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1 4 May 2012 No.1 Guinea-bissau Expected Council Action On 7 May, the Council will hold consultations on the Secretary-General s report on Guinea-Bissau of 30 April (S/2012/280), submitted in line with a presidential statement (S/ PRST/2012/15) adopted on 21 April. The Council will likely be briefed by Joseph Mutaboba, the Secretary- General s Special Representative in Guinea-Bissau and head of the UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS); a representative of Guinea-Bissau s ousted government; and representatives of the AU, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), and the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP). The Secretary-General s report sets out four options that the Council could consider in addressing the Guinea- Bissau situation: mediation in support of that already initiated by ECOWAS; the imposition of targeted sanctions on the military leaders who spearheaded the 12 April coup; the possible deployment of training and protection units ; and the deployment of a peacekeeping or stabilisation force. At press time, it appeared that some members were discussing a draft resolution prepared by Portugal probably to be co-sponsored by South Africa and Togo and to be circulated after the 7 May consultations imposing targeted sanctions on the coup leaders and holding out the possibility of further action should those sanctions fail to force the military junta to relinquish power and re-establish constitutional order. Guinea-Bissau has hosted UNIOGBIS since 2009 and its predecessor UNOGBIS since April Its mandate expires on 28 February Guinea-Bissau has also been on the agenda of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) since 19 December 2007, with Brazil currently chairing the country-specific configuration. Key recent Developments On 12 April, the armed forces seized power and imprisoned interim President Raimundo Pereira, former Prime Minister and presidential candidate Carlos Gomes Junior and several other senior officials, aborting preparations for run-off presidential elections slated for 22 April. The following day, 13 April, Council members were briefed in consultations on the situation in the country by Tayé- Brook Zerihoun, Assistant Secretary- General for Political Affairs. The Council later that day issued a press statement condemning the forcible seizure of power from the legitimate Government of Guinea-Bissau by some elements of its armed forces. The statement also denounced the military s incursion into politics and called on those responsible to ensure the safety and security of the detained leaders and demanded their immediate release. On 19 April, the Council discussed Guinea-Bissau (S/PV.6754) with three Foreign Ministers briefing: Mamadú Saliu Djalo Pires of Guinea-Bissau (who was out of the country when the military seized power on 12 April); Georges Chikoti of Angola (in his capacity as chair of the CPLP); and Paulo Portas of Portugal. The Permanent Representative of Côte d Ivoire, which chairs ECOWAS, delivered a statement on behalf of the regional body, while Mutaboba briefed via video-conference from Bissau on the latest developments. On 21 April, the Council issued a presidential statement (S/ PRST/2012/15) strongly condemning the coup and calling for the immediate restoration of the constitutional order as well as the reinstatement of the legitimate government. The statement also demanded the immediate and unconditional release of the detained Guinea-Bissau leaders in order to enable the completion of the presidential and legislative elections. The statement welcomed the AU s suspension of Guinea-Bissau. It took note of a decision by the AU to hold consultations with ECOWAS, CPLP and other partners for possible additional means necessary for the stabilization of the country, in consultation with the legitimate government of Guinea-Bissau. It also noted the underlying issues involved in Guinea Security Council Report One Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza, 885 Second Avenue, 21st Floor, New York, NY T: F:
2 Bissau s instability as the recurrence of illegal interference of the military in politics and a culture of impunity that hampers efforts towards consolidation of the rule of law, implementation of Security Sector Reform, promotion of development and entrenchment of a democratic culture. The statement requested the Secretary General to submit a report by 30 April setting out options for dealing with the situation in the country. Like most of the UN system, the Security Council appears to have been surprised by the coup in Guinea- Bissau. On 28 March, the Council was briefed by Mutaboba and Ambassador Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti (Brazil), Chair of the Guinea-Bissau countryspecific configuration of the PBC (S/ PV.6743). Mutaboba mentioned the failed coup attempt of 26 December 2011 in passing, saying that it was symptomatic of a military leadership divided and lacking a uniform commitment to republican values. But he otherwise gave no hint of the simmering tensions that led to the 12 April coup. For her part, Viotti hailed the important strides towards sustainable peace made in Guinea-Bissau, noting that during the past months, the country had been able to maintain political stability and sustain economic growth. Other observers of Guinea-Bissau were less sanguine. On 5 April, Kadré Désiré Ouedraogo, President of the ECOWAS Commission, wrote a letter (S/2012/254) to the UN Secretary-General drawing attention to disturbing developments that could jeopardise the holding of run-off presidential elections scheduled for 22 April. Ouedraogo had, on 31 March, led a joint high-level ECOWAS-AU-UN fact-finding mission to Guinea-Bissau. (This was as a result of serious controversies arising from presidential elections held on 18 March. Gomes Júnior, who contested the polls as head of the ruling Partido Africano para a Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde (PAIGC), failed to win outright victory with 49 percent of the votes, and a run-off was scheduled for 22 April. However, the opposition candidate, Kumba Yalá Embaló, who came in second with 23 percent, announced that he would boycott the run-off polls, claiming the ruling party had rigged the elections. The March polls were accompanied by the assassination of the former head of military intelligence, Col. Samba Djalo. On 2 April, ECOWAS appointed President Alpha Condé of Guinea to mediate the electoral dispute in Guinea-Bissau.) Ouedraogo s letter noted the election boycott threat, as well as the mounting suspicion and tension between Guinea-Bissau s military and the Angolan Technical Military Assistance Mission in Guinea-Bissau (MISSANG). It noted that General Antonio Indjai, the Army Chief of Staff, had ordered MISSANG out. The letter raised the possibility of ECOWAS deploying a military contingent [in Guinea-Bissau] in the run-up to the [run-off] poll to protect candidates and institutions. Not mentioned in the letter was that Angola agreed in principle to the suggestion that it withdraw MISSANG ahead of the run-off election. On 9 April, Gomes Junior, allegedly acting in his capacity as Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau, also wrote a letter (S/2012/254) to the Secretary-General raising alarm that Guinea-Bissau could come to face a new cycle of internal political instability, owing to the non-acceptance of the electoral results by his rivals. The letter favourably characterised MISSANG as a factor assisting with political and military stabilisation in the country. But it called on the Security Council to consider the dispatch of a peacekeeping force to be charged with extensive powers aimed at the maintenance of political stability in the country and at defence of the democratic gains obtained at great sacrifice. (The Secretary-General apparently only transmitted these letters to the Council on 23 April.) Following the 12 April coup, a number of regional and multilateral actors quickly addressed the situation in Guinea-Bissau. The Council of Ministers of the CPLP held an emergency session on 14 April in Lisbon and adopted a resolution which was transmitted to the Security Council on 16 April. Among the decisions adopted by the CPLP was to take the initiative in the framework of the UN, together with ECOWAS, the AU, the EU and taking into account the experience of MISSANG, to establish a UN-mandated force of interposition in Guinea-Bissau. The AU Peace and Security Council (PSC), meeting on Guinea-Bissau on 17 April, decided to initiate consultations with ECOWAS, the CPLP, the UN and other partners on the possible deployment of an international stabilisation operation. It also suspended with immediate effect Guinea-Bissau as a member state of the AU until the effective restoration of constitutional order. On 24 April, the AU PSC issued a report on the situation in Guinea-Bissau, Mali and Sudan and South Sudan, noting that events in Guinea-Bissau constituted a serious setback for the democratic process initiated since the 1990s, while also highlighting the need to further enhance the deterrence potential of the instruments adopted by the AU on unconstitutional changes of government. On 29 April, ECOWAS imposed diplomatic, economic and financial sanctions on Guinea-Bissau after talks it had initiated with the coup leaders in Banjul, The Gambia, failed on the crucial point of the return of deposed interim President Pereira to Bissau to take over the reins of the government from the junta. The sanctions regime targeted members of the junta and their associates. On 3 May, the EU imposed sanctions on six of the coup leaders in Guinea-Bissau, banning them from entering the EU and freezing their assets. The EU said in a statement that the list of individuals subject to its sanctions would be published on 4 May. Security Council Report One Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza, 885 Second Avenue, 21st Floor, New York, NY T: F:
3 Background Guinea-Bissau gained independence from Portugal after a prolonged armed struggle in But the anti-colonial war was so destructive that the new state was bereft of functioning institutions and an economic base. Ever since, the country has been prone to serious political upheavals. Guinea- Bissau has experienced five military coups in the past ten years, and no elected President has served out a full term. This instability has in part been fuelled by massive illicit drug trafficking by the officers corps of the army and other officials, and in part by unresolved issues relating to the war for independence: so bitter was the liberation struggle that the newly independent government, controlled by a revolutionary council, executed many African soldiers who had fought for the colonial administration. Barely six years after independence, in 1980, Prime Minister João Bernardo Vieira, one of the independence leaders, led a military coup that ousted President Luis de Almeida Cabral. Vieira governed the country for the next 19 years, winning the first free presidential election held in Guinea-Bissau in In 1999, a military coup led by General Ansumane Mané, whom Vieira had dismissed earlier, triggered a civil war and the installation of a transitional military junta. A presidential election was held in 2000 and was won by Yalá Embaló, who was in turn forced from office in 2003 in another coup led by General Veríssimo Correia Seabra. Soon after, military forces and political leaders signed a charter that installed an interim civilian government and called for new parliamentary and presidential elections. Parliamentary elections were held in March 2004, but violence flared up in October 2004, when a military mutiny resulted in the assassination of Correia Seabra. In July 2005, former President Vieira won the presidential elections, defeating former acting President Malam Bacai Sanhá in a runoff. In March 2009, Vieira was assassinated by the army, leading to new presidential elections in July 2009 won by Sanhá. Reform of Guinea Bissau s armed forces as part of a broader Security Sector Reform (SSR) remains the most contentious issue in the country. In 2010, the EU withdrew its SSR advisers and suspended its non-allocated aid to the country amounting to 120 million euros. This was in protest against the appointment of Indjai, a perennial coup maker as well as a prime suspect in the international cocaine trafficking ring, as Army Chief of Staff, which the EU called another setback to democratic consolidation. The EU SSR mission had been in the country since June 2008, but it disagreed with the UN on the rollout of a retirement plan for army officers. The UN apparently favoured a gradual process with a large pension package for around 400 officers the army is about 4,000 strong while the EU wanted a faster revamp. On 21 March 2011, MISSANG took over from the EU, and it jointly announced with ECOWAS a pledge of $95 million towards Guinea Bissau s army pension fund The relationship between MISSANG and the local army broke down after Angola foiled an attempted coup, organised by Indjai, on 26 December while Sanhá was convalescing in a hospital in Paris. MISSANG was accused of acting as the personal guard of Gomes Júnior and interim President Pereira, while Angola was targeted for allegedly agreeing to a secret pact with the government to take over the defence apparatuses of Guinea Bissau. Sanhá died on 9 January On 10 April, Angola announced it was withdrawing MISSANG because some people in Guinea-Bissau are not satisfied with the cooperation between Angola and Guinea-Bissau. Two days later, and just ten days before the second round of the presidential elections, the military mounted a successful coup against interim President Pereira and the caretaker government. Key Issues The key issues for the Council are the restoration of the constitutional order and the completion of the electoral process begun in March. A related issue is to coordinate the efforts of the AU, ECOWAS and CPLP to make sure that maximum pressure, possibly including sanctions, can be brought to bear on the military junta to yield power without recourse to force. A persistent underlying issue is the absence of a comprehensive SSR programme to trim the size of the Guinea-Bissau armed forces and make them more amenable to civilian democratic oversight. This would require the presence of a sizable external military force, possibly comprising of troops from ECOWAS and CPLP. Another underlying issue is the stranglehold that drug trafficking and organised crime has over a number of key actors in Guinea-Bissau. A broader issue is for the Council to improve its ability to read warning signs of possible crises and to be able to take preventive steps. In this regard, the UN system, and most particularly UNIOGBIS, the PBC Guinea-Bissau configuration, and the UN Office for West Africa, apparently failed to opportunely and correctly read developments on the ground. Options Main options for the Council include: adopting a resolution imposing targeted sanctions against the military junta and threatening more measures, including military intervention, should the sanctions fail to have their desired impact; or issuing a presidential statement supporting ECOWAS s sanctions regime, and calling for a coordinated approach to pressuring the junta to relinquish power. 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4 Guinea-Bissau dynamics respecting Guinea-Bissau. The first is the position of ECOWAS since President Alassane Ouattara of Côte d Ivoire became its Chairman on 17 February. Largely because Angola supported former President Laurent Gbagbo during the Côte d Ivoire crisis, ECOWAS has not been enthusiastic about Angola s continuing role in Guinea-Bissau. The 19 April ECOWAS statement before the Council was critical of MISSANG and called for its replacement. Secondly, Portugal, the former colonial power in Guinea-Bissau, is currently a member of the Council and has been active on this issue. Guinea-Bissau, however, remains of interest to most Council members especially in light of the recent coup, which underlies key anxieties: the resurgence of coups in West Africa; international narcotics trafficking and organised crime; and issues relating to impunity and the rule of law. There is a broad consensus in the Council that the 12 April coup should be reversed, and that constitutional order should be re-established in short order. UN Documents Security Council Resolutions S/RES/2030 (21 December 2011) renewed the mandate of UNIOGBIS until 28 February S/RES/1949 (23 November 2010) renewed the mandate of UNIOGBIS until 31 December S/RES/1876 (26 June 2009) extended the mandate of UNOGBIS until 31 December and requested the Secretary-General to establish UNIOGBIS to succeed UNOGBIS for an initial period of 12 months after that. Presidential Statements S/PRST/2012/15 (21 April 2012) was on the coup in Guinea-Bissau. Secretary-General s Reports S/2012/280 (30 April 2012) S/2011/655 (21 October 2011) S/2011/370 (17 June 2011) S/2011/73 (15 February 2011) Press Statements SC/10607 (13 April 2012) condemned the coup and called for immediate release of interim President Raimundo Pereira, Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Junior and all senior officials currently detained. SC/10521 (13 January 2012) by Pascoe on 10 January. SC/10301 (28 June 2011) by Mutaboba and Viotti. SC/10184 (25 February 2011) by Mutaboba and Viotti. Meeting Records S/PV.6755 (21 April 2012) S/PV.6754 (19 April 2012) S/PV.6743 (28 March 2012) S/PV.6648 (3 November 2011) S/PV.6569 (28 June 2011) S/PV.6489 (25 February 2011) Letter S/2012/254 (23 April 2012) transmitted two letters, one from former Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Júnior and one from Kadré Désiré Ouedraogo, President of ECOWAS Commission. Other Relevant Facts Special Representative of the Secretary- General and Head of UNIOGBIS Joseph Mutaboba (Rwanda) Duration 1 January 2010 to present; mandate expires 28 February 2013 Chair of the Guinea- Bissau Configuration of the PBC Brazil Useful Additional Source AU, Report of the Chairperson of the Commission on the Situation in Guinea-Bissau, Mali and between the Sudan and South Sudan (24 April 2012) Security Council Report One Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza, 885 Second Avenue, 21st Floor, New York, NY T: F:
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A team from the University of New South Wales won the bronze medal at this year's RoboCup competition, despite scoring more goals than any other team.
{loadposition stephen08}For the tenth time in 13 years, a University of New South Wales has finished in the top three of the RoboCup 2012 robot soccer tournament. This year, UNSW took the bronze medal in the standard platform division after being beaten 7-6 in the semi-final by eventual champions University of Texas.
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During the tournament UNSW scored 62 goals and conceded 13.
Team member Sean Harris, a first-year PhD student who is investigating machine learning, said programmers need to work on vision, localisation, mobility and behaviour so that the robots can work out where they are in relation to other objects, move faster and in a more stable way, and take action to move the ball from wherever it is to where they think it should be (ultimately, in the opponent's goal).
In the 2008 competition, the first time the current Aldebaran Robotics Nao robot platform was used, most of the games were 0-0 draws. But as each team's code is made available to all entrants in the following year, progress is rapid. "This year we saw games with as many as 13 goals being scored, so it���s definitely come a long way," said Mr Harris.
A video of the RoboCup 2012 final is available on YouTube.
The goal of the RoboCup Federation is to create by the middle of the century a humanoid robot soccer team that can beat the then-reigning FIFA World Cup holders.
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Washington (AFP) June 02, 2014
Astronomers have spotted the "Godzilla" of all Earths, a huge rocky planet orbiting a star 560 light years away that is changing scientists' understanding of the origins of the universe.
This new mega-Earth weighs 17 times as much as our planet, and was found by NASA's Kepler mission, experts said at a meeting in Boston of the American Astronomical Society.
The new discovery, named Kepler 10c, is 18,000 miles (29,000 kilometers) wide or 2.3 times the size of the Earth.
"We were very surprised when we realized what we had found," said astronomer Xavier Dumusque of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
Until now, astronomers did not think a rocky planet could get so large, because its growing girth would make it collect more hydrogen gas and turn it into a gas-giant, like Jupiter.
"This is the Godzilla of Earths!" said researcher Dimitar Sasselov, director of the Harvard Origins of Life Initiative.
"But unlike the movie monster, Kepler-10c has positive implications for life."
The US space agency's planet-hunting Kepler mission can only spot planets and classify them based on the number of times they pass in front of their star. It cannot reveal much about whether they are rocky or gassy.
What lifted Kepler-10c out of the category of super-Earths and mini-Neptunes -- planets outside our solar system that are larger than Earth and smaller than dense, gassy Neptune -- was a special telescope in the Canary Islands which measured its mass.
"Kepler-10c didn't lose its atmosphere over time. It's massive enough to have held onto one if it ever had it," said Dumusque.
"It must have formed the way we see it now."
Since Kepler-10c is far denser than expected, that puts it in a new class, which more planets are likely to join once discovered, experts said.
Kepler-10c, circles its Sun-like star once every 45 days, suggesting it is likely too hot for life to survive.
It is located in a planetary system that is also home to Kepler 10b, a lava-world that spins around in a fast 20-hour orbit.
The Kepler-10 system is some 11 billion years old, and formed less than three billion years after the Big Bang, scientists said.
That means that somehow, the universe was able to form massive rocks even when heavy elements like silicon and iron were scarce. The early universe was made of only hydrogen and helium.
"Finding Kepler-10c tells us that rocky planets could form much earlier than we thought. And if you can make rocks, you can make life," said Sasselov.
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Argia or Argeia is a name borne by four minor characters in Greek mythology. These are:
- Argia, one of the Oceanids. She was the mother of Phoroneus by her brother Inachus. She may also have been the mother (by Inachus) of Io.[1][2][3]
- Argea (sometimes reported as Argia), daughter of king Adrastus of Argos and Amphithea, daughter of Pronax. She married Polynices, son of Oedipus and bore him three sons: Thersander, Adrastus and Timeas.[4][5][6][7][8][9]
- Argeia (sometimes reported as Argia), the wife of Polybus and mother of Argus, the builder of the ship Argo from the story of Jason and the Argonauts.[10][2]
- Argia, daughter of king Autesion of Thebes. She married Aristodemus and became the mother of twins, Eurysthenes and Procles, the ancestors of the two royal houses of Sparta.[11]
- ↑ Hyginus, Fabulae.145.CXLV
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Hyginus, Fabulae, Preface
- ↑ Hyginus, Fabulae, 143. CXLIII
- ↑ Hyginus, Fabulae, 69. LXIX
- ↑ Hyginus, Fabulae, 70. LXX
- ↑ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 2.20.5
- ↑ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library 1.9.13
- ↑ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library, 3.6.1
- ↑ Hesiod, Catalogue of Women, fragment 99a
- ↑ Patricia Turner, Charles Russell Coulter, Dictionary of Ancient Deities (2001), p. 67.
- ↑ Herodotus, History of Herodotus, book 6
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Boy (8) suffers horrific injuries after being mauled by dog
An 8-year-old boy is recovering in hospital after being mauled by a dog earlier this week.
The young boy has undergone surgery following the savage attack on Monday evening in Waterford.
He suffered serious injuries to his head and ear during the incident in the Gracedieu area of the city.
At approximately 6pm a dog roaming in the area turned vicious after it had been playing with children for much of the day.
According to a local woman there was "no stopping" the dog, believed to be a black and white collie-type.
"He was on the loose in the neighbourhood and playing with children. He just mauled him," a woman named Rosemarie told WLR FM.
"There was no stopping him. They were all out on the green playing... He had a collar on - there was no name on the tag."
She said the dog attacked the boy suddenly about the head, face, ear and leg. He suffered serious injuries and was rushed to University Hospital Waterford.
Reports suggest he underwent surgery following the harrowing ordeal.
The dog was able to escape and roamed the city for a number of hours before it was captured by dog wardens later that night.
Andrew Quinn of Waterford Animal Welfare warned parents to never let their children play with strange dogs, even if they are seemingly well kept.
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The dog's owner was identified, and the canine has been handed over to authorities.
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I see him in either, NY Jets, Pats, Maybe Oakland, Maybe Jax if they throw a ton of money at him, dark horse would be atl
I predict Houston. They can't seem to keep one healthy and they know him well, being from the division and all.
From one of the best a few years ago to an afterthought. But that's the life of a RB in today's league.
Wow, if we had the money I'd sign him We're cap strung. Murray gets hurt too often. I know our focus is defense but Johnson would be a nice addition. Too bad.
I know this sounds strange but I've heard repots that Carolina wants to save some cash by finally cutting DWIII and Stewart. If they just keep Tolbert they may be able to try and convince CJ to come in for less. Good fit in my book.
Doesn't sound strange at all, in today's NFL you should cut high priced/high profile RBs and pick up guys in the 4th-6th rounds that can do 80% of that production off the bat. One guy who I would love to see use throw a low pick over to the Saints for is Khiry Robinson of the Saints he is their 5th RB and I am willing to bet he can be virtually what Murray is for us.
That may be a good deal.
I meant it might be strange since they collected 3 RBs. Why add another. But as I said, if they cut the overrated and injured expenses of DWIII and Stewart, having CJ for less with Tolbert would go well with Cam I believe.
I doubt the Saints are giving up a RB who flashed potential and is cheap for a low round pick. Especially when they aren't real happy with the way Ingram has been playing overall.
Don't have dances of 4.24 dancing in your head. He's clearly lost a step and can't cut nor explode like he used to.
Life of a NFL RB. You have a limited shelf life and stuck in a passing league.
If he were a Cowboy people would be claiming that once he got paid he stopped showing up.
I remember the old threads debating the chances of Johnson possibly catching Emmitt. Clearly we all know the answer now but back in those days some were seriously concerned.
Yeah, that was bit much. It was a different era and Emmit was much more built for the long haul.
Though I had trust that CJ could be great, I would never think he would top those all time numbers.
This may surprise some of you though.
After six seasons, Chris Johnson has only missed 1 game, accumulated nearly 8000 yards, and has never rushed for under 1000 yards...all while averaging 4.5 ypc.
However, I just don't think RBs (other than maybe AP) should paid like he did these days.
I had no doubt he wouldn't catch Emmitt. Emmitt's strength was his durability. C.J. isn't built to carry a load like Emmitt's.
Well, just an observation but if we are not really going to use the running game, a back like Johnson really fits our needs better then a back like Murray. I like Murray and I absolutely believe we should use him more but hey, if we aren't going to do that, then a quick strike guy like Johnson is probably what we should be trying to move to.
If someone changes the way they use him, and use him more like Marshall Faulk, he can stick around longer.
But as a traditional between the tackles back, he's pretty much done.
Khiry Robinson is probably going to start for the Saints this coming season.
I think CJ2K should go to the Browns coupled with the drafting of Manziel to push that team over the edge.
Over the edge of what? A cliff?
I don't know the cap implications, but Carolina should cut one of Williams/Stewart and go with CJ and Tolbert. They would have all kinds of options and flexibility out of the backfield.


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SO after defending Stormwind from the elementals last night, I decided to do a random, to pick up the last few JP's I needed to get some new pants for my DK. Upon entering the Dungeon, Utgarde Pinnacle, I was able to see that the tank was not well geared, and the healer priest was really heavily geared. As I was checking this out, the priest ran off and pulled the first group at the bottom of the stairs, spamming his area of effect heal/damage spell. Surprised, I followed and took down the mob. I figured the tank would get in there at some point and start tanking, but no, he stayed back as the healer continued to the next encounter and attacked them.
This went on until we got to the hall where all the statues come to life one at a time to be killed, where after watching the tank fight a single pat by himself in the corner as I pulled everything off the rest of the party, I asked in party chat if I should maybe switch to Blood to consolidate the aggro somwhere. The healer says, "You're not the tank? Oh, I thought since you were tanking and the pally never had aggro, that you were the tank!" So I switched to blood and started doing the pulls, as I followed the sprinting healer into the fights. Went well, no one died, the healer came in second place for DPS behind me and way ahead of everyone else in the party. I have even more respect for priests now! Definetely the strangest run I have ever had. What's the strangest run you've ever had?
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That sounds like a arrogant healer... a tanks worst enemy in random team
Warrior tank here...
the pally didn't want too pull agro because he wanted the healer to learn a lesson in respect and patience...
if it wasn't for you the priest would of died...
My strangest run was a run with me the tank and 4 other shammys lol
2 elemental shamys
1 healer
1 Enhancement lol
Nov 18, 2010 at 10:32 UTC
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Strangest run I've had was with an extremely well geared Druid who tanked almost every Heroic in Boomkin form. We didn't wipe at all, and the runs were extremely fast paced.
I was doing DPS on my DK and consistenetly pulling around 10k. The rest of the party was doing between 2k -3k and the "tank" was doing 15k -20k. I was extremely impressed.
Nov 18, 2010 at 10:43 UTC
Thats one of the things I like about the way disc priests work now, smite/atonement is part of healing, so you are doing a bit of dps just by optimizing your healing. Though I honestly haven't had a chance to try out the atonement/smite thing in raids yet, anyone tried this?
As for stange ones I'm sure there has been plenty, but nothing quite like a priest tank.
Nov 18, 2010 at 12:07 UTC
I agree Bollo, arrogant bastard! I tried to let him die on the second pull, but he sprinted down the hall and pulled 10 or 15 guys and was killing them, and I didn't want to miss out on the dps, anymore than I wanted to get out dps'd by a healer! So I went and took care of business. :)
Dave, that sounds pretty sweet, I am always glad to see one shammy in a PUG, 4 must have made for a pretty smooth run!
Nov 18, 2010 at 2:08 UTC
Was the tank from the same server maybe a friend or a bot?
I tank and sometimes very well geared clothies do run ahead, if they can handle it and don't stress out the healer I could care less.
It just means the run will be faster.
If they do stupid stuff then yell at me I let them die then laugh.
Nov 18, 2010 at 3:43 UTC
Hmm, I'm starting to regret wanting the 1 "battlegroup" thing for dungeons. I rarely run into this dumb stuff. So it's either my battlegroup or my luck. =/
Nov 19, 2010 at 3:25 UTC
I agree Bollo, arrogant bastard! I tried to let him die on the second pull, but he sprinted down the hall and pulled 10 or 15 guys and was killing them, and I didn't want to miss out on the dps, anymore than I wanted to get out dps'd by a healer! So I went and took care of business. :)
Dave, that sounds pretty sweet, I am always glad to see one shammy in a PUG, 4 must have made for a pretty smooth run!
Dave was talking about DK's and druid Kris :-p
Nov 19, 2010 at 6:36 UTC
We had the strangest run last night in that all the instance servers were down. We couldn't use the dungeon finder tool so we figured we would get there the old fashioned way. We went into the instance but all we got was a short corridor and a wall infront of us. Nothing more. Gave up in the end and took advantage of an early night :)
Nov 19, 2010 at 1:05 UTC
There have been plenty of strange adventures in random dungeons...
The most recent was not bad, just kinda funny. My rl was on his pally tank alt and I was on my disc priest (also an alt) when we queued for a random. Went through Old Kingdom with no problem, he pulled a group, always held aggro so I was healing mainly him, we moved through at a good pace and finished the dungeon in less than 20 min. doing all of the bosses. When we were finished, one of the dps asked if we could do another and a warrior dps said "only if we get a new tank, that one doesn't know how to tank" when the he other dps thought he was joking until he explained that the tank was bad because "he only pulled a group at a time when he should have pulled whole rooms at once." Then they thought he was crazy. :)
I just wondered if he looked at the group make-up and noticed the tank and healer were not only from the same realm, but the same guild, so if you got rid of the tank, you would also lose the healer, leaving you with the 20 min. queue time again.
Nov 19, 2010 at 1:20 UTC
Tank who knows the limits of the group and pulls appropriately is a good tank, sounds like you guys/gals were doing it perfectly to me. Can't wait till Cata and it all slows down again, hopefully with cc being required to finish dungeons, and dps having to watch what they are doing. Should be interesting. The post on healing on the new wow site is interesting.
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