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Sent to the MK how?
By walking through the portal. It wouldn't be that hard.
tgriff02 wrote:
Sent to the MK how?
ftl wrote:tgriff02 wrote:
Sent to the MK how?
By walking through the portal. It wouldn't be that hard.
bladestorm wrote:ftl wrote:tgriff02 wrote:
Sent to the MK how?
By walking through the portal. It wouldn't be that hard.
Assuming they fled there before Faq fell. Once they left the city, walking through that portal becomes much more difficult.
joosy wrote:We are assuming that with Janis they would have been able to make that decision prior/during the attack. Unless they were fated to die in the field or if their fate depended on Jillian contacting Wanda outright instead of razing Goodminton and getting herself recaptured.
bladestorm wrote:As if predictamancers have a sterling record for saving their sides and minimizing losses. That must be an easy gig. Make a wild assumption about an unspecified future event, and when things go bad, blame other people for fighting against their fate.
multilis wrote:bladestorm wrote:As if predictamancers have a sterling record for saving their sides and minimizing losses. That must be an easy gig. Make a wild assumption about an unspecified future event, and when things go bad, blame other people for fighting against their fate.
Not all mages are created equal. Marie Lavraie has reputation of being able to hide FAQ for long time from TV and others with help of Jack, better signomancy and less conflict/jealousy with other leadership.
If she could usually predict when Jack was needed, she may have been able to predict when attack was coming even if Jack couldn't hide FAQ.
So far her predictions have been useful, and she said "I don't know" when she didn't know rather than excuses.
It could be partially about having a predictamancer knowing how to ask simple enough questions, rather than waste juice on too vague of questions.
teratorn wrote:The caster issue it's easy. Are they useful in combat? If not, why risk them?
bladestorm wrote:That mechanism is full of holes. Was she predicting when contact would be made with another side? If so, she was denying Fate by having Jack hide the cities.
Was she predicting where Jack would be casting his veils? If so, then what would be the use of her predicting if he was going to veil that city anyway?
Was she predicting that a unit was going to be in that hex and see Jack's veil? He was going to be veiling that city anyway with or without her predicting it.
If fate and prediction are changing die rolls on the fly to make things happen, what would be the use of having a predictamancer?
Is she helping fate by telling Jack where to cast his veils, or fighting fate by having Jack deny a fated encounter?
Does it matter which direction the units come from, or will they end up like Jillian in the ambush, where had she gone straight through there was no ambush, but because she veered off course, she got ambushed.
Marie is already in a vague area with her predictions. She predicted Faq would fall and Banhammer would die with it. Faq fell, but Banhammer is still alive. "Haffaton will be the agent of Faq's destruction." And now her sovereign is bedding down with the designated heir of that side. Make a wild prediction, and when things go poorly, it's because someone else interpreted the prediction incorrectly or fought against their Fate. It's never that predictamancers are essentially useless and do more harm to a side than good.
drachefly wrote:I suspect the signamancer would have the most difficult time capitalizing on their abilities - except on a strategic scale. Still wouldn't be useless.
Prodigial_Knight wrote:Great update, I must say casters talking about their disciplines and casting in general are some of my favourite parts of Erfworld, I for example never considered the buds anything but Flower power yet Jack tells us that they're Foolamancy related.
name lips wrote:Predictamancy must be the most infuriating discipline for a Caster.
The less detail they share, the more people complain about how useless they are.
The more detail they share, the more people complain that they don't have free will.
As far as we can tell, Predictimancers cannot be wrong. They cannot Predict something (with a capital "P") and subsequently have that event not occur. They seem to be able to glimpse the pre-existing Fate of a unit -- but only if such a Fate exists. Wanda was Fated to attune to an Arkentool, which she correctly interpreted as meaning that she would be uncroakable until such time as the Prediction came true. No matter how dire things were, she was never in fear of her own life. But even though her brother died at the hand of Olive, he was not Fated to die, and Olive wasn't Fated to kill him. Those events were unPredictable, and subject to free will and the decisions of the individuals involved.
Also, Predictimancers seem to have no particular skill or ability at interpreting their own Predictions.
So as a Ruler with a Predictimancer, how do you use them in a useful way? I'm guessing you keep the questions short-term, simple, and specific. Keep the questions yes-no. That would probably result in the most useful answers. "Will a non-Faq unit enter our Battlespace before our next Turn." Don't ask what Side it is, or what hex, or anything else. If the answer is "no" then you're secure. If the answer is "yes" then you pull all units into the cities, have your Foolamancer veil your cities (probably using all his juice for the entire turn), and scout with your Lookamancer to get more specific and useful information.
If your question for a Predicitmancer is too vague, you risk getting a "yes, eventually" (or otherwise useless) answer. There is something Fated, but there's no way to know exactly what. I'm assuming an "I don't know" answer is actually very useful -- it means nothing is Fated, which means free will and individual decisions will rule the event.
Nakedkali wrote:Marie has an accent in Love is a Battlefield (the comic) but not in this episode of Inner Peace TSP?
Maybe this is not the author being all exotic with this character. Maybe she loses her ability to speak properly, and we're about to find out how.
GJC wrote:Two guys with basically the same name in a discussion about a character getting cloned.
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City workers recently uncovered a stash of pornographic magazines in a Durango-issued recycle container awaiting pickup.
Matt Racette appreciated the uninhibited environmentalism.
"If you're going to recycle, you're doing the right thing," said Racette, who is one the city's two "recycling ambassadors" along with Tim Graham.
Racette and Graham check the curbside recycle containers for potential contaminants such as glass, plastic bags, Styrofoam, unwashed cans and garbage, sometimes plucking out misplaced Kitty Litter and learning a lot about local drinking habits.
Racette said Durango has developed a taste for Pinnacle Whipped Vodka.
"It's really rampant in this town," Racette said.
Neither thought much of looking through another's recyclables, toilet-paper rolls and all.
"Every once in a while, people will watch you. It feels kind of awkward," Graham said. "Sometimes they ask what you're doing. They're just curious when they see you looking through there."
Working about an hour ahead of the pickup time, their goal is to keep the contaminants out of the city trucks that scoop up the recyclables.
Under the city's new system of single-stream recycling, recyclables such as plastics, aluminum and paper are compacted into bales to be sorted later and sold as commodities.
Keeping recyclables safe for sale is a tall order because the city has delivered about 20 truckloads, or 440 tons, of recyclables since the single-stream recycling program began in February.
Shattered glass can spoil the load, making it useless for potential buyers, said Dale Cogswell, the city's solid waste manager.
Plastic bags are bad because they jam the baler and cause a "range of mechanical difficulties," said Mary Beth Miles, the city's sustainability director.
Cogswell advises consumers to just follow the directions attached to every recycling container.
Before the program began, Cogswell said, "We knew there would be issues. (Parents) send out junior. Junior is going to be lazy, and he dumps everything in the first can he comes to. I'm not saying that's everybody, but it does happen."
Not putting glass in the containers was a big problem at first, but people are getting the hang of it, city workers said.
The city realizes it's easy to forget or passers-by might also contaminate a recycling bin on the street that they mistake for a garbage can.
If there are too many contaminants to pick out, Racette and Graham will wheel the containers back onto the driveway and leave a note for the consumer to fix, hopefully in time before the truck arrives.
There are no plans to fine repeat offenders, Miles said.
Now that city residents are getting the hang of single-stream recycling, Cogswell wishes out-of-towners would pay more attention when they take their stuff to drop-off sites around Durango.
Someone recently stuffed a used mattress into a drop-off container, contaminating all the recyclables inside.
To expedite sorting from drop-off containers, Miles urges consumers to separate their cardboard and glass into the appropriately marked bins.
Once expansion and renovations are completed at the Recycling Center on Tech Center Drive sometime this summer, noncity residents will have to take most of their recyclables there as the drop off-sites around town will transition primarily to taking glass.
Cogswell anticipates that the ambassadors eventually will be phased out of their roles, too.
But Graham sees another big challenge ahead, in the short term, at least.
In early April, the city will deliver a second batch of recycle containers to residents. The delivery of 657 additional containers will bring the total number of household participants to 2,675, or about 60 percent of Durango households, Miles said.
More participants will mean more people to teach about single-stream recycling, Graham said.


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Firmware imageThe firmware is regular arm, little-endian code image. Usually the very first instruction is a branch - beautiful gift for us as this makes easy to inject our code.
CRC32Optionally(?), last 4 bytes of the RKW are CRC32 of the firmware part (and loader seems to check this if 0x20000000 flag is present in ImageLoadOptions field of the header. The crc32 routine is known and seems to be standard crc32 with polynomial 0x04c10db7. There is a tool for manipulating RKWs (thanks to alemaxx) it's crc32 routine is based on lengthy lookup table so I will not document it here. Go read rkwpatch sources instead. There is also file genrkcrc.c floating around which uses the same algorithm to calculate crc32 of rockchip firmware as far as I can tell and is used on rk28xx based android tablets to calculate checksum for boot.img.
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type = 5 descriptionParam[0] - size of stage1 bootloader (sdram config) Param[1] - offset to stage2 bootloader Param[2] - size of stage2 bootloader Param[3] - version of the bootloader (in BCD - higher half contains major, lower half contains minor version. RK27DM reports this in the form of major.minor) The images of stage1 and stage2 are scrambled.
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A 22-year-old Milwaukee woman suspected of intentionally dropping her baby facedown on concrete stairs Tuesday was arrested on suspicion of felony child abuse, police said.
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Investigators with the sheriff's office and the Racine County Metro Drug Unit, who raided the home at 3347 9th Ave. about 8 a.m., arrested a 23-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman, the sheriff's office said.
Republican Party of Wisconsin reacts to Obama's State of the Union address
Republican Party of Wisconsin Executive Director Joe Fadness released the following statement following President Barack Obama's State of the Union address:
"Regrettably, President Obama demonstrated an unwillingness to address the real issues facing our country including more than $16 trillion in debt, out-of-control spending, skyrocketing gas prices, and a misguided and mishandled attempt at health care reform. The result is a weaker middle class and an economy on the brink of failure. The American people deserve solutions to the problems facing our country, not more empty rhetoric." (40)
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Medical examiner advised assistant to leave after Derek Williams ruling
The Milwaukee County assistant medical examiner who changed the manner of Derek Williams' death in his report from "natural" to "homicide" was told by his boss it would be a good idea to look for another job, according to testimony in an inquest hearing Tuesday.
Also Tuesday, differing medical opinions about the cause and manner of Williams' death in the back of a Milwaukee police squad car surfaced, with outside experts saying they did not see enough evidence to support the local finding that Williams died from a sickle cell crisis due to his interaction with police; Milwaukee pathologists stood by their ruling. »Read Full Article(81)
Metro area home sales up 15% in January
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In Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Washington and Waukesha counties, 874 existing homes were sold last month, compared with 760 in January 2012, according to a report Tuesday by Metro MLS Inc. »Read Full Article
Walker finds the Medicaid middle ground
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Report details county buildings that should be sold or razed
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2 bodies found in rural Oneida County house fire
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Crews were called just before 4:30 a.m. Tuesday to the house about 20 miles west of Rhinelander. When firefighters arrived, they found the house engulfed in flames.
During their investigation, authorities found two human remains in the house. Autopsies are being scheduled.
Milwaukee, Waukesha County close to agreeing to joint recycling program
After several years of study, the City of Milwaukee and Waukesha County are close to agreement on a plan to jointly operate a recycling program.
Mayor Tom Barrett, who worked with Waukesha County Executive Dan Vrakas on the proposal, called it a perfect example of a blue city (Democratic) working with a red county (Republican). »Read Full Article(2)
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson links Democrats to Marxists
Days before President Barack Obama's State of the Union address, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson offered some provocative remarks about Democrats over the weekend.
Speaking to Jefferson County Republicans at an annual Lincoln Day Dinner, Johnson tied Democrats to socialists and Marxists, according to the Daily Jefferson County Union. »Read Full Blog Post(298)
QuadMed launches on-site health service for small business
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Salentine Buick in Muskego closes
After nearly 90 years in the automotive business, Salentine Buick in Muskego has closed, the third-generation family owners of the business said Tuesday.
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Violence Against Women Act: Johnson votes no, Baldwin votes yes
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Assembly backs constitutional amendment on transportation fund raids
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Fire damages Town of Norway house
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Emergency units from Wind Lake, Raymond, Rochester and Franklin responded and assisted in putting out the fire, which remains under investigation.
Fire damages single-family home in Brookfield
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The fire was reported at 12:39 p.m. Heavy smoke and flames were reported coming from the back of the home, the fire department said. No one was reported in the home.
Emergency units from Elm Grove and New Berlin were called in to assist.
Wisconsin dogs taking Westminster honors
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Walker proposes boost in state budget for DNA collection
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Walker said at a news conference that his state budget proposal will include an extra $6 million to collect DNA samples at every felony arrest and some misdemeanor arrests, as well as upon the conviction of any crime. Walker said it meant DNA data would be collected from 68,000 individuals from across the state. »Read Full Article(73)
Betty Brinn Children's Museum considers move to Couture
Betty Brinn Children's Museum is considering a move from its longtime home in O'Donnell Park to the proposed Couture high-rise development, on Milwaukee's lakefront.
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Council panel backs nonrenewal of south side tavern's license
Members of the Common Council's Licenses Committee voted 2-1 on Tuesday to recommend to the Common Council that the tavern and public entertainment license for Club Lex not be renewed.
Voting in favor of nonrenewal were Ald. Tony Zielinski, the committee chair, and Ald. Milele Coggs. Ald. Joe Dudzik was in favor of a suspension, but voted against nonrenewal. »Read Full Blog Post
Waukesha police seeking ATM 'skimmer' suspect
Waukesha police continued to search Tuesday for a man who placed a skimmer device on a U.S. Bank automated teller machine at 2040 Silvernail Road in the City of Waukesha.
Bank and Diebold employees alerted police on Saturday that the device was placed over the card reader and compromised the cash machine. »Read Full Article
Trucks loaded with drugs less appealing to thieves
Heists of cargo trucks loaded with prescription drugs have been on a steady decline in recent years, with the average value of a theft dropping to $168,219 in 2012, according to FreightWatch International.
In 2011, the average loss on the theft of a truck filled with pharmaceuticals was $555,566. »Read Full Blog Post
Teen, jailed 30 days for contempt in truancy case, wins appeal
An Appleton teen who spent 30 days in jail for contempt on a truancy case was the victim of a biased judge, the state Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday.
Kylie M. Johnson was cited for habitual truancy in March 2012 and then skipped her court hearing too. Outagamie County Circuit Judge Mark McGinnis entered a default judgment and when she did appear at a later hearing, promised her she'd be found in contempt if she didn't meet a list of conditions, chief among them going to school. »Read Full Blog Post(9)
'Sindbad' a delightful adventure for Prometheus Trio
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Wisconsin NRA lobbyist's remarks rile gun-control advocates
The gun control Twitter-sphere is fast picking up on a recording of a lobbyist assuring the Wisconsin NRA that a "strong agenda" for the state will only be delayed, not derailed, by the political after-effects of the mass shooting in Newtown, Conn.
The lobbyist, Bob Welch, represents Wisconsin NRA. He was speaking the Wisconsin NRA State Association meeting in Wausau over the weekend. »Read Full Blog Post(13)
MPS board committee to consider contract with non-union charter operator
A Milwaukee School Board committee Tuesday night will consider finalizing the details of a contract with a national charter-school operator from Philadelphia that wants to open two campuses in the district next year.
As a non-instrumentality charter school, Universal School of Milwaukee would not be required to employ unionized district teachers at its two locations. »Read Full Blog Post(3)
Lawyer reprimanded for suggestive emails to client
A Milwaukee lawyer has agreed to a public reprimand for sending an indigent client suggestive emails.
According to the order, Donald C. Dudley accepted a public defender appointment to represent a woman in three involuntary termination of parental rights cases. They communicated by email about her case a couple months, but in January 2012, Dudley's emails became more personal, and eventually sexualized. »Read Full Blog Post(12)
FluGen studies show progress toward universal flu vaccine
FluGen Inc., a Madison vaccine and vaccine delivery product company, said it has done studies in animals suggesting a vaccine it has in development could be taken every three to five years and protect against a wide range of flu viruses - even those it was not designed to prevent.
FluGen presented the data at the World Health Organization influenza vaccine meeting in Hong Kong in January. Current flu vaccines are about 59% effective in healthy people and even less effective in adults over 65 and children under 2, the company said. »Read Full Article(1)
Northwestern Mutual Foundation awards $594,000 in community grants
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. said Tuesday it is making $594,000 in grants to support museums and other tourist attractions that enhance Milwaukee as a place to live, work and play.
The grants, which come via Northwestern Mutual's foundation, will go to eight nonprofits that draw at least 100,000 attendees annually, offering a variety of programs that not only bring visitors to the community but also help retain current residents, Northwestern Mutual said. »Read Full Article
Emerald ash borers found in Greendale
The Wisconsin agriculture department on Tuesday confirmed the presence of an emerald ash borer infestation in an ash tree in Greendale.
Larvae were discovered beneath the bark of an ash tree after some of the bark had been stripped away by woodpeckers. The tree is located at S. 43rd St. and W. Ramsey Ave. »Read Full Blog Post(2)
Kohl's to donate profits from new Lopez collection to fight against breast cancer
Kohl's Department Stores said Tuesday that profits from a new Jennifer Lopez collection of apparel and accessories will be donated to support the fight against breast cancer.
The items -- from sleepwear, tees and sweatpants to scarves, head wraps and totes -- feature the signature Jennifer Lopez color blocks and prints in purples, fuchsias and teals. In Wisconsin stores, the special merchandise has its own center-aisle display. The items also can be found and purchased online at Kohls.com/Cares. »Read Full Blog Post(4)
ZBB commissions energy storage system in Hawaii
A ZBB Energy Corp. power management and storage system has been commissioned at an apartment building in Honolulu, the Menomonee Falls company announced.
The batteries and power management system allow the building and its elevators to run during power outages without the use of a diesel generator. The system is integrating both power from the electrical grid as well as renewable energy from a 20-kilowatt solar system. »Read Full Blog Post(3)
Changing coyote behavior is key to coexistence
If the North Shore is suddenly swallowed up by a cacophony of shrieking whistles, trumpeting air horns, and rattling homemade noisemakers, don't be alarmed.
It's just coyotes. »Read Full Article(6)
Crane captured, toe amputated and released into wild
A juvenile whooping crane that migrated from Wisconsin last fall was found limping and in distress last month in the Miami area, where she was captured, a toe was amputated, and after a period of recovery, the bird was released on Saturday in Tennessee.
"We chose to capture this injured whooping crane, and it has turned out to be the right call," said Billy Brooks, whooping crane coordinator for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for the eastern migratory population. »Read Full Blog Post(4)
Immigration hearing draws 4 from Wisconsin
An estimated 250 immigrant workers will gather in Washington, D.C. today to attend the first Senate hearing on immigration, meet with officials and detail their principles for reform.
Those in Washington include four from Wisconsin -- three striking Palermo's pizza workers and Jennifer Martinez, a Manitowoc mother of four whose husband was deported to Mexico last year, said Christine Neumann-Ortiz, the director of Voces de la Frontera. »Read Full Blog Post(27)
Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch to work various jobs on jobs tour
Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch on Tuesday is starting a "real jobs tour" by working for a day at Gulfstream Aerospace Corp., a business jet aircraft manufacturer in Appleton.
Kleefisch said she will periodically work one day at a job that is being advertised as open on the state's jobs website, jobcenterofwisconsin.com.
She described the initiative Monday to conservative talk show host Charles Sykes on WTMJ-AM (620) in Milwaukee. (44)
Mine finds backing in small-business group's poll
Members of the Wisconsin chapter of the National Federation of Independent Business overwhelmingly support construction of a mine in northern Wisconsin. A poll of members shows that 81.9% supported an iron ore mine in Ashland and Iron counties.
Poll data was not provided. (8)
Milwaukee police arrest two in south side stabbing
A man and a woman have been arrested in connection with a stabbing that occurred in a parking lot in the 1700 block of W. Layton Ave. early Tuesday, Milwaukee police said.
A 33-year-old man reported to police that he was stabbed during a robbery attempt by associates of a woman he met at a hotel, Sgt. Mark Stanmeyer said. »Read Full Article
Racine Unified announces finalist for superintendent position
A school administrator in Washington, D.C., is the sole finalist in the Racine Unified School District's search for a new superintendent, according to an article in the Racine Journal-Times. Her final interview with the district's School Board is scheduled for Feb. 19. Read the story here. (4)
Madison bicyclist killed in Mississippi
The Wisconsin State Journal reported Tuesday morning that a Madison bicyclist was killed last week when he was struck by a van in Mississippi. You can read the account here. (6)
Report day for pitchers and catchers
You often hear baseball fans say the four words they anticipate most in the spring (actually late winter) are "pitchers and catchers report."
Well, Tuesday is that day for the Brewers. Pitchers and catchers are asked to report to camp at Maryvale Baseball Park in Phoenix. They will have their physicals Tuesday night and hold their first workout Wednesday morning. »Read Full Blog Post(37)
Anodyne plans to buy Bay View building with city loan
Anodyne Coffee Roasting Co. plans to buy the Bay View building where it has operated since 2006, and is seeking a loan from a city affiliate to help finance the purchase.
Clutch Corp., which does business as Anodyne Coffee, and its affiliate, NOA579 LLC, is seeking a $118,020 loan from Milwaukee Economic Development Corp., a nonprofit group that operates a revolving loan fund for businesses. »Read Full Blog Post(23)
On Tap Today: Mmmm...paczki
Putting the fat in Fat Tuesday, paczki (pronounced POONCH-key) are so baaaad/so gooood Polish doughnuts, stuffed with glorious, gooey filling (such as prune, raspberry or bavarian cream), fried up for Fat Tuesday. (Lent's tomorrow; might as well indulge just a little bit.)
You'll be able to find paczki in grocery stores and bakeries about town, but the unofficial headquarters for paczki are National Bakery & Deli locations in Milwaukee (3200 S. 16th St.), Brookfield (13820 W. Greenfield Ave.) and Greendale (5637 Broad St.). The bakeries open up at 6:30 a.m., and over 30,000 paczki will be sold. But its best to get there early to be safe; accordion players, and fantasies about that first bite, will help you pass the time. (1)
Winds to diminish today; precipitation to arrive Thursday
The strong winds that affected southeastern Wisconsin over the last 36 hours should diminish Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.
While temperatures will be a bit lower than Monday, they will remain mild. Light snow or a rain/snow mix set to arrive by Thursday.
To view the complete forecast, go to www.crh.noaa.gov/mkx/.
Tim McGraw to headline Summerfest on July 5
Summerfest has announced its second Marcus Amphitheater headliner for 2013, and it's another country A-lister.
Tim McGraw, along with opening support from Brantley Gilbert (who performed in Milwaukee just last month) and country duo Love and Theft, will bring his "Two Lanes of Freedom" tour to the amphitheater July 5. »Read Full Article(10)


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Just ordered my 2. Shipping was $56.00 for both. Not bad.
Just ordered my 2. Shipping was $56.00 for both. Not bad.
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240 WOOOOOOOOOOOO! Yeah keep em coming!
Ordered mine yesterday morning. Got the higher shipping quote, hope that gets fixed between now and next year.
I did preordered mine, had to do it with another CC, but finally went through.
Whats the count?
Just ordered mine!
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+1 here.
Is that 245?
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I now have two CGs on pre-order. COME ON BOYS!!!!!!!
Almost to 250....
I spoke to Brady in the Escalations Department at Digital River. He said that there should be an official announcement coming later today about the shipping situation and the change in prices that occurred midway through the day yesterday. In the meantime, in an unofficial capacity, he said that there are 2 choices that can be done for people who were erroneously charged the higher amount prior to the change:
1) People can call the DR number (877)GO-MATTY to open a ticket to have the difference preemptively credited back to them within 3-5 business days. So, a credit would be issued now for the difference, then the full invoiced amount billed later if/when the Castle Grayskull ships.
2) Next year, if/when Castle Grayskull ships, they will bill the amount that was invoiced but then go back through and issue credits to all of the consumers who were charged the higher amount.
So, those are the 2 choices and an announcement in an official capacity should be released later today. We can take care of the credit for the difference in shipping now or later after CG is shipped.
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I have a huge lot of Garbage Pail Kids (GPK) cards I'm also selling. PM me.
UPS Ground is better than USPS Ground right? Isn't USPS Ground the newgistics way?
My sell/trade list - vintage 80's toys - adding stuff all the time! http://www.blujay.com/beastor
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Parts I need:
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Wish I could have grabbed two, but honestly I don't know what I would do with another. I probably won't have room for this one.
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Peace & Love, Gypsy
Even a man who is pure in heart and says his prayers by night, may become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms and the autumn moon is bright.
This story totally broke my heart. Can't imagine the agony Susan Powell's parents are going through.
"Marge, if you're going to get mad at me every time I do something stupid, then I guess I'm just going to have to stop doing stupid things!" - Homer Simpson in the Mr. Plow episode
So tragic. I know that he was never charged or convicted of a crime, but those kids should never have been in his care -- supervised visits or not.
What a shame. There are no words - this was cruel and selfish.
"I would never even hurt her," a tearful, red-eyed Josh Powell told CBS' Early Show in August. "People who know me know that I could never hurt Susan."I guess what he really proved is that both of those statements were patently untrue. Those poor little boys."I have proven myself as a fit and loving father who provides a stable home even in the face of great adversity. ...
The social worker - my first reaction was- if only she had kept them by her side. My second reaction - if she had then she would probably be dead too. From the details given it seems pretty clear he was going to carry out this explosion no matter what. In fact I am somewhat surprised he didn't make sure she was included in the blast.
Wow, this is really a terrible tragedy I had a gut feeling he was behind Susan's death, and shouldn't be trusted with those kids...It's too bad there wasn't enough evidence to convict him for Susan's disappearance. My heart goes out to Susan's family.
Those poor children!
What a monster their father was.
My sympathy to the Cox family; and to all the people who tried to protect the boys.
They are suffering terrible guilt.
Clearly this was premeditated. What a vile act that this worthless slime killed his children (in addition to probably killing his wife) instead of just committing suicide.
I can't imagine what Susan Powell's parents must be going through.
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This is a nightmare of epic proportions.
I had to read the headline over and over before I could even grasp it. What a tragedy.
DH - and that's just my opinion
There have been some articles reporting that one of the children was beginning to talk about his mom's disappearance - telling people about a camping trip where (paraphrasing) mommy was in the trunk and then she disappeared.
This guy knew his number was up and so the coward took those kids with him. I like to believe they are with their mom again and he's in his special hell.
When I read the story, I immediately thought of the Zachary Bagby case in Canada. If you've never seen the documentary, Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father, this case is similar.
I hope Josh Powell rots in hell.
That documentary was so sad that I cried all day after watching it!
The mind of the performer is a very strange thing.
~James Galway
That ASShole didn't have to take those baby boys with him. Those poor little boys.
I guess he figured an adult would notice the gasoline smell right away (which she did) but the kids wouldn't notice or interfere. He was probably afraid she'd be able to stop him or get the kids back out if he didn't shut her outside. The kids were excited, so they did what kids do - hurry ahead.
The social worker was lucky she went back to the car to phone her supervisor or she could have been caught in the blast. I don't blame her for the situation, but apparently she (or he?) is traumatized.
Well. That answers whether or not HE was involved in his wife's disappearance.
FigureSpins: I would think the social worker would be traumatized. I hope s/he is on paid leave and gets some therapy time. What a thing to witness, even setting aside the 'there but for the grace of God' aspect.
Absolutely! If the social worker WASN'T traumatized, I'd be concerned about his/her health. I just meant that it was reported by the agency that s/he was traumautized.
Absolutely heartwrenching, and at times hard to watch. I definitely recommend it.
Josh Powell deserves whatever he gets in the afterlife, if there is such a thing. I can't imagine how anyone would want to kill their own children. It just boggles the mind.
And I, too, hope that social worker is on paid leave and being offered the help she undoubtedly needs. I don't think this was her fault at all.
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She is very fortunate to be alive, he was clearly determined to do this no matter what.


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One of the realities of modern health care is that medical treatment can be expensive. This is especially so for rare diseases such as the lysosomal storage disorders (LSDs) treated by Genzyme's enzyme replacement therapies (ERTs). Yet products like these are crucial to thousands of patients worldwide, transforming and even saving lives when no other treatment option was previously available.
In the interest of promoting patient access to treatment globally, Genzyme takes a highly responsible approach in establishing the price of our products. We charge a single price throughout the world for each of our enzyme replacement therapies, and we work closely with national health services and private insurers to ensure that these products are accessible to covered patients. In developing countries, we help physicians and local authorities build sustainable health care systems that can pay for treatment – and where such systems do not yet exist, we provide our products free to patients.
Approximately 10% of patients on Cerezyme receive their treatment for free, and we have charitable access programs around the world to make all of our ERTs available to patients in need.
Learn more about our Free Drug Programs
Nevertheless, we recognize the concerns about the cost of these products, and we're committed to openly sharing our approach to pricing to help patients, physicians, insurers, governments, the press, and others understand the many complex issues.
Genzyme produces five ERTs. While each product treats a different disease, they are all similarly affected by several factors that contribute to their cost – described below.
Developing any medication is an expensive endeavor – costing from hundreds of millions to well over a billion dollars. The expenses include early research and development as well as years of clinical trials. For example, Genzyme's investment in Myozyme® has totaled $1.3 billion to date.
Moreover, regulatory agencies often require post-marketing studies, so development costs may continue for years even after product approval. And at Genzyme, we continue to invest significantly in next-generation versions of treatment that could further benefit patients; such efforts are currently underway for both Pompe disease and Gaucher disease.
The manufacturing process is one of the biggest cost differentiators for a biologic product like an enzyme replacement therapy over a traditional pharmaceutical product. For ERT, the process involves manipulating the DNA of sensitive living cells, then carefully harvesting and purifying the enzyme they produce for use in humans. Tiny changes in the manufacturing environment and process can significantly affect the final product. It is a time-, labor-, and resource-intensive process, far more so than creating a chemically based drug.
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Genzyme manufactures these products at our own sites. We have invested tremendously in state-of-the-art facilities, technologies, and quality-control measures. We continue to devote hundreds of millions of dollars to upgrade our manufacturing plants and build new ones to keep up with patient needs while maintaining product quality.
The most significant factor affecting the cost of our enzyme replacement therapies is the rarity of the diseases they treat. The U.S. Orphan Drug Act defines a rare disease as one affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the United States. The most common LSD, Gaucher disease, affects only about 10,000 people worldwide; the figures are smaller for the other LSDs. And the number of patients actually on our treatments worldwide is even lower.
Thus Genzyme's development and manufacturing costs are supported by a patient population that is a small fraction of those for most drugs. But we are committed to continuing to produce these treatments for even the relatively small groups of patients who need them.
We offer our perspective on several common questions raised about the cost of our products.
We strongly believe so. The diseases our products treat are severe, progressively debilitating, and in some cases potentially fatal. They have a profound impact on patients and their families. Untreated, these diseases are still quite costly because their symptoms and effects require significant medical intervention. Our ERTs have proved to be effective and safe and have helped many patients lead a relatively normal life. The products have broad reimbursement support by insurers and governments globally precisely because of the clinical value they provide to patients.
A few considerations related to these costs:
Like most companies, Genzyme doesn't report the profitability of individual products.
Genzyme has established prices for our ERTs, based on the factors described above, which allow us to operate as a sustainable business. Our business was built on providing a treatment for Gaucher disease, which then allowed us to invest in developing similar treatments for Fabry disease and MPS I. These in turn supported the development of treatments for Pompe disease. These self-sustaining business practices allow us to continue making and distributing our life-saving treatments to patients around the world.
We're also committed to reinvesting in research on new treatments. We're currently conducting phase 3 studies of an oral drug for Gaucher disease. This product, which could offer patients greater treatment convenience, has been in development for more than ten years. We have also invested more than $200 million in gene therapy research, an approach that holds promise for LSD patients.
Reproducing a traditional small-molecule pharmaceutical drug as a chemically equivalent generic is fairly straightforward. For biologic products such as enzymes, however, production is far more complex. These products are extremely sensitive to small changes in the manufacturing environment and process. Thus it's impossible to produce a true generic – and very difficult to create an acceptable biosimilar (also called a follow-on biologic). Regulatory bodies like the FDA have complex, rigorous requirements for approval of follow-on biologics.
Genzyme supports the creation of a pathway for the regulation and approval of follow-on biologics, so long as they incorporate processes and requirements to ensure patient safety and treatment effectiveness.
In developing our ERTs, Genzyme was able to build upon initial discovery work on a potential treatment approach for Gaucher disease conducted by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH). Genzyme partnered with the NIH very early on to produce the enzyme for research and clinical studies. Any company could have pursued this opportunity but no others came forward.
Genzyme also took tremendous financial risk to develop this Gaucher treatment – not only with the clinical development, but also with a complicated manufacturing process. We made a $200 million investment to build a manufacturing facility even before Cerezyme was approved, and with little evidence that a sustainable business model could be established. We literally bet the company to take this step for patients, recognizing it would be years (10 or more in some cases) before any insurer or government might reimburse us for the treatment. And we bore considerable clinical development costs for many years after approval from various post-marketing studies required by regulatory agencies.
No. We have been very clear in our position that physicians make decisions about patient care, including decisions about dosing. Among Gaucher physicians, it is now widely accepted that because Gaucher disease is highly variable from patient to patient, Cerezyme doses should be tailored to each patient based on disease severity. Genzyme strongly supports this individualized approach, which is based on a substantial body of clinical evidence developed over the past 20 years.
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Consultation on the future of four care homes approved
Monday, 29 July 2013
Councillor Anna McNair Scott has given approval for consultation to begin on the possible closure of four older people's residential homes in Hampshire and changes to day services connected to three of the homes.
The 12 week consultation with residents, their families, staff and local communities begins on 29 July 2013. Everyone is being encouraged to take part from residents and their carers to staff and people thinking of using the Council's care facilities in the future.
Councillor Anna McNair Scott, Executive Member for Adult Social Care, said:
"This was not an easy decision to make. I have considered carefully the case put forward and have decided that we do need to consult on the possible closure of these four homes in order to take account of the changing needs and aspirations of older people.
"This will be difficult time for the residents, their families and staff at Bulmer House, Cranleigh Paddock, Deeside and Nightingale Lodge and for those people who use the connected day services.
"The comfort, security and wellbeing of those in our care is our main priority and we will be supporting residents and their families throughout this process. As part of this we will talk through the range of alternative care and accommodation available. This will be done to enable them to have plenty of time to make their choice should a decision be taken following the consultation to close any of the homes.
"Staff will be fully involved throughout the process, ensuring they and the people they look after are well informed and supported to make choices that are right for them. I recognise the importance of their role in ensuring the continuity of good quality care for the residents."
In order to meet the challenges of an ageing population, at a time when the public sector is under severe financial constraints, it is vital that older people's services are sustainable, cost effective and offer people choice and control.
To meet the changing needs and aspirations of older people, the County Council is developing new ways of providing care and support which will help people to remain as independent as possible, for as long as possible, such as Extra Care Assisted Living. The County Council is also investing in community based services that promote choice and offer better value for money such as supporting people when they are discharged from hospital through re-ablement and the expertise of community response teams, support for carers and telecare assistive technology.
People deciding to go into residential care generally do so at a much later stage in life when their care needs are higher than a traditional residential home is designed to support. They also have higher expectations around the service they receive and the physical environment.
The Council regularly reviews its care homes to ensure they provide the standards of accommodation needed and expected by both current and future residents. Some of the Council's traditional residential homes that were built in the 1960s,70s and early 80s are unable to meet these aspirations and provide difficulties for residents and staff, with narrow corridors, insufficient space for care equipment and shared toilet facilities. The four homes that the Council will be consulting on the possible closure of have been identified as having significant issues which prevent them being suitable for meeting the needs of older people in the future.
Three of the residential homes have day care on site and, if following consultation, a decision is taken to close the homes, the proposals are to:
- temporarily relocate Bulmer House Day Centre until it could move into the new Extra Care developments
- retain Masters House Day Centre (Nightingale Lodge), unless it becomes necessary to temporarily re-locate it during building works.
- close Cranleigh Paddock Day Centre. It has been identified that there is sufficient supply of day services to meet the demand in the Lyndhurst area.
A copy of the questionnaire can be obtained by calling 0845 603 5630 or visiting the Residential Care consultation page. All views from the consultation will be given serious consideration before a report is prepared for Cllr McNair Scott's Decision Day in November.
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Healthcare commissioners – the organisations charged with purchasing health care for their local communities – often face the difficulty of knowing if they are commissioning the best possible health care, reveals a new report from ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) in collaboration with North East London Cancer Network, Roche Products Ltd and the National Cancer Action Team (NCAT).
The report, Improving cancer outcomes through value-based commissioning, shows how this purchasing knowledge gap has been addressed by a working agreement between a team of cancer specialists - the National Cancer Action Team (NCAT), North East London Cancer Network (NELCN), North West London Cancer Network (NWLCN) and Roche Products Ltd.
Their project looked at breast cancer care pathways and based on the outcome of their work, ACCA offers five recommendations for other healthcare commissioners to ensure that cancer care is quality driven and clinically evidenced so it delivers the best value for money.
Mark Millar FCCA, member of ACCA's health service network and of ACCA's Council, plus a healthcare finance professional, says: 'The team's work has focussed on defining and costing a clinically effective care pathway for the treatment of breast cancer, and they have developed a model that allows commissioners a chance to see which services are necessary to deliver the best value breast cancer care pathway, and how much these should cost.
'It was clear during this project that the team experienced many challenges. But the project team has been successful in their aim to support the more intelligent commissioning of breast cancer services, and this has the potential to be rolled out to other healthcare commissioners.'
ACCA's five recommendations for healthcare commissioners are:
- That NHS organisations be required to place greater importance on producing accurate costing information and to fully explain any large deviations from the norm.
- That all chemotherapy providers be required to run a chemotherapy prescribing system incorporating an accurate costing module.
- That organisations be strongly encouraged to collect and submit the nationally agreed cancer minimum dataset, which will facilitate consistent internal and external reporting.
- That the Department of Health introduce best practice, pathway focused tariffs to support more innovative and flexible delivery of services.
- That commissioners are encouraged to 'think outside the box' when planning services rather than do that same as before.
Mark Millar concludes: 'It is good to see that this North London based project has been successful and has the potential to be nationwide. But it should also be noted that it was collaborative working relationships, not contractual arrangements, which were the crucial success factor in this case.'
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- The report was launched at the Kings Fund in London on the evening of Tuesday 17 July. Speakers included: Stephen Parsons, Director, NCAT, Karen Hamilton, from ACCA health panel and Finance Lead for Commissioning at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust; and Delyth Morgan, Chief Executive at Breakthrough Breast Cancer followed roles at Asthma UK, Shelter, and Workplace Nurseries Campaign.
- The report can be found in the 'Related Links' section to the left of this article.
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