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Cloud computing has continued to grow as a method to help individuals and companies simplify and secure their software management processes. It allows applications and data to be stored on a central server by a supplier (some of the best known are Amazon, Google and Microsoft) while clients access the information and run the applications over the Internet using a browser interface.
Some well known advantages of cloud computing include increased storage, automated software maintenance, reduced cost and better mobility for the end user. It's this last point that IGear Online exploits most with its Pulse technology, which can deliver critical machine data in a secure and reliable fashion, anytime and anywhere.
This online content solution is designed for machine builder OEMs that want to better understand machine performance, utilization, and service needs. It enables each machine in the field to automatically push data to IGear servers, where it is stored and analyzed by both the OEM and end customer. Because the information is securely stored in the cloud, any authenticated web device can access it via the Internet at any time.
While this service is marketed toward machine tool OEMs, advantages easily carry over to their customers as well. With improved machine monitoring, OEMs will be better able to predict when machines will fail and notify the customer ahead of time. If a machine does go down, it facilitates communication between the OEM and the customer to quickly get the machine back into service. And this improved communication typically results in reduced service costs.
Benefits such as these are typical of cloud solutions that offer "online content," meaning that the application actually stores data in the cloud for ad hoc queries and analysis. It is always receiving data and storing it permanently, enabling predictive capabilities through a proactive approach. This method is very different from some other remote diagnostics products that use network connections to the machine.
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Clare Curran, a member of the New Zealand Parliament representing Dunedin South, was asked to leave the debating chambers yesterday after arriving in a Highlanders jersey to show her support for the rugby club's original colors. The Highlanders have announced plans to adopt a green jersey, which has rather offended its fan base's dedication to the colors blue, maroon, and gold.
Speaker Lockwood Smith made the request from the floor:
The House does have a dress code. If the member is wearing the top of a sports team, I can imagine an occasion where the Speaker's permission might be sought to do that... But if it is a sports top the member is wearing, I'd ask her to leave the chamber and come back dressed consistently with the standing orders of the House.
Curran responded with a point of order (the only one Smith accepted), and requested that Smith explain the actual contention with the dress code, and was told that she, along with the rest of Parliament, are not permitted to advertise anything within the chamber. The official code calls for female MPs to wear "business attire." The MP has asserted on Twitter that she wore the jersey as a way to (sic'd) "[represent] my consitutents," and that "tradition is important." Smith would likely point out that tradition in debating chambers is similarly important, but Curran and other female MPs have already called his ruling a double standard; they say that male MPs regularly wear scarves, ties, and badges demonstrating their team allegiance and are never removed from the chambers for it.
We're not what we'd consider experts on the New Zealand political front, but we'll guess that this might be analogous to Maxine Waters showing up at the Capitol in one of those Phil Jackson "X" hats — with the necessary "I" added on — to protest the hiring of Mike Brown, and getting dismissed for it. But there's not a whole lot at stake here. The dismissal is mostly justifiable (even if Smith does merely look absurd up on his podium, with that meaningful red fabric draped over his shoulders, wagging his finger at a lady in a "sports shirt"), and it only helps to make Curran look like the coolest kid in the debate chambers.
H/T @Sportsfeeder1.
Rugby jersey red-carding 'an over reaction' [Otago Daily Times]

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In 2000, the Florida legislature placed the stewardship of The Ringling under Florida State University. FSU has a long tradition of excellence in the arts, and the College of Fine Arts contains some of the leading arts programs in the nation. The Ringling cultural campus is home to the Sarasota Ballet, Asolo Repertory Theatre, and FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training making it one of the largest college arts complexes in the country.
The Ringling is committed to strengthening its ties with academic departments across FSU, with the aim of providing educational opportunities for students and faculty in many different disciplines, now and in the future.
Visit FSU.edu to learn about the College of Fine Arts
FSU/The Ringling Joint M.A. in Museum and Cultural Heritage Studies
Florida State University's master's program in Museum and Cultural Heritage Studies combines intensive academic coursework with the faculty in Art History at FSU with a full year of internship and professional coursework at The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art. The program provides insight into and training for museum careers through practical work experience not available in most academic settings. After completing eight museum and art history courses in Tallahassee during the first year of study, students spend their second year in Sarasota at The Ringling. There they participate in the daily operations of specific museum departments and are intimately involved in all aspects of museum operations. A final project growing out of coursework and the internship serves as a capstone experience. For additional information please write Dr. Paul Niell at firstname.lastname@example.com, director of Museum and Cultural Heritage Studies, or consult the program's webpage.


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Shawn Lockhart looks at the meningitis-causing fungus Exserohilum rostratum at the mycotic lab at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. Federal health officials have been working around the clock on the outbreak that has killed at least 19 and sickened 247 people. A review of data shows tainted drugs have caused fungal meningitis infections before.
The growing number of illnesses and deaths blamed on tainted pain shots from a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy may be the worst such outbreak of fungal meningitis in U.S. history -- but it's not the first tied to the injections.
Five people were sickened and one died in 2002 after receiving epidural injections of the steroid methylprednisolone contaminated with the fungus Exophiala, a new review of public health records shows.
"It's playing out about the same way, but the order of magnitude is so much greater," said Dr. Jeffrey Engel, an epidemiologist who grappled with the outbreak that started in North Carolina and spread to four other states a decade ago.
"This is a total catastrophe."
Methylprednisolone is the same drug initially implicated in the current outbreak tied to at least 20 deaths and 257 confirmed infections in 16 states, according to federal health officials. In recent days, two more drugs and two additional types of fungi were added to the initial concerns. Nearly 14,000 people received the potentially tainted steroids, which were distributed in 23 states, federal health officials said.
They came from New England Compounding Center of Framingham, Mass., one of several hundred compounding pharmacies in the U.S. that custom-mix drugs for individual patients.
A decade ago, some 870 patients in North Carolina got similar shots, according to press accounts at the time. A 77-year-old woman who was being treated for low back pain developed fungal meningitis and died more than four months after an epidural injection, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported. Four other women ages 52 to 71 were also sickened by the tainted shots, either in their aching backs or in arthritic joints, but they recovered.
That outbreak was traced to contaminated bulk drugs and to faulty sterilization practices at the Urgent Care Pharmacy in Spartanburg, S.C., recalled Engel, who is now the executive director of the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists. The Food and Drug Administration issued a nationwide alert about the company's drugs and the South Carolina Board of Pharmacy issued a cease and desist order to halt all sales of the firm's products.
Specialized pharmacies that mix individual solutions and creams have been blamed for the recent meningitis outbreak. NBC's Lisa Myers finds out that this isn't the first time safety concerns have been raised; since 2004, the FDA has issued 49 warning letters to compounding pharmacies.
Engel has been watching the current outbreak closely, dismayed that the problem continues.
"Haven't we done anything nationally to prevent this?" he said.
That case is among some 20 incidents since 1990 of recalls, serious illnesses and deaths linked to faulty compounding practices across the U.S., all gleaned from public reports. Some occurred in hospital pharmacies; others happened in compounding pharmacies that aren't required to report adverse events to regulators.
Eric S. Kastango, chief executive for the health consulting firm Clinical IQ, along with staffers at the Institute for Safe Medication Practices, a nonprofit medication advocacy group, compiled the reports and published them in a newsletter Wednesday.
Food and Drug Administration officials say they've logged at least 200 adverse events from 71 compounding pharmacies in the past two decades, but FDA officials did not respond to NBC News requests for a complete list of those incidents.
According to the ISMP report, the problems varied widely: Some 19,000 patients with chronic lung diseases were endangered in Missouri in 2003 by bacterial contamination of at least two batches of a compounded inhalant solution. In 2005 in Maryland, 10 patients died after receiving contaminated compounded medication used to stop the heart during surgery.
And just last year, nine patients in Alabama died and 19 were sickened by bacterial-contaminated IV nutrition solutions. In California, 16 patients developed severe eye infections after contaminated ocular injections of compounded Avastin. One patient was blinded; another developed a brain infection.
The new fungal meningitis outbreak has reignited calls for stricter oversight of compounding pharmacies, which are generally regulated by state boards of pharmacy, and exempt from regulations by the FDA.
"Ultimately there's going to have to be a crackdown on these compounders," said Engel.
Compounded drugs aren't FDA-approved and they haven't been tested for quality or safety. The pharmacies are not required to register with FDA, to disclose what products they are making, or to report problems such as illnesses and deaths that those products might cause.
On Tuesday, FDA enforcers raided the NECC's facility; earlier in the day, the agency officials had said inspections of the facility raised questions about the sterility of any of the company's products.
At the same time, members of Congress said they wanted answers about how the problem occurred. Massachusetts Rep. Ed Markey, a Democrat, said that NECC distributed controlled substances including morphine and fentanyl without a license.
But lawmakers have demanded stricter control over the industry before, in the early 1990s. Those efforts were stymied by compounding pharmacists, who resisted regulation. Now the industry is governed by a patchwork of state laws -- some enforced, some not -- and general uncertainty about the FDA's role.
There are well-known steps to ensure that compounded drugs are made safely, particularly the USP 797 guidelines from U.S. Pharmacopeia, the international nonprofit that sets standards for drug safety worldwide.
The trouble occurs when some compounding pharmacies, even only a minority, fail to follow them, Kastango told NBC News.
"We're not doing good processes, we're not using good aseptic technique," he said. "You look at the data and most of these events are starting with non-sterile compounding."
The meningitis outbreak tied to steroid epidurals has killed five people so far, and originated from a specialty pharmacy in Massachusetts. NBC's Brian Williams reports.
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These are super easy to put together and taste fantastic. So, here's the recipe! (This makes 4 servings.)
• 4 10-inch flour home style tortillas
• 1/2 pound ground beef, prepared with taco seasoning
• one bag Mexican shredded cheese
• one 8oz jar taco sauce
• one box Mexican style Rice-a-Roni
• 2 tablespoons butter
• cooking spray
Prepare the rice according to box directions. This takes about 20-25 minutes and will use the butter.
Spray a rectangular glass pan with the cooking spray. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
Layer the rice, seasoned beef and cheese in the center of each tortilla:
Roll the tortillas and place them seam side down in the glass pan.
Drizzle the enchiladas with taco sauce. I used roughly half of the jar.
You don't want to flood the tortillas with sauce. Drizzling them keeps some of the tortilla exposed which will make those areas nice and crispy while the saucy parts stay moist and chewy.
Sprinkle the tops of the enchiladas with more shredded cheese.
Put in the oven and bake for 20 minutes. Then turn on the broiler and broil until the cheese starts to turn brown and some of the enchiladas start to brown as well.
You may have to adjust your cooking time depending on your oven. I have an electric oven. I broiled for about 2-3 minutes, but you should watch them closely at this step.
Take them out and enjoy! I like them plain, but my husband adds extra taco sauce and salsa. I've also enjoyed them with sour cream and I'm sure some guacamole would be heavenly. I've also made them with canned corn added into the middle of the enchiladas, just layer it between the beef and cheese. These come out pretty mild, but you can add more heat by adding some hot sauce to the top or adding some green chiles or chili powder inside the enchiladas.
I love how quick these are to make and they are pretty cheap. I buy the rice for $1/box when it goes on sale. I also buy the taco sauce on the buy-one-get-one sales. I like to serve it with a salad. I cheat on that and buy the bag mix of Mexican salad. It comes with creamy ranch cilantro dressing, tortilla strips, cheese and bacon. For $2.99 per bag I can't beat that and it's so easy to make! Some corn and refried beans on the side would also be great.
Anyway, I made these start to finish in under an hour, so they are great when you are pressed for time. And if you have kids they can always help sprinkle the cheese and make the accompanying salad. :) Happy cooking everyone!


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>Migraine, though dreaded, is common. More than half the people in the world will have some experience with migraine during their lives, and about 5 percent will see doctors. A few of these will suffer significant disruption of their activities.
>Fitness & Diving
>Migraine poses little danger to divers. Even those with frequent migraine do not usually experience an increased incidence while diving. An elevated level of carbon dioxide in the blood, which occurs with decreased ventilation and breath-holding/hypoventilation, can theoretically precipitate a migraine headache because carbon dioxide (CO2) causes vasodilation in the brain. Increased levels of oxygen in the blood (which occurs in diving as well as in hyperbaric chambers) has been used with variable success to treat severe migraine, because it is a powerful brain vasoconstrictor.
>Very complex migraine, with visual loss or paralysis, might lead to confusion in diagnosing a diving accident. However, little data exists to suggest that migraine poses a significant hazard to divers. Severe and incapacitating migraine headaches while in the water would create a hazard for the individual. People with severe and incapacitating migraine should probably not dive.
>For more information on conditions involving the central nervous system, see all of Dr. Hugh Greer's article from the May/June 1999 issue of Alert Diver.


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Light Works-Experimental Light Art 2011
Maggioli Editore Announced The First Edition of The Light Works-Experimental Light Art Book Filled With Lighting Projects From More Than 50 Artists From The World. This Is The Fourth Book of Francesco Murano in Lighting Art. Previous Editions Were Only
The book is published in English. And works can also be seen from the website of the book. Here, we are attaching some of the projects from the site, but we are not giving further information so that you could check the website directly and learn more about the works.
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Yesterday, a week ahead of schedule, my FamilyTreeDNA Family Finder results came back. I've also had testing with 23andMe as well (see my earlier posts covering health and haplogroups and Ancestry Finder) and have been looking forward to comparing the two.
The FamilyTreeDNA pages don't give much away about what you will actually see when your results come back. Although I had some idea of the most important content – a list of matches with names attached! – the detail of what would be returned wasn't 100% clear to me even after searching the FAQs. Now I see a new set of menu items in the side bar.
When I discussed the 23andMe results I covered the health and haplogroup information first. FamilyTreeDNA doesn't provide health information, and haplogroups require a different test. What I do have is a tool that compares my DNA against various reference populations.
Population Finder
The FamilyTreeDNA Population Finder goes to a greater level of detail than any of the similar tools in 23andMe. 23andMe had me as 100% European – a boringly expected result! Population Finder went further. It has me as 100% Orcadian, by which I gather they mean British Isles. The confidence interval was plus or minus 0.01% - they couldn't really get much more confident about what part of the world my genes appear to have come from.
The thing that surprised me about this was that even with many more subgroups (see here) they didn't see even a smidgeon of me that looked like somewhere other than British Isles! That's so boring that it's interesting again.
Next time – Matches


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First the BobbleSlam got posterized; now it's going to get re-bobbleated. Roberto from Vin Scully Is My Homeboy had the news first:
Just sent a e-mail to the Dodgers PR dept and just got a confirmation. The Dodgers will be giving away another Man-Ram bobblehead. It will be given away on September 16. It's a Day game. No plans to change it to a night game. The Bobblehead will be of Manny Ramirez giving a curtain call to the fans. It will show the date "July 22, 2009" somewhere on the Bobblehead. They are in the final stages of planning it and announcing it. So you might want to wait until Dodgers.com announce it before you buy the tickets. I'm sure it will be September 16
And Michael Becker of the Press-Enterprise blog confirms it. Although Manny's BobbleSlam was indeed a great moment, I sincerely hope that by the time September 16 rolls around, it won't be the latest great moment we'll be celebrating.


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Brazil has proposed a broad update to its copyright law (Portuguese) and it contains a surprising idea: penalize anyone who "hinders or impedes" fair use rights or obstructs the use of work that has already fallen into the public domain.
A huge win for consumers? Sure, but it gets better. A moment's thought reminds us that most DRM schemes will eventually run afoul the above provisions, since they apply in perpetuity. That DRMed music file will still be DRMed even after the song has fallen into the public domain.
So Brazil wants to ensure that DRM "has time-limited effects that correspond to the period of the economic rights over the work, performance, phonogram or broadcast." Once copyright has expired, DRM should, too.
As if that's not enough, Brazil says that DRM can be bypassed in order to make any "fair" use of the work or in cases where the copyright has expired but the DRM has not.
Contrast this with the US approach to copyright in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), which said nothing about time-limited DRM and made circumvention illegal in nearly all cases, even when the intended use of the material would be legal.
Brazil's proposal could be spun as something hostile to rightsholders, but it's not that simple. The law does provide protection for DRM; in general, it is illegal to remove, modify, bypass, or impair such anti-copying technology. It's just that rightsholders can't use DRM as a digital lock to give themselves more control over a work through technology than they have under the law.
While some content industry lobbyists like to make arguments about "living up to international norms" on DRM to suggest that countries need to take a hard line on anticircumvention, the "international norms" allow plenty of leeway. The WIPO Internet Treaties, one of the key parts of this international consensus, require signatories to "provide adequate legal protection and effective legal remedies against the circumvention of effective technological measures that are used by authors in connection with the exercise of their rights under this Treaty or the Berne Convention and that restrict acts, in respect of their works, which are not authorized by the authors concerned or permitted by law."
DRM must be defended only when it restricts acts that are "not permitted by law." Since the law in places like Brazil, the US, and many other countries contains fair use or fair dealing provisions, those countries are authorized to allow DRM circumvention for those uses as long as general bypassing is disallowed.
Given the nature of most fair use laws, plenty of murky cases will have to be examined by the courts. That's a slow, messy solution, but one that allows for flexibility and creativity; the "clean" alternative of simply outlawing DRM circumvention almost completely leads to the absurd situation where A US citizen can legally rip a CD to an iPod but breaks the law when doing the same with a DVD.
Michael Geist, a Canadian law professor who highlighted the new proposal, sums it up as a properly balanced approach that doesn't buy into the "more is better" approach to copyright protections. "In other words, the Brazilian proposals recognizes what the Supreme Court of Canada stated several years ago," he writes, "over-protection is just as harmful as under-protection."


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Burnout: Paradise is, without a doubt, one of the strongest after-market performers. Criterion Games has done an excellent job supporting its title and keeping fans happy by fixing some of the game's launch issues. To that end, the company has announced that the latest free update for the title, dubbed "Cagney," will be landing on July 10. Here's a peek at what the update includes:
- 3 new online game modes called "Online Stunt Run," "Online Road Rage," and "Online Marked Man"
- 70 new "Online Timed Challenges"
- New vehicles , including the "Hunter Olympus"
- Major improvements to the ranked racing system
- Various fixes, including 1080i support, improved SD rendering, and custom soundtracks for the PS3 version
The company pointed out that its website will continue to be updated daily with progress, feedback, and more for the community to enjoy. I've said it before, but it's hard not to commend the guys at Criterion. They've set a standard that other developers should be following.


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I am well aware of the old adage, "you can't judge a book by its cover", but I completely disregard it when considering the purchase of a vintage cookbook. The cover for "Home Cookery illustrated" is so fab I wouldn't have cared if the book was just blank pages. Except for the child with the red horns at the front, this picture could be a portrait of Mr CC and me when I'm preparing dinner. I still can't work out the husband's expression; is it one of delight, horror or surprise at what's in the pan?
There is no date anywhere in the book but online resources place it in the region of 1955-57. I like the subtitle of "A practical guide for the beginner and the experienced housewife" and wonder what purpose it serves, why not just "a practical guide for housewives"?
Published in the 1950s this book highlights that Britain, even post rationing, was still an austere place. The introduction to the book, which covers buying, preparing and cooking food stresses: "Nowadays it is more a question of making the most of what is available than choosing what we prefer." It goes on to suggest it is the housewife's duty to ensure that shops sell all their stock: "Whenever you see a plentiful supply of any kind of perishable food, buy that in preference to goods that will keep. If the shopkeepers do not sell that food it may mean that it may have to be wasted. Help avoid that by buying."
I chose this recipe because I am a fiend for coconut, plus I loved the inclusion of ratafia essence in the ingredients list. I'd heard of ratafia biscuits but not essence; some hunting around online told me that ratafia essence is made from peach, almond and apricot kernels and is no longer available. The closest modern substitute is good quality almond extract as that contains ground up bitter almond kernels – so that's what I used!
This is a versatile cake – you can have it, as we did today, plain with a cup of tea, but Mr CC was mooting adding some jam to it. Tomorrow night I'm going to warm two slices and serve as dessert with custard.
Coconut and almond is a lovely combination and this flavoursome, light, cumbly sponge is a worthy teatime treat in any era – austerity or otherwise! It is a plain cake...but in a good way! The coconut is the dominant flavour with a hint of almond coming through at the end. The one aspect of austerity cooking I couldn't let lie was the meagre quantities; my quantities below are double those of the book.
230g / 8oz unsalted butter, at room temperature
170g / 6oz caster sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon almond extract (or ratafia essence – but good luck finding it!)
340g / 12oz self raising flour
115g / 4oz desiccated coconut
6 tablespoons milk
Preheat oven to 180°C/fan oven 160°C/350°F/gas mark 4
Line a 20cm round springform tin with baking paper.
Beat together the butter and sugar until you have a soft, whippy, pale cream. Don't be tempted to skimp on this stage as this is where you get the air into the sponge.
Beat in the eggs one at a time, followed by the almond extract.
Beat in the flour.
Beat in the coconut and milk.
Spoon into the prepared baking tin and level the surface.
Bake for approximately 1 hour. It's done when a skewer, inserted into the centre of the cake, comes out clean. Mine took 1 hour 5 minutes.
Leave to cool, still in the tin, on a wire rack.
Remove from the tin and store in an airtight container.
Bask in the glory of the wonderful thing you have created.


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1. sponsor - noun
· someone who supports or champions something
Hypernym(s): benefactor, helper
2. sponsor - noun
· an advocate who presents a person (as for an award or a degree or an introduction etc.)
Synonym(s): presenter
Hypernym(s): advocate, advocator, proponent, exponent
3. sponsor - verb
· assume sponsorship of
Synonym(s): patronize, patronise
Hypernym(s): support
4. sponsor - verb
· assume responsibility for or leadership of; "The senator announced that he would sponsor the health care plan"
5. sponsor - verb
· do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of
Synonym(s): patronize, patronise, shop, shop_at, buy_at, frequent
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Google Glass is showing up at hospitals, companies and at your financial advisor's office, according to reports.
While Google Glass assist a lung surgeon at UCSF, companies are considering buying the wearable computers for law clerks or police officers, according to the New York Times. It's true that most people don't trust Google Glass, nor do they want it in their private lives, but in the public sector or at work, its acceptance is less problematic.
"I can think of a whole bunch of professions where Google Glass makes a lot of sense and poses almost no privacy risk at all and could be really valuable — everything from engineering to car repair to architecture to lumberjacking," said Electronic Privacy Information Center executive director Marc Rotenberg. "But what's interesting about all of those professions is that you're not actually interacting with a customer."
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The most obvious workplace for Google Glass would be for employees that don't sit at a desk, but could use a computer screen and Internet connection. That's the majority of workers -- about 80 percent --and another reason why Google would like to outfit those workers with Glass.
One such business is Sullivan Solar Power in Southern California that uses Glass for its workers who are in the field, according to the company's director of information technology Michael Chagala. "To be able to have their hands free is obviously critical, and they can't bring a laptop up a ladder or see one in the sun," he told the Times. Others such as police officers, firefighters and oil workers may also be good prospects for Google Glass.
Google's new enterprise program is supposed to start handling workplace issues and improve the users experience, but the main hurdle may be to get businesses to accept and buy the pricey gadgets that retail for $1,500 plus tax.


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River of Golden Dreams, Wildlife at Twilight Trips
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Departure times vary depending on the time of year.
In Whistler it stays light till 10 p.m. in June so our trips depart at 7:00 p.m. By late July we depart at 6pm.
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*Children under 12 are half price if sitting in the middle of a canoe only, and when accompanied by at least 2 adults.
Youth aged 12-18 are 15% off for non-BC residents as well as BC residents when accompanied by minimum 2 Adults.
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Getting caught in the rain is no fun at the best of times – even less so when you're wearing lenses. Wiping water off your lenses can leave dirty smears, blurring and distorting your vision.
Be it white-water rafting or having water fights with the kids in the back garden, you can protect your lenses and your vision from water smears.
You can avoid water smears by following a couple of simple steps.
Wipe them using a micro-fibre lens cloth, and wash them regularly with soapy water. Avoid the urge to use the bottom of your shirt, or towel as they could be carrying grit that could damage your lenses.
Alternatively, choose water-resistant lenses for your lenses.


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As we bring in the New Year, we're excited about all the new things on the horizon for Emory Healthcare and the many communities with whom we collaborate to provide high quality health care. We recently, for example, announced on our blog that we have partnered with the CVS MinuteClinic to provide health care at 31 locations across the metro Atlanta area without an appointment. That was very cool news for our community. Today though, we take great joy in being able to bring in the New Year with a huge announcement, and one that our community will truly benefit from in a major way– Emory Healthcare has now joined forces with Saint Joseph's Hospital.
What does this mean for you? It means that two of Atlanta's leading health care organizations are now working in collaboration to bring an unparalleled level of health care and access to our Atlanta and Georgia communities.
You may have heard us say before that we believe collaboration is truly the best medicine. Whether this means collaboration between patients and families to make informed decisions about their care with their care team members, or between organizations to improve the quality and access to care provided, we all benefit from collaborative communication and action. Our partnership with Saint Joseph's Hospital will allow us to take collaboration around Atlanta health care to the next level.
The expertise in education and academic research that serves as the backbone of the technology and level of patient- and family-centered care provided at Emory Healthcare is mirrored by the level of excellence in local community health care we've seen from Saint Joseph's from the very beginning.
We are so pleased to be able to kick off the New Year by bringing such a meaningful partnership to our community. Working with Saint Joseph's Hospital means our patients and families will have even more access to the very best patient- and family-centered health care in Atlanta being driven by the leading academic research taking place at Emory. We hope you're as excited about this news as we are! We'd love to hear your thoughts and feedback in the comments below. And if you're interested in learning more, check out the resources below, including a blog post from the Saint Joseph's team on what our partnership means to them. Happy New Year, everyone!


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CARSON, Calif. – If results around the league go their way, the LA Galaxy can rise to second place in the Western Conference with a victory Saturday night over visiting Vancouver (10 pm ET; TSN2/RDS2 in Canada, MLS Live in the US). But they'll need to do so, it appears, without Landon Donovan.
The Galaxy captain, sidelined with a hamstring strain, missed practice again Friday at The Home Depot Center, and head coach Bruce Arena acknowledged it was "doubtful" he would be available.
Donovan was hurt in the US victory Aug. 15 over Mexico at Estadio Azteca, and he's missed three games – CONCACAF Champions League victories over Isidro Metapán and the Puerto Rico Islanders sandwiched around last weekend's league triumph over FC Dallas – with an injury described as day-to-day.
"He's close to returning," Arena said, "but he'll need a little more time."
With two weeks until the next LA game, Sept. 14 against Colorado, Donovan could have a month between matches. The injury likely will preclude him from the Americans' World Cup qualifiers Sept. 7 and 11 against Jamaica, although Arena wouldn't confirm that.
The US on Sunday will announce their roster for the matches.
Donovan tied an MLS record with four assists in his last MLS outing, the Aug. 12 victory over Chivas USA, and the Galaxy's fine form since mid-June has coincided with a surge in his game. Donovan has eight goals and eight assists in his last 10 league appearances.
"He's still struggling with his hamstring, but he's got to get it right," David Beckham said. "Obviously, we want him fit for the rest of the season, so there's no point in him rushing back. If he's still feeling it, then it's better that he gets it right before he even steps on the field."
Beckham says he's ready go, that he's "feeling a whole lot better" after a bout with a stomach virus. Robbie Keane also will play, then head off to Ireland's World Cup qualifier next week in Kazakhstan, returning to LA before his country's friendly in London against Oman.


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Oscars at the Moment, Before the Election
Oscars in early November. Things are getting clearer. Could the National Election itself have an impact on Oscar? We'll see, but now, if it did, it would be the political movie of the year "Jackie" that gets carried forward. It's a reminder of how decent and moral the people running the country were in the time of Camelot. The Kennedy Years seem light years away from the partisan horror of this current chilly November moment.
"Jackie" has the gravitas that "La La Land" simply does not. And they're hiding "La La Land" from the East Coast critics. I STILL haven't seen it. There's been no big deal press screenings scheduled. Is it because they think the New York establishment isn't going to like a musical film, a love story, yet, that glorifies LOS ANGELES? I can think of no other reason for "La La Land"s distributors holding it back like this. It wasn't at the NYFF, if that means anything. But I do think it's a little suspicious.
Certainly the curators of the NYFF COULD have chosen it to play if they wanted to. There was certainly room. And I've heard that Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling can't sing. Or can't sing well enough to carry a movie musical. I hope of course that they can, and I look forward to, musical comedy queen that I am, to enjoying its' delights immensely. Also still unseen is "Fences" the late August Wilson's adaptation of his own screenplay with Denzel Washington directing himself in his Tony-winning role and co-starring of course, the great Viola Davis, reprising HER Tony winning role. Davis has now won herself an Oscar for sure, by putting herself in the Supporting category. But how good is the film? Is it as great on film as it was onstage? Or is it going to seem long, and talky and "stagey"?
August Wilson,esteemed to such an extent that he has a New York Broadway theater named after him, never lived to see any of his many plays translated successfully into film. I hope Denzel has worked his directorial as well as his actor's magic. Will he also be up for a Best Actor Oscar? His third. Or will it go to now the supposed front-runner Casey Affleck for "Manchester by the Sea." If "Manchester" is going to win something big, and it's so good, it should, then maybe it's Casey Affleck who's the beneficiary and not the film.
When we see "Fences" we will know, but right now Casey Affleck is at number one in the estimation of the Gold Derby-ites AND the Gurus o' Gold, of which I was a member. Once upon a time. In a galaxy, far, far away…
Best Supporting Actor is much harder to parse right now, so I won't, but don't expect small, gay, indie "Moonlight" to score. If the Academy is going to go for a small, racially charged indie, I think it's going to be "Loving." It's a superb little film that grows in the mind and lingers like a haunting refrain. Ruth Negga and Joel Edgerton as I've posited earlier are both going to get nominated for Best Actress and Actor, respectively, and I think even its' terrific young director Jeff Nichols will too. Replacing "Moonlight." In both Best Picture and Best Director.
If this year it's going to be OscarsSoBlack, in reaction to last year's OscarSoWhite, it's straight "Loving" and "Fences" that will both be nominated for Best Picture. After the rave of raves "Loving" got from Manola Dargis in today's New York Times, I think THAT'S the indie darling to watch. Not "Moonlight". If the critically adored "Carol" couldn't crack it last year then "Moonlight" is certainly a much longer shot at Best Picture or Director.
Only Mahershala Ali in a very small role might get nominated from "Moonlight" in the major categories. That would be as Supporting Actor. But enough Academy members Iin the Actor's Branch have to see "Moonlight" to nominate him. Will they? And then there's the terrific Naomie Harris as the drug-addicted mom-from-hell….It worked for Mo'nique in "Precious" and she did no campaigning but she won! Could British actress Harris who so dazzled as Winnie Mandela a few years back in "A Long Walk Home" get nominated, too? That would really be something for this tiny film. And perhaps we might see Black Actors nominated in every category! Wouldn't that be something new? Something wonderful.


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|A bicimotor roars down Ave. Jimenez, the Eje Ambiental, in downtown Bogotá.
|No pedaling needed:
A motorized bicycle on Ave. Septima's bike lane.
But the owners of such 'bicimotores,' which are proliferating in Bogotá, are convinced that their cheap, mini motorcycles are, actually, just bicycles.
Motorized bicycles may provide cheap transportation, but they also generate problems for real cyclists. Bicimotores are noisy, can belch out more pollution than a car, and roar along at speeds close to conventional motorcycles.
A bicyclist using a bike lane as a refuge from car traffic, or - even worse - a pedestrian walking along a sidewalk, shouldn't be subjected to one of these machines.
|What doesn't fit here? A motorized bicycle
in a Bogotá bike shop.
I've encountered bicimotores on Bogotá's Ciclorutas and even La Ciclovia, where they contradict La Ciclovia's of promoting health and physical activity.
Bicimotores may have a legitimate role as cheap transportation. But, as motorized vehicles, they should be subject to motor vehicle laws, as well. And, they should stay out of bicycle-only areas.
Fortunately, an attorney with Bogotá's legal office recently issued an opinion reaching the common sense conclusion that bicimotores are not bicycles and therefore may not use the city's bike lanes, (and, presumably, not La Ciclovia either).
But those of us living in Bogotá know there's a huge gulf between what laws say and what really happens. Will the police do their job here?
|A legal opinion from Bogotá's legal office concludes that motorized cycles may not use bike lanes.


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Vision Diagnoses Are Common After Concussion in Adolescents." Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2015."
Young Driver Crash Rates by Licensing Age, Driving Experience, and License Phase." Accid Anal Prev. 2015;80:243-250."
Young Driver Licensing: Examination of Population-level Rates Using New Jersey's State Licensing Database." Accid Anal Prev. 2015;76C:49-56."
Acute stress, depression, and anxiety symptoms among english and spanish speaking children with recent trauma exposure." J Clin Psychol Med Settings. 2014;21(1):66-71."
Adolescence, Attention Allocation, and Driving Safety." J Adolesc Health. 2014;54(5S):S6-S15."
Application of best practice approaches for designing decision support tools: The preparatory education about clinical trials (PRE-ACT) study." Patient Educ Couns. 2014;96(1):63-71."
Characteristics of prolonged concussion recovery in a pediatric subspecialty referral population." J. Pediatr.. 2014;165(6):1207-15."
Comparison of teen and adult driver crash scenarios in a nationally representative sample of serious crashes." Accident Analysis and Prevention. 2014;Volume 72, November 2014:302-308."
Design, delivery, and evaluation of early interventions for children exposed to acute trauma." Eur J Psychotraumatol. 2014;5."
Driving errors of learner teens: Frequency, nature and their association with practice." Accid Anal Prev. 2014;72C:433-439."
Effect of the Teen Driving Plan on the Driving Performance of Teenagers Before Licensure: A Randomized Clinical Trial." JAMA Pediatr. 2014."
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Experience and Skill Predict Failure to Brake Errors: Further Validation of the Simulated Driving Assessment.". In: SAE World Congress and Exhibition.; 2014."
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Headway Time Errors, Safe Driving Skill, and Experience: An Initial Validation of the Simulated Driving Assessment.". In: Transportation Research Board 93rd Annual Meeting.; 2014."
Inaccuracy of Federal Highway Administration's Licensed Driver Data: Implications on Young Driver Trends." Journal of Adolescent Health. 2014;55(3):452-454."
The Knockout Game: Recreational Assault and Traumatic Brain Injury." The Lancet. 2014;383(9916):513-514."
Measurement of Hybrid III Head Impact Kinematics Using an Accelerometer and Gyroscope System in Ice Hockey Helmets." Ann Biomed Eng. 2014."
Medication Reduces Crash Risk Among Men With ADHD." Evidence Based Mental Health. 2014."
Nurses' Views and Current Practice of Trauma-Informed Pediatric Nursing Care." J Pediatr Nurs. 2014."
Opportunities and challenges of using technology to address health disparities." Future Oncol. 2014;10(4):519-22."


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Smith, Grande Prairie, AB
Smith is a neighbourhood in Grande Prairie with 8 properties on record at Snap Up Real Estate. The average (median) house price in Smith is $281,600, the median condo price is not available, and the average rent is not available. There are 3 houses, 0 townhouses and 0 condos for sale on Snap Up Real Estate while there are 0 rentals of all types combined.


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"'Top Chef'" host Padma Lakshmi's career is built on tasting some of the world's best food – but the reality star beauty said her pregnancy is not an excuse to chow down.
"I eat the same, just more often," she told People while in New York City for Alicia Keys' charitable Keep A Child Alive's annual Black Ball on Thursday. "Everything from movie theater nachos to spinach and apple salad. Everything. I'm not eating so much more. You only need 300 more calories. It's not a reason to pig out."
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Padma also noted that she wouldn't be going the creative celebrity baby name route with her little one, who is due in the spring.
"I just want to see how the baby looks when it comes, and then I'll have some ideas," she explained. "The name will have to do with my family. I don't think it's going to be called 'Pomegranate' or 'Atlanta.'"
VIEW THE PHOTOS: Turning Up The Heat With 'Top Chef' Host Padma Lakshmi
The Bravo beauty also explained that her culture has kept her baby shopping sprees to a minimum.
"I'm Indian," she told the mag. "So we don't buy a whole bunch of stuff before the baby is born, because we want the baby to be born first, 'Not the cart before the horse.'"
When asked if she planned to reveal the identity of the baby's father, Padma remained mum.
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"I don't know," she said. "But I don't want to talk about it either way. I'm extremely happy, and I feel really blessed."
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Former Olympic athlete Steve Moneghetti always felt like running was something he was born to do. But the 50-year-old long distance runner has also helped drive a nationwide interest in marathons and fun runs, that are part of what he calls a 'running revolution'.
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Steve Moneghetti may have recently turned 50, but age hasn't slowed him down - too much.
Running is not something Moneghetti makes an effort to do.
Like brushing his teeth or sitting down to a meal, it's something that over decades has become a natural part of his every day.
Each weekday, he clocks anywhere up to 15 kilometres.
His average Sunday involves a 20km morning run followed by a 10km run in the afternoon.
The highly respected athlete - known as 'Mona' around his home town of Ballarat - has taken many young up-and-coming runners under his wing.
With no serious injuries throughout his career the four-time Olympian admits he's always thought of himself as 'very biomechanically sound'.
But the thing that has always come second nature to him is now starting to feel like work.
With a troublesome Achilles the most recent set-back, he reluctantly accepts that with every run, he's getting slower.
"Lots of people will run at 50 but it's slightly different for me, because not many of them started when they were 14," Moneghetti says.
Training with the likes of 2012 Olympic runner Colis Birmingham and other local athletes at the peak of their fitness, serves as a reminder about the toll decades of intense exercise has taken on his body.
"I've been the leader of running in Ballarat for twenty years, so it's a really difficult dichotomy at the moment where all the guys want to show respect to me, but I understand I'm slowing them down, so we're in a bit of a transitional phase at the moment."
Moneghetti's schedule these days is made up of runs, appearances and motivational talks around Australia.
With charity and competitive marathons held almost every weekend on the national calendar, the running movement is showing no signs of abating
He says a growing number of people are starting to get addicted to the 'uncontrolled and empowering space' that comes with long distance running.
"There wouldn't be a week go by when I wouldn't talk to people about how convenient running is compared to needing a pool, carrying a bike with you, or god forbid being a pole vaulter or a javelin thrower," Moneghetti says.
"To see so many people out when I go out exercising, and to think that I've played a minor role in that, is really fulfilling."
Moneghetti admits he's now starting to think about incorporating exercise, such as cycling and walking, that put less strain on his body.
But with a deeply entrenched feeling that long-distance running was something he was born to do, Moneghetti can never see himself being without it.
"For me it's a really important part of my life, in fact it is my life."


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The Pumpkin Carving King
Sunday, October 28
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Kick off Fall with this Halloween theme painting, show it off to your friends and family during the upcoming holiday season! It even glows like a jack-o-lantern under a Black Light! ;)
The Perfect Night Out
Enjoy drinks, upbeat music and hanging out with your favorite people while you paint! It's as fun for first-time painters as it is for experienced artists.
Fun Atmosphere
From the moment you walk in, the mood is light, the music is fun and the conversation comes easy!
Easy to Do
You don't need to be a seasoned painter — we make it easy for everyone to find their inner artist!
Sit Together
You'll get seats with all your friends, even if you book separately. Just tell us your friends' names when you register.
Paint Your Way
There's no rule that says you have to follow the artist's steps. It's your art, so paint it however you like!
Frequently Asked Questions
Check out our FAQs to learn more about what to expect from your Pinot's Palette experience or feel free to call the studio to speak to a member of our staff.
How do I sign up for a class?
Its as easy as clicking on "Event Calendar" at the top of the screen. This will display the calendar for that location. Select which painting you would like to paint and click "Sign Up For This Class." Follow the on-screen directions to complete the order. Contact us if you have trouble completing your order and we will walk you through the process.
What is your age policy for public classes?
Daytime painting events- all ages. Evening painting events- 13+ with an adult. We also occasionally offer kid's and Family Paint specific classes.
Do I need a reservation?
Reservations are not required but are highly recommended in case the class is sold out. We have assigned seating such that if you don't have a reservation but your friends do, you may not be able to sit with them. If you don't have a reservation, please arrive approximately 30 minutes early so we can get you set up and settled in.
Is payment required in advance?
We take payment at the time of reservation. We do take walk-ins but we cannot guarantee we will have availability.
Is there reserved seating?
Yes, we have your easel set up for you at your spot before you arrive for class. If you have friends attending the class that you'd like to sit by, you can let us know when you book the class by specifying their names, or you can send us an email. Just make sure to give us at least 24 hours notice!


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Many school districts find it more and more difficult to function effectively on the support received from state and federal funds. Most school administrators and teachers are aware that grants are available from both federal agencies and private organizations. However, they usually do not know the sources of grant funds, and they do not have the time to research what grants are available and how to obtain grant funds.
Grantseeking and grant writing are, in fact, time-consuming endeavors that require concentrated effort, commitment, and persistence on the part of the grantseeker and grant writer. Some districts have realized that these efforts amount to full-time activities that require the support of a grant development office.
Through such an office, a district can better coordinate the technical skills of grant writing with the expertise of program specialists to develop more effective grant proposals. Office personnel also become knowledgeable on the types of grants available, the standard application procedures, and the differing requirements of each grant.
Grants offices typically collect a variety of information and set up their own reference library, which includes books, directories, newsletters, and names of organizations and contacts who can provide current information on federal, corporate, and foundation grants. Listed below are the four basic steps in the process of seeking grant funds.
Before undertaking any grantseeking, a district or campus must first identify its needs by conducting a thorough needs assessment. Successful grants are always designed to meet compelling and clearly defined needs, not just to secure funding. If the needs statement does not contain substantial, justifiable needs, the proposal will be turned down.
Furthermore, the very process of defining needs helps a prospective grantee match its needs with the requirements of specific grant sources. This translates, in turn, into more efficient use of time and a greater likelihood of successful funding.
The very best way to start investigating grant opportunities is to visit one of the regional foundation libraries, which are located at most major universities. These libraries provide current and comprehensive information, free of charge, on funding sources and grantsmanship. With advance notice, library personnel can also compile materials in your particular area of interest.
Make an appointment with a librarian to review the available materials and then decide if you need to purchase additional publications to inform and assist in the grantseeking process. At the same time, obtain the names and addresses of corporate grantors and private foundations that fund organizations similar to yours; later, you can request in writing to be placed on their mailing lists.
If you are interested in federal funding, make a habit of reviewing the Federal Register for Requests for Comments, which are required of all federal programs. The comment period not only provides an opportunity to comment on the program but also outlines the preliminary program priorities of the potential funding source. With this information you can begin working on your proposal right away instead of waiting for a formal Request for Proposal (RFP) to be issued.
This extra time is especially valuable since the period between the announcement and the deadline is usually too brief to accommodate the typical in-district approval process, particularly if it involves the local board of education.
After becoming acquainted with the different aspects of grants, attend training classes on grant writing. Grant writing is an art that needs to be developed through continuous practice. Volunteering to be a reader of grants can increase your writing skills. This activity will familiarize you with the terms and styles used in grant writing and with how to address federal agencies, corporations, and private foundations when you request funding.
Most grants are designed for institutions rather than individuals, which means teachers face special challenges when seeking grant funds to implement innovative ideas in the classroom. In those districts with established grants departments, teachers should confer with the campus principal to determine the availability of individual grants. Depending on district procedure, either the superintendent, the principal, or the teacher would contact their school district grants department and request that all available information be forwarded to the teacher.
In those districts without such services, the teacher should still consult with the appropriate administrative personnel, but ultimately he or she will need to become a campus-level specialist on grants. Individual teachers would use the process suggested above for acquiring information on grants and grant writing. Additionally, however, they would likely have to present their findings to central office administration in order to secure district-wide support for the grants process.
Once the grant process is underway, the applicant must be careful to meet all the requirements outlined in the RFP or other grant guidelines. Since these requirements are described in narrative form only, it might be helpful to devise a checklist to ensure that all necessary information is included.
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UTC Theatre presents The Winter's Tale, a comedy by William Shakespeare, in the Dorothy Hackett Ward Theatre. Performances are on April 10th – 14th at 7 p.m. and s 2 p.m. matinee on Saturday, April 14th.
A wronged queen, a jealous king, and their virtuous daughter find love and redemption in the fantastic worlds of Sicilia and Bohemia. One of Shakespeare's later plays, The Winter's Tale is frequently referred to as a romance, combining humor with a sense of sadness or loss.
The Winter's Tale will be performed by UTC Theatre students Kaleb Moran, Stephanie Hirsh, Brandon McCravy, Casey Lemons, Nicole Pavol, Kristina Lumm, Jarred Clemons, Emanuel Clark, Will Park, Thomas McNamara, Michael Haggarty, Kimberly Skoda, Loui Clagett, Megan Cobb, Troy Jensen, Austin Blackburn, Grace Holtz, Tarik Issa, Matthew Erwin, Justin Holderman, Nate Dallimore, Trevor Miles, Rebecca Rouse, Iesha Vann, Madeleine Young, and Sophia Zinkann.
Guest artist and UTC Theatre Department alumnus Larry Von Werssowetz, designed the sets, assisted by his son Doug Von Werssowetz; properties are by UTC Faculty member Gaye Jeffers, who also designed the sounds of the production. UTC Theatre student Alex Miller-Long, designed the lighting, with technical direction by UTC Faculty member John R. Burgess.
Guest designer Angela Youells Sweet, assisted by UTC student Jessica Thomas, created the costume design. UTC student Kimberly Skoda choreographed the play and UTC Faculty member Kate Forbes-Dallimore edited the text and served as vocal coach.
For ticket information, call the UTC Fine Arts Center box office at 425-4269 or by visiting the Fine Arts Center website at www.tickettracks.com.
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- Were you looking for the rare mob in Tanaan Jungle, Grand Warlock Nethekurse?
Grand Warlock Nethekurse, a fel orc warlock, is the first boss of the Shattered Halls of Hellfire Citadel.
When you approach Grand Warlock Nethekurse, he will have 4 non-elite Fel Orc Converts standing in front of him. After the 4th of these are killed (the order does not matter), Nethekurse will attack the group. Nethekurse has some humorous quips to say while the party is killing the Fel Converts. If the group takes too long to kill the last of the four, Nethekurse will kill it himself and aggro the party.
Throughout the fight, he will place down 'Void Zones' that will begin to do 1000 Shadow damage per second after 1 second of being placed. Moving out of these as soon as possible is advisable for everyone including the tank. You will get a second or two of warning that one of these zones is spawning when a translucent, circular red graphic appears around the player. The actual damage-dealing Void Zone appears as a purple vertical column, and will persist for a while. There may be a few of these active once the fight has begun.
He will also Death Coil random people which will do 2000 Shadow damage to the person hit, fear them for 4 seconds, and heal Nethekurse (presumably for 2000 HP).
At around 20% HP, Nethekurse will engage his 'Dark Spin' ability, in which he will begin to hit anyone directly around him for 2000 Physical damage and spit out Shadowbolts at random people in the group in rapid succession. The Shadowbolts hit for approximately 1500 Shadow Damage, and it is best to burn his remaining HP as quick as possible to limit deaths and a possible wipe. He will not move while enraged, so its best for the tank and any melee to back on out, and everyone can DPS from range, including the healer and tank if they can (warriors can use reflect if they can build enough rage). If a rogue is in the group, it is recommended that they save both the [Cloak of Shadows] and [Evasion] abilities until he begins this attack, as it will allow them to continue meleeing the boss for a longer amount of time.
So long as everyone pays attention to the void zones, the boss is relatively easy. Prayer of Shadow Protection, or Shadow Protection aura helps a lot, as do good sets of Shadow Protection armor and potions.
At one point, it was possible to be Death Coiled through the walls and doors of Nethekurse's room where players were then stuck; this has since been fixed.
Heroic Mode
He does some extra damage on heroic, but not significantly more. The Void Zones are far more deadly, as expected, but the same one second rule applies to get out of them. Getting to his room is often more of a challenge than taking him down.
- Death Coil on Fel Orc Convert
- Run, coward, run!
- Shadow Sear on Fel Orc Convert
- Your pain amuses me!
- Void Zone on Fel Orc Convert
- Beg for your pitiful life!
- Fel Orc Convert aggroes
- You want him? Very well, take him!
- You can have that one, I no longer need him!
- Yes, beat him mercilessly! His skull is as thick as an ogre's!
- Don't waste your time on that one, he's weak!
- Fel Orc Convert dies
- One pitiful wretch down. Go on, take another one!
- I was going to kill him anyway!
- Ah, what a waste... next!
- Aggro
- (With 4 Fel Orc Converts dead) Thank you for saving me the trouble. Now it's my turn to have some fun!
- (With 4 Fel Orc Converts alive) You wish to fight us all at once? This should be amusing!
- Killing a player
- You lose.
- I had more fun torturing the peons!
- I'm already bored!
- Death
- What... a shame.


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Thursday marks one year since Millinocket paper mill reopened
Company holding event at mill to celebrate
Great Northern Paper is holding a celebration marking the first anniversary of the reopening of its East Millinocket mill.
Great Northern Paper retirees, families and the public are invited to Thursday morning's event at the mill.
Cate Street Capital of Portsmouth, N.H., bought two shuttered paper mills in East Millinocket and Millinocket last September.
It reopened the East Millinocket mill the following month, ultimately putting more than 250 people back to work and relaunching the historic Great Northern Paper brand.
Cate Street is planning to build a wood pellet production facility on the site of the Millinocket mill, which closed in 2008.
U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud and Maine Economic Development Commissioner George Gervais will attend the celebration, along with Cate Street Capital officials and local elected officials and business leaders.


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Jax has made the kinds of mistakes that should lead to them getting totally buried. The Packers' offensive line is having the worst game they've had in years. Absolutely awful. Alex Green is not good – no question. But the line is giving him nowhere to go. And they are doing a terrible job of protecting Rodgers.
Regardless of what the Jax does here at the end of the half – the Pack better come out and go crazy in the second half.


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Sources tell NBC News that NASA will provide further support for the development of the Boeing Co.'s CST-100 capsule (left), Sierra Nevada Corp.'s Dream Chaser space plane (middle) and SpaceX's Dragon capsule (right).
Update for 12:55 p.m. ET Aug. 3: Boeing, SpaceX and Sierra Nevada are due to receive up to $1.1 billion to continue work on spaceships that could be carrying astronauts to orbit in the 2015-2017 time frame. Check out today's updated story.
My earlier report from Aug. 2: Teams headed by the Boeing Co., SpaceX and Sierra Nevada Corp. will be receiving hundreds of millions of dollars from NASA over the next 21 months for further development of spaceships capable of transporting astronauts to and from the International Space Station, knowledgeable sources told NBC News today.
NASA is to make the official announcement of the winning commercial teams on Friday morning — but NBC News' Cape Canaveral correspondent, Jay Barbree, received word from two sources who were informed of the decision in advance, on condition of anonymity. The sources did not discuss how much money any of the companies would be receiving.
The coming phase of the spaceship development effort — known as Commercial Crew Integrated Capability, or CCiCap — is aimed at producing the design for an entire launch system, including the "space taxi" capsule and launch vehicle as well as ground and recovery operations. The three companies tapped for future funding already have received hundreds of millions of dollars from NASA during earlier development phases. Boeing has gotten $131 million for work on its proposed CST-100 capsule, Sierra Nevada has been allotted more than $125 million for its Dream Chaser space plane, and SpaceX has won $75 million to upgrade its Dragon space capsule to carry crew.
SpaceX, known more formally as Space Exploration Technologies, has also received almost $400 million from a separate NASA program to support the development of the Dragon and Falcon 9 rocket for cargo deliveries to the space station. The successful flight of a Dragon to the station and back in May opened up the way for SpaceX to start regular cargo deliveries under a $1.6 billion contract with NASA.
Representatives of SpaceX and Sierra Nevada had no comment on the news. NASA said it would not announce the agreements until Friday morning, as scheduled. Efforts to contact Boeing were unsuccessful so far tonight. The Wall Street Journal, meanwhile, quoted industry sources as saying that Boeing and SpaceX were expected to share the bulk of NASA's CCiCap money, and that Sierra Nevada seemed likely to emerge with a smaller award.
NASA invited companies to submit proposals in the range of $300 million to $500 million for development of their spaceship designs through May 2014, with potential optional milestones as well. Under an agreement with congressional leaders, the space agency will provide the full negotiated amount for two companies, plus half of the requested funds for a third company. It's an arrangement I like to call "Two and a Half Spacemen," playing off the title of the popular CBS sitcom.
What about the also-rans?
Other companies sought unsuccessfully to win CCiCap funding — most prominently, a consortium that included ATK, Lockheed Martin and Astrium. The consortium's Liberty launch system would adapt the ATK-manufactured solid rocket booster that was used for the space shuttle and the now-canceled Ares 1 rocket. The second stage would be based on Astrium's Ariane rocket. The composite capsule would be provided by Lockheed Martin, which is the prime contractor for NASA's more capable Orion deep-space capsule.
Other contenders from previous rounds of development included Blue Origin, which was founded by Amazon.com billionaire Jeff Bezos; and Excalibur Almaz, which is adapting Russian technology for its launch system.
NASA officials have said they'd be willing to continue advising the also-rans on an unfunded basis. On the other side of the table, all of the companies involved in the CCiCap competition have said they intended to continue spaceship development efforts even if they didn't win NASA's financial support, but at a reduced pace.
What lies ahead?
Boeing, SpaceX and Sierra Nevada have said their spaceships could be ready for NASA's use in the 2015-2016 time frame if they received adequate funding from the space agency. Last month, Ed Mango, NASA's manager for the Commercial Crew Program, told me that the middle of the decade seemed doable, but suggested that 2015 might be too soon.
"By the end of the base period, you need to have an integrated design that you have talked with the government about," Mango said. Actually launching a demonstration spaceflight with a crew might serve as an optional milestone, he added.
Boeing and Sierra Nevada are partnering with other companies to develop their launch system — and the most notable partner in both cases is United Launch Alliance, which could launch Boeing's CST-100 as well as Sierra Nevada's Dream Chaser on its Atlas 5 rockets. SpaceX, in contrast, is pursuing its effort on a solo basis.
With last year's retirement of the space shuttle fleet, NASA must depend on the Russians to transport U.S. astronauts to and from the space station, at a cost of around $60 million a seat. All of the companies involved in the Commercial Crew Program say they can do the job for less money than the Russians. In comparison, the cost of flying the space shuttle was estimated at $1 billion or more per mission.
Like the shuttle, the new space taxis are being designed to carry up to seven astronauts.
The commercial space taxis are an essential piece of the strategy worked out by the White House and NASA to free up money for the development of the Orion multipurpose crew vehicle as well as a heavy-lifting Space Launch System. The Orion and SLS would be used for exploration beyond Earth orbit, featuring trips to a near-Earth asteroid by 2025 and journeys to Mars and its moons in the 2030s.
Update for 11:15 p.m. ET: I want to emphasize that Jay's sources did not tell him which companies are getting more or less money than other companies. They only named the three companies. The Wall Street Journal's report suggests that Boeing and SpaceX will be getting more money than Sierra Nevada, but we don't have any information about that angle of the story. NASA promises that all will be revealed in the morning, and of course we'll pass that along.
More about the spaceship competition:
- Follow the money in the commercial space race
- Handicapping the commercial space race
- Why SpaceX is setting the pace in the space race
- Cosmic Log archive on commercial space
Alan Boyle is NBCNews.com's science editor. Connect with the Cosmic Log community by "liking" the log's Facebook page, following @b0yle on Twitter and adding the Cosmic Log page to your Google+ presence. To keep up with Cosmic Log as well as NBCNews.com's other stories about science and space, sign up for the Tech & Science newsletter, delivered to your email in-box every weekday. You can also check out "The Case for Pluto," my book about the controversial dwarf planet and the search for new worlds.


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Approximately 2 days after installing Ubuntu 11.10 through the Wubi installer while running Windows Vista (32-Bit) I have been experiencing occasional BSOD when I have my Windows OS running. Initially the first two I have no idea why my computer crashed, it was just on the desktop screen when it crashed after being left on for like 30 minutes.
The most recent BSOD was after I went to print a few documents using my printer while on Windows Vista; as a side note, my printer was also added to the Ubuntu OS before I had started printing (on the printer list). When that crash happened, the BSOD screen mentioned the saying the printer driver of my printer.


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