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I never once noticed a combo field before the addition of the indicator, when field meets finisher. In the midst of all the particle effects on offer in Guild Wars 2, to pick out a pair of skills working in unison was often near impossible. After the symbol, I'm constantly aware of their utility and power.
For anyone who doesn't know, a combo field is a specific skill that creates an area of effect, of a particular type. The type tends to be elemental and this determines the effect they cause on a finisher. There are a total of 9 fields and 4 finishers that trigger the effects, as indicated in the wiki-table below. You can also check out LoreChief's Combo Highlights for a full profession breakdown of their specific Combo Fields and Finishers.
Fields come in two forms, circular or wall based. If a player remains within a circular field any finishers they activate will trigger an effect, where wall based fields are concerned, only leaps or projectile finishers will combo but they have to pass through the field. In the current build however, it is possible to activate some finishers with wall based fields, though I'm unsure if this is intentional.
To provide two examples:
- If as a Mesmer you cast Chaos Storm (Field) and use Phase Retreat (Leap Finisher) you will trigger the combo field Chaos Armour on yourself.
- If as a Mesmer you cast Chaos Storm (Field) and use Illusionary Duelist (Projectile Finisher) you will trigger the combo field Confusion, per bullet that passes through the Chaos Storm and onto your target.
These two examples are specific to the Mesmer skills, but it is the use of cross-profession combo fields where things get really interesting, as not all professions have access to all combo finishers. A Mesmer has Leap, Projectile and Whirl but doesn't have access to Blast.
Pairing with a Warrior, for this example, a Mesmer could cast Chaos Storm (Field) and the Warrior could use Stomp (Blast Finisher) which would result in Chaos Armour being applied in the area to all team mates.
Although some combo finishers only have a certain percentage chance of triggering, often 20% on projectiles (likely as a result of the rate of fire) some are certain, such as the Leap and Blast example I provided above.
The potency of such cross-profession combo finishers is undeniable and offers a whole host of new approaches to the way in which certain professions and profession combinations can interact with one another.
A specific example of where this worked wonderfully for me was during a structured PvP tournament match in the last Beta weekend. With a thief on our team, he would use Black Powder (Field) at the beginning of the match, and then use Cluster Bomb (Blast Finisher) to area stealth our entire party. This then allowed us to leap from the spawn point and run across the centre of Niflhel unseen, before working our way to Svanir or the Chieftain (dependent on which side we were).
Another favourite combination of mine as a Mesmer was the use of Time Warp when paired with a Thief. Coupled with a Chaos Storm, a Thief's Unload would not only fire ridiculously quickly, but the bullets when traveling through the Chaos Storm resulted in stack after stack of confusion, dealing massive damage and killing Niflhel's NPC in around 3 seconds. This spike made stealing the NPC easy, but killing it as quickly as we did often freed up precious time to rush to and hold the Keep.
The main hurdle to overcome in using combo fields is remembering which of your skills offer the finisher, while remembering what finisher type it actually is. Almost all are sensible in design but it is worth remembering that not every single skill is a combo field. An Engineers Poison Grenade is, but an Engineers Freeze Grenade isn't, despite them both being area of effect spells that fall into the standard combo field rules (poison and ice elements).
I'm incredibly happy with the system in its current form thanks to the added indictor and I believe there is a great deal of tactical play yet to be discovered. The two examples I listed above show the real potential of combo fields. Many effects are obviously reliant on other players being aware of their surroundings and knowing which skills they can and can't interact with. However, I'm confident effective use of combo fields is critical to gaining an edge over opponents.
With all that in mind, what uses have you found for combo fields; is there anything you would want to change and do you rate them as highly as I do?
Is there a full list of these
Is there a full list of these combo fields anywhere? Structured PVP teams should be built around this!
In the article! (the big
In the article there is a big link to the wiki above the big table!
While playing my elementalist
While playing my elementalist during the last stress test I teamed up with a warrior and engineer. After a brief discussion to get them on the same page with me we were all throwing "blast finishers" into fire fields and stacking ridiculous amount of "might" on all of us.
I was also placing down Static Field for the lightning field effect in FRONT of mobs for the combo finishers to fire through and apply multiple stacks of vulnerability to targets.
Result: the warrior was "one-shotting" ettins with his hammer.
So, "yes" I share your high opinion of the combo effects in the game. The life-steal from dark fields applied by my necro was instrumental in getting groups through the AC dungeon more easily.
Regarding changes: I do find it curious that engineers don't have access to a lightning field generating skill... seems like a no-brainer to me but *shrug*
This is a big reason why sPvP
This is a big reason why sPvP will be more for the more hardcore pvp types than casual pvp'ers. To get that kind of synergy and communication going in a sPvP PuG is a pretty monumental task. I think the fields are great, and a good way to keep that small ability bar more potent, as you don't have to have 'buff' only type spells taking up valuable spots.
At first the only combo I
At first the only combo I really noticed was Fire Shield because my warrior had a fondness for leaps and fire fields seemed by far the most common. I'm not sure if I was doing combos I didn't see or if I just want's doing much in the way of combos.
After the change I did start to see more although it was still mostly the leaps and some projectiles. The projectiles are nice, and with a high rate of fire I understand not making them to powerful, but it seems like the other finishers are much more impressive.
The icon does help me see what is going on which led me to went to look them all up, but I haven't actually done it yet. The table is nice and I hope that around release I can start to process the huge amounts of information on a more intellectual level not just relying on my instincts and what has mostly worked in the past. Sometime I'll have to track down a guildee from each profession and watch their field skills so I know when to use my finishers.
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Allow me to shamelessly plug my spreadsheet for those of you curious to see who has what type of combo fields and finishers.
Thanks for this! Adding to
Thanks for this! Adding to favorites.
This is great LoreChief, I'll
This is great LoreChief, I'll add this to the article if that's OK?
Just a little correction,
Just a little correction, blast finishers definitely work with wall based fields e.g. thief uses smoke screen (wall smoke field) + cluster bomb (blast finisher) = aoe stealth. Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgyX5vGbZq4
Personally I found to get blast finishers to work with wall fields you had to rotate 60-90 degrees so you were basically facing the field.
Note: Anyone who watches the above video, each stealth lasted 10s and it stacked so that's why he had 40s+ stealth and then coul restack when the cd of smokescreen finished (30s cd). BUT this was a BWE2 bug and Jon Peters has said the stealth duration should have been 2s only ;(.
Thanks for that, I noticed it
Thanks for that, I noticed it too after publishing. I expect that it's a bug however and isn't intended but I've rectified that element. :)
I think with the type of play
I think with the type of play they have opted for (non-group co-op) it will be next to impossible to coordinate the use of these, making them something everyone just ignores, or looks at as a lucky proc when they happen to go off.
Cool idea for a system, but designed poorly IMO. Part of it is the problem with the way the boons & conditions engine works as well.
Zeldain, are you just
Zeldain, are you just trolling or do you have a legitimate point to make?
"Part of it is the problem with the way the boons&conditions engine works as well." - Zeldain
Would you like to clarify that with actual, specific comments on what you think is the "problem" because I've been playing in the BWEs and it appeared to me that the boons and conditions were functioning quite well and as intended.
Also, to your first comment; Not only do I not "ignore" the possibility of combos, I create them for myself without any assistance from another player, AND I create them for other players whether they are "aware" enough on their own to seek them out or not.
If I see a thief with pistols, or a warrior with a rifle, or a ranger with a longbow, or any of a number of other possibilities, and they are shooting at a tough "champion" mob - if I'm on my elementalist I will throw down a Static Field between them and the mob so they are shooting through it without having to do anything different than what they were already doing... now they're applying Vulnerability with those shots and reducing the champion's defense so everyone there is doing more damage... OR if I'm on my necro I roll forward to the champion and drop a Well of Suffering right in front of it and now everyone shooting through that well is getting healed because their shots are picking up life-steal from my well.
I suppose you can just leave it up to chance and good luck... or, you can demonstrate some degree of competency, knowledge, and enough freakin backbone to USE YOUR SKILLS in a way that creates and takes advantage of combos in the game.
you really should have a
you really should have a "website" field for those who want you to see their profile on gravatar or guru or they have a site. Anyways, great article....i didn't even think about time warp AND chaos storm....very cool
Thanks for the suggestion Nuu
Thanks for the suggestion Nuu. A hefty revamp to our commenting system is in the works, and that's one of the items on my list to address. :)
Lewis, this article is great.
Lewis, this article is great. This is the stuff I was hoping to get when I subbed to Hub's RSS feed. :)
I was able to make good use
I was able to make good use of blast, leap and projectile finishers last BWE but whirl finishers seemed useless to me. I think I may have missed something so can someone enlighten me to their use?
Example: Warrior using Axe
Example: Warrior using Axe/Axe, using his #5 while standing in an allies' Ring of Fire. He will now shoot out bolts of fire in a large point-blank AoE that, when hitting enemies, apply Burning.
Another example: a Guardian
Another example: a Guardian wielding a Greatsword puts down his Symbol of Wrath. Then, the enemy still standing in melee range, he uses Whirling Wrath.
In addition to the damage and projectiles that Whirling Wrath already does, it will now ALSO fire out bolts of Light that cleanse conditions from nearby allies (probably also yourself, unsure).
Is this something that is
Is this something that is possible at any level in PvP or specific past a lvl point (ex: lvl 10+) ?
Its a simple world for complicated people
Any level as far as I'm aware
Any level as far as I'm aware :)
It's possible at any time.
It's possible at any time.
On my necromancer for example I quickly figured that, when using a staff, I could combine Chillblains (Poison Field) with Putrid Mark (Blast Finisher) for some nice extra effect.
For my ranger by using Healing Spring and shooting the mob I would get some extra heals. The same could be done by a melee ranger that leaps through his healing spring, healing both himself and his pet.
I just wonder how strong these individual things are (I remember getting healed from the healing spring + projectile combo but can't remember if it was significant); although ANet made sure that the best combinations often come from cross class combinations.
Anyone else try to hover over
Anyone else try to hover over the skills to see what they do?
When life gives you lemons, shoot them back at life at high velocity.
Does gear affect the combo's?
Does gear affect the combo's? For instance: My mesmer wears festering armor, drops Chaos Storm and then Illusionary Duelist; the duelist begins to shoot which applies confusion -- would the festering affect the confusion that was placed by the Duelist's bullets?
Great article by the way, and I'd love to see a guide on runes and sigils.
mesmer actually has a blast
mesmer actually has a blast skill... the one that comes from a torch that cloaks you has blast.


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The festive adventure will see "Taxi" star Judd Hirsch make an appearance as Arties dad. There is always a possibility he could return in Season 3 as Artie (Saul Rubinek) continues to blossom his romance with Dr. Vanessa Calder, played by "Bionic Woman" icon Lindsay Wagner.
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I was eager to try and help my old friend for multiple reasons, the first because he had given me my first job after I had returned from the Vietnam War and I was grateful. Next and most important was because he was one of the best clients the Tower 98 radio station I managed at the time had.
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The Index peaked in October of 2007, and since then we are off 35.5%. In the West, the largest quarterly decline was recorded in the Office (-15.4%) and Industrial (-15.1%) sectors, with office off 31.2% year-over-year.
The only bright spot was that nationally, office prices saw a 4.1% increase in the second quarter.
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Monk is very much at the start of his coaching career but has made a good early impression, picking up four points from a possible six in the league since succeeding Michael Laudrup at the Liberty Stadium.
Dyer, 26, was signed by Martinez, who he credits with helping his career take off after leaving Southampton, and can already see signs that Monk has similar qualities.
"Managers like Roberto and Brendan Rodgers have that man management skill which is key, it's massive for players," he said.
"There are always going to be players who are not playing and they need to believe they're still good players and it's about getting them to work for you.
"Roberto did that for me when I first came here. He made me feel that I was Cristiano Ronaldo, I was on cloud nine and worked as hard as possible.
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ok so i cheated a little bit.. I used canned pumpkin.... thought spices were good.. very simple..(using canned pumpkin!)
I just made the soup ,and it turned out to be delicious!I never used pumpkin before to cook but this recipe is now going to be one of my favorites.Thank you for sharing :)
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Admittedly, this is my first pumpkin soup, so I didn't know what to expect. I subbed home-made vegetable stock for the water and bullion cube because we have poultry allergies in my family. The result was a bitter, bland mess, even with the cream. 2 teaspoons of salt and 3 tablespoons of honey later, and it was tasty soup.
OK, how much canned pumpkin would you use....sounds delicious!!
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Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa says he will discuss the South China Sea issue with his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi when the pair meet in Jakarta on Friday.
"I am looking forward in the next couple of days to receiving China's foreign minister during his visit to Indonesia and I hope that besides bilateral issues, we can compare notes on the South China Sea," Marty told journalists on the sidelines of a ceremony to mark the 45th anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on Wednesday.
Yang will make official visits to Indonesia, Brunei and Malaysia from today to Monday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang told China Daily on Wednesday.
During his visit, Yang will co-chair, with Marty, the second meeting of the joint committee for bilateral cooperation established between the two governments.
Marty added that the South China Sea, where several Asean members as well as China and Taiwan have overlapping marine border claims, was an issue that demanded a common approach. "Otherwise, the risks of further tensions are very much ahead of us," he added.
Foreign ministers of the 10-member regional grouping last month failed to agree and produce a joint communique during their ministerial meeting in Phnom Penh because they could not agree on a paragraph about the territorial disputes.
But Marty then embarked on a 36-hour "Shuttle Diplomacy" tour to the Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia and Singapore that resulted in Asean member states agreeing on a joint statement on the ongoing disputes in the South China Sea.


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I think they overestimated the reach and popularity of the book franchise. From what was on screen there was nothing new about the character from the silent stranger to playing Martin Riggs in the showdown.. I doubt having The Rock play Jack Reacher would have made any difference
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The jury may get the case of a man charged with killing a 10-month-old baby as early as Monday. The case of Brandon Wilson, 23, of 1202 Rosemount Road, takes on a different look Monday morning when the defense puts on its case, following a week of the prosecution's case. Wilson is being tried in the death of Neylan Wilson, who died on Nov. 20, 2012 at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus.
During the investigation detectives learned that the baby was living with his mother and her boyfriend, Wilson, at 1112 Boren Blvd., Apt. A, in Wheelersburg and on Nov. 19 the mother, Tierra Simeona, called 911 and requested a squad for her baby. Porter Township EMS transported the child to Southern Ohio Medical Center in Portsmouth where he was later transported to Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus. That's where the child died hours later.
During a week of testimony and presentation of evidence, the prosecution, consisting of Assistant Scioto County Prosecutor's Pat Apel and Julie Hutchinson, called to the stand Simeona, doctors, and lead detective Jodi Conkel to attempt to construct a case that says Wilson caused the baby's injuries and subsequent death by shaking the baby, causing it to also strike it's head on something.
The defense team of Franklin T. Gerlach and Valarie K. Gerlach, contend the baby died from injuries suffered in one or more falls prior to it's becoming ill.
Dr. Mary Ranee Leder MD, with 17 years of experience and practices in Pediatrics, Developmental - Behavioral Pediatrics, and Child Abuse Pediatrics, told jurors Wednesday that a fall from a shopping cart, down a set of stairs or from a couch could not have caused the injuries that claimed the life of the infant, citing the symptoms of Shaken Baby Syndrome. Gerlach contends there are other doctors who disagree with the existence of Shaken Baby Syndrome at all.
The defense presented an additional witness Friday afternoon and is scheduled to continue its case on Monday.
Judge William T. Marshall old the jury Friday morning they could begin deliberations Monday. Wilson is charged with aggravated murder, murder and child endangering.
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Wanted to see Bell perhaps a play or two..
Oh well..
Don't start Jethro Tull-ing me..Living In the Past..
That was then, this is now..
Thank u..
Geaux Saints
Great !! Glad this happened...
But, my gut feeling is that as soon as
Drew retires, splits..whatever, Sean will be
headed to Dallas...
In a heartbeat !!!
Hope I'm wrong...
Watched Shaun Rogers a few plays..
He didn't look too good.
He looked really slow. Although I'm sure I missed a number of his plays and
he may have played better, the ones I saw didn't look promising.
But, if Coach kept him..
Good luck Shaun.
But step it up, please.
And lose some weight already !!!!
Just hope our defense gets plenty of rest because of Oregon's runners..
They are really quick and elusive !!!!
And have them take a bath once in a while, too !!
You never get a second chance to make a first impression !!!!
I too hope he goes in as a Saint.. But, the awkward way he left and the rumors..
I can't say I'd really blame him. Hopefully the good will outweigh the bad..
Pulling for ya, Willie..
Hey !! Say what ya want, but the man had some stones to do what he
did back in that time...
When and IF they catch ya....
C Ya......
Snatch him and 'tune him up' !!
Hell, you might as well put GW back in office if this guy gets elected..
Just a clone...
I'm not worried about the offensive side of the ball. Sproles is an experienced player and I think he'll do a better job overall than Reggie.. (sorry, Reg)
The defensive side MUST step it up several notches
in order for us to go deep in the playoffs !!
You score 36 points against Seattle and LOSE ??? That's not suppose to happen.
There was never any real consistent pressure put on opposing QB's. Hopefully the defense
can apply that pressure this season and we can be in the hunt for another ring !!!
C'mon Saints !!! jbnstrose
Once when I was little, my Dad made me BRING him the belt that he was gonna
use on my butt !!!
We used to laugh at that when I was older.. and him, too !!
But don't cha just love that smirk on this lad... woman... ???
Got 'Cha !!
Ya caught the Paw Paw !!!
Just win and the money will come !!!
Since moving back home, I've noticed an 'attitude' that was present when I left 25 years ago.
At least someone has to do the job. Where's all the locals at to bring back that 'charm' of the city to these jobs ?????
My guess is they are sitting on their asses drawing unemployment and letting these 'newcomers' work. I don't think it's all 'newcomers' with the bad attitude.
If that IS the case, then hire more "qualified" locals to work these jobs.. We all know that an employer can't just hire anybody to work with the public. You know it as well as I do. But, you can't find a job if you don't go out and sell yourself. (but, what are these places paying ? remember, you get what you pay for !!)
Remember, New Orleans is "The City That Care Forgot' !!
But, I will agree that it is sad, but remember, it's not just 'them', it's everybody !! Locals, too !!
Just win and let the cards fall where they may !!
Don't worry about home field, etc. Just hope we make
the playoffs.
Again, just win....
If the Ole Miss game from last year still irks the players, then Lester
should be irked more than anybody !!
Pay attention, Coach !!
Hope this isn't a 'TRAP GAME' like the Browns game turned out to be !!
We 'should' take care of business !!
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Freezer after Sandy: to toss, or not to toss?
So, following the superstorm, my apartment lost power for four days straight, a little over 100 hours by my estimation.
My freezer was pretty much packed to the gillls, and I've thrown out everything in it, pretty much, figuring this is about enough time for everything in it to melt and spoil. But there are three items I can't bear to throw out and I think, possibly, maybe, not likely but almost might be alright:
1) Roasted hatch chiles a friend brought from Albuquerque and I stashed in the freezer, frozen in a plastic pint container
2) Tomatoes I roasted with olive oil and froze this summer, also frozen in a plastic pint container
3) Some ramp compound butter I made this spring, frozen in ice cube size chunks
Any possibility any of these are okay to keep? All signs point to no, but I'm not 100% sure and really really really don't want to toss this stuff.
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(Interview in Singapore with Anthony Yuen, Phoenix Television.)
Q: You are considered a hardliner toward China and Taiwan, but yet you also warned three times against Taiwan that they cannot get their independence. So is there any change of your policy, your attitude?
Wolfowitz: No, I think it's been very consistent over a long period of time and I was assistant secretary of state for East Asia under Secretary George Schultz. I believe the policy he said was the right policy which is we need to approach that issue with the insistence on a peaceful solution. Neither side can try to oppose its will on the other. That's why as President Bush has said, we have a one-China policy that consists of basically two principles. We do not support independence for Taiwan, we oppose the use of force, and we believe in that framework we can expect much more positive results in the long run.
Q: But during the past few years, Mr. Bush's attitude toward Taiwan is considered by China, pro-Taiwan, especially when your administration tried to provide more defensive weapons to Taiwan. Does that make China very uncomfortable? Do you think that policy is still there?
Wolfowitz: We've had a long-standing commitment which President Bush has reaffirmed very clearly to provide the defensive arms that Taiwan needs to provide for its security. That's not a threat to China unless China thinks that it can impose a solution by force which we think would be very damaging to everyone's interest including China's. But as we've said over and over again, we don't believe that either side should try to impose its will unilaterally, and the U.S. strongly supports efforts to resolve these issues peacefully.
Q: Just two weeks ago you delivered a speech on China policy. You also seem to us, you are softening your attitude toward China and a little more warm on Taiwan. Is there any soft tone happened to you or do you think you have to change your attitude to Taiwan? China?
Wolfowitz: I think it's very clear when I say there's an enormous interest in a good relationship with China. China's a very important country. We have a lot of common interests with China and we want to work on those common interests. With respect to the Taiwan issue, we have been unequivocally clear in our position on the use of force and equally clear under this president that we don't support Taiwan independence, that neither side should impose its will in the matter. The president has created a better environment not only for relations across the street but also importantly for U.S./China relations.
In addition to that, we've had some good cooperation from China in the war on terrorism and we appreciate that. We've always been looking to improve our relations with China in the defense field -- the EP-3 a year ago clearly was a setback -- but the vice president who was in town, met with Secretary Rumsfeld in Washington. It was a good meeting. Rumsfeld is sending our Assistant Secretary of Defense Rodman to Beijing in the middle of June to talk about the principles on which we can get a military-to-military relationship on a more solid framework which will be of mutual benefit. We're very interested in bringing China into the mainstream of the Pacific region. We believe that China has a major, important, constructive role to play.
Q: So in other words, you don't consider yourself as hardliner towards China?
Wolfowitz: I really don't -- I don't at all. I will admit very clearly that I've always felt very firmly that force is not the solution to the problems between China and Taiwan, and it's very important to be very clear about that. I have worked very hard over many years to try to bring China into the Pacific and I believe we made progress.
Q: We seem to realize that the controversy between China and Taiwan is going on, debate is going on. What's the solution? Do you think that might be good? Of course it's peaceful solution, but what solution do you think they should go?
Wolfowitz: I think it's up to the two sides to work things out and I believe from a lot of experience that Asians have ways of working through problems that are sometimes much more creative than the ideas that we may come up with as outsiders. But in any case we don't believe it's our role to be in the middle of negotiations or to be proposing solutions.
Q: So in terms of the U.S./China relationship, what do you think the next step will be?
Wolfowitz: I want to be clear about one very important thing: I come from the Defense Department. I have a responsibility to help my secretary manage our military affairs, our security affairs. The responsibility obviously for U.S./China policy is with Secretary Powell and the State Department. They do a terrific job and we work quite well together. What I can tell you is what I just told you is as far as the military-to-military relationship, we believe that we are in a position to get our relations on a better footing even than they were before the EP-3 incident -- not only to recover from the damage of that incident but also we got a better footing. The step in doing that is the discussions that Peter Rodman will be having in Beijing. This is a very varied relationship with many issues on the table. Many of them are positive. Some of them are negative. We work across the board.
Q: So in general, the immediate co-operation between China and U.S. do you have any concrete step to normalize it or take it one step forward?
Wolfowitz: -- military contacts are all aboard except for a brief period immediately after the EP-3 incident, there's no question of that incident setting things back. We believe that the contact between American military personnel and Chinese military personnel can reduce misunderstanding on both sides and can help build a better basis for co-operation when opportunities arise. So we'd like to enhance those opportunities for interaction but we believe that to be successful we have to have principles of transparency and reciprocity. It's very important that there's mutual benefit to both sides and those are the kinds of details that Mr. Rodman will be talking with his Chinese counterparts in Beijing.
Q: In terms of the spy flight to China, are you still keeping that going on now?
Wolfowitz: I'm not sure of the clearness of your question, but if you're talking about a reconnaissance plane, they're not spying, they're doing normal legal surveillance of the ocean space, and many countries including China do it regularly along our coast. We think frankly it's part of the basic idea of transparency. The more each country knows about what the other one is doing the less danger is there is I believe of misunderstanding and confrontation.
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Home prices fell in most major metropolitan areas again in January, according to the widely watched S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices report. For the fifth straight month, there was a general decline — 0.8 percent in January from December.
More specifically, the researchers found that 16 of 19 metro areas "saw home prices decrease over the month; only Miami, Phoenix and Washington, D.C., home prices went up versus December 2011."
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DURHAM, N.H. – University of New Hampshire ski coordinator and Nordic skiing head coach Cory Schwartz announced Wednesday that student-athletes Lizzie Gill and Teagan Yutrzenka have signed national letters of intent to join the UNH skiing program in the fall of 2013.
Gill, 17, is a native of Bozeman, Mont., who will join the Nordic ski team on the heels of a successful career for coaches Dragan Danevski and UNH alumni Tim Baucom and Andrew Morehouse at the Bridger Ski Foundation. She placed 15th in the 5K classic and 17th in the 10K skate at the 2012 Junior Nationals. Gill was a 2011 USSA Championship All-American and J2 Nordic cross-country state champion. In 2010, she garnered the Bridger Ski Foundation Nordic Best Rookie award and was voted the team MVP.
Yutrzenka, 18, comes to Durham from Anchorage, Alaska, and coaches Jan Buron and Ben Arians of the Alaska Winter Stars. In 2012, the Nordic skier placed 12th in the 5K classic at U.S. Nationals and took 12th place in the 10K skate at Junior Nationals; she placed second in the 3x3K relay at Juniors. Yutrzenka notched an 11th-place finish in the 10K classic and third in the 3x3K relay at the 2011 Junior Nationals to go along a finish of sixth overall in the Alaska Nordic Skiing State Championship.
"We are excited to add two very talented skiers in Lizzie and Teagan to the Wildcat family," Schwartz said. "Both of them have experience competing on a national level, and we have high expectations for them at UNH."
The 2013 EISA skiing season opens for UNH with alpine racing at the Vermont Winter Carnival on Jan. 11-12. For more information on the UNH ski team, visit www.unhwildcats.com or www.unhskiing.com.


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We will be selling some goats this April at the following sale. You can visit many of the consignors by clicking on their farm listed under "Goat Breeders" (scroll down and to the right)
We will be selling some goats this April at the following sale. You can visit many of the consignors by clicking on their farm listed under "Goat Breeders" (scroll down and to the right)
We will be selling some goats this May at the following sale. You can visit many of the consignors by clicking on their farm listed under "Goat Breeders" (scroll down and to the right).
Just a quick post to list some animals for sale, I've decided to sell part of my herd due to lack of time I have available these days. We're keeping a dozen or so commercial does and 20 or so fullblood does, the rest, we're putting up for sale.
For Sale: Approximately 12 registered fullblood Boer does, ages 2 – 5 years, all proven breeders and exposed to fullblood buck. Selling one 97% American Purebred doe and a handful of commercial does. $250.00 for fullbloods, $125.00 for commercial does. Will give discount on purchases of 5 or more. Sampling of the does being sold. The does for sale are all traditional in looks, no colored does for sale (as seen in pictures):
We will be selling some goats this May at the following sale. You can visit many of the consignors by clicking on their farm listed under "Goat Breeders" (scroll down and to the right).
At the Winner's Circle Sale, in Murfreesboro, TN on Nov 8th, we purchased a new doe, Beaver Creek T313. Here she is:
Her sire is Beaver Creek's Colt 45 **Ennobled**, she recently won her class at the 2008 Southern Indiana Boer Goat Classic Show. She is confirmed bred to ANR Wide Load, the 2008 ABGA National Chamption Buck. Kids are due in December. She will be arriving at the farm tomorrow.
On Monday, October 6th, we had our first buck collection on the farm. Geoff & Nancy Masterman of Superior Semen Works arrived around 8:30 AM for what turned into a LONG day. I believe they were up until 2 AM processing semen. We started the day with five bucks to be collected, then late in the afternoon we had three more bucks arrive, bringing the total to eight.
While Geoff & Nancy were here, I had been planning on Artificially Inseminating (AI'ing) four of my best Boer does and any of our dairy goats who were in heat. Two weeks prior to their arrival, I started programming the Boer does with Lutalyse. The does received a 2 ml shot 14 days before the AI date, then a 2nd shot two days before the AI date. Also, during this 2nd series of shots, the teaser does (used in the buck collection) were give a shot of Lutalyse to bring them into heat.
While the semen we collected was being processed, we checked the Boer does to see if they were ready to be AI'd. Unfortunately they were not so we decided to wait until the next morning. On Tuesday morning, we AI'd two of my Boer does to ANR Wide Load, the 2008 ABGA National Grand Champion Buck. The other two does were not in heat so we decided against AI'ing them. We also AI'd two of our Oberhasli dairy goats to Devonshire SK Voyager. I don't know a lot about this buck, but the Masterman's thought he'd be a good match up with our does. We don't plan on showing dairy goats, but nonetheless, it doesn't hurt to inject good genetics into the herd.
Since the buck collection, on my own, I have AI'd one additional Oberhasli doe to Voyager and this last weekend, I AI'd the EGGS doe I purchased at this years Showstopper Sale from the Ryals to RRD Gunsmoke P502 *Ennobled*. We'll know in the next three weeks whether the AI'ing was successful or not. If not, we'll try again as I have extra Voyager and Gunsmoke semen.
I'm still deciding what to do with the two Boer does who weren't in heat. I have several choices, use one of my bucks, or use one of any number of really nice bucks in the area, or purchase semen and AI them. Well, I decide on that another day.
We will be selling some goats this September at the following sale. You can visit many of the consignors by clicking on their farm listed under "Goat Breeders" (scroll down and to the right).
It's been a while since I've posted…we've been busy around the farm as well as fall sports. Baseball is over, soccer is over, swim team and swim lessons have begun. We've done the first cutting of hay and been busy with the goats.
This last weekend we went to Gratz, PA for the Pennsylvania Meat Goat Producers Association's (PMGPA) ABGA Goat Double-Header & Youth Jackpot Market Goat Show.
This has been our best show so far. Our buck BMACK CHIEF walked away with OVERALL GRAND CHAMPION
We had other animals win 1st, 2nd, and 3rd's in their respective classes and Greg & Lauren had fun showing too! Below are pictures of Lauren showing her goat "Purpureus" and Greg showing one of his wethers he's been raising for the Clarke County Fair this summer.
We're going to another show this weekend in West Virginia, the Mountain State Boer Goat Show, hopefully we'll do as well there.
It's been one of those months…washing machine broken, garage door opener broken, and now a broken horn. Over the last few weekends we've been working our way through the entire herd worming and trimming feet. Well, Sunday afternoon, I went to catch a yearling doe who turned out to be quite wild. I caught her with my crook, but then grabbed her head to lead her over to the stanchion. I needed one hand free to open the gate so I grabbed onto one of her horns with my other hand to hold her. While holding her she decided to jump and it happened…I could feel the horn weaken and knew it had broke. It was still attached and there was only a little blood so I thought "good, maybe it isn't as bad as I thought and it'll be okay." I locked her in the stanchion and went about working on her feet. When I had finished working one side and was switching to the other, that's when I noticed it. She must have been struggling and moving her head up and down and loosened it the rest of the way. The horn was flipped over 180 degrees and hanging by a "thread" down the side of her face. I called a friend who said to cut it the rest of the way off and if it didn't stop bleeding, I would need to cauterize it. Thankfully, blood flow wasn't bad and it eventually clotted. She doesn't seem phased by it at all. I've put her in a small pen by herself for a few days to let it heal.
Now onto bloody feet. We were finishing up the last few goats this afternoon and as I went to make a cut this doe kicked the leg I was working on just as I was closing the clippers. It was a deep cut and blood was flowing everywhere. It was squirting out the hole and blood stop powder wasn't doing a thing. We quickly grabbed a rag and some duct tape and went to work. We poured on a bunch of blood stop powder, then cut and placed the rag over the wound. Next we used duct tape to secure the rag tightly to the foot so there would be constant pressure to help stop the bleeding. We finished up, let her down and she started grazing. A little later you could see that she was favoring the foot, but didn't appear too serious. I will check on her tomorrow.
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From the in-box: this just in from Democracy for America:
Our pressure on Congress to reject the President's tax cut deal with the Republicans is working. From CNN only hours ago:
Defying President Obama, House Democrats voted Thursday not to bring up the tax package that he negotiated with Republicans in its current form.
"This message today is very simple: That in the form that it was negotiated, it is not acceptable to the House Democratic caucus. It's as simple as that," said Democratic Congressman Chris Van Hollen.
Following the non-binding vote of the Democratic Caucus, Reuters newswire just reported this breaking news:
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi will not bring President Barack Obama's current proposed tax plan up for a vote in her chamber, an aide said on Thursday.
The aide said Pelosi would require changes be made to the measure that most of her fellow House Democrats formally opposed by approving a resolution of opposition to it. The aide said: "She (Pelosi) will honor the resolution."
It has never been more important for us to quickly back up Speaker Pelosi and the House Democratic Caucus than it is right now. Please sign our "Thank You and Stand Strong" statement and let them know you have their back.
This one's definitely developing…
Here's the write-up from Reuters. A clip:
In a raucous, closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill, Democrats chanted "Just say no!" as they agreed to block Obama's plan to extend low tax rates for nearly all Americans, according to lawmakers in the room.
Several at the party meeting said they were angered by the White House's "take it or leave it" attitude about the deal, which includes tax breaks for the wealthy.
Obama's plan would keep lower rates in place for another two years, reduce the estate tax, and extend tax breaks and other benefits aimed at lower-income Americans.
Democrats have opposed extending the tax breaks for the wealthiest 2 percent of American households, arguing that the lost revenue can be put to better use at a time when unemployment is close to 10 percent.
There was still strong support in Congress for the broader deal and time for lawmakers to negotiate a compromise in the coming days. Tax bills will rise in January by an average of $3,000 per household of Congress does not act.
Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid was to unveil tax-cut legislation later in the day, with a vote possible on Saturday.
The administration is confident that the "major components" of the deal will survive the congressional maneuvering, White House spokeswoman Amy Brundage said. …
The irony is that throughout the first two years of his presidency, Congress — especially the House — has been complaining that the president is too "hands off" when it comes to legislation and won't tell them what he wants. He was criticized for turning the writing of the stimulus bill over to Nancy Pelosi and the healthcare bill over to the Senate. Now that the president is doing what they've been asking him to do: spelling out specifically what he wants done — Congress (the House in particular) is upset that they're being told what to do. Politics.
The likelihood still is that the package passes, perhaps with the House forcing some modifications (upping the estate tax would be a good fix…) Meanwhile, the suddenly feisty Democrats run the risk of running out the clock, and then the question is, who gets blamed when everybody's taxes rise January 1st? Tick-tock…


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How to Host a Halloween DInner Party
Yesterday the mad geniuses of the Phoenix area united at the Keen Halloween event put together my the folks at Steamcrow. We had an array of creepy vendors, spooky panels, costuming evil geniuses and arts & crafts. A good time was had by all.
I participated with a Creepy Little Productions booth and did a panel called "How to Host a Halloween Dinner Party." Truthfully, I get nervous talking in front of people, and I breezed through it kind of fast. So, for those of your that were kind enough to attend and those of you who would like the info, here are some recipes to help you figure out your own Halloween dinner party menu.
I designed my table layout using my Ouija Board Party Kit which is available in my Shop Envy Store. Or you can use an existing Ouija Board as a placemat. If I see ouija boards in a thrift or antique store, I usually pick it up, just because they are so darn cool looking.
Bloody or Slimy Martini
1 Part Absolut Ruby Red
1 Part Fresh Lemon Juice
Liquid Sour Cherry Blood (or Sour Apple for Slimy version)
Line the inside of a clear glass with liquid candy blood
or slime ahead of time so the candy has a chance to ooze down the inside of the glass and settle.
Fill a shaker with ice cubes. Add all ingredients. Shake and strain into the blood or slime lined glass filled with ice cubes.
VIRGIN RECIPE: Instead of using alchol, use Sprite, 7-Up or other kind of clear soda. Pour into the glass lined with the blood or slim liquid candy.
The candy eventually with melt right into the rest of the drink making the otherwise clear liquid change colors.
Zombie Bites
12 roasted jalapenos
6 string cheese sticks cut in half or favorite white cheese
1 lb of bacon
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Split pre-roasted jalapenos. Remove jalapeno guts and seeds. Stuffed generously with cheese. Cut pieces of bacon in half and wrap each piece around stuffes jalapeno. Secure with toothpick if needed. Bake until bacon is fully cooked and crispy.
Crazy Caprese Eyeball Salad
1 package of mini fresh mozzarella balls
Sliced green olives with pimentos
Slice green olives so that they are round with a red pimento in the middle. Place olives on "cherry sized" mozzarella ball and put "eyeball" on a whole basil leaf, on top of a tomato slice. Secure with a toothpick if needed. Serve with a light drizzle of oil, balsamic vinegar and fresh basil.
Exorcist Soup
This is a cold soup that can be made in advance.
3 large, ripe avocados cut into 1/2-inch pieces
1 1/2 cups chicken stock
1/4 cup minced scallions
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
2 tablespoons minced fresh cilantro, plus 6 sprigs
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon cayenne
1 cup heavy cream
Plain Yougurt or Creme Fraiche
In a food processor, puree the avocados, chicken stock, scallions, lemon juice, cilantro, 1 teaspoon of the salt, and the cayenne. Pour into a soup tureen or large pitcher and stir in the heavy cream just before serving. Garnish each serving of soup with 1 sprig of cilantro.
Using the yougurt or Creme Fraiche, add a small dolup to middle of soup. Using a toothpick, spread the white part outward to create a spiderweb effect.
1 head of caulifower
2 tablespoons mayonnaise
2 teaspoons mustard
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese or Mizthra
1 tsp Red Food Coloring
Trim cauliflower so that it can sit flat. Cut a shallow line going down the middle of caulifower to make it look more like a brain. Steam cauliflower whole until it is soft enough to poke with a fork.
Mix together mayo, mustard, cheese and red food coloring. Cover steamed cauliflower with mixture. Bake for 20 minutes at 350 degrees. Serve on a platter with a knife or scapel sticking out of it.
Mummy Wrap
1 lb lean ground beef
10 sheets phyllo dough
6 tbsps tomato paste
olive oil (flavored pam)
2 tbsps olive oil
1 onion (finely chopped)
6 cloves minced garlic
8 ozs feta cheese (crumbled)
1/4 tsp cinnamon (taste)
1/4 tsp allspice (taste)
Heat the garlic with half of the olive oil in a pan. Add ground meat and small onion and brown. Add in tomato paste, salt, pepper, cinnamon and all spice to your taste. Cook thoroughly.
Remove from heat and set aside in a bowl. Preheat the oven to 375F degrees. In a large glass pan, spray the bottom with non-stick spray. Add one sheet of the Phyllo dough. Spray sheet and add another layer the same way until you have 5 sheets sprayed down and layered on top of each other.
Add meat to the sheets and spread evenly. Top with crumbled feta cheese. Roll into a large cigar shape until you have a large loaf. Lightly "mold" into the shpe of a mummy. Layer the remaining phyllo dough while spraying the layers. Cut them into strips and lay on top of loaf to look like mummy wrappings. Cook for 15-17 minutes or until it is top is golden.
Serve with a side of creepy sauteed Oyster mushrooms.
The Worms Crawl In
1 pack of hot dogs sliced into 1" pieces
1 package of dry spaghetti
Insert 4 pieces of dry spaghetti noddles into each slice of hot dog. Place slices in boiling water and cook until spaghetti is fully cooked. Serve with either ketchup of marinara sauce.
1 piece of toast
Avocado (lightly salted with Garlic Salt and/or Cumin)
Black Olives
White cheese cut into squares
Cook bacon until crispy. Mush avocado into a spreadable paste. Toast Bread. Spread aocado to create a green face on toast. Use Bacon across top of toast to look like hair. Slice black olives and use as eyes. Cut cheese pieces become the teeth. Cut salami into thin strips to use as lips or moustaches. Be creative. Every Monstertoast can look different.
Cake Mix or Favorite Cake Recipe
Black food coloring
Grated Coconut
M&Ms or Chocolate Chips
Black Cupcake Holders
Black or red licorice
Bake cupcakes per your favorite recipe's instructions. Let cool. Mix black food coloring with frosting and frost cooled cupcakes. Sprinkle with grated coconut. Add M&Ms or chocolate chips as eyes. Cut licorice strips to all the same size and add 4 pieces to each side for the spiders legs.
This Saturday, September 29th, 2012, will be the very first ever Keen Halloween event. This is an unusual Halloween event, especially since it is one month BEFORE Halloween. Why, you may ask? Because this is a chance to be totally prepared for when the big days arrives. There will be Spooky Entertainers, vendors selling their wares in the Monster Market, experts helping out with costumes at the Evil Genius Costume Bar and participants holding Halloween workshops on how to make Halloween crafts, decorations or in my case "How to Host a Halloween Dinner Party."
The event is getting a lot of press and is sure to be a fun event. It is the brainchild of Daniel and Dawna Davis of Steamcrow fame due to their love of Halloween but distaste for all the blood and gore. I must agree with them. Annual trips to the Spirit store always leaves me a little disheartened with all their decapitated corpses or zombie torsos. Or on the opposite spectrum, the overly commercialized Halloween with Disney princesses.
So if you prefer to do-it-yourself or would like something you can't buy in a regular store, come on down to Keen Halloween. It will be from 11am-10pm at the New School for the Arts and Academics at 1216 E. Apache Boulevard Tempe, Arizona. You can buy advance tickets through the website for $7 or $10 at the door. And best of all, kids 12 and under are FREE!
I will have a hand a few new products that I've created just for this show. My favorite being the Franko/Zombo sewing kit. This kit has everything you need to sew your own Franko/Zombo doll who sports two-sides (Frankenstein on one side and Zombie on the other), removable brains, heart and arms. He is super cute and a lot of fun to put together. But I was only able to make a limited quantity so stop by early to make sure you get yours. Only $15!
I will post pictures of some of my other new products later today.
Hope to see you there for a Sin-sational time!
2012 Phoenix Comicon
Well, it's only been a couple of months since the Phoenix Comicon so I'm actually right on time for my usual fashionable lateness. This year's Comicon was beyond awesome! The staff/volunteers were better than ever and made the whole show run so smoothly. I had a great artist's alley table on one end of the aisle, which I turned into a pseudo booth by adding another table and doubling my product space. I had great neighbors too, Eric Mengel and Dennmann. Check them out too!
They set a record attendance at over 32,000 people, almost 10,000 more than the previous year. The crowds were full of incredible people and I spent most of my time socializing. This year I added more of a literary twist to my prints by including some Romeo & Juliet, Alice in Wonderland and Edgar Allan Poe prints and was so pleased every time a kindred spirit came by to geek out over them.
My Ouija Board placemats didn't do as well as I thought they would. Who knew so many people harbored such fear of them?! Literally, some people would back away from them faster than if I was selling Chik-fil-A during a gay pride parade. I promise, I created them myself, and printed them on vinyl – without spirits. No self-respecting spirit would reside in a vinyl placemat anyway. And if they did, I'm sure they would not want you to eat Chik-fil-A off of them.
But my guitar pick necklaces were by far my biggest sellers. Which makes me very happy. You can not imagine how much work goes into those mini art pieces! I design artwork for the picks and have them printed, but then have to drill holes and assemble them by hands. It is actually fun so I'm not complaining, but having people love them makes them so much better to me.
I also met a very pleasant young lady named Alissa McKersie who is a writer for Journey Planet. She was working on an article about Women in Comics and interviewed me as well as some other local talents, Kathryn Immonen, Jean Arrow, Jolene Houser, Bianca Thompson, and Nei Ruffino. You can read her finished article starting on page 34 here.
For the third year now, I was asked to be a judge at the Zombie Beauty Pageant. As usual, it was a scream! I couldn't get any good pictures but here is a video link to the winner known as "Sexy Zombie" who won on bravery and creativity merits. All zombies should be so ballsy.
If you don't live in the Phoenix area, I would still recommend coming out for the Phoenix Comicon. It may not be as big as San Diego, but I find it much more enjoyable being able to walk down aisles, look at vendors without being elbowed and attending panels where you don't have to fear bodily injury. And I never, ever, not even once, missed being surrounded by giant corporate videos blaring down at me from every angle.
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So Muammar Qaddafi has pitched his tent in Bedford, New York, having been kicked out of New Jersey faster than a cast member of The Sopranos.
And who will be among his neighbors in this tony Westchester burb? Why Martha Stewart, who I'm sure will be DELIGHTED to look out her picture window only to catch "Guide of the First of September Great Revolution of the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and Brotherly Leader and Guide of Previously Mentioned Revolution" in her peripheral vision.
I wonder what helpful hints Martha will have for Qaddafi? Perhaps how to fold the corners of his tent in a manner worthy of an Eagle Scout, or the inestimable value of lace, or perhaps she'll proffer a few interior-design tips to rid his dwelling of that whole scimitar motif. (How 70s! 1570s!)
My guess is that once the butcher of Lockerbie and entourage actually show their faces, the genteel residents of Bedford will storm his bivvy with such feral ferocity it will make T.E. Lawrence's descent on Aqaba look like a skiing accident.
UPDATE: It appears Qaddafi may be squatting on none other than The Donald's property. Assuming this is true, and Trump's people seem to be denying it, what on earth does this mean? Is there another reality show in the offing—instead of The Apprentice, can we expect a mid-season replacement called The Henchman, in which contestants vie to become a brutal dictator's right-hand assassin, and instead of the losers fearing the dreaded "You're fired," they'll be subjected to "You're toast"?
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Meanwhile, warm butter in a skillet over medium heat. Add breadcrumbs and stir until toasted. Season with salt and stir in lemon zest. To serve, top asparagus with breadcrumbs.