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Provide basic information to help them understand, without providing unnecessary details that may only alarm them. For very young children, provide concrete explanations of what happened and how it will affect them (eg, a tree branch fell on electrical wires and that is why the lights don't work). Let children know there are many people who are working to help them and their community to recover after a disaster (such as repair crews for the electric company, or firefighters, police, paramedics, or other emergency personnel). Share with them all of the steps that are being taken to keep them safe; children will often worry that a disaster will occur again.Older children will likely want, and benefit from, additional information about the disaster and recovery efforts. No matter what age, start by asking children what they already know and what questions they have and use that as a guide for the conversation. Limit media coverage of the disaster—if children are going to watch media coverage, consider taping it (to allow adults to preview) and watch along with them to answer questions and help them process the information. While children may seek and benefit from basic information about what happened so that they can understand what is happening in their world, they (and adults) don't benefit from graphic details or exposure to disturbing images or sounds. In the aftermath of a crisis is a good time to disconnect from all media and sit down together and talk as a family.Be sure to ask children what questions or concerns they have. Often they have fears based on limited information or because they misunderstood what they were told. Reassure children when able to do so, but if their fears are realistic, don't give false reassurance. Instead, help them learn how to cope with these feelings.Help Children CopeAfter a disaster or crisis, children benefit from adults who can help them learn how to cope effectively. Although it is not useful for adults to appear overwhelmed by the event, it is helpful to share some of their feelings and what they are doing to deal with those feelings. Children can't be expected to cope with troubling feelings if no one models effective coping. Allow children to "own" their feelings. Let your child know that it is all right to be upset about something bad that happened. Use the conversation to take the opportunity to talk about other troubling feelings your child may have. A child who feels afraid is afraid, even if adults think the reason for the fear is unnecessary. If you feel overwhelmed and/or hopeless, look for some support from other adults before reaching out to your child.Don't feel obligated to give a reason for what happened. Although adults often feel the need to provide a reason for why someone committed such a crime, many times they don't know. It is okay to tell your child that you don't know why at this time such a crime was committed.Children are not only trying to deal with the disaster, but with everything else that follows. They may have to relocate, at least temporarily, and could be separated from friends or unable to attend the same school. Parents may have less income and the change in finances may impact their ability to participate in activities they enjoyed or travel to visit family out of town. Allow children to express their regrets over these "secondary losses" (without accusing them of being selfish) and help them figure out ways to minimize the impact or find alternatives.Children, just like adults, often feel helpless after a disaster. Help them figure out what they can do—that is meaningful to them—to help others in their community impacted by the disaster. For more information, see Coping and Adjustment.Support Grieving ChildrenChildren who have experienced the death of a family member or friend need to understand and grieve a personal loss, above and beyond adjusting to the disaster itself. Access more information on how to support grieving children.Talking to Children about the EconomyThe current economic situation is impacting adults throughout the United States and abroad. The effect that it may have on children and adolescents may be less direct—they may be worried about changes they see in their parents' mood or behavior because their parents are concerned about finances—but it is still something that parents and pediatricians should address. Talking to children about the economy, and the impact it is having on their family, can help them develop strategies for coping with the current financial situation and their day-to-day life.Talking to Children in the AftermathThe AAP has assembled resources for pediatricians, parents, and teachers to help children cope with the aftermath of community or school shootings. If you have concerns about your child's behavior, contact his or her pediatrician, other primary care provider, or a qualified mental health care specialist.ResourcesFire-arm Related Injuries Affecting the Pediatric Population (AAP) Catastrophic Mass Violence Resources (National Child Traumatic Stress Network) Communicating with Children and Families: From Everyday Interactions to Skill in Conveying Distressing Information (AAP) Getting Your Family Prepared for a Disaster (AAP) How to Prepare for Disasters (AAP)Preparingyour Child for Disasters Infographic (AAP) School and Family Resources (St. Christopher's Hospital for Children)Talking to Children About Disasters (AAP)Talking to Children about the Shooting (The National Child Traumatic Stress Network)Talking To Children About Tragedies and Other News Events (AAP)Talking to Kids of All Ages About the Colorado Movie Shooting (MSNBC) share email print


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Ok - well, considering that you are running an OS that has no native DOS mode, the lack of a floppy drive can be sorely felt when problems arise
Presumably you have a DOS bootable CD?
If you are able to start in Safe Mode via the F8 menu at system startup, try that, as Scanreg can be employed that way in WinME (unlike Win98)
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If you cannot start in Safe Mode, then you will require a DOS bootable CD, as mentioned - - possibly your ME installation disc will work
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Sorry took so long to respond, got caught up in other things i have not had time to come back to this site.
Umm, so I feel totally hopeless, I can't get into DOS or Safemode and I tried to go in the BIOS and tell it to boot from the CD drive which had my Windows installation CD in it but it didn't seem to do anything.
What happens when you tap F8, do you get as far as the start menu list?
There is often an alternative key you can use for BIOS to change the boot order for "one time only". Otherwise you will need to permanently change the order to CD first.
Often registry errors get reported when the problem is really faulty RAM. It could be worth cleaning the RAM edge connectors with a pencil eraser because even slight tarnish can sometimes cause RAM to play up. If that doesn't help try one stick at a time in first position (assuming it has more than one) which will pinpoint a faulty stick.
There are free memory testers you can download on another machine but these are usually run from a floppy.
It goes to the start menu list when I press the F8 key and thats it, i'll try to clean the RAM and see what happens. Thanks.

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U of Texas - Austin / Class of 2010?« on: July 11, 2007, 10:49:33 PM »
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Reviews, Visits, and Rankings / UT ASW Roll Call - tomorrow and Friday« on: March 28, 2007, 01:57:38 PM »
Since every other school has a thread like this, who's coming to UT's ASW?
General board for soon-to-be 1Ls / Northwestern, UT, Vandy - $$$ or prestige?« on: March 26, 2007, 12:10:40 PM »
I'm about 80% sure that's what I'll be doing, and wanted to see what others think.
To save you guys a trip to my LSN, UT will cost $27,000 over 3 years, Northwestern $30,000, UCLA $47,000, and Michigan $54,000. Cost is a major issue as I'm not a citizen or permanent resident and will have to rely on ridiculously high interest private loans.
Priorities: want to work in corporate litigation, 2-3 years at a firm and then in-house if possible. Ideally would like to practice in Austin after graduation.
Other factors: already live in Austin, husband will have to find a good job if we move, have a 3-year old who's in a great preschool, have a great support system in Austin both for child care and networking purposes.
I've pretty much eliminated Michigan from consideration, since my husband has not been able to find good jobs in Detroit/Ann Arbor so far. UCLA is still a contender because we have family in LA, but unless they give me more money, I don't see that happening. So the main question is, would you uproot the family and move to Chicago or stay put if you were me?
Where should I go next fall? / Scholarship vigil« on: February 26, 2007, 04:53:10 PM »
What are the schools you guys are waiting on? Post your hopes/predictions of how much money you'll get.
I'm waiting on WUSTL and Vanderbilt mainly, hoping one of them gives me enough money to make my decision easier. Not really expecting anything from Michigan or UCLA, but can't make myself stop hoping. And really hope to get something from Northwestern.
If I were to predict, WUSTL and Vandy will give me just enough to make them on par with UT cost-wise, not helping me decide at all. I also predict I'll get nothing from Michigan and UCLA. Don't want to even guess on Northwestern - too scared I'll jinx myself.
General Off-Topic Board / The Whatever Happened To ... Thread« on: November 02, 2006, 12:26:10 PM »
Because I'm bored and too cururios for my own good, and been on here for way too long. Feel free to add to the list.
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Law School Applications / UT EA Applicants« on: November 02, 2006, 11:28:03 AM »
Deadline's passed, and I've sent the product of over 30 hours of edits and revisions off to UT. Now's the time to scope out the competition
Post here if you've applied to UT, date applied, stats, and whether it's a reach, target, or safety for you. We can all come back to the thread when decisions come out and post when we've heard, scholarships, etc.
I'll start - applied 11/1/06, stats are in my signature, and depending on how they view my checkered LSAT past, it's a target/reach.
Personal Statement / 10th PS draft - anyone ?« on: October 13, 2006, 11:32:35 AM »
I've just finished the 10th revision (though some previous revisions were pretty minor) and I'm entirely convinced that my personal statement is cheesy and trite.
I'd love to get a second opinion from you guys, and since I thought it was a great idea to put comments regarding the personal statement in the thread soliciting feedback, I'd love to be the first to do that.
If you're interested, PM me or post in this thread and I'll send you a draft of my PS. Then post your feedback here without quoting or revealing much of the personal info from my PS, if possible.
Caveat - my PS contains A LOT of personal info, and I've been burned last year asking someone for feedback, so if you are new and I'm not familiar with your profile, don't be offended if I don't send it to you. It was extremely painful to get insults back instead of feedback and I don't want to go through that again. Oh, one more thing - if you have strong anti-immigration views, this PS may not be for you.
Thanks guys!
Studying for the LSAT / Debated LR Questions« on: September 30, 2006, 06:03:06 PM »
Time to start a thread for questions on which we're not agreeing:
1. Psychotherapy
2. Carrots/fat
3. Mountain climbers/slurred speach. Someone correct me if this has been decided. I picked the altitude affects all parts of the brain, but keep thinking that maybe it was the answer about how in mountain climbers different functions - i.e., speech, understanding of simple sentences, etc. were impacted to a different degree. The conclusion of the argument was that findings disproved claim that speech is regulated by an area of the brain that is separate from that regulating other functions, so I'm torn between these two choices. I think I may have picked the wrong one.
Studying for the LSAT / Mentality of a 170 + test taker« on: September 19, 2006, 12:22:02 PM »
I took a Powerscore Weekend class this past weekend, and found it generally pretty helpful, as a good review/reinforcement two weeks before the LSAT. One useful thing they gave us was a handout that had a list of things someone hoping to score 170+ should never say, which I'm including (in my own words, to avoid copyright issues)
1. I can't wait for the LSAT to be over with. - instead, phrase it in positive terms and say Im ready for this test, and wish I could take it as soon as possible.
2. Ill never score as high on the real test as I did on my last diagnostic. You've done the work on comparable prep tests and with each one increawsed your knowledge of the LSAT. There's no reason your actual test score will not fall in the same range.
3. This is my only shot - I can't screw up. You can cancel, retake, etc., and most schools take the highests score now - do not stress yourself out to the point you can't think straight.
4. If I dont do well now, I'll retake. To play devil's advocate, don't go in thinking you'll just retake if you don't like your score. Go in ready to do the best you've ever done, and only think of cancelling/retaking if things go wrong.
5. I hate the LSAT and the evil drones who make it. Think of it as a game you can beat, not an insurmountable challenge. It's like hating math because you don't understand it - once you "get" it, homework becomes enjoyable and pop quizzes less stressful - same with the LSAT.
6. I'm just not good at the Logic Games. Many, many people are initially bad at games, mostly because they've never seen anything like that in their life. Spend a few days doing games in succession and going over your mistakes. Watch somone who's good at games solve them in front of you. As a last resort, hire a tutor! Practicing will make this section easier, but you have to know where you're going wrong. Also, remember that there is an actual right answer to every question on Logic Games, and once you find it, you don't have to keep looking at other choices. It's the only non-subjective part of the test.
7. If I just get a 165, I'd be happy (or anything below a perfect score). Don't stop once you reach your target practice average. If you're mising any questions, you have a weak area, and you never know if the actual test will have more questions featuring your weakness than your practice tests. If there's room to improve, keep going! It's always better to have a score that is higher than what's needed for your schools, not the other way around.
To sum up, expectations often become reality, and you're more likely to do well if you expect to do well. If you're driving on the road looking at the ditch, you will most likely drive straight into the ditch. Keep your eyes on where you want to go, not where you don't want to end up. You've done the work, you have the ability to do well. See the LSAT as your chance to prove it.
Anyway, maybe this will help someone!
Studying for the LSAT / Check out reviews of your testing center« on: September 18, 2006, 02:13:43 PM »
I'm sure most of you have seen this already, but for those who haven't, here's a link to reviews Kaplan students have completed of testing sites across America:
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Bourjois Paris Eau De Gloss Review
Imagine a gloss that felt like a refreshing sip of water on your lips. Now imagine it coming in an array of fabulous shades.
What if I told you there was such a product available?
Well look no further 😉 Bourjois Paris's Eau De Gloss contains 14% water content and is a slick, glossy, moisturizing treat for the lips!
I have two of these glosses and I adore them! I'm a big lover of lipgloss but I really hate how many brands leave my lips feeling tacky and sticky which is one reason Eau De Gloss gets the Muse's approval for a great gloss! The gloss has a rather short bristle brush for applying so one application is never enough and I find I have to re-dip two or three times but aside from that minor flaw the gloss itself is a great formula as it does exactly what it advertises. It leaves my lips feeling refreshed and glossy minus the tack and stick of other glosses I use. It lasts quite a while with about a 3 hour time span before retouching up! I have this in Eau fraiche which is a clear color that's perfect after I stain my lips or apply some lipstick. Slick some on and my lipstick or stain becomes gloriously glossy and shiny! I also have this in Framboise Glacee which is pigmented enough to wear with or without your favorite lipstick or lipstain beneath!
Each gloss is $15USD which isn't too bad as you get quite a large bit of product!
Overall, these are a staple in my beauty arsenal and I definately love 'em! I wish more glosses used the same formula as I wouldn't mind the slick without the sticky!
11/9/07 13:55 Stephanie:
Hi Muse *wave*
gosh, i've been so busy at work! I've been OTing all week, ugh.
So I just came back from the Company Store. I have to stop. Seriously. I feel so mentally unfit to be in the same building as a discounted cosmetics store. I should always live/work at least 30 miles away from a makeup store, otherwise, I'll lose it, and my wallet will suffer. Almost $200 in one store in ONE week!!! Muse! that's not right! I swear, I won't be able to meet my next mortgage payment and I'll be this lady with a trunk full of makeup living in her car!
So, I did some damage today with MAC Lipglass (3 of them), Lip liner, Perscriptive makeup kit (the only reason I bought it is because it has the False Lahses mascara in it and I want to give it to my friend to try it) and Estee Lauder Brush Cleaner ($9 for a huge bottle).
Unlike your love for the Bourjois lipgloss, I hated that gloss. I went to Ulta (again, 3 min drive down the road for me, what's up with all these makeup stores around!) and tried on this gloss. OMG, I loved it. It was so shiny and the color is just so me! I got the duo pack one, had a light pink and a darker pink ($20). So I hopped in my car and ready to go see a movie. 2 hours and 1 coke later, my gloss was COMPLETELY GONE! It felt like it was bleeding to the side of my mouth.
I gotta admit, my gloss gotta be a little heavy duty for me. I hate touching up gloss, I almost never do. So they need to last well over 5 hours for me. I hate it when the center of my mouth's gloss is gone, but it stil got some left over on my lip line.
My favorite is Anna Sui's, then it's MAC Lipglass (i know you hate it, but i think the vanilla scent makes up a bit for it right?). and Now I'm addicted to Tarte's double end lipgloss.
I'm all over the place with gloss, i know. I have some high end ones (Chanel, Dior), but none of them impresses me.
At the end of the day, I'm just a lip balm girl. Rose Salve, Philosopy's Kiss, and Kiel's #1.
Happy Friday! =)
11/9/07 20:18 MandyPandy:
Hmm… I've been eying the EDGs on every trip through my local Ulta. Moka Frappe looks particularly mouthwatering. The thing is I've been hearing conflicting reports on the lasting power of the gloss. It's reassuring to hear that it lasted a fair 3 hours for you; if those glosses taste as good as they look they probably won't last 3 minutes on me. Yes, I know, I'm one of those weirdos who can't stop licking off flavored lipgloses/balms. I need help. 😉 Oh yes, and also as promised, my Shu Uemura review is posted and ready for your delectation!
11/10/07 1:51 petitez:
Hey, I love these too! I have it and it gives a nice watery feeling to my lips.
11/12/07 6:53 the Muse:
Hi steph!
Me too! Major swamped at work!
LOL CCO a few feet away from work could present a major problem lmao!
LOL I'm with you! We can live in the same caravan 😉 hehe!
How is the EL brush cleaner? I normally use mac and love it.
You're right. The gloss has a tendency for slipping and sliding off! I normally prep my lip area with an invisible liner before putting this gloss on and it stays all day after that. If I try using it by itself it'll only last me an hour at most before I ingest it, ends up on my cup/glass, or it just slides off 😉
But I adore how much lightweight glossy and long wearing it is (after using a liner).
I hate glosses that run to the corners of my mouth and leave tht gross cracked icky gloss residue 😛 yuk!
I actually have to give lipglass credit for being the longest wearing gloss around! it literally lasts hours and hours and hours!
I can't pick favs because I have too many like you
Rose Salve is an absolute gem! it's a must have in my opinion! I need to review it hehe! It literally does everything!
Thanks for the comment!
11/12/07 6:54 the Muse:
'ello mandypandy
I've seen conflicting reviews as well! Some folk adore 'em some hate 'em! personally they are awesome to me aside from the fact I have to triple dip in order to get enough product on my lips to work with! And I was just saying it's best to use an invisible liner so it doesn't slip and slide off!
Don't feel bad most of my gloss and lippie product ends up in my stomach lol!
AH! I shall look now
Thanks for the comment *hugs*
11/12/07 7:00 the Muse:
me too! Like a refreshing sip of water!
Love 'em!
1/22/08 10:04 wen:
are these available in manchester?
i cant seem to find them in spore! T.T
and and, is rose slave available in manchester too?
thanks! =)
1/22/08 12:17 the Muse:
hi there wen!
Sure you can get them at Boots. You should have a Boots locally in Manchester
Superdrug also carries the line as well as Asos.com if you wanna purchase online!
Hope this helps
1/22/08 23:49 wen:
haha i left a comment abt MM's mascara base too!
oh, im from spore, but i have a friend studying in manchester, so i was thinking of asking her to get some nice gloss for me!
hehe. thanks so much muse!
love your blog =))
1/23/08 9:05 the Muse:
Hi Wen! I haven't replied yet to that one Thanks for the comments btw 😉 I love talking to my readers!
Oh cool! you can always ask me I'd be happy to get it for you plus it's slightly cheaper then the UK!
Thanks for loving my blog 😉
I'll reply to your MJ post shortly!


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Joe Carnahan (who started right here at Good Day Sacramento,) and co hosted the pilot for MarkAtTheMovies (when it was Paramount Television) and Liam Neeson tomorrow on Good Day!
The Grey opens Friday…our interviews are like you'll see nowhere else, but here's a sample of how these two get along:


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NEW YORK, February 27, 2007 – Educators, union members, politicians, activists, independent scholars, and students will convene March 23-24, 2007 at The City College of New York (CCNY) Center for Worker Education (CWE) to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Center's founding.
"CWE's impact and involvements in the New York area has been extensive, and we are going to acknowledge and celebrate them fully during the week of events in March," said Daniel E. Lemons, Dean of the Division of Worker Education. "The outstanding series of events includes a VIP reception for our many political, union and CUNY supporters, a full-day academic conference, and a gala evening celebration. At that grand finale to the week we plan to 'pull out the stops' and revel with alumni, students and friends, celebrating the huge success that CWE has been and continues to be."
The 25th anniversary coincides with a remarkable convergence of events at CWE. "In this 25th year, we have become a division of the College of Liberal Arts and Science, we are moving to a totally new and larger facility at 25 Broadway, and our 2500th graduate received a bachelor's degree in June 2006," added Lemons.
The celebration kicks off Friday, March 23, with the debut of a CWE historical exhibit and documentary that tells the story of the Center, its ties to union members, labor leaders, and its special relationship with City College. The short film narrates the Center's history through several perspectives— CWE founders, the current dean, staff and faculty, current students and alumni.
Through these stories, the film highlights the Center's casual academic setting, mentoring staff and faculty, along with unique individuals who chose CWE as their academic institution of choice. It is directed by CCNY alum Octavio Warnock-Graham (MFA '06) and produced by Andrea Weiss, CCNY Professor of Film and Video Production and a noted documentary filmmaker and non-fiction author.
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Update: R.I.P. (May 5 Update - Arcane Feychargers fortunately still work, but they don't get any special synergies from feycharging. Last working build was Long Night Feycharger with about 948 DPR)
Arcane Feycharger (R.I.P.)
I always liked the idea of the an eladrin teleporting at-will all over the battlefield, dropping enemies left and right. ZephyrTempest did a great incarnation of this idea with his Feycharger. For a little inspirational video, check out Nightcrawler (first 3 minutes)
The power of a Feycharger can be increased greatly by going arcane, decreasing the charge miss chance to only 0.25% (1:400) and dealing a buckload of damage (436DPR for five encounters/day, healing 31hp) since the second half of the inspiration for this build is stick128's Cold Sorcerer. Also a big thanks to Kryx, Ytterbium_Dragon, deathmaster35 and borg285 for improvements and error hunting. The builds works like a normal warlock/paladin in heroic, and are great as early as paragon lvl 11 with 4 full at-will attacks per round. Oh, and take a look at the new Divine Arcane Feycharger (494 DPR for five encounters/day, 616 DPR 1enc/day).
AlphatheGreat has written a great summary about how feycharging works, so you don't have to read the whole thread (originally posted here, used with permission ):
Just to explain what exactly gets so powerful about a feycharger, the current top damage-per-round build is the Long Night Feycharger, an Arcane Feycharger variation.
The arcane feycharger is a Warlock hybrid Swordmage, Multiclass Fighter, Multiclass Rogue (windrise ports allows 2 Multiclass feats).
Important Elements:
Fey Charge(fighter) allows you to use Fey Step as part of a charge
Fey Gambit(rogue) gives combat advantage whenever you fey step next to a target
Roundabout charge(rogue) lets you go wherever you want on a charge, as long as you end up next to your target.
Eladrin Swordmage Advance(swordmage) gives you a free melee basic attack when you use fey step to teleport next to an enemy.
Eldritch Strike(warlock at-will): an arcane at-will that counts as a melee basic attack
Planestrider Boots(level 18 item): when you teleport with a power, you can split the teleport into two teleports whose sum is the total distance allowed.
The process:
1. Charge the target, activate Fey Charge
2. Split the fey charge teleport so you end the first teleport next to the target, which grants an MBA with ESA with combat advantage.
3. Finish your teleport to end next to the target again, triggering another ESA mba, and then take your Fey Charge mba.
That's three arcane at-will melee attacks in one charge. By comparison, Twin Strike does only two attacks that don't benefit from your attribute bonuses, whereas Eldritch Strike does. That's powerful enough. It gets worse, because Eldritch Strike being an arcane at-will means you can tag in a lot of extra stuff.
Added stuff:
1. Arcane Admixture lets you change the damage type of Eldritch Strike to frost(for use with Lasting Frost), or Thunder(for use with other things, like Echoes of Thunder).
2. Lasting frost adds static damage in the form of frost vulnerability. Need I elaborate?
3. Echoes of Thunder gives a stacking +1 bonus to hit until the end of your next turn whenever you hit with a Thunder power. 3 attacks from fey charge means you get a +3 if you hit with all three. Next turn you keep stacking, for a potential +5 on your actual fey charge. It gets worse if you add a Dancing Weapon.
4. Dancing Weapon. Not exclusive to feychargers, but if you have 5 of them you will get another melee basic attack(albeit less accurate one, as we can only afford 5 +4 versions at level 30), which is cumulative with and benefits from Echoes of Thunder. That's 4 arcane melee attacks each turn.
5. White Lotus Riposte and White Lotus Master Riposte. Requires you to hit with an arcane at-will attack power. Combined with Aegis of Assault, your opponent is forced into choosing between attacking you and triggering Riposte(stat damage) and Master Riposte(hit them with the same arcane at-will, in this case Eldritch Strike), or making a break for one of your allies and take an Assault mba(eldritch strike), which benefits from Echoes of Thunder... you get the drift.
6. Radiant vulnerability exploitation. There's a whole mess there. Suffice to say it can stack up fast. Rod of Starlight, Pelor's Sun Blessing(divine boon), etc.
7. Arcane Slasher tactics(see my sig). The Long Night Feycharger takes the Long Night Scion PP and the Radiant One ED. Whenever he teleports he does a "slash" which deals con cold damage which benefits from lasting frost, which triggers Radiant One's int radiant damage, which benefits from radiant vulnerability....
You can see how that would be intense with the Arcane Feycharger.
*Start with a move action split-teleport(Ethereal Sidestep) to slash them twice, ending the teleport 2 squares away.
*Sustain your Dancing weapon with a minor action.
*Fey Charge, activating the first ESA attack
*finish your teleport which gives another slash, and triggers another ESA
*Your dancing weapon attacks
*on their turn they either attack you and take Riposte Damage+Riposte Attack, attack no one and be effectively stunned for the round, or shift and charge an ally.
In the last instance you can split your Aegis of Assault teleport to get another slash in before you hit them with your Eldritch Strike. It turns out that the Riposte does the same expected damage as the Assault total.
It gets well over 500 expected damage per round.
In sum, the arcane feycharger gets all the benefits of a multiattacker, all the static-damage bonuses that arcane attacks give, gets a catch-22 worth up to 100 damage per round, all the benefits wizards has built in to combo off teleporting, and can "plug in" to a high percentage of the more cheesy CO tactics. It's absurd that one build can abuse so many different tactics at the same time.
Arcane Feycharger (436DPR)
Since Reapers Touch is Shadar-Kai only as of Dragon Annual, only the melee arcane feycharger still works (unless you allow War Wizard). Very nice from a dpr standpoint, but i really wish the more balanced old wizard build would still work...
Race: Eladrin
Class: Warlock|Swordmage
Aegis: Assault
Multi: Fighter
PP: Academy Master
ED: Sage of Ages
Str: 13->15->17 (2)
Con: 18->20->26 (6)
Dex: 13-15->21 (4)
Int: 10-12->14
Wis: 8->10
Cha: 10->12
Fighter MC, Rogue MC, Fey Charge [MP], Fey Gambit [MP], Roundabout Charge, Eladrin Swordmage Advance [AP], Weapon Focus(light blade), Focused Expertise (light blade), Armor Proficiency(Chain), Arcane Admixture (Thunder, Eldrich Strike), Echoes of Thunder, Fighter Power(Battle Furor), Weapon Proficiency (Katar), Light Blade Mastery, White Lotus Riposte, White Lotus Master Riposte, TWF, TWO
at-will: Eldrich Strike , 1 Swordmage
encounter: PP, 3 open
daily: Battle Furor [Dragon 379], PP, 2 open
utility: Trick of Knowledge (enc26, from ED) [AP], PP, 5 open
hand1: Bloodrion Katar+6 [AV]
hand2: Bloodiron Katar+6 [AV]
armor: Runic Chain+6 [AV2]
neck: Cloak of Translocation+6 [AV2]
hands: Gauntlets of Destruction [PHB]
head: Horned Helmet [AV]
arms: Ankhmon's Bracers [AV2]
feet: Planestrider Boots [MotP]
belt: Belt of Vim [AV]
ring1: Shadow Band [AV]
ring2: War Ring [AV]
misc: 5x Dancing Katar+4 [PHB]
To Hit & damage calculations
to hit (round1):
+15(lvl)+8(con)+6(enh)+3(weapon)+3(expertise)+2(CA)= +37 (+38 on charge)
to hit (round2+):
+42 (or better, via academy master)
damage mba:
hit: 2d6+1d10(bracers)+8(con)+6(enh)+3(focus)+5(pp)+8(stance)+1(twf) = 2d6+1d10+31 (45) [+3d6 on charge]
crit: 6d6+14d10+53 (161) [+18 on charge]
off hit: 2d6+1d10(bracers)+8(con)+6(enh)+3(focus)+5(pp)+8(stance) = 2d6+30 (44)
off crit: 6d6+14d10+52 (160)
dancing katar:
hit: 2d6+1d10(bracers)+8(con)+4(enh)+3(focus)+5(pp)+8(stance) = 2d6+1d10+28 (42)
crit: 5d6+3d6+50 (82)
damage charge attack: 0.8075*(57)+0.19*(179) = 80.0375
two: 0.19*0.85*(44)+0.19*0.1*(160) = 10.146
total attack 1 = 90.1835
damage normal mba: 0.85*(45)+0.1*(161) = 54.35
two: 0.1*0.85*(44)+0.1*0.1*(160) = 5.34
total normal mba = 59.69
damage dancing: 0.85*(42)+0.1*(82) = 43.9
Attacks: 1xCharge+2xESA+1xcatch22+1xdancing
total DPR 5 attacks: 313.154 + 112.776 (echoes of thunder*) + 10.5 (curse) -> 436 DPR
Additional damage echoes of thunder [Feat, PHB2]
per hit:
charge: 0.9775*3(normal)+0.19*0.95*3(two) = 3.474
0.95*3(normal)+0.1*0.95*3(two) = 3.135
after first hit: 3.474
after second: 3.474 + 3.135
after third: 3.474 + 2*3.135
after forth: 3.474 + 3*3.135 -> + 12.879 at start of round 2,
after fifth: 3.474 + 4*3.135 -> + 16.014 at start of round 2,
5 attacks, after round 1
1: 16.014
2: 19.488
3: 22.623
4: 25.758
5: 28.893
charge: 0.9775*6(normal)+0.19*0.95*6(two) = 6.948
normal: 0.95*6+0.1*0.95*6 = 6.27
dancing: 0.95*6 = 5.7
5 attacks -> 31 hitpoints healed
Ok, here is the Divine Feycharger modified for double Eladrin Swordmage Advance. Deals 451 DPR now...
Divine Arcane Feycharger (494 DPR)
This build uses a little tidbit in the wording of Eladrin Swordmage Advance: If we get adjacent to the target via Fey Step, we get a free mba. If we now split the Fey Step in two via Planestrider Boots, we get adjacent to the target, with Fey Step, twice, for two ESA mbas per round. This however requires Roundabout Charge in order to still qualify for the charge requirements. Due to the use of Ankhmon's Gauntlets, the new version also heals itself each round. The current numbers are 5enc/day 494 DPR and 29 hitpoints/round healed, and 1enc/day 616 DPR with 34 hitpoints/round healed.
Race: Eladrin
Background: Windrise Ports
Class: Paladin|Swordmage
Aegis: Assault
Multi: Fighter, Rogue
PP: Morninglord
ED: Sage of Ages
Str: 13->15->21 (6)
Con: 10->12
Dex: 13-15->17
Int: 10-12->14
Wis: 8->10
cha: 18->20->26 (6)
Feats: Fey Charge [MP], Eladrin Swordmage Advance [AP], Focused Expertise(Heavy Blade), Hybrid Talent(Paladin Armor Prof.), Weapon Proficiency(Fullblade), Fighter MC, Rogue MC (via Windrise Background), Power of Arcana [DP], White Lotus Riposte, White Lotus Master Riposte, Arcane Admixture (Virtuous Strike, Thunder), Echoes of Thunder, White Lotus Enervation, Punishing Radiance [DP], Fey Gambit, Roundabout Charge, Heavy Blade Mastery, Font of Radiance
at-will: Virtuous Strike [DP], 1 Swordmage
encounter: PP, 3 open
daily: Quicksilver Blade [FRPG], PP, 2 open
utility: Trick of Knowledge (enc26, from ED) [AP], PP, 5 open
hand1: Bloodiron Fullblade+6 [AV]
symbol: Symbol of Divine Light+4 [AV2]
armor: Runic Plate+6 [AV2]
neck: Cloak of Translocation+6 [AV2]
hands: Gauntlets of Destruction [PHB]
head: Horned Helmet [AV]
arms: Ankhmon's Bracers [AV2]
feet: Planestrider Boots [MotP]
belt: Belt of Vim [AV]
ring1: Shadow Band [AV]
ring2: War Ring [AV]
boon: pelors sun blesing+1
misc: 5x Dancing Fullblade+4 [PHB]
to-hit and damage calculation
to-hit (after 1st round, enervation+domain):
+15(lvl)+8(cha)+6(enh)+3(weapon)+3(expertise)+2(CA) = +37 (+42 after round 1)
damage base:
hit: 2d12+1d10+8(cha)+6(enh)+10(morning)+5(symbol)+2(pelor)+5(shard) = 2d12+1d10+36 (56) [+3d6 on charge]
crit: 14d10+6d12+70(normal) -> (196) [+18 on charge]
dancing hit: 2d12+1d10+8(cha)+4(enh)+10(morning)+5(symbol)+2(pelor)+3(shard) = 2d12+1d10+42 (52)
dancing crit: 5d6+3d12+66 (normal) -> (107)
damage calcs
mba charge: 0.8075*(68)+0.19*(215) = 95.76
mba: 0.85*(56)+0.1*(196) = 67.2
mba dancing: 0.85*(52)+0.1*(107) = 54.9
5/day: charge mba, ESA x2, riposte/assault x1, dancing x1.
1/day: charge mba, quicksilver mba, ESA x2, riposte/assault x1, dancing x1
5/day (dancing) = 352.26 + 100.4925 (echoes) + 40.75 (rad) = 494 DPR
1/day (quicksilver) = 419.46 + 146.2575 (echoes) + 50.33 (rad) = 616 DPR
Additional Damage Sources
I. Punishing Radiance & Font of Radiance
Punishing Radiance adds stacking vulnerability 10 on a crit until the end of the next round, font of radiance will trigger 3d6+vulnerability damage. With 5 attacks/round, chances to crit are about 0.5/round.
5 attacks:
1-(0.81*0.9^4) = 0.468559 (chance for one crit in round n-1)
damage font of radiance: 3d6+27 (39)
0.468559*(39) = 18.273801
round n damage:
charge:0.468559*(0.9975*10) = 4.673876025
normal:0.468559*(4*(0.95*10)) = 17.805242
total: 22.48 + 18.27 = 40.75
6 attacks:
1-(0.81*0.9^5) = 0.5217031 (chance for one crit in round n-1)
damage font of radiance: 3d6+27 (39)
0.5217031*(39) = 20.35
round n damage:
charge:0.5217031*(0.9975*10) = 5.203988423
normal:0.5217031*(5*(0.95*10)) = 24.78089725
total: 29.98 + 20.35 = 50.33
II. Echoes of Thunder
per hit:
charge: 0.9775*3(normal) = 2.9325
normal: 0.95*3(normal) = 2.85
after first hit: 2.9325
after second: 2.9325 + 2.85
after third: 2.9325 + 2*2.85
after forth: 2.9325 + 3*2.85
after fifth: 2.9325 + 4*2.85
-> + 14.3325 at start of round 2, assuming 5 attacks
-> + 17.1825 at start of round 2, assuming 6 attacks
5 attacks, after round 1
1: 14.3325
2: 17.265
3: 20.115
4: 22.965
5: 25.815
6 attacks, after round 1
1: 17.1825
2: 20.115
3: 22.965
4: 25.815
5: 28.665
6: 31.515
Healing per Round:
5 attacks: 4*5.7(normal)+1*5.985 = 28.785
6 attacks: +5.7 = 34.485
Feychargers in Paragon
Feychargers work from level 11+, but they do have some pitfalls early on. The biggest one is the increased probability of missing the charge, thus loosing fey step. Some ways to avoid that and generally do well in paragon (thanks to borg285):
Avoiding the charge miss
The daggermaster build can use an AP for a reroll.
cloak of translocation -> daily item use: regain teleportation power (fey step)
dice of auspicious fortune -> daily item use: 3d20 rolls -> encounter power: swap current roll with stored one
after dice are used up: potion of clarity (50gp): minor action spend healing surge for one reroll in encounter
Between lvl 19 (Akhamon's Bracers) and lvl 26, Runic Armor doesn't make sense, since the high arcana check is only required from lvl 26+. Salubrious Armor adds +2 item bonus when healed, which happens all the time due to bracers.
Build Options: More Feychargers
1. Cleaving Feycharger
Similar to ZephyrTempest's build, but with swordmage & swordmaster. With five attacks on a charge (and 5/day 6 attacks, using daily item powers, but no salves), there is a high chance to get at least one critical hit per round, recharging a fighter encounter power via the Swordmaster lvl 16 feature. A good candidate for that is Trip Up, adding another attack about every other round.
Race: Eladrin
Class: Fighter|Ranger
MCs: Swordmage, Rogue
PP: Swordmaster
ED: Radiant One
Deft Hurler Style, MC Swordmage, MC Rogue, Roundabout Charge, Fey Gambit, Fey Charge, Weapon Focus, Weapon Expertise, Eladrin Swordmage Advance, Weapon Proficiency (drow longblade), Weapon Mastery, Hybrid Talent (fighter armor) 12
at-will: Cleave, Throw and Stab
encounter: Trip-Up
daily: -
Util: Martial Supremacy (ftr22)
str 18->26 (6)
con 10->12
dex: 13-15->18 (1)
int: 13-15->22 (5)
wis: 10->12
cha: 8->10
hand1: Radiant Longsword+6 [AV]
hand2: Drow Long Blade+6 [AV]
armor: Agile Chain+6 [PHB]
neck: Cloak of Translocation+6 [AV2]
hands: Gloves of Destuction
head: Horned Helmet [AV]
arms: Barrage Bracers [AV2]
feet: Planestrider Boots [MotP]
belt: Belt of breaching [AV2]
ring1: Shadow Band [AV]
ring2: Ring of Giants
misc: 5x Dancing Longblade+4 [PHB]
Attacks: Use Throw and Stab, substitute the charge with cleave (possible due to Swordmaster), modify the cleave with deft hurler style -> total of 3. Add 2x ESA -> total 5, with dancing weapons its 6.
2. Crushing Surge Feycharger
Almost the original feycharger. Uses Cruhing Surge on charge for marks and reckless attacker.
Class: Fighter|Swordmage(MC Rogue)/Kensai/Sage of Ages
3. Vadalis Griffonmaster Feycharger
Uses the griffon companion for lots and lots of attacks. 1xcharge + 1x catch22 + 2x ESA + 1x Dancing + 1x beast command + 1x beast charge = 7 attacks. If your DM doesn't allow Windrise(FR)+Eberron, loose mc rogue and thus the second ESA attack.
Class: Ranger|Swordmage(MC Fighter, MC Rogue)/Vadalis Griffonmaster/*
4. Beastform Druid Feycharger
Duids have nice at-will mba powers, and racial powers are not disallowed in beast form -> be a blink dog...
Class: Druid|Swordmage(MC Fighter, MC Rogue)/any/any
A good build example would be Lurians Druid Feycharger.
5. Barbarian Feycharger
Well, eladrins are not the typical barbarian race, but barbrians do charge well...
Class: Barbarian|Swordmage(MC Fighter, MC Rogue)/any/any
6. Defending Arcane Feycharger
Arcane Feycharger with more focus on the defender role.
7. Nonhbrid Bard Arcane Feycharger
Good Arcane Feychargers are also possible without hybrid rules or windrise ports. Just pick Bard.
Class: Bard(MC Rogue, Swordmage, Fighter)/PMC Paladin/Sage of Ages
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8. Warlord Feycharger
Warlords are a natural fit for feychargers, due to trailblazer and fey tactics, which allows a feycharger warlord to take one ally along for the ride (ends adjacent), and teleport another ally (ends anywhere). DPR is nowhere close to the striker builds, but more than 100 DPR is still considerable for a leader.
Class: Warlord|Swordmaged(MC Rogue, Fighter)
Feats: Feystep Trailblazer, Fey Tactics
9. DIY Feycharger
base pack: a good MBA, Race: Eladrin, fighter mc or hybrid + fey charge, swordmage mc or hybrid swordmage + eladrin swordmage advance (-> 2 mbas per round, one of them charge)
arcane booster 1: white lotus riposte, white lotus master riposte, hybrid swordmage with aegis of assault (-> catch 22 situation, basically another melee basic attack)
arcane booster 2: Arcane Admixture Thunder, Echoes of Thunder (-> escalating thunder damage)
hit booster: try to get stacking +1 to hit per hit: e.g. Academy Master, Barrage Bracers, Power of Skill etc.
usability booster: rogue MC, roundabout charge, fey gambit, sage of ages (->+4 to hit +2 to all def, roll twice, i.e. very unlikely to miss, charge is always possible, )


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Just Another Sheep is a science fiction road trip set during the summer of love. It follows a timid teen learning to think for himself in the days of Flower Children, free love, and the Vietnam War. But this is not just a soul search. The teen is on a quest to find out how he has the amazing power to make anyone experience anything his body has before– be that food poisoning, intoxication, pleasure, or pain.
Today we're taking a look at a relatively new webcomic called Just Another Sheep. The story started last October and a new page is posted every Tuesday. Just Another Sheep is set in the summer of love and follows a teenager named Banning. Our main character isn't a normal angst-ridden teen finding himself at an odd place in life during the Vietnam war…well he is, but he has bigger problems. Banning is able to make anyone feel and experience anything his body has before.
The story was created by Mat Heagerty and JD Faith. Heagerty writes the scripts with JD Faith handling the line art. Paul John Little provides colors on chapter two and three with Jon Cairns tackling the first chapter. Ed Brisson rounds out the cast with lettering. The comic has just hit its halfway point, but how are things looking right now?
Banning is on a bus heading to Boston. He runs into a bit of trouble with two other passengers when they think the peace symbol on his bag means he's one of them 'dirty hippies.' Banning uses his mysterious powers to make the men experience food poisoning and a broken arm. Finding himself kicked off the bus in the middle of Washington D.C., our main character has no way to get to where he needs to go. Luckily a very pretty girl, one of those hippies, is across the street protesting and comes over to Banning. In a quick turn of events Banning finds himself in with a group of extremists after a night of hard partying and drinking. When what was supposed to be a peaceful protest deteriorates into something much more violent, Banning finds himself in a quickly evolving world that may not survive a mysterious group's forced attempt at putting America in check.
Heagerty and Faith craft a truly compelling story. There are a lot of layers to this. It's a historical fiction story mixed with a government conspiracy/sci-fi plot with a dash of powers (not necessarily crossing into SUPER power territory). Things happen in quick succession and often feel convenient, but in chapter 2 you start to learn that there is something much larger at work that may be pulling the strings and making the things happening possible. The conspiracy story and the secret of Banning's powers form an impressive one-two punch. Faith's art is fantastic. There is some truly fitting and psychedelic art that helps sell us on the fact we're in the 1960s. There's a real Chris Samnee vibe to the characters, and that's a big compliment in my book. The colors helps to make everything really pop.
Just Another Sheep is a complex story with several moving parts that really pull you in as a reader. There are a lot of webcomics out there, but this is one that definitely warrants your attention. We're right in the middle of chapter 3, so it's a fantastic time to jump in. You can learn a lot more about the series and its creators at the official website by clicking here. This one comes with a high recommendation.
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Knowledge, attention to detail and a healthy sense of skepticism are a triple threat to fight investment fraud. The more you are prepared, the better your chance of sidestepping a trap that can leave you in a financial hole for many years.
Here are some of the latest schemes to watch for:
Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs). While ETFs resemble mutual funds in many respects, some, such as leveraged and inverse ETFs, may contain hidden traps and complexities, and may consist of highly leveraged bundles of exotic financial instruments, including options and other derivatives. Given their potential for volatility, leveraged ETFs may not be suitable for most retail investors. These types of ETFs are primarily designed for short-term trading (such as day-trading), and not for buy-and-hold strategies. Also be aware that some ETFs are thinly traded and may not always be liquid.
Foreign Exchange Trading Schemes. Currency trading and foreign exchange (forex) trading schemes can be particularly harmful to unsuspecting investors. Trading in foreign currencies requires resources far beyond the capacity of most individual investors. Promoters profit by charging high commissions or selling investment strategies assuming that trades are actually made. In some instances, salesmen and promoters who claim to have complex algorithms or propriety software programs which allow them to beat the market are actually just running Ponzi schemes. Too often, state regulators have encountered situations where there are no trades; the money is simply stolen.
Gold and Precious Metals. High gold prices have trapped some investors in gold bullion scams in which a seller offers to retain "purchased" gold in a "secure vault" and promises to sell the gold for the investor when it gains in value. In many instances the gold does not exist. Investors have also been harmed by promoters pitching investment pools in precious metal commodities and gold mines.
Green Schemes. Investment opportunities tied to the development of new energy-efficient "green" technologies are increasingly popular with investors and scammers alike. Scammers also exploit headlines to cash in on unsuspecting investors, whether from investments related to the clean-up of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill or the rising national interest in environmental innovations tied to "clean" energy, such as wind energy, wave energy, carbon credits and other alternative energy financing.
Oil & Gas Schemes. Regardless of the price at the pump, fraudulent energy promoters continue to capitalize both on interest in the commodity and on oil and gas as investment alternatives to the stock market. Oil and gas investments tend to be highly risky and unsuitable for traditional, smaller investors who cannot afford the risk. Securities investments offering profit participation in oil and gas ventures can be legitimate, but even when the underlying project is genuine, any revenues realized can be absorbed by high sales commissions paid to the promoter and dubious "expenses" skimmed off by the managing partner. Some promoters, many of whom have had past run-ins with regulators, have attempted to structure their "joint ventures" or "general partnerships" to avoid securities regulation and deprive investors of important protections.
Affinity Fraud. Scam artists have found it lucrative to abuse membership or association with an identifiable group to convince a potential investor to trust the legitimacy of the investment. Typical affinity groups include religious, ethnic, professional, educational, language, age and any other group with shared characteristics that allow investors to trust members of the group. Rather than trusting a person or company due to a common affiliation, investors should seek further information about the investment from an unbiased, independent source, and review both the promises and risks.
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"Off the Books" Deals. "Off the books" sales are an increasingly common threat to investors. Be cautious if your broker offers an investment on the side instead of one sold through his or her employer. These "off books" investments may not only be illegal, but they can also be especially risky without the oversight and supervision of the broker's employer.
Unsolicited Online Pitches. Promoters of fraudulent investment schemes are moving beyond e-mail and turning to social media and online communities, such as Facebook, Twitter, Craigslist and YouTube to solicit unsuspecting investors. Some may use these sites to spread misinformation to artificially inflate the value of stock before selling in a "pump and dump" scheme. Others may promise high-yield, tax-free returns from investments in offshore markets. Once the money is sent to another country and is in someone else's control, investors may not be able to get it back. In many cases, these offers turn out to be Ponzi schemes. Investors should approach any unsolicited investment opportunity with suspicion.
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Lambert Norman Heimsoth died peacefully at his home in Cole Camp on Tuesday, May 22, 2012, at the age of 88 years. He was born on July 23, 1923, at the family farm in rural Cole Camp, a son of Arthur and Pauline (Beckman) Heimsoth and was both baptized and confirmed at Holy Cross Lutheran Church of rural Cole Camp.
On March 5, 1950, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Cole Camp, he was united in marriage to Donna Mae Wilkens, who survives of the home. Their marriage was blessed with nine children: Judith, Kenneth, Gary, Steve, Kim, Janis, Randy, Jana, and Brian, as well as 21 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren.
He was a life-long farmer, faithfully taking care of his land and animals. Before selling the business, he and his brother owned and operated Heimsoth Feeds in Ionia. For eight years, he served on the Benton County Soil and Water Conservation District board. Lambert and Donna moved from the farm into Cole Camp in 2004. He was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church, Cole Camp, where he was active in Walther League, Men's Club and the choir. He was also a member of the German Club.
He loved family get-togethers and the annual family vacation. He was an avid card player and Cardinal baseball fan. He also enjoyed bus tours, traveling to new places, and meeting new people. He was a devout husband, loving father, grandfather, great-grandfather and faithful child of God.
He is survived by: his wife of more than 62 years, Donna Heimsoth of the home; three daughters, Judith (Kenneth) Rehmer, Janis (Todd) Garren, and Jana (Bruce) Emmerich, all of Cole Camp; six sons, Kenneth (Annette) Heimsoth, Gary (Jo Anita) Heimsoth, Steve (Barbara) Heimsoth, Kim (Valerie) Heimsoth, Randy Heimsoth, and Brian (Tamala) Heimsoth, all of Cole Camp; three brothers, Milton (Carlene) Heimsoth and Hilmer (Mildred) Heimsoth, all of Cole Camp, and Elroy (Paula) Heimsoth of Jackson; 21 grandchildren; and 26 great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Arthur and Pauline Heimsoth, two sisters, Laura and Elsa, and five brothers, Elmer, Oscar, Ervin, Harold, and Reno.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 26 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Cole Camp, with Pastor Todd Kollbaum officiating. Burial will be in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, rural Cole Camp.
The family will receive friends from 9 a.m. until service time on Saturday at the church.
The family suggests memorial contributions be given to Trinity Lutheran Church, Cole Camp Senior Center, Benton County Hospice, or Our Savior Lutheran Radio Broadcast in care of the Fox Funeral Home, Cole Camp.
Pallbearers will be Chris Rehmer, Tony Heimsoth, Brock Heimsoth, Jason Heimsoth, Bo Skeel and Matthew Heimsoth.


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U-T San Diego: The Year In Review
The Year In Review
By Keli Dailey
October 25 2012 | U-T San Diego
An early report card on 2012's newest, biggest deals in the restaurant world
Fine-dining mainstays disappeared (El Bizcocho, Cavaillon, foie gras).
Promising young chefs hopped kitchens (Anthony Sinsay bolted from Harney Sushi to Burlap; Chad White was pushed from Gabardine to Counterpoint). Some chefs jumped planes to San Francisco and New York (let's never speak their names again).
This year's food landscape looks different. Still, there's never been a better time to cook or eat in San Diego. Just look at these 2012 food debuts:
Avant, short for "avant-garde", will be the smaller-plates California replacement to Rancho Bernardo Inn's storied El Bizcocho, arriving early 2013.


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This scholarship is for full-time graduate students who are enrolled in an accredited speech-language pathology program in the state of Texas. To qualify for this scholarship, applicants must demonstrate specific interest in and commitment to clinical interventions with adults with neurogenic disorders. This scholarship may be used to attend workshops or seminars to enrich knowledge/clinical expertise in neurogenic communication disorders, support an externship experience, or enroll in graduate courses in communication disorders.
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Then We Came to the End: A Novelby Joshua Ferris
2008 Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award
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Then We Came to the End tells the story of an ad agency in decline, circa 2001. "We had a toy client, a car client, a long-distance carrier and a pet store," readers are told. We. Ferris uses the first person plural to present the agency's collective voice in the midst of ongoing layoffs. It's an audacious narrative gimmick that could easily collapse, and yet it never does.
Nick Hornby describes the novel as "The Office meets Kafka. It's Seinfeld rewritten by Donald Barthelme." Me, I was reminded by particular scenes and motifs of Donald Antrim and Don DeLillo, but so many comparisons will only obscure the fact that Ferris has concocted something truly original. Splice it any way you like, Then We Came to the End was my favorite book of the year.
"[A] very funny debut novel....Set at a Chicago ad agency at the turn of the century, Ferris's novel is for anyone who chuckles over Dilbert, can recite lines from Office Space, or has an appointment on Thursday nights with The Office. Then We Came to the End is a vicious sendup of cubicle culture that somehow manages not to lose sight of its characters' humanity." Yvonne Zipp, Christian Science Monitor (read the entire CSM review)
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This wickedly funny, big-hearted novel about life in the office signals the arrival of a gloriously talented new writer.
The characters in Then We Came to the End cope with a business downturn in the time-honored way: through gossip, secret romance, elaborate pranks, and increasingly frequent coffee breaks. By day they compete for the best office furniture left behind and try to make sense of the mysterious pro-bono ad campaign that is their only remaining "work."
"In this wildly funny debut from former ad man Ferris, a group of copywriters and designers at a Chicago ad agency face layoffs at the end of the '90s boom. Indignation rises over the rightful owner of a particularly coveted chair ('We felt deceived'). Gonzo e-mailer Tom Mota quotes Walt Whitman and Ralph Waldo Emerson in the midst of his tirades, desperately trying to retain a shred of integrity at a job that requires a ruthless attention to what will make people buy things. Jealousy toward the aloof and 'inscrutable' middle manager Joe Pope spins out of control. Copywriter Chris Yop secretly returns to the office after he's laid off to prove his worth. Rumors that supervisor Lynn Mason has breast cancer inspire blood lust, remorse, compassion. Ferris has the downward-spiraling office down cold, and his use of the narrative 'we' brilliantly conveys the collective fear, pettiness, idiocy and also humanity of high-level office drones as anxiety rises to a fever pitch. Only once does Ferris shift from the first person plural (for an extended fugue on Lynn's realization that she may be ill), and the perspective feels natural throughout. At once delightfully freakish and entirely credible, Ferris's cast makes a real impression." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)
"Hilarious in a Catch-22 way, but with an undercurrent of sadness that works counterpoint to all the hilarity." Stephen King, The New York Times Book Review
"This debut novel about life in a Chicago advertising agency succeeds as both a wickedly incisive satire of office groupthink and a surprisingly moving meditation on mortality and the ties that band." Kirkus Reviews
"The Office meets Kafka. It's Seinfeld rewritten by Donald Barthelme. It's Office Space reimagined by Nicholson....[U]nderneath the politicking and the sackings and the petty jealousies you can hear something else: the sound of our lives (that collective pronoun again) ticking away." Nick Hornby, Housekeeping vs. The Dirt
"Ferris' writing displays a strong descriptive flair, but the greatest asset of Then We Came to the End is the nuance of its narrative voice, which has the gossipy warmth and seeming closeness of a conspiratorial co-worker leaning over a partition to impart the latest rumor." Chicago Tribune
"Brilliant and incredibly funny... An insightful, expansive, and often hilarious story, a novel so complex it may well deserve Jim Shepard's assessment: 'the Catch-22 of the business world.'" Maud Newton, Newsday
"[W]hat looks at first glance like a sweet-tempered satire of workplace culture is revealed upon closer inspection to be a very serious novel about, well, America. It may even be, in its own modest way, a great American novel." Los Angeles Times
"Joshua Ferris' brilliant and incredibly funny debut novel...lays bare the strange interconnectedness of human cogs in the corporate machine." Newsday
"A savagely funny yet kind-hearted tale of office life... You won't find a sharper portrait of the dislocated camaraderie that's born of sitting elbow to elbow with people you'd ordinarily cross the street to avoid." The Observer
"Then We Came to the End is that rare novel that feels absolutely contemporary, and that rare comedy that feels blisteringly urgent." Time
"Ferris' motley officemates fixate, often hilariously, on furniture, practical jokes, and whether or not their boss does, in fact, have cancer....I would've enjoyed the novel a lot more had it been a hundred pages shorter. (Grade: B)" Entertainment Weekly
"With so many books on office life, it's nice to see someone add fresh spark and originality to the subject. Nick Hornby praised this as 'a terrific first novel,' foreshadowing a positive public reception." Library Journal
"This debut novel about life in a Chicago advertising agency succeeds as both a wickedly incisive satire of office groupthink and a surprisingly moving meditation on mortality and the ties that band." Kirkus Reviews
Every office is a family of sorts, and the ad agency Ferris brilliantly depicts in his debut novel is a family at its strangest and best, coping with a business downturn in the time-honored way: through gossip, pranks, and increasingly frequent coffee breaks.
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Joshua Ferris received a BA in English and Philosophy from the University of Iowa and an MFA from the University of California, Irvine. His fiction has appeared in The Iowa Review, Best New American Voices 2005, and Prairie Schooner. He was born in Danville, Illinois, grew up in Key West, and now lives in Brooklyn.
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Exclusive: Giuliani's Official Portrait Goes Up Tuesday
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NEW YORK (WCBS 880) – In 2005, artist Everett Raymond Kinstler received the commission to do the official City Hall portrait of Rudy Giuliani.
LISTEN: WCBS 880's Rich Lamb with artist Everett Raymond Kinstler
"I was very pleased about this because, as a New Yorker – I was born in Manhattan – I think he was a great mayor and it was a portrait I really wanted to paint," Kinstler told WCBS 880 City Hall reporter Rich Lamb. "It was arranged that he would sit for the portrait and we arranged for sittings at my studio at the National Arts Club on Gramercy Park."
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TUCSON (KGUN9-TV) - A head-on crash sent three people to the hospital Friday, according to Capt. Barrett Baker with Tucson Fire.
The crash happened in the 7500 block of E. Speedway Blvd. near Tucson Fire Station 16.
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Satarii's Star iPhone Dock Suggests The Future Of Teleconferencing (video)
If Satarii's auto-follow dock for the iPhone doesn't come to be, something is wrong with the world.
Using funraising site IndieGoGo, the inventor duo behind Satarii's Star is trying to find enough potential customers to build a market, and eventually, a product for the market. The Star is basically an evolved tripod, that looks like a very miniaturized shopping cart. The iPhone mounts on it in a vertical position, and a remote sensor is attached to anything you want to follow – be it yourself or some other moving object. It works within 20 feet of the dock, and the base will rotate up to 180 degrees.
It can also be used for presentations, as it will easily follow a human hand gesturing towards scribblings on a whiteboard.
Satarii's goal of $20k has been halfway met, and they have a perfectly working prototype.


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On Tuesday, October 28, a packed house in the C. Walsh Theatre was treated to a staged reading of Howard Zinn's Emma, a biographical work based on the life of 20th-century activist and anarchist Emma Goldman. Professor Judy Dushku of the Government Department moderated a talk-back with the playwright after the production.
With minimal stage direction, and simple costuming and makeup, the cast of Emma transformed the written word for the audience after only three brief rehearsals. Caitlin Langstaff, an assistant professor in the Theatre Department, played the role of Emma. She was joined by faculty, staff and students to bring Zinn's words to life. Stage manager Ryan Began provided the cast with a booklet of dramaturgy, aiding their performance by giving them a background to draw on for their actions and emotions.
Professor Dushku thanked the cast and crew of the production: "Seeing it performed and hearing Emma's words, it was so non-trivial," she said. "The combination of actors and writing really touched me."
Howard Zinn took the stage after the performance. Professor Dushku led the talk-back session, asking how much of the script had changed to reflect the last ten years of American politics. Zinn replied, "The relevance of the page was there from the beginning. I did make changes to the script, but they were not political — the truths of that time period are still truths today."
The questions ranged from political messages to the war in Iraq, and Zinn's closing remarks drew overwhelming applause from the audience. "The best hope for today is people around the country will decide that not only are they against it — this war — but that they are against all war," Zinn said. "That we've had enough; to say, 'No Iraq, no Iran, no war at all.' …My hope is that the people transfer those feelings into action."
Zinn Fest is a collaborative effort between Suffolk University, the Boston Playwrights' Theatre and Central Square Theatre. Events at Suffolk include the plays Emma (Oct. 28), Shouting Theatre in a Crowded Fire (Nov. 20-22), and Daughter of Venus (Jan. 22-24). These performances will be in the C. Walsh Theatre, 55 Temple Street, Boston. Seating is first come, first served; arrive early to get a seat.


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Merry Recession Christmas Cards: Would You Send Them to Friends?
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There's a line of Merry Recession Christmas cards that is banking on the recession having a place in this holiday season. The company thinks its cheeky cards will make your friends smile and proclaims, "Your own personal bailout has arrived."
The greeting cards come with messages like, "Everyone's getting jipped this holiday season . . . Enjoy the card." You can buy the whole set of 10 cards for $25.


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Luxury Tourism In Botswana
Elephants graze outside Kingspool Luxury Safari Camp in the Okanvango... News PhotoBotswana,Cultures,Elephant,Horizontal,Human Interest,Leisure Activity,Lifestyles,Maun,NaturePhotographer Chris JacksonCollection: Getty Images News 2010 Getty ImagesMAUN, BOTSWANA - JUNE 18: Elephants graze outside Kingspool Luxury Safari Camp in the Okanvango Delta on June 18, 2010 in Maun, Botswana. Camps run by Wilderness Safaris such as Jao and Kingspool situated deep in the water land of Botswana's Okavango delta rely on high-end luxury tourism with rooms costing upwards of USD 800 per person, per night in peak season. It has always been the policy of Botswana to concentrate on low volume, high value tourism, However with the recent economic downturn many of the lodges are suffering with a lack of bookings. The Okavango Delta (or Okavango Swamp), in Botswana, is the world's largest inland delta and is home to an abundance of wildlife. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)