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Missed conceptions and bad taste.
Many readers were shocked, shocked, by William Saletan's theoretical article about past candidates' daughters—"Pointless speculation" with a "sensational title" in a "so-called respectable publication," "breath-takingly goofy," "womb-obsessed." They say that as if those were bad things—have they not read Slate before? The answer is probably "No": At this stage in an election year, we get a lot of new Fray posters. A regular reader is more likely to argue with the statistics than the premise or to offer a suggestion, as Lizdexia did: "Why not list all the male writers at Slate, and compare them to the statistics for wife beaters?" (Lizdexia is a new poster but promising.)
The Fray was loving the Palin family in all its glorious newsworthiness—"Should we judge? Hell yes," as sfifeadams had it here, and the following comments come from all over the boarrds. This helpful remark came from Xaedalus: "I think [Palin] will put to rest once and for all the idea that we are a misogynistic nation. Rather, she will show that the people who hate Hillary, just plain hate Hillary and not the XX." Moderately Amused put it this way: "Somewhere, Dan Quayle has got to be smiling. His place in history as the most capricious pick for VP has just been erased."
Jack cerf had his own take:
What Palin exemplifies is the Frank Capra/Jimmy Stewart sentimental populist wish-dream, seen in movies like Dave, and on every daytime TV judge show, thatall would be well if a regular person, just like ourselves, only a little bit better, ran things instead of professional politicians, lawyers and intellectuals. I don't underestimate its appeal.
And Silas Porter had similar views:
I guess I am one of the dwindling number of Americans who wants my leaders to be more extraordinary than me, more intelligent and more talented. I think the people who look for regularity in their leaders are really just looking for someone to affirm them as people--to tell them that people like you--average--can succeed. Doesn't that sound lame?...America, please stop being such morons about this. This isn't a high school election. It's not a popularity contest.
No? Are you sure?
If you're going to make the most of this election and the press coverage, you can't be too squeamish, and sometimes it's time to wallow in bad taste. We thought we'd done well by finding this imagined convention introduction from guylinder, who had heard that Bristol Palin's baby-father will be there:
Ladies and gentlemen, let's give a warm Republican welcome to the man who is having sex with the vice presidential nominee's daughter!
—but actually maybe more people will be outraged by donfromcalifornia's simple question:
Ummm, I don't know how to say this without being a jerk, but do college age republicans come off like nerds? I'm going to college right now, and I'm an independent, so I'm not biased, honestly. It's just hard to take them seriously. I look at the young dems as stupid, and the young republicans as dorks.
We try to offer something to offend everyone. MR … 4.30 p.m. GMT
Friday, August 15, 2008
Last week, Ron Rosenbaum published a call for greater journalistic coverage of scientific dissent on global warming. Journalists covering climate change find an overwhelming consensus among the scientific community that mankind's release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere over the last century will cause dramatic changes in the Earth's climate. If true, this consensus seems to call for a substantial policy response. To Rosenbaum, the scale of the costs attendant upon dealing with global warming justifies granting a heightened profile to those who dispute the factual basis for the scientific consensus.
Most of our readers found Rosenbaum's argument unpersuasive. Perhaps unsurprisingly, a majority of Fraysters support marginalizing the fringe voices in the climate-change debate. Many posters wonder along with brucewhite where to draw the line between legitimate dissent and crackpot theory:
I admire Ron Rosenbaum as a writer but wonder if this matter is as simple as he paints it. There are sceptics everywhere but do we want to relitigate everything all the time unless serious new evidence comes to light? Evolution? Alien visitors? The intervention of demonic forces? Holocaust denial?
I'm not arguing that there is no possibility of a good case to be made against anthropogenic global warming but most of the scepticism one reads is pretty low level and not much of it emanates from climate scientists. If we are to inhabit a world shaped to such a degree by the fruits of science we need to give scientists some credit when they present us with inconvenient truths. In fact we rely on a huge amount of consensus for our global society to function—this doesn't mean that other voices shouldn't be heard, but journalists do have the right not to accord them all equal respect.
New York Times science writerAndrew Revkin writes in to challenge Ron Rosenbaum's use of his blogroll to bolster a climate-change skeptic's credibility:
I wish Ron Rosenbaum had explored my Dot Earth posts and Times articles on how best to cover climate science as well as my blogroll. Then he might have realized that Nick Lemann's admonition to "find the argument" is only one of the vital steps required to effectively communicate a complex subject.
An equally important step is to place the areas of ongoing scientific dispute within the broader context of what is not in dispute. If that step is not taken in a story, the lure of conflict can mask the broader reality, and perpetuate policy stasis.
So, yes, "find the argument." But then also "find the agreement" as well. It's not as sexy, but it may be the only way journalism can help society absorb that climate science has a herky-jerky trajectory, that some uncertainty is normal, but that a growing human influence on the planet's thermostat is not in dispute.
Another step is to discriminate between scientific and policy arguments. High-profile skeptics on climate have a hodegepodge of views on the science, but are bound by a common stance that restricting greenhouse gases is a waste of resources. On a science development, I don't seek input from policy advocates, whether from Greenpeace or the Cato Institute. On a policy story, everyone's invited.
To auros, debating the factual basis for believing in global warming is a sideshow to the policy argument we should be having.
I understand the CJR author's point, while disagreeing with some of her methods. I think Ron gets it too, as he recognizes that if the consensus is right, and global warming poses a serious peril to civilization, then anything that tells the voters that such peril doesn't exist will tend to slow down action to address it. Personally, I think of the situation more as deciding how much insurance to buy. You don't buy homeowner's insurance because you believe your house is definitely going to burn down. You buy insurance because it might burn down. If the best available science says there's a 1% chance of catastrophic climate change, the kind that sinks New York, Miami, San Diego, Los Angeles, and Boston under several meters of seawater—well, how much are you willing to pay for insurance against that risk? Is 0.1% of GDP unreasonable? 1%? 10%?
Given that there are also a bunch of non-global-warming-related disadvantages to our current energy system, I'd vote for devoting a significant chunk of GDP to dealing with this situation. Maybe not 10%, at least not immediately—trying to transition the economy that fast would cause a lot of dislocation and unnecessary pain. But a percentage point or two? Sure.
One of the most interesting replies came from Arlington, who sees parallels between our reaction to the bad news of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring and today's response to global warming:
There are parallels to instruct us. When Rachel Carson wrote Silent Spring, she was attacked by debunkers who sounded like those now objecting to the global warming consensus. Some of it was very personal and mean, impugning her sanity and her sexuality, if you can believe it. Fortunately, most honest scientists recognized Carson was calling attention to a real crisis, something that was actually happening and could be documented, even though they realized Carson's appeal was largely emotional and scientifically flawed. The result was the DDT ban, which saved the bald eagle, among many other species, from extinction.
But Carson's detractors are sore losers. Now that the bald eagle is no longer threatened with extinction, the debunkers say the whole thing was a manufactured crisis in the first place and would have taken care of itself. There was no reason to ban DDT, they claim, and doing so promoted worldwide famine and caused malaria deaths by the millions. Carson was the devil.
And journalists hopped on the bandwagon. They reproduced accusations that Carson was responsible for more deaths than Hitler. They researched their articles by lifting quotes from authors who contribute to organizations like junkscience.com and others who insist that science should direct itself at the goal of making life easier, safer and more comfortable for a consumerist society. This was all very convenient, since Carson was long dead and the problem she identified had been effectively addressed by regulation and enforcement. And it sold newspapers.
This is the point of the CJR article. Go ahead and promote your byline. Sell your papers. Advance your career. Just don't forget you owe your readers something of the truth. Journalistic ethics require discriminating between various sources of information. Some sources should be used with skepticism and some should not be used at all. It's difficult to determine the difference, particularly when the writer doesn't have the scientific background to draw a clear line. Conveying the truth involves more than presented the reader with John said this and Mary said that. Who is John? Who is Mary? Where do they get their funding and support? What do their peers say about them? Not everyone who challenges scientific consensus is a martyr.
There are many more great posts in the Spectator Fray. Check them out and share your thoughts. GA … 2:18 p.m. PDT
Friday, August 8, 2008
A very welcome development this week,
Is the landline telephone going the way of the dinosaur? Readers are surprisingly hung up on the possibility of its extinction, as forecast by Daniel Gross in this July 25 article that made a mysterious reappearance yesterday on Slate's "most e-mailed" list.
Perhaps accounting for its renewed popularity is an improbable but vocal minority of land-line defenders who helped reactivate the debate in "Moneybox" Fray. Their many reasons for staying hard-wired include:
- Social-life management: i.e., giving out the home number knowing you will hardly ever be there to actually answer it (camiwa).
- Retro-chic appeal, particularly if it involves a rotary-dial telephone (NickD).
- Paranoia: access to emergency services in the event of blackouts, earthquakes, terrorist attacks, or other acts of God (VEH, NewYorkDave). Plus, the advantage of Enhanced 911, which automatically relays your street location to the operator (Tonyw1538).
- Coverage gaps in rural areas like western Wisconsin, where "you can be driving down major interstates and not have any bars for a good hour or two" (Chasmosaur).
- Potential health benefits: avoiding both the radiation emitted from cell phones and the "permanent crick … from trying to hold a tiny sliver of metal on my ear" (sugar_k).
- Fax machines and international calling, especially for mothers with children "scattered around the continent" (Herbie2).
- Peace, quiet, and simplification: "Now, when my under 30 husband and myself … are out, we can enjoy our time without the cellular leash" (trudycatsmom).
This type of age-conscious declaration was recurrent in the Fray and may have to do with a nerve that Gross unintentionally plucked, by equating land-line usage with the over-thirtysomething crowd.
It's never fun to be painted with such a broad brush, or worse yet, to feel obsolete. Hence the strident response of Atmos2, a 40-year-old proud to proclaim his exclusive reliance on cell phones.
Of course, one can always find some reason to cling to technology of the past. "Why Don't I Own a Horse and Buggy?" chidesFaxMeBeer, "I mean, I suppose we could all have continued to use our horses to take us on short trips to the store."
Before we grow too dismissive of land-line users, let us acknowledge that the beauty of the Fray lies in its ability to inspire volumes to be collectively written on some of the least likely topics such as this.
In general, reader proclivities have been tending toward the quirky this week, such as Jody Rosen's exposure of a serial plagiarist and a "Culturebox" piece about the 10 oddest travel guides ever written. Be sure to check them all out. AC … 1:08 p.m. PDT
Saturday, July 30, 2008
A very welcome development this week, after the article in "Medical Examiner" on hospitals' E.R. problems produced a monster response from readers—more than 400 top-posts. The Fray team's job is to read as many of these as possible and then try to summarize the reactions as helpfully as possible for other readers. But in this case, one of the authors of the piece—Jesse M. Pines, who co-wrote with Zachary F. Meisel—bravely read a very high number of the posts and wrote in the Fray about them for us. He identified five different sets of responses, including:
1) Complaints from angry health care providers who felt they'd been insulted. Answer—no such criticism intended.
2) Patients giving experiences of the system, good and bad.
3) Congratulatory messages from those who agreed with the article.
4) Posts from nurses who commented on the "bed-hiding" issue. Answer: "The point was not to say that anyone is lazy—you are just as overloaded as we are in the ER."
The fifth group was from providers who talked about other problems in the health care system that contribute to crowding, and our author had this to say:
While I'm glad that you used this forum to discuss these issues because all are important, the article was about the hospital practice of boarding admitted patients in the ER. And how in some communities with high Medicaid and uninsured populations where hospitals are capacity-constrained (where demand for services exceeds supply on both the ER side and inpatient side), boarding is the profit-maximizing strategy. While Zack and I thought we explained it in the article, I am sorry if this was unclear to some.
He argued his case with more details and references before concluding:
I thank you again for your interest in this important topic that affects all Americans. Because sooner or later, you and your loved ones will all need to go to the ER. This needs to be discussed in public forums by people who understand the issues and can provide suggestions to hospital administrators and policymakers who have the power to eliminate boarding through objective measurement and accountability for this crisis.
Anyone interested in the issue should read the post in full here. And Mr. Pines is most welcome to come and help us in the Fray any time. MR ... 5:30 p.m. GMT
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Prized Fray regular wmccomninel watched Generation Kill, read the review in "Culturebox", and started a great thread which led to his laying this thought on the line:
My own life was negatively affected by serving in both wars in Iraq, that much is certain. And yes, even if you just drove to the mall, when America went to war so did every American citizen, happily or not.
His top-post thoughts on the program were fascinating, worth quoting at length:
War is not just another slice-of-life experience. It tends to be thoroughly atypical in many dimensions simultaneously which makes its only points of reference internal to the experience of war itself. In other words it gets a little bit crazy when viewed from an external, normal frame of reference. When one goes home again and things are normal there is no way to translate the war experience into non-war terms. There simply are not enough common reference points upon which to draw for you to align the two different experiences in ways which are even vaguely accurate. The parallels to gang wars which the reviewer suggests that the producers have brought with them from their work on The Wire are perhaps as close as one could aspire to in such an effort. They are still woefully inadequate to the task however.
Crime within a society has a certain business-as-usual flavor (rare bizarre incidents excepted). That is why there are so many police shows, it is just too easy make another new one. War on the other hand defies all boundaries. It is the complete absence of normal law and order, hence the absurdity of trying to define 'war crimes' as if there were a proper way to conduct day-to-day war operations as we do with the goods and services of the civilian economy. Indeed I find the mix-up stems entirely from the way that so many people view war as being just 'business by other means' and not the last resort of a sovereign nation at severe risk of its own dissolution.
Geo140 had experience in the Marines and watched the original program with interest:
I don't know that I look at Generation Kill as a slap in the face to anyone who served in the military, or in the war. I simply see it as a pretty good story with some accurate details and a harsh exterior. If you're looking to this show to find a reason to hate the Marines or the military, or support an archaic view of what a soldier is, then you were lost before this show even aired. And if you're watching this show just to get a glimpse of what war could be, and what the men and women who fight those Wars might face, you may be better off--but only slightly.
Some of the arguments the program and article produced were very angry –just the list of thread titles would tell you that: Among the repeatable are "You're an idiot," "Same old tired story," and "Generation Wuss." The post featured above was called "ACME War Services, the musical"—you'll have to read it to find out why. MR...4 p.m. GMT


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*Once and for all let's answer these questions just one more time and be done with it. Please expand on these and I'll try to update this over time. Believe it or not I DO work so I'll do this a little at a time. If by some miracle some moderator helps us sticky this thread we can celebrate.*
To the regular posters, I'll be cut & pasting some of your information. I'll thank you now for your contribution...you know who you are if you recognize your words here. Plagiary is the highest form of flattery...sometimes you simply say it better then I can. I intend this to be a collective of all our ideas...so feel free to post recommendations and I'll try to update this post where necessary.
What is best sub for Rangers?
RNG/THF - generally used for farming and improved item drops. You get a nice amount of AGI with it, but not much hit points, and very little combat skills to fall back on.
RNG/WAR - fairly popular combo. This is the big damage one, with the added STR and Berserk you'll be pulling some big numbers. The drawback is you really need some good equipment and a level 31 BRD to hit often.
As odd as this may sound I'd recommend this for more advanced players. I found you really have to be careful to control aggro, it's easy to find yourself being chewed to pieces very quickly if you find your Barrage+Berserk does less damage to the mob than you expect.
RNG/NIN - Probably the most well rounded of the popular subs, and the most widely used. High natural AGI and dual archer/hawker knives will help your hits land very often, though for not as much damage as RNG/WAR. The other big thing with it is Utsusemi/Blink. If you don't know already, this lets you take no damage from 3 attacks. If you pull aggro unexpectedly this can be a lifesaver.
RNG/SAM - I think this one is probably dead by now. It was a popular idea when the game was first released in the US for PC, but realism with the accuracy and hate management set in and it wasn't so impressive anymore. Generally this is used at level 60+ where you can take advantage of the massive TP gaining skills of the SAM sub and unleash multiple Sidewinders.
Most the players on these boards seem to raise more than one sub to be a little more flexible (myself included). My advice is figure out what you want to do, and how you want to play, and then look at your subs. And if you don't know, raise a couple of them and try them out.
What is the best race for a Ranger?
In general, it is agreed that there is NO best race for Ranger that cannot be compensated by good gear.
� Mithra
Highest Accuracy - Mild Strength
� Hume
Decent Accuracy - Decent Strength
� Tarutaru
High Accuracy - Low Strength
� Galka
Mild Accuracy - High Strength
� Evlaan
Low Accuracy - Highest Strength
As you get into higher levels all the traits tend to even out (as long as you keep your equipment upgraded). Race doesn't make much of a difference once you're at a high enough level.
What are the important stats for a Ranger?
It's usually in this order of priority:
R.Acc > R.Attk > AGI > STR > anything else.
The "anything else" part can be divided between VIT or DEF or EVA depending on what you might prefer at the time.
Other important relationships to consider:
� 2 AGI = 1 R.Acc
� 2 STR = 1 R.Attk = 1 Attk
� 1 Attk does NOT have any affect on 1 R.Attk.
� Berserk is reported to to boost Attk only. But all evidence suggests that it is also boosting R.Attk as well.
Back in January there was an interview with a developer from Square-Enix about some of these stats:
Here it is
What gear should I be using as a Ranger?
Short answer -- use the best you can afford to use at the time. This usually requires the purchase of High Quality (+1) items because of the extra stats that will benefit us as RNGs.
Concentrate on your bows and arrows as a priority in making purchases. Then consider the best equipment based in the order of the stat priority mentioned above.
Key common items that are popular with RNGs include the Archer's Knife, Martial Slacks, and all the +1 Bows. Euryto's Bow, Hawker's Knife, & Fransiscas are among the end-game items some RNGs want later on.
Are Leaping Boots or the Hairpin required?
They are helpful & highly desired. BUT it's been somewhat mentioned over and over again here that they are NOT required for a RNG to be considered "good". Everyone will have to make their own decision whether the time and price of these items justifies the need to have them.
Should I level Archery or Marksmenship?
Ideally, level both. Here are the general relationships between the various ranged weapons:
� Bows = Elemental Arrows.
� XBow = Status Effect Bolts.
� Guns = High single impact shots.
Bullets are extremely expensive. So similar to the Leaping Boots and Emporer's Haipin question above, you have to decide for yourself whether the damage gained from them is worth the several times more in cost.
What food items do I use for a Ranger?
Windhurst Salad Agi +5 Vit -1
Wild Onion Agi +4 Vit -6
Meat Chiefkabob Agi +2 Vit -1 Str +5 Attack +22%
Meat Mithkabob Agi +2 Vit -1 Str +5 Attack +21.9%
Most common: Meat Mithkabobs
Note that it's been recently demonstrated by screenshots that STR *does* affect gun damage as well. Until there is some other way to disprove this demonstration, we can only assume this as fact.
What crafts should I work as a Ranger?
There seems to be a lot of competing information on which crafts are good for what purpose. While it may be ideal to master all of these crafts, market price fluctuations can sometimes be cheap enough you should just purchase parts from other crafters rather then make everything yourself from start to finish. My only recommedation is to keep an eye on crafter posts to see what the latest trends may be:
Trade Links
It's suggested you should aim to work on Woodcrafting for arrows, Alchemy & Goldsmithing for bullets.
Do high level Rangers have problems finding groups?
Generally speaking, based on feedback from multiple posts from Rangers over 50+ here, including yours truly...the concensus is "No". Rangers are currently enjoying a pretty good reputation for performance out in the field right now, and most PT leaders recognize the level of commitment it takes to get a Ranger up past 45.
That being said, you'll occasionally have those nights where you will have dead spots with nothing going on...but overall, we have yet to hear from any RNG 50+ say that they have a lot of trouble finding a PT.
Rangers are usually desired to play the role as both damage dealer, and puller.
Arrow Swapping
Perhaps one of the more interesting and fun things about Ranger combat is the ability to switch arrows to meet any given situation. Suppose you needed to swap out your finest Silver lined arrows for your weapon skills... or say your normal arrows are ineffective against a creature but you had some fancy ice arrows at hand? Well... a common practice for RNGs is to set up special macros to handle these swaps for us:
/equip ammo "Scorpion Arrow"
/wait 2
/p Using Barrage!! Poor fella...
/ja Barrage <me>
� swapping arrows DO NOT reset your TP. Swapping *weapons* do. � Make sure you slip at least one or two seconds of wait time in between commands to avoid any commands from being misfired.
� Some players choose to place a second "equip ammo" command at the end of the macro to swap back to your original arrow type. The alternative is to leave just one /equip command at the start of every macro so it just takes care of itself each time. You decide.
What are Quivers? How do I make them?
In whichever city is first in conquest, you will find a Mithra with the travelling circus/minstrels/whatever. This group can be found in Southern San d'Oria across from the Auction House, Windurst Woods near the fountain, or Port Bastok near the Gustaberg gate, depending on which city is first in conquest. The Mithra in question is sitting off to the side instead of actually performing with the group.
You will need 1 carnation for EACH stack of 99 arrows. Carnations can be purchased at the flower shop in Upper Jeuno for around 60 gil a piece, or purchased from Auction House under Materials >> Alchemy. She will only quiver full stacks of 99 arrows.
Simply trade the arrows and the carnations to the mithra at the same time, and she will give you the quivers in return.
You can trade several stacks of arrows and several carnations to her at once so you don't have to do a separate trade for every single quiver. For example, the most slots you can trade to someone at once is 8, so you can trade 7 stacks of Silver Arrows, and 7 carnations (all in one stack) to receive 7 quivers all at once.
Quivers can be stacked, with up to 12 quivers in one stack. This means that you can carry a total of 1188 (12 x 99) arrows in a single inventory slot.
You can not equip a quiver in the ammo slot. Simply "use" a quiver, and it will be broken back down in to the 99 arrows that make up the quiver, which can then be equipped in the ammo slot.
How much arrows would I be using as a Ranger?
There's simply no way to measure this accurately. Simply stated we should be using as many arrows as needed to get the job done. We commonly say you should use just enough arrows to keep at the "hate line". In other words, get a feel for how many arrows you can shoot out before the tank has trouble keeping the MOB's attention away from you.
You'll be using less arrows if your PT is efficient...more arrows if not.
Generally speaking, it's been agreed that a typical Ranger will use on average 2 stacks of arrows per hour. So if you plan for 3 hours of fighting...look to bring at least 6 stacks of arrows with you, and perhaps a couple extra stacks for good luck.
Ranger AFs
In the interest of keeping this FAQ guide reasonably concentrated on the global details, I'll just post a link here to another post. All the best information for this can be found at two places:
� RKenshin's Tips
� Killing Ifrit
How much money do I need to start a RNG?
Not as much as you would expect. Of course, the more money you have the better, but most of us started our Ranger careers with maybe 80K-120K in the bank.
If you do nothing else (i.e., no farming, crafting, fishing, etc), that money should last you till about level 20. Most of your expenses will be for arrows and bows. A lot of pre-20 levels you can recycle the gear you used from your first job as there really isn't any RNG specific gear yet.
Of course, as you level, you'll be selling some of your gear back so your funds can be stretched as you go.
Still, the RNG career is one that demands a constant stream of income. So get in the habit of making money as soon as you can.
OK, I'm cheating when I include this as a Frequent Question. But I think it's important to mention a commonly overlooked scenario when players are trying to find the "fastest" way to build a RNG.
Being "fast" doesn't necessarily just mean powerleveling your levels as fast as you can, you'll have a much easier time if you can get everywhere faster too. And that's where travel speed comes to play.
Forget just RNGs for a sec, if I had to rebuild any new character from scratch I'd first concentrate on traveling:
-- Airship Pass (get rank 5)
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-- Get Flee (lvl THF to 25)
-- Get Warp (lvl BLM to 17)
In almost every MMO, your ability to travel anywhere fast is going to make your game that much more fun.
I don't think you'll regret having any one of those things above...no matter what job you end up sticking to. As a RNG, you'll spend a good deal of time questing, farming and crafting. So traveling quickly is the key to helping you build this character.
Ranger Equipment Guide
Link to original post for color keys and recommendations.
Bronze Axe (1) -> Beestinger (7) -> Bone Axe (13) -> Battleaxe (20) -> Archer's Knife (28) -> Hawker's Knife (30) -> Fransisca (63)
Ranged (Bow)
Shortbow +1 (1) -> Longbow +1 (5) -> Royal Archer's Longbow (10) -> Hunter's Longbow (12) -> Power Bow +1 (16) -> Great Bow +1 (30) -> Battle Bow +1 (40) -> War Bow +1 (50) -> Eurytos' Bow (55) -> Sarnga's Bow (59) -> Master Caster's Bow (71)
Ranged (Crossbow)
Light Crossbow +1 (1) -> Legionnaire's Crossbow (10) -> Crossbow +1 (12) -> Power Crossbow (25) -> Zamburak +1 (30) -> Arbalest +1 (50) -> Heavy Crossbow +1 (60) -> Othinus' Bow (67)
Ranged (Gun)
Hakenbuechse (6) -> Bandit's Gun +1 (15) -> Tanegashima +1 (19) -> Arquebus +1 (22) -> Pirate's Gun +1 (27) -> Serpentine Gun (34) -> Musketeer Gun (50) -> Matchlock Gun +1 (56) -> Hellfire +1 (70) -> Culverin +1 (73)
Ammo (Bow)
Stone Arrow (1) -> Bone Arrow (7) -> Iron Arrow (14) -> Fang Arrow (15) -> Beetle Arrow (17) -> Poison Arrow (19) -> Silver Arrow (24) -> Horn Arrow (29) -> Scorpion Arrow (40) -> Ice / Fire / Lightning Arrow (45) -> Demon Arrow (60) -> Patriarch Protector's Arrow (60) -> Kabura Arrow (70)
Ammo (Crossbow)
Bronze Bolt (1) -> Blind Bolt (10) -> Acid Bolt (15) -> Venom Bolt (25) -> Holy Bolt (30) -> Mythril Bolt (40) -> Darksteel Bolt (52) -> Gold Musketeer's Bolt (60)
Ammo (Gun)
Bronze Bullet (1) -> Bullet (22) -> Silver Bullet (50) -> Cannon Shell (73)
Head Armor
Circlet (1) -> Leather Bandana (7) -> Compound Eye Circlet (9) -> Royal Footman's Bandana (10) -> Kingdom Bandana (15) -> Lizard Helm (17) -> Emperor's Hairpin (24) -> Brass Mask (27) -> Centurion's Visor (30) -> Iron Visor (37) -> Corsair's Hat (44) -> Raptor Helm (48) -> Hunter's Beret (54) -> Coeurl Mask (69) -> Optical Hat (70) -> War Beret (70)
Body Armor
Robe (1) -> Leather Vest (7) -> Tunic (8) -> Royal Footman's Tunic (10) -> San d'Orian Tunic (15) -> Lizard Jerkin (17) -> Brass Scale Mail (27) -> Centurion's Scale Mail (30) -> Iron Scale Mail (37) -> Combat Caster's Cloak (43) -> Brigandine Armor (45) -> Royal Knight's Cloak (50) -> Hunter;s Jerkin (58) -> War Aketon (70) -> Kirin's Osode (75)
Opal Earring (10) -> Shield Earring (20) -> Genin Earring (30) -> Drone Earring (36) -> Fenrir's Earring (70)
Feather Collar +1 (7) -> Ranger's Necklace (14) -> Peacock Charm (33) -> Jagd Gorget (40) -> Coral Gorget (56) -> Spectacles (59)
Hand Armor
Cuffs (1) -> Leather Gloves (7) -> Royal Footman's Gloves (10) -> San d'Orian Gloves (15) -> Lizard Gloves (17) -> Brass Finger Gauntlets (27) -> Centurion's Finger Gauntlets (30) -> Iron Finger Gauntlets (37) -> Mage's Cuffs (38) -> Hunter's Bracers (52) -> Coeurl Gloves (69) -> War Gloves (70) -> Blood Finger Gauntlets (73) -> Seiryu's Kote (75)
Windurstian Ring (1) -> Copper Ring (1) -> Brass Ring (7) -> Tourmaline Ring (14) -> Bone Ring (16) -> Beetle Ring (21) -> Horn Ring (35) -> Marksman's Ring (40) -> Carapace Ring (45) -> Scorpion Ring (55) -> Lightning / Fire Ring (65) -> Coral Ring (70) -> Behemoth's Ring (70)
Rabbit Mantle (1) -> Traveler's Mantle (12) -> Lizard Mantle (17) -> Nomad's Mantle (24) -> Midnight Cape (30) -> Bat Cape (46) -> Federal Army Mantle (55) -> Amemit Mantle (61)
Blood Stone (1) -> Leather Belt (7) -> Lizard Belt (17) -> Mercenary Captain's Belt (30) -> Survival Belt (38) -> Royal Knight's Belt (50)
Leg Armor
Slops (1) -> Leather Trousers (7) -> Scale Cuisses (10) -> Lizard Trousers (17) -> Martial Slacks (24) -> Centurion's Cuisses (30) -> Republic Cuisses (34) -> Iron Cuisses (40) -> Steel Cuisses (50) -> Hunter's Braccae (56) -> War Brais (70) -> Dusk Trousers (72)
Foot Armor
Ash Clogs (1) -> Leather Highboots -> Leaping Boots (7) -> Royal Footman's Boots (10) -> Light Soleas (13) -> Royal Footman's Clogs (20) -> Winged Boots (24) -> Brass Greaves (27) -> Air Solea (28) -> Centurion's Greaves (30) -> Republic Greaves (34) -> Hunter's Socks (60) -> Coeurl Ledelsens (69) -> War Boots (70)
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LEWISBURG, Pa. — Joe Tranquillo, an assistant professor of biomedical and electrical engineering, talks about brain "switches" and how students have used engineering skills to solve medical and mechanical problems. || Faculty snap talk video
Q: Your research focuses on the dynamic network of "switches" in the brain and how they control basic movements and decision-making. What are brain switches and how do they work?
A: Researchers have viewed the brain in a variety of ways throughout history. At one point, the brain was thought of as an elaborate cooling mechanism and nothing else. It wasn't even thought to be part of consciousness or intelligence. When we went through the Industrial Revolution, there was an analogy made that our brains were just complicated machines. During the electronics revolution, it was thought that our brains were like computers. And right now, many think of the brain as a big network. In fact, I helped organize a colloquium series this past year to explore how these views have shaped the way we view our minds and identities.
In thinking of the brain as a network there has been an enormous focus on the neural code, the language neurons use to send messages to one another. An often overlooked problem is that this same code is also selectively turning on and off different areas of the brain. This is the idea behind neural switches. When we study the structure of the brain, each neuron is connected to about a thousand other neurons. But only a small percentage of your brain is on at any one time. So it's not enough to only know the network or what the code looks like. We also have to know how that code selectively turns on different areas of the brain at the same time.
Q: A group of students in your biomedical signals class developed a system to move a motor with brain power. How does this device work?
A: The students were able to get a motor to move based on brain signals. The way that this works is that there are regions in your brain that become more active when you do certain tasks. You can record this activity with electrodes. The information in these signals is similar to what you would be able to learn from a distance, like if you are in a blimp above a crowd in Bucknell's football stadium. You would be able to tell if the right side of the crowd cheered or if the left side cheered, but you wouldn't be able to tell why they were cheering, and you wouldn't be able to hear their individual conversations.
What the students did specifically was put electrodes on their vision centers on the surface of the scalp. So if they had their eyes open or closed, they were able to make the motor move. The students also pulled out another signal from the brain to make the motor move left or move right. One of those students went on this past year to refine the system to allow for imagined movements to control the motor.
Q: Bucknell's biomedical engineering majors must complete a senior design project in which they partner with medical professionals at Geisinger Medical Center to design and develop medical devices to solve real-world problems. What are some of the benefits of this partnership?
A: There are benefits for Bucknell and for Geisinger. Geisinger is at the leading edge of healthcare, and they have physicians who enjoy pushing the boundaries of what is possible. They have ideas, but they are not trained as engineers or designers, which is where our students come in. Our students take these ideas and develop them with the help of Geisinger's world-class experts, faculty mentors and Bucknell's Product Development Lab. All of those people are part of a big team, but the students are driving that team.
From Bucknell's point of view, the partnership with Geisinger allows our students to focus on all aspects of the design process, most importantly identifying real problems. Our students are going to be biomedical engineers when they graduate. Like all biomedical engineers, they will have an enormous diversity of technical skills. But what will set them apart is that they will speak the language of the medical community and be able to look for and solve real clinical problems.
Q: What are some examples of projects that Bucknell students have developed with Geisinger professionals?
A: One example is the zebrafish washing device, which some of my students developed four years ago. Zebrafish have similar brain chemistry to humans and are used to screen for drugs. Technicians create a mutation in the zebrafish and then inject different drugs in them to see how the fish respond. The way it was done in the past is that technicians would test for thousands of compounds one at a time. They would have to go in and suck out the compounds by hand and then go in and put a new compound in. The group of students from Bucknell as their senior design project created a chamber with a lid that allows you to fill it up with a solution, wash it and fill it back up again in a very short time period. What used to be a 30-minute process is now a 15-second process. The device is now patented with the students and myself listed as inventors.
A second example is from last summer, when two of my students collaborated with Dr. Frank Gilliam, director of neurology at Geisinger and a national leader in the field, to develop a novel type of individual electrode casings for the monitoring of brain-waves. Often, neurological patients are monitored for long periods of time while going about their daily business. The current technology is to wrap their entire head in gauze to keep the electrodes stable. Aside from being unattractive, it makes reapplication or adjustments difficult. The students played a key role in identifying the problem and then went on to make and then validate their design. The work was presented by the students at the annual Biomedical Engineering Society meeting last year, and Geisinger will be trying the electrodes on a real patient next week.
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The number of times people have counted out Boston Red Sox star designated hitter David Ortiz are too many to count.
Other than this season, Ortiz seemingly started the year in a terrible slump that sent everyone headed for the closest microphone or telephone to declare he should be traded, released retired every season.
Over the last several Bruins seasons, Milan Lucic has seemingly morphed into the hockey version of David Ortiz. Although Lucic's slumps haven't been relegated to the start of the season, every stretch with little production creates clamoring for Lucic to be excommunicated from TD Garden, banished to the farthest reaches of British Columbia or worse.
If the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs have proven anything, it's the Bruins observers need to start giving Lucic a lot more room to breathe when things aren't going his way.
There's no doubt that the 2013 lockout-shortened NHL regular-season was a disappointment of the magnitude of Lucic burying his knuckles in Mike Komisarek's face. Lucic, a former 30-goal scorer, only lit the lamp seven times in the regular season. His physicality dipped. His forechecking, which resembles a heat-seeking missile when most effective, looked more like a tired dog waltzing after the 100th Frisbee toss.
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There are also the matters that some players might've handled better. Lucic became a first-time father during training. Undoubtedly, that can take some getting used to and cut into a player's rest.
And then there's the mega-contract that's been the undoing of many a great athlete. Last summer, Lucic signed a three-year, $6 million per season extension that begins in 2013-14. You could argue that making a lot more money shouldn't be a hindrance to a player performing. Pile the contract pressure on Lucic along with the other possible factors I mentioned, you have to accept that the 48-game season probably was the exception, not the rule, when it comes to Lucic's production.
Think about this: the Bruins have now played 60 games. It should be March. They should just be hitting the stretch drive. It would be the perfect time for Lucic to get himself going and salvage some respectable regular-season stats before the postseason. Instead, it's time for the conference finals.
Throughout Lucic's regular-season struggles, coach Claude Julien tried everything at his disposal to spark the left wing. He moved Lucic up and down the lineup, cut his minutes and took away his power-play time. Finally he took the drastic step of scratching Lucic for the first time since he was a rookie on April 20, coincidentally, against the Penguins. Both player and coach agree that the scratch was a turning point that saw Lucic begin to play his beastly game again, even if that didn't instantly translate into production on the score sheet.
"I think it was just making it fun again. As much as there was a lot of negativity around that sitting and all that stuff, there was still a lot of getting a chance to clear your head and focus on the things that were most important," Lucic said after practice Tuesday. "And in the long run, obviously it's ended up being a good thing."
Now through 12 postseason games, Lucic has been a multi-zone, multi-faceted force. He has 3-7-10 totals and a plus-9 rating. He leads the club with 55 hits. One big bit of body contact knocked Anton Stralman out of Game 3 and the rest of the series with New York. So Roman Hamrlik was in the Rangers lineup and on the ice for those giveaways that led to Boston's game-winning goal in Game 5 because Lucic put Stralman in the trainer's room. Lucic even won some key faceoffs in the Bruins' Game 7 win against Toronto.
So Lucic's career now reads in order: a 30-goal season, a 26-goal season and a seven-goal shortened season followed by a great playoff run. His 12 points in 25 games playing through an injured toe in the 2011 Stanley Cup championship run weren't too shabby either.
There are many more positives to Lucic's game and career than things to complain about. If he was on the open market – and you could debate whether he's a $6 million player – 29 other teams would line up to sign him. You'll really know Lucic's value when you see how much David Clarkson gets as an unrestricted free agent this summer in a thin market.
Best of all, Lucic is still only 24 (set to turn 25 June 7). It might seem like he's been on the Bruins forever and he should already be completely mature, because he's done so much and experienced almost everything possible. But he's still just a kid. He's still learning the life of a pro, the life as a person with a family, and the life of a star.
It's easy to look out on the ice and pick on the big kid when he's struggling. After all, with his size and shape, no one looks worse when he's in a slump than Lucic. It's easy to ridicule a $6 million man because he didn't have a Gordie Howe Hat Trick or three fights in a game when you think he should do something on that level every night. However that's just unrealistic.
Accepting Lucic as a star that can go through slumps like any athlete, but typically comes through when it counts most, would be a wise idea. Otherwise the next three seasons with him in black and gold are going to be as painful for you as getting sandwiched between Lucic and the end-wall glass.


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There's all kinds of variety when you go to pick wine at Mark Twain Cave's Cave Hollow West Winery.
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The aging process for some wines is eight months to a year. But that's after the grapes are prepared.
"We take them either through one of two different processes. We take them through a red process. Red wines are different than white. Red grapes will come in, we'll just crush and press them and we'll let them sit and ferment on the skins for about seven to 10 days and then we'll press them. Then they'll go to tank and then to aging," West said. "We're always a year behind with everything that we do. There's still things that could be messed up so you have to do a lot of barrel maintenance and you have to make sure everything's topped off, put sulfates in it."
Before the wine is bottled, how it is stored and what it's stored in can play a huge role as to how the wine settles and tastes.
The wood of barrels can affect the flavor of any wine, and air, which allows the wine to "breathe."
"We're actually pretty lucky here in Missouri, we have a cooperage called A&K and it's American New Oak (barrels). I like their 3-year-old barrels that come back from the winery out there," West said. "They've had cabernet in them and what not. We're actually going to probably get out of the barrel side of it because we've gone to these square tanks now and we'll be able to add oak chips to it and decrease our (aging) time."
The wood chips have the same affect as a barrel. However, the wine has to be kept in a cold atmosphere so heat doesn't taint the flavor. About 64 or 65 degrees does just fine.
And since this is the land of Mark Twain, the wines do reflect the famous author's namesake and titles.
There's Mark Twain Reserve and An Innocent Broad, named after Twain's book "The Innocence Abroad." Like every wine, they — along with the several others available — are eccentric to wine admirers and enthusiasts.
And in case you're wondering, it's the white wine that needs more care.
"White wine, you have to get it in the bottle a little quicker," West said. "About six months, eight months max (of aging) and then you should get it out to the consumer."


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So it's time to break out the cycling tights. That's OK, because the RS Zero bib tights are constructed with four high-tech fabrics to maximize comfort on cooler rides. Firewall 260 fabric repels water and moves with you, Power Lycra fabric provides superior muscle compression, MidZero fabric manages moisture and retains heat, and Mobil Mesh fabric enhances breathability. These bib tights also feature 12 contoured panels, Sugoi's Formula FX chamois for pro-level comfort on big mile rides, and flatlock seams for a super-smooth feel. Transitioning into the cooler season is hard. Let these bib tights help you through it.
- Firewall 260 fabric offers advanced thermal regulation, water resistance, breathability, resilience and range of motion
- Power Lycra is a research-proven, muscle compression fabric with a lighter weight for cooler performance and a sleek, matte appearance
- MidZero fabric with a soft, brushed interior and full-motion stretch expedites moisture-wicking and increases airflow, trapping body warmth next-to-skin
- Mobil Mesh back insert is highly breathable, lightweight and designed to stay in place
- Contoured, 12-panel design provides excellent muscle compression
- 5" front zipper for easy-on, easy-off
- Formula FX chamois:
- Stretch V-Control high-density padding at pressure points softens vibrations
- 4-way stretch side panels provide excellent mobility, fit and comfort
- Seam-free laminated surfaces and perforated forward ventilation create a cool and dry riding environment
- Pressure relieving center channel and v-notch contribute to an evolved fit and performance
- Flatlock seams eliminate chafing
- Reflective accents add visibility
- Stirrups for secure placement


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