but sagging skin left her stomach and breasts shapeless and floppy.
"It comes to a point where healthy eating and exercise just don't work anymore," said the Clarksville woman. "You're just fighting against it all."
Teasley had her breasts enlarged, liposuction on her love handles and a tummy tuck.
"I feel a lot more confident and happy with my body," she said.


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Free Software and Education - Table of Contents
The Education section of the GNU Project is about the importance of using and teaching exclusively free software in all educational institutions. It presents articles on the subject, cases of success in implementing free software in schools and universities around the world, examples of free programs used in the classroom to the benefit of teachers and students alike, and free software education projects carried out by organizations and governments worldwide.
Table of Contents
- Argentina
- India
In Depth
- Why Educational Institutions Should Use and Teach Exclusively Free Software.
- Why Schools Should Exclusively Use Free Software
- The Education System in India.


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Dealing with piss stained old men and blind people can be disconcerting. Someone else should have to do with that. Perhaps a nurse or a social worker. For many this is a common reaction. For us in legal aid it can be another day at the office.'
Bruce is Australian and has been living here for 30 years. His father was born in County Down then emigrated. He's 80 now, and the house he lives in is falling to pieces around his ears.
Claude is legally blind and his kidney's packing up. He too has lived here off and on for 30 years, and has many children living in this country, who rarely visit him.
Ole was an accountant in Lagos, who came to London and married, and fathered children. The relationship broke down. Shortly afterwards he had a massive stroke.
All have a common legal problems, for all have no papers or have exceeded their leave to remain.
All lived in horrible conditions. Bathtubs filled with piss? No problem. Kitchens like a bomb site? What else. Stairs falling to pieces, basements filled with junk, I went and looked. No water, no electricity. It all stacked up. These places were worse than third world slums.
As a decent society we have doctors, social workers and housing officers to assist the infirm and the disabled. Unfortunately these three old men have allowed their immigration status to lapse decades ago, and although two have paid tax and national insurance, and one had an English grandfather, they are not entitled to any benefits, housing or, in Claude's case, renal dialysis that he was on the point of receiving.
What they do have at present is a right to receive free legal advice helping them to apply for leave to remain in the country, which may also be their right, or which might be granted on discretionary compassionate grounds. However under government proposals this right to advice will be removed, on the grounds that the procedures are transparent and simple. This of an immigration ministry compared recently by a senior Judge to a poorly run whelk stall.
Readers may have varying levels of tolerance in the abstract for foreigners who come here and then find themselves in a mess for whatever reason. But surely we can agree that when three people who between them have lived here almost a century need help, we should give it to them.
I explain to Claude that the reason he won't have a lawyer any more is that the system is so easy to deal with. His sightless eyes bulge in outrage. "That's rubbish!" he bellows, and signs our petition.


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Nine Must-Play Video Games For 2014
2013 was a great year to be a gamer. But as we lay what will be the last zombies of the year to rest, we must gaze ever forward in search of new experiences, pop culture fiends that we are. Sony's PlayStation 4 and Microsoft's Xbox One just launched last month, after all. And though we might not want to admit it to ourselves yet, we know somewhere deep down inside that we can't spend the rest of our lives playing Grand Theft Auto V.
Someday, we'll all have to move on. So here are the video games Speakeasy will be keeping an eye on next year to help us do that.


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jack999 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 84 diseños de 10 diseñadores freelance.
Graphic rendering of a political action website needed for new social community website, using our pre-created wireframe. NOTE: we already have the basic layout for the site, just looking for someone to take our wireframe and apply the appropriate treatment/skin for customized, professional graphics and color scheme. See our wireframe at http://www.geocities.com/dustin_atm_99/
This contest will be guaranteed!
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We need a graphics template that we can hand off to our CSS developer for a new politically-driven site. This site focuses on corporate and small business actions, and is designed around the concept of letting users communicate about corporations. Essentially, it's a website that allows users to interact through forums, blogging, etc. and keep others informed.
In the end, we hope to create a social community with all the shared information, and allow our visitors to drive activity that we hope will make anything from small businesses to corporations more responsible.
Please use our wireframe located at:
We want this same layout (2 column layout + header and footer) but are extremely flexible on colors, how the header/footer looks, etc.
The site has not been named yet, so ignore the existing name but leave room for a logo!
This site will be provocative, rebellious, and will challenge people's views on politics. So feel free to create a site that represents this image.
NOTE: we will end the contest early if someone meets our needs!
- IMPORTANT!!! Use this wireframe to get started: http://www.geocities.com/dustin_atm_99/
- We want custom graphics and colors, so feel free to be creative, but please use the 2 column layout with your own creative header and footer.- The site has not been named yet, so ignore the existing name but leave room for a logo!
- Clean, simple graphics design that draws users to the content. Simple graphics and buttons.
- Use standard fonts available on most modern browsers, nothing crazy that requires a special font pack to be installed to look right.
- Need a vector image for the final graphics template
- Color scheme is at your discretion. We like darker reds, but not too much of it. No weird colors like pink or purple.
- Site must be no more than 1000 pixels wide.
- Definitely want some more graphical treatment to our wireframes. Looking for something tasteful and simple, yet interesting and intriguing, drawing people to the content.
- Don't design a logo! We don't even have a name for the site yet!
- Again, don't use weird colors
- This is a site for political action types, and should be aggressive, as the content will be provocative and will challenge people's political views.
- I'm not looking for someone to completely re-layout the wireframe. In other words, don't create a 3-column layout when the wireframe has 2 columns. If you have a good idea on the layout, private message me or post on the contest forum, I'm open to good ideas if someone has one. But I'd expect your creative energy to go into custom graphics and color schemes!


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Have bought many items for LG Medical since 2012 and never had an issue. Service is always great and the products are excellent quality for a great price. If you have a question and call they are knowledgeable about their products plus the LG web site has many videos and tips. I will continue to buy from LG Medical as I feel the are one of the best in their field. DMD
- Written on July 17, 2017
A family member ordered from LGMedSupply in the past and had great service, and that is why I felt safe ordering from them. And they didn't let me down. I got exactly what I ordered and it got to me when it was supposed to so that is why I gave them the top rating.
- Written on July 19, 2017
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- Written on July 17, 2017
I was very happy with the service that I got from the staff at LG Med Supply. I looked all over the net for over a year to see who was the main Co. that had not only what I needed but who was the Co. that seemed to be the main Manufacturer of the Tens Unit. Then I started checking who had all of the Conductive Designed Pads That my Dr. wanted me to have and here again LG Med Supply had all of the items and were offering the best prices on all of the items that I needed. LG Med Supply was hands down the best in all of the categories as far as who had all of the items that I needed from the Back Belt Strap/Neck electrode/Shoulder and Knee Conductive Designed Pads that my Dr. wanted me to start therapy with. LG Med Supply is the only web site that had a vast selection of different shaped Electrodes which deliver a totally different stimulation that really gives you a completely different feeling then a straight square pad electrode. Thank You LG Med Supply for being there in my time of need. Carter
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- Written on January 31, 2018
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- Written on January 30, 2018
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- Written on June 28, 2017
My husband had a very painful back problem and we ordered a TENS unit from LG. We got it in a couple of days and are delighted with the service from LG and the efficiency of the TENS unit. We would highly recommend them to anyone!!
- July 21, 2017
it really helps alleviate the pain in my lower back/spine. Meds are no longer necessary and for that I am grateful to LG and this product.
- January 22, 2017
Order was delivered in perfect condition & in a timely fashion. Always pleased with the products and the service of the company.
- February 20, 2017
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- January 17. 2018
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- January 6, 2018
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- February 2, 2018
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- February 19, 2018
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- January 11, 2018
'm absolutely IN LOVE with this Quad Combo Unit! I've been looking at ordering a TENS unit for months, went back & forth looking at different places (such as Amazon) and after finding this website, decided I wanted an LG opposed to other cheaper brands. Then, I couldn't decide which model to get! I am SOO happy I talked myself into one that had different modes -- Thought I would prefer the TENS mode, but I actually like the Interferential mode the best! If you're on the fence about ordering one... GO FOR IT! Shipping was FREE & SUPER FAST!!
- February 2, 2018
Product just as described. Was having some lower back discomfort and some tight muscles that were also contributing to the pain. Had been going to the chiropractor which seemed to help so I got one of these so I could do treatments on my own. Well worth the money instead of paying for the chiro visits. Really has helped. Thanks LG!
- March 4, 2018
I just wanted to say that I am so grateful for this device. I have had rotator cuff and scapula pain for some time which was off the charts. I was taking so much pain medication that it was starting to make me have terrible stomach issues. This unit was such a blessing to me. I do have to use it regularly to control my pain levels but it does work. Small investment for great results.
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Marco Polo Mission Photo Update
Docking of the Soyuz vehicle TM-34 with the International Space Station was completed successfully on 27 April without manual intervention at 09:55 CEST (07:55 GMT).
At 11:25 (09:25 GMT) hatch opening and ingress was followed by the meeting between the crew and Expedition 4 on board the International Space Station.
At 11:31 (09:31 GMT) it was the turn of Mr Feustel-Buechl, ESA Director of Human Spaceflight and Microgravity programme, to address the crew from the Mission Control room in Moscow, following a first address by the Italian Ambassador of Moscow, Mr Facco-Bonnetti to Roberto Vittori and his crewmates.
First and foremost, Mr Feustel addressed the Commander of the ISS, Yuri Onufrienko, and Flight Engineers Dan Bursch and Carl Walz of the resident Expedition 4 crew. He then asked the Commander of the Marco Polo mission, Yuri Gidzenko, whether all the sytems had performed well on board the Soyuz TM-34 and whether the crew had adapted well to the conditions on board throughout the flight.
When the turn came to Roberto Vittori, he congratulated him for being the first Italian to reach the ISS as a cosmonaut, with a Russian spacecraft, and commented on this momentous cooperation between ESA, ASI and the Russians. He also stressed the importance of 15 years of fruitful collaboration with the Russians. Roberto answered that although he had only spent a few minutes in the space station he already started to feel at home.
The Marco Polo mission has now truly commenced for Roberto Vittori and his colleagues. A lot of work including scientific experiments is currently being carried out on board the ISS.


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Ninja of the Ebon Shadow Edit
|I once saw a Ninja of the Ebon Shadow.
|—Billy Bucktooth, town drunk and compulsive liar
Ninjas of the Ebon Shadow are masters of stealth. They are known and respected for their abilities to use shadow magic to protect them from magical detection and fool the senses.
Becoming a Ninja of the Ebon ShadowEdit
Rogues typically train to become Ninjas of the Ebon Shadow because of their extensive training in stealth. There are a variety of classes that may become a member and organizations of these ninjas often use the diversity of the backgrounds of their members to a full advantage.
Ninjas of the Ebon Shadow benefit from ability scores that rogues favor and they are just as adaptable and diverse.
|Base Attack Bonus:
|Hide 8 ranks, Move Silently 8 ranks.
|Must have spent at least 1 day in the Plane of Shadow.
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Attack Bonus
|Saving Throws
|Shadow Pool, Nondetection, Secrets of the Ebon Shadow, Shadow Strike
|Undetectable Alignment
|Void Being
|Hide Auras
|Shadowed Mind
Class Skills (Skill Points::6 + Int modifier per level).
Class FeaturesEdit
All of the following are class features of the Ninja of the Ebon Shadow.
Shadow Pool: Ninjas of the Ebon Shadow are able to tap into the vast powers of the plane of shadow and use those powers to augment their stealth and strikes. You have access to a pool of shadow points with a maximum size equal to 1/3 your ranks in the hide skill + your Intelligence modifier. You use these shadow points to use class abilities.
If you are in an area with shadowy illumination or darker (including magical darkness), you can spend a standard action to recover all of your shadow points.
Nondetection (Su): Ninjas of the Ebon Shadow are taught, as part of joining the secret society how to protect themselves from being magically watched and instead remain hidden in the shadows. You are continually under the effects of a Nondetection spell.
Secrets of the Ebon Shadow (Su): At each class level, you can choose one of the abilities in the following table. These effects last 1 round unless otherwise noted.
|Black Ichor
| As a free action usable once per round, you can use magic from the plane of shadow to form poison from shadow essence. The poison you create can have a max market value of 50 gold pieces per shadow point you spend on this ability. You can have this poison appear coating one of your weapons, inside a vial, or inside another poison release device (such as a poison gas bomb). The shadow essence that forms the poison is unstable and will dissipate after 3 rounds. If a creature is poisoned in this time, however, it still suffers the secondary effects of the poison.
At 3rd level, the poison can have a max market value of 100 gold pieces per shadow point you spend on this ability.
At 5th level, the poison can have a max market value of 250 gold pieces per shadow point you spend on this ability.
|Penumbral Curtain
| As a free action, you or an object you are carrying is surrounded by a sphere of magical darkness. At 1st level by spending 1 shadow point, you can create a 20 ft. radius sphere that provides a 20% miss chance due to concealment. At 3rd level by spending 2 shadow points, you can create a 30ft. radius sphere that provides a 35% miss chance due to concealment. At 5th level by spending 3 shadow points, you can create a 30ft. radius sphere that provides a 50% miss chance due to concealment (which means it is an area of total darkness). Once you have activated this ability, it only costs 1 shadow point each round to maintain.
Unlike normal magical darkness, you are able to see normally through it as long as you are inside the radius of the effect. Other creatures in the area can make a Will save DC 10 + 1/2 your HD + your Intelligence modifier to ignore the effect for 1 round. You are able to know which creatures pass or fail their saving throws against this ability.
This ability counts as a darkness effect created by a spell level equal to your class level. Because this ability is a free action, you can maintain it continuously without a flicker between uses if you continue to spend shadow points.
|Umbral Strike
|As a free action that costs 5 shadow points, you can make all melee attacks until your next turn as touch attacks instead (dealing your normal damage) as long as you are in darkness or shadowy illumination. After you use this ability, all of your remaining shadow points are consumed. You cannot pick this ability until your 5th class level.
|Shadow Jump
|As a move action that costs 3 shadow points, you can perform short range teleportation like the dimension door spell. Both the starting location and ending location must be in shadowy illumination or darkness and within long range. Unlike dimension door, you can continue to act after you finish teleporting.
|Quiet Death
|As a free action that costs 2 shadow points, you can make any projectiles or ammunition you use this round act as if it were under the effect of a silence spell. Any target hit by the projectiles must make a Will save or else be silenced for 1 round.
Shadow Strike (Ex): As a swift action, you can deal up to an extra +1d6 sneak attack damage per odd class level. Each extra +1d6 sneak attack damage costs 1 shadow point.
Undetectable Alignment (Su): At 2nd level, you are continually under the effect of a Undetectable Alignment spell.
Void Being (Su): Upon reaching 3rd level, you are protected from all devices, powers, and spells that reveal location. This ability protects against information gathering by divination spells or effects that reveal location. The ability even foils limited wish, miracle, and wish when they are used to gain information about your location (however, metafaculty can pierce this protective barrier). In the case of scrying that scans an area you are in, the effect works, but you are simply not detected. Remote viewing or scrying attempts that are targeted specifically on you do not work. Furthermore, magical sensors and traps, such as Explosive Runes, Glyph of Warding, or Symbol of Pain do not register, threaten, or harm you unless triggered by another creature.
- Note: "Borrowed" from Ghostwheel's Trapsmith.
Hide Auras (Su): You can conceal the magic auras on yourself or any item in your possession as a free action as far as magical detection is concerned. Once an item leaves your possession it displays its auras in 5 rounds. You can also reveal any of the auras as a free action.
Shadowed Mind (Su): At 5th level, you are protected from all devices, powers, and spells that would allow another creature to read your mind or emotions unless you otherwise allow it to. You also can make a second saving throw the round after you fail a saving throw against a mind-affecting spell or effect at the same DC as the original saving throw.
Campaign InformationEdit
Playing a Ninja of the Ebon ShadowEdit
Combat: Ninjas of the Ebon Shadow are excellent infiltrators. They can use their abilities to sneak up on unsuspecting enemies and kill them before they have a chance to react. In a pitched battle, they often draw on their shadow abilities to help hide their allies and confuse their enemies with areas of darkness.
Advancement: Many Ninjas of the Ebon Shadow make great Assassins. Otherwise, they can benefit greatly from classes that improve sneak attack damage.
Resources: Ninjas of the Ebon Shadow form small groups and these groups have like-minded interests and goals. As a team, they will help each other as they can, but being part of a group also carries burdens of rival ninjas and opposed organizations.
Ninjas of the Ebon Shadow in the WorldEdit
|May darkness fall upon my enemies' eyes as the shadows consume the light.
|—Weyoun, human ninja of the ebon shadow
Ninjas of the Ebon Shadow are excellent infiltrators. They organize themselves in small groups (or clans if you prefer), each with like-minded aspirations and world views. They take action to motivate their views (whether that be defending an ancient temple, or actively seeking out and destroying rival ninjas). All of their actions happen in the shadows and are very difficult to trace back to their groups.
NPC Reactions: NPCs are often wary of Ninjas of the Ebon Shadow. How can you trust someone who makes a point of hiding their actions? None the less, some NPCs are blessed by a group of these ninjas that protect their village and are thankful for the assistance. Other NPCs faintly whisper about friends that just suddenly disappeared in the night.
Ninja of the Ebon Shadow LoreEdit
Characters with ranks in Knowledge (local) can research Ninjas of the Ebon Shadow to learn more about them. When a character makes a skill check, read or paraphrase the following, including information from lower DCs.
|Ninjas fight all the time.
|Ninjas, like other mammals, can be mean OR totally awesome.
|Ninjas flip out and kill people for no reason at all.
|Ninjas are the ultimate paradox. On the one hand they don't give a crap, but on the other hand, ninjas are very careful and precise.
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Lincoln Christian University holds 69th Commencement in two
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[May 19, 2014]
- At 10 a.m. on Saturday, friends and families of Lincoln Christian
University students packed the ground floor and balcony areas of the
Earl C. Hargrove Chapel to standing room only. Voices of praise and
celebration glimpsing heavenly worship filled the air. This
particular occasion was the 69th annual commencement.
The 10 a.m. commencement saw the dispersing of degrees and
certificates to undergraduates, and at 1 p.m., graduate degrees were
Dr. Keith Ray welcomed everyone expressing sentiment of the occasion
as an exciting moment when grads are transitioning into new lives.
He added that he had that same feeling also as he said, "I am
commencing with you." This was his last official exercise as
president of the university.
Dr. Ray drew on illustration from A.A. Milne, author of Winnie the
"If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together... there is
something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe,
stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most
important thing is, even if we're apart... I'll always be with you."
He said it is important to understand who you are and urged the
grads to keep focused on "Who you are in "Him,"" as they enter
In his "love of Christ mission," Dr. Ray retires from a nearly
25-year career in higher education leadership. He began serving at
Dallas Christian College as Dean of Students, and then served four
years as Dallas' president. Dr. Ray then came to Lincoln in 1998 to
serve 16 years as the president of LCU.
While president at Dallas, Dr. Ray caught sight of an ambitious
young man, a ministry driven student, Jud Wilhite. Wilhite, now a
leading author, speaker and senior pastor at Central Church of
Christ, Las Vegas, served as keynote speaker.
Wilhite recalled that day when President Ray grabbed him, pulled him
into his office and sat him down to get to know him. Wilhite had
been carrying a Chuck Swindol book under his arm and Dr. Ray took
that book from him saying it would be good reading for when Wilhite
when he was an old man. Dr. Ray handed him a different book saying,
"Here, read this," giving him a copy of "The Relevance of Physics"
by Stanley Jaki.
Wilhite said that there were other moments that Dr. Ray continued to
mentor him as a student at Dallas, and he valued those moments;
kiddingly adding, "I'm an old man now. I'm still waiting to get my
copy of Swindol back."
Getting straight to the point in his message for the new graduates,
who would now be entering ministry, Wilhite drew on an illustration
of riding a rollercoaster, and said to "stay focused" during the ups
and downs.
For his scripture reference, Wilhite drew from the Apostle Paul's
message to those who would minister as found in 2 Corinthians 5:13
verses a and b, "Now He who prepared us for this very purpose is
God, who gave to us the Spirit as a pledge." - New American
He said, "As soon as you start leading, people will take shots at
you." He illustrated the challenge and importance in ministry
explaining the importance to put yourself aside, "Put God front and
center, and you follow."
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Ministry is messy, he said, and you will be
drawn into people's messes all while dealing with your own mess
in keeping a marriage and raising children. Encouragingly he
said, "When you are called somewhere, God has a way of working
it all out."
First and emphatically he said, "Stay on your knees." Prayer and
a relationship with God are essential in ministry.
He next added definitively, and "Be controlled by Christ love."
Wilhite shared his own father's model of strength, faithfulness
and love; and the deathbed inspiration of a commitment to meet
again in a place where the sun is always shining on the other
side of life.
He concluded, "Focus on God, people you love, people you have
touched with that love. Love of God and others. That is what
life is all about."
With those words of wisdom, the graduates were individually
called forth by Dr. James Estep, Academic Dean of Undergraduate
Studies and Dr. Shane Wood, Academic Dean of Hargrove School of
Adult and Graduate Studies to receive their degrees as
recommended by Dr. Ray.
As the grads exited the stage, Lynn Laughlin,
Special Assistant to the President and Associate Vice President of
Alumni Services, presented each with a letter from the Alumni
Association, a first year membership card and a alumni pin.
Later, due to space constraints and length of time if all three
schools would be commenced together, the Hargrove School of Adult
and Graduate Studies and Lincoln Christian Seminary ceremony was
held separate.
Conferring degrees at the 1 p.m. ceremony were again for the
Hargrove School, Dr. Wood; Assistant Professor and Director of Bible
and Theology Studies, Dr. Trevor Cochell; Academic Dean, Lincoln
Christian Seminary, Dr. Dinelle Frankland; and Professor of Church
History/Historical Theology, Dr. Robert Rea.
Miriam Windham, Professor and Director of TESOL, presented bookmarks
to the graduates.
The presentation of towel and basin, symbols of service in ministry,
was conducted by Dr. Nolan Thomas, Assistant Professor of Clinical
Mental Health Counseling and Dr. Barney Wells, Director of Doctor of
Ministry Program.
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In elegantly precise, shorthand stage-directions, Smith pulls her world up to the curb alongside us and says Get in. She doesn't stop; you have to run a little, then throw yourself in a way that is neither comfortable nor expected. There is a barely cursory You in? before she accelerates off. There just isn't time for the nonsense language usually associates itself with because by the end of the one and a half page first chapter, she has got you to a place most books don't even attempt to take you in their entirety. She is saying, let's cut the bullshit. Let's admit that we see things and we know what they means. Let's not pretend our outsides are our insides; we all know the truth here.
Set around the trajectories of four people – Leah, Natalie (nee Keisha), Nathan and Felix – who grew up the Cadwell housing estate in Wilsden, we spend time some time inside each characters mind. Life has been kinder to some than to others, but it is not always easy to tell which. This is a book about the price of escape, the price of idealism and the price of turning away from it. The very first page offers us this: "Here's what Michel likes to say: not everyone can be invited to the party." Leah doesn't agree with this statement- or doesn't want to agree. It is in this gap between what she wants to think and what she can no longer deny, that the book takes place.
Smith says that one of the reasons for the fragmentary, stop-start nature of the narrative is that she now has a young daughter and can only write in short bursts. Whatever the reason, it works: we live in bursts; what is life if not a strange combination of absolutely unrelenting continuity and absolutely nothing of the sort. In an interview earlier this month she also said that she wanted to write something like a "problem play…one of those little machines in which you come out the other end and feel odd." Something akin to Clydeborne Park perhaps; plot, merely an excuse for a gentle yet brutally final stripping away of our excuses. In this elegant yet ruthless dissection, NW is similar to Richard Yate's Revolutionary Road (a book that could also, in many ways, be seen as the very necessary novelisation of a play.) Richard Ford's famous comment about Revolutionary Road also sums up NW : "Handing it over cold feels clumsy. We almost would rather not, for all the crucial things that cannot be thought and said again."
This is a book that begs to be re-read. You find yourself reading, looking forward to re-reading. On the first go, you don't have time to suck out the meaning that is packed into every offhand observation because you want to find out what's going to happen next. And what's-going-to-happen-next doesn't mean action or plot: In the hands of an author with this much fierce insight, a character simply walking down the street, thinking, is an epic battlefield.
The middle section follows Felix, and allows Smith to display her talent for dialogue. She can have a man breathing in front of you with one line and have you caring about what happens to him in two. Smith's people do not speak to illuminate their character, describe their predicament or voice their authors opinions. They speak because it is what people do. They speak because they are trying to live their lives.
The final section is almost an essay. Like her non-fiction (Changing my mind: Occasional essays (2009)) it takes on complex issues with wit and fights hard to address them with the rigour they deserve. It is in this section where Smith drops any of the 'rules' and goes into freeform; her voice mingles with Natalie's and the concept of character itself becomes an idea to be interrogated. Numbered paragraphs lay out random episodes in Natalie's life like riddles and the reader must do what they will with them. Critics have found this section cold or unnecessarily stylized, but surely this is a more realistic shape for back-story than a string of cause and effect? This said, the section has its flaws: 'The listings' Natalie keeps checking are left unexplained for too long- it is one of the few visible plot devices in a book reassuringly free of such annoyances- and her related actions also seem slightly forced.
Like pate on toast, NW is a spread of digested, distilled, regurgitated insides. You are what you eat and the liver cannot lie. What is happening is clear for the reader to see from page one; this story is about whether the characters can admit it to themselves or each other. The tragic denouement happens on the final page. Dry as bone, it offers not release, but the evaporation of everything that preceded it. The cost of being able to see, and of being able to admit you are able to see, is suddenly far too high and can simply no longer be afforded. Self -preservation arrives like the reaper, swinging his scythe at the level of thought. Being alive will kill you; then you will have to live on.


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We run three 'age groups' which are quite flexible, allowing players to play up or down based on size and skill levels. Generally 6-8. 8-11. 11-15. There are a lot of players playing outside of this.
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Parent child musical interaction, home made morning tea, fun, fellowship & friendships All welcome voluntary donation $5 per family at Christian Outreach Centre Tibbereena St, 10am Fridays
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2nd Saturday of the Month at the Narrabri Golfie International Food Nights
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These events take place in pleasant parkland surroundings and we encourage people of every ability to take part; from walkers or those taking their first steps in running to Olympians; from juniors to those with more experience; we welcome you all.
Walgett Races
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Its getting close to Netty time!!
Details below surrounding the 2020 Winter Competition.
Competition to start Saturday 2nd of May
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Drugs can have different biological effects on humans, not all of them are beneficial. Aripiprazole is a partial dopamine agonist that utilizes antidepressant properties for the treatment of biopolar disorder, clinical depression, schizophrenia and others. This psychotropic drug was developed by Otsuka in Japan and has been marketed as Abilify.
In 2002 Abilify was approved by FDA in the USA and in 2004 by the European Medicines Agency for treatment of schizophrenia. In 2004 the FDA expands the use of drug to treat biopolar disorder and later that year orders label change that describes the risk of hyperglycemia and diabetes in patients taking atypical antipsychotics which included Abilify. In 2006 the drug receives a black box warning stating that it increases the risk of death in elderly users. A year later it gets a black box warning concerning the risk of suicide for patients under the age of 24.


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Quote:Chi balls are not even controversial to me. They simply do not exist, at all.
Quote: there's a thread and video somewhere that shows a Dim Mak practitioner against your standard karate guy. The Chi man has wagered his MA school (yes, he bet his school!) that he can use Chi to defeat any opponent. And the karate guy clobbers him. It's quite sad to watch. But funny at the same time... Wish I could find where the vid is, perhaps search youtube for Chi or something.
Quote:theirs alot of crap that surrounds the whole dim mak thing but i mean i'm sure that their is someone around who can trigger pressure points to cause CERTAIN effects such as KO's, i mean i met a guy who knocked himself out with a bouncy ball when he was throwing it in his house and it just caught him in the right spot
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Sunday, October 10, 2010
Mystery Monday – What Am I??
This … umm… "item" belonged to my grandmother, Lisa Hammer, who came to the United States from Norway in the 1950s. I suspect it had something to do with making lefse, or some other Norwegian treat, but I'm not at all certain. It's relatively heavy, and would make a great weapon!
Has anyone seen an item like this?
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It kind of reminds me of a tool used in churning butter. Here: http://www.alden.org/our_house/activities.htm is a picture of it (the middle one). There's a receptacle in which the milk goes and then you 'stomp' it until it turns to butter. I can't find a picture of the 'stomper' unfortunately, but I do know these contraptions came in all sizes, small and large. I suspect it is something like that, although I will admit to not being certain at all. Perhaps you'll have more luck finding a picture of the 'stomper' to see if it matches?ReplyDelete
The handle is a little large to be used in churning butter. I think Karen is close, it is most likely a masher for potatoes or turnips. They would mash them in the large pot the vegetables were boiled in. If you had a large family, plus some workers or visitors, one went through quite a large amount of potatoes/turnips!ReplyDelete
J.M. & Wicho - the bottom surface is smooth as a baby's bottom, forgot to throw that in there too. Maybe if nothing else I'll get better at writing descriptions! :) I googled "Norwegian Cooking Utensils", and every variation I can thing of (including "stomper"), and so far I've come up empty-handed. None of the images even looks close. Hopefully someone will know what this is.ReplyDelete
It looks like the Pestle part of a Mortar & Pestle - to me. I remember seeing huge ones in Ivory Coast - similar to the ones in the pictures at this web site: http://www.nps.gov/history/ethnography/aah/aaheritage/lowCountryD.htmReplyDelete
Good luck!
Angela, I hadn't thought of that! Looking at the pictures at that website also made we wonder if it might have something to do with washing laundry...ReplyDelete
I was thinking of a manual washing machine or for making saurkrout (spelling?) but it seems too short for either. May have been for mashing corn or the like into a paste or flour.ReplyDelete
It has some interesting "wear marks" as well - all those darker gray areas. The top of the handle? I wouldn't have expected that. Also, along the bottom "bulb", as if a hand would have been place on both parts.ReplyDelete


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US: Study says diesel emissions raise cancer risk
Diesel emissions from trucks, machinery and other sources elevate the
risk of premature death, cancer, asthma and other chronic diseases for
more than 3 million people living in West Oakland and the surrounding
region, according to the most detailed study yet on the issue.
The analysis by the California Air Resources Board, released
Wednesday night, shows that the greatest health dangers related to
toxic air emissions stems from diesel trucks traversing the freeways
and other roadways around West Oakland and the Port of Oakland.
The two-year public health inquiry covered a large swath of the Bay
Area - an area of 3,800 square miles that is home to 3.1 million
people. The residents had an elevated risk of cancer - nearly 1,200
additional cancers per million people due to long-term exposure to
diesel particulate matter than people living elsewhere, the study
reported in preliminary findings.
The study also found other considerable health problems resulting
from exposure to port-related diesel pollution: 18 potential premature
deaths annually occurring among people 30 and older, 290 asthma
attacks, 2,600 days of work lost and 15,000 "minor restricted activity
Exposure to diesel particulate matter is a hazard especially for
children and elders. The air board has estimated that the toxins
contributed to some 160 premature deaths in the Bay Area three years
"We no longer live in the Industrial Age. People should not be
exposed to known toxins in their own homes," said Dr. Anthony Iton,
director of the Alameda County Public Health Department.
He said that the report, which he had not yet read, confirms earlier health findings.
"We have extensive data on the disproportionate burden of disease in
West Oakland," he said. "We hope that this health risk assessment will
be helpful in quantifying the responsibility of the port to the adverse
health outcomes in West Oakland."
The study concentrated on three sources of the toxic air
contaminant: the Port of Oakland, the Union Pacific Railroad near the
port, and freeway truck traffic and nonport-related marine vessel
traffic in and around West Oakland in general. Diesel trucks accounted
for 70 percent of the elevated health risks - amounting to 850
potential cancer cases per million above the expected rate of cancer in
the general population. Of the remainder, 15 percent of the total risk
came from port operations - 200 excess cancer cases - and 5 percent
came from Union Pacific rail-yard emissions - 40 additional cancer
cases. The remainder came from a variety of other sources including
Amtrak and construction businesses in the area.
Similar studies have been conducted to assess health risks
associated with the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, but this one
included a much wider region than the others. "It was a huge
undertaking," said Patricia Rey, a spokeswoman for the air board.
Taking a novel approach to measure marine vessel emissions, the
large study utilized data from 33 onshore and offshore weather stations
to generate a regional wind field.
"This health risk assessment will provide the community the focus
and momentum needed to mobilize and combat air pollution," said Mary
Nichols, chairman of the air board. "We look forward to working with
community activists to converge on the main pollution culprits, such as
trucks motoring on nearby freeways, affecting a growing and vibrant
West Oakland."
This week Port of Oakland commissioners began reviewing a slate of
goals designed to reduce diesel emissions by 85 percent over the next
dozen years.
The port had come under heavy criticism in recent years for the
dirty emissions of trucks doing business with it. In 2005, county
public health officials compiled state data revealing that West Oakland
children ages 5 and under visited the emergency room for asthma at a
rate nearly three times higher than children in Alameda County overall.
Additionally, a study of death certificates dating to the 1960s showed
that residents of West Oakland lived 10 years fewer than people living
in the Oakland hills.
The Air Resources Board is a department of the California
Environmental Protection Agency. The study was conducted in cooperation
with the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, the Port of Oakland
and Union Pacific Railroad.
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