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- Yield
- Makes 4 servings
- 4 miniature pumpkins (preferably Jack-Be-Little; 3 1/2 to 4 inches in diameter)
- For risotto
- 1 1/4 cups diced (1/4 inch) peeled seeded fresh pumpkin (preferably from sugar or cheese pumpkins)
- 2 cups chicken stock
- 2 cups water
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 3/4 cup Arborio rice
- 1 oz grated Parmigiano-Reggiano (1/3 cup)
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- For scallops
- 20 large sea scallops (1 1/2 lb), tough muscle removed from side of each if necessary
- 1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2 tablespoons thinly sliced fresh sage
- 2 tablespoons white truffle oil
- Roast miniature pumpkins:
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Roast whole miniature pumpkins in a small roasting pan with 1/2 inch water, tightly covered with foil, until very tender, 45 to 50 minutes. Cool slightly. Cut out tops and reserve, then scoop out seeds. Discard water from roasting pan, then return pumpkin shells to pan and keep warm, covered with foil.
- Make risotto while pumpkins roast:
- Cook diced pumpkin in a medium saucepan two-thirds full of simmering water until tender, 2 to 3 minutes. Drain in a colander.
- Bring stock and 2 cups water to a simmer in a small saucepan and keep at a bare simmer. Cook onion in oil in a 2- to 2 1/2-quart heavy saucepan over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 3 minutes. Add rice and cook, stirring, 1 minute. Add 1 cup simmering stock and cook at a strong simmer, stirring constantly, until stock is absorbed. Continue simmering, adding stock 1/2 cup at a time, stirring constantly and letting each addition be absorbed before adding the next, until rice is tender and creamy-looking but still al dente, about 18 minutes total. (There may be broth left over.)
- Remove from heat and stir in diced pumpkin, cheese, and butter, stirring until butter is melted. Season with salt and pepper and cover to keep warm.
- Prepare scallops:
- Pat scallops dry and season with salt. Heat oil in a 12-inch nonstick skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then sauté scallops, turning once, until golden brown, 4 to 6 minutes. If scallops are not cooked through, reduce heat to moderate and cook about 2 minutes more. Transfer to a bowl with a slotted spoon and discard any oil remaining in skillet (do not clean skillet).
- Cook butter in same skillet over moderate heat until it foams and turns light brown. Add sage and cook, stirring, 1 minute. Remove from heat and stir in truffle oil. Season with salt.
- To serve:
- Put each pumpkin shell on a plate, fill with risotto, and cover with reserved tops. Arrange scallops around pumpkin and drizzle with sage butter.
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Nutritional Info
- Calories981
- Carbohydrates142 g(47%)
- Fat34 g(52%)
- Protein45 g(90%)
- Saturated Fat12 g(61%)
- Sodium991 mg(41%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat4 g
- Fiber10 g(42%)
- Monounsaturated Fat15 g
- Cholesterol81 mg(27%)


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Three short, chunky things that (we promise) will rescue your digital business.
The sprawling self-help industry for executives tends to chop up advice into business baby food, with small, easy-to-digest chunks, flavorful summaries and beautiful illustrations. Truisms are packaged into "models" with the promise that following them will make every business better. Beleaguered executives swallow it up and then try to remember what it tasted like when some botched goal wreaks havoc on their day.
It was refreshing, then, to hear a bit of deliberate self-betrayal emerge at a recent seminar run by MIT Sloan Executive Education, "Revitalizing Your Digital Business Model."
"Why on earth do we need another thing with 'model' at the end of it?" asked Martin Mocker, a research scientist at MIT Sloan School of Management's Center for Information Systems Research (CISR).
A business model, of course, defines how a business makes money. Digital business models define how businesses make money digitally. A lot of traditional companies might say, "we don't." Some might even whisper, half to themselves, " … and we probably won't."
Those are cries for help in a world where 2 billion people are online and there are 5.5 billion mobile phone subscriptions, where online users have instant access to price information via search engines — and the ability to express displeasure with companies in ways that damage brands and revenues — and where mobile phones, with or without Internet access, are upending how things get done. In Africa, cell phone carriers are outstripping banks as sources for money.
Mocker's colleague Peter Weill, the chairman of CISR, then offered three straightforward ways that he and Stephanie Woerner have developed to help executives think about how companies interact with their customers in the digital world.
- Focus on content, experience or platform. Weill said that when a company moves from (physical) place to (online) space, "you have to be the best, or as good as the best." A company with a clunky platform will be compared to the very best platforms out there, whether or not they offer competing products or services. Similarly, the customer experience must measure up to the very best the Web has to offer. And content — products and information, not just media — must also be the best available. Weill recommends companies focus on one, to start, and make it world class. Partner for the other two, and then gradually develop those as well.
- Know your competitive advantage. Look at the three areas in point one: content, experience and platform. One of them distinguishes your company from its competitors. Start your digital effort by making that area your priority. For instance, Trip Advisor's content is what sets it apart from other travel companies, USAA offers unmatched customer experiences, and Commonwealth Bank of Australia has built a platform that allows it to out-innovative its rivals. Weill, by the way, says companies with the best platforms have the best margins.
- Learn how to read customers' minds. Companies learn what customers want in a variety of ways. Weill offered up four approaches: The mellifluous HiPPO method (relying on the highest-paid person's opinion), asking customers, data analysis and AB testing.
The problems with relying on a HiPPO should be obvious. It might be less obvious that asking customers can fail because customers don't actually know what they want. Data analysis tells us what has happened, not what will happen. Weill favors AB Testing, as in, "do you want A or B?", because in the online world, companies can very quickly run small tests and get immediate feedback from customers on which is better. And as Weill pointed out in an article published in March 2013, knowing what your customers want from their online experience is one key to digital success.
Digital business is brutally hard, especially for traditional companies built for physical interaction. It's okay to ask for morsels of help.

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Fears about the purported side effects once sent British parents running from vaccinations against measles.
However, now an outbreak of the potentially deadly disease in one city has brought them back in droves.
As others went about their weekend activities in Swansea on the south Wales coast, a steady stream of parents brought their children to Singleton Hospital to receive emergency vaccines, hoping to protect them from a local epidemic that shows no signs of easing.
Since November last year, almost 1,000 people around the city have contracted measles, with children aged 10 to 18 affected the worst.
One 25-year-old man who had the disease has died, although tests to ascertain the cause of death proved inconclusive.
The weekend clinics at this "epidemic hotspot," now in their fourth week, have already attracted more than 6,000 people amid a vigorous public health campaign to get children vaccinated.
Health officials unequivocally attribute the outbreak to a now widely discredited study by Andrew Wakefield published in 1998 linking the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) triple vaccine to autism — the legacy of which is now emerging as unvaccinated people fall ill.
Swansea resident Amanda Jones attended the emergency clinic with her 11-year-old twins, Ruth and Megan.
She decided in 2003 to give her daughters a single measles vaccine, instead of MMR, but now fears it may be insufficient.
"We opted for the single vaccine because the girls were born premature and were quite vulnerable. We already had a lot to deal with and it was just an added worry," she said
Doctors are also quick to blame the press and their coverage of Wakefield's research.
The study, published in the Lancet medical journal, sparked a global scare which in Britain led to hundreds of thousands of parents choosing not to have their children immunized in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
In 2005 uptake fell below 80 percent — lower still in some parts of the country.
Britain's General Medical Council struck Wakefield off the medical register in 2010, saying he had behaved "dishonestly and irresponsibly."
"That flawed, fraudulent and bogus research undermined, in lots of people's minds, the safety of MMR. I recall one mother accusing me of deliberately giving her child autism," Swansea family doctor Dai Lloyd said.
These fears were exacerbated, Lloyd believes, by a "media frenzy" over Wakefield's findings.
"There was a particularly vigorous campaign by the local media here in Swansea," he said. "It was absolutely relentless."
Added to the problem, say doctors, is that the seriousness of measles disappeared from public consciousness.
The highly contagious viral illness, prevalent in developing countries — particularly in Africa and parts of Asia — had been almost eliminated in Britain, only to re-emerge in 2007.
Caught through direct contact with an infected person or via coughs or sneezes, its common symptoms are a red-brown rash, fever and cold-like signs.
However, there can be life-threatening complications including pneumonia, blindness and even brain damage.
"It is an extremely nasty illness," Lloyd said. "People are seeing that now and they are coming to these vaccination clinics in droves."
While Wales's second city may be the center of this epidemic, England is also witnessing a general rise in measles.


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A "very small percentage" of the tins of Stagg Classic Chili Con Carne, with product expiry code: 15.05.2019, were discovered to contain the incorrect product - which itself contains 1.04% milk protein, an allergen not declared on the label.
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I thought I was done, but maybe I'm not.
Since this blog is FIVE YEARS old this month I think I need to at least give it a try.
There is a new CPA in town:
Liam Thomas, who is almost six months old. I think he was the word stealer. About the time I got pregnant, I didn't really ahve anythign I wasnted to share anymore. At least not anything long enough for typepad.
This is in addtion to my KINDERGARTNER!
Who is playing Jack from Jack & Jill at his first school assembly.
And Maddie, who can only be described as a mess
Maybe I'll talk some more about something else soon.
(I know that sounds exciting)


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Why the Court can strike down marriage restrictions under rational-basis review
The following contribution to our same-sex marriage symposium is written by Kenji Yoshino, the Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law at NYU School of Law. He has written many books and articles, including Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights (Random House 2006).
Like others here, I believe the Supreme Court might well analyze state or federal restrictions on same-sex marriage under a rational-basis framework, as the district courts in Perry and Gill did. That begs the question of which kind of rational-basis analysis it will employ. The Court has been fairly consistent in stating that rational-basis review requires governmental action be "rationally related to a legitimate governmental interest." Yet as academic commentary has observed, that formulation in fact encompasses two different standards "" "ordinary" rational-basis review and rational basis "with bite." Under the first, the Court would uphold governmental restrictions on same-sex marriage; under the latter, it would invalidate them. So the crucial question is which standard the Court will apply.
Ordinary rational-basis review
Under "ordinary" rational-basis review, the Court gives the government enormous deference with respect to what constitutes a "legitimate governmental interest." The plaintiffs have the burden "to negative every conceivable basis which might support [the governmental action]." In addition, "it is entirely irrelevant for constitutional purposes whether the conceived reason for the challenged distinction actually motivated the legislature." In practice, this means that the Court must cudgel its imagination for any possible rationale that might have supported the legislation rather than simply evaluating the rationales adduced by the state.
A canonical instance of this deference can be found in a 1955 case in which an Oklahoma statute favored ophthalmologists over opticians, requiring, among other things, a prescription from the former before the latter could engage in routine tasks like fitting frames to a person's face. Rather than looking to the most obvious explanation "" a strong doctor's lobby "" the Court contemplated more public-spirited rationales the legislature "might have" or "may have" had. The Court upheld this particular provision by noting that the state "might have" believed that an ophthalmologist's prescription could sometimes contain "essential" directions. Oklahoma and its lawyers did not produce this rationale; an obligingly imaginative Court produced it for them.
As if this did not give the government sufficient latitude, the "ordinary" rational-basis standard also accords the government great deference with respect to whether it has pursued a "rationally related" means to pursue its "legitimate" ends. The fact that legislation is over- or under-inclusive with respect to its purported end is irrelevant; the courts are "compelled under rational-basis review to accept a legislature's generalizations even when there is an imperfect fit between means and ends." The government is permitted to proceed "one step at a time" to pursue its ends.
To see how lenient this standard can be, consider a 1938 case where Congress banned the shipment in interstate commerce of "filled milk" "" products that combined milk with other products, like coconut oil. Congress contended that it wished to avoid "adulterated" food products that would be harmful to the public. This public-health concern was of course a legitimate interest. The potential problem lay in the "fit" between this rationale and the Congressional legislation, which was both over- and under-inclusive. The evidence that the "filled milk" was harmful was shaky; moreover, as the plaintiffs pointed out, Congress did not seek to regulate other "adulterated" dairy products, like "oleomargarine or other butter substitutes."
Under a less deferential level of review, the mismatch between the stated purpose and the actual legislation might have led the Court to smoke out the real reason behind the legislation "" again, the financial interests of a powerful dairy lobby. But the Court maintained that the legislature was permitted under rational-basis review to "hit at an abuse which it has found, even though it has failed to strike at another." The Court upheld the legislation.
Ordinary rational-basis review, then, operates as a free pass for legislation. Any conceivable rationale will do, and there need not be a tight fit between the justification and the legislation it putatively justifies. A colleague once observed that legislation would pass muster under ordinary rational-basis review so long as it was framed in grammatically complete sentences. My only resistance to her quip was that the Court sometimes seems to waive the "grammar" requirement.
In the Court's defense, it is understandable why it would want ordinary rational-basis review to be this deferential. Even looking only at the equal protection context, one can see how untenable it would be for the Court to adopt any other stance. Almost all legislation treats classifications unequally on some basis "" favoring ophthalmologists over opticians, or purveyors of unadulterated milk over purveyors of filled milk. If rational-basis review required the Court to scrutinize all classifications with any rigor, the Court would be crushed in its role as a super-legislature.
At the same time, the Court has never said that rational-basis review means no review whatsoever. Instead, it has created a separate line of cases in which it applies rational-basis review in a much more stringent manner. This is what scholars call rational basis "with bite."
Rational basis "with bite"
The Supreme Court has never formally recognized a rational-basis "with bite" standard using those terms. However, the Court has invalidated governmental action under a rational-basis standard in a series of cases dealing with women (Reed v. Reed, 1971) (women were later given a higher level of review by a majority of the Court in Craig v. Boren, 1976); unmarried individuals (Eisenstadt v. Baird, 1972); so-called "hippies" (United States v. Moreno, 1976); children of illegal aliens (Plyler v. Doe, 1982); individuals with mental retardation (City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, 1985); and lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals (Romer v. Evans, 1996). Both in analysis and result, these cases cannot be squared with the application of an "ordinary" rational-basis standard.
To take one famous instance, the Court in the 1985 Cleburne case considered a city council's denial of a special-use permit to a group home for the mentally retarded. Rejecting the circuit court's application of a heightened level of scrutiny to mental retardation, the Court held that only rational-basis review applied to such classifications. However, the Court's analysis with respect to both ends and means did not comport with ordinary rational-basis review.
With respect to its "ends" analysis, the Court approached the rationales adduced by the city council with skepticism. The council expressed concern that individuals in this home would be subjected to harassment by the students at the junior high school across the street. The Court rejected this view by observing that the school itself enrolled about thirty mentally retarded students. But a more deferential Court could easily have pointed out that the school might have been able to offer more effective protection to its mentally retarded students than to mentally retarded residents in the neighborhood. Moreover, the Court only considered the rationales forwarded by the council. It did not posit rationales that the council "may have" or "might have" relied upon as it did in the ophthalmologist case.
With regard to its "means" analysis, the Court did not tolerate a loose fit between the council's stated ends and its denial of the permit. The council, for example, alleged that the home's location on "a five hundred year flood plain" created a safety issue. The Court observed that if the council were truly concerned about effective evacuation, it would also have withheld residential permits from others, such as the elderly. The under-inclusive nature of the council's practice led the Court to discredit the ostensible rationale for the denial of the permit to the home for the mentally retarded. The council was not permitted to proceed incrementally, as Congress was in the "filled milk" case.
While the majority opinion did not state that it was applying anything other than ordinary rational-basis review, other opinions in the case noted the anomalous nature of its approach. Writing in dissent, Justice Marshall observed that the "ordinance surely would be valid under the traditional rational-basis test," and that he therefore could not "accept the court's disclaimer that no "more exacting standard' than ordinary rational-basis review is being applied." Nor is the Cleburne case a one-off curiosity. Within the equal protection context alone, this more stringent form of the rational-basis standard has recurred in at least the five other cases mentioned above. In all these cases, the Court used rational-basis review to invalidate the governmental action.
The role of animus
This distinction between "ordinary" rational basis and rational basis "with bite" raises the crucial question of when the Court uses each standard. One answer is that the Court opts for rational basis "with bite" when it discerns animus against a group. In the 1976 Moreno case (involving the denial of food stamps to so-called "hippies"), the Court observed that "bare Congressional desire to harm a politically unpopular group" could not justify governmental action even under rational-basis review. The Cleburne Court extended this holding to other governmental actors by dropping the word "Congressional," noting that "some objectives such as "a bare . . . desire to harm a politically unpopular group,' are not legitimate state interests." That formulation recurred in the Romer case, where the Court struck down a state constitutional amendment disadvantaging lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals. It appears that once the Court detects animus, it will apply rational basis "with bite."
A critic seeking to reconcile the two forms of rational basis might place emphasis on the word "bare," in the "bare . . . desire to harm" formulation of animus. Such a critic might observe that rational basis "with bite" only obtains after every conceivable legitimate rationale has been eliminated. Yet as a matter of logic, the task of rebutting an infinite set of conceivable rationales that need only be loosely fitted to the legislation is an endless one. If the Court were truly applying "ordinary" rational basis, it is hard to see that it could ever determine that animus was the only justification left standing.
More importantly, as a matter of practice, the Court has not taken the "eliminating all conceivable rationales" approach. In the Romer case, Colorado justified an anti-gay state constitutional amendment by forwarding the state interests of using the public fisc to defend other civil-rights claims and of protecting individuals with religious objections to homosexuality. Under a standard that credited "any conceivable rationale" and that permitted the Court to move "one step at a time," such justifications would easily have passed muster. Nonetheless, the Court concluded that the legislation was "inexplicable by anything but animus." It did so without exercising its imagination to conjecture rationales for the state.
Rational basis and restrictions on same-sex marriage
Given that one person's prejudice is another person's principle, it is often difficult to predict in advance what the Court will deem to be "animus." With respect to sexual orientation, however, the Court has deemed anti-gay views to constitute animus and applied rational basis "with bite." In the Romer case, the Court observed that gays and lesbians had been the victims of "animus," as described above. In the 2003 case of Lawrence v. Texas, the Court also determined (without applying formal strict scrutiny) that statutes criminalizing same-sex sodomy did not pass constitutional muster under the Due Process Clause. Lawrence can thus be read, at a minimum, as a due process rational-basis "with bite" case. A critic could counter that Lawrence was a case about same-sex sexual conduct rather than about homosexual status. Just last Term, however, the Court rejected this conduct/status distinction in Christian Legal Society v. Martinez. The majority opinion asserted that "[o]ur decisions have declined to distinguish between status and conduct in this context," citing Lawrence for the proposition that "[w]hen homosexual conduct is made criminal by the law of the State, that declaration in and of itself is an invitation to subject homosexual persons to discrimination." This constellation of precedents suggests that the Court will apply rational basis "with bite" rather than ordinary rational basis to discrimination against gay people, including restrictions on same-sex marriage.
Nor will the Court have to look far to find animus motivating recent restrictions on same-sex marriage. Last Friday, the plaintiffs in one of the DOMA cases catalogued some of the statements in the congressional record leading up to the passage of the Act in 1996. As discussed in that memorandum, Reprentative Barr characterized homosexuality as "hedonism," "narcissism," and "self-centered morality." Representative Funderburk described homosexuality as "inherently wrong and harmful to individuals, families, and societies." Representative Smith referred to same-sex sexual intimacy as "unnatural and immoral."
Much debate has centered on whether sexual orientation deserves the strict or intermediate scrutiny that the Court accords to classifications such as race, national origin, alienage, non-marital parentage, and sex. While important, this debate often leaves the false impression that the plaintiffs in the marriage cases cannot prevail without acquiring either strict or intermediate scrutiny. Cases such as Reed, Eisenstadt, Moreno, Plyler, Cleburne, and Romer demonstrate otherwise.
In addition to making the best case for heightened scrutiny, plaintiffs should press the Court to apply rational basis "with bite." And the Court should clarify its own practice, noting that rational basis "with bite" obtains once the Court discerns the presence of actual animus, not after the Court has proven the absence of all conjectured rationales.
Recommended Citation: Kenji Yoshino, Why the Court can strike down marriage restrictions under rational-basis review, SCOTUSblog (Aug. 23, 2011, 8:38 AM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2011/08/why-the-court-can-strike-down-marriage-restrictions-under-rational-basis-review/


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THE SPORTS DOCTOR- Win, place, show? Picking the ponies too darn hard
I know two things about horses. 1) The older and fatter they are, the more likely my mother is to ride them. And 2) if you want to make money, you'd be better off buying a yacht. At least you can rent out the yacht.
Even betting on horses isn't worth the headache. The 136th running of the Kentucky Derby is Saturday, May 1, and if you have any sense, you won't have any money riding on it. All right, we're allowed a little fun– you won't have any real money riding on it. If you attend a Derby party and have $20 to lay down on Paddy O'Prado (not that I'm recommending Paddy O'Prado), go ahead, live a little.
But when it comes to serious betting, you have to be a lot smarter than the average bear.
Have you ever bet on horses? Really bet on horses? Gone to down to the track or bought a racing form?
If you have, you know there are about 100 ways to lose your money on a horse, and 99 of those are pretty difficult to understand. Shoot, even understanding odds is confusing– how exactly can odds on a horse be 50-1 if there are only 20 horses in a race? (If your horse wins, you get $50 for a $1 bet. But there aren't even 50 horses in the race! What's that all about?)
Currently, the odds on Paddy O'Prado are 30-1, if you're interested.
Consider the array of betting possibilities for just one race. There are futures, the straightforward practice of betting on a future race. The odds may change as the race nears, but you get paid at the original odds you took. (All Derby futures are closed, by the way.)
Then there's Quiniela– a bet on two horses to finish sequentially, in either order. The Quiniela Box is betting on three horses and winning if any two finish sequentially in either order. But a Quiniela Box counts as three bets.
A Prefecta requires two horses to finish sequentially in exact order, and then there's the Trifecta– betting on three horses and a $1 Trifecta Box.
My favorite is the $1 Trifecta Key. In the $1 Trifecta Key, you pick your favorite horse to win, then two or more others to place and show in any order. To bet, you say, "$1 Trifecta Key on 1 with 2 and 3."
You're actually making two $1 bets, so your total bet is $2. To win, your Key horse must win, and the other two must finish after him (or her) either 1-2-3 or 1-3-2. Pretty simple, eh?
Last year, the total recorded on- and off-track wagers for the Kentucky Derby were $104,563,501, an 8.7% decrease from the $114,557,364 total in 2008.
That's a lot of money, even without the millions in unrecorded bets made at country clubs and cocktail parties. But it still doesn't come anywhere near the total bets on the NCAA men's basketball tournament: $2.5 billion as estimated by the FBI. If the Kentucky Derby really is the most exciting two minutes in sports, and there are so many ways to bet on horses, why the discrepancy?
Frankly, serious betting on horses is just too darned complicated to be fun– and even semi-serious betting isn't much better. A friend of mine works in an office that has a pool for almost every sporting event involving more than two players or teams (they had one for the Master's, for heaven's sake).
But there's no mention of starting a pool for the Kentucky Derby.
Sure, it could be done, and done fairly simply at that. Put your money in the pot and pick a winner.
But that's too simple– it lacks the sustained headiness of the NCAA bracket— but let's face it: anything more complicated requires a bookie and a wall safe. And really, after those two minutes are up, it's pretty difficult to get excited over a $1 bet for 15th and 16th places, isn't it?
Aw, what the heck? Who am I kidding? Come Saturday, I've got $20 on Paddy O'Prado to show.
Juanita Giles lives in Keysville where she makes videos and updates her http://thesportsdr.com/">Sports Doctor site.


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When it comes to college football recruiting stories it often seems as though moms have a major say in the decision. Mother knows best, right?
In a recent addition to a series of recruiting flashback stories on FOXSports.com, Donovan McNabb, who wound up at Syracuse before going on to a lengthy NFL career, shared a story about the time he was asked to help convince Mike Vick to follow in his footsteps at Syracuse. Syracuse had tabbed Vick as their number one recruit and McNabb had done his part in convincing Vick to choose Syracuse for his college football career. McNabb can be charming and convincing, but that was not enough to convince one person; Vick's mother. Vick's mom preferred her son to stay close to home in Virginia, and as you no doubt know by now she got her say. Vick attended Virginia Tech for two years and helped bring the Hokies to competing among the best in the country on the football field.
Of course, not every mother has her say when it comes time to submitting that letter of intent.
In 2012, Alabama safety Landon Collins announced his college decision on national television during the Under Armour All-American Game. With April Justin, his mother by his side, Collins announced he would attend Alabama. This did not sit well with his mother, who had her eyes set n Alabama's division rival.
"I feel that LSU is the better place for him to be," she said once noticed she lacked any enthusiasm for the decision. "LSU Tigers, No. 1. Go Tigers!"
Fast forward to this year's Under Armour Game and a similar scene played out. In fact, it even included the same mom. This time another son, Gerald Willis III, announced his decision to go to Florida. Once again, this did not sit well.
"It is what it is, Florida Gators, that's where we'll be," she said. "LSU's still No. 1."
One of the more bizarre recruiting stories may have taken place during last year's national signing day. SEC Freshman of the year and Arkansas running back Alex Collins had his mom swipe his national letter of intent and run off with it, delaying his opportunity to have his joyous moment. His mother reportedly wanted Collins to stay closer to home instead of go to Arkansas and hired a lawyer to fight her case. Fortunately for the Razorbacks, Collins managed to be able to get the situation resolve and he followed through with his desire to be a Razorback. Not to be outdone, there is the case of Matthew Thomas at Florida State, who ended up there in part because his mother would not sign a letter of intent for her son to attend USC.
National Signing Day is this Wednesday. Will any mothers cause a scene or sway the decision in their favor this year?


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Please note that if you have not received your order sent by Royal Mail in the expected time frame, we have to wait three working weeks before a lost in post claim form can be put through – however this is a very rare occurrence and something we do not see happen often. The reason we allow for three working weeks to elapse is items will be returned to the sender if not delivered within that time period.
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We run an automated ordering system so please ensure your correct shipping address is selected on the PayPal / eBay checkout as we can only send to this address. This is an eBay Security policy.
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Upon receipt, all products will be inspected and at our discretion, credit may be refused.
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If you allow connections for mobile devices, various operating systems or out-of-policy remote computers, you may have a patching nightmare on your hands. Get help in this tip.
Given the fact that almost all networks are connected to the Internet nowadays, your one hope of staying secure is to constantly patch all machines on the network with the latest vulnerability fixes. This may not be a big deal in environments consisting only of Windows 2003 servers and Windows XP workstations, for which you can simply use Microsoft's Software Update Services (SUS), System Management Server (SMS) or any number of third-party tools for patch updates. However, if your computers are running non-Microsoft operating systems or non-PC devices, or if your VPN allows connections by computers not controlled by your company, keeping everything up-to-date on your network becomes much more complex -- although not impossible.
Comprehensive patch management for heterogeneous environments is considerably more difficult and more expensive than homogenous environments, but there are ways to manage patches in such environments. In the sections below, I discuss some of your options in difficult patch management situations.
Patching networked devices
Many people don't realize it, but networked non-PC devices, such as personal digital assistants (PDAs), can pose a significant threat to your network's security. Of all the PDAs you see people using in your company, how many of those PDAs does your company own and maintain? People often bring PDAs into the workplace running an out-of-the-box configuration and attach them to the network. Although PDA-based exploits aren't as common as PC-based exploits, there are documented cases, nevertheless, where Trojans were found running on PDAs. Unless you control PDA usage in your company, you could be exposing your network and the data it contains to exploits.
The best way I know to counter such threats is to establish a policy mandating that only PDAs issued by the company are allowed to be connected to the corporate network or to computers belonging to the company. Once you control all of the PDAs used throughout the company, you can focus on patch management.
An easy way to patch your mobile devices is to make sure they are running Windows CE 4.2 or higher or Windows Mobile 2003 or higher. You can then use the SMS 2003 Device Management Feature Pack to manage mobile devices exactly as you would computers on your network. SMS can discover mobile devices and automatically deploy patches to them.
Patching heterogeneous operating systems
Keeping heterogeneous operating systems patched is more difficult than keeping a purely Windows environment patched. Doing so requires third-party software. There are lots of patch-management solutions out there, but the best choice for your organization will depend greatly on the operating systems being used and on your budget.
For organizations running only Windows and Linux operating systems, I like GFI Software Limited's LANguard Network Security Scanner because it's reasonably priced, it does a good job, and it's easy to use.
If you require a more comprehensive patch-management solution, check out Citadel Security Software Inc.'s Hercules. I have never actually used this product, so I can't tell you how good it is, but it exemplifies a tool that can patch Windows, AIX, HP-UX, Solaris, Linux and Mac OSX.
Patching remote computers not controlled by your company
Unpatched computers passing through corporate VPNs have proved particularly troublesome for sometime now. There is a solution built into Windows Server 2003, but it can be extremely difficult to use. The solution is called Network Access Quarantine Control, which places a machine in a quarantined environment when it connects to your network. At that point, you run a query to make sure the operating system has all of the latest patches and the remote system is running an approved antivirus program with up-to-date virus definitions. If everything checks out, the PC is allowed to connect to the network. If the machine does not meet all of the requirements set forth by the corporate security policy, the patches are either applied on the spot or the connection is severed (your choice).
As I mentioned, though, the big problem with quarantine mode is that you practically need a doctorate in computer science to configure it -- it is script intensive. However, rumor has it that Microsoft will greatly simplify quarantine mode in Windows Server 2003 R2, to be released later this year. The company also plans to change the name to Network Access Protection (NAP).
About the author: Brien M. Posey, MCSE, is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for his work with Windows 2000 Server and IIS. He has served as CIO for a nationwide chain of hospitals and was once in charge of IT security for Fort Knox. As a freelance technical writer, he has written for Microsoft, TechTarget, CNET, ZDNet, MSD2D, Relevant Technologies and other technology companies.
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With 3 boys under the age of 5, we go through our share of snacks around here. And though we occasionally indulge in some not-so-healthy munchies, there are so many healthy options that are just as easy that we can feel good about giving our boys. Not only are we nourishing little growing bodies, we are also responsible for culturing a taste for healthy, nourishing foods for when our kids are adults.
This past weekend, be made a super-healthy banana bread with chia powder (if you're not familiar with the health benefits of chia, check out Annie's past post about it!) and whole wheat flour. It's texture is dense and sweet, perfect for an afternoon snack!
My four-year-old Milo helped me with this one!
Banana Bread with Chia Powder (Adapted from Moosewood Restaurant New Classics, Flaxseed Banana Bread)
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
2 eggs
1/2 cup plain yogurt (you can use any flavor- this time we used banana mango)
3 ripe bananas (if you like yours less dense, omit one banana)
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1/4 cup chia seeds, ground into flour (we used chia powder, but you can also use ground flaxseeds)
1 cup whole wheat pastry flour (bread flour works great too)
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
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- Add dry mixture to banana mixture and stir until just combined.
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The StateMonitor software gives you an overview of the status of your machines and jobs at all times. We demonstrated this, for example, in the IndustryArena area at the METAV in Düsseldorf (see photo). To make sure that you can also keep the overview when installing StateMonitor, we are offering a commissioning service. This service is worthwhile, especially the more complicated your network is and the more customized your configuration is intended to be.
Of course, you can also install the StateMonitor software on your own. But StateMonitor features so many options that support for installation and setup can indeed make a lot of sense. That's why the commissioning service offers individually customized assistance that is entirely tailored to you, your machines, your network setup, and the requirements you will be placing on StateMonitor. By the way, it doesn't matter whether you ordered StateMonitor through an OEM when purchasing your machines or from a HEIDENHAIN distributor for your already existing machines. We even provide support for commissioning of the 90-day trial version.
The two-hour-long support session usually entails the connection of two or three machines, initial instruction in the use of the desired functions, and the configuration of StateMonitor to enable the use of these functions. Beforehand, we will ask you about your specific wishes by e-mail or during a brief call and will also inform you about how you can prepare for the commissioning service.
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Initial communication with the customer primarily concerns with the following questions regarding the IT landscape:
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- Can we reach this PC for our WebEx session?
- Are Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, or newer versions available as operating systems?
- How much free memory needs to be available in order to install and run StateMonitor?
- Which HEIDENHAIN controls are to be connected, and which software version do they have? As a rule of thumb, StateMonitor can connect HEIDENHAIN controls dating back to roughly 2007 and on which Option 18 HEIDENHAIN DNC is enabled.
The commissioning service is being offered by the HEIDENHAIN agencies as well. We are also currently in the process of setting up a commissioning service internationally through the local HEIDENHAIN branch offices.
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Why it's a deal: Considering all the extras, this package amounts to a savings of up to 40 percent. Here's a quick breakdown of the cost and value: According to a recent search on Kayak, the lowest fare from New Orleans to Orlando is about $246, with taxes, for travel in late August (Delta).
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More: Upgrade to Universal's Hard Rock Hotel for an additional $10 per person per night or to Loews Portofino Bay Hotel for an additional $28 per person per night. It's possible to extend your stay in Orlando; rates depend on the travel period.
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|Jun 12, 2014
Scientists find trigger to decode the genome
|(Nanowerk News) Scientists from The University of Manchester have identified an important trigger that dictates how cells change their identity and gain specialised functions.
|And the research, published today in Cell Reports, has brought them a step closer to being able to decode the genome.
|The scientists have found out how embryonic stem cell fate is controlled which will lead to future research into how cells can be artificially manipulated.
|Lead author Andrew Sharrocks ("Otx2 and Oct4 Drive Early Enhancer Activation during Embryonic Stem Cell Transition from Naive Pluripotency"), Professor in Molecular Biology at The University of Manchester, said: "Understanding how to manipulate cells is crucial in the field of regenerative medicine which aims to repair or replace damaged or diseased human cells or tissues to restore normal function."
|During the research the team focussed on the part of the cellular genome that gives a gene its expression known as the 'enhancer'. This controls the conversion of DNA from genes into useful information that provides the building blocks that determine the structure and function of our cells.
|Different enhancers are active in different cell types, allowing the production of distinct gene products and hence a range of alternative cell types. In the current study, the team have determined how these enhancers become active.
|Professor Sharrocks said: "All of us develop into complex human beings containing millions of cells from a single cell created by fertilization of an egg. To transit from this single cell state, cells must divide and eventually change their identity and gain specialised functions. For example we need specific types of cells to populate our brains, and our recent work has uncovered the early steps in the creation of these types of cells.
|"One of the most exciting areas of regenerative medicine is the newly acquired ability to be able to manipulate cell fate and derive new cells to replace those which might be damaged or lost, either through old age or injury. To do this, we need to use molecular techniques to manipulate stem cells which have the potential to turn into any cell in our bodies."
|But one of the current drawbacks in the field of regenerative medicine is that the approaches are relatively inefficient, partly because scientists do not fully understand the basic principles which control cell fate determination.
|"We believe that our research will help to make regenerative medicine more effective and reliable because we'll be able to gain control and manipulate cells thus our understanding of the regulatory events within a cell shed light on how to decode the genome," concluded Professor Sharrocks.
|Source: University of Manchester
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I've been working on this guide over the past few days for my guild, and I figured I'd share it with the MMO-Champion community. Note that, due to the number of possible trait combinations and viable weapon setups for warriors, I've gone in-depth about only a few sample setups.
For reference, here's a link to my weapon guide: http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/...ion-Playstyles
Note: The builds described here are just samples. Feel free to experiment with them and tailor each build to your own playstyle.
Table of Contents:
I. Damage
A. "Rising Might" Build
B. "Slice n' Dice" Build
C. "Firestorm" Build
D. "Sniper" Build
II. Control
A. "Lockdown" Build
B. "Immortality" Build
III. Support
A. "Call to Arms" Build
B. "War Herald" Build
C. "Combat Medic" Build
I. Damage Builds
A. The "Rising Might" Build
Weapon: Greatsword
Heal: Healing Signet
Utility Skills: Frenzy, Signet of Might, Signet of Precision
Elite Skill: Signet of Rage
Strength: 30 (Major Traits: V, IX, XII)
Arms: 30 (Major Traits: I, X, XII)
Defense: 0
Tactics: 0
Discipline: 10 (Major Trait: V or VI)
Link: http://gw2skills.net/editor/en/?fIAQ...Ak/feAFm0EVh2A
This build is designed around cleaving enemies into oblivion with big damage from a greatsword. If you see a warrior running around with a greatsword and 3-5 signet buffs, this is likely the build they are using, if not a variation of it. Due to its potential for massive damage, it's an extremely popular build for leveling after level 40.
While you might think this build would be based in the Strength line, it's actually not. The two cornerstones of this build can be found in the first two major traits in the Arms line (hence why it doesn't show up until level 40 and beyond): Deep Strike (Trait I) and Forceful Greatsword (Trait X). The Deep Strike trait gives you +40 precision (crit chance) for each unused signet you have, which is the reason so many signets are used for the second five skills. Forceful Greatsword plays off this precision bonus, giving you a stack of might every time you crit with the greatsword. The points put into the Strength and Discipline lines, their associated major traits, and the final major trait of Arms (Last Chance) are all there purely for damage boosts or faster damage output (e.g. Berserker's Might (Strength trait XII) allowing more Arcing Slice). The choice of the first major trait in the Discipline line entirely depends on whether you choose to activate your signets or not.
As for skill usage, aside from the aforementioned signet activation choice, this build focuses on using Frenzy's quickness buff to speed up Arcing Slice, Hundred Blades, and Whirlwind Attack. Arcing Slice gives you the 20% crit chance Fury boon, which can then be applied to a sped up Hundred Blades/Whirlwind Attack. All of this culminates in very quick stacking of the Might boon, hence the build's name, "Rising Might". It is very easy to reach the 25 stack boon cap on might with this build.
Note: Strength Trait XI, Physical Training, does NOT affect Frenzy's cooldown.
B. The "Slice n' Dice" Build
Weapons: Sword and Sword
Heal: Healing Surge
Utility Skills: Frenzy, Signet of Might, Signet of Precision
Elite Skill: Signet of Rage
Strength: 30 (Major Traits: V, VIII, XII)
Arms: 30 (Major Traits: III, VIII, XI)
Defense: 0
Tactics: 0
Discipline: 10 (Major Trait: VI)
Link: http://gw2skills.net/editor/en/?fIAQ...Mk/fekkpQeVB7A
This aim of this build is to apply stacks of bleed as quickly and as often as possible. This build doesn't really shine until level 60, but the core principle can apply to much lower levels, especially once Frenzy is unlocked.
This build shares trait point distribution with the "Rising Might" build, but major traits are a different story. In the Strength line, the first and third major traits are the same, but the second major trait is switched to Dual Wielding for the obvious reason that you're using a sword in the offhand now instead of just using a greatsword. In the Arms line, things really get mixed up: the first major trait becomes Deep Cuts for longer bleeds, the second becomes Blademaster for more crit, and the third becomes Furious for more uses of Flurry, the sword adrenaline skill. Moving down to Discipline, the major trait becomes Signet Mastery, as this build heavily encourages signet activation.
Regarding skill usage, this build focuses on both signet activation and using Flurry as often as possible. Using Signet of Rage and Signet of Might together not only boosts your damage tremendously from the Might stacks and Fury boon, but doing so also activates Berserker Stance, building adrenaline quickly for a Flurry. Once you've reached the third stage of adrenaline, you can use Frenzy to unleash a torrent of bleeds from Flurry, which, because of the inactive Signet of Precision and Fury boon, will not only apply its normal 8 stacks of bleed, but will likely apply more through the first minor trait of the Arms line (33% chance on crit to apply a bleed). Once you've run through your quickness buff from Frenzy, you can activate your Signet of Precision to get those three stages of adrenaline back for another Flurry, should you need it. The healing skill, Healing Surge, acts as a backup adrenaline generator, should you find yourself in a tight situation.
C. The "Firestorm" Build
Weapon: Longbow
Heal: Healing Signet
Utility Skills: "For Great Justice!", Signet of Might, Signet of Precision
Elite Skill: Signet of Rage
Strength: 10 (Major Trait: V)
Arms: 30 (Major Traits: I, IX, XI)
Defense: 0
Tactics: 30 (Major Traits: VI, X, VIII)
Discipline: 0
Link: http://gw2skills.net/editor/en/?fIAQ...ceAllQ+0jyYG0A
This build is designed around buffing yourself as much as possible while igniting, bleeding, and otherwise doing very nasty things to your enemies from afar. The earliest this build can be taken advantage of is level 40, when the Master section of trait lines is unlocked.
This build is similar to the Rising Might build in that it encourages having several signets on standby for more precision. However, instead of sinking 30 points into Strength and 10 into Discipline, this build only uses 10 points for the Strength line, using the other 20 points (as well as the 10 from Discipline) to fill out the Tactics line. The reason for this shift is that all the longbow-centric major traits are located in the Tactics line. Additionally, the Empowered trait plays well with the build's focus on buff-stacking, while the Lung Capacity trait allows more uptime on boons.
Skill usage for this build revolves around using Pin Down and "For Great Justice" to maintain uptime on your Might and Fury boons. Signets can also be activated for the same reason, although you'll lose out on some crit chance by doing so. That being said, the elite signet, Signet of Rage, is a great way to get the most benefit out of the Empower major trait without sacrificing much elsewhere, as you get three boons for Empower's damage bonus while only losing out on 40 precision.
D. The "Sniper" Build
Weapon: Rifle
Heal: Healing Surge
Utility Skills: Frenzy, "For Great Justice!", "On My Mark!"
Elite Skill: Signet of Rage
Strength: 10 (Major Trait: V)
Arms: 30 (Major Traits: V, VII, XII)
Defense: 0
Tactics: 0
Discipline: 30 (Major Traits: V, IV, XI)
Link: http://gw2skills.net/editor/en/?fIAQ...PoiAsJUPaD4IOA
This build centers on filling a target full of holes after destroying their defenses. This build doesn't become rifle-centric until level 40, but the first major trait in each of the lines of this build can be obtained before then.
Instead of going into the Tactics line like the "Firestorm" build, this build fills out the Discipline line. Since this build focuses heavily on the rifle's adrenaline skill, being able to generate adrenaline faster to use the skill more often is key, not to mention the boosts to the prowess and brawn stats that come with putting points into Discipline. The Arms line gives access to the Crack Shot and Last Chance traits for more damage, and the line's first major trait, Rending Strikes, works well with the "On My Mark!" shout. The only accessible major trait in Strength, Berserker's Power, returns once again, further boosting damage.
Of the all the damage-focused builds I've described so far, this build probably has the most active skill usage. Because Kill Shot is such a powerful adrenaline skill, being able to generate a lot of adrenaline quickly is extremely beneficial. Hasted shots from Frenzy, adrenaline boosts from shouting with the Inspiring Shouts trait, and the passive effect of the Signet of Rage all serve to fill the adrenaline bar very quickly. Even the healing skill can serve as a source of adrenaline, should you find yourself in need of it. At the same time as all of this, you're also buffing yourself with crit and power from "For Great Justice" and stacking Vulnerability on the target through crits and "On My Mark!", resulting in a lot of outgoing damage.
II. Control Builds
A. The "Lockdown" Build
Weapon: Hammer
Heal: Healing Surge
Utility Skills: Bull's Charge, Throw Bolas, Signet of Precision
Elite Skill: Signet of Rage
Strength: 30 (Major Traits: III, VII, XI)
Arms: 0
Defense: 20 (Major Traits: I, X)
Tactics: 10 (Major Trait: I)
Discipline: 10 (Major Trait: VI)
Link: http://gw2skills.net/editor/en/?fIAQ...zjfIeioKYnUBxA
This build revolves around aggressive control of your target. It has very little to offer in the way of personal safety, instead opting for maximum utility and potential to shut down opponents. Much of the power behind this build can't be accessed until level 40, when the Master traits are unlocked.
Unlike the damage builds, where points were invested heavily in only two trees, this build spreads the points out a bit, with the goal being to get many of the control-oriented major traits in each line. 30 points still go into Strength, but not for the damage; instead, the aim is to get the third major trait, Physical Training. The reason for this lies in the skill usage for the build, as two of the three utility skills are considered "physical utility". In the Defense line, the goal is the second major trait, Merciless Hammer, for faster turnaround on the hammer's control skills. The trait gained from Tactics, Leg Specialist, works to further add to your control potential. Signet Mastery, from the Discipline line, is there to speed the cooldown of Signet of Precision, a skill that is activated at every opportunity with this build.
Skill usage for this build is centered around using nearly every skill at your disposal. Of the hammer's abilities, Fierce Blow weakens the opponent, Hammer Shock sends a wave out that both cripples and immobilizes opponents (thanks to the Leg Specialist trait), Staggering Blow knocks all targets away, Backbreaker slams an opponent to the ground, and the adrenaline skill, Earthshaker, causes an AoE stun. Additionally, with many of the major traits this build takes, the secondary effect of Healing Surge, the activated effect of Signet of Precision, and the passive effect of Signet of Rage, you have a nearly unending supply of adrenaline to use on Earthshaker, allowing very quick turnaround on stunning enemies. On top of all these boosts to your hammer control, you also have Bull's Charge and Throw Bolas at your disposal, piling on even more control potential.
B. The "Immortality" Build
Weapons: Mace and Shield
Heal: Mending
Utility Skills: Signet of Stamina, Endure Pain, Dolyak Signet
Elite Skill: Rampage
Strength: 10 (Major Trait: III)
Arms: 0
Defense: 30 (Major Traits: II, IX, VIII)
Tactics: 30 (Major Traits: II, VII, III)
Discipline: 0
Link: http://gw2skills.net/editor/en/?fIAQ...KyCThfI9gMGwxA
As the name suggests, this build is designed around not dying. All but two aspects of this build are solely to boost your survival. The control of this build lies both in the abilities of the mace/shield combo and in the sense that your opponents will be too frustrated and busy trying to kill you that they won't notice your allies raining death down upon them. This build's potential is unlocked at level 40 with the unlocking of Master traits.
The trait points for this build are invested heavily into Defense and Tactics, for the toughness and vitality boosts respectively. Additionally, both lines have very powerful survival tools amongst their traits. Defense gives extra armor at high health, health regeneration based on adrenaline level, a toughness to power conversion (which the major trait in Strength then converts into vitality), an extra 200 toughness under various control conditions, another 90 toughness for using a shield, and an automatic stability buff when someone tries to interrupt or control you. Tactics' second major trait, Shrug It Off, automatically uses the "Shake It Off!" shout to clear a condition when you have two or more.
As for skills, this build has plenty of tools to keep you from hitting the floor. The mace and shield both give you blocking skills, while the utility skills give you two ways to clear conditions (Mending and an activated Signet of Stamina), on-demand damage immunity (Endure Pain), and two ways to make yourself immune to knockdowns and similar spells (activated Dolyak Signet and Rampage). You'd be hard pressed to die with this build's arsenal of survival tools.
Note: While the stat conversions from the minor traits in each line work with one another, the temporary buffs from the major traits (e.g. Turtle's Defense, Shield Master) do NOT interact with these conversions. For example, you won't see a giant leap in your vitality when Turtle's Defense is active.
III. Support Builds
A. The "Call to Arms" Build
Weapons: Sword and Warhorn
Heal: Healing Signet
Utility Skills: "For Great Justice!", "On My Mark!", "Shake It Off!"
Elite Skill: Battle Standard
Strength: 10 (Major Trait: II)
Arms: 0
Defense: 30 (Major Traits: II, VIII, XI)
Tactics: 30 (Major Traits: II, VIII, IX or XII)
Discipline: 0
Link: http://gw2skills.net/editor/en/?fIAQ...ryaLTBjSPIDN2A
This is what you could consider the "shout" build for a warrior, as it relies heavily on the use of shouts and warhorn skills to support allies. The use of the sword as the main hand weapon in this build is purely for the mobility of Savage Leap, and as such can be substituted with any weapon you see fit. This build doesn't unlock its full potential until the Grandmaster traits are unlocked at 60.
This build is similar to the "Immortality" build in that it invests in the same trait lines. However, each build does so for differing reasons. While "Immortality" does it purely to boost survivability to the limit, "Call to Arms" does it to support allies as much as possible and ensure you don't die while doing so. Every major trait in the Defense line (as well as the one in Strength) is meant to keep you alive on the battlefield, while every major trait in the Tactics line is meant to support others. The first trait passively gives everyone around you 70 more power, while the second trait allows you to shout more often, buffing allies and making enemies vulnerable. The third trait in Tactics is what determines the subfocus of this build, be it buffing or healing. Quick Breathing allows you to use your warhorn calls more often, improving uptime on Swiftness and Vigor, while Vigorous Shouts turns your shout spam into healing for your allies.
In regards to skill usage, this build is designed to use all three shouts and both warhorn calls on cooldown. The goal is to keep your allies buffed as much as possible while weakening enemies as often as possible (with "On My Mark!"). Other than that, you have passive health regeneration from Healing Signet and an emergency AoE rally from Battle Standard (as well as mobile, passive source of Might, Fury, and Swiftness).
B. The "War Herald" Build
Weapon: Longbow
Heal: Healing Surge
Utility Skills: Banner of Strength, Banner of Defense, Banner of Tactics
Elite Skill: Battle Standard
Strength: 10 (Major Trait: VI)
Arms: 0
Defense: 30 (Major Traits: VI, VIII, XI)
Tactics: 30 (Major Traits: IV, V, XI)
Discipline: 0
Link: http://gw2skills.net/editor/en/?fIAQ...tyaLTBhSPOLs1A
If "Call to Arms" is the shout build, then "War Herald" is the banner build. Additionally, this build is more aggressive than "Call to Arms", using a longbow and a few damage-increasing major traits. This build doesn't reach its full potential until level 60.
While the "Call to Arms" build invested in the Defense line for the major traits and extra survivability, the "War Herald" build does so for the compassion stat boost. Since this build is focused on ranged support, the major traits in Defense act mainly as a safety net in case the situation turns sour. Tactics, on the other hand, is where the meat of this build lies. Increased longbow range, larger banner effect range, shortened banner cooldowns, and passive AoE healing all come from the major traits in this line. The Battle Standard elite skill is also affected by these traits, so not only will it provide Might, Fury, and Swiftness, but will also provide Regeneration and will have a shorter cooldown. The major trait in Strength is an added incentive to throw your banners down near melee players (although the damage is dealt to any enemy within the buff range of the banner, so positioning isn't too important).
Skill-wise, this build uses bow skills for damage and banner skills for support. Healing Surge acts as an adrenaline generator for Combustive Shots, allowing you to lay down a combo field for allies (and yourself) more often. Battle Standard can be used often for buffs or as an emergency rally tool, depending on how conservative you want to be with its cooldown.
C. The "Combat Medic" Build
Weapon: Personal Choice
Heal: Mending
Utility Skills: "Shake It Off!", "For Great Justice!", Banner of Tactics
Elite Skill: Battle Standard
Strength: 10 (Major Trait: II or III)
Arms: 0
Defense: 30 (Major Traits: II, VIII, XI)
Tactics: 30 (Major Traits: V, VIII, XII)
Discipline: 0
Link: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fIAQFAR...qbM3Iuxej7G5NA
If you really feel like defying the old RPG stigma of "warriors can't heal" or have an itch to be in a total support role, this is the build for you. This build doesn't reach full potential until level 60, when Grandmaster traits are unlocked. Since the damage output of this build is minimal, it's best used in group situations, such as dungeons or WvW.
The investment of points into Defense and Tactics for this build is done for largely the same reasons as the other two support builds I've listed, especially in comparison to the "War Herald" build. The boost to compassion from Defense is a must to make this build effective, and the increase to concentration from Tactics makes your Regeneration last all the longer. The major traits in Strength and Defense for this build are focused entirely on keeping you alive and stable, while Tactics' major traits boost your healing output through reduced cooldowns, increased banner aura size, and enabling shouts to heal.
This build is the only one listed in this guide that has no specific weapon set associated with it. The reason for this is the fact that you'll be holding your Banner of Tactics most of the time. In addition to the passive compassion and concentration stat boosts provided by the banner's aura, Banner of Tactics' second skill, Compassionate Banner, casts both a direct heal and a Regeneration boon on nearby allies when used. The two shouts for this build, "Shake It Off!" and "For Great Justice!", are used primarily for their healing, but their normal effects are just as helpful, giving you a powerful condition-removal skill and a Might/Fury boost for everyone. Constant use of all three of these healing sources turns your character into a healing powerhouse. The elite skill for this build, Battle Standard, is mainly used for the emergency rally component (although it's still useful for it's normal boosts as well).
Added Note: While I haven't done this with any other build in this guide, I feel I should mention something related to gear that dramatically improves this build: Using a set of gear that is stacked with increases to healing power and uses healing power runes will bring out the full potential of this build. Regarding runes specifically, using a set of six Superior Runes of Dwayna will not only further boost your healing power by a large amount, but will also turn your self-heal into another source of Regeneration.


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We had the ultrasound yesterday and all went well. The technician said, "you have a very cooperative baby."
Now, I'm know I'm just being a typical "mom" but clearly, our baby is already very photogenic (and perhaps a thumb sucker). For the record, drinking 16 oz. of water before the appointment and holding it for two hours only to be greeted by a techician who plans to further torture you by pressing the ultrasound viewer as hard as possible into your bladder is not the epitome of fun. Although it's all worth it.
And NO, we didn't break down and ask for the gender. It's still going to be a surprise.
Other notes of interest: I haven't had any weird cravings, or any cravings at all, other than milk. I simply CANNOT drink enough of it. It's delicious. Clearly the baby is growing strong bones.
Also, I've been meaning to blog about a song from the Twilight soundtrack, Clair de lune (Claude Debussy), that I cannot stop listening to. (The movie was okay too, although movies are never as good as the books and this was no exception.) Apparently, the baby likes classical music.


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