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April 4, 2011, - 2:06 pm
UK Courts Lean Toward Releasing Palestinian El Al Bomber
Remember the Palestinian "Jordanian" terrorist who put his pregnant fiancee on an El-Al flight with a bomb? Well, if you liked the Scottish release of Libyan Lockerbie bombing terrorist Abdel Basset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi, you'll love what's going on with Nezar Nawwaf al-Mansur al-Hindawi .
There's never been a successful terrorist attack against an El-Al flight, and the Israelis found the bomb before the flight took off from Heathrow Airport. Hindawi was arrested, tried, and convicted, sentenced to 45 years in prison. However, although he's been in a British prison since 1986, he may soon get out, despite the fact that his bomb would have killed the nearly 400 passengers aboard. Reportedly, Hindawi's stupid White girl fiancee, Anne-Marie Murphy, didn't know about the bomb, and per usual, Hindawi was willing to murder his own baby to murder Jews and Israelis.
A man jailed for 45 years for plotting to blow up an Israeli airliner has won a legal challenge against UK government refusals to allow his early release.
Jordanian Nezar Hindawi was jailed in 1986 after planting a bomb in his fiancee's hand luggage for a flight from London Heathrow to Tel Aviv.
The Parole Board has recommended release but successive governments have rejected its advice.
The High Court ruling does not mean Hindawi will be freed immediately.
A further hearing will be held to decide whether the Supreme Court should now make a final ruling, or whether the justice secretary should be ordered to reconsider his decision.
Hindawi's 45-year sentence is believed to be the longest specific jail term imposed by an English court.
In Friday's hearing, two senior judges quashed decisions by Justice Secretary Ken Clarke and his predecessor, Jack Straw, who refused to accept the Parole Board advice.
The judges ruled that Hindawi, 56, was subjected to a "flawed and unfair" decision-making process.
HUH???? The man tried to blow up a plane full of people and would have succeeded but for excellent El-Al security people trained to find bombs like his.
The BBC's Danny Shaw says it seems this ruling will pave the way for Hindawi's release and eventual deportation back to Jordan, and there will be further legal submissions on the case next week.
He said the Parole Board had found that Hindawi had shown insight into his offending behaviour and remorse for all his intended victims, in particular his fiancee and her daughter.
WHAT? His only "remorse" is for getting caught and the bomb plot not having succeeded. Are these Brits that clueless? Apparently, yes.
He added that the plot had caused a diplomatic row when it emerged that Hindawi had been trained by Syrian intelligence, who had also provided the bomb.
Oh, yes, wouldn't wanna upset those peaceful Syrians. So, they trained a Palestinian Islamic terrorist to bomb an El-Al flight? But anyway . . . .
This is why the West is losing and will continue to lose against the Islamic threat. We're not even battling it. We're giving in to it willingly, without barely a salvo from the other side. We stand by as moronic judges and politicians open our borders wide open for these people, bend over backward–and forward–for them and their intolerance, and then try their darnedest to appease terrorists who are nothing more than cold-blooded, Islam-motivated mass murderers.
As I always say, America (and the rest of the West) . . . Desperate But Not Serious.
Tags: Anne-Marie Murphy, Britain, El-Al, Great Britain, Heathrow Airport, Islamic Terrorism, Jordanian, London, Nezar Hindawi, Nezar Nawwaf al-Mansur al-Hindawi, Palestinian, Palestinian Terrorism, parole, Syria, Syrian, Tel Aviv, UK


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Principles for Patient Safety
Teaching patient safety starts in medical school. Hospitals can be weired chaotic places. It's often a wonder everything keeps working as it should although failures do occur. Medical professionals come to realize that mistakes happen and they adapt their working procedures to those of the so called high reliability organizations such as aircrafts, airline pilots, forest firefighting teams and trauma centers.
This change in mostly culture doesn't go swiftly mostly with the excuse that their work is different from those organizations mentioned. Their work is incomparable to other organization which is not true, moreover some principles can easily be adapted to also work in health organizations such as hospitals.
Much work has to be done, but starting teaching about patient safety during medical education surely increases patient safety in the future.
Principles from high reliability organizations are:
- Preoccupation with failures. Not only the big ones but also the small ones. These are often ignored and disregarded as variance.
Consider the following: stretchers used for patient transport can occasionally have stuck wheels. Initially, this does not really affect the department as a whole because there are many stretchers. But if not addressed, the lack of stretchers over time can paralyze a department at the worst possible moment.
Near misses are of much importance and response to these near failures often account for the culture of quality
- Reluctance to oversimplify. Oversimplifying e.g. an X ray request with the drop down menu "Chest pain" can lead to clinical problems.
With each cause of chest pain, there are different associations and recommendations that need to be made. Yet unless additional clinical points are also added to the requisition, the radiologist cannot render a more directed opinion.
- Sensitivity to operation. Being aware of what is written down in standard operating procedures and what is done in real life can be two very different things. Organizations should always look for these differences, not only be aware of them.
- Commitment to Resilience. Once a failure has happened, containing and limiting damage is required, and learning from mistakes is essential.
- Deference to Local Expertise.
In medicine, junior clinical or support staff members are frequently not comfortable voicing
their concerns about situations or may be ignored by more senior staff members. Understanding these dynamics and talking about roles in advance may reduce power distance and improve quality of care.
Prasanna, P., & Nagy, P. (2011). Learning From High-Reliability Organizations Journal of the American College of Radiology, 8 (10), 725-726 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2011.06.020

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People, come on. If you're reading this from the line at Best Buy or wherever, just stop. We know the things in there will be cheap. But you probably don't need them. Go to one of these events instead.
Give the gift of something made by Southern California Etsy entrepreneurs
Battling the hot greed of Black Friday that evaporates into the cold comfort of the following day, the SoCal Etsy Guild and the L.A. Girl join forces to find some warmth in the human touch of Small Business Weekend. The Guild, which started as a clearinghouse for the homey and the handmade, now encompasses a crack team of local artisans. Things to make and do: workshops, small business seminars, food trucks, kids' activities, live creation of art and music and the "Make Your Own Bloody Mary Bar." Arts District Flea, 453 Colton St., dwntwn.; Fri., Nov. 28, 1:30-9:30 p.m.; Sat., Nov. 29, 11 a.m.-11 p.m.; Sun., Nov. 30, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; free, RSVP required at small?business?weekend.eventbrite.com. (213) 621-2888, socaletsyguild.com. —David Cotner
Give the gift of something from Eagle Rock
Small Business Saturday takes over Colorado and Eagle Rock boulevards with the We Heart Eagle Rock Block Party. Leanna Lin's Wonderland, Owl Talk Clothing and Milkfarm L.A. are just a few of the quirky and fashionable shops that are in on this year's action. Head behind "family resource" the Green Bean for an afternoon of kid-friendly activities, including a concerts from children's music band The SqueeGees. Move along to XTC gym for a photo shoot with Rony's Photo Booth. From 11 a.m. until 6 p.m., shoppers can head down to Leanna Lin's Wonderland to get their gifts wrapped. Proceeds from the gift-wrapping station benefit nonprofit organization Home Dog L.A. Various shops near intersection of Colorado and Eagle Rock boulevards, Eagle Rock; Sat., Nov. 29; 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; free. facebook.com/WeHeartEagleRock. —Liz Ohanesian
Give the gift of indie cat comics
Giant Robot and its next-door gallery annex, GR2, are nothing if not cat people. Also, they are staunch supporters of indie comics, illustration and wry pop culture in all its literary and quirky-merch forms, and a shining example of the power of small businesses to survive and prosper by forming real-world community. This holiday weekend they combine all these interests, transforming Small Business Saturday into Caturday, inviting four accomplished female comic-writers — MariNaomi, Zoe Ruiz, Yumi Sakugawa and Jen Wang — to read and sign some books, sell original art and partake of conversation and cat-themed refreshments. Just for today, we are all crazy cat ladies. GR2 Gallery, 2062 Sawtelle Blvd., Sawtelle; Sat., Nov. 29, 7-9:30 p.m.; free. (310) 445-9276, giantrobot.com/pages/events-calendar. —Shana Nys Dambrot
Give the gift of art
Another way to take a stand against corporate consumerism is to do your shopping at Cal State Long Beach's 47th annual Holiday Art Sale. CSULB's program is the largest publicly funded art school in the nation, and this event has been taking place for almost half a century. Pick up awesome handcrafted pottery and other art objects for everyone on your list, for less than you'd pay at a bougie gift shop. Plus, the money goes straight to the artists, so they can continue to pay off their MFA debt. Happy holidays for all. Student Art Galleries, CSULB School of Art, 1250 Bellflower Blvd., Long Beach.; Sun., Nov. 30, 4-7 p.m.; free. Sale continues Dec. 7-11, Sun., 4-7 p.m.; Mon., Tue., Thu., noon-5 p.m. (562) 985-4376, art.csulb.edu. —Sascha Bos
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What is very interested to me is there is a trout I have had a few shots at over the 5 years I have watched it and it has had my pants down on every occasion bar one where I struck too early when it hammered my klinkhammer ..
This fish is the most nervous and cautious I have ever come across, my main problem being chub that sit above and below it, soon as I get near they bolt and this trout immediately knows something is wrong and ghosts back 20 yards to his safety hole ..
So today I saw it again for the first time this year, and to my amazement it was chasing minnows around the shallows !!
Call me a twat but I must take him on the dry fly, the hatches are really shit here and hawthorns is probably my only chance..
I have decided to make this fish my target and there is one thing I know I will be in for a some serious scrap as it will bolt for its hole which is a under a trolley !!
It looks around 3lb plus, it has a head of a horse, it back end is slightly skinny but it's looks as rough as a bears arse and reminds me under fed gypsy as hard as fuck.. I bet it's has snapped some casual floats boys clean of the years..
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Woot Woot! Happy Friday Friends!
1. I am in love with my monogrammed earrings from Marley Lilly! Getting these beauts in the mail this week made up for not buying anything from the Lilly sale (everything I wanted sold out before I could finish checking out). I've been wanting a pair of monogrammed earrings ever since I picked up a girl during recruitment last year that had the most darling pair. I've been searching high and low for a pair that were reasonably priced, and I'm so thrilled that I finally scored these during a flash sale for around $30 including shipping. Happy late Birthday to me!
2. I was such a proud older sister this week! My younger sister played the guitar in the praise and worship band at school for the first time. She has only been playing for about a year and a half, but she is seriously so talented. This was her second time to play for someone other than her teacher or our family. I was so excited that I was here to hear her!
3. Everyone should go watch this fabulous Office Hours with Faith Winter. This is a serious girl power pep up that I really appreciated hearing this week.
4. My brother left to go back to Ole Miss for his Junior year yesterday and I'm seriously already so lonely. You already know I'm not handling this college graduate thing well, seriously who knew you could miss a town so much, but now add to that that my brother isn't here and I'm seriously on the doorstep of depression. While it is nice to not have to share a bathroom with anyone, it's weird having the whole upstairs of our house to myself.
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Wow. I've had a number of "sleepytime"-type teas, and few of them actually have a soporific effect on me, but this tea makes me wonder whether there are sleeping pills ground up in it or something. I can be hanging from the ceiling by my fingernails, vibrating with anxiety, and by the end of this cup I'm comfortably drowsy and happy with the world.
The taste is nice enough that I don't even sweeten it. It's not a flavor combo I particularly crave, but it's so well-blended that I enjoy picking out the various ingredients as they blossom on the tongue.
Basically, I plan on keeping some of this tea next to my anti-anxiety pills and muscle relaxants.
3 tsp tea x 12 oz water x 6 minutes, no sweetener.


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Are you resolving to save money in 2013? These tools can help you lower bills by saving energy, water and fuel at home and on the road. Added bonus: you'll help the environment, too.
- Save Energy: The Energy Star Home Advisor provides customized home improvement recommendations to help you increase energy efficiency and comfort where you live. Provide your zip code and info about your home heating and cooling to get project ideas and how-to resources.
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- Save Fuel:Fueleconomy.gov helps you keep your vehicle in shape and get the best gas mileage possible. If you're in the market for a new car, you can use the site to compare vehicles side-by-side and view lists of most-efficient and most-popular cars and trucks.
For more weather and environment tips, visit Earth Gauge!
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Adobe Fireworks CS4
Like the other Creative Suite 4 applications, Fireworks offers interface enhancements that can enable more fluid work flows.
With Adobe Fireworks CS4, you can prototype complex Web site designs that can be brought into Dreamweaver for coding, editing projects that can be shared among the rest of Creative Suite 4 and destined for various media, including the Web, the desktop, print, and mobile devices.
We like Fireworks CS4's snap-to alignment of items on a page, thanks to Smart Guides. In addition, there are new slice types. Typesetting capabilities also take a step forward with text wrapping around strange shapes, and offering more consistency with Photoshop and Illustrator. Plus, symbols can be edited in place. Now Fireworks can export designs as CSS layouts that include external style sheets, as PDF documents, or as Web-enabled Adobe AIR applications for the desktop.
Fireworks CS4 costs $299 or $149 to upgrade, and can be found bundled within the CS4 suites shown in the chart below.
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A practical and beautiful washbag in Pigott's Store Sunflower fabric in Aqua.
The outside of the washbag is clear fine plastic to protect the fabric. The inside is lined in cotton.
Available in the following sizes:
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Going through a divorce can be difficult for so many different reasons, such as the financial strains that some people experience as a result of alimony or property division and moving out of a home they have lived in for many years. Moreover, those who have kids may have an especially difficult time during their divorce due to a custody dispute or concerns about not being able to spend as much time with their children. With all of these hurdles, divorce can certainly generate very strong emotions, such as depression, anxiety, and even anger and it is essential for parents to handle these emotions properly.
There are a number of ways you may be able to lessen the emotional impact of the divorce process. For example, you could find that by going over all of your options and the laws that are relevant to divorce issues you are facing, you are able to relieve some of your stress and have a better idea of what may lie ahead. Talking with your marital partner or former spouse can help, although some people do not have these open lines of communication while they are working through a divorce. Moreover, it might be very helpful to discuss what is happening with your children.
Ultimately, it is essential for you to focus on finding ways to reduce negative emotions and prevent them from interfering with your divorce. That said, our law office knows how hard divorce can be. Our divorce webpage has more for you to view on ending a marriage.


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Due to the continued increase in demand for Lapland as a tourist destination, Finnair is growing its capacity to several Lapland airports for the winter 2017 season.
Between January 1 and March 24, Finnair will add four weekly frequencies to Rovaniemi operating on Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, operating the route up to five times daily from Helsinki.
Kuusamo will see a 23% growth in seat capacity with three additional weekly frequencies operating on Mondays, Saturdays and Sundays. These flights will be operated mostly with Embraer 190 aircraft.
In addition, the daily triangle flight which was operated between Helsinki, Ivalo and Kittilä in the afternoon during the last winter season, will now be operated as non-stop flights on both the Helsinki-Ivalo and Helsinki-Kittilä routes. The flights will be operated with a mix of Airbus aircraft.
"Lapland has been attracting hundreds of thousands of international tourists every year and the interest continues to grow steadily," says Juha Järvinen, Chief Commercial Officer at Finnair.
"At present, the number one destinations in our network amongst Chinese tourists have been in northern Finland during the winter months. The past winter seasons have been particularly successful and we have increased our winter capacity to Lapland by nearly 140,000 seats over the past four years."
Lapland is best known for offering a range of winter activities from ice fishing, sighting of Northern Lights and skiing to husky safaris and reindeer sleigh rides.
During the winter 2017 season, Finnair will also operate new non-stop flights to Lapland airports from London Gatwick, Paris and Zurich. In total, Finnair will be adding approximately 57,000 seats to its winter capacity in Lapland compared to the previous winter 2016 season.


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3 years & up. Kaplan's Emotion Sorting Boxes help children identify and sort through their feelings. The set includes 20 scenario tiles and 4 emotion boxes with 4 different expressions. Children will choose a tile, identify what is happening in the picture and how they would feel if they experienced that scenario, and then place their tile in the box that best represents that emotion. Makes a fantastic children's emotional health activity!
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Another great resource for working with students on learning and identifying emotions/feelings.


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Sometimes I forget about TLS / SSL / x509 certificates being available in both server and client versions, particularly when it comes to private certificate authorities. I use the security/ssl-admin port for that.
Today in particular, I spent about 2 hours trying to debug issues while adding TLS to existing Bacula clients.
I was getting this error:
29-Nov 19:13 bacula-dir JobId 299752: Start Backup JobId 299752, Job=mydev_basic.2019-11-29_19.13.09_39 29-Nov 19:13 bacula-dir JobId 299752: Using Device "vDrive-IncrFile-9" to write. 29-Nov 19:13 bacula-sd-01-sd JobId 299752: Error: openssl.c:68 Connect failure: ERR=error:1417C086:SSL routines:tls_process_client_certificate:certificate verify failed 29-Nov 19:13 bacula-sd-01-sd JobId 299752: Fatal error: bnet.c:75 TLS Negotiation failed. 29-Nov 19:13 bacula-sd-01-sd JobId 299752: Fatal error: TLS negotiation failed with FD at "203.0.113.16:55660" 29-Nov 19:13 bacula-sd-01-sd JobId 299752: Fatal error: Incorrect authorization key from File daemon at client rejected. For help, please see: http://www.bacula.org/rel-manual/en/problems/Bacula_Frequently_Asked_Que.html 29-Nov 19:13 bacula-sd-01-sd JobId 299752: Security Alert: Unable to authenticate File daemon 29-Nov 19:13 bacula-dir JobId 299752: Fatal error: Bad response to Storage command: wanted 2000 OK storage , got 2902 Bad storage 29-Nov 19:13 mydev-fd JobId 299752: Error: openssl.c:68 TLS read/write failure.: ERR=error:14094413:SSL routines:ssl3_read_bytes:sslv3 alert unsupported certificate
This problem was solved by creating a client certificate for the bacula-fd client at 203.0.113.16.
This is not a bacula-sd issues, it's a bacula-fd issue.
In ssl-admin terms, I used option S when I should have used option 4.
$ sudo ssl-admin This program will walk you through requesting, signing, organizing and revoking SSL certificates. ssl-admin installed Wed Jan 2 20:46:56 UTC 2013 ===================================================== # SSL-ADMIN v1.2.1 # ===================================================== Please enter the menu option from the following list: 1) Update run-time options: Key Duration (days): 3650 Current Serial #: 5C Key Size (bits): 4096 Intermediate CA Signing: NO 2) Create new Certificate Request 3) Sign a Certificate Request 4) Perform a one-step request/sign 5) Revoke a Certificate 6) Renew/Re-sign a past Certificate Request 7) View current Certificate Revokation List 8) View index information for certificate. i) Generate a user config with in-line certifcates and keys. z) Zip files for end user. dh) Generate Diffie Hellman parameters. CA) Create new Self-Signed CA certificate. S) Create new Signed Server certificate. q) Quit ssl-admin
While I mostly hope I remember this the next time I create certificates for bacula-fd, I also hope that when I don't, I find this blog post.


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Hey party people, look who has had a fancy new makeover? After years of having the same design, I felt it was high time I changed things up a bit by giving the site a clean, contemporary look. I've also added categories to make the blog more user friendly and concise. Hope you like! Please take note of the new URL too and check in for updates. I'm experiencing one of the busiest periods of my professional life at the moment, but please do bear with me as I have plenty of exciting things in store. Oooh, and if you like the design, it was designed by Faye Kent who is one of the most cool, creative and prolific web designers I know. Check out her impressive portfolio here.
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Robstown's high school still bleeds red, despite new color scheme
ROBSTOWN — An uproar broke out on social media when Robstown residents saw a photo of the town's high school painted gray, instead of bright red.
"First you must believe," a phrase students and community members live by, used to be painted on a wall by the school's auditorium.
The high school is currently undergoing a makeover, one that has already drastically changed its appearance.
Residents commented on a Facebook post from Gilbert Rodriguez, a local photographer, who was concerned the change would result in changing the school colors, along with its mascot — The Cotton Pickers.
Some people commented about their children being upset about the change, while others shared their memories of the walls painted with school spirit.
"This means more then (sic) any other random mascot. The mascot stands for my grandparents, my mom that picked on those fields when she was 4, my tios and so on! There is a huge meaning behind the mascot. They can't just wipe it off like it's something easily forgotten," a post from Facebook user Sonia Ellis reads.
Among the people commenting on the photo, including parents and alumni, was Hector Lopez, a Robstown Independent School District School Board member.
Lopez wrote in a comment to say the school's mascot will not be changed.
Robstown ISD Public Relations Coordinator Kelsey Cook told the Caller-Times the district has no intention to change the colors or the mascot.
"Robstown ISD would never take away the red and white," Cook said. "That's long embedded in the community, that's what our students are proud of so we would never take that away."
Cook explained the new colors in the school include blue and greens to provide a more tranquil and college-like environment for students. It also better fits the school's recent name change to Robstown Early College High School.
She said the district wanted the entire high school campus to match the new addition.
"We don't want students to think 'I have to go to the old building.' Everything is going to have that collegiate atmosphere," she said.
The school's hallways now have blue and gray tile, new lighting and blue waves on the walls.
"We will have murals that will be painted in the new additions and red accents throughout the campus," Cook said.
Cook said the colors were approved by the board in 2014 after meeting with Gignac, the architect company hired to remodel the school. Gignac has made over other schools in Robstown ISD and designed Veterans Memorial High School in Corpus Christi.
Rojelio Hernandez, an architectural intern with the company, said the new design and color choice were made to benefit the students.
"We're not taking away the pride," Hernandez said. "We don't just pick a random color either. There's a lot that goes into it."
Hernandez said the company studies research on colors and found blues and greens would work better for students.
"We are not taking red out completely," he said. "We are just using it as accents since red is such a in-your-face color. I went to school at Texas Tech and there wasn't red everywhere. Red is known to bring emotional distress and we need students to be calm."
Cook said the school will have murals of the school's mascot and the wall outside the school will be painted red again.
Principal Sylvia I. Romero said students are warming up to the school's change.
"At first, they were upset when they saw the walls painted blue, but they understand now," Romero said. "They know we're changing it for them and they like it."


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Researchers from Cambridge and Light Blue Optics, Ltd. have developed a prototype pocket-sized, battery-powered video projector — or at least the technology that should, in the mythical two to five years, lead to one. The trick is a total lack of lenses or light bulbs, but instead to display a two-dimensional hologram on a microdisplay then shine a laser through it, which scatters the light into a larger, projected picture. Projectors are great — I'm about to pick up a cheap one, myself. If they could slip these into cellphones or PDAs, there would be no need for roll-up screens or dorky mirrorshade HUDs at all. All you'd need is a clean wall and a total blotting out of the star we call our sun.
Read - Holograms Enable Pocket Projectors [TechnologyReview]
More Photos from the Society for Information Display Show [Gizmodo]
Microvision Nomad Heads Up Display [Gizmodo]


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The Threat of Large Impacts
by Gabriel Chong
On February 15, 2013, a 17 meter-long meteor exploded in the air above Chelyabinsk, Russia, releasing energy equivalent to the detonation of approximately 30 Hiroshima bombs, and injured over a thousand people. According to NASA, it was the largest meteor impact in about 100 years. The following day, the asteroid DA14, measuring three times as large, zipped past the earth at a hair's breadth of 17,100 miles. Had it collided with the Earth, it would have no doubt triggered an even more cataclysmic aftermath. The unexpectedness of the Russian meteor and the temporal proximity of both events have captured the imagination of the public regarding apocalyptic large impacts. But just how often do large impacts occur and how greatly do they pose as existential threats to life on earth?
Large impacts, as it turns out, are actually very common in the Earth's history. A useful comparative phenomenon would be earthquakes. Large impacts, like earthquakes, are not singular, discrete events that only occur periodically. In fact, thousands of space rocks land on earth every day, though they are usually so tiny that their impact is negligible, just as thousands of tremors occur on a daily basis, though they are mostly so mild as to escape our perception. Large impacts occur because the earth does not orbit in a clear vacuum, but through a swarm of debris, asteroids, comets, meteoroids, and all kinds of hazardous near-earth objects (NEOs) – remnants of the formation of the solar system, just as earthquakes occur because our planet is not static, but tectonically active and heated by natural convection.
The relation between the magnitude and frequency of both large impacts and earthquakes is logarithmic. In other words, the frequency of an event decreases exponentially with regards to increase in magnitude. For example, it is estimated that earthquakes with a magnitude of 2.9 or lower on the Richter scale take place more than a million times annually, whereas catastrophic earthquakes such as the one that triggered the 2011 Japanese tsunami (measuring 8.0 or greater on the Richter scale) occur only about once a year. Likewise, asteroids measuring less than one meter in diameter collide with the Earth on an hourly basis (the majority of which take place in remote areas or the oceans that cover 70% of the earth's surface). Meanwhile, very large impacts (objects measuring 1 km in diameter or more), such as the Chicxulub asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs during the Cretaceous period – occur only once every few hundred millions of years.
"…asteroids measuring less than one meter in diameter collide with the Earth on an hourly basis…"
Curiously, as much as large impacts pose an existential threat to us, they might have been also crucial in shaping the Earth's habitability. In fact, our very own moon was likely the product of a large impact. Although various theories abound regarding the origin of the moon,the most probable hypothesis was that a Mars-sized planetesimal collided with the young earth as early as within its first 100 million years. It was then gravitationally captured by the Earth and has remained as our only satellite ever since. The large impact hypothesis has been corroborated by various features of the Moon (that it lacks an iron core characteristic of the rocky planets, that it shares a similar density and isotopic content with the Earth's mantle, etc.) and thus, conforms to existing theories of planet formation.
"…as much as large impacts pose an existential threat to us, they might have been also crucial in shaping the Earth's habitability"
Without the Moon, life on the Earth may not have existed at all, or may have evolved very differently. The gravitational pull of the Moon creates the tides, which distribute heat across the globe and deposit chemicals from the continents into the oceans. The resulting mineral richness of the oceans may have been crucial for the emergence of the first complex organic compounds. Additionally, tidal heating contributes to the Earth's average global temperature being higher than it would have been otherwise. Furthermore, the same gravitational pull has also significantly reduced the rotation speed of the earth since the early epochs of its formation, as well as kept it tilting within a small range of angles, both of which were vital to stabilizing the earth's magnetic field and giving it a more even, temperate climate necessary for the development of complex life.
At present, the threat of an extremely large impact is unlikely to arrive as a surprise. The state of modern asteroid detection technology is such that any impending large NEO hurling towards the Earth will likely have been predicted at least months prior to the impact and we will have much warning in advance. However, three caveats abound regarding the threat of impact events. Firstly, we have not yet devised an efficient or economically sound method of deflecting a potentially devastating large impact. Secondly, while extremely large NEOs are reasonably easy to detect, there are many small ones which fall within the 'blind spot' of asteroid detection – asteroids that are small enough to escape our radar, yet massive enough to potentially result in moderate destruction (such as the recent Chelyabinsk meteor). In the short run (from a human perspective), these moderatesized impacts are likely to cause more aggregate damage than extremely large impacts. Last but not least, extremely large impacts are a type of 'black swan' event – events that are potentially extremely catastrophic, but their high improbability renders it almost impossible to predict their next occurrence.
Yong Wei Chong Gabriel is a philosophy student at Wellesley College. Her column aims to break down popular topics in science into digestible bits for the lay reader. Gabriel can be contacted at [email protected]. Find out more by visiting her Scientific Malaysian profile at http://www.scientificmalaysian.com/members/gabrielle/


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The following article is from the Catholic Review, the official publication of the Archdiocese of Baltimore. I need to reemphasize that it comes from an official Catholic publication for one could easily be confused into thinking it's from a "New Ways" newsletter or even the Gay Blade. It's in the October 23rd online issue and the link is http://www.catholicreview.org/article/home/st-matthew-broaches-topic-of-coming-out-for-parents-gay-catholics
We urge all to contact Archbishop William E. Lori, as well as the staff of the Review. Point out that they offer false consolation to those struggling with same-sex attractions. We wish to point them towards repentance, salvation and healing. In no way do we want to affirm them as they engage in mortally sinful acts nor do we wish to approve of their family members as they misguidedly affirm such sin - such affirmation would be its own mortal sin. With the release of this article they failed utterly in their mission as Catholic journalists to proclaim Christ to the world.
I trust that they will have the good sense (unless the Francis Effect is more advanced than I suspect) to pull that article and issue a retraction. I will reproduce it below so you can see just what was allowed to be printed in a Catholic newspaper. You may also wish to contact this St. Matthew's parish and urge them to once again be a truly Catholic institution as opposed to a glorified dating service for gays.
And now, the article.
St. Matthew broaches topic of 'coming out' for parents, gay CatholicsOctober 24, 2014
By Maria Wiering
"Coming out is a journey for the whole family," a Catholic mother of a gay son said Oct. 12.
She and her husband shared their family's story at St. Matthew Parish in Northwood as part of a nine-person panel discussion called "When a Family Member Comes Out."
Moderated by Father Joseph L. Muth Jr., pastor of St. Matthew and Blessed Sacrament in Baltimore, the panel included three gay Catholics, two sets of parents of gay adult children, and a pastoral counselor from Loyola University of Maryland.
Each panelist shared his or her experience, including how coming out as gay affected their relationship with family members and the Catholic Church.
About 50 people attended the two-hour event, which included a question-and-answer session. Attendees asked for advice on personal situations, including navigating conversations with family members.
"People find themselves in a confusing place because they have a faith that allows them to be strong in the face of adversity, but they sometimes have a church that's been challenging them about how they should see their family members who are gay," said Father Muth in an interview after the event.
The panel discussion coincided with National Coming Out Day, Oct. 11. It was an extension of LEAD, St. Matthew's LGBT ministry. The 3-year-old organization hosts monthly meetings. Its members have marched twice in Baltimore's Pride Parade.
Relationships vary
Panelists candidly described realizing they or their children were gay and initially fearing the judgment of others, especially people at their churches. Some panelists maintained strong family relationships. Others, such as John, felt rejected and hurt. A gay Catholic and St. Matthew parishioner who asked his last name not be printed, John shared his experience of feeling shunned by his Catholic parents, who insisted on years of therapy. He spent time in seminary, and also participated in Courage, an apostolate for gay Catholics that focuses on helping its members live celibately.
Over the years, John's relationship with his parents has repeatedly frozen and thawed, he said. At times they refused to allow him to use "we" or "our" to refer to his then boyfriend, now legal husband; other times they met the two for dinner.
"To live with that tension, it's incredibly difficult," he said.
"No matter the amount of fuss you put up, it's not going to change that they're gay or lesbian," John added, speaking to parents of gay children. "There's a hyper-focus on (being) gay as the worst sin. That's hard to shake off. For me, it's been a process."
A welcoming approach?
The panel was held in the middle of the 11-day Synod of Bishops on the family in Rome, where topics included pastoral responses to gay relationships. Midterm and final reports suggested disagreement among bishops over the kind of welcome gay Catholics should receive in the church.
Despite the church's insistence that its marriage teaching will not change, several panelists stated support for church sanctioning of gay marriage. All three of the gay panelists were civilly married to same-sex partners. Several explicitly rejected Catholic teaching that marriage is reserved for a one-man-one-woman relationship, and that all non-married Catholics, including those who are gay, are "called" to celibacy.
Father Muth said that he's spoken with people who feel positive about the synod's potential outcomes on homosexuality.
"The church teaching may or may not change at some point down the road – that's not something I can do anything about – but the initial step to people who have felt rejected and put aside for many years is to create an atmosphere of welcome," he said.
That atmosphere also encourages gay Catholics to tell their stories, he said.
"I think through that storytelling, people begin to see how hurt people have been and how they've turned away from the church," he said. "With the church's whole emphasis on this new evangelization, this is a real opportunity to reverse the attitude – to have a more welcoming, compassionate, listening attitude, to tell people they can be included."


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3M REGATTA YACHT RACING Game
This game is part of the series of sports game released by the 3M company during the 1960's and early 70's. The series includes Football, Baseball, Hockey, Golf, Auto Racing, Horse Racing and Yacht Racing. I have heard that they also produced a Basketball game but I have never come across one.
These games all have the same basic format - a slender box containing the game components with a wrap-around vinyl playing board. All of the games in this series feature high quality game parts. The 3M catalog was later bought out by Avalon Hill who continued to produce most of the games in the standard AH bookshelf format until their demise in the mid 1990's.
The game parts are in MINT condition. The game has never been played with. All parts are still sealed under the original shrinkwrap. This is the "3-Island" version of the game. Overall I would grade the game parts 10 on a 10 scale (see condition guide below).
The wrap-around vinyl playing board is in EXCELLENT condition. While there are not marks on the board itself, the backing, which doubles as the box cover, has suffered some scuffs. I would grade it 8 on a 10 scale (see condition guide below).
The game box is in NEAR MINT condition. I would grade it 9-10 on a 10 scale (see condition guide below).
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Do you know that sinking feeling when you are in
the middle of
replaying a
season or sequence of games only to find that the card for one of the
players is missing? Well I have thoroughly
inventoried this set and
compared it to the roster list so you can be assured that you
won't get
that feeling while playing with this set. I am not of the
that a simple card count
will do. The sets often came with missing or
duplicate cards from the
factory, and who knows what the original owner may have done with them
in the course of playing with them.... Be sure to ask
your card seller if they have in fact verified
that the card set is complete by comparing it to the
original roster
I have also carefully inspected each and every card in order to determine the condition grade I have given to this set. I do not feel that a cursory flipping through of the cards is adequate to determine the condition of a set - it is too easy to miss something. Once again - I would suggest asking your card seller to verify that they have done a careful inspection of the condition of all the cards in the set before putting their grade on it.
MINT (10): I will only give this grade to brand new, unused items. NEAR MINT (9): Shows virtually no use. Seldom if ever played. Cards will have at worst some dented corners from shuffling around in the box. Perhaps some very light handling creases to the instructions or other minor flaws with the game parts. Boxes will have only the slightest hint of shelf wear. EXCELLENT (7-8): The game has seen some use but it was obviously taken care of well. Cards may have denting to the corners, perhaps a few may have light stains or other very light handling wear, but the vast majority will be close to flawless. Game parts might have some light handling creases or other signs of careful use. Board might have just a hint of color loss or dented corners. Boxes will have light rubbing to the artwork or perhaps some minor dishing or a very light stain. VERY GOOD (5-6): The game was not especially well cared for, but it still has fared pretty well. Cards will have dented corners and perhaps some may have rubber band wear to the edges. A few cards (less than 10%) may have handling creases, yellowing to the edges (a few may be yellowed on the faces), or light stains. Perhaps a couple may have writing or some dried rubber band residue (this will be noted). All card results will be fully readable. Other game parts will show obvious use but nothing will be torn, badly stained or have any serious damage. Box may have some rubbing, light staining, dishing, 1 or 2 neatly split corners, minor writing and/or a few pieces of tape. No major structural damage and artwork will still be generally attractive. GOOD (3-4): Obviously no care was taken with the game but it is still perfectly playable. Cards will show moderate to heavy use and many will be yellowed, stained, creased, written on or have rubber band residue. A couple may be torn and taped back together. All card results will be fully readable. Other game parts show considerable use but the game is complete with all parts in usable condition. Box may have staining, writing, split corners, dishing and/or other structural damage but it will be intact and still usable. POOR (1-2): Only suitable to fill a space in your collection. Cards are heavily worn and some are badly damaged. Game will be missing parts (these will be noted). Box will have serious damage and may be missing aprons or badly torn.


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Microsoft is working on a new update for its Bot Framework. The company initially launched initially launched its bot-building service back at Build 2016, and it's been introducing updates to the service ever since.
The cross-platform bot-building service currently allows developers build bots that work across services like Skype, Facebook Messenger, Slack, Telegram, and more using JavaScript, and C#. With the upcoming, open-sourced version of the Bot Framework SDK, Microsoft is bringing support for two new languages: Python and Java. Microsoft's v4 of the Bot Builder will allow developers to build cross-platform bots on the Bot Framework with Python and Java, as well as the existing languages, reports Microsoft MVP Gary Petty (via ZDNet).
Along with support for Java and Python, the next version of the Bot Builder will allow developers to add a middleware to their bots in order to bring extra functionality to their bots. The new middleware system could be used by developers to connect their bots to multiple different services. The middleware system could enable developers to flow data from bots into other services, process them using the middleware, and then bring it back to the bot.
Microsoft is likely targetting Build 2018 for the release of the updated Bot Framework. The company's current roadmap suggests the new Bot Builder will be ready for use in production by May, which lines up perfectly with Build 2018.
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Richard H. Truly
Vice Admiral Richard H. Truly, USN (Ret), former administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), is the Director of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and a member of the Board of Directors of the Space Foundation.[1][2]
From the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Director's Page: Richard H. Truly, Director, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Vice Admiral, U.S. Navy (Ret.)
"Richard Truly is Director of the Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) which is operated by the Midwest Research Institute (MRI), Battelle, and Bechtel. He is also the Executive Vice President of MRI. NREL is the country's premier facility for the research, development and deployment of energy from the sun, wind and plant life. NREL is developing new technologies to benefit both the environment and the economy, and serves as the focal point for most of DOE's renewable energy programs, and several energy efficiency programs. Truly's appointment became effective in May 1997.
"Prior to joining NREL, Truly was Vice President of the Georgia Institute of Technology, and Director of the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) from 1992 - 1997. GTRI performs engineering and scientific research for a wide variety of federal, state, and industry customers, and is the largest research unit integral to Georgia Tech.
"Truly served as NASA's eighth Administrator under President George Herbert Walker Bush from 1989-92, and his career in aviation and space programs of the U.S. Navy and NASA spanned 35 years. He retired as a Vice Admiral after a Navy career of more than 30 years. As a naval aviator, test pilot and astronaut, he logged over 7,500 hours and made over 300 carrier arrested landings, day and night.
"Truly's astronaut career included work in the Air Force's Manned Orbiting Laboratory program, and NASA's Apollo, Skylab, Apollo-Soyuz and Space Shuttle programs. He piloted the 747/Enterprise approach and landing tests in 1977. He lifted off in November 1981 as pilot aboard Columbia, the first shuttle to be reflown into space, establishing a world circular orbit altitude record. He commanded Challenger in August-September 1983, the first night launch/landing mission of the Space Shuttle program.
"Truly was the first commander of Naval Space Command from 1983 - 1986, the principal naval space operations element of the Department of Defense. He became the first naval component commander of the U. S. Space Command upon its formation in 1984. He was responsible for building the Naval Space Command, and for directing strategic and tactical space-based support for deployed Navy and Marine Corps units.
"Still on active duty, he was called back to NASA as Associate Administrator for Space Flight in 1986, and led the accident investigation of the Challenger accident. He spearheaded the painstaking rebuilding of the Space Shuttle, including winning approval of President Ronald Reagan and the Congress for building of Endeavor to replace the lost Challenger.
"Under his leadership, NASA matured the Space Shuttle, solidified Space Station plans and initiated new space science and aeronautics programs. He initiated major acquisition reforms and significantly streamlined the agency. He continually placed a very strong emphasis on NASA's math and science educational programs.
"President Reagan awarded the Presidential Citizen's Medal to Admiral Truly in 1989.
"Truly's numerous NASA awards include two Distinguished Service Medals, the Outstanding Leadership Medal, the Exceptional Service Medal, and two Space Flight Medals. His military decorations include the Defense Distinguished and Superior Service Medals, two Legions of Merit and the Navy Distinguished Flying Cross.
"He received the Harmon International Trophy presented by President Reagan, the Robert J. Collier Trophy (twice), the Robert H. Goddard Space Trophy (twice), the Werner Von Braun Space Trophy, the Rotary National Space Trophy, the Society of Experimental Test Pilots Ivan C. Kincheloe and James H. Doolittle Awards, the Federation Aeronautique Internationale Gold Space Medal, and the General Thomas D. White Space Trophy. He is a member of the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, Georgia Tech Academy of Distinguished Engineering Alumni, the Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame, a Distinguished Alumnus of Kappa Alpha Order, a Distinguished Eagle Scout, and has received the Daughters of the American Revolution Medal of Honor and the Sons of the American Revolution Gold and Silver Good Citizen Awards.
"Truly is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, and is the recipient of honorary Doctorates of Science from Millsaps College and Duquesne University, and honorary Doctorates of Engineering from Colorado School of Mines and Stevens Institute of Technology.
"Active in national and community affairs, he has served on the Board of Visitors to the U.S. Naval Academy, the Defense Policy Board (1994-1998), and the Army Science Board (1994-2001). He is a member of the Colorado Governor's Commission on Science and Technology, and on the Advisory Board of the Wirth Chair in Environmental and Community Development Policy, University of Colorado at Denver.
"Richard Truly is a native of Fayette, Mississippi, born on November 12, 1937."
- Co-Chairman (with Alvin L. Alm) (1999-2001), Defense Science Board Task Force on Improving Fuel Efficiency of Weapons Platforms (Final Report January 2001)[3]


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Imtayaz Qassim graduated from BA (Hons) Fashion Design in 2013 and now has his own luxury menswear brand and also creates a bespoke collection for Gareth Bale.
Luxury Menswear brand
After graduating, I went straight to work for Represent for a couple of years which was a great learning curve. From there I worked with A-COLD-WALL* briefly before working freelance with a number of brands worldwide.
Now I have my own label, which is a conceptual luxury Menswear brand, channeling an aesthetic that challenges opinions, combines culture and heritage whilst expressing a story through contemporary design.
Celebrity clientele
My designs have been worn by celebrities including Justin Bieber, Tyga and Gareth Bale.
I create a Bespoke collection for Gareth Bale each season of around 40-45 pieces. The collections include all style garments as well as headwear, footwear and accessories. We've known each other for a long time so it all happened pretty organically. I think it's just that I get what it is he wants for himself. Everything's bespoke, made just for Gareth and I understand what he's looking for.
My time at University
I genuinely enjoyed my time at the university. I feel like I found myself as a designer more in the third year, but the years leading up to it were just as amazing. For me, the staff made my experience - I couldn't have asked for better tutors in education and mentors outside of education.
The live projects where we would design and create work based on a real life company were very useful, especially when the designers would come in to give us real industry feedback.
I'm planning to show my new Autumn Winter 2017 collection in Paris and New York in January, so I'm just prepping for that at the moment and dealing with everything from the current collection.
My advice for anyone aspiring to be a designer is to be real and stay true to yourself and your vision. Don't be afraid to take risks. You really have to live and be fully dedicated to this life if it's what you want, so give it everything.
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Use the above links or scroll down see all to the PlayStation 2 cheats we have available for Naruto: Ultimate Ninja.
Change Characters Clothes
To change your characters clothes you must press L1 and R1 when you chose your player.
Get Up!
When you are in on the ground after being knocked in the air when your opponent gets to sweep attack you, have left analog stick up then when he attacks press x then attack.
Curse Marked Sasuke
Anytime you use curse mark sasuke in battle his health will constantly drain itself.
Alternate Costumes
To change your characters outfits, press and hold R1+L2 to change their costumes.
Evil Sasuke's Skills
Curse-marked Sasuke's skills are basically the same as normal Sasuke, but they pack a much more powerful punch, and their title has changed to a more dark title, except for Fire Style: Phoenix Flower Jutsu and Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu, and he only has one Secret Technique, and that is the Curse Mark.
Beat The Ninja Tools Mission
This cheat may take some time, but it is worth it. All you have to do is keep on using Shuriken (DO NOT USE CURSE-MARKED SASUKE, or you will lose), but don't get below your opponents health, and you will win when the time is up.
Easy Win With Gaara
Keep doing the second and third techniques.
Easy Wins With Kakashi Hatake
Keep doing the second and third technique.
Easy Wins With Shikamaru
Keep doing the second and third technique.
Easy Wins With Haku
Keep doing his first and third technique.
Easy Wins With Nine Tailed Naruto
Keep doing the third technique.
Easy Wins With Curse Mark Sasuke
Keep doing the third technique and fire style phoenix flower justu.
Easy Wins With Hinata Hyuga
Keep doing the second and third technique.
Easy Wins With Sakura
Keep doing the first and third technique.
Easy Wins With Sasuke
Keep doing the first, second and third technique for the last.
Easy Wins With Naruto
Keep doing the first and third technique.
Easy Wins With Neji Hyuga
Keep doing the first and second techniques.
Easy Wins With Orochimaru
Keep using the first and second technique.
Easy Wins With Zabuza Momochi
Keep doing the third technique and the second technique.
Secret Ending
At the ending press L1+R1 and it will show a funny ending.
Easy Wins With Rock Lee
Keep on using the third technique and the second technique.
Get Items And No Blanks At The Shop
It's very simple, but a painful cost. Put in 900 to 1000 Ryo in the Machine and you will get items. It will not fail!
Additional Blows
This starts in the end of the D-rank missions. All you have to do is when you hit them away press circle and the directional button towards them. It will never be up or down, only right and left.
Hokage Rank
Beat all non S-Rank Missions and get 999,999,999 ryo.
Scroll locations
1. at the mountain image 2. jump from frog to snake(2 times) 3. run through the tunnel real fast(2 times) 4. play hide and seek in the zabuza tree house 5. stand on the boat for 3 counts 6. kill 8 things in the sand tornado
Chibi Battle
While playing in Versus mode, hold Square while the fighter's names are spoken (for example, Naruto vs. Sasuke). Continue holding Square through the intermission sequence to fight with the Chibi version of the characters.
Alternate Costumes
At the character selection screen, hold L1 + R1 while choosing a character. In Free Battle or Mission mode, hold L2 + R1 and press X while selecting a character.
Unlock Capsule Machine For Maniacs
Achieve the rank of "Anbu".
Unlock Capsule Machine For Collectors
Achieve the rank of "Chunnin".
Unlock Sumanigo Estate And Buddha Statue
Comeplete Gaara's Story.
Unlock Kazekage's Mansion
Comeplete Gaara's Story.
Unlock Zabuza's Hideout
Comeplete Haku's Story.
Unlock Great Naruto Bridge
Comeplete Haku's Story.
Unlock 2 Village Of Sand Stages
Beat Gaara's story mode.
Unlock The Hokage
Get 2,490 EXP.
Unlock Hidden Scroll 44 Forest Of Death (foreground)
Attack the fish on the left 3 times.
Unlock Hidden Scroll Nightly Rooftop Map (background)
Stand on the tail of the right fish statue until the scroll appears.
Unlock Hidden Scroll Tornado Sand Map (background)
Destroy 8 objects flying within the tornado.
Unlock Hidden Scroll Wind Clan (foreground)
Keep attacking the vending machine until the scroll shows up.
Unlock Hidden Scroll Survival Stage (background)
Destroy the doll on the right 10 - 15 times.
Unlock Hidden Scroll Hero's Gravestone (any)
Attack your opponent's support character 5 times.
Hidden Scrolls For The First S Rank Mission [Hokage's Statue Stage (foreground)]
Jump repeatedly on the tree to the left.
Unlock Hidden Scroll Chunnin Testing Stage (foreground)
Run through the tunnel from the left entrance and exit the right. Repeat 3 times.
Unlock Hidden Scroll Yagura Map With The Giant Frog & Snake (background)
Jump from the top of the frog to the snake, then jump back.
Hidden Scrolls For The First S Rank Mission [Bridge (foreground)]
Wait 3 seconds on the game clock while standing on the boat.
Hidden Scrolls For The First S Rank Mission [Zabuza's Home (background)]
Wait 3 seconds on the game clock while standing on the balcony.
Hidden Scrolls For The First S Rank Mission [Ramen Shop (foreground) ]
Hit the lanterns so each of them grows red.
Unlock Gaara
Finish Zabuza's story mode.
Obtain Scrolls
The EASIEST way to obtain scrolls is in "Free Battle" if two players battle eachother ten times. Once that happens, press the SQUARE button on the character selecet screen. This places you in the "Makeout Paradise" Menu Screen. Then it will let you know which scroll you've obtained.
To use substitutionin the air press o and the directional pad the direction your opponent is. To use it in the ground you have to block before they hit you. To block press L2 or R2.
Unlock Zabuza
Beat Haku Saga
Unlock Orochimaru
Beat all other Sagas
Unlock Hyuuga Hinata
Beat Neji Saga
How To Earn Orochimaru
Beat story mode with every one to earn him.
Unlock Kyuubi Naruto
Beat all B-Class Missions.
Cursed Mark Sasuke
You must complete all of the Chunin Missions to unlock this Sasuke character after he was bitten.
Unlock Haku
Beat Hinata saga.
Unlock Neji
First unlock the Neji Saga then complete it and you will have Neji.
Become A Chunin
Complete all of the Genin missions.
Become A Genin
Complete all of the Ninja Acadamy Student missions.
Become A Jonin
Complete all of the Chunin missions.
Become A Anbu
Complete all of the Jonin missions.
Beat All Story Modes
At the scenerio menu, press L1, R2, circle, circle.
Unlock All Scrolls
Go to view scrolls and press L1, R1, Square, Square.
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As first reported by MLB.com, the Pittsburgh Pirates are nearing a deal 33 year Astros left handed Wandy Rodriguez, team sources confirmed. The deal is complete and awaiting league approval. Rodriguez is 7-9 with a 3.79 ERA in 21 starts for the Astros. Rodriguez who the Pirates had interest in last year prior to the deadline, is 7th in the National League in innings pitched with 130.
GM Neal Huntington has been active on the trade market seeking a non-rental starting pitcher, preferably a left hander and Rodriguez fits the bill as he is making $10 million this season, and is due to earn $13 million in 2013. Rodriguez has a team option in 2014 for $13 million, with a $2.5 million buyout.
Meanwhile, as talks have soured for Justin Upton, the Pirates have turned their attention to the Philadelphia Phillies and the Pirates are aggressively pursuing Hunter Pence and still monitoring Shane Victorino's situation after the Phillies intially declined an offer early last week that would have sent Jared Hughes to Philadelphia.


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Every piece of art reveals something about the artist. As creations of God, what do we reveal about our Creator? With all of our defects, how do we reflect the character of God?
Scriptures and Keywords: Psalm 139:13-16, Ephesians 2:8-10, 1 Corinthians 12:7, 1 Peter 4:10, Creator, Create, Gifts, Spiritual Gifts, Life, Salvation
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Below is a video about Medication Safety for nurses of all kinds.
Parker-Pope, T. (2011). Medication-Injuries on the Rise. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/14/medication-related-injuries-on-the-rise/.
(2011). Medication Errors: Cut your risk with these tips. MayoClinic.com. Retrieved from http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/medication-errors/MY00815.
Graban, M. (2012). Statistics on healthcare quality and patient safety problems-errors & harm. Lean Blog. Retrieved from http://www.leanblog.org/2009/08/statistics-on-healthcare-quality-and/.
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Templars are basically if judge Dredd was a Cardassian
Cons: Someone's gonna fill animal holes, likely day 1.
I wouldn't like it. I tend to prefer my descriptions more descriptive. It is how I visualize everything in the game. I very rarely look at the long desc of something, unless I'm putting it on my own character.
Quote from: valeria on May 28, 2014, 06:43:03 PMI wouldn't like it. I tend to prefer my descriptions more descriptive. It is how I visualize everything in the game. I very rarely look at the long desc of something, unless I'm putting it on my own character.The figure in the dusty earthy-smelling heavy, moderately skillfully-tailored and heavily-dyed red sandcloth dustcloak with a deep face-hiding hood and stylish black embroidery says: "Reductio ad absurdum"Edited to add:I'm not trying to be a dink (much) and appreciate your input. If you think it's "about right" where it is now, that's totally the kind of feedback I was hoping to hear back.
I'm a writer, I like vivid descriptions. Changing something like "ragged, brown sandcloth facewrap" to "thin brown facewrap" just isn't very vivid. As I said, I prefer my descriptions to be more descriptive. Which isn't the same as your example above.
I didn't find your examples persuasive. When someone is "the very short figure in a dusty X" the are always going to be over 35 characters because the code adds situational modifiers that are themselves 34 characters long. It doesn't matter whether you cut one or two words out of an item's short description, any very short figure in a dusty/bloody whatever is going to have a long description.In some of your examples, the descriptions are already short. For instance, neither a thin, brown-sandcloth facewrap nor a long, featureless bone mask have descriptions that are over 35 characters long. Which seemed to be your base line, based around PC sdesc limits. So it didn't really seem to me that you were arguing changes solely based on length, but rather want to change items to have simpler descriptions. Again, I'm opposed on vividness grounds.
The only thing about longer cloak descriptions that bother me is when they get dusty/bloody and line wrap my equ list. But that's really only a minor annoyance [...]
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Learn how to use the Intelligent Agents tool to contact your students based on course activity criteria that you define. For example, you can set up an Intelligent Agent that will email all students who scored less than a 60% on a practice quiz and invite them to an online office hour before the next test.
- Who is this for: Online Instructors
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View the D2L documentation: Creating and running an intelligent agent.
Examples of uses for Intelligent Agents include:
- Emailing students to welcome them at the start of the term
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For example: Hello Jane. You register for Business 101 class, but I noticed that you haven't access the course for 7 days.
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For example: Hi Jill. I saw that you have viewed the Course Information module in Business 101 class. Don't forget to take the syllabus quiz before moving on to the next module.
Things to consider when using Intelligent Agents:
- Intelligent Agents do not send emails automatically after a condition is met (for example, a student gets a 60% score on a quiz). Instead, an Intelligent Agent will check for criteria at the scheduled time you choose OR when you run it manually.
- Use Intelligent Agents sparingly–if students receive too many emails, they will just ignore your emails and the notifications will lose their effectiveness.
- If you're copying components from one course to another, each Intelligent Agent will be copied over, However, the settings of each agent will not be copied.
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Sometimes my only time to eat is walking between meetings. But my pb&j froze while I was trying to eat it today! I'm afraid I was seriously cranky at the next meeting, but I was so cold and hungry that I don't really feel sorry.
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Heretofore silent PhytoPhan checking in from Maine, last stop for the blizzard before it goes offshore to my daughter in Canada. Just got a call from my plow driver who said that he can't handle this, sorry, good luck and goodbye. (I live a mile from the road, whooee.) But you know that all us old timers call snow the farmers friend - free fertilizer thanks to its nitrogen content. True or folklore?
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However, the earnings portion of distributions from an ABLE account in excess of qualified disability expenses is generally included in the gross income of the designated beneficiary (an subject to an additional 10% tax unless the distribution is made on or after the death of the designated beneficiary).
During his or her lifetime, the designated beneficiary can change the designated beneficiary of the ABLE account without federal tax consequences, provided that the new beneficiary is his or her sibling who was also disabled before age 26. The designated beneficiary can also roll over a distribution to another (or the same) ABLE account of the designated beneficiary or an eligible brother or sister without tax consequences if the rollover is completed within 60 days. If rolled over to a new account of the same beneficiary, the old account must close. Only one rollover is permitted to any ABLE account of the same designated beneficiary within a 12-month period. An ABLE program may also allow direct program-to-program transfers as a way to change state programs or the designated beneficiary.
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Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti inaugurated the 29th Police-Public Welfare Mela at Bakshi Stadium here today. A large number of people from different walks of life attended the fair, which is held twice every year in the capital cities of Srinagar and Jammu.
After inaugurating the mela, Mehbooba Mufti paid floral tributes to the jawans and officers of J&K Police who laid down their lives while performing their duties.
The Chief Minister went many stalls and appreciated the quality of products on display from all the three regions of the State.
Organized by Jammu & Kashmir Police Wives Welfare Association (JKPWWA), as many as 53 stalls have been set up by various Police establishment centres in the Mela.
The fair aims at generating resources for the welfare of the families and wards of martyred personnel of J&K Police.
Minister of State for Forests and Environment, Mir Zahoor Ahmad; legislators, Muhammad Khalil Bandh, Noor Mohammad Bhat, Anjum Fazili and Mohammad Yousuf Bhat; Chief Secretary, B B Vyas; Director General of Police, S. P. Vaid; Principal Secretary, Home, R K Goyal and Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Rohit Kansal were present on the occasion.
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Unfathomable City: A New Orleans Atlas by Rebecca Solnit
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I wrote an earlier review of this book ( I keep busy) and have now decided to update it since receiving the actual published book as I used the advanced reader copy for the previous review and now after reading more of it in a different location than the last time and viewing all of the maps that weren't in the ARC and let me share that I did all of that new stuff all on All Saints Day, no less. Told you: multitudes.
I decided to do it without the cranky insertion of MY New Orleans up front that was in the previous review and to simply state that it's a well designed, well-edited and at times beautifully written and illustrated homage to our mysterious city.
This book gives credit where credit is due. To the city's geography, to its outlandish robber barons of bananas and oil, to the nameless and named that have brought us and bring us music, food, and public displays and joy and sorrow and pain and punishment. It neatly shows a number of juxtapositions that may be uncomfortable for some to view and others that are certainly unfathomable, but it does show them. There. credit given.
Now, back to me:
If you look through my reviews, you can spot a certain fondness for maps. I love them and love poring over them before, during or in spite of actually traveling to the place depicted.
If you read my reviews, you will no doubt spot a serious fondness for essayists. I admire what seems to me to be honest human bravery in extending a point or a purpose to a new end. Taking a walk with an author is how I visualize an essay, and yes there are times that I turn back before getting to the end, but I still appreciate the offer. So maps and essays seem like two sides of one coin and when put together well can alter or color each other's point and purpose.
So that this is a book of illusory and real maps combined with odd and delightful essays, edited by two sensitive writers is enough for me to tell you.
Let me let the writers and artists tell you themselves in essays and maps such as:
Civil rights and Lemon Ice
Hot and Steamy: Selling Seafood and Selling Sex
Ebb and Flow: Migrations of the Houma, Erosions of the Coast
Juju and Cuckoo: Taking Care of Crazy
Stationary Revelations: Sites of Contemplation and Delight
The first essays introducing this book are alone worth poring over and sharing; how often is that true? That should tell you about the care and thought put into this entire work and offer the best reason to plunk down your money, open it and thumb through while having a Pimm's or a coffee in front of you, tucked away in a shady corner of our shared city. Enjoy it all.


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Michael Ryan Bell – Bonsai Pots
I had the chance recently to sit down with Michael Ryan Bell and discuss a few things about bonsai containers. He says that the "Michael" is just to keep the riff-raff away, everyone just calls him Ryan. For years now Ryan has been compiling a gigantic database of Japanese and Chinese bonsai chops aka "hankos". He has researched so much information about these pots that he is unequaled in the English-speaking world in knowledge of types, regions and makers of bonsai ceramics.
Ryan gave a presentation for multiple clubs in the Bay Area during his visit including the Bonsai Society of San Francisco. His visit was thanks to the efforts of Thom de Cant and Catherine Wolf; with supplemental funding provided by the GSBF, and shared expenses among all the clubs that participated including East Bay Bonsai Society and Bay Area Bonsai Associates.
When he gave his presentation to the members of BSSF, Ryan had many pots on hand available for sale to club members, an opportunity that comes around rarely. The selection was largely comprised of smaller Japanese containers by well-regarded makers, some new and some older.
Ryan's knowledge is encyclopedic, and he's so quick with bonsai pot identification and valuation that it's sometimes amazing to just watch him at work. I watched as he plowed through crates full of pots, rattling off the makers names and the value of the containers relative to others on the local market.
Bonsai containers are one of the aspects of bonsai that are sometimes difficult for beginners to discern differences in. Because of that I asked Ryan to talk a little about how to identify differences among lower- and higher-quality bonsai containers. Developing your eye for good ceramics will help make your trees look all that much better.
Check out this short video that I produced from our conversations:
Michael Ryan Bell – Bonsai Pots from Eric Schrader on Vimeo.
You can read Catherine Wolf's review of his program on the BSSF.org website
If you haven't had the chance to see Ryan's website, check it out now: www.japanesebonsaipots.net.
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Carter BeallJune 4, 2016
Interesting to note that the inside walls of the green/blue pot are glazed. I have always heard that it is important that the inside of the pot not be glazed, but is this just a myth?
Eric SchraderJune 4, 2016
Yeah, preferable to have no glaze on the interior walls and inside bottom. The pot is more of a collector's piece as Ryan mentions in the video.
Thom de CantJune 4, 2016
I love the shohin-size pot by Bushuan. What a beauty!
Jeremiah LeeJune 4, 2016
Love the videos, thank you for posting!
Michael Ryan BellJune 4, 2016
Carter, the idisde walls aren't fully glazed, and the inside bottom definitely isn't. There's some drip from the rim to the inside, but that's really not an issue. As to it being a collector's piece, the greatest of pots, Tofukujis, Yusens, and in the current generation, Bushuans, are collectible for their usability more than anything. While the glazes are often pretty elaborate, they're also not out of place in a Shohin display.
Felix LaughlinJune 4, 2016
Eric and Ryan, this is a terrific post, and wonderful to see Ryan's very educational video.