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This list was hard to put together, since there are so many ways to rank the skills that it’s hard to define “good” or “best”. There are a few things I had to be sure I took into account though.
* Can a skill be good if it’s not used that often?
* Can a skill be good if it’s so common that you’re sick of seeing it?
* Can a skill be good if it’s not powerful?
* Can a skill with a bug be good?
* How do you compare a Clvl 1 skill that’s designed to be useful until Clvl 6 or 12, with a Clvl 24 or 30 skill that’s designed to be useful forever?
* How much does the “fun factor” come in to play, vs. boring skills that are perhaps more useful?
* Where to drop in the mandatory Necro joke?
With so many sources of input, this listing takes all of the above factors into consideration, and weights them semi-evenly. The rankings are therefore quite subject to change, and if your own analysis weights killing power more heavily than mine did, or rates scarcity the best and gives bonus points for uncommon skills, you’ll likely have very different skills in your worst and best list. I expect there will be quite a bit of feedback on this one, from people with differing opinions on things, as there were on the “worst” skills.
I made sure to get at least one skill from each character for this best list, just so no one would feel left out. This list was harder to compile than the worst list, since I wanted to have fun skills that were still useful, and did not want to just have a list of all the “uber” skills, which wouldn’t have been any fun.
And now for the disclaimer.
This is (intended as) a humor column. This list is of the “Best” skills in D2X, as of January 2003, v1.09. The skills are ranked from 1 to 10. This is not meant to be a scientific ranking of the strongest skills in the game, the most popular skills, or any other single rating criteria.
The Ten Best Skills in D2X
Perhaps the most nerfed skill in the entire game, Whirlwind has had the damage lowered, and lowered, and lowered again. Besides that, Blizzard fixed it so weapon speed mattered, making it slower, and so range mattered making it have less reach. And it’s still one of the most powerful skills in the game! Sort of makes you wonder what they were doing with that whole play testing in the first place, huh? Now if they had nerfed it as our April 1, 2001 FotD suggested, we’d be getting somewhere.
If you’ve not played a Barbarian with this skill, imagine your Zeal Paladin or Fury Druid or Fend Amazon able to hit even more targets per use, faster, over a larger area, while moving, for more damage, and almost never getting hit while doing it. Oh, and there’s a bug so you always get at least a couple of hits no matter your to/hit or their damage. Seems fair enough, eh?
#9: Dragon Flight
This Assassin skill isn’t the most damaging or shiny, but it’s one of the most fun to use. It’s teleport, with a whack. It’s also quite clever in the way it can be used to zoom down to Mephisto, by casting your own minion across the blood moat, and then targeting them with this. At least that’s what they tell me. I really need to play an Asn at some point. Or just do top ten lists that don’t require me to pretend to know anything about her.
#8: Molten Boulder
Yes, we’re all aware that the whole Druid Elemental Tree is somewhat of a joke. After all, last week I named the biggest skill in it as the #2 worst skill in the entire game. So how can Armageddon be so bad, and one of its lowly pre-reqs, a Clvl 6 one at that, be one of the best skills? Well for one thing I have to get one for every character. But for another, it’s a hell of a fun skill!
The damage isn’t going to bowl you over, but sending forth a huge rolling ball of lava, one that drives back the monsters before finally exploding in a massive burst of fire, is just cool. The biggest thing this skill lacks is a cool bowling strike sound effect when it hits. You look at some of the screenshots of it, and the minions are just so perfectly lined up for the 7/10 split. Pity this isn’t about a Clvl 24 skill, one with some real killing power, since you know Bowler variants would get all the chicks.
This Paladin aura got perhaps the biggest boost from D2C to D2X of any skill. From a fun but minor skill that made your Crushing Blow-dependent Zealot’s arm move like a jackrabbit you-know-what’ing, Fanaticism morphed into the best single source of bonus damage, attack rate, and attack rating that the Paladin possessed. Zealots from D2C must have felt like they went to bed with Anna Nicole Smith and woke up with Paris Hilton, when the expansion rolled around. Or perhaps it’s more like Paris turned into Anna, since the skill got so much beefier?
This is also a colossally popular party skill. Activate this and watch the Bowazons and Druids follow you around like you’ve got a pork chop tied to your collar. Only the rather limited radius keeps this from being about the most popular skill in the entire game. And it’s even a pretty color, at least when it’s not under the feet of that pack of Extra Strong Extra Fast Aura Enchanted Blood Lords that just popped out of the Evil Urn.
Of all the death from above skills, this is the best. Well come to think of it, this is pretty much the only death from above skill, unless you count Leap Attack. (Note the use of the word “death”, rather than “slight injury from above”, which is why I’m not mentioning Summon Raven, Phoenix Strike, Armageddon, Fist of Heavens, Shock Wave, or Thunderstorm. Well maybe Thunderstorm.)
But that’s not important right now. It’s a rock, it falls down, you go boom. No matter how much damage this skill does, it should do more. I mean one of these should just about kill off the entire level, really. It’s also a lot of fun to screw around with Slow Missile in PvP, or even against a boss pack of Vampires, just to piss them off.
This skill could also head the list of physical impossibility skills, what with it being an actual meteor, like called down from orbit… which you can use on dungeon levels, hundreds of feet underground. Plus it’s a rock the size of a microwave oven, falling to earth at one thousand miles per hour, that only deals fire damage. They don’t make supersonic rocks like they used to.
#5: Slow Missile
Probably the weakest skill on this top 10 list, Slow Missile is entirely defensive. You can’t use it to kill anything, or even deal a point of damage, and in fact you can play a perfectly successful Amazon without ever using this skill at all. Nevertheless, it’s just such fun to play with, such fun to insult the monsters with, that I couldn’t leave it off. Back in D2C, when the game was occasionally hard, this one was a life-saver, especially in the Chaos Sanctuary. Nail De Seis’ pack with this and laugh at their speed of crawl? projectiles. Especially Bone Spirits. And who doesn’t enjoy turning a screen of MSLE bolts invisible, ensuring an instant and mysterious death if you happen to move a step in the wrong direction. Or possibly happen to not move at all.
In addition to the PvM, this is one of the most fun PvP skills, plus a very good way to totally outsmart yourself and get maybe 10x more projectiles on the screen than you can possibly survive. But at least you’ll die in spectacular fashion. And even have time to talk about it before it happens.
#4: Guided Arrow
This much-maligned skill is one of the niftiest attacks in the game, and was very useful for the intelligently-played Bowazon back in D2C. It didn’t do huge damage, but was great to pick off moving targets (Obsidian Knights), or a monster in the back of a pack (Greater Mummies) that you wanted to be sure you hit, and could be used for guaranteed hits in boss killing if your AR wasn’t up to snuff.
This all changed in D2X v1.08, when the infamous Pierce bug came into effect, and suddenly a single Guided Arrow was guaranteed to hit at least twice, providing you had high Piercing and knew enough to aim so it wouldn’t run into a wall, tree, doorway, etc. Due to this Guided Arrow has become cheesier than a half pound of Cheddar, and is grossly exploited in dueling and boss killing. The ridiculously overpowered Buriza, with it’s 100% Piercing just compounds things.
Guided Arrow is as cool as it ever was. It’s Pierce working with it that makes it so overpowered, and we can’t really blame Guided for that, can we?
Incidentally, how exactly can a glowing arrow pass, several times, through the front and back of a monster or character wearing heavy plate mail armor, but not through a shrub, or little palm tree, or over a knee-high brick wall? Yes, it’s yet another entry for my future TT10SPIiD2X list.
#3: Frozen Orb
Possibly the most fun Sorceress Skill, this was by far her most popular killing skill in D2C, back when 99% of Sorcies had maxed Static Field, and the entire strategy was to cast Static pretty much non stop, with an occasional Orb thrown in to kill the slivered monsters. D2X put an end to the freebie Static field killing, and Frozen Orb is not so uber anymore, but it’s such fun to cast and watch the pretty swirling cold spike/arrow pointy things fly in every direction. This skill is also a lot of fun to combine with Slow Missile in PvP, just to totally fill the screen with icy death. Funny how I’m suddenly reminded of my first wife.
The most surprising thing with this skill is that hardly anyone who uses it seems to be aware of the bug where no damage is dealt by the spikes if/once the glowing center ball passes over them. Because aiming is like, hard. And stuff.
#2: Find Item
Considering that corpses didn’t even exist (other than as decoration, sort of like gruesome throw rugs) in Diablo I, there are an amazing amount of things to do with corpses in Diablo II. You can blow them up with fire or poison or raise skeletons from them (Necromancer). You can let your squirming snaky vine things or teleporting wolves eat them (Druid). You can make them vanish in a swirl of red and orange light (Paladin). You can turn them into bone scarecrows (Barbarian). You can reanimate them as zombies to fight for your cause and marry them and force them to bear your unholy cannibal children (Necromancer).
And best of all, if you are a Barbarian you can Hork them, and pop shiny goodies out of them. Extensive research has proven that monsters are far less likely to fight back once they are already dead. The physics of this skill are amazing. Many times the corpse is no more than a puddle of goo, but with a proper Hork, out pops 50 pounds of plate mail, or an 8 foot spear. It’s like gramma’s purse when you were a little kid, and she always seemed to have a treat for you inside it. Below 23 wadded up tissues and enough cough drops to choke a goat, anyway.
#1: Corpse Explosion
During development, the hover info on this skill said, “The Greatest Skill Ever”. And for about the first two months that Diablo II was out, it was, with the damage scaling up for multiple players in a game. It’s since been fixed, “nerfed” if you prefer, but it’s still great fun to play with. Of all the corpse skills, only Find Item is more amusing, and that’s because you are a greedy damn Baba, and there’s no point in denying it.
But if you can’t make a corpse spit out a Stormshield, you might as well blow it up real good. Nothing that makes this big a mess can be all bad. For the sheer number of players who picked a Necromancer for their first character solely due to their desire to make huge piles of giblets, this skill gets bonus points.
* Pierce: This is probably the most powerful skill in the game. Think about it, what makes MultiShot, Lightning Fury, and Guided Arrow so overpowered? Nevertheless, how do you list an invisible passive in the top 10? You don’t.
* Lightning Fury: A challenger to Fanaticism for “most improved in the Expansion”. LF loses out since it didn’t improve that much, it just got less-detailed graphics, and learned to play nicer with Pierce.
* Strafe: Probably the most fun bow skill, at least if you have high AR and a fast bow. And don’t know enough to use MS, since it’s superior in almost every situation, due to the far greater arrow payload. Strafe is more fun though. So there.
* Phoenix Strike: Clever Assassin skill that has fire, cold, and lightning damage, something no other skill in the game can boast. (Other than Vengeance, as a couple of people quickly reminded me.) Unfortunately, just like a typical undercooked/oversalted McD’s FF, it looks better than it is.
* Tiger Strike: This apparently does a ridiculous amount of bonus physical damage, but to a single target only, which pretty well sums up my reluctance to play the character.
* Battle Orders: The essential War Cry, though it’s hardly fair to give the Barbarian a skill that works just like an Aura, but one that’s better than any actual aura, and doesn’t clog up your right skill selection the whole time.
* Weapon Masteries: They’d be overpowered even without the 100% Critical Strike bug.
* Natural Resistance: Sort of a personal rescue Anya quest reward, to the 6th power. Wonder what the Barb did to earn that one from his leather mini skirt-wearing countrywoman, eh? Nudge nudge wink wink.
* Increased Speed: Yet another godly Barbarian passive that every other character would kill for. Did this guy have nude photos of the D2 development team or what?
* Berzerk: A non-physical damage melee hit that the Amazon, Paladin, Druid, and Assassin would sell a kidney for one third of. Noticing a Barbarian skill trend yet?
* Werewolf/Werebear: Because you can like, grow fur. Saves on Halloween costume preparation time, though you know Druid kids get sick of going as a Werewolf every year. These both smell of last minute game balance desperation, being as both have passive bonuses to everything a Druid needs but a flea collar.
* Iron Golem: A hell of a clever skill; it certainly beats any other summoned minion in inventiveness, plus it looks like a chrome plated industrial monster, risen from the fevered nightmares of an 19th century Luddite.
* Decrepify: Just to name one curse, since this one is fun to use, and do a little bit of everything with it. There are other, more clever curses such as “Confuse”, “Attract”, “You suxor Noob”, but Decrepify is a great panic button one to throw around, even though all you ever see are Amplify Damage and Lower Resistance in actual games.
* Redemption: A fun Paladin skill that has a great pinwheel graphic, that no one has ever used, even once, in D2X. It was the favorite of Hammerdins before D2X brought that variant to an abrupt end.
* Chilling Armor: Not that it’s any good, but you have to give it a mention just for the ping pong thing.
* Fire/Lightning Mastery: How do you make already massive damage skills even better? I know, let’s triple or quadruple their damage with a passive bonus.
Feedback—January 16, 2003
There was a lot less feedback for this column than the last one. People are generally more likely to mail about something they disagree with, or to defend something they think is being wronged, than they are to express agreement. So you’re more likely to get mails from people after you say something sucks than you are if you say it’s great. This isn’t a good or a bad thing, it’s just the state of human nature.
The most common email about this column included nominations for other skills not listed, and in almost every instance they were “uber” skills. Freezing Arrow, Thunderstorm, Cold Mastery, Battle Orders, Multi-Shot, Revive, Oak Sage, Nova, Charged Bolt, Berserk, Whirlwind, etc. All the ones that no player not making a IUV (Intentionally Underpowered Variant) would be without. (You’ll note that Barbarian and Sorceress skills tend to dominate this list.) I intentionally didn’t include every uber skill on this list since that would be boring. As the introduction said, this isn’t a listing of the most powerful skills in the game. That would be quite easy to write, but boring compilation. Join any public game if you want to see a listing of the top 10 uber skills in action.
I also didn’t include a number of very useful passives, just because there’s not much to write about them. Yes, it’s great and essential for most builds of a powerful character to have Natural Resistance and Faster Run and Critical Strike and Pierce and Claw Mastery and Lycanthropy and Fire/Lighting/Cold Mastery, etc. But since they aren’t active skills, there’s not much to comment on about them. You don’t cast them, they don’t make pretty colors… they just are there.
Keep in mind that these lists have some strategy in them, but they aren’t intended to be strategic evaluations of aspects of the game.
Teleport was another popular suggestion, and it’s a great skill, but I left it off partially since anyone can use it, with an amulet or circlet that has charges. It’s glorious for surprise attacks in dueling too.
I made a couple of quick column corrections after first posting it, adding in a mention of Vengeance which I had somehow forgotten had three elements to it with my mention of Phoenix Strike. Odd, since I’ve always used Vengeance on my Pallies. I also forgot several of the “death from above” skills, and added T. Storm and Armageddon and FoH once a couple of early emails pointed out my omission.
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You are very funny, but I noticed you incorporate lots of bias for certain characters, and, near hatred for others. That’s ok though, since its your commentary/article/editorial thingie.
This is actually intentional. Well, I’d debate “near hatred” but I thought I was trying to be too even-handed about things in the Best Monsters list, where I gave as many good as bad points. So now columns are trying to be more what the title says they are. If it’s “best skills” I’m going to say unrealistically good things about them, and the same for worst monsters, or whatever. The feedback will offer a more balanced appraisal. After all, it is a column/editorial, as Bob points out.
I have occasionally wondered if these columns are of any interest to non-D2 players, or they are too “inside”. Let’s ask Cyrus.
I love your decahedron columns. my wife always wonders why i laugh so much when i read them cause she just doesnt get them seeing as how she doesnt play d2.
I guess that answers that question.
Here’s Aaron, a Paladin fan.
Good job on another well-written column. I am really impressed that you have managed to stick to the same “Top Ten List” format for seven columns now, but the results have always been fresh and interesting to read.
I wondered why your list of the Ten Best did not include more Paladin auras, however. True, you had my favorite one on there (Fanaticism), but the rest of the auras are about the best skills in the game in terms of their usefulness in particular situations. Most of them also look cool, particularly Holy Freeze and Meditation. They also make nifty chanting sounds when you turn them on.
I vote for a list of the Ten Best Paladin Auras for your next column…not to alienate any of the other classes or anything.
I also tended to skip skills that you could just get a merc to do for you. Like Holy Freeze.
From Andre, one of the remaining unenlightened and unwashed non-Horking masses.
you definately have a thing for mf barbs. it shows when u put the pretty lame find item as #2 best skill. umm…nova? multi? berserk? amp dmg? conviction? there are so many more useful skills then your ‘horkarama’ skill. Not only is the measly skill only add a few mf…but it MAXS at 100% magic find. I bet if you had it your way youd put every mf baba skill up there for top ten. leave out the weaksauce skills next time
Other that having some misconceptions (Adds MF? Maxes at 100% MF?) about Find Item, he makes a few common points. A lot of people had similar skill suggestions, apparently going by the “if it’s used a lot and kills things it must be one of the best skills” logic. Which would be one way to do this sort of a list. And I think a relatively predictable and boring one, which is why I didn’t do it.
Revive was a popular nomination, and in retrospect I probably should have mentioned it. It’s not as flashy as other stuff, but it’s pretty cool, and useful. As Dan describes.
Necromancer REVIVE is the best non-party PvM skill out there!! You didn’t even mention it as an honorable mention!!! It’s the best skill mainly because the revive skill keeps the game from getting too predictable, since this faction of my army is constantly changing as they expire and you raise new ones who have slightly different AI’s, different immunities, and different types of damage/effects. This variability is invaluable since generally speaking a character has to concentrate on 3 – 4 skills by level 70… which just get old!! In addition revives can do very nice amounts of damage, and the extra defense is very very nice. I have only one complaint about this skill. That’s that the 3 min timer doesn’t bloody stop when you go to town. No other character has to scurry though town at a break neck pace just to be able to get back to where he/she left off with out losing a lot of their strength or defense!!
Actually, I did mention Revive, indirectly. As Audrey points out.
I’ve been reading your Best/Worst columns since they’ve been coming out for a while now, and I must say that number seven is my favorite out of all of them. It is particularly funny, what with your comments on necro(phile)s. “You can reanimate them as zombies to fight for your cause and marry them and force them to bear your unholy cannibal children (Necromancer).” Perfect. I must agree with most of your choices, and those that I felt were left out were included in the Honorable Mentions list anyways, so it’s all good. Keep up the good work, and get out another column soon, please.
My highly-questionable inclusion of Molten Boulder drew a few comments, as expected. Here’s one from Stacky.
I totally agree with you in almost all of your choices. However, i believe that molten bolder is a total waste of space. I dont care how fun it may seem no druid skill deserves to be commended as the class is a failure and should be scrapped, or, vastly improved in the next patch. A skill with more overall usefulness such as lightning mastery or battle orders (which both deserve more than honourable mentions) should fill this position. As always i thoroughly enjoyed your article, keep up the good work.
I’m not even sure why I put it in, but I was going over old screenshots looking for ones to crop and insert, and some of them with Molten Boulder from pre-beta were just so nifty looking. And I wanted some more variety in skills listed, to avoid just having every overused cow-killer skill.
I also remembered how we all thought Molten Boulder would be this like rolling ground Meteor, just devastating monsters in its path. A common pre-game misconception about the much-hyped Druid elemental tree. The first character I did in the D2X beta (well, first new character, my first play was with a Bowazon I’d made on USWest just so I’d have a character to zoom through to Baal first thing.) was an Elemental Druid, since they looked to have so many cool skills. He was pretty good in a small game. Up until Nightmare. Everyone assumed he’d get some massive boosts between the beta and the final game, since he was so obviously underpowered. Needless to say, we’re all still waiting.
Another commonly suggested skill was Death Sentry. Here’s RastusHaul.
On the #2 skill, Find Item, there’s another great thing to do with corpses that you didn’t list. You can use the Assassin’s Death Sentry skill to turn a corpse into a corpse explosion trap. If there isn’t a monster in range of the corpse explosion, Death Sentry acts as a Lightning Sentry. But if a monster does come in range, the trap goes back to exploding corpses.
Give an Assassin a try, you might be surprised by what you can do with one.
I have seen Death Sentry in action quite often, usually in cow games where some Assassin runs around killing absolutely nothing on her own, but waiting until other characters have a mob of cows down pretty low and then quick popping up a bunch of these to steal the kills. Sort of Corpse Explosion without the party benefit of Amplify Damage, in my observation.
About last times’, defending the assassin’s Cloak of Shadows… remember how everyone wanted the assn to be invisible? I don’t remember Bliz’s stance on the issue, but if you consider, that Maphack is NOT a part of the game, then Cloak would make an assn useful in PVP even without the silly stun bug they are forced to rely on now. Ok, it’d be nicer if the screen-darkening only happened when you’re hostile, but hey.
It’s a column late, but he makes a good point. Blizzard had discussed making the Assassin cloaked, or able to turn invisible, in early game planning. That obviously didn’t make it into the final game, and Cloak of Shadows seems to be a remnant of that early design concept.
Another one a column late comes from Daniel. But since no one else has lifted a finger to defend the Spearazon melee lightning skills, we’ll quote him now.
While far from being an excellent skill, charged strike is not entirely without merits. My relatively brief experiments with spearazons have revealed that all of the charged bolts produced by this skill tend to impact directly with the amazon’s target *if* she manages to hit it. The end result: charged strike is somewhat useful as a single target elemental attack for the same reason the sorceress’ charged bolt spell wreaks havok at point-blank range. If you can get images of magical birdshot out of your head, it’s almost a cool concept too.
The lack of any mastery skills to augment the damage coupled with the fact that the skill never produces more than 3 bolts does prevent charged strike from ever seeing the use that the sorceress skill does, sadly. Nevertheless, it is quite devestating in single-player, normal-nightmare difficulty (players 3-5 mod). Not a rousing endorsement, but my point is the skill isn’t a total loss. Heck, with slvl 40 you could do up to 1500 points of damage per hit, not counting regular spear damage. Granted it would still probably be better to invest points elsewhere and just jab the crap out of the enemy with an elemental weapon, but to each his own.
How can you put ‘Molten Boulder’ on the list, and not even give ‘Firewall’ an honorable mention? The tri-elementalist with GS on LMB and alternating between FW, FO, and SF on RMB is easy to build and effective to play—the only question is whether to max FW and FM or FO and CM first.
I was surprised that Telekinesis got a number of email nominations. Here’s one from a Chris.
I just thought i’d drop a line, and proffess my love for a level 6 skill who’s skill descrition reads, “uses the power of your mind to pick up items, use objects, and knock back enemies.” I thought for sure that telekinesis would be on your top 10 list of skills. Simply put, no other skill has so many uses. You can use shrines, pick up potions and arrows (not like my sorc uses a bow, but hey!), open doors, activate the stones in stoney field, and activate the “3 babas” quest from a safe distance, etc.. At level 21 telekinesis does over 120 damage (with level 40 LM), and with the knock back feature added, you can even take out a hell level cow!!! Your #1 choice with corpse explosion was definately a good one, but i think telekinesis makes my #2. After all, everyone wants to be like yoda and pick up things with their mind.
Well, TK did make one of my skills lists, but not the Best one. And as Chris says, “everyone… wants to pick things up with their mind” The problem with TK is that… you can’t! At least not anything useful to pick up, which was why it made the worst skills list. Bleh.
I haven’t used Frozen Orb ever in D2X, mostly since I was sick of it after everyone (including myself) used it as the best sliver killer in D2C, post Static assault. Plus, like most Static/Orb sorcies, my converted character was flummoxed upon reaching the first area in Act Five, where half of the monsters are always Cold Immune. Apparently I’m missing out, as Dar says.
I’d just like to point out a minor correction about Frozen Orb. Ever since patch 1.08 for LoD, the old method of targeting Frozen Orb (to miss) has been moot because the bolts spawned will now hit the target. Try hitting a target with it to see what I mean, It mows down enemies faster than bone spear and frankly makes bone spear look kind of sick. With catapults and structures in Nightmare Act 5 (with stupid amounts of HP), you can kill them in Nightmare with ONE frozen orb if it explodes inside them compared to waiting for three seconds while firewall sucks away all your mana. Baal goes in one hit too, not surprising when you consider each spike doing about 400 damage, about thirty – two spikes from the final explosion and the spikes that hit him even before the explosion occurs. The delay counter is also kinda laughable, and the slow effect makes it even easier to explode the ball in anything larger than a fetish. Sometimes makes you think “why bother with Firewall?’. If I had to pick one skill to go through the entire game (save those annoying Cold Immunes in Hell), this would be it.
Re: your comments about Fanaticism and specifically about your link to Anna Nicole Smith and Paris Hilton. Paris…Eat something! Ugh!
There. Had to be said.
Oddly enough, none of the 7000 other people who clicked that link objected to the pictures of Paris. Though a few reported gagging at the sight of Anna Nicole’s swollen face.
Redemption does have a few fans, even in these non-Hammerdin days. Lament, for one.
First off, I Love these things! i mean, talk about the funny!
Unfortunately, i must disagree with your assessment of two of the honorable mention skills… first off, in the all-paladin guild that i’m affiliated with, (brag)HKW is the best guild anywhere!(/Brag) many of us try and find say 5 points or so to throw into redemption. it’s free health, and is real handy with some of the less leechy variants like non-fanatic avengers, shockadins, the occasional PvM smiter (they do happen, or so i’m told), and all of the mage/presit variants.
Also, Strafe is still bugged int aht more allies on screen = more arrows. while there will still never be enough arros to blanket the screen, a la MS speedazons, they’re aimed, and do a fair amount of damage, esp with a fast-firing weapon and pierce. my Freezing arrow/GA/Strafeazon uses magewrath, and cleans up through NM at lvl 44 or so with just enough strafe to get the full 10 rated shots (i usually fire closer to 15-20 in 1-2 second bursts)
Redemption is a useful skill, it’s just that virtually every paladin you see has plenty of leech, and therefore has no need for it. And is loathe to switch off Fanaticism for long enough to use it to soak up corpses, when that’s a needed thing. As for Strafe, I was going to include it since I like the skill myself. But I have to admit that MS is better in almost every situation, so it would have been hard to defend it. Strafe is my favorite turbo skill though. Running into a huge pack and just leveling them all, in every direction, in a few seconds, while standing motionless, is such fun. It’s also very useful in the game for cleaning up the last few monsters on a screen. My 90% IAS Eaglehorn Cowazon enjoys it when the cow mob has dwindled from 30 to 3 or 4, and those few are in all random directions, making Strafe quicker than Guided or MS. It will be interesting to see if Strafe (and the associated Penetrate) make a comeback if v1.10 fixes the Piercing Guided, since Strafe was the best boss killer back before Guided piercing took over. And since you need a lot of AR for it to be successful.
I don’t generally quote the praising emails, since it looks like tooting my own horn and desperate immodesty. And it is, come to think of it. But here’s one that had a good point, from JinXeDa.
I admire you?re dedication to writing these articles and all the non-sense you must have to put up with from people who don?t appreciate what you?re doing. You?re articles are hilariously entertaining. Anyone who doesn?t see the slightest humor in anything you write must be retarded. I sat here and read thru all the articles and feedback. I think I would probably crawl into a deep hole the first time someone ripped me like some of these people seem to do. You take criticism very well. On the other hand I guess you have to take the good with the bad or else you wouldn?t get anywhere. The absent minded people who flame you are probably just jealous. I was actually planning on playing D2X tonight until I started reading your articles. Oh well, (small set back) guess I won?t be able to do 50 cow runs tonight. lol. Keep up the great work.
Just doing my part to cut down on the cow abuse.
We’ll close with the funniest mail of the lot. Its from Billy_Bones.
This may not be new, but I laughed a lot first time I read about it. I read about the TELEKINESIS skill in the 10 worsts skills post. How people used to fool newbies to drop their best item on the ground etc etc.
On the newsgroup I read about a Necromancer who faced a Sorc who wanted to trade. To prove that they really could trust each other, the Sorc demanded that they should drop their fine items on the ground first. (I assume she was about to teleport over) But when she dropped her Skullders to prove her innocence the necro coolly created a Iron Golem out of it.
As always, thanks to everyone who mailed in. There were about 115 mails to this column. I don’t get/make/have the time to reply to many of them, but I do enjoy hearing what everyone had to say, and I do read them all.
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In one location, only a post with removed screws marks the location where the signs showing the exit point and entry point of the cycling trail used to be.
Similarly, Ķurmrags and its lighthouse mark an area particularly loved by tourists and marked on the map of the cycling trail, but now the only witness to the trail's existence is another post with a "Beware of dog" sign.
"Lawfully it's a beach, which is a public space, it is [part of the] 20 meter towline in control of the municipality," said Kristaps Jankovičs, the initiator of the cycling trail project.
Even though at the time when journalists visit no one tried to make them leave, the intimidating sign will surely scare away both Latvian and foreign tourists, who would then be forced to ride on the busy and less picturesque Tallinn highway.
Further on the trail, the next challenge appears: an interruption of another 800 meters as there is another sign that prohibits use of the trail. To get past, cyclists have to descend a steep staircase and cycle on, or more probably walk along the sand.
Jānis Cīrulis, the deputy chairman of the Salacgrīva district, said that agreements about exit roads from the trail to the sea exist, and they would be installed this summer.
As for the uncooperative landowners, Cīrulis said that "Proceedings will be started for dispossessing the land for the needs of the public."
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Naples Afragola is a proposed railway station of Naples. Construction is currently on hold.
The station, located in the Greater Naples town of Afragola, has been designed to be used by all high-speed trains on the Rome–Naples high-speed line that do not start or finish at Napoli Centrale station but instead operate over the Naples–Salerno high-speed line.
The architect Zaha Hadid formally presented the station's design on 4 November 2003. The station building was originally meant to be build on a bridge above the tracks and will have four levels with a maximum height of 25 meters. It was planned to have an area of 20,000 metres2, with provision for an additional 10,000 m2
The station was due to be open in 2009 when the rail network operator, Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) first awarded the €59.5 million construction contract to a consortium, but subsequent disputes over the price caused RFI to call tenders again and construction is currently on hold.
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- "Le stazioni per l'Alta Velocità (the stations for high-speed" (in Italian). Ferrovie dello Stato. Retrieved 23 February 2008.


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President Daniel arap Moi announced today that loyal army and police units had crushed an attempt by junior air force officers to overthrow his civilian Government.
An authoritative Government source said that more than 300 air force personnel had been detained but that the colonel who led the unsuccessful coup was still at large. It was the first attempted coup in this East African nation, which has been independent for 19 years.
The Tanzanian radio said four Kenyan Air Force officers in a military aircraft landed today at the Dar Es Salaam international airport and were being questioned by the police.
At least nine civilians were killed in Nairobi, according to diplomats and witnesses, and casualties at three air force bases were believed high. Hospitals reported that more than 50 people, mainly civilians, had been treated for gunshot wounds. An unidentified American woman was reportedly shot in the neck.
President Moi advised Kenyans to stay at home ''until this trouble is over.'' Sporadic firing was still being heard in downtown Nairobi, where army troops said rebel snipers were holed up on the top floors of high-rise buildings.Continue reading the main story
Fighting also continued late today near Embakasi Air Base, eight miles south of Nairobi, where the rebellion was begun at 3 A.M., military sources said. But they asserted that the main rebel force had been subdued. The base adjoins Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.
(The Associated Press reported from Paris that Air France said that the airport remained closed to civilian traffic and that flights were being rerouted to Saudi Arabia.)
Lieut. Gen. Abdul Mohamed, who led the loyalist forces, gave the rest of the rebels an ultimatum to surrender with their arms by noon Monday. Those defying the order will be dealt with ''ruthlessly,'' he said in a radio announcement. Casualties Believed High President Moi imposed an indefinite 6 P.M. to 7 A.M. curfew on Nairobi and Nanyuki, 120 miles to the north, the site of a major air base equipped with F-5 fighter planes supplied by the United States. No official figures were released, but casualties there and at the bases at Embakasi and Eastleigh were believed high.
The uprising was apparently timed to coincide with military exercises that have kept some army battalions in remote areas for the last week.
Mr. Moi, speaking in a tense voice, made clear that he held the 2,000-m@ember air force responsible. Earlier, Kenyan sources had said some small groups of army personnel had joined the attempted coup.
''The uprising by the air force has been crushed by our army and police,'' the President said in a nationally broadcast statement on the Voice of Kenya radio tonight. President Calls for Calm
''This action by the air force, which took it upon itself to destroy all that we stand for, has been defeated, and, therefore, be calm wherever you are,'' he said.
The Government source identified the leader of the attempted coup as a Col. Odipo of the 50th Air Cavalry Battalion, which is based at Embakasi. He was not among those detained, the source said.
Civilians looted stores thoughout Nairobi. Witnesses said some looters smashed windows of automobile showrooms and stole cars. People balanced boxes of stolen groceries, electrical appliances and furniture on their heads while evading policemen on streets strewn with shattered glass and broken limbs of store-window mannequins. American Reported Shot
In a district where the radio reported heavy fighting, an apartment house resident said that an unidentified American neighbor had been shot in the neck. He said she had been taken to a hospital after another American waved a makeshift white flag.
The President was apparently at his country home at Kabarak, 120 miles north of here, when junior air force officers and enlisted men captured the Government radio station at 3 A.M. and then took over the post office in central Nairobi.
Mr. Moi urged people in an evening broadcast to ''please stay indoors for your own safety.'' ''Stay in your homes until this trouble is over,' he said. ''I will make a later report.'' The broadcast was in Swahili, Kenya's main language. Excerpts were later translated into English. President Thanks Generals
Mr. Moi thanked those who he said had helped him put down the rebellion, including the armed forces commander, Maj. Gen. Josepho Mulinge, the army commander, Gen. A. Sawe, and Ben Gethii, the Police Commissioner.
Witnesses said four civilians had been shot dead by rebel troops near the central post office. The Government later said it had recaptured the post office. A Canadian diplomat said he had seen four or five civilians killed in another part of the city.
First word of the coup attempt came at 6 A.M. when Leonardo Mambo, one of Kenya's best-known announcers, made a statement in Swahili. He was reportedly taken from his house by the rebels to make the broadcast.
The rebels, who called themselves ''The Aug. 1 Revolution,'' said a ''National Redemption Council'' had taken control. They said that the country's airports and borders had been closed and that all political detainees had been released.
The rebels accused the Government of imposing a one-party state, censuring the press, violating human rights by arresting people arbitrarily and carrying out ''ruthless repression reminiscent of the colonial days.''
''A gang of local tyrants has emerged whose function is to terrorize and intimidate, whose rampant corruption and nepotism has made life almost intolerable in our society,'' the broadcast said. ''The economy is in a shambles due to corruption and mismanagement.''
The 58-year-old Mr. Moi has been head of state since the death in 1978 of Jomo Kenyatta, who became the first President of Kenya after it gained independence from Britain. In recent weeks he has cracked down on dissidents opposed to his Kenya African National Union, which was recently declared the country's only legal political party. ---- Fighting Is 'Quite Bitter' By The Associated Press
''Small and large caliber weapons fire as well as automatic weapons fire awoke me,'' said Anthony Risso, a diplomat assigned to the United States Embassy in Kinshasa, Zaire, who was on special assignment in Nairobi.
Mr. Risso, reached by phone by the RKO radio network in New York, said, ''We looked out the window and there was a war outside.'' He described the fighting as ''quite bitter.''
''Right now the streets are not secure,'' Mr. Risso said. ''We have a number of American citizens here in the Hilton. I am in contact with the American Embassy on an every half-hour basis.''
A 69-year-old tourist, identified as Mr. Scurria of Los Angeles, told RKO: ''They started to shoot in the streets, you know. They came in the hotel. We stayed in our room. Some of those soldiers came into the room. They took the watches, the television, the money.''
He said he and his two daughters were ''fine.''
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 - The State Department advised American travelers today to postpone visits to Kenya until the situation became clearer.
''We believe the coup attempt was strictly an internal matter,'' the department said, ''But we are advising American citizens who were intending to travel to Kenya to postpone doing so until the situation is clarified.'' Kenya Government
Kenya, a British protectorate and colony until independence in 1963, became a republic the following year under President Jomo Kenyatta. Mr. Kenyatta was a member of the Kikuyu, the largest of the country's 13 main tribal groups. Under the Constitution, his Vice President had to be a non-Kikuyu, and at the time of his death in 1978 an effort was under way to change the Constitution so as to bar his non-Kikuyu deputy from succeeding him. Mr. Kenyatta died before this could be done, and Vice President Daniel arap Moi, a member of the small Tugen tribe, became President. As a result, previously subdued tribal rivalries became an unsettling factor in Kenyan politics.
In addition, years of poor management and development planning came to haunt a Government that, along with that of the Ivory Coast, had scored high marks in the West for running the most congenial of African countries, encouraging free enterprise and keeping a relatively clean human-rights record. Earlier this year, President Moi began to crack down on political dissenters and his Kenya African National Union became the only legal party. Under its one-party system, Kenya has a unicameral assembly. Its official language since 1974 has been Swahili, but Kikuyu, Luo and English, previously the official language, are widely spoken. History
The tribes of what is now Kenya first made contact with the outside world when Arab traders established posts along the Indian Ocean coast. Deep penetration by the British came early in this century, when Britain transferred its East Africa Protectorate from the Foreign Office to the Colonial Office, paving the way for Kenya's annexation as a colony. At the time, the colonial authorities sought to obtain vast tracts of land for British farmers and touched off violent clashes with the tribal population. The suppression of resistance caused the death of large numbers of Africans and left bitter memories that once again came to the fore in the Mau Mau uprising that preceded Kenya's inde- pendence. Population
Kenya's more than 15 million people, 75 percent of whom remain illiterate despite free but not compulsory education, are divided into 70 tribal groupings, each distinguishable by language and culture. Eleven of them account for 92 percent of the African population. Two percent of the total population represents smatterings of Asians, Europeans and Arabs. More than half of the population practices animism, while about one-third are Christians and the rest Moslems and Hindus. The Kikuyu and Luo, the most populous tribes, each hold a good deal of political power, but most of the tribes by now are well represented in Kenya's quickly growing urban centers. Among the minority tribes, the tall and graceful Masai, a people once feared for their prowess as warriors, have long attracted Western fascina- tion. Geography
Kenya, a country of 224,960 square miles, somewhat larger than France, is bordered by the Indian Ocean and Somalia to the east, Tanzania to the south, Uganda to the west, and the Sudan and Ethiopia to the north. The climate varies with altitude, hot and humid in the coastal region, very dry in most of the north but with ample rainfall in the highlands and western sections. Kenya is known for its big game, which forms one of its natural resources and a center of attraction for foreign tourists. Kenya's capital, Nairobi, is home to more than 700,000 people, including a large proportion of the country's European residents. Other cities include the important port city of Mombasa, with a population of about 400,000. Economy
Kenya's prosperity rests on the production and processing of farm and pastoral products. It is Africa's leading producer of coffee and tea, which bring in more than half the country's foreign-currency earnings. Other products include sisal and pineapple. Kenya has a sizable dairy industry, rare in Africa; its Highland farms raise both dairy and beef cattle. Another form of livestock farming is represented by the traditional herding of the Masai tribes. Other economic activities include some manufacturing, forestry and mining, which holds the promise of future expansion if the necessary largescale capital outlays can be met.Continue reading the main story


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Author: Liz Moore
Mickey and Kacey are sisters bound by the early death of their young mother due to an Opiod overdose. Raised by their maternal grandmother, “Gee,” they rely on each other to fill in the missing spaces of their parents. Gee has a bitter heart after the loss of her daughter, and she only speaks of the girls absent father in derogatory terms, as she blames him both for the death, and her having to be saddled with the care of two young girls. She provides only the barest of necessities for the girls, who grow in very different directions.
The backdrop of the narrative is provided by the hard streets of tough neighborhoods in Philadelphia, where Mickey serves as a police officer and Kacey works the streets to feed her habit. Mickey is duty-bound to make a life for herself and her young son despite the hardships she has endured as a single parent with little support. Her job allows her to spy on the activities of her younger sister while keeping their relationship mostly under wraps.
I found this book very compelling even though I’m not usually a fan of this thriller type of genre. The believable characterizations and unusual conversational style made me pay rapt attention so as not to miss anything. I found some trouble with some character names interspersed with their nicknames, it was hard for me to keep them straight. Readers with a grounding on “Police Procedurals” may find this less distracting than did I.
In all of the darkness, I found hope and a deep sense of empathy for the flawed people inhabiting this surreal, carefully drawn story. I would highly recommend it for people who like domestic noir with a dash of generational chaos.

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Online entertainment force to be reckoned with Laura Ikeji Kanu has affirmed her pregnancy tales as she uncovers expectations to get body a medical procedure soon.
The delightful mother of two got many chatting on her confirmed Instagram page when she shared a video of herself examining how and when she is finishing her body.
Laura Ikeji uncovered she would get a medical procedure after her child is conceived, affirming prior reports that she was anticipating her third youngster.
Kemi Filani detailed that the mum of two flaunted her child knock while she posted a video of herself promoting for a brand.
Fans spotted Laura Ikeji’s knock when fans took to her remark segment to give her congrats.

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A female entrepreneur set up a company to produce high quality fashion products made of natural material.
Projects & Practice
A project that aimed to mobilise society, build inter-generational cooperation and promote the region’s culinary tradition as means to preserve its cultural heritage.
An agricultural business used RDP support to improve its capacity to process and store its produce, while producing renewable energy from the sun.
An example of how afforestation allows for the development and maintenance of farm lands where crop cultivation is almost impossible.
Bringing together public authorities, research institutes and farmers to explore low carbon emission production models in agriculture.
A slaughterhouse was established on the island of Bornholm to offer slaughtering facilities to small husbandry farms or for larger herds of sheep or cattle.
A rural business development and capacity building project with an emphasis on increasing revenue in the small-islands tourism industry of Denmark.
A project to shorten the value chain from the farm to the consumer, to increase the availability of high-quality, local foods and to increase local business profitability.
The success story a hobby farmer with full time employment who created a world class dessert wine and now supplies Michelin restaurants both nationally and internationally.
Training on small-scale water retention was provided to the staff of relevant regional authorities in order to confront the impact of climate change at regional level.

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- Can we replace oil?
- Who has the most oil in the world 2020?
- Where is oil found?
- What is the lowest oil price ever?
- Will oil prices ever recover?
- What year will we run out of oil?
- How can we produce oil?
- How much of oil is left in world?
- Does oil have a future?
- What country has the most oil?
- Who uses the most oil in the world?
- Will oil demand come back?
- What happens if we run out of oil?
- Why we will never run out of oil?
- Is Big Oil dying?
- Is the oil industry dying?
- Is oil a dinosaur?
- What will replace oil in the future?
- Who controls the oil industry?
- Who is world’s biggest oil producer?
Can we replace oil?
We haven’t found a good substitute for oil, in terms of its availability and fitness for purpose.
Although the supply is finite, oil is plentiful and the technology to extract it continues to improve, making it ever-more economic to produce and use.
The same is also largely true for natural gas..
Who has the most oil in the world 2020?
VenezuelaVenezuela has the largest amount of oil reserves in the world with 300.9 billion barrels. Saudi Arabia has the second-largest amount of oil reserves in the world with 266.5 billion barrels.
Where is oil found?
Oil reserves are found all over the world. However, some have produced more oil than others. The top oil producing countries are Saudi Arabia, Russia, the United States, Iran, and China.
What is the lowest oil price ever?
Oil hit $0.01 a barrel before falling to as low as negative $40 and eventually settling at negative $37.63, the lowest level recorded since the New York Mercantile Exchange began trading oil futures in 1983.
Will oil prices ever recover?
Oil demand will rebound sharply in 2021, surpassing pre-virus levels, OPEC says. Demand for OPEC-sourced crude oil will recover 25% in 2021 and surpass levels seen in 2019, the global coalition of producers said in a Tuesday report.
What year will we run out of oil?
Globally, we currently consume the equivalent of over 11 billion tonnes of oil from fossil fuels every year. Crude oil reserves are vanishing at a rate of more than 4 billion tonnes a year – so if we carry on as we are, our known oil deposits could run out in just over 53 years.
How can we produce oil?
Extracting crude oil normally starts with drilling wells into an underground reservoir. When an oil well has been tapped, a geologist (known on the rig as the “mudlogger”) will note its presence.
How much of oil is left in world?
about 47 yearsThere are 1.65 trillion barrels of proven oil reserves in the world as of 2016. The world has proven reserves equivalent to 46.6 times its annual consumption levels. This means it has about 47 years of oil left (at current consumption levels and excluding unproven reserves).
Does oil have a future?
We expect demand for oil to be at its maximum in 2022 and the high point for coal has already passed. The growing role of gas, and declining demand for coal and oil will reduce the carbon intensity of fossil fuel use, as oil and gas majors continue to focus on reducing the carbon footprint of their business portfolios.
What country has the most oil?
VenezuelaOil Reserves by Country#CountryOil Reserves (barrels) in 20161Venezuela299,953,000,0002Saudi Arabia266,578,000,0003Canada170,863,000,0004Iran157,530,000,00094 more rows
Who uses the most oil in the world?
The 10 biggest oil consuming nations account for more than 58% of the world’s total oil consumption per day. The United States is the world’s biggest oil consumer, followed by China, Japan and India.
Will oil demand come back?
LONDON (Bloomberg) –Global oil demand won’t return to 2019 levels until at least 2022 and the gap may be getting wider than it seemed a month ago.
What happens if we run out of oil?
Cars might run on electricity, or even water. We might rely more heavily on public transportation, like trains and buses. Cities will look different, too. Without oil, cars may become a relic of the past.
Why we will never run out of oil?
Just like pistachios, as we deplete easily-drilled oil reserves oil gets harder and harder to extract. … We will never actually “run out” of oil in any technical or geologic sense.
Is Big Oil dying?
BP stated in a forecast published today that oil may have reached its peak due to the pandemic and that renewables will take the place of fossil fuels.
Is the oil industry dying?
Oil and gas is not going anywhere anytime soon. Hydrocarbons power our homes, our vehicles, and our lives. No feasible alternatives exist for vital petroleum products including petrochemicals and lubricants. The industry is not dying, but it is changing, and it must continue to do so.
Is oil a dinosaur?
Oil and natural gas do not come from fossilized dinosaurs! Thus, they are not fossil fuels. … It was subsequently used more ubiquitously in the early 1900s to give people the idea that petroleum, coal and natural gas come from ancient living things, making them a natural substance.
What will replace oil in the future?
The main alternatives to oil and gas energy include nuclear power, solar power, ethanol, and wind power. … The many oil alternatives are ballooning as more research and development occurs in this space, and as supply and demand laws of economics eventually push down prices to be competitive with traditional fossil fuels.
Who controls the oil industry?
As of 2019, OPEC controlled roughly 75% of the world’s total crude oil reserves and produced 42% of the world’s total crude oil output. However, the U.S. was the world’s largest oil-producing country in 2019 with more than 12 million barrels per day.
Who is world’s biggest oil producer?
The top five largest oil producers are the following countries:United States. The United States is the top oil-producing country in the world, with an average of 19.47 million barrels per day (b/d), which accounts for 19% of the world’s production. … Saudi Arabia. … Russia. … Canada. … China.


Get what you’re entitled to...
Low-income older New Yorkers are leaving billions of dollars of federal assistance on the table every year. It’s adding extra difficulty to lives that are already difficult, according to the abstract of a new study by the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis at The New School in New York City.
The study partly blames confusing and burdensome program application processes; stigma around receiving public assistance; and equitable technology necessary to access these benefits, with lack of access being the most significant barrier.
If you’ve gotten this far and are nodding at the part about confusing applications because you’ve been down that road already and gave up, call the Office for the Aging. You don’t have to do the paperwork alone. It’s our job to help cut through any confusion. Our contact information is at the end of every column.
Paperwork headaches and other obstacles do tend to arise in the three main programs for which many older Dutchess residents aren’t yet applying.
First among these three programs is the Medicare Savings Program (MSP), one of the state programs that assists eligible people with Medicare costs. MSPs are state programs that assist you with paying your Medicare Part A and B costs, especially Part B premiums.
Again, if you don’t know Part A from Part B, OFA is here for you. Our trained, non-sales-oriented counselors can help keep you on the path that’s best for you.
Next is SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which aims to reduce food insecurity. There are an estimated 200,000 older New Yorkers who are eligible for SNAP benefits averaging just under $2,000 a year, who haven’t applied. Although an emergency expansion of SNAP benefits recently expired with the winding down of the COVID public health emergency, the benefits continue at pre-pandemic levels and unused SNAP funds will continue to roll over from one month to the next if each month’s benefits are fully used up within the following 274 days (about nine months).
There’s also HEAP, the Home Energy Assistance Program. HEAP helps low-income households cover heating and energy costs, with a benefit paid directly to their energy suppliers. The Schwartz Center study found that over 1.2 million eligible New Yorkers, among them thousands of older adult households, have not applied for HEAP benefits. HEAP enrollees are also automatically enrolled in their gas and electric utilities’ discount programs.
We’ll conclude with what we’ve said in many columns: a big part of aging gracefully lies in accepting help gracefully. That’s doubly true when the help has been paid for with older adults’ own tax dollars.
Golden Living is prepared by the Dutchess County Office for the Aging, Todd N. Tancredi, director. Email him at firstname.lastname@example.org.


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Join in with your dog’s favourite pastime: SNIFFING! Your dog will learn to find a specific scent, while you learn how to support them in their searches and work as a team. Perfect for dogs of any age, ability or breed, scentwork provides great mental stimulation. It is a great activity for busy dogs always on the go, as well as for more timid dogs who need a boost to their confidence.
The searches are adapted to each dog’s style and ability so you get the best experience possible, enjoy watching your dog succeed with your guidance, and strengthen your bond. We teach dogs an active indication where the dog locates and accesses their find rather than a passive indication where the dog stops, sits and/or stares. The sniffing is the fun part!
Classes are held fortnightly on a Sunday morning 10.00am – 11.30am and cost £20 per session, which is payable in cash on arrival. The classes are run by Ellie from Smart Nose Dog Training. There is no set amount of classes, allowing you to attend as many times as you like.
Bookings for these classes can be made through our usual channels or by emailing firstname.lastname@example.org

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The 189 Wa-Wah Du All features a classic buzz sound, with an adjustable tone color tube for the exact sound the player is looking for. Perfect for jazz band or contemporary wind ensemble literature. Willie Berg invented Stonelined Mutes in 1935. This line
Factors to Look at When Shopping For a Musical Instrument
Buying any type of musician's gear is not as easy as pick and go. The challenge is on how you can find the one that satisfies your style with the countless available options in the market. It is not even close to the typical act of buying something in the market. It is like investing into something, thus requires meticulous planning. There are a couple of things you have to consider for you to do the right decision.
Being busy from doing daily activities is really stressing.When this happens, you need to find a way to get out of that stress and refresh yourself; playing Humes & Berg musical instruments is one way to do it. However there are those who also play music for different reasons. There are those who actually use such talent for a living. With this, you should always ensure to find good musical instruments as your performance greatly relies on them. So if you are searching for the best musical instruments in the market, be sure to check guitars, keyboards, microphones, drums and other popular musical instruments by Humes & Berg Bass Trombone Wah Wah Mute. For you to pick the right instrument, you can learn from the subsequent tips below.
Determine the instrument you desire to play to find one. To be a musician, it's not necessary if you are just a beginner or a pro. What really matters is you know what you truly need. Make sure on the instrument you choose to play. For beginners, understanding the basics is important.
Who would not want to have a really good price for a Trombone Mutes they will buy? Yes, the cost is one of the important factors to consider when choosing the best one for you. You should ensure that the instrument you are planning to buy from a store can withstand the test of time just like Humes & Berg Bass Trombone Wah Wah Mute. It should be both useful. Good quality -- that is the best explanation of what you need. The Budget you have Allotted
You should think of the money necessary for the instrument before going out to buy. People nowadays find it hard to support their everyday living. Purchasing anything they want is something that is difficult to do with just a small budget. Things such as buying keyboards, guitars, microphones, drums and other popular musical instruments are not in their top priority lists. They still have to plan for it. Are you going to adjust or stick to your spending plan? There is a need for you to understand that your journey will end if you already have purchased the instrument. Maintaining and upgrading may require you to shell out money. For starters, they may find it necessary to hire a tutor or coach to learn from the professionals on how to use and play the instrument they've bought. You can even extend the search by doing a canvass of prices from other stores that provide such instruments. This will give you the chance to compare costs and come up with the best offer.
Do not forget to buy items available with warranty. Additionally you need to get the important details about your purchase just like the serial number, so be sure to acquire the receipt after you pay. This information might be helpful in the foreseeable future in case if the instrument is lost or taken and if repairs or replacements caused by damage is needed. Just before bringing the instrument out from the store, see if usually there are any damage.


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Getting Started with Guinea Pigs or Rabbits – A short, helpful guide to make sure you have everything you need for their new home.
Before you buy or adopt a new Guinea Pig or Rabbit, you need to have their home ready for their arrival. You need a House – one level or more – see my post on Housing for Small Animals for suggestions of good home bases.
You also need their bed to be made using sawdust, hay and possibly straw depending on the weather. For more information see my post on Bedding for Small Animals.
In addition, you need food bowls, water bottles and a hay distributor. Fill the bowl with some muesli or pellets and you might also want to get them some treats as a little welcome such as an alfalfa ring or willow sticks – see my posts on Food for Small Animals and Play Time for Small Animals for more ideas.
Good luck! I hope you enjoy looking after some of the world’s cutest animals.


Scanning probe lithography for single-digit nanodevices
Ivo W Rangelow and Ing Habil
Technische Universitaet Ilmenau, Germany
: J Nanomater Mol Nanotechnol
Scanning Probe Lithography (SPL) based on field-emitted low-energy electrons can be directly used to induce cross-linking or resist scission. Typically, voltages in the range of 30-60eV are applied in order to operate in Fowlere-Nordheim electron field emission regime from the scanning-probe tip. Especially, using a direct development-less operation mode and data splitting in mix-and-match provides writing speeds close to single e-beam lithography techniques. Using active cantilevers, direct patterning on calixarene is demonstrated through the employment of direct, development-free techniques. A combination of three important elements provides scanning-probe-nanolithography unique capabilities with respect to resolution and overlay precision: (1) low-energy electrons emitted from the scanning tip, (2) molecular resist, and (3) principles of active proximity probes technology. The same scanning probe is not only applied for lithography, but also for imaging and probing of the surface before and immediately after scanning probe patterning. They are able to routinely obtain atomic resolution at a low thermal noise floor4-6. The presented scanning probe lithography experiments were carried out with a dedicated SPL-tool operated at ambient conditions. Today, CMOS device feature sizes approach the scale of 10 nm or even less, major challenges are encountered, associated with a change in the fundamental nature of the device from âclassicalâ operation to that limited by quantum mechanical effects. The simplicity, controllability, and reproducibility of these methods are enabling a new perspective to be opened for the easy fabrication of beyond CMOS devices, with the added attraction of not requiring a high capital investment. The technology chain presented here will help facilitate the routine manufacturing of single- electron transistors (SET). Cost-effective fabrication of single-digit nano-devices could be the shortest economic way to get access to diverse single electron devices.


The Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ)and its partners held their final election rally in Zagreb on Thursday evening when HDZ chief Andrej Plenkovic said there would be no more political experiments after the September 11 parliamentary election.
"Because of the results of the parliamentary election held last year and pressure from junior partners, the HDZ resorted to political experiments. As the HDZ chief I guarantee you there will be no experiments after Sunday," Plenkovic said at the rally.
He said he was confident voters would not waste their votes and vote for smaller parties which most definitely would not cross the election threshold, as those votes, according to him, would be wasted.
The event was also attended by MEP Doris Pack and European People's Party (EPP) president Joseph Daul who expressed their support to Plenkovic.


text: Strand displacement amplification (9SDA) is an isothermal in vitro method of amplifying a DNA sequence prior to its detection. We have combined SDA with fluorescence polarization detection. A 5'-fluorescein-labelled oligodeoxynucleotide detector probe hybridizes to the amplification product that rises in concentration during SDA and the single- to double strand conversion is monitored through an increase in fluorescence polarization. Detection sensitivity can be enhanced by using a detector probe containing an EcoRI recognition sequence at its 5'-end that is not homologous to the target sequence. During SDA the probe is converted to a fully double-stranded form that specifically binds a genetically modified form of the endonuclease EcoRI which lacks cleavage activity but retains binding specificity. We have applied this SDA detection system to a target sequence specific for Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Three people, including the gunman, were killed during a mass shooting at a video game tournament in Jacksonville on Sunday, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.
- 3 dead including gunman in Jacksonville shooting
- 11 others were injured
- Shooting happened during a video game tournament
The suspect has been tentatively identified as 24-year-old David Katz, of Baltimore, authorities said. He died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The shooting happened at about 1:30 p.m. inside Chicago Pizza at Jacksonville Landing, a downtown shopping complex.
The restaurant was hosting the Madden NFL 19 Tournament. Katz was in the area to attend the event.
When authorities arrived at the scene, they found Katz and two other people dead. Nine people were transported to area hospitals, Sheriff Mike Williams said during a news conference. Two additional people with gunshot wounds transported themselves to the hospital.
Williams said Katz used a handgun in the shooting.
Electronic Arts, the developer of the Madden games, released a statement Sunday.
"We are aware of an incident at a sanctioned Madden Championship Series competition in Jacksonville. We are working with authorities to gather facts at this stage. This is a horrible situation, and our deepest sympathies go out to all involved."
The tournament was live streamed on the website Twitch. Gunshots could be heard in the video as people scream in the background.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott said he had spoken to Williams to "offer any state resources he may need."
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office at 904-630-0500 or 866-845-TIPS.


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I woke up to some surprising weather this morning. We have had quite a few cold days at the farm this year, however this was one of the coldest temperatures I have caught. In spite of the negative temperatures, the sun actually decided to come out today and make for a beautifully cold day.
Jim and Rose, 2010 National Cherry Queen Maria LaCross, John and Betsy Here we are receiving from the National Cherry Festival the 2011 Very Cherry Promotion Award! We are very proud to of this! Thank You!
Our markets are full of quality apples. It is the time of the year to visit and stock up for winter. Here are a couple of enticements! Jonagolds 1/2 bushels are on sale for $9.00. Sauce apples $6.00 1/2 bushel. Squash $6 to $8 1/2 bushel. Hubbard squash is our specialty. The markets are open […]
Charlevoix Apple Fest is this coming week-end, Oct 8 9 and 10. We will line the main street with apples and apple goodies. The town is packed and fun is had by all! Beautiful fall days with the tree colors just peaking. We are in for a wonderful week-end!
The Honeycrisp are beautiful! Apple season is coming so fast. We have in the market McIntosh, Gala, Cortland, Mutsu, Jonagold, Northern Spy, Bosc Pears and Stanley Prune Plums. Squash, cornstalks, gourds and pumpkins. Fall is here!
Yes, our apple u-pick is going quick. With the combination of an early season and not as many apples as usual the season for apple picking will probably only last until any longer than the 29th or 30th of September. So lets hope for nice weather for our last week-end of u-pick apples. Now we […]
The temperatures have dropped and I’m hankering for an apple! Football, cool weather, and labor day makes it feel like fall. This summer was so warm and wonderful but I’m ready for apples, squash and plums. Ginger Gold and Sanza apples are in and we are getting ready to ship. I have new packaging and […]
We still have our 1/2 bushel of red haven peaches sale going on for a few more days! Everyone is loving the nectarines. Raspberries are back and easy to pick. Ginger gold apples maybe this week-end. Great time to visit.
This week we are picking Balaton tart cherries. If you want to make cherry bounce this year these are the cherries you want to use. We are picking with the stems on and they should keep for traveling. Cherry bounce is easy to make and fun to drink come the holidays. Also these are the […]


Canada’s Top Growing Companies ranks Canadian companies on three-year revenue growth. MASSIVart earned its spot with a three-year growth of 91%.
As MASSIVart continues to expand, we remain firm in the belief that art and creativity should be a source of inspiration and transformation accessible to all. By fostering collaboration with municipalities, real estate developers, and institutions, we have harnessed the power of creativity to address the diverse challenges facing communities and cities. As we continue to evolve and grow, we remain steadfast in our commitment to creating meaningful, culture-driven solutions that redefine the way communities experience and connect with places. It’s an exciting period of continual growth for MASSIVart, and we’re honoured to have ranked in Canada’s Top Growing Companies.
Canada’s Top Growing Companies is an editorial ranking launched in 2019. It aims to bring the accomplishments of innovative businesses in Canada to the forefront. In order to qualify for this voluntary program; companies had to complete an in-depth application process and fulfill requirements. In total, 425 companies earned a spot on this year’s ranking.
The full list of 2023 winners, along with editorial coverage, is published in the October issue of Report on Business magazine. The list is out now and online here.
“Canada’s Top Growing Companies acknowledges the drive and ingenuity displayed by Canadian business,” says Dawn Calleja, Editor of Report on Business magazine. “This year’s ranking serves as an inspiration for future business owners.”
“This year’s Report on Business magazine’s list of Top Growing Companies shows how innovative ideas always rise to the top, perhaps even more so in times of uncertainty,” says Andrew Saunders, CEO of The Globe and Mail. “The Globe and Mail congratulates this year’s winners for meeting and surpassing those economic challenges.”


A national nonprofit group that promotes taking away earned unemployment benefits has awarded Iowa its top prize for adding more restrictions for folks on unemployment.
The American Institute for Full Employment (AIFE), based in Oregon, named Iowa Workforce Development (IWD) as the recipient of its 2022 Full Employment Award, IWD announced in a Friday press release.
IWD said the award came as a result of launching its Reemployment Case Management program in January 2022, which placed increased work requirements and expectations for unemployed workers to qualify for unemployment benefits.
“We’re extremely appreciative that AIFE and others are recognizing the progress that Iowa has made since a year ago, when we launched our new focus on improving the pathway to reemployment,” said IWD Director Beth Townsend.
Reemployment Case Management held over 24,000 meetings with those claiming unemployment in its first year, IWD said, noting just over 5,000—20%—of those people found employment during the program. It was unclear if the extra hoops they had to jump through directly led to finding that work.
AIFE’s stated goal is to “help everyone who has the ability and desire to work to engage in productive employment,” according to its website. But it does so by lobbying state legislatures into taking benefits working people pay into, like unemployment, and making them harder to access, limiting them, and rerouting them toward corporate subsidies, according to SourceWatch.
And AIFE and IWD proudly tout the fact that Iowa workers were pushed off of their earned benefits quickly.
While the national rate of those on unemployment using their full benefits was 31%, “Iowa was able to reduce the percentage of its claimants who exhausted their unemployment benefits to 13.7%, the second lowest in the nation,” IWD said in the release.
by Amie Rivers
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2 Comments on "Iowa Brags About Award It Received For Limiting Unemployment Benefits"
I was raised to earn your way with the understanding that unemployment and gov assistance was a stepping stone to help get on your feet. NOT A RETIREMENT PLAN IN YOUR 20S. TOO MANY PEOPLE WANT A FREE RIDE WHO CAN WORK WHILE THOSE WHO CANT HAVE TO JUMP THROUGH HOOPS. DONT TELL ME DIFFERENT, IVE SEEN IT FIRST HAND. If you can work then take your ass to work. Stop living off those who truly need the assistance and unemployment. Great job Iowa, get them back to work.
I have also seen first hand that the most lazy and unemployed people are always Republicans. It’s always the people that are drunk or high living in trailers and living off welfare – social security, medicaid, disability. So I agree with you that people who can work, should. The issue is those people are almost lazy right wing addicts, not 20 year olds looking for early retirement.
signed – a “lazy millennial” that pays over $50,000/year in taxes and left Iowa because of mouth breathing knuckle-draggers like you