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"Broadly speaking, we think Europe is past the worst." That's reassuring news for investors interested in European equities. While there are still caveats that advisors should keep in mind, Stephen Peak, director of international equities for Henderson Global Investors and manager of the European Focus Fund (HFEAX), is optimistic about the region overall.
"At the moment, we're showing clear signs of recovery, certainly from where we were a year or two ago," Peak told Investment Advisor in December. "There are really strong pockets and signs and signals across Europe here and there—not universally, there are still some issues to be certain—but Europe is in recovery mode."
That move to recovery will become more evident throughout 2014, Peak said, but he was careful to note that it won't happen quickly. "Over all, we have to be realistic. We're not going to get back in a hurry to the traditional growth rates that we became used to leading up to the global financial crisis. We're still in a lower growth environment. Nonetheless, we think that growth is going to have more recovery, and we think the evidence will be clearer as we travel through 2014."
Peak was reluctant to call any particular region in Europe off limits. "Geographically, there are no no-go areas because even in the roughest of times for individual areas—if you go back a year or two to Southern Europe, when everybody thought Southern Europe was pretty much a no-go area for fairly obvious reasons—you can still find individual stocks where the market was throwing the baby out with the bathwater."
However, there are some sectors that advisors should approach cautiously. One that has some promise but requires advisors to remain selective is the financial sector, according to Peak.
"The U.S. banking sector deserves credit for doing a pretty good job of recovery," he said. "Europe is not quite there. It's going through that process where banks have to restructure, sell off non-core assets and raise more money on occasion. We think that process is ongoing, and we think European recovery probably plays hand in glove with the better tone for the financial sector. Good selectivity for financials will be important in the year ahead."
Resource-related companies, particularly those that deal in metals, are another area where Peak is treading carefully.
Reiterating his point that Europe is looking at recovery, he said the region has been getting more interesting. "The previous winners in Europe if you go back—not this year but certainly over the last few years—have been the high-return companies, typically the consumer staples companies, those with exposure to emerging markets. In other words, the best recipe was to find equities with as little to do with Europe as you could possibly find because Europe is dull and the rest of the world is more interesting. Clearly, 2013 has seen a switch around of that. We've oriented the portfolio to have a bit more European sensitivity, shall we say, in terms of the geographical profile of our holdings."
Looking ahead at 2014, Peak said that for some of those former winners, "in some cases the negative price action has gone a little bit too far. There will be some interesting, almost contrarian plays being presented to us next year, and clearly the ability to select halfway decently will be important in terms of performance. Trying to keep on top of those and get our timing and judgment correct is going to be pretty much the deciding factor for a successful 2014."
Another source of opportunity in 2014 will be mergers and acquisitions, Peak said. "We've seen a number of interesting, big deals. The IPO market in Europe has been picking up a little bit. We have had suppressed M&A for a while in Europe, but I think the signs and signals are that it is picking up. That will probably create some additional opportunities for investors."
The European Focus Fund invests in public companies in both the U.K. and on the continent, Peak said, with three very simple objectives: "One is to make some money for our clients. The second one is to beat the market; in other words, justify being active. And the third objective is to beat the competition. If we can do all three, then I think everyone will be thrilled."
While the markets aren't entirely cooperative yet, the fund has performed well lately. As of Jan. 10, the fund's one-year return was 34.78%.
"We've managed to get more things right than wrong this year," Peak said. "At the end of November, the fund was up about 30% in round numbers, and that compares to the MSCI Europe up about 13%, so significant outperformance for the year. Longer term, we've had a very good 12-year record. We clearly rank in the top decile of the category. It's a record I'm very proud of. As they say, the past is no guide to the future, but we want to obviously keep the credentials of the fund intact."
Peak said he follows three principles in managing the fund. "No. 1, this is a bottom-up fund. No. 2, it's really a blend style. There's no significant growth flavor; there's no significant value flavor. It's a blend of best ideas. And the third building block is we have the ability to go all-cap." Peak looks at and invests in the "very biggest companies" all the way down to small-cap firms "when the time is right and the opportunity is right."
"The overall idea of this fund is we appreciate that in the American market, clients are never going to have two, three, four, five funds in Europe. They're probably only going to have one," he said. "So if we have a fund that has the ability to be an all-weather fund rather than something that only performs when value is in or when growth is in or when small-cap is in, clients can hold this. It's a multi-year hold, rather than something where they need to worry about the seasonality of the fund or the style of the fund."
At almost $720 million in assets as of Jan. 8, Peak called the fund "a good size" and expects it to continue growing as more U.S. investors are attracted to Europe. "The U.S. has been a great place to be, but it's trading at all-time highs, and we think there are more opportunities outside of the United States. International markets and Europe in particular [are playing] catch up to the relative economic success that we've seen in the U.S. On the back of that, Europe's high was back in 2007; to get back to that high, the markets would have to move up 30%. That doesn't mean they will go up 30%, but it's an interesting contrast to the domestic equity success that American investors have enjoyed. I think it's a good argument for diversification. Beyond that, there's a very good investment return argument that we would encourage clients and their advisors to think very hard about in terms of their mix of exposure. We'd argue for more international and less domestic."


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|Join us for the series, "Standing on the Shoulders of Giants", highlighting five "Neuro Giants" who will take us on their personal journey in neurology and how they have contributed to the evolution of neurology. The description of this journey will start with why I decided to go into medicine and why I decided to become a neurologist and then a behavioral and cognitive neurologist. In addition to the altruistic elements of being a clinician, neurology unlike many specialties, has several important aspects that make working in this specialty very rewarding, including the ability to use divergent thinking and deductive reasoning. In addition, unlike many specialties in medicine, neurologists are able to work with patients suffering with a large variety of diseases and thus our specialty requires exploration. In regard to education, the brain is the most complicated organ in the body and it is always a challenge to teach about its functions and about how disease can impair its functions. Finally, in relation to research, there is so much that we do not understand about brain functions and diseases, and therefore being a neurologist allows us to learn about how the brain might function and the causes of dysfunction. People often ask, "At your age, why don't you retire?" I ask, "Why?" They respond, "So you can do the things you always wanted to do." I reply, "I am doing them. I see patients, teach and do research, I feel blessed."
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Vidor Council member resigns
During what was, at times, a heated spectacle of a city council meeting, Vidor City Council Ward 4 representative Mallie Bickham resigned his post on the governmental body.
The announcement came while Council was in the midst of tackling an executive session item to contemplate allegations and possible discipline for City Manager Ricky Jorgensen, which was called into open court by the accused. The deliberations divided the city representatives to the point of aggravation and eventual evacuation. Mayor Ray Long wasn't present, and Mallie Bickham was acting as Mayor Pro Tem. Other council representatives present were Matt Ortego, Angela Brading, Lynda Courtney, Trey Haney and Brock Galloway.
When the Council failed to reach a consensus on whether to discipline Jorgensen, a stale mate ensued with no motion to dismiss the meeting to go along with no motion to mete out punishment upon Jorgensen.
Haney elected to leave anyway, to the applause and cheers of those in the crowd who were at the meeting in support of Jorgensen. The crowd continued to become increasingly vocal as those who wanted Jorgensen terminated began to likewise sound off. Then Bickham decided he, too, would make an early exit.
Bickham, however, had no intentions of coming back, saying he resigned from the Vidor City Council. As he made his way from the Council bench, he proceeded to shout accusations at his former fellow Council members, only inciting the crowd more and more.
As chaos erupted in the courtroom, Brading made her way to the gavel and police chief David Shows made his way into the middle of the crowd. It only took a quick pass-through from Shows to clear the room, and also cleared with it was the quorum needed to continue the meeting.
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Happy Christmas Eve all! Besides the fact that this Christmas season has already brought me much joy (a boy I'm dating whom I kinda sorta really like, wonderful family reunions, SNOW, sisterly chats, more SNOW, and tasty eats, it's also brought me a very special package that arrived just in time. What is this mystery package, you ask? Why, it was a big, big cardboard box filled with 25 of my very own "Healthy Chicks in the Kitchen" recipe books.
For those of you who don't know, I've been working on these recipe books for some time now – from writing the intro and table of contents to coming up with fun titles and descriptions of each recipe. Oh, and I've also been busy cooking…gotta test 'em out, right?
Anyway, they finally came in the mail late Wednesday night, and after my mom and I ripped open the package, stared at the front cover, and flipped through the book (multiple times), I think it was safe to say I was oozing with happiness. I couldn't – and still can't – believe that I designed these babies all by myself, I came up with every single recipe in the book (all 64) and I was on the front cover. Me. With my full name. WOW. Now that's a good feeling you can't just get from anything.
Naturally, my mom wanted to take some to work to sell for her daughter (she owns a pretty sweet hair salon), so she laid them out nicely in a big pretty basket with tissue paper to take with her to work yesterday. I signed them of course so they'd have that personal touch… What I didn't realize was that by the time I came to visit her yesterday evening, she would have already sold SEVEN of them. How neat? Seven people have my recipe book on their kitchen counters as we speak. I'm getting chills just thinking about it.
Well, just thought I'd give you a little update on the Healthy Chick front before things get crazy with the family/the food/the presents/and the additional food. Happy holidays to all. I wish you all a warm, healthy, happy, merry Christmas : )


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DUBLIN, Calif., Jan. 16, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Astex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:ASTX), a pharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery and development of novel small molecule therapeutics, today announced that collaborators Cancer Research UK and its commercial arm Cancer Research Technology (CRT) are launching a trial of an experimental drug shown to simultaneously block many enzymes that control cancer cell growth and death. The 'master-switch' experimental drug, owned by Astex Pharmaceuticals, is being studied in a range of cancer types.
Cancer Research UK's Drug Development Office (DDO) will fund, manage and sponsor this early-stage Phase I clinical trial of up to 40 patients at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, and The Royal Marsden Hospital.
The drug, AT13148, is one of eight drugs to be developed through Cancer Research UK's Clinical Development Partnerships program, which is a joint initiative between the charity's DDO and CRT. The program develops promising cancer drugs that pharmaceutical companies do not have the resources to progress through early phase clinical trials to see if they can benefit cancer patients. Without this program many promising drugs would be left on the shelves gathering dust.
AT13148 is a multi-AGC kinase inhibitor that inhibits several enzymes in the PI3K - AKT tumor cell survival pathway including protein kinase B (PKB/AKT) and p70S6K. AT13148 shows a distinct mechanism of action from other AKT inhibitors. Pre-clinical research was published recently (Clin. Cancer Res.; 2012,18(14); 3912-3923).
The molecule was originally discovered by scientists on the PKB drug discovery program, a collaboration between Astex Pharmaceuticals, CRT and The Institute of Cancer Research, which ran from 2003 through 2006.
Harren Jhoti, PhD, Astex Pharmaceuticals president and director said, "We are very gratified with the progress that the collaboration has achieved and that this work has progressed into the clinic."
Astex Pharmaceuticals can decide to develop the drug further based on the Phase I/IIa clinical trial data. If it chooses not to, Cancer Research Technology has the rights to secure an alternative partner and ensure the drug has every possible chance of reaching patients.
Dr. Victoria John, head of clinical partnerships at Cancer Research UK's Drug Development Office said, "We're delighted to open the first clinical trial of this experimental drug to find out if it can benefit cancer patients in the future. This molecule was brought to us at a very early stage in its development and, with the preclinical work now completed, we're extremely pleased it's obtained regulatory approval to enter the clinic."
About Astex Pharmaceuticals
Astex Pharmaceuticals is dedicated to the discovery and development of novel small molecule therapeutics with a focus on oncology. The Company is developing a proprietary pipeline of novel therapies and is creating de-risked products for partnership with leading pharmaceutical companies. Astex Pharmaceuticals developed DACOGEN® (decitabine) for Injection and receives significant royalties on global sales.
For more information about Astex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., please visit http://www.astx.com.
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About The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR)
The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) is one of the world's most influential cancer research institutes. Scientists and clinicians at the ICR are working every day to make a real impact on cancer patients' lives. Through its unique partnership with The Royal Marsden Hospital and 'bench-to-bedside' approach, the ICR is able to create and deliver results in a way that other institutions cannot. Together the two organizations are rated in the top four cancer centers globally.
The ICR has an outstanding record of achievement dating back more than 100 years. It provided the first convincing evidence that DNA damage is the basic cause of cancer, laying the foundation for the now universally accepted idea that cancer is a genetic disease. Today it leads the world at isolating cancer-related genes and discovering new targeted drugs for personalized cancer treatment.
As a college of the University of London, the ICR provides postgraduate higher education of international distinction. It has charitable status and relies on support from partner organizations, charities and the general public.
The ICR's mission is to make the discoveries that defeat cancer. For more information visit www.icr.ac.uk
About The Institute of Cancer Research's Cancer Research UK Cancer Therapeutics Unit
The Institute of Cancer Research's Cancer Research UK Cancer Therapeutics Unit is the world's leading academic drug discovery team. It has discovered 16 new drug candidates over the past six years, with six of these progressing to Phase I clinical trial and one drug - abiraterone - being licensed in the US, Canada and Europe for patients with advanced prostate cancer. This success was recently recognized by the American Association of Cancer Research's Team Science Award.
About Cancer Research Technology
Cancer Research Technology (CRT) is a specialist commercialization and development company, which aims to develop new discoveries in cancer research for the benefit of cancer patients. CRT works closely with leading international cancer scientists and their institutes to protect intellectual property arising from their research and to establish links with commercial partners. CRT facilitates the discovery, development and marketing of new cancer therapeutics, vaccines, diagnostics and enabling technologies. CRT is a wholly owned subsidiary of Cancer Research UK, the largest independent funder of cancer research in the world. Further information about CRT can be found atwww.cancertechnology.com
About Cancer Research UK's Drug Development Office
Cancer Research UK's Drug Development Office has an impressive record of developing novel treatments for cancer. It currently has a portfolio of around 35 new anti-cancer agents in preclinical development, phase I or early phase II clinical trials. Since 1982, the Cancer Research UK Drug Development Office has taken over 120 potential new anti-cancer agents into clinical trials in patients, six of which have subsequently made it to market and many others are still in clinical development. Marketed drugs include Temozolomide, a drug discovered by Cancer Research UK scientists, that is an effective new treatment for brain cancer and Abiraterone which was co-discovered by Cancer Research UK scientists to treat advanced prostate cancer. Six other drugs are in late development phase III trials. This rate of success is comparable to that of any pharmaceutical company.
About Cancer Research UK
- Cancer Research UK is the world's leading cancer charity dedicated to saving lives through research.
- The charity's groundbreaking work into the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer has helped save millions of lives. This work is funded entirely by the public.
- Cancer Research UK has been at the heart of the progress that has already seen survival rates in the UK double in the last forty years.
- Cancer Research UK supports research into all aspects of cancer through the work of over 4,000 scientists, doctors and nurses.
- Together with its partners and supporters, Cancer Research UK's vision is to beat cancer.
For further information about Cancer Research UK's work or to find out how to support the charity, please call 020 3469 6699 or visit www.cancerresearchuk.org


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Sorry folks, I've been away. The extended absence over the Christmas holidays and the busy-ness that ensued afterwards to keep up with work and other obligations (stuff piles up when you ignore it) kept me away.
But I want to point out something quite interesting that was contributed to this blog by the Rev. Thomas Extejt. He kindly identified a photo of Frank Plenzler and Sophia Szymanowski. His post states:
Dear Donna:
The wedding picture in your November '11 blog is definitely my great-aunt, Sophia Szymanowski Plenzler, and her new husband, Frank Plenzler. I confirmed this with an older cousin who lives in Florida. Uncle Frank was a genius at carpentry, and incredibly strong for a little wiry man. Aunt Sophie loved everybody. I spent many happy hours at their house at 1240 Campbell St.
I wanted to put his response on the landing page of this blog since it was originally placed on the "About me" page–where it might be a bit obscure to others who I know visit here.
My New Year resolution is of course, to return and post as much as possible! Winter is here and I'm content to stay inside were it is warm and dry and untangle mysteries.


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Is it possible that the worst ad agencies can make more money than good ones by consistently coming up with mediocre advertising? Sounds far-fetched? But that's exactly what most agency compensation agreements make possible, if not probable.
The majority of compensation agreements today are based on hourly billing rates. These hourly fees are replacing the old system that prevailed in the
On the surface, shifting from a commission-based compensation to an hourly fee-based approach seemed like an astute move for Advertisers. It was supposed to encourage greater transparency and in theory at least, bring agency fees in line with actual service. That did not exactly happen. Agency operations remained opaque and in too many cases inefficient.
But the biggest problem with hourly fees is that they do not separate the sheep from the goats. By agreeing to pay upfront for hours of work, not for ideas, clients often pay equally for a bad idea, as they do for a good idea.
Said another way, by letting input dictate the worth of an agency's output, Advertisers in essence reward a bad idea equally as a good idea. In fact, In an Alice of Wonderland world, because it takes more billable hours to get a bad idea revised before it is brought up front to customers, Advertisers actually reward an agency more when it comes up with a bad idea.
Instead of agreeing to billings by the hour, marketers should pay for the quality of ideas (and results), and efficiency. A few enlightened marketers are already experimenting with an output-driven compensation, even encouraging agencies to "have skin in the game" and put a portion of their fee at risk, in exchange for a bigger upside than they currently get if they meet performance benchmarks.
While there are many ways to look at these benchmarks, we recommend brand advocacy, efficiency, and continuous gains in profitable sales as good KPIs because they relate to shareholder value creation. These measurements can trace the direct effectiveness of the advertising in the overall marketing mix, and therefore provide a good guideline of agency compensation.
Hourly fee-based compensation is not tethered to accountability. As interactive channels and marketing investment grow, accountability and measurement will become the foundation of client/agency relationships. Advertisers will seek partners who are comfortable with accountability, and partners who are willing to share in the risk and the reward.
Compensation philosophy should evolve from the tactical and transactional to a strategic asset that encourages both partners to optimize an output, however that output is being defined upfront – sales results, consumer behavior, improved efficiencies or better collaboration.
Avi Dan is the founder of Avidan Strategies, a marketing consulting firm that specializes in business and marketing advice, agency search, compensation, and advertising strategy. He spent 30 years in senior account management and business development positions with leading global agencies.


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What does the Financial Times' motto "Without fear and without favour" really signify?
If for instance a German bank, lent to Greece, rated as one of "The semi-Infallible" Greece was just a couple of years ago then, according to Basel II, if it could make a 1 percent net after perceived risk and cost margin, then it could aspire to earn 62.5 percent on its equity. But, if instead it lent to a small German or Greek unrated business and earn the same net margin, then it was only allowed to achieve 12.5 percent return on equity. Does this nonsense makes sense to FT? I cannot believe so. Yet, what am I to think?
You can find my soon 900 letters to The Financial Times on this issue, for over soon a decade now, here:


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An "In-Practice" Take at the Holy Paladin Nerfs
By now, pretty much every holy paladin blogger has posted their thoughts, comments, disdain and disgust about Tuesday's holy paladin changes. In case you've been missing out, here's what happened:
– Holy Light doesn't pump up your holy power bar anymore when you cast it on your beaconned target.
– Light of Dawn, an already weak spell with the exception of how it transferred nicely through beacon, had it's healing reduced by 40% so the beacon transfers don't give healing envy to Word of Glory.
The rationale is that paladins have too much mana and are relying too much on the "pump up Holy Power via Holy Light and use Light of Dawn transfers to bomb the tank" strategy.
On the mana part, if you're rubbing your eyes, I don't blame you. When I started running heroics a few days ago, the idea of "too much mana" would be have had me laughing until my sides hurt. But, now that I'm decked in heroics gear and running with other heroically geared players, I kind of have to agree. Holy Light, with it's low mana cost and long cast, becomes basically free with enough passive mana regen.
As for the "Light of Dawn abuse", well, it was nice while it lasted. According to Tuesday's raid logs, with a mix of 333-349 ilvl gear and 25 man raid buffs, my Light of Dawn was hitting individual targets for ~ 8k, occasionally critting for ~ 15k. Which looks great, but considering that everyone had over 100k hp and were taking insane damage left and right, LoD was actually crap for raid healing. Where it shone was through beacon. Say my LoD hit 5 targets for 8k for a total of 40k. Half of that (so 20k) was transferred to the tank, which is more than my ~15k World of Glory could heal them for.
How the changes affected my heroics healing
In all honesty, they didn't. I kept the same "Holy Shock on cooldown, then Holy Light unless massive damage" strategy I used before. I couldn't use Word of Glory as often, but, meh, other than making me crave haste (the instant cast component of WoG is nice), it didn't matter. With heroics gear, Holy Light is basically free and Word of Glory is a weak spell. When my group didn't screw up, I still ended fights at nearly full mana. I even started using Holy Radiance on cooldown.
How the changes might affect 25 man raiding
I raided Sunday and Monday, but I won't get to test the changes until Thursday night. It's difficult for me to predict how it'll affect raiding. At our last attempts, our offtanks were too undergeared and our raid team too undisciplined (we have a lot of new guildies who are on their first raids with us and aren't used to our ways) for me to get a clear idea of Cataclysm 25 man raid healing. Our attempts on Halfus Wyrmbreaker were under 2 minutes long and my tank was getting smacked with 40k-60k hits every 2 seconds.
To (attempt to) keep up with that kind of damage, I was using Holy Shock on cooldown and otherwise spamming Divine Light. Light of Dawn was a good option when I had at least 4 people in front of me (which didn't happen often) so I might notice a loss there. Holy Light wasn't in the equation at all when it came to healing in raids.
A Return to Wrath Healing?
We have too much mana… To which Blizzard responded by attacking the very mechanics they wanted our class to use. With our glorious passive mana regen untouched and with Word of Glory and Light of Dawn being so weak, I can see us going back to single or double spell spamming pretty quickly.
Aunna at Bandage Spec made some excellent suggestions that could solve our problem of being overpowered without ruining our new and improved playstyle. I have some suggestions of my own:
1- Nerf our specialization – 50% of mana regen from spirit is too much? Bring it down to 40%, or 35%.
2- Raise the mana cost and effectiveness of Holy Shock – Right now Holy Shock doesn't do much beside give us holy power. It helps a little bit with raid healing, but that's about it. Make it more expensive and more useful and it'll put a dent in our mana bar.
3- Reduce the mana back from judging Seal of Insight or increase the cooldown on Judgement – Seriously, 3500 mana every time I use an 8 second cooldown spell? For real? No wonder my mana bar is full!
4- Increase the mana cost of Holy Light – It's too cheap? Make it less cheap.
5- Buff Light of Dawn, but don't let it transfer through beacon – Light of Dawn is a really week spell without the beacon component. With the amount of health people have, you couldn't even notice the 8k heal. (Fannon as well as a few others have mentioned this too)
6- Make it harder to stack holy power, but buff Word of Glory – I don't care how free and instant Word of Glory is, it's not powerful enough to be worth working for. If it healed, for like, say 30k, I might be tempted to put some effort into getting 3 stacks of holy power.
So final words, if you've been worrying about the nerfs, you can relax. They haven't affected us a whole lot. But! I can see the nerf bat heading our way again shortly, so gear up and farm heroics while we still have it sort of easy.Explore posts in the same categories: Teh paladin
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December 16, 2010 at 1:11 am
Some thoughts on those points:
1) Our spirit scales up way too fast. Stacking spirit so far trivializes a lot of the mana mechanics, except when shit hits the fan (thought it helps a lot there too). I'm scared nerfing this will unduly hurt newly geared 85s, but I think it may be a step in the right direction, as the more gear we get, the crazier regen will be.
2) Holy Shock, if talented correctly, costs less than Holy Light, is instant, gives a Holy Power point, and hits harder than Holy Light. We use it on cooldown at this point, replacing Holy Light. I'm not sure raising the effectiveness is the right thing to do here, especially since they already nerfed our Holy Power generation by not allowing Holy Light to do it. Without casting Divine Light or Flash of Light, it takes 18 seconds to get 3 Holy Power (12 if you're just starting off the pull). Making that slower isn't going to do us any favors, they're already gutting the Holy Power mechanic as it is.
3) Keep in mind Judging costs about 1200 mana if I recall correctly (posting from work, don't have WoW available to check), so you're "only" getting 2500 mana back after cost, and keep in mind that won't scale at all because it's base mana. It may be OP now, but I'll guarentee that it'll be underpowered in 3 tiers. Still, it probably could do with a little toning down, or make it scale with maximum mana again, but something silly tiny like 2.5% maximum mana (if Judgement costs 1.5% of an 80k mana pool, each Judgement would net us 800 mana right now, and would scale, at the risk of making Intellect more important than Spirit).
4) If you're going to increase the cost of Holy Light, you'll have to do the same with Divine Light. As it is, Divine Light is nearly as efficient as Holy Light from a Mana per Health ratio, and takes 2 fewer casts to get there. We're already in danger of never casting Holy Light at all, bumping the cost would make us never use it period. Even if it did generate Holy Power, if the efficiency was less I'd just let people sit at 60% health instead of sitting at 80% and cast Divine Light exclusively.
5) This is my preferred fix, personally. Un-nerf that 40% less Light of Dawn, and make it not heal the Beacon. It's honestly that that terrible to heal a party for 10k each with it (plus positional requirements). What made it OP was healing the tank for 36k with it.
6) Word of Glory so far has been a glorified mana conservation tactic. It hits for about 20k crits in my gear, so it's about the same as a Flash of Light, but instant and cheaper. I still prefer using Light of Dawn when I can over Word of Glory because of the potential healing spread, and that I can hit the tank for nearly 20k with a well placed Light of Dawn even after the 40% nerf, which plays back into #5.
I agree that the nerfs so far haven't actually affected me much now that my spirit is through the roof. All they've done is gutted our fun mechanic and pushed us into stacking more spirit because it's far too awesome.
I think there needs to be more distinction between single target and multi-target healing for us, since Light of Dawn and Beacon are muddying that pretty significantly. If I have to start choosing between a 10k heal on the party and a 25k heal on the tank, then I have a reason to think about Word of Glory vs. Light of Dawn. Right now? Light of Dawn almost every time, because I get both group and tank healing.
December 16, 2010 at 9:23 am
I'm actually a little happy they took away from the holy power grind a little, I didn't enjoy that type of healing. I like the idea of building up holy power and having a good heal, but not where it's the only way to go. I like having the freedom to cast other spells and not minding if it takes 18 seconds to build up to a word of glory.
Problem is, they need to compensate. Some of our spells now seem nearly useless, as pointed out already in this post and comments.
December 16, 2010 at 3:21 pm
"Our attempts on Halfus Wyrmbreaker were under 2 minutes long and my tank was getting smacked with 40k-60k hits every 2 seconds. To (attempt to) keep up with that kind of damage, I was using Holy Shock on cooldown and otherwise spamming Divine Light."
Boy, doesn't that sound familiar. I'm glad they got rid of the notion that the tank won't die within 2 GCDs without heals.
I agree with you, though, the nerfs didn't really affect my healing all that much (other than I had to stop myself casting Holy Light a few times when it wasn't strictly necessary). Truthfully, the nerfs to HL and LoD simply serve to marginalize the usefulness of the entire Holy Power concept as the central focus of Paladin heals. It's there, and I *suppose* it's better than a random proc and I'll take the free heals, but it's not something I actively try to build anymore.
And thank you for the link, Ophelie! It's much appreciated!
December 18, 2010 at 4:19 pm
"The link was my pleasure. It's great to see a new healing blog with high quality posts."
I think I love you. 🙂
"so the more stuff I have to keep track of, the happier I am."
No, wait… you're crazy. 🙂
December 21, 2010 at 8:35 pm
I'm not a paladin but I'm still rubbing my eyes here Ophelie – did I just read a holy paladin asking to get some of his imba skills nerfed? 😀
Hehe….I've spoken to holy pali mates when we all entered our first heroics and each of them let me know just how little he struggled in comparison to myself. now you never know how honest someone is about stuff there (them haughty servants of teh light!), but squeezing out every last drop of mana via buffs, CDs and whatnot myself, that still felt a little "meh". that said, I'm nowhere near heroic gear yet, I still have 2 greens even, so who knows how things are gonna look 2 weeks from now. and else I'll just console myself with the fact that I get to play my priest to her full capacities at the moment, easily using 12 or more different spells almost every pull, in order to optimize. the challenge really forces you to draw upon all you got.


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Sit Heel Speak
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Posted: Sun 22 Apr 2007, 10:55
Post subject:
whittycat wrote:
...no ntfs...
Good, that makes things easier. FAT16 is perfect for the USB stick.
whittycat wrote:
...What is wkpup2x? Is that the same as wkpup202?
Open a:\autoexec.bat in a text editor. The second line should identify it as "wkpup2x 0.1" which is why I call it that.
Below is a screenshot of a directory listing of my stick. Never mind the other .sfs files for now--just put pup_215.sfs and zdrv_215.sfs on. Never mind the "RECYCLED" subdir that stupid Windows put there. Notice that INITRD.GZ and VMLINUZ are in uppercase. Frankly, why it won't boot if these are lowercase (even if the names in linld.cfg are also lowercase) is a mystery to me. Use Windows Explorer (or whatever it's called in XP) or Rox in Puppy to rename these two from lowercase to uppercase. Also uppercase the two marker files (you'll need PUPXUSB when you boot on usb1 using the older WakeUSB. Just copy USBFLASH.).
Ah--I forgot. You don't have linld.cfg when you first start. Create linld.cfg on the stick as a textfile (use Geany) to read like this. It is all a single line. Later you can try changeing PHOME to sdb1 or even eliminating it altogether; you might also later try acpi=on for power management; and later you can try taking out the irqpoll parameter. This, below, is a sort-of "belt-and-suspenders-safe" rendition to get you going no matter what your hardware profile:
kernel=VMLINUZ initrd=INITRD.GZ root=/dev/ram0 PMEDIA=usbflash PUPSFS=pup_215.sfs acpi=off irqpoll PHOME=sda1
...and put the stick in your first (top) usb2 port and try booting it. Let me know if a problem arises. Back in ten hours...
Windows Directory of USB install of Puppy 2.15CE Final (patched).png
Directory of Sit Heel Speak's USB stick
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Posted: Sun 22 Apr 2007, 11:11
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Thanks for all that. It gives me quite a bit to think about, so I'll need some time. Oh, btw if I look at the files on the stick with a windows XP command window the filenames are all lower case except USBFLASH which is upper case. I'll make the changes you suggest.
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Posted: Sun 22 Apr 2007, 15:50
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I changed the filenames and the stick now contains
Volume in drive H has no label.
Volume Serial Number is 0CC1-D1FA
Directory of H:\
06/04/2007 08:58 2,048 boot.cat
06/04/2007 08:58 960 boot.msg
06/04/2007 08:58 10,648 isolinux.bin
06/04/2007 08:58 141 isolinux.cfg
06/04/2007 08:58 116,178,944 pup_215.sfs
06/04/2007 08:58 17,756,160 zdrv_215.sfs
22/04/2007 18:09 109 linld.cfg
10 File(s) 137,016,482 bytes
0 Dir(s) 366,346,240 bytes free
> to get you going no matter what your hardware profile:
Ah, if only ...
Tried this, same result. You suggested putting the stick in the top
slot so I moved the mouse out of the way and put the stick in the top
left slot at the back. Same result.
I am not sure what PHOME is doing so I tried changing this to sdc1. Same
Why is that everyone in the world is walking their puppies except me?
It's not fair. Waaaa!
It seems to me that the basic problem is that the FreeDOS program
can't see the files on the stick whereas Windows can. When the
program has searched for the marker and not found one it gives you a
DOS prompt and on disk E: it finds a device but then reports 'File not
found'. It doesn't matter what is on the stick if the program can't
see any of the files. I think the matter of upper case filenames and
linld.cfg are irrelevant until this can be explained. Or is there some
other solution?
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Sit Heel Speak
Joined: 30 Mar 2006
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Posted: Sun 22 Apr 2007, 20:43
Post subject:
Are you very sure that your usb port is usb2?
You are plugging straight into the port, not through an adapter or hub, right?
If you can boot Puppy or any other Linux in some other fashion (either live-CD, or copy the files pup_215.sfs, initrd.gz, and vmlinuz to c:\ and then boot using WinGrub, etc.) then I would like to see the output of the command
issued in an rxvt terminal window. Just the lines which say something about usb will do, i.e.
lsmod | grep "usb"
Or, for that matter, if you can see the brand and model number of the Universal Serial Bus controller from Windows (e.g. Device Manager), what is it?
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Posted: Mon 23 Apr 2007, 11:08
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Pretty sure. It is plugged in to the port not via a hub.
This is lsmod | grep -i usb
usbhid 45088 0
usb_storage 87616 1
scsi_mod 152880 3 sd_mod,libata,usb_storage
ide_core 147584 4 ide_cd,usb_storage,generic,amd74xx
(which is not very useful) and /proc/bus/usb/devices includes this:
T: Bus=02 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#= 1 Spd=480 MxCh=10
B: Alloc= 0/800 us ( 0%), #Int= 0, #Iso= 0
D: Ver= 2.00 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=01 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=0000 ProdID=0000 Rev= 2.06
S: Manufacturer=Linux 2.6.18-3-amd64 ehci_hcd
S: Product=EHCI Host Controller
S: SerialNumber=0000:00:02.1
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=e0 MxPwr= 0mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub
E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 2 Ivl=256ms
(which is the controller, seems not to have a vendor?)
T: Bus=02 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=09 Cnt=01 Dev#= 4 Spd=480 MxCh= 0
D: Ver= 2.00 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=0951 ProdID=1603 Rev= 2.00
S: Manufacturer=Kingston
S: Product=DataTraveler 2.00000001815
S: SerialNumber=0000001815
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=80 MxPwr= 50mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=08(stor.) Sub=06 Prot=50 Driver=usb-storage
E: Ad=81(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 512 Ivl=0ms
E: Ad=02(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 512 Ivl=0ms
and this is usbtree:
/: Bus 02.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=ehci_hcd/10p, 480M
|__ Port 10: Dev 3, If 0, Class=stor., Driver=usb-storage, 480M
/: Bus 01.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=ohci_hcd/10p, 12M
|__ Port 4: Dev 2, If 0, Class=HID, Driver=usbhid, 1.5M
In autoexec.bat the command 'if exist E:\usbflash' returns nothing
which is not surprising since A:\DIR E: finds the volume but says there
are no files on it. FreeDOS does better than MSDOS which just says
'invalid drive E:'.
I looked at Wakeusb but the .iso file is bigger than 1440k.
Does it matter that the usb stick has a partition table? I started by
creating a single FAT16 partition on it.
Thank you for your patience but I think I just give up don't you?
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Posted: Mon 23 Apr 2007, 12:07
Post subject:
I wonder ... I looked at what Windows XP says about the USB controller and it says 'Standard USB host controller', again with no manufacturer. So if USB is controlled by the OS and when I boot from Freedos there is no OS present there is no USB either. Is that what the problem is?
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Posted: Mon 23 Apr 2007, 17:36
Post subject:
You seem to have a problematic controller. Here is my lsmod:
sh-3.00# lsmod | grep "usb"
usbhid 40736 0
usb_storage 83904 1
usbcore 126116 5 usbhid,usb_storage,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
ehci_hcd is the usb2 module, uhci_hcd and ohci_hcd are usb1.
Evidently the usb-controller-sensing code in your Linux (and therefore, I presume also in wkpup2x) fails to sense your particular usb2 controller. How new, if I may ask, is this notebook?
Plug the stick in, boot Puppy (or other Linux), and see if you can mount the stick (should be /dev/sdx, x=a if no scsi or sata drives, /dev/sda0 = /mnt/sda1).
If it won't mount, try issuing
modprobe ehci_hcd
and then try mounting again; and let me see lsmod | grep "usb" now.
If your Linux has usbview, I'd like to see a screenshot--just of the USBView window, not the whole desktop.
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Posted: Tue 24 Apr 2007, 09:31
Post subject:
> You seem to have a problematic controller. Here is my lsmod:
> ehci_hcd is the usb2 module, uhci_hcd and ohci_hcd are usb1.
ehci_hcd is loaded, it just doesn't show up with 'lsmod | grep usb'
because I do not have usbcore. There is nothing wrong with the USB 2
controller. You can see from /proc/bus/usb/devices that the stick is
on a USB port with speed 480, so it is high-speed USB2, and the module
running it is ehci_hcd.
> How new, if I may ask, is this notebook?
I should explain. What I want to do is use an old laptop, with a
faulty HD, to run a program all the time measuring the temperature of
my solar heating system. That is all it needs to do. It seemed a good
idea to run the OS from a stick and avoid the HD altogether and I am
trying it out first on my desktop PC which I built last summer round a
Mainboard NF4ST-A9 mobo which has 10 USB2 ports. The OS is Debian etch
and this works fine in all regards, including access to the Kingston
stick. I can mount it and there is no point in 'modprobe ehci_hcd'
because it is already there.
It is now clear that I cannot load Puppy or any other OS from the
stick because FreeDOS cannot see the USB port, even though there is
nothing wrong with it. I can do what I want with the laptop by
running Puppy from a CD and loading the temperature measuring program
into RAM without involving the HD so I have abandoned the stick
idea. The only way I could run Puppy from a stick is to have a BIOS
that loads from USB.
I do have usbview but it just confirms what I have said. Among other
things it says:
Manufacturer: Linux 2.6.18-3-amd64 ehci_hcd
Speed: 480Mb/s (high)
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Posted: Tue 24 Apr 2007, 14:05
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Actually not FreeDOS's fault; the usbaspi.sys which wkpup2x and wakeusb both rely on was a lucky find, a proprietary nugget found tucked away in an obscure, deep-down subdir of a Japanese-language Panasonic corporate website. That it works at all is fortuitous, a piece of serendipity. I guess you just happen to have the exact two newer and older ehci controllers on which usbaspi.sys won't work. C'est la vie, unless you have friends in Tokyo who can persuade Panasonic to update it. If you are so fortunate, please keep us informed!
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Posted: Wed 25 Apr 2007, 17:22
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I have few friends in Japan (like none) so I'll have to run puppy
linux another way. Thank you again for all your help and advice
and I wish you continuing success with wakepup development.
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Posted: Thu 26 Apr 2007, 00:32
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Actually the sole developer is pakt, I was only the original tester. The information on where usbaspi.sys comes from is not from pakt, rather I deduce it from other sources. But I could be mistaken.
One thing I should have initially suggested: the floppy disk...format it freshly in Windows before you load the .img file onto it...and at the end of the format process, make sure there are "zero bad sectors" on it. Otherwise, even if it has only 512 bytes bad, then fold it in two, throw it in the trash, and start over with another one.
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Posted: Sun 09 Sep 2007, 06:08
Post subject: The Basics of WakePup
Hi Guys,
I've been an amazed fan of Puppy Linux for just about a year now. When I read that you could boot from USB, I was taken aback by the flexibility of this project. Then, when I found that you could boot from USB on machines that dont have support for USB in the BIOS, I was floored.
I've spent some time looking at the WakePUP boot disk, but it really doesn't tell me a lot. I was wondering if anyone would be willing to clue me in on how it was "built" so that I can ponder the possibility of using similar approaches to boot other OSes off USB sticks on NON-Bios Supported machines.
I have a very nice laptop that happens to have non-working hard drive controller. Being able to pick and choose which USB OS I want to run would be miraculous. But, since it doesnt bios support usb, USB Puppy has been my only answer so far (no cd burner in the machine).
Thank you in advance.
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Posted: Sun 09 Sep 2007, 12:14
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chintue, I made WakePup ages ago using FreeDOS and uses, as Sit Heel Speak correctly writes, Panasonic's superb USB DOS driver, as well as other drivers, and is completely MS-free. I've also made a couple of special-purpose versions of WakePup - search the forum for the links if you're interested. If you are familiar with DOS batch programming, you should be able to figure out how WakePup works. The FreeDOS project has extended the original DOS batch language, making it much more powerful.
John Doe and others have recently begun updating WakePup. You might like to join in the discussion. Here's the link: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=19831
Methinks Raspberry Pi were ideal for runnin' Puppy Linux
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Posted: Sun 17 Feb 2008, 07:26
Post subject: Re: Using WakePup for subdirectories
pakt wrote:
dsulmon wrote:
I'm trying to use wakepup to launch a puppy saved in a subdirectory.
This isn't an issue with wakepup but with Puppy. Puppy can only find files that are in the top directory. However there is a thread where someone (sunburnt?) has modified Puppy to look in subdirectories. You'll have to search the forum for more info.
Does anyone have more information about that?
I have a few versions of Puppy Linux on a hard drive.
Each version is within its own partition.
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Posted: Fri 22 Feb 2008, 04:32
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I have put wake puppy on floppy using the writeing file then i have put a the marker and iso on usb flash,usb hd, and iehd all at the same time but when i insert the floppy it says like every other time i boot boot disk does not exist but then below when ive put in floppy it says freeDOS then it just stops it deosnt freeze it just stops. ive tried taking it out and putting it back in without rebooting it just makes a clicking noise like when i used the write file but it is louder but it still doesnt work.
also is it possible to have a setup puppy .exe file?????
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AM Best's Chan: Hong Kong Insurers Ramp Up to Meet Expanded Health OfferingsAugust 19, 2019
AM Best's Ermakova: Russia's Insurance Market Reaching a Turning PointAugust 14, 2019
AM Best's Siddiqui: Regulatory, Competitive Changes Reduce Bahrain's RoleAugust 8, 2019
NAIC's NYC Event Draws the Insurance Industry to a Meeting of the MindsAugust 8, 2019
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Born as Innovations, Captives Find New Ways to Provide Coverage, ServicesAugust 7, 2019
As Insurance Market Hardens, Captive Sector Poised for GrowthAugust 6, 2019
Caribbean Insurance Markets Show Range of ResultsAugust 6, 2019
Regulators Say Overseeing Captives Requires a Different PerspectiveAugust 6, 2019
AM Best Analysts: NY's Child Victims Act Will Impact Insurers' ReservesJuly 31, 2019
AM Best's Eslami: Rated Captives Build Surplus, Outperform Commercial SectorJuly 30, 2019
AM Best's Prince: Strong Solvency II Ratios Typically Mirrored by Strong BCAR RatiosJuly 23, 2019
AM Best Analysts: Rising Regulatory Standards in Asia-Pacific Will Erode ProtectionismJuly 23, 2019
AM Best Analysts: Life Insurers Drawn to Direct-to-Consumer, Face ObstaclesJuly 23, 2019
AM Best's Hopper: US Insurers Increase Private Equity HoldingsJuly 23, 2019
AM Best's Lee: Japanese Nonlife Insurers Tap Cat Reserves After StormsJuly 23, 2019
AM Best Analysts: Europe, MENA Face Evolving Risk EnvironmentsJuly 23, 2019
Tech, Data, Automation Add to Insurance Marketing ToolkitsJuly 22, 2019
Cyber Insurance Market Expanding, but Racing to Keep Pace With ExposuresJuly 22, 2019
AM Best Analysts: Life and Annuity Insurers Better Prepared for Next DownturnJuly 10, 2019
A Look Inside AM Best's Impairment and Rating Transition StudyJuly 8, 2019
AI, Complexity Theory Joining to Push Back Risk FrontiersJuly 7, 2019
AM Best's Patron: Jordan's Insurers Face Risk, Asset ConcentrationJuly 5, 2019
US Medical Professional Liability Sector Shows Improved Results, Developing ChallengesJuly 1, 2019
AM Best's Tournier: Product Penetration Aids Stable Outlook for French Life SectorJune 26, 2019
AM Best's Wong-Fupuy: Italy's Insurance Market Shaped by Concentration, DistributionJune 26, 2019
AM Best's Seydoux: German Life Sector Burdened by Product Commitments, ReservingJune 24, 2019
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AM Best's Dunckley: Stable Outlook for Evolving Italian Life SectorJune 16, 2019
As Companies' Understanding of Risk Evolves, So Do Their CaptivesJune 12, 2019
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AM Best's Blades: US Inland Marine Sector Shows Exceptional StabilityJune 3, 2019
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The circus of the Australian Senate this week certainly provided entertainment for the masses, or at least the Canberra community.
But under cover of the noise and theatrics, a genuinely serious problem is starting to build for the nation.
It really doesn't matter much if the carbon price was scrapped yesterday, next week or next month.
Given how much it's costing Clive Palmer in dollars and Tony Abbott in reputation, the one sure thing is that it will go.
Yet to be seen is exactly what sort of amendment the Palmer United Party wants and what the government will accept – though it looks like the government will accept anything right now to fulfil its election chant of axing the tax.
If "Big Dog" Palmer's PUPs follow through on their apparent pledge to mandate that all carbon tax repeal savings be passed on to consumers, another legion of bookkeepers will be required.
It's possible that business will be faced with more expensive red and green tape than ditching a cheap emissions trading scheme is worth.
The anti-carbon price lobby might rue what it wished for.
But for all the headlines, the carbon price issue is only a symptom of a larger problem: the Senate is steadily trashing the budget.
Abbott might deliver on axing the tax, but in the process, he's blowing out Hockey's deficit.
The week's events just confirm my belief that Clive Palmer's greatest motivation is to embarrass and torture the coalition governments, both federally and in Queensland. It's the revenge of a Liberal scorned.
All the populism of cutting taxes while the retaining the spending and recommending more handouts will be election fodder for Queensland next year.
Given the low esteem in which both major parties are held, every headline featuring Palmer sticking it up them will play very well north of the Tweed.
Palmer's hope is to secure the balance of power in that state's unicameral parliament, where he could play games that would make the Senate show look like hopscotch.
There is a nationally serious side to this that hasn't been getting anywhere near as much attention as the centre-ring clowning.
Palmer and the predilections of the some of the more, to borrow slightly from Paul Keating, "unrepresentative" elements of this Senate risk destroying the Coalition's plans to rein in the deficit.
On the motley crew's announced intentions, it looks like the Senate will keep all the spending initiatives of the last government while ditching all the savings proposed by the new.
On top of the Coalition's own new spending ambitions, it's adding up to a budget blowout that should prove very embarrassing Joe Hockey.
No, the deficit is not being brought under control at all.
Hockey's first budget featured a 2013-14 deficit estimate of $49.9 billion, a figure inflated by Hockey's $8.8 billion gift to the Reserve Bank, funds that will be shunted back to Treasury and then some from RBA profits.
So let's round down the real 2013-14 count to a still-generous $41 billion.
If the government had its own way in the Senate, Hockey forecast a deficit of $29.8 billion for 2014-15. To keep it simple, let's say $30 billion – not a vast amount in the context of $415 billion of expenditure (the same as last year).
But some $7 billion of the proposed $11 billion deficit reduction is already in the process of being thrown out the Senate window.
From the school kids' bonus to the increase in the tax-free threshold, the losses to Hockey's proposed savings just keep coming. And it's early days yet.
The Coalition is again being caught in a trap of its own making. Hockey took a claimed $42 billion worth of budget "savings" into the last election, but when is a saving not a saving?
When you immediately turn around and spend it. That's pretty much what the Coalition did through axing taxes and its own increased spending proposals like the paid parental leave policy.
Adding to the embarrassment is the reality of dismal polls, ruling out Abbott's earlier talk of seeking a double dissolution if his key policies were blocked. Cutting the deficit was right up there with boats and taxes.
But the previous bravado was this morning replaced with:
"We were elected to govern the country, not to go back to another election."
So it's back to the budget drawing board instead.
Aside from the obvious schadenfreude, there's also no comfort in this for "Electricity" Bill Shorten.
The divisiveness that has delivered so much power to the cross bench is ongoing, and thus so too is the rogue Senate.


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by Brian DeCandia, Sports Information Graduate Assistant
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – The Georgia College women's cross country team and head coach Joe Samprone have been training all season to compete in the Peach Belt Conference (PBC) Championships this Saturday in Aiken, S.C. hosted by USC Aiken set for a 10 a.m. start.
"This is the first team we've brought to conference in a long time that I don't know where they are going to finish," said coach Samprone. "We are a very young team but we have a tremendous amount of talent. We are ready and have been gearing up for this tournament all season."
The Bobcats are traveling with only two seniors, Victoria Dobson (New Hamburg, Ontario) and Karissa Ekstrom (Alpharetta, Ga.). The PBC Championships is a 6K event for the women. Dobson recorded her best 6K time of the season at the Pacer Invitational, 25:48. She had her best finish at the Augusta State University Invitational racing to 18th place. Ekstrom also ran her best 6K at the Pacer Invitational with a time of 25:49.
Three sophomores make the trip, including top-runner Allison Lones (Kathleen, Ga.). Lones raced to All-PBC status last season and hopes to repeat those efforts. She paced the Bobcats in all five races this season. Lones raced to a sixth place finish at the Pacer Invitational with her best 6K time of the season, 24:38.
Sophomores Madeline McCane (McDonough, Ga.) and Ashton Passino (Alpharetta, Ga.) look to keep pace this weekend. McCane finished 17th at the ASU Invitational with a time of 26:13 and Passino finished one spot ahead of McCane with a time of 26:11.
Two freshmen, Rebecca Shane (Lilburn, Ga.) and Catie Tinker (Dallas, Ga.) look to create a spark for the Bobcats this weekend. Shane has raced well all season long, finishing 13th at the ASU Invitational in 26:00. Tinker has only participated in two events because of an injury but showed promise at ASU Invitational, finishing 20th with a time of 26:49.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, back-to-back winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.twitter.com/BobcatSports and www.facebook.com/gcbobcats for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.


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Seems that many 68k games has a problems with USB keyboard, keyboard works only partially.
The Shadow of third moon works nicely, is possible to turn around, but not move forwars or backward. It uses Q and A keys.
Payback has also a problems, it is possible to move foward, get in to car, but not a turn left or right.
There are some ohter also.


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32 wrote:Unfortunately, my bro says he doesn't have photoshop...
Apparently, it's gotten a lot harder to steal.
nah... still easy to steal, you just have to keep patching it.
I do have some PS skills (and a working copy of PS), but I've been pretty overloaded. If we can wait until the end of the semester (1.5 weeks for me), I'll be able to whip something up.


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New Orleans has often been named one of the most romantic cities in the country—and for good reason. The city has endless restaurants, bars, historic locales and scenery to take in—so much of which is perfect for a romantic evening like Valentine's Day. Here are a few of the best spots you can try this year.
Columns Hotel (Uptown – 3811 St. Charles Ave)
With the Columns Hotel, you have two options for enjoying each other's company and the atmosphere around you. Outside is an expansive, picturesque porch that overlooks St. Charles Ave, and you can enjoy not only each other but the quaint scenery and sound of the streetcar as it whirrs by. Inside is a dimly lit bar and room of candlelit tables perfect for cozying up and feeling the intimate vibes passing between you both. Either setting you choose, you can enjoy decadent classic cocktails, such as a fantastic Pimm's Cup or to-die-for Sazerac, and a delightful bistro menu with tasty options that are perfect for sharing.
Snug Harbor (Marigny – 626 Frenchmen St)
If you're looking for one of the more intimate settings for enjoying live jazz, you have to visit Snug Harbor on Frenchmen St. Revered as one of the best spots for contemporary jazz in the city, Snug Harbor offers two sets, 8 and 10pm, that will blow your mind and give you something to talk about long after the set is done. Tables are set up around the music room that are perfect for two, and you can enjoy a delicious drink from the bar downstairs while you listen to the music. If you want a bite to eat, there's a restaurant downstairs with a menu of classic local and bar food as well.
Café Degas (Esplanade – 3127 Esplanade Ave)
If Paris is the city of love, then a phenomenal meal at an intimate French bistro like Café Degas may be just your ticket to a night of romance this Valentine's Day. Share a steaming plate of escargots or a classic cheese plate with a glass of their finest reserve wines. Bask in each other's company and conversation as you devour dishes like Parmesan crusted veal medallions and pan-seared rack of lamb. The restaurant is smaller than some and very popular, so make sure you call as soon as possible for a reservation.
Bayona (French Quarter – 430 Dauphine St)
Fronted by the locally beloved chef Susan Spicer, Bayona is a fantastic place to get a great meal and enjoy each other's company in a romantic setting. It's housed in a romantic 150-year-old Creole cottage in the French Quarter, which provides the perfect atmosphere for a Valentine's Day meal. The food is unforgettable: global, contemporary cuisine that entices your taste buds from start to finish. Plus, once you're finished your meal, you're in the heart of the French Quarter and ready to meander the streets or find a place to sit and have a drink together. Call ahead for reservations.
A Stroll Down the Mississippi River at Sunset (Woldenberg Park – French Quarter)
The Mississippi River snakes along the edge of the French Quarter, and the paved pathway along the levee is a perfect setting for watching the sunset over the beautiful city and her Crescent City Connection. Take a stroll hand in hand or pull up a seat on one of the benches along the path to take in the scenery at its best part of the day.
New Orleans is a romantic city that's completely inimitable by any other in the U.S. You'll find endless places to go and things to see to perfect your night and create a romantic Valentine's Day memory that will last forever.


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Morrisville, NY (9/25/10) – Junior
quarterback Tom
Fischer (Livingston, NJ / Livingston)
completed 20-of-26 passes for 199 yards and three first-half
touchdowns as 19th-ranked Montclair State rolled to its 11th
straight NJAC victory with a 42-6 triumph over Morrisville State at
Drake Field on Saturday afternoon.
Junior wide receiver Byron Lewin (Carteret, NJ / Carteret) pulled in nine receptions for 86 yards and a score as the Red Hawks are now 3-0 overall, 2-0 in the NJAC with the win. It is the 18th time in program history that MSU had opened the season with three victories.
The Red Hawks jumped out quickly in the game as a fumbled snap on a punt gave Montclair great field position at the Morrisville 19. After a pair runs, Fischer found his brother Vin for a 17-yard strike and a 7-0 MSU 2:33 into the game.
Midway through the quarter the lead was extended thanks in part to a seven-play, 74-yard drive that consumed 4:29 on the clock. A pass interference penalty by Morrisville kept the drive going and the Red hawks would take full advantage as Fischer and Lewin connected from 35-yards out as Montclair State led 14-0.
A fumble by the Red Hawks would help set up the Morrisville score as the Mustangs closed to 14-6 with 26 seconds to play in the first. But Montclair would answer right back on its next possession marching 58 yards in eight plays. Fischer kept the drive alive with a third-down completion to Dan Keegan (Fairfield, NJ / West Essex) and the possession ended in the end zone as Chris D'Andrea (Union, NJ / Union) scampered the final 11 yards for his third touchdown of the year Montclair State led 21-6.
The MSU defense, which allowed just 104 yards of offense in the game, set up the final touchdown of the half for the Red Hawks. Defensive back Chad Faulcon (Cranford, NJ / Cranford) intercepted a pass and returned it two yards to the MSU 48. Following an incompletion, Fischer hooked up with Joe LaSala (Clark, NJ / Colonia) on back-to-back plays, the final one a 37-yard score as Montclair State took a 28-6 lead into the locker room.
Freshmen running backs A.J. Scoppa (New Milford, NJ / New Milford) and Domenick Coiro (Totowa, NJ / Passaic Valley) accounted for the final two MSU touchdowns in the second half on the ground. Scoppa ran for all 43 of his yards on a drive that finished with a two-yard touchdown. Coiro, getting his first career carries, ran in from two yards out to end an 80-yard possession with 4:17 to go in the contest.
D'Andrea finished with 61 yards on 23 carries for MSU, which churned out 143 yards on the ground and 398 yards of offense overall. LaSala (55 yards) and Bobby Roesing (Secaucus, NJ / Secaucus) each had three receptions.
Defensively freshman linebacker Dan Avento (Montvale, NJ / Pascack Hills) led the way with seven tackles while Faulcon added five, all solo stops, in addition to three pass breakups and his interceptions.
The Red Hawks are back in action next Friday evening, October 1 as they head to Union, NJ to face Kean University in a 7:00 pm matchup at Alumni Stadium. It is the first meeting between the teams since MSU's 14-6 win over the Cougars in last year's NJAC Championship Game at Sprague Field.
No. 19 Montclair State Rolls Past Morrisville for Third Straight Win, 42-6
Morrisville, NY (9/25/10) – Junior
quarterback Tom
Fischer (Livingston, NJ / Livingston)
completed 20-of-26 passes for 199 yards and three first-half
touchdowns as 19th-ranked Montclair State rolled to its 11th
straight NJAC victory with a 42-6 triumph over Morrisville State at
Drake Field on Saturday afternoon.


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The Comedians of Comedy 2005 Spring Tour:
From The Attic Of Criminal Records
The lovely Lillian here at Criminal Records in Atlanta went and hooked my laptop up to some sort of nerd wire here in the attic, so now I'm updating while Brian and Zach play records downstairs. My shift starts in about two hours so, if my webmaster posts this ASAP (it's 2:20 p.m. Atlanta time as I write this) mosey on down here to hear my all-Melissa Manchester set.
Thursday, after the terrific Orlando show, was a loooooooong drive. I know a lot of you think traveling with comedians has got to be an Easter basket full of blowjobs, but it's actually kind of sad. We're grumpy, we sleep, we eat bad food, and we play PSP or listen to our iPods. Dave got everyone sick, but I managed to beat the Dark Hierophant in Untold Legends, so it wasn't a total loss.
And we re-discovered the joy of country music. Wow! We got to hear Alan Jackson's "Where Were You...?", where we learned that the way to salve the horror of 9/11 is to turn off horror movies and watch I LOVE LUCY instead. Gretchen Wilson did "Homewrecker" and there was also a song about an abortion. An abortion! And it wasn't anti-abortion, at least as far as we could tell. It was actually kinda upbeat, now that I think of it. Let's see college radio pull that off.
Atlanta is rainy but fun. I'm about to go downstairs and grab another slice of pizza.
Also, here's a final shout-out to Sci-Fi City in Orlando. Yer cashiers are annoying, but the mile-long aisle of lead figures and D&D books made me happy.


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Woodward at war
Bob Woodward called a senior White House official last week to tell him that in a piece in that weekend's Washington Post, he was going to question President Barack Obama's account of how sequestration came about — and got a major-league brushback. The Obama aide "yelled at me for about a half-hour," Woodward told us in an hourlong interview yesterday around the Georgetown dining room table where so many generations of Washington's powerful have spilled their secrets.
Digging into one of his famous folders, Woodward said the tirade was followed by a page-long email from the aide, one of the four or five administration officials most closely involved in the fiscal negotiations with the Hill. "I apologize for raising my voice in our conversation today," the official typed. "You're focusing on a few specific trees that give a very wrong impression of the forest. But perhaps we will just not see eye to eye here. … I think you will regret staking out that claim."
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Woodward repeated the last sentence, making clear he saw it as a veiled threat. " 'You'll regret.' Come on," he said. "I think if Obama himself saw the way they're dealing with some of this, he would say, 'Whoa, we don't tell any reporter 'you're going to regret challenging us.'"
( WATCH: Bob Woodward blasts President Obama 'madness')
"They have to be willing to live in the world where they're challenged," Woodward continued in his calm, instantly recognizable voice. "I've tangled with lots of these people. But suppose there's a young reporter who's only had a couple of years — or 10 years' — experience and the White House is sending him an email saying, 'You're going to regret this.' You know, tremble, tremble. I don't think it's the way to operate."
UPDATE: The official Woodward is referencing is Gene Sperling, a top economic aide, as BuzzFeed reported last night and we confirmed. Sources tell us the White House might release the full exchange to show it was much more innocuous than Woodward suggests.
ANOTHER UPDATE. We have obtained the actual email exchange and posted it here.
A White House official said: "Of course no threat was intended. As Mr. Woodward noted, the email from the aide was sent to apologize for voices being raised in their previous conversation. The note suggested that Mr. Woodward would regret the observation."
( Also on POLITICO: Right cheers Bob Woodward 'fact check')
Woodward — first in "The Price of Politics," his best-seller on the failed quest for a grand budget bargain, and later with his opinion piece in the Post — makes plain that sequestration was an idea crafted by the White House. Obama personally approved the plan and later signed it into law. Woodward was right, several congressional officials involved in the talks told us.
And that contention has made Woodward, once Public Enemy No. 1 to a generation of Republicans, the unlikely darling of the right wing. Conservatives suddenly swoon over him, with his stepped-up appearances on Fox News and starring role in GOP press releases. And while White House officials are certainly within their rights to yell at any journalist, including Bob Woodward, this very public battle with a Washington legend has become a major distraction at a pivotal moment for the president.
The feud also feeds a larger narrative because, like many others, Woodward thinks this is a very thin-skinned White House that does not like being challenged on the facts. He said that explains the senior aide's in-your-face email. "I think when they get their rear end in a crack here, they become defensive," he said. "This could be a huge issue if the economy takes a hit. And people are going to go back and say exactly what happened and who did it and so forth."


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Rose & Flower Gardening
Growing Nasturtiums: Flowers & Salads
This edible flower adds a great taste to salads
A Colorful Garden and Zesty Greens
Nasturtiums enliven your garden and your salads with their brightly colored flowers and peppery leaves. Easy to grow, nasturtiums also have sweet-smelling and sweet-tasting petals, and even their seedpods can be used in cooking - as a substitute for capers. Learn how to add these versatile flowers to your garden with the tips below.
Pretty Plants for Pots or Garden
From a strictly visual standpoint, nasturtiums can complement many spots in your garden. Some nasturtiums grow as bushy plants. Others string out along climbing or trailing vines. Trailing nasturtiums also make excellent container plants. Their colorful blossoms can be yellow, orange, pink, red, white or bi-colored, allowing you to design a color palette for your garden space. The leaves are large and rounded, attractive in their own right.
Choose a Sunny Spot
Nasturtiums prefer full sun, but give them some shade from the afternoon sun if you live in a hotter climate.
Plant Nasturtiums by Seed
Nasturtiums grow easily from seed and generally don't like being transplanted, which is why you may not find nasturtium plants at your local garden center. It's best to sow seeds directly into the ground or containers after the last frost in spring. Use a high quality potting mix such as Miracle-Gro® Moisture Control® Potting Mix for container nasturtiums. For garden grown nasturtiums, amend your soil with nutrient enriched matter such as Miracle-Gro® Garden Soil for Flowers & Vegetables before planting. Space the seeds according to the directions on your seed packets. The seeds are large, easy to plant and will sprout quickly - in about 7 to 10 days.
Watering and Feeding Nasturtiums
Nasturtiums require little feeding or attention. Be careful not to overwater (test the soil moisture level 2 to 3 inches below the surface before watering). Feed your nasturtiums occasionally with Miracle-Gro® Water Soluble Bloom Booster® Flower Food. Prune, or deadhead, wilted or misshapen flowers to encourage more growth. If you're growing nasturtiums in containers, you may find you need to prune them significantly during their growing season.


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Simulation Tools - Simulation Technologies
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The challenge of reducing time and costs along the product development cycle has created a growing demand to replace physical prototypes with virtual prototypes using frontloading. The vast range of variables in modern powertrain systems and the increasingly considered interaction of all vehicle components are to be mastered in the most efficient manner. Engineers are facing a great number of challenging development and simulation tasks which necessitate more than just 'good software'.
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The unique power of AVL Advanced Simulation Technologies is derived from the systemic netting of single simulation results to integrated, multidimensional simulation platforms on the basis of AVL's deep engineering expertise. These simulation platforms address the key tasks of the powertrain development process. The close loop with measurement enables a very early verification of testing data and a significant reduction of test efforts.
AVL's unique simulation power is the combination and integration of AVL software tools, 3rd party tools, testing and analysis methods with seamless simulation workflows which together guide the user toward practical solutions.
AVL's simulation workflows address application tasks which cover all aspects of the product creation process. The huge complexity of these tasks is bundled into multidimensional simulation platforms on the basis of AVL's deep engineering know-how.
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- AVL FIRE™ - Multi-purpose Thermo-fluid Simulation
- AVL FIRE™ M - CFD in a Multi-Domain Environment
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Twisted like a pretzel. That's how I can sometimes feel when I get overwhelmed with something or someone. This lesson will show you "how to draw a pretzel", step by step. These tasty ropes of dough have always been one of my favorite things to buy whenever I get a chance. I don't buy the frozen kind because they never taste like the real thing. Instead I will get a pretzel when I go to stores equipped with food stands that sells pretzels, nachos and cheese, and other food. I like mine salted which is why I added the salt deeds. You can choose to leave them out if you like, or you can include all the salt you want. I have to go because I need to get some more tutorials up for you all. Adios people, and have fun.
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GREENVILLE, N.C. – UMBC freshman Emily Escobedo (New Rochelle, N.Y./Maria Regina) won all three of her individual events while senior Johan Rohtla (Tallinn, Estonia/Tallinn Secondary Science) swept the men's backstroke events as UMBC swept Catawba but fell to East Carolina, Saturday afternoon at ECU's Minges Natatorium.
The men defeated Catawba, 188-110, but fell to the host Pirates, 158-140, and finish the dual meet season at 5-2. The Retriever women, meanwhile, downed the Indians, 176-112, but lost out to ECU, 174-121, to complete the dual meet season with a 4-3 record.
Escobedo upped her season win total to a team-best 13 by winning three events on Saturday. The freshman began her day by claiming the 100-yd. breaststroke title with a season-best time of 1:04.63. She then doubled her winnings and completed the sweep of the breaststroke events with a win in the 200-yd. race, again in a top season time (2:17.13). Escobedo capped her day by taking the top spot in the 200 IM (2:06.96).
Rohtla led the way for the men with his two wins, both in the backstroke, taking his season-total to nine. The senior opened his final dual meet by taking the 100 back title (52.07) and then finished the sweep by winning the 200 back by edging his season-best time in the event to 1:50.38.
Senior Mohamed Hussein (Cairo, Egypt/Victory College) helped the Retrievers capture both relay titles, in addition to earning his team-best 12th victory by winning the 200 IM (1:51.59). Hussein teamed with sophomore Leo Endres (Bamberg, Germany/Kaiser Heinrich Gymnasium), junior Lauri Kaei (Harjumaa, Estonia/Tallinn Secondary Science), and freshman Gregor Sporlein (Bamberg, Germany/Clavius-Gymansium) to win the 200 medley relay for the fourth time this season. He then anchored the 400 free relay with Sporlein, senior Evan Carey (Ponte Vedra, Fla./Grand Island), and Kaei to victory to end the meet.
Freshman Andrew McKissick (Ellicott City, Md./Mount St. Joseph's) won his second career dual meet event by touching first in the 1,000 free (9:34.14).
For the women, senior Talor Tadena (Orangevale, Calif./Bella Vista) earned her tenth win of the year by winning the 100 free (52.34) while sophomore Stephanie Romano (Arlington, Va./Yorktown/Towson) won her third event in two meets by taking the 500 free (5:05.57).
On the diving boards, senior Tim Perkins (Frederick, Md./Tuscarora) and sophomore Corinna Darelius (Rye, N.Y./Rye) each won the 1-meter event. Perkins scored 255.75 to capture the men's event while Darelius posted a score of 254.02.
UMBC now enters the Championships portion of its schedule with the women scheduled to compete at the America East Championships (Feb. 13-16) and the men heading to Knoxville, Tenn. for the CCSA Championships (Feb. 19-22).