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No, I don't have big weekend plans. And it's a slow pre-holiday weekend news day. So, let's talk healthcare and the Medicare "charting party" case unsealed this week in the SDFLA. DOJ's Medicare Strikeforce has indicted 3 doctors and 17 others, in what the government has dubbed the "nation's largest mental health racket," alleging that unneeded group therapy sessions and sleep studies were being routinely provided at several community mental health centers. Judge Seitz, whose courtroom was my second home as a young AUSA, has drawn the case. The charges stem from an ongoing probe into Miami-based American Therapeutics Corp. Last October, the company and four executives were charged with defrauding Medicare out of more than $200 million dollars. The government claims that medical records were altered at "charting parties" as part of the scheme. [Ok, it's not the go-go "Cocaine Cowboys" days.]
Having spent a lot of time defending and prosecuting health care cases, this case stands out to me for a few reasons. First, doctors have been arrested. You don't see doctors charged very frequently and the stakes could not be higher for them. A conviction, in almost all likelihood, will cost them their medical license and livelihood (not to mention debarment from Medicare). Second, the government is going after medical services provided to patients that are alleged to be unnecessary. Such medical necessity cases focus on medical judgment and proving criminal intent on the part of the physician can be difficult. In the case of mental health services like group therapy, where diagnoses are not black and white, it is even harder. As a defense lawyer, those are facts I like.

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The Boss and the Robot
The Boss and the Robot
A remotely controlled robot greeted members of the media. Here, CeBIT Senior Vice President Frank Pörschmann pretends to converse with the robot as he welcomes the press to the Press Centre.
Star Wars Arrives
Deutsche Telekom shows that it's able to project a hologram of one of its executives from his location in Bonn to the company's exhibit in Hannover using LTE (Long-Term Evolution) technology. A T-Mobile executive at the event confirmed that the company would be entering the U.S. LTE market in the near future. While the LTE technology appeared to be real, it wasn't clear that the hologram was, but the thing looked pretty cool in any event.
Smart Phone for your Desk
Alcatel-Lucent has brought the features of a smartphone to the desktop. The new and as yet unnamed device can transfer data and calls between itself and your smartphone. It can also store settings in the cloud so that multiple users can sign in and have their smart desk phone configurations show up on the device.
Fujitsu Enterprise-Ready Tablet Appears
A Fujitsu executive shows an eWEEK editor the new and previously unseen Fujitsu Stylistic Q550. This is an enterprise-focused tablet that runs Windows 7. It has up to 64GB of memory, a smartcard slot, a fingerprint reader and several loss-prevention features. It's slightly larger than an iPad, and can play music, video and Windows applications. Fujitsu is planning an application store for this device.
CeBIT Perspective
IBM's CeBIT display was huge, as is the case with many of the major displays at the show. Everything you see in the distance, as well as everything in the distance behind you from this perspective—totaling about 2,500 square meters—is part of this display. The Microsoft display in the same building was just as large.
Challenging IBMs Watson
IBM's Jeopardy-winning Watson was the star of the IBM display. You could actually play a round of "Jeopardy" against Watson to see if you could do better than a pair of Jeopardy champions, whom Watson easily defeated in a tournament on the long-running television game show. While many in Germany who'd never heard of Jeopardy were bemused, it was a popular display. An eWEEK editor played a game of Jeopardy against Watson and won, despite the editor's confusion about the origin of catsup.
Smile in 3D Please
LG was showing a mobile phone that would show 3D images without the requirement of special (annoying) glasses. The phone included a 3D camera. Also equipped with a 3D camera was an LG 10-inch tablet. An LG employee shows off the digital camera (note the two lenses on the back). The tablet, which runs Android 3.0 Honeycomb, will record 3D photos and video, but you'll need special glasses to see the results. The tablet is also able to connect to your 3D-capable television.
Ford CEO Pitches the Cloud-Connected Car
Ford Motor Company President and CEO Alan Mulally tells CeBIT attendees about the new cloud-connected Ford automobiles due in 2012. According to Mulally, new Ford vehicles will include a link to cloud services for traffic reporting, weather, and vehicle diagnosis and trouble reporting. The cars will also include an advanced version of Microsoft's entertainment systems similar to those in the U.S.
This Is your Tablet Calling
An ASUS representative demonstrates the new Eee Pad MeMO, which includes a touch-screen, stylus and a phone attachment. The phone attachment isn't actually a phone; it's simply an interface device that allows you to use the tablet as a phone. This tablet runs Android 3.0 Honeycomb.
The Digitizer Tablet
The ASUS Eee Slate EP121 includes a Wacom digitizer stylus and compatible screen. The screen also supports touch-screen operations, and it has a separate keyboard if you wish to use it. This tablet runs Windows 7, and is designed to run other Windows applications, as well. The tablet has a 12-inch screen and weighs about 2 pounds. It includes a camera and an SD card reader. It will support precision drawing, and it has an HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) port in case you get bored and want to watch movies instead of work.
The Transformers Are More Than a Movie
The ASUS Eee ePad Transformer is a 10-inch Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablet that comes with an integrated keyboard and docking station. The tablet is fully functional on its own, but the docking station supports it by providing battery life as well as a directly connected keyboard.
Gateway Brings the Heavy Horsepower
Gateway, now part of Acer, showed its GR585 F1 server platform. This quad processor will support up to 12 cores and 512GB of RAM and six hot-swap Serial ATA or SAS drives. It includes dual-port Gigabit Ethernet functionality and supports MD SR5690 chipsets.
Acer Does Windows
Acer announced a 10-inch Windows 7-based tablet that will support Windows applications. This tablet will display 3D images, but the device requires those weird 3D glasses to see the effects. An eWEEK test showed that the 3D was unconvincing, but for a tablet, it's a start.
Android from Acer
Acer employees demonstrate Acer's soon to be released 8-inch Android Honeycomb tablet. It's an odd size, but the goal is to enhance mobility while still keeping the screen big enough to be useful. This tablet, about which details are still unavailable, is supposed to be released in late April.
Everybody Loves a Parade
Chinese parade characters dance to bring good luck to a meeting announcing a joint agreement between CeBIT and Taiwan-based Computex to develop trade shows in Asia. As much fun as the characters were, the author (and several other editors) were inexplicably kicked out of the press conference. Apparently we weren't cool enough for them.


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Epicentre Research Center in Uganda
At the heart of Mbarara University of Sciences and Technology (MUST) and Mbarara Regional Reference Hospital (MRRH), Epicentre has been conducting clinical research work for more than 20 years
Epicentre's Uganda Research Centre conducts research activities on public health issues relevant to Uganda in particular and Africa in general. Studies are conducted according to GCPs (Good Clinical Practices) and GCLPs (Good Clinical Laboratory Practices) quality standards. Studies are conducted in close collaboration with the MUST, MRRH and other stakeholders in the health sector (Ministry of Health, national programs, MSF, NGOs, universities).
The centre has an experienced team of doctors, nurses, statisticians, biologists, laboratory technicians, logisticians, and administrators who ensure the quality of the research.
Epicentre contributed to seminal Aquamat trial demonstrating that artesunate substantially reduces mortality in African children with severe malaria. Current projects continue to focus on tuberculosis, HIV, central nervous system infections, and yellow fever.
Epicentre Uganda benefits from a laboratory with a biosafety level 3. The laboratory is equipped to do mycobacteriology, perform GeneXpert TB tests, PCR, and routine laboratory analyses.
Taking advantage of its position at the heart of the Mbarara campus the centre is also actively engaged in teaching at the MUST Faculty of Medicine. Research Centre staff contributes modules to bachelors and masters course in microbiology, molecular biology, and medical laboratory sciences. Laboratory Science students have the opportunity to gain valuable experience in Research Centre's laboratory.
Examples of ongoing activities
Co-infection with HIV and Tuberculosis
A number of studies are conducted in Mbarara to improve the diagnosis and treatment regimens of children and adults with tuberculosis that are often associated with HIV infections. Early diagnosis is important to improve treatment outcome, and adherence to tuberculosis treatment is often difficult due to the length of the standard treatment; typically 6 months. Current studies investigate if it is safe to increase the dose of rifampicin and shorten the duration of treatment. Another study investigates treatment outcomes in patients with a very low CD4 counts, comparing those who are treated immediately for possible opportunistic infections such as tuberculosis versus those whose treatment is only started once such infections have been confirmed.
Recent outbreaks of yellow fever have highlighted that vaccine stockpiles may not be sufficient to respond to epidemics. There is evidence to suggest that a fractional dose of yellow-Fever (1/5th) may provide sufficient protection and would allow many more people to be protected against infection in situations where vaccine stocks are limited. The study aims to collect data to test this hypothesis.
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- Serious Health Issues Caused by Corn and Corn Derivatives
- Examples of Pet food That Contain Corn and Corn Derivatives
- A List of Corn, Corn Derivatives and Other Ingredients That May Contain Corn
I recommend that you check the ingredients list on your dog's and cat's pet store food and health care products – if a product contains any of these items replace it with a healthy alternative...
- Aflatoxins can also be found in cottonseed oil, fish meal and peanut oil.
- Foods (in this case corn - grains) that test positive for aflatoxins cannot be used for human grade food production. There are no such regulations for animal grade foods so aflatoxin-positive crops can and are used in animal feed including commercial grade dog, cat and bird food;
- A dog's or cat's body can usually detoxify small amounts of aflatoxins, however;
- When aflatoxins are constantly present in the diet the liver and kidney cannot keep-up and as a result toxic loading on the dog's/cat's system increases.
- The toxic load increases exponentially when the body is already struggling to process a host of other toxins.
- Aflatoxins cause liver cancer.
- The food chain (large factory farm fed animals);
- Processed foods that include corn and soy and derivatives, etc.
Glyphosate is an endocrine disrupter. Gluphosate is a known source of the following (in people and companion animals): Autisim; Alzheimer's disease; cancer (various types) and is now being recognized as a definitive contributing factor to the development of breast cancer; depression; digestive issues; liver disease; Parkinson's disease; and miscarriages and birth defects in humans and companion animals.
Of all the crops grown in North America - corn ranks as #1 for chemical-intensive agri-growth - responsible for:
- Almost half of all nitrogen and phosphorous fertilizer use the impacts of which are highly destructive;
- 40% of pesticide use in North America, and;
- 80% of the weed-killer atrazine which has been proven to cause changes in gender in animals - remember humans are animals too;
- You can read more about the very harmful effects of growing GMO corn here.
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The yachting community is international, like the oceans. Therefore, as a curiosity, we today launch a flag counter showing the nationalities of visitors to this site.
The counter can distinguish a Frenchman from a Sinhalese or Colombian. The website is updated at irregular intervals - once a month, every three months... Visit the site from time to time and see your national flag rise in the ranks!


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I stand by the same spot.
By the same spot I wait:
Waiting long; Waiting strong.
The morning dew & evening laze unfazed.
The Evening laze unfazed, I stand
As a rock; a rusted lock
Your love untrue or true,
Untrue or true doeth not break me
And stands my heart unbroken; unshaken.
The mob it flows in questions & awe
In questions & awe, unsure & unhope
Of my love's daylight break; my ceaseless wait.
A distant tune of hope strums
Hope strums from a street child's handmade strings
And stand I inspired; and I wait for you.
Sometimes a mirage deludes
A mirage deludes me of your coming sight
A sight I wait – for, unfazed in your love.
I plead to my lord – the Supreme
My lord: 'To you I give myself,
But allow me one final sight of my love.'
'Oh lord! Allow me the pleasure of her company,
Her accompany on this blessed land
The playground of Lucifer & thyself.'
In my words heartfelt & slightly distraught;
Slightly distraught but still lovestrong,
I stand by the same spot.
I stand by the same spot.
By the same spot I wait:
Waiting long; Waiting strong.


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Neurotransmission is a multicomponent process. Transmitters, released by neuronal activity, act on pre- and postsynaptic receptors, and many books detail advances in the receptor field. In addition, after their release from nerve endings, transmitters are removed from the neuronal vicinity by uptake into neuronal or glial cells by specific tra- porter proteins that have been studied intensely over the last 30 years; this information is scattered throughout numerous publishing vehicles. Therefore, the primary aim of this second edition of N- rotransmitter Transporters: Structure, Function, and Regulation is to offer a comprehensive picture of the characterization of neurotransmitter transporters and their biological roles. The transporter field has moved forward in stages. In the first phase, progress came from the use of substrate or blocker ligands selectively targeting transporters, the application of model systems allowing the study of transmitter tra- port shielded from storage, and the development of mathematical models for describing transport phenomena. In the second phase, roughly covering the last decade, advances in DNA techniques allowed the cloning of numerous genes coding for different transporter proteins. In the current, third stage, a wealth of information is being accumulated in studies relating transporter structure with function, experiments addressing regulation by posttranslational transfor- tion, investigations into transport modulation by trafficking processes and genomic influences, characterization of channel properties of tra- porters by electrophysiological approaches, and the creation of transgenic animals under- or overexpressing a given transporter protein.
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According to her twitter account, Dr. Jessica Halliday is "blessed (and cursed) by love of architecture & Christchurch". She is an architectural historian and is a co-founder of Te Pūtahi – Christchurch centre for architecture and city-making. Since 2012 she has been the director of the Festival of Transitional Architecture (FESTA).
Jessica completed her PhD in Art History in 2005 at the University of Canterbury. She's currently a Trustee of the Canterbury Society of Arts Charitable Trust (which governs the Centre of Contemporary Art) and also on the national committee for DOCOMOMO NZ, the New Zealand chapter of the Organisation for the Documentation and Conservation of the Modern Movement in Architecture.
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Richthofen is the surname of a prominent German aristocratic family. The most famous member is the air ace Manfred von Richthofen (1892–1918), also known as the "Red Baron", but a number of other members of his family are also notable for various reasons.
Some members of the family have a royal ancestry as descendants of the older of two illegitimate sons of Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, by Sophie Eleonore Sölden.[1]
Walter von Richthofen[edit]
Baron Walter von Richthofen, an uncle of Manfred von Richthofen, emigrated from Silesia to the United States in 1877. He founded the Denver Chamber of Commerce, and was co-founder of Montclair, Denver at that time a village east of Denver but now incorporated into the city. His Richthofen Castle was one of the most sumptuous mansions in the American West. Begun in 1883 and completed in 1887, it was modeled on the original Richthofen Castle in Germany. Located immediately around the Castle are the Baron's mistress's house and his sanitarium/dairy.
WWI flying aces[edit]
Manfred von Richthofen was the most successful fighter pilot of World War I, with 80 official victories before he was killed in action.
His younger brother, Lothar von Richthofen (1894–1922), was also a flying ace, with 40 victories. He served alongside his brother in Jasta 11. Lothar died in an air crash in 1922.
The two aviators were fourth cousins of the German World War II Field Marshal Wolfram von Richthofen (1895–1945), himself a World War I flying ace.
Frieda and Else[edit]
Frieda von Richthofen (1879–1956), who married the English novelist D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930) in July 1914, was a fifth cousin once removed. Though their last common ancestor was born in 1661, the Red Baron's fame nonetheless attached to Frieda's reputation in war time England.
Frieda's sister Else von Richthofen was one of the earliest female social scientists in Germany.
Herbert von Richthofen was an ambassador to Bulgaria between 1938 and 1941.[2]
The grand-nephew of Frieda and Else, Dr. Hermann von Richthofen, was German Ambassador to the United Kingdom from 1989–1993, where his name made him a media favorite.
Other well-known family members include:
- Bolko von Richthofen (1899–1983), German archaeologist (not to be confused with Manfred's younger brother)
- Ferdinand von Richthofen (1833–1905), German traveller, geographer and scientist, for whom Colorado's Mount Richthofen was named.[3]
- Hermann von Richthofen (born 1933), German diplomat
- Manfred von Richthofen (general) (1855–1939), German General of the Cavalry during World War I
- Oswald von Richthofen (1847-1906), German diplomat and politician
- Emil von Richthofen (1810-1895), Prussian diplomat and father of Oswald von Richthofen
- Manfred von Richthofen (sports official) (1934–2014), German hockey player and coach
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So I'm thinking about going back to school in January. I've only got a few classes left to do before I'm finished a three year degree. The only problem is that I want to do a for year degree, which leaves me with 14 classes left. Can I do it?
Am I going to be able to handle going back? I was thinking about doing 3 classes. See, the thing us, I thrive at school. I love the environment, and the challenge it presents. The people are amazing too.
Its like a whole separate world there, one where I feel like I really belong. I would love to teach at the university level. I think it would be amazing. To share my passion with others? You can't get much better than that!
I have always wanted to pursue my Masters and PhD. I am thinking it may be time to revisit that dream.
All of this is possible because of my
wonderful husband. He is so supportive of everything I want to do. And this is the one thing that I haven't been able to finish since we met.
Maybe I will actually be able to finish my degree after all. Wish me luck!


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Sport: Hockey
The 30-year-old Swedish goaltender is just the man to heat up the ice – even in his not-so-revealing New York Rangers uniform. Since joining the NHL in 2005 – and making history as the first goaltender with 30 or more wins in each of his first seven seasons – he's dominated the rink with his butterfly-style technique. He may be imposing on ice, but it's his suave style (check how he fills out a suit!) and his self-deprecation ("Loves to drive but knows nothing about cars. Plays guitar, but can't sing," according to his Twitter bio) that have fans swooning.


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6 cats that look like Ricky Gervais
RICKY GERVAIS makes no secret of his love of animals and cats in particular.
The star of The Office and Extras has had a number of feline pets over the years and regularly tweets pictures of his current moggy Ollie.
Ricky was on the Conan O'Brien show on US TV talking about his new film Muppets Most Wanted.
And Conan decided to surprise Ricky by digging up some fan-made photos of cats that resemble the funnyman.


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How Corporate Cash Is Changing Universities
More companies are entering partnerships with colleges to help design curricula, as state universities seek new revenue and industry tries to close a yawning skills gap. Doug Belkin reports on Lunch Break. Photo: T.J. Kirkpatrick for The Wall Street Journal.
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And although my stress-free life in Bahia is last year's news, I work a little each day to maintain that feeling of peace by letting go of ideas, people, and things that clutter my heart and brain. My mantra is: less stress is best.super saudade *** KalaLea
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I am of course talking about Valentines day! Now I love valentines day but as a married woman with a pretty thoughtful husband it's not really surprising! Also my love of planning/organising and making a big deal out of holidays makes Valentines a no brainer really!
So what do you have planned, are you doing anything special? I think even if you're single you can still spread the love! My plans are pretty low key, no babysitter so I have put together a hamper for the husband filled with our favourite things for a romantic night in, DVD, chocolate, wine, candles and a few little surprises!
I hope you have a happy day even if you don't have a boyfriend/girlfriend, husband or wife!
Now onto my book review, I came across this the other day when I was at work (I'm a librarian) and thought it was fab
It's full of fab ideas so you can personalise your man! You can make him tall, short, thin, stocky, there's a section for hair and lots more! Here's my favourite
The detail is so good! There are tips for clothes and accessories, so you can do more than what's in the book. The instructions look pretty clear as well! So really, perfect for anyone to make! I am considering making one based on my husband, just for fun!
Here's the link for amazon where you can buy a copy! Or better yet go to your library and borrow one!
Big love! X


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Apple to Hold January Media Event
According to sources close to the situation, Apple is planning an important but event to be held in New York at the end of this month that will focus on a media-related announcement. AllThingsD co-founder Kara Swisher tells us what we might expect.
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As we head into Christmas and a frenzy of gifts and gluttony, try to take a moment to step back and remember what the holidays are really about. We found Brian Smith's story about Recycled Christmas a while back and thought it an inspiring example of what the holidays could and should really represent: celebration, thoughtfulness, and giving part of yourself.
Recycled Christmas: One Family's Revolution Against the Shopping Mall
By Brian Smith
Sitting around the dinner table out at the farm last Thanksgiving, the subject of what to do about Christmas came up. How would we organize a family gathering now that we kids are grown and scattered across the state? Whose house would we use? How would we deal with the whole gift-giving thing?
Everyone seemed completely unenthusiastic about engaging in another orgy of shopping and crowds and waste. There was the sense of duty: to tradition, to the nation. TV newscasters claimed that the very health of the US economy depended upon our generous holiday spending. Christmas consumerism is patriotic. Don't think about it too much, just shut up and shop.
After confessing distaste for the entire affair, one rebel relative proposed we just bag the whole holiday. The lobbying for this option was fierce and convincing. And for an agnostic family, ignoring Christmas altogether seemed like a perfectly viable option. Though we really enjoyed coming together for a mid-winter celebration, the very thought of shopping ruined Christmas. Wasn't there another option? Didn't we have the right to reclaim the holiday and create our own family tradition? After an hour of discussion, and a few more glasses of wine, we arrived at a solution: Recycled Christmas. And it turned out to be the best Christmas since I was a child.
Here is how it works…
Everyone is invited to give presents to anyone else, but these rules must be followed: you can only give a gift that has been previously owned, nothing new; you can make a present, a painting, a song, a poem, or whatever; you can give away something you already own; you can purchase your gift at a second-hand store or garage sale; and all gifts should be wrapped in newspaper. (Sunday comics if you want to get fancy.)
That's it. Simple.
Well, not exactly.
As it turns out, giving the perfect Recycled Christmas present is a much more personal experience than just going to the mall with a credit card. When you give a present from a garage sale, or from your attic, you must understand and care about the person on the receiving end. Another tie for dad or bath soap set for auntie just won't do. You really have to think about your loved ones and who they are as people…


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GSW Foundation Holds Fall Meeting
Thursday, December 7th, 2017
The Georgia Southwestern Foundation Board of Trustees held its fall 2017 full board meeting recently with Chairman Will Peterson presiding. During the meeting, Jeff Benton was elected as the newest trustee and Mark Pace was re-elected to another three year term. Nominated and elected by their peers, the 28-member group provides external oversight to the Foundation's operations.
"The GSW Board of Trustees is composed of alumni and friends who are dedicated to the mission of Georgia Southwestern," said Foundation Executive Director Reda Rowell. "Through their advocacy of the institution, resources are developed to enhance student success with scholarships and innovative teaching and learning opportunities"
Benton earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from GSW in 1992 and a master's degree in business in 1996. With more than 20 years of experience in the lighting industry, Benton is the vice president of operations for Eaton's residential and wiring devices division. Benton served in the U.S. Army for three years prior to enrolling at GSW.
A member of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity while at GSW, Benton received the 25-year Volunteer Service Award at the Kappa Sigma Grand Conclave in Las Vegas, Nevada in July 2017. He is currently the president of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity Alumni Council. Benton is a past president of the GSW Hurricane Club, the Newnan Touchdown Club, and the Americus-Sumter Touchdown Club. Benton also received the 2017 Outstanding Alumni Award from the School of Business Administration at a ceremony in October of this year.
Benton and his wife, Amy, have two children: Bryce a recent GSW graduate and Brooke, a current GSW nursing student.
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Paulo Cavalcanti wrote:
On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 8:37 AM, Suren Karapetyan <surenkarapetyan gmail com <mailto:surenkarapetyan gmail com>> wrote:Paulo Cavalcanti wrote: On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Suren Karapetyan <surenkarapetyan gmail com <mailto:surenkarapetyan gmail com> <mailto:surenkarapetyan gmail com <mailto:surenkarapetyan gmail com>>> wrote: Yeah.. I know. fedora-devel is not a place for discussing bugs but I'll risk. As (I hope) many of You already know kernel-18.104.22.168-159 which was pushed as a security update has broken sound on many systems (mostly notebooks) - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=477954. The reason for this is the new ALSA (1.0.18a). There are a lot of "+1"s and "me too"s in bugzilla and if we consider the amount of people who don't know how to report bugs, add those who are on New Year holidays it becomes clear that this affects a lot of our users. So users have two choices now: 1. Have no sound. 2. Stick with 188.8.131.52-134 (this is not as easy as it seems cause the new update will be downloaded and installed automatically). I do understand that many developers are on holidays themselves, but I'm also sure this is a REAL problem which should be resolved ASAP. So I just wanted to know what are we going to do about this.You can try the latest alsa snapshot available in ATrpms:http://dl.atrpms.net/f10-x86_64/atrpms/bleeding/alsa-kmdl-184.108.40.206-159.fc10-1.0.18a.snap-74.fc10.x86_64.rpm http://dl.atrpms.net/f10-i386/atrpms/bleeding/alsa-kmdl-22.214.171.124-159.fc10-1.0.18a.snap-74.fc10.i686.rpm It has a lot of recent fixes and it is working just fine for me and for others. I also had no sound with kernel 159, before installing this new alsa. If you remove the rpm later, you go back to the original sound modules (nothing is overwritten). Good luck.-- Paulo Roma CavalcantiLCG - UFRJ Still doesn't work. Have you rebooted? -- Paulo Roma Cavalcanti LCG - UFRJ
Yes I have. And I forgot that I've tried the exact same RPM yesterday with same results. If you look at bugzilla I've reported that version as not working yesterday.


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Michigan hockey team gets 'important win' against rival Michigan State
After going nearly a month without a victory, the Michigan hockey team may finally be getting its groove back.
And for the Wolverines, the timing couldn't have been better.
David Wohlberg and Chris Brown each tallied a goal and an assist, Shawn Hunwick stopped 31 shots and Michigan was able to withstand a late Michigan State rally Friday in a 4-3 win over the rival Spartans at Yost Ice Arena.
"I think our team's a better team than we were two weeks ago and even two months ago," Michigan coach Red Berenson said after the win. "We haven't had a lot to show for it, but this was an important game, obviously.
"An important win."
After snapping a five-game losing streak, and a seven-game winless skid, with a 1-0 overtime win at Alaska on Dec. 3, Michigan (9-8-2, 5-6-2 CCHA) has now won two straight.
And a win Saturday over the Spartans (10-6-1, 6-5) in East Lansing (6:35 p.m., BTN) would give Michigan a three-game winning streak heading into its holiday break.
When asked if he thought his team would've blown Friday's lead two weeks ago, Berenson responded "probably."
When asked the same question, Hunwick said the Wolverines of two weeks ago would've just been happy to have a lead.
That wasn't the case on this night.
"We're just happy to be in games now," he said. "Hopefully we're turning the tide on the season."
After Wohlberg and Michigan State's Matt Crandell traded goals just 14 seconds apart early in the first period, Brown would give the Wolverines the early advantage late in the frame.
Just 12 seconds after exiting the penalty box due to an interference call, Brown collected the puck near the Michigan State bench, skated around Crandell and slipped a shot behind MSU goaltender Will Yanakeff to give Michigan a 2-1 lead at the 11:39 mark.
"That was a good goal, and we haven't seen a lot of good goals this year," Berenson said of Brown's tally. "That was a huge goal."
Neither side mustered much offense throughout the early portion of the second period, but when MSU made a mistake in front of its own net, Michigan freshman Alex Guptill made the Spartans pay.
Guptill deflected an MSU outlet pass to himself, eventually leading to a backhand tally, his ninth of the season, to give the Wolverines a two-goal edge at the 15:47 mark of the second period.
Three minutes later, Michigan took control when Derek DeBlois fired a pass from behind the net to Kevin Lynch, who promptly fired a slap shot past Yanakeff to make it 4-1.
Michigan's comfortable advantage wouldn't last long, though.
MSU made a game of things early in the third, getting a power play goal from Matt Berry just 1:50 into the period to make it 4-2. Four minutes later, the Spartans were back on the power play, and took advantage once again.
A Brock Shelgren slap shot bounced off the glass behind the net before ricocheting off Hunwick's back and into the net to make it 4-3. Michigan State's Brent Darnell got credit for the goal.
The Spartans would eventually pull Yanakeff in favor of the extra skater with 1:23 to go, but Hunwick was up to the challenge, stopping three shots in the final 20 seconds to preserve the victory.
"That was crazy," Hunwick said. "The puck was all over the zone, they were all over us, we were lucky to get out of that with a win.
"It's huge to be able to win games like that."
Michigan State out-shot Michigan 34-27, and held a 14-3 shot advantage in the third period.
But none of it mattered.
The Wolverines stood strong, and are now hoping the victory marks the turning of a new leaf.
"We needed to get back on a streak here with winning, and that's a good team we played here tonight," Wohlberg said. "It's encouraging for the guys on the team, and hopefully we'll do it again (Saturday)."
Nick Baumgardner covers Michigan sports for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at 734-623-2514, by email at firstname.lastname@example.com and followed on Twitter @nickbaumgardner.
Sat, Dec 10, 2011 : 7:07 p.m.
I guess whatever it takes to get over the memory of getting your butts kicked for 4 straight years.
Edward R Murrow's Ghost
Sat, Dec 10, 2011 : 9:20 p.m.
#UM National Chamionships = 11 # MSMooooooooooo NCs = 6 #UM B1G Championships = 42 MSMooooooooo B1G Championships = 7 #UM Hesiman Trophy Winners = 3 #MSMoooooo HT winners = 0 Overall Record = 67 UM wins, 32 MSMoooooo wins, 5 ties. There's a reason Sparty is known as L'il brother. So hope you've enjoyed the past 4 years. We've enjoyed a century of dominating l'il brother. And, BTW, get ready to be the (at best) second best FBS program in the state once again. As it should be. GN&GL
Daniel Soebbing
Sat, Dec 10, 2011 : 8:17 p.m.
Michigan hockey has been doing pretty well against state for the last four years. Last year, for example, Michigan and State split the season series, 2-2.
Bryan Bentley
Sat, Dec 10, 2011 : 5:55 a.m.
It's about how you finish, and Red's boys have a knack for finishing well! Love our U of M student section! Hilarious!
Edward R Murrow's Ghost
Sat, Dec 10, 2011 : 3:59 a.m.
Great game, guys! A gutty win! And I want to say that the students at Yost were in rare form tonight with chants of "Outback Steakhouse," "Rough the Punter," "Blooming Onion," and "BCS". Pretty Funny! Good Night and Good Luck


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Flash at the Beach: Creating Mathlets with Adobe Flash
Dates: June 11 - June 15, 2007
Location: University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
Abstract. Educators interested in developing interactive, web-based learning materials have an exciting and powerful tool in Adobe's Flash Professional programming environment. Many websites use Flash applets to facilitate multimedia effects and user interactions. However, most books on Flash development are not written with educational applications in mind. This workshop, set just minutes from the beach in beautiful Rhode Island, will provide carefully prepared, face-to-face training for educators in the form of demonstrations, computer lab sessions, and supervised projects. Each participant will learn how to manage basic user interactions such as text input and output, mouse clicks, and dragging objects on the screen, and these interactions will be presented in the context of examples focused on calculus and discrete mathematics instruction.
Each participant will develop a learning object for an area of mathematics in which they have special interest, and these projects will be shared at the end of the week as both presentations and additional resources for all of the other participants. Workshop fees provide room and board on the campus of the University of Rhode Island, and each participant will receive a free copy of Flash Professional (a $250 value) so that development can continue after the workshop is over.
The PREP Workshop takes a break to visit Narragansett Beach.
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New Norcent¨ Slim -Design, 10 -Megapixel Camera Offers Exceptional Image Quality
Feature-Rich Camera Includes Face Tracking, Anti-Shake Capabilities, and Large Scratch-Resistant LCD Screen Note: Norcent products will be on display at 2008 International CES in the Central Hall, booth 15023
San Dimas, CA Đ January 3, 2008 - - Norcent, a marketer of high -quality home entertainment and digital products, announces the introduction of its latest digital camera, the 10 -megapixel DCS -1050, at the 2008 International CES in Las Vegas. Part of NorcentŐs new feature -rich 50 Series line of slim digital cameras, the unit includes face - detection and anti -shake capabilities as well as a large, scratch -resistant 3Ó color LCD display.
ŇThe new DCS -1050 10 -megapixel digital camera captures awe -inspiring ultra -high resolution images of up to 3648 x 2736,Ó Rick Stans, Executive Vice President Sales and Marketing. ŇWe are confident consumers will love our new 50 Series of digital cameras. They will allow virtually anyone to take professional -quality images. Plus, they are elegantly designed, conveniently slim, and priced for discriminating budgets. Ó
Two of its many tremendous features, which are also found on all 50 Series models, help ensure superior image clarity. Face -tracking capability identifies faces within the frame and automatically adjusts for the ideal focus and exposure; while special anti -shake technology compensates for camera movement, delivering crisp, clean images.
The large 3Ó, scratch -resistant, TFT -panel color LCD display assures users will always have a perfect view of what they are shooting or showing. Additionally, 3X optical zoom and 4X digital zoom are included for crisp, clear distance photos or to highlight a specific area of an image. To maintain the color accuracy and clarity needed for consistently high quality photography, the DCS -1050 digital camera offers white balance settings of manual, daylight, cloudy, tungsten, fluorescent, and custom.
Its built -in flash includes auto, red -eye reduction, always -on, slow -sync, forced -on, and forced -off modes. Users can select from 22 scene modes, including movie, voice REC (WAV format), portrait, landscape, text, back light, food, and soft skin.
In movie mode, the newest Norcent¨ camera captures MPEG -4 video clips with resolutions of 640 x 480, 320 x 240, or 160 x 120. Playback is in either NTSC or PAL formats with up to 30 seconds of WAV audio.
The DCS -1050 has 16MB of internal memory and is compatible with external SD/MMC flash storage media. The camera comes complete with user manual, camera bag, software CD, and USB and AV cables for connection to a computer or TV.
As with all Norcent¨ 50 Series digital cameras, the DCS -1050 is elegantly designed with an all -metal body casing and comes in black.
Pricing and Availability
The Norcent¨ DCS -1050 10 Megapixel, 50 Series digital camera has an estimated street price of $179.99 at select retailers nationwide.
Norcent at 2008 International CES
The 2008 International CES takes place January 7 -10 in Las Vegas, NV. The Norcent booth is located in the Central Hall, #15023, in the Las Vegas Convention Center. It will showcase the companyŐs exciting line of LCD and plasma televisions, LCD monitors, digital cameras, and memory products.
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Helo my post last night Nagari Tuo Pariangan.this post. is according to my own experience. when I went to school I often see many stalls that sell a typical Indonesian meal. and I often buy food. if you want to know what? let's just follow the following article.
Batagor or meatballs fried tofu is a typical food from Bandung Indonesia, but now we can also easily find batagor around us. Batagor usually sold with the dumplings are also a typical food of Bandung. Batagor typical flavors of the sauce and splash of vinegar is very good to eat during the day / evening while waiting for a big meal. The following will explain how to make vinegar sauce batagor Bandung along with it so we can make batagor Bandung at home:
batagor BANDUNG
Materialsmake Batagor
5 pieces out of white size 8x8
100 g shrimp, peeled,
finely chopped 50 ounces chicken meat,
finely chopped 1 eggs,
beaten 3 tablespoons flour 1/2 teaspoon pepper 1 teaspoon salt 1 tsp sesame oil 2 leeks,
thinly sliced Enough cooking oil for frying
Bandung batagor layer material (mix well):
1 eggs,
beaten 50 g flour
100 ml of water
2 tablespoons fried peanuts
2 red chilies fried
2 cloves garlic
1 tsp sugar
1 teaspoon salt
How to make batagor :
Split out into a triangular shape, scrape the middle out to the concave Blend the curry idea to know the results of the center was then mixed with chicken, shrimp, and other materials. Stir until blended. Fill out the center of the dough out, chicken, and shrimp until the surface is covered. Steamed out for 20 minutes until cooked, then remove and let cool Dip the dough out on a dip, then fry in hot oil over medium heat until cooked yellow Remove and drain Make a sauce of vinegar by way of mix water, vinegar, and spices. Stir until blended Serve warm with a splash of Bandung batagor vinegar sauce
Batagor Bandung ,Indonesia
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Disco Classical ft Sister Sledge, Camerata Orchestra + MiC Lowry at Victoria Warehouse
Friday 13th July
- Venue/Location: Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
- Doors: 19:00 till 23:00
- Min Age: 18
Glastonbury openers Camerata Orchestra rework iconic disco tracks at the most anticipated disco party of 2018 ft.Sister Sledge + guests MiC LOWRY!
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Lineup and Details for Disco Classical ft Sister Sledge, Camerata Orchestra + MiC Lowry
Already heralded to be one of the most memorable and uplifting live experiences of 2018, lovers of disco are in for a once-in-a-lifetime-experience when a collection of the world's greatest tracks are reimagined and reinvented in a unique musical collaboration.
Disco Classical' brings together the most explosive collaboration of disco tracks, featuring live on stage the iconic group - Sister Sledge, who will be joined by Glastonbury openers - Manchester's Camerata orchestra, a 35-piece orchestra who know how to push the boundaries in classical music. For the first time in their careers, the sisters, live singers and a band will perform alongside DJ legend Mark Armstrong who is renowned for working a crowd, to a live classical score, specially adapted by Music Director and conductor Tim Crooks.
As if that wasn't enough special guests, MiC LOWRY, the MOBO award-winning British vocal harmony band who supported Justin Bieber on his on his Purpose World Tour, are also joining the line up to give a contemporary spin on disco classics as they showcase their symphonious sounds like never before to celebrate the event's revival of disco.
Expect captivating light displays with an array of glittering disco balls and strobe lights illuminating Victoria Warehouse and creating an atmosphere that will be electric for the Lost in Music crowd!
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"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta's" Tammy Rivera enjoyed dinner with her fiance Waka at 1001 Nights in Johns Creek in a $90 River Island Multicolor Floral Leopard Print Oversized Jacket. Tammy's [sold out] lightweight mixed leopard print jacket features splashes of bright florals. Peruse current River Island jackets here.
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The following adventure was a play test for an investigation intended to introduce new players to the wonders and horrors of the Wildwyck County setting now being detailed in Fight On! magazine. Look for it in an upcoming issue. And for the record, the Wretched Writer is not me, despite what some might say.
As noted previously, I'm running Call of Cthulhu as the alternate game for my group, allowing me to take a break from straight fantasy and to better develop the setting I'm working on for Fight On! The last two Sundays saw four new investigators tackling a curious case in Wildwyck County, NY. What follows is a précis of that case.
The case began on the last day of September, 1920, when four men of diverse backgrounds were contacted by their mutual friend, Mr. Desmond Cook, a writer and bon vivant. The four men—Jonathon Fairchild, an English professor at Bishopsgate College; Wolfgang Heisenberg, a reconstruction aide (read "physical therapist"); Luis Johnson, a New York City book dealer; and James Stone, an art historian and sometimes fortune hunter—each received a telegram stating that Cook was on the verge of a great discovery, but that his life might be in danger. Having no one else to turn to, the telegram asked them to come to his home in Newgrave, NY, a small, historical city on the bank of the Hudson River. Although all four had previously lost contact with Cook following the deaths of his wife and child from the flu, they were not callous enough to turn their backs on a friend in need and departed for Newgrave the following morning.
The men arrived outside Cook's rented home and became acquainted. After discovering their common reason for arriving, they knocked upon the door, eliciting no response from within. From the tone of the letter, this gave them concern and they quickly gained entry via a forced rear door and picked front one. Inside, the home showed signs of recent occupation and all evidence pointed to a single, bachelor resident. The fireplace held an inordinate amount of ash and charred wood as if a large blaze had been set in the near past and further examination of the home turned up other baffling and fearsome clues.
A bullet hole marred the wall near the cellar door and a search of the basement showed that a section of the earthen floor had been disturbed. The ground there was soft as if excavated and then filled in, but the group's search turned up no buried bodies…which had been their initial concern. Ascending the steps, the group noticed an odd foot print on the lowest riser. To all eyes, it appears to be the mark of a cloven-hoofed animal, a large one at that. It was as if Cook had kept a billy goat under the house for unknown purposes.
Tossing the rest of the house uncover a fired revolver lying beneath the sofa and several clues amongst the drawers of Cook's desk. A short journal indicated that he'd be engaged in certain research and experimentation, and that he was looking for something or someone in Newgrave. A particularly foreboding entry alluded to a "St. Carnivorous"—who or what that could be was open to much speculation. Furthermore, a note from a local book seller informed Mr. Cook that his purchase had arrived, while another letter from his landlady stated that the new locks he had requested had been installed. The apartment address given in that letter did not correspond to the house's location, revealing that Cook had taken lodgings elsewhere in the city. A final clue was discovered when one of the investigators ran a pencil over the notepad they spotted on the desk. Someone had written a name on the pad and they were able to decipher the words "Na__h___el V_ck__s" impressed on the sheet below.
Climbing into Cook's automobile (which stood parked at the curb, its keys in his desk) the foursome sped off to Aged Treasures, the book store mentioned in the note. Near the business district, they found the shop, a freestanding building with a green and gold sign declaring its name and purpose. The building's interior was crammed with secondhand books and creaking shelves. The owner, a man who appeared more butcher than book seller, stood to great them.
Their initial attempts to clandestinely discover the title that Cook bought through the seller, Mr. Antoine Delacour, were unsuccessful as he prided himself on maintaining the anonymity of his clients. But when they produced the telegram Desmond had sent them and demonstrated that they already knew Cook had purchased a book through him, Delacour agreed to reveal the title of the book—provided they kept that fact to themselves. When they agreed, it was revealed that Cook had purchased a partial copy of the Comte d'Erlette's Cultes Des Goules. Other than the title, Delacour could provide them with no other clue as to what Cook was involved in or where he was.
With nothing else to go on than the apartment address found on the other letter, the four piled back into Desmond's Ford and headed towards the Dutch Hill section of town. A slight inconvenience occurred when they blew one of the car's tires, but Luis was able to retain control of the automobile and guide it safely to the curb. A half-hour later, the men were back on the road.
At 16 Moss Stone Lane, they found a large Dutch Colonial home that had been partitioned into seven apartments. Cook's rental occupied a section of the second floor and was accessed via exterior stairs in back of the building. The investigators climbed the staircase and once again entrance was achieved by picking the lock.
The apartment was small: an open living area, kitchenette, bath, and bedroom completed its layout. The space was almost completely unfurnished. A folding camp table stood in the living room and a cot and blanket was all that occupied the bedroom. A few canned goods lined the single shelf of the kitchenette. It was obvious that Desmond spent little time here.
In one corner of the living room was a spade and pick axe, and there were several dirty footprints on the aging floorboards. A search of the bathroom revealed blood stains around the drains of both sink and bathtub. Most compelling, however, were the three large, hand-drawn maps on the camp table. Each depicted one of the three cemeteries in Newgrave: Newgrave Rural, Our Lady of Souls, and Old Dutch. The maps were all done on butcher's paper and were written in Cook's tell-tale handwriting. Each bore short notes such as "No evidence," "sealed mausoleums," or "watchman's route." On the map of Old Dutch, one mausoleum was circled with an excited scrawl. It was obvious that Desmond was looking for something in one or more of Newgrave's cemeteries, but what?
Gathering the maps, the four made to depart when James' ears noticed a distinct difference in some of the floorboards in the room. Further investigations uncovered a cavity beneath one of the loose boards. Secreted inside it were a blood-stained butcher's knife and cleaver, and a holographic book written in French. Two of the investigators spoke some French, and they were able to identify the book as being the partial copy of Cultes des Goules!
Although this was a major breakthrough for the investigators, they swiftly discovered that the cramped handwriting and archaic French proved to be more than a match for their translation skills. One of the four remembered that Newgrave was home to Vander Veer University, a well-respect institution of higher learning that boasted many fine academics in the "hard science" fields. They climbed back into the Ford and headed off to the university in hopes of finding a French professor or at least an English-French dictionary in the university library.
They had mixed results at the university. Asking around the Modern Languages department revealed that the university's French professor, Pierre Britton, had neither classes or office hours that day and the secretary was loathe to reveal his home address or phone number to anyone not taking his course. The party headed to the library and was nearly stymied once again when they tried to borrow the library's French dictionary from the Reference department. Only Jonathon Fairchild's academic credentials at Bishopsgate College allowed them to walk out with book, and even then only after he signed a paper promising to return it in a week (He didn't and I need to remember to charge him for a replacement copy). The foursome tried to dig up some more historical background regarding Old Dutch Cemetery, but they were informed that Town Hall or the local library might have more information than the university's stacks.
The party decided that they should split up at this point. Luis would remain at Cook's home to try and skim the partial Cultes des Goules for more information as to what they were up against. The other three would gather some supplies, visit the local library, and scope out the Old Dutch graveyard, and then return to the house to compare notes. After stopping at a local hardware store for shovels, ropes, electric torches, supplies to board up the doors and windows of Cook's home, and a half-cord of wood to keep a large fire burning in the hearth, they dropped Luis off at the house, fortified it, and drove off to the library.
Hitting the historical records available at the library uncovered the fact that Old Dutch was the oldest cemetery in Newgrave. As its name suggested, it dated back to the original Dutch settlers. One legend spoke of witches' sabbats being held in the cemetery during the 17th century and it was noted that the Old Dutch church was not located next to the boneyard, but three blocks over, indicating that the original structure had either been moved or destroyed at sometime in the past. Both the church and cemetery would be their next stop.
Driving past the cemetery, they dropped Wolfgang off to poke around while James and Jonathon visited the Old Dutch Church. Wolfgang discovered that the caretaker lived in a small cottage on the northeast corner of the graveyard and although initially easy-going, he became uncomfortable when asked about the oldest section of the cemetery. He cut the interview short soon after the topic was broached.
Over at the church, James and Jonathon weren't having much luck. They got past Matilda, the hard-of-hearing cleaning woman, to speak with Reverend Caspar Mortensen, but when James started asking about their friend Desmond who "might be lurking around the church or cemetery, but don't worry he's not crazy or dangerous or anything; he just might be trying to dig up the dead for some reason" the poor Reverend gently but forcefully steered them towards the exit.
The trio reconvened and decided that, since dark was now falling, it would be the perfect time to examine the old section of the cemetery, the place where the caretaker didn't want to go. They parked the car for a speedy getaway and headed towards the farthest portion of the graveyard. There, the lawn was unmowed, the bushes in badly need of pruning, and the stones themselves showed signs of neglect. Reading Desmond's map by electric torch, they navigated their way to the circled mausoleum and discovered the name "Vickers" inscribed upon its lintel. This must be the place.
Jonathon and Wolfgang approached the crypt while James shone his light upon the façade of the structure. As Jonathon surveyed the door to the mausoleum, Wolfgang peered around its corner. And that when the walls of normality came crumbling down.
As Wolfie turned the corner, his light fell upon a leonine creature with a face that seemed to be a ghastly hybrid of human and Doberman Pincher. The creature crouched in the shadows, spittle and gore dripping from its jaws. As Wolfgang backpedaled away, James' light revealed another such creature perched atop the mausoleum, staring down at the exposed back of the blissfully unaware Jonathon. James screamed, alerting the English professor and the trio made a mad dash back to the car as the creatures shied away from their torches' light. As they ran through the old section of the cemetery, their bouncing torch beams fell upon at least two more of the creatures! They reached the car unharmed, threw themselves into it and raced back to Cook's home.
Once reunited, the four brought themselves up to speed. James was very shaken by his encounter with the monsters and gripped his gun as well as his soup spoon as he nervously ate dinner. Jonathon was unconvinced that what he barely glimpsed in the torch-light was a "monster." A local freak or "dog boy" from the carnival was a more likely explanation. Wolfgang, with a medical background, disagreed.
Luis, although not present at the cemetery, has his own sense of normalness challenged by the contents of the book he skimmed through. The book alleged that in days long past, witch cults called up the denizens of mouldering cemeteries to cavort with them. These creatures, these ghouls, were the caretakers of much occult lore, for when they ate the flesh of the dead they consumed their memories as well. Having dined on more than one self-proclaimed wizard, the ghouls would share their knowledge with the witches and warlocks in return for gruesome favors. Was this why Desmond was searching for a specific cemetery? To bargain with these "ghouls" for occult knowledge?
The four decided to return to the cemetery fully prepared in daylight to investigate the mausoleum. A nervous night passed without incident and the investigators headed off to the cemetery after consuming what could be their last meal.
Upon arrival, they discovered the caretaker mowing the lawn near the entrance and a generous bribe made him more willing to talk about the old section of the cemetery. He revealed that he too had heard stories of witches gathering there on dark nights in the 17th century and that his predecessor had told him tales of people coming to Old Dutch—foreigners mostly—who came in but were never seen leaving. Lastly, the caretaker admitted to seeing unusual footprints around the oldest part of the cemetery: footprints like a "big ol' billy goat, like Old Scratch h'self might make!" He claimed that it'd take an explosion or an earthquake to leave his cottage and go into the grounds he was paid to care for after dark. He hinted that he'd pay no mind to the investigators so long as they didn't drag him into their mess or get him fired. The four thanked him and headed deeper into the cemetery.
Arriving at the mausoleum, they noticed several hoof-mark tracks leading into and out of the crypt's doorway. James discovered one set that paused within arm's reach of his own from the previous night and shuddered at the thought of one of the ghouls standing right behind him. Entering the crypt, they found it to hold an empty bier and several interment niches with stone slabs. One was marked "Nathaniel Vickers" and a quick inspection determined that it could be moved. Wasting no time, Jonathon swung his pick axe at the slab and busted it into pieces.
Behind it was a niche large enough to contain a casket, but it was empty. A fetid, moist odor of loam and clay and rot blew out of the space and the four could see a hole at the back of the niche leading down into the earth. The cavity was small, but passable, and after a brief discussion, Luis volunteered to go into the niche and see what lay beyond it. With a rope tied around his waist and torch in hand, he shimmied into the niche and down the hole.
Beneath the mausoleum was a 5' wide tunnel that led down on a 15° angle. Bits of wood and grey roots protruded from the damp burrow and Luis' light determined that it ran thirty feet before meeting up with a smaller tunnel and then turning out of sight. The smell of moist death was thick here and Luis spent little time in the shaft. Tugging on the rope, he half-crawled and was half-yanked from the niche. The quartet exited the mausoleum to stand in the open air and sunlight and debated their next step.
They really, really didn't want to go down into that tunnel and they argued as to whether they owed it to Desmond to do so. Some of the evidence they uncovered was somewhat damning to their old friend (blood stains, hidden knives, ancient tomes, evidence of grave robbing) and their brush with the unnatural was more than enough to dissuade them from getting themselves deeper in the circumstance surrounding Cook's disappearance. In the end, a compromise was reached: Luis would try to decipher and comprehend the entire contents of the book they had found and see if it contained any more information that might shine more light on what was going on and what they faced. Jonathan and Wolfgang would do more research on Newgrave, the cemetery, and the old church to see if they were overlooking something. James would seek the help of an alienist for the next few weeks to help him deal with what he glimpsed in that night-shrouded cemetery. The four agreed to speak again in three weeks and decide where to go once they had more information. Parking Desmond's car at the train station, they headed to their separate homes and left Cook to his own devices…for now.


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Agency: Leagas-Delaney, London
Director: Mehdi Norowzian
Art director: Ian Ducker
Copywriter: Will Farquhar
U.S.Footwear industry supplier Amazonas forges a unique association with its resources by using a colorful portrait of an inhabitant of Brazil's Amazon region. The text ironically connects "the best in shoe products" with Amazonas, "named after a place where people wear no shoes."
Agency: W/USA, Chicago
Art director: Fernando Castro
Creative director/copywriter: Laurence Klinger
U.S. Hitachi's Magritte-inspired corporate print ad, breaking this month, depicts the company as a diverse and innovative creator with a presence "in hospitals, at construction sites, even in your local hardware store." Its striking photo elegantly unites the otherwise disparate concepts of fantastic tranquility and accessible technology.
Agency: McCann-Erickson Worldwide, New York
Art director: Louisa Wilson
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Copywriter: Margaret Mandell
U.S.3M's new trade magazine ad presents a solution to a messy situation simply and directly: Packaging made with Scotchban Protector resists ruin from leaking liquids. The photo identifies Scotchban Protector's value quickly and succinctly, without getting into too many dry details.
Agency: Kerker & Associates, Minneapolis
Creative director: Rik Meyers
Art director: Flip Namur
Copywriter: Chuck Bartl
CanadaNewsweekly Maclean's presents its world view as a chaotic collage of images from today's most charged political and social topics. Young neo-Nazis, Canadian soldiers, Mandela and Fleiss share space with more than a dozen other prominent faces and symbols of current affairs. Maclean's promises to reach its audience to greater effect than its U.S. rivals by publishing "what matters to Canadians."
Agency: Prism Communications, Toronto
Art/creative director: Gary Hesketh
Art director: Matthew Gyulay
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When I first heard of this theme all I could think of was 'calligraphy'. When I looked though some old course work I did about 15 years ago, I found a practise piece, written in a spiral format, with the saying: 'Who can count the apples in one seed?' I decided to base my quilt upon my old wonky attempts at calligraphy, supported by other ways of marks with my own hand, including mono printing, thread sketching and hand stitching.
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ISTANBUL — Eighty-five Syrian soldiers, including one general and at least 14 lower-ranking officers, fled into southern Turkey's Hatay Province on Monday, Turkish news agencies reported. It was one of the largest mass military defections since the Syrian conflict began 16 months ago.
A Turkish broadcaster, TRT Haber, said the defectors entered the town of Reyhanli as part of a group of 293 Syrian refugees ''fleeing atrocities in Syria.''
It said the defectors were placed in the Apaydin refugee camp, where about 2,000 other former members of the Syrian military who have abandoned allegiance to President Bashar Assad reside. The civilians in the group were sent to another camp along the shared border with Syria.
Turkey's Anatolia News Agency said the 14 lower-ranking officers included a colonel and a lieutenant colonel.
The once-close relationship between Turkey and Syria has badly frayed because of Assad's harsh repression of an uprising that began in March 2011 as a peaceful political protest and has since evolved into an armed insurgency.
Turkey's government is allowing the insurgent Free Syrian Army to operate from bases inside the Turkish border and is housing more than 35,000 Syrian civilians caught in the conflict.
The Turks also have sent antiaircraft batteries to the border in response to the June 22 downing of a Turkish military plane by Syrian gunners, and on Monday, Turkey's Defense Ministry said it scrambled warplanes from its Incirlik air base in southern Turkey when three Syrian military helicopters were seen approaching the border.
The number of ranking officers in the Syrian military who are defecting and seeking sanctuary in neighboring countries, mostly Turkey, appears to have increased in the past few weeks. On June 24 a Syrian general, two colonels, a major, and a lieutenant were among 33 soldiers who fled Syria.
A few days earlier a Syrian air force pilot, who was both a colonel and squadron commander, defected in a commandeered MiG jet to Jordan, and Syrian rebels reported that eight additional Syrian pilots had fled to Jordan overland.
The latest batch of defectors was reported as members of Syria's fractious opposition movement convened a meeting in Cairo, attempting to devise a unified strategy for pressuring Assad to abdicate as part of any solution to the conflict.
Besides taking part in the conference, opposition members also plan to meet Russian officials later this month, according to Russian news reports. Russia is Syria's most important ally and arms supplier.
A weekend meeting in Geneva of major world powers hosted by Kofi Annan, the special envoy from the United Nations and Arab League, failed to reach a consensus on the removal of Assad, agreeing instead to a transition plan that seemed unlikely to succeed.
At the United Nations on Monday, its top human rights official, Navi Pillay, told the Security Council it should strengthen the 300-member observer mission in Syria, which suspended operations last month because conditions were too dangerous. Pillay, the high commissioner for human rights, also said the flow of weapons to Assad's military and to the insurgency was increasing.
The observer mission, deployed in Syria since April, is under review by Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and the Security Council, which will decide in coming days whether to renew its mandate, which expires July 20.
Unity is 'a necessity if the opposition wants to bolster its popular support.'
Members of rebel opposition groups who attended the two-day Cairo meeting were urged to end the infighting on policies and military tactics that has prevented them from presenting a credible alternative to Assad.
''There is an opportunity before the conference of Syrian opposition today that must be seized, and I say and repeat that this opportunity must not be wasted under any circumstance,'' Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby told nearly 250 opposition members.
''The sacrifices of the Syrian people are bigger than us and more valuable than any narrow differences or factional disputes,'' he said.
Nasser Al-Kidwa, deputy to Annan, said that unity of purpose and vision was ''not an option, but a necessity if the opposition wants to bolster its popular support and trust and increase international support.''
Among the divisions is whether the rebel leaders should seek a dialogue with the Assad regime and form a transitional government to draw up a new constitution and schedule elections.
Unlike Libya's National Transitional Council, which unified most of the rebels fighting Moammar Khadafy's regime, Syria's opposition has no leadership on the ground. Rebel groups inside and outside reflect their ideological and sectarian differences.
Various opposition groups — including the Syrian National Council and the National Coordination Body for Democratic Change in Syria — attended the Cairo conference to try to agree on a united front to represent them, as well as to work out a transition plan for how to end the conflict.


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LONDON (Reuters) - A drop in euro zone factory output after a run of weaker-than expected U.S. data stalled an eight-day rise in world shares on Thursday, jangling the nerves of investors positioning for a shift in Fed policy next week.
Moves towards a diplomatic solution on Syria gave some support to financial markets, but doubts over what exactly the Fed will announce on September 18 increase the potential for near-term volatility.
"The Fed is still likely to taper next week or in October but the trajectory of the tapering that we had assumed can no longer be taken for granted," said Ned Rumpeltin, head of G10 FX strategy at Standard Chartered Bank.
Euro/dollar and dollar/yen one-week implied volatilities - a gauge of how sharp price swings will be next week - have shot up as investors try to guess when and how fast the Fed will start to run down its monetary stimulus.
The one-week euro/dlr implied volatility traded at around 7.85 percent, much higher than the equivalent one-month rate which was around 7.2 percent.
The one-week dollar/yen implied volatility was also trading much higher than the one-month level.
Uncertainty has grown with weaker-than-expected U.S. data, including jobs growth in August and consumer spending, home building, new home sales, durable goods orders and industrial production in July.
A Reuters poll of economists on Monday this week found most now see the Fed trimming its $85 billion monthly spend on bonds by about $10 billion. This was down from $15 billion in a poll before the jobs report.
The shifting views have put pressure on the dollar, which hovered near two-week lows against a basket of major currencies .DXY on Thursday. U.S. Treasury yields have dipped to nearer 2.8 percent from over 3 percent last week.
But the euro slipped against the dollar on Thursday and European shares ended a run that had taken them near a five-year high when data showed a surprisingly large drop in industrial output across the currency bloc in July.
That bolsters the case for the European Central Bank to keep monetary policy loose in the face of changes at the Fed and adds weight to the argument that it should even consider another rate cut.
Europe's broad FTSE Eurofirst 300 index .FTEU3 was down 0.1 percent by mid-morning at 1,248.33 points, edging away from a 5-year high of 1,258.09 points reached in late May this year.
The MSCI world equity index .MIWD00000PUS was slightly lower, with U.S. stock index futures pointing to further weakness when trading gets underway on Wall St. .N
Reduced expectations of the degree of Fed tapering eased pressure on emerging market currencies, which had been driven up as the cheap U.S. money was pumped into high-yielding stocks and bonds, and are now falling as these trades reverse.
Indonesia's central bank unveiled a surprise rate hike to help the rupiah recover from a 4-1/2 year low. Other Asian central banks were expected to wait for next week's Fed decision before taking any action.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS shed 0.2 percent while the stronger yen and downbeat economic data helped push Japan's Nikkei stock average .N225 down 0.3 percent.
In fixed income markets anticipation of the Fed trimming its stimulus combined with concerns abut domestic politics drove up Italy's borrowing costs at an auction of 7.5 billion euros ($10 billion) of new debt.
A cross-party Senate committee in Italy is due to resume a hearing later on whether to bar Silvio Berlusconi from political life, at the risk of prompting the former prime minister's allies to pull out the coalition government.
No decision by the Senate is expected until mid-October leaving investors in considerable uncertainty over whether the government has the strength to overhaul the economy and manage its budget deficit. <GVD/EUR>
In commodities, copper slipped 0.9 percent to $7,101 a tonne. An improved outlook for China's economy and the reduced risk of a strike on Syria have helped bring copper prices off the three-year lows plumbed in late June.
Gold skidded 1.8 percent to $1,342.56 an ounce, its weakest since mid-August while Brent crude added about 0.8 percent to $112.40 as investors watched diplomatic efforts to place Syria's chemical weapons under international control stepped up.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov were meeting in Geneva on Thursday to try to agree on a strategy to eliminate the chemical arsenal.
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There is still a chance to be in the contest , where you have the opportunity to win a set of postcards and a print of any of my illustrations! Perhaps you'll chose this one?
Friday, 20 May 2011
Climbing tree - Klätterträd
I've been working on this illustration the whole week. The leaves on the tree took a long time to make!!!! But now it's finished and I think I'll sell it in different sizes. Every child has it's own expression, so in a bigger size you'll see it better.
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We were invited to an art show held a few weeks ago. Having come home straight from work that night, I was exhausted, but was looking forward to layering (FINALLY!) Its been a sweltering summer, so I basically jump at any chance to layer.
It isn't normal for us to do anything eventful during the week, so we decided to enjoy our midweek outing and turn it into a date night. After the show, we took a walk to enjoy the brisk evening air and held hands under our high top table during dinner.
x, Carina