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Salvi Harps
Salvi's History
It was a passionate commitment to the improvement of his art that drove the young harpist, Victor Salvi, to build his first harp in 1954. Today, this same commitment serves as the foundation for Salvi Harps, where craftsmen and engineers work side by side, devoted to the integration of the time honored tradition of old-world craftsmanship with the continuing technological advancements of the 20th century. This marriage of science and art has resulted in a truly superior instrument, an exquisite harp whose deep, rich, melodic tone resonates throughout concert halls and practice rooms around the world.
Master craftsmen at the Salvi Harp Workshop, nestled in the hills of the picturesque Italian countryside, take great pride in individually handcrafting each instrument. It is under these craftsmen's watchful eyes, that each harp is built with the strictest quality control standards from only the finest woods. Spruce is hand-selected from the tone-rich forests of Europe, the same forests from which the world's greatest violins have been produced, and solid White Maple from the lush forests of Upper Michigan is chosen for its stability and resilience.
These woods are crafted into an instrument of great beauty, whose very composition is inspired by the music of the harp. From the magnificent wood inlay on the Arianna to the sculpted column of the Scolpita, Salvi harps has continually departed from the traditional designs of the period, always striving to evolve the art form.
This quest for evolution, combined with years of research and development, has placed Salvi Harps at the forefront of innovative harp design. Intensive research on the mechanics of the harp led to the introduction of the first corrosion-resistant stainless-steel action. An action that utilizes specially engineered nylon bushings and double bearing surfaces to reduce friction within the harp, thus, allowing the pedals to move freely with the action, in one silent, fluid motion. Salvi strove to further improve the performance capabilities of the harp through the invention of a high-grade laminated neck. The resilience of this laminated neck adds structural resistance to the pull of the strings, safeguarding the harp against any damage to the neck while at the same time, sustaining its intonation.
It is this continual quest for perfection in design and construction that has resulted in an instrument of brilliant expression, producing perfect half-tones and precise pitch, an instrument worthy of the performers for whom it is created. It is with these instruments that Salvi Harps extends our commitment to the future advancement of the harp. For every music lover, young student, or professional, we stand behind this commitment in our unwavering support of the fine art of harp performance. From sponsoring masterclasses and competitions throughout the world, to commissioning outstanding new works for the harp, Salvi Harps truly offers each harpist the tools through which beautiful music may be created.
Craftsmanship and Design
As aesthetic and engineering masterpieces, Salvi harps are created with an equal mixture of artistic and technological expertise. These two types of expertise work hand-in-hand at Salvi to such an extent that it is impossible to discuss aspects of one without touching upon facets of the other. The visible physical beauty of the Salvi column with its intricate hand carving and gilding, for example, is supported by the unseen beauty of the physics behind the column's design.
Responsible for bearing almost one and a quarter (1-1/4) tons of tension, Salvi columns are tilted against the angled pull of the strings, creating a balanced and stable triangle of column, strings, and neck.
As another area of the harp forced to endure several tons of pressure, the soundboard must be carefully designed and engineered. Each piece of high-quality European spruce used in Salvi soundboards is tested with an Ultrasound meter to discover the potential acoustical output for a particular piece of spruce. Salvi master craftsmen and engineers can then pinpoint the optimum location on the soundboard for that piece of spruce to produce the balanced tonal quality sought by harpists worldwide. Superb soundboard engineering is complemented by artistry in decoration, depicting floral or geometric designs. Expert Italian craftsmen hand paint all soundboard decorations, a feature unique to Salvi harps.
Innovation and Service
The quest to build the perfect harp is one that requires the relentless dedication and innovation Salvi has shown throughout the years. Salvi actions were the first to be constructed of corrosion-resistant stainless steel with nylon bearings, giving the Salvi action its silent, fluid motion and producing less friction inside the harp. This, in turn, assures a long life for the mechanism. Your harp's most pressure- sensitive area, its neck, is crafted from many laminations of beech glued together under high pressure to form an impenetrable bond between wood and adhesives, thereby safeguarding against the danger of a cracked neck. Since the laminations run predominately 90 degrees to the harp strings, structural resistance is added to the pull of the strings. This unique Salvi neck also allows the harp to maintain its intonation and regulation for a long period of time.
While the crafting of a superior quality harp is the primary aim of the Salvi company, it is by no means Salvi's only contribution to the harp world. With offices all over the globe offering a variety of services from road regulation to selling strings and harp accessories, Salvi provides technical support and assistance to harpists worldwide. Salvi also participates in numerous programs that foster the art of harp playing, such as sponsoring recitals, establishing national harp competitions, and publishing a variety of harp music.
*We work really hard to keep the prices on our web site as up-to-date as possible. Some of our harps come with special finishes, decorations or additional levers and are priced accordingly. We occasionally have "slightly used" harps for somewhat less. All prices are subject to change without notice; call us and we'll be happy to quote you current prices and finish availability on all our harps.


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Over 600 Books Stolen After World War II Returned to Owner
- by Michael Stillman
California Turkey Vulture from John James Audubon's Birds of America (courtesy Sotheby's).
Over 600 stolen books from World War II were recently returned to their rightful owner. This is not the typical war era returned books story. The normal story, common even today as repatriation has become better recognized as the right course, involves books looted by the Nazis. The Nazis stole books, art, and everything else they could lay their hands on, primarily from Jews and others they considered enemies at home, and from the lands they overran during the war. All these years later, many of the books and artifacts are finally making their way back to their rightful owners, often heirs of owners they murdered.
So here is a different story. Some books were also looted from German libraries. This came primarily at the close of the war, when Allied soldiers captured and temporarily occupied Germany. Considering the atrocities committed by the Nazis, and the casualties inflicted on Allied soldiers, some may have had little sympathy for German institutions. Losing books pales in comparison to losing lives. They may have seen this as the spoils of war rather than stealing.
Stealing was not the major cause of books being lost. There was heavy bombing of Germany and the buildings of many institutions were destroyed. This was the case of the Bonn University and State Library. They lost 180,000 books, and most were almost certainly destroyed during the war. However, some were removed to safe places, in this case, a bunker in Bonn. Some of those books also disappeared. Fortunately for the library, it had extensive records of its collection. It knew what was missing, even it it didn't know the books' fate, whether they still existed or had been destroyed.
Over 600 of these books missing since around 1945 recently showed up at Sotheby's auction house in London. They had been consigned to Sotheby's by Tania Grégoire, a Belgian woman. She had no knowledge of their origin. She inherited them from her father. Sotheby's routinely checks consignments for legitimacy of their background. These books were particularly suspicious. Sotheby's noticed that most of the titles were the same as those missing from the Bonn library. Some were missing title pages or had torn pages where indicia was likely removed, signs that someone was hiding their origin. Some still had identifying markings, such as Bonn library numbers. Sotheby's contacted the Bonn University Library and it did not take long before the identity of these books was known.
It turned out that Ms. Grégoire's father was a Belgian soldier during the war. He had been stationed in Bonn after the war's conclusion. While how he ended up with the books cannot be ascertained with certainty, it is likely that he and/or other Belgian soldiers had taken these books back home with them from Bonn. Ms. Grégoire, unaware of their origin, proved to be very cooperative. She willingly returned the books, and did receive a finder's fee for her efforts. However, that amount was nowhere near as valuable as the books she returned.
Among the books were some valuable medieval manuscripts, dating as far back as the 13th century. There were also 15th century prints and historical maps. Of particular interest to Americans was a collection of bird books once owned by Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied. Maximilian visited America in the 1830s and provided one of the best accounts of America's midwestern Indians before their way of life was too deeply altered by Europeans. He was accompanied by artist Karl Bodmer, whose illustrations of American natives are among the best ever created. Among Maximilian's bird books was a first octavo edition of John James Audubon's Birds of America.
The Bonn University Library has received some stolen books back before, though nothing on this level. In 2011, an American soldier returned a book himself. In 2018, three more books were returned from America, this time by the heirs of an American soldier.
According to Charlotte Miller, Specialist in Books and Manuscripts at Sotheby's in London, their restitution and specialists department examines approximately 15,000 books, manuscripts, art works and other lots annually brought to their European locations. Typically, only a few dozen items need further attention, and these are usually only single items. "So," she noted, "the scope of the present return is unprecedented for Sotheby's."

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Coronavirus: Thirty-two new cases, just four positives out of 707 tested in Paphos
Thirty-two new Covid-19 cases were announced by the health ministry on Wednesday evening, bringing the total number to 526.
Of the new cases, 24 were identified via contact tracing of previously confirmed infections. Eight are having their background history investigated.
A total of 14,273 tests have been carried out which have resulted in the 526 positive results, said virologist Leontios Kostrikis.
From the 526 cases, 390 originated in Cyprus.
Today's cases were identified via 1256 tests.
Four of Wednesday's confirmed infections relate to two nurses from Larnaca general hospital and two nurses at the Famagusta hospital.
"People with the Sars-CoV-2 infection are circulating among the population and until they are detected they may transmit it to others," Kostrikis said.
"Particular care is required because some people with the infection are asymptomatic, which makes the situation even more dangerous."
More details on the epidemiological picture of the last few days will be announced tomorrow, he said.
From Tuesday's results, four cases were under investigation but as of today contacts have been traced for two of them.
A total of 52 people have recovered and have been discharged from hospital.
The highest number of cases recorded so far was on April 1 when 58 Covid-19 infections were confirmed. Since then, there has been a steady – yet stubborn – decrease in the number of cases, though Wednesday's number is a significant increase from previous days.
Experts have praised the overall positive trend but have warned against complacency.
"There are calls in some European countries for a reduction in measures," said Dr Marios Loizou, clinical director of Okypy.
"This forced the World Health Organisation to issue a new warning against the early lifting of restrictive measures," Loizou said. "It was described as a patient who gets out of bed too early as being at a risk of relapse."
A total of 5,090 checks carried out from 6pm on Tuesday until 6am on Wednesday led to just 76 people being booked for violating the decree on restricted movement, down from 127 during the same period the previous night.
In the north, one more case was announced bringing the total to 95. They have also recorded three Covid-19 related deaths.
Out of 707 Covid-19 tests carried out in Paphos in recent days only four were positive, the town's mayor tweeted on Wednesday afternoon.
He gave the news before the official announcement of the daily tally made every evening at 6pm, but this number was later confirmed in the announcement by the health ministry.
Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos said the 0.56 per cent Covid-19 infection rate related to a population of 52,000 thousand.
Tests in the Paphos area were ramped up as the region became a so-called hotspot for infections. Health authorities sought to gain control of the situation by focusing testing in Paphos and gain a clearer picture of what they are up against.
The good news, so far, from Paphos was echoed by Loizou's emphasis on the lifting of restrictions in Wuhan. The Chinese city was the epicentre of the Covid-19 outbreak.
"Wuhan celebrated the lifting of some measures. At the time the measures sounded distant and strange but we are now experiencing almost the same restrictions," he said.
"The opening of Wuhan shows us that there is light at the end of the tunnel. We must be patient. There is a right time for everything."
As of 3pm on Wednesday, 24 patients are being cared for in the referral hospital in Famagusta. Three of them are receiving ICU assistance.
Thirteen patients are intubated, two at the ICU in Limassol and 11 in Nicosia. They are in stable but critical conditions.
Five have been discharged.


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Economy of New York
♫ Monday, August 3rd, 2009
In 2006, New York's gross state product was over one trillion dollars, which ranks it third behind California and Texas. New York would have the sixteenth largest economy in the world if it were its own independent nation. Statistics show that the people of New York average out to making forty thousand dollars a year. New York's agricultural strengths and outputs are in dairy products, vegetables, nursery stock, cattle and other livestock and apples. Its large industry outputs are in printing and publishing, electric equipment, scientific instruments, chemicals, machinery and tourism.
New York is a state that exports a wide variety of things like food items of all different sorts, minerals, computers, electronics, commodities, automobile parts and cut diamonds. New York exported nearly seventy two billion dollars worth of goods in 2007. Its five largest foreign export markets were with Canada, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Israel and Hong Kong. The largest imports to New York are oil, natural gas, gold, aluminum, rough diamonds, electricity and lumber. Canada has been an important economic partner for some time. Twenty one percent of the state's worldwide exports were shipped to Canada in 2007. New York also receives many tourists from our neighbors to the north in Canada. It was calculated that Canadians spent almost five hundred million dollars in 2004.
New York City is New York's leading center of banking, finance, and communications. It is not only the state's leader in these fields, but is also the top leader of America. The New York Stock Exchange is also located in New York City and is the largest exchange of this type in the world. Many of the world's largest corporations are based in New York City. New York also has a large manufacturing sector that thrives off printing and publishing, production of garments and furs, bus line vehicles and railroad equipment. Many of these latter industries are concentrated in upstate New York. Both Hudson Valley and Albany are centers of nanotechnology and microchip manufacturing. All along the Hudson, there are a myriad of different manufacturing hubs. New York is a leader in agricultural production, too. It ranks in the top five states for agricultural production.
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About New York Cheesecake
♫ Saturday, June 13th, 2009
Cheesecake is one of the most common and popular desserts in the world today. It is also one of the oldest made from a dairy product other than milk. Cheesecakes can be made of ricotta cheese, havarti, quark, or more usually, cream cheese. Other ingredients such as sugar, eggs, cream and fruit are often mixed in, too. This is the reason why there are so many types of cheesecakes because the number of recipes you can come up with are virtually unlimited. New York cheesecake is cheesecake that is as pure as it gets with no fancy ingredients added either to the cheesecake or placed on top of it. It is made with pure cream cheese, cream, eggs, and sugar. Everybody has his or her own ideas and visions of New York Style Cheesecake. If you ask New Yorkers, only the great cheesecake makers are located in New York, and the only people who really know what a good cheesecake is are also in New York.
In the 1900s, cheesecakes were all the rage in New York. Every restaurant had their special recipe. The actual name "New York Cheesecake" came from the fact that New Yorkers referred to the cheesecakes made in New York as "New York Cheesecake." If you're a New Yorker, your motto is that "If it's not a cheesecake made in New York, then it's not a cheesecake." There are probably many who will disagree with that. In 1929, a gentleman by the name of Arnold Reuben, owner of the legendary Turf Restaurant at 49th and Broadway in New York City, claimed that his family developed the first cream -cheese cake recipe. While there is no actual proof that this is true, nobody has stepped forward as of yet to refute that claim. All the other bakeries used cottage cheese. The legend of cream cheese cake goes something like this.
Reuben was served a cheese pie in a private home and he just fell in love with the dessert. He used the recipe for the pie and some ingredients that he provided and began to work on his own recipe for the perfect cream cheese cake. In time, he began to serve this cake at his restaurant at 49th and Broadway. In no time this cheesecake became popular with everyone who went to his restaurant and eventually word of this wonderful dessert spread all over New York. Well, at least that's what the legend says. But how is it that we were even able to make a cake out of cream cheese? Well, to answer that question you have to go back to the year 1872. American dairymen made an amazing breakthrough that brought about the Modern Age of cheesecakes. In attempting to duplicate the popular Neufchatel cheese of France, they came up with a formula for an un-ripened cheese that was even richer and creamier. They decided on the name, cream cheese. The method for producing cream cheese was actually discovered by William Lawrence of Chester, New York.
It wasn't until 1880 however, that the biggest manufacturer of cream cheese ever, Kraft, got into the business of producing what was called Philadelphia Brand Cream Cheese for a distributor in New York by the name of Reynolds. In 1912, James Kraft came up with a method to pasteurize cream cheese and soon after that other manufacturers began to make dairy products with this new kind of cream cheese, including cheesecake. Wherever the New York cheesecake recipe came from, and whatever person or family we have to thank for it, it has become a landmark on our culinary landscape and one of the cornerstones of what we now call American cuisine.


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Hemen Majumdar fue un pintor indio nacido en 1871 y fallecido en 1948. Su pintura más popular es Lady with Lamp (en español, Mujer con Lámpara) que representa la soledad de la mujer. En 2002 se produjo un enorme revuelo cuando esa pintura fue robada y encontrada en poder de un traficante de arte.

Primeros años
Hemen Majumdar nació en la localidad de Kishoregunj, en la India Británica actualmente Bangladés.

En 1910, ingresó en la Escuela Gubernamental de Arte en Calcuta y desde 1911 a 1915 estudió en la Jubilee Art School, de Calcuta.

Carrera
Hemen Majumdar pintó las puertas que darían la bienvenida a Jorge V del Reino Unido en su visita a la India en 1911.

En 1919, fundó la Academia India de las Bellas Artes en Calcuta junto con Jogeshchandra Seal, Jamini Roy, Bhabani Charan Law y Atul Bose. Igualmente también publicó un periódico Shilpi, con A.C. Mukhopadhyay.

Premios
 1921-22 Primer premio, Bombay Art Exhibition, Bombay.

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Su perfil en la Delhi Art Gallery

Bibliografía
 Indian Painting, by Percy Brown. Published by Y. M. C. A. publishing house, 1960.
 Indian Painting, by Philip S. Rawson. Published by P.Tisné, 1961.
 Indian Painting: The Scene, Themes, and Legends, by Mohindar Singh Randhawa, John Kenneth Galbraith. Published by Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
 Indian Painting, by Douglas E. Barrett, Basil Gray. Published by Skira, 1978. ISBN 0-8478-0160-8.
 A History of Indian Painting: The Modern Period by Krishna Chaitanya. Published by Abhinav Publications, 1994. ISBN 81-7017-310-8.

Pintores de India del siglo XX
Bangladesíes del siglo XX

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Tesla Self Driving Fatal Crash in California
April 2, 2018 | Mark Siesel
On March 23, 2018, a self driving Tesla SUV crashed while the vehicle was operating on autopilot in Mountain View, California. According to a spokesperson for Tesla, Walter Huang, 38, a software engineer for Apple, did not have his hands on the steering wheel for approximately six seconds before the fatal crash occurred.
Tesla maintains that its "autopilot" system can brake, accelerate, control speed, change lanes and self-park, but does require that the operator must keep his or her eyes on the road and hands on the steering wheel so that they can control the vehicle to prevent accidents.
Tesla contends that in the March 23rd accident, Mr. Huang took no evasive measures to prevent the Model X SUV from colliding with a concrete divider. This despite allegedly receiving "several visual and one audible hands on warning earlier in the drive". Photographic evidence shows that the front of the SUV was destroyed, the roof torn from the car and the front wheels were off the vehicle and on the roadway. Additionally, the vehicle went on fire, but Tesla alleges that Mr. Huang was not in the vehicle when this occurred. Further, the accident was worsened as a result of a missing or damaged safety shield at the end of the barrier, which is designed to reduce the impact into the divider. Continue reading ›
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NFL Settlement Of Concussion Class Action Lawsuit With Former Players–Is It Adequate?
August 13, 2015 | Mark Siesel
There was an interesting editorial by Joe Nocera of the New York Times on August 11, 2015 as to the NFL's settlement with thousands of its ex-players and their families of a class action lawsuit alleging that the NFL knew of, and failed to disclose, the serious long terms effects and cognitive impairment caused by repeated concussions. Essentially, Nocera concludes that despite the amount of the settlement, and the conditions it covers, it is woefully inadequate.
One of the well-known victims of the repeated concussions, which leads to a condition known as "CTE", or chronic traumatic encephalopathy, was Junior Seau, a Hall of Fame linebacker who played for several NFL teams including the San Diego Chargers and New England Patriots. Seau, who committed suicide at the age of 43 three years ago, shot himself in the chest so that his brain could be studied by the National Institutes of Health, as well as the Boston University CTE Center. Dave Duerson, a tremendous defensive back for the Chicago Bears and New York Giants, was another ex-player who intentionally shot himself in the chest so that his brain could be studied, so convinced was he that the loss of memory and cognitive functioning he was suffering from were caused by the effects of repeated concussions and the devastating effects of CTE. This neurodegenerative disease leads to an accumulation of a sticky substance known as "tau", which interferes with brain function, and results in a number of serious debilitating effects, including mood swings, depression, headaches, poor impulse control, loss of memory, dementia, and in some cases, Alzheimer's Disease, ALS, or Parkinson's Disease.
The lawsuit by the former players and their families, as well as approximately 200 players who "opted out" of the class action to bring their own claims, including the family of Junior Seau, notes that the NFL "held itself out as the guardian and authority on the issue of player safety", but in fact knew of the risks of CTE and other neurological conditions from repeated concussions and kept this knowledge from the players, and did not change league regulations to minimize the risk of concussions.
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Tragic DWI Crash in Cutchogue
July 23, 2015 | Mark Siesel
This past Saturday, July 18, 2015, there was an horrific DWI crash in Cutchogue on Long Island. An intoxicated driver of a pick up truck that collided with a limousine and killed four women attempted to leave the scene of the accident. Police reported that the driver of the pick up truck, Carlos Romeo, 55, got out of his truck after the crash and walked approximately 1000 feet, climbed a fence and was walking down an embankment when ordered to stop by Southold Police Officers. Mr. Romeo was given standardized field sobriety tests and was arrested for DWI.
The accident occurred when Mr. Romeo, who was driving westbound on Route 48, collided with a limousine carrying eight young women who had returned from a local winery and were celebrating a birthday. The limousine driver attempted to make a U-turn at an intersection, when the limo was broadsided on the passenger side by the pick up truck. 3 of the women were pinned inside the limousine and a fourth died later that day at Peconic Bay Medical Center. The four women who were killed were identified by Southold Police Chief Martin Flatley as Brittney M. Schulman, 23, of Smithtown, Lauren Baruch, 24, also of Smithtown; Stephanie Belli, 23, of nearby Kings Park; and Amy R. Grabina, 23, of Commack, on the North Shore.
Mr. Romeo has had previous legal problems. Back in January of 2014, he was operating construction equipment without proper training when a bucket fell off, fatally striking a co-worker. There is a civil lawsuit pending in that case by the family of the co-worker. After the July 18th accident, Mr. Romeo was taken to Eastern Long Island Hospital. At the hospital, blood tests determined that Mr. Romeo's blood alcohol level was in excess of 0.08%, the legal standard for intoxication in New York, and he was arraigned at his hospital bed, pled not guilty, and was ordered held on $500,000 cash bail or $1 million bond, and charged with one count of misdemeanor DWI, which carries fines of approximately $900.00 and a minimum six month revocation of his driver's license. However, Mr. Romeo faces much more severe criminal responsibility than the DWI he is presently charged with, due to the four fatalities and serious injuries of the other young women in the limousine.
Updated: July 23, 2015 11:40 am
Lower Hudson Valley Motor Vehicle Crashes 2011-2014
As anyone who drives on the major highways and parkways in the Westchester County area and other counties in the lower Hudson Valley such as I-684, I-287 and I-87, for example) is aware, the average driver on these highways will: follow too closely; change lanes without signaling; approach the rear of another vehicle quickly and change lanes at the last second; drive at an excessive speed; drive while distracted by texting, emailing or speaking on a cell phone, and in general drive aggressively. In an analysis conducted by the Journal News this past week, there was an examination of more than 107,000 vehicle crashes in the Lower Hudson Valley between August 1, 2011 and July 31, 2014. The majority of accidents occur on a straight section of roadway without traffic controls.
25% of crashes are due to rear end collisions. Of those types of accidents, at least half involve a sports utility vehicle. This is not surprising, in that due to the added weight of these vehicles, the stopping distance from application of the brakes to a complete stop is greater than with a lighter passenger vehicle. In these rear end collisions, 15% occurred when the driver was completely stopped, and 14% happened when the motorist was stopping or slowing down in traffic. 16% of traffic accidents in the Hudson Valley occurred at a traffic signal, 7% were at a stop sign and 5% occurred in a no-passing zone. Surprisingly, accidents involving commercial vehicles were involved in only 1 % of the collisions.
The most common accident occurred in clear and dry weather; with a youthful driver returning home from work, driving an SUV; who was driving while distracted or following too closely, and on a Friday.
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Rollover Accidents Responsible For Hundreds of Truckers Dying Annually
Each year, hundreds of truck drivers are killed in rollover accidents across the United States due to a combination of factors. The most prevalent causes are the congested roadways and exit ramps which are antiquated, inadequately lit or designated, and due to truck drivers who are too tired, distracted or overworked. The interstate highway system is in grave need of an overhaul, with crumbling roadways, designs from the 1950's and the much more substantial burdens of the larger loads carried by a booming trucking industry.
Rollover crashes resulted in more than 50% of the fatalities of truck drivers and their passengers in 2012, despite the fact that rollovers were only 3.3% of all large truck accidents that year. 300 truck drivers or their passengers are killed and 3,000 injured each year in rollover crashes. For the 2.6 million workers in the U.S. who operate trucks weighing more than 10,000 pounds, rollover accidents are the number one cause of on the job deaths according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Other factors which are contributing to this substantial fatality rate among truck drivers and occupants include outdated highway engineering and ever increasing gridlock as the continuing success of the trucking industry places more burdens on the nation's aging highways. Continue reading ›
Posted in: Truck Accidents
Westchester Towns Taking Action After Railroad Crossing Accidents
March 27, 2015 | Mark Siesel
The Town of New Castle (Chappaqua), has moved forward with safety improvements at its Roaring Brook Road Metro-North railroad crossing without waiting for federal funding for implementation. In light of the recent February 3 horrific crash a few miles south at the Commerce Street crossing in Valhalla, in which Edgemont resident and married mother of three Ellen Brody was killed (along with five front car passengers on the northbound Metro North train) when her Mercedes SUV was struck, the issue of railroad crossing safety has become a high priority.
The Roaring Brook Road crossing is one of seventeen railroad crossings in Westchester County, and Putnam County. Additional railroad crossings are located in Rockland County. The safest crossings are either tunnels or bridges above the tracks. However, the cost of such measures can be prohibitive. The Town of North Castle apparently considered installing an overpass in its development plan in 1963 and again in 1989. Town officials state that there have been fourteen reported malfunctions of the railroad gates at the Roaring Brook Crossing in the last ten years. The MTA, responsible for maintenance and operation of the warnings systems, alleges that there have been only nine reported malfunctions in the last five years, but that tests they conducted did not show any defects on those nine occasions.
When gates do not function correctly, the "fail safe" position is that they are supposed to go down and stay in position while the crossing lights remain on. There have been two reported close calls at the Roaring Brook station this month in which that did not happen. In one, a Chappaqua resident had to back up quickly when the crossing lights came on and the gates began dropping. She claims that the train went by five seconds after she got off the tracks; Metro-North states that it was 15 seconds—either way, a very close call. Earlier in March, a driver from Mount Kisco at the Roaring Brook Station claims she had to break through the gate seconds before a train traveling at 75 miles per hour came into the station. At that speed, it would take well more than the length of two football fields to stop the train, as the train is travelling at approximately 110 feet per second at 75 miles per hour and it would take several seconds to bring the train to a complete stop.
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Sprain Parkway Wrong Way Driver Charged With Felony
Efren Moreano, 20, the driver of the wrong way vehicle on the Sprain Brook Parkway who struck and killed an NYPD detective in the early morning hours of February 28, 2015, has been charged with second degree manslaughter, a class D felony. Mr. Moreano has been in a medically induced coma since the accident. His arraignment was done in the Westchester County Medical Center before Superior Court judge Robert Neary. If and when Mr. Moreano is well enough to participate in the legal proceedings against him, the case will initially be transferred to the Greenburgh Town Court, and if the charges are not reduced to a non-felony (which is very unlikely), the case will then be moved to the Westchester County Court, which has jurisdiction of felonies, unlike town and village Courts.
On February 28, 2015, at approximately 4:00 AM, Mr. Moreano was operating his 2013 Honda Civic northbound in the southbound lanes of the Sprain parkway. Paul Duncan, a 46 year old, seventeen year veteran detective employed by the NYPD and married father of a teenage daughter, was traveling southbound. Mr. Duncan was operating a 2011 Honda Pilot. Apparently, Mr. Moreano had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.11%. The legal limit for intoxication pursuant to the New York State Vehicle & Traffic Law is 0.08%. Mr. Duncan died at the scene.
The fatal wrong way crash is the latest in a long line of tragedies on Hudson Valley highways and parkways since 2009. Most notably, in July of 2009, a few miles north of the Duncan tragedy, Diane Schuler, a Cablevision executive who had a BAC of 0.18% (more than double the legal limit of 0.08% and chargeable as an "Aggravated DWI"), drove southbound in the northbound lanes for several miles with her infant daughter, five year old son, and three nieces ages ten and under in the car. Schuler struck a northbound vehicle occupied by three men. The only survivor of this horrific crash was Schuler's five year old son.
Another Tragic Wrong Way Accident On Hudson Valley Highways
March 3, 2015 | Mark Siesel
On February 27, 2015, 46 year old Paul Duncan, a seventeen year veteran of the NYPD and married father of a teenage daughter, was killed in a wrong way crash on the Sprain Brook Parkway, just south of Route 100B in Greenburgh. Duncan was traveling southbound in a 2011 Honda Pilot shortly before 4:00 AM when his vehicle was struck by a 2013 Honda Civic traveling the wrong way, operated by 20 year old Efren Moreano, a Yonkers resident. Moreano has been in a medically induced coma since the accident.
The tragic accident last week is at least the third on the Sprain and Taconic Parkways in the last five and a half years, resulting in nine deaths, and one of seven fatal accidents on highways in the region, including the New York State Thruway and I-95. The crashes on the Taconic include the horrific July 2009 accident in which Diane Shuler, who had a BAC (blood alcohol concentration) of 0.18% (more than double the legal limit of 0.08%), drove southbound in the northbound lanes for several miles with her infant daughter, five year old son, and three nieces aged 10 and under in the car. Shuler struck a northbound vehicle occupied by three men. The only survivor of this tragedy was Shuler's five year old son.
Improper and misleading signage has been blamed for some of the accidents, although in several, as in the Shuler crash, alcohol was a significant factor. For example, in August of last year, off duty NYPD officer Richard Christopher was inebriated when he drove his pickup truck the wrong way on the New York State Thruway in Rockland County and struck a Honda CRV operated by an Airmont resident. Both men were killed in the crash. In March of 2012, Reginald Velez, an off duty Mount Vernon police officer, was killed when he drove in the wrong direction on I-95 in the Bronx (after drinking heavily earlier that evening) and struck a tractor-trailer head on. Continue reading ›
Updated: March 3, 2015 12:50 pm
Bruce Jenner Faces Possible Criminal And Civil Liability In Fatal Car Accident
February 27, 2015 | Mark Siesel
Ex Olympic decathlon star and TV personality Bruce Jenner, 65, was involved in a serious car crash on February 7, 2015 on the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, CA. In the accident, 69 year old widow Kim Howe was killed, and five others were injured. The accident occurred when Jenner, who was driving a Cadillac Escalade at approximately 46 miles per hour while towing an ATV vehicle, rear ended a Lexus slowing for a traffic light operated by Ms. Howe, which caused her vehicle to cross over into the opposing lanes of travel, where it was struck by a Hummer. Part of the accident was captured on video from a California MTA bus' rear camera.
Although reports are that Jenner will not be prosecuted for vehicular manslaughter, his troubles are far from over in this tragic accident. He may have been distracted by cell phone usage, and worse, the evidence shows that Jenner was following too closely, leaving him almost no time to brake to avoid the horrible collision. The traffic infraction of following too closely will provide an evidentiary basis for a wrongful death lawsuit by Ms. Howe's family, and personal injury lawsuits by the other five occupants of the vehicles involved in the crash, which also include a Prius that Jenner reportedly struck as well.
Jenner's troubles begin with the fact that he reportedly has a meager $250,000 in liability insurance coverage. Clearly, with assets which are undoubtedly in the millions, this amount of coverage is insufficient to protect those assets. If Jenner owns homes, (unless some of these properties are jointly owned with his ex-wife Kris Jenner), vehicles (including the Escalade he was in at the time of the fatal accident), stocks, bonds, bank accounts or other liquid assets, these could all be at risk if Jenner was not also protected by an umbrella or other "excess" coverage" above the reported $250,000 policy.
NHL Facing Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Similar To NFL
The National Hockey League was sued by 29 former players in the United States District Court in Minnesota last week, joining several others who brought suit last year against the league contending that the NHL ignored substantial evidence of the long term effects of concussions. The class action litigation against the NHL is very similar to the massive suit brought by several thousand ex-players and their families, alleging traumatic brain injury and significant degenerative diseases suffered by players from repeated concussions, which, it is contended, the NFL was aware of but chose not to enlighten the players about. The NFL suit was initially settled in principle last year for approximately $765 million, but ultimately a federal judge determine that the amount was insufficient and the cap on damages was removed, with no final judicial approval yet.
In the case against the NHL, recent events have moved the case more aggressively. First, a ten year veteran with a history of concussions, 35 year old Steve Montador, was found dead in his Ontario home on February 15, 2015. Mr. Montador joins a list of ex NHL players who have died prematurely, confronted by evidence of traumatic brain injury, such as depression and cognitive difficulties. One month before he died, Mr. Montador retained a lawyer to join the litigation against the NHL, and his brain was donated to science to discover whether he was suffering from chronic traumatic encepholpathy, (CTE), a brain disease brought on by repeated trauma to the brain. CTE causes deposits of a sticky substance known as "tau", which interfere with brain function and lead to memory loss, dementia, depression, mood swings, and loss of cognitive abilities.
As in the case of many ex NFL "enforcers" who sought out contact and were unwittingly causing themselves long term damage due to the repeated head trauma they endured, the NHL has seen its own "on ice bodyguards" such as Derek Boogard, Wade Belak (35) and Rick Rypien (27) die prematurely. These players where known for having regular fist fights with other players, which the league did nothing to discourage, as these battles added to fan interest and only increased TV ratings. Boogard died of an accidental drug and alcohol overdose at age 28 in 2011. An autopsy revealed substantial CTE, and a brain that appeared to be that of a man more than twice his age. Boogard's family did not join the class action against the NHL and have a wrongful death lawsuit against the league. Mr. Belak and Mr. Rypien died of apparent suicides.
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package godo

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
)

const loadBalancersBasePath = "/v2/load_balancers"
const forwardingRulesPath = "forwarding_rules"

const dropletsPath = "droplets"

// LoadBalancersService is an interface for managing load balancers with the DigitalOcean API.
// See: https://developers.digitalocean.com/documentation/v2#load-balancers
type LoadBalancersService interface {
	Get(context.Context, string) (*LoadBalancer, *Response, error)
	List(context.Context, *ListOptions) ([]LoadBalancer, *Response, error)
	Create(context.Context, *LoadBalancerRequest) (*LoadBalancer, *Response, error)
	Update(ctx context.Context, lbID string, lbr *LoadBalancerRequest) (*LoadBalancer, *Response, error)
	Delete(ctx context.Context, lbID string) (*Response, error)
	AddDroplets(ctx context.Context, lbID string, dropletIDs ...int) (*Response, error)
	RemoveDroplets(ctx context.Context, lbID string, dropletIDs ...int) (*Response, error)
	AddForwardingRules(ctx context.Context, lbID string, rules ...ForwardingRule) (*Response, error)
	RemoveForwardingRules(ctx context.Context, lbID string, rules ...ForwardingRule) (*Response, error)
}

// LoadBalancer represents a DigitalOcean load balancer configuration.
// Tags can only be provided upon the creation of a Load Balancer.
type LoadBalancer struct {
	ID                     string           `json:"id,omitempty"`
	Name                   string           `json:"name,omitempty"`
	IP                     string           `json:"ip,omitempty"`
	Algorithm              string           `json:"algorithm,omitempty"`
	Status                 string           `json:"status,omitempty"`
	Created                string           `json:"created_at,omitempty"`
	ForwardingRules        []ForwardingRule `json:"forwarding_rules,omitempty"`
	HealthCheck            *HealthCheck     `json:"health_check,omitempty"`
	StickySessions         *StickySessions  `json:"sticky_sessions,omitempty"`
	Region                 *Region          `json:"region,omitempty"`
	DropletIDs             []int            `json:"droplet_ids,omitempty"`
	Tag                    string           `json:"tag,omitempty"`
	Tags                   []string         `json:"tags,omitempty"`
	RedirectHttpToHttps    bool             `json:"redirect_http_to_https,omitempty"`
	EnableProxyProtocol    bool             `json:"enable_proxy_protocol,omitempty"`
	EnableBackendKeepalive bool             `json:"enable_backend_keepalive,omitempty"`
	VPCUUID                string           `json:"vpc_uuid,omitempty"`
}

// String creates a human-readable description of a LoadBalancer.
func (l LoadBalancer) String() string {
	return Stringify(l)
}

func (l LoadBalancer) URN() string {
	return ToURN("LoadBalancer", l.ID)
}

// AsRequest creates a LoadBalancerRequest that can be submitted to Update with the current values of the LoadBalancer.
// Modifying the returned LoadBalancerRequest will not modify the original LoadBalancer.
func (l LoadBalancer) AsRequest() *LoadBalancerRequest {
	r := LoadBalancerRequest{
		Name:                   l.Name,
		Algorithm:              l.Algorithm,
		ForwardingRules:        append([]ForwardingRule(nil), l.ForwardingRules...),
		DropletIDs:             append([]int(nil), l.DropletIDs...),
		Tag:                    l.Tag,
		RedirectHttpToHttps:    l.RedirectHttpToHttps,
		EnableProxyProtocol:    l.EnableProxyProtocol,
		EnableBackendKeepalive: l.EnableBackendKeepalive,
		HealthCheck:            l.HealthCheck,
		VPCUUID:                l.VPCUUID,
	}

	if l.HealthCheck != nil {
		r.HealthCheck = &HealthCheck{}
		*r.HealthCheck = *l.HealthCheck
	}
	if l.StickySessions != nil {
		r.StickySessions = &StickySessions{}
		*r.StickySessions = *l.StickySessions
	}
	if l.Region != nil {
		r.Region = l.Region.Slug
	}
	return &r
}

// ForwardingRule represents load balancer forwarding rules.
type ForwardingRule struct {
	EntryProtocol  string `json:"entry_protocol,omitempty"`
	EntryPort      int    `json:"entry_port,omitempty"`
	TargetProtocol string `json:"target_protocol,omitempty"`
	TargetPort     int    `json:"target_port,omitempty"`
	CertificateID  string `json:"certificate_id,omitempty"`
	TlsPassthrough bool   `json:"tls_passthrough,omitempty"`
}

// String creates a human-readable description of a ForwardingRule.
func (f ForwardingRule) String() string {
	return Stringify(f)
}

// HealthCheck represents optional load balancer health check rules.
type HealthCheck struct {
	Protocol               string `json:"protocol,omitempty"`
	Port                   int    `json:"port,omitempty"`
	Path                   string `json:"path,omitempty"`
	CheckIntervalSeconds   int    `json:"check_interval_seconds,omitempty"`
	ResponseTimeoutSeconds int    `json:"response_timeout_seconds,omitempty"`
	HealthyThreshold       int    `json:"healthy_threshold,omitempty"`
	UnhealthyThreshold     int    `json:"unhealthy_threshold,omitempty"`
}

// String creates a human-readable description of a HealthCheck.
func (h HealthCheck) String() string {
	return Stringify(h)
}

// StickySessions represents optional load balancer session affinity rules.
type StickySessions struct {
	Type             string `json:"type,omitempty"`
	CookieName       string `json:"cookie_name,omitempty"`
	CookieTtlSeconds int    `json:"cookie_ttl_seconds,omitempty"`
}

// String creates a human-readable description of a StickySessions instance.
func (s StickySessions) String() string {
	return Stringify(s)
}

// LoadBalancerRequest represents the configuration to be applied to an existing or a new load balancer.
type LoadBalancerRequest struct {
	Name                   string           `json:"name,omitempty"`
	Algorithm              string           `json:"algorithm,omitempty"`
	Region                 string           `json:"region,omitempty"`
	ForwardingRules        []ForwardingRule `json:"forwarding_rules,omitempty"`
	HealthCheck            *HealthCheck     `json:"health_check,omitempty"`
	StickySessions         *StickySessions  `json:"sticky_sessions,omitempty"`
	DropletIDs             []int            `json:"droplet_ids,omitempty"`
	Tag                    string           `json:"tag,omitempty"`
	Tags                   []string         `json:"tags,omitempty"`
	RedirectHttpToHttps    bool             `json:"redirect_http_to_https,omitempty"`
	EnableProxyProtocol    bool             `json:"enable_proxy_protocol,omitempty"`
	EnableBackendKeepalive bool             `json:"enable_backend_keepalive,omitempty"`
	VPCUUID                string           `json:"vpc_uuid,omitempty"`
}

// String creates a human-readable description of a LoadBalancerRequest.
func (l LoadBalancerRequest) String() string {
	return Stringify(l)
}

type forwardingRulesRequest struct {
	Rules []ForwardingRule `json:"forwarding_rules,omitempty"`
}

func (l forwardingRulesRequest) String() string {
	return Stringify(l)
}

type dropletIDsRequest struct {
	IDs []int `json:"droplet_ids,omitempty"`
}

func (l dropletIDsRequest) String() string {
	return Stringify(l)
}

type loadBalancersRoot struct {
	LoadBalancers []LoadBalancer `json:"load_balancers"`
	Links         *Links         `json:"links"`
	Meta          *Meta          `json:"meta"`
}

type loadBalancerRoot struct {
	LoadBalancer *LoadBalancer `json:"load_balancer"`
}

// LoadBalancersServiceOp handles communication with load balancer-related methods of the DigitalOcean API.
type LoadBalancersServiceOp struct {
	client *Client
}

var _ LoadBalancersService = &LoadBalancersServiceOp{}

// Get an existing load balancer by its identifier.
func (l *LoadBalancersServiceOp) Get(ctx context.Context, lbID string) (*LoadBalancer, *Response, error) {
	path := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", loadBalancersBasePath, lbID)

	req, err := l.client.NewRequest(ctx, http.MethodGet, path, nil)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, nil, err
	}

	root := new(loadBalancerRoot)
	resp, err := l.client.Do(ctx, req, root)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, resp, err
	}

	return root.LoadBalancer, resp, err
}

// List load balancers, with optional pagination.
func (l *LoadBalancersServiceOp) List(ctx context.Context, opt *ListOptions) ([]LoadBalancer, *Response, error) {
	path, err := addOptions(loadBalancersBasePath, opt)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, nil, err
	}

	req, err := l.client.NewRequest(ctx, http.MethodGet, path, nil)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, nil, err
	}

	root := new(loadBalancersRoot)
	resp, err := l.client.Do(ctx, req, root)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, resp, err
	}
	if l := root.Links; l != nil {
		resp.Links = l
	}
	if m := root.Meta; m != nil {
		resp.Meta = m
	}

	return root.LoadBalancers, resp, err
}

// Create a new load balancer with a given configuration.
func (l *LoadBalancersServiceOp) Create(ctx context.Context, lbr *LoadBalancerRequest) (*LoadBalancer, *Response, error) {
	req, err := l.client.NewRequest(ctx, http.MethodPost, loadBalancersBasePath, lbr)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, nil, err
	}

	root := new(loadBalancerRoot)
	resp, err := l.client.Do(ctx, req, root)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, resp, err
	}

	return root.LoadBalancer, resp, err
}

// Update an existing load balancer with new configuration.
func (l *LoadBalancersServiceOp) Update(ctx context.Context, lbID string, lbr *LoadBalancerRequest) (*LoadBalancer, *Response, error) {
	path := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", loadBalancersBasePath, lbID)

	req, err := l.client.NewRequest(ctx, "PUT", path, lbr)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, nil, err
	}

	root := new(loadBalancerRoot)
	resp, err := l.client.Do(ctx, req, root)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, resp, err
	}

	return root.LoadBalancer, resp, err
}

// Delete a load balancer by its identifier.
func (l *LoadBalancersServiceOp) Delete(ctx context.Context, ldID string) (*Response, error) {
	path := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", loadBalancersBasePath, ldID)

	req, err := l.client.NewRequest(ctx, http.MethodDelete, path, nil)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	return l.client.Do(ctx, req, nil)
}

// AddDroplets adds droplets to a load balancer.
func (l *LoadBalancersServiceOp) AddDroplets(ctx context.Context, lbID string, dropletIDs ...int) (*Response, error) {
	path := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s/%s", loadBalancersBasePath, lbID, dropletsPath)

	req, err := l.client.NewRequest(ctx, http.MethodPost, path, &dropletIDsRequest{IDs: dropletIDs})
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	return l.client.Do(ctx, req, nil)
}

// RemoveDroplets removes droplets from a load balancer.
func (l *LoadBalancersServiceOp) RemoveDroplets(ctx context.Context, lbID string, dropletIDs ...int) (*Response, error) {
	path := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s/%s", loadBalancersBasePath, lbID, dropletsPath)

	req, err := l.client.NewRequest(ctx, http.MethodDelete, path, &dropletIDsRequest{IDs: dropletIDs})
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	return l.client.Do(ctx, req, nil)
}

// AddForwardingRules adds forwarding rules to a load balancer.
func (l *LoadBalancersServiceOp) AddForwardingRules(ctx context.Context, lbID string, rules ...ForwardingRule) (*Response, error) {
	path := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s/%s", loadBalancersBasePath, lbID, forwardingRulesPath)

	req, err := l.client.NewRequest(ctx, http.MethodPost, path, &forwardingRulesRequest{Rules: rules})
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	return l.client.Do(ctx, req, nil)
}

// RemoveForwardingRules removes forwarding rules from a load balancer.
func (l *LoadBalancersServiceOp) RemoveForwardingRules(ctx context.Context, lbID string, rules ...ForwardingRule) (*Response, error) {
	path := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s/%s", loadBalancersBasePath, lbID, forwardingRulesPath)

	req, err := l.client.NewRequest(ctx, http.MethodDelete, path, &forwardingRulesRequest{Rules: rules})
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	return l.client.Do(ctx, req, nil)
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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Perfect World Chapter 583
Chapter 583 - Battle Clothes Rebirth
"A sparkling white bone cauldron?" Shi Hao was stunned. He never expected this type of transformation. Unfortunately, it was too late no matter what they now said, because that cauldron had already disappeared.
Stone Clan's ancestral artifacts really were mysterious. They were actually so unordinary, exceeding everyone's expectations.
"What do I do? There are three deities left. How do I deal with them? How can I get rid of this great trouble?" Shi Hao said to himself. He couldn't think of any methods. Perhaps he could only face them alone.
"Even if you go, you would only be throwing your life away," said Hairy Ball. It spoke while grimacing in pain. Its body was covered in injuries, and half its body was missing. Its golden fur was dim.
Fortunately, after accepting that golden drop, its body's innermost primordial precious bone healed, and all of its essence energy gathered there to nourish it.
"Don't rashly advance. You cannot treat your fate like a game." Several uncles advised one after another.
What choice did he have? What was he to do? Shi Hao carefully thought to himself. These deities would definitely be looking for him, because they promised Underworld Lord and Demonic Sunflower Garden's supreme beings that they were going to kill him.
If he didn't appear, the deities would likely take their anger out on others, bringing disaster to those at his side and destroy Stone Country.
He wanted to face them alone and have everything be directed at himself to avoid having those he knew to fall into danger. That was why he was determined to force ahead. Otherwise, who wouldn't cherish their own lives, throwing it away even knowing that it was dangerous?
"Little big bro, you can't go on your own!" Qingfeng said. Not long ago, Shi Hao entered the imperial palace without any regard for his own safety, drawing the three deities away to save everyone else. He himself almost died in the process.
"Little Uncle Hao, you can't die!"
"Yeah! Little Uncle Hao, you can't abandon us! Everyone was so worried just now. You can't be like that."
"There is still a gleam of hope," said Shi Hao, comforting everyone. He had no other choice. He didn't want to bring disaster to the people around him, so he could only continue moving forward.
In addition, with one deity on his own, it might be the best opportunity. He wanted to get rid of this disaster now!
He brought out the imperishable golden body and caressed it with his hands. It was hard and had a special tactile quality that felt like a lump of iron. When it wasn't in use, it was only the size of a fist and without much luster.
"It's not enough even if you have the battle clothes." Little Red shook its head.
The archaic era treasure, after being passed down all the way until now, became incredibly damaged. Even though it had undergone many repairs, it was still far from being comparable to its most splendid phase. It was still difficult for one to fight against another whose cultivation realm was higher even with this treasure right now.
When Yang Li, panglin, and underworld deity saw the Imperishable golden body battle clothes, they had also said that this had great research value. The symbols and materials were all incomparably precious, but if they were actually used for combat, then it wasn't as valuable.
"I have another piece of material that might be able to allow it to transform." Shi Hao brought out a piece of rock that was bright red and replete with moisture. It seemed almost translucent in his palm.
This stone curled with scarlet multicolored light. There were many patterns on its surface, as if it was the feather of a phoenix, appearing layer after layer, clearly containing many profound meanings and mysteries.
Needless to say, this was a piece of a 'heavenly material'.
"Phoenix pattern stone," Shi Hao replied. This was the rare precious material he obtained from Southern Meteor Divine Mountain earlier when he wanted to settle a grudge from the elder who called himself Southern Meteor.
It was hard to find a piece of this type of rock even after thousands of years, something that was just too hard to obtain. If it was merged into a precious artifact, it might allow it to undergo rebirth, increasing its level by a large amount.
Shi Hao had always been reluctant to use it, because he was scared of wasting it. He had read many bone books and found out that it had to be used together with many other secret materials for it to display its optimum effects and ensure the success of the upgrade.
Unfortunately, he hadn't been able to gather everything even after searching through all of Stone Country's treasury. He was still missing four types of secret materials, so he hadn't used it all this time.
However, he had already made the preparation to fight to the death. With no other routes left, he was going to merge the phoenix pattern stone into the imperishable golden body battle clothes regardless of whether it would succeed or not.
He had no other choice and could only take the risk. If he succeeded, then the imperishable golden body battle clothes would be upgraded. If it failed, then the rare divine material might be wasted.
"Good stuff! Only, doing it like this is a bit wasteful… if it were to fail…" Hairy Ball and Little Red both spoke like this.
How could Shi Hao not be aware of this? However, this was all he could do.
A streak of fiery light surged. The phoenix patterns merged with the stone, and several other materials broke down as well, turning into a translucent fluid before entering the imperishable golden body battle clothes.
The cry of a phoenix rang through Stone Village. A phoenix rose into the air, burning with raging flames. The black battle clothes rose and fell, releasing ka ka sounds, as if it was going to crack apart.
"Not good!"
Forget about Hairy Ball and Little Red, even the villagers knew that things weren't looking good. These battle clothes were going to break up into components.
"We did everything we could." Shi Hao was quite calm. He had long made preparations inwardly. The materials weren't all there, so they might have wasted the phoenix pattern stone. If that happened, there was nothing they could do.
He activated his dao flame and operated his symbols to support it, not allowing the excessively powerful energy to damage it. Despite this being the case, the metal chunk still released a sound before revealing cracks.
In summary, it had too many 'hidden injuries'. The phoenix pattern stone was too tyrannical and was considered a top grade treasure in this world. When it was merged within, it was too powerful and brought about damage.
Ka!
It released a sharp and crisp sound. The imperishable golden body broke into components, splitting apart into several pieces in midair, making several people cry out in alarm. They then felt disappointed and regretful.
"What a pity!" Village Chief Shi Yunfeng sighed.
Even Shi Hao himself, even though he made preparations inwardly, sighed, feeling rather regretful.
"Yi?"
Suddenly, everyone cried out in alarm. The cry of a phoenix sounded, and a scarlet phoenix emerged. It was less than a foot in length, surrounding the broken fragments and releasing blazing radiance. Everything was concentrated into a sphere of light.
"Success!" Qingfeng cried out in alarm. Everyone else was stupefied as well.
This truly was like the rebirth of a phoenix! Scarlet feathers fluttered about as the divine bird cried out. It ultimately condensed into the shape of an egg. It was a brilliant scarlet in color and burning furiously.
A violent quaking sounded. Symbols interweaved between heaven and earth, sending multicolored rays of light flying in all directions. A fist sized armor appeared that was similar to a black metal little figure.
In addition, it would release scarlet multicolored light from time to time. It was full of profound and mysterious meaning.
This entire process was extremely brief. The Imperishable Golden Body underwent nirvana, upgrading a level and becoming quite a bit more powerful than before. Dark golden luster flickered about. One could tell that it was a divine object with just a look. There was a secret force swirling about it.
Shi Hao activated it, and with a teng sound, divine flames appeared around it as if it had ignited a divine flame. It was like a fist sized deity. The aura it gave off was extremely powerful!
"Success! This armor can stand off against experts that have ignited their divine flames now! It had transcended itself!" Little Red cried out happily. This precious artifact was mysterious after all.
One could imagine just how powerful it was back then in the archaic times when it hadn't suffered any damage. No wonder it had brought about a great storm of blood and reeking winds, drawing the jealousy of all the great powers.
"If I wasn't injured and wore these battle clothes, I would definitely be able to kill a deity or two," said Hairy Ball, eager to give it a try.
"You should focus on recovering." Shi Hao shook his head. He had never planned on having Hairy Ball or Little Red join.
These two experts had both recently ignited their divine flames, so if they put this on, they would be able to kill a deity. However, if this item was exposed, they would undoubtedly die.
It was because seven deities descended, so if two or three of them moved together, then there was no way out. This was even more true when two of them were exceptionally powerful and difficult to deal with.
If Qingfeng hadn't asked Little Red and Hairy Ball to help, Shi Hao wouldn't have allowed them to put themselves in such danger. He would rather take on everything himself and not let those at his side gamble with their lives.
Right now, Hairy Ball and Little Red's injuries were severe, and it already made him feel extremely guilty inwardly.
"This still isn't enough. If we weren't injured, we could kill a deity by merging with these battle clothes, but your cultivation realm is still too low." Little Red said.
"I have a little rebirth pill that I can take at the critical moment to break into the supreme expert realm," said Shi Hao.
If he had another choice, he would rather not do this. He wanted to comprehend the Ten Thousand Spirit Diagram and use that to raise his cultivation realm. Relying on this type of precious medicine to break through such an important great cultivation realm always made him feel as if it wasn't steady enough.
"If I go through it again in the future and consolidate my foundation, there shouldn't be any unseen dangers." He said softly to himself.
"It's still not reliable enough. If you head out on your own like that, then it will still be hard to tell if you will be dead or alive afterwards." Hairy Ball and Little Red thought it over and spoke like this. One became different after igniting a divine flame. The increase in strength was extremely terrifying.
"But there is the rare opportunity where a single one of them appeared in Heaven Mending Pavilion's former site. If I miss this chance, it is likely that I won't have another chance to kill him," Shi Hao said.
If he could get rid of one, then that would be one more disaster out of the way. He didn't want to miss this excellent opportunity!
Under Hairy Ball and Little Red's guidance, Shi Hao carve down a few special symbols to hide the imperishable golden clothes' holy aura, making it seem ordinary.
Then, Shi Hao turned around and left. He resolutely departed!
Heaven Mending Pavilion had experienced extraordinary changes. There was a large scale construction going on here, and all types of palace halls were currently being rebuilt on the old site.
Only, due to the deities that arrived recently, another disaster happened. When his foot descended, Heaven Mending Pavilion's main peak exploded into pieces. The enormous palace was shattered, and many of the mortals that were building this palace had their lives taken from them.
This was an indistinct figure that seemed to be blending into the void. However, he was powerful and terrifying. The aura he released immediately made many ordinary people cough out blood while trembling with fear.
They were currently rebuilding Heaven Mending Pavilion, yet they were immediately oppressed. Everyone became absolutely terrified and wanted to flee from this place.
"Where exactly is the Ancient Sacred Courtyard that is supposed to be here?" The indistinct figure said to himself. He took a step outwards, walking from these ruins to a different place.
There were mountain peaks and palaces blocking his way. He pointed outwards, and the entire mountain was blasted apart. The buildings and ordinary people there immediately exploded, turning into a bloody mist.
His expression was apathetic, ignoring the scene in front of him. He only cared about the Ancient Sacred Courtyard.
Finally, he sat down on a mountain and silently sensed around. He could feel the ancient traces hidden in the void, and the space around him became a formless domain.
Honglong!
Many buildings, mountains, and other things within a range of a thousand zhang around him all turned into fine powder. The people that couldn't escape in time all disintegrated, turning into a bloody mist.
He remained quiet and motionless, his entire body devoted to searching for what he wanted to find. Many hours quickly passed as he sat there.
Shi Hao appeared, walking over from the distance. He saw this individual.
With a shua sound, this deity opened his eyes, releasing two streaks of lightning. He stared at Shi Hao like an enormous dragon overlooking an insect. His eyes carried ruthlessness and indifference.
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Here's something interesting - a Christian thriller. It is the first film to come from Fox Faith, 20th Century Fox's division that caters to Christian audiences. The specialty division is a pretty smart thing given the smashing success of movies like The Passion of the Christ and The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, plus smaller success (but highly profitable) films like Facing the Giants. All films from Fox Faith are Christian-friendly. And while it's good for the bottom line by producing product to an under-represented market, and admirable for trying to do something "good," Thr3e, based on the novel by Ted Dekker doesn't work only because it is so cheesy.
At best, the abominably Thr3e (surprisingly not any sort of religious allusion) is a direct-to-video B-movie. It is wholly derivative of "twist" films like The Sixth Sense and Fight Club, but tries to up the ante by providing multiple twists with little payoff. Although you probably won't be able to see the end coming, by the time it does, it is more likely to elicit laughter than suspense. And the "suitability?" There is no language, no sort of sexual innuendo, and a protagonist in Seminary. But there is violence, which seems to be standard in films like these. And the level of religion is almost secondary. Yes, Kevin Parson (Marc Blucas, First Daughter, The Alamo) is a Christian, but never makes any mention of it. Where director Robby Henson (The Badge, Pharoah's Army) and adapter Alan B. McElroy (The Marine, Wrong Turn) fail miserably with the last line of the movie, which is completely unnecessary and not in line thematically with the rest of Thr3e.
Parson is the current prey of the "Riddle Killer," a serial killer who enjoys tormenting his victims. He wants them to confess, and communicates to them through the phone using vocal distortion. Sometimes, he dresses up in a mask and constructs elaborate death games. Like Saw. Or Saw II. Or Saw III. Yeah. Henson tells the police he has no idea why he is a target, although there is a secret in his past that the multitude of flashbacks slowly reveal. Blucas and everybody else is a victim of the script. The lines aren't great, the story is frustrating. And for whatever reason, Blucas doesn't feel like he's trying very hard. Although his resume (including a stint on Buffy: The Vampire Slayer) isn't stellar, he's done better work than he does here.
His co-stars are just as mediocre. Justine Waddell (Dracula 2000, Mansfield Park) is Jennifer Peters, a police psychologist whose brother was the last victim of the Riddle Killer. She has a personal reason to capture him, and doesn't believe that Parson is completely truthful. Laura Jordan is Samantha, Parson's childhood friend. She's helping him figure out the mystery of the Riddle Killer. The problem is that Samantha and Parson do some pretty stupid things along the way. Yes, Parson is hiding something, but most of his decisions make no sense. The same goes for the Riddle Killer. Why focus on Parson? Why spend so much time and effort to gain so little? Thr3e answers the question, but it doesn't leave a good taste in the mouths of viewers.
Gerf Rates It: Not That Good.
1 hour, 45 minutes, Rated PG-13 for violence, disturbing images, and terror.


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Midforms Festival exhibits nostalgia for the ghetto blaster
by Gregory Adams on March 4th, 2009 at 11:09 AM
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At the Midforms Festival, a new installation gets nostalgic for the ghetto blaster—a lost artifact in these iPod days
It's been a long time since boom boxes were the most convenient portable music devices. As iPod users worldwide walk around with white earbuds sucking them into their own worlds, it's nearly impossible to picture early-'80s music fans rocking giant ghetto blasters on their shoulders for everyone to hear. Also, while iPods get sleeker every year, '80s boom boxes subscribed to the theory that bigger is better. The larger your woofers were, or the more EQ dials you could choose from, the more impressive your setup was. But with hundreds of iPhone features and applications being generated every week, tossing something into your jacket pocket seems way more appealing than lugging around your radio. Short of a Breakin' marathon or tryouts for America's Best Dance Crew, you're probably not going to see a boom box anytime soon. Which raises the question: where did they all go? One look around James Phillips's Mount Pleasant apartment suggests that a good chunk of them are at his place.
"I have somewhere around 90," he marvels, standing in front of a massive wall unit full of portable stereos while a Run-DMC song plays in the background.
The local artist's apartment is crowded with tape players ranging in size from huge to gigantic. Most follow the traditional boom-box aesthetic of shiny chrome casings and big speakers, but there are a handful of oddities in Phillips's collection, including Casio ghetto blaster/synthesizer hybrids, models with classy wood panelling, and units that come complete with a turntable. With so many styles crammed into his home, visitors and friends can't help but ask the owner about his obsession with the hefty sound systems.
"When I pull down the big ones, people are like, "˜Oh my god, that's huge!' " he says, explaining that the biggest boom boxes could weigh up to 30 pounds. And that's before you factor in 10 D-size batteries.
Beyond acting as a curator in his own home, Phillips jumped at the chance to show off his collection at this year's Midforms Festival of new-media arts, which runs Thursday to Saturday (March 5 to 7) at the Great Northern Way Campus (577 Great Northern Way). The installation Analog Nostalgia: A Social History of the Ghetto Blaster is a chance for the artist to highlight his favourite portable stereos while discussing the cultural impact of the devices.
"The objects are the focus point but the memories are what matter," Phillips says. "A big part of the show was getting a hold of some friends who had stories about radios, like, "˜I remember that radio because my dad had it in his garage and it reminds me of fixing cars with my dad,' or "˜It reminds me of a girlfriend I had when I was 16.' "
The collector will be loading his tape decks up with friends' musings on boom boxes that patrons can listen to at the exhibit. Obviously, he has some stories of his own. Walking back to the enormous wall display near his front door, Phillips gleefully points out the piece that started his fascination with ghetto blasters in the '80s: the JVC PC-55. Though it's not as flashy as some, the metallic black radio's detachable speakers captivated him when he was a kid growing up in Saskatchewan.
"My older sister's boyfriend had one," he remembers fondly. "He was a kid from Toronto that moved out to Saskatoon, so he was the coolest guy I knew. He had one of these, therefore it became the coolest item that I could imagine."
With an arsenal of other stories linked to his boom boxes, from making mix tapes of electro-funk and hip-hop he recorded off New York radio stations to playing basketball with his friends with a ghetto blaster nearby, the audio enthusiast points out the strong sense of community that revolved around the stereos.
"One of the things I think is unfortunate is that right now our music is our iPods," he laments. "It's no longer about public space. It used to be about sharing what you had with other people. You took your radio to the beach and blasted your music. Your friends listened to it, you all had different tapes and you rotated through the machine. Now you go to the beach, you plug in your headphones and you have your own vibe going on."
Though the artist knows his show won't start a full-scale revival—"I'm not trying to convince people that boom boxes are better than iPods. That's not my point," he insists—he's hopeful the installation will resonate with people, from those who experienced the ghetto blaster's heyday to curious newcomers. If you're lucky enough, Phillips might even let you take one of his pieces for a block-rockin' test drive.
"I was at Kits Beach two summers ago and I saw this kid with a Sony boom box," he says of a fellow stereo junkie. "He was there with a little break-dancing crew. I was shocked and super excited. I gave them my phone number and said, "˜Hey, if you ever want to borrow a radio, let me know!' "
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Madden NFL 13 review
This is the one we've been waiting for
By Richard Grisham 24 August 2012
Infinity Engine physics
deep Connected Careers
Total Control Passing rocks
Post-play awkwardness
Many legends locked away
Menus can be confusing
Madden NFL 13 PS Vita review
Trent Richardson is hurting. The Browns' rookie, fresh off an NCAA championship at Alabama, has gotten a painful introduction to life in the NFL. Somewhere in the midst of being tackled by several Philadelphia Eagles, his head was forcefully twisted one direction while his body continued forward in the other. The helmet-to-helmet hit from Philly linebacker DeMeco Ryans will merit a fine from the NFL, but that doesn't help Richardson at the moment. He's doubled over on the turf, panting and trying to put himself back together.
These are the kinds of hits that are commonplace in the real NFL but, until now, haven't been in Madden. While the game's tackling and collision systems have gotten incrementally better this generation, Madden NFL 13 has taken it to an entirely new level. Thanks to the introduction of the Infinity Engine, a physics system that takes into account complicated things like muscle tension, mass, and momentum, the interactions of players when they collide are wildly entertaining – and often appear extremely painful.
The enhanced realism comes courtesy of EA Sports' new Infinity Engine, and it's a game-changer for the Madden franchise in the truest sense. Running backs stumble when their feet get tangled with teammates. Wide receivers spin to the ground after absorbing huge in-air hits. Quarterbacks bend backwards when sandwiched by tacklers. Each game brings something previously unseen – and Madden revels in it, showing slow-motion replays liberally with a "look how cool this is" vibe. It's not just about looks, either, because you can never be sure if a ball-carrier is about to hit the turf or break out of a tackle. Genuine pileups happen all the time too, bringing even more realism onto the field.
Technical bugs do, occasionally, mar the experience, such as when players fall down like bowling pins when they walk too close to each other after the play ends. There are also plenty of times when ragdoll effects happen to players with limbs flailing about in weird directions, which can look awkward at best and comical at worst. Even so, the benefits of the Infinity Engine far outweigh the drawbacks.
It's not just about physics, though. Madden NFL 13 also debuts RPG-style Connected Careers, a massive new way to play the game. Simply put, the old componentized ways of playing the game are largely gone – you won't find Franchise, Superstar, Online Leagues, or anything like that – in favor of a streamlined and innovative way to experience the NFL. As either a player or a coach, you navigate the league surrounded by your friends (if you choose) and the media (whether you like it or not) as you seek to win championships and enter the Hall of Fame.
As an individual player, you can choose to create a guy, pick an active NFL player, or grab one of a handful of NFL legends (although most are locked behind Ultimate Team-based requirements). Your currency, so to speak, is XP, which you want to amass in order to increase your attributes. Accomplishing goals (in-game, season-long, and even career) gives you more XP, and you control only your player during practice and games. One of the many challenges is deciding when and how to allocate XP. Do you quickly improve inexpensive skills, or save them up for those powerful ones? There is no right answer, and your individual experiences change accordingly. No matter what, you'll have all sorts of real-world media types reporting about you in the news and on Twitter – sometimes nicely, other times not so much.
Connected Careers also features Coach Mode; similar to an individual player, you can create someone, walk in the shoes of an active boss, or embody one of a few legends. On the field, it closely resembles the traditional Franchise, as you call every play and control whichever player you want. Coaches have their own personalities that lend themselves to certain types of teams, and similarly earn XP in practice and games by accomplishing goals to spend on attributes. A deep Scouting system is available during the season to use on targeted college players to help in the supremely entertaining and crucial NFL draft between campaigns. Player Progression is yet another key element, as you allocate specific skill boosts to every player on the team based on their individual performances during the year.
At any point, if you're tired of being a backup QB or coaching a rotten team, you can retire and hop into the body of any other player or coach at that moment – no need to restart. You can play with friends too, similar to previous Online Franchises but emboldened with all of the RPG elements and media frenzy. In a word, Connected Careers is huge.
There are plenty of other core improvements to the game this year as well, including a beautiful new passing system that has eliminated our fears of throwing slants and seam routes, a much more polished TV-style presentation with classical theme music instead of bombastic rock and rap, and a built-from-scratch commentary system with Jim Nantz and Phil Simms. The duo is a marked improvement from the hideous Gus Johnson/Cris Collinsworth pairing of last season, but between some curious comments (such as the time they referred to a meaningless preseason game as "one they'd never forget") and a tendency to call out when the defense is using press coverage, there's some work to be done here.
It's not often that a stalwart franchise like this reinvents itself so significantly, but Madden NFL 13 has pulled this off with aplomb. Brimming with innovation on the field and off, it's the best Madden of the generation.
This game was reviewed on the Xbox 360.
Description Madden NFL 13 brings a variety of major revamps into the franchise, including a career mode that's more RPG than gridiron, and a plethora of AI tweaks.
Franchise name Madden
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Platform "Xbox 360","PS Vita","Wii","PS3"
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Hald's House () is a 4-winged house and a listed building in Aarhus, Denmark. The house was built in 1870 and was listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places by the Danish Heritage Agency on 7 October 1970. The house is situated in the central Indre by neighborhood on Vesterport.

History
Hald's House was built by the merchant Jens Poulsen Hald in 1849. At the time Vesterport (Lit. Western Gate) had one of the 7 city gates at one end where Vestergade is now located. In the 1800s octroi was imposed on agricultural products entering the city and it was common for merchants to place their houses by the entrance of the city gates in order to receive farmers and trade with them. Hald was also a city council member why the house is also called Councillor Hald's House.

The building consists of 4 wings arranged in a square with a courtyard and smaller building in the middle. The front house facing the street was built by Hald but the back buildings were built earlier by other merchants. The front house replaced a half-timbered building that was constructed in the 1700s by Mogens Michelsen Blach who also built the north wing which was incorporated into the new building complex. The back house was built between 1817 and 1827 by merchant S. J. Schmidt and the low south-wing was built by Th. Fr. Severin in 1842.

In the latter part of the 19th century, the building was used as a small barracks which was common in the city at the time. The city built the larger Langelandsgade Barracks and Vester Allé Barracks in the 1880s and the buildings were sold off. In the years after it was used for small industry and shops. In the 1990s the buildings were renovated and turned into condominiums.

Architecture
The house consists of 5 buildings from different time periods and a courtyard enclosed within. The front house has a low ridged roof with a series of prominent dormer windows and a brick cornice below.

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Listed buildings in Aarhus
Houses completed in 1849


The Vice-Chancellor of the Dhaka University, Prof. Dr. Md. Akhtaruzzaman welcomes a delegation of Inditex Chair of Spanish Language and Culture.
...and fosters cultural exchange and publication of works on the dissemination of Ibero-American language and culture.
Well-known professors from Spanish universities talk about Spanish communication skills.
The Inditex Chair of Spanish Language and Culture promotes academic and scientific exchange between Spain and Bangladesh and encourages the cultural exchange and publication of works related with Ibero-American language and culture spreading.