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Information Workers and Data Analysts do "myth busting" on corporate performance and forecasts on regular basis. This session uncovers ways to take advantage of Power BI as Software as a Service (SaaS) for a "myth busting" lab you can try at home!
Fasten your seat belt and look at the Data Steward
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Power Query in Modern Corporate BI
Explore Power Query features to import data from existing Corporate BI systems.
T4 Templating within SSDT using SQL Server 2014
T4 templating will be a first class citizen in SSDT for SQL Server 2014. This session will show why you should use this technology for SQL code generation and how you can automate the process. The session will be demo rich.
Excel 2013 - Whats new beside PowerPivot and Power View?
You probably already heard a lot of the wonders of PowerPivot and Power View, but will you have any other cool new BI features with Excel 2013. The answer is a big YES! This session will demo a lot of those.
BI from space: PowerPivot with NASA data
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Building a BI Portal for Tabular Models
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Business Intelligence with Excel 2010
Most of us use Excel in our Daily work, but are you familiar with the Business Intelligence features in Excel? In this session we'll look at some of the most common and useful BI features in Excel 2010 and discuss limitations and best practices.
Temporal Snapshot Fact Table
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TRIAD's first national survey of people living with mental illness and their families highlighted the power of peer-run services, but also revealed a shameful dearth of these programs in the current mental health system. Peer-provided services, such as drop-in centers, peer-led education programs, and peer-provided job coaching, are a cost-effective, recovery-oriented, and community based service that should be available to all people with mental illness. Unfortunately, that is not the case as shown in the lack of access to peer-run programs among the nation's largest organization of people with mental illness and their families.
In the TRIAD survey, less than one third of people with a serious mental illness received peer-run programs in the last year, far less than the amount who received more costly services such as inpatient care or crisis intervention. For those who were able to participate in some type of peer-provided service in the past year, the response was overwhelmingly positive. Almost three-quarters of individuals represented in the survey said that the quality of peer-provided services was excellent, very good, or good—making peer-provided services among the most highly rated of all interventions in the TRIAD survey.
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[I] was made aware of a…clubhouse program, they helped me get part time work. I was also happy to utilize their newsletter…That gave me an outlet to share my poems and artwork. After a few years, I became manager of their consumer-run hotline,…and got a stipend paycheck. In short, I lost about 20 years of my life before the support of (the clubhouse program).
The data in the TRIAD survey on peer-provided services points to a valuable opportunity for the public mental health system as peer-provided services are among the most well liked, but least utilized interventions by individuals with mental illness. Peer-run services also provide valuable leadership development opportunities for people with mental illness via an array of initiatives. NAMI is working to expand its peer-provided services, including the NAMI C.A.R.E. Mutual Support Program and the Peer-to-Peer education program, but this gap in access must also be filled by contributions from the public mental health system. The public mental health system must act now to vigorously expand peer-provided services by supporting the minimal costs required in implementation and promoting these programs as core services for people with mental illness.
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Last week In my Shepherd's Pie post, I mentioned that I had rediscovered the dish while on a trip to Scotland. What I didn't mention was that this trip to Scotland was part of a two week concert tour in the British Isles with a group that I used to perform with. I learned a lot about myself during that trip. For instance, I realized that I would have never made it in a rock band. Being stuck for days on end in a smelly, run down bus, staying in a different dive hotel every night and eating in greasy spoons are not my idea of a good time. I'm not very good at "roughing it". I get cranky when I'm not comfortable. Just ask those poor people who were travelling with me. I'm sure they'd be only too happy to tell you! In fact, I was such a "Diva", they even gave me my own tiara.
See that menacing looking guy in the right corner. He was our evil tour manager. He hated me. I hated him too. He refused to stop for potty breaks until at least ten people had to go. Do you know what it's like riding along bumpy country roads in a rickety old tin can of a bus for over two hours when you have to pee? I do, and it ain't pleasant.
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Class was in session Thursday for about 200 Utah teachers who will get special firearms training - working with a plastic gun in a conference room at a hockey arena - to carry concealed weapons in their classrooms.
Since the Dec. 14 massacre of 20 children and six staff at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut and the National Rifle Association news conference touting arming teachers for school security, such classes are drawing fresh attention.
In Ohio, the Buckeye Shooting Foundation is swamped with 20 times more applications - from teachers and administrators to custodians and bus drivers -- than they have space for in a three-day tactical defense course to be offered this this spring.
Jim Irvine, president of the Ohio foundation, said Thursday that the $1,000 per person Armed Teacher Training Program would be free for the 24 people selected from more than 400 applicants. "What better use for an educational foundation than to help educators protect our children," he said.
It is legal in Ohio to bring a concealed weapon on school grounds if a school district has granted permission. Irvine expects more will do so since the Sandy Hook killings.
"School boards were just in denial. That denial got ripped away in Newtown, Conn. The idea is to make it hard to kill a kid," he said.
The school personnel chosen for the class must already have basic firearms training and a concealed carry permit and come to the Tactical Defense Institute in rural West Union, Ohio, with their own handgun, holster, extra magazines and speed loaders.
In Salt Lake City, Utah, shortly before the class was set to start, Clark Aposhian, chairman of the sponsoring Utah Shooting Sports Council, said they were expecting at least 200 people to attend.
But this is not their first round training school personnel. Utah has allowed teachers to carry concealed weapons on K-12 campuses for 12 years now and, said Aposhian, "We have never had any accidental or intentional shootings." He serves on the on the state board where any violation of concealed weapon laws would be reported.
"Teachers are professionals. They will take appropriate measures to maintain a gun discreetly and safely," said Aposhian, a tactical firearm instructor.
All they needed to bring was a driver's license as Utah does not require any gun licensing other than an application for a concealed carry permit. The applications do not require you to list your occupation, and concealed weapon permit records are closed so no one knows how many teachers are already armed.
Gun-toting teachers are "a deterrent when the bad guy comes in. He could be surprised by return fire from any direction. We are not expecting teachers to go out and actively engage the shooter. We want them to do the lockdown drill they have been trained to do," Aposhian said.
"But it fails when someone breaks into a classroom. This is where having a firearm would be a better choice than diving in front of the bullets to protect the kids," he said.
There will be no live firing guns in Thursday's class. It's designed to teach handling a weapon "with an emphasis on safety." Also on the curriculum: Utah's laws on firearms and the use of force and federal firearms laws, said Aposhian, who also led an effort in 2002 to have the state allow concealed weapons on the campus of University of Utah.
The Council, the state's leading gun lobby, is waiving its $50 fee for the training. The instruction, featuring plastic guns, was to start Thursday noon in a conference room at Maverick Center, a hockey arena in the Salt Lake City suburb of West Valley.
Utah is among the few states that let people carry licensed concealed weapons into public schools without exception, the National Conference of State Legislatures reported in a 2011 compendium of state gun laws affecting K-12 education. The other states are Hawaii, New Hampshire and Oregon. Delaware, like Ohio, does not prohibit concealed carry on public school property but the school districts may each set their own rules to prohibit firearms.
Parents of Utah schoolchildren have no way to tell which teachers carrying a handgun. By law, Utah gun permit records are closed to the public. In Arizona, where gun permit records are also closed, Attorney General Tom Horne has proposed amending state law to allow one educator in each school to carry a gun.
Earlier this week, The Journal News in Westchester, N.Y., a state where records are public, ignited a furor by publishing an online database mapping -- by name and address -- every person with a handgun permit in three counties north of New York City.
The National Rifle Association blasted the newspaper's action as "irresponsible."
Arming teachers is dangerous, Carol Lear, a chief lawyer for the Utah Office of Education, told the Associated Press. She argues teachers could be overpowered for their guns or misfire or cause an accidental shooting.
"It's a horrible, terrible, no-good, rotten idea," Lear said.
In 2008, the Harrold Independent School District Superintendent in Texas thought it was a fine idea.
Now, Superintendent David Thweatt is back in the spotlight, describing and defending their "Guardian Plan." He told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram on Friday that he didn't want a plan where students "lock yourself in your closet and hope that an intruder won't hurt you. So what we came up with was a policy that would protect."


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The Aqua Eructo spellbook is a book containing information on, and instructions of how to perform, Aqua Eructo. It was owned by 'Professor' Bartemius Crouch Jr. (disguised as Professor Alastor Moody), who kept it in a room of the Defence Against the Dark Arts Classroom in Hogwarts Castle for unknown reasons. Harry Potter, Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger later came across it during the 1994–1995 school year and used it to learn the spell, which proved valuable against the Salamander which Professor Moody (Crouch) had kept in the room.[1]
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Parents never forget the moment their children enter the world, but one mother in particular will have her child's delivery etched in her mind forever.
Lori and Tim Corliss thought they had plenty of time to get to the hospital, but they didn't. Lori had given birth one time before, but the birth was so slow that she wanted to wait to get to the hospital this time.
As they were on the way to hospital, Lori realized that the baby wasn't going to wait any longer. So her husband Tim pulled over, and little baby Quinn was born at the intersection of Woodmen and Union.
"I was scared out of my mind," Lori said. "I really did not want to give birth on the side of the road."
A crew with the ambulance company AMR showed up just as the baby was born, and took both mother and baby to the hospital. Despite the unusual circumstances around the birth, both were doing fine.
Wednesday, Lori got to meet the first responders who helped deliver her baby girl, as well as the passerby who guided the ambulance to the couple's location.
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Sunday, March 31, 2013
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- Authorities are still investigating the accident that sent six people to the hospital Saturday night.
Deputies say a 17-year-old was driving the car on Boykin Road without headlights. They say in the other car was a 58-year-old driver.
The 8-year-old child that was taken to the hospital has been upgraded from serious condition to stable condition.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- An accident has sent six people to the hospital with serious injuries.
It happened at the intersection of Peach Orchard and Boykin roads.
Authorities say a helicopter airlifted an infant to the hospital. Others injured were taken by ambulance.
Investigators say a car was moving south on Boykin Road and did not have its headlights on. A second car turned onto Boykin, hitting the first car. Both cars ended up in a ditch.
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ST. LOUIS (KSDK) - The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department will offer two workplace and school violence prevention training sessions in February.
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Hurricane Sandy is creating rainy and windy conditions in Emerald Isle, but town leaders say they do not expect significant impacts from the storm as it skirts the North Carolina coast.
The rains and wind started Saturday morning, with the highest gust so far 41 miles per hour at Emerald Isle Fire Station 1, with sustained winds around 20 to 25 miles per hour.
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Chamber president Nate Andrews said after last year's budget proceedings, which included much controversy and discontent, he's hoping this year will go more smoothly.
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66th Annual Cannes Film Festival, France - May 20, 2013 - The actor attended the premiere of "Blood Ties" (by director Guillaume Canet) at the Palais des Festivals on May 20 in Cannes, France. In the film, Clive plays one of the two brothers who face off over organized crime in Brooklyn during the 1970s.
Clive Owen, an actor of discrete yet charismatic elegance and the face of Jaeger-LeCoultre fine watch-making line, was wearing his Master Grande Tradition à Tourbillon 43 watch both during the press-conference and on the Red Carpet.
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Water Quality
Little surface water quality data exists for the Spring River Tributaries Watershed. Much of the existing data is over 20 years old and thus is insufficient for drawing a present day conclusion. However, once contemporary data is obtained it may be possible to perform a limited comparison between present and past surface water quality.
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) periodically measured chemical and physical water quality conditions at two locations on the Warm Fork of the Spring River within the Spring River Tributaries Watershed in Missouri in the 1960s and early 1970s. Water quality data was collected at Station 07069150 at Thayer, Missouri in December of 1964. Several water quality measurements were also collected at Station 07069170 near Thayer, Missouri from 1969 to 1975 (Tables Wq01 and Wq02)(USGS 1999a). Station 07069170 experienced fecal coliform levels exceeding state standards for whole body contact recreation (200 col. per 100 ml) in 6 of 21 samples (MDNR 1996a and USGS 1999a).
Duchrow (1977) collected a total of 74 taxa of aquatic invertebrates from two sites on the Warm Fork of the Spring River during a water quality/aquatic invertebrate study. Site Swf-4 was located above Thayer and site Swf-0 was located below Thayer (Figure Bc03). Water quality was evaluated by comparing calculated species diversity index values to established standards for Missouri streams (Tables Wq03 and Wq04). Both sites exhibited similar invertebrate communities. Many pollution sensitive invertebrates were collected. Water quality parameter values at these did not meet established criteria for unpolluted Missouri streams annually; however, they did meet this criteria seasonally. According to Duchrow, the Warm Fork of the Spring River exhibited "characteristics of an unpolluted Missouri stream" despite the sources of pollution existing within the watershed. He adds that productivity within the stream appeared to be higher than that of the Jack's Fork and Current Rivers. This was probably due to the increased nutrient input from the large amount of pasture in the watershed as well as treated sewage effluent (Duchrow 1977).
Ground water quality has been documented to be less than desirable periodically in the watershed. Turbidity has been a problem for both municipal and private wells within the watershed (Vaughn 1998). Water quality tests performed by the Missouri State Public Health Laboratory in Springfield on 171 private wells in Howell County from July 1998 to August 1999 indicate that 70 well samples tested were unsafe. A well is considered unsafe if any Coliform exists in the sample (Farmer, personal communication).
Water Use
Water use within the Spring River Tributaries Watershed is relatively high. Data obtained from the United States Geological Survey National Water Use Database (1999b) indicate that total water withdrawn within the watershed in 1995 was 4.29 million gallons per day (mgd) (Table Wq05). This is more than the total amount of water withdrawn within the Eleven Point Watershed at 4.08 mgd. Reasons for this difference are undoubtedly due to the higher population density within the Spring River Tributaries Watershed.
Nearly all of the water withdrawn in the Spring River Tributaries Watershed comes from groundwater. Ground water withdrawn within the watershed is 3.85 million gallons per day (mgd) while surface water withdrawn is 0.44 mgd (USGS 1999B). All surface water withdrawn is for livestock use.
Domestic water use is the most prevalent use within the Spring River Tributaries Watershed. Domestic deliveries from public water supplies in 1995 equaled 1.02 million gallons per day. Self-supplied water withdrawn in 1995 equaled 0.82 million gallons per day (Table Wq07) (USGS 1999b).
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources maintains records of "major" users (those facilities capable of withdrawing 100,000 gallons/day) of surface and ground water throughout the state. Recent records (1993) indicate that although there are no major surface water users, three major ground water users exist within the Spring River Tributaries Watershed. The major ground water users include the cities of West Plains and Thayer as well as Richards R-V School District. Annual water withdrawals (million gallons/year) for West Plains, Thayer, and Richards R-V School District are 716, 522, and 165 respectively (MDNR 1993).
The amount of water withdrawn in the watershed is likely to continue to rise in the upper portion of the watershed with a projected increase in the population of Howell County. Projections of population increase of Missouri counties have been calculated by the Missouri Office of Administration (MOA), Division of Budget and Planning for three different projection scenarios in a report entitled "Projections of the Population of Missouri Counties By Age, Gender, and Race: 1990 to 2020" (MOA 1994). The combined population for Howell and Oregon Counties is expected to increase 6% to 27% by the year 2020.
Rule 10 CSR 20-7.031 of the Rules of Department of Natural Resources Division 20-Clean Water Commission Chapter 7-Water Quality identifies beneficial uses of the waters of the state of Missouri in order that water quality standards are established for protection of those uses. Table Wq06 lists designated uses for streams of the Spring River Tributaries Watershed. Beneficial use designations have been determined for 13 reaches representing 10 streams within the Spring River Tributaries Watershed. All listed streams must meet criteria for "protection of warm water aquatic life and human health-fish consumption" as well as "livestock and wildlife watering". The Warm Fork of the Spring River, in addition to the previously mentioned uses, must also meet water quality standards for irrigation, whole body contact recreation, and boating/canoeing from the State Line to Section 25, Township 23 North, Range 6 West (MDNR 1996a).
Section 303d of the federal Clean Water Law requires that states identify those waters for which current pollution control measures are inadequate. This is accomplished by comparing data from those waters with water quality criteria established for designated beneficial uses of those waters (MDNR 1999b). Those waters are then included in the 303(d) list. The state must then conduct Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) studies on those waters in order to determine what pollution control measures are required and then insure those measures are implemented (MDNR 1999a). The Final 1998 303(d) list for Missouri includes 0.3 miles of Howell Creek (MDNR 1999c). The pollutant at this site is chlorine associated with the West Plains waste water treatment plant. The Clean Water Act requires that the list be updated every 2 years thus the next 303(d) list should be available in the year 2000 (MDNR 1999b).
Point Source Pollution/Nonpoint Source Pollution
Table Wq07 lists the eleven National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) sites currently within the Spring River Tributaries Watershed (Figure Wq01). The cities of West Plains and Thayer, Missouri are the only permitted (by MDNR) municipal wastewater discharges within the watershed in Missouri (MDNR 1998a). As of 1994, the Thayer waste water treatment facility (WWTF) was discharging 0.23 million gallons per day (mgd) into the Warm Fork. The West Plains WWTF, located on Howell Creek, was the largest NPDES discharge within the watershed. As of 1994 the West Plains WWTF was discharging 1.7 mgd; normally accounting for the entire flow of Howell Creek at this point of the stream. It was determined that water quality problems were caused by this discharge for 1 to 2 miles of stream (MDNR 1994). Howell Creek is a losing stream for its entire reach (MDNR 1984). For this reason, the potential for groundwater contamination is always present. This is perhaps best illustrated by an incident that occurred in 1978: The bottom of the West Plains sewage lagoon collapsed into a sinkhole releasing a large amount of sewage into the groundwater system. A dye trace indicated that this sewage was transported through the system to Mammoth Spring, Arkansas; a distance of 20 miles, in 12 days (MDNR 1984).
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geology and Land Survey has identified 10 active and 122 prospecting or historical mining operations within the Spring River Tributaries Watershed in Missouri. Of the 10 active mines, all are gravel pits or limestone quarries (MDNR 1998b). There are currently no permitted in-stream gravel operations within the watershed (Zeaman, personal communication). However, it is highly likely that unpermitted sites exist within the watershed. The majority of historical mining sites are past producers of iron. Nearly all of these are surface mines which dot the watershed (MDNR 1998). Due to the karst nature of the watershed, these surface mines have the potential to allow pollutants into the ground water system.
Land disruption from road and bridge construction, as well as urban expansion, often results in increased sediment loads to receiving water systems. Bridge construction also results in stream channel modification, which affects stream flow both up and down stream from the bridge. Since 1995 there have been fourteen 404 permitted operations within the Spring River Tributaries Watershed in Missouri (Table Hc01 and Figure Wq02) (USCOE 1999). Seven of these involved bridge work. According to the Missouri Department of Transportation Highway and Bridge Construction Schedule, there currently (11/6/98) are 2 state highway projects involving bridge work scheduled within the watershed from 1999-2003 (Table Hc02).
Currently (1999) significant land disruption corresponding to highway construction and urban expansion is occurring in the upper portion of the Spring River Tributaries Watershed. Much of this land has been left devoid of vegetation for extended periods of time thus increasing it's susceptibility to erosion. While little permanent surface water exists in this portion of the watershed, the increased sediment load may eventually alter the ability of intermittent streams to carry off excess water during periods of flooding. In addition, due to the number of losing stream miles in this portion of the watershed, some sediments as well as incidental pollutants from construction sites could potentially reach groundwater. As stated previously, ground water quality problems have been experienced within the watershed.
According to MDNR (1984), livestock waste constitutes a major percentage of the Spring River Tributaries Watershed's total organic waste. This contributes to the Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), suspended solids, fecal coliform, and fecal streptococci loads (MDNR 1984). The number of cattle and hogs within the watershed has been estimated to be 52,599 in 1993. This has been calculated based on numbers by county, as indicated by 1994 Missouri Farm Facts (MDA and USDA 1994), multiplied by percent of total county area occupied by the watershed . As in other parts of the state, a large number of cattle in the watershed are on pasture and many spend a large portion of their time in or near stream channels. Results of this include increased organics and bacterial loading, turbidity, and high concentrations of algae (MDNR 1984). Another possible impact occurs when "no discharge" lagoons or pits serving confined lots discharge to streams. In 1984, there were 15 of these facilities which generated 27,024 PE of waste in the Spring River Tributaries Watershed (MDNR 1984).
Fish Kills
Since 1980 no fish kills have occurred as a result of pollution incidents within the Spring River Tributaries Watershed (MDC 1999). In December of 1997 a lack of stream flow as well as the icing of the stagnant pools is believed to have contributed to low dissolved oxygen levels resulting in a fish kill on the Warm Fork near Warm Fork Spring (Mayers, Personal Communication).


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Lilith by Mostal : V1.1
Paths by ShadowLance : V1.4
(Based on DatabaseB by jiaco)
Language: English & French
/!\ If this is the first time you play at Lilith, please read this article before proceeding.
The PATHS Mod, like Masteries mod, changes all the abilities of character so great. It also changes the purpose of the different skills, skill points distribution, and many other elements of gameplay.
Combined with Lilith, It's a whole new game now, much more adult and mature, and completely disorienting. Moreover, the number of available masteries is absolutely phenomenal as I explain in detail below :
-> 9 entirely new "masteries" called Paths.
-> 24 complex skills per Path makes 216 brand new skills (not including all of the hidden/linked skills and pet skills).
-> New Path Selection screen as seen above.
-> Gameplay is designed with skillful play and thoughtful build creation in mind. Build-creation is tremendously more complex. Each Path has fundamental strengths and weaknesses. Build on two Path's similar strengths, or use one Path's strength to make up for a weakness.
-> 100+ heavily modified or slightly modified items and sets to fit the new Paths.
-> Rewrote or edited most of the in-game formulas, here's some:
-Armor is more effective
-Offensive Ability now makes use of Dex, Int, AND Str in various degrees.
-Defensive Ability now makes use of Dex and Int in various degrees.
-Much more...
-> Changed the core gameplay drastically!
-Skills are now hugely more useful and potent, this is balanced with other weaknesses.
-Rather than spellcasters using spells occasionally and the staff being the primary attack used, there is at least one spell that can be used constantly instead of the staff.
-Some spellcasters use weapons in the place of staves.
-Path Level (mastery level) set to 100 instead of 32, with a unique Path bonus at 100.
-Increased level cap to 100.
-Gain 4 skill points per level instead of 3.
-Path Level (mastery level) rarely grants attributes such as str, dex, or int. Instead, you gain immunities, special resistances/bonuses, weaknesses, and other class-defining traits.
-Gain 16 attribute points per level instead of 2 (each attribute point increases an attribute by 1).
-Health is now rarely gained from increasing the Path (mastery) Level.
-Attribute points give you more health and energy per point.
-Potion cooldown is MUCH longer than normal, around 30 seconds.
-Potion stack increased to 20.
-"Stances" can be class-defining. Only one active at a time, last forever with no cost. 1 point max. Some have small benefits with no downsides while others have huge benefits but also big weaknesses.
-Bow and Staff projectiles much faster, arrows do not leave trails. Neither do melee weapons.
-Most skills are much more complex than normal TQ
(Any much more!)
More informations here...
Below are the Paths of the mod, formerly known as Masteries. They are "quoted" for organization.
Path of the Berserker
Pursue a bloody goal, over the mangled bodies of slain foes and a neverending thirst for violence.
Shamans, Amazonians, Barbarians, and particularly brutal Warriors are all likely followers.
-Crowd control
-Suffer from bleeding x4 longer
-Natural 5% less Defensive Ability
Path Level
-Natural Elemental Resistance
-Health Regeneration Bonus
-Less strength requirement on all weaponsPath of the Mind
Join mind and body to strike accurately, dominate enemies' minds, and protect yourself.
Monks, Samurai, Knights, and anyone seeking an edge in combat or magic are likely followers.
-High Attributes
-Strong Buffs
-Powerful Single-Target Attack
-Vulnerable to Vitality Damage
Path Level
-Bonus Attribute Points
-Bonus Health and Energy
-Increased Casting SpeedPath of Tartarus
Gain the powers of summoning demons, dispelling them, demonic powers, burning spells, deals with the devil, and extensions of life.
Cultists, Shamans, Mages, and anyone with a dark enough soul willing to sacrifice for great power walk this Path.
-Powerful Spells
-Powerful Summons
-Powerful Buffs
-Powerful Curses
-Sacrifices are painful
-Vulnerable to Lightning Damage
Path Level
-Natural Fire Resistance
-Bonus Health and Energy
-Reduced Damage from DemonsPath of the Venefici
Deal with magic in its purest form. Walls of force, shockwaves, beams of energy, tricks and incantations. Most of the spells require a great deal of study to unlock.
This Path attracts Wizards, Sorcerers, and any manner of powerful magic users.
-Versatile Deadly Spells
-Magical Enhancements
-Potent Energy Recovery
-Reduced Dexterity Requirement for Armor
-Low Health
-Vulnerable to Poison Damage
Path Level
-Bonus Intelligence and Energy
-Energy and Life Leech Resistance
-Natural Energy AbsorptionPath of the Dokkaebi
Trick and deceive your opponents, tormenting them while staying out of reach, assaulting their senses and minds. Do not mistake this path as harmless though, many skills have a chance of painful chaotic damage.
This Path attracts Shamans, Gypsies, Thieves, Spies, Illusionists, and anyone who takes delight in spreading chaos.
-Avoiding Damage
-Curses and Diversions
-Potent Kiting Ability
-Natural 5% Dodge Melee
-Mediocre Damage
Path Level
-Bonus Health and Energy
-Receives extra Physical Damage
-Natural Total Speed increasePath of Sekhmet
Walk in the footsteps of the Lioness Sekhmet, Daughter of Ra. The Egyptian Goddess was addicted to war.
This path attracts a huge variety of Warriors, Rangers, Knights, and Kensei.
-Armor More Effective
-Large Health Bonus
-High Damage
-Weak Crowd Control
-Vulnerable to Cold Damage
Path Level
-Small Armor Bonus
-Bonus Health
-Bonus Offensive and Defensive AbilityPath of Lichdom
Sacrifice in exchange for great power. Are you willing to give up your very life to become a Lich? Summoning undead, killing with a touch, and casting horrific spells are possible.
Evil Warriors, Powerhungry Sorcerers, and anyone who craves immortality is lured to this path.
-Armies of Skeletons
-Incredible Passive Abilities
-Strong Enchantments
-Few skills harm Undead
-Slightly lower running speed
-Can never deflect projectiles
Path Level
-Natural Armor
-Bonus Intelligence and Energy
-Natural Cold Resistance
-Lower % HealthPath of Khloros
Become the vessel for the fourth horseman of the apocolypse. Skills involve plague, summoning beasts of the earth, and the sword.
Messengers of Death, Plague-bringers, and any kind of sickened Warrior or Sorcerer can follow this path.
-Nearly Invincible Pets
-Strong Passive Abilities
-Crowd Control
-Strong vs. Physical Damage
-Natural Poison Resistance
-Resistance to % Life Loss
-Few skills harm Undead
-Poor Kiting Ability
-Fire Damage Vulnerability
Path Level
-Natural Physical Damage Resistance
-Bonus Health
-Lower running SpeedPath of Poseidon
Walking this Path is to pursue becoming the Avatar of Poseidon. Powers over oceans and storms, the blessings of horses, and many skills relating to Poseidon's children are gifted to a devoted follower.
Religious Warriors, Cultists, Priests, Fanatics, Sea Druids and Wizards are just a few of those who swear fealty to Poseidon.
-Powerful Summon
-Strong Offensive Spells
-Incredible Crowd Control
-Strong Weapon Enchantment
-Natural Burning Resistance
-Skills are not versatile
-High energy cost for skills with small energy pool
Path Level
-Bonus % to Strength
-Bonus Health
-Natural Vitality and Lightning Damage Resistance
A graphical interface will guide you to install Lilith easily
- Download the file SetupLilithPaths11.exe
- Download the file LilithPathsDC11d.exe
- Download the file Creatures.zip
- Double click the SetupLilithPaths11 and read the messages
Note : Language selection will automatically setup Lilith in French and in English.
- Choose your difficulty: 1 is easiest and 12 hardest (see above for more explanation).
- Lilith Paths Edition will be automatically installed in "My Documents/My Games/Titan Quest ' Immortal Throne / CustomMaps" folder
- Unzip Creatures.zip (Allskin Mod) in the Database folder of TQIT (the game) : [drive letter]:\[path where TQIT is installed]\Database
(after unzip you will have [tqfolder]\database\Creatures\pc -> with male and female folder inside)
- Launch TQ-IT >> Custom Quest and choose LilithPaths ~ Jalavia
- Enjoy :-)
TADA ! Paths Difficulty Changer !
Lilith bring a new dimension in this game: Play how do you like with the Difficulty Changer! **
Lilith is really seriously balanced for all 3 difficulties but we are all different.
Some of us may only play a few hours in a week or less, other are good gamer but do what they can for surviving, and at least, we have very good players like "Hardcore Gamer".
It is very difficult to make a game that pleases immediately anyone with the difficulty. Each of us wants to play exactly how we like, at start.
So, it is the function of the Difficulty Changer.
Lilith - Paths offer 12 difficulties, just choose yours during the install or later.
Let's see:
First we have:
Discovery Lilith
-> You are a casual gamer ? You do like when everything work well ? This difficulty is for you!
Creatures (From "Excellent Lilith") (read "-" as minus):
-25% Attack Speed
-20% Move Speed
Secondary choice:
Piece of Cake Lilith
-> You like a bit difficulties but not too much? You don't like dying to often? Choose this one!
Creatures (From "Excellent Lilith") (read "-" as minus):
-15% Attack Speed
Third choice :
Fast Lilith
-> You like challenge but you don't have any much time ? Don't look futher, take this difficulty!
Creatures (From "Excellent Lilith") (read "-" as minus):
Max Fast Lilith
-> You do like when there are many many creatures ? You have a very good Mouse ? You'll enjoy this difficulty!
Creatures (From "Excellent Lilith") :
+50/100% additional creatures
Original Lilith:
Excellent Lilith
-> You do like strong, nervous and without concession H'n'S ? This is THE version par excellence!
6: Paths default choice:
Heroic Lilith
-> Your character is the reincarnation of Achill? You are as smart as Ulysses? This difficulty put you to the test!
Creatures (From "Excellent Lilith") :
+15% Attack Speed
+10% Move Speed
+15% XP (Bonus monster)
MAX Heroic Lilith
-> Do you want more ? Do you want really more ? Do you want to kill kill and kill again monsters or Die ? All right, here is what you need:
Creatures (From "Excellent Lilith") :
+15% Attack Speed
+10% Move Speed
+15% XP (Bonus monster)
+50/100% additional creatures
8: Be warn, from here the Death is smiling
Insane Lilith
-> You have all the time a feeling that you are unbreakable? You are a Master among Masters ? Here you'll find a right taste of the blood!
Creatures (From "Excellent Lilith") :
+20% Attack Speed
+15% Move Speed
Normal : + 5 * level in OA et en DA
Epic : + 10 * level in OA et en DA
Legendary : + 15 * level in OA et en DA
+25% XP (Bonus monster)
MAX Heroic EXTRA BOSS Lilith
-> Same as MAX Heroic Lilith, with Extra Boss features.
MAX Insane Lilith
-> You do like when there are many many creatures and you are really unbreakable? Don't wait anymore, choose this powerful difficulty!
Creatures (From "Excellent Lilith") :
+20% Attack Speed
+15% Move Speed
Normal : + 5 * level in OA et en DA
Epic : + 10 * level in OA et en DA
Legendary : + 15 * level in OA et en DA
+25% XP (Bonus monster)
+50/100% additional creatures
11: Hardest choice, don't even try!
Infinite Lilith
-> You are not Human ? Good! Not Lilith neither!
Creatures (From "Excellent Lilith") :
+25% Attack Speed
+25% Move Speed
Normal : + 10 * level in OA et en DA
Epic : + 15 * level in OA et en DA
Legendary: + 20 * level in OA et en DA
+35% XP (Bonus monster)
MAX Insane EXTRA BOSS Lilith
-> Same as MAX Insane Lilith, with Extra Boss features.
As you see, everyone, I hope, will find his happiness.
With the Difficulty Changer you can change when you want the difficulty.
-> Your character is weak from enemies somewhere for the campaign and you have no miracle item with you yet? Choose an easier difficulty at this moment.
-> You are feeling your character a little bit stronger for fun? Change for a harder difficulty on the fly.
I hope every player could play Lilith as wished, just Play how do you like!
Please, start with a brand new character, thanks.
Before playing:
Triple-Load trick: If you have a brand new character, the easiest way is to simply load the character into legendary, epic, and normal then you can play.
Really, it's just that simple.
=> This trick is to keep all your Bonus when you change to another difficulty
=> Don't do it during your current game, you'll lose all what you have done during your game and could reset some quest or your Masteries (in the Masteries Edition).
If you have a game on the way Just wait the end of your current difficulty to do this trick.
Lilith The Will of Demon 1.1: PATHS Edition (716Mo) :
DOWNLAD NOW - Mirror
Lilith Paths - Difficulty Changer (114Mo) :
AllSkin Mod for Lilith Creature (38Mo) :
- Mostal for the original Lilith WoD mod.
- ShadowLance for the original Paths mod.
- You for reading this thread.
Original thread (French): Here
I'm also working on a SfPaths+Lilith Edition, called "The Suffering".
"The Suffering" thread (French): Here
I'm also, yeah once again, working on a a Destinies+Lilith Edition.
Destinies+Lilith thread (French): Here


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- There is now strong evidence that the metal-rich globular clusters (GCs) near the center of our Galaxy are associated with the Galactic bulge rather than the disk as previously thought. Here we extend the concept of bulge GCs to the GC systems of nearby spiral galaxies. In particular, the kinematic and metallicity properties of the GC systems favor a bulge rather than a disk origin. The number of metal-rich GCs normalized by the bulge luminosity is roughly constant (i.e., bulge SN~1) in nearby spiral galaxies, and this value is similar to that for field elliptical galaxies when only the red (metal-rich) GCs are considered. We argue that the metallicity distributions of GCs in spiral and elliptical galaxies are remarkably similar and that they obey the same correlation of mean GC metallicity with host galaxy mass. We further suggest that the metal-rich GCs in spiral galaxies are the direct analogs of the red GCs seen in elliptical galaxies. The formation of a bulge/spheroidal stellar system is accompanied by the formation of metal-rich GCs. The similarities between GC systems in spiral and elliptical galaxies appear to be greater than the differences.
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That looks amazing.. and I'm sure it's even better at larger sizes. Looking forward to seeing it bigger and if I'm lucky in person this August.
Hey Guys,
Here is a world map that i have been working on for myself for a long time. Basically it is the world in which a game i am developing (strategy boardgame) takes place. Its also going to be the centerpiece for my booth at Gen Con in August, so if you are going, look forward to seeing it framed hanging behind me while i ply my wares Its pretty big, around 4x3.5 feet, and its as detailed as my sanity would allow! It will also be for sale either as a poster or the framed print. The style is a mix of my own and Diamond's "Dark Empire" map whom i thanked already for inspiring me with some of the best maps i've seen in general. Shout out to my Carto brotha, haha.
*Update! Changed the colors a bit, filled in some spots and took out some rivers Also the File is now attached CG!
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That looks amazing.. and I'm sure it's even better at larger sizes. Looking forward to seeing it bigger and if I'm lucky in person this August.
*drool* I must say that is awesome.
This is great man! would love to see that sticking to a wall in full size. cheers, DJ
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looks fantastic - I'd love to see it full size, but unfortunatly I don't reside on the right continent to be on Gen Con ... have some rep with my mace of cool repping *SMACK*
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Epic map!
Beautiful map. Would love to see this at a bigger scale.
Edit: Doh! Didn't see the link to the bigger version. :s
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