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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A former Army weapons expert wanted for fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend killed himself with a gunshot to the head, quelling the risk of more bloodshed and silencing perhaps the only voice that might have answered the central question: Was a break-up enough to cause a gifted trauma surgeon widely beloved as a lifesaver to end two lives in a spasm of violence?
After a two-day nationwide manhunt, police found Dr. Timothy Jorden's body in thick brush a half-mile from his Lake Erie shoreline home. A neighbor had reported hearing a gunshot from the area on Wednesday morning, and police with dogs found the body, dressed in surgical scrubs, on Friday morning.
Authorities had been searching for Jorden since Wednesday morning, when 33-year-old Jacqueline Wisniewski was found shot to death in a stairwell at the Erie County Medical Center. Friends said Wisniewski was afraid of the 49-year-old Jorden and had broken off their relationship some time ago.
Police Commissioner Daniel Derenda said Jorden went to the hospital with a shotgun and a .357 Magnum pistol intending to kill Wisniewski because of their breakup. Jorden lured her to the hospital basement, where he shot her five times at point-blank range. He then ran from the hospital and drove home, where surveillance video showed him arriving about 30 minutes later.
Just four minutes later, Jorden is seen leaving the house, down a path to a ravine and disappearing into the woods.
Derenda said Jorden killed himself with one shot to the head from the .357 Magnum and didn't leave a suicide note. He had withdrawn large sums of money recently and had given friends gifts.
As Jorden's tailspin accelerated, friends, neighbors and colleagues painted a picture of a man in decline. Jorden, once 250 pounds and clean-shaven, had lost up to 75 pounds and let his face get scraggly. His neatly manicured lawn got overgrown. He just didn't seem the same; not as "nice" as before, was how neighbor June Dupree put it.
Dupree said she was distraught over what had happened.
"It doesn't make any sense that he did that and that he killed himself," she said. "Oh, my God, it's just terrible. I can't get over it. I'm just about in tears right now."
She said everybody loved Jorden.
"He saved so many lives," she said. "This is what doesn't make sense. There's got to be more to it."
At the medical center, staff members were left to mourn the death of a respected administrative assistant and try to fathom how two lives could end this way.
"We are just starting the healing process and trying to cope with an incomprehensible event," said Jody Lomeo, the hospital's chief executive officer.
SWAT teams had spent hours Wednesday searching the home without success.
On Thursday, neighbor Tom Wrzosek told police he had heard a gunshot from the steep, thick terrain behind Jorden's house the morning before, about 90 minutes after Wisniewski was gunned down at the hospital where she and Jorden worked.
Some of her friends told local media outlets that Jorden stalked her after she ended the relationship. One of her friends told WIVB-TV that Wisniewski told her the doctor had put a GPS tracking device in her car and once held her captive in her home for a day and a half, wielding a knife.
A woman who answered the phone listed in the name of Wisniewski's parents said the family would not be commenting.
The Buffalo News reported that Jorden joined the National Guard in high school, went into the Army after graduation and served with the Army's special forces, first as a weapons expert, then as a medic. In those roles, he served in the Caribbean, Japan and Korea.
Jorden earned a medical degree from the University at Buffalo and trained at the Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, Wash. He received his certification from the American Board of Surgery in 2004.
He was honored by various local organizations over the years for his teaching skills and involvement in the Buffalo community.
Dupree said she will try to remember Jorden as a good neighbor and gifted surgeon.
"It's very quiet here today," she said. "It's like everybody is in mourning."

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Charleston, South Carolina (CNN) - Rick Perry is telling supporters that he will drop his bid Thursday for the Republican presidential nomination, two sources familiar with his plans told CNN.
The Texas governor will make the announcement before the CNN debate in South Carolina, the sources said.
Tune in Thursday at 8 p.m. ET for the CNN/Southern Republican Presidential Debate hosted by John King and follow it on Twitter at #CNNDebate. For real-time coverage of the South Carolina primary, go to CNNPolitics.com or to the CNN apps or CNN mobile web site.
Follow the Ticker on Twitter: @politicalticker
The move comes two days before the South Carolina primary and hours before the final debate ahead of the voting, which will take place on CNN Thursday night.
The campaigns of Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum reached out to the Perry campaign Thursday morning in an "aggressive effort" to get his endorsement, according to a source close to Perry.
Perry will indicate his support for Newt Gingrich but will not explicitly endorse him, a source with knowledge of Perry's decision told CNN.
To follow the latest developments on Perry, follow the Ticker's update here.
Perry placed fifth in Iowa and last in New Hampshire - a state in which he did not actively compete - and had said he would launch a bid to win in South Carolina.
"South Carolinians are looking for a conservative candidate that will get this country back working again and I am it," Perry told CNN last week.
On Wednesday, CNN asked Perry about a poll that showed him with only 6% support among likely voters in the South Carolina primary.
He insisted he was continuing with the effort to have a strong showing in the state.
"We're convinced that that's our goal, so the idea that we're going to do anything else, other than try to impact this election is - that's why we got in it. We didn't get in it because it was our purpose in life to be the president of the United States. We did it because it was our purpose to serve this country, and that's what we've been called for, and that's what we're going to continue doing."
When Perry entered the race in August, he immediately did well in the polls. But a series of gaffes, particularly at debates against his rivals, sent his support plummeting.
On Thursday, his campaign website continued to say "help Rick Perry win South Carolina and get America back on track."
Perry's official campaign Facebook page was filled with posts, largely from disappointed voters.
- CNN's Josh Levs contributed to this report.
Also see:
Polls: South Carolina primary tightening hours before crucial debate
Gingrich as compares Romney's 'desperate' attacks to 2008 campaign
Either our standards of acceptance for the highest post in this country have hit an all time low, or this man is delusional, or both. Who was behind the push to get him in the race to begin with? I've never seen such unqualified people running for president as I have this year, with Perry and Bachmann. Unbelievable.
We in Texas knew long ago that he is not presidential material. I guess it took him long time to understand that. Sometimes ego makes people blind not to understand who they are.


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LONDON, England (CNN) -- Space travel, security threats and increasing passenger numbers are forcing major changes in the way airports are designed.
Elegant space: the interior of the proposed Virgin Galactic spaceport in New Mexico
In fact, when discussing the future of the airport it is now appropriate to consider both conventional air travel hubs we are familiar with, as well as the imminent 'spaceports'.
The rush of interest in setting up 'space tourism' companies has seen proposed spaceport projects in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, and California, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Florida, Virginia, Alaska and Wisconsin in the United States. Russia, Australia, Sweden and Portugal have also been rumored as potential spaceport locations.
Meanwhile, the air travel industry is continuing to expand operations despite the challenges facing some airlines.
And there are some radical new ideas being developed for future air and spaceports. See a picture gallery of futuristic airport and spaceport designs »
The adventurous views of Dave Evans, chief technologist at business solutions company Cisco Systems, highlight the types of changes we could soon see in airports and indeed the new features we may witness in spaceports.
Speaking at a FAA/NASA/Industry Airport Planning Workshop in 2006, Evans suggested that pilots of the future could fly without hands and from the comfort of their own home (using brain-machine interfaces, in which the human brain actually exchanges electronic signals with a computer).
He also said future airports would have virtual intelligence personnel to perform the jobs of many airport workers; and that people would be able to check-in remotely using a cell phone embedded with a RFID (radio frequency identification) chip.
But what will these new airports and spaceports look like?
Graeme Johns, who is an architect at British airport design company, The Design Solution, believes airports of the future will continue to expand, with bigger security and commercial areas.
Johns, who is involved in projects in London (the new Heathrow T2 terminal), Delhi, Mumbai, Doha, Abu Dhabi and Oman, said many new airports were being more adventurous with designs.
"I think there is definitely a move towards more avant-garde designs. People are trying to do things more site-specific rather than keeping to the same old formula.
"Definitely in the Middle East they throw everything at it, also in the Far East there are some large developments. They are all vying for transit passages," he said.
Johns said one of the biggest challenges was balancing commercial space with operational space.
"There's lots of pressure to make larger security areas ... but a big thing for us is trying to move up the commercial side of airports."
Future airports would likely include a better range of shops, he said.
"We are definitely looking at broadening the offering of shops and bringing in things that haven't traditionally been in airports," John said.
If all of this isn't exciting enough for you -- then of course there are spaceports.
Internationally renowned design company Foster and Partners won a competition to build Virgin Galactic's spaceport in New Mexico.
Company founder Lord Norman Foster said the project was one of the most exciting and futuristic he had been involved in
"This technically complex building will not only provide a dramatic experience for the astronauts and visitors, but will set an ecologically sound model for future spaceport facilities."
And what will this magnificent new structure include?
A tunneled entrance, a 'super-hangar' for the space-craft, and retaining walls that form an exhibition documenting the history of space exploration alongside the story of the region, are just some of the features.
So whether or not you have the money to make the space flight, Virgin Galactic's spaceport is going to be a place well worth visiting.


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Waltham police chief guilty of two counts of assault and battery
Thomas LaCroix convicted of assaulting wife
A Concord District Court jury found Waltham Police Chief Thomas LaCroix guilty Wednesday of two counts of assaulting his wife at his Maynard home last June, but not guilty of the other five charges he faced, our news partners at Wicked Local/Waltham reported.
LaCroix faced charges of three counts of assault and battery, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (a bike rack), assault, and two counts of threatening to commit a crime.
The jury lowered the charge of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon to a straight assault and battery, a misdemeanor, and found him guilty of that charge.
The jury also found him guilty of one of the other counts of assault and battery.
The jury found LaCroix not guilty on the other five charges, which included assault and battery of his wife's friend.
LaCroix listened to the verdict with his head down, his hands clasped and his eyes closed. LaCroix's wife was not in the courtroom when the verdict was read.
The police chief has been on leave with pay since his arrest last year. Acting Police Chief Keith MacPherson has been leading the department in his place. The trial started Thursday.
Andrea LaCroix told the jury during her testimony that stress had gotten the better of both her and her husband, but he never harmed her.


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text: Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories has put out this nice tool. It's a Zif socket for Arduino. If you're doing a lot of flashing, this could be a nice addition to keep from having to pry your chip out every time. Plus, it looks cool in a soviet era technology kind of way.


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1 And Samuel saith unto Saul, 'Me did Jehovah send to anoint thee for king over His people, over Israel; and now, hearken to the voice of the words of Jehovah:
2 'Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, I have looked after that which Amalek did to Israel, that which he laid for him in the way in his going up out of Egypt.
3 Now, go, and thou hast smitten Amalek, and devoted all that it hath, and thou hast no pity on it, and hast put to death from man unto woman, from infant unto suckling, from ox unto sheep, from camel unto ass.'
4 And Saul summoneth the people, and inspecteth them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand 'are' men of Judah.
5 And Saul cometh in unto a city of Amalek, and layeth wait in a valley;
6 and Saul saith unto the Kenite, 'Go, turn aside, go down from the midst of Amalek, lest I consume thee with it, and thou didst kindness with all the sons of Israel, in their going up out of Egypt;' and the Kenite turneth aside from the midst of Amalek.
7 And Saul smiteth Amalek from Havilah -- thy going in to Shur, which 'is' on the front of Egypt,
8 and he catcheth Agag king of Amalek alive, and all the people he hath devoted by the mouth of the sword;
9 and Saul hath pity -- also the people -- on Agag, and on the best of the flock, and of the herd, and of the seconds, and on the lambs, and on all that 'is' good, and have not been willing to devote them; and all the work, despised and wasted -- it they devoted.
10 And the word of Jehovah is unto Samuel, saying,
11 'I have repented that I caused Saul to reign for king, for he hath turned back from after Me, and My words he hath not performed;' and it is displeasing to Samuel, and he crieth unto Jehovah all the night.
12 And Samuel riseth early to meet Saul in the morning, and it is declared to Samuel, saying, 'Saul hath come in to Carmel, and lo, he is setting up to himself a monument, and goeth round, and passeth over, and goeth down to Gilgal.'
13 And Samuel cometh in unto Saul, and Saul saith to him, 'Blessed 'art' thou of Jehovah; I have performed the word of Jehovah.'
14 And Samuel saith, 'And what 'is' the noise of this flock in mine ears -- and the noise of the herd which I am hearing?'
15 And Saul saith, 'From Amalek they have brought them, because the people had pity on the best of the flock, and of the herd, in order to sacrifice to Jehovah thy God, and the remnant we have devoted.'
16 And Samuel saith unto Saul, 'Desist, and I declare to thee that which Jehovah hath spoken unto me to-night;' and he saith to him, 'Speak.'
17 And Samuel saith, 'Art not thou, if thou 'art' little in thine own eyes, head of the tribes of Israel? and Jehovah doth anoint thee for king over Israel,
18 and Jehovah sendeth thee in the way, and saith, Go, and thou hast devoted the sinners, the Amalekite, and fought against them till they are consumed;
19 and why hast thou not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah -- and dost fly unto the spoil, and dost do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah?'
20 And Saul saith unto Samuel, 'Because -- I have hearkened to the voice of Jehovah, and I go in the way which Jehovah hath sent me, and bring in Agag king of Amalek, and Amalek I have devoted;
21 and the people taketh of the spoil of the flock and herd, the first part of the devoted thing, for sacrifice to Jehovah thy God in Gilgal.'
22 And Samuel saith, 'Hath Jehovah had delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices as 'in' hearkening to the voice of Jehovah? lo, hearkening than sacrifice is better; to give attention than fat of rams;
23 for a sin of divination 'is' rebellion, and iniquity and teraphim 'is' stubbornness; because thou hast rejected the word of Jehovah, He also doth reject thee from 'being' king.'
24 And Saul saith unto Samuel, 'I have sinned, for I passed over the command of Jehovah, and thy words; because I have feared the people, I also hearken to their voice;
25 and now, bear, I pray thee, with my sin, and turn back with me, and I bow myself to Jehovah.'
26 And Samuel saith unto Saul, 'I do not turn back with thee; for thou hast rejected the word of Jehovah, and Jehovah doth reject thee from being king over Israel.'
27 And Samuel turneth round to go, and he layeth hold on the skirt of his upper robe -- and it is rent!
28 And Samuel saith unto him, 'Jehovah hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee to-day, and given it to thy neighbour who is better than thou;
29 and also, the Pre-eminence of Israel doth not lie nor repent, for He 'is' not a man to be penitent.'
30 And he saith, 'I have sinned; now, honour me, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn back with me; and I have bowed myself to Jehovah thy God.'
31 And Samuel turneth back after Saul, and Saul boweth himself to Jehovah;
32 and Samuel saith, 'Bring ye nigh unto me Agag king of Amalek,' and Agag cometh unto him daintily, and Agag saith, 'Surely the bitterness of death hath turned aside.'
33 And Samuel saith, 'As thy sword bereaved women -- so is thy mother bereaved above women;' and Samuel heweth Agag in pieces before Jehovah in Gilgal.
34 And Samuel goeth to Ramath, and Saul hath gone unto his house -- to Gibeah of Saul.
35 And Samuel hath not added to see Saul till the day of his death, for Samuel mourned for Saul, and Jehovah repented that He had caused Saul to reign over Israel.


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Aside from Christmas, Valentine's Day is my favorite holiday of the year. I am a sucker for anything pink, red, sparkly, and delicious! I love the little candy hearts, the cheesy stuffed animals, flowers...It's such a feel-good holiday that I don't understand why people complain about it. Even if you're single, Valentine's Day is still about celebrating the people you love in your life! It's so not about your relationship status.
This year, I was really excited to spend V-Day with Troy. Even though it's only our second one together, we already established the tradition of going to the Farmer's Market at The Grove in Los Angeles for some yummy Cajun food. Unlike most girls, I hate red roses. It meant a lot to me that Troy remembered that and showed up holding a beautiful bouquet of purple orchids and a 24-piece Ferrero Collection of assorted chocolates. The whole night was fabulous. Troy wore the shirt I love him in the most and I wore a red dress with a faux fur coat. Troy told me I looked like a "beautiful black Marilyn Monroe."
After dinner, we walked around The Grove and saw a beautiful fountain show. I felt like I was in a movie! My favorite moment of the night had nothing to do with the delicious dinner, beautiful flowers, or romantic atmophere. It was when Troy pointed out a father and son walking arm and arm and he whispered in my ear, "I love seeing that." See, Valentine's Day is all about the love!
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text: In case you haven't heard Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez officially retired as a player after 21 years in the MLB. I think it was fitting that he announced his retirement in Arlington. According, to an article in the Dallas Morning News there is as strong possibility that Pudge will join the Rangers organization in some capacity.


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Dunjonquest: Temple of Apshai
Description official descriptions
Temple of Apshai is the first in Automated Simulations' Dunjonquest series of role-playing games series and one of the first computer role-playing games.
The game could be described as a graphical "roguelike", but actually it resembles the mainframe classic DND more, as you cannot see the whole level, but only your surroundings. Furthermore, the level maps are not randomized like in Rogue. Still, the gameplay has a lot in common with Rogue and other early dungeon crawls: A solo character explores a monster-infested, multi-level dungeon to grab some treasure, everything in top-down view.
The game starts at the Innkeeper by creating a new character (if you already played the game, you can use characters that you created). You get different stat values (in Dungeons & Dragons style) as well as an amount of money that you can spend on weapons, armor and other equipment. Alternatively, you can just enter the stats to "import" characters from other role-playing games (this is also used as a primitive "save / load game" mechanism).
After character generation, you enter the dungeons. On the left, the current room of the dungeon is displayed; the character status and other info are displayed on the right. One thing that sets Temple of Apshai apart from other rpg is that the manual contains detailed room descriptions for each room (that may contain hints about traps or treasures), to create atmosphere despite crude graphics.
You move about and perform actions like opening doors, firing arrows, examining walls for secret doors etc. by pressing key commands. Moving is also done without cursor keys: You turn your character into the direction you want to go and then move him forward by 1 to 9 steps, also selectable by single keystrokes. But take care of fatigue: If you keep running all the time, your fatigue rises, and if it reaches 100%, you cannot move or act for some time -- which can be deadly in the presence of, say, a Giant Bombardier Beetle.
Each room may contain treasures to pick up (sometimes just trash, sometimes gold, sometimes useful items), secret doors which lead to hidden parts of the dungeon and traps, which obviously should be avoided (you can try to search for them). Of course, you will also encounter monsters -- a variety of undead or giant insects -- which you have to fight using turn-based combat. Apart from the normal attack, there is also the thrust (which is more effective, but risky), and you can also fire arrows at distance or parry. To avoid a fight, you may also try to speak to them.
If you return to the Innkeeper, you gain experience, which increases your stats. Still, if you quit the game, the only way to save your character is to write down the stats on paper and re-entering them the next time you play.
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Credits (TRS-80 version)
Every room is numbered, and has a description in the manual about smell, sounds, wind etc. Rogue's dungeons are randomly generated. Apshai's were designed. This is reflected in the room descriptions.
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- MobyGames ID: 23891
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Twitter has acquired Trendrr, a data analysis company, to better leverage users' tweets about television to draw in more advertisers.
Trendrr analyzes data from social media sites such as Twitter to help businesses grow their brands. The company's products help networks, television studios, brands and media agencies use the insights it gathers to grow, Trendrr explains on its website. Some of the company's clients include ABC, MTV, Telemundo and Univision.
Twitter confirmed the acquisition in a tweet, saying that Trendrr would help the social network "build great tools for the rest of the TV ecosystem." However, the company could not be immediately reached to comment further on the deal. Terms were not disclosed.
Television is becoming increasingly important to Twitter, and information that the service gathers around users' TV activity could help to drive future advertising deals.
The company recently announced the national availability of its television ad-targeting program to let TV marketers push out branded content to people on Twitter if those users are tweeting about certain shows.
A study previously released by the market-research company Nielsen suggested that such a program could give the social network a revenue boost. The study's findings showed that broadcast TV tune-in rates led to increased activity on Twitter, and vice versa.
Why the purchase?
Twitter's real-time data about users' activity on the site was what made the social network uniquely compelling to Trendrr, CEO Mark Ghuneim said on the company's blog.
"We think we can help amplify even stronger the power of that connection to the moment inside of Twitter," he said.
Curatorr, the company's chief Twitter product, "will work with media companies, marketers, and display ecosystem partners to create compelling user experiences," Ghuneim explained.
Twitter, therefore, could use Trendrr's technology both to develop new products to encourage users to tweet around TV and other brands, and also drive more advertising arrangements based on data gathered by Trendrr.
Trendrr said it will honor its existing contracts for its Trendrr.TV service, but that it would not establish new ones going forward.
Twitter faces mounting pressure to further monetize its site as it competes with rivals such as Facebook, with a possible IPO also looming. The company's current suite of advertising products includes promoted tweets, which lets marketers place promotional tweets into certain users' feeds.
Twitter claims to have roughly 200 million active users.


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Mass. officials search for fugitive snake
KINGSTON, Mass. (AP) — The hunt is on for a slithering fugitive in Kingston.
State wildlife officials say they are investigating several reports of a snake seen near the Independence Mall.
Fisheries and Wildlife assistant director Tom French says based on descriptions, they're probably looking for a Burmese python, a legal species, or possibly a reticulated python, which is illegal in Massachusetts.
If it's found and is a reticulated python, the incident will become a law enforcement investigation.
French tells The Patriot Ledger (http://bit.ly/16jRf9j ) it's possible the snake is as long as 16 feet. He said eyewitnesses reported seeing a snake extend across a narrow road behind the mall area, but didn't measure it.
He said the python most likely escaped when the owner set its cage outside in the sun.


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Comics' reach through pop culture seems to get bigger every day, meaning that more and more people are having to wade through the medium's wild jungles without so much as an Adamantium machete. Well, Kotaku wants you to explore all that comics has to offer and has come up with a plethora of starting-out tips that should help out even the most inexperienced of sequential storytelling neophytes. Let's get started!
Where to Get Comics
- Support your local comic shop. Don't let the Simpsons character scare you off; most comics shops have friendly staff ready to steer you towards great material that you'll probably love.
- Back issue boxes are your friends. Almost every comics shop has a cache of recent and older comics—single issues, mostly, but sometimes trade paperback collections as well. Older copies of a single issue can be had for as cheap as a dollar, or even a quarter. Back issues can let you explore various titles and talents at a lower price point, which is great for anyone trying to figure out what they like.
- You'd also do well to check out online subscription services like DCBS. Their sister site, in-stock trades boasts RIDICULOUS prices on trade paperbacks. Other sites like Khepri specialize in exclusives that come directly from creators.
- If you don't have a comics shop nearby or don't have the square footage to stockpile loads of printed material in your home, then think about digital comics. Most of the major publishers have digital storefronts where new comics are available on the same day as they arrive in stores. You'll also find selections from their back catalogs, usually at a big discount, in digital comics stores.
- If you really, really like something, buy it in print. It's been noted in several examinations of the relatively new digital comics market that you may not own those digital comics you get through a website or an app store. At least, not in the traditional sense of physical ownership. Devices break or become outdated and web services mutate and fracture. (Look at how cable TV providers are feuding with various channels for an example of how wrong things can go.) But you'll always be able to dig out a paper version of a comic you love. Besides, most comics are designed for the printed page. The way writers and artists use layout, color and other storytelling techniques are generally going to be best experienced that way.
- For those interested in digital comics, the main thing you want to check is Comixology, an app for iOS, Android and other devices that sells comics from most of the big and medium-sized publishers,
with the notable exception of Dark HorseUpdate 09/28/2015: Dark Horse is on Comixology now. (those folks publish Star Wars, Buffy, Sin City and other cool comics; so check their app out, too). Comixology ties your purchases to your account, so while they don't let you outright download a file for the comics you buy, they do let you download them to any app they support. You can also read them through their website. Comixology sells most new comics from major publishers, day and date with release, so that's around noon ET on Wednesdays. They usually add about 100 issues of older comics to their back catalog at the same time. One of the nice things about their service is that they run a lot of sales and drop the price on most new comics after about a month (they usually go down a dollar). Sales run throughout the week, but the big ones consist of 99-cent-per-issue Marvel sales on Mondays and Fridays and frequent weekend sales, including a 101 or 201 (that's 101 or 201 comics for 99 cents each) from DC about once a month. Dark Horse and Comxology also have lots of free comics, so check their free sections, too.
- Ask friends for recommendations and loaners. Seriously. The people you know who read comics are REALLY into their comics. They are unfulfilled prophets and will happily lend you anything worth reading that they think will convert you to the tiny tribe of comics-readers.
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- You don't have to read superheroes. Seriously. If you think that comics are just home to the big bruisers and babes that make it onto the screen, you should know the capes-and-cowls set isn't all the medium has to offer. Memoir, historical non-fiction and beautifully allegorical creativity all thrive in comics. Comics remain a relatively cheap field to produce work in, which means that there's a plethora of styles, voices and viewpoints to experience.
- Don't ever buy anything because it'll be "worth something." Anything touted as a collector's edition is most likely going to be so mass-produced that it won't actually ever be rare enough to fetch an astronomical price at auction. There will probably plenty of copies of the Get-It-Now-Edition of the "Death of Captain ZOMG" twenty years from now.
- If you want a true collectible, get a commissioned sketch or page of original art by an artist you like.
- Read some webcomics. The best part about comics work designed for the internet is how it can use pacing and technology differently than paper comics.
- Buy trade paperbacks, or TPBs, for short. Sorry, monthlies lovers, but there are no ads and you get a story all at once, making them a much better way to read a comic.
- If you're reading this guide, don't go jumping into continuing superhero storylines without guidance. They're a tangled mess of canon and backstory that will just confuse you. Aim for classic, standalone pieces. So, don't just pick up Superman. But Superman: Red Son? Pick it up.
- Follow your favorite writers and artists, not favorite series or characters. More specifically, follow writers and writer-artists as opposed to artists. Everyone likes cool illustrations, but it's a far worse experience to read a badly-written comic with good art than it is to read a well-written one with bad art. So learn which writers you like; most of the best have excellent runs on a surprising array of creator-owned and company-owned work. Maybe you're a Garth Ennis person. Maybe you're a Brian Michael Bendis person. Or maybe Warren Ellis is more your speed.
- Don't worry about starting in the middle. Publishers of serialized super-hero comics sometimes advertise that such-and-such issue is a great jumping on point for new readers. Non-readers, meanwhile, fret that most ongoing comics will be too impenetrable for them to understand. Forget about all of this. Jump into the middle of something. See if there's anything you like about it and then, if you're intrigued, load up on back issues.The longest-running arcs in comics right now are things like Brian Michael Bendis' 8-year run on an array of Avengers comics and Grant Morrison's 6-year run on a batch of Batman books (both concluding in the next 12 months by the way). Even those massive runs are chopped up into 4 or 6-issue arcs, so you're never more than a few issues from being at the start of something. You can always go back and fill in from the way beginning if need be.
- Size up your wish list and plan to fulfill it accordingly. Many of the books people will rave to you about—Watchmen, Maus, Ice Haven, We3, to name a few—can be read in an afternoon with time left to read a second. These comics are no bigger a risk to your time and budget than a dinner at a restaurant you've never tried before. Longer, iconic series such as Sandman, Preacher, Transmetropolitan, Y The Last Man or The Walking Dead run 60-100 issues (and still going, in the last one's case). These longer runs take much more time to read can cost more than $100 to obtain in print. This may drive you toward piracy. Avoid temptation!; comics creators get paid crap money as it is. Consider either getting the trade-paperbacks, which is still pricey or doing legit digital downloads, which, if you catch a sale, is way cheaper. But, remember, you probably have a friend who can lend you a collection of one of these longer runs so that you can see if it's your thing.
- Read some modern comics, and then read some Will Eisner's The Spirit (look for a best-of collection; skip the early part of the run) or Jack-Kirby-drawn Fantastic Four (sampling the first few issues of that is fine). These two guys are seen as the pioneers of the field and probably the two greatest artists in its history, but both did work that's an acquired taste. The same holds true for alt-comics godfather R. Crumb. Trust us. It may seem backwards, you should try to attain your literacy in modern comics before going back to try to appreciate the masters. But, when you do, you'll be in for a treat.


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We're always on the lookout for photo-worthy homes. During Justine's recent travels around Cambodia, she discovered a small village where homes are unobtrusive structures built purely for shelter.
Unadorned and basic, but beautiful in their simplicity, these handcrafted homes remind us that perhaps, just sometimes, we overestimate our needs.
|The ultimate in open plan living - each hut is just one room.
The whole family will cook, eat and sleep together.
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Teen zone. The desire for teenagers to have their own space
for expression and privacy is universal.
In this village it is custom for fathers to provide their
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Pistol Pete hoists yet another ho-hum trophy, but congrats to him for winning his third Outback Champions title this year.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Pete Sampras defeated Todd Martin 6-3, 6-4 Sunday to win the Championships at The Palisades and claim his third tournament title for the year on the Outback Champions Series, a collection of tennis events around the world featuring the greatest names in tennis over the age of 30. Sampras, in fact, is undefeated in 12 matches on the circuit since he ended his five-year hiatus from competitive tournament tennis in Boston last May in his debut event on the Outback Champions Series.
In addition to the $50,000 first prize paycheck for defeating Martin and going 3-0 in round-robin play, Sampras earned 800 Stanford Champions Ranking points that determines the year-end champion on the Outback Champions Series. Martin earned $32,000 and 600 Stanford Champions Ranking points for his runner-up showing. After five events on the 2007 Outback Champions Series, Martin remains in the No. 1 position with 2600 total points, followed by Sampras with 2400 points.
"I'd rather not play enough than play too much," said Sampras of his return to tennis after an ATP career that included a record 14 Grand Slam men's singles titles. "These events are competitive, fun and it's real tennis. There is prize money on the line and pride… It's nice to win. I've won the big things and it's still nice to go out and perform well."
Sampras, 36, defeated Martin in the finals of his two previous Outback Champions Series events in Boston and Athens, Greece, but his win over Martin in Charlotte was his only win over Martin of the three in straight sets. Despite the relatively routine match score, Sampras said he found Martin difficult to play on the slippery but fast clay court.
"Todd, on this court, was very tough to play," said Sampras. "Todd's got a game I still don't feel totally comfortable with. His serve bounces so high."
Said Martin, "The court was very fast and there was a thin layer (of clay), which definitely speeds things up. I actually think I match up better with Pete on a fast court."
In addition to his runner-up finishes to Sampras in Boston and Athens, the 37-year-old Martin won the title at the Gibson Guitar Champions Cup in Newport, R.I., in August to move ahead of Sampras in the Stanford Champions Rankings. Martin was a runner-up in Charlotte for a second straight year after losing to Jim Courier in the 2006 final in a Champions Tie-Break. Martin, however, avenged his loss to Courier in Saturday night's final round-robin match, defeating the defending champion 6-4, 6-7 (4), 10-5 (Champions Tie-Break).
Courier, the co-founder of the Outback Champions Series, finished play Sunday, losing to Wayne Ferreira of South Africa 3-6, 7-6 (2), 10-5 (Champions Tie-Break) in the third-place play-off.
"Today was a high level of tennis," said Courier. "Wayne served really well and I didn't serve too well today. Overall, this tournament was a big success in Charlotte. We had terrific crowds. Everyone enjoyed themselves."
Said Ferreira, ""It's been great here all week. I was here last year and really had a good time and I enjoyed myself here again this year."
The final two events on the 2007 Outback Champions Series will be held in Dallas, Texas at The Stanford Championships Oct. 18-21 and in Dubai, U.A.E. at The Legends Rock Dubai, November 20-24.
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Last year [May 20, 2012 issue], Dr. Tom Necela wrote an article about audits – how to "Protect Against and Profit From Them." It was all about looking at your records and stats, recognizing the issues and correcting the problems. Toward the end of the article, he advocated a self-audit to make sure your documentation is up to par.
I would like to expand on the topic of the self-audit a little more. I was recently involved in a legal seminar and the topic of reviewing chiropractic records came up. There were a number of observations made that I think give good insight into how our records are viewed, assessed and interpreted. Using the self-audit strategy can help protect your practice while increasing your profitability.
The first and probably most scathing comments during the seminar were regarding the reasonableness of the care provided. I'm talking about care usually to regions not related to the area of injury (e.g., treating the neck for a lumbar injury or full spine for a wrist injury). If you are going to treat a patient for a particular condition, treat that condition. This is not the place for philosophy – care has to be specific and relevant. A patient with a lower back injury may very well need care to the neck, but if you cannot correlate the neck to the lower back injury, do not treat it as part of the injury claim. (I have covered this issue in previous articles.)
Do Your Notes Make Sense?
Is there a logic to your care plan? Can someone reading your file tell what your care plan is? We have all seen any number of treatment protocols, usually progressing from acute pain relief to functional restoration to active rehabilitation. Make sure your notes are clear that you are moving your patient progressively through a continuum of care. Ongoing treatment with ice packs, EMS, and full spinal manipulation is very quickly perceived as palliative care that is not providing tangible benefit.
This is not to say that the patient does not experience relief from their initial complaint – that is a good thing – but our responsibility goes beyond the feel good, as I have noted before. We are here to improve their overall condition. Especially when dealing with an injury claim, make sure you can show that the patient is measurably improving with your care. This advice also applies to products you provide a patient – lower back supports, seat cushions, etc. Giving a patient a soft collar for a lower back injury is hard to validate.
Beware of Your Advertising
I have seen this come up several times. It seems some chiropractors like to use marketing gimmicks to get new patients – online coupons for a free initial consultation and X-rays is a common offer. This is bad practice! I have known attorneys to confront a doctor in court and ask why they billed for an exam on the patient when their website clearly says that the initial visit was free. Ouch. No way to defend that. Be careful how you advertise and what you offer; clever marketing gimmicks are not always your friend.
Billing Forms Do Not Constitute Good Office Notes
Make sure you have clear, concise, relevant daily notes. Sending an attorney a stack of billing statements so they can interpret your care plan is not good practice. Often, they will be viewed as a simple listing of dates and procedures. With no supportive documentation this will quickly be interpreted as rote billing for procedures. This is highly suspect and will usually be disputed. Billing records are for billing; they do not contain the information of a full SOAP note to list your findings, your assessment and the rationale for the care you provided on that date.
Don't Let the Computer Do All the Work
The last red flag I will discuss here is computerized records. Certainly the world is moving in that direction, and most practitioners keep their records in electronic format. However, be careful and pay attention – it becomes too easy to hit that "carry-over" button and copy the same records forward. I have been involved in some case reviews in which 60 or more daily notes were exactly the same – the doctor just copied the same note forward each visit. As discussed above, this quickly supports the notion that care is static, ongoing and of no benefit. Make sure you take the time to input data so each daily note is accurate and relevant to that patient encounter on that date.
I will close with a bit of Dr. Necela's advice from his article, because I think it deserves repeating: "Take auditing seriously and preventatively. Most chiropractors who have been on the down side of an audit wish they had taken steps like these before they were under the microscope. Had they done so, I am sure the outcome of their audits would have been much more favorable. Use the self-audit strategy today to help protect and profit from the good work that you do."
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Torpid secret of arid-zone bat success
Energy efficient Australia's arid-zone bats owe their success to a fondness for torpor, new research has found.
Artiom Bondarenco, of the University of New England, and colleagues, report their findings in a recent issue of the Journal of Comparative Physiology B.
"At the same temperature, bats in arid areas use longer torpor bouts compared to bats from milder climates," says Bondarenco, who carried out the research for his PhD.
The arid zone comprises half of the Australian continent and is made up of habitats that are very harsh to live in with unpredictable weather patterns and limited food supply, says Bondarenco.
Despite this, microbats are one of the most successful groups of Australian arid-zone mammals.
There are more than 22 species from five families distributed all over arid and semi-arid areas.
So what is the secret to these bats' success?
One hypothesis is that the animals rely on torpor, in which they suppress all their physiological functions, and their body temperature drops down to the ambient temperature.
This can be a useful means of saving energy and water for small bats.
Because of their size they don't have much in the way of energy stores and they can lose a lot of water and energy because of their large surface to volume ratio.
Even just keeping their normal operating temperature, which is above 30°C, the animals must burn a lot of energy.
And the animals need to use a lot of water and energy to keep cool when summer temperatures climb to 48°C or more.
Radio tracking bats
To investigate the thermal biology of arid zone bats, Bondarenco and colleagues used temperature-telemetry to study the tree-roosting inland freetail bat (Mormopterus sp.) at Sturt National Park in New South Wales.
The researchers glued small temperature-sensitive radio transmitters between the shoulder blades of the eight bats in the study.
They then released the animals and tracked them during two summers, capturing temperature measurements at 10-minute intervals.
Bondarenco and colleagues found that overall, animals used torpor on 67.9 per cent of the days they were tracked, with torpor bouts ranging from half an hour to 39.3 hours depending on the weather.
On warm days, the bats spent on average three hours in torpor whereas on colder days they spent longer, says Bondarenco.
On the very hot days they didn't employ torpor at all and relied on energy and water saved from torpor bouts on milder days.
The other smart thing the bats do is when they are coming out of torpor, they tend to warm up with the environment.
Bats in milder climates must burn fat to produce energy to actively warm themselves up from torpor, says Bondarenco.
"Our bats mainly arise from torpor passively. As the ambient temperature increases their skin temperature increases as well. For that process they don't have to burn any energy at all," he says.


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Flinders Ranges National Park, South Australia © @saltythebus and Isaac Forman
Guide to the Flinders Ranges
Explore a landscape more than 600 million years old.
By Lee Atkinson
The rugged, weathered peaks and rocky gorges of the Flinders Ranges in outback South Australia form some of the most dramatic and beautiful landscapes in the country. It's a place rich in Aboriginal history and home to a vast array of wildlife. Following the scenic roads, 4WD tracks and walking trails that crisscross this wild countryside will take you on a remarkable adventure.
Don't miss
- Sleep under the stars in a luxury swag
- Try delicious wild food (like kangaroo and emu) at a famous outback pub
- See the extraordinary Wilpena Pound from above on a scenic flight
How to get there
The Flinders Ranges are about 500 kilometres (311 miles) north of Adelaide, or a five-hour road trip. You can also fly from Adelaide to Port Augusta with Sharp Airlines, which takes about 55 minutes.
Things to do and top attractions in the Flinders Ranges
Ride the Coffee Pot
Ride the rails back in time on one of Australia's best-known steam train journeys. Operated by passionate volunteers, the Pichi Richi Railway runs beautifully restored steam and diesel locomotives and timber carriages, including the century-old steam train nicknamed the Coffee Pot that's a favourite of trainspotters and believed to be the last of its kind in the world. They run on the last remaining operating portion of the historic narrow-gauge Ghan railway line. Built in the 1870s, this section of the line runs through deep rock cuttings, stone wall embankments and spectacular iron bridges. Trips depart from Quorn and Port Augusta.
Explore Wilpena Pound
From the air, Wilpena Pound looks like a crater, a massive bowl almost 100 kilometres (62 miles) wide that stands above the surrounding plains. But the rim is actually made up of the stumps of huge mountains, believed to have been as high as the Himalayas, that have been eroded over millennia. There's only one way in: through a gorge 11 kilometres (seven miles) long and eight kilometres (five miles) across. It was called a pound by the early settlers in the 1850s – they thought it looked like a traditional sheep pen. The best way to see the distinctive shape is on a scenic flight from Wilpena Resort inside the Pound. It offers a range of accommodation from motel-style rooms to glamping as well as a campground and Aboriginal cultural walks and 4WD tours. You can also trek inside the Pound and climb up over the rim.
Eat a feral mixed grill
If you've never tasted kangaroo, emu or even camel, Parachilna's famous Prairie Hotel is the best place to try some. One of the outback's most iconic hotels, the Prairie is an authentic pub with an innovative menu, best known for its creative use of native foods. The Feral Mixed Grill of emu, kangaroo, goat and camel is the hotel's signature dish, but make sure you try the quandong pie, made from a wild native peach – it's tart but delicious. Stay overnight in one of the stylish rooms out the back.
Do the ridge-top tour at Arkaroola
Arkaroola is a privately owned 610-square kilometre (236-square mile) wilderness sanctuary at the far northern tip of the Flinders. The scenery is simply awesome, with soaring granite peaks, deep gorges and waterholes, and it's one of the best places to see the rare yellow-footed rock wallaby. There are self-guided 4WD trails but the best way to see the countryside is the four-hour ridge-top tour that travels along the spine of the mountains to a stunning lookout. Stay in one of the comfortable motel rooms or set up camp in the campground and enjoy the stars. The lack of ambient light makes it great for viewing the night sky and there are two observatories on the property.
Watch the sun set from the top of the range
One of the oldest sheep stations in the Flinders, Rawnsley Park, on the southern face of Wilpena Pound, was established in 1851. It's still a working farm, but it's also a great place to stay, with a campground, simple cabins and luxury eco villas with stunning views of the surrounding ranges – and a glass panel in the bedroom ceiling, so you can stargaze from bed. Spend your days exploring the area on the network of bushwalking trails that traverse the property, take a 4WD tour to the top of the Chace Range and watch the sunset with a glass of local sparkling wine and some canapés before enjoying a meal of station-grown saltbush lamb at the Woolshed Restaurant.
Sleep out in style under the stars at Arkaba Station
Do the Flinders in style at Arkaba, a former sheep station on the edge of Wilpena Pound that is now a private wildlife conservation park. It offers five-star accommodation in the historic homestead and bush camps with luxury swags (traditional Australian canvas sleeping bags with internal mattresses) on raised timber decks with uninterrupted views of mountains and the night sky, hot showers and meals prepared by private chef. Join a four-day guided walk, go on a 4WD game drive, take a scenic flight over the ranges or a helicopter safari to Parachilna for lunch at the Prairie Hotel.


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With health and freshness two of the major forces driving menus today, produce is top on operators' purchase orders. Indeed, restaurants have been making a big effort to put more fruits and vegetables on the plate. But this effort hit a roadblock last September when spinach crops infected with E.coli entered the supply chain, causing a widespread outbreak of foodborne illness. The incident caused both restaurateurs and consumers to boycott fresh spinach and question produce safety. In October and November, tomatoes were blamed for two salmonella outbreaks; green onions, lettuce and herbs have also been in the safety spotlight recently. As a result, food safety has become the priority for suppliers and buyers of fresh produce.
The latest moves
The produce industry, Food and Drug Administration and National Restaurant Association gathered this March for a farm-to-table produce safety conference in Monterey, California. Their ultimate goal: to formulate mandatory safety guidelines. While the government drags its heels, growers, suppliers, distributors and trade groups are initiating their own safety programs.
Here's the progress so far:
•United Fresh Produce Association, an industry group, released new best-practice guidelines for the production and harvest of lettuce and leafy greens. Included are more extensive measures growers can take to curb problems in six key risk areas: irrigation water use, soil treatment, crop treatment/pesticide use, flooding, animal access to growing areas and use of adjacent land.
•In April, the Western Growers Association—representing most of California's top produce growers and handlers—adopted United's guidelines as the framework for a new California produce marketing agreement. All California lettuce and leafy greens producers who sign the agreement pledge to comply with the specific food safety standards and metrics for production and handling. The California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement also incorporates on-site field inspections by USDA-trained inspectors.
•The previous month, California Tomato Farmers, a grower-owned cooperative representing family-farming businesses, initiated The Fresh Standard. Tomatoes marketed under this directive "are grown under the strictest safety standards and harvested by workers who enjoy a safe, clean work environment," states Ed Beckman, president of the new organization. Members of the co-op must participate in third-party audits of fields and packing houses.
•The NRA is urging adoption of standards for all commodities and expansion of the program beyond California. Says Donna Garren, VP health and regulatory affairs: "In the short term, the association will support Good Agricultural Practices or GAPs (a set of voluntary FDA guidelines—not regulations—that monitor produce safety) and the California produce marketing agreement. In the long term, we will rapidly move forward to further define and assure implementation of scientifically sound food safety management practices along the produce supply chain."
• Some of the long-term strategies Garren advocates include more government regulation by the FDA, developing more stringent controls and metrics at every juncture of the supply chain from farm to table and industry-wide GAPs with third-party audits. Currently, food safety measures focus on initial cooling and distribution points and HACCP programs at processing operations.
•With 25 percent of the 72 produce-related outbreaks in the past linked to fresh-cut fruits and vegetables, the FDA's first step was issuing non-binding guidelines for those products. These include anything processed by peeling, slicing, chopping, shredding, coring or trimming before packaging—all the bagged salads and other prepped veggies used by restaurants.
The operator's role
While the produce industry is pushing for self-regulation, others feel the FDA should be moving faster to enact mandatory safety regulations. Consumer advocacy groups are proposing the formation of a new government agency specifically in charge of food safety. In the meantime, here's how you can impact the safety of the produce you buy.
•Communicate with your distributor. Go beyond the usual questions to discover if the produce you're buying meets standards for safety as well as for quality and price. Water testing, worker sanitation and temperature and cleanliness of trucks should all be part of the conversation.
•Step up your demands. Garren advises restaurants to insist that produce purveyors adhere to high safety standards throughout the supply chain. Ask for increased water testing from growers, E.coli testing at the packing house and metrics proving that GAPs are in place.
•Put pressure on vendors to make tracking a priority. Traceability along the supply chain—all the way back to the farm—is essential to a safe supply. Some suppliers are tagging cases with the exact point of origin in the field; others use technology to track pallets.
•Practice safe food handling in house. Once the produce comes in the back door, train staff to keep it bacteria-free. Avoid cross-contamination with protein foods, re-emphasize hand-washing, have workers wear gloves and wash produce in clean water before prepping. Although many vegetables go through a chlorine wash at the packing house, a small percentage of bacteria remains. Some restaurants are experimenting with a ph-balanced fruit and vegetable wash designed to lift off and kill pathogens on fresh-cut produce.
Local flavor
With the trend toward cooking with locally grown ingredients, many chefs are sourcing produce at farmer's markets or directly from nearby farms—especially during the warm-weather growing season. Buying off a truck saves on fuel costs and promotes sustainability, but local vegetables may not be as carefully monitored or clean as those from your broadliner or produce supplier.
"Do your due diligence," advises Hugh Dorset, director of foodservice for NatureSweet Tomatoes. "Many vendors welcome you to visit their facility or farm to see what safeguards are in place."
Bill Clifford, chef/owner of 93 Townsend in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, focuses on sourcing as much local produce as he can for both his restaurant and retail store, Oak Street Provisions. He feels confident about the safety and cleanliness of the vegetables he buys at the weekly farmer's market; the Maine Department of Agriculture approves and oversees all the vendors. "I've also become well acquainted with many of the farmers—I'm not only their customer, they come into my restaurant on weekends," he says. "I know they carefully choose and expertly handle everything they sell."
In the end, it boils down to the trust you place in your suppliers and the care you take once the produce comes into the kitchen. "The shorter the supply chain, the less room for error," Clifford believes.


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Pro cyclists let themselves be poked and prodded like lab rats for good reason: Physiological and biomechanical testing can explain how the body reacts to training and riding—and pinpoint ways to improve. Here are four options you might want to try.
DXA Scan
What A type of X ray that measures bone density. Cyclists tend to have lower bone density than runners, weight lifters, even sedentary people, says University of Missouri researcher Pamela Hinton.
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Where and How Much Hospitals or doctor's offices. Your health insurance may cover it; otherwise, expect to shell out about $250.
Use the Results Build your bones by jumping. The optimal dose: 40 to 100 jarring impacts at a time. Beyond that, bone doesn't respond any further until it has recovered for at least 8 hours, Hinton says. Start with 20 two-legged hops 3 times a week and progress to single-legged hops and more reps.
Dynamic Bike Fit
What Using computerized pedal-stroke analysis, 3D video, and laser alignment, certified fitters can tailor how your bike fits while your body is in riding motion.
Where and How Much Look for fitters certified by programs like Serotta or Retül. Pedal-stroke analysis starts at $50; a comprehensive fit runs $200 to $300.
Use the Results "The three pillars of proper fit are comfort, power, and aerodynamics,"says Matt Russ, owner of The Sport Factory Performance Center and a certified bike fitter in Roswell, Georgia. Adjusting the fit will help you ride more efficiently and comfortably, and can address unique biomechanical issues.
Lactate Threshold (LT Test)
What LT marks the intensity where you cross from comfortable aerobic riding into harder efforts in which blood lactate levels rise sharply. It typically corresponds to an effort you could sustain in a 1-hour time trial.
Where and How Much Many coaches and fitness centers offer it for about $175. The test takes 30 to 40 minutes, getting progressively harder, with blood sampled every 3 to 5 minutes.
Use the Results "Most endurance athletes train too easy or too hard," says Bruce Hendler, a certified USA Cycling coach in Folsom, California. Use the info to calculate training zones as a percentage of your heart rate at threshold so your effort is mellow enough on long rides and intense enough on intervals and time trials.
Power Profiling
What Power testing ranges from 30-second sprints to hourlong time trials. The most informative option: an average power profile based on all-out efforts lasting 5 seconds, 1 minute, 5 minutes, and 60 minutes.
Where and How Much Coaches will do the test for about $75. Bike-mounted power meters start at around $800.
Use the Results By comparing your power profile with those of other cyclists or to published benchmarks, you can assess your strengths and weaknesses. Above average at 1 minute but below average at 20? Work on endurance. But if your power profile reveals some hidden sprinting talent, why not try a race that invites you to channel your inner Cavendish?
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Robert Downey Jr. filming movie in Waltham
'The Judge' shooting scenes at Moody Street Spa
The crew from an upcoming Hollywood movie starring Robert Downey Jr. is back in Waltham and shooting scenes in at least two locations.
The Warner Brothers production "The Judge," also starring Robert Duvall and Vincent D'Onofrio, is reportedly shooting scenes at the Moody Street Spa and the former Wires Department on Church Street. Police said details were hired for both locations.
The crew finished a scene in the morning Monday and was slated to work on another in the afternoon, according to the movie's publicist. The scenes are reportedly being shot indoors and out of sight.
The publicist said she knew the cast and crew would be around for at least Monday and Tuesday, but didn't know if their stay in the Watch City would be extended.
The movie is about a successful lawyer who returns to his hometown for his mother's funeral only to discover that his estranged father, the town's judge, is suspected of murder, according to IMDb. The movie is being filmed in the Greater Boston area, but is set in Indiana, the publicist said.


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More than a week after CBS announced its fall schedule, the network has given an additional series order to the Bad Teacher adaptation, TVGuide.com has learned.
Based on the Cameron Diaz film, a sexy, foul-mouthed divorcée (Ari Graynor) becomes a teacher to find her next husband. Ryan Hansen, Sara Gilbert, Kristin Davis, Sara Rodier, Caitlin Kimball, Katie Walder and David Alan Grier will also star.
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I just listened to an interesting IBM Google hangout about big data called Visions of Big Data's future. You can watch it here. There were some great experts on the line including James Kobelius (IBM), Thomas Deutsch (IBM), and Ed Dumbill (Silicon Valley Data Science).
The moderator, David Pittman, asked a fantastic question, "What's taking longer than you expect in big data?" It brought me back to 1992 (ok, I'm dating myself) when I used to work at AT&T Bell Laboratories. At that time, I was working in what might today be called an analytics Center of Excellence. The group was composed of all kinds of quantitative scientists (economists, statisticians, physicists) as well as computer scientists and other IT like people. I think the group was called something like the Marketing Models, Systems, and Analysis department.
I had been working with members of Bell Labs Research to take some of the machine learning algorithms they were developing and applying them to our marketing data for analytics like churn analysis. At that time, I proposed the formation of a group that would consist of market analysts and developers, working together with researchers and some computer scientists. The idea was to provide continuous innovation around analysis. I found the proposal today (I'm still sneezing from the dust). Here is a sentence from it,
Managing and analyzing large amounts of data? At that point we were even thinking about call detail records. It goes on to say, "Specifically the group will utilize two software technologies that will help to extract knowledge from databases: data mining and data archeology. The data archeology piece referred to:
This exploration of the data is similar to what is termed discovery today. Here's a link to the paper that came out of this work. Interestingly, around this time I also remember going to talk to some people who were developing NLP algorithms for analyzing text. I remember thinking that the "why" around customers were churning could be found in those call center notes.
I thought about this when I heard the moderator's question not because the group I was proposing would certainly have been ahead of its time – let's face it AT&T was way ahead of its time with its Center of Excellence in analysis in the first place – but because it's taken so long to get from there to here and we're not even here or there yet.


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One of the benefits of upgrading to MacOS 10.12 Sierra is the ability to unlock my Mac laptop with my Apple Watch. Yet I'm not able to do that. Why? Turns out, the answer involves some pretty cool tech.
Somebody's Watching You
The tech specs list the 2013 MacBook and higher as the minimum model needed to enable Watch Unlock on your Mac. You also need a few other things, like Bluetooth enabled and a Watch running WatchOS 3. I checked my personal MacBook against the original specs and found everything in order. I installed Sierra and updated all my other devices and even enabled iCloud Two-Factor Authentication to be sure. Yet, when I checked the Security and Privacy section, I didn't see the checkbox for the Watch Unlock to be enabled. What gives?
It turns out that Apple quietly modified the minimum specs during the Sierra beta period. Instead of early 2013 MacBooks being support, the shift moved support to mid-2013 MacBooks instead. I checked the spec sheets and mine is almost identical. The RAM, drive, and other features are the same. Why does Watch Unlock work on those Macs and not mine? The answer, it appears, is wireless.
Now AC The Light
The mid-2013 MacBook introduced Apple's first 802.11ac wireless chipset. That was the major reason to upgrade over the earlier models. The Airport Extreme also supported 11ac starting in mid-2013 to increase speeds to more than 500Mbps transfer rates, or Wave 1 speeds.
While the majority of the communication that the Apple Watch uses with your phone and your MacBook is via Bluetooth, it's not the only way it communicates. The Apple Watch has a built-in wireless radio as well. It's a 2.4GHz b/g/n radio. Normally, the 11ac card on the MacBook can't talk to the Watch directly because of the frequency mismatch. But the 11ac card in the 2013 MacBook enables a different protocol that is the basis for the unlocking feature.
802.11v has been used for a while as a fast roaming feature for mobile devices. Support for it has been spotty before wider adoption of 802.11ac Wave 1 access points. 802.11v allows client devices to exchange information about network topology. 11v also allows for clients to measure network latency information by timing the arrival of packets. That means that a client can ping an access point or another client and get a precise timestamp of the arrival of that packet. This can be used for a variety of things, most commonly location services.
Time Is On Your Side
The 802.11v timestamp has been proposed to be used as a "time of flight" calculation all the back since 2008. Apple has decided to use Time of Flight as a security mechanism for the Watch Unlock feature. Rather than just assume that the Watch is in range because it's communicating over Bluetooth, Apple wanted to increase the security of the Watch/Mac connection. When the Mac detects that the Watch is within 3 meters of the Mac it is connected to via Handoff it is in the right range to trigger an unlock. This is where the 11ac card works magic.
When the Watch sends a Bluetooth signal to trigger the unlock, the Mac sends an additional 802.11v request to the watch via wireless. This request is then timed for arrival. Since the Mac knows the watch has to be within 3 meters, the timestamp on the packet has a very tight tolerance for delay. If the delay is within the acceptable parameters, the Watch unlock request is approved and your Mac is unlocked. If there is more than the acceptable deviation, such as when used via a Bluetooth repeater or some other kind of nefarious mechanism, the unlock request will fail because the system realizes the Watch is outside the "safe" zone for unlocking the Mac.
Why does the Mac require an 802.11ac card for 802.11v support? The simple answer is because the Broadcom BCM43xx card in the early 2013 MacBooks and before doesn't support the 802.11v time stamp field (page 5). Without support for the timestamp field, the 802.11v Time of Flight packet won't work. The newer Broadcom 802.11ac compliant BCM43xx card in the mid-2013 MacBooks does support the time stamp field, thus allowing the security measure to work.
Tom's Take
All cool tech needs a minimum supported level. No one could have guess 3-4 years ago that Apple would need support for 802.11v time stamp fields in their laptop Airport cards. So when they finally implemented it in mid-2013 with the 802.11ac refresh, they created a boundary for support for a feature on a device that was in the early development stages. Am I disappointed that my Mac doesn't support watch unlock? Yes. But I also understand why now that I've done the research. Unforeseen consequences of adoption decisions really can reach far into the future. But the technology that Apple is building into their security platform is cool no matter whether it's support on my devices or not.


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In a major blow to the Los Angeles regional economy and another black mark on the state, Toyota Motor Sales announced plans Monday to shutter its U.S. sales and marketing headquarters in Torrance and move to suburban Dallas.
About 3,000 employees of the Torrance facility will receive offers to relocate, and the city's largest employer will be gone by 2017.
The company announced its plans to employees about 10 a.m. Monday, about the same time that Torrance Mayor Frank Scotto held a news conference in front of City Hall. The mayor said Toyota had told him Thursday that an important announcement was coming, but he did not expect the news to be so dire.
"Trust me, we don't want to lose a great partner like Toyota," said Scotto, who received the news from Toyota shortly before his public address. "The fact that they are leaving and taking a lot of citizens and residents possibly to Texas … we are very disappointed with that because a lot of those people are part of our families."
The Texas location will consolidate resources from three separate North American headquarters — in California and Kentucky and New York — onto one campus.
About 2,000 jobs from Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A. Inc. and about 1,000 jobs from Toyota Financial Services, both in Torrance, will migrate to Texas, the company said in a statement Monday.
About 1,000 employees from a manufacturing plant in Kentucky and an undisclosed number of workers from a corporate office in New York also will move to Plano, a suburb of Dallas.
The company will break ground on the Plano facility this fall and expects construction to take about two years. Most employees will not move to the new location until it is finished in late 2016 or early 2017, according to Toyota.
The move will place the company's North American executives closer to Toyota's U.S. manufacturing plants. Toyota makes cars for the U.S. market in several states across the south, including Mississippi, Texas, Kentucky and Alabama.
"We've evolved into a very large network, but we were never restructured to operate as one company. That time has come," said Michael Rouse, vice president of diversity, philanthropy and community affairs for Toyota Motor Sales. "Our headquarter functions just need to be brought together."
As a mayor of a suburban city with limited resources, Scotto said there was not much Torrance could do to entice Toyota to stay. He said more pro-business tax and regulation policy would have to originate in Sacramento.
"We could offer them a lot of things, but we recognize that the deal they have is something that it would take the state of California to be a part of, not the city of Torrance," Scotto said. "It's too late. The train has left the station."
In a statement posted on his website, state Sen. Ted Lieu expressed that he also was unpleasantly surprised by the news.
"I am really angry," Lieu said. "The fact is thousands of families in our community are directly impacted by this decision — families who depend on Toyota for their livelihoods."
Los Angeles' Mayor Garcetti shared Lieu and Scotto's disappointment.
"Torrance has my sympathies," Garcetti told reporters after a business conference in Beverly Hills on Monday. "It's a huge regional jobs generator, not just in direct jobs, but the spillover, for all the restaurants and hotels, and everything else in Torrance and the South Bay that supports that."
Twenty-nine percent of Japanese businesses headquartered in California are located in Torrance, Scotto said. Many of these companies cater to the Japanese business clientele that Toyota and automaker Honda Motor Co. attracts to Torrance.
Toyota employees on the Torrance campus would not discuss the company's relocation plans on the record, neither before the announcement or after.
Susan Louie, a project manager employed by a Toyota contractor at the Torrance location, was unfazed. She was working at Nissan when that company closed its North American headquarters in nearby Carson.
"If you're good at what you do, I think you can find other employment," said Louie, who started at Toyota in 2011.
Asked if she would consider moving to Texas, she laughed.
"I would stay with Southern California," she said. "This is too good a place to leave."
Staff writer Dakota Smith contributed to this article.


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Congratulations to author Laurie Wallmark has a new book GRACE HOPPER: QUEEN OF COMPUTER CODE. They have agreed to participate in our book giveaways. All you have to do to get in the running is to leave a comment. Reblog, tweet, or talk about it on Facebook with a link and you will get additional chances to win. Just let me know the other things you did to share the good news, so I can put in the right amount of tickets in my basket for you. Check back to discover the winner.
Laurie is having a book launch party for Grace Hopper: Queen of Computer Code . It takes place Sunday, May 21st from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM at Book Garden, 28 Bridge St, Frenchtown, NJ. She says everyone is invited.
"If you've got a good idea, and you know it's going to work, go ahead and do it."
The inspiring story of Grace Hopper—the boundary-breaking woman who revolutionized computer science—is told told in an engaging picture book biography.
Who was Grace Hopper? A software tester, workplace jester, cherished mentor, ace inventor, avid reader, naval leader—AND rule breaker, chance taker, and troublemaker. Acclaimed picture book author Laurie Wallmark (Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine) once again tells the riveting story of a trailblazing woman. Grace Hopper coined the term "computer bug" and taught computers to "speak English." Throughout her life, Hopper succeeded in doing what no one had ever done before. Delighting in difficult ideas and in defying expectations, the insatiably curious Hopper truly was "Amazing Grace" . . . and a role model for science- and math-minded girls and boys. With a wealth of witty quotes, and richly detailed illustrations, this book brings Hopper's incredible accomplishments to life.
You've heard the expression, "it takes a village?" Well it definitely takes a village to write a picture book. I'd like to introduce you to some of the villages that helped with Grace Hopper: Queen of Computer Code, recently released from Sterling Children's Books.
The first village for this book is Carolyn Yoder's Alumni Retreat at Highlights Foundation. Carolyn had helped me with my debut book, Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine, so I knew she was the perfect person to set me on the right track with my next picture book biography. One problem, though. To get the most out of her workshop, I needed a first draft of the book, so I wrote one. It was quite dreadful, to put it mildly.
Carolyn had heard some of my poetry and suggested I try writing the book in verse. This was a great idea, not to mention a lot of fun. It would also help me decide if I wanted to write my graduate creative thesis in verse. (I did.)
My next village and the one who has been with me throughout the writing of this story and many others is my critique group, the Squirrel Girls. We are so named because our discussions often get sidetracked. Often, though, this distraction leads to an aha moment for the story under consideration. We've been together for years, so my fellow Squirrels have seen many a version of this story. Here's a big shout-out to Katrina Bakos, Sheila Brodhead, Randi Clarken, Gigi Collins, Lisa Versaggi, and Michelle Yu. (cont.)
Now it was time for my next village to weigh in, the faculty and students at VCFA (Vermont College of Fine Arts). I workshopped my manuscript in verse and received many helpful suggestions. The problem was, even though the advice was great, the story wasn't, so back to the drawing board.
Using my poems as inspiration, I rewrote the book in prose. I kept one of the poems in the final book, but discarded the rest. Once again, my critique group and fellow VCFAers helped with my revisions. At this point, I also added a smaller village, my beta readers—Jeanne Balsam and Barb Krasner.
I felt good about my manuscript, so it was time to get a professional critique. Here's where my NJ SCBWI (Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators) village came in. I've had so much support and encouragement from my fellow writers and illustrators on my writing journey. I can't imagine not having them as part of my writing community.
I had my critique at the NJ SCBWI June conference with Meredith Mundy, Executive Editor at Sterling Children's Books. I was thrilled when Meredith told me she loved my story. Of course, she also gave me plenty of editorial notes. My next village consists of the Sterling editors, art directors, marketing and publicity departments, and all the support people. Sterling also matched me up with my amazing illustrator, Katy Wu.
My last, but certainly not least, village is the Liza Royce Agency and my agents, Liza Fleissig and Ginger Harris. They've been with me every step along the way, from editorial advice to contracts, marketing suggestions to emotional support. Liza and Ginger are hosting my New York City launch party (at The Corner Bookstore, May 18, 5:30 – join us!)
People think of writing as a solitary occupation. They couldn't be more wrong. It takes a village.
Award-winning author Laurie Wallmark has an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from VCFA. When not writing, Laurie teaches computer science at Raritan Valley Community College. Her debut picture book, Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine (Creston Books, 2015), received four starred trade reviews (Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, and School Library Journal) and several national awards, including Outstanding Science Trade Book and the Eureka Award. It is a Cook Prize Honor Book. Her next book, Grace Hopper: Queen of Computer Code (Sterling Books, May 2017) is a biography of the first person to use English words to program computers, has already received a starred review from Kirkus.
Click here to join Laurie as she travels from blog to blog to introduce her picture book biography, Grace Hopper: Queen of Computer Code.
Thank you Laurie for sharing you new book with us. It look like another must have.
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Fixing DNSSEC Errors – What Can You Do When DNSSEC Goes Bad?
Despite the fact that the Internet is an increasingly critical component of the world's communications infrastructure, its "phone book" — the Domain Name System (DNS) — is often considered fundamentally insecure.
While opinions sometimes vary, the majority of the Internet's technical participants believe that a critical part of shoring up DNS security is the deployment of Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC). DNSSEC is an enhancement to the DNS protocol that enables domain name owners to give themselves and their users a more secure and trustworthy experience by using cryptographic signatures.
Simply put, the protocol creates a "chain of trust" that offers users the confidence of knowing that, when they click on a website, their browser will know exactly where to find that website and avoid being hijacked. As the IT infrastructure continues its rapid migration into the cloud, the ability to offer users a sense of security while they're on the Internet is more of a competitive differentiator than ever before.
While DNSSEC is a huge step towards providing a secure experience, like all innovations, it has its challenges. It is highly likely that in your future, one of the DNSSEC deployments you are working on will not go according to plan. At that point you'll need to be prepared to recover from DNSSEC errors.
When DNSSEC Goes Bad
The scenario often looks like this: You have just published your DNSSEC signed zone and now notice some breakage, indicated by symptoms like a truncated zone or records that do not validate. Yes, you had quality control, but these things happen. Your mission now is to take corrective action and publish a healthy zone as quickly as possible, and also investigate the cause of break.
Your Options*
If you repeat the zone generation, signing and publishing processes, you may simply recreate the problem that caused the broken zone. Or you can go back to a previous, healthier state by returning to an earlier copy of the zone, which is commonly known as a "rollback." But a rollback still requires you to update the serial number on the zone, which then breaks the signature on the SOA record. And that takes you back to square one.
Re-Signing Your Zone – Resigned to Delays?
Signing a complete large zone can result in an uncomfortably long delay in a recovery. So, to avoid having to re-sign an entire zone, one option is to always prepare at least two versions of each zone file in parallel. The first version is with the current serial number and prepared in the usual way. The second (and any additional versions) are created with an incremented serial number using a separate signing system and stored separately for emergency purposes. The logic behind this approach is that if you do encounter errors, you'll have at least one signed and working file for the zone that has a higher serial number than the one currently in use from which to choose. Of course, this assumes that the breakage is not due to the signing mechanism, but some other issue.
A possible improvement to the process of signing multiple copies of a zone is instead to regularly archive versions of the zone file. When an emergency recovery is needed, the last good zone file is identified from the archive; a new SOA and corresponding signature record are prepared (with an updated serial number). The new SOA and signature records replace the old records in the last good zone file, and this updated zone file is made available for distribution.
The efficacy of the rollback option depends on your server infrastructure and whether or not you have a full zone available to distribute. If you control all of your authoritative name servers, you may be able to reload a previous version to them and restore service quite quickly. You will need to make sure that the rollback does not interfere with any scheduled key rollovers. If you do not control your infrastructure, you will probably need to increment the serial number. That will require re-signing at least part of the zone and delaying recovery, to make sure it flows properly and automatically from your point of distribution throughout the third-party infrastructure.
The DNS has long relied upon serial number arithmetic (see RFC 1982). In an emergency, the best option is to use a documented and standardized process, such as that defined in RFC 1982. This ensures you'll be able to initiate the distribution of your recovered zone file throughout your infrastructure rapidly and without error.
As the old expression goes, there is more than one way to skin a cat. While the DNS and DNSSEC are robust technologies, we are always finding new ways to approach issues with them. This is why I urge all security professionals to participate in discussion groups and to join dedicated organizations like CENTR, the Internet Society and ICANN. In a problem situation, too many choices will almost always be better than none.
* This scenario and potential solutions were the subject of a recent online discussion in a forum hosted by the Council of European National Top Level Domain Registries, better known as CENTR.
Related Reading: Risk vs. Reward of Implementing DNSSEC
Related Reading: Trouble Ahead – The Implementation Challenges for DNSSEC
Related Reading: Deploying DNSSEC – Four Ways to Prepare Your Enterprise for DNSSEC
Related Reading: Five Strategies for Flawless DNSSEC Key Management and Rollover
Related Reading: The Missing Ingredients for DNSSEC Success
Related Reading: Do Recent BGP Anomalies Shed a Light on What's to Come?


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