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Table Of Contents
Release Note for Cisco Wide Area Application Services Software Version 4.0.27
Upgrading from a Prerelease Version to Version 4.0.27
Upgrading from Version 4.0.x to 4.0.27
Running the WAAS Disk Check Tool
Ensuring a Successful RAID Pair Rebuild
Managing Passwords after an Upgrade
Downgrading from Version 4.0.27 to a Previous Version
Downgrading to Version 4.0.25, 4.0.23, 4.0.21, 4.0.19, 4.0.17, or 4.0.13
Downgrading to Version 4.0.11 or Earlier
Cisco WAE and WAVE Appliance Boot Process
Cisco WAE-674, WAE-7341, and WAE-7371 RAID Controller Firmware Upgrade
Cisco WAE-612 Hard Disk Drive Replacement Notification
Using Autoregistration with Port-Channel Interfaces
WAFS Support of FAT32 File Servers
Running the File Server Rename Utility
Software Version 4.0.27 Resolved Caveats
Software Version 4.0.27 Open Caveats
Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
Release Note for Cisco Wide Area Application Services Software Version 4.0.27
April 29, 2010
Note The most current Cisco documentation for released products is available on Cisco.com.
This release note applies to Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) software version 4.0.27. For information on WAAS features and commands, see the WAAS documentation located at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6870/tsd_products_support_series_home.html.
Note If you are running version 4.0.25 or earlier, we recommend that you upgrade to version 4.0.27 at your earliest convenience.
This release note contains the following sections:
•Upgrading from a Prerelease Version to Version 4.0.27
•Upgrading from Version 4.0.x to 4.0.27
•Downgrading from Version 4.0.27 to a Previous Version
•Cisco WAE and WAVE Appliance Boot Process
•Cisco WAE-674, WAE-7341, and WAE-7371 RAID Controller Firmware Upgrade
•Cisco WAE-612 Hard Disk Drive Replacement Notification
•Software Version 4.0.27 Resolved Caveats
•Software Version 4.0.27 Open Caveats
•Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
Upgrading From WAFS to WAAS
Although WAFS to WAAS migration is supported, a rollback from WAAS to WAFS is not supported. For information regarding a WAFS-to-WAAS migration, contact your Cisco Sales Engineer.
If you are upgrading from WAFS 3.0.7 or later to WAAS, you must upgrade to WAAS version 4.0.x only; you cannot upgrade to a prerelease version of 4.0.x.
If you are upgrading from the WAFS 3.0.7-special5 build or from a later WAFS release to WAAS, we recommend that you upgrade to the most current version of WAAS to ensure that you obtain all of the latest fixes and features. (You must upgrade to a minimum of WAAS 4.0.5 or later.)
Note the following points when upgrading from WAFS to WAAS:
•When you upgrade from WAFS to WAAS, you may lose up to half of the WAFS cache space because the upgrade process uses the WAFS cache eviction process to reclaim the space needed for the DRE cache; the oldest content is removed first.
•The hardware that supports WAFS 3.0 also supports WAAS, with the exception of the NM-CE.
•You need a dedicated WAE to function as the Central Manager in WAAS.
•You must place the WAEs in a separate subnet from the clients, or you must use the GRE return feature.
Upgrading from a Prerelease Version to Version 4.0.27
To upgrade from WAAS prerelease software to version 4.0.27, you must perform one of the following tasks to ensure a successful upgrade:
•Restore the factory default settings by using the restore factory-default command.
•Perform a fresh install from the rescue CD.
Upgrading from Version 4.0.x to 4.0.27
This section contains the following topics:
•Running the WAAS Disk Check Tool
•Ensuring a Successful RAID Pair Rebuild
•Managing Passwords after an Upgrade
Requirements and Guidelines
When you upgrade from version 4.0.x to version 4.0.27, observe the following guidelines and requirements:
•To take advantage of bug fixes and new features, we recommend that you upgrade your entire WAAS deployment to the latest version.
•Before you upgrade your WAE from version 4.0.3 or earlier, you may need to run a script (the WAAS disk check tool) to check the file system for errors that may result from a RAID synchronization failure. See the "Running the WAAS Disk Check Tool" section. This script is not necessary when upgrading from WAAS version 4.0.5 or later, unless the system was running version 4.0.3 or earlier at some time in the past and the script was never run.
•If your entire WAAS deployment is on version 4.0.x, you must upgrade the WAE devices first, and then upgrade the WAE Central Manager devices.
Note If your WAAS deployment includes devices on version 4.1.x, refer to the Release Note for Cisco Wide Area Application Services (Software Version 4.1.3x) at the following URL:
•If you operate a network with devices that have different 4.0.x software versions, the WAAS Central Manager must be the lowest version.
•WAAS version 4.0.19 and greater supports strong passwords. When you upgrade from an earlier version that does not support strong passwords, the previous weaker passwords will be retained. For details, see the "Managing Passwords after an Upgrade" section.
•When you upgrade WAAS devices to version 4.0.27 from version 4.0.17 or earlier, the EPM classification feature is disabled and removed from the CLI and Central Manager GUI. If you use a WAE running WAAS 4.0.27 with an older Central Manager that supports EPM, the WAE will ignore any EPM configuration commands issued by the Central Manager. Also, the show running-config command on an upgraded WAE may show the EPM dynamic map, but it has no effect on system operation.
•When you upgrade the Central Manager to version 4.0.27, the CIFS-non-wafs classifier is removed from edge and core devices automatically. (This classifier was removed in version 4.0.7.)
•When you upgrade edge and core devices to version 4.0.27, the CIFS-non-wafs classifier remains. If your Central Manager is operating at a lower version, you must manually delete the CIFS-non-wafs classifier and its policy map.
To delete the CIFS-non-wafs classifier using the Central Manager GUI, follow these steps:
1. Choose Devices > Devices (or Device Groups) > Acceleration > Policy Definitions.
2. Click the Edit icon next to the CIFS-non-wafs policy.
3. Click Edit Classifier. The Modifying Application Classifier window appears.
4. To delete the classifier and its policy, click the Trash icon.
Running the WAAS Disk Check Tool
Before you upgrade your WAE from version 4.0.3 or earlier, you must run a script (the WAAS disk check tool) that checks the file system for errors that may result from a RAID synchronization failure. (For more information, see the "Ensuring a Successful RAID Pair Rebuild" section.) This script is not necessary when upgrading from WAAS version 4.0.5 or later, unless the system was running version 4.0.3 or earlier at some time in the past and the script was never run.
You may obtain the WAAS disk check tool from the following URL:
When you run the WAAS disk check tool, you will be logged out of the device. The device automatically reboots after it has completed checking the file system. Because this operation results in a reboot, we recommend that you perform this operation after normal business hours.
To run the WAAS disk check tool, follow these steps:
Step 1 Copy the script to your WAE device by using the copy ftp disk command.WAE# copy ftp disk <ftp-server> <remote_file_dir> disk_check.sh
Step 2 Run the script from the CLI, as shown in the following example:WAE# script execute disk_check.sh This script will check if there is any file system issue on the attached disks Activating the script will result in: Stopping all services. This will log you out. Perform file system check for few minutes. and record the result in the following files: /local1/disk_status.txt - result summary /local1/disk_check_log.txt - detailed log System reboot If the system doesn't reboot in 10 minutes, please re-login and check the result files. Continue?[yes/no] yes
Step 3 After the device reboots and you log in, locate and open the following two files to view the file system status:
•disk_status.txt— Lists each file system and shows if it is "OK," or if it contains an error that requires attention.
•disk_check_log.txt—Contains a detailed log for each file system checked.
If no repair is needed, then each file system will be listed as "OK," as shown in the following example:WAE# type disk_status.txt Thu Feb 1 00:40:01 UTC 2007 device /dev/md1 (/swstore) is OK device /dev/md0 (/sw) is OK device /dev/md2 (/state) is OK device /dev/md6 (/local/local1/spool) is OK device /dev/md5 (/local/local1) is OK device /dev/md4 (/disk00-04) is OK
Step 4 If a file system contains errors, follow the instructions in the disk_status.txt file to repair the file system.
Ensuring a Successful RAID Pair Rebuild
RAID pairs will rebuild on the next reboot after you use the restore factory-default command, replace or add a hard disk drive, delete disk partitions, or reinstall WAAS from the booted recovery CD-ROM.
Caution You must ensure that all RAID pairs are done rebuilding before you reboot your WAE device. If you reboot while the device is rebuilding, you risk corrupting the file system.
To view the status of the drives and check if the RAID pairs are in "NORMAL OPERATION" or in "REBUILDING" status, use the show disk details command in EXEC mode. When you see that RAID is rebuilding, you must let it complete that rebuild process. This rebuild process may take several hours.
If you do not wait for the RAID pairs to complete the rebuild process before you reboot the device, you may see the following symptoms that could indicate a problem:
•The device is offline in the Central Manager GUI.
•CMS cannot be loaded.
•Error messages say that the file system is read-only.
•The syslog contains errors such as "Aborting journal on device md2," "Journal commit I/O error," "Journal has aborted," or "ext3_readdir: bad entry in directory."
•Other unusual behaviors occur that are related to disk operations or the inability to perform them.
If you encounter any of these symptoms, run the WAAS disk check tool to locate the problem. (For information about obtaining and using this tool, see the "Running the WAAS Disk Check Tool" section.)
Managing Passwords after an Upgrade
WAAS software version 4.0.19 and greater includes a strong password feature for improved security. WAAS software version 4.0.17 and earlier does not have a strong password capability.
The following password considerations apply to WAAS software version 4.0.19 and greater with the strong password policy enabled. Strong passwords are disabled by default.
•Existing passwords from the older version will continue to work in version 4.0.27.
•Existing passwords will expire after 90 days. Subsequent new passwords must conform to strong password requirements.
•Strong passwords must meet the following requirements:
–The password must be at least 11 characters long.
–The password can include both uppercase and lowercase letters (A-Z and a-z), numbers (0-9), and special characters including ~`!@#$%^&*()_+-=[]\{};:,</>.
–The password cannot contain all the same characters (for example, 99999).
–The password cannot contain consecutive characters (for example, 12345).
–The password cannot be the same as the username.
–Each new password must be different from the previous 12 passwords.
–The password cannot contain dictionary words.
Downgrading from Version 4.0.27 to a Previous Version
If you enable disk encryption in version 4.0.27 and then downgrade to a software version that does not support this feature (4.0.11 or earlier), you will not be able to use the disk partitions. In such cases, you must delete the disk partitions after you downgrade.
If you enable features such as secure storage and strong passwords in version 4.0.27, you must disable them before you downgrade WAAS to version 4.0.17 or earlier.
Locked-out user accounts will be reset upon downgrade.
This section contains the following topics:
•Downgrading to Version 4.0.25, 4.0.23, 4.0.21, 4.0.19, 4.0.17, or 4.0.13
•Downgrading to Version 4.0.11 or Earlier
Note When you downgrade from version 4.0.27 to a previous version, any features or configuration settings that are not supported by the previous version will be lost.
Downgrading to Version 4.0.25, 4.0.23, 4.0.21, 4.0.19, 4.0.17, or 4.0.13
To downgrade the WAAS Central Manager (not required for WAE devices) to version 4.0.25, 4.0.23, 4.0.21, 4.0.19, 4.0.17, or 4.0.13, follow these steps:
Step 1 Disable secure storage mode if it is enabled by using the cms secure-store clear global configuration command. (This step is not required when downgrading to version 4.0.25, 4.0.23, 4.0.21, or 4.0.19.)
Step 2 Disable the management service by using the no cms enable global configuration command.(config)# no cms enable
Step 3 From the Central Manager CLI, create a database backup by using the cms database backup EXEC command. Move the backup file to a separate device.CentralManager# cms database backup
Step 4 Install the 4.0.x image by using the copy ftp install EXEC command.
Step 5 Reload the device.
The database needs to be downgraded before the Central Manager can use it and the CMS process can start. To optionally verify this status, use the show cms info EXEC command. It should respond with a message saying that a database downgrade is required.
Step 6 Downgrade the database by using the cms database downgrade EXEC command.CentralManager# cms database downgrade
Step 7 Enable the CMS service by using the cms enable global configuration command.config(config)# cms enable
Downgrading the database may trigger full updates for registered devices. In the Central Manager GUI, ensure that all previously operational devices come online.
Downgrading to Version 4.0.11 or Earlier
Note A pre-4.0.13 CMS database backup is required for this procedure.
To downgrade the WAAS Central Manager (not required for WAE devices) to version 4.0.11 or earlier, follow these steps:
Step 1 Disable secure storage mode if it is enabled by using the cms secure-store clear global configuration command.
Step 2 Disable the management service by using the no cms enable global configuration command.(config)# no cms enable
Step 3 From the Central Manager CLI, create a database backup by using the cms database backup EXEC command.CentralManager# cms database backup
Step 4 Install the pre-4.0.13 image by using the copy ftp install EXEC command.
Step 5 Reload the device.
Step 6 After the device reloads, enter the cms database delete EXEC command.CentralManager# cms database delete
This command deletes and reinitializes the internal database files and restarts the database service.
Step 7 Initialize the CMS database tables by using the cms database create EXEC command.CentralManager# cms database create
Step 8 On the Central Manager, restore the pre-4.0.13 CMS database backup, if available.CentralManager# cms database restore <pre-4.0.13-db-backup>
Step 9 Enable the CMS service by using the cms enable global configuration command.config(config)# cms enable
Cisco WAE and WAVE Appliance Boot Process
To monitor the boot process on Cisco WAE and WAVE appliances, connect to the serial console port on the appliance as directed in the Hardware Installation Guide.
Cisco WAE and WAVE appliances have video connectors that should not be used in normal operation. The video output is for troubleshooting purposes only during BIOS boot and stops displaying output as soon as the serial port becomes active.
Cisco WAE-674, WAE-7341, and WAE-7371 RAID Controller Firmware Upgrade
Under rare circumstances, the RAID controller firmware used in the WAE-674, WAE-7341, and WAE-7371 appliances can cause the disk storage subsystem to go offline and the affected devices to stop optimizing connections. The symptoms are as follows:
•Syslog output contains several instances of the following message:
"WAAS-SYS-3-900000: sd 0:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device."
•A sysreport and running-config cannot be generated and copied to /local/local1.
Both of the above symptoms are an indication of the file system becoming read-only during traffic flow.
•An increasing number of pending connections appear in the output of the show statistics tfo command, indicating that new connections cannot be optimized. You can use this command to proactively check the functionality of the system.
The solution is to upgrade to the 5.2-0 (15427) RAID Controller Firmware, which can be found on cisco.com at the Wide Area Application Service (WAAS) Firmware download page (registered customers only). The firmware binary image is named L4_15427_FIRMWARE.bin.
Instructions on how to apply the firmware update are posted on cisco.com together with the firmware and are in the file named L4_15427_FIRMWARE.zip.
Cisco WAE-612 Hard Disk Drive Replacement Notification
This notice applies to the WAE-612 and all WAAS versions previous to 4.0.19 that support the hot-swap replacement of drives while the appliance is running.
A problem may occur while replacing the drives while the unit is running. Occasionally after a drive hot-swap procedure, the WAE-612 may stop operating and require a reboot.
To avoid this problem, upgrade your WAAS software to version 4.0.19 or later.
This notice does not apply to the WAE-674, WAE-7341, or WAE-7371.
Operating Considerations
This section includes operating considerations that apply to software versions 4.0.27:
•Using Autoregistration with Port-Channel Interfaces
•WAFS Support of FAT32 File Servers
•Running the File Server Rename Utility
Using Autoregistration with Port-Channel Interfaces
Do not enable the auto-register global configuration command when both interfaces are configured as port-channel interfaces.
WAFS Support of FAT32 File Servers
The WAFS feature does not support file servers that use the FAT32 file system. You can use the policy engine rules to exclude from CIFS optimization any file servers that use the FAT32 file system.
Running the File Server Rename Utility
The File Server Rename tab enables you to change the resource location for all resources of a given file server name, on the WAFS Edge device. The files are renamed in the WAFS cache. When you run the file server rename utility, be sure you do not rename the file server with the same name as another existing file server. Assigning an existing name to a file server will overwrite the file server's contents.
Software Version 4.0.27 Resolved Caveats
The following caveats were resolved in software version 4.0.27:
Caveat ID Number Description
File Save/Save As Issues After Installing Microsoft Patch (KB980232)
Software Version 4.0.27 Open Caveats
The following open caveats apply to software version 4.0.27 and are the same as those for software version 4.0.25:
•CSCsk41815—The /local/local1 (SYSFS) partition runs out of space when TFO transaction logging is enabled and a lot of traffic going through the WAE device. TFO transaction logs are normally removed after two days, but if a large number of connections occur in one day, they can fill up the disk. Workaround: Either disable the TFO transaction logging or remove the log files manually.
•CSCsl56564—The "not in repository" message is shown for the printer drivers after the standby Central Manager becomes the primary Central Manager. This error occurs because the printer driver files are removed from the repository. Workaround: Copy the tdb files that are stored in the /var/lib/samba directory of the primary Central Manager to the standby Central Manager before switching it to the primary Central Manager. Use the windows-domain diagnostics tdb-list command to list the tdb files and use the windows-domain diagnostics tdb-move to move the tdb files.
•CSCso16224—If a WAE is configured for Windows authentication but is not registered to the Windows domain, a winbindd core file is generated. Workaround: Register the WAE to the Windows domain.
•CSCso37013—When you are using WAFS, CIFS traffic performance may be negatively affected. In extreme cases, the Core WAE may reboot. This situation occurs because of slow reverse-DNS lookup. Workaround: Correct the reverse DNS problems in your network, or disable reverse DNS on the Core WAE using the CLI command show stat wafs expert "-server Tx -mbean CIFSServersConfig -attr UseReverseDNS false".
•CSCsq02282—The connection list in the WAAS CLI does not match the connection list in the Central Manager GUI. Workaround: Navigate to Device > Monitoring > Connections Statistics and click the Refresh button at the bottom of the table to update the display of the connection statistics. Or use the CLI to get the correct list of active connections on the network.
•CSCsq29189—When you downgrade or roll back a WAE device to a previous software version, you receive the error message: "Roles changed, reload required." Workaround: Reload the software again to clear the alarm.
•CSCsq43732—The network analysis tool tethereal malfunctions while attempting to capture certain packet types from the WAE device. This situation does not affect WAAS system operation. Workaround: Restart tethereal and retry the packet capture.
•CSCsq58639—When you upgrade to version 4.0.19 and then enable secure store on the WAE device, the TFO policies are listed as being in the override state. Workaround: On the Policy Definitions page, click the Force Device Group button to reapply the policy settings.
•CSCsr07423—When you use Windows Explorer to browse a file server optimized by WAAS, the Summary tab for file properties may display empty fields. (Right click on any file, select Properties, and then select the Summary tab.) Workaround: If the summary information fields are empty,
run the CLI command show stat wafs expert "-server Rx -mbean RxCIFS -attr
LocallyDeniedStreamPattern .+:Docf_\092005.+".
•CSCsu75417—A core file is created for a specific Java event. This situation occurs when "killall -QUIT java" is called while the CMS process is just starting. Workaround: None.
•CSCsv33344—Clients from unoptimized sites are randomly unable to connect to servers. This situation occurs with multiple WCCP routers and WAEs in a farm. The WCCP flow tables are mismatched for WCCP service 61 & 62. Workaround: The WCCP farm reconfiguration can potentially clear up the incorrect states. Removing and re-adding the concerned WAE from the farm using the commands no wccp version 2 and wccp version 2 can rectify the WCCP flow tables.
•CSCsv42901—The primary Central Manager becomes unresponsive and incorrectly indicates that WAE devices are inactive. This situation occurs under heavy load while the primary Central Manager is beginning to update the standby Central Manager. Workaround: Disable the CMS process on the standby Central Manager. Manually make CMS database backups when changes are made or WAE devices are added to the CM.
•CSCsv65297—When your Windows98 clients send print traffic to a Windows2003 central print server over WAAS, a delay of several minutes may occur when going through WAFS. The delay is not seen with Windows XP clients. Workaround: None.
•CSCsv84280—When you use the CPU statistics graph in the WAAS Central Manager, the custom settings for the graph do not work. Workaround: Use standard settings for the CPU statistics graph.
•CSCsw86260—SCSI subsystem alarm gets cleared automatically after 30 minutes when RAID alarm is cleared. Workaround: Configure disk error handling reload to threshold 1.
•CSCsw82153—When upgrading a device, CIFS Statistics/Graphs on the CM/Device GUI are seen only since boot-up and statistics that occurred before the upgrade are lost. The CPU and disk statistics at the device GUI are also lost after the upgrade. Workaround: None.
•CSCsz43798—In some cases, client cannot connect to WAFS non-exportable servers.
WAAS Documentation Set
In addition to this document, the WAAS documentation set includes the following publications:
•Cisco Wide Area Application Services Quick Configuration Guide
•Cisco Wide Area Application Services Configuration Guide
•Cisco Wide Area Application Services Command Reference
•Cisco Wide Area Application Services API Reference
•Cisco WAAS Installation and Configuration Guide for Windows on a Virtual Blade
•Cisco Wide Area Application Engine 511 and 611 Hardware Installation Guide
•Cisco Wide Area Application Engine 512 and 612 Hardware Installation Guide
•Cisco Wide Area Application Engine 7326 Hardware Installation Guide
•Cisco Wide Area Application Engine 7341, 7371, and 674 Hardware Installation Guide
•Cisco Wide Area Virtualization Engine 274 and 474 Hardware Installation Guide
•Cisco Wide Area Virtualization Engine 574 Hardware Installation Guide
•Cisco Network Modules Hardware Installation Guide
•Configuring Cisco WAAS Network Modules for Cisco Access Routers
•Installing the Cisco WAE Inline Network Adapter
•Regulatory Compliance and Safety Information for the Cisco Content Networking Product Series
•Regulatory Compliance and Safety Information for the Cisco Content Wide Area Virtualization Engines
Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
For information on obtaining documentation, submitting a service request, and gathering additional information, see the monthly What's New in Cisco Product Documentation, which also lists all new and revised Cisco technical documentation, at:
Subscribe to the What's New in Cisco Product Documentation as a Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feed and set content to be delivered directly to your desktop using a reader application. The RSS feeds are a free service and Cisco currently supports RSS version 2.0.
This document is to be used in conjunction with the documents listed in the "WAAS Documentation Set" section.
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The Crap We Missed – Thanksgiving Eve
"Now there's a tender holiday moment." – Jerry Sandusky
Welcome to a Thanksgiving Eve edition of The Crap We Missed where I'm not going to lie to you, we seriously scraped the bottom of the barrel so hard to eek out this post out, goddamn Donkey Kong tried to throw us at Mario. (Also, scraped from the bottom today? Jokes!) Not to mention there are two Justin Bieber pics in today's gallery because you really can't expect us to make such hard decisions right before a major holiday. Why would you do that? Do you hate joy? Laughter? Rationalizing debilitating drinking problems? Get outta my country!
Pass the moose knuckle,
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A RAMSBOTTOM pub has pulled in two awards for its food and its work within the community.
The Eagle and Child, in Whalley Road, won the Pub of the Year and Best Pub Dining awards at the Thwaites Awards for Excellence.
The competition recognises success in pubs across the brewery's estate, and the Eagle and Child beat off competition from more than 300 other pubs.
The judges commended owner Glen Duckett and his team for their menu, customer service and the way they work in the area.
The pub is run as a social enterprise, offering young people who are not in education or training the chance to get into employment with work experience and qualifications.
Mr Duckett, 35, said: "We're elated to win not one, but two awards especially the overall winner's title of Pub of the Year.
"It's great to know that our holistic business model has been acknowledged.
"We took a boarded-up pub and developed the social enterprise model, supporting and training more than 20 disadvantaged people since 2011, with 80 per cent of those progressing into employment, education or further training."
Mr Duckett and the team won an engraved trophy, a framed certificate and a five star VIP trip for two to Barcelona, which was presented to them at an awards ceremony at the Cottons Hotel in Knutsford, Cheshire.
Mr Duckett added: "The win demonstrates that it's possible to run a successful food-led establishment whilst giving something back to the community and addressing youth unemployment issues.
"We hope to inspire other businesses to put more into supporting young people, especially the vulnerable and disadvantaged."
Andrew Buchanan, director of pub operations at Thwaites, said: "Glen and his team work tirelessly to ensure they deliver an exceptional standard of service and that the pub maintains its reputation for great tasting, good quality dining.
"The training and support his pub gives to youngsters in the area is absolutely commendable. "The Eagle and Child was the stand-out choice for Thwaites' Pub of the Year."


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Astros break out for series win against Mariners
HOUSTON -- Robbie Grossman's Major League debut was a huge success. And Grossman was not the only Astros player to have a big game Wednesday.
In addition to Grossman's two doubles, the Astros received plenty of run support in beating Seattle, 10-3, at Minute Maid Park. That included three-run home runs by Ronny Cedeno and Brandon Laird, and a 440-foot blast by Chris Carter.
The beneficiary was Astros starter Lucas Harrell (2-2), who helped the Astros win twice in the three-game series before heading on a seven-game road stretch in Boston and New York.
"That felt like a complete game," Astros manager Bo Porter said. "We pitched well; we hit well. We made all the plays, and we came up with a couple big hits."
And Grossman, who grew up in the Houston area, came away with something more to remember. Grossman collected the ball from his first hit, and the ball that was the last putout of the game from the catch he made in center field. Porter also gave Grossman the lineup card.
"I'm here to play baseball and have fun," Grossman said. "I did what I know how to do, and that's play baseball.
"I can come out there and play hard every day and help them out."
Grossman was replacing Justin Maxwell, who is on the 15-day disabled list because of a broken left hand he sustained after being hit by a pitch in Tuesday's game from Seattle's Hisashi Iwakuma.
"He adds a dynamic to our club," Porter said of Grossman. "A little speed at the top of the lineup, and a guy that gets on base. We're pretty excited about him."
The Astros had a lot to be excited about Wednesday, as they had eight extra-base hits. The Astros collected 14 hits in all, including 11 off Seattle starter Joe Saunders (1-3), who allowed eight runs in five-plus innings.
"It was just a bad day; that's all I can really say," Saunders said. "Turn the page on it. Get 'em next time. Forget it easily. That's it. Bad days happen."
Laird collected career highs in hits (three) and RBIs (four). Cedeno went 3-for-4 and is hitting .333 on the season. Cedeno and Marwin Gonzalez, who are splitting time at shortstop, are a combined .309 with four homers and 13 RBIs.
While Saunders struggled, Harrell thrived, allowing one run and six hits with five strikeouts and two walks. His seven innings tied the longest by an Astro this season. Harrell has allowed two runs or fewer in four of his five starts this season.
"I'd gotten away from being aggressive; I need to attack more," said Harrell, who allowed the lone run against him on a double play. "Strike one was huge today. My goal was to attack and get strike one."
Carter's second-inning home run, his fifth of the season, opened the scoring. The homer to left field was a no-doubter.
"We scored a run early, and it puts you in the driver's seat as a pitcher," Harrell said. "All you got to do is throw strikes and get some people out. We hit the ball well today, from Cedeno to Carter and Robbie [Grossman] getting two big hits. I couldn't be any happier about the way we played."
Cedeno's home run in the fourth inning, his first of the season, gave the Astros a 4-0 lead. Grossman scored in the fifth as the Astros went ahead, 5-0.
Houston has homered in eight consecutive games and has 25 homers through 21 games. Last season the Astros had 11 home runs through 21 games.
Matt Dominguez's two-run single in the sixth gave the Astros a 7-1 lead and chased Saunders from the game. Laird's home run off Blake Beavan was part of a five-run sixth inning for the Astros in which they took a 10-1 lead.
With the win, Houston improves to 10-5 all-time against Seattle and 4-2 against the Mariners in 2013. In those six games, the Astros have scored 38 runs while hitting .336.
While there was plenty for the Astros to be pleased about Wednesday, Grossman was the talk of the clubhouse following the game: "He's a good player; I saw him in Spring Training," Carter said. "Robbie came up today and had a good game."
In his second at-bat, Grossman had a third-inning ground-rule double down the right-field line, and Grossman opened the fifth inning with a double down the left-field line. He scored on a double by Laird.
Grossman is only the second Astro to have two doubles in his Major League debut. James Mouton did it April 4, 1994, against Montreal.
Richard Dean is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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I had a meeting last Monday together with my MV Director. He suggested to have a group of hip hop boys dancing together with me. The hip hop teacher will also teach me some steps of the dance. Wah piang, I don't know if I can do it or not. The Director will have a hard time shooting me dancing.
Okay. Regarding the ring tone, I've suggested to my office. They are working on it. I hope I can have my own unique ring tone soon.
**so excited**
Now, I just want to speak up a little bit for myself.
"Who say old folks cannot wear swimsuit? "
Even they are daring to try it...
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Pronunciation: mahn-tazh • Hear it!
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: 1. An artistic composition created from bits and pieces of other objects, such as a picture made up of pieces from other pictures. 2. (Motion pictures) The selecting and arranging of scenes and transitions in putting together a motion picture.
Notes: No doubt because it mostly haunts the world of arts, today's Good Word has not wandered far from its original French pronunciation. The sequence GE in French is pronounced [zh]. However, the pronunciation often converts to English [j] in borrowed words like garage, and the suffix -age we see in mileage and footage. It can only be pronounced [zh] in today's word, though.
In Play: Today's Good Word probably is used most often to refer to a work of art: "The mural on the wall of the hall was a montage created from objects students left behind after graduation." The second sense of today's word is used figuratively to refer to a series of diverse objects or events: "Montague's life was a montage of colorful adventures encircling the globe."
Word History: The Proto-Indo-European word mont-/ment- seems to have referred to prominences, objects jutting out. It obviously went on to become the mount in mountain, and the verb meaning to get up on something high (mount a horse). In Latin it turns up as mentum "chin" and in Germanic languages it came to mean "mouth", as in German Mund, something located near the chin. Projections and prominences can be threatening, so Latin minax (minac-s) took on that meaning before English borrowed the Old French version of it, as menace. (The montage of information about today's Good Word was brought to prominence by a suggestion from Loren Baldwin.)


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imbecilica wrote:The reason why ㅐ is for /aj/ is simply because the phonology of Yondae'eo doesn't match that of Korean's 100% and think about it, if you join ㅏ and ㅣ you get ㅐ (a + i) which is roughly /aj/.
That makes sense. I support your views, after all the adoptation of a writing-system does not mean, the phonologies have to be fully adopted.


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The last few days i have seen at least 3 red-tailed bumble's which has surprised me as i thought they were the last to emerge in about May.
Am i correct in this assumption?
Has anyone else seen any?
I saw my first B.lapidarius queen on the 1st April, but have not yet see another. I have kept records going back many years where I have recorded the first sighting of ~B.lapidarius queens in my garden in Carmarthenshire:
2010: 12 April 2011: 29 March 2012: 11 march 2013: Did not observe a queen 2014: 1 April
They generally are later emerging than the other common species but I think they are more dependant on longer warm spells of weather than say B.terrestris or pratorum is.
Hope this is of interest.
Down here in the southern Chilterns we had a warm but grey day yesterday - about 16C.
On a countryside walk to see the Bluebells, we had to walk up a flat valley bottom with fields alongside.
There were large numbers of Dandelion flowers in the grass beside the track and alongside the fields.
I spotted an amazing number of Red Tailed queens working the dandelions.
In an 'out and back' distance of around a mile I must have seen 20 - 30 B. lapidarius queens.
There were a few other species about too, mainly B. terrestris / lucorum queens and one Cuckoo female.
There were also several B. t/l queens nest searching amongst the bluebells in the woodland strip further up the valley.
So, if we get some more warm weather at the weekend, it would be worth taking a careful look at your local Dandelion patches !
B.lapidarius seem to be attracted to dandelion flowers.
You are very lucky to see so many lapidaries queens, although I believe they are often thought to be common on chalk grasslands.
I have seen a couple red tails nest searching a couple of weeks ago but in this area we never seem to get many red tails.
I have noticed this year that Common carder queens seem to be in greater numbers than previous years, Again never get a large number of Carders in my area. Far the most common are the Buff tails.
Have you nay nests in your garden ?
I've also been wondering about B lapidarius this year, as I remember seeing quite a few last summer but until the last few days I'd barely seen any at all.
But over the weekend I noticed a red-tail, though I was rather gobsmacked to find out, when I looked at it more closely, that it's a male! But his two yellow stripes on the thorax and his clearly yellow facial hair were quite distinctive. I saw him again yesterday and this evening - I have some Linaria purpurea plants on the patio which are flowering nicely and he comes and feeds on these, as well as other flowers.
I am wondering if this year's VERY mild winter has influenced the timing of their nesting cycles. It was so mild that many of last year's summer bedding plants survived the winter, including Verbenas, Lantana, Argyranthemums, Calendula and even one Nastirtium! I live in Malvern, Worcs.
I still can't recall having seen any red-tail females this year, though.


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KINGSTON, Ont. -- She comes into this event as the undisputed skip to beat.
But make no mistake, Jennifer Jones can be beaten.
Where once the Canadian women's curling championship was little more than an annual coronation for the Winnipeg lawyer -- she won four titles in six years, including three in a row from 2008-10 -- Jones comes into this year's event off disappointing finishes in each of the last two years.
In 2011, it was a late-game collapse in the final against Saskatchewan's Amber Holland that cost Jones what would have been her fourth straight national title.
Last year, she squandered a 9-2 round-robin record and a first-place finish with back-to-back playoff losses -- to B.C.'s Kelly Scott in the 1 vs. 2 game and then to eventual champion Heather Nedohin of Alberta in the semifinal -- to go home empty again.
Perhaps not coincidentally, it bears noting that both those disappointing finishes came in the absence of former third Cathy Overton-Clapham, who was fired by Jones after the 2010 season and who was famous at this event for saving her best performances for the playoffs.
No one will ever know if the results in 2011 and 2012 would have been different for Jones if Overton-Clapham had still been on the team instead of current third Kaitlyn Lawes. But if you were making Overton-Clapham's case, you would point out Jones has now won zero Canadian championships without her, after winning four in six years with her.
And you also might point out that Lawes was awful in those two playoff losses last year, shooting just 69 per cent against B.C. and then just 72 per cent in the elimination to Alberta, after leading all thirds during the round robin at 85 per cent.
All of which sets the stage for this year's national Scotties Tournament of Hearts, which begins this afternoon at the 6,700-seat K-Rock Centre.
With the Olympic trials looming this coming December, Jones, Lawes and the rest of their team -- second Jill Officer and lead Dawn Askin -- still need to prove that this foursome as presently configured can win on something other than the cashspiel stage.
"I guess the last two years kind of did get away for us," Jones said Friday following the pre-event skills competition. "But in the same sense, we played well, made the playoffs and we were right in it. We were pretty proud of how we played and hopefully we give ourselves a shot again this week."
They're off to a good start, with both Lawes and Officer advancing to today's quarter-final round of the skills competition.
Lawes knows she didn't play well in last year's two playoff games, but points to razor-sharp performances at the recent Canada Cup and then again in Stonewall at last month's provincials as evidence that she can rise to the big occasion.
"I'm 24, I'm still young," said Lawes. "I'm still learning more about the game and trying to get better all the time. But we're all trying to get better, right?"
Lawes and the rest of Team Manitoba open against P.E.I. this afternoon and then play twice on Sunday, taking on rival Kelly Scott of B.C. in the morning and Newfoundland's Stacie Devereaux in the afternoon.
Here's how I break down the field:
The favourite -- Manitoba's Jennifer Jones (2-1)
Jones is attempting to win her fifth Canadian women's curling championship in her 10th nationals appearance -- which would be an astounding ratio of one title in every two appearances.
While there were concerns about the skip's readiness after taking off most of this season to have a baby and recuperate from knee surgery, those concerns were laid to rest last month in Stonewall in what was perhaps the most dominating performance a Jones team has ever put together at the Manitoba provincials.
Lead Dawn Askin sets the table -- every time, without fail -- like no other lead in the women's game and Officer is still at the very top of her game. No one's better in the big game than Jones, so that leaves third Kaitlyn Lawes as the only question mark.
Simply put, if Lawes is on, this team is going to the worlds next month in Riga, Latvia.
The contenders -- Ontario's Rachel Homan, Canada's Heather Nedohin
Jones will be tested in this field, to be sure. But don't believe the hype about this being an unusually deep field -- it says here the only two teams that are going to possibly deny Jones next weekend are Nedohin and Homan.
Nedohin eliminated Jones on a last-rock extra-end measure in last year's semifinal and then went on to win the whole thing. The skip is an emotional wreck to watch on the ice, but she can throw the big shot with the same unflappability as the much more subdued Jones.
Homan comes into this week off a phenomenal cashspiel season that saw her dominate the early events and win more money to date than any other team in 2012-13, including Jones. Add a home crowd and the extra hype that always gets accorded the Ontario team and they will be the pick of many to win it all this week.
And maybe Homan will win, but they've got to prove it on this stage before I'm a believer. A final weekend collapse in their only Scotties appearance back in 2011 suggests to me the collars get a little tight for this young team when the lights are hottest at week's end.
The veterans -- B.C.'s Kelly Scott and Nova Scotia's Mary-Anne Arsenault (8-1)
Scott -- a Winnipeg native who won a Canadian junior title for Manitoba in 1995 -- was the runner-up to Nedohin at this event last year and was once a dominant force in the women's game, winning back-to-back Canadian titles in 2006 and 2007. They're not quite as imposing these days -- last year's strong Scotties was anomalous, in my opinion -- but they're always dangerous and they seem to rise to a different level whenever they play Jones at this event.
Arsenault is skipping what is basically the former Colleen Jones five-time Canadian champion juggernaut, only Jones is now the vice-skip and throwing second rocks, Arsenault moves from second to skip, Kim Kelly remains at third, while former lead Nancy Delahunt is now the alternate.
Jones has won this event a record six times and will also be further cementing her appearance record, with a 21st trip to the women's nationals. They'll be fun and funny to watch and someone has to finish fourth this week. But just understand this is something more closely approximating a seniors team than a serious contender for a Canadian women's championship.
The pack -- Saskatchewan's Jill Shumay, Alberta's Kristie Moore, P.E.I.'s Suzanne Birt (12-1)
Shumay and Moore both beat serious national contenders to get here, with Shumay outlasting Stefanie Lawton in the Saskatchewan provincials and Moore prevailing in an Alberta field that boasted both 2010 Olympic silver medallist Cheryl Bernard and 2006 Olympic bronze medallist Shannon Kleibrink.
Birt is still probably better known to Canadian curling fans by her maiden name -- Gaudet -- under which she had a dominating career as a junior and also made waves in the women's game, including posting a 10-1 round-robin record in her first Scotties appearance in 2003.
All three are clearly capable of making some waves this week, but it would be a major upset if any of them were still playing next Sunday evening.
The rest -- Quebec's Allison Ross, Newfoundland's Stacie Devereaux, New Brunswick's Andrea Crawford, N.W.T./Yukon's Kerry Galusha (40-1)
Prediction -- Jones has an uncanny knack for manufacturing her own adversity at this event and then overcoming it in spectacular fashion.
But however she gets there this year -- hair on fire, or with robot-like efficiency, as she showed in winning in Stonewall -- I simply cannot come up with a way Manitoba's not playing in next Sunday's final.
And even with the hiccups of the last two years, a record of 4-2 in the national final over the years suggests if Jones gets there, she's twice as likely to win it as to lose it.
Jones 8 Nedohin 6


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Thread: Divinity: Original Sin
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It's been more difficult dealing with packs in general because I lack AoE capability without mages, but at the same time specific threats are easy to bring down because my single target damage is ungodly.
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Non-magic is very possible, depending on your definition of "non-magic." Would you be adverse to using scrolls? Potions? I'm assuming the non magic skill sets are free to use in this play through? There are plenty of CC options using magic arrows and Man At Arms stuns.
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I have started a All 2H Weapons party, and it owns.
But I will still get maybe a point in aero, to get teleport and one summon. And maybe another point in geo, to get the spider and oil.I play mostly in the PS4, but I still love a good PC game
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Going back to the subject of food, I'm finding mashed potatoes very useful on my warriors early in the game. No debuff, the extra strength helps with hitting things and the healing is very good compared to minor health potions. I expect they don't scale at higher levels at all though, so healing spells should be a much more efficient use of action points later on.
I do want to emphasise how much I appreciate the lack of hand holding, it's just that it feels needlessly obscure in a couple of places. The switch puzzle to get to Pontius in Black Cove is another example of where the game just makes things way too obtuse. Sure there's a door and a bunch of switches doing various things (mostly trying to kill you) and it's not hard to figure out that there's some switch operating the door. If you don't have Pet Pal though, I don't think there's any way to know the name of the correct switch, and the one you want is hidden in some bushes, behind a perception check. So good luck with that if you're not up for inch-by-inch combing of the whole area, and/or can't talk to the rats, and/or don't have a character with high perception.
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My agreement with DarkFenix about lack of hand holding and enormous satisfaction with D:OS probably comes with my compulsive nature, in games like Skyrim when quest direct me to, where to go etc. I feel like I'm on the riged path, so i know that i can do whatever i want and i often do but when i start questing i have to do this and then that and also that, in the end that makes me feel tired and bored. In Divinity I feel free because games is so obscure, I don't feel any internal pressure to complete quests or areas because i have often no idea what do i have to do to complete them or even if i will be able to complete them in 15 minutes or in 10 hours. I don't find game doing any dick move on me, it's like playing Fallout 1 again and wondering into Glow for the first time and being quickly killed because of radioactive poisoning, it's liberating.
Having just been to visit the wells in my second play-through I'll have to retract my criticism of that quest since this time it straight up told me I couldn't solve the puzzle from there and offered to send me back to Cyseal again. None of those dialogues were there last time so either it's been changed or it glitched, or maybe space aliens did it.
Anyway, I have a build/party question. Currently playing on hard, my level 9 party consists of Madora and Jahan in their default roles (pure 2h warrior and hydro/aether mage, so far), one PC is a pretty straight-forward ranger/rogue and the other is sort of a battle mage using 2-handers, man at arms and some pyrokinetic skills. I'm thinking of giving them all a point in witchcraft as well since Oath of Desecration and Absorb Elements are great all-round skills for just a single skill point.
My plan, after seeing how insane warriors got in my last game, was to make both my warriors fire immune ASAP and then have my second PC go nuts with skills like Phoenix Dive, Fireball, Self Immolation and Explode while Jahan and my ranger provide support and damage from the relative safety of range. Having two steel-clad nutcases wading through fire fields with powerful attacks of opportunity and hard hitting abilities like Flurry sounded awesome. In my head. It hasn't worked out too well so far though, for a couple of reasons and I'm not really sure what to do with my battle mage character.
First of all I've been unable to bump up fire resistance at all so far; I haven't had gear with fire res drop, I have so far only found one fire essence and I need 1 more point in crafting before I can start boosting gear with rubies. So all that fire field action hasn't come to anything yet as trying to walk across big fire surfaces and setting yourself alight is a really bad idea without resistances.
Second, I have an attribute problem. I guess this is a problem for any hybrid build but my battle mage needs high strength *and* high intelligence. Since she's also in melee a couple of points in constitution wouldn't hurt either (she currently has the lowest health in the entire party), and then there's speed, which brings us to...
Serious action point starvation. Having a bunch of varied skills is cool, but since I can't invest a lot in speed (or CON, or PER) my battle mage only gets to use one or two skills per round. Even pre-casting Wildfire before fights doesn't help all that much. Worse, wearing plate armour slows her down even more and the -hit penalty when playing on hard means I often need to use Precision Stance, bringing auto attacks to 5 AP each.
Some of these issues will sort themselves out and I'm thinking my mistake is mostly trying to make a hybrid too early on, when attribute points and gear are very limited. And the party still kind of works, I managed to down Braccus last night without doing anything too cheesy, it's just not working quite as well as I'd planned.
The resistance problem should be solved soon, now that I've unlocked the fire elemental vendor and I'll be able to use rubies (which I have a lot of) in a level or two. I also have access to the Teller of Secrets, so buying the attribute books every level will mean another 12-13 attribute points to play around with.
Other possibilities I'm not so sure of though, and I'd love some advice.
My first thought was to dress my battle mage in robes instead of plate armour to improve her mobility a little. Good robes seem rare though, they can't be improved as much as leather/mail/plate and it'd mean losing out on a lot of armour and resistances. With her paltry constitution I worry that it'd just make her way too squishy.
Then there's the Elemental Affinity talent, which would lower AP cost of fire skills while standing in fire. This sounds pretty good but it might be too specific and situational - it wouldn't lower the cost of placing a fire field to begin with and it wouldn't do anything for her Man-at-Arms skills. That talent point could buy me two more attribute points, which if spent on Speed would give one more AP per turn, to be spent on anything. Not sure which is better.
And lastly I'm wondering whether the Weather the Storm talent might be worth it. 25% to all resists sounds great, but rubies can give 75% alone on high level gear and I'm thinking it might be a wasted talent if everything ends up over 100%.
That was a monstrously long post. Sorry about that.
Pulling off a hybrid early on is pretty difficult, especially on hard, and especially as a Battle Mage. Not only that, but the Battle Mage needs to be his/her own support caster(fire). It almost seems like that would be easier using the Lone Wolf Talent on that character and dumping Jahan. My hybrid class was Geomancer/Hydrosophist and Archer skills, which are fairly complementary roles for one character. This was a little easier because I have zero problems with needing to make her absorb a lot of physical damage, and I only need to focus on Dexterity and Intelligence, without worrying much about Constitution or other attributes. Not only that, but she is able to focus on support spells early on, and using arrows to inflict a number of elemental/status afflictions until her skill levels have caught up.
Your warriors sound like they're on the right path, but that is just something that takes time, and there's not much you can do about that. Fire potions are fairly plentiful, and can help bump it up on a fight to fight basis, but if you're needing it for every fight those won't last long. Something you can do (which is a little cheesy), is hire out a cheap hireling, send them back and rehire them again. They'll level up to equal with you, and you can just dump every skill point into Crafting and Blacksmithing, finding +Blacksmith / +Crafting gear, and giving them the Scientist Talent(depending on your level, you may need two hirelings), and then upgrade everything without needing to use your skill points for Crafting or Blacksmithing, which offers it's own benefits.
If you don't want to go that route, some things that will help your Battlemage be a little more mobile would be the Armour Specialist skill, upgrading the plate armor to remove the movement penalty, using Haste on repeat, or all of the above.
Argh, stop it, stop it. I'm now massively regretting not buying with the recent discount in the Steam sale... but then can't bring myself to pay full price for anything - thanks to Steam sales.
I might just bite the bullet tonight. Hell, I guess Larian deserve it.
Honestly, if it's just a matter of principle on paying full price, I think you should go for it. I'm still on my first playthrough, and have about 40 hours into it, and I'm guessing that I am maybe a little over halfway through it. With further playthroughs, plus mods, and probably official DLC content coming, $40 USD was very much worth the price.
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Yeah, I got a double pack and gifted one. Seems like they deserve to get paid for this. No regrets!
Finished it last night. Still thinks it's a great game with one of the best RPG mechanics in CRPGS, it looks great and it's fun to play and explore. But I also thinks that it has one of the worst quest designs I've seen and not holding your hands with quest marks is not an excuse for obscurity and lack of proper information.
The final dungeon is a very good example for that (spoilers ahead):
It starts with the road being blocked by a boulder which can only be opened by pixel hunting for a button. There is no reason for this boulder to be there or to be locked by a very simple mechanic, It's just there to slow down the player.
After that you hit a door that days that you need to collect all star stones and since you have no idea how much you need, how much you missed and which ones you missed, the only possible solutions are to run all over the game maps looking for the missing stones or alt-tabbing for Google. Since many of them are hidden behind perception checks, seemingly optional areas or just easy to miss then Google is the better solution.
Later there is a circle of candles puzzle but since I just wanted to reach the end I googled the solution after five minutes of trying to figure it out....
The final boss, however, is probably the best fight in the game. One of those fights that seems impossible, but if you stop and think for a bit it turns about to be quite manageable.
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Had a quick look for an answer online but it's kind of a spoiler minefield in terms of crafting. So, quick question: how do blacksmithing and crafting relate to each other?
Originally assumed that the crafting skill improved the things you were able to do through blacksmithing, so stuck em both on one scientist character. Now it seems like perhaps blacksmithing is just for creating metal gear and repairing, everything else being covered by crafting and the two skills being totally independent. Anyone know how it works?
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Someone at the end of time can tell you about star stones you've missed. I forget which, but it's either the time weaver or the keeper of secrets. Nothing tells you that, but I found out by chance. I'd picked up enough star stones simply by playing through the game.
The candle puzzle is actually the second puzzle (after the pillars of self, or whatever they were) and involves reading many books. I discovered one part of it entirely by accident while waiting for the other player to do something but it's all there, if you look for it. I think it's the first puzzle that gives you the book to the second puzzle.
The only reason I knew the first puzzle existed is another book that said attempting the candle puzzle is foolish if you've not done the pillars of self. Working out what to do with them involved, yes, another book.
The rock.. yes. The only reason I even knew to do something there was the health bar.
Hidden switches weren't too frequent but they were always frustrating. There's no fun in the search and, for some of them, you don't even know that you should be looking for a switch/more switches in the first place. Encountering quests that couldn't be completed for a long time was fine, but that made the hidden switch puzzles impossible. We skipped one for half the game because we thought it was something that would unlock later - no, we just didn't see button 4 and were stumped.
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Thanks Jeremy. I'm using Jahan for crafting/blacksmithing since he comes with the Scientist talent and with +2 crafting/blacksmithing gear it's not a huge skill point investment. I'm far too lazy to switch followers every time I want to craft or upgrade something. With a few more levels and a bunch of resistance gear under my belt it's all coming together rather nicely. The point-blank fire spells (Explode, Self-Immolation) are fairly cheap and have 1-turn cooldowns, so action points aren't a huge issue any more either. Explode especially is very nice for taking out groups of enemies. It also synergises pretty well with throwing out fire elementals since they get healed from all the fire AoE. Fun!
I guess the lesson learned is to start with pure characters and wait until the mid-game before starting to branch out their skills.
Has there been any official word on how well the game has done, sales-wise? I hope Larian feel encouraged enough that they invest in an expansion pack or a sequel. All the reviews I've seen have been very positive, so it'll be interesting to see if that's lead to financial success as well.
My ranger/rogue and fire/earth/witchcraft mage are working very well with the two fleshed out NPC's. Rerolled from my initial sword and board and mage after a few problems with having 2 melee mixing it up within all the aoe of the mages. Plus I wasn't satisfied with getting all the skills I wanted on a traditional tank character without going the lone wolf route, especially one that I wanted to be the 'face' of my group. But it seems many different set ups can work. Very enjoyable game.
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Just started playing this game. Kind of a nice counterpoint to some of the faster paced real time combat games I have grabbed. And I have to say, it is really excellent so far.
Need to retrieve a chest from a location beyond a poison cloud? Just...teleport the chest. Or move that Orc closer to your fighter right before he does his dust devil move. Absolutely loving it so far.


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Is there really any way that financial engineering could cure cancer? That was the argument that MIT's great Andrew Lo made during a visit to London last week, and being an entrepreneurial finance professor he is now trying to bang the drum to get his idea off the ground. If he has his way, he will end up creating a $30bn cancer "super-fund" that will invest in 150 different anti-cancer projects.
It is if nothing else a fascinating idea. I wrote a Monday column on it, while the Economist's Buttonwood (in real life a former Long View writer) blogged on it. Both of us came out broadly in favour. My video interview with Professor Lo appears here:
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Compared to last week, feeder cattle and calves sold 5.00-8.00 lower with many instances fully 10.00 lower on all classes and as much as 15.00 lower on lightweight stocker calves. Mainstream feeder buyers collectively decided to drastically adjust the one cattle feeding variable that they have the most control over in an effort to stop the flow of red ink on closeouts.
Price levels started the week sharply lower with additional weakness tacked-on as the week progressed. By Wednesday, it appeared that the feeder cattle market had given up demand for lent as auction markets struggled to sell cattle even remotely close to recent weeks. In direct contrast to the demand situation just two weeks ago; when cattle prices are rapidly rising everybody wants in, when the market is tanking nobody even scratches their nose in fear that it may be perceived as a bid.
Extremely tight supplies of available feeder cattle could no longer hold the inflated market levels as feedlot managers struggle to sell fed cattle and packers struggle to sell the finished product despite a considerably reduced harvest schedule. Even lightweight stocker cattle and calves, that previously appeared to be resistant to bearish signals, fell victim to the down market. Demand may trump supply, but it still seems inevitable that the smallest cattle inventory in 60 years will outweigh our economy concerns and high feedcosts with a US population that is twice the size and a world population that is over two and a half times larger with a much improved infrastructure.
Something's gotta give for fat cattle prices to break through the all-time record resistance point of 130.00 and feeder markets to surpass record highs established about this time last year. An export market rally could improve boxed beef cut-out values along with some relief from winter storms in the heavily populated northeastern seaboard that has slowed beef consumption and movement.
A good soaking throughout the Flint Hills and other major grazing areas not to mention the Corn Belt, as farmers approach planting season with world corn stockpiles appearing slightly larger than previously thought. A shift in the investment scene that causes fund managers to read fundamental cattle production data more literally. Any of these occurrences or the slight combination at any level could be enough to jumpstart feeder cattle prices back to record levels. Perhaps an increase in heifer retention would be enough to tip supply-side scales in the market's favor.
At the Ogallala, NE Livestock Auction on Thursday, about five loads of fancy replacement quality heifers weighing 600-750 lbs sold from 148.00-150.25, which was a 10.00 premium and near the feeder steer market. Fed cattle sold mostly 2.00 lower on a live basis at 123.00 and 4.00 lower dressed at 196.00. This week's reported feeder auction volume had 60 percent over 600 lbs and 42 percent heifers.


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - By the 1970s, right off the heels of Axe Handle Sunday, downtown had become a decaying district suffering from many of the same factors that decimated urban cities throughout the United States like white flight, racism, and blight.
Mix in a draconian parking meter situation, toll bridges, poor marketing along with new suburban malls, and you have a potent combination for ultimate failure.
To stop the hemorrhaging, a new public entity known as the Downtown Development Authority (DDA) was created. Unfortunately, instead of successful revitalization, the DDA would end up assuming the role of a bull with downtown being its own personal china shop.
The famed 1971 Downtown Jacksonville Master Plan would be the first of many studies produced by this group that would eventually drive the final nail in the Downtown retail scene's coffin.
Worst of all, the DDA had no problem spending taxpayer money as if it flowed freely from the land of milk and honey.
The firm Rogers, Taliaferro, Kostritsky, and Lamb (RTKL) of Baltimore was known for its impressive work on the Charles Center area in downtown Baltimore.
RTKL believed downtown revitalization would be most effective by transforming the area into a mall-like environment to help rejuvenate retail sales in an area that had suffered from the competition of new suburban malls like Regency, Gateway, Roosevelt, and Normandy.
A sketch of the 1971 Master Plan from a Jacksonville Area Chamber of Commerce brochure about downtown revitalization.
A major part of the Master Plan was to separate vehicular and pedestrian traffic throughout the downtown core. A new loop system was the solution recommended by RKTL. Vehicular traffic would be routed around the heart of the Northbank, and in the process convert the core of downtown into a large pedestrian mall. The loop system consisted of converting Water, Ocean, Beaver, and Pearl Streets into a one-way outer loop, while turning Main, Ashley, Julia, and Bay Streets into the inner loop. Parking garages and surface lots containing at least 5,000 spaces would then be constructed along those streets.
A pedestrian street, or pedestrian mall, is a street where foot traffic is given partial or total priority over all other kinds of traffic. It is a limited form of an auto-free zone.
Under the 1971 plan, Hogan between Duval and Bay, Laura between Church and Bay, and Duval between Hogan and Laura, would have been converted into pedestrian use only and would be divided into three major sections.
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Q When is garbage collected in my area?
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Day" to view the collection route schedule or contact our office at
Q I am new to Auburn. How do I activate my residential garbage
collection services?
A When activating your water account with the Auburn Water Works Board
Office, you will be asked to complete a form that is used to establish
your garbage service.
NOTE: If you live in an area where City water services are not offered,
please contact our office at 501-3080 for additional information.
Q What is the fee for residential garbage collection and what services are
included in the fee?
A The curbside collection fee is $23.50 per month.
The backdoor collection fee is $33.50 per month.
The monthly fees include the once-per-week collection of household garbage,
trash and recycling materials.
NOTE: Backdoor collection is not offered to those living in majority
duplex/townhouse areas and other locations as determined.
NOTE: See "Trash" and "Recycling" FAQs for guidance on set-out requirements.
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A Curbside collection requires the customer to roll their City-issued cart to
the curb or roadside. Backdoor collection affords the customer the
Opportunity to place the cart at the backdoor of the residence or other
such location as deemed convenient by Environmental Services. All
containers placed out for collection must be situated in such a fashion
to provide unobstructed access by collection personnel.
NOTE: Customers living in areas designated for curbside garbage
collection service (areas annexed into the City after 1997 and those
living in majority duplex/townhouse areas) are required to subscribe
to curbside collection service.
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A Contact the Environmental Services Department at 501-3080 or visit
us at 365-A North Donahue Drive for more information. There is no
charge to the customer for the cart.
Q What time should I place my City-issued cart out at the curb on my
collection day?
A All carts should be placed at curbside by 6 a.m. on your scheduled
collection day. Carts may be placed at the curb the night before
your scheduled collection day, but must be pulled back to the rear
of your residence upon collection of your garbage. Carts should not
be placed out for collection on a day when no collection is scheduled.
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A Please place the cart at least 3 feet behind the sidewalk or curb and
away from vehicles, telephone poles, wires, or other objects that may
prevent clear access to the container.
Q What types of material may I place in the garbage cart?
A Only household garbage should be placed into the cart. No boxes,
leaves, concrete, bricks, dirt, rocks, or other waste material should
be placed into the cart.
Q Is it a requirement to bag garbage before placing it in the cart?
A Although not a requirement, it is suggested that customers bag
garbage for sanitary reasons.
Q What should I do if I have an excessive amount of garbage that will
not fit into the cart?
A No additional garbage cans or bags should be placed out for collection on or beside the garbage cart.
By participating in the RecycleAuburn curbside recycling collection
program, you may reduce the amount of garbage produced. In the
event that you are producing an excessive amount of garbage on a
regular basis, an extra container may be utilized for an additional
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of my residence?
A As long as the cart is pulled back to your residence before the next
day you should be okay.
Q Who is responsible for the cart if it is stolen, damaged, or destroyed?
A As a City of Auburn customer, the garbage cart is provided for your
use at no charge. If the cart is stolen, Environmental Services will
replace the cart at no expense to the customer. If the cart is
damaged negligently or intentionally by the customer, he/she will
be responsible for such repairs or replacement of the cart if it
cannot be repaired.
Q If I move to another residence within the City, do I take my
City of Auburn issued garbage cart with me?
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are assigned by residence. We ask that you contact our office for additional
information prior to moving.
Q Where is the garbage disposed of?
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Station located in Opelika, AL.
COMPACT FLUORESCENT LIGHT BULBS (CFLs)
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S.E.P.A), compact
light bulbs (CFLs) help preserve the environment by using less energy and
reducing the amount of waste deposited in landfills. A CFL uses approximately
75 percent less energy than a standard incandescent bulb, saving up to $30 in
energy costs over its lifetime and lasting as long as six to 10 standard bulbs.
using energy-efficient products like CFLs is one way to curb our growing energy
demands. With more consumers using CFLs, there is increased interest in how
to properly dispose of burned out or broken bulbs. CFLs-and all other fluorescent
bulbs-require trace amounts of mercury, a toxic metal, in order to work. The
amount of mercury in a CFL is extremely small-about the size of the period at the
end of this sentence-and does not pose a direct health risk to you or your family.
The City of Auburn does not currently provide recycling services for expired CFLs
and advises citizens to place their used or broken CFLs in a sealed plastic bag
and put it with your regular household garbage to be transported to an approved
municipal solid waste landfill for proper disposal. Alternatively, citizens may contact
local retailers to see if they will recycle spent CFLs.
See www.epa.gov/cfl/cflrecycling.html for additional information about CFL
recycling and disposal. For additional information on cleaning up broken CFLs,
businesses using CFLs and other relevant information see http://epa.gov/cfl.
Historically, the disposal of pharmaceuticals has primarily consisted of flushing
such items into drains and toilets, which end up in wastewater treatment systems.
secure disposal in a municipal solid waste (MSW) landfill is permitted in Alabama,
which is a better alternative than flushing them down the drain since MSW
permitted landfills must adhere to strict guidelines in terms of protecting the
environment, including ground water. Here are some simple steps for residents
to follow for the proper disposal of pharmaceuticals:
• Mix medicines (do NOT crush tablets or capsules) with an unpalatable
Substance such as kitty litter or used coffee grounds:
• Place the mixture in a container such as a sealed plastic bag; and
• Throw the container in your household garbage.
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his grant opportunity offers up to six first-year awards of $35,000 for the development of State Victim Assistance Academies (SVAA) that will provide comprehensive, academically based, fundamental education and training for victim assistance providers, victim advocates, criminal justice personnel, and allied professionals who routinely work with victims of crime. Applicants must demonstrate a commitment from the state Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) victim assistance and compensation program offices to help develop the Academy.
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From family-friendly destinations to honeymoon heavens, bustling city entertainment to Amerindian-dominated islands, seaside to mountainside, Panama's diversity encourages exploration. Dip your toes in both the Atlantic and the Caribbean in less than an hour, and hike through Panama's cloud forests after a night on the town: any location in Panama can be reached in less than a day. Take a look at our favorite hot spots, and decide what's on your bucket list first to visit!
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With one island for every day of the year (and more) along with two hundred miles of coral reefs, the San Blas archipelago is a paradise of white sand beaches and transparent waters. The pristine nature of this Caribbean coastline is...
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A PERMANENT reminder of the horrors of the holocaust was unveiled at an emotional ceremony in Grays this week.
More than a hundred people gathered at the High View Memorial Gardens on Monday morning to mark International Holocaust Day.
Until this year, the day was marked with the traditional laying of stones which were then removed after the ceremony.
Following a trip Auschwitz, youngsters from the borough managed to raise £600 towards creating the permanent memorial which was provided by East Tilbury company Madstone Ltd.
Town Mayor, Councillor Tony Fish, spoke at the event. He said: "It is incumbent upon each and every one of us who is just one step removed from the Holocaust to make sure younger people today know – and more importantly understand – what happened."
Speaking after the event, Moe Darr, from Madstone Ltd, said: "The use of pebbles is very significant to the Jewish community and between us we decided to have the hand-selected pebbles engraved, each year a new pebble will be engraved and set into the memorial."


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The husband of an 18-year-old mother who was found dead last week in her apartment has been arrested in South Florida, Jacksonville police said Monday.
Jose Valle, 26, is charged with murder in the killing of Rosa Garcia. Police said she was beaten and strangled to death.
Investigators had been looking for her husband since her death.
Police said Valle was working the previous night and started drinking. When he got home, he and Garcia got into an argument, and he killed her, police said.
Investigators said Valle went to his sister's house on Atlantic Boulevard and gave her the keys to the house and his 2-year-old daughter, then said someone needed to go check on Garcia. When the sister got to the home, she found Garcia dead.
Police said Valle fled to Palm Beach County, and they found and arrested him Saturday at his sister's house.
Valle will be transferred back to Jacksonville.
Police said he's been deported back to Mexico twice before, once in June 2009 from California for domestic violence and once in January 2011 from Texas. Police said there was no history of domestic violence between Valle and Garcia.
Garcia worked at La Nopalera in Jacksonville Beach. While neighbors say they didn't know her well, they said they would often see Garcia, her husband and daughter outside.
"I'm pretty much relieved because they got the man, so I can feel a little bit better living in my apartment," neighbor Miriam Romero said.
The couple's 2-year-old daughter was taken into the care of the Department of Children and Families.
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Published: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at 2:56 p.m.
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A west Gainesville teenager on Tuesday confronted a burglar who forced her to lie in a bathtub while he scoured the house for electronics and other items that he took.
The incident was reported about 10:36 a.m. in the Hamilton Heights neighborhood off Newberry Road, Alachua County sheriff's spokesman Art Forgey said.
A 15-year-old told authorities that she was in bed and heard two thumping noises toward the back deck area of the home, Forgey said.
She then heard a loud crash and got up to go investigate. She was met in the hallway by a man who had broken in.
Forgey said the man forced the girl to a bathroom and made her lie in the tub, pulling the shower curtain down on top of her.
The culprit looked through the house and made off with electronics and jewelry.
The teen described the burglar as a slender, 6-foot-2-inch black man possibly in his early 20s. He wore a beanie cap, baggy khaki cargo pants, a camouflage jacket and black boots. He was carrying a backpack with a desert-style print.
Sheriff's deputies established a perimeter and K-9 tracks were initiated. The burglar was not found.
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BOCA RATON, Fla.—The Lions used a 17-0 run in the middle of the second half to overcome a nine-point second half deficit to defeat the Lynn University Fighting Knights. Saint Leo improves their record to 16-4 and 8-2 in SSC play. Lynn falls to 10-10 overall and 2-8 in SSC play.
Jerrel Harris went 7-of-9 from behind the arc to score a team-high 21 points in the win. Trent Thomas totaled 19 points on the night after shooting a cool 7-for-14 from the field. Jaylon Bell contributed eight points—but his presence was truly felt on the defensive end where he continually played pressure defense. Shaun Adams completed his double-double performance at the free throw line to finish with 10 points and 10 rebounds.
Lynn came out in the first half making baskets and coming up with stops on the defensive end. Thomas led all scorers in the first half with 12 points, but no other Lions were able to get much doing offensively. The Lions shot 42 percent from the field in the first half but just 3-for-10 from three.
Facing a deficit of nine points at the half, the Lions would go on a 17-0 run in the middle of the second half to take over the game. While the shots were falling on the offensive end, the Lions' defense held the Fighting Knights scoreless for over seven minutes. As a team the Lions shot 52 percent in the second half and 53 percent from behind the arc—with Harris going 5-for-5 from three points range in the second half. Adams had all 10 of his points and six of his rebounds coming in the second period.
After shooting 58 percent from the field in the opening half, Lynn went ice cold in the second half and shot just 22 percent and 14 percent from long range. Lynn was never able to overcome the Lions' 17 point run and make any sort of run of their own. The Lions outscored Lynn 48-20 in the second half to earn their eighth conference win of the season.
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A PENSIONER suffered a broken leg and broken wrists in a serious car crash in Edgworth on Sunday.
The 85-year-old from Ramsbottom was a passenger in a Peugeot 206 which pulled out onto Broadhead Road - at the junction with Bury Road - next to the White Horse pub.
The car collided with a Bentley Continental which was travelling down Broadhead Road towards Bolton at about 2.40pm on Sunday.
The driver of the Peugeot - a 55 year old woman from Bury - suffered whiplash.
The driver of the Bentley, a 48 year old man from Edgworth, suffered whiplash and a large cut to the head.
Police are now appealing for witnesses to the crash to come forward.
The road was closed for four hours for accident investigation.
Sgt Malcolm Bell, of the Road Policing Unit, said: "I would appeal for anyone who saw this collision to get in touch with the police."
Anyone with information should contact police on 101 quoting log number 0984 of June 22.


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