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Report: State Dept. Considers Eliminating US Nuclear Arsenal
Report: State Dept. Considers Eliminating US Nuclear Arsenal
Report: State Dept. Considers Eliminating US Nuclear Arsenal Although President Obama's current defense cuts are so drastic that even Rep. Nancy Pelosi is scared they might cost Democrats more seats in the House, State Dept. advisers are reportedly encouraging further cuts and even the all-out elimination of the U.S. nuclear arsenal. A State Dept. report addressing this issue justifies the suggestion on the grounds that possessing nuclear weapons drives other nations to "acquisition and/or use of nuclear weapons." In other words, as long as nations like the U.S., Israel, and Russia have nukes but rogue nations like Iran and North Korea don't, Iran and North Korea will continually pursue them with a willingness to use them. Yet if we get rid of ours, they will stop the pursuit of theirs... and everybody can hug and get along, naturally. Explaining away Iran's nuclear ambitions by saying they only want such weapons because we have them is childish and irrational. It's much like saying burglars only want guns because the owners of the homes they burglarize have them. In truth, burglars want guns so they can operate from a position of strength. Yet even Obama's State Dept. admits that such "a cooperative world scenario may be unrealistic to achieve in an acceptable timeframe." Thus, the first step would simply be more reductions, beginning with the U.S. and Russia. But even here, those behind the report admit that we will have to find other "weapons of mass destruction" with which to replace nuclear weapons in order to have a viable option for nuclear deterrence. Now more than ever we need peace through strength. And that kind of peace relies not only on the possession of a nuclear arsenal but also on the assurance that we'd use that arsenal to defend ourselves if need be. The approach proposed by Obama's State Dept. will only lead to an ever more pitiful "mother may I?" foreign policy. |
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Davenport's Clifford said Dell has taken its 12G server, which he called the best in the world, and married it with the Dell EqualLogic Blade Array, which he called the second-best storage device in the world. "I've seen the vision," he said
Davenport Group can pick and choose whatever manufacturer it wants to bring to customers, Clifford said. "And we choose Dell today because their solutions are the best," he said. "The definition of 'best' in IT is a crazy conversation. Look at HP, IBM and Dell. They all make good products. But when I look at Dell, I see them innovating and integrating solutions that no one else can offer."
That integration is important to Dell because it is what customers are demanding, Vigil said.
Vigil, citing a new survey by Forrester Research and sponsored by Dell, said that 95 percent of users surveyed said they see the value of purchasing storage from their server vendor.
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Garmin Announces a New OEM Navigation Core
November 21, 2013 by John Day
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Garmin International Inc. announced Gemini, a new navigation core designed for the auto OEM market.
According to Garmin, Gemini provides automakers a faster, more intuitive and feature-rich in-dash navigation experience than ever before.
CCC Launches MirrorLink 1.1
November 20, 2013 by John Day
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The Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC), which is dedicated to MirrorLink standards and solutions, announced that app developers can begin coding with version 1.1 of the CCC's MirrorLink standard.
Maxim Receiver & Amp Support Multiple Navigation Standards
November 1, 2013 by John Day
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Maxim Integrated Inc. introduced the MAX2769B and MAX2670, specifically designed to address Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) applications.
These receiver solutions are capable of operating over the navigation standards GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, and Compass and have completed PPAP and AEC-Q100 approval.
Driveway Software introduces SmartUBI insurance telematics platform
September 5, 2013 by John Day
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Driveway Software introduced SmartUBI Platform, an insurance telematics platform that includes a smartphone usage-based insurance (UBI) application, and cloud-based analytics and portals.
PathPartner Technology joins the GENIVI Alliance
March 29, 2013 by John Day
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PathPartner Technology has joined the GENIVI Alliance, a non-profit industry association whose mission is to drive the broad adoption of an In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) open source development platform.
Audiovox launches plug-in OBD-II monitoring device
November 14, 2012 by John Day
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Audiovox Electronics Corporation said its Car Connection™ telematics device lets consumers monitor their driving habits and their vehicle's health.
Sony aftermarket head units support MirrorLink™ smartphone connectivity
August 15, 2012 by John Day
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Two new Sony aftermarket head units, XAV-601BT and XAV-701HD, are the first MirrorLink™-certified products available in US stores. The products were recently launched in Europe.
Livio joins the GENIVI Alliance
July 24, 2012 by John Day
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Livio (www.LivioConnect.com) has become a GENIVI member, joining 167 current partners on the open-source development platform.
Telematics Update webinar March 14: Harnessing Data
March 7, 2012 by John Day
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Telematics Update will sponsor a free webinar at 12pm EST on Wednesday, March 14. The webinar, "Telematics, the Next Step: Harnessing Data to Provide Value for Automaker & Customer," will explore how to use vehicle-generated data to provide the next generation of dynamic connected vehicle services. To register, visit https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/967562454 Additional information is available at http://www.telematicsupdate.com/detroit/webinar.php
IMS predicts connected cars market to grow 650 percent to 40.5 million units in 2017
August 31, 2011 by John Day
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The world market for connected cars will see 650 percent growth from 5.4 million units in 2010, to exceed 40.5 million unit sales in 2017, according to IMS Research.


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It's just a simple fact. It has nothing to do with the benefits of education, of new and improved ways of doing things. NOTHING.
Quit taking it personally. It has zero to do with you personally, your personal taste in languages or living styles, what would be best or ideal or anything. It is a simple fact of counting heads. More people know languages other than OCaml and could contribute in those languages.
Separate raw data from your personal wishes and dreams. Valerie wrote a fact. Dispute the fact if you want, but don't ramble on about learning and better ways and so on, those are not facts.
Posted Jan 23, 2009 1:37 UTC (Fri) by giraffedata (subscriber, #1954) [Link]
Not every comment is a contradiction of the parent, and I wouldn't assume that "learn something new" was meant to say, "there's nothing unfortunate about the fact that this code is in OCaml."
Of course, I'm not really sure how "learn something new" does fit into the thread. The posts after it follow more obviously: you point out that learning something new isn't always the right thing and rwmj misreads that as learning something new is never the right thing and disagrees. While that position (learning something new is sometimes good) is obviously right, you respond as if he were arguing -- still -- that there's nothing unfortunate about the fact that this code is in OCaml.
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Unfortunately explaining this is a bit like the Paul Graham explaining LISP to "Blub" programmers.
It's hard to find explanations that do a worse job of introducing people to Lisp. There's a good explanation of Haskell (PDF), including a bit of history, design choices and an overview of the functional programming paradigm.
Haskell, by the way, is roughly of the same age as Python, but is expected to become the next great programming language Any Moment Now. Or maybe not.
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The John Funkhouser Trio is playing The Buttonwood Tree tonight. They stopped by WHUS on their way... played some music... engaged in some witty banter with yours truly.
Their CD is called "Time", which implies (and fulfills) a promise of time-signature experimentation, but is sooooo much more.
While they set up, I spun a couple of suites from John's earlier CD "Funkhouse II" (with Blake Lindberg and Matt Pavolka).
- Suite #2 (10 Short Improvised Pieces) - John Funkhouser - Funkhouse II
- Back Porch - John Funkhouser - Funkhouse II
John and I spoke, here... you'll have to wait to hear that for when I get the files uploaded
- Prelude & Fugue in A minor - John Funkhouser Trio - Time
From here on out, it's live, baby!
- Dyin' Nation / Emancipation - John Funkhouser Trio - LIVE IN-STUDIO (From "Time")
- Big Five - John Funkhouser Trio - LIVE IN-STUDIO (From Greg Loughman's CD "Sinistral")
The four of us spoke, here... you'll have to wait (see above).
- Green Dolphin Street - John Funkhouser Trio - LIVE IN-STUDIO
I'd forgotten how beautiful Green Dolphin Street is... maybe that's because it hasn't been re-worked lately? Besides playing this in a different time signature, they created all kinds of space within its structure... I'd bet you'll hear this at The Buttonwood Tree, tonight.
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It's very easy... We charter you a sailing yacht with a skipper who effectively 'drives' the boat for you around the Croatian, Turkish, Greek or Italian Islands - wherever you'd like to sail! You, your friends or your family can muck in as much or as little as you like - it is a great activity holiday for all the family. Conversely, if sipping a G&T while sunbathing is more your thing then you can leave it totally up to the skipper to do all the work, and sit back and enjoy.Every night you will be in another port or bay, and during the day you can meander around the islands or just anchor in a bay or off a beach and use your yacht like an oversized diving platform.
Skippers allow for non-sailors or sailors without qualifications to charter a yacht and experience what we sailors have been going on about for years. Being invariably local, the skippers are also able to advise you on ports to visit, restaurants to eat, places to swim and dive and then of course what locations to avoid.
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In each location we have a pool of professional, experienced and qualified skippers to sail your yacht for you. From this 'pool' we are able to select the one best for you based on your individual requirements (leggy Spanish brunette, muscle bound Italian etc).
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When you take a skippered charter you are still in absolute charge of where and when you sail - within reason! With this flexibility also comes responsibility however, you should research the sailing area to work out what areas sound appealing to you. Not everyone is into historical architecture or partying until the early hours, so please use the 'places of interest' guides we send out, use our website and do research of your own...
Do also remember that not all requests are realistic, particularly with regard to weather. We suggest you sit with your skipper on the first night, open a bottle of your finest, get him to bring out maps of the area and go through your research and interests with him. Local knowledge goes a long long way!
Hiring a skipper is similar to hiring any piece of inventory (with all due respect to our skippers of course!), in that you order them as extra and we add the charge accordingly.The cost of a skipper differs from location to location so please contact us directly for specific costs, but generally it's between £700 and £880 per week. Do also be aware that you are responsible for the skipper's food as well. This doesn't mean wining and dining your skipper, but rather ensuring there is enough cereal, bread, and sausages to go around!
The skipper also needs to have their own cabin, so please bear this in mind when organising your sailing holiday party. You are also responsible for the skippers food throughout the entire holiday.
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Basically it's like any other villa holiday! You should have a look at the different destinations and choose one you like the sound of. Selecting a yacht is the same as selecting a villa (six people will need at least three bedrooms (called cabins on a yacht) + one extra for the skipper = a four cabin yacht! The easiest way though - Request a personalised quote... !!Search our availability and pricing...
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If you kill a guardian on top of an elemental altar, kick the orb off before you grab it.
And remember kids, don't pick up your stack of PoCCs with poison hands and no thick gauntlets.
However, the Orbs do not carry the essence of Chaos and Corruption, meaning that wearing or carrying them does not corrupt you at all. In fact, each of the chaos orbs, when held in the tool slot, will give you +10 to a specific stat. +10 is a lot.
Located around D19-20, you'll get the message "Water constantly drips from the ceiling" upon entering the water temple floor. This is generally considered the easiest temple, and will usually be the first one you encounter. The monsters are:
s - water snake C - chaos servant x - water grue & - water demon E - water elemental center s - Snake from Beyond
All of these monsters, except the elementals and the chaos servants, are highly vulnerable to fire. They all have a corrupting touch. Invisibilty is extremely useful, since only the Snake from Beyond and the chaos servants can see invisible. A means of crossing water (remember, no teleport) is very useful as well, but not absolutely necessary since floundering across two squares of water is rarely lethal, although it can rust equipment and leave you weakened. Ice bridges will only carry your weight + 2000s, wooden bridges are difficult to create (logs are heavy).
The Snake from Beyond is not an overly tough opponent, especially with some (ranged) fire spells. He has a corrupting and poisoning attack, with a high to-hit. With stacking poison this can become problematic; poison-curing spells, herbs, or potions are highly recommended.
The Chaos Orb of Elemental Water will give +10 willpower when held in the tool slot. Using the orb gives .6 (.3 with elemental gauntlets) corruptions and a full heal.
On the fourth floor of the Tower of Eternal Flames (a red o in the western wilderness) you'll know you've hit the temple floor because the walls are really awesome looking. Ice is very effective against most of the monsters, including the Ancient Chaos Wyrm. Monsters are:
C - chaos servant E - fire elemental & - fire demon x - fire grue D - ancient red dragon W - Ancient Chaos Wyrm
Drakelings have special problems. Even with all the resistance in the world, and fire immunity, they still take fire damage, albeit less of it. Large numbers of blessed spenseweeds are highly recommended. They also gain massive speed boosts, maxing out at +100, making them pretty much faster than any monster in the tower.
All of this fire damage also affects your equipment, which is A Bad Thing™. Having fireproof blankets in your inventory, preferably blessed, will protect the items in your bag. Fireproof blankets can burn away, and there are none guaranteed, but two or three blessed ones should cover your inventory.
This leaves the problem of your worn equipment, unless you're attempting the ToEF naked, in which case you probably don't need to read this. Artifacts will never be destroyed. Rings can't be destroyed until the gauntlets over them are, which means nonartifact rings are protected completely by artifact gauntlets (the elemental gauntlets just get better all the time). Adamantium and eternium are almost guaranteed not to melt (mithril slightly less so). A blessed ring of ice will protect both worn equipment and your inventory almost completely, with a very small rate of failure. Unidentified rings of ice are always 'mithril rings', just like potions of water are always 'watery potions'.
Corrupting melee, sees invisible, is iummune to fire, and casts spells. The ACW will use heal and confusion, but more importantly, he can cast energy ray. This spell will do, on average, 100 damage each hit. Blessed potions of extra/ultra healing are highly recommended, as well as 100 alertness (which helps you avoid bolts/rays).
The Chaos Orb of Elemental Fire gives +10 strength when held in the tool slot. Using it casts a fireball and gives .3 (.15 with elemental gauntlets) corruptions. If you throw the orb, it creates a fireball wherever it lands, and gives no corruptions.
"The air reeks of ozone!" Located between D:38 and D:42, this temple is all about being fast; getting in and out in the minimum amount of time. Monsters are:
r - vapor rats C - chaos servants & - air demons E - air elementals x - air grues @ - Yulgash, the Master Summoner
The left/temple side of the floor is filled with lightning, which hurts. Blue dragon scale mail gives shock immunity. Darkforge is a good place to look for this, I've found some form of dragon scale mail nearly every time I've cleared out the armor room. Shock immunity can, of course, also come from crowning, or a crown of lightning (which also gives +5 speed), or various artifacts.
I'm not sure how much the lightning hurts with only shock resistance, since I've never gotten to the air temple without acquiring immunity in some form. I wouldn't recommend attempting the temple without any resistance at all, especially since rings of shock resistance are fairly common.
More important is the equipment damage. There is no way to prevent it, and sometimes I've lost heaps of scrolls, arrows, potions, etc. in this temple. Just don't stay too long, and don't take in anything too valuable without a replacement; amulet of life saving, girdle of giant strength, seven league boots (this is why you wish for 'pairs of' 7lbs, kids). DO NOT take your corruption removal items in there. If you really, absolutely, totally need to remove a corruption (mana battery?), you can make a hasty retreat and pop up one floor to your item stash.
The center room is hidden with secret doors (the 1's). The monsters inside the center room will not be aware of you until you open it. You can clear out some or all of the outer area, then open up the middle and take on Yulgash. Clearing out the whole outside will put you at risk of more item destruction, and is probably a bad idea if the lightning is doing damage.
Also note the traps. You can just stumble through two traps, it's not that major, but if you happen to have some means of trap detection with you it's worth using.
Being a Master Summoner, he can summon just about anything, from large kobolds to ancient karmic dragons. You'll probably have to fight through the elementals and grues to get to him, but he might rush forward and make it easier for you. Yulgash isn't really very strong (I don't waste magic on him with wizards, even grey elves can clobber him to death by now), but he could always throw ogre emperors or molochs at you.
The Chaos Orb of Elemental Air grants +10 dexterity when held in the tool slot. Using it gives .4 (.2 with elemental gauntlets) corruptions and creates an air elemental pet.
After the air temple blitzkrieg comes a brick wall, in convenient temple form. Will be somewhere from D:42 ro D:46. Lots of passwall monsters, that have lots of HP and PV, and regenerate. Fun! Monsters are:
s - stone snakes x - stone grues C - chaos servants E - earth elementals Y - stone golems F - Ancient Stone Beast
Because of the passwall nature of some of these monsters (everything except the golems and chaos servants), rushing into the temple is a bad idea. You'll be surrounded on all sides by elementals and grues who are taking forever to kill and corrupting you. Ideally you can lure the monsters down/up stairs two or three at a time and kill them. The objective is to dig into one of the two circular rooms on the left, deal with the monsters now around you, go through the secret doors (1), past the trap-halls, get in range of the Ancient Stone Beast (F), and then lure him (after several of his grue friends) off the floor, preferably alone. Once you have the ASB isolated, you can begin the final fight.
The ASB has 1091 hp, 60 PV, and quickly regenerates. This means that attacks under 60 damage per hit do nothing, and attacks slightly over 60 damage per hit might as well be nothing since it'll all be regenerated back. Penetrating weapons, demon-slaying ammo, or lots and lots of magic highly recommended. The ASB doesn't do that much actual damage, but if you need to stay in melee range to hurt him he'll be corrupto-touching you the whole time. This means you could very well gain two or three corruptions entirely from fighting the ASB. If you have a long-range option for killing him, use it.
The Chaos Orb of Elemental Earth gives +10 toughness when held in the tool slot. Using it gives .3 (.15 with elemental gauntlets) and causes an earthquake (really, really useless).
This is the deepest, darkest, and scariest of the temples. It serves as the final test before the endgame, to see if you're worthy of being balor chow or not. Listing the monsters is a bit tricky, since it's all Cs and es of different colors, but here goes nothing:
e (various blues) - magebane/magedoom eyes C (dark blue) - annihilators C (light gray) - chaos wizards C (the same color they were in every other temple, light red) - chaos servants @ - Chaos Archmage
You'll probably be seeing various other Cs as well (plague bearers, greater servants, chaos warriors, etc.) because the chaos wizards summon things like there's no tomorrow.
Firstly, finding the temple. Below the earth temple, D:47 or so, you will find a two down staircases. One goes to the rest of the caverns of chaos, one leads into the unreal cave system. The unreal caves are 6 floors long and probaby contain some interesting things like a tension room of emperor liches and ghost kings. The last floor of the unreal caves is actually "MT", or mana temple.
Secondly, getting into the temple. Except for that 1x1 box at the bottom, all of the walls of the temple are undiggable. This means you have to open up that box, go through the secret door, and wade through that long trap-filled hall to reach the next secret door which will lead into the temple proper. A wand of trap detection should make this task much, much easier. You'll probably need more charges than are in the wand - blessed potions of booze or scrolls of charging are handy right about now. Also, the eyes will be draining your PP the whole time, so don't expect to have much once you get through the hallway. You can always pray for full PP once you open the temple; your piety should pretty much be as high as possible all the time once you've passed the casino.
Thirdly, surviving the temple. This is the tricky part.
You need, absolutely: death ray resistance, confusion resistance, and a source of light. The light is important, because Nuurag-Vaarn likes casting darkness with a range of 'holy fuck, that's a lot', and fighting greater chaos servants and plague bearers in a trap-filled hallway while getting hit in the face by death rays is just that much worse when you have to do it all in the dark.' If you're using wands of light or the spell, Nuurag-Vaarn can just recast darkness, so a torch is preferable. An everburning torch, if you're lucky enough to have one, is even better.
The two resistances are pretty simple. Just make sure you have them somehow and you should be fine. And if you can help it, don't let anything in there touch you.
Fourth-ly, getting out of the temple. Be quick about it.
He's real nasty. Don't like him at all. He'll fire death rays, cover huge swathes of the screen in darkness (this makes the trap-hall suck, a lot), confuse you, corrupt you, gets more critical hits, and drains stats like gangbusters. Pretty much every turn you spend in melee range, he'll suck three points out of a random stat. If you have humanoid slaying ammo, you should really, really use it. As for ranged spells, he's immune to shock, fire, and ice, so you need acid spells or magic missile. Once you finally kill him, do a little victory dance, grab the orb, and refer to point four above.
The Chaos Orb of Elemental Mana gives +10 mana when held in the tool slot. Using the orb gives you 5 (!, 2.5 with elemental gauntlets) corruptions, fully restores your PP, and increases your mana stat by 3.
You are now very very close to the end of the game. All that's left is to head back to the main dungeon, find D:48, and put all of the orbs in place. Of course, you might not be ready for the endgame. You probably gained a level from Nuurag-Vaarn. If you gained more than one, do not go to D:50. You should be at least level 40 before you head off to stare down Fistinarius, even more if you want the neat level 50 powers some classes get (archers who don't reach level 50 are just a waste). A good place to exp at this stage is the lower blue dragon caves, which are on the other side of a stairway on UL:4. Sharad-Waador, the ancient karmic wyrm, will be next to the stairs.
There might be some other quests you want to do just before the final plunge (the karmic wyrm I just mentioned has a particulary difficult and rewarding one). However, if you're doing bad on corruption removal, you might want to hit the endgame as soon as possible. You probably want to max out your piety (with the heaps of gold you've earned in the casino), bless all your equipment, etc.
And, depending on how you plan on finishing D:50, don't forget your weapons of mass destruction.
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Subject: [Q-R] Laporte marriage
Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2004 11:49:34 -0600
I am trying to locate a record of the marriage of Charles Victor Laporte
and Eulalie Monnet (or Monet). Mostly to get his parent's names.
Charles and Eulalie lived in Ottawa from about 1839 but I believe they
were married in Quebec in the 10 years prior to that.
I have found a Charles Laporte b. 1810 in Berthierville with father
Victor but I don't have a positive connection to the Charles Victor I am
looking for.
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oops found it... Northlands...sorry my post was misleading...I looked for a magic ring with a wolf and 'thought' I remembered it was in a book that had the Iron Bear (they were oof course, NOT)and all my looking for wolf ring was unfruitful...I figured someone here knew what book the bear was in as it was probably used more...(name of the ring is Warding Wolf). I did of course use the bear as well in Jade Regent. Thanks for your help, guys.
Anyone got good stats for these? The gang are finishing ruby phoenix and then its a reverse running of Hungry Storm where they escort a princess back. Lingshen is the first country they travel through and I need some good stats for terracotta warriors. Caryatids seem a little off. (They are Level 10-ish)
amethal wrote:
I believe you mean 'GUIDELINES as written, This ain't warhammer 40K. PC's can sell items to PC's for whatever their characters agree on.
Ravingdork wrote:
And Im'a start charging you 5 gp for every hp of the monsters I defend you from. See? I can make profit with MY feats too :)
If I add Speed ability to Boots of striding and springing, what total move bonus do the boots add? Do I treat them as most similar bonus types (for movement) and just add the highest movement rate bonus, or do they stack? If I add Elvinkind to the boots, is the competence bonus +10 or only +5?
Ravingdork wrote:
Or the wizard gets grappled by daemon. And the fighter leaves, because the wizard was too greedy to make him a magic weapon. Works both ways, eh?
Quantum Steve wrote: I think an elegant solution is to charge full price, then split the extra money evenly between every member of the party. No one could possibly think they're getting robbed, EVERYONE gets money. You're simply milking the party for cash. Every character for the most part uses all their various skills for the party. Crafting is just one skill you possess and they do not. Any items you make ultimatly benefit you as well as them. Looking at it otherwise is pure greed.
Quantum Steve wrote:
A nd yet no doubt the gold the barbarian spent was presumably part of his share, same as the wizard's portion of same. So the barbarian is spending his profit to benefit the whole party. And the wizard is making a profit from it. In fact, the wizard is giving himself a latent bonus at the barbarian's share of treasure.
FireberdGNOME wrote:
Exactly so. This nonsense about 'I paid with a feat to craft' is the same as a fighter paying with a feat to get weapon focus, which benefits the party every combat. Two PC's sitting in a drow dungeon awaiting sacrafice: Wizard: "That drow got his hand-crossbow shot off and poisoned me before we could teleport! Why didn't you stop him?" Fighter: "Don't blame me. He was too far way. And you're the greedy *%&$* that decided not to craft the boots of speed I asked for back on the surface because I was short your bonus fee." Yeah...
I had the quickling attack during the battle with her. In fact, our fighter is the only one to engage her (since two party memebers were fighting the quickling and the Paladin kept failing his climb check in fullplate 5 times trying to reach the upper floor....)The fighter beat her down handidly....
I'm not sure the DM related all the good things that are ins tore for those in Kingmaker. It does take a while to get to the more meaty bits, but one has to have the desire to master a kingdom, not merely dungeon crawl. Our group has one (who's the Baron) that really cares at all about improving th towns. The others like to kill things, and Kingmaker allows all. If the players above have no intrest in setting down roots and taming a wilderness, then they never will enjoy KM to its potential. A heavy handed DM might not be best for this...then again a power gamer player who likes to be evil despite his professed alignment won't do well here either...
Shadowborn wrote: I use the Critical Hit Deck regularly. I like the spice it brings to combat. It also has a way of making things like undead and constructs a bit more resistant to critical hits, as many of the effects caused do not apply to them. I rather like that. We use both the crit hit and fumble decks. The only REAL problem I've encountered is where it regards single big monsters. For example, my Level 9 party ran into a froghemoth (CR 13) in the swamps. The opening dagger-toss of the half-orc dagger fighter resulted in a crit hit. The result was a stunned froghemoth, who suffred another crit round two that limited him to move or partial actions. It died in three rounds, getting one attack (when it would normally get 5 devastating blows each round). Beware of too-good results vs solo monsters (there are Fort saves for SOME critical hit/fumble effects, but many have no save).
I find my interest in AP's wanes around book 4. The farthest I've gotten (DMing for my group, as for the most part they are too lazy to run anything as a DM themselves beyond one night's session)was playing up to halfway through the Isle of Dread in Savage Tide (My favorite path so far), then the guy running it had GF issues and left us hanging for 3 months, where I took over. We made it to the Wells of Darkness and it petered as everyone did other things during the summer months. Age of worms we started @ Spire of Darkness, because everyone had 14th level guys already they wanted to play. I did run Three faces of Evil as a one-off for their lower elvel guys (Too good a segment to not have them do it). Our Kingmaker game is just starting Blood for Blood (We had a player start DMing Serpents Skull after book 3 so I could take a break and play a PC, but twice he just skimmed over the material from book 1 for two sessions and everyone got pissed because he never bothered actually reading it enough to DM it). For me, it's a level thing. I get tired of DMing for PC's that hit level 9+. That's right when my group enjoys their answer-for-everything levels. So I made us use slow-xp track for Kingmaker. We've been going a good solid year (Averaging 10-12 hours a game, noon to 11PM-ish)....and now they are level 9 and my interest is waning like clockwork....
Benchak the Nightstalker wrote:
RAW disagree. For example adding invisibility to a +2 Ring of protection: Here's the quote:Adding New Abilities
The cost to add additional abilities to an item is the same as if the item was not magical, less the value of the original item. Thus, a +1 longsword can be made into a +2 vorpal longsword, with the cost to create it being equal to that of a +2 vorpal sword minus the cost of a +1 longsword. If the item is one that occupies a specific place on a character's body, the cost of adding any additional ability to that item increases by 50%. For example, if a character adds the power to confer invisibility to her ring of protection +2, the cost of adding this ability is the same as for creating a ring of invisibility multiplied by 1.5. I was using the argument that doing such would make the items almsot minor artifacts, but one player used a Rod of Lordly Might as an example. Another being Boots of the Winterlands or even any of the various staffs that can do multiple non-related things.
Michael Foster 989 wrote: Alter some monsters chosen feats to include Eldritch Fang (all natural attacks count as magical and silver) and replace something useless like skill focus stealth, full attack the shadow once and its goodbye for it as it wont last against things with magical natural attacks, (limit Eldritch fang to magical beasts, aberations and other creatures one would expect to have magical natural attacks). Hur was unaware of this feat. Thanks.
Martiln wrote: Eat the Fighter, shadow go bye bye Not quite. In short order the Frog's str was such that the fighter could best its CMD. And it's fairly shadowy inside a Frog's throat, so an easy shadow jump out...By round 3, the Frog had a str 0f 5....The point is, I don't want to add non-drainable monsters to every other encounter. I have to wonder who play-tests these classes. One attack a round might be fine, but TWO? Or maybe a limited amount of time each day a shadow can be summoned....but that's not the case as written.
So I've got a player who's a fighter/shadow dancer. All the abilities of the Shadowdancer are fine...except the shadow. This thing is stealing the show in my Kingmaker game, because 90% of the creatures they are encountering have no way to deal with this thing. They fought a Froghemoth in the Hook Tongue Slough section....and the shadow ended up draining the monster of str COMPELETLY. They are a Level 9, and the Frog is a CR 13 and the shadow just totally gimped it. This happens in most encounters with BBEG's. You cant even really destroy it with its good hp and taking 1/2 damage from everything.I've thought about how it heals, and it seems it would be able to ehal itself with its own touch (Just as the lich in Varhold is noted as being able to do). It would also be rather obvious if I went out of the way to put this thing in check.
Aye. Just this last seesion I about blew my stack when one of the players spent some gold and his party wizard crafted Boots of Speed-Strinding and Springing-Elvenkind. Not only do these broken rules allow min-maxing, they go and allow you to ignore body-slot requiremnts simpley by tripling (or more) powers for one item. "Oh you can just deliberatly have them get stolen, step in green slime, etc, because he put all his eggs in one basket'. Yeah. That's fair....
Robespierre wrote: I'm talking about more expensive items. The power level of your party isn't going to drastically change because of a 7k item. I don't expect my campaign to be based off of novels because that would be boring. If you're investing feats and skills just to craft items below 10k you're effectively nerfing yourself. My party doesn't believe in drastic amounts of down time because of the fact that we could be doing something productive. If your DM is giving you months at a time to craft a single item more power to you. However I play in campaigns that consists of constent action because that's what my party enjoys. We might say in town for a couple of weeks but usually during that time we are searching for information to achieve our goals. How are you nerfing yourself by generating magic items at all? Taking time to make items IS something productive, or why bother IC at all? It takes far less than a month to make most magic items, and really, instant action? Item creation takes about as long as saying "Ok, make your IC roll and mark off x # of days." It's not taking more than ten minutes of valued game time (Less if you just do it via email when the session's not going). The ease at selling items for 1/2 gp value, (because there are bound to be items no one really cares about) makes it easy to buy anything they PC's want. And if it takes a little while for building the cash, what does it matter? The items would be taking up space and seeing no use either way. Not to mention, a more difficult chance to make items can convey a real sense of value to the wizard who successfully made the item, or the other emotional extreme where the money goes away and the process fails. Both are more enjoyable than 'roll anything but a 2...".
Gentleman wrote:
Aye that's what I'm thinking. MY players are wll-versed in River King lore (Damn the wiki sites). My guys are as likey to buff up and teleport into his bath as to attend some tournament.
I'm starting B4B Saturday, and I'm using the slow track XP, so you can imagine it's taking forver to get XP. But then again, I keep adding stuff like Hook Mountain Massacree and other stuff. They are just into level 9 @ saturday's start. I'm having one of the players ready Ruby Phoenix Tournament to place between B4B and WRK. I agree though that squashing low CR Boggards (and while we're at it, WHAT is Paizo's obessesion with this particular kuo-toan wanna-be monster?)will get old. So of course I'm adding a Mogobo into the boggard lair! :). In fact, I usually add CR's above our PC's by +4-5 for good solo punch-ups...'what killed the adult black dragon that was trapesing around the swamp eating hunters? a Froghemouth of course!' Also gonna thow in a Catoblepas and some Witchfires as well (love hags, even dead ones) Methinks there are so many oppertunities to add stuff (I added the pleasure barge from Hook Mtn series into this, but made it a boat run by annis and night hags (and a Abyssal Hag from Tome)with zombie slaves, covered by a glamer, so it was really a boat of corpses). The party got back to Staghome, and found half the PC backup characters missing, along with some key workers..."They left on that funny riverboat with all them beyutuful wumanz". Have some fun and strech your legs...I even had fun using the undead archer from the new book (Baykok I think)...how ahd it in for Fey...he was the risen corpse of the hutner killed by Tig and the fairy dragon (complete with rusty trap hanging from leg)...they kept hearing the twang of the bow and another pixie'd end up spitted...the fun you can have....
Robespierre wrote: ...As for people complaining about optimization I think you have a hole in your logic. Not only does it cost time and money to make items but also feats and skills. The world around you doesn't just wait for you to finish making your belt. Perhaps your enemies have already won because you wasted so much time making a magic item. They might even be stronger then before. Characters aren't static and neither is their environment. The bad guys won when you took 4 days off? Every time? Ok... Characters can easily find more than enough time between adventures to make many items and not skip a beat in a campaign, unless you insist on railroading them into not staying put for two weeks. It's been my experience, unless the Players (not their characters, per se) are total fools, A character with very limited magic items are more than a match for 90% of the standard encounters they will experience, especially if you're running an AP with most of the encounters being as written. Making magic items without considerable risk just leads to uber characters who the smart player has ensured have just the items they need to cover any precieved weaknesses. So it's pretty much out of character play that will lead to IC abuse. Just handwaving and saying the IC are fine merely means you've accepted that this is inevitable, maybe even desirable. If you think magic is a mere tool with no mystery, and is as predicatable as math, maybe that's fine for your game. But it holds little resemblance to traditional ideas in novels, stories, etc. How very bland. Josh M. wrote:
Well, why bother with a dice roll then? Just assume they make the items, because the success rate is not far from guaranteed.
rat_ bastard wrote:
I don't see anyone running commoners into the Tomb of Horrors.
Brian Bachman wrote:
These x10...ESPECIALLY #2
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meatrace wrote: if you restrict or eliminate players' ability to outfit their character they will be woefully ill-equipped to face the challenges the system has in store for them. I find this complete BS. A normal character with limited magic items are easily a match for CR's based at their appropriate levels. It's when your players start asking their fellow wizard to make +6 wisdom headbands for all of them that 'they built their charcters to make items, don't rob them' epic fails. There is a differance between making a few items to augment some of the party. Becoming a magic-item press is something else. Money is a limiting factor? Not at all. There are bound to be many items the party does not care to own, and if you sell them 1/2 price, RAW, there's more than enough cash to fill a party's dream list. Abusing the hell out of item creation feats, even in a magic heavy game like pathfinder, is the quickest way to balance-death.
Black_Lantern wrote:
You're off your nut if you think the shadwodancer's only good ability is level 1. A shadow can be very challenging when hes str draining everything every encounter. A lot of foes can't even hurt it. Combine that with shadow walk, and hide in plain sight...yeah, weak it ain't. And no, a similar level barbarian does not outclass a large humanoid edilon damage-wise. A 7th level raging barbarian with +2 great axe and 20 str is dishing around 40+ points. A large high str large-sized weapon edilon it dishing twice that with natural attacks added.
The fact of the matter is, if a class like the summoner is this much of a pain in the arse, don't allow it. It's your game. You're not punishing anyone if you tell him the class is off limits, up front. One of the guy's PC Paladin died at 8th level. He came to me with a 'just average' Edilon build where the thing had been evolved to a large humanoid with a large great sword + power attack + the edilon's other weird physical attacks. He was outputting 90+ damage a round if he hit with everything, leaving the Half Orc 6th Ftr/2nd Shadow Dancer (or his former Greatsword optimized Paladin, for that matter) MILES behind in damage output (this with the 1/2orc with high str/+2 weapon and specilize etc, etc. The monstrosity was doing three times as much damage). No thanks. And before peeps say a 'good DM can work around it', it's obviously not worth the hassel (to ME) worry about it every game...and should he HAVE to worka round it to begin with?
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Posted 25 September 2003 - 06:11 PM
What you refer to as the SEO guidelines are, of course, not guidelines for SEOs, but warnings about the practices of the sort of SEOs Google would rather webmasters chose not to hire.
Posted 25 September 2003 - 06:12 PM
At the beginning of the Google SEO page it states:I think you have seen this page before, it does not sound like the googlies think highly of SEOs to me.
"Many SEOs provide useful services for website owners, from writing copy to giving advice on site architecture and helping to find relevant directories to which a site can be submitted. However, there are a few unethical SEOs who have given the industry a black eye through their overly aggressive marketing efforts and their attempts to unfairly manipulate search engine results."
Google doesn't care for "a few" SEOs. They do not say "all SEOs" are bad but on the contrary that "many SEO's provide useful services.
Posted 25 September 2003 - 06:18 PM
Personally I fear for the clients of an SEO that laughs at the thought of an ethical optimization! It is firms like this, that give the rest of the industry a black eye.
Posted 25 September 2003 - 06:22 PM
Well of course any SEO wants to help their client "reach the top". We sure wouldn't stay in business long if we advertised that we can get you listed at the "bottom" of the SERPs.Hey Dave,
From your site:
"Therefore it is highly recommended that you hire a professional SEO company if you want to reach the top of search engine results."
The top? So not just SE friendly, then
However, I believe one should not resort to spammy techniques to get a client to the top. That is where manipulation comes into play. If they do, they risk being caught and punished.
There are many, many SEOs that do get their clients to the top of the SERPs and in the process of doing so help provide more relevant results to the end user in the process.
BTW, the top to me is not always #1 but rather the first page of results. let's face it, not everyone can be #1.
Posted 25 September 2003 - 06:25 PM
They do not say "all SEOs" are bad
It's not a question of good or bad. It's a question of business. A search engines' business, and their USP, is to provide relevant results. They do not want your help in doing that - they have never requested it. They do request that you make your site accessible if you want to be included in their index.
If they then choose to spit you out of that index at a later date, tough. You've made the assumption that if you play by their rules, you will be included and ranked highly forever more.
I feel that assumption is misplaced because it doesn't make good business sense as far as the SEs are concerned. Why give free drinks at the door when you make your money over the bar?
How many of you request links as part of your seo strategy? Why is that part of a search engine *optimization* strategy and not simply a traffic building strategy?
Edited by peter_d, 25 September 2003 - 06:33 PM.
Posted 25 September 2003 - 06:42 PM
That is really the crux of the matter...we have been through two different design companys, spent thousands of dollars, created an e-commerce site with over 2000 items, and not one person has ever mentioned SEO!!! I find that incredible, considering we paid through the wazoo for "professional" consulting. Now that I have discovered the need for SEO, I realize it may mean the website will have to be redesigned to accomodate those content changes which should have been part of the original plan. If I only knew then, what I know now...budget for SEO... before your site is built."SEO, in my opinion, is what every webmaster ought to be doing."
Posted 25 September 2003 - 06:44 PM
My point back- Google listings are free.
The only thing you have control over are the things you pay for. AdWords, Overture, to some extent Yahoo. If you set up your business model promising listings in DMOZ and high rankings in Google, you are taking a huge gamble. Not a bad thing, but too many SEO's have become dependant on "free" things to get their jobs done.
Just like Peter pointed out- they can boot your client's site from the listings with absolutely no reason. They don't have to give you one.
Focusing on improving a site when part of that improvement includes adjusting for search engine guidelines does more than just attempt to manipulate SERP's- it improves the visitor experience and builds traffic in other ways.
Posted 25 September 2003 - 07:02 PM
Great point Scottie!Focusing on improving a site when part of that improvement includes adjusting for search engine guidelines does more than just attempt to manipulate SERP's- it improves the visitor experience and builds traffic in other ways.
It is absolutely true that search engines such as Goolge owe nobody anything regarding their general index.
DMOZ doesn't owe anybody anything. They are both free services.
Therefore the business model of an SEO should be to help one to improve their site so it can be found in the search indices as well as provide a overall better user experience. As Jill says frequently, web site owners shouldn't depend strictly on search engine traffic anyway. But by improving the site's usability and salesability (is that a word), it will produce more conversions no matter how one finds it.
Anyone performing search engine marketing needs to understand that no SEO has any control over the search engines, directories, etc. and that at any time, the SEs or directories could give you the boot. Therefore a SEO cannot promise the world to a client, they can only provide a service that they hope will be effective.
Posted 25 September 2003 - 07:13 PM
IMO Making your site accessible to spiders is not SEO. Usability is not SEO. Marketing is not SEO. Even clean code is not SEO.
SEO is manipulating the search results for your or your clients benefit. I do believe google says that this is unfair and they do not want you to manipulate their results in any way.
Look, I am an SEO and I am proud to call myself one, I just don't have any illusions about just what an SEO is and what an SEO does.
Posted 25 September 2003 - 07:32 PM
It's in a database with URL's that have 7 query criteria. Googlebot doesn't want anything to do with it.
I am hired- I recommend a mod-rewrite on the URL's. Doesn't change a thing for the user. But suddenly, Google is able to access thousands of highly relevant pages over a boatload of obscure keyphrases and searchers are thrilled to be able to find the site.
Do you think Google is ticked at me for making that content accessible to spiders?
Posted 25 September 2003 - 07:46 PM
Is not SEO......making that content accessible to spiders
How about we take that same site and start a link building campaign to improve the sites position in the SERP... Now thats SEO...
Posted 25 September 2003 - 07:51 PM
...but it is to me, as are all those other things you listed. We'll have to agree to disagree.Is not SEO...
Posted 25 September 2003 - 07:53 PM
Except this bit:
Focusing on improving a site when part of that improvement includes adjusting for search engine guidelines does more than just attempt to manipulate SERP's- it improves the visitor experience and builds traffic in other ways.
Not necessarily. SEO can sometimes damage the visitor experience.
It's also widening the brief of seo, which I know is done mainly to gloss over the "distasteful" aspect of ranking manipulation, but it is not what we're discussing. As lots0 points out..."making your site accessible to spiders is not SEO. Usability is not SEO. Marketing is not SEO. Even clean code is not SEO". The SEO USP is very clear and it is stated on this very forum: high rankings. Not "spider friendly".
BTW: No one has answered my question. How many of you request links as part of your seo strategy? Why is that part of a search engine *optimization* strategy and not simply a traffic building strategy?
Edited by peter_d, 25 September 2003 - 07:58 PM.
Posted 25 September 2003 - 08:05 PM
Fine by me.but it is to me, as are all those other things you listed. We'll have to agree to disagree.
I would just say that what you see as SEO (Search Engine Optomization) I see as SEM (Search Engine Marketing) SEM is what I see as this "Make your site the best it can be." kind of thing, which BTW I do agree with. I just don't believe that optomizing a site to rank higher in the Search Engine Results is the same thing as creating a good user experence.
Posted 25 September 2003 - 08:34 PM
optimize v., mized, mizing. -v.t. 1. to make as effective, perfect, or useful as possible. 2. to make the best of. 3. to write or rewrite (the instructions in a computer program) for maximum efficiency and speed in retrieval, storage, or execution. 4. Math. to determine the maximum or minimum values of (a specified function that is subject to a set of constraints). -v.i. 5. to be optimistic. optimization, n. optimizer, n.
It would be sufficient to say then that SEO can include things like accessability and usability. It is the process of "optimizing" one's site for the search engines.
Search engine marketing IMO encompasses not only SEO but PPC, PFI, directory submissions, link popularity enhancement and the like. The ultimate purpose of all these things is to increase one's visibility on the search engines which brings more traffic and then make sure those visitors have a great user experience which hopefully increases customer acquisitions.
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By Sarah McFarlane and Silvia Antonioli
LONDON, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Exchange CME Group is expected to try and buy Europe's leading wheat futures contract from rival Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), a move that would solidify its dominance of world grain trading.
Analysts say regulatory obstacles to the acquisition would be less likely to arise after the European Commission gave unconditional approval to ICE's takeover of NYSE Euronext, a deal that gives ICE a near monopoly in trading of cocoa, coffee and sugar derivatives.
In the deal, ICE is also acquiring the thriving Paris-based Matif milling wheat contract, part of the Euronext Paris, Lisbon, Amsterdam and Brussels business, which it plans to sell off to help finance the acquisition.
"We have previously noted that we would spin off all continental European cash and derivatives products, which includes the Paris milling wheat contract and would take place in 2014," a spokeswoman at ICE said, declining to give further details on the exchange's plans.
This offers an opportunity for the largest exchange in agricultural commodities, CME, to make an approach.
"The CME would rub their hands together with glee if they could get their hands on the Matif contract," a London-based broker said.
A spokeswoman for the CME declined to comment.
Earlier this week, sources said ICE had hired three banks to advise on the potential listing of Euronext but that an IPO could be pre-empted by a good offer and there had been discussions with possible buyers.
Traders and analysts in the wheat market are not opposed to CME ownership of the Paris wheat contract. By contrast, coffee, cocoa and sugar dealers initially opposed ICE's acquisition of the Liffe softs contracts due to monopoly worries.
CME ownership could help boost liquidity for the wheat contract, market users said.
"With all the grains under one roof, people will be able to use them slightly better," James Dunsterville, head analyst with Geneva-based Agrinews, said.
"There won't be any competition issues as far as the industry is concerned. It is just a question of whether the bureaucrats will have an issue. The CME can argue that they (the Competition Commission) have allowed it with coffee, cocoa and sugar."
CME already owns three wheat contracts, including global benchmark Chicago Board Of Trade (CBOT) wheat, which attracted trading representing more than 4.5 billion tonnes in 2012, around 12 times more than the Paris contract at 373.5 million.
Volumes of the Paris-based milling wheat futures contract have been climbing sharply, however, up 31 percent in 2012.
Adding the Paris contract to its portfolio would be the U.S. exchange's first major breakthrough in Europe's wheat market. The Black Sea wheat contract it launched last year has attracted minimal volumes.
There are several potential obstacles to a CME acquisition.
It would probably have to compete with other bidders.
Analysts and traders said Asian exchanges may be interested in acquiring the Paris-based agricultural contracts, which also include rapeseed, corn and malting barley. The London Stock Exchange has expressed interest in developing more commodity futures contracts as well.
In addition, ICE has not said whether it is open to selling the agricultural contracts separately from the rest of the Euronext divestment. It is not clear whether CME would be interested in the whole business.
If CME does acquire the wheat contract, dealers said the single ownership would simplify margin processes for users of the European and U.S. contracts.
"I don't think that there's much concern about it being with the same player, as it becomes easier to use," said Mike O'Dea, risk management consultant at brokerage INTL FCStone.
O'Dea said the CME takeover of the Kansas City Board of Trade last year helped consolidate margin calls for positions held on the Chicago and Kansas wheat contracts.
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okerStars Hand #82658530437: Tournament #577807967, $3.00+$0.30 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (50/100) - 2012/06/30 9:34:46 ET
Table '577807967 479' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: nu ni4e tako (7295 in chips)
Seat 2: Ninja_Swede (2970 in chips)
Seat 3: Tifuxis (10351 in chips)
Seat 4: pastila10 (3000 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 5: langosport (6695 in chips)
Seat 6: vin1981 (9250 in chips)
Seat 7: promoe517 (3339 in chips)
Seat 8: 0tintin123 (7738 in chips)
Seat 9: mclarke1987 (6304 in chips)
nu ni4e tako: posts the ante 10
Ninja_Swede: posts the ante 10
Tifuxis: posts the ante 10
pastila10: posts the ante 10
langosport: posts the ante 10
vin1981: posts the ante 10
promoe517: posts the ante 10
0tintin123: posts the ante 10
mclarke1987: posts the ante 10
0tintin123: posts small blind 50
mclarke1987: posts big blind 100
Dealt to mclarke1987 [Jc Qc]
nu ni4e tako: folds
Ninja_Swede: folds
pastila10 has returned
Tifuxis: folds
pastila10: calls 100
langosport: folds
vin1981: calls 100
promoe517: folds
0tintin123: calls 50
mclarke1987: checks
*** FLOP *** [Qs Ac Kc]
0tintin123: checks
mclarke1987: bets 300
pastila10: calls 300
vin1981: folds
0tintin123: folds
*** TURN *** [Qs Ac Kc] [Ah]
mclarke1987: checks
pastila10: bets 300
mclarke1987: calls 300
*** RIVER *** [Qs Ac Kc Ah] [Tc]
mclarke1987: checks
pastila10: checks
mclarke1987: shows [Jc Qc] (a Royal Flush)
pastila10: mucks hand
mclarke1987 collected 1690 from pot
Total pot 1690 | Rake 0
Board [Qs Ac Kc Ah Tc]
Seat 1: nu ni4e tako folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Ninja_Swede folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Tifuxis folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: pastila10 mucked [3d Kd]
Seat 5: langosport folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: vin1981 folded on the Flop
Seat 7: promoe517 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: 0tintin123 (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 9: mclarke1987 (big blind) showed [Jc Qc] and won (1690) with a Royal Flush
I checked the river, figured if he had an Ace or full house he'd be betting into me, and judging by his hand he wouldnt of called my bet but want some feedback pls.
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An early morning fire put a Hilltown man in the hospital Friday. Investigators say the Spur Road resident fell asleep while smoking in bed. They also say he uses household Oxygen because of a medical condition and that helped the blaze spread. The man awoke with his bed on fire and suffered smoke inhalation as well as minor burns. He shared the house with three other tenants. It was destroyed by the blaze. The Red Cross is helping all of the fire victims as they try to replace what they lost in the blaze and look for another place to live.


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When presenting in your class, keep the following guidelines in mind:
Presenting a class over interactive television for the first time may make you nervous, but if your presentation is well prepared and if you are familiar with the technology, then your activity should go well. The best advice is to use the teaching style with which you are the most comfortable while incorporating techniques that enhance the medium.
Clothing should be comfortable enough to allow easy movement of the arms and upper body. Wear clothing with lapels or a front opening so that the microphone can be attached easily. Colors that look the best on camera are in the medium tones of blue, brown, and gray. Avoid solid dark colors or very bright colors or clothing with a large section of white. Patterned fabric such as herringbone or small vertical stripes distort the picture. Avoid bulky, reflective, or noisy jewelry.
Avoid tinted lenses in glasses. Occasionally eyes are hidden by eyeglass reflections, but adjusting the camera lens or the room lighting should solve the problem. Wear make-up appropriate for a conventional classroom. Avoid dark eyeliner colors, dark lipsticks, and dark blusher. Clear red and salmon lipsticks look good and a moderate amount of blusher works well. Men with dark beards may wish to shave before class.
Speak as you would in a conventional classroom using conversational language. Your microphone is not a public address system, so it is not necessary to speak loudly or with exaggerated enunciation. Don't rush through your presentation; rather, use a normal rate of speech. You may alter your tone or volume in order to emphasize the important points. Do not interrupt; only one person at a time should speak. Pause to let other people speak. Remember the three second rule. Avoid shuffling papers and side conversations. Assume the microphones are always on.
Begin and end the class on time. You and your students will have to be quite time-conscious. Often the circuits connecting your classrooms are scheduled for another use immediately following your sessions, and the system will automatically switch to the new application when your time is up.
Get "control" of all sites before beginning. Prioritize - don't leave important material to the last five minutes. Make any technology adjustments at the beginning of class. Be aware that ITV rooms can be "on" at all times, and technicians monitor all classrooms to ensure proper operation.
If you have a multipoint connection it is important to play "traffic cop." Only one site should speak at any given time - and the instructor must control the flow of conversation.
Don't assume that all rooms have the same technology or support. If you require peripheral equipment, check with the ITV Coordinator.
If you have a room operator present during your class, you should let him or her know well in advance what audio/visual materials you will be using. The operator can then set up any needed equipment before class begins and more readily accommodate your needs during the presentation. Before class begins, you should tell your operator what activities are planned for that class period. During class, feel free to ask the operator questions or tell the operator what you will be doing next. The operator may occasionally need to interrupt you during a presentation to correct a technical problem.
Know where your "primary" camera is and address the camera both with your eyes and with your responses as if it were a student. Speak to all participants, both local (if there is one) and remote (off-campus). Remember that remote participants are just as important and interested as local participants. Don't concentrate so much on the remote participants, however, that you forget the students who are in the classroom with you. Cluster on-site students around your primary camera so everyone gets equal eye contact.
Due to the nature of compressed video, rapid movement appears somewhat jerky and can be distracting to your viewers. While you'll sit or stand for most of your presentation, you do have some options for changing location in order to add variety and help maintain participants' attention. Discuss these options with your electronic classroom operator. If you're sitting, don't rock or tip in your chair. Avoid pacing or swaying and aim for erect, upright posture. Also be sure that your movements are not blocking any visuals.
Proper pacing ensures audience attention and participation. Vary your presentation through the use of questions, small groups, video clips, reading time, test taking, and other normal classroom activities. Your aim is to engage students in the learning activity and to encourage spontaneity. Thoroughly address any questions or concerns that students may raise. You might also consider including a pre-recorded demonstration in your presentation. By doing so, you will know exactly what content and time is involved. In addition, you can offer explanations while the tape is playing.
Preparing your students to take a course delivered via interactive television is extremely important to the success of your course. You need to set the stage for what you expect from your students and what they can expect from the course and the technology used to deliver the course.
Your students should know that they are not being penalized by having to take a course delivered via interactive television. In fact, the number one advantage of taking an ITV course, as described by students, is that the course includes the perspective of a geographically and culturally different group of students. You should mention this to your students and, if applicable, design in time for student-to-student sharing or discussion.
Familiarization with and knowledge of interactive television technology is a marketable skill. Several professions use interactive television connections to conduct business or for in-service training. Students who have had experience with interactive television have been asked by their employers to take the lead for their organization in the application of interactive television communication.
Interactive television is simply the digital transmission of audio and video and, as such, will be used for years to come. When students leave the ITV classroom environment they will not be leaving interactive television behind. From video phones to desk top computer video conferencing the basics of interactive television will be applicable.
Students taking interactive television courses need to be told the requirements of the technology. The requirements are outlined in the student guide. ITV requirements should be addressed during class and may be appropriate to include in your class syllabus. As the ITV technology becomes more transparent, students will often need to be reminded about the requirements.
During the first and/or second class periods it is effective to have your students talk in order to break down any inhibitions they may have about using technology. Get your students talking early in the course. This is also an opportunity for you to provide your students with feedback about how they are interacting with the technology. For example, "Jane we heard you just fine," or, "Joe we're having trouble hearing you, please speak up a bit and try to speak directly into the microphone."
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Dogs are an excellent addition to any family, but they do need a great deal of care. Parents whose youngsters are asking for dogs, should make them aware of all the duty that a pet dog will take. It is also a really good idea to set up a chore list so you're certain who is presupposed to do what for your dog.
02/23/2011 Springfield, OH – Mildred Hotten relates some of what she has experienced as a puppy dog trainer concerning owners getting dogs for the very first time. "Many of the men and women who have grown up without dogs or even those who had dogs growing up will want one when they've got their own family lives," said Hotten. "It can indeed be a lot of work, but as many of my clients have learned, as long as you are willing to do some work, the rewards are gonna be great." Hotten was also one of the people in attendance at the launch of the webpage http://www.weimaranerproblems.com/weimaraner-bark/.
In a community forum discussing weimaraner bark, there was one participant who wanted owners to think twice regarding getting a family dog. I could not help but agree with them, particularly with the number of dogs that we are seeing in the pounds these days, families should really be made conscious that dogs are a great deal of responsibility. These are not toys that could be abandoned when you get bored of them. These are animals that require a great deal of nursing and attention.
Choosing the correct breed is also part of the job of an owner to its dog. Pick the best breed, if you've got small family home with little or no yard, go for a small or middle sized dog. Larger breeds, great danes for example, are better off with owners who have a great deal of space and those who can dedicate more of their time to grooming and exercise. Terriers, bulldogs, pugs, poodles, dachshunds, beagles, retrievers, and Labradors, have always been very in-demand with dog owners who are looking for family pets.
Be sure that you have everything ready before you take your dog home. When you've got picked out your dog breed, you've to ensure that everything is ready before you take your dog home. Buy a bed and a crate for your dog, specially if you are gonna have an indoor dog. Be sure that the crate is the right size, bigger is not better for creates, just ensure that the dog can sit, stand, and lie down in it. Ask the pet store for assistance when getting crates.
You will be needing some food and water bowls along with some food itself. Ensure that whatever food you choose has enough of the protein and the amino acids that you need. Avoid food that have grains in it and keep carbs to a small degree.
It is also necessary to groom and exercise your dog. Owners who have been having problems with weimaraner bark should perhaps consult a pack guide. Also, owners have to check out the possible factors for the behavior.


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The Lake Charles Police Department is looking for a missing elderly man.
Police say the man is an Alzheimer's patient. He was last seen in the 4200 block of 5th Ave.
The missing man is described as a black man about 5'10" 180lbs. He is bald and has hazel eyes. He was last seen wearing a yellow t-shirt with plaid pajama pants. He also had on a black leather hat with something about Jesus written on it.
If you see him call Lake Charles Police.
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LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) - Motorists in southwest Louisiana traveling Interstate 10 eastbound near Kinder will have a bit of a detour for a few days. State transportation officials say the roadway will be closed to all traffic at Exit 44, the Kinder exit onto U.S. 165 just east of Iowa (More)
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The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office's phones are currently out of service due to AT&T equipment failure.
The repair is estimated to be completed by noon.
If anyone needs to reach CPSO during this repair time, please call 911 and the information will be relayed to the appropriate office at the Sheriff's Office.
AT&T's repairs will not affect the 911 emergency line.
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The Calcasieu Parish Transit Department will be re-locating its offices to the City of Lake Charles Transit office. This collaboration will provide a centralized location where rural residents will be connected to urban areas based on the citizen's transportation needs.
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Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District board members have approved two submissions that will get the port into the bond market as it prepares to finance $100 million in revenue bonds for several construction projects.
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On October 15, at approximately 1:30 p.m., Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office deputies were dispatched to a house on Park Road in Moss Bluff in reference to a report of a burglary.
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