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Worker at recycling center finds skull
North Augusta police have recovered a skull found by a recycling center employee as it went by on a conveyor belt.
Police were called to Materials Recovery Facility on June 10 after the employee discovered what appeared to be an adult human skull. The business is off Claypit Road.
North Augusta DepartÂment of Public Safety Lt. Tim Thornton said the skull appears to have been partially spray-painted green.
It has no observable trauma, such as fractures or bullet holes, and is clean, leading police to think it has been separated from the body for a long time.
"We don't know if we have a crime yet," Thornton said. "There's nothing suspicious about this except for the oddity in which it was uncovered. You don't see this every day."
Police are looking into the possibility that the skull was discarded by a medical student who no longer had use for it.
Numerous Web sites online offer the purchase of "real human skulls" that are often used by medical students.
Thornton said police are considering options and getting suggestions on what could be done with the skull.
Anyone with information about the skull or how it ended up at the recycling center is asked to contact the North Augusta Department of Public Safety at (803) 279-2121.
Police identify suspect in home invasion, rape
North Augusta police have identified one of two men they say forced their way into an Atomic Road home last month, robbing and raping the victims.
The North Augusta DeÂpartment of Public Safety is seeking Timothy Green, 25, on charges of armed robbery, first-degree burglary, first-degree criminal sexual conduct and kidnapping.
Lt. Tim Thornton said two men knocked on the door the morning of May 22 and forced their way in. A man and woman were in the home at the time.
Thornton said the bandits robbed the couple and sexually assaulted the female victim.
The second man has not been identified.
Anyone with information on Green or his accomplice can contact North Augusta Public Safety at (803) 279-2121.
Homeowner thwarts burglary attempt
North Augusta authorities say a homeowner helped thwart a burglary attempt late last week by chasing the suspects until helped arrived.
Grace Abrigo, of North Augusta, told police that at about 2:40 p.m. on June 5, she noticed an unfamiliar black Ford Explorer in the driveway of her McKenzie Street house, according to a North Augusta Department of Public Safety incident report.
When Abrigo attempted to block the SUV in with her car, the suspects drove through the yard. Abrigo followed the SUV until public safety officers caught up, ultimately stopping near the intersection of Carolina Springs and Brigham roads.
Inside the vehicle, officers found about $2,000 worth of electronics stolen from Abrigo's home.
The suspects, Milton Edmond Taylor IV, 22, of Augusta, and Domonique Tyrone Clark, 22, of Augusta, were arrested and booked into the Aiken County Detention center on felony charges of burglary in the second degree.
Shoplifter rolls out of Kroger store
with groceries
North Augusta police are searching for a man who drove out of a Knox Avenue grocery store on a motorized scooter with stolen merchandise.
The manager at Kroger told police the man filled the basket of the scooter and then rolled out of the store around 7 p.m. on June 6. He was last seen leaving the parking lot in a tan Chevrolet pickup truck.
Stolen items found after teen stopped for speeding
A teenager pulled over for speeding was charged after police discovered alcohol and stolen merchandise in the vehicle.
According to a North Augusta Department of Public Safety incident report, an officer stopped Jairo Johann Robles, 19, of Katherine Street, after he was observed traveling 50 in a 35 mph zone on Old Edgefield Road around 11 p.m. June 10. In the vehicle, the officer discovered a 12-pack of beer with several beers missing, an open beer wedged between the passenger seat and console and a .380 handgun.
The gun, which Robles claimed he found in the woods, had previously been reported stolen, along with a Garmin GPS. The officer discovered two Garmin GPS devices in the car, along with a bowling ring too large to fit Robles' fingers. A name inscribed in the ring had been scratched out. Robles told the officer he had found the ring.
Robles was booked on charges of speeding, open container, possession of alcohol under 21, unlawful carry of a handgun and possession of stolen property.
Shoplifting suspect arrested for sixth time in 18 years
An Augusta man has been charged with shoplifting for the sixth time since 1996.
North Augusta police were called to Wal-Mart around 10 a.m. Wednesday after the suspect, Ricky Duhart, 49, of Leeway Landing in Augusta, was seen concealing two travel coffee mugs in a bookbag and leaving the store. Officers chased the suspect and captured him in a backyard on the 400 block of Henry Street.
According to an incident report, Duhart has previous shoplifting convictions from 1996, 2001, twice in 2002 and 2011.
He was transported to the Aiken County Detention Center on a charge of shoplifting less than $2,000.


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Jimmy Dairl Elumbaugh
Husband of Mary Lavon Sigo Cunningham Elumbaugh
Son of Arthur & Bertha Lee McClung Elumbaugh
August 10, 1937--September 2, 2007
The Baxter Bulletin
September 5, 2007
A funeral for Jimmy Dairl Elumbaugh, of Clarkridge will be 2PM Wednesday at Kirby and Family Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Gale Wooten officiating. Visitation was 6-9PM Tuesday at the funeral home. Mr. Elumbaugh died Sunday, Sep 2, 2007, at his residence. He was 70.
He was born Aug 10, 1937, at Marked Tree to Arthur and Bertha Lee McClung Elumbaugh. He was a pipeline helper and inspector for Pipeline Local 798 in Tulsa, OK. He lived in the Twin Lakes Area most of his life. He was of the Baptist faith and a member of Norfork Masonic Lodge and was a 32nd degree Scottish Rites Mason.
Jimmy is survived by one daughter, Debbie (Randy Sanders) Strong of Clarkridge; three grandchildren, Ryan Foster, Timothy Elumbaugh and Heather Strong; two great grandchildren, Airal and Cody Elumbaugh; five brothers, Arthur (Sherry) Elumbaugh of St. Augustine, Texas, R.B. (Nina) Elumbaugh of Center Texas, Chad (Linda) Elumbaugh of Conyers, GA, Bill (Vickie) Elumbaugh of Batesville and J.S. (Carol) Elumbaugh of Burton, MI; three sisters, Lavine Towell of Cummings, GA, and Mae Harris and Faye (Charles) Branscum, all of Batesville. He was preceded in death by his parents; two sons, Ricky and Jimmy Dale Elumbaugh; one brother and three sisters.
Burial will be at Galatia Cemetery with Todd Elumbaugh, Timothy Elumbaugh, Gaylon Melton, Kyle Foster, Matt Foster and Gary Cunningham as pallbeares. Honorary pallbeares will be Ryan Foster, Lee Elumbaugh, Bill Elumbaugh, Tommy Reed and Tommy Joe Melton.
Arrangements are by Kirby and Family Funeral and Creamation Services.
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text: United Arab Emirates 100 representatives from almost 50 countries came together to discuss urgent actions to step up international conservation efforts for threatened raptor species. Niger and Somalia both signed the Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Birds of Prey in Africa and Eurasia (Raptors MoU). Countries reviewed the implementation of the overarching Action Plan and decided on future steps to promote this international raptor conservation agreement. A Coordination Unit will be based in Abu Dhabi, funded by the Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi a 15-person Technical Advisory Group will be set up in early 2013. 76 migratory species of birds of prey and owls, which occur in 130 countries in Africa and Eurasia, are covered under the Raptors MoU. Governments are best placed to preserve a network of breeding, migration and wintering sites on which these nomads of the air can depend. More information on the Raptor MoU is available through the CMS website.


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Sunday, July 22, 2012
I apologize for the lack of posts recently, but there's good reason for it: my family and I are in Maine for a week.
We've been coming here since I was six or seven and now "Maine" is nearly like a magic word for me. Say it and I perk up, every memory I have flooding back. I really am in love with this place; the land, the people, the culture.
On the way up, we stayed in Portland for a day (all these years and I'd never been!). We shopped at Corey & Co. (where my mom has jewelry for sale), ate at the Porthole Restaurant, had ice cream at Mount Desert Island, and my brothers + dad went to see the Portland Pudgy boat builders.
Portland is a city but not an overwhelming one. The architecture is old brick and stone, some of the streets are cobbled. There are quirky eateries and shops. I saw heirloom tomatoes planted in buckets and set out on street corner fors passer-byers to tend and pick from, prayer flags randomly draped between lampposts and buildings, buskers playing folk music.
And now I want to go back.
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Mary Blair, assistant director for research and strategic planning at the Museum's Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, is blogging from the field during this summer's expedition to Vietnam.
Astronomers Debut Vision For Future Space Telescopes
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Today the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy outlined a proposed High-Definition Space Telescope to help seek out Earth-like exoplants.
Jean-Michel Cousteau's Secret Ocean Opens Today!
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Here's part three of our "Disneyland History Through Post Cards" series. This time we're taking a look at the motels of West Katella Avenue. ~~Rick
Islander Motel
424 West Katella Avenue
Too bad the awesome tiki-style sign was lost to the "Anaheim Resort" improvements. The buildings still retain the quasi-Asian style architecture. The motel is no longer "close to Movieland Wax Museum". I wonder if they still offer Panelray Heat.
Maple Tree Inn / Lucky 7 Motel
435 West Katella Avenue
From what I can tell, it looks like the Maple Tree Inn evolved into the Lucky 7 Motel (Be Lucky – Stay Lucky). Somewhere along the line, Intercontinental Hotels Group started managing the property – first under the Holiday Inn Express flag and now under the Hotel Indigo flag. Note that in the bottom lobby photo, you can see across the street to the Islander Motel. (Photos copyright IHG Group).
Sir RuDimar Motel
615 West Katella Avenue
The "Magic Circle" around Disneyland no longer includes Sir RuDimar. It's now home to this:
Waikiki Motel
631 West Katella Avenue
Another great sign lost to the "Anaheim Resort" project.
Looks like the Waikiki Motel gave way to the Desert Palms. The size of the Desert Palms property leads me to believe that it probably swallowed up the Waikiki Motel and possibly part of the Sir Rudimar Motel.
Alpine Motel
715 West Katella Avenue
Still here – rocking' the theme even better than in the 50's! For some reason, the hotel's website doesn't have a single exterior photo of the building! Have snow-capped motels gone out of style?
The Musketeer Motel
733 West Katella Avenue
I think we all know what's behind THIS fence…
Stay tuned for more of these great old post cards!


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The following editorial first appeared in the Minneapolis Star Tribune:
When 3MCorp. dropped its defined-benefit pension programs for new employees last week, it joined the inexorable trend toward asking workers to take more responsibility for all parts of their lives, from financing retirement to health care. Now, instead of a defined-benefit plan, where companies provide a set benefit each month to retired employees, companies have turned to defined-contribution plans, such as 401(k)s.
3M had been a hold-out among large companies in hanging on to its pension plan and had little choice but to fall in line. The company will now contribute 3 percent of pay to retirement accounts and match employee contributions dollar-for-dollar up to 6 percent of pay.
Less than a third of Fortune 100 companies offer traditional defined-benefit plans now. In a dynamic economy, with people frequently changing jobs to pursue better opportunities and companies often scaling up and then downsizing, plans such as 401(k)s make sense for companies and employees. They give workers portability, allowing them to take their money when they leave a company, and they give firms predictability, relieving them of the burden of unpredictable pension costs.
But it's important to remember that unpredictability does not go away; it's simply transferred to the employee.
Unless we are prepared to deal with the consequences of a nation of retirees struggling to make ends meet, we need to bolster the support structures that help people take on their new responsibilities and make smart choices.
In some respects, we're already moving down the path of forcing help onto those who need it. Four out of nine companies that offer 401(k) plans, including 3M, also automatically enroll new employees into the program unless the employee actively chooses not to participate, according to Hewitt Associates, a human-resources firm. Companies only began automatic enrollment in large numbers after they received federal protection from liability.
But even with automatic enrollment, individuals rarely set aside enough money, along with employer contributions, to support themselves through retirement. And although most large employers offer retirement plans, overall only one in five companies of any size does so.
"Personal responsibility" has become the mantra of the day as we rebel against the "nanny state." Nevertheless, individuals need to have adequate tools to take on those added challenges. If they don't, they'll fail to effectively navigate the ever-more-complex personal finance and health care systems. For many, it's not a fair fight, as the current mortgage crisis shows.
The new paradigm of individuals being held accountable for their own well-being needs to be bolstered by support structures that aggressively steer people toward positive choices.
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Hi Chris,
Do you think that card companies will ever do away with retail packs? I have wondered this for a long time. I am sure that they make a ton money on them because the odds of pulling something are slim and the price point is similar to hobby packs in most cases. I propose that retail stores buy in on hobby packs and maybe they can package each pack in those cardboard blisters with the plastic around the packs. In my case the closest hobby shop is an hour away so it makes it tough for me to get to the shop when I get that itch. And it is very discouraging when you spend $100 at Walmart on blasters and you don't get anything decent to show for it. I know pack searchers are always going to be a factor but their are ways to beat them. I think it would be a more sound investment for retail store to start carrying hobby. Walmart and Target do get hobby boxes once and a while and they usually fly off the shelf. I would love to be able to go to Walmart and buy some packs will the same odds of pulling a decent card.
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The scenes from Cairo's Tahrir Square have served to inspire observers from around the world, as a people-powered revolution used nonviolent protest as a means to end the 30 year rule of Hosni Mubarak. With their newfound freedoms, come new responsibilities. In the coming weeks, the U.S. must closely monitor Egyptian commitments to Israel through the Camp David Peace Accord, the activities of the Muslim Brotherhood, and national security concerns related to counter terrorism in the region. If asked, the U.S. should stand ready to help Egypt's democrats, not only because it's the right thing to do, but because it is in our core national security and economic interests.
While Egypt is in for an extended period of uncertainty, the early signs of democratic reform are encouraging. The military has taken over and has made steps to commit Egypt to a democratic path which will result in elections. The constitution, a document that provided the legal basis for Mubarak's extended stay in power has been suspended. The parliament, the result of fraudulent elections last November, has been dismissed. Most importantly, the military has expressed a commitment to maintaining the Camp David Peace Accord with Israel. This is a central concern for the U.S. and I sent a letter Secretary Clinton reiterating this point last week.
As Egyptians sort out their political process in the revolution's aftermath, I have concerns that democratic gains made by courageous activists on the streets could be hijacked by a small minority, not committed to the principles of non-violence or respect for secular voices.
The Muslim Brotherhood played a small role in the demonstrations, preferring to take a back seat to the courageous young activists who braved the police barricades, tear gas and rubber bullets. It has pledged allegiance to the army during the transition and asserts that it will not run a candidate in the presidential elections. Observers note that the group is nonviolent, a claim that will be tested in the coming months and years. In Mubarak's Egypt, the Muslim Brotherhood would have been smashed to pieces if it even hinted at the use of violence.
The U.S. would be well served to treat this group with a serious degree of skepticism. The Brotherhood is openly hostile to Israel. Given its history and nefarious connections across the region to groups like Hamas, the burden of proof is on the Brotherhood as it seeks to engage in the political process. It must show that it would indeed abide by the Camp David Peace Accord, that violence is not a legitimate form of expression and that the Egyptian people deserve a secular government that provides for freedoms of expression, religion, and assembly.
The Brotherhood should also recognize that these demonstrators, not them, were successful in ending the rule of Egypt's entrenched leader. If Egypt's youth could unseat Mubarak, the Muslim Brotherhood could meet the same ire from the masses.
One evening last July, I met at the U.S. Ambassador's residence in Cairo with a group of civil society activists who advocated for a more open political system in Egypt. They shared first-hand accounts of police brutality, election rigging and repression. At the same time, they shared a vision of a democratic Egypt. In our meeting, these activists were somewhat disorganized and disagreed about the opposition tactics -- a microcosm of the democratic process in action -- but they were highly intelligent, eager to engage with the international community and committed to a democratic Egypt. Given the time to organize and appeal to a broader public, democratically-oriented political parties and activists will emerge in Egypt that could blunt the electoral strength of the Brotherhood. In a transparent and open democratic process, it is these activists, and not the Brotherhood, which will to lead Egypt into a new future.
Egyptians will face considerable challenges in the months and years to come as they work to perfect their democratic experiment. If asked, we should stand ready to help not in the name of charity, but in the name of U.S. interests.


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Same members, new dynamic for school board
Incumbents win re-election, but new leadership expected
Updated 10:17 pm, Thursday, November 8, 2012
STAMFORD -- The three Board of Education seats up for grabs this year were filled by the incumbents, but that doesn't mean all will remain the same on Stamford's school board.
After two years with Democrat Polly Rauh, who was the top vote-getter in Tuesday's race, serving as board president, members said Wednesday that the board's leadership will most certainly change in the coming weeks.
"Polly has been board president for two years," said Julia Wade, a Democrat who was the only member dissenting in the vote to re-elect Rauh as board president in December 2011. "I'm feeling pretty confident that we will have new leadership, and that that leadership will first of all be interested in transparency."
More than half of the nine board members chimed in about the future of the board during a series of phone interviews Wednesday, but not a single person would name who he or she thought would take the reins.
Jerry Pia, who was re-elected Tuesday, said the new Board President will most certainly be a Democrat, since the party controls the board with six of nine members sporting a D next to their names.
"I'm assuming it will be a Democrat, and there are a lot of choices. It could be any one of the other five Democrats. Any of them could vie for the position, and I assume there will be a lot of discussion," Pia said. "It could be any one of five people: It could be Geoff (Alswanger); Rich (Lyons); Jackie (Heftman) again; Julia (Wade) has never done it, and she's been on the board the longest; and Gary (Klein)."
Klein said it's not something he has been thinking about.
"I haven't spent an ounce of time thinking about it at this point. I'm not really prepared to talk about this," he said Wednesday afternoon. "I was focused on who was going to be at the table with me for the next two years that I'll be on the board."
Klein said he has had "offline conversations with all kinds of people," but that the discussion is in such preliminary stages that he did not feel comfortable commenting.
Alswanger and Rauh both said they have not discussed the issue with anyone.
Heftman, who could not be reached for comment, was tossed out as a possibility by more than one member. She previously served as president three years ago, before the start of Rauh's two terms.
"What I think Jackie's very good at doing is understanding people's perceptions and points of view and also the support the board needs to give the superintendent if the board if going to be a positive force and an ally in the work that needs to be done," said Wade, who ran on the same ticket as Heftman for re-election last year. "I think with new leadership, it will be even easier to turn a new leaf."
Regardless of who is named the next president, several board members agreed the school board, which has often been criticized for dysfunction in recent years, is turning that new leaf toward a path of collaboration rather than divisiveness.
"I don't think that people are going to think it's going to be the status quo as it was before, but I think the board has been trending toward working in a better direction," said Lyons, who noted that at a recent discussion of the board's goals, all members worked together to forge a forward path for the district.
Klein, who rejects the notion that the board was "dysfunctional" said putting the superintendent search in the board's rearview mirror has helped members work together.
"In my period of time on the board, there was a lot of passion on the issue of how the superintendent search should be conducted, and the public perceived that as dysfunction. But I think that's not true. I think it's just passion around the issue," he said. "Now that that's on the side, I think we're dealing with things where there's less reason for people to be as divisive or take strident positions."
It's the perfect time to begin moving forward, Pia said.
"It wasn't easy for a while with everyone on different sides of an issue, like the superintendent search, and I'm looking forward to a year where everyone will work together and do what's right," Pia said. "And that's going to start with who's going to be the new president."
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Int. braz j urol. vol.38 no.1 Rio de Janeiro jan./fev. 2012
Retroperitoneal lymph node dissection with concomitant IVC thrombectomy, caval wall resection, and grafting for metastatic NSGT
Tariq Hakky; Timothy Kim; Alejandro R. Rodriguez; Paul Armstrong; Devanand Mangar; Philippe E. Spiess
Department of Urology (TH, TK, ARR) and Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery (PA) University of South Florida, Department of Anesthesia (DM), Tampa General Hospital and Department of Genitourinary Oncology (PES), Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA
INTRODUCTION: The management of a post-chemotherapy retroperitoneal mass secondary to testicular cancer can present a surgical challenge when involving adjacent organs or major vascular structures. We present the first video of a retroperitoneal lymph node dissection (RPLND) with IVC (inferior vena cava) thrombectomy, caval wall resection resulting from metastatic non-seminomatous germ cell testis (NSGCT) cancer.
METHODS: In this surgical video, we highlight important surgical considerations in the management of a post-chemotherapy retroperitoneal mass with direct IVC wall invasion and level 2 thrombus in such a patient.
RESULTS: A 34 year old man underwent a right inguinal orchiectomy for a mixed NSGCT (embryonal, yolk sac, and teratoma components) and elevated serum tumor markers. He underwent systemic chemotherapy (BEP regimen x 4 cycles) with subsequent near normalization of tumor markers. His post-chemotherapy imaging revealed a 6 cm residual retroperitoneal mass with a level 2 IVC tumor thrombus and suspected direct infrarenal IVC wall invasion from the mass. The patient underwent an open post-chemotherapy RPLND, IVC thrombectomy, IVC resection and grafting. The final pathology report of the retroperitoneal mass revealed teratoma with no viable germ cell tumor elements and negative surgical margins. His intra-operative and post-operative stages were unremarkable with his IVC graft remaining patent and no evidence of disease recurrence at last follow-up.
CONCLUSION: We present the first surgical video of a post-chemotherapy RPLND with IVC thrombectomy, caval wall resection and grafting for metastatic NSGCT. The final pathology report of teratoma with no viable tumor highlights the local vascular invasive potential of such pathology.
Int Braz J Urol. 2012; 38 (Video #1): 135_136
Available at: www.brazjurol.com.br/videos/january_february_2012/Hakky_135_136video.htm
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12-28-2010 #12condorstrike Guest
alright, dongle master key... thanks boss.
12-28-2010 #13inginear Guest
quite an achievement! would the gameos remain relatively the same over the firmware updates? i know hooks would be added for 3d games and move support.
12-28-2010 #14Jes03 Guest
I think someone should start a new poll. What feature will $ony remove next? LOL
Last was 3rd party accessories.
It only DID everything, now it does... there's nothing left for it to do. It only does "stop the door from closing"
12-28-2010 #15condorstrike Guest
It's a good idea to enlighten the noobs before they flood this thread with 3.55 Dgrade questions...
answer: NO, the USB Dongle Master Key will not allow you to downgrade a 3.55 fw PS3 cause that dongle is the same outdated dongle that was reversed by KaKaRoTo and the self files were revoked as of FW3.55. sorry, Sony is not that stupid...
what it does mean is that, when a new leak comes out of the Jailbreak team or any other and if the self files are usable with this dongle, then we will have it... cracked like a walnut...
The actual good news is he used a memory glitch to exploit GameOS and that dumping hypervisor doesn't need Linux. In lame terms this means that Sony better start building the PS4; cause now there's really no stopping the PS3 scene, great job by graf_chokolo, mad props...
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12-28-2010 #17condorstrike Guest
back to the story, after this they'll become like Nintendo... they'll give up cause there's not much they can do, so they'll release a bunch of updates to keep developers at bay, because of the fear of piracy.
Whose Fault is it, Sony??
12-28-2010 #18solrac1974 Guest
Good news indeed, new year will be very good for PS3 scene!
12-28-2010 #19Haksam Guest
next 3.60 update will sure brick many ps 3s out there... since Sony gonna go crazy on closing them holes
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Ok, to summarize. I am mainly looking at Stam/Agi/Mastery (where does AP come from now)? All haste to be reforged into mastery (could someone explain these with some numbers). Any other things to reforge? And replace rings/neck with dps ones? Doest hit/exp come into this?
With Vengence, on some trash packs I was hitting 14k Ap in Bear... would have been fun to see SD working on those hits.
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Each time you take damage, you gain 5% of the damage taken as attack power, up to a maximum of 10% of your health.
Basically, one hit from any end game boss will give you up to your maximum Vengeance.
First: Haste ---> Mastery
Second: Crit ---> Mastery
Most people will be from 12-18% Mastery, depending on gear.
I explained our mastery with real numbers in my post.
Replace your rings, neck, cloak and possibly trinkets with ones with crit and Agility on them.
There is a short list of items that give you the general idea of what you need on the main post.
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I'm in the process of creating my own addon that is going to track:
-Lacerate ticks/next lacerate tick (So we can time Pulverize more effectively.)
-Savage Defense timer/Absorb Maximum/How much it actually absorbed.
-Vengeance stack + AP power
It will have a Lacerate bar that will show how many stacks are currently on the target and the time until the next tick.
It will have a Savage Defense timer and show the maximum it can absorb and after it gets used how much was actually used.
It will also have log in which you can link or review.
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To OP,how did you absorb 24k in icc?? if your AP only at 16k? i assume thats typo or whatever. but i'm pretty curious
and to everyone else,aoe tanking is hard but manageable. i can see the reason why people don't like it or think its bad. but it's not so bad once you figure it out. lacerate tabbing is amazing.. it deals alot more initial damage and still generate high amount of threat.. so people should start relying on it.
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They are also 1:1 stam and agility with Savage Defense, so either way it doesn't matter.
Anything that crits can trigger Savage Defender, so yes.
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When Vengeance reaches max I would have 9,400 extra AP, I add my original AP of 7,200 and I would have a total of 16,600 AP.
Savage Defender + Mastery= 110.5% of my AP turned into a bubble and I would get a shield of 18,343.
When I apply 18,343 to the 30% ICC buff I would have a shield of 23,846.
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ah i totally forgot 30% buff from icc,that would explain alot. Thank you
thanks so much Infernix17
I was about to give up until I found your post.
Keep up the great work.
hope to see a post on your new mod soon.
Just thought I'd point out that thrash no longer shares a cooldown with swipe. Those who were concerned about out AOE capabilities can rest assured that AOE pulls becomes a lot less punishing once you ding 81. You won't be able to get by on just swipe and thrash, but you no longer feel helpless if your DPS is trigger happy and your initial swipe misses.
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The proc on the dps ring is 480 AP and procs far more often simply because it's based on outgoing hits (you hit much faster than almost any boss and the boss doesn't avoid 60%+ of your attacks). Just reread it as "Chance on melee hit to increase your next 2 to 3 Savage Defense bubbles by at least 400."
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Pros: King size capacity, wrinkle routine, moisture sensor, drying rack, comfortable dials
Cons: None
The Kenmore 64892 does a fine job of drying a range of items from delicate to heavy work clothes in a super-sized drum that holds a giant load of wash. The dryer sports automatic features such as moisture sensing and wrinkle guard and comes with a dryer rack that increases the machines overall utility.
The end-of-cycle signal jabs my sensibilities with the usual tormenting buzz, but on the 64892, it comes with a three-position volume control (low, high and off, thank you).
Quick Overview of the Features
King Size Capacity
Auto Moisture Sensing
Timed Dry cycle
Wrinkle Guard cycle
Air Dry cycle
Touch up cycle
Fabric temperature control
Dryer Rack
Adjustable End-of-Cycle Signal
A Look at the Control Panel
The Control Panel has a very simple layout. On the left is the large main dial for timed or automatic drying, the only one you need to set if youre doing a standard load. On the right is a cluster of three controls: Fabric Temperature, Signal (End of Cycle), and Start.
The control panel has a very clean design aesthetic. Also, the dials on the 64892 are comfortable to use. Each of the dials has a light gray rubber (soft plastic?) grip that is decidedly easy on the fingers. Why put up with even the minor annoyance of a hard-to-turn or sharp-edged dial?
The Main Dial
The main and largest dial is on the left and controls three different drying modes:
Automatic Moisture Sensing, where drying time is set by information received from an electronic moisture sensor somewhere inside the drum;
Timed Dry up to 90 minutes (which includes the Touch Up cycle of 15 minutes of heated tumbling followed by ten minutes of cool air);
and Air Dry up to 40 minutes.
Additionally, these dials glide silently until passing the off position of a drying mode, when they click once. If youre sensitive to grating sounds, youll like this little extra.
Wrinkle Guard Feature
At the end of the Automatic Moisture Sensing cycle is the Wrinkle Guard routine. After the auto sensor senses the clothes are dry, the machine begins a 30-minute no-heat cycle with intermittent tumbling, while sounding the end-of-cycle buzzer every five minutes. Unfortunately, if youve turned the end-of-cycle signal off, you will not be alerted that this function is running.
My Evaluation of the Auto Sensor
The Moisture Sensor is perhaps the most important feature on this machine, representing the most advanced dryer technology available today. As clothes pass over the sensor, their moisture content is gauged by the sensor. When the desired level of dryness (which the consumer sets on an infinite range between "More Dry" and "Less Dry")is detected, the dryer goes into a cool down phase of ten minutes.
My impression of the Auto Moisture Sensing feature is that there is some trial and error involved with learning where to set it. The setting for normal dry which to me should result in completely dry clothing still left my clothes very faintly damp along some seams. Was the sensor set to leave a trivial amount of dampness in the clothes to minimize electricity use and fabric wear? Or is the machine a slacker dryer? I really dont know. The amount of moisture left in the clothes was not significant enough to cause mustiness when clothes were removed from the dryer and placed in closet or drawers. Maybe this is the new dry
The Other Dials
Next on the Control Panel is a cluster of three controls: Fabric Temperature, Signal and Start.
So as not to be tedious, suffice it to say that the Temperature control has four positions from low to high which accommodate the full range of drying needs.
A Look Inside
The drum interior measures approximately 27deep X 26 high and appears to be made of white plastic although its glossy appearance suggests enamel paint over metal or plastic.
It has three small shelves to lift the clothes during tumbling.
There is a 10-watt appliance bulb located at the top of the rear wall behind a translucent plate that illuminates the interior very brightly. There is a grated vent on the same rear wall.
The Dryer Rack
The 14" X 20" plastic rack slips easily over the bottom of the door and extends into the cavity of the drum, where it rests stationary while the drum spins. The ample openings on the grid allow air to circulate over, under and through drying items.
It is useful for small sweaters, tops and sports gloves but for bulky sweaters, the 14" X 20" dimension makes it too small for efficient drying. Normally, I keep my rack on top of the dryer, where it receives secondary heat and essentially converts the top surface into additional drying space.
King Size Capacity
To give you an idea of the 64892s capacity, I dry-loaded one of the suggested loads in the owners manual (actual items loaded are in parentheses):
10 bath towels (six bath sheets, four bath towels)
10 hand towels
14 washcloths (2 bath towels),
1 bath mat
This load filled the drum about 4/5 full, so the load size claimed by the manufacturer doesnt seem to be overstated.
This machine has sophisticated features and well-designed controls.
You may be interested in reading about the front loader washing machine I use with this dryer:
Or the Kenmore Elite 1630 Dishwasher I also purchased for my home: http://www.epinions.com/content_219118407300
Thank you for reading, and I hope my observations are useful for you!


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This has been one of the worse years for stink bug damage in tomatoes that I have seen in a while. Just about every field I walk into has at least some damage while others have severe damage (>35% tomatoes not marketable). Cloudy spot of tomato fruit is caused by the feeding of various species of stink bug (SB). On green fruit the damage appears as whitish areas with indistinct borders (Fig. 1). Individual spots may be 1/16 – 1⁄2 inch in diameter; or, the spots may merge and encompass a large area of the fruit surface. On ripe fruit the spots are golden yellow (Fig. 1). Peeling back the skin shows these areas as white shiny, spongy masses of tissue (Fig.1). This damage is most common from late July or early August until the end of the season, concurring with the activity and feeding of stink bugs. SBs are often difficult to see and usually go unnoticed as they spend much of the day on the ground beneath tomato plants, which results in monitoring problems. Only a few are necessary to cause the appearance of cloudy spot on many tomato fruit. Brown marmorated stink bugs (Fig. 2) as well as leaf-footed (Fig. 3) and tarnished plant bugs also have been observed in larger than usual numbers in tomato fields. The brown marmorated SB may be responsible for some of the more severe feeding damage observed in some tomato fields. The leaf-footed and tarnished plant bugs usually do not do as much damage to fruit as the larger stink bugs. Feeding damage by the immatures of any of the stink bugs often appears as yellow "star-bursts" on red fruit (Fig. 4), which causes a very small shallow white spongy area under the star-burst (Fig. 5).
Stink bugs and tarnished plant bugs usually move into the edges of tomato fields and seldom are found in the interior of the fields, suggesting that spraying the edges of fields could be used as a control tactic. Stink bugs and especially the leaf-footed and tarnished plant bugs, tend to move into tomato fields when preferred hosts that are adjacent to the fields are disturbed or dry out.
This is an extremely difficult pest to monitor and control. There are no good methods of monitoring these pests. Traps do not work well except for just a few species of stink bug, visually scouting for them has proven to be unreliable and too time consuming. Usually SB damage is only a nuisance, but this year it has resulted in large losses in some fields. Growers who have had damage before from stinkbugs may want to examine the edges of their fields carefully starting in mid-June for tomatoes with cloudy spot. If it is a dry year as this year has been, it would probably be best to start in early June checking for damage. There are some acceptable chemical choices for stink bug control. Pyrethroids (Warrior II, Baythroid XL, Mustang MAX), Venom, Leverage, Voliam Xpress, or Tombstone can be used to reduce damage. It should be understood that none of the chemicals will give complete control, but will reduce damage significantly compared with no chemical usage.
Figure 1. Severe stink bug feeding on green and red fruit. Outer skin peeled back showing spongy white area.
Figure 2. Brown Marmorated stink bug
Figure 3. Leaf-footed bug adult
Figure 4. Star-burst pattern of immature stinkbug feeding
Figure 5. Spongy white area under star-burst feeding stink bug feeding


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Forums → WEPR → Louisiana Petitions To Secede
Not all Americans are enthralled with obama.
According to a news article published online by World News Daily (WND), The residents of Louisiana have started a petition to peacefully secede from the U.S. and form their own government. The petition was started on November 7 of this year, the day after the election.
(Now I'm going to opine a bit.)
While it causes me great pain to see America in the sorry state it's in now, and an act(s) of secession would only intensify the situation, this may be what needs to happen. I love my country and desperately want to see it return to its former glory, but the current regime has taken conditions ranging from fair to poor and exacerbated them to such an extent that the national condition is in a rapidly worsening state of untenability for all involved. The people of Louisiana realize this and are acting accordingly.
I believe that if obama actually cares for this nation like he says he does (which personally I doubt strongly), he would take this new development as a sign that he and the rest of the regime need to reverse their actions and/or resign. If he doesn't, it is likely that this will be the first of many cases of Americans separating themselves from a government that is no longer Of, By, and For The People but rather seeks to enslave them with government dependancy and weakens the nation on the foreign and domestic fronts.
America is dying, people. Something has to be done in short order, or America will be consigned to the ash-heap of history as a great nation that forsook its own ideals and killed itself from within. And I can't stand the thought of that happening.
All of you who believe in God or prayer, please say an extra prayer for the nation tonight.
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Self-governing states just pulls up the walls and lets the differences become more then just "Oh, you're from Louisiana?" to things along the lines of "Get the Louis!" Different countries mean wars. Lots of them. If every state broke into its own little country, you no longer have a big pack of skilled, united wolves. You have hungry wolves in a walled off room snarling and tearing at each other. If I recall, it's not "America" it's the USA: the United States of America. Key word being United. As in not divided?
Woah, watch your scare tactics there.. America could be in a much worse state if not for Obama, and I don't believe it's dying. It's going through a crisis, like, well, almost the rest of the world currently or so it seems; at least like Europe. Funnily, there are a few seceding plans in some European countries as well, like the flamand part of Belgium wanting to secede from the french part, leaving it to their mysery. Do you guys really think that is the best thing to do, have a lot of smaller territories where a few are going well and a few are doing horribly? I don't think so, a bit of solidarity is of essence here. Though I acknowledge the important signal effect such thoughts have; something has to change for sure.
for the belgiums a considerable option is to put the flanders whit the dutch and the wallonians whit the frence.
but they don't want that either. =/
but we are open to welcom them here =) the flanders are nice people to be whit so..
Good...let 'em secede. It's been a while since America has invaded/taken over land
Honestly, this just comes across as whining to me. The person they voted for didn't get elected and now they're throwing a fit. According to the article it's only a few hundred people anyways, nothing will come of that.
I didn't hear about this, good for them, I hope Texas tries to as well.
I didn't hear about this, good for them, I hope Texas tries to as well.
Why? What good comes of a secession? Why is it even wanted/necessary in the first place?
Let's hope this doesn't spark another Civil War. It's far-fetched for one to happen, but one was enough.
What really gets me is that people don't want to communicate like normal human beings anymore. It's all about right or wrong, which is why D.C. has been moving so slow lately.
Why? What good comes of a secession? Why is it even wanted/necessary in the first place?
In the case of Belgium for example, unless it was Canada (though I'm sure in both cases that the motives are the same), the separatists are arguing that their region, the economically more stable one, should not have to assist the rest, as the separatists think it's the other's fault and they should not have to straighten out the whole country. In short, they don't want to give "their" money to the more unstable region. Of course, language issues surely enforce the whole problem.
Imo, as already said, I think it's the wrong way to go, I think we need to be more solidary; but the separatist movements in all concerned countries are strong due to the crisis. People want things to change and the separatists offer an easy "solution".
since the last time startes left the union ended soooo well..
Kasic last time was mostly because of slavery, not people not liking the president and the way the contra is going (while yes that is a necissary factor for the other it is not the only reason). The other one was about inhumanity, this one (secession, well a wannabe secession) is about other things that probably wouldn't lead to war.
Sorry, I saw the armatar and thought it was Kasic. That was directed at ninjanick.
Kasic last time was mostly because of slavery, not people not liking the president and the way the contra is going (while yes that is a necissary factor for the other it is not the only reason). The other one was about inhumanity, this one (secession, well a wannabe secession) is about other things that probably wouldn't lead to war.
That isn't 100% true. Not liking the president, and the slavery issue wasn't the only reason for the Civil War. They were just proponents of it that led to the war.
Some other proponents that led to the Civil War were: Economic and Social Differences (ie. the north was more industrialized than agricultural, meanwhile the south was more into agricultural growth than industrial growth), and State vs Federal Rights.The South believed that individual states needed to have the most power in how the states are run. Meanwhile the North thought that the Federal government needed the most power, and as you said the election of Abraham Lincoln, the growth of the abolition movement and the fight between slave and non-slave proponents.
Slavery is titled as the biggest reason as to why the Civil War happened, even though it probably would've happened either way, eventually. Except that because of slavery it happened sooner than later..
Themost, isnt that mean they broke from the north because they didnt liked the President oppinions? Didnt liked that he was against slavery?
And another question - isnt it happen almost every time the Democrats win? Some people claim the same bull**** about "former glory" "a dying nation" and "a note in history"?
That's a recipe for disaster, It may be a peaceful petition but if they successfully secede there's going to be so many problems.
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We spent the past week in Ontonogon, MI. It's on Lake Superior, near the Porcupine Mountians in the Northwestern U.P. We were extremely lucky to pick this week, the fall colors peaked a day before we arrived. The word "Ontonogon" comes from a legend about an Indian woman who lost her bowl in the river. Apparently her cries of dismay were worth naming the river (and town) after.
Of course I took tons of photos. These few are just a small example of how great the trees looked, in spite of all the rain.
I spotted this pheasant feather lying in a ditch when we stopped to walk the dog.
This is Lake of the Clouds. How do you suppose it got its name?
Ok. I don't know my birds. It's a crane, right? Anyway, this was the best shot I could get. I was actually standing pretty far away, using my camera's awesome optical zoom (I use an Olympus 2.1MP. It's the 10x optical zoom that makes all the difference). The light was too low to get all the jitters out, though.
Our cabin looked seriously retro. All that's missing in this photo is a cheap hooker.
Me, the woman, and the dog's butt on top of Michigan's highest point (Summit Peak, in the Porcupine Mountains). The dog hates stairs, but somehow we got her up that ranger tower.
On the return trip we made a point to stop at all the waterfalls we could find. There are tons of them! We stopped looking when we got sick of driving on bumpy dirt roads to see what amounted to someone's sump pump draining. Bond Falls is was the first and best of the bunch. It's probably one of the best falls I've seen in a while! Apart from the awesome cascade, there are actually places to walk right up to the river and wade in or stand on the rocks. Seriously, there's a boardwalk around the base with stairs going down to the water. I hope that lawyers never find this place, it's too perfect as it is.


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thank you for your last reply, so can we be forced to sell our property here, via the french bank to pay off the remaining balance once the property has gone to auction ? We can no longer afford the french mortgage due to wage cuts this is devastating to us,however this is about damage limitation at this point in time. The idea of cashing in the endowment to pay the arrears was only to buy us time to try and sell the property, which could take a long time.I understood that if bankruptcy occurred this would not affect yr property ? many thanks


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Matt writes:
Evolution had to do an "end around" to get us from lizzard to mammal.
Consider evolutions problem. It wants us closer together, but wants to inhibit our desire to eat the young. What to do?
Evolution could have spent a nearly infinite amount of time adjusting many muscle genes to manipulate our movements and inhibit them, or evolution could have cheated and used olfaction.
Olfaction was a way for evolution to cheaply drug us, it was a short cut, using aerosols to inhibit actions when around members of the species.
Since then, all of our cognitive thought became action delayed. We go through the motions of action in our head, but via the olfaction path, evolution created a means to inhibit the movement itself, leaving the sense of movement behind as thought.
Posted May 12, 2008 9:13 AM
Bill writes:
Studying physics and logic are excellent training for the brain. Do everything you can to defeat bias in your thinking. Ideology is deadly; it will make you stupid.
Posted May 12, 2008 9:29 AM
FC writes:
Prove it. Bonus points for using only pure logic.
Posted May 12, 2008 5:36 PM
Dr. T writes:
To FC: Bill's claim that physics and logic are excellent training for the brain cannot be proved through logic alone. This is a scientific hypothesis that must be tested using the scientific method. One would first need an accepted and reproducible way of testing the brain's ability to handle logic and solve problems, then one would need to do either case matching or randomization to assign persons to a test group and one or more control groups (such as no studying or studying English literature and sociology). After a period of study, the groups would be retested to see if their cognitive skills improved.
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