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---v Tin: 'ont Leader 1I-In This Issue . . . . . 3 . . . ^ ^ FRSErOllT «£l!DniAL lIBnAR^ FREEPORT BALDWIN ROOSEVELT MERRICK THE LEABEB FREEPORT'S OFFItinL NEWSPAPER 44th YEAR. No, 3 FREEPORT, NEW YORK. MAY 17.1979 PRICE 20* PER COPY ^udgetVuferWediiies PEP Test Show School Tax Increase 96'; A MILLION DOLLAR AGREEMENT REACHED THE SIGNING STAGE RECENTLY AS VILLAGE Mayor William H. Whits (sealed, c.) met with representatives ot Two Guys. Signing with htm are Vomado president Bernard Kossar ^ated.J.) and-Hertiert Rosenblutb {r.). Also present when the contract for the sale of'IS + acres of urban renewal land was sold to the developer of Two Guys, a discount depari- • ment store was Voroado vice-president Robert Orant^ar^ Jim Dunne; ' the'viffa'ge's Director.of Community Development. Depending upon the supply of steel, the 110,000 sq. ft: Two Guys will t>e completed on the site by this December or early spring 1980. A 35,000 sq. ft. supermarket, according to the tenns of the contract signed, wilt tfien t>e constructed. The village received more than $100,000 at contract signing time, partiof the total purchase price of $1,038,000. All monies realized ffom the sale of this property will go toward the village's Community Development acthrities. Public Hearinfl On Cab Fare j Increases To Be June 11 FREEPORT - The Village Board has voted to hold a public hearing Monday night, June 11, on a pttiposed local law that would amend the schedule of taxicab rates in Freeport. The meeting, will begin 8 pm, in VillageHall. ' ^ . The increase in fares was originally requested by Bernard Levy, representing Cannon Taxi, the largest of the Cab :corapanies within the village. His proposal was modified somewhat after "study by Trustee Al Sirlin. The . increase, as indicated at the May 14 legislative session of the Board, would bring cab fare to SI .50 for the Central Zone and vZme 2t SI .75 for Zones 1 and 3; by the village, the Board voted imaniraously to remove the specified street section from the 1979 program.' The village Highway Commission. however, was directed to canvas property owners on the street with a view toward obtaining waivers of consequential damages. so^ that Improvement FREEPORT • Student achieve ment in Mathematics and Read' ing continues to show improvement in the Frecpon schools, surpassing overall . achievement levels for all school districts in Nassau County and New York State. The figures were results from the 1978 State Pupil Evaluation Program (PEP) Tests. The continuing advancements in these essential skill areas since 1969. can bie traced said Doris Selub, Asslstantjo_the_Superin-_ tendcnt for Elementary Education, to a "concerted effort to improve our clementaty instructional program through intensive teacher in-service training, carefully Implemented'dassroora in- . stnictiony.attentlaa. fpJndlyiiiMt student'skillneeds. selection of educationally sound instructional materials, and our innovative Computer-Assisted Instruction (CAI) Program which reinforces classroom instruction at each chUd's level." Scores show that the number of third grade students in Freeport, reading in the Above Average range, increased from 28% in "T9/V to 4i% m iy;8. IhUcortP-pares to Statewide statistics which show an increase from 26% to only 27% and an unchanging Nassau County level of 38%. In third grade mathematics in the Above Average category, while the State overall remained suble at 25% and the County moved from 39% to 40%, Free-port jumped from 40% to 43%. In the Below Average category in third grade reading. Free-port dropped to its fowest level, 7%, compared to 36% a decade age. The sute's average is 17%; Ubrary Hike Would Be 7' - FREEPORT_-_School_di$trict taxpams wU have only one opportunity to approve a school budget this ycarwhcnthcy'go (o the polls Wednesday, May 23. Because each budget revotc costs nearly $4.(XX). the Freeport Board of Education voted earlier to submit its proposed budget to the voter only one time. ^i-j $2- for^;^Zoge,4;-a^nd^:$2.2S-fbfr-the area mi^t-be ctysidered tor the County's .also _7%.-Jn_ihinl _^ tf*^ roaifirthe^BeW--Average 7>^^2Er^"^^"*"M*»^<h»~*^-lmpim groop-remains as_6%^-wliOe^it "Sn rate for'tbc first adult, phis $1 Street Improvement Program. , ~ wts29% u 1968^. ITie ttate'f be-fbr eadt additiohal passenger. '" * '" except one or two diilven, under The $22,352,108 budget carries a school tax of S18.85 per SlOO assessed valuation or 96* per $100 more than the present tax. The library budget for the 1979- 1980year, lobe voted upon at the same time, is for S775.Z45, a tax _r»tcjncreasejjf_apprqxjmatcly^<_ per $1(X) assessed valuation.' The third item to voted upon is the ruling of a school board scat currently held by John.ReUly, who> earlier this year announced .he would not run for re-election ..'at the close of Jiis first term on the. tx)ard. Ellen - Kelly of Lena Avenue is running unopposed for the seat. The budget increases >w are primarily in the lines of instructional staff and instructional support staff (the district will be in tne third year of a three year contract r-with—its—employees: utilities: operations and maintenance; administrational and -supervision; athletics and co-curriculum; and mandated services for special education). Although the district's pre- Kindergarten program loses some of its funding this year, budget increases are not due directly to the district's picking up an increased "tab" for the program. The money from ESAA and Title I funding the district anticipates for the'coming school year will be cut the equjvalent of two positions. At the same time, four teachers in the districts K-6 program were to be excesscd at the end of this school year. These four would be "redqploycdlliP According to Superintendent of Schools Don Coitlow, if the budget is defeated and the district goes on an "austerity" budget, transportation guidelines are changed from those presently used. Youngsters in grades K-8~ would receive.transportation only "iTtheylivc in exctsss'onw<i~mll«— instead of the present Vt mile or one mile for Atkinson's students. In grades 9-12. the limit would be extended to three miles, causing almost all high school student — except, those in Ihe very, (MT reaches of the district — to walk to school. The district's attorney researched the question of transportation guidelines on an austerity budget, although Freeport would continue to rctam its present school breakdown set-up. __.. -Austerity^ Costlow. said would also mean that athletics would-be cut unless parents raised the funds privately and that there would be no new library books, - and little instructional or other equipment bought. Under austerity, the tax increase would be z0.3« per $100 assessed valuation, but signifl-canlly higher increases would be projected for 1980-81. Costlow suggested due to possible losses of state aid in such areas as library books and transportation, and because costs yrould be higher for necessary replaccrtent of or repair^ equipment and the_ ' buildings. is being 10 years of age. would ride free wben accompanied by a parent. -' Package and loggage rates would vary from no oEarge for the .first two groceix.'p«toges and : 2S< each ibr aill addhiooal vpadEages. to 254 for a valise and .'50441 for a trunk. Senior Citizens ibofafing seidcr citizen cards 'issoed bif the taxi cotniiany woold .'be entitled to a 2S4 discouat oo '"Satarday .and^Sonday, and.;on jsreekdayi'IO'aaPSpflr. ^.irndnight..-. • ^. '^ i "- -:-~ CtyHacePiHppwiL IHLJ Fr—1979Pi»yam . ^Walter Fope of Baldwin & Cbrndins. the village en^neers. •indicated to the trustees that Cary Tlaccwest of West End ATenoe, '-bad been included in the 1979 Street Improvement Program for fiill depth paving witboot^^pro-^ jvWstmeucekntsJmitfeoflr aubiy^me ^ie nonggprd ea( ndonaefod~ ttelehe defvo, e rsti istrtr $abeuteeasltbto.n lwigTs ithtiheadet Tank Shuts Down; So Residents Asked To Consenre Water FREEPORT • Residents of the viOage are being asked to cp- 'opente in oooserraiioD of mter. ._yieorge'Ansdn. Freeport Super* -visar of Wata-Jtnd Sewer Semoes'; points out that, daring last week's ' .warn weather, some 'cnstonets -BBticgd luity water and-fc>«-of- -pressmc^ Ims.be explains, was ;:eaosed.:_b|jr-hwtrjrjjj«Eer .usage. with one oif tlic""Vinige>:twb ' water storage tanks shot down fcr lepairsofit u the end of Jane. . Freeport residents of odd-" . number houses _zie urged to water their lawns cat/ oa odd- •rmmhi-r rfay< anA r^it^^t* ot even-numbered bouses on even- ' numbered days. doNneo ewxacteeprti nbge towf elaewn nths es hhoouulrds boef low Average remains at 15%, wbOe it was 25 % ten yeaiii ago. County figures went from 8% in 1968 to 7% in 1977, to 5% in 1978. -••.•.,..•-.,- . . At the sbcth ^rade level, 28% of the District's sixth graders scored • \ (cont. on Page 16) ' ••- y On The Air I: ^ -- FREEPOBT--. Mjfftia JOberg; the viDage't new. (Brector - « bosiness development, win be the The budget vote , ,___^^__Mnducted from MO pm in each the prc-K~pfcgT;n;i, .^IkminsUtlllorTlhgr^^rdistrict's elementarv—:-- notonly to continue and to be schd^t^and^uahcJ5^c•K Center. Tgstfuctuf^^aek to a flverday- - • - program for ainUff-disttitJls youngster's who apply. boundaries, icboot district ion—ort=—spedftc-rcad this week's legal. < ^ ""SracWngT Special . From Fn^ort" show Sonday, May 20; llpm. ~rr c": ••-r5 Silberg'will dtscoss his effbcti to aid : businesses wishing.; to' expand their pfresent 'quartets ia' the villain as wdl as his aim to, attract new users to the Freeport: Mall and to the North Main Street area. Also featured on the show will be more intervievrs of tome of the outstanding graduates of Free- ^even and'rune in the evening—_:—porliligliSchQclj £lAiiojr79,__ FOR-AIX OF MER CHILDREN. Executive Diraetor of> FrMport's N Hl-Hello Child Day Cv Center^Vicfcy Mannis (c4,-hasf49t to smila .at>out as she acpepts-a $1,000 check from Citibank's'Long tslaf>d Region, Making the presentation to Mannis and one-and-a-hall-year-old Andrea vyhfte are Dan Gerristr. market place maruger for C^tit»n)c. and Rct>erta'Grower assistant manager of Citibank. The money wl!' go to/tards the purchase of a bus to provide trips lor ttte Center's childf COL
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Date | 1979 |
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Language | English |
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BLACKBURN Rovers have completed the signing of Fulham midfielder Dickson Etuhu.
The 30-year-old Nigerian international, who started his career at Manchester City, has signed a four-year deal with Rovers.
As exclusively revealed by the Lancashire Telegraph yesterday, Etuhu follows Danny Murphy from Fulham to Ewood Park and is set to fly out to the Netherlands to join Rovers on their pre-season tour.
Rovers boss Steve Kean said: "Dickson is a player I have admired for a long time and he will be a fantastic addition to the squad.
"He is a powerhouse in midfield, who has played at the highest level with Fulham and we feel confident he will complement our other midfield options."

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I want to quit Facebook permanently but I have not made up my mind. Ryan Block makes some good points about doing so too.
We'd all be much better off simplifying our technological footprints and consolidating our trust in the few services that provide us the greatest value with the fewest unintended side effects. In the end, I'm not afraid to admit it. I'm a quitter.
And you should be, too. People wondering what there is to gain by thinning their online accounts sometimes ask: "Why quit?" Instead, I think every once in a while we should all ask ourselves: "Why stay?"
I want to be a quitter. I'd rather reduce everything down to this blog, godavidstrong.com and iamdavidmoore.com and call it a day. The only thing holding me back is the convenience of it, and yet that is also what keeps me logging onto it. And so this is why I want to quit. Additionally, I find that it can inexplicably gobble up a lot of my time, stifles my creativity and pulls me away from devotion to reading books (digital or otherwise). I want to quit!
Like a smoker who says that he'll quit soon, I never stop getting enough. And so I recognize a problem. It is time to put it away. Therefore the plan is to deactivate my account on February 1, 2013. I will give a notice to all of my dearest friends and then gone. While I am still deployed I will keep it active, but it must go.


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In November, hundreds of acres burned on Pilot Mountain after a prescribed burn started by the North Carolina Department of Parks and Recreation went out of control.
While that blaze was eventually extinguished, anger over the incident was still smoldering during Monday night's Surry County Board of Commissioners meeting.
Board members roundly criticized the department and its officials on all fronts — for its lack of public alert that a controlled burn would be undertaken, for the decision to start the burn on a relatively windy and dry day, and for not acting more quickly to call in firefighters once it appeared the blaze might be getting out of control.
During the meeting, officials with the North Carolina Forestry Service were on hand to explain their role in fighting the fire, the decision not to include local firefighters despite their willingness to join the efforts, and to heap their own criticism onto the Department of Parks and Recreation.
Some of the frustration expressed during the meeting revolved around the fact that no one from the department bothered to show up for Monday's meeting.
Turns out there was an understandable reason for that — no one from the county informed them there would be a meeting, nor did they let department officials know the November fire would be a topic of discussion.
The next day, department spokesman Charlie Peek confirmed that no one from Surry County gave his department any clue the fire would be on the board's agenda.
"We were not invited to this meeting, or told it would be on the agenda," he said. "We certainly welcome the opportunity to speak with the board and address this issue … We'd absolutely be there if invited. Any time we can explain this, or any other, issue with the state parks we'll be glad to talk."
He also said that while his department made the much-criticized decision to hold the burn that day, it did so with the full knowledge and blessing of the forestry service, and strongly implied the burn most likely would never have taken place without such approval.
So here we are, two months after the fact, with everyone still pointing fingers at everyone else.
What happened was terrible, and we hope an ongoing investigation by the forestry service does, finally, come to some conclusion as to how this happened while outlining concrete steps both agencies can take to ensure this sort of thing does not happen again.
In the meantime, we express the hope that bickering and finger-pointing would stop and all parties would look forward as to how to make the best of a bad situation.
Specifically, we would hope any action taken would hold these steps as top priorities:
* Efforts to rehabilitate the public lands and park facilities that were damaged continue, in full force;
* Any damage to private property which may have occurred be restored fully and quickly, if this hasn't already taken place;
* Work a little smarter to inform the public prior to the burn. In addition to utilizing media, work with local governments. Many have autodial programs in which they can call local residents with automated emergency messages — perhaps the department could ask localities to use this service.
* And get everyone on the same page. If the board wants to have a productive, informative discussion on the fire, ensure all the principles are informed of the meeting. Maybe let local fire departments know of a prescribed burn and have some units on standby to quickly respond if the fire appears to be getting out of control.


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He has been into photography for more than 5 years, but became serious with the hobby for more than 3 years.
Aside from Politics and Photography, he is interested with the art of dancing, typography, and writing, and is an aspiring journalist.


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New turn is up.
New turn is up.
Thanks for those, Jarvis. Much appreciated. See you in a couple of turns.
Apologies for the delay; I was away for a conference and I thought I'd have easier access to wifi and the memory to turn to demonic matters. It is up now.
I knew that zapping was coming...
No worries, dmbelenk, good to have you back.
A new turn is up, and some fool with delusions of grandeur HAS DARED MAKE A DEMAND OF THE THONG. I foresee another legion having an unfortunate meteorological accident in the very near future.
I have a big umbrella.
Just cough up the tribute like a good little demon and I promise not to systematically disembowel your meagre empire.
Sorry for the latest delay - was away visiting the in-laws (oh yay). Back now, and turn submitted.
A new turn is up.
Longface, you can have your worthless trinkets. I strongly suggest you choke on them - it would be infinitely amusing and is vastly preferable to the fate that awaits you once I am seated on the throne that is rightfully mine.
New turn is up.
New turn's up, apologies for the delay. Mr HughTower, I'd like those tribute cards back, if you don't mind.
New turn's up.
Game's going at a pretty quick pace - awesome!
New turn's up.
New turn's up, and I am delighted to report that Longface's legion escaped zapping for this turn. For a minute I feared this would be boring.
Shrubbing legions with Wrath rituals should never get boring.
It was a close duel, 1hp left at the end.
New turn's up.
New turn's up.
Welp, that loss right there shows me that I have no understanding of the maths involved in this game. Hooray for failure!


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Is routine histological examination of mastectomy scars justified? An analysis of 619 scars.
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The increasing incidence of breast cancer is paralleled by an increasing demand for post-mastectomy breast reconstruction. At the time of breast reconstruction routine submission of mastectomy scars has been considered appropriate clinical practice to ensure that no residual cancer exists. However, this practice has been challenged by some and has become the topic of controversy. In a retrospective analysis we wished to assess whether routine submission of mastectomy scars altered treatment.


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Forums >Look What I Can Do!>Low HR Training for an Inexperienced Runner -- Lets see what happens!
Grand Poobah
This will be the beginning of a log I update once a week or less frequently. I am 39 years old and have run infrequently for the last few years. My longest run previous to a few weeks ago was 5 miles back in 2008. Recently, I started and completed the Hal Higdon 10k program, focused on maintaining an average heart rate below 155.
I improved dramatically (in my view) during the program, where near the end I could run 3 miles in an under 10 minute pace while maintaining the 155 heart rate.
I am pursuing a low-carb diet (which i've been doing for a year now), I have transitioned over to the Hal Higdon half marathon training program, and I am following the MAF low HR approach to training. Because i had already completed the 10k training, ive started the half marathon training at week 5.
Anyway, the common wisdom on MAf training is that its only useful for longer distance runners. Well, we shall see. I have already started and am completing all my runs at a HR of 141 or below. It is torturous, but I am committed and it should be interesting to see how this approach to training works for an inexperienced runner.
I immediately dropped from 10 minute or so miles to 13 minute or so miles, so it has been no fun. But i'm only a week in and we shall see what transpires over the next two months.
More updates to come and my log is public.
I'm interested in how this pans out for you. I tried the HR training a while back and abandoned it as to keep my HR where it needed to be was, as you said, torture.
I'm now monitoring and watching my HR again, trying to find my zone...and trying to learn to pace myself. Happy running!!!
"Do not reward yourself with food, you're not a dog"
There is a "low HR training" group here already. Plenty of MAFers you can join!
Fell off the wagon for a week during the holidays...combination of going skiing and family stuff. Anyway, back on track again today with a start of Week 5 on this program: http://www.halhigdon.com/training/51131/Half-Marathon-Novice-1-Training-Program
According to conventional wisdom, my runs are currently too short to really benefit from MAF training, but by week 7 I will be doing 20 miles per week and by the end will be around 25MPW and 10 mile long runs. Therefore, I figure by then i should be seeing some results, and its only a few weeks away.
Having done this for two weeks now I didn't see any change or improvement in my long run pace times, but I'm not that surprised.
I will probably post back in either a month or if I start to see any meaningful deviation.
Bacon Party!
Good luck to you, HB. I'm a low-carber (keto) and Maffetone runner ... has been working very well for me in terms of injury (lack thereof) and training/racing recovery. I'm happily racing distances from 13.1 to 100+ miles on this plan and am looking forward to going both faster and farther this year.
MTA - LHR training can work ... A year ago, when I started LHR, my MAF pace was 11:00 / mi or so. It came down to about 8:35 by the time I started racing in May. This fall I had a 21-min PR in the marathon - 3:14. [And two PRs at 13.1]
pace sera, sera
Buzzie -- that is inspiring!
When you say your MAF pace was 11/min or so, would that have been your pace at mile 7ish?
I start out OK at about 11 or 12 minutes but by mile 6 I am at 13-14 minutes.
If it weren't as cold as it is right now, i don't think i could even do it. Luckily I am planning to run outside all winter, so hopefully by the time it heats up I'll have brought my times down to a bearable pace at MAF HR.
My stated paces are averages. I typically see the most variance in the first 3 miles then settle in at a consistent pace or even end up a bit faster after 8-9 miles. On long training runs up to 50 miles I do see some degradation, but often have 2nd, 3rd, 4th winds and find myself picking up the pace in later miles. [I don't know what happens when I go longer as I don't wear HRM during ultras.]
Keep the faith and give it some time. You'll likely be amazed by the end of the month. My improvement was not linear - started off slow, then shot up, then leveled off, then bumped up again, etc.
Perfect, thanks...i guess my near term goal is to get my MAF times to where you were when you started
The good news is I'm a relatively new runner and it has seemed thus far that performance improvements come pretty quickly and steadily....at least for now.
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Awesome! I will be setting my sights a bit lower haha. If I could one day eventually complete a marathon under 4 hours that would be cool with me.
This week completed week 6 of the program -- no improvement in performance (as expected):
Going forward will be increasing distances significantly and would expect some performance improvements over the next few weeks.
Completed week 8 of the program this week. New PR for total weekly mileage (19 miles) and for longest individual run (8 miles). My mileage is increasing by about 20% per month and should increase by 30% in February.
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Just as gaming in general, what do you guys think are the best ways to regenerate HP in any game, or just smart ideas/creative concepts. This is what I've gathered, some of the ways I love: -Medkit (Left4Dead) -Ability to Heal (Priest from any MMO) -Medi-ray (Starcraft 2 & Team fortress 2) -Sandvich (Team Fortress 2) -Bed (Elder scrolls) anything else? |
regen(GOW) potions (nearly all MMOs) lifesteal (LoL) Spellvamp (LoL) replenishing hunger (Minecraft) thats all i got |
life steal and spell vamp yea :D |
You can heal by giving each other hugs in the new Kirby! That's pretty cool. I also will always love the way the fairy heals you in the original legend of zelda for NES. Any fairy healing is cool though throughout the Zelda series. But while we are on the subject I need to add that basic healing in Final Fantasy XI is the bane of my life. You literally take a knee and stair at the ground for minutes at a times waiting for your bar to regain... stupid tebow-ing. |
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I haven't really seen any creative way to heal. Most are basic. Zombie games use bandages / medkits, fantasy games generally use potions or orbs, etc etc. Some are more dependent on the healing classes to heal. Some you use a bed. The best way to heal, really depends on the game your playing. |
If you've played Realm of the Mad God, you heal by teleporting back to your 'base' and standing in some magic water pool, and that shit heals you up almost instantly. Similar to how it's done in SMITE and Dota and most MOBA games, and i'm sure quite a few other games, those are just the ones on the top of my head. Pros, it's quick Cons, you have to run or teleport back to your spot. |
Wrench and lifesteal ability from bioshock are the best.It's fun, powerful and useful. |
Eating trees. |
Engineer's Healing Bot from Torchlight II. The enemies don't target the bot and it will last as long as you don't load a new map. It heals periodically and doesn't take any further resources other than the initial burst of mana. It also heals teammates that are out of your bot's sights; so you could be out of its circle and still heal. Really helps when you're in a cluster **** of a boss where there are a **** ton of enemies on your screen. What you're really trying to do is spam your skills and run away from enemy attacks. The healing bot keeps you alive and you don't even need a finger on your health button. |
I just remembered a good one. SimAnt for the SNES. lol You even say thank you in a dinky high pitched voice. |
Oh also there are league champs like nunu that consume other things to eat and the mouth in guildwars2 campaign that eats magical items! |
Ever try a Super Potion? It's super effective. |
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I remember that in FFXI, I will never ever forget it, it was horrendous, but I still loved the game as a whole! Shields and Lifesteal. HoT(Heal over Time) based healing is one my absolute favorite ways to heal up. Healing Orbs are always nice or player interaction healing. |
Team Fortress 2 healer is pretty fun to play. Interesting take on healing as well. |
how about Chansey soft-boiled in pokemon gamez? why else go thru all the torment of the safari zone? |
Dota trees for healing are the best. Yes, kirk mentioned it doesn't make sense, but it's a game!!!! |
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I can't believe such an obscure topic like this has so many responses while all the MMO ones are dying from inactivity... lol |
He probably post that picture at the end of every post.I have seen that pic before on other mmo forums. |
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on Jul 3, 2009, 10:45am
I will soon have to make up my mind whether to have one tooth implanted or a complicated bridge. It would be complicated because the bridge would have to span two teeth (one one side) leaving it unattached on the other side.
This situation came about because I broke a top incisor tooth a couple of years ago. It's a long story but my dentist attempted a root filling and by mistake drilled through into the facial maxilla which left the area infected for nearly a year, the dentist denying anything was wrong until during a visit to his hygienist the tooth fell out and nearly went down my throat. He then sent me to speciliast dentists to try and put right the damage he caused. This entailed an expensive crown but it hasn't worked. I have found a new dentist who advises an implant or bridge...costing about £1,100. or more. I am about to sue the first dentist in the hope he'll foot the bill. The work has to be done since the bad tooth has rotted the bone around it and until it's extracted I'll have big problems.
So, implant or bridge?
More than anything I fear having the tooth extracted since its roots above the gum are negligable and difficult to get hold of, I'm sure.
Posted by
on Jul 3, 2009, 10:52am
I think an implant is always better -- it's usually just a matter of whether one can afford it or not. Your dentist definitely should pay for it -- after all, he has insurance for such things, no?
Posted by
on Jul 3, 2009, 1:49pm
Implant. The ceramic of the implant base allows new bone to grow. (<--- unscientific, possibly inaccurate explanation)
I truly believe that crowns and bridges cause their own sets of problems eventually.
Also -- and call me a sue-happy American if you wish -- but that bastard had better pay for a lot more than simply putting in the prosthetic.
Posted by
on Jul 3, 2009, 1:52pm
You sue-happy American!
Posted by
on Jul 3, 2009, 1:55pm
"Froggy went to court, he did ride, um-humm.........."
Posted by
on Jul 3, 2009, 2:29pm
Thanks for your advice.
I'm seeing my solicitor friend tomorrow and he'll draft a letter for me to the dentist concerned. I'll have to threaten him with reporting him to the General Dental Council. I'm ready for that.
Yes, he would be insured.
Regarding an implant: I'm not sure there is sufficient bone left on one side of the maltreated tooth....I know it'll regenerate but it's not there at the moment!
Posted by
on Jul 9, 2009, 12:03pm
Speaking as a former dental technician I would go for the implant too. Far more stable and lasts longer but yeah more expensive.
Posted by
on Jul 9, 2009, 12:23pm
Just tell me - is the drilling into the jaw really awful to endure?
Posted by
on Jul 9, 2009, 12:27pm
That I don't know. I made the fake teeth, never worked with the patient acutally. But I would expect that you get some wonderful local anesthetic and won't feel more than discomfort and a bit of pressure probably.
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Awww sorry
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on Nov 14, 2009, 10:42am
So the weeks roll by but the toothache stays with me.
I have asked my former dentist (who perforated the tooth in May 07) to kindly send me a cheque for £2,000 to cover the cost of the implant. He has neglected to do so. Having a strong case against him I spent yesterday afternoon filling out a detailed questionnaire sent to me by Dental Negligence Solicitors (who are dentists themselves as well as lawyers).. and I hope they will 'take instructions' from me as soon as possible because there is a 3 year limit on dental claims and I must get on with this one.
I wonder what I can expect to receive in compensation if my claim goes ahead. And I wonder whether he'll settle out of court.
You might think I'm harsh to seek compensation but I've had nearly 3 years of pain and putting up with hellish visits to many dental specialists in an effort to make good my dentist's careless work (drilling into my facial maxilla).
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on Nov 14, 2009, 4:10pm
My nephew confused me during his visit, because he would not bite into a sandwich with crusty French bread. He would break it into small pieces and eat it that way. He finally explained that his titanium implants did not permit him to use his teeth normally. It was unclear to me whether these were 'temporary' implants or the permanent thing. I didn't interrogate him on the subject, but I think they were temporary, because I can't imagine people paying so much if you can't even eat normally.
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on Nov 14, 2009, 8:16pm
I totally understand, Spindrift.
Unfortunately too many people carelessly seek compensation, thus giving a bad name to this practise. Whereas some cases should be compensated and people don't "dare" to. good on you that you did act upon it.
Posted by
on Nov 14, 2009, 11:22pm
I couldn't bear to read this until now as I have a bad tooth too... It annoys me that implants, by far the superior technology, are still outside so many people's budgets. Spindrift, I take it this is not covered by National Health? I thought teeth were. Teeth are not covered under our otherwise exemplary health scheme. Annoying as (knock wood) for the moment I've had nothing else really wrong with me in my already longish life.
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on Nov 15, 2009, 5:22pm
Thanks Annie....
Lagatta - no the NHS does not cover implants. It does not even cover visit to the hygienists to the standard to which I am accustomed. I've always paid for my teeth out of my pocket and it costs a fortune. I simply cannot afford this implant.
I've only decided to press for payment of this implant because the 3 year period (in which one can claim) is nearly up. My troubles started in Jan 2007.
Of course I do know that 'bad' teeth cause underlying low health and bring one down a lot. Still I've disregarded this fact because there is one thing I dread and that's going to the dentist. I've such a bad track record of incompetent ones outside of London. I'm sure all the good ones are in central London but I can't afford them! I've had nothing but trouble with teeth since living in the provinces.
Let me tell you a true story about NHS dentists in my area. For years a friend of mine has had her teeth cleaned by hygienists on the NHS. Recently she was found to have advanced gum disease and her back teeth were falling out, one by one. I forced her to go to a private dentist and he told her that she had gingevitis because over the years the NHS dentist had only cleaned the front teeth and never bothered to do the back teeth. That's how bad they are here. It is my opinion that the NHS encourages teeth to fall out then they replace them with dentures which are cost effective. I am appalled.
Kerouac - I will enquire about the titanium implants. I hope, for the price mine will stand up to eating crusty bread.
Actually I'm all for waiting for 'seeded' teeth to be finally released to us...so they can be grown from stem cells anew. I don't know when this will be but they have succeeded in mice.
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on Nov 15, 2009, 8:16pm
The only health plan that I ever heard of that covers all dental needs is the Swedish plan that covers everything in your mouth up to age 18. Then you have to start paying. But of course, if you have perfect teeth at age 18, they stay perfect for a long time with proper care.
Posted by
on Nov 20, 2009, 7:02pm
Not if you have an Irish dentist
I am pleased to say that my Claim for dental negligence has been accepted by the dental lawfirm. They will now send my solicitor friend £100 as an introduction fee. He has offered to split it with me but I've told him he deserves to keep it all.
On Wednesday the dental solicitor will phone me for a 20 minute introductory conversation as to how the claim will proceed and will then request that the (negligent) dentist send them my dental records prior to going to court. How exciting!
Posted by
on Nov 27, 2009, 7:48pm
I have been advised that my claim might take up to 18 months so I have arranged to have my tooth (Upper Left 4) extracted on 30th December. I can't stand the pain any longer.
Posted by
on Nov 27, 2009, 8:50pm
I hope that this will make the year 2010 much better for you. I have my own medical issues to deal with over the next two weeks and who knows what I might learn?
Posted by
on Nov 27, 2009, 10:06pm
Yes, I am hoping so too. Good luck with yours.
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on Nov 28, 2009, 4:34pm
good luck, both!
Posted by
on Dec 8, 2009, 3:20pm
I had two implants done two years ago and it was well worth it, even though it cost me $9,000. I was getting infections in the teeth quite frequently. I'd like to point out I inherited bad teeth (thanks, Mum). I've had periodontal work done, I have had my teeth cleaned 4 times a years for at least the last 10 years. I brush, floss and rubber tip. Granted, had I started doing those three things in my 20s, I probably wouldn't be where I am today but that's life.
The actual procedure was not a big deal at all. Naturally I was well frozen. All the follow-up work was quite easy also.
I found the teeth extractions a lot more frightening. I am a huge baby about dental work and normally cry when a new procedure is done. It doesn't have to hurt, I am simply the world's biggest dental chicken.
The implants feel like my own teeth - it was a good decision on my part.
Posted by
on Dec 8, 2009, 5:40pm
I hope that I will never need such a thing anyway. I went 28 years between dental visits because I inherited my grandmother's teeth, all of which were still in her mouth when she died at age 93.
Posted by
on Dec 22, 2009, 6:37am
Most dentists really don't like to do bridges any more. Implants are the thing. They take longer but from what I'm told, are great.
Posted by
on Dec 23, 2009, 4:50pm
It's getting nearer to the extraction on 30th and I'm quaking in my boots.
The medical negligence claim is going along nicely.
Posted by
on Dec 30, 2009, 5:38pm
At 2pm today I visited the dentist for the extraction. He warned me that it might not be an easy one since the tooth has been root filled, root perforated and a crown put on top. I've been having a lot of pain over the last month or two. My common sense told me that it would be a rather horrible experience.
And it was
He gave me two long anaesthetic injections, one into the roof of my mouth
. Whilst we waited for numbness to take hold he made an impression of my upper teeth for a small plate with one tooth, for I will have a gap showing near the front of my mouth.
We could not delay any longer. The blunt intruments of torture came out of the drawer and I was laid low to submit to endurance.
The crown came off no bother. It just fell off. Then the going got tough. He had to slowly prise each root out separately. He eventually did it perfectly and gave them to me to keep. I might take a picture of them. As an indication of how much pain I've been having - attached to one root was a granular cyst which goes to show how bad the infection was . It's very interesting to look at.
Shall I post a picture. Is there a spoiler?
Thank goodness I found this wonderful new dentist. I shall recommend him to everybody.
I'm so glad it's over. Now I'm on soft food (soups, yogourts) for the day and they have to be taken cold. He says I'll start to feel much better in a couple of days.
I'm going back in 6 weeks or so for the implant.
He charged me £90 to remove the tooth.
Posted by
on Dec 30, 2009, 6:33pm
Will insurance cover the cost?
It's fine to post photos of it here -- it is not the food branch!
Posted by
on Dec 30, 2009, 8:25pm
No, I'm not insured for it. I have, however, instigated legal proceedings for negligence against the dentist who attempted to carry out the root filling but perforated the root and drilled into my facial maxilla thereby causing all the trouble. The implant will cost approximately £1,000 (one tooth) and I am hoping I'll win a settlement within the £3,000 - £5,000 range. There's no guarantee of course
Posted by
on Dec 31, 2009, 4:48am
spinny, so glad you came through the extraction with flying colors. Out with the old, in with the new!
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WASHINGTON — Students in the U.S. perform better than the global average, but still lag behind many of their peers in Asia and Europe, an international study found.
Fourth-graders have improved their scores in reading and math over the past four years, according to a study released Tuesday. But progress seems to fall off by eighth grade, where math and science scores are stagnant.
Meanwhile, kids in countries like Finland and Singapore are outperforming American fourth-graders in science and reading. By eighth grade, American students have fallen behind their Russian, Japanese and Taiwanese counterparts in math, and trail students from Hong Kong, Slovenia and South Korea in science.
"These 2011 international assessments provide both encouraging news about our students' progress and some sobering cautionary notes," said Education Secretary Arne Duncan, who applauded gains among fourth-graders but warned those gains aren't being sustained in later grades. "That is unacceptable if our schools are to live up to the American promise of giving all children a world-class education."
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study: http://nces.ed.gov/timss/
Progress in International Reading Literacy Study: http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pirls/
Remains are of woman missing since 2010
ALEXANDRIA — Human remains found last month in LaSalle Parish have been identified as those of Dorothy Eyvonne Rosier a young central Louisiana woman who disappeared almost three years ago.
The woman was 25 when she was reported missing in January of 2010. She lived in Pineville at the time.
Hunters found her remains Nov. 21 near Trout.
Authorities in Rapides and LaSalle parishes continue to investigate the death as a homicide. No cause of death has been released.
Rapides Sheriff William E. Hilton issued a statement monday encouraging anyone with knowledge about Rosier's disappearance or death to come forward.
"Someone knows something and we want you to do the right thing and come forward so this family will not have to spend another Christmas knowing the suspect in Dorothy's murder is still out there," Hilton said.
According to a flier released when Rosier disappeared, she was just under 5 feet tall and weighed about 110 pounds. She had brownish-blonde hair- and hazel eyes.
Woman, 89, dies after SUV veers into creek
BATON ROUGE — Authorities in Baton Rouge say they've recovered the body of a woman from a sport utility vehicle that veered off a road and into a creek near the Mall of Louisiana.
The accident was reported Monday afternoon. It took roughly four hours for searchers to locate and remove the vehicle from the water. The woman was identified as 89-year-old Vivian Augustin of Baton Rouge. An autopsy was pending.
Witnesses said the Toyota Rav 4 ran off the Interstate 10 frontage road and into the water around 1:30 p.m.
Jefferson Parish lawmaker to resign
BATON ROUGE — Jefferson Parish Rep. Tony Ligi is resigning from his legislative post next year.
Ligi, a Republican from Metairie, is leaving the state House because he is taking a new position as executive director and chief legal counsel for the Jefferson Business Council.
Although he starts his new job on Jan. 2, he said he likely will not resign from the Legislature until April. He said he wants to wait until a successor is chosen through a special election so his district will continue to be represented.
Covington firefighter pleads guilty to rape
COVINGTON — A 29-year-old Covington firefighter accused of sexually abusing a 5-year-old girl has pleaded guilty to forcible rape.
The St. Tammany Parish District Attorney's Office says Theodore George Williams could face up to 40 years in prison when he returns to court on Jan. 22 for sentencing.
Williams entered his plea Monday.
Williams also must resign from the Covington Fire Department, per a plea deal with the state.
A grand jury indicted Williams for aggravated rape in November 2011, two months after he was arrested on the charge. If convicted, he faced an automatic life sentence.
Right-to-work debate heats up in Michigan
LANSING, Mich. — Even with the outcome considered a foregone conclusion, the heated battle over right-to-work legislation in the traditional union bastion of Michigan shows no sign of cooling.
Authorities in Lansing were bracing for an onslaught of demonstrators Tuesday at the Michigan Capitol as the Legislature reconvenes for what could be final votes on bills. Hundreds of people gathered early Tuesday to get inside.
If it is passed and signed into law, Michigan would become the 24th right-to-work state, banning requirements that nonunion employees pay unions for negotiating contracts and other services.
Panetta says Syria chemical threat slowed
KUWAIT CITY — The Syrian government seems to have slowed preparations for the possible use of chemical weapons against rebel targets, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Tuesday.
Last week, U.S. officials said there was evidence that Syrian forces had begun preparing sarin, a nerve agent, for possible use in bombs.
Speaking to reporters flying with him from Washington to Kuwait, Panetta suggested the threat was no longer escalating, although he was not specific about any Syrian military preparations.
Investigators study Mexican singer's crash
LOS ANGELES — Tearful fans set up candlelight shrines and memorials to Jenni Rivera from California to Mexico, as investigators said it would take days to piece together the wreckage of the plane carrying the Mexican-American music superstar and find out why it went down.
Authorities, meanwhile, began looking into the history of the plane's owner, Starwood Management of Las Vegas, which had another one of its planes seized by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration in McAllen, Texas in September.
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said it was sending a team to help investigate the crash of the Learjet 25, which disintegrated on impact Sunday with seven people aboard in rugged terrain in Nuevo Leon state in northern Mexico.
HSBC to settle
money-laundering case
LONDON — HSBC avoided a legal battle that could further savage its reputation and undermine confidence in the global banking system by agreeing Tuesday to pay $1.9 billion to settle a U.S. money-laundering probe.
Europe's largest bank by market value will pay the biggest penalty ever imposed on a bank after facing accusations it transferred funds through the U.S. from Mexican drug cartels and on behalf of nations such as Iran that are under international sanctions.
It's the latest scandal to hit banks over recent years since the financial crisis started in 2008. Hours earlier, Standard Chartered PLC, another British bank, signed an agreement with New York regulators to settle a money laundering investigation involving Iran with a $340 million payment.
Gunmen attack Egyptian protesters
CAIRO — Masked gunmen attacked opposition protesters camped out at Cairo's Tahrir Square early on Tuesday, firing birdshot at them and wounding nine people, security officials said.
The attack stoked tensions just hours ahead of rival mass rallies in the Egyptian capital by supporters and opponents of the country's Islamist president over a disputed draft constitution. The charter has vastly polarized the nation and triggered some of the worst violence since Mohammed Morsi took office in June as Egypt's first freely elected president.
It was unclear who was behind the pre-dawn attack on the protesters who have been staging a sit-in at Tahrir for nearly three weeks, said the officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media.
The protesters belong to the liberal opposition, which claims the draft of the charter restricts freedoms and gives Islamists vast influence over the running of the country. The draft, hurriedly adopted late last month by Morsi's Islamist allies, is going to a nationwide referendum on Saturday.
Suspect pleads not guilty in B.R. rape
BATON ROUGE — A 41-year-old man accused in the 2009 rape of a college student in Baton Rouge pleaded not guilty and will remain in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison until the case is resolved.
James Harold Crockett Jr. is serving a 35-year prison term in the July 6, 2009, rape of a college student in Hattiesburg, Miss. If convicted in the July 5, 2009, rape in Baton Rouge, he faces an automatic sentence of life in prison.
East Baton Rouge Parish grand jury indicted Crockett, formerly of Chalmette, on a charge of aggravated rape last week.
Crockett appeared Monday before state District Judge Bonnie Jackson. The judge appointed the local Public Defender's Office to represent him.
Prosecutors have said Crockett used a stun-gun in both assaults.
Port Allen mayor-elect: Desire for change won
PORT ALLEN — Port Allen Mayor-elect Demetric Slaughter says she believes the community's need for change was a main factor in her win Saturday in the runoff election against incumbent Roger Bergeron.
Slaughter defeated Bergeron by capturing 55 percent of the votes cast, according to unofficial results from the Louisiana Secretary of State's Office.
Slaughter said she has not heard from Bergeron since she won the election, but intended to reach out to him later this week.
Man pleads not guilty to holding hostages
LAKE CHARLES — A 26-year-old Lake Charles man accused of taking six people hostage in August has pleaded not guilty in state court.
Joshua Jermaine Plumber entered the plea Monday at his arraignment.
A trial date of June 24, 2013 was set.
Police say Plumber held three adults and three children hostage for four hours following a fight with his girlfriend
Plumber, who faces a total of 15 counts, is being held on a $137,000 bond.
He is charged with six counts of false imprisonment, home invasion and second-degree battery.
Alan Alda asks scientists to explain: What's time?
MINEOLA, N.Y. — Professor Alan Alda has a homework assignment for scientists. Yes, that Alan Alda.
The actor known for portraying Capt. Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce on the TV show "MASH" and more recent guest shots on NBC's "30 Rock" is also a visiting professor at New York's Stony Brook University school of journalism and a founder of the school's Center for Communicating Science.
The center is sponsoring an international contest for scientists asking them to explain in terms a sixth-grader could understand: "What is time?"
Alda is well-known for his affinity for science and is the longtime host of PBS' "Scientific American Frontiers."
He said it is vital for society to have a better understanding of science, and puts much of the onus on scientists to better explain their work.
"There's hardly an issue we deal with today that isn't affected by science," Alda said. "I've even heard from a number of people in Congress that they often don't understand what scientists are talking about when they go to Washington to testify, and these are the people who make the decisions about funding and policy."
Deadline near
for a 2008 tax rebate
BATON ROUGE — Time is running out for those who want to claim a state tax rebate for a special assessment charged on property insurance bills in Louisiana in 2008.
The annual assessment has been made since 2006 to pay off bonds issued to keep Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. — the state's so-called insurer of last resort — solvent after the many claims that followed hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
The deadline for claiming state tax rebates for the 2008 assessment is Dec. 31.
A news release from state Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon says 52 percent of the $100 million in Citizens assessments for 2008 remains unclaimed.
Policyholders can also visit www.revenue.louisiana.gov and follow links to a web application to help people claim their rebates if they have not yet done so.
FEMA to help elevate Terrebonne homes
HOUMA — More structures in Terrebonne Parish will get a boost above future storm surges with another wave of federal grants.
about $3 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency money will be used to elevate 11 homes and one commercial building in Terrebonne Parish.
The money comes from the Repetitive Flood Claims, Severe Repetitive Loss and Pre-disaster Mitigation grants. This is the first time the parish has received Repetitive Flood and Pre-disaster grants. It is the fourth Severe Repetitive Loss grant awarded to the parish, bringing the total to $12.6 million to elevate 60 structures.
Since hurricanes Lili and Isidore flooded Terrebonne in 2002, more than $50 million in federal-grant money has been used to elevate more than 800 often-flooded bayou homes.
Audit: Clerk did not collect $175K from son
BATON ROUGE — The Louisiana Legislative Auditor has released a scathing report alleging that former St. Bernard Parish Clerk of Court Lena Torres failed to collect $174,300 in court fees from her son, attorney Sidney D. Torres III.
The 86-page report says the clerk did not collect advance court costs for at least some of the 581 civil suit filings by her son related to insurance claims and damages caused by Hurricane Katrina.
The clerk also allegedly failed to charge or collect fees from her son on 23 suits, which should have totaled $4,830.
By allegedly allowing her son to not pay advance fees for two years, the audit says Lena Torres may have provided a "loan of public funds," a violation of the state constitution.
Man pleads guilty
to killing 7 in wreck
CLINTON — The 30-year-old Greensburg man accused of killing seven people in a May 30 head-on collision pleaded guilty to seven counts of vehicular homicide Monday before a state district judge and a crowded courtroom audience.
State District Judge William G. Carmichael set March 12 as a sentencing hearing for Brett G. Gerald.
Gerald was scheduled to go on trial Tuesday. As a result of the plea, he faces five- to 30-year prison sentences on each count and possible fines ranging from $2,000 to $15,000 per count.
District Attorney Sam D'Aquilla said Gerald was not offered a plea bargain in the case, and the sentence will be up to the judge after he receives a pre-sentence investigative report from the state Office of Probation and Parole.
Five people in a car driving on La. Highway 67 south of Clinton died instantly in the collision with Gerald's pickup: the driver, Brenda Gaines, 64; Denise Gaines, 33; Diamond Johnson, 12; Jyran Johnson, 6; and Angela Matthews Mosely, 36, all of Baton Rouge.
Two other passengers, Willie Gaines Jr., 15, and Rogerick Johnson Jr., 13, also of Baton Rouge, died several days later. All but Mosely were members of the same extended family.
They had attended a service at a Clinton church pastored by Mosely's father and were traveling home to Baton Rouge when Gerald's vehicle crossed into their lane of traffic, narrowly missing a vehicle traveling ahead of the Gaines car.
Gerald had been celebrating his 30th birthday at a Zachary restaurant and bar before the collision.
A state trooper who investigated the crash testified earlier that an analysis of a blood sample taken at Lane Regional Medical Center showed Gerald's blood-alcohol content was 0.15 percent.
In Louisiana, a blood-alcohol content of 0.08 percent is considered presumptive evidence of drunken driving. The newspaper reports Gerald had three other DWI arrests before the crash.
Man accused of kidnapping wife
WEST MONROE — A 39-year-old West Monroe man has been arrested for allegedly kidnapping his wife and forcing her to buy crack cocaine.
Marvin Christopher Jenkins was booked with battery-domestic violence abuse, simple kidnapping, possession of cocaine and obstruction of justice.
The arrest report states that Jenkins hit his wife and forced her into his vehicle. He then drove her to an unknown location and forced her to buy $40 worth of crack cocaine.
Police arrested Jenkins Sunday at his home and found two large rocks of suspected crack cocaine.
It was unclear whether Jenkins has an attorney.
Teen killed; car crashes into tree
DENHAM SPRINGS — State police say an 18-year-old was killed after he drove his vehicle off La. 1032 in Livingston Parish and hit a tree.
Trooper Jared Sandifer says Brice J. Harris, of Denham Springs, was not wearing a seat belt.
The crash occurred just after 7 a.m. Monday south of Denham Springs.
Sempra seeking LNG permit in Hackberry
HACKBERRY — San Diego-based Sempra Energy has asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for permission to begin building natural gas liquefaction and export facilities at the company's existing Cameron LNG terminal in Hackberry.
Sempra said on Monday the permit request is an important milestone in the company's effort to begin exporting liquefied natural gas.
According to Sempra, the project would create nearly 3,000 construction jobs and about 130 full-time jobs when the facility begins operating.
The federal agency will review the application and conduct an environmental study of the project before acting on the permit. Additional permits and approvals will be required before construction on the Cameron liquefaction project can be completed.
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I don't really understand their maint windows. They make no sense to me in EST, I have no idea what the fuck they're doing since the company itself is PST. edit: I dearly hope they're fixing something dire, and not counting 30 minute warnings as "planned maint" for their uptime percentages.
Riz and I played some of the Lost Shores content briefly. We experienced the joys of wandering around a zone that lacked almost any events as far as we could tell. We found a kill quest and two collection quests (one bog standard, one involving picking up parts to build a golem that fought some freaky worms). We killed some random mobs, one Veteran Ancient Karka thingy that was a real fucker and kept shitting babbies at us, and then we got stuck behind some geometry while fighting a champ skelk. No teleport because we were registered as in combat, no death because it couldn't hit us, no killing it because we couldn't hit it. Eventually we begged some people (one guildy, one random) to come and rescue us by killing it. After that, well, we were pretty much done. This morning I popped onto my engineer for a bit and burned things with the flamethrower. It was kind of entertaining.
Yeah, I totally don't get the Lost Shores area. It doesn't seem like it was ready for release. It still has no map completion reward, right?
It's my understanding that they wanted to do the big weekend event there, then transition the area to something different. Games or jumping puzzles or some damn thing. I'm not quite sure what the hold up is. Maybe that's the January content patch?
They want to slowly phase it into something as a world evolution thing. I just don't think the playerbase gives a shit. The hostiles there are completely uninteresting and I have no desire to wage war against the crab people. The lack of a completion reward is on purpose I believe.
Guild Wars should probably decide at some point whether it wants to release these things as expansion content or not. Was anybody realistically expecting new zones to come flying out of the game's butt every two or three months? I'm fine with the content being mostly static (plus their holiday stuff, which I generally find to be a little too dumb, but lots of other people are into, so more power to them) between expansions.
I'd be fine with it if there was something the fuck to do in the zones and if the mobs dropped interesting shit. I don't exactly cream my pants at the sight of a crab shell and blue pirate hat #95736393. which reminds me, magic find is the lamest fucking stat on the planet. I'm sure there was some sort of exciting event chain or other related to the content when it got pumped out, but I wasn't there for that so to me it's basically a shitty place with mobs that look like some sort of flopping multicocked abomination and must be killed twice. Maybe if the launch event was replayable as a pseudo story mode experience I'd give more of a fuck, but like this? Naw motherfucker, naw. Oh well, at least I've had no trouble getting into wvw.
No, but if they pinch a loaf a flush would be appreciated. We're not really aiming for humanure here.
I tried getting a group for Arah story-mode on Sunday and it did not go well. A group finally materialized after about an hour, but I'd already given up and started doing Fractals at that point. You can't finish your last quest and beat the game in explorable mode, right?
Unless it's changed, you can't do explorable without doing story first anyways. Which is one of my gripes with the lack of LFG, since it's a bitch to get story groups.
I honestly think they bit off more than they could chew. If you look back a year ago, when they were hyping a bunch of "side" stuff like town events and the function of town clothes and so on, you'll notice a lot of it was abandoned in favor of just getting the baseline content to work. Now the live team, neutered by the lack of much of the release team's content creators, is scrambling to slap together something in an effort to look like they're making progress and doing it by the seat of their pants. In reality, maybe they should have left everything to a new expansion and just focus on holiday stuff. If it meant avoiding ascended gear for another year and fixing the release day dungeons to be fun instead of an unfun hardcore's wet dream, I think we all would have been less upset.
http://www.guildwars.com/events/ing...paign=email_na_20121211&utm_content=eventtext Bunch of good stuff - and it looks like Winter's Day now starts tomorrow and not Friday- so yay!
A girl with bare shoulders does not say "Winter" to me. Also, you linked to the Guild Wars 1 event (yes, apparently they're still doing events). Guild Wars 2 Winter's Day starts on Friday.
I didn't say they were fired? I believe much of the development team was immediately moved into working on the expansion, leaving the live team short of core designers needed to fix things.
It's unhappy with the paste, but there are also now wintersday boxes dropping, with loot like the halloween event (rare shot at a mini, etc) edit: also:
For those who own an older Logitech gaming device (such as the G500), I'd highly recommend downloading their Logitech Gaming Software (currently at version 8.40.83 dated 5-DEC-2012), as you're likely using their old software, which wasn't very user friendly. I uninstalled the old drivers/software, downloaded the LGS, and installed it. That's all you need to do. The LGS includes a ton of game profiles (including GW2!) that makes programming your Logitech gaming device a snap. It's a huge improvement over the previous software.
Just ran the Wintersdays events. Pretty good stuff. The new jumping puzzle is cool and they took out a lot of the frustrating errors of the Halloween event. There's now multiple different routes through that better separate out a group of people doing it so you don't have as much clipping, and it's certainly easier - probably took me a quarter of the time to get right as the Mad King's Clocktower did. The Bell Choir is interesting - it swaps your skill slots with 8 different notes and then has you play them in sync with 2 other players (taking the upper, lower, and middle parts) Guitar Hero-style. My timing for it wasn't quite right but I'll probably give it a shot again later. The Snowball Fight PvP event is cool - you pick one of 3 "classes" (support, heavy, and scout) and play capture the flag with "gifts". Each class has a unique set of snowball-based abilities appropriate for their role. The gameplay was a lot smoother than the Halloween event. This time around they're actually making some use out of the racial capitols as well. Today the Toymaker's Airship is visiting the Grove, which means there's a new 5-man (any level) instance there where as a prize you get some parts towards making a mini-pet. The Sylvari get a cute little toy Ventari that says his famous teachings, which is doubly awesome because when they malfunction you get things like "All things have the right... to die!"
Help a stupid person. My Engineer's current build is grenades. What just changed? I assume that I still lose the stat benefits from the exotic gun and shield that I just bought when I kit up, but now the sigil that I will eventually apply to each will carry over? Does this mean that I should now rejigger all my points? Is it now forever broken? I assume that I'm already doing it wrong anyway, since I'm specced power and not condition damage, so if this is a proper excuse that could work out (although I did just drop almost ten gold on Power weapons that I'll have to swap out for Condition Damage, I would guess).
The change is that grenades now do less raw damage, but can proc sigils. Personally, I suggest sigil of fire to add more AE madness. Also, blind and poison now also deal direct damage, and I believe blind is a blast finisher? For the winter pets: WARNING: you can only get enough mats two make TWO of the five pets. So sit on the mats until the end of the event to see which you like. I also just made the easiest 30g ever by looting a perma bell item out of a gift box and selling it. Gift box farming is probably faster if you find an unpopular zone (read: norn 15-25 zones) and just roam for boxes which will always respawn in the same places. I'm assuming the unstable boxes you can buy have a high chance for nice stuff, since they're expensive as fuck.
Blind wasn't a blast finisher on Thursday, but I guess they could have changed it. However, the Mine is a blast finisher and Poison leaves a combo field, so that's the combination that I was focusing on.
I haven't had a chance to look at much of this yet, but are people opening the boxes and selling the contents or just Tping the boxes?
Does anyone know if there is a way to exchange or swap gifts? I might be able to get enough for a skin or 2 that I want from gifts but splitting them up in 3's kinda sucks.
Like it was mentioned upthread, you can only get enough cogs to craft 2 of the 5 pets. But you'll get frames for all 5. What can you do with the extra frames? Well, using the mystic forge you can craft an account-bound endless transformation tonic that will transform you into that pet for 15 min. The recipe is: 1 frame (toy ventari, princess doll, etc), 50 glue, 50 stuffing, and 1 glittering dust. There are 2 possible results from the craft: most of the time it gives you a present which gives you your frame back and also 3 consumable tonics. Other times though, you get the endless tonic and lose your frame. A lot of people are reporting that they get the tonic on their first try (I got mine on my 2nd), but somebody in my guild did it over 30 times without getting the tonic. 50 glue and stuffing is a little expensive, so just be aware. Here's more info: http://dulfy.net/2012/12/15/gw2-wintersday-recipes/ People are doing both. It's probably a better return to just sell the boxes, but a lot of people are addicted to opening tons of presents to try and get a permanent bell or endless toymaker tonic (both fetch lots of gold but they're super rare). The different size boxes contain different ugly wool items (socks, sweaters, caps). You can exchange a certain number of socks (for example) for a different size gift, but it's a big loss at that rate. If you're after skins, your best bet is to just sell your presents and extra ugly wool items and buy the skins directly from the TP. They're very cheap right now (under 10s for most of them, 30-40 for a wand).
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So I beat the game a couple weeks ago. The last mission, end boss, and reward are all kind of meh. Especially considering how long it took to find a group that still wanted to do Arah Story Mode.
They upped the last reward to at least be an exotic quality weapon from the vendor. When I first did Arah you didn't even get that. I need to try again post-holidays and see if people still hang out in Orr. I also need to pve in the borderlands a bit for my world exploration. I finally finished every pve zone.
I don't like fractals, so I nearly bashed my head into my monitor when I saw this month's achievement yet again. Just let me have some fucking karma jugs already anet, I'm gonna need it when you pile on the 500k karma items in the future.
I logged in a week or more ago and spent an hour figuring out how to get to the new zone. Went to the new zone and was quickly let down. Logged out and haven't been back.
I've been sucked in by Eador: Genesis of late and haven't been on since I finished up the Wintersday content. I'm woefully behind on Fractals and am greatly looking forward to the changes coming later this month to allow a mix of fractal-leveled players to participate and progress together. That will probably get me back in since right now it's not worth the hassle to try and round up a full low-level Fractals group. That said, there's plenty of dungeon paths I've not done and would be interested in doing if we could coordinate a group.
Has the game lost its charm already? I just got it for xmas and was expecting a bit more activity from BFers.