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Many will be surprised at Lady GaGa's new sound. Yet, you could've predicted this album all the way back in the Fame Monster era. Sound is superficial. What's important is demeanor and purpose. They tell you far more about what sounds the artist will try next and why they work. That's why it wasn't surprising Linkin Park turned out to be experimental and not Slipknot. Slipknot may have started out with more outside influence, but Linkin Park's music truly acted like there were no genres.
What defined Lady Gaga wasn't her sound, but her personality. As for her personality, it was one of the most insufferable you could find in Pop. It wasn't until Sia's 1000 Forms of Fear that Pop music had a more obnoxious, pretentious figure. Even when "LoveGame" boasted about disco sticks, all I heard was decent Pop with squicky clean vocals without personality. However, Gaga was sure this shit was profound. She supported LGBT people, which is totally radical. She had a song called "Government Hooker", which is more bizarre for reminding me of Combichrist than that title. The music videos were long and contained 'weird' outfits that all boiled to seeing Lady Gaga scantly clad.
I don't know. I found La Roux's semi-androgynous image far weirder, with "Bulletproof" containing more punch than anything Gaga made. She surely had no guts to make something like a CHRVCHES, who made one of the most hateful songs with "Gun". Instead, she experimented with a bunch of mainstream genres and called it 'influencing Pop culture'. The difference between her and all other Pop singers is that they focused more on hooks, and she more on her image.
Joanne is hilarious. It's not bad, but it's laughable. The only thing keeping it from a self-parody is the fact it's overall pleasant. Lady Gaga, a singer obsessed with her own image (And not the music) makes an album full of Heartland Rock in an attempt to shed her 'image' and become 'real'. She's so naive. Anyone who spent some time in music forums is over these cliches. Hell, I know 14-year-olds who listen to Thrash Metal that never had the 'Pop isn't music phase'. The album is retro not in sound, but in attitude. It's a throwback to when people thought guitars were 'real' and electronics were not.
God, this album is pretentious. The whole thing is an attempt to sell Gaga as a 'serious' artist, buying into every moronic notion of how music that 'stands the test of time' should be. Listen to how subdued "Dancin' in Circles". It barely has a melody and smack in the middle Gaga breaks into a vocal acrobatic. Why would you howl like a banshee in American Idol in a lighthearted song about masturbation? On "Perfect Illusion", she instructs the producer to turn down the drums. Although they beat like a club song, they're anemic. If they'll bang too hard the song might be fit for dancing, and as we know dancing is silly and moronic. Gaga performs the song with utter seriousness, making sure we're impressed by her vocals while forgetting the lyrics are supposed to convey pain.
Lady Gaga said she wanted be an actress but music came in the way. You can feel it here. Sadly, she's not a good actress. Music is an act, in the end. Good singers don't just sing, but play a character. It's far more important to sound like you mean what you say, to sound broken and angry rather than sing well. That's why Adele is so awful, because she sounds far more concerned with impressing the audience than with venting.
As an actor, Lady Gaga is awful. She's awful not just because she's a bad actor, but because she can't seem to imagine herself actually walking in those characters' shoes. "Hello" is a lackluster act, but Adele at least sounds like she's aware she should be believable. Lady Gaga never tries to sound genuine. Everything is dripped in insincerity, in awareness that music is just an act. "Hey Girl" has an otherwise beautiful melody, but it begs for a singer that's less full of itself. Imagine if Carly Rae Jepsen sang it. It may not be as impressive technically, but Carly has more warmth than Gaga can ever conjure. Lady Gaga can't divorce herself from being an actress, too afraid of jumping headfirst into genres and sounds. The irony is, the fear of being trapped leaves her without much personality or diversity.
Many of the songs are the audio equivalent of a magician explaining his tricks and while performing. Worse, it's a pompous magician who thinks his tricks are really clever and put him above everyone else. "Sinner's Prayer" isn't so much about being a heartbreaker, but about Gaga's vocal acrobatics and a token song about rambling. Lady Gaga's overblown sense of self-importance rears its head the most in the ballads. "Million Reasons" and "Angel Down" just beg for you to take her seriously by using sparse arrangements, but for what?
The musical backdrops reek of tokenism, instead of genuine experimentation. Although she uses a few guitars, she never slides next to like Drive-By Truckers, Steeldrivers or even early Taylor Swift. You can use these sounds for a remix of "Marry the Night" and it wouldn't feel any different. Despite showing off her connection to 'real' music, the purpose remains the same. The music is about how awesome Lady Gaga is. Changing the instrumentation slightly means nothing. It's no surprise "Government Hooker" is one of her best songs since that one actually pushes her to the back.
It's far from awful, and that's because it's not too serious. Lady Gaga can't separate herself – and doesn't really want to – from her partying and lots of sex. So "John Wayne" ends up the album highlight, where Gaga sounds like she means what she says instead of just acting. "I'm so sick of their city games/I need a real wild man" – that line jumps, because it's sung dripping with sexuality and no attempt to impress. It's also the song that jumps into its genre with the most conviction. I can imagine some Colt Ford dropping a rap verse there, or that girl who was in Drive-By Truckers singing it. It's a lone moment of sincerity that makes you wonder if, perhaps, Gaga should stick to country for the sake of it.
She's also more restrained than she should. If it's a deliberate decision, then Gaga isn't all hopeless. She often used her voice to prove how 'serious' she is – just check the atrocious piano version of "Poker Face". Her performance here is more restrained, with acrobatics appearing sporadically. Sometimes, they even fit. "Come to Mama" and "Hey Girl" have these indulgences, but it fits the feel-good nature of these songs. If she's happy, she should have the energy to belt out like this. A track like "Diamond Heart" would've been destroyed by Sia's bullshit, but Gaga never loses track of the melody. She strains her voice just enough to show strength but stops short before the melody's gone.
The problems with Joanne run deeper than song quality. They're mostly okay, with only "John Wayne" and "Diamond Heart" being keepers. The problem is, it proves Lady Gaga was nothing but a buffoon with zero self-awareness. I know it's harsh, but we're talking about an artist trading in EDM for pseudo-Heartland Rock to show us she's serious. Even the album title and cover reek of smugness, as if giving a person's name and posing 'casually' is somehow profound. Gaga mistook style for substance, and this is the first time she wanted to have more substance than style. I can forgive her because the album isn't the trainwreck that is Any Recent Sia Song, but some pleasant Heartland Rock by a person who cares ore about appearing 'serious' isn't my idea of a good time. Lady Gaga needs John Wayne, but I need a Carly Rae Jepsen.
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Without a doubt, Wil Trapp would have been a First Round pick in next month's MLS SuperDraft.
Instead, Technical Director Brian Bliss made it a priority to keep the two-time Crew Soccer Academy Player of the Year and Gahanna native in Black & Gold by signing him to a Homegrown contract on Thursday. Bliss turned down several offers from other clubs to acquire Trapp's Homegrown rights.
"Wil is a well-known commodity around college soccer and MLS," Bliss explained Thursday. "There were certainly some teams that made some overtures for his services in terms of a trade. However, it didn't make sense for our club. [Trapp] is one of our top players to come through the system and he's not something we were willing to give away at any price."
Trapp becomes the fourth CSA product to sign a First Team contract with the Crew, following in the footsteps of Matt Lampson, Ben Speas and Aaron Horton. From the moment he put on Black & Gold, Crew Juniors Executive Director Andrew Arthurs knew Trapp was special.
"We saw this coming five years ago, in the fall of 2007 when Wil first joined the program," Arthurs said. "He was certainly on this path. It's great to see how hard he's worked and everything he's accomplished."
Folowing an OHSAA Division I state title at Gahanna Lincoln High School in 2009 and being named 2010 NSCAA National High School Player of the Year, Trapp moved north to the University of Akron where he started all 45 matches in his freshman and sophomore years for the Zips. Trapp's coach at Akron and new Portland Timbers Head Coach Caleb Porter apparently made a tempting proposition to the Crew for the midfielder's talents.
"[Portland] was aggressive to relatively more than aggressive to obtain his services," Bliss revealed. "It only makes sense. [Porter] has familiarity with him, but [Trapp] has just as much history with the Crew than he does at Akron. At the end of the day, it doesn't make sense for the club or the player for what we're trying to accomplish here. We respect the fact that they made an offer and some other teams did as well, but it wasn't something we were willing to do."
Trapp becomes the first new player for the Black & Gold ahead of 2013, and will battle for the defensive midfield role in Robert Warzycha's starting lineup. While young players sometimes have trouble breaking into MLS, Bliss feels Trapp's attitude and mentality will set him apart.
"It's always difficult for players to come in and make an impact right away. Some of the young players that have done that in the past have gone to teams that have been a little bit lower in the standings and had more holes to fill," Bliss said.
"There's no doubt we've got some holes to fill too, but Wil is a good player and he will find his way in our roster without us going overboard and guaranteeing him minutes. He's a quality player and a quality person. He's also a fighter, which will benefit him well in playing with us."
In terms of his playing style, Bliss compares Trapp to another former defensive midfielder at Akron.
"[Trapp] has a good sense of a game in terms of intercepting balls in front of the back four and cutting out the passing lanes. I wouldn't say he's overly physical like a guy that played before him at Akron in [D.C. United midfielder] Perry Kitchen. He does it a little bit differently, but on the offensive end of the game, he's got a better skill set than other guys that have come through Akron and the programs that have come into the League. He's a good distributor of the ball. He's very possession-oriented and he reads the game well."
Trapp will join the U.S. U-20 National Team camp next week in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. before joining the Crew First Team in mid-January for preseason training camp.

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Machines have long been used to ease repetitive labor. The machines I found most interesting eased the labor of calculation; watches, orrerys, calculators, difference engines, etc. Gears were the workhorse of this age reaching their zenith during the late 19th century only to decline as they were replaced with transisters for most computation.
Having always loved complex mechanical devices, and never having fully outgrown LEGO, I decided to explore where computational mechanics and LEGO meet. This is not LEGO as toy, art, or even the MindStorms® fusion of LEGO and digital electronics. This is almost where Steampunk and LEGO meet. Hand cranked devices that perform complex mechanical tasks.
The 2011 movie "Hugo" is about the adventures of boy who repairs an automaton, a mechanical machine which can handwrite a message. His automaton looked like a boy with a complex clock-work inside.
I left the theatre convinced that I could make a machine, using LEGO, that could write any short message I desired. The resulting LEGO mechanism does not look like a boy, but it is a purely mechanical hand-cranked machine that will move a pen to write short messages of up to 150 pen strokes.More information, including video
This is the 3rd generation of Babbage Difference Engine made with LEGO. It is modeled after Babbages Difference Engine #1. The 3rd generation operates five times faster than the 2nd generation.
This machine can evaluate polynomials of the form Ax^2 + Bx + C for x=0, 1, 2, …n with 3 digit results.
A new answer is produced every 20 turns of the crank: 10 turns of the crank adds the bottom two digit register into the middle two digit register. The next 10 turns of the crank adds the midlde two digit register into the top three digit accumulator, yielding the next result.More information, including video
This machine, modeled after the ancient Greek original, can calulate the date and time of solar and lunar eclipses over a hundred year period.
It is an analog computer with over 100 gears and 7 differential gearboxes. It is accurate to a day or two over it's range.
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[June 10, 2014]
Cool breezes and clear skies greeted
kids and their families at the Nathan Turner Fishing Derby Saturday
morning at the Hickory Lane Campground near Atlanta. The free event
sponsored by Lincoln D.A.R.E., the Lincoln Park District, and the
Turner family is held every year in conjunction with the Nathan
Turner Fishing Clinic that was held last Thursday at the Lincoln
Park District.
Brandon Goodman was the host Saturday morning. He manages Hickory
Lane for his grandparents and said, "We like to do this every year
because it is a good cause and is a lot of fun for the families."
The fun was evident by the smiles that were everywhere as proud
parents looked on as their kids pulled in a fish. The banks of the
fishing pond were lined with families enjoying the perfect weather.
For some kids this was their first time fishing; while others have
been fishing with their families since they were able to walk. It
didn't matter if the fish was a four pound catfish or a small
bluegill just big enough to fit in a tiny hand, when a kid catches a
fish it is cause of excitement.
Prizes were given for the most fish caught, the biggest fish, and
the smallest fish. No mention was made of the story about the huge
one that got away.
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All of that fishing and fun surely leads to a
healthy appetite. So Lincoln Police Chief Ken Greenslate and Roy
Logan of the Park District manned the grill to cook hotdogs for
As Lesleigh Bennett said while watching her daughter Peyton fish for
the first time, "Nathan was looking down to make sure this was a
perfect day for everyone! He was a great guy!"
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by hbelusca | January 4, 2017
Hi everyone, let me first wish you a happy new year 2017!
During the second half of last month (December) I did not have much time to work on ReactOS, hence the fact I could not write more reports for you to read. I was however able to test some stuff I started to work on during last November. I have started to familiarize and play a bit with the user-profile APIs inside userenv.dll . I then was able to add a temporary hack (see CORE-12541) in the Services Control Manager (SCM, in services.exe) to create (if needed) and always load the user profiles for the system service profiles "NT AUTHORITY\Local Service" and "NT AUTHORITY\Network Service", the latter being needed for the Word 2010 installation. The hack was committed in revisions 73486 and 73487. Some people have however spotted minor regressions due to the hack, with the former (CORE-12613) due to the fact that, since the hack consists in indistinctly loading all the service profiles in memory (instead of when only needed).
After the hack being in place, I retested the Word 2010 installation. Now the MSI installation step
"CAInitSPPTokenStore.x86" (related to the initialization of the Office Software Protection service) passes with success; however the next installation steps,
"CAInstallLicenses" and
"CAPopulateSPPCache" just fail completely with the following error:
fixme:(dll\win32\rpcrt4\rpc_binding.c:1865) unsupported AuthnSvc 10
(with AuthnSvc == 10 == RPC_C_AUTHN_WINNT, meaning "NTLM"). They however succeed when testing the installation in Wine.
I was able to trace this problem back to the fact that ReactOS does not implement one of the security authentication providers that is normally found in MS Windows, namely the NTLM authentication provider. This security provider is built in the secur32.dll (in %SystemRoot%\System32). I have created a JIRA report, CORE-12601, where you can find more details about how the missing provider problem appears when trying to install Word 2010. It is interesting to note that on Wine, the NTLM support is actually already somewhat present in secur32.dll, by wrapping around Samba's "ntlm_auth" helper utility (thus it needs a 3rd-party program to be already installed). Therefore this is not satisfactory for ReactOS, and a proper support has to be implemented for it.
It appears that such a support was actually being worked on, in a separate branch "sspi-bringup" by Samuel Serapión since some time around 2011-2012. The support currently bails out to a modified secur32.dll, the NTLM authentication package in a second dll ntlmsspi.dll, and one registry modification. I talked to him about this, and he kindly provided me with a binary build of these dls from his branch with updated code, that I was able to test in ReactOS (by replacing the dlls). With this, the above-mentioned MSI installation steps (the
"CA...SPP..." ones) now seem to work OK (they return success); however I now get new problems: during the MSI installation step
"CAInstallLicenses" I get a bunch of the following errors:
err:(dll\win32\rpcrt4\rpc_message.c:1845) we got fault packet with status 0xc004f012
(not present in Wine), which may indicate a possible memory corruption. Then the next MSI installation step
"CAPopulateSPPCache" is run and subsequently fails (making the full installation failing).
These last problems need more investigation. I hope obtaining new interesting results during the next weeks! Stay tuned!


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RSBS Special Correspondent and Podcast Sensation, Mr. Johanna Mahmud reports:
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This weekend provided some flat out taint tickling and nipple pulling excitement golf at the Masters. And…guess what….because…wait for it…. Tiger Damn Woods was in the middle of it. Shocker.
If Tiger isn't playing, I'm not watching. If Tiger isn't in the hunt, I'm usually running naked through the yard, among other Sunday things on my to-do list.
The thing with Tiger is it's so rare to watch someone be the absolute best at something. Jazz-wise we have Coltrane, Armstrong, Miles, Ellington, Parker, Ornette. Once in a lifetimers. I'm not necessarily a golf fan, but I am Tiger fan. I want him to get back to just assassinating the field every weekend he plays. It brings me joy to see anyone he's paired with pee his pants and lose his s***, or as Ralphy Wiggums would say, "I have two kinds of wet in my pants."
It's not about how nice he is or was to the fans, or exceptionally boring and emotionless to the media. I couldn't care less. It's not about his love of whooouures. And it's not about me watching to see a devoted, faithful husband church goin family man.
I want the stone cold killa. I want him to murder people. The way he used to.
I had no problem when Michael Jordan would talk trash, or be a complete pr!ck to his teammates; because his play was legendary. His competitiveness was legendary boarding on hilariousness. "Dude, Jordan just knocked out Horace Grant in practice! He's so competitive…" "Did you hear Michael put arsenic in Cartwright's Cheerios to motivate him? SO COMPETITIVE…"
To me, Barry Bonds was different because he cheated the game. Big Mac (Mark McGwire) cheated the game. I loved Jose Canseco (mostly for trading card purposes) as a kid, but he cheated and ever since he retired he has been completely worthless, (other than exposing some other users).
I was a Bulls fan growing up, but I know non Bulls fans across the world that prayed that they could witness in person what M-Jeff could do on any given night. To be there transfixed on the master transforming the court, baseline to baseline, into a cathedral of windmilling-above-the-rim-artistry. Poetry in white-hot electric motion. Also, the only guy ever who could pull off a Hitler stache….
The same goes for Tiger. Putts that always fall at the most clutch times, power rips from the rough, bunker shots that no one will ever make one out of 1000 times.
In baseball, (believe it or not), some of the worst people ever are LEGENDARY PLAYERS. Or….as I would like to dub, the Veda Pierce division, (fyi, watch the HBO miniseries Mildred Pierce. Amazing. The daughter Veda Pierce is the worst, most vile piece of filth I've ever encountered in a film character. Yeeshh…WOMEN are awful to each other. The things women say to their own friends is unbelievable. We'll save this for another time.)
A short list in the V-Pierce division……..Ty Cobb, (beat up a man with no hands once), Mickey Mantle (showed up wasted to games and told young endearing fans to buzz off), Bonds (liar…liar…cheat), Jeff Kent (renowned male member), Roger Clemens (no explanation necessary), Ugueth Urbina, (not so legendary but assaulted servants unwarranted with a machete for swimming in his pool, now in jail for 20 years…) etc…..
Tiger doesn't have a great rep with the fans, but how many times were Nicklaus and Palmer miked up and how many times did they yell at fans to shut up or trash talked or cussed up and down the course that we'll never know about?
We don't ask the legends to be humanitarians, nor wonderful people. We need them to be heroes of their game. Our heroes won't always be nice. But they DO things no one else can or ever will do. Everything else is perception mixed with irrational desire for purity. The true pureness is the game played at the highest level.
That's all I want.
And Latrell Sprewell choking P.J. Carlesimo, because don't we all want to choke P.J. Carlesimo at some point?? I mean….he tried to play Kevin Durant at shooting guard???
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2010 bank failures were 157 and 2009 bank failures were 140
The FDIC closed 2 banks on Friday, November 18, 2011, which increased total bank failures for 2011 to 90. This was the 37th week of the 46 weeks in 2011 to-date that the FDIC has seized at least 1 bank. Annual charts of USA Bank Seizures, FDIC Deposit Insurance Fund Cost of Failed Banks, and the FDIC Problem Bank List are below. States where banks have been closed in 2011 are (in alphabetical order): Alabama 2, Arizona 2, California 4, Colorado 6, Florida 12, Georgia 23, Illinois 9, Indiana 1, Iowa 1, Kansas 1, Louisiana 1, Michigan 2, Minnesota 2, Mississippi 1, Missouri 1, Nebraska 1, Nevada 1, New Jersey 1, New Mexico 1, North Carolina 2, Oklahoma 2, Pennsylvania 1, South Carolina 3, Texas 1, Utah 1, Virginia 2, Washington 3, Wisconsin 3.
#89 Polk County Bank, Johnston, IA
* Grinnell State Bank, Grinnell, IA to assume all of the deposits
* As of September 30, 2011, Polk County Bank had approximately $91.6 million in assets
* Grinnell State Bank agreed to purchase essentially all of the assets
* FDIC and Grinnell State Bank did not enter into a loss-share agreement
* FDIC and Grinnell State Bank did not enter into a loss-share agreement
* FDIC estimates that the cost to the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF) will be $12.0 million* The last FDIC-insured institution closed in the state was Vantus Bank on September 4, 2009
#90 Central Progressive Bank, Lacombe, LA
* First NBC Bank, New Orleans, LA to assume all of the deposits
* As of September 30, 2011, Central Progressive Bank had approximately $383.1 million in assets
* First NBC Bank agreed to purchase $354.4 million of the assets
* FDIC will retain remaining assets for later disposition
* FDIC will retain remaining assets for later disposition
* FDIC estimates that the cost to the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF) will be $58.1 million* The last FDIC-insured institution closed in the state was Statewide Bank on March 12, 2010
FDIC Losses The total estimated cost to the FDIC Deposit Insurance Fund for the 2011 bank closures year-to-date is $7.11 billion (see chart below). The most costly banks to the Deposit Insurance Fund in 2011 year-to-date:
1) The Park Avenue Bank, Valdosta, GA $306.1 million
2) Lydian Private Bank, Palm Beach, FL $293.2 million
2) Lydian Private Bank, Palm Beach, FL $293.2 million
3) Chicago Bank and Trust, Chicago, IL $284.3 million
4) Colorado Capital Bank, Castle Rock, CO $283.8 million
5) Atlantic Southern Bank, Macon, GA $273.5 million
6) Bank of the Commonwealth, Norfolk, VA $268.3 million
6) Bank of the Commonwealth, Norfolk, VA $268.3 million
7) First Community Bank, Taos, NM $260.0 million
8) Superior Bank, Birmingham, AL $259.6 million
9) FirsTier Bank, Louisville, Ky $242.6 million
10) Community Banks of Colorado, Greenwood Village, CO $224.9 million
10) Community Banks of Colorado, Greenwood Village, CO $224.9 million
11) Bank of Choice, Greeley, CO $213.6 million
The next FDIC bank closings, if any, will most likely be announced on Friday, November 25.
USA Failed Banks by Year Bank failures, and therefore FDIC seizure of banks, dramatically increased in 2009 and 2010 - a 2-year total of 297 compared to 0 in both 2005 and 2006. As noted below regarding total problem banks, bank failures in 2011 are expected to continue at a high rate and be 100+. The chart below is the data from 2004 through 2010. Bank failures for 2011 are estimated by extrapolating 2011 actual closures based on a 52-week year.
Year, Total Bank Failures
2004: 4
2005: 0
2006: 0
2007: 3
2008: 25
2009: 140
2010: 157
2011: 90 actual, 102 estimated
FDIC Deposit Insurance Fund Cost of Failed Banks Failed banks and the seizure by the FDIC cost money. The seized banks' deposits are usually assumed by another bank as are most of the assets. However, not all assets of the failed bank have value (usually the worst performing loans, non-performing loans, repossessions, and foreclosures). The FDIC may enter into a loss-share agreement with another bank to manage the questionable assets or take direct possession of the assets and attempt to dispose of them. Upon seizure of a bank, the FDIC estimates the loss to the Deposit Insurance Fund. The Deposit Insurance Fund is normally funded by the banking community through FDIC assessments to each FDIC insured bank based on insured deposits, plus special assessments. Below is a chart of the estimates by the FDIC of costs (losses) incurred upon seizure of banks in 2011. The chart is by week for 2011 and shows the accumulated losses as the year goes along.
FDIC Problem Banks by Quarter The FDIC problem bank list dipped slightly from 888 at 3-31-11 to 865 at 6-30-11. The total problem banks remain elevated. The total assets of the problem banks from the year-ends 2004 through 2010 were $28B, $7B, $8B, $22B, $159B, $403B, $390B, respectively. The total assets of the current (6/30/2011) 865 problem banks is $372B, or an average of $430 million in total assets per problem bank. The FDIC reports the total problem banks on a quarterly basis.
Date, Total Problem Banks
12/31/2005: 52
12/31/2006: 50
12/31/2007: 76
12/31/2008: 252
12/31/2009: 702
12/31/2010: 884
6/30/11: 865
About the FDIC
Congress created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in 1933 to restore public confidence in the nation's banking system. The FDIC insures deposits at the nation's 7,513 banks and savings associations and it promotes the safety and soundness of these institutions by identifying, monitoring and addressing risks to which they are exposed. The FDIC receives no federal tax dollars – insured financial institutions fund its operations.
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At some point I think that I am becoming a Microsoft Office specialist as opposed to a BI Architect. All of this work in Excel and now PowerPoint. Okay, done with the ramblings. As I have noted in a couple previous posts, I am working with a team on the Modern Apps Live! conference which is in Vegas next week. Well, this is another "lesson learned" that I wanted to pass along as a result of doing that work. (Hope to see you there.)
Using PowerPoint 2013
So I had to create two types of data visualizations for this conference. Usually, I would use paper or white board to sketch it out and then proceed to make it a reality. Somewhere along the way, I heard that Microsoft uses PowerPoint to lay out UIs. Not sure if it is true or not, but it seemed easier and less expensive than Blend or Visio, so I thought I would give it a try.
So, I first needed to create a summary report for a poll within the app that was created. I used the standard tools with in PowerPoint such as tables, charts, text boxes, and images to mock up my report. What I liked was I was able to add notations to the mockup for future reference.
I had some frustration creating the charts as I wanted them to be representative. But overall not a bad experience. The next task I was taking on was working with the dashboards I was going to create in Excel 2013. I still wanted to lay it out so I knew what I would be trying to design. This was when I stumbled onto the Storyboarding menu.
I actually like using the shapes in this toolset better. Turns out this is available when you install Visual Studio Ultimate, Visual Studio Premium (my version), or Visual Studio Test Professional. More on that can be found on MSDN – Storyboard Using PowerPoint. This can be integrated into TFS and directly associated to work items. I am not a UX expert, but I like the ability to add tabs like I will have in Excel and there is even a SharePoint page background.
However, as you can see, even if you don't have Storyboarding you can still effectively build up a PowerPoint slide to look like the report, dashboard, or even SharePoint page. I was not sure if I would be able to embrace this, but in the end I really like the simplicity and using PowerPoint allows for comments, versioning in SharePoint, and other mechanisms to support dashboard design.
I also wanted to pass along another blog post I found from Jason Zander on the Windows Azure team on the same subject: My Favorite Features: Creating Storyboards with PowerPoint. Hopefully this gives you another simple way to mock up reports and dashboards when you can't find that User Experience Pro.


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Penguins rally past weary Jets 6-5
- Evgeni Malkin scored twice in his return from injury
- James Neal also scores twice as Penguins extend home winning streak to 12
- Dan Bylsma ties Penguins record for most coaching wins
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Evgeni Malkin woke up Sunday morning, texted Pittsburgh Penguins coach Dan Bylsma and told him he was good to go after missing nine games because of an ailing left leg.
Sure looked like it.
The Russian star scored twice and added an assist, helping the Penguins rally past Winnipeg 6-5 to extend their home winning streak to 12 games. James Neal added two goals and Jussi Jokinen scored for the third time in the last two games as Pittsburgh's second line kept the Penguins in it until Matt Niskanen's slap shot with 7:22 remaining won it.
"It's always a big boost when you get a guy like (Malkin) back," Neal said. "Myself and Jussi were obviously excited. We try to feed off that. It looked like he didn't miss a beat out there. He was his normal self."
So were the Penguins after an atypical start. Pittsburgh trailed by two early but came roaring back to remain unbeaten at home since Nov. 13. Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 29 shots, including three sprawling saves in the final minute.
Bylsma won his 232nd game with Pittsburgh, moving into a tie with Eddie Johnston for the most victories in franchise history.
"They got up on us," Bylsma said. "But there has been with this team, finding a lot of different ways to win hockey games."
The Penguins almost always do against Winnipeg. The Jets have lost each of their last 13 trips to Pittsburgh.
Evander Kane had two goals and an assist for Winnipeg. Jacob Trouba, Blake Wheeler and Mark Scheifele also scored for the Jets, who remained winless in Pittsburgh since 2006. Al Montoya made 33 saves, but couldn't make an early 2-0 lead stand up.
"That's one of the most talented teams in the league," Winnipeg's Olli Jokinen said. "You can't try to outscore them. You have to try to find a way to play the good defense and make sure you get the puck on their goal line and on a few goals they made us look pretty bad."
Malkin did his part, hardly looking rusty in his first game in three weeks.
His 10th goal of the season put Pittsburgh on the board and his 11th tied it at 5 midway through the third period as the Eastern Conference-leading Penguins extended their home dominance. Pittsburgh's 12-game run at Consol Energy Center matches that 12-game run the club put together between Feb. 22-March 30, 2013.
This one, however, was harder than most.
The Jets, less than 24 hours removed from a dismal 4-1 loss to Boston, hardly looked like a team overwhelmed by Pittsburgh's home-ice advantage or the return of Malkin and Penguins defenseman Kris Letang, who missed 10 games with an elbow injury.
Winnipeg took the lead just 1:47 into the game as Trouba pounced on an Olli Jokinen rebound and flipped it into the open net.
Trouba's fourth goal of the season also stopped a streak of 438 minutes,19 seconds of game time in which the Penguins had been either in the lead or tied at home. The streak dates to Nov. 27.
Pittsburgh had a chance to even it late in the first period when Sidney Crosby was interfered with on a breakaway. His penalty shot was knocked out of harm's way by Montoya, leaving Crosby without a penalty shot goal during his career (0-for-4).
Scheifele made it 2-0 with four seconds left in the first on a knuckler that Fleury couldn't get a handle on.
All it did was set the stage for a furious second period in which the teams combined to score seven times on just 24 shots.
A Winnipeg turnover led to a nasty wrist shot from Malkin for his first goal since Dec. 14. Neal followed by scoring twice in 34 seconds to give Pittsburgh the lead.
The Jets, however, would not go away. Kane beat Fleury twice, beating Fleury with a beautiful backhand on a breakaway then emerging from a mad scramble to flip the puck over Fleury with 17 seconds left in the second to put Pittsburgh's home streak in serious jeopardy.
For a few minutes anyway. Malkin tied it at 5 by stuffing in a rebound 8:29 into the third period and Niskanen put the Penguins in front for good with a one-timer from the point that eluded Montoya.
Fleury made a pair of big stops in the final minute, including getting a glove on a wrist shot by Scheifele with three seconds remaining to push his win total to an NHL-best 24.
NOTES: Bylsma is 232-104-26 in four-plus seasons with the Penguins. Johnston went 232-224-80 in two different stints with Pittsburgh. ... The Penguins begin a three-game trip through Western Canada on Tuesday in Vancouver. ... The Jets finished their three-game East Coast swing 0-3. ... Crosby finished with one assist to extend his home point streak to 16 games.


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In the Introduction to Digital Dharma, I wrote:
An electronic web surrounds the planet. Our ideas travel instantaneously to all points of the globe on electromagnetic waves and pulses of light. In the last decade communications networks have advanced from wires to fiber optics, from interconnected radio and television grids to a world of billions of wirelessly communicating sensory devices — each with its own address in cyberspace… the Infosphere is now a field that engulfs our physical, mental and etheric bodies; it affects our dreaming and our cultural life. Our evolving nervous system has been extended, as media sage Marshal McLuhan predicted in the early 1960's, into a global embrace.
My focus was on looking at our outer communications networks as metaphors for the inner communications challenges held for us at each of the body's chakra centers: to look at each media form that we are creating in silicon chips, RF spectrum, and fiberoptics, as reflecting a new turn on the spiral of consciousness. At the base, we have the emergence of differentiated self-awareness — and the concerns for safety and identity — represented by the on-off pulses of the electric telegraph and its successor technologies of wireless, "IM" and text messaging. The light and shadow of "relationship" was magnified by how we use the telephone, while radio amplified the "mental-egoic" realm of personal and state power — in determining who gets to speak and who can only listen. Television, I wrote in an earlier RS post, gives us the opportunity of seeing the "threatening other" in compassion versus retreating into hard-heartedness, or in counter-response to the pain of recognition, emotional addiction, codependence and consumption.
Our new IP-based communications systems and forms — the Internet, digital media, pervasive wireless networks and embedded communicating microprocessors — are not only changing our ways of seeing the world, they have pushed us, like it or not, into a new psychic environment of [what Marc Pesce calls] hyper-connectivity. Our nervous system has not only been "outered" as McLuhan warned us, but it has been evolving into its next stage of development. Social networks, Twitters, geospatial mashups and reveal-all blogs, are the rehearsal halls in silicon and copper and light and magnetism, for the distributed human intelligence predicted by such sages as Teilhard de Chardin and Sri Aurobindo. In this new networked domain:
- All persons and objects have a voice
- All things can be found, and all that was hidden will be seen
- All are connected, at multiple levels of coded reality; and
- What is real depends on how we interpret or manipulate these codes.
Like any evolutionary stress, there is no guarantee that our species will emerge successful. Over-stimulated by our extended neurons, we can shut down or get lost in the sea of incoming data. With our psychic barriers down, we have been booted into what mystics have called the etheric realms: a domain of thought-forms, tricksters and jinns, angels and guides. Without proper tools and spiritual preparation, this place can be an endless hall of mirrors, trapping us in the morass of our electronically magnified addictions and fears. Pushed into the Infosphere — all of our secrets revealed, our every thought accessible, connected to the planet's very intelligence — we must draw upon the deep wisdom of the protector archetypes as we embark on our cyber-shamanic initiation: the Warrior (establishing boundaries, expressing power), the Lover (establishing clean connections, building online community), the Magician (able to discern shadow from light, create simulations and recognize the larger patterns), and the Elder/Crone/King (able to hold both virtual and concrete identities, able to not only see, but change the codes, and heal the web).
There are those that argue that our networks have so altered our consciousness that we have destroyed this plane of our karmic enfolding; that our attention has been so ripped from our self-control, that we can no longer imagine a world beyond iconic representation, and addictive consumption of manufactured stories. I don't challenge these warnings, but my spiritual path encourages looking the demons in the eye. I am willing to keep staring, knowing that the way to the light is often through the darkness. I want to hear from those who have lost countless hours and dollars in the dark alleys of internet porn, gaming, and inappropriate online relationships; and from those who just can't stop talking — whether on the phone, at the computer, or bent over the keys of a PDA or cellphone. But, even more importantly, I want to open a dialog with those who are forging new social networks to care for the planet, their local communities, to celebrate joy or share their painful moments.
I propose that over the next two months I post a short essay on each of the following above topics and invite your responses and comments:
- 1. Boundaries and the Other: Who Am I, Where Am I? [How do we express the need for acknowledgement of self as expressed in Caller-ID, Texting and SMS, ringtones, and MySpace?]
- 2. Relationships and Nourishment: Negotiating Connection with Others [What is the quality of our connections to internet chats, internet sex and gambling, online support communities, etc.?]
- 3. Showing My Face(s): Finding My Voice, Expressing My Power [How do we express identity, from aliases and avatars, gaming behaviors, blogging identities, online political organizing?]
- 4. Building Community: Compassion versus Codependence, Who can visit My Space? [How do we define our "tribe" and its relations with the "others" online, via video journalism, social networks, and alternative worlds?]
- 5. Living in the Matrix: Confronting the Long Zoom to the Astral [How do we remain "authentic" when traversing Indra's Web – the world of videogames, Pervasive Computing and immersive data clouds?]
- 6. Capturing the Gift or Becoming the Demon: Can We Live in the Infosphere Without Abandoning the Embodied Ecosphere? [Is networked consciousness antithetical to living in the body in the here and now presence? Is Twitter a precursor to telepathy, or just global brain chatter? Can Flash Mobs and Meet-Ups bring us back to joyous appreciation of being on the planet together, or are they empty spectacle?]
It is my hope that the RS discussions will generate some good conversations about coping with the insatiable pull of mediated connectivity. Beyond this, we can share our esoteric tools and practices that will help heal the entire communications grid of the planet. And, should this discussion really take off, hopefully it may lead to a new book that will be a follow-up to my more-structured Digital Dharma. Are you willing to start the conversation?
Image by LightSpectral, courtesy of Creative Commons license.


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A while ago I googled both a pfhor and a s'pht font. I thought you guys would like them.
Frog blast the ventlcore,
Weezer 14
Weezer14 wrote:A while ago I googled both a pfhor and a s'pht font. I thought you guys would like them.
Frog blast the ventlcore,
Weezer 14
Veneteaou wrote:The S'pht font, while it uses characters from the game, doesn't actually translate game S'pht to anything. A couple of the letters use the same S'pht character. Still, good if someone wants to create something of their own.
Veneteaou wrote:EDIT: To answer your original question, yes the font says something in the games. Bungie has pointed out that they lost the alphabet at one point, so they don't know how to translate it.
PerseusSpartacus wrote:Well then, it's time to start trying the Enigma technique: keep assigning different letters to each symbol until things start making sense. Once it stops being gobbledy-gook, we'll know we've got something and we can plug it into the rest of the terminal pictures.
treellama wrote:Assuming it's just English written with different characters, it would be way more efficient to do a frequency analysis.
If it's not English written with different characters, assigning different letters to each symbol until it makes sense still won't work because it will never make sense.
An Dh FGh Kr Dn Gr -
Bn Cv - FGn Cr Fr -
Cn Bv FGh Cn Hr Er -
Dn Av Dn Dr Ah Dr -
En Hn Cr FGv Bh Cr -
Fn Cn* FGr Eh Ch Br Kn
Gn Dr Kn FGv Dv Ar* Av*
Hopper wrote:The specific image Veneteaou cited, with 7x21 characters, has very odd characteristics if it's actually a replacement cipher. Here's the image again:
ChristTrekker wrote:This one seems more like a natural language construction:
Hopper wrote:That's an interesting idea, ChristTrekker; I wouldn't have thought of making it legible. I wasn't sure about it looking at the A-Z, but on a full text block it's surprisingly good.
The kerning on "ra" and "rd" is awesome; I wish there were more opportunities for this ("ca"? "st"?). The more complex shapes, like uppercase A, F, and X, don't work as well for me -- my favorites are divided ones, like k, m, r, R, and T.
Pfhorrest wrote:You should try a Pfhorish lookalike next :-D
ChristTrekker wrote:Are there any more examples of S'pht and/or Pfhor language? Not finding much by searching, but some of you probably remember the games better than I do and could tell me "Just look on the Foo terminal of level Bar" or whatever.
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Apparently the people in charge of the Investigation Discovery channel have not shame. I don't blame the Goldman family for being incensed by this exploitation film in light of the overwhelming evidence that Simpson killed his wife and their son Ron.
By Tamara Lush
Associated Press
November 20, 2012
TAMPA, Fla. - A documentary says a Florida death row inmate might have been involved in the murder of O.J. Simpson's ex-wife and her friend, a claim being criticized by one victim's family and being looked at skeptically by a detective who has dealt with the convict.
The Investigation Discovery show, "My Brother the Serial Killer," will air Wednesday. The film is a look at Glen Rogers, a carnival worker who had lived in Van Nuys and was convicted in Florida in 1997 for killing a woman in a Tampa motel room.
Rogers, who is now 50, was also convicted of murdering Sandra Gallagher after meeting her in a Van Nuys bar. He is a suspect in homicides in Mississippi, Louisiana and Kentucky - and possibly several other states.
Most of his victims were women he had met in bars while drifting across the country. All of his victims were stabbed to death. With blazing blue eyes, a scraggly beard and long, blond hair, Rogers was arrested in November 1995, near Waco, Ky., after a nationwide manhunt for the so-called "Cross-Country Killer" and a 100 mph chase.
Rogers, who is from Hamilton, Ohio, met Nicole Brown Simpson in 1994 when he was living in Southern California, his family says in the documentary.
A criminal profiler in the film says he received paintings by Rogers with clues possibly linking him to the 1994 murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, Ronald Goldman. The profiler says that Rogers sent him a painting of the murder weapon used in the slayings.
"I believe that Glen believes he killed them," said Anthony Meoli, an Atlanta criminal profiler who has received more than 1,000 letters from Rogers and has interviewed him in prison.
Simpson was accused in those killings but the so-called "trial of the century" in Los Angeles ended with his acquittal in 1995.
Simpson never testified at the criminal trial, but memorably demonstrated in court that a glove found near the slaying scene did not fit his hand. He testified at length in a wrongful death trial that led a Los Angeles civil court jury in 1997 to find him liable for damages in the case. Simpson is serving a prison sentence in Nevada after being convicted in 2008 of leading five men, including two with guns, in a September 2007 confrontation with two sports memorabilia dealers and a middleman at a Las Vegas casino-hotel.
Los Angeles police, whose investigation of the Simpson case drew international scrutiny, did not appear to take the claims in the film seriously.
"Nothing's been reopened," Officer Norma Eisenman, an LAPD spokeswoman, said Tuesday.
She said detectives in the Robbery-Homicide Division declined to respond at all to the film.
Eisenman said she was not aware of any similar claims in the past about the Simpson-Brown slayings.
Much of the film is narrated by Rogers' brother, Clay Rogers, who used to rob homes with Glen Rogers as a teen but in 1993, called police on his brother after finding a body at the family's Kentucky cabin.
Clay Rogers said that in 1994, weeks before the infamous murders, his brother told him about meeting Nicole Simpson.
"They've got money, they're well off and I'm taking her down," Clay Rogers recalls Glen Rogers saying.
Other family members also said Glen Rogers talked about meeting Simpson's ex-wife.
In a statement, Goldman's sister criticized the documentary.
"I am appalled at the level of irresponsibility demonstrated by the network and the producers of this so-called documentary," Kim Goldman said. "This is the first time we are hearing about this story, and considering that their `main character,' Glen Rogers, confessed to stabbing my brother and Nicole to death, you would think we would be in the loop."
Meoli said Rogers told him that OJ Simpson paid him to break into Nicole Brown Simpson's house to steal a pair of $20,000 earrings. Other clues, Meoli said, were that Rogers drove a white pickup for his construction job - a white pickup was seen near the Simpson house on the day of the murders - and that a second bloody footprint at the scene was never identified.
"All those things put together a plausible alternative theory," Meoli said.
The film's director, David Monaghan, said Tuesday that he feels investigators should look into Rogers' claims of killing Simpson and Goldman - and the inmate should be held accountable for several other murders around the country as well.
Los Angeles County Assistant District Attorney Pat Dixon, who prosecuted Rogers for the 1995 murder of Sandra Gallagher, said his crimes didn't fit the Simpson-Brown killings at all.
"It seems bizarre to me and highly unlikely," Dixon said Tuesday.
He said Rogers was linked to at least five murders across the country. And in every one, he first met a woman at a bar and convinced her to come home with him.
That would begin a whirlwind romance lasting a few weeks. In some cases, the women and Rogers even lived together - until one day he'd snap and stab them to death.
In the Van Nuys case, Rogers killed Gallagher, a 33-year-old mother of three, then burned her body. He hadn't known Gallagher as long as some of the other victims, Dixon said.
Rogers killed three other women after that before being caught in Kentucky following a national manhunt.


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Mon, 07/02/2018 - 3:00pm to 5:00pm
Minecraft on the iPad will be offered for teens, ages 12-18, in the Computer Lab. The program will repeat the first Monday of each month. Teens will be given a task to complete at the beginning of each program. Once the task is complete there will be the opportunity for some free play. The Minecraft Pocket Edition for iPads will be used for this program. iPads will be available for use. The program is limited to 8 participants. Registration is needed. To register, or for more information, stop at the Reference Desk or call 330-821-2665, ext. 214.
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Will Apple launch a line of totally different Macs in 2012 in an attempt to revive the PC? One report from Japan says that someone in Apple's Chinese supply chain says the design is radically different.
The source, Macotakara, is considered a "hit-or-miss" new site, reported AppleInsider about the vague rumor. Vague is accurate -- there are no real details to the report other than someone said the design will be very different from the current Mac. That's not really going out on a limb, is it?
The truth is that Apple's iOS has been pummeling the PC, making Macs almost irrelevant -- except for us working folks who need a computer -- and it needs to do something to keep the Mac attractive. So while I don't think the report is worth much, I do believe that Apple has to be creating a new and different Mac -- if not, then Apple might as well quit manufacturing them.


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Download>> Machineers v2.0.1 [Unlocked] Apk | 127 MB | Resumable Links | Requires : Android 4.0 and up |
What's new in this version :
- Fixed in-app purchase errors.
Game Review:
Tt is your job to repair broken contraptions and build your own mechanical inventions with your toolbox full of gears, belts, cables and plenty of other parts.
Help out the townsfolk by repairing their machines: the DJ machine, a coin-operated crane, and a mechanical arcade machine, and many more. After mastering the skills of a true Machineer, get ready for your next challenge: build yourself a vehicle and drive it to River City!
- 12 beautiful, handcrafted, and challenging puzzle machines
- Puzzle sandbox mode for infinite possibilities to create vehicles
- First of five episodes plays in an amusement park with ferris wheel, miniature train set, arcade and many other fascinating machines.
- Cloud Save: Save your game state across all your devices
Machineers will be released episodically. There are five episodes, or "cities" on the way, and each city contains 12 puzzles. Every episode will let the player build a specific vehicle. Episode one is all about cars. From there, boats, hot air balloons, rocket ships, finally a teleporter.
- Install Apk
- Copy 'com.Lohika.Machineers' Folder to sdcard/Android/obb
- Launch the Game


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Cynwise taught you the basics of being a flag ninja.
On a side note… I looked at my feed reader and there are 117 posts for Cynwise. I'm hoping this is a result of blog consolidation and not my slackness… although there is no question I am way behind.
Anyway, back on topic, after he posted, we discussed on Twitter how easy it is to fall into the "grand scheme" strategy of BGs and miss the smaller tactical details.
So if he can take it down to the detail of being a Flag Ninja, I can take it down one step further (I'm a Gnome, it doesn't go down much more than that), to being a Flag Ninja: Mage Style.
This post is also for non-Mages, you need to understand your enemies intent.
Required: Mage (any spec, any size)
Toolkit: Slowfall, Invisibility, Ring of Frost, Mirror Image.
Skill Level: 0
Optional: Sacrificial Lamb
Invisibility Cap
This one is pretty simple, pop Invisibility while approaching the flag, preferably while you are shielded, either by a larger group or some other Line of Sight obstacle like a building.
If you have your optional sacrificial lamb with you can sometimes get away with being seen initially so long as your sacrificial lamb grabs their attention and they have short term memory issues.
Go up to the flag. Hump the flag. Become one with the flag.
Watch the defenders. Are their avatars looking in a different direction? (no this is no guarantee that the player is or will continue to look in the other direction, but it's the best indicator you have).
Check their graveyard to make sure respawns aren't about to run towards you (or anyone else for that matter)
Check your buff timer, you don't have to act until you become visible, so breath, be patient…
50% of the time you will cap even if you are standing on top of an enemy avatar.
No one expects the Dalaran Illusion!
Usable in: Battle for Gilneas or Arathi Basin
Battle for Gilneas
Mine: From the ship, or back path from Water Works (you can almost make it from the hill from Lighthouse)
Lighthouse: Invisibility as you approach the top of the hill on the way from Mines, or as you run through the trees from Water Works.
Water Works: Behind the buildings or from the water.
Arathi Basin
ST: come from the water, behind the ST, from Trollbane Hall… just come invisible.
LM: go invisible as you get 80% of the way up the hill, or ride around the back of the Mill as if you are chicken, pop invisibility and double back.
BS: from the water, GM, behind the BS.
Farm: from the water and behind the farm building.
GM: from within the mine (lead them in, invisibility, backtrack, cap) or the sky… which brings us to…
Slowfall Invisibility Cap
I won't explain the Invisibility part again. I can't be stuffed copy & pasting and you would just gloss over it, so onto the Slowfall bit.
Everyone knows about slowfalling from LM to BS, even from BS to mine. If you are guarding either of these nodes and not also watching the sky, well you deserve to lose the node.
I will however, forgive you if you don't see the invisible ninja floating in from above.
This works for any node you can Slowfall towards… BS, GM, ST and Farm. Once I work out how to Slowfall to LM, I will include it and let you know.
Simply get in position to not waste Slowfall time (close enough to an edge), buff up, Slowfall on, mount up, ride, jump, pop invisibility, then follow the steps above.
Sure you won't make it to ST or Farm in one jump, but you will get there on foot while your invisibility is still in effect. Start from the top of the cliff above the paths.
When you get there… well, I'm sure you will know what to do right…
You will probably overshoot the GM flag, this is good as the defenders will approach the cliff to AoE you out of stealth.
If you have a sacrificial lamb, or worst case a PuG you can chat to, set up a ninja as described by Cynwise – get them to fall wide of the flag (bloody noob – going to kill that one), or stop short of the node (on the way to ST or Farm), so guard's attention is on the visible target.
The beauty of Slowfall-Invisibility is that in stressful situations the mind plays tricks on us and we discount correct observations because they are not supported on a second look.
With the pressure of scanning every horizon, even if they do notice you launch yourself off the cliff out of the corner of their eye, when they look back, there is nothing there.
We've all heard the term Jumping at Mages right?
Remember it is human nature NOT to look up (don't ever place important signs above eye height, they are wasted) and even if a defender does, they will doubt what is quite obviously not there.
No one expects the Dalaran Illusion!
Ring of Frost Cap
The problem with the current incarnation of Ring of Frost is that it takes a few seconds to come into effect (apparently this is changing in MoP).
The good things about the current incarnation of Ring of Frost are that:
- It's instant cast (apparently this is changing in MoP), and
- it is instantly a big ring of mist, partially obscuring vision.
You can use this technique at any time, even when the heat of battle is on the flag itself. As long as there is no AoE, you are good to go. (This is a damn good reason to AoE the flag when defending).
It takes a little practice, but place your Ring of Frost so that one edge is close enough to stand in and cap. That isn't necessarily directly on the flag, just close enough to cap.
Move into the mist.
What Mage? I don't see a Mage!
Sure it isn't as good as a Rogue's smoke bomb… but we all know a rogue's smoke bomb is the precursor to a Ninja Cap & hopefully the AoE rolls in.
Not a smoke bomb you need to get into, it's a Ring of Frost, something to be avoided…
Step away from the Ring of Frost, step away… There is a Mage in Ninja mode.
Use this anywhere any time.
Use it to cover your Ninja Cap.
Use it to cover someone else's Ninja Cap.
No one expects the Dalaran Illusion!
Ring of Frost Mirror Image Cap
Sometimes the Ring of Frost just isn't enough. That damn Hunter saw you sidle up to the flag. That damn pet is all over you like it wants a new owner.
Sometimes people see through the mists and in those times you need to up the illusion ante.
Drop your Ring of Frost as described above, then pop your little boys… Ohh that's what I call them, you pop your mirror images.
As soon as you do that, all your opponents lose you as a target including as a focus target. At that point the Mirror Images assume your threat against NPCs… pets and minions anyone?
Now there are 4 of you, obscured in the mists and 3 of you are casting.
Which ones do you thing the average player is going to attack? I mean you are obviously blowing cooldowns going for the kill, so kill the ones that shooting FFS!
Except… the real danger is the obscured Mage doing not very much… except stealing the flag.
I will give credit to my Guildy Tickk for teaching me this one. God help your enemy that don't remember the first rule of flag guarding… AoE, AoE, AoE when you have 2 Mages in that ring of frost, . They are so spoiled for choice of targets that they won't even know the flag has been capped until they Rez at a different node.
Slowfall Invisibility Ring of Frost Mirror Image Cap
I never played consoles much, but I hear combos are deadly.
This is the Ninja Mage's killer flag capping combo (NMKFCC… nah that wont catch on).
Surprise and Obscurity
Surprise, Obscurity and Illusion.
No one expects the Dalaran Illusion!
The beauty of it is, you just add the steps a required.
- Sprung capping? Ring of Frost
- Focused in your Ring of Frost? Mirror Image.
- Targeted in you Ninja Capping, Ring of Frost and your Mirror Images are ignored? Kill the fuckers… Your Mirror Images are already out and that's why your rolled a Mage right?
When you aren't the only Ninja in a Node.
You've blown your Invisibility cooldown, your approaching the flag and then you notice the little orange or yellow dot on your mini map.
What do you do?
You use your invisibility to convince the enemy you are a failed Ninja.
Whisper the stealthy to cap when you become visible.
Stay away from the flag, and just as your invisibility is about to expire, start moving in.
Make sure you get their attention.
Act surprised and disappointed that you are a failed Ninja, you are now the bait – get and keep their attention.
They will be so proud that they uncovered the Ninja they won't notice the real Ninja Capper.
Ohh and spare an Ice Lance for that Shaman's Magma Totem!
Always spare a love tap, no matter what class you are, for the Shaman's Magma Totem – it's free flag AoE.. bad enough that the Shaman is probably healing, but AoE'ing the flag without thought…
1 totem love tap – free to Ninja Cap!
Defense Against the Magely Arts
As Cynwise mentioned in his post, even the most experienced flag guardian will take their eyes off the sky, be taunted by easy targets. Some will even get taunted by meaningless emotes.
What you need to remember when guarding a node is to trust your instincts, trust that brief glimpse of a floating Mage, trust that the Ring of Frost isn't empty, understand you are targeting the wrong Mage, and…
AoE the fucking flag!
Coming Back from a Loss!
At the end of a win last night, a clever PuG complimented us on coming back from a loss.
You don't come back from a loss.
A loss is a loss is a loss.
Don't lose… come back from behind!
Gnomer and Out!
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Monday, June 16, 2008
To Sleep, Perchance...
Last night, as is occasionally the case, I watched "60 Minutes." (I love PIP. In my form of ADHD [figuratively] I rarely watch one thing at a time. I was watching the NBA finals, too.) Most of the show was devoted to sleep, and the lack thereof. It raised issues about which I've thought often over the years.
To anyone more than an occasional reader of this blog, it's well-known that I learned surgery in those bad old days before work-hour restrictions. Spending a couple of weeks straight (and in some cases a couple of months) in the hospital was the norm. Working through many nights, catching a couple hours' sleep here and there was how it was. And although I was frequently exhausted, and despite the fact that on my rare nights off I routinely fell asleep whenever I went to a friend's house, I would say then and I would now still insist that I never made a poor decision or improperly carried out an operation because of sleep deprivation. And I recognize that insisting such a thing does not make it so.
Youth has certain advantages. Back then, when I had a moment to sleep I made full use of it. Within moments of resting my head on pillow, I was out. If the phone rang, I was fully awake and firing on all cylinders instantly; heart pounding, brain sizzling. Whether I could handle the issue from the call room or whether I got up and did something somewhere, if and when I made it back to bed I was asleep again approximately immediately. Like the last canteen in the desert, I husbanded those moments of slumber with perfect efficiency. I'm pretty sure.
Past the middle of my career it was decidedly less so. A call at three a.m. (where have I heard that before?) often found me disoriented on waking. Whom are they talking about? Do I know this person? For that matter, who am I? After unscrambling my thoughts and pulling coherence together in a tug-of-war with my own brain, I'd produce some instructions and, after hanging up, lie there unable to regain unconsciousness. Unrarely, I'd think of something I should have asked, or said, and call back. Most often, sleep, like vapor, eluded me for the rest of the night.
And yet when it came to operating, no matter the time in the course of my career nor the amount of sleep or lack thereof, I say with the certainty which comes from knowing there's no way to prove it, that I always rose to the occasion in the operating room. The adrenaline, the focus, the intensity of the task at hand always cleared the mind and provided the needed clarity. Sometimes when it was over I'd feel entirely emptied of energy, trembling, nearly unable to write the orders, dictate the op note. But never, so I believe, in the act of operating.
Oh, there were times that I flagged during surgery, but it was never, I think, about sleep deprivation. When it happened (maybe twice, I'd guess) it was because the operation was so long, so difficult, so stressful that it took out of me nearly everything I had. I'd ask the circulating nurse to get me some orange juice and poke it behind my mask with a straw, a hard candy to suck on. I've considered taking a fifteen-minute break; I've wondered if I'd get to the point of asking for a replacement, but never did.
I don't doubt that sleep is an issue, even in youth, for physicians and most especially for surgeons. The medical staffs of which I've been a part allow doctors of a certain age to opt out of taking call; it makes sense, despite the resentments it sometimes engenders in the younger ones. Unlike those early days, as I aged I found that working all night made a wreck out of me the next day. Back then an hour or two seemed fully to recharge me for another eight or more. It didn't remain so for my all my active life. Still, I have a feeling -- unproven, unproveable -- that the sleep deprivation thing, especially during training, has been over dramatized. Between youth and necessity, one can rise to the occasion. So I think. In my case, anyway. So I think.
The case that led to the eighty-hour work week restrictions, so I'm told by reliable sources, was less about sleep deprivation than is generally believed. As is often the case when errors occur in training, it was (so I've heard, and can't confirm) actually about improper supervision. In no way am I disputing that sleep is an issue for physicians, in training or otherwise. Nearly all of us must work extended hours, through the night, into the next day; some more often and more routinely than others. I'm just saying that in my case I say with as much certainty as I can muster that I know of no case in which I identify lack of sleep as an issue in my operative conduct or critical thinking.
In the time leading up to my eventual retirement (if that's what it was), there was a related issue which may or may not be wrapped up in sleep as a factor. Finding myself working harder and harder, burning enthusiasm like the last briquettes in the bin, I began to worry if I'd try -- in the name of staying in bed one night, or of avoiding a difficult or depressing case -- to rationalize my way out of a situation improperly. I sensed the possibility. I had, figuratively, to slap myself in the face once in a while. And it concerned me. Was I on the edge of letting self-preservation override judgment? It figured in my decision to sheath my scalpel. Sleep, possibly, was a part of it. But it's more complicated than that.
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- Silverstar said...
In my time, I have delivered papers in the middle of the night, worked as a nurse, often having to stay another shift, and worked as a police dispatcher in a small town where the phone was in my home. I am here to tell you that sleep deprivation did affect me, badly, and especially after I started to have obstructive sleep apnea. Part of my disability at this time is not being able to sleep, or getting my second wind, drowsing, and then waking entirely, not able to go back to sleep.
- Devorrah said...
Being an MD seems akin to parenting a newborn, except the baby never grows up...
- mark's tails said...
Nice post Sid and I whole heartedly agree. I'm wondering though if the link you have for the "case that led to the 80 hour.." is correct. Wasn't that the Libby Zion case?
Right now that is linking to here
Did you get enough sleep last night?
I believe that sleep deprivation didn't affect you much. But the 'no-sleep' during training is the main reason I stopped considering a medical career in High School. If I loose too much sleep I get migraines. Will the medical profession always be able to afford driving away potential doctors?
- Sid Schwab said...
mark's: oops. I guess I didn't properly copy the link after using that other one elsewhere. Thanks. Fixed.
- The Caffeine Lady said...
It all depends on the individual. Melatonin production, biological and circadian rhythms vary across the board. Personally, I can go for about three days with occasional power naps whilst others I know become light headed without their six to eight hours each night.
Sleep is for the weak!
- Midwife with a Knife said...
I don't know how big a role sleep deprivation plays when I'm taking care of patients. I will say, though that I rarely feel sleepy while operating, but when I was a resident and writing orders for a patient or dictating after having been up for 24 hours, I think that may have been a fertile ground for mistakes.
When I work long past 24 hours in a row (28-36), I have near-miss car accidents not uncommonly. I do feel that there is a good justification in limiting trainees hours because working more than (a certain number of hours yet to be determined) poses a real threat to the physician's health, and I wonder why that's so seldom emphasized in talks of work-hours restrictions
- Justine Johnston Hemmestad said...
Dr. Schwab,
Sleep deprivation must be something that surgeons and mothers have in common!:)
- Christian Sinclair said...
I saw that 60 minutes episode as well, and thought about how much I would love to study the sleep of my hospitalized patients, ICU patients and hospice patients. If I had the time.....
In finishing a recent important paper, I pulled an all nighter. My wife asked me if I was in residency again.
Thanks for the good read.
- Unknown said...
I am currently in medical school and I am leaving after this semester is over. Part of the reason is that I have realized that I function very poorly when deprived of sleep and so the prospect of crazy work hours (I live in Denmark, so it is probably not bad by American standards). I used to work as a programmer before entering medical school, and I have found that it is really true when programmers say that anything written after 12 pm is most certainly crap. I am sure it is different for different individuals, but as another commenter wrote, can the medical profession afford losing potential doctors because of such a thing ?
I have to say that sleep deprivation took it's toll on me during residency. I know that I made mistakes because I was tired. My chairman always said that we would do fine in the OR tired, and I think I did. However, I missed some of the little things because frankly, I just couldn't keep my eyes open and focussed long enough. Some of those little things became big things.
I now do in-house trauma call and while the sleep deprivation is somewhat better, I still wonder about the health effects it may have on me. I find myself struggling to lose weight and in general, my mood is worse than when I had slept better. I can't imagine it's healthy to not sleep as much as your body would like to on a regular basis.
- SeaSpray said...
I really don't know how you did it. It must be the adrenaline in the OR.
But do you like the idea of 80 hour weeks and reduced training. Who is right?
I made it through the pre-hour restriction era of residency too, but it took a toll on me. I sometimes gave nurses orders that I had no recollection of the next day (luckily, they were the right orders!) Sometimes after 36+ hours, I was so tired even my teeth hurt. I don't recall being sleepy in the OR but I sure was tired when the surgery was done! I am too old for that stuff any more, I try to make sure I get enough sleep. Sleep deprivation can't be good for anyone.
- Sid Schwab said...
When I was chief resident one of my attendings was famously hard to wake up, and often gave meaningless instructions on the phone. One morning when he arrived I said to him, "I did what you said, Art, but I'm still not sure the leg needed removing."
He blanched considerably before he realized I was jerking his chain.
(That story and many more are in my book.)
There seems to be a lot of discussion amongst the RRC and ACGME to propose an even shorter work week, somewhere around 56 hrs. While I'm sure that will do plenty in terms of residents getting sleep, I'm a bit more dubious of what will happen to their education. I presume surgical residency will have to be longer.


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