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Cops: Stratford woman used fake IDs to steal electricity
STRATFORD - A 43-year Stratford woman has been arrested for stealing electricity from United Illuminating by using fake names and Social Security numbers, police say.
Kimberly Lawton was arrested on a court warrant for defrauding the UI of $4,823, according to a statement by Capt. Frank Eannotti.
The investigation that led to her arrest began last October.
"Lawton allegedly used fake identities and Social Security numbers to obtain services from the UI and then did not pay the fees for the service.," Eannotti said.
Lawton was charged with third-degree larceny, criminal impersonation and third-degree identity theft.
It was the second arrest of a person charged with stealing electricity from UI in less than a month.
On Feb. 1, Bishop William Marshall, pastor of City of Life Worship and Deliverance Center in Bridgeport and a member of the city's fire commission, was arrested and accused of stealing more than $8,000 in electricity from the United Illuminating Co.
On Oct. 19, investigators for the United Illuminating Co. were out checking a meter at a building on Seaview Avenue where Marshall was operating Marshall Artz Barber Shop and Tattoo.
Police said said that although the power to the barbershop had been disconnected in 2013 for Marshall failing to pay an outstanding balance of more than $4,000 it appeared the meter was still running and electricity was still being delivered to the barbershop. When UI investigators examined the electric meter Martin said they discovered it had been illegally reconnected allowing power to be restored to the barbershop but not registering the service on the meter.
Martin said investigators calculated the loss to UI from August 2013 at 33,782 kilowatt hours for a total of $8,191.86.
UI has a staff that is assigned to detect theft and fraud of UI services.


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LOC necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 159 diseños de 41 diseñadores freelance.
This project is a lifetime labor of love - It's my third company after successfully exiting the first one and concurrently running the 2nd one. We focus on empowering youth through media, entertainment, and technology and Uday.com will be our learning portal for the audiences outside of high school and college students.
We want to embody that same youthful spirit we use for our other brand, Live On Campus, while capturing the heart and spirit of our founder, Uday, in a character or logo which is simple, compelling, and, ideally, timeless. Apple is a cliche, but their design sensibility mixed with some of the anime cartoon characters would be ideal. The logo will be used in a variety of format from mobile and web applications to gaming and signage as well as fashion.
We are looking to interpret the tagline, "See Through Your Heart" with the intention of having people use our visual interface to navigate through images and videos which are emotionally engaging to them - they see through their heart and then process in their mind. So variations on the idea of a third eye but visualized as a heart or heart essence.
Also, the theme of this seeing heart being a portal into a much deeper and broader world can be visualized through wires which extend in many directions showing the vast possibilities as well as connectedness (imagine the roots of a tree or dna helixes).
Broad audience - children as well as adults - skew on the side of youthful with something adults will still find endearing. It's targeted at a global audience so if you use characters, think about one which can be adapted for various countries.
The final files should be in PSD and/or Illustrator with layers, please. If you have any questions, please ask.
I've attached some sample photos of Uday as well as the eye logo we use for Live On Campus (this gives you an idea of how we skinned a logo for various countries) - the idea is encapsulate the youthful curiosity of child filled with wonderment blended with the excitement of an explorer. We use the phrase PICA - passionate innovator, creative adventurer, so a character or logo which give that texture would be ideal.
Ask questions as often as you need to be clear or if you want feedback - Rough sketches or initial comps are fine to get feedback before doing full color blow outs of an idea.
Our founder will be giving direct feedback to participants so expect quick and focused responses. We're very open to creative interpretations so feel free to be as imaginative as possible.
This is from one of the designers and sums up exactly what we're looking for:
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I think I understand, you want a character that conveys an Iconic sense of "emotional vision" one that children can imprint on and relate to, while adults can similarly connect but to more specific cerebral level... an abstract conveyance of heart technology and science, through the literal guise of an affable character...
Please note: Every contest winner of ours (we've run 5 successful ones so far) has received on-going project work from us beyond the contest they won. We use the contests as a way of selecting future designers we hire.
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The unique Valhalla collection is situated within Tresco Abbey Garden and contains some 30 figureheads, as well as name boards and other decorative ships' carvings from the days of sail.
Over the years, many ships and lives have been lost on the rocky coasts of the Scillies and it is from shipwrecks – mostly of merchant vessels – that the collection was built up, starting in about 1840, by Augustus Smith of Tresco Abbey, 'Lord Proprietor' of the Islands. The figureheads in the Valhalla collection represent the final century in a tradition dating back over 3,000 years. From earliest times ships' bows have carried carvings of human or animal forms as part of the overall decoration of the vessels. The figures have altered over the centuries. Their pattern, size and shape have adapted to fit new types of ships' hulls, while their artistic style has changed to reflect contemporary fashions.
At Valhalla, most of the figureheads date from the middle and end of the 19th century and come from merchant sailing vessels or early steamships that were wrecked on the Isles of Scilly. As such the collection is a random cross-section from generally modest vessels, whose small and simple figureheads contrast with larger naval examples surviving elsewhere, such as the figurehead of HMS Ajax in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.
You can see the Valhalla collection as part of your visit to Abbey Garden. We have a special Valhalla Challenge for under 11s which involves surviving a ship wreck, finding life-saving plants in the garden and discovering the name of their resue ship in the museum. Visitors can puchase Trails Packs at the Abbey Garden ticket office.
We recommend a visit to the National Maritime Museum website which is full of fascinating information about British maritime history. We would also like acknowledge the use of their descriptions for the figureheads on display on Tresco.
The figureheads in the Valhalla collection represent the final century in a tradition dating back over 3,000 years.National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
On 1 January 1851, the Alessandro II Grande was wrecked on the Mare ledges, off the south shore of Tresco. Remarkably, there was no loss of life. The figurehead depicts Tsar Alexander I of Russia, who reigned from 23 March 1801 to 1 December 1825.
The exhibits at Valhalla are not limited solely to figureheads. In one corner of Valhalla's gravel terrace stands a large seventeenth century cannon. It is 3.15 metres long (ten feet and four inches) and weighs between two and three tonnes. In its day, the cannon would have been capable of firing an eighteen pound ball.
At 1.00am on Tuesday 19th March 1861 an 846 ton sailing ship struck rocks, one and a half miles off Gweal. Bound for New Orleans from Liverpool, this was only the second voyage undertaken by the Award. It was to be her last. The seas were heavy and the severe winds (NNW force 8/9) drove the Award on to the north end of the small, barren island of Gweal.
The lifebuoy to the left of the figurehead is from a Dutch steamer, which was one of six sunk by a German U-boat on 22nd February 1917. All of the Bandoeng's crew survived.
The Bernardo was an Italian barque of 701 tons that had gone ashore on Annett. All crew except the captain were lost. Captain Dapelo swam to Old Woman's Rock from where he was rescued by islanders from St Agnes.
This 17th century stern decoration is believed to have been from a French ship wrecked on Annett in the 1600s. It is thought to be carved by Pierre Puget. The figures would have been positioned so that they were blowing into the sails.
The provenance of this figurehead is unknown.
The provenance of this figurehead is unknown.
The provenance of this figurehead is unknown.
The Flora name board was allegedly taken from a wreck from 1853 but there is no documentary evidence for this. The provenance of the female figure carved into the billet-head is unknown.
On 27th November 1863, the 662 ton, fully laden tea clipper Friar Tuck found herself in St Mary's Pool, Isles of Scilly, seeking protection from bad weather. The ship and her crew were returning to Liverpool from China. The storm proved, however, too great and the ship was lost, although its valuable cargo of tea was salvaged by islanders.
Little is known of this exhibit but it is supposed to have come from a wreck at Land's End.
The Indipendenza was wrecked on the Barrel of Butter, at St Mary's western tip, having already hit the Crim several times after becoming lost in fog. A 637 ton wooden barque, she was on her way from Valparaiso to Rotterdam.
This schooner was carrying 130 tons of slate when she broke her cable and struck Half-tide Rock in Tresco Channel on 3rd March 1889. Her crew of four made it onto Tresco with just the clothes they stood in.
The attractive billet-head is from a 721 ton wooden barque, Lofaro. She was wrecked on Merrick Rock, off St Martin's in February 1902. All hands were lost despite the efforts of islanders from St Martin's and the lifeboat.
A 258 ton wooden barque, the Mary Hay was on her way back from Jamaica. She struck Steeple Rock, despite having a local pilot on board. Efforts were made to pump her out but she suddenly capsized off Samson. No lives were lost. Much of her cargo was saved, including rum, lime juice and pimentos.
On 27th December 1848, the Palinurus was lost with all hands. A 300 ton barque, she was on her way back from Demerara, carrying rum.
The Primos was an iron barque, built in Sunderland in 1869. She was registered in Bilbao and carried sugar from Havana to Falmouth and Greenock. On 24th June 1871, around dawn, the Primos struck the Seven Stones and sank, taking with her the entire crew.
The provenance of this figurehead is unknown.
The Rosa Tacchini was an Italian barque on her way from Buenos Aires to Antwerp in November 1872. Her cargo comprised of hides, horns, hooves, tallow and wool, part of the harvest of Argentinian livestock. On reaching Scilly, she was caught in a severe storm while at anchor between St Mary's and Tresco. She parted one of her cables, drifted towards Tresco Flats, struck Paper Ledge twice before grounding on rocks.
On 16th November 1893, Smith and the Serica left Cardiff for Port Said in Egypt. The vessel was a 2,652 ton schooner-rigged, steel screw steamer, with a crew of 25 and a cargo of coal. A day out of port and the Serica found herself caught in a fierce storm off the Devon coast, near Hartland Point. She managed to make it to Scilly, where she hit rocks and was abandoned.
This is a detail from the stern board of HMS Colossus, which was wrecked off Samson in 1798. She was on her way back from the Mediterranean, carrying wounded from the Battle of the Nile and a sizeable collection of ancient artefacts belonging to Sir William Hamilton, then British Envoy at Naples.
S.S. Thames was a 500 ton paddle-steamer, whose regular route was between Dublin and London. Built in 1827, the Thames belonged to the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company. On Saturday 2nd January 1841, she steamed out of Dublin with 66 people on board. Two days later, she struck the Western Rocks. There were only four survivors.
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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. While the population of people older than 65 living in America is expected to double in the next 25 years, according to the Center for Disease Control, care options are also expanding beyond traditional nursing homes.
Home care keeps senior citizens in the comfort of their homes, while a caregiver provides the extra support they may need.
"We all agreed that this is the best way to go," said 94-year-old Alice Koonce, who lives at home in Grand Junction and uses Nightingale's Care. "I'm not really picky about what I eat, but I like to choose what I eat. I like to choose the things I do, which makes home care like this just great."
Personalized meal preparation, hygiene, housekeeping and companionship are among some of the daily tasks caregivers are assigned.
"Just overall to make sure they're ready for their day," said Lori Wallick, a certified nurses aide with Nightingale's Care. "Later on, clients I go to for preparing lunch, making sure everything's fine in the home, making sure they're safe."
Wallick has a 60 hour work week and doesn't have a full day off, making the job a major, but she said fulfilling, part of her life.
"Very busy as a CNA," Wallick said. "I don't say no very easily because I love home health and I love my job. It's rewarding at the end of the day to know I helped somebody and you look forward to it the next day."
Alice Koonce's daughter said Nightingale's caregivers have lifted a weight off her shoulders knowing her mom is in good hands.
"When I want to leave town, I have the comfort of knowing that she's taken care of and that she's safe," said daughter Ann Baldwin.
Nightingale's Care charges $18 to $22 an hour for home care. The more hours of care someone needs, the less it costs per hour. Some insurances do help off set the cost.
Clients can start off with as minimal as a once a week check in before progressing to needing more hours of care.
Caregivers said a person who needs more than one-on-one assistance or lives in a home that's too small to accommodate special needs may not be able to use home care.


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First Friday June 2019
Dr. Todd Harrison and Pat Gordon will give a behind-the-scenes look at Buffalo Bills Training Camp. This is the final lecture of the 2018-19 academic season.
Date: June 7, 2019 - June 7, 2019
Time: 10 a.m. lecture (9 a.m. Mass and breakfast)
Location: Skalny Welcome Center Board Room
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Go behind the scenes of Buffalo Bills Training Camp with camp experts Todd Harrison and Pat Gordon.
Please note: Mass and lecture will both be held in the Welcome Center for the June 2019 session.
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NASA's TRMM satellite captured rainfall data on Tropical Depression Wukong as it struggles to stay together in the South China Sea. Wukong has been battered with wind shear for days and NASA satellite data still shows an area of moderate rainfall within the dying storm.
NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission or TRMM satellite passed over Tropical Depression Wukong on Dec. 28 at 0328 UTC (10:28 p.m. EST, Dec. 27) and saw one area of moderate rainfall near the center of circulation. That area was generating a rainfall rate of about 1 inch/25 mm per hour. Most of the other precipitation in the storm is lighter and scattered.
On Dec. 28 at 0900 UTC (4 a.m. EST) Tropical Depression Wukong had maximum sustained winds near 25 knots (28.7 mph/46.3 kph). Satellite data helped pinpoint Wukong's center near 8.7 north latitude and 111.0 east longitude, about 280 miles (322 miles/518.6 km) east of Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. Wukong continues to move to the west-southwest staying south of Vietnam.
Wukong is moving around the southern edge of a ridge (elongated) area of high pressure and being battered with moderate southeasterly vertical wind shear. According to the forecasters at the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC), the wind shear has exposed the low level circulation center.
JTWC forecasters expect the depression to continue moving west-southwest over the next day or two before finally dissipating.


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Re: User Guide for Jive 5.0disaacs Feb 16, 2012 3:41 PM (in response to crline)
check out the Mini Rough Guide created for Neo. I am using this as a model for a user guide at our company.
Re: User Guide for Jive 5.0england_k Jul 13, 2012 12:19 PM (in response to disaacs)
Glad to see you are getting a use out of our Neo Rough Guide.
Is anyone willing to share the content they have created for their Jive 5 communities - in particular anyone who has moved from 4 to 5 :-)
Re: User Guide for Jive 5.0nbussard Jul 16, 2012 8:04 PM (in response to england_k)
I'm interested in this too, particularly any materials that can explain what exactly is the difference between followed activity, communications and actions and their relationships with Follow, Track, and email notifications. Track seems to mean "really follow closely," but I haven't seen any materials that make the distinction simple for users.
Re: User Guide for Jive 5.0england_k Jul 17, 2012 2:08 AM (in response to nbussard)
I read this blog "3 Seashells" of Notification Management in Jive 5, Demystified! by Ryan Rutan of National Instruments by Ryan Rutan which I found very helpful, but was hoping for an FAQ document to amend or the top 10 things to tell your community.
Re: User Guide for Jive 5.0rob_narejko Oct 15, 2012 8:52 AM (in response to disaacs)
There were many positive comments about the Neo Rough Guide from many people attending Jive World 12 so I thought I would look it up
I click on the link to the Guide, but I cannot access the document
- The screen says 'Access to this content or space is restricted'
What group do I need to join in order to access it?
Re: User Guide for Jive 5.0msoe-leeann Oct 15, 2012 10:23 AM (in response to rob_narejko)
Rob - I can't get to it either for some reason. If you figure this out, will you please share? I'll do the same if I figure it out.
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Re: User Guide for Jive 5.0england_k Oct 21, 2012 1:18 AM (in response to rob_narejko)
Did you use this link Mini Rough Guide to Neo it is in the The specified item was not found. group.
Re: User Guide for Jive 5.0rob_narejko Oct 22, 2012 8:13 AM (in response to england_k)
Ah yes, I need to belong to the Jive Customers Group - I am sure that will solve my problem
Thanks Kim!
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This Village Hotel began in 1999 as the dream of one developer who wanted to bring life back to the neglected village. A historian by education and a developer by passion, his vision restored and modernized life in the village without sacrificing its original Cycladic charm, thus, a Village Hotel was created featuring a selection of quaint local shops and two exceptional dining options, Raki and the fine restaurant Spiti serving fine Mediterranean cuisine, both of them operating under the management of Santorini Villas and Mansions.
He also installed modern utilities and rejuvenated the village square. What's more, in the very centre of the square guests will find a reception area offering an exceptional concierge service to help them organise their holiday. To walk the narrow winding streets of Megalochori today, one would not sense the village's troubled past. Instead, there is a distinctive peacefulness and tranquility with a modern dynamic: a unique place that although recently reborn, has not lost touch with its past.


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Our lab studies how Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the causative agent of tuberculosis (TB), interacts with the host; on-going studies include:
Tuberculous latency and reactivation Gene profiling studies have identified a set of Mtb genes (the dormancy regulon) that are regulated by exposure to low oxygen tension and nitric oxide, two latency-promoting environmental signals. Deletion of a dormancy regulon gene, rv2623 (a member of the USP [universal stress protein] family), results in hypervirulence in infected hosts. Rv2623 also regulates Mtb growth in vitro. The growth-regulating attribute has been linked to the ATP-binding capacity of Rv2623. Understanding how Rv2623 regulates the growth of Mtb and how members of the dormancy regulon promote latency is a focus of our laboratory.
We are collaborating with JoAnn Tufariello to study the role of the five Mtb Rpf proteins, putative peptidoglycan hydrolyases, in regulating tuberculous latency and reactivation. Mutagenesis studies showed that Mtb doubly deficient for RpfA and RpfB displays defects in persistence and reactivation, both in in vivo and in vitro models of tuberculous latency and disease recrudescence. Studies have been initiated to characterize how Mtb Rpf�s regulate mycobacterial growth.
The mechanisms that regulate the granulomatous reaction: Our Studies using the B cell-deficient mMT mouse model and specific Fcg receptor knockout mice have shown that humor immune response regulates the tuberculous granulomatous reaction and is required for optimal control of Mtb. There is also evidence that B cells can regulate T cell response in infected hosts. We are conducting experiments aimed at characterizing the roles of B cells in regulating the host granulomatous response to Mtb.
TNF is essential in controlling TB. However, TNF also contributes to the development of immunopathology. TNF neutralization reactivates TB in both mice and humans with persistent infection. We are using this TNF neutralization reactivation model to study the role of TNF in regulating the tuberculous granulomatous reaction. We are also generating cell-specific conditional TNF knockout mouse strains that will be used to decipher the relative contribution of cell-specific TNF in the protective immunity and immunopathogenesis of this cytokine in the host.
TB vaccines:We will apply the knowledge gained from the above-listed investigation to rationally design safe and effective TB vaccines in collaboration with the Jacobs and Porcelli labs. For example, understanding how to manipulate the humoral response to the advantage of the host may lead to the development of vaccines with increased efficacy. Knowing how Mtb regulates host production of TNF may lead to the design of Mtb-derived vaccines with enhanced immunogenicity.
Drumm JE, Mi K, Bilder P, Sun M, Lim J, Bielefeldt-Ohmann H, Basaraba R, So M, Zhu G, Tufariello JM, Izzo AA, Orme IM, Almo SC, Leyh TS, Chan J. 2009. Mycobacterium tuberculosis universal stress protein Rv2623 regulates bacillary growth by ATP-Binding: requirement for establishing chronic persistent infection. PLoS Pathog 5:e1000460
Russell-Goldman E, Xu J, Wang X, Chan J, Tufariello JM. 2008. A double Rpf knockout Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain exhibits profound defects in reactivation from chronic tuberculosis and innate immunity phenotypes. Infect Immun. 76:4269-81.
Maglione PJ, Xu J, Casadevall A, Chan J. 2008. Fcgamma receptors regulate immune activation and susceptibility during Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection. J Immunol 180:3329-38.
Chakravarty SD, Zhu G, Tsai MC, Mohan VP, Marino S, Kirschner DE, Huang L, Flynn J, Chan J. 2008. Tumor necrosis factor blockade in chronic murine tuberculosis enhances granulomatous inflammation and disorganizes granulomas in the lungs. Infect Immun. 76:916-26.
Dao DN, Sweeney K, Hsu T, Gurcha, SS, Nascimento IP, Roshevsky D, Besra GS, Chan J, Porcelli S, Jacobs WR Jr. 2008. Mycolic acids of trehalose dimycolate modified by MmaA4 repress IL-12p40 production. Plos Pathogens 4(6):e1000081.
Maglione PJ, Xu J, Chan J. 2007. B cells moderate inflammatory progression and enhance bacterial containment upon pulmonary challenge with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. J Immunol 178:7222-34.
Chakravarty SD, Xu J, Lu B, Gerard C, Flynn J, Chan J. 2007. The chemokine receptor CXCR3 attenuates the control of chronic Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in BALB/c mice. J Immunol 178:1723-35.
Hinchey J, Lee S, Jeon BY, Basaraba RJ, Venkataswamy MM, Chen B, Chan J, Braunstein M, Orme IM, Derrick SC, Morris SL, Jacobs Jr WR, Porcelli SA. 2007. Enhanced priming of adaptive immunity by a proapoptotic mutant of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. J Clin Invest 117:2279-88.;
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Here is the problem:
There are $6^3$ possible outcomes to rolling a die $3$ times. Out of these, how many yield a total of (exactly) $13$ dots?
My solution would be absolutely impractical for problems involving $4$ rolls of the die. And at higher numbers it would be downright impossible without brute-forcing it with a computer.
Is there a more elegant way to solve this type of problem?
My solution:
First we find all sets $\{a, b, c\}$ such that $a + b + c = 13; \; a, b, c \le 6$:
$\{1, 6, 6\}$
$\{2, 5, 6\}$
$\{3, 4, 6\}, \{3, 5, 5\}$
$\{4, 4, 5\}$
The total number of sets that fit these criteria is $5$. If $a \not= b \not= c$, then there exist $3!$ unique permutations of $\{a, b, c\}$. If $a = b \not= c$, then there exist $3$ unique permutations of $\{a, b, c\}$. -- There cannot be a set such that $a = b = c$.
There are $2$ sets of the first kind and $3$ of the second. It follow that the total number of triple die rolls that can fit the criteria is
\begin{equation*} 2 \cdot 3! + 3 \cdot 3 = 21 \end{equation*}
I can think of a second way to do it, which might be faster for slightly larger numbers... but essentially still comes down to brute force, not a method that can be generalized.


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FCOM SuperPack v6.4.2 Final - Installation guide:
FIRST THING: Download FCOM SuperPack and any PATCH here:
NOTE: You need WinRAR to extract the packages and to install them, if you haven't it yet, download it here:
You need:
-TES4 Oblivion ENGLISH
-The Shivering Isles Expansion
-Knights of the Nine (ALL 9 DLCs, included BattleHorn Castle!)
-Patch v1.2.0416
TEXTURE PACK: If you want 2 exellent Texture Packs, download them and install them BEFORE FCOM SuperPack. FCOM SuperPack offers total support for these two texture packs, and already includes QTP3 patch.
QTP3 download link:
Bomret Texture Pack for Shivering Isles:
Note that they can negatively affect game performance!
IMPORTANT: Disable your antivirus when installing, it sees the "Plugins.exe" files, required to keep the load order, as a possible threat, when they are not a virus.
1) Extract the part1 archive (be sure the 3 archives are all in the same place), be also sure to check the administrator rights if using Vista/Win7.
2) Run Setup.exe, read carefully the installer descriptions.
3) When asked, select the folder where the Oblivion folder is located (usually Bethesda Softworks).
For example: "C:\Program Files\Bethesda Softworks".
NOT IN: "C:\Program Files\Bethesda Softworks\Oblivion".
4) The Setup will now ask to install TweakOblivion, install it where you prefer, but not in the Oblivion folder.
5) Install any patch is available in the download section in the same previous way.
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-If you have more than 2gb ram, run the [b]4gb Patch.exe pointing it to your Oblivion.exe file.
-Don't mess with the disabled ESPs! They must be disabled.
-Optional but important, defrag the HDD and restart the computer before playing.
-You can run the game using the OBSE shortcut "Play FCOM SuperPack" on your desktop, or the "obse_loader" executable in the Oblivion folder.
-Don't forget to read the Survival Guide from the online forum!
MERGED and NON MERGED installation:
Since version 6.4.1 you'll be prompted during the installation to choose between MERGED and NON MERGED versions of the SuperPack:
The merged version is more performant and arguebly more stable, but is not customizable because most plugins are merged in a single esp, so you cant deactivate a single mod. I've kept the merged esps in the load order, but DO NOT ENABLE THEM, they must stay disabled since they are already imported in a single esp (Merged Patch.esp).
The NON merged version keeps all plugins loose and actived, allowing you to disable/tweak a single mod.
How to properly disable a mod (WORKS ONLY FOR THE NON MERGED VERSION).
In order to do so, there is a small procedure to follow; if for example you want to disable "Skill Decay" mod, you must:
-Run Wrye Bash
-Deactivate Skill Decay.esp (it will say that also Bashed Patch and DynamicLeveledLists.esp will be disabled, keep going).
*Note that if the esp is tagged with imports, you must disable also its imports when rebuilding Bashed Patch, or it'll be imported when rebuilding it.
-Rebuild the Bashed Patch (follow the installation guide in the SuperPack forums if you dunno how to) and enable it.
-Go in Oblivion/Data, run the file DynamicLeveledLists.jar (NOT the ESP!), a window will open, close it (NOTE: you'll need JAVA plugin to run that file, download it from Google).
-A loading window will appear, wait it finishes.
-Run again Wrye Bash and enable DynamicLeveledLists.esp (the last plugin).
Done, your hated mod is not in the game anymore!
READ THE FOLLOWING GUIDE ONLY IF YOU NEED TO REBUILD THE BASHED PATCH (For experienced users!!):
BASHED PATCH for v6.4.2
A) Run Wrye Bash (if you missed the shortcut in "Desktop/FCOMSuperPack Tools", open "Wrye Bash" in "Oblivion/Mopy").
-Check "Yes" to the pop up.
B) Left-click on "Modify Times" column in order to sort the mods by load order (times).
C) On the down-left side of the window there is a bar, check for "BOSS", if you hover the cursor on it, it will display "Launch BOSS", click on it. A txt file will open showing the esp list.
D) Check the sorting order: the first mod should be "Oblivion.esm [SI]" and the last "DynamicLeveledLists.esp".
-If after running BOSS mods will not change order, try to right-click on the Modify Times column tab and uncheck "Lock Times", then run BOSS again.
E) Right click on "Basher Patch, 0.esp" (the third-ultimate in the list) and select "Rebuild Patch (CBash *BETA*)".
-If a pop-up window will ask you to deactivate some esps, say YES to all.
F) Now organize Bash Patch options like this:
Alias Mod Names - DON'T check
Merge Patches - Check EVERYTING
Replace Form IDs - DON'T check
Import Actors - Check EVERYTING
Import Actors: AIPackages - Check EVERYTING
Import Actors: Animations - DON'T check
Import Actors: Death Items - Check EVERYTING
Import Actors: Spells - Check EVERYTING
Import Cells - Check EVERYTING
Import Factions - UN-CHECK only "Oscuro's Oblivion Overhaul.esp"
Import Graphics - Check EVERYTING
Import Inventory - Check EVERYTING
Import NPC Faces - Check EVERYTING
Import Names - Check all esm/esp from Mart's Monster Mod.esm(include) to OOO_Potion_Names.csv(include), (Don't include Oblivion.esm)
Import Relations - UN-CHECK only "Oscuro's Oblivion Overhaul.esm" and "Oscuro's Oblivion Overhaul.esp"
Import Roads - Check EVERYTING
Import Scripts Con. - DON'T check
Import Scripts - Check EVERYTING
Import Sounds - Check EVERYTING
Import Spell Stats - DON'T check
Import Spells - DON'T check
Import Stats - Check EVERYTING
Globals - DON'T check
Tweak Actors - Check only:
* As Intended: Boars
* As Intended: Imps [Only fullsize imps]
Tweak Assorted - Check only:
* Bow Reach Fix
* DarNified Books
* Default Icons
* Magic: Script Effect Silencer
* Nvidia Fog Fix
* Right Hand Rings
Tweak Clothes - DON'T check
Tweak Names - Check only:
* Lore Friendly Names: Dwarven -> Dwemer
* Proper English Names: Dwarfs -> Dwarves
* Proper English Names: Staffs -> Staves
Tweak Settings - Check only:
* Camera: PC Death Time [Custom] 5.00
* Essential NPC Unconsciusness [30 Seconds]
* Horse Turning Speed [x 2.0]
* Msg: Equip Misc. Item [Hmm...]
* Msg: Loading Area [[None]]
* UOP Vampire Aging and Face Fix.esp
Cobl Catalogs - Check
Cobl Exhaustion - Check EVERYTING
Contents Checker - Check
Leveled Lists - Check -> Automatic
Morph Factions - DON'T check
Power Exhaustion - DON'T check
Race Records - Check EVERYTING
SEWorld Tests - Check
-Select OK and wait the loading, when it's finished close Bash.
Configure deeply the INI file following the "INI Tweaks" guide from "Oblivion\SuperPack Docs\FSP - INI Tweaks" link, or check in this forum (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED).
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Really appreciate this. If I ever need to reinstall I will use this.
Age: 25
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Step 2B is a little confusing. Where is the Modify Date column? Oh and boss doesn't change the load order for some reason. Other than that is perfect.
EDIT: nvm I got it. You should right click on filename and deselect lock times.
OPS the image was messed up xD
use this
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Hey, just a quick question. I downloaded it and i'm a bit confused about the three different parts. the guide doesn't tell you to install anything from them and they appear to have the same files as part one except for the install guide.
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What you nee to do is keep all 3 RARed files in one place, open winrarand either highlight all three or when you go to unrar the first one it will take all three.
It will be the whole instalation pack as opne file its just split into 3 seperate folders, you do not need to unrar the thing 3 times just the once is enough.
Age: 24
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so, if i had all three rar files in one folder, then the first one would install all three parts?
Age: 25
Joined: 23 May 2010
Posts: 131
Location: Skopje
Occupation: Unofficial SuperPack Tech Support guy
Age: 44
Joined: 19 Jun 2010
Posts: 71
Location: Evie's Hell, Prison City, Texas
Interests: My Wife, My Kids, Evilness, Oblivion
Occupation: House Husband
Looking at your load list it seems you didnt install battlehorn castle, that may be why
1. The Game is crashing and wont load
2. You are getting the missing masters
As for no purple line in there i dont have it either (using windows 7 64 bit) but my wife does (using vista 64 bit). I have had it in there a few times on previous installs but my game wouldnt always work but it seems to work fine now just the occasional crash.
as for the check x and y i am guessing you are meaning when you run the bashed patch well i check the left hand side where it tells me to and if it says check all i check all the boxes on the right hand side too if it say dont check i dont check it.
hope this helps you out
You R so right, i had forgoten that both times.
doing a complete reinstall now...
Im telling how it went in about 3 or 4 hours...
Age: 25
Joined: 23 May 2010
Posts: 131
Location: Skopje
Occupation: Unofficial SuperPack Tech Support guy
Yep you have forgotten to install battlehorn castle (fighters stronghold). If you dont have it you should be eable to easely download it of the internet. I think bethesda gave it away for free.
i have it but it is not in the goty edition i have wich i thought had all the addons and then i totally forgot it.
im installing everithing again.
also, i want to add qar txture pack and the one for SI should i use OBMM?
I guess it may go at the begining of the list or should i bash it?
any advice on how to do this?
Also, Thanks to everyone!
*** This has been answered by bestmaxx on the general forum, he used OBMM.
Age: 25
Joined: 23 May 2010
Posts: 131
Location: Skopje
Occupation: Unofficial SuperPack Tech Support guy
I am not really sure what you should do. I never used any texture packs before due to my lack of ram. However if you think of installing them install them before installing the FCOM superpack.
lucky for me, couse im finishing the 3 install today beastmax did it after updating to 4.01. So i Guess i would not have mayor issues usign texture pack when im done.
Any coments on how to config the standar video options of oblivion? i saw there are some options for view distance and i dont know how this goes compared to mods lo RVWD. (view while distant)
Also there are 2 options i dont understand well (wich is better) HDR and the other one i dont remmember the name, but 1 of the 2 didnt let me use AA.
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June 14/12 19:26 pm - Tour de Beauce Stage 3 report and photos
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As expected, the climb up Mont Megantic at the end of stage three of the Tour de Beauce has pared down the list of contenders for the overall title. Francesco Mancebo (Competitive Cyclist) retained the Yellow Jersey, but only by a slim three second margin, after he finished second on the stage to Matt Cooke (Exergy). Rory Sutherland (UnitedHealthcare) finished third with the same time as Mancebo, while Canadian Under-23 champion Hugo Houle (SpiderTech p/b C10) had an extremely strong ride into fourth. Houle takes over the Red Jersey of Best Young Rider.
Matt Cooke (Exergy) on his way to winning stage 3
"I have good form right now," said Houle, " so the goal was to see if I could stay with Mancebo on Megantic. I'm really pleased with my ride today, and I think the [time trial] course tomorrow is a good one for me."
Stage three, 164 kilometres from St-Georges to Mont Megantic is all about the final climb, with the last five kilometres averaging over 8%, and with sections surpassing 15%. As usual, a break went clear early in the stage, with five riders hoping to have that rare opportunity to open up enough of a gap to stay clear on the climb. In the break this year were Matt Higgins (NODE4 Giordana), Russell Hampton (Raleigh GAC), David Stephens (Garneau-Quebecor-Norton QC), William Blackburn (Team Medique p/b Silber Investments) and Nic Hamilton (Canadian National Team).
Nic Hamilton at the front of the break
The bunch were willing to let them go, and the lead group opened a gap of three minutes within eight kilometres. It continued to grow over the next 30 kilometres and was 5:30 at the top of the first KoM climb of the day. The pace was too much for Blackburn, who was dropped on the climb, but the others were still riding strongly, and the lead went to six minutes by the 90 kilometre mark. That was too much for both Mancebo's team and Sutherland's, who upped their tempo and started reeling in the breakaways.
With a steady crosswind having an impact, the gap was shrinking quickly, and as the leaders crested the second KoM climb with 33 kilometre left to race, it was down to 2:10, and the lead quartet had fractured. Hampton was on his own out front, steadily riding strongly, followed by Hamilton and Hyggins.
With 20 kilometres to go, only Hampton was still out in front, and his lead was down to a minute. It was becoming a race just to see if the Raleigh rider could stay out in front at the start of the climb. The answer was ... barely. He had a gap of less than 200 metres as the road tilted up, and was almost immediately swallowed up by the front of the disintegrating peloton, eventually finishing 8:32 down.
Russell Hampton about to be caught
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The climb become one of attrition, with 20 riders still in the front group at the four kilometre mark. That was cut to eight 1000 metres later, as Sutherland set a strong pace. Remaining at the front were Mancebo, Sutherland, Marc de Maar (UnitedHealthcare), Cooke, Houle, Sebastien Salas (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies), Christopher Butler (Champion System) and Christian Meier (Canadian National Team). Cooke, a Colorado native, was the first to test the group, attacking hard with two and half kilometres to go and immediately gaining ten seconds, as everyone else continued to ride tempo.
"It's incredible," said Cooke. "It's the first time I've done the Tour de Beauce, and I've won this stage and I'm having the best season of my career. I'd heard a lot about the Tour and it's really a challenging course with some steep climbs. I'm from Colorado where I have the chance to train in altitude, so I felt good in the mountain. I've been trying to beat Mancebo for two years now; he's one of the best. Francisco is a great guy and an excellent cyclist. It's always a pleasure to ride with him."
de Maar set off in pursuit, which left Sutherland to sit on Mancebo's wheel, and meant the Yellow Jersey had to do the chasing. Meier, Salas and Butler became detached from the chase, which consisted of Mancebo, Sutherland and Houle. They all caught a fading de Maar inside the final kilometre and Sutherland then attacked with Mancebo following, and Houle just coming off by a few seconds. However, Cooke was able to hold on to win by seven seconds, and move into second overall, three seconds down on Mancebo.
Mancebo commented "I didn't have a lot of strength in my legs, but I kept climbing. I'm glad I was able to keep the yellow jersey. I should do well tomorrow in the individual time trial but the cyclist to watch will be Rory Sutherland."
Sutherland moves into third on GC, ten seconds back, with Houle fourth at 13 seconds and Salas fifth at 17 seconds. Meier is seventh at 28 seconds and Ryan Roth (SpiderTech p/b C10) had a strong 12th place to remain ninth overall, 57 seconds behind Mancebo.
The time gaps do not favour Mancebo for tomorrow's 20 kilometre time trial. Sutherland is a strong time trialler, and Houle is the Candian U23 TT champion. de Maar, at 20 seconds is also a threat, as is Meier at 25 seconds and Roth. Others to watch will be Rob Britton (H&R Block) in tenth at 58 seconds, former Beauce champion Ben Day (UnitedHealthcare) at 1:17 and possibly still Svein Tuft (Team Canada), the Canadian national TT champion, at 1:41. There is a very strong chance that the GC will be shaken up again tomorrow.
Race Notes
- The commissaires were busy handing out fines today, for infractions such as feeding outside of regulation areas, riders hanging onto and sheltering behind cars and, one unusual one, to Svein Tuft: "Non-regulation clothing".
Tuft is the national road champion (as well as time trial). When he is riding for his WorldTour GreenEdge-Orica squad he has a national champion's jersey (with sponsor logos), however, here he is riding for Team Canada, in the maple leaf kit, so he can't wear his usual national champion jersey. It doesn't matter, ruled the commissaires, so Tuft started today in the plain red and white jersey he was awarded at Nationals. That didn't stop the assessment of a 30 Swiss Franc fine for the past two days... The question is: what happens tomorrow, when he will want to wear a skinsuit, of course?


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I had so much fun covering this home for Houzz.com last week.
With a passion for honoring their midcentury home's history, Mike and Jill Wood decorated it with color and furniture to fit its origins. The house, built in 1962 by Ju-Nel Homes architects Lyle Rowley and Jack Wilson — protégés of Howard Meyer and Frank Lloyd Wright — is one of about 50 that helped to break the ranch-house mold in Dallas. Open floor plans, exposed rafters, natural materials and expansive windows made for a refreshing change for postwar families, and for the Woods. Using locally sourced vintage furniture, Mike and Jill have successfully paid tribute to this home's roots.
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WHITMAN – The beers are fermenting and the taps are flowing at Old Colony Brewing, a local brewery that is bottling its own craft beer on Route 57 in Whitman.
The brewery, which was founded by four Whitman natives, brothers Dan and Dennis Nash, Chris Currier and Tim Driscoll, sold its first batch of beer in late June and demand has been rising ever since.
During the week, the men brew about 50 gallons, the equivalent of about three kegs of beer, before opening on Saturday nights to bottle beers for customers right from the tap.
"The three times we've been open, the line has been out the door," said Dan Nash, adding that the brewery sold out on two of those three nights.
Customers purchase the beer in 32-ounce or 64-ounce "growlers," large refillable jugs that customers can bring back to the brewery when they are ready for a fresh round of cold ones.
The 32-ounce bottle sells for $4 and costs $6 to fill while the 64-ounce bottle sells for $5 and costs $11 to fill.
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Now, the brothers are bringing their recipes to the masses through Old Colony Brewing, although it has taken some tweaking to get the beers just right after going from brewing five or 10 gallons of beer a week to 50.
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Beer drinkers interested in picking up a growler of their own can check when the brewery will be open next and the hours on the Old Colony Brewing Facebook page.
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"Those Old Memories" will include stories, photographs, genealogy, scrapbooking, recipes, and interesting history of my family. Some family surnames: Troyer, Gardner, Moore, Hopkins, Allen, Amsberry, McPherson, Wyatt, Godfrey, Lee, Henley, Cutbirth, Tudor, Gustafsson, Larson, Hellgren, Farley, Harshbarger, Harvey, McComsey, Johnston, Hyndman, and Buchanan.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
What a week here in Salt Lake City ! The You Go Genealogy Girls drove to Salt Lake last Sunday and have been busy, busy all week at the Family History Library. Great fun and finding lots of good stuff on all the ancestors. I have been busy on the Swedish lines and having a great time with it. My eyes are about gone reading old Swedish writing on microfilm but it is so worth the effort. By day's end it is great to step outside and see the daylight after being sequestered in the library basement in the dark all day. They dim the lights in the reader area for film. I am anxious to get home and sort out all my findings. I found my husbands GGGrandparents and GGGGrandparents in the Swedish records. Family has been looking for them for 50 years or so. They have finally come to light and have names !
Today I worked on our Amish Mennonite connections and found some great information there also and will work more on them tomorrow. As long as the days are here in the library, they are not long enough to get all done !!!!!!!
I am anxious to share the experiences of researching with you in Part 3 of RESEARCHING MY SWEDISH GENEALOGY next week after I return to Nebraska.
Join us on "The You Go Genealogy Girls" blog for daily fun updates. Enjoy the pic I am putting on my blog tonight of the beautiful garden wall at the Temple Square in Salt Lake City.
Saturday, May 9, 2009
" MACEY GIRL", All Creatures Great and Small
Very few photos of early family pets seem to be in my collection of old ancestral photos. The only conclusion I have come to is that raising dogs and other animals has all been passed down to me. I think I make up for all the generations before me. I am the lucky one who has filled my home with enough dogs to makeup for all the ones that my ancestors did not have or did not photograph. My camera shutter rarely stops. Life, scenery, grandchildren and animals, dogs in particular- all find their way into my photos!
Our beloved "Macey Girl" is one of many family pets through the years but she was also one of our most prized companions. She was a gorgeous, smooth coat, liver colored Border Collie. Macey came to us in a round about way but was just meant to be part of our family.
Our youngest son got her from someone he knew who didn't want her anymore and who never took very good care of her. She was about 2-3 years old at that time. Jason, our son, lived in the country and Macey fit right in his new family. She loved to herd the farm cats and anything else she could find. They had no cattle so she made do with what she could find! What a beautiful and obedient girl she was, she just seemed to be thankful that she was loved and adored. Her former owner did not treat her well and she came to Jason with a somewhat fearful and sad emotional condition. Her life showed through her eyes. All it took was loads of love to show her that people really could love and care for her. In time her timid and reserved ways subsided and she gave back to all of us a thousand times more love. The light came back into her eyes!
When our son moved his family to eastern Nebraska and couldn't take Macey along we agreed to care for her until he could find a place to live that would allow a dog. We already had two other loving animals in the house, a little black cocker spaniel and a big sharpei/chow mix dog. We really did not want another dog at the time. Macey moved in with us and we fell more in love with her and never gave her back. She became my husbands pride and his best friend.
Anyone who has ever lived with a Border Collie, knows that they want to rule the roost. She bossed the other dogs and often used her eyes to let everyone know that she thought they should be doing what she wanted them to do. Our Sharpei was not thrilled by it all. Macey was gorgeous and affectionate, especially to the little male cocker at times! She never forgot to let us all know that she was thankful to just be loved and have a good home. Her only goal in life, other than herding all the birds into one bush and the squirrels into one tree, was to please us-the rest of her pack.
For 6 1/2 years Macey, our" beautiful redhead" brought pleasure to us all. She was a big dog but that never kept her from being our constant travel companion. If we went, she went along. She rode for hours at a time and never made a peep or acted wrestless in the car, she loved to watch for other animals as we went along. She was a great camper and always made us feel safe, just by her presence. I used to camp alone occassionaly when my husband was working and she was my protector. We also owned a sporting goods business and she rode to work every day with one of us. People would remark that she scooted right up next to my husband in his old truck and proudly rode there, ears perked up, just like she was his "girlfriend"-driving down the street with him. They had quite a reputation in town! At work she greeted our customers and knew many as good friends, they stopped to see her and say hello, we were secondary.
Our Macey got cancer but she persiviered on for about 3 years and she never quit or complained in her daily life. She was ready to go along right up to her last day.
By the way, our Macey Girl could really sing too. Not your ordinary dog howling but she had her own unique singing voice. She loved music and kept in quite good tune. She could sing along when all the grandkids put on their music and they delighted in hearing her. The Annie Lennox song "Into The West" from The Lord of the Rings was her favorite.
What a great pleasure it was to have had her as part of our family. Life will never be the same without her, just as it is when we lose any loved one. Our family was so lucky and priviledged to call her one of us. We never owned her, she owned us - heart and soul!
Future generations of my family will have many photos of Macey Girl and all of our beloved pets to pass down, right along with the precious photos of their human ancestors.
Labels: Carnival of Genealogy, dogs, family, genealogy, Macey
Thursday, May 7, 2009
RESEARCHING MY SWEDISH GENEALOGY-PART2- "Strategic Study Plans and Finding the Records"
Finding elusive and unknown ancestors can pose quite a challenge to those of us who are genealogists, but study and planning ahead can be the key to success. In Part1 of "RESEARCHING MY SWEDISH GENEALOGY, Using Maps To Lay a Foundation"- I covered my strategies for using maps to aid in this venture. Here in Part 2, I will give some tips about old handwriting that have helped me to prepare for what I hope will be a successful search for my husbands ancestors when I soon make the trek to Salt Lake City for research.
My family only has two old photos of our Swedish ancestors. These have been handed down through several generations but unfortunately they lack much as to identification of our loved ones. These two photos and other scant information have founded the basis for my search to find our Swedish ancestors. The LARSON and ANDERSON patronymic names will be my starting point.
The old Swedish language differs somewhat from the modern language so I have chosen to learn as much as possible about the language as used prior to about 1900. For about a year I have been studying this beautiful language and samples of old handwriting. The goal is to have the best chance for successful record transcription when I can search old church files or film. Many useful research tools are available but these are a few I have found to be excellant help, primarily for Swedish handwriting, and language study. All are simple enough for the beginner, yet offer very good information.
1.--A recent article in the 2009 January issue of Family Tree Magazine, titled "Writing Riddles". This has some very good basic information.
2.--"Your Swedish Roots" A Step by Step Handbook. Written by Per Clemensson and Kjell Andersson. This hardbound book has excellant information for those researching Swedish Ancestors.
3.--Family Search.org offers a great General Word List with translations. I printed the entire list off to study it often.
In addition, The Family Search site has a lot of great research titles under the heading of SWEDEN. I took time to look at them all, there is a wealth of info there to help researchers. After reading all their titles, you can then go to the catalog to find the call numbers and details of what ever records you might want to search. Print them off and take them along on your trip to the Family History Library. The book "Your Swedish Roots" is superb, I have reviewed it several times and it has a wonderful glossary and other information in the back of the book. In addition to these sources I have compiled my own word and phrase lists as I have found something of interest that was not included in these other sources. There are several good online translators for these. I like Freedict and Lexin2. Both have worked fairly well for me and are easy to use.
I have studied all these sources and others along with old maps as explained in Part 1 of my "RESEARCHING MY SWEDISH GENEALOGY, Using Maps To Lay a Foundation". Learning the words, their meanings, handwriting styles, and writing shortcuts will be a big asset to successful researching. Practicing what I learned by reading a few old Swedish films at a local Family History Center helped me to know what areas I still needed more study in. I want my trip to the Family History Library to be successful with lots of good record discoveries in the limited time I have.
My sister-in-law, Ruby Coleman, and I will soon head to Salt Lake City for 8 days of intense research. We will make several stops on the way to do even more at other locations. Check out one of her blogs: Genealogy Lines and her latest blog post "Genealogists At Work-Do Not Disturb". She has some really great tips on planning ahead for a research trip to Salt Lake City. She has guided me on setting up a research notebook with an outlined strategy for finding my records. Ruby has been on the trail of ancestors for over 50 years now and offers great professional, albeit lighthearted tips for research strategies on her blog. All of these mentioned tactics combined with learning my historical context, studying old handwriting and learning words commonly used in records will make for a successful and hopefully enjoyable trip.
I invite you to follow along with Ruby and I on THE YOU GO GENEALOGY GIRLS blog (Grannies on the Go!) while we are traveling, having fun and researching for the next 20 days or so.
Watch for Part 3 of "RESEARCHING MY SWEDISH GENEALOGY, Successes and Conclusions" back here on my blog. I will let everyone know if my strategic plans for finding records and interpreting them has paid off and how my plans were put to work.
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This is part of a series about using World of Logs to evaluate raiders.
First, thank you to my guildmate Entropia, and RandyLite who reviewed this guide and taught me a couple new things about shaman.
Here are specific things to look for when analyzing resto shaman logs. It's best to look at specific kills or attempts in order to get meaningful numbers.
Healing Done
Shaman are versatile healers who can do well at either tank or raid healing. They really excel on fights were people are grouped up and they can make the most of spells like Healing Rain and Chain Heal. Though Shaman do not have a huge assortment of spells to choose from, they have a number of buffs and cooldowns they need to manage throughout fights.
Player Details
Healing by Spell
Is the shaman using the appropriate spells?
Resto shaman heals include: Healing Rain, Chain Heal, Greater Healing Wave, Healing Wave, Healing Surge, Riptide, Unleash Life, Earth Shield, Healing Stream Totem and passive healing from Earthliving and Ancestral Awakening (if specced into it).
Top Spells
A shaman's top spells will vary by fight, assignment and raid size.
The main single-target healing spells are Greater Healing Wave, Healing Wave, Riptide and occasionally Healing Surge.
The main raid heals are Healing Rain, Chain Heal and Earthliving. The more grouped up the raid is, the stronger Healing Rain and Chain Heal will become. In 25-man raids on fights that require stacking up, these 3 spells can make up 60, 70, even 80% of the shaman's total healing. Riptide will usually be next for healing done. If the raid is spread out, you will see more single target heals and Riptide will be higher.
In 10s, where tank vs. raid healing assignments are less stringent, shaman will likely cast a variety of both single-target and group healing spells. Because there are fewer people to stack up in 10s, Healing Rain and Chain Heal will not account for as much healing as they do on 25.
For any assignment you should also see healing from Earth Shield, though it's unlikely to provide more than 10% of total healing.
Spells that may not account for much healing include:
- Unleash Life: This is a small, instant heal which provides a buff for your next direct heal. How often it's used is a matter of personal preference, but even if it's cast often, it's unlikely to make up more than a couple percent of overall healing. UL will likely be used more in 10s than 25s.
- Healing Surge: With a high mana cost and output that was recently reduced Healing Surge is very inefficient. It can be used when a fast heal is really needed, but is unlikely to be a staple healing spell.
Notes on specific spells:
Earth Shield
Earth Shield should be up on a target all the time (more information in Buffs Cast section). The shaman's direct heals are more effective on their Earth Shield target (due to Nature's Blessing). When you click on Earth Shield, you should see the healing done to the Shaman's main target.
Riptide has a 6 second cooldown and should be cast as often as possible. Look at the number of direct heals from Riptide. You should see 9 or 10 direct heals from Riptide per minute of fighting. For example, on a 5-minute fight, you want to see close to 50 direct heals from Riptide. Uptime of the HoT is also important (more information in the Buffs Cast section).
Healing Stream Totem
Healing from this totem shows up on the Healing Done screen as a 'pet'. Providing your raid has a non-resto shaman or a paladin for the mp5 buff, resto shaman should always be dropping Healing Stream Totem. The Active Time of the totem should be close to 100%.
Ancestral Awakening
This is an optional talent. Those shaman who do a lot of single target healing should have this in their spec. This only procs from direct heals, so raid healing shaman will get little extra healing from AA.
Buffs Cast
This screen will tell you how often a shaman is using their cooldowns, along with the uptime on key abilities.
Earth Shield – Earth Shield should be re-cast whenever it runs out and should have an uptime close to 100%.
Water Shield – Water Shield provides passive mana regen along with mana return when the shaman is hit by an attack or critically hits with a healing spell. This should be kept up as much as possible with an uptime above 90%.
Ancestral Fortitude – This talent reduces physical damage taken after being critically healed by the shaman. Since any heal will proc this effect (Healing Rain, Earthliving ticks) this should have a high uptime, around 90%. If the shaman is assigned to a specific target, you can look at that person's Buffs Gained screen to see the uptime of Ancestral Fortitude on them specifically. Uptime on a single target will likely be less, around 50-60%.
Riptide – If the shaman is tank healing, Riptide should have an uptime close to 100% overall. You can look at the tank's Buffs Gained screen to see the uptime of Riptide on them specifically. When raid healing, uptime will be slightly lower (Chain Heal will consume any existing Riptide HoT from its primary target) but should still be around 70% or higher.
Tidal Waves – Tidal Waves triggers when Riptide or Chain Heal is cast. Since Riptide should be cast on cooldown, you want to see Tidal Waves uptime be at least 65%.
Earthliving – Every heal has a chance to trigger Earthliving. The more multi-target spells used (Healing Rain, Chain Heal) the higher the uptime on Earthliving will be. This is not really something that can be controlled by the shaman. The only thing to look out for is that there is healing from Earthliving present. If it is absent, or extremely low, the shaman has likely forgotten their weapon enchant or it has run out in the middle of the fight.
Spiritwalker's Grace – This spell allows the shaman to cast while moving for 15 seconds. It has a 2 minute cooldown, it should be used on every fight, and should be used often on movement-heavy fights. There are some exceptions, such as Alysrazor, where this is redundant.
Nature's Swiftness – This spell makes your next healing spell an instant cast and has a 2-minute cooldown. If the shaman has this in their spec it should be used on every fight.
Focused Insight – This is an optional talent, which reduces the mana cost and increases the effectiveness of your next heal after casting any shock spell. Though there's no target uptime or amount of times this should be used, if the shaman has specced into it, they should be using it at least a few times on every fight (the most optimal time to use it is before every Healing Rain cast).
Telluric Currents – This is an optional talent in the resto tree which causes Lightning Bolt casts to restore mana. If the shaman has this in their spec you should see mana gained from Telluric Currents under power gains.
Trinkets – If the shaman has any on-use trinkets, or useful racials they should be used as much as possible. Compare the cooldown to the amount of times used.
Other things to look for
A couple important abilities will not show up in Healing Done or Buffs Cast, so the Expression Editor comes in handy.
Mana Tide Totem – Mana Tide increases the spirit, and therefore mana regen, of anyone within range. It has a 3-minute cooldown. Shaman should be maximizing its use to provide as much regen to the raid as possible.
To see how often Mana Tide was dropped use the following query:
sourceName = "nameofshaman"
and (Spell = "Mana Tide Totem")
Spirit Link Totem – SLT is the shaman's 3-minute raid cooldown, it equalizes the health of anyone in range and reduces damage taken for the duration. Though its use will often be prescribed by the raid/healing lead, you can check to see how often it was used.
To see how often Spirit Link Totem was dropped, use the following query:
sourceName = "nameofshaman"
and (Spell = "Spirit Link Totem")
Stoneclaw Totem – If the shaman has glyphed Stoneclaw Totem (which gives them a damage absorb shield), they should be using it when they are taking damage.
To see how often Stoneclaw Totem was dropped, use the following query:
sourceName = "nameofshaman"
and (Spell = "Stoneclaw Totem")


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