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"Do This Don't!" Come to think of it, maybe DON'T do this don't.
Since when do dudes care about good housekeeping? I've had dudes step over moldy dishes to GET WITH THIS.
I concluded, long after the events of that awkward day, that being embarrassed is overrated.
The whole thing started because I needed income over the summer and my best friend had commented "You should model!" on a Facebook picture. Yes. I am that susceptible.


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This should get filed under the 'I need to remember this for the next time it happens' category.
Installing OSSIM 2.3.1 (Debian based Open Source SIEM system) onto a Dell Poweredge 1950 would succeed but the network would not function. Doing an 'rmmod bnx2′ and 'modprobe bnx2′ would resolve the problem but it was no useful answer for a production system.
It turns out that the firmware isn't installed for the Broadcom NIC as shown by the dmesg entries:
bnx2 0000:08:00.0: firmware: requesting bnx2/bnx2-mips-06-4.6.16.fw
bnx2: Can't load firmware file "bnx2/bnx2-mips-06-4.6.16.fw"
Simple answer to get running – download the firmware-bnx2 0.26 from http://packages.debian.org/sid/firmware-bnx2, copy it to the target system and perform a dpkg -i firmware-bnx2_0.26_all.deb. This will trigger a rebuild of the initrd, so you should be able to do a restart and have networking available straight away:
bnx2 0000:08:00.0: firmware: requesting bnx2/bnx2-mips-06-4.6.16.fw
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Football and the Warrior Instinct
One of the last things we need is for young men to think that masculinity is defined by tackles and touchdowns. That would be bad. But it would also be bad if the world were bleached of tackles and touchdowns.
Why? Because while "warrior culture" is dangerous, warrior instinct is endangered, and football stands as one of the last bastions of its enduring good.
What Is Warrior Instinct?
Undivided, straightforward, sacrificial focus for good. That is what I mean by warrior instinct. It's a summary of the character Paul refers to beginning in 2 Timothy 2:3 — the character of a "good soldier of Christ Jesus." Elaborating on the solider metaphor, Paul tells Timothy, "No soldier gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him." Get this: Paul, the experienced missionary, encourages Timothy, the young pastor, with the example of a warrior…


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Considering that -- as stated in the state constitution, and as affirmed by the state Supreme Court — basic public education is the state's paramount duty, it is time for the people of Washington to approve the establishment of charter schools. It is time for Washingtonians to vote yes on Initiative 1240 on Nov. 6.Unlike some supporters of the measure, we aren't going to pretend that charter schools are a panacea for public education. There are valid reasons for not supporting the ballot measure — namely, that it won't cure all of our schools' ills. But the positives that would be brought about by passage of I-1240 outweigh the negatives, and the structure of the initiative goes to great lengths to enhance the strengths of charter schools while minimizing the drawbacks.
Among them:
• The measure would allow up to 40 charter schools statewide to be instituted over a five-year span. The impact on established public schools would be small rather than amounting to a complete overhaul of the state's educational system.
• The measure would give priority to charter schools that would serve at-risk students and communities. It specifically requires charter schools to submit targeted plans for recruiting and serving at-risk students. This wouldn't be a case of parents in, say, Mercer Island deciding they have a bone to pick with their local school and deciding to start their own.
• Teachers in charter schools would be subject to the same certification requirements as other public-school teachers.
• Charter schools would be subjected to annual performance reviews in order to evaluate their success in improving student outcomes.
Washington voters rejected charter-school ballot measures in 1996, 2000 and 2004, which might make this effort sound like the proverbial dead horse. But considering that 41 other states have some form of charter schools, it makes sense for Washington to approve Initiative 1240 and take advantage of what has been learned in other states.
As Chris Korsmo of the League of Education Voters, a group that supports I-1240, said: "If bringing what works elsewhere here is scary for people, the status quo for a lot of kids is a far scarier thing."
Among the benefits is the fact that charter schools — by nature small in their enrollment and flexible in their curriculum — are more easily started and more easily shut down than typical public schools. If a school cannot demonstrate that it is effectively providing what it promised, that school can be closed.
Yet if a charter school is successful in a particular area, the local traditional schools would be pressured to improve, and the state would be pressured to provide more charter-school opportunities in that area. That would be a win-win scenario.
The fact is, schools are much different places than they were when most voters attended them. The diversity of experiences and opportunities among today's children is much greater than it used to be, as are the methods under which certain students learn best. Charter schools often are better suited for tailoring a curriculum to specific needs.
Which brings up what often is a misnomer about charter schools. Yes, they are independently managed and are operated by nonprofit organizations, but they remain public schools supported by public dollars and beholden to the taxpayers. That, perhaps, is the most important argument in favor of I-1240. Public schools are designed to serve the public, and the establishment of charter schools can be an effective tool in enhancing that service.


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Convert all external lights to LEDs besides headlights.
On my 2013 Silverado I would like to convert all the external lights to LED besides the headlights.
It looks like there are plenty of LED replacement bulbs that fit into the stock light sockets.
Does anyone have any thoughts on these. I would like to do it as LEDs last far longer over regular bulbs.
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I am wondering the same for my 2011.
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11-10-2012, 09:29 PM #3I believe @AMac has done it to her NNBS Silvy...
11-11-2012, 02:51 PM #4The first thing you need to do is become familiar with all of the bulb sizes; you can do this by visiting Sylvania's bulb size guide:
Then become familiar with the different LED bulbs available. CREE LEDs are the new trend and are said to be brighter. They are also now making bulbs with a projector style lens which is great for reverse lights but for blinkers you want something that has 360 degree viewing angle. LEDs are nice because for the most part they're plug & play. When you start purchasing bulbs though, try to stick with the same company because when you buy white the color temperatures tend to vary between manufacturers. I know iJDMToy checks their colors to ensure that each light in a pair is the same color temp.
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I'm interested in doing this to my 2006, going to be doing the HID's very soon (yes SurrealOne, the wrong way :( sorry!), and I'd love to convert the bulbs over, mainly because my reverse lighting sucks.
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I have done my Caddy and Camaro with LEDs and have learned a bit during the process.
First is that due to the lower power LEDs draw, turn signals may blink faster without a resistor installed inline with the new bulb. I had to do all 4 turn signal bulbs on both cars to make them flash at the correct rate. A quick warning about some resistors... they get HOT! So keep them clear of any plastics!
When replacing the brake light bulbs you may lose your cruise control and get a service electrical system on the DIC in the dash. I removed the LED brake light bulbs out of my Caddy due to that. I have access to a new socket style digital resistor that does not heat up so I am going to try the swap on my Sierra brake lights and see if they will keep the computer happy and the cruise control working.
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What Could Go Wrong?: Zombie Themed Bar
Donny Dirk's Zombie Den is a zombie themed bar in Minneapolis, Minnesota. I don't know how I feel about it.
The stunning new interior comes straight out of a 1950s Las Vegas lounge (the classic part). The zombie stuff (i.e. the kitsch) is hilarious, and more nuanced than you'd expect from a bar named Donny Dirk's Zombie Den. In the corner, a small chainsaw sits inside a glass case that reads "In case of zombie attack, break glass." The bartenders all dress like Simon Pegg in "Shaun of the Dead" -- white button-up, red tie and blood stains. The friendly female servers wear long black gowns. Again: This is a classy zombie joint.
First of all, classy and zombie should never appear in the same sentence unless we're talking about an undead Mr. Peanut or Monopoly. And secondly, a zombie bar, not unlike a robot bar, is a bad idea. There's a reason you're not allowed to bring weapons into drinking establishments, you know. A stupid reason. pew pew!
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Thanks to deadbodyman, whose dinosaur bar I always rent for my private parties.
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08/30/2013 UMES KICKS OFF SEASON THIS WEEKEND AT BRADLEYTwo-time defending MEAC champions take to the court for the first time in 2013. 07/01/2013 51 UMES STUDENT-ATHLETES HONORED ON MEAC COMMISSIONER'S ALL-ACADEMIC TEAMUMES baseball places 10; Hawks bowling places seven 05/15/2013 TOWN OF PRINCESS ANNE HONORS UMES ATHLETIC SUCCESSVolleyball, Track & Field and Women's Bowling receive Proclamations. 03/29/2013 DON METIL LEAVES UMES VOLLEYBALLMetil coached UMES to a pair of MEAC Championships and six 20-win seasons 02/15/2013 A WALK WITH A HAWK ... FEATURING: SAITAUA IOSIAby: David Whigham 05/15/2013 Princess Anne Street FestSee Joey Gardner's shots of the UMES student-athletes receiving Proclamations from the Town of Princess Anne. 11/20/2011 2011 MEAC Volleyball ChampionshipUMES defeated Florida A&M to win the MEAC Championship for the first time in school history! (Megan Raymond photos) 10/20/2011 UMES @ Hampton, 10/14/11UMES taking on Hampton, defeating the Lady Pirates in three sets to take sole possession of first place. 2012: Became the all-time assists leader at UMES, also earning First Team All-MEAC second straight season ... earned all-time assist mark in home finale against Howard (10/26), standing at 2,593 after sophomore season ... finished first in the MEAC with 1,384 assists and 10.73 assists per set in 129 games and 34 matches ... also concluded with 29 service aces, 263 digs, 50 blocks and 39 kills ... selected to the MEAC Preseason Volleyball Team ... had seven double doubles, starting with 50 assists, 15 digs and four blocks in season opener vs. NJIT (8/24) ... season-high four aces with 50 assists and seven digs vs. Southern Utah (8/31) ... three kills, 31 assists and 14 digs in three-set win over UNC Asheville (9/1) ... earned season-high five blocks vs. Wright State (9/8), getting double double with 45 assists and 16 digs ... had two double doubles in ASU Tournament: career-high 62 assists with three aces and 10 digs in five-set win over North Texas (9/14) and 53 assists with career-high 17 digs vs. Troy (9/15) ... finished with 29 assists, six digs and four blocks in shutout win over Delaware State (9/25) in MEAC opener ... followed up with 55 assists, three aces and eight digs at Howard (9/30) ... 56 assists, nine digs in home win Hampton (10/12), following up with double double vs. Norfolk State (10/14), finishing with 47 assists and 10 digs ... in MEAC North division clinching-win over Norfolk State (11/9), got 54 assists, eight digs and four blocks ... set new career-high in assists with 63 in comeback win over Hampton (11/17) in the MEAC Tournament ... had three kills, 57 assists and five digs in MEAC Championship match over Florida A&M (11/18) ... tallied 19 assists, seven digs, two dump kills and team's only ace in NCAA Tournament match against Nebraska (11/29) ... member of the MEAC Commissioner's All-Academic Team. 2011: All-MEAC First Team setter ... ranked first in the MEAC and 77th in NCAA Division I in assists per game with 10.42, totaling 1,209 ... 193rd in NCAA Division I in aces per set with 0.29, tallying 34 total ... started in all but one match this season, playing all 116 sets in 31 matches ... finished with 59 blocks, 150 digs and 15 kills ... first kill in season opener vs. Bethune-Cookman at USF Invitational (9/2) ... earned first double double with 42 assists and 10 digs with a pair of blocks in match vs. Bowling Green at the USF Invitational (9/3) ... first 50+ assist match with 51 vs. Bryant at Brown Invitational (9/16) ... career-high 56 assists with nine digs vs. Campbell in High Point Invitational (9/24) ... second double double with 49 assists and 10 digs at High Point (9/24) ... had career-high six blocks, including three in the fifth set, with 46 assists in MEAC Championship win over Florida A&M (11/20). High School/Club: Played volleyball and ran track at Forest Heights Collegiate Institute ... earned First Team All-Star all four years in volleyball ... CWUSSA and WCSAA champions all four years ... helped team to a gold, a third place and pair of fourth place finishes at OFSSA ... named track MVP sophomore year ... earned highest academic mark all four years ... competed with Predators Volleyball Club in Kitchener Ontario Tier 1 ... led Predators to fourth in the province and 11th in Canada ... attended Canadian Nationals every year plus competed in international tournaments and qualifers. Personal: Full name is Jessica Lynn Vicic ... born July 12, 1993 in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada ... daughter of Lynn and Ned Vicic ... has a brother, Nick ... majoring in special education ... pregame routine includes listening to music ... personal best sports moment was winning OFSAA her junior year of high school, considers it a most rewarding experience ... lists her mom as most influential person for giving her opportunities and encouraging her ... plans to return to Canada and become a teacher upon graduation ... personal best non-athletic accomplishment is helping her mom coach volleyball ... favorite saying is "Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard" ... hobbies include teaching dance and coaching ... favorite books are the Twilight series ... favorite movie is "Just Go With It" ... personal athletic goal this season is to become a leader and get a high number of assists ... personal athletic goal before graduation is to win games and championships. 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The Top Five Special Interest Groups Lobbying To Keep Marijuana Illegal
Last year, over 850,000 people in America were arrested for marijuana-related crimes. Despite public opinion, the medical community, and human rights experts all moving in favor of relaxing marijuana prohibition laws, little has changed in terms of policy.
There have been many great books and articles detailing the history of the drug war. Part of America's fixation with keeping the leafy green plant illegal is rooted in cultural and political clashes from the past.
However, we at Republic Report think it's worth showing that there are entrenched interest groups that are spending large sums of money to keep our broken drug laws on the books:
1.) Police Unions: Police departments across the country have become dependent on federal drug war grants to finance their budget. In March, we published a story revealing that a police union lobbyist in California coordinated the effort to defeat Prop 19, a ballot measure in 2010 to legalize marijuana, while helping his police department clients collect tens of millions in federal marijuana-eradication grants. And it's not just in California. Federal lobbying disclosures show that other police union lobbyists have pushed for stiffer penalties for marijuana-related crimes nationwide.
2.) Private Prisons Corporations: Private prison corporations make millions by incarcerating people who have been imprisoned for drug crimes, including marijuana. As Republic Report's Matt Stoller noted last year, Corrections Corporation of America, one of the largest for-profit prison companies, revealed in a regulatory filing that continuing the drug war is part in parcel to their business strategy. Prison companies have spent millions bankrolling pro-drug war politicians and have used secretive front groups, like the American Legislative Exchange Council, to pass harsh sentencing requirements for drug crimes.
3.) Alcohol and Beer Companies: Fearing competition for the dollars Americans spend on leisure, alcohol and tobacco interests have lobbied to keep marijuana out of reach. For instance, the California Beer & Beverage Distributors contributed campaign contributions to a committee set up to prevent marijuana from being legalized and taxed.
4.) Pharmaceutical Corporations: Like the sin industries listed above, pharmaceutical interests would like to keep marijuana illegal so American don't have the option of cheap medical alternatives to their products. Howard Wooldridge, a retired police officer who now lobbies the government to relax marijuana prohibition laws, told Republic Report that next to police unions, the "second biggest opponent on Capitol Hill is big PhRMA" because marijuana can replace "everything from Advil to Vicodin and other expensive pills."
5.) Prison Guard Unions: Prison guard unions have a vested interest in keeping people behind bars just like for-profit prison companies. In 2008, the California Correctional Peace Officers Association spent a whopping $1 million to defeat a measure that would have "reduced sentences and parole times for nonviolent drug offenders while emphasizing drug treatment over prison."
RELATED: Why Can't You Smoke Pot? Because Lobbyists Are Getting Rich Off of the War on Drugs
If you're anti-marijuana, you need to reassess your priorities. To clarify: It's one thing to not want to smoke/ingest it (you do you, choose your choices, etc and so forth). It's another to side with corporations and privatized prisons to keep racist, classist anti-marijuana laws on the books.
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- Fire damage deals much more damage at the first hit but monsters build resistance after every finished hit. Very good for slow attack weapons. Very weak for fast attack weapons.
- Lightning damage deals more damage but your character also receives the same amount, greatly reduced by lightning resistance. Lightning effects suggest that you can not control that element. Build lightning resistance to the max or you will kill yourself.
- Poison damage has a chance to spawn a poison cloud that damages everything (including the player) inside of it. Procchance is based on the % of damage it dealt on the attack. Leave a thick poisonous mist aver every won battle (and try to lure new monsters into it).
- Ice damage deals much more damage to demon type monsters. reduced damage to everything else. The "boss" - farm element. Demons hate ice.
- Holy damage has a chance to heal you. Can proc only once per finished attack. Very effective for AoE and quick attacks.
- Arcane damage increases the physical damage the monster receives. Barely any effect on low HP targets but best against high HP targets.
So, Loot 2.0 hit and I don't know about you guys but I felt very underwhelmed. It was supposed to be the great change in loottables and I was looking forward to have some new interesting affixes. Well, we got +x% elemental damage as a new roll on rare+ items.
Unfortunately, this new affix doesn't do ANYTHING because elemental damage is nothing but a recoulering of your damage. So yeah, they added a choice. The choice what colour you throw at your enemies. *clap*
I'm still a huge fan of the series but it bothers me greatly how they decided it is a good thing to let every item do every thing for every body in every situation so I tried to come up with ideas for elements that not only reinterpret the archetypes of the elements a little (cold != slow) but also create character by giving benefits for certain elements to certain weapons in certain situations. Chosing an element should have an influence on how you play and it should be visible by all other players what element you are specializing in, so let's give this a shot:
First, we need to introduce the idea of elemental split damage: The damage you deal is split up into all the modifiers you have and is calculated seperately. So if you have 1500 physical damage and 1500 fire damage you deal both physical and fire damage on every attack. If you also have 100 ice damage you deal 3 types of damage on every attack. Every damage type is calculated seperately. This is very important to allow skills to have more character ( skill A turns every source into lightning damage, skill B turns physical damage into ice damage,...) and allow for a proper interaction as players will want to specialize into a single elemental type of damage. Of course we need more itemslots that give basic + x elemental damage for this. Now, we only need interesting mechanics for the elements:
Ahh, lightning damage. My absolute favourite one in this game. Looking at the Mage's electrocute or the Monk's thunderclaps is just a feast for the eyes. It's an uncontrollable force spreading everywhere, hurting everything and it's FANTASTIC. So, let's give this element that characteristic? It's uncontrollabe, it's everywhere, so why not make it harm the player as well and put some interesting math behind it?I'm not talking about 1% of the damage dealt goes to the player. I'm talking about a full 100% of every damage dealt as lightning also affecting the player. You crit for 1 million on 5 enemies ? Well, you take 5 million damage for it! Insane isn't it? To make this work we need to change the lightning resist formula a little bit:
Lightning damage that is dealt by the player TO the player gets mitigated like this:
1 - ( 1 - ( Resistance / Resistance + 5 * characterlevel ) ^ 4 )
This formula is actually very similar to the normal lightning resistance formula with the only exception that it is raised to the power 4. This creates a very interesting mechanic where every additional point of lightning resistance makes you MUCH more resistant to your own lightning damage.
Here is a table that shows you how much damage you take if you deal 5 million damage per attack, based on the lightning resistance you have:
Here are the important values: EHP = Effective HealthPoints; deltaEHP = Effective HealthPoints gained per additional 100 Resistance; HtK = Hits to Kill yourself with your own damage.
Okay, now what makes this so great? If you want to deal lightning damage you turn into a lightning immune zeus-equivalent because you have to stack huge amounts of lightning resistane. The first 100 lightning resistance give you 86.000 additional health against your own attacks and it gets more the more resistance you stack. Imagine you could get up to 2400 single resistance, of course the single resistances neeeeed to roll a lot higher, the next 100 resistance would give you 26.000.000 additional effective HP against your own attacks. THIS is what you should aim for. A lightning affine character is going to look for completely different loot. His damage isn't held back by his attackspeed or his critdamage but by his own recklesness. And of course, with 3000 resistance to lightning he isn't going to give a shit about "lightning storm" affixes of monsters. Why? Because he is a fucking tesla-coil himself!
Very straight forward compared to lightning but it stems from a interesting fantasy: Fire is VERY bursty. Fire spreads rapidly it devours rapidly and it destroys rapidly. A fire starting in a forest DEVESTATES the entire area in short periods of time. A second fire though? Not nearly as dangerous. The damage has been dealt already. So yeah, enemies that have been attacked with fire gain a natural resistance to it after every attack:1. Attack: 200% damage
2. Attack: 150% damage
3. Attack: 100% damage
4. Attack: 75% damage
5. Attack: 66% damage
6.+ Attacks: 50% damage
So yeah, fire excels at quickly devestating masses of monsters, especially in conjunction with really slow 2handers but ends up being terrible against high HP targets or when players use weapons with rapid attacks, such as daggers.
I hate that ice is ALWAYS the exact same thing in every game ever made. It deals less damage but it slows. BLEH. In this case, ice deals MORE damage but only to DEMONS. After all, demons are not used to the chilling freezes, they are not used to the piercing projectiles and heavy bolders and the icy winds greatly weaken their immune system:Ice damage: 133% damage against Demons
No slows, no freezes. A simple multiplicator that turns this element into the best at everything demon-slaying related and into the worst at everything else.
Let's make one thing clear: Poison is not your friend, Poison does not create, Poison does not benefit ANYBODY. It destroys, withers living beings away and gives you up. So we have to make this as anti-Rick-Astley as possible. One great image that always comes to my mind when thinking about characters using poison is the image of huge areas being covered in a thick toxic mist that slowly decays everything inside. Nobody would want to enter that fog of war, that fog of death. How do we implement this correctly?Every finished attack has chance to spread a poisonous cloud that spreads slowly for 30 seconds dealing 100% of your poison damage per second. The chance to proc is based off of the % of total damage you dealt on your attack.
Example: Monster is at 100% HP. You deal 50% of the monsters HP as poison damage on your attack and therefore have a 50% chance to spawn a poisoncloud. If you kill the monster in a single strike the chance to spawn a cloud is 100%. If it takes you 50 attacks to kill a monster you have a 2% chance per attack to spawn a cloud.
Poison is uncontrollable. Nobody should want to fight in an area that has fallen victim to a poison character, not even the character himself. However, the player can chose to lure new mobs to these old battlefields giving him a huge tactical advantage if he manages to escape the clouds himself.
What is there to say about the nature of this mystic force? It is impossible to understand or even perceive for most living things. An unreachable realm, impossible to grab for those seeking immediate gratification. However, those that decide to dedicate their life to the study of it can harness great benefits and reach power and knowledge unimaginable to everyone else. Arcane damage works just like this. It perceives the battlefield. Gathers information. It reveals the enemies weaknesses while empowering your own strengths. The greater your pursuit of the arcane element the quicker you will find the sought revelations.On every proc arcane damage places a debuff on the target that increases the amount of physical damage you deal to it by 10%. The chance to proc the debuff is based on the % amount of damage dealt as arcane and it stacks up to 20 times for a total amount of 200% bonus to physical damage:
1. 40% of your total damage is arcane. So your chance to apply a debuff on every attack is 40%. However, after 20 stacks you gain 60% * 200% = 120% bonus damage. Total damage with 20 stacks = 220%
2. 80% of your total damage is arcane. Your chance to apply the debuff is 80%. After 20 stacks you gain 20% * 200% = 40% bonus damage. Total damage with 20 stacks = 140%. However, you apply the debuff WAY WAY faster.
Arcane damage takes time. Arcane damage takes thinking. Arcane damage takes calculating. It is the opposite of fire, weak against small targets but uncomparable against high HP targets and it is difficult to figure out the proper ratio of physical damage to arcane damage to maximize the output.
Holy damage deals +50% damage against demons. That's BULLSHIT. The light does not strike. The light does not destroy. The light sends out warriors into the battlefield and gives them the power they need. It helps those that struggle and it embraces those that embrace it in their darkest hours. It grants power to those that are disciplined and strong and those that abandon their own strength shall fail. Holy damage creates a duality between physical damage and holy damage:Holy damage has a chance to heal you for 50% of your total % damage dealt as physical. The proc chance for a heal is based off the % of damage dealt as holy per target. It can proc only once per attack.
This sounds fucked up, doesn't it? So let's make it simpler: It has a chance to heal you based on your physical damage. The chance for the heal to occur though is based on your holy damage.
Example 1: One target
Example 2: Five Targets
3. Example: 20 Targets
The first 3 columns show the varying ratios of damage you have. 30% holy damage and 70% physical damage would result in a procchance of 30% agains 1 target, 83% against 5 targets and an incredible 99% against 20 targets. It can proc only once and the grey area indicates the "ideal" ratio of holy / physical damage based on the numer of targets that get hit by the attack. the % of life you gain is based on how much physical damage you deal. 90% physical damage would heal you for 45% of your total life. 50% physical damage would heal you for 25% of your total life
As you see, holy damage helps those that are at their darkest time - swarmed by large enemy forces. Those that rely solely on holy damage barely benefit from the blessings (low heals), those that abandon holy damage very rarely receive those blessings (low procrate). It's ideal for fast weapons and tanky builds (and people that don't give a shit and jump into massive groups of monsters).
That's it, thanks for reading!
If you wonder why I created those. Well, I suck at painting and drawing things but still wanted to give something for people to look at, so this is my way to create an omage to the game ^^ - Excel sheets.


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Serotonin Release and Matrix Decondensation Precede Dissipation of the Proton Gradient in Secretory Granule Exocytosis Biophysical Journal, Volume 100, Issue 3, 2 February 2011, Pages 407a Daniel Steinbrenner and Jan C. Behrends Full Text | PDF (44 kb) |
Power-Law Rheology of Isolated Nuclei with Deformation Mapping of Nuclear Substructures Biophysical Journal, Volume 89, Issue 4, 1 October 2005, Pages 2855-2864 Kris Noel Dahl, Adam J. Engler, J. David Pajerowski and Dennis E. Discher Abstract Force-induced changes in genome expression as well as remodeling of nuclear architecture in development and disease motivate a deeper understanding of nuclear mechanics. Chromatin and green fluorescent protein-lamin B dynamics were visualized in a micropipette aspiration of isolated nuclei, and both were shown to contribute to viscoelastic properties of the somatic cell nucleus. Reversible swelling by almost 200% in volume, with changes in salt, demonstrates the resilience and large dilational capacity of the nuclear envelope, nucleoli, and chromatin. Swelling also proves an effective way to separate the mechanical contributions of nuclear elements. In unswollen nuclei, chromatin is a primary force-bearing element, whereas swollen nuclei are an order of magnitude softer, with the lamina sustaining much of the load. In both cases, nuclear deformability increases with time, scaling as a power law—thus lacking any characteristic timescale—when nuclei are either aspirated or indented by atomic force microscopy. The nucleus is stiff and resists distortion at short times, but it softens and deforms more readily at longer times. Such results indicate an essentially infinite spectrum of timescales for structural reorganization, with implications for regulating genome expression kinetics. Abstract | Full Text | PDF (293 kb) |
Micropatterning of Single Endothelial Cell Shape Reveals a Tight Coupling between Nuclear Volume in G1 and Proliferation Biophysical Journal, Volume 94, Issue 12, 15 June 2008, Pages 4984-4995 Pere Roca-Cusachs, Jordi Alcaraz, Raimon Sunyer, Josep Samitier, Ramon Farré and Daniel Navajas Abstract Shape-dependent local differentials in cell proliferation are considered to be a major driving mechanism of structuring processes in vivo, such as embryogenesis, wound healing, and angiogenesis. However, the specific biophysical signaling by which changes in cell shape contribute to cell cycle regulation remains poorly understood. Here, we describe our study of the roles of nuclear volume and cytoskeletal mechanics in mediating shape control of proliferation in single endothelial cells. Micropatterned adhesive islands were used to independently control cell spreading and elongation. We show that, irrespective of elongation, nuclear volume and apparent chromatin decondensation of cells in G1 systematically increased with cell spreading and highly correlated with DNA synthesis (percent of cells in the S phase). In contrast, cell elongation dramatically affected the organization of the actin cytoskeleton, markedly reduced both cytoskeletal stiffness (measured dorsally with atomic force microscopy) and contractility (measured ventrally with traction microscopy), and increased mechanical anisotropy, without affecting either DNA synthesis or nuclear volume. Our results reveal that the nuclear volume in G1 is predictive of the proliferative status of single endothelial cells within a population, whereas cell stiffness and contractility are not. These findings show that the effects of cell mechanics in shape control of proliferation are far more complex than a linear or straightforward relationship. Our data are consistent with a mechanism by which spreading of cells in G1 partially enhances proliferation by inducing nuclear swelling and decreasing chromatin condensation, thereby rendering DNA more accessible to the replication machinery. Abstract | Full Text | PDF (745 kb) |
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Aprotim Mazumder*, T. Roopa†, Aakash Basu*, L. Mahadevan‡, § and G.V. Shivashankar*, †, ,
* National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore, India
† Raman Research Institute, Bangalore, India
‡ Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
§ School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Genome organization within the cell nucleus is a result of chromatin condensation achieved by histone tail-tail interactions and other nuclear proteins that counter the outward entropic pressure of the polymeric DNA. We probed the entropic swelling of chromatin driven by enzymatic disruption of these interactions in isolated mammalian cell nuclei. The large-scale decondensation of chromatin and the eventual rupture of the nuclear membrane and lamin network due to this entropic pressure were observed by fluorescence imaging. This swelling was accompanied by nuclear softening, an effect that we quantified by measuring the fluctuations of an optically trapped bead adhered onto the nucleus. We also measured the pressure at which the nuclear scaffold ruptured using an atomic force microscope cantilever. A simple theory based on a balance of forces in a swelling porous gel quantitatively explains the diffusive dynamics of swelling. Our experiments on decondensation of chromatin in nuclei suggest that its compaction is a critical parameter in controlling nuclear stability.