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Game 52 @ HOU: Well, the glass isn't empty, but…
Call me a downer if you want, but I didn't like what I saw tonight. That's three games in a row now that the Jazz haven't come ready to play. Unless they learn to play all four quarters, how are they going to make any noise in the Playoffs?
The first 2.5 quarters were sloppy, unprecise, unexecuting. We were playing the Rockets' game, rather than making them play ours, and AK was camping out by the perimeter. On the other end of the court, the Rockets made about 186 threes. Thanks to our hustle guys, however, errant, wild passes that went nowhere were sometimes saved, and bad jump shots were sometimes tipped in. In the end, it wasn't the "stars" that saved the game. It was AK, Sap, Korver (who made the most of 15 second half minutes, and who makes me not want to see CJ and his bad jacking on the court at all), and Memo (who had his second good game in recent memory).
As for Boozer, I knew from tip-off that he was going to settle for missed jumpers, play sloppy, and be made into mincemeat in the post all night. I could see it in his eyes, which looked the same as they did in the last weeks of last season. I know how that sounds, but it's the truth. He had 8 points in the first quarter, but scored only four more the rest of the way. (Nissalke's solution: Boozer needs to take more shots. Give me a break.)
To conclude on an unrelated note, every team has fans or maybe even employees that make the entire fan base or franchise look bad, e.g. the Jazz fans that boo Fisher every time he comes back to the ESA. I honestly can't say why I listen to KFAN when my involuntary reponse to 80% of the things they say is muttering "shut up" repeatedly, but today was one of the days that make me question how some KFAN employees have jobs.
In the pre-game, the on-air personalities were talking about George Karl's situation, and Ben Bagley's reaction was a mix of "Door's open [for the Jazz]" and "Hope he gets better." He then went on to say that it's OK for Jazz fans to have a selfish initial reaction when hearing news like that.
I just want to say that it's not OK, and not all Jazz fans are disgusting people like that. Thoughts go out to George Karl and his family.


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For example, even when the morning sickness fades away into a bad memory, like the longest and baddest hangover you ever had, the race is still on in the morning to eat something - and fast, before you're, err, "overcome". I won't get any more specific because I don't want to put you off your 4pm Twix, which you are no doubt eating right now at your desk.
I don't mind waking up early. I quite like early mornings - the quiet, the sense of smugness, the excuse to have an afternoon nap, the excuse to GO BACK TO BED AT 8PM. But at first I couldn't quite believe that I was expected to get out of bed at 6.30am and go downstairs - trudge trudge trudge - to get myself some cereal, so instead I kept a banana by the bed and ate it as soon as my eyes pinged open and then went back to sleep. But that became gross. And I felt sorry for my husband, who would be caused to have bizarre dreams about being married to a bowl of fruit.
So now I just suck it up and slip out of bed and accept that from now on, for a few years, my day is going to start at about 6am.
Punishment museli alone, which I have written about before, is now out. I need to eat so, so much more in the morning than a bowl of dry flakes splashed with semi-skimmed that I've had to get serious and turn to yoghurt. In London I have three large dollops of whatever yoghurt I've snatched off the shelves at Waitrose, a sprinkling of punishment museli, chopped strawberries (which I keep in the fridge much to my husband's dismay and disgust) and a really generous squeeze of squeezy honey (for convenience. My husband doesn't like this either because the squeezy honey leaks all over the larder, so now I have to keep it on its own little plate. CHUH. Although I ought to point out here that he's been very understanding about other pregnancy stuff like me lying down for most of the day).
I eat it in this witching hour on the sofa, while watching episodes of Season 5 of the West Wing, before my husband gets up and goes to the shops for the papers and a pain au chocolat from the Delice de France stand. Nnnnnnnhhh.
Out in the real France, with two really fantastic greengrocers a few minutes' warm sunny walk away, I get more adventurous with my morning fruit salad and this one below was made from peaches, blueberries, raspberries, yoghurt, museli and squeezy honey. And melon, I think. The squeezy honey in France doesn't seem to leak like the ones in England. I'm on my second bottle.


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This site will introduce you to my teaching and research interests. I am using most of the site as a place for prospective and current students to find out more about me and the department, but professional information is also available.
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SAVANNAH, Ga. – A put-back by junior Larrentis Thomas (McDonough, Ga.) with 17 ticks left would provide the difference, as the Georgia College men's basketball team (10-16, 6-13 PBC) ended its 2013-14 campaign with a 85-83 win at Armstrong Atlantic State University (8-18, 5-14 PBC) Saturday.
Larrentis Thomas would finish with 16 points and 10 rebounds, his 11th double-double of the season. The leading scorer for the Bobcats was Ryan Blumenthal (Kennesaw, Ga.) netting 20 points off the pine, thanks in part to four big three-pointers.
Sophomore Terrell Harris (Indiantown, Fla.) scored 16 points and added five rebounds, while senior Royal Thomas (LaGrange, Ga.) netted 14 points, five boards and four steals. Royal Thomas finishes his career on a 19-game streak of double-digit scoring. Sophomore forward Robert Armstrong (Norcross, Ga.) added 10 points on 5-of-7 shooting.
The final two minutes were thrilling, with Royal Thomas completing a three-point play with 1:50 left on the clock for an 83-80 lead. Kyle Callanan knotted the game at 83-83 just four seconds later.
The two teams traded misses, with Royal Thomas pulling in a rebound at 47 seconds left. Harris missed a jumper setting up Larrentis Thomas' thrilling rebound and game-winner.
The Bobcats were out-shot 49 percent (33-68) to 45 percent (29-65) and out-rebounded 41-35. The difference came at the free-throw line, as Georgia College made good on 20-of-23 and Armstrong had a 9-for-19 night. The Bobcats also doubled up Armstrong in takeaways 10-5.
Hichem Benayad-Cherif did his best to keep the Pirates in the game with 26 points on 11-of-17 shooting.
The season has come to a close for Bobcat men's basketball, placing tied for sixth in the Peach Belt Conference (PBC) West Division. The top four teams advance to the PBC Tournament next week.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 11 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at @GCBobcats on Twitter and Facebook for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit GCBobcats.PhotoReflect.com to purchase photo prints from home athletic contests.


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Learning Index >> Ceramic Decoration: a selective guide to pots in the collection of the Crafts Study Centre
No 14: Open bowl, 1975 (P.76.1)
The third type of bowl by Lucie Rie in this discussion on 'liquid colour' is the most complex; it shows colour from within the clay body of the pot affecting the glaze. A bowl is thrown, using two balls of contrastingly-coloured clays, one or both of which has been stained with oxide. As the clay rotates on the wheel and a vessel is formed, a 'spiral' pattern is created to act as the decoration. On this bowl, a limestone glaze coats the porcelain and, in combination with the two colour-stained clays, appears duck-egg blue and grey. In addition, the rim is lightly banded with brown manganese pigment.


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After a grueling day of weight lifting on Monday, the Lipscomb baseball team hit the turf at Dugan field for day two of the Omaha Challenge.
The six groups started at different stations and rotated around the six individual events until each task was finished.
The first individual event of the day was the sled pull. Each player put weights on a sled that equaled his body weight and pulled the sled by rope. They competed to see how many 30-yard laps they each could pull over two and half minutes.
Johnathan Allison and Nick Androse tied for first place after pulling the sled a distance of 3.8 laps. Ian Martinez-McGraw finished just behind at 3.7 while four other players finished a distance of 3.6 laps.
The next event of the day was the farmers carry. Two players ran the course at the same time while they each carried a 75lb dumb bell. It was a three-minute course to see how many 100-yard laps they each could finish.
Jacob Knott led all players with an impressive 8.2 laps. He was the only one to finish at least eight laps. Dalton Curtis finished second with 7.8 laps. Griffin Moore, Dalton Keck and Brandon Thomas all mustered 7.5 in the brisk temperatures.
After finishing the farmers carry, the players then moved on to the slosh pipe. The pipes were 10 feet long, filled halfway with water and weighed roughly 30 pounds. Each player had to complete the course while making six different movements down and back, including running and shuffling with the pipe above his head, running with the pipe across his chest and broad jumping with pipe above head and also on their back.
Keck had the fastest time of the day and was the only one to finish with a sub two-miute time. He finished with a 1:55 mark. Ashcraft maneuvered the course in 2:15. Monday's leader Geordie Carlson finished in a tie for third with Blalock with a time of 2:18.
In the speed and agility course that was set up from the left foul pole to dead center field, the players began by leaping over multiple hurdles then running full speed to center field. Once arriving at the cones, they did lateral single leg bounds over parallel lines before doing high knees over mini hurdles. After completing the hurdles each player ran a slalom course around cones before going into a crab walk and bear crawl. To finish they ran high knees through a tire course before sprinting back to the starting point to complete the event.
Keck finished the course with an impressive 1:28 time to lead the field. Hunter Hanks and John Pryor finished second and third respectively with times of 1:30 and 1:31.
Perfect Push-Up was the fifth event of the day. Over a 15-yard course out and back course, the guys completed nothing but pushups to help strengthen their core.
Ashcraft finished in 28 seconds, Keck in 32 seconds and Pryor in 34.
The sixth and final individual event was the captains of crush hold. Each guy had a pair of hand grippers and held a 10-pound weight between the grips for as long as they could. This was completed with both hands.
Allison showed the strongest grip after not letting go until 2:54 minutes had passed. Josh Lee was second with a time of 2:43. Jason Zigler finished just two seconds behind Lee at 2:41.
After completing the six individual events, each team competed in two team events; the Seated Sled Row and the Gator Push & Carry.
White- Drew Adams, Tyler Bethune, Hunter Hanks, Ian Martinez-McGraw, Jamie Young
Purple- Hunter Brothers, John Pryor, Allan Hooker, Cory Farrow, Hunter Anglin, Nick Androse
Black- Nick Rome, Will Blalock, Johnathan Allison, Caleb Woodson, Conor Moynihan
Green- Denton Norman, Austin Sistrunk, Weston Wolfe, Jacob Knott, Geordie Carlson
Gray- Tyson Ashcraft, Josh Lee, Caleb Herndon, Cameron Bair, Grant Massey
Yellow- Griffin Moore, Dalton Keck, Brandon Thomas, Adam Lee, Mike Korte, Jason Zigler
In the seated sled row, each team put 225 pounds on the sled and while sitting on the ground had to work together to pull the sled a distance 30 yards. They had to complete three laps before finishing.
After day one the Yellow team led in team scoring and finished first once again on Tuesday. Completing the order of finish was Green, White, Purple, Black and Gray.
The gator push and carry was the final event of the day. Each team had to transport two 40 pound kettle bells, six chains, one punching bag, four red and blue slosh bags in the gator. Three team members pushed from behind while one member steered and the other sat as a passenger until the team reached the required distance. Once they stopped, the team members had to remove all items from the back and transport everything back on their person to the finish line.
In order of finish: Gray, Green, Yellow, White, Purple and Black.
After day two the individual standings:
1st - Ashcraft -289
2nd - Allison 276
3rd - Grant Massey 274
4th - Carlson 261
5th - Hunter Brothers 250- Pitcher
6th - Weston Wolfe 248
7th - Tyler Bethune 242
8th - Drew Adams 234
9th - Blalock 233 – Pitcher
10th - Curtis 230 – Pitcher
Keck made the biggest jump and finished day two in 14th after starting the day in 28th. On Tuesday, Keck finished in the top five in five of the six events. He went from 44 to 202 points.
Team standings after day two are: Yellow, Green, White, Gray, Black, and Purple.
Day three will be held on Dugan Field beginning at 3 p.m. on Wednesday. Events will run till around 5:30 p.m.
The event schedule for Wednesday:
Tire Flip, Multiple Medley, Carry Medley and Sled Push.
Come out to watch and support your Bisons as they complete the final two days of the 2013 Omaha Challenge.


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European Commission
Cecilia Malmström
EU Commissioner for Home Affairs
Commission unveils first EU Anti-Corruption Report
Press Conference/Brussels
3 February 2014
Corruption erodes trust in public institutions and in democracy, it undermines our internal market, it hampers foreign investment, it costs tax payers millions, and in many cases it helps organised crime groups do their dirty work.
Corruption is estimated to costs EU Member States no less than 120 billion Euros each year.
That is why the Commission adopted today the first EU Anti-Corruption Report. The Report gives a frank assessment of how each Member State tackles corruption, how existing laws and policies work in practice, and it suggests how each Member State can step up the work against corruption.
The Report shows that the level of corruption varies from one Member State to another. But it also shows that corruption affects all EU Member States. One thing is very clear: there is no "corruption-free" zone in Europe.
European citizens are fully aware, and concerned, about this. The results of two Eurobarometer surveys, also published today, show that a vast majority (76%) of Europeans think that corruption is widespread in their own country. More than half of Europeans (56%) think the level of corruption in their country has increased over the past three years.
One in twelve Europeans has experienced or witnessed corruption in the last twelve months, and four out of ten European companies consider corruption to be an obstacle for doing business within the EU.
This is all the more worrying in times of economic and financial crisis. In order to pull Europe from the brink of the crisis, we need to attack corruption effectively by pulling efforts from all sides. The Report will hopefully provide everyone - politicians, the public, media and practitioners – with a useful tool for taking national corruption policy forward.
A number of Member States have already put stronger focus on in recent years. New legislation has been adopted, new institutions have been set up and national anti-corruption strategies adopted in many member States. The Reports takes stock of these developments, the progress which has been made, and points to a number of good practices that others can learn from.
At the same time, the Reports shows that the results are not yet sufficient. We are simply not doing enough. That is true for all Member States. Existing laws and policies are not enforced enough, and a firm political commitment to root out corruption still seems to be missing.
The Report therefore calls for improvements in a number of different areas. In some Member States, vulnerability to corruption in public procurement processes is the main problem. In others, political party financing is not transparent enough. Widespread corruption at the level of local authorities is another example, or that many healthcare patients have to pay under the table to receive proper medical care.
For each of these areas, the Report suggests solutions, based on a careful assessment of each Member State. They include:
The Report also takes a close look at corruption in public procurement. One fifth of the EU's GDP is spent every year in public procurement of goods and services, and this is essential to our economies. But it is also an area which is vulnerable to corruption: studies suggest that up to a quarter of the value of public contracts in EU Member States may be lost to corrupt practices.
According to the Eurobarometer survey we publish today, one third of companies that participated in public tenders say corruption prevented them winning a contract.
The Report therefore suggests Member States to make stronger efforts in this area, by strengthening controls and getting more dissuasive sanctions in place, as well as enhancing transparency.
This Report is a first step. It is the first time we have a complete overview of the situation in all Member States, and a set of suggestions for how to move forward.
We will now engage in a dialogue with Member States, the European Parliament, National Parliaments and others - and work with Member States to follow up on our suggestions.
In two years' time, the next EU Anti-Corruption Report will take stock of how far we have moved forward together.
Needless to say, it will take more than one report to root out corruption. But as Europe is finding its way out of the economic crisis, we cannot afford to drag our feet.
We hope that this will start a political process and will spur the political will and the necessary commitment at all levels to address corruption more effectively across Europe. The price of not acting is simply too high.
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Maryellen wrote:i have one of rufus's crates already in my truck, its what i use for transports, and my 1-x10 table too.... and a chair.. i am all set to go.. i think if jamie is not on towing he will go too, i already reserved 2 kennel spaces for jesse and sonny for that weekend, so i dont have to worry about them..
panda and some others from Oregon are coming out too hopefully to hang out at the bully event.. i just have to reserve 3 rooms for them at a hotel close to the event..
Maryellen wrote:nope, sonny will be at the kennel.. i dont think he could handle the 5 hour drive, he has gotten worse with car rides, pacing, panting, whining, and he doesnt crate well at all.. and there would be tooo many dogs for him there.
Maryellen wrote:if jamie comes then i would bring sonny, it would be easier then me bringing both dogs.. bellla would probably have more fun racing around the yard with rufus, as sonny doesnt know how to play really well and when he does he escalates into some serious rough stuff so i dont allow him to play with the other dogs.
Maryellen wrote:sonny has been known to follow thru with his puffing, so he is not allowed to play.. i am sure bella and rufus could tire eachother out. sonny would be fore fate's style, total couch potatos...
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Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford's contract extension went from reported to actual on Wednesday morning when Stafford put his name on the dotted line of the new contract.
It was a lucrative signature for Stafford as the contract pays him $27.5 million as a signing bonus that's part of $43 million in guaranteed money over the three years of the extension that, when combined with the two years left on his current deal, will keep him in Detroit through the 2017 season. Stafford met with reporters after signing and said that he thought the deal was a win for both sides.
Tim Twentyman of the team's website reports that Stafford said he was glad to be able to help the team's cap situation by signing the extension, saying that he "wanted to do what was right for the club." The deal was also right for Stafford in terms of both the money he'll earn through the life of the deal and the chance to sign another deal before his 30th birthday, something he admitted he was excited about on Wednesday. Lions president Tom Lewand said he appreciated Stafford's efforts in getting the deal done.
"Matthew really drove this process," Lewand said. "Without his active involvement and leadership I don't think we're standing here talking."
With the contract out of the way, Stafford and the Lions are now free to work on improving the team's 1-22 record in games started by Stafford against teams that finished the year with a winning record. If they can't do that, there will likely be a new regime running the show in Detroit before Stafford's next negotiation and things might not work out with so many smiles on both sides.


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I have been really down in the dumps recently. Not clinically, but I'm just SO BORE-DUH of everything. Especially my face - man alive! If I have to look at that stupid beaky ruddy beady gingerish freckled fat mish-mash of shapes once more I will scream.
It has been made worse by a girl I know having had a baby a few months ago and having a MARVELLOUS time with it. And she's not lying either. She really is just finding the whole thing okay. And she and her husband are terribly relaxed and on days off just wander into town and have lunch and the baby sleeps when it sleeps and not when it doesn't. My friend has not decided to confine herself to the house during naptimes and never finds herself sitting on the stairs outside the nursery picking her fingers, rocking to and fro hissing "go to fucking sleep go to fucking sleep", which is what I spent basically the first 10 months doing with Kitty.
And when her husband says "Shall we go out for brunch on Sunday", my friend doesn't scream, like I do, "Are you MAD?!! She will fall asleep in the CAR on the way BACK and then WAKE UP when we get home and it will be a disaster!!!!!"
I had thought that my experience of new motherhood was quite normal, quite widespread, but now I feel like I have sort of deliberately backed myself into a hellish little corner of parenting philosophies and to-the-minute timings because, basically, I don't think I deserve to have a nice time.
So I went to the hairdresser and got all my hair cut off. And do you know what, it has made me feel much better.
I also thought I should make some karmic amends by being nice about a recipe for a change. The last time I was really mean about a recipe it was one out of Waitrose Food Illustrated and the editor, William Sitwell, told me at a party the other day that I'd upset everyone, (not him, he doesn't seem to give a fuck, because editors never do), and my name is now dirt in their office.
I was slightly outraged at this and called him all sorts of foul names.
(This might have been because I was sitting next to Sara Parker-Bowles and had gone a bit berserk with the effort of not grabbing her by the throat and screaming "What is the Duchess of Cambridge like?!?!?!!? What does she smell like?!?!?!?! PLEASE TELL HER THAT IF WE MET SHE'D REALLY LIKE ME!!!!!!"
Instead I had been pretending that I've got no idea about anything ("Queen who? Prince what?") because it's so, so rude otherwise, but the effort of appearing nonchalent drives you a bit demented after a while.)
Anyway where was I? Oh yes, karma, so I thought I would correct this imbalance by being terribly nice about a thing out of My Daddy Cooks. I was mean about Nick's microwave chocolate pudding the other day and he didn't say a word. Didn't complain, didn't object, nothing. I think that is immensely cool, so I must big up to you now his peanut butter brownies, which I made last night and are terrific.
Peanut Butter brownies from My Daddy Cooks
This is not the exact recipe because I don't like vanilla essence and I didn't have enough chocolate chips. Don't worry too much about the amount peanut butter. I didn't have quite enough of that either and it still worked.
Preheat oven to 180C
200g butter
200g brown sugar of any sort
6 tbs peanut butter
3 eggs
a few drops vanilla essence
250g plain flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
100g-ish chocolate chips (Waitrose sell them)
1 Cream the butter and sugar together, then add the peanut butter and mix until smooth
2 Mix in the eggs, followed by the vanilla, flour and baking powder
3 Stir in the chocolate chips
4 Flop into a greased/lined tin (20x20cm if you can be arsed to measure) and bake for 40 mins. Maybe 30-35 if using a fan oven


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Jan van Eyckplein, a five-minute walk north of the Markt, is one of the prettiest squares in Bruges, its cobbles backdropped by the easy sweep of the Spiegelrei canal. The centrepiece of the square is an earnest statue of Van Eyck, erected in 1878, whilst on the north side is the Tolhuis, whose fancy Renaissance entrance is decorated with the coat of arms of the dukes of Luxembourg, who long levied tolls here. The Tolhuis dates from the late fifteenth century, but was extensively remodelled in medieval style in the 1870s, as was the Poortersloge (Merchants' Lodge), whose slender tower pokes up above the rooftops on the west side of the square. Theoretically, any city merchant was entitled to be a member of the Poortersloge, but in fact membership was restricted to the richest and the most powerful. An informal alternative to the Town Hall, it was here that key political and economic decisions were taken – and this was also where local bigwigs could drink and gamble discreetly.
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While the rest of the presidential candidates make their final efforts to build support in Florida –and momentum for contests to come — Ron Paul has left the state.
Rather than spending his time in Florida, where he lags far behind in last place, the Texas congressman has forged ahead on the campaign trail, focusing his energy and resources on the caucus states of Maine and Nevada in an effort to "get delegates."
Even though more delegates are at stake tomorrow than in any of the previous states, Paul characterized the Florida primary as a money game — one that is too costly for him to compete in.
"It's a tough road, but the road isn't, you know, presenting our case, the road is competing with, you know, establishment money, the big money," Paul told Candy Crowley on CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday. "We can't compete with tens of millions of dollars for each individual state."
In Maine, Paul said, he has seen tremendous enthusiasm and believes he has a very good chance of winning. He sees the state as a good place for a breakthrough.
Paul's strategy moving forward is to focus on the caucuses, rather than winner-take-all states, in an effort to pick up as many delegates as possible. He spent two days in Maine over the weekend, which holds its caucuses over a weeklong period from Feb. 4 to 11. Tomorrow, Paul is heading to Nevada, which holds its caucuses on Feb. 4.
Even if it becomes clear early on that he will not have enough delegates to win the nomination, Paul said he would continue on and see what may come of the other candidates.
"There's been lots of ups and downs," Paul said. "So, maybe there will be some downs and we might be able to pick up the pieces."
In the case that he doesn't garner enough delegates, none of the candidates have an upper hand in receiving his endorsement — not that his support would mean delivering votes, Paul said.
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New Race - A new Ancients race, the Reaper, has been added.
Soul Mass - Sometimes spirits now spawn as a mass of souls that have several unique properties and give more EXP compared to their normal versions.
- Added a button to the character stat screen that toggles between showing the distributed value and the scaled value.
- Grand Summoner's Youkai Tamer now changed from 2 Power per Rank to 5 Power per Rank.
- Ghost's Wraithguard cooldown set to 5 rounds.
- Bullet Barrier and Blade Barrier are now Deflection Skills. Only one can apply at a time; if you have both equipped, it will first check Bullet Barrier and try to use that before Blade Barrier.
- Elemental Augment and Elemental Overtime will now apply if either the causer of the elemental status or the person receiving it has the skill; the bonus damage is based on the highest skill level of the two.
- Stylish battles now have a damage reduction of 25% instead of 50%.
- PvP Spars now come with the Leave Battle skill that custom arenas have.
- Increased the life span of fully grown crops by a lot. (2 real time hours -> 20 real time hours)
- Knocking on doors now plays a sound effect (and has a 1 second cooldown to prevent spamming).
- When mousing over a player character, if the player has been idle for 5 or more minutes, it will say they are Idle.
- Changed Jammer Alpha icon to be more obvious which direction it's facing.
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- Spectre Knight now is properly tagged as having a head.
- Darkwood Manor had no density on the right side of its exterior.
- Some windows could get stuck if you were disconnected/reconnected without closing them.
- Enchantment talent's Whimsy subtalent was giving the incorrect bonus to Status Inflicton.
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- Cinder tiles created by Flame Jetwing and Fire Jet are now treated as being made by the youkai's master regardless of if the youkai is using it or not.
- Fully grown alchemy plants were invisible.
- Made adjustments to the new item belt that allowed you to put the same Staff in multiple slots. (Wasn't really a big deal but it wasn't intended and did give bonuses with a certain skill, so.)
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- Lunar Lunatism's charm level was Scaled SAN instead of half of that.
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Daily log, June 24
Tiffin reports
A woman went to the station Saturday afternoon and reported someone stole her purse from her vehicle while at Hedges-Boyer Park, 491 Coe St.
A first-block Hunter Street woman reported Saturday evening a neighbor child was hitting her child.
A person in the first block of Miami Street reported Saturday evening vandalism to a vehicle.
A 200-block Mohawk Street resident reported Saturday night the theft of medicine from a vehicle.
Todd A. Groves, 43, of Tiffin, was charged with drugs-marijuana paraphernalia, drugs-possession/abuse and disorderly conduct early Saturday morning.
A first-block Miami Street woman reported early Sunday morning she was assaulted by a woman.
A woman reported early Sunday morning a man was throwing bananas at people. A banana was found at Market and Washington streets, but a person throwing bananas was not located.
Officers assisted State Highway Patrol and Seneca County Sheriff's Office with a pursuit of a vehicle on US 224 early Sunday morning. A person was dropped off at a location, and Firelands was to pick him up.
A woman reported Sunday afternoon her laptop was stolen from the first block of Elmwood Street.
A first-block St. Clair Street girl reported Saturday afternoon her dad choked her.
Robert A. Fowler, 32, of Tiffin, was charged with disorderly conduct Sunday after an incident Saturday.
A person from the emergency room at Mercy Tiffin Hospital, 45 St. Lawrence Drive, requested an officer Saturday afternoon for a combative patient.
Fostoria reports
A 100-block North Union Street man reported Saturday evening he believed his dogs had been poisoned. One died, and two more were sick.
A woman reported Saturday evening a person witnessed a man punching a woman near a location in the 100 block of East Lytle Street.
An assault was reported Saturday night in the 1000 block of North Countyline Street. The suspect fled the area, and the victim was taken to ProMedica Fostoria Community Hospital for evaluation.
A woman reported Saturday night a woman put a dent in the door frame of her vehicle.
A 1000-block SR 587 man reported Saturday night there was damage to his vehicle's tires and front door.
A person in the 100 block of Taft Boulevard reported Sunday morning two people were beating on each other. A man was arrested.
A 200-block Thomas Street woman reported Sunday morning her residence was broken into.
A 200-block West North Street woman reported Sunday morning her daughter was assaulted. A person was detained, an ambulance was requested and a person went to ProMedica Fostoria Community Hospital. The incident was under investigation.
Tiffin accidents
Sarah M. Smith, 26, of Fostoria, was cited with failure to control after an accident on Miami Street Friday afternoon.
Roland Garcia, 39, of Tiffin, was cited with assured clear distance ahead after an accident on Circular Street Saturday afternoon.
Fostoria accidents
Anthony J. Hilvers, 28, of Carey, was cited with assured clear distance ahead after an accident at US 23 and Park Avenue June 10.
Arturo G. Costilla, 86, of Fostoria, was cited with a red light violation after an accident at South Poplar and East Lytle streets June 13.
Stephanie L. Hunker, 28, of Fostoria, was cited with disobeying a traffic control device after an accident at North Vine and Van Buren streets June 15.
Myles JE Ward, 22, of Fostoria, was cited with failure to yield at a stop sign after an accident at East Jackson and Lynn streets June 17. The other driver, Beth A. Mosley, 22, of Fostoria, was taken by Fostoria Fire Division to ProMedica Fostoria Community Hospital.
A citation of improper backing was issued after a non-injury accident on Oaklawn Avenue early Sunday morning.
Bascom fire and EMS responded to a gas line that was struck while digging Saturday morning.
Clinton fire and Tiffin EMS responded to thick smoke Saturday morning.
Bettsville fire and EMS had a squad run Friday night.
Bascom fire and EMS had a squad run Saturday morning and a squad run Saturday night.
Bascom EMS and Bettsville fire had a squad run Saturday morning. They also had a squad run Saturday afternoon, and the Echo unit assisted.
Attica EMS, Attica-Venice-Reed fire and the Echo unit had a squad run Saturday morning and a squad run Sunday morning.
Bloomville fire and EMS had a squad run Saturday night.
Republic EMS, Green Springs fire and the Echo unit had a squad run Sunday morning.
Tiffin EMS had two squad runs Saturday afternoon, a squad run Saturday evening and two squad runs early Sunday morning.
Fostoria Municipal Court
Rex A. Frederick, 312 E. Fremont St., preliminary waiver on breaking and entering, bond continued, bound over to Seneca County Common Pleas Court.
Jeremy Goble, 344 McDougal St., preliminary waiver on breaking and entering, bond continued, bound over to Seneca County Common Pleas Court.
Carlos M. Bermudes, 108 Taft Blvd., pleaded guilty to driving under suspension, $291; pleaded guilty to one-way traffic violation, $68.
Krishema A. Bell, 429 1/2 Sandusky St., pleaded no contest to no operator's license, $345; pleaded no contest to traffic control device violation, $68.
Stacey Graham, 502 Bidwell Ave., pleaded no contest to obstruction of official business, 90 days jail, 59 days credit, sitting out fines/costs.


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I've become increasingly aware of people who are doing what they want to do with their lives and having a positive impact on others' in the process.
I wrote recently about Dallas Clayton, who wrote a beautiful book for his son to inspire a little boy to think big and, when he couldn't find a publisher, published it himself and is now giving copies away.
I watched Jonathan Demme's Jimmy Carter: Man from Plains this morning, about a former president who is willing to ruffle feathers and speak his mind because he lives according to a code of justice and has no other option.
I have, for years, admired my friend David Wilson, for developing the truly inspiring True False Film Fest in his hometown of Columbia, Missouri, capturing the attention of filmmakers from around the world for his love letter to documentary films, his beloved hometown and his family.
I have obviously written about my childhood mentor, John Hughes, who rejected a world that nevertheless embraced him and encouraged me and instilled in me a desire to follow my own passions.
Then there's my friend, Christie Herring, a documentary filmmaker who is working hard to complete her film, The Campaign, about the campaign to defeat California's Prop 8, which, one year ago, overturned the right to marriage for same sex couples.
There was a great post about Christie and The Campaign this morning in The Huffington Post, with Georgianne Nienaber relating today's fight for equal rights for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people with her own experiences in the gay rights movement of the mid-1970's. It was a lovely reminder to me that, once again — people can do what they want with their lives and have a positive impact on others' lives in the process.
It sounds so stupidly obvious, doesn't it? But how many of us are really doing it?
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For those of you who know me personally, you'll know that I loved making toddler backpacks for my little ones (and for yours too!). It all started with this backpack for #1.
It was so fun to make and so I began selling custom backpacks online. When I started my ETSY shop 5 years ago, I didn't know where it would take me. Would I be doing this for the long haul, or just while the kids were young so I could stretch my mental muscle? However, as time has gone on and life has gotten busier, my ability to juggle my time and deliver a reasonable eta on the backpacks has been a challenge.
Over the last couple of years, I only worked on custom commissions in the hope that I could continue to sew my one of a kind backpacks. However, the true reality is that I can't juggle so many things at once and need to choose the activities that bring me and my family the most happiness. So I've decided to officially stop taking custom orders and will no longer be restocking my ETSY shop. Thank you to all of you who have stopped by the blog and supported my online business.
My last custom backpack was earlier this year for a little girl who loves rainbows. I made backpacks for her little brothers (this superhero one and these ones) and so it was her turn. Her mom and I worked on the design.
Which then became this
And then became this... I made the clouds a little puffy
Like the bags for her brothers, she also got an initial at the back.
When I made this, I had a feeling it would be my last one so I took my time and enjoyed the process.
A shot of the back
The sides
View from above
She provided me with the fabric for the lining. It was so nice to work with!
Love the initial
It can hold all of your Shopkins (and more)!
But really I'd rather put chocolate in there...
It's definitely the end of an era for my shop (for now). I've enjoyed every minute of it and am so thankful to my customers and to the new friends I have made along the way.
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With Diegem train station only 500 metres from the hotel, you can get to Brussels city centre in 15 minutes. Free shuttles also run to and from the offices of major companies near the hotel. Diplomats and delegates are within reach of the NATO headquarters. With its 24-hour Business Centre, inclusive Wi-Fi and 16 meeting rooms, the hotel makes an ideal base for corporate visits. Leisure guests are well located for weekend breaks in Brussels, with the Grand Place and the Magritte Museum less than 10 km away. It's a short hop by train to buzzing bars serving the best Belgian beers. For a morning warm-up or an evening wind-down, you can head to the hotel Fitness Centre and spa. A refreshing swim in the heated indoor pool or a relaxing soak in the hot tub helps even the busiest guests feel like they're on holiday. You can start your day with a breakfast buffet and end it with an extensive dinner menu at our brand new restaurant, Kreative Kuisine.
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OAKLAND, Calif. — Pitcher Brandon McCarthy is ready for a normal offseason after being medically cleared this week to resume his regular routine, less than three months after being struck in the head by a line drive and undergoing emergency brain surgery.
"Everything's good," McCarthy said by telephone Thursday. "This last month I have taken the rest part very seriously. I have a couple little projects I've picked up, I read — I'm actually really good at being lazy. It kind of worked out well timing wise."
McCarthy, a free agent right-hander who was Oakland's opening-day starter last March in Tokyo, spent Monday and Tuesday undergoing extensive evaluations by renowned concussion expert, Dr. Michael Collins, at the University of Pittsburgh. He returned to his Dallas-area home Wednesday and was cleared by Collins to begin working out.
"Today I'll start doing something, easing in and starting the program they gave me," McCarthy said. "Next week I'll be heading back to where I usually work out."
McCarthy took a line drive to the right side of his head off the bat of the Los Angeles Angels' Erick Aybar on Sept. 5. The 29-year-old McCarthy sustained an epidural hemorrhage, brain contusion and skull fracture on the play, then underwent a two-hour surgery at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco. After the frightening ordeal, the club initially referred to McCarthy's situation as "life-threatening."
Now, he checks in with Dr. Collins once a week to let him know that everything is going well, or if something seems a little off. McCarthy's concussion symptoms have subsided, but he still has to use caution and take notice of everything when exerting himself.
"Going to Dr. Collins kind of confirmed all that, you're back to where you'd be at normally," McCarthy said. "As I go back to working out, as long as I feel fine, I'm pretty much on my own. I'll slowly ease back into working out, then jump back into my full program."
McCarthy went 8-6 with a 3.24 ERA this year in his sixth big league season and second with the A's. McCarthy was 9-9 with a 3.32 ERA last season.
He plans to begin playing catch next month, then throw bullpens starting in January if all continues to go well. The San Francisco Chronicle first reported he had been cleared to resume baseball activities.
"It worked out well I recovered in the time I did," McCarthy said. "This shouldn't be something lingers into the offseason."
The AL West champion A's have received regular updates on McCarthy's condition, and he could still be a good option to re-sign as long as the medical reports remain positive.
McCarthy plans to let the process play out in time – knowing his case isn't as it would be had he not been hurt late in the year with such a scary injury that left plenty questioning whether he would ever pitch again.
The support from the A's front office, medical staff, coaches, teammates and fans has meant so much to McCarthy and his wife, Amanda.
"It's definitely not something I'd rule out," he said of staying with Oakland. "The timing is a little strange going into free agency for the first time, having different options, waiting to see where you're at health wise. We'll listen to everybody. It's a whirlwind. But [Oakland], it's absolutely a place I'd love to be."


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Legislators in several states have recently displayed a shameful eagerness to hold unemployment benefits hostage as a means of enacting measures to advance an anti-middle-class agenda and undermine key worker protections.
In Michigan, Missouri and now in North Carolina, simple legislative provisions allowing federally-paid extended benefits to continue have been blocked until amendments were attached cutting either basic state unemployment insurance benefits or forcing massive state budget cuts.
These recent instances harken back to late last year, when a one-year reauthorization of federal emergency and extended unemployment insurance programs was blocked in the U.S. Congress. Those federal unemployment insurance programs had provided critically-needed help to more than 9.5 million workers and their families during 2010. But, their reauthorization was held up by a then-minority in Congress, until a deal was struck to include a two-year extension of existing tax rates. To be more precise, the unemployment benefits reauthorization was, as the New York Times editorial put it "held hostage, again," until the tax cuts for people making more than $1 million a year were included in the deal.
Now, a provision in the federal reauthorization of those benefits allows states receiving full federal funding for Extended Benefits payments to continue those programs by comparing their unemployment rates to the same period three years ago rather than just two years – a simple technical fix. That adjustment has been enacted already, as it should be, without needless delay or serious complication, in many states including Idaho, Delaware, Minnesota, Ohio, Maine, California, Colorado, Kentucky, Massachusetts, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Washington, West Virginia, Illinois and Indiana. Similar measures have passed and are awaiting their Governor's signatures in Rhode Island and New Jersey.
Those states put the needs of workers and their families, struggling to find work in a tight job market, rightly ahead of any political or ideological agendas, and passed the needed adjustments before long-term jobless workers faced a cut-off of extended benefits.
But when Michigan risked becoming the first state to fail to act before the two-year unemployment rate comparison forced the state to trigger "off" of extended benefits, the controlling majority in the legislature, under pressure from the Michigan Chamber of Commerce, first opposed taking any action — threatening to cut-off benefits to 35,000 jobless Michigan workers. Faced with mounting pressure to act, and a public outcry that included more than 10,000 letters and emails to legislators and state officials, many from Unemployedworkers.Org blog readers, legislators devised a scheme – promulgated by the Michigan Chamber – to allow the extended benefits fix to pass, but amend it to cut back the maximum weeks of regular state unemployment benefits from the national standard of 26 weeks to 20 weeks.
When the legislature passed that amended measure, and Michigan Governor Rick Snyder signed it, Michigan became the first state in the country to provide less than 26 weeks of state benefits eligibility. And thus were federal, temporary extended benefits for 2011 held hostage to enact a permanent undermining of the basic state unemployment insurance program now set to take effect January 15, 2012 in Michigan.
In Missouri, meanwhile, legislation to allow federal extended benefits to continue had easily passed the state House with bipartisan support back on February 1st. But a group of four State Senators led by Jim Lembke (R-1), and including Senators Brian Nieves (R-26), Rob Schaaf (R-34) and Will Kraus (R-8), filibustered the bill in the Senate and kept it from coming to a vote. For two months they misled constituents about the benefits, and hurled a stream of insults at unemployed workers. They said they were opposing the extended benefits to protest federal spending – in this case $105 million for jobless workers, an amount equal to 0.002 percent (that's two one-thousandths of a percent) of the federal budget.
Sen. Nieves wrote in response to an email criticizing his obstruction of unemployment benefits, saying:
I am simply standing in the way of us receiving additional, unbudgeted dollars that the federal government has to barrow [sic] from China to be able to send to us.
… I cannot be a part of expanding our dependence on the federal government at a time when the federal government literally has NO money other than what they barrow [sic] from China. We cannot give people in Missouri an expansion of government benefits that are paid for with Chinese Yen.
(Chinese Yen?)
The filibuster by Lembke, Nieves and company continued through the week ending April 2nd, causing the abrupt cut-off of extended benefit payments to nearly 10,000 unemployed Missouri workers. The legislators' obstruction stirred such a resoundingly negative reaction that tens of thousands of workers sent faxes, emails, letters and made phone calls – 20,000 through Unemployedworkers.Org alone – calling on the Senators to drop their filibuster or for Senate leaders to bring it to an end.
On the morning of Wednesday, April 6 Lembke said he'd had enough, telling the Associated Press he would abandon the filibuster and allow a vote on the extended benefits bill. Not so fast, though, said the Missouri Chamber of Commerce, whose lobbyists had been working behind the scenes to craft an amendment that would cut state unemployment benefit weeks from 26 to 20 – similar to the one enacted in Michigan, but one that would take effect immediately upon passage.
In order to make it appear that the provision to permanently cut state benefit weeks was necessary in order to pass the temporary extended benefits fix, Chamber lobbyists and Senate majority leaders agreed that the Lembke-led filibuster must continue. A hastily-called press conference was arranged that same day, where the filibustering Senators were joined by Senate President Rob Mayer to announce that the filibuster would continue while they worked toward a broader "deal" to cut federal funds in an unrelated budget appropriations measure.
No mention was made of the already-crafted, Chamber of Commerce-backed amendment to cut state benefit weeks until the Senate took a procedural break during the continuing benefits filibuster the next day. After the break, Lembke announced they would drop the filibuster as part of a "deal" to find the federal spending cuts elsewhere – and to allow an amendment offered by Sen. Mike Kehoe (R-6) to reduce the maximum state benefit weeks to 20. Sen. Kehoe is a member of the board of directors of the Missouri Chamber of Commerce, which took credit for the amendment. It passed the Senate on a voice vote.
The ongoing filibuster, thus, provided the cover to pass the cut to state benefit weeks – once again holding the long-term unemployed hostage to enact permanent state cuts to the basic unemployment insurance program. The claim by the Chamber of Commerce that the state benefit cuts were essential "in gaining support and passage of the bill" – and to appease the filibustering Senators — was shown to be fallacious by the vote on the bill itself: the formerly filibustering four all voted against it anyway, and those voting in favor had supported the bill before the insertion of the state benefit cuts.
Legislative leaders and Chamber of Commerce officials were quick to call the outcome a "compromise" – but the only things that were compromised were the benefits of unemployed workers. And the cuts won't just mean fewer weeks of regular state benefits for laid-off Missouri workers now filing new initial claims. Because of the way that federal benefit eligibility is calculated – based on the maximum regular state weeks offered – new claimants who exhaust the now 20 weeks of state benefits will also be eligible for fewer federal benefits. (see the chart below)
Impact of Unemployment Insurance Benefits Proposals on Number of Weeks Available
Reduced State Benefits
Regular State Benefits
Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC)
Tier I (Lesser of 20 weeks or 80% of maximum # weeks)
Tier II (Lesser of 14 weeks or 54% of maximum # weeks)
Tier III (Lesser of 13 weeks or 50% of maximum # weeks)
Tier IV (Lesser of 6 weeks or 24% of maximum # weeks)
Total EUC
Extended Benefits (Lesser of 20 weeks or 80% of maximum # weeks)
Legislators in both Missouri and Michigan appeared to be completely unaware of the additional cuts laid-off workers in their states could face.
Undeterred, the Missouri Chamber of Commerce has been busy trying to spin the state benefits cut as a "tax cut". As reported by the St. Louis Beacon, Chamber president Daniel P. Mehan said the state benefits cut would:
"reduce government imposed taxes on employers by as much as $124 million annually. The Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry is proud to have negotiated this historic tax cut."
Missouri employers could see a reduction in the costs of unemployment insurance by as much as 23 percent, Mehan said. "This tax cut can be used directly by businesses to create and retain jobs in Missouri."
But as Chamber officials should know, cutting unemployment insurance payments does not readily result in lower employer taxes. Even in normal economic times it would take several years for benefit reductions to translate into lower unemployment taxes. And under the extraordinarily tough current conditions, with persistent high unemployment and a state unemployment insurance trust sorely in need of funds to restore solvency, any tax reductions would likely be many years off.
This is no "tax cut" – it's a benefits cut, pure and simple.
And when Missouri Chamber of Commerce members realize they're not likely to see their unemployment taxes lowered by these benefit cuts – well, the current Chamber leaders may have some explaining to do.
Which brings us to North Carolina, where legislators have taken a new approach to holding long-term jobless workers — and their benefits — hostage. A bill to allow 37,000 North Carolina workers to continue to receive federal extended benefits was hijacked last week by majority legislators, who appended a provision that would trigger a 13% cut in the $19.9 billion state budget – gutting vital services for middle-class and low-income families, students, workers and seniors throughout the state.
Governor Bev Perdue rightly vetoed the hijacked bill calling it "extortion". In a state that's just been ripped by killer tornadoes, a lengthy editorial in the Greensboro News-Record today concluded:
A budget should not be approved by attaching it to an unrelated bill — in this case, unemployment benefits. Republicans intentionally created a dilemma for the Democratic governor — enact this budget, or else watch as 37,000 people out of work go without their checks. When she said no to the budget, Senate leader Phil Berger said, in words as slashing as 150 mph winds — that "Republicans voted to extend unemployment benefits and prevent a government shutdown, but the governor is too addicted to state spending to support either of those efforts. She should be ashamed of herself."
No, given her choices, she shouldn't.
The unemployment benefits were used as bait. The budget measure was the trap.
The editors urged legislators to send Gov. Perdue "a bill to extend jobless benefits with no budget traps attached. People who've lost their jobs should not be made victims of a preventable political storm."
North Carolinians can send a message to their legislators to that effect via this action page from the North Carolina Justice Center.
It's time for the hostage taking to end.