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Record Store day celebrates vinyl
Performers and music lovers will be gathering across the country today at hundreds of independent music stores in an annual celebration of vinyl records.
The seventh celebration of Record Store Day will see 240 local stores open their doors for in-store performances for vinyl music fans.
More than 600 exclusive vinyl releases will also be going on sale for one day only, by artists ranging from One Direction, Elbow, Damon Albarn, Green Day, Jake Bugg, Paul Weller, Nirvana, and David Bowie.
Paul Quirk, one of the organisers of Record Store Day 2014, told BBC news that more and more young music fans were discovering vinyl records.
"There was a survey done last year which said that biggest growth in vinyl buyers were the under-25s. They've seen what people are producing now, and the quality is so much better."
" It's a richer sound, a warmer sound, as soon as you put the needle on the turntable, you get a little hiss before the music starts."
Last year, 79,000 vinyl albums were sold in the UK .
The Arctic Monkeys' AM is the biggest selling vinyl album of the year so far, according to the Official Charts Company's sales data.
The Sheffield-born rockers fifth full-length album was followed by Mogwai's Rave Tapes, in second position, while Bruce Springsteen's High Hopes was third. Elbow's The Take Off And Landing Of Everything and Warpaint's self-titled second album made up the rest of the top five.
A resurgence in the popularity of vinyl means 2014 is set to see nearly 900,000 album sales in the format if sales continue at their current rate.
The renowned Berwick Street in London, home to six independent music stores, will see street festival performances from Adam Ant, Edwyn Collins, DJ Andy, The September Girls, Ruts DC, The Augustines, and Tim Arnold.
Exclusive vinyl fans will be able to get hold of this year include a seven inch re-issue of David Bowie's Rock & Roll Suicide, Adam Ant's debut album, Dirk Wears White Sox on white vinyl and a 10-inch glow-in-the-dark record of the Ghostbusters theme song from the 1984 hit movie.
Record Store Day started in the United States in 2007 when more than 700 independent stores came together to celebrate their unique culture and spread to Britain the following year.
Source: music.uk.msn.com
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Animal Species:Christmas Beetle
There are about 35 species of Christmas beetles (family Scarabaeidae), eight of which occur in Sydney. Anoplognathus viriditarsus is the largest of the Sydney Christmas beetles.
Standard Common Name
Christmas Beetle
Number of species
Christmas beetles have vibrant colours and the adults emerge close to the Christmas period. The larvae are white and C-shaped, similar to those of flower chafers and stag beetles.
Size range
2 cm - 3 cm
Christmas beetles are found in southern and eastern Australia.
Christmas beetles are found in forests and woodlands.
Feeding and Diet
Christmas beetles come into Sydney from surrounding woodland where the adults feed on eucalypt leaves and the larvae feed on grass roots. Adults can occur in large numbers, sometimes completely defoliating trees.
Conservation Status
The total number of Christmas beetles reported in the Sydney area has declined over the last 30 years as the grassy woodland areas get used up for housing.
- Genus:
- Anoplognathus
- Subfamily:
- Rutelinae
- Family:
- Scarabaeidae
- Superfamily:
- Scarabaeoidea
- Order:
- Coleoptera
- Class:
- Insecta
- Subphylum:
- Uniramia
- Phylum:
- Arthopoda
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
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There are varying opinions about the amount of raw food to feed, and the amount
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PER MEAL. A very active or working dog may need more. A less active
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For Cats: Feed approximately 2-3% of your cat's weight daily, and split
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To calculate the appropriate amount of food to feed your pet:
First , take your pet's weight in pounds and multiply by:
.02 (inactive/need to lose weight)
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Puppies, Kittens & pregnant or nursing females:
Feed at least 5% of body weight daily (about ¼ lb per 10 lbs. of body weight). This can be split into at least 2 and preferably 3 meals per day.
The length of your pet's transition process to raw food will depend on their
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A healthy dog with no signs of digestive issues (chronic vomiting or
diarrhea/loose stools) could be transitioned within a week by just gradually adding more raw food
and less of the original food to each meal.
Cats may take longer since they tend to be more discriminating about their
food and can become habituated to dry food in particular. Cats on dry food only
should be transitioned to 2 meals per day of canned food first, then slowly transitioned
to raw starting with as little as ¼ - ½ teaspoon of raw mixed in with their canned food
and gradually increasing the amount of raw over the course of 2-3 weeks or more. Some cats may prefer the raw on its own, and you can offer them a teaspoon or so
before offering their regular meal to see if they show interest.
Animals with digestive issues will need a very gradual transition. It may be best to very lightly cook the food for the first week also, then gradually
cook it less and less until you are feeding raw. Start with no more than 1/8
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Mixing with dry kibble or canned
Most manufacturers recommend that you feed raw food separately from dry or canned
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Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal says the Eredivisie is at least as strong as Serie A, if not stronger.
Speaking ahead of his side's international friendly with Italy on Wednesday, the 61-year-old also argued that he would no longer categorise Serie A amongst the elite leagues in the world.
"In my eyes the Eredivisie is at least equivalent to Serie A," the former Sparta Rotterdam star told reporters. "Maybe even stronger.
"There are three or four leagues [which are the best in the world]. Germany, Spain and England are part of that, [but] Italy are not."
The former midfielder caused some surprise in his squad selection for the tie, by calling up only 20 players and leaving out big names such as Wesley Sneijder, Arjen Robben, Johnny Heitinga and Rafael van der Vaart.
"The Dutch team should not act as a rehabilitation centre," said Van Gaal.
"I do not think a meagre selection now remains. I think there is a full team together. It is exciting. I wonder if some of the guys can show that too at this stage.
"I'm not someone who always falls back on the same players. With this team we can at least [make things] difficult for Italy. They are the number four [team] in the world, but I think we can win it," he added.


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Was this really happening?
In the concourse outside Iceland's Laugardalshöll arena, Bryndis Stefánsdóttir pumped both fists in the air, jumping up and down, like a schoolgirl on Christmas morning.
Only Bryndis is 49.
But she had just led 18-year-old Erna to Christ.
"Wow — an 18-year-old girl responding to the Gospel," Bryndis said. "Her life is now changed. Totally."
Bryndis just couldn't stop smiling.
"I've never done this before," Bryndis said, recounting the counseling session. "She was looking straight into my eyes. She was looking at me with her whole face."
Bryndis will tell you she is "not an evangelist," by nature. She's not bold. Rather passive, actually, with her faith.
But she felt God tugging and tugging and tugging. This weekend is a big deal in Reykjavik, not just for her church, but for all 41 churches who are participating in the Franklin Graham Festival of Hope.
So when Erna, 18, came forward to Franklin Graham's passionate invitation to accept Christ on Saturday night, and her path meandered to Bryndis like a Plinko chip on the Price is Right, Bryndis knew this was her chance.
"She was hungry," Bryndis said. " It was almost too easy."
But then she remembered all the praying she did personally, all the praying her church had done. And suddenly, "too easy," felt more like "God-ordained."
Erna drove more than 50 kilometers from the town of Selfoss to Laugardalshöll arena at the invitation of a relative. She's a very introverted teenager, very private about her faith.
But it was a perfect match. Here is Bryndis, introverted herself, who could totally understand a young woman like Erna. And so in her sensitive way, Bryndis kept asking probing questions of Erna.
"How she answered my questions, how she looked at me," Bryndis said. "It was what I was hoping for.
"She really wanted me to talk to her. She was so determined."
And using up nearly every drop of the 15-minute counseling time, Bryndis, with the front stage mostly scattered, made sure Erna understood what it meant to be a follower of Jesus. She led her in a prayer to receive Christ as her personal Savior.
"Are you with me?" Bryndis asked one last time. "Are you sure you know what you are doing?"
And Erna repeated Bryndis' every word.
"She had no connection with any other church," Bryndis said. "But she really wanted to meet Jesus."
And one last time, she pumped her fist in the air, giving praise to the Father. Bryndis could get used to this evangelism thing.
"I really loved it," she said. "I have a really good feeling."
'See Jesus'
Take Bryndis' experience and imagine it in hundreds of groups of two or three Icelanders and you've got a picture of what transpired in Reykjavik on Saturday night.
The first Billy Graham Evangelistic Association outreach to Iceland in its 60-plus-year history had Holy Spirit handprints all over it.
Backed by a choir that Franklin Graham gave a shoutout to as one of the best he's ever heard, the variety of local musicians didn't just entertain the crowd, they set the stage with powerful worship.
Dennis Agajanian treated the crowd to "Ain't No Grave," while the Tommy Coomes band wowed a packed house of nearly 3,000 people with "My Hope," performed in Icelandic. Michael W. Smith closed out the night with a set full of new and old favorites, highlighted by the crowd singing "Angus Dei" a cappella.
But in between, Franklin Graham brought a bold Gospel message, preaching out of Luke 19 about Zacchaeus — read to the crowd in Icelandic. "Zacchaeus wanted to see Jesus. Maybe tonight you'd like to see Jesus."
'Straightforward With The Gospel'
For a country like Iceland, founded in the year 1000 as a Christian nation, but one that sees very little commitment to Christ (Operation World estimates only 3.8 percent Christian), this Festival of Hope can be a game-changer.
While gathering more than 2,900 believers and seekers together may not seem like a huge number, for a country with only 320,000 residents, it's enormous. In fact, scaled to size, it would be the equivalent to an evangelistic meeting in the U.S. of about 3 million people.
For young people like Einar, a 17-year-old from Filadelfia Church, who led a couple in their 50s who had only been to church "once in their life," to a relationship with Christ, Saturday was an encouragement like none other: "It's amazing," Einar said.
For people like Bryndis, who have been private with their faith, it's a chance to finally be bold. She especially appreciated Franklin Graham's direct "black and white" presentation of the Gospel, including an interview earlier in the week on Iceland's nationwide news show, similar to "60 Minutes."
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Remember how Dave Terrell was going to be the next big thing in the UFC's middleweight bracket? Well, happy days are gone according to GracieFighter.com. Terrell has been released by Dana's organization.
Terrell went 2-1 in the UFC and got off to a great start – a quick KO of Matt Lindland at UFC 49. He was then sidelined for a while because of various injuries before a TKO loss to Evan Tanner and a ho-hum submission win over Scott Smith. But that last fight was almost two years ago. It's now apparent that Terrell is made of glass because he kept getting injured and had to pull out of three fights – one due to a sinus infection, two to assorted injuries.
It looks like the Cesar Gracie-trained and BJJ black belt fighter will continue battling elsewhere and hopes to get a better contract next time out.
Plagued by injuries and unhappy with the financial terms of his bout agreements, Terrell sat out the remainder of his contract. Now focused on getting his career back on track, Terrell will be looking to signing and fighting with another organization.
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Agent Q,
It is time again to bug you with another hypothetical question =P. What are the chances of ScummVM getting a port to the DSi side?
Team Cyclops has said that the RAM and faster CPU clock speeds are now available. They are also offering Flash Kits to any homebrew author who requests it.
I understand, as with the SCDS2, that this means a new investment, new hardware, and users would be forced to buy that one product. However, I have been told that a new DSi hack will be announced around Dec 25th. Also a new unnamed team is working on a second DSi mode Flash Kit. It seems like this might be the new thing IF other teams can either figure out the hack or buy the hack.
So much more would be possible in a DSi port. At some point one must consider to leave behind a project and develop for the next set of specs. Im just curious if you would be willing to do that?
-Another World
i cant wait to see what this iEvo has to offer the homebrew scene =D
i would love to see an improved scumm for the DSi
Hey everyone,
As you've probably noticed, it's been roughly ten million years since I posted here.
Checking today for the first time, I see that DSi mode homebrew seems to be possible. Can anyone tell me if the CycloDS iEvolution allows access to the extra RAM using the current version of the DSi's firmware? And does anyone know if devkitpro/libnds support it too? (it appears to, from what I can see).
If it does, it might be possible to have those cards run The Dig/Full Throttle with a little effort (although my life is pretty busy at the mo and I'm not sure when I'd get the time to do it...)
Yep, I'm really out of the loop.
I've been writing this: http://www.fruitfrenzy.co.uk
- Neil
Running in DSi mode means that the CPU runs at 133MHz instead of the normal 66MHz. So the emulation runs at double speed.
There are two ways of accessing DSi mode. The first one is using the SUDOKU HACK (only 200 people downloaded the SUDOKU game on DSi Ware before it was removed from there by Nintendo). The other way is buying a CycloDS iEvo.
According to the DSx86 (a DOS emulator for the DS) project manager, it was very simple to convert it to DSi mode on his case (source: http://dsx86.patrickaalto.com/ ):
"Thus, I downloaded the latest libnds version and recompiled DSx86 with it. No errors when building the software, and indeed the brand new DSx86 version 0.24 does run fine in DSi mode! The speed is about twice that of the "DSL mode""
Also according him:
"The longer term plans is to take advantage of the larger RAM in DSi mode (...)"
I just want to add something (off-topic):
There is a fan made patch for Monkey island 1 and 2 that exports the voices from the SE games (requires that you own them, but they cost only US$14.90 altogether), and creates patched versions of 1 and 2 with full voices. The only catch is to get it to work, it requires a patch to the ScummVM source. This patch (as far as I understand it) just takes a change from Indiana Jones:FoA and allows all Scumm games to use it.
If this could be included in the next build it would be AWESOME (till now it works only on Windows and Android versions)!
Below you will find links to the Forums on LucasForums and a direct link to the source code patch
Monkey Island 1 Fan Made Patch http://www.lucasforums.com/showthread.php?t=199288
Monkey Island 2 Fan Made Patch http://www.lucasforums.com/showthread.php?t=205508
Source Code Patch http://www.lucasforums.com/showpost.php?p=2752611&postcount=341
You mean this? LogicDeLuxe posts here as well.
Thanks for the information @amaro999, it's very useful. I'm going to mail the CycloDS people to see if I can blag a free one...
I would hope that games that fail now due to lack of RAM like The Dig, Full Throttle, Discworld, etc., would be possible to run on a DSi using this card. No promises, of course.
Also, it would also be useful to make a ScummVM build that can run all games from a single binary rather than having separate ones for each engine, as it does now.
As for the voices project for MI1:SE, I don't know much about how this is implemented but it sounds like a lot of work. I'll look into it though.
will the SupercardDS2 get looked at too? i dont know much about its "extra" processor, but the iEvo is still pretty new. 3DS is being reported as compatible with DS flashcarts, but as of now iEvo only runs in standard mode on the 3DS. So any support for Full throttle or the Dig on SupercardDS2 will probably reach more people (IMO) if its even possible
AFAIK, Supercard TWO uses a MIPS processor, so the ScummVM DS port has to be rewritten from the scratch, since Nintendo DS uses an ARM processor. For the DSi mode to work the port will probably need just a fine tune. Much easier.
Moreover, there was a SUDOKU Hack that allowed DSi mode without even buying a flash card, and DSi mode is expected to be more freely available on the future. If a Supercard 2 port ever be made, anyone who wants to play on it will have to buy the flash card.
agentq: scummvmds fails to work on the evolution ds for as long as i can remember and the ievolution as of the most current firmware. i think they would offer you a free kit (or three) if you said you would help them to get scummvmds working and ported to dsi-mode.
if you are interested, gbatemp is running a homebrew bounty with more than $5,000 up for grabs. there is a specific ievo category.
here is the link with more information: http://gbatemp.net/t284145-homebrew-bounty-2011
if you think you will have something ready by the May 31st deadline, please let me know via PM. i am hunting for exclusive news to post to the front page of gbatemp in hopes of better promoting the homebrew bounty.
as for the specifics.. the ievo has access to the faster cpu speed regardless of the 'homebrew compatibility layer seting' which means all homebrew running in ds-mode or dsi-mode benefit from the faster cpu. when the compatibility layer is enabled access to the additional ram is blocked, in regards to homebrew. however, if the homebrew is complied with the latest libnds/devkitpro then the homebrew will have the required code to run in dsi-mode, and benefit from the faster cpu and ram.
if you have any problems getting an ievo sample, please let me know. i would be happy to email my cyclops contact on your behalf.
-another world
quote: Originally posted by another worldagentq: scummvmds fails to work on the evolution ds for as long as i can remember
-another world
Are you saying that ScummVM for Nintendo DS doesn't work on CycloDS Evolution?
If so I can confirm it works for me. It's the only flash card I've ever used for the DS.
quote: Originally posted by another worldagentq: scummvmds fails to work on the evolution ds for as long as i can remember
-another world
hi red_beast,
what evo firmware are you using, the latest? it failed to work on the revison before that, as far as i can recall. it did not work on the ievo during review testing. i did submit a long bug report to the team so i assume that they are fixing/fixed most of the issues.
your information warrents a retesting on my end.
althought this is only one example, it appears users are still having issues with the recent official firmware.
-another world
Hi Everyone,
the CycloDS people were very generous and sent me an iEvo which arrived in the post this morning!
When I tried ScummVM on it, you're right, it doesn't run. Haven't tried much to debug it.
I think it's unlikely that I'll be able to get something done for May 31st, but hopefully I can get it running somehow. Maybe I'll try and work with the iEvo team on that, I'm not sure why it wouldn't run on the device especially since it runs on every other homebrew device.
When it comes to the Supercard DS2, sorry, that's completely different to the iEvo, as it has a different processor as others have mentioned. DSi mode will surely be unlocked on the 3DS soon, I imagine, so it will be available to many people.
Does other homebrew work well on the iEvo?
to be honest the ievo homebrew support is hit or miss. many of the larger (well documented) projects failed to work during the initial review testing.
there are many problems when running ds-homebrew on the ievo and the compatibility layer appears to need a lot of work. i'm not sure if the team will address problems or if they will just expect developers to compile with the latest libnds/devkirarm. sadly, many older projects are dead and gone with no source code released for a recompile.
the following list is brief but might better answer your question: http://gbatemp.net/t279940-cyclods-ievolution-review#f1
-another world
I went to the cyclopsds site for the latest firmware. When I saw that 2.2 was the latest and that I was still running 1.6 I thought maybe I owe you an apology.
However I installed 2.2 and then put the 1.2.1 ScummVM package on my micro SD card. I only tried build A and Fate of Atlantis but it's working fine.
Of course you could still be correct about firmware between 1.6 and 2.2. Maybe it's just been fixed.
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Of course you could still be correct about firmware between 1.6 and 2.2. Maybe it's just been fixed.
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Of course you could still be correct about firmware between 1.6 and 2.2. Maybe it's just been fixed.


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5 Strategies the United Nations Special Rapporteur Suggests for Public Health
By Alison Blackmore
With 1.3 billion people now overweight or obese, nearly 1 billion undernourished, and even more suffering from critical micronutrient deficiencies, it is no secret that our food system is broken. Olivier De Schutter, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food released a report in 2011 urging governments to move away from the practice of merely prescribing health warnings and applying band-aids to public health challenges. Instead, he urged governments to address the root causes of the international health crisis.
Today, Nourishing the Planet looks at the five actions that Mr. De Schutter suggests that governments take to protect the human right to adequate food around the world.
Taxing unhealthy products. De Schutter reported that taxing unhealthy products can be an effective strategy to encourage healthy diets, since price is an important determinant in consumption levels. Research published in the American Journal of Public Health in 2007 showed that a 10 percent tax on soft drinks could lead to an 8–10 percent reduction in purchases. Because foods high in fat, salt, and sugar are cheap while nutritious diets can be expensive, many consumers gravitate toward unhealthy food choices out of financial necessity. To ensure a more equal food system, the report advises governments to direct the tax revenues raised from foods high in fat, salt, and sugar toward making healthy food more affordable and accessible to poor communities.
Example: Despite strong opposition from retailers city-wide, in May 2010 the Washington, D.C. Council added sweetened soda to those items subject to the 6 percent sales tax. The city intended to use the tax revenue to support D.C.'s Healthy Schools Act, a landmark measure seeking to improve school nutrition and increase Physical Education programs.
Regulating foods high in saturated fats, salt, and sugar. Taxing foods high in fats, sugar, and salt is just one way of suppressing a sugar-high food system before it crashes. De Schutter also suggests that governments regulate junk food and fast food advertisements, especially those catered to children; provide accurate and balanced nutritional information to consumers; and adopt a plan to replace trans-fats with polyunsaturated fats in nearly all food products.
Example: In October of 2011, Denmark imposed a so-called "fat tax" on products high in saturated fats in order to repress rising obesity rates, which have led to increasing medical and social problems. Denmark has a long history of taxing unhealthy products to promote healthy diets, such as a tax on candy and a ban on trans-fats—perhaps a reason the country's obesity rate in 2011 was 1.6 percent lower than the European average of 15 percent.


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The fan campaign to save Paragon Studios and prevent City Of Heroes from shutting down is going from strength to strength, with several high-profile authors pledging support to the cause. Stardust author Neil Gaiman, Sci-Fi writer John C. Wright and bestselling fantasy author Mercedes Lackey have lent their voices to the endeavour, both in terms of tweets, blog posts and even direct pleas to NCsoft themselves.
We previously reported that the Save Paragon City! campaign had secured celebrity endorsement, but we know know the extent of their support thanks to another statement from coordinator Tony Vasquez.
Neil Gaiman and John Kovalic (notable Webcomic artist) have retweeted messages of support to over two million followers, originally sent from players desperate to 'save their home.'
John C. Wright (Chronicles Of Chaos, The Golden Age) posted about City Of Heroes on his personal blog, saying "this is practically the only online game I play. Between work and novel writing, I usually only allow myself to play on Wednesdays. Any kind hearted persons out there, please sign the petition."
Mercedes Lackey, an avid City Of Heroes player and prolific bestselling author, personally wrote to the CEO of NCsoft, literally promising to use her fame to help keep the game afloat - with no payment expected in return.
"This, like so many other letters, is a plea to save Paragon Studios and the City of Heroes, City of Villains, and Going Rogue games. And like so many others, I could tell you about the thousands of hours I have spent there with friends, the thousands of dollars I have spent within the games, or even how this game allows my husband and I to "meet" and play nearly every night with my father in law, the retired, and multi-medaled Master Sergeant Jim Dixon formerly of Delta Force. I could even tell you how this game is the only one ever to interest him."
"I am going to make you an offer. I am a multi-award-winning, New York Times bestselling fantasy and science fiction author. And I will offer myself and my likeness to endorse and advertise, exclusively, all NCSoft products for a minimum term of five years and a maximum term of ten years, for no compensation or payment, if you will make it possible for the game and Paragon Studios (even in a reduced capacity) to continue to function, either once again under the NCSoft umbrella, or until a new owner comes forward."
"I had in mind something like this: Advertisements with a photo of myself, imposed over a transparent image of one of my more striking characters, both of us in the same pose. Text: "I am New York Times bestselling fantasy author Mercedes Lackey. Creating fantastic realms is hard work, and when I relax, I like to play in someone else's world. I play NCSoft Games. Anything else is unimaginable." The tagline for the ad campaign would be "NCSoft: anything else is unimaginable."
Thanks to a threefold plan, celebrity endorsement and an inspiring degree of passion and coordination, Save Paragon City! is quickly becoming infinitely more than 'just another' fan campaign. We wish them the very best of success, and will keep an eye on whether NCsoft and Paragon Studios acknowledge their efforts. Naturally we've reached out to NCsoft for more than a standard form reply.
UPDATE: NCsoft has told us that "no one is available for comment on City of Heroes. For the latest updates about the game please visit www.cityofheroes.com."
We'll ask again soon.


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This video piece is about how Sweden has modified the Western Platform Framing method for better energy performance in residential construction. We call this modified framing method Swedish Platform Framing.
This video is quite long, and we apologize about that. If we figure out how to say all this in a shorter video we'll produce a new version. In this video we make a very breif review of the history of stud framing systems - Balloon Framing and Western Platform Framing. Then we proceed to look in detail at the differences between Western and Swedish Platform framing.
Swedish Platform Framing is explained in much more detail on our web site, and you can read that on this page:
AS with the USA New Wall, the walls shown in this video use Stone Wool insulation rather than fiberglass. We mention in the video that this is because Stone Wool offers higher insulation values - R23 for 2x6 stud spaces, and R30 for 2x8 stud spaces. We also mention that it allows for better installations. You can read a detailed article about why this is so on our blog:
Not covered in detail in the video is the Vapor Retarder membrane. We prefer a Variable Permeability Vapor Retarder membrane. There are several sources for this unique vapor retarder, notably Certainteed's Membrane:
And Intello Plus, and DB+ by ProClima:
You can read the entire Letters from Sweden series by clicking on the respective link under the the above blog post's title's.
The USA New Wall, and Swedish Platform Framing are an outgrowth of our research into Swedish building practices. Again, you can find details of the USA New Wall here:
And again Swedish Platform Framing here:
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Joseph, (replying to comment below)
I've had these same questions repeatedly, and perhaps many of your questions would be answered by reading the detailed pages on USA New Wall and Swedish Platform Framing.
But for the benefit of everybody here I'll respond breifly to each of your questions:
Dismissing Advanced Framing (AF): Yes, I do emphatically dismiss it. Aside from a few green builders and the publication of applications of AF on the DOE web site, I see little to no uptake of this.
I agree that Swedish Platform Framing (SPF) is more different than AF from ordinary Western Platform Frame (WPF), however it is easier to implement for builders because it does not impose a 24" grid, and it does not require a redesign of the house plans the builder is working with. Granted, with AF you could put the windows where the plans say and not redesign, but then you introduce more wood, more off grid studs, which basically undermines the premise of the system.
SPF is not about the grid, and it is not about using less wood. Its about configuring the framing for the best energy performance. In this regard you are wrong. SPF eliminates the bulk of horizontal thermal bridges from the wall and provides a better condition for insulation framing at the floor levels. It is head and shoulders better than AF in this regard. If you do not see that, then you do not understand what you are looking at.
Beyond the framing differences, the exterior insulation and interior wiring chase insulation are integral to better performance. Using these with AF would certainly improve its performance as well.
I can make no sense of your vapor barrier comments. The USA New Wall locates the variable permeability vapor retarder at the surface of the studs, behind the wiring chase. There is no problem with that location. You suggest it should be right against the drywall. No, this is precisely where it should not be, because this is where it would receive large holes for every electrical outlet and switch box in the house. And yes, I've read recommendations to seal these electrical boxes - that seems like folly to me. It is located behind the wiring space to avoid these holes, and also so it can provide the primary air sealing layer for the house.
Why not eliminate it?
Once you eliminate the vapor retarder/air tight layer now you need to establish your air tight layer elsewhere. Where? At the drywall - fraught with holes from electrical work as discussed before. At the sheathing? Ok, but now you are going to be inviting warm winter air into your wall cavity via all the holes in the drywall where you can possibly have it condense on the framing and backside of the sheathing.
Ok - so you spray foam the inside. Sure, go ahead, that works, and many green builders have advised that. But back to the real world. Builders of the country don't do spray foam. They stuff batts. Now you are asking them to bring in a new subcontractor, somebody they don't know and have not worked with before, blah blah blah. And you are adding a new step to their sequence, and they don't know how long this will take them or how much it will cost or how to price it. I'm not saying all these excuses are valid, I'm saying they will prevent it from happening.
So I don't want to discount your recommendations. I think they are fine, you can build a great house that way. But the approaches you described have been bandied about for sometime now and they've not changes much. I'm interested in ideas that the average builder can take up and try. That's why all of this is introduced in stages.
Good series! I have a few comments though.
I wouldn't dismiss the American advanced wall framing so quickly. Stating that it has not be widely adopted has no relevance to its efficiency. Without doing an energy model I would guess that thermal bridging losses compared to the Swedish frame are similar, and any small differences would be dramatically reduced by an exterior insulation. Also the entire wiring chase would be unnecessary if a spray in wall cavity insulation is used. From a practicality standpoint moving Americans to an advanced wall frame would be easier than the Swedish system.
Vapor barriers should not be installed on the inside of a walls assemblies, it should be as close as possible to the interior or exterior wall based on climate zone. The Certainteed vapor barrier seems silly, it only works as a vapor barrier when there is no vapor load and becomes vapor permeable when there is a load. Why not just eliminate the vapor barrier, the wall would work the same. In terms of vapor loads air sealing is the critical factor as most moisture is transported by convection vs. diffusion. I would recommend using a wall spray insulation that doesn't require a vapor barrier and using a vapor retardant wall paint if demanded by the building inspector.
Another major consideration is the meticulous attention to air sealing the frame as it is erected, something I'm sure the Swedish are very good at.
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in a previous life, as a young stud I was into audio equipment. There were basically two camps;- folks who would spend nights endlessly looking at at "spec sheets" about THD, IMD, bandwidth and RMS and decide what was "best"- and others who would sit down in a dimly lit room with some tunes (vinyl...!) and listen.
You may know a Swiss company called Weiss? They design and manufacture high end stuff, in particular DACs.Mr. Weiss is a brilliant engineer and he prides himself of not using at all subjective listening sessions when designing his equipment. His view is that there is no value in doing so, engineering data is all we need since good sound can be perfectly characterized using a set of well known metrics. Predictably, his equipment is repeatedly some of the best sounding at any price. The value of subjectivity is, simply put, marketing BS used by those unable to design equipment that measures well.The same does apply to cameras and sensors. Beyond romantic beliefs there is no need to look beyond data, they correlate very well with the technical quality of the images coming out of the sensor. There is no magic.36/39mp MFDB back owners used to tell us how superior the real DR of their sensor was compared to those of DSLRs (they were mostly using 5DII as base for comparison) and they were using this argument to proof that DxO data was not well correlated with actual photographic value. Now that these backs have become cheaper more people do compare them to the latest DSLR... and what do they report? That the DxO data is in fact perfectly well correlated with what they see in their files.Now, does that relate to better images? Not the least bit. It also doesn't mean that the camera with the best DxO figures is the one that is going to satisfy a particular photographer's needs the best. There is a lot more than pure image quality and there are many people who prefer the warm sound of tube amplifiers. They can get along with engineers just fine as long as they don't claim their gear has qualities it doesn't have. Cheers,Bernard
I have zero interest in DXO's findings
The trouble is with DXO testing and most testing people do themselves is they try to remove all the variables and to do that you end up shooting in a manor few people that choose 35mm style systems shoot in.
Not much point testing on a tripod if you shoot handheld,
I was told that DXO rate the 1DsIII as higher DR at low iso than the X. I can assure as a 1DsIII owner for years and a X owner for a few weeks, they are very wide of the mark. The X has bags more DR, shadows go very deep and hold together nicely, not the case with DsIII. Knowing this first hand, I can't take anything DXO says very seriously.
This is another example with D800 and one of mine 5dmk2same exposure time/f-stop ,base iso
This is another example with D800 and one of mine 5dmk2same exposure time/f-stop ,base isoThe motive exposed after high light to avoid to much clipping in the sky and then the two rawfiles are hanled exactley the same regarding the lower levels/shadows. Large DR and clean lower levels means that I can even more under exposure a contrasty motive, maintain the high lights and adjust the other parts in the motive, as lifting the lower levelsIt not only the DR who are inferior in Canon because of the high read out noise , the Canon cameras has also problem with pattern noise and banding, how much depends on chosen camera model, the 6d has less pattern noise banding then for example 5dmk3 5dmk3
Hi,Thanks for interesting demo!Could you post the raw files, please. Would be interesting to see them in "raw digger".Best regardsErik


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Please continue the Penn State discussion here.
Please continue the Penn State discussion here.
Donations are surprisingly up at Penn State.
Not really a surprise as Penn State has been on a 24/7 cycle since the awful news broke about the Sandusky scandal. People come to the defense of their university by opening up there wallets to try and make a difference. Plus there might be some guilt tied into those donations as well.
If you have a losing record at Reds games, please stop going.
Not just that, for a long time there, the PSU alumni were all CERTAIN that Joe had no knowledge of what was going on.
Penn State report to be released Thursday. I fully expect Paterno to be thrown under the bus and then the bus to be backed up over him several times. Paterno is dead, Penn State will offer his legend up in sacrifice.
If you have a losing record at Reds games, please stop going.
Dead men don't talk so I am sure we will never know, which is what makes him the perfect scapegoat.
If you have a losing record at Reds games, please stop going.
Lets remember the investigation is being paid for by the Board of Trustees. The same Board of Trustees who fired Paterno without even questioning him about his involvement in this matter. The same board who most likely leaked the emails. Look I have no doubt that Paterno has to shoulder some blame here but ultimately what I am saying is what better way for PSU to get out from under this weight than to blame Paterno and his henchmen for all that went wrong.
If you have a losing record at Reds games, please stop going.
If you have a losing record at Reds games, please stop going.
Short of turning up a memo, written in his (Paterno's) handwriting on personalized letterhead and stamped by a notary public, saying, "Hey, Graham and Tim, I'm OK with Jerry raping little boys as long as it doesn't make the press," the Freeh report will likely leave a lot of Penn State minds unchanged.
Hell, that probably isn't enough because it wouldn't have specified which Graham, Tim, and Jerry. Those are just first names ya know.
The rest of us, however know better.
Joey Votto does not care about RBI.
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STOCKTON - Twenty-four years later, memories of the 1989 Cleveland School massacre still linger like a bad dream in Stockton, resurfacing with news of every schoolyard shooting.
STOCKTON - Twenty-four years later, memories of the 1989 Cleveland School massacre still linger like a bad dream in Stockton, resurfacing with news of every schoolyard shooting.
The deaths of 26 people last month at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., and Tuesday's shooting at Lone Star College in Houston have heightened concerns among teachers and school administrators, authorities said. Law enforcement officials routinely train for active-shooter situations, but now, more educators are asking what they can do to save lives if a gunman opens fire on school grounds.
"Right now, they're scared, and they want to know how they can better prepare themselves for these types of situations," said Lt. James Lenzi of the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office, which is sending SWAT teams to schools to share information with educators.
"We have deputies going out and doing seminars, telling people, 'This is what you need to look for. These are security measures you need to take. This is how you need to react to give the most people the best chance at survival.' People want reassurances, and this makes them feel a little safer knowing how they can protect themselves and their students."
Lenzi said the Sheriff's Office is planning a free seminar on active-shooter scenarios. The seminar could be in the next month or so and is expected to draw hundreds of school and law enforcement officials, Lenzi said.
The Stockton Police Department also has fielded calls from a number of schools since the Sandy Hook shooting, said Lt. Ivan Rose, a SWAT commander. Rose said officers work with teachers and administrators to establish protocols for school shootings.
"Schools are given training on how to respond to an active-shooter situation very similar to the way they're given training for natural disasters, such as earthquakes or fires," Rose said.
In addition to consulting with school officials, Stockton police officers and San Joaquin County sheriff's deputies take Advanced Officer Training courses to keep themselves prepared for active-shooter scenarios and other situations. Members of both departments are reviewing active-shooter tactics, authorities said. The reviews include classroom training and simulations involving role players, Rose said.
"We want to make sure their tactics are sound and they know exactly what to do when they respond to these incidents," Lenzi said. "The SWAT team trains on active-shooter scenarios nonstop year-round, and they're the best at it, but we have to make sure our patrol staff is confident and capable, too. They're going to be the first ones there. We're going to go in there as fast as we can and save as many lives as possible."
Rose and Lenzi said most law enforcement agencies have adopted more aggressive tactics for active-shooter scenarios since the Columbine High School shooting in 1999. At Columbine, where Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold murdered 12 students and one teacher and wounded 21 others, authorities followed traditional law enforcement tactics, surrounding the location, establishing a perimeter and containing the damage. Now, first responders are trained to seek out and neutralize the threat as quickly as possible.
"The traditional tactics were found to be ineffective in these active-shooter situations when the purpose of the suspects is to hurt people," Rose said. "The tactic we deploy now is called Immediate Deployment and Rapid Intervention, and that is basically just what it sounds like. If you respond to an active-shooter incident, you deploy and you move to that threat, and then you intervene in whatever way is appropriate to contain the situation."
In the Cleveland School shooting Jan. 17, 1989, gunman Patrick Purdy killed five children and wounded 29 others before killing himself. Purdy's murderous rampage received national news coverage and raised public awareness about school shootings, much as the Sandy Hook shooting has in recent weeks.
"We had the Cleveland School shooting here, which was a horrible tragedy, so in Stockton we're no stranger to these types of events," Rose said. "It can happen anywhere, and it has happened here, so people need to be aware of it."
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Here's a look at who the national pundits are picking in this weekend's Eagles-Giants matchup.
I'll make my picks Saturday afternoon and will also have a closer look at the Giants once I finish watching the replay of their loss last week to the Cardinals.
SI.com's Peter King goes with the Eagles, 30-24:
There's a reason why Andy Reid took LeSean McCoy in the second round last April, and the reason will be apparent Sunday against the Giants. He can block, he can catch the ball out of the backfield, and while he doesn't have the cutting ability of Brian Westbrook, he does have the interior toughness and the ability to break a run or two outside.
SI.com's Don Banks has the Eagles eighth in his power rankings:
Who said midseason trades rarely amount to much in the NFL? Newly acquired Eagles linebacker Will Witherspoon played like a guy who had just been handed a new lease on life against the Redskins Monday night, and I guess in a football sense, he had. Going from winless St. Louis to contending Philadelphia ought to get the juices flowing, or there's something amiss to start.
Accuscore gives the Eagles the edge, 25.2 to 22.7.
Six FoxSports.com experts are split -- three picking the Eagles and three picking the Giants.
FoxSports.com's Peter Schrager has the Eagles winning, 30-22:
If New York and Philly fans didn't hate each other enough already, there's now a World Series and a little Eagles-Giants game this weekend to tack on top of the rivalry. Eli Manning has won four starts in a row at Philadelphia, and the Giants have won six of their past eight NFC East division games. But the defending division champs lost their last two and haven't looked particularly sharp in either. Give me the Yankees in that Philadelphia band box in Game 4 and the Eagles at the Linc on Sunday. And of course, several, several, several fist fights in the stands at both.
Five of eight ESPN experts like the Giants.
ESPN.com has the Eagles 12th in its power rankings.
CBSSports.com's Pete Prisco gives the Giants a 27-26 win:
The Giants have lost two in a row and seem to be reeling. So why do I like them here? They will pound it at the Eagles and hit some big plays against that Philly blitz. Tom Coughlin is good at getting his team back off the canvas, and the Eagles are on a short week.
Prisco has the Eagles eighth in his power rankings.
Matt Bowen of the National Football Post has the Birds, 22-17:
A big NFC East matchup in Philly. Over the last two weeks, the Giants' secondary has been exposed and QB Eli Manning hasn't reacted well to pressure defenses. The concern for Philly is the health of RB Brian Westbrook, who is being called a game-time decision. But this shouldn't reflect who the Eagles are—because this team has become a big-play offense with DeSean Jackson and Jeremy Maclin. I like Donovan McNabb at The Linc, and I still see Eli struggling with the Eagles' multiple pressure schemes. Philly is plus-11 in turnover ratio right now, and I see it continuing on Sunday. I am going with McNabb and Philly at home.
Pro Football Talk predicts an Eagles win, 20-17.


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NEW YORK (AP) — Stock indexes are holding near the break-even level in early trading even after the government raised its estimate for third-quarter U.S. economic growth.
Investors remain focused on budget talks in Washington. Republican lawmakers were advancing a bill that would raise taxes on people earning over $1 million a year, but President Barack Obama has threatened to veto it.
The Dow Jones industrial average was down a point at 13,250 shortly after the opening bell Thursday.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index was up a point at 1,437 and the Nasdaq composite slipped a fraction to 3,044.
The U.S. government raised its estimate for economic growth in the July-through-September quarter to 3.1 percent from 2.7 percent.
NYSE Euronext jumped 35 percent after agreeing to be acquired by IntercontinentalExchange for $8.2 billion.


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Jim Dale guides his guests into the study in his Park Avenue home, pointing out memorabilia filling the walls and shelves: album covers from when he was a British pop star in the late '50s; pictures of him from the "Carry On…" comedy films in the ''60s; posters when he starred in "Scapino" and "Barnum" on Broadway; Grammys for his "Harry Potter" audio books.
Tucked away on a top shelf is a small, well-worn book, "How to Be Funny," a childhood manual that helped shape his destiny.
How so?
"Ah, that's in the show," he says, not wanting to give away some of his best material from his still-in-development solo...


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The Web's Best Scientology Longreads
From Lawrence Wright's epic 2011 essay in The New Yorker to the deep investigations by local newspapers, The Daily Beast picks the best journalism about the controversial church. Plus, read our handy glossary of Scientology's key terms.
The Apostate (2011)Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker
Paul Haggis vs. the Church of Scientology.
What Is Scientology? (2012) Tony Ortega, The Village Voice
An in-depth but readable guide to what Scientologists believe, with links to Scientology reporter Tony Ortega's hundreds of articles about the church.
The Cult of Greed (1991) Richard Behar, Time
"Ruined lives. Lost fortunes. Federal crimes." In this 1991 cover story, Time magazine declared, "Scientology poses as a religion but really is a ruthless global scam."
Attack the Attacker (1996) Joel Sappell and Richard W. Welkos, Los Angeles Times
The sixth part of a Los Angeles Times investigation, focusing on Scientology's widely perceived policy of harassing critics and defectors. See an index of the entire series here.
The Money Machine (2009) Joe Childs and Thomas C. Tobin, St. Petersburg Times
The first part of an investigation into Scientology's extreme pursuit of cash. Plus, see the whole series, and the entire archive of the Times' numerous investigations of Scientology.
His Town (2012)Jason Sheeler, Texas Monthly
When Marty Rathbun became an outspoken defector from the Church of Scientology, a group of filmmakers began to disrupt life in his adopted hometown. But they weren't counting on the response of his neighbors.


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According to a Herald/Times analysis of voting data in the 2008 and 2010 elections, the map proposed by Senate Redistricting Chairman Don Gaetz would continue a strong Republican majority in the 40-member chamber but relinquish one more seat to Democrats than the first map rejected by the Florida Supreme Court.
Under Gaetz's plan, the Senate would have 23 Republican-leaning districts and 15 Democrat-leaning seats, up from the current 12 seats now held by the minority party. Another two seats, District 8 in Central Florida, and District 17 in Pinellas, would be competitive. District 8 is the district Republican Rep. Dorothy Hukill of Port Orange is seeking and her likely opponent is Frank Bruno, the chairman of the Volusia County Commission.
District 17 is the seat now held by Sen. Jack Latvala, a Clearwater Republican who has been engaged in the leadership fight mounted against Sen. Andy Gardiner last month by Gaetz allies, Sen. John Thrasher and Sen. Joe Negron.
The first map proposed by the Senate and rejected by the court did not pit any incumbent senators against each other and was rejected by the court because it was "was rife with indicators of improper intent." In that map, 24 of the 40 Senate districts were solidly Republican based on performance in the last two elections and 14 were Democratic and another two districts leaned Republican.
Democratic Party executive director Scott Arcenaux predicted the Gaetz map, if approved by the Senate, would face the same fate as the first map.
"My read is where the first map was really unconstitutional, this map is a little less unconstitutional,'' he said. "They're doing their best to maximize the number of Republicans they can elect to the state Senate."
Among the flaws, he said, were the oddly-shaped districts across the state, the non-compact district that pits Bogdanoff and Sachs in the same seat and stretching from Palm Beach to Broward counties.
"They pack all the Republicans they can find in Broward and Palm Beach counties to create a district for Ellyn Bogdanoff,'' he said.
Gaetz defended the district, saying it "no longer extends along the coast of Palm Beach and Broward counties" and "is substantially revised into compact districts." He noted that a new district now combines both African American and Hispanic voters into a district wholly contained in Palm Beach County.
He also notes that District 35, now held by Miami Democrat Gwen Margolis, is a new Hispanic-majority district. The Herald/Times analysis showed the district voted for President Obama over John McCain 61 percent to 39 percent and voted for Democrat Alex Sink over Republican Rick Scott by nearly the same margin.
Times researcher Darla Cameron contributed to this report.


text: Governor Branstad released his Commercial Tax reform proposal on Wednesday. It plans to drive the percent of commercial property taxes that must be paid from 100% to 60%. Representative Jarad Klein thinks lowering commercial property values would help to boost our economy. Some legislators are worried that lowering commercial property taxes would cause homeowner and farmland taxes to increase, but the plan includes a limit on the rate of increases for home and farm taxes. The plan calls for a 5% decrease in commercial property taxes per year, but that rate would be lowered if commercial and industry property values don't start to increase. That part of the plan is part of an effort to make sure local governments don't lose funding due to decreased taxes. This is an issue that has Senator Sandy Greiner worried. She wants to make sure local governments don't lose money. State Funding is also planned to offset any revenue losses local governments might have. KCII will continue to follow this reform as it makes its way through the state legislature.


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ASOS have just unveiled a new trend for the Autumn and it actually does their own brand collection justice. It's a well thought out, solid collection that's accessible and well styled, continuing the outdoor trend that has lasted a few seasons it seems to have taken the best elements of some them such as Fairisle knits, but left out the worst, like mens fringed moccasins. Here is how ASOS described the collection and below is a gallery of some of the picks of the collection. View the full collection HERE.
'Scanning the wilderness of North America, Scotland and Scandinavia, Nomad is a look grounded in the history of cross-continental adventure. Playing with ethnic patterns and texture is vital, with Navajo and Fairisle mixing like never before. It's a look obviously influenced by the wandering tribes and their distinctive take on the functional, yet is equally at home in town. It's time to take a journey to the great outdoors…'
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Evelio Rosero's The Armies begins almost idyllically, in a garden. To the bright laughter of macaws, old Ismael Pasos picks oranges. His wife, the slightly less-old Otilia, feeds the fish in the fountain as their cats peer down from an almond tree. In this Eden, it is desire, not satisfaction, that rules. A wall divides the Pasoses' garden from that of their neighbors, the Brazilian (who is not, in fact, from Brazil) and his wife, "the slender Geraldina," who lies naked in the sun as her husband strums a guitar beneath a ceiba tree and Pasos, on his ladder, takes his time with the oranges, watching Geraldina "tanning herself in the morning sun, drinking wine, stretched out with no concern other than the color of her skin, the smell of her own hair as if it were the color and texture of her heart."
Every paradise has its troubles, of course, and the ones in Rosero's fictional rural Colombian town of San José are quaint enough at first. Otilia does her best to shame him, but Ismael, a retired schoolteacher and apparently the third oldest man in San José, cannot resist lusting and leering after Geraldina, after her pubescent maid, after nearly every young woman and girl around. "I ask nothing more of life," he says of Geraldina–even after the Brazilian has gently mocked him for his lechery–"than this possibility, to see this woman without her knowing that I'm looking at her, to see this woman when she knows I'm looking, but to see her: my only explanation for staying alive."
Hints arise of troubles deeper than those brought about by Pasos's indiscreet ogling: the usual small-town rancors and resentments, plus "shouts of the war" echoing in the middle distance. Every year the townspeople gather at Hortensia Galindo's to mark the anniversary of her husband's kidnapping. No one knows if it was the guerrillas or the paramilitaries who took him, or perhaps the drug traffickers or the army, and it doesn't matter much. "They make the most of the occasion": they eat, drink and even dance, though this year there is no dancing, because too many of the young people have left town. Then there's the newborn infant found dismembered in San José's dump. "It's not the first time," says Pasos, who mentions in passing that the neighbors' maid, "almost plump and yet willowy, with rosy glints on her tanned face," had been orphaned when the town was last attacked and "whichever army it was" tossed a stick of dynamite into the church on Holy Thursday "with half the town inside."
Though that event is purposefully left vague in The Armies, in Colombia, where Rosero was born in 1958, it would resonate sharply. In May 2002, when the battle between right-wing paramilitary forces and FARC guerrillas for control of the Atrato River region spilled into the western town of Bojayá, residents sought refuge in the church. The paramilitaries took cover behind its walls, and the guerrillas hurled homemade mortars at them, causing the building's roof to collapse and killing 119 civilians, many of them children. Even by jaded Colombian standards, the toll of the massacre was shocking.
So it's no surprise that the idyll, such as it is, doesn't last. Pasos skips the kidnapping party. His knee is swollen, so he hikes into the hills to see the old folk healer, Maestro Claudino. We are still, at this point, on terrain that a reader whose sole knowledge of Colombia was derived from Gabriel García Márquez would not find altogether unfamiliar. San José is haunted but still picturesque. Though violence renders it bleak, it is still rich in history and in metaphor. But, as Rosero said in a 2007 interview, referring to the village immortalized in One Hundred Years of Solitude, "Macondo doesn't look anything like the towns of Colombia anymore."


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The MSA Hopper, originated by Loren Williams, is a high floating hopper pattern - best fished in combination with a heavy nymph suspended from the hopper. A double whammy tandem.
MSA Hopper
Hook: Partridge BIN #8 (or equivalent medium wire 2XL hook)
Thread: Benecchi 12/0, black
Body hackle: Whiting saddle, dirty badger
Abdomen: Argentinean hare, dyed olive
Flash: Krystal Flash, pearl
Wing: Deer hair, dyed olive
Legs: Round rubber, black
Hackle: Whiting saddle, dirty badger
Thorax: Argentinean hare, dyed olive
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Viral gastroenteritis is swelling or inflammation of the stomach and intestines from a virus. The infection can lead to diarrhea and vomiting. It is sometimes called the "stomach flu."
Rotavirus infection; Norwalk virus; Gastroenteritis - viral; Stomach flu
Gastroenteritis can affect one person or a group of people who all ate the same food or drank the same water. The germs may get into your system directly from food or water or by way of objects such as plates and eating utensils. They can also be passed from person to person with close contact.
Viral gastroenteritis is a leading cause of severe diarrhea in both adults and children. Many types of viruses can cause gastroenteritis. The most common ones are:
People with the highest risk for severe gastroenteritis include young children, the elderly, and people who have a suppressed immune system.
Symptoms most often appear within 4 to 48 hours after contact with the virus. Common symptoms include:
Other symptoms may include:
The health care provider will look for signs of dehydration, including:
Tests of stool samples may be used to identify the virus that is causing the sickness. Most of the time, this test is not needed for viral gastroenteritis. A stool culture may be done to find out if the problem is being caused by bacteria.
The goal of treatment is to prevent dehydration by making sure the body has enough water and fluids. Fluids and electrolytes (salt and minerals) that are lost through diarrhea or vomiting must be replaced by drinking extra fluids. Even if you are able to eat, you should still drink extra fluids between meals.
Try eating small amounts of food frequently. Foods to try include:
If you have diarrhea and are unable to drink or keep down fluids because of nausea or vomiting, you may need fluids through a vein (IV). Infants and young children are more likely to need IV fluids.
Parents should closely monitor the number of wet diapers an infant or young child has while sick to watch for signs of dehydration.
People taking water pills (diuretics) who develop diarrhea may be told by their health care provider to stop taking the diuretic during the acute episode. However, DO NOT stop taking any prescription medicine without first talking to your health care provider.
Antibiotics do not work for viruses.
You can buy medicines at the drugstore that can help stop or slow diarrhea.
For most people, the illness goes away in a few days without treatment.
Rotavirus causes severe gastroenteritis in infants and young children. Severe dehydration and death can occur in this age group.
Call your health care provider if diarrhea lasts for more than several days or if dehydration occurs. You should also contact your health care provider if you or your child has these symptoms:
Most viruses and bacteria are passed from person to person by unwashed hands. The best way to prevent viral gastroenteritis is to handle food properly and wash your hands thoroughly after using the toilet.
Vaccination to prevent severe rotavirus infection is recommended for infants starting at age 2 months.
DuPontHL. Approach to the patient with suspected enteric infection. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Goldman's Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 291.
Semrad CE. Approach to the patient with diarrhea and malabsorption. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Goldman's Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 142.
Giannella RA. Infectious enteritis and proctocolitis and bacterial food poisoning. In: Feldman M, Friedman LS, Brandt LJ, eds. Sleisenger & Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease. 9th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2010:chap 107.
Zulfigar AB. Acute gastroenteritis in children. In: Kliegman RM, Behrman RE, Jenson HB, Stanton BF, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 19th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 332.
Bass DM. Rotaviruses, caliciviruses, and astroviruses. In: Kliegman RM, Behrman RE, Jenson HB, Stanton BF, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 19th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 257.
Dupont HL. Acute Infectious diarrhea in immunocompetent adults. N Engl J Med. 2014; 370:1532-1540.


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A 54-year-old motorcyclist was killed Wednesday evening after a head-on wreck on County Road 314 at Northeast 112th Avenue.
Motorcyclist killed in wreck on CR 314
A 54-year-old motorcyclist was killed Wednesday evening after a head-on wreck on County Road 314 at Northeast 112th Avenue.
Tammy Lee Hook-Curvin was eastbound on CR 314 about 5:15 p.m. when she failed to negotiate a right curve and swerved into the opposite lane, the Florida Highway Patrol reported.
Her 2005 Harley-Davidson Custom 1200 struck a 2003 Mazda Tribute, the patrol said.
Hook-Curvin, who was from Vassar, Mich., was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the other vehicle, Daniel McConnell, 61, of McAlpin, suffered minor injuries. So did his passenger, Judith Marsh, 65.
Egg hunts and more in celebration of Easter
Egg hunt, 10 a.m. to noon, Hawthorne Village Of Ocala, 4100 SW 33 Ave., Ocala. Face painting, Easter bunny and more. (237-7776)
PAAS Eggstravaganza, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Tuscawilla Park, NE Sanchez Ave., Ocala. (368-5517 or recreationandparks.ocalafl.org)
Egg hunt, noon to 2 p.m., St. John Lutheran Church, 10495 Sunset Harbor Road, Summerfield. Ages 2 through sixth grade. (288-2041)
Egg hunt, children's activities and more, 1 to 3 p.m., Shake Rag Art and Culture Center, 882 N. State Road 21, Melrose. (475-5551)
Visit Easter Bunny's country cousin, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Uncle Donald's Farm, 2713 Griffin Ave., Lady Lake. Egg hunt 1 p.m. $9.25. (753-2882)
Fallen Oak Equine Rescue and Rehabilitation Spring Festival fundraiser, 11 a.m., Fallen Oak Plantation, 3230 NE 55th Ave. Silver Springs. $10, includes egg hunts, hay rides, pet and feed ponies and more. (286-3754 or firstname.lastname@example.com)
Egg hunt, 7:45 p.m., Ocala Drive-In, 4850 S. Pine Ave, Ocala. ( 629-1325)
Egg hunt, 1 to 3 p.m., Happy Acres Ranch, 10051 SW 135 Terrace, Dunnellon. (www.ocalahappyacres.com)
Helicopter Candy Drop, 9 a.m. and 11 a.m., Spirit Life Church, 6405 S. Pine Ave., Ocala. (622-7770)
Blood center in need of O-negative type blood
Florida's Blood Centers, a division of OneBlood Inc., has issued a critical appeal for blood donations, especially O-negative. Donations can be made at 1051 SW First Ave., Ocala, or on any Big Red Bus.
For more information, call 732-0175 or visit floridasbloodcenters.org.
Free dog obedience classes begin Monday
The Greater Ocala Dog Club is offering free obedience classes beginning Monday.
Classes will run from 6 to 7 p.m. for five weeks at the Greater Ocala Dog Club show grounds, 10205 NE Gainesville Road, Ocala. Proof of rabies vaccine is required.
For more information and registration, call 595-3912 or 595-2927.
Wild Waters water park to open this Saturday
Wild Waters will be open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekends from Saturday through June 8, daily June 8 through Aug. 18 and weekends Aug. 24 through Sept. 2. Daily admission is $14. An unlimited splash pass is $32.99 and expires Sept. 2.
On saturdays from June 8 through the end of August, the park will be open for Family Fun Nights from 6 to 10 p.m. at a cost of $10.
For more information, call 236-2121 or visit wildwaterspark.com.
State House backing raise for state workers
TALLAHASSEE — Florida legislators are backing a pay raise for state workers.
Rep. Seth McKeel, R-Lakeland and House budget chief, announced Thursday that the House would propose the first across-the-board pay increase for state employees since 2006.
The $1,400 pay raise — which would take effect on Nov. 1 — would be included in the initial House budget. The Senate, meanwhile, is proposing a three percent across the board pay raise for state workers.
Gov. Rick Scott proposed giving employees a $1,200 one-time bonus while also setting aside money for performance bonuses.
The House and Senate are working on a new state budget to cover the fiscal year that begins July 1. Legislators have until early May to reach a final deal.
— The Associated Press
FAMU wants libel suit tied to hazing tossed
TALLAHASSEE — Florida A&M University wants a judge to throw out a libel suit filed against the university and its student newspaper.
FAMU's attorney on Wednesday filed a strongly worded response to a lawsuit filed by Marching 100 drum major Keon Hollis.
Hollis was wrongfully identified in an online article as one of four students suspended by the university for taking part in the hazing that led to the death of Robert Champion.
Hollis, a friend of Champion's, was beaten by band members the same night that Champion died. In his lawsuit, Hollis says he suffered humiliation and emotional distress because of the article.
But FAMU contends Hollis is fortunate he wasn't expelled. The university also questions any emotional distress by noting he has talked about the incident on national television.
— The Associated Press
Man dies after falling in water treatment plant
ST. PETERSBURG — A 52-year-old man was killed after falling into a tank at St. Petersburg's Northwest Water Reclamation Treatment Facility.
The accident happened Thursday morning. Officials say the man was not wearing a safety harness while cleaning the tank.
Police say the man was a subcontracted employee working on the walls inside an empty section of a 5 million gallon water tank.
He fell 30 feet from a lift to the floor of the tank around 11:15 a.m. Police have not yet released his name but say he worked for a contracting firm out of Naples.
— The Associated Press


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22 March 2012
Pinterest? Have You Joined Yet? Please Do Tell Us About How Genealogists Might Benefit!
After seeing references to "Pinterest" on Facebook and elsewhere, I just had to figure out what all the "buzz" was about.
I learned more about just searching around the internet and by reading James Tanner's post "Pinterest – Upcoming Social Networking Site" where he says ...
"Pinterest is one of the fastest growing websites on the Internet. Initially adopted by a predominantly younger female market, Pinterest has now attracted a substantial special interest following, including a growing number of genealogists. As the name suggests, it is a way to pin pictures you find on the Internet to a virtual board on your page."
And, here's a fun article by a self-proclaimed Pinterest addict, "Pinning: These are a few of my favorite things" and one titled "Pinterest – Oh No, Another Addictive Distraction!" on Olive Tree Genealogy.
Are you on Pinterest? Have you used it for genealogy?
Share your thoughts on what you like about it, what's fun about it, what can be frustrating, should we ask to be invited, or any other thoughts you want to share with your virtual genealogy buddies!
Editor's Note: I've not yet "requested an invite" If you have what you consider a great example of a genealogical use of Pinterest and you'd like to share that with me, please do so and it might motivate me to get invited and actually see what it's all about. After reading how addicting it is, I am trying to control myself and not get started. Though, all's it took was one good excuse to get on FB, Google+, Linkpendium, etc
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Rudy Boschwitz is the former United States Senator who represented Minnesota for twelve years, from 1978-1991. He is a friend for whom I was proud to serve as treasurer in his 1996 campaign.
His life story is a tribute to the United States that he has never tired of retelling. As a child, he came with his family to America when his father had the foresight to leave Germany upon Hitler's appointment as Chancellor in 1933.
Senator Boschwitz made a name for himself and even became something of an icon in Minnesota as a businessman before he ran for office in 1978. He served in the Senate with distinction and continued the private good works that have enhanced his reputation both before and after his public service.
It should therefore count as something of a fourth and fifth strike against our old-media adversary Jim Boyd, the cowardly lion of Portland Avenue, that he went substantially out of his way to smear both incumbent Senator Norm Coleman and Senator Boschwitz in his Star Tribune column this past Sunday after smearing Rocket Man and me in his column the previous Sunday.
We have already noted Boyd's disgraceful treatment of Senator Coleman in his most recent column. We have held off commenting on Boyd's assertions regarding Senator Boschwitz until now. In his column this past Sunday Boyd wrote:
About six weeks ago, former Sen. Rudy Boschwitz submitted a piece that took on former counterterrorism expert Richard Clarke. The piece contained demonstrably false statements. I required that they be stripped from the piece, and they were. The piece ran.
Let us observe preliminarily that when Jim Boyd talks about "demonstrably false statements," we enter the paradoxical world in which one is asked to judge the veracity of statements such as "all men are liars."
Speaking for himself, Senator Boschwitz has responded to Boyd's smear with a letter to the editor of the Star Tribune that he sent earlier today. He has kindly granted us permission to share it with our readers. Here it is:
Imagine my surprise when I returned from vacation last Sunday, and saw in the Star Tribune an assault on my good name.
In an angry article by Jim Boyd, in which he congratulates himself for preventing "political smear" on your opinion page, he states:
"About six weeks ago, former Sen. Rudy Boschwitz submitted a piece that took on former counterterrorism expert Richard Clarke. The piece contained demonstrably false statements. I required that they be stripped from the piece, and they were. The piece ran."
My my. This indeed was a surprise. I never wrote a piece about Clarke and I haven't talked to Jim Boyd in several years.
I did write a piece, however, about Sandy Berger, Bill Clinton's National Security Adviser. I had a couple of very nice conversations with Sue Wolkerstorfer of the [Star Tribune] editorial page who did object to certain things I wrote, facts that I had checked with my Washington sources, and with which she disagreed. I recognized that if my piece was to be accepted by the Star Tribune, it needed to be changed. So I made the requested changes. The changes certainly did not alter the substance of the article.
Jim Boyd doesn't consider himself a purveyor of political smear such as he accuses others of being. Yet he calls John Hinderaker and Scott Johnson, who wrote two columns that appeared on your pages, "fraudulent" and "smear artists" engaged in "immorality." Strong words indeed for a fellow who abhors political smear and accuses others of engaging in it! I know both of those young men well and find their work particularly well written and painstakingly researched.
They are clearly more accurate than Boyd.
Since his retirement from office by the voters in 1990, Senator Boschwitz has returned to the Twin Cities, rejoined the family business, and resumed an active civic and political life. For Boyd to drag Senator Boschwitz into a discussion that he has literally nothing to do with and to perform a kind of drive-by smear of his good name in the community prompts the following observation.
Jim Boyd's professional behavior seems to have reached the point where we may have to ask of him the same question that Joseph Welch posed to Joe McCarthy, and that made Welch a political legend: "Have you no decency, Sir? At long last, have you no decency?"


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- Nurse Practitioners Support Services - links to resources for nurse practitioners, an on-line directory of nurse practitioners
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An Italian poet, journalist, novelist, and dramatist, Gabriele D'Annunzio enjoyed a flamboyant career in international affairs after the First World War when he raised a small army and seized the port of Fiume (now Rijeka, Croatia). Failing in his attempts to annex his territory to Italy, D'Annunzio reigned as Duce over the micro-state for over a year before being forced to relinquish control.
The fifteen imprints comprising this collection of scarce broadsides, all printed in the short-lived Free State of Fiume. During the brief period of his reign in Fiume, D'Annunzio issued propagandistic broadsides, proclamations, and leaflets almost daily, often distributing them by airplane drop over the city. Included is a rare first edition of D'Annunzio's most famous piece from the Fiume period, Italia e vita.
- Subjects
- Free State of Fiume--History--20th century
- Italy--History--1914-1922
- Rijeka (Croatia)--History--20th century
- World War, 1914-1918--Baltic State
- World War, 1914-1918--Italy
- Contributors
- D'Annunzio, Gabriele, 1863-1938
- Druscovich, Marco
- Zoll, Corrado
- Types of material
- Broadsides
- Fliers (Printed material)


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bryson needed a new button or icon design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 41 designs submitted by 16 freelance designers.
Looking for some stylistic icons to fit into a design we've already created. Icon categories are not traditional so we are looking for some creative ideas!
We are building an interface which incorporates some of the latest design aesthetics; a blend of iPhone, Mac and Vista elements. You need to carry those aesthetics into the icons and button text. If you think the buttons need to be updated to match your design don't hesitate to go the extra mile!
Comp can be found here:
*Comp is scaled down 50%, should be 1024x768. Actual button size is 120x60px
***The buttons in the lower right are the ones requiring the icons.
here is an example of what we are looking for: http://126.96.36.199/comp-button.jpg
- Vector graphics
- Icons and if necessary button graphics for categories: Banking, Social Networks (i.e. MySpace, Facebook), Chat (i.e. AOL, Yahoo), Travel Services, Airlines, Games, Local Attractions, News, Sports, Directions, Maps, Email
- Need to ensure that the text is included in the button as well.
- Text can wrap to two lines if needed
- When posting a reply just include the button, icon and text. Do not include entire comp posted in this brief in your response.
- buttons dimensions to be maintained (comp is scaled down 50%, should be 1024x768). Actual button size is 120x60px
- If the
icons used are part of an existing icon library, I need the rights to use
without any fees or royalties.
- buttons without text


text: MAGNUM RESEARCH DESERT EAGLE CSC ARMS "WarHAWK" TAKEDOWN AR Pistol 9m... Sig Sauer P320 Compact .45ACP 3.9" 9+1 -... Springfield M1A .308/7.62 22" 10+1 Ameri... Taurus Judge 45 Colt /410 6.5" 5 Shot - ... Guns KBI AK . LR GOOD | 1 | 0 | Lc | 8062.562ms View Category KBI AK47/22 .22 LR 18" - GOOD For Sale from Hyatt Gun Shop | Positive feedback: 98% View | Verified Seller | 165 Completed Sales View Sellers Items /UserImages/122469/923408747 3318559.jpg Description: Discontinued model. No box or papers. Read More Location: NC Trades Accepted: No Read More Hyatt Gun Shop is America's largest independently owned gun store and features more than 4,000 guns in stock on any given day. After opening its doors in 1959, Hyatt Gun Shop has been in the same location at 3332 Wilkinson Blvd. and remains a family business to this day with three generations of the Hyatt family working here daily. Why does matter to you? Unlike the big-box stores, the Hyatt family has shared its experience, know how and customer-first attitude that comes with their 50-plus years of being in business. Shipping Notes: We charge $19.99 to ship handguns and $29.99 to ship long guns. Read More Share Item Item #: 923408747 Stock No.: 1100956 Hyatt Gun Shop Seller Since: Aug. 2010 Seller Level: Verified This seller is an FFL City: Charlotte State: NC Price: SOLD Shipping: See Description (or Arrange local transfer) Accepted Payment Methods: Returns: Your Recently Viewed Items