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Boulder's ambitious municipalization plan is a road paved with good intentions. But now that highway seems to have a few potholes. In addition, most of the city's proposed "off-ramps" have been ignored, bypassed, or barricaded. Maybe it's time to have taxpayers weigh in and help determine if that road ahead is clear of further obstructions, detours, or potential hazards.
A petition drive to do just that has been initiated to the great consternation of most city council members, city staffers, and the assorted cadre of continuously despondent liberal environmentalists who never seem to find joy in anything. These folks are now struggling to find ways to prevent voters from being able to reconsider the entire municipalization scheme because there are a few minor details that just might be too difficult or expensive to resolve. Minor details like how to legally kidnap several thousand non-Boulder citizens to become captives of the city's electric utility. Or how the city intends to provide reliable service by depending on renewable sources like wind and solar that are the most unreliable and undependable means of generating base-load electricity ever conceived.
So where are we today? Last month the city filed a petition with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission attempting to determine if it could avoid paying Xcel Energy any "stranded costs" if the city were to purchase some of its power from Xcel. The city has always maintained that it would not owe Xcel a dime in stranded costs. This somewhat outrageous claim may be nothing more than legal posturing because some of the city's own models provide an analysis indicating there would be some costs to absorb.
The city is also seeking guidance from an "independent" third-party consultant to look over the city's shoulder to see if all those models and Ouija-board did a good job in getting all the facts straight. The reviewer is supposed to determine if the city used "appropriate inputs" and whether or not the modeling meets industry standards. Some view initiating a third-party review as meaningless and predictable. As councilmember Ken Wilson said: "If staff hires them the results are a foregone conclusion." His concerns are not without merit and anyone can save the city lots of money by easily predicting the consultant will find everything hunky dory.
One thing all the experts might want to examine is whether the city can actually meet its carbon footprint, or Kyoto, or climate change, or whatever the latest environmental goal might be by employing "local" energy sources. What does local mean and where will it come from? Last month Xcel reported it's looking to add 550 MW of new wind power to its renewable energy inventory. Although Xcel doesn't need to add any additional wind power to meet the state's renewable energy standards the company said it could hardly pass up an opportunity to add this new wind energy power purchase agreement at such low rates. Xcel is also uncertain about the sustainability of future wind energy subsidies being provided by the federal government, and they should be. Colorado's rural electric cooperatives are facing mandates to double their renewable energy production and will also be in the renewable market competing with Xcel, the city, and other utility coops for what little economical and local wind energy there might be. So the question is, how can Boulder really fulfill its promised "local" renewable energy at competitive rates to those now being acquired? It probably can't.
It's time to re-think where we are and where we're really headed. Signing a petition to put this muni issue on the ballot this fall makes perfect sense.
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State Sen. Karen McConnaughay, R-St. Charles, issued the following news release:
State Sen. Karen McConnaughay, R-St. Charles, is among the legislators appointed to the newly formed Advisory Committee on Education Funding. Members of the bi-partisan committee have been assembled to study ways to make education funding between downstate and suburban, and Chicago schools more equitable.
Senate Joint Resolution 32, which formed the committee, was passed in response [ http://www.senategop.state.il.us/News/NewsDetails/tabid/120/nid/475/r/4/Default.aspx ] to a report published by Senate Republicans revealing disparity in education funding in Illinois. The study revealed that the funding gap between Chicago Public Schools and suburban and downstate schools favors Chicago schools by more than $660 million a year.
The Senate Republican Caucus confirmed the disparity using data provided by the Illinois State Board of Education. The Caucus study revealed the state's system of education funding has gradually shifted to disproportionately benefit Chicago Public Schools in many funding areas, including Poverty Grants. In fact, over a three year average, Chicago Public Schools received $2,512 for every impoverished student, while schools in downstate and suburban school districts receive significantly less funding. Senator McConnaughay said this serious inequity is just one reason a study of the state's education funding system is desperately needed.
"I'm happy to see that leaders in the General Assembly are willing to discuss and tackle such an important issue,' said Senator McConnaughay. "I'm honored to have the opportunity to put political differences aside and work to make the education funding formula simpler and more equitable so that we can provide adequate funding for children in all of Illinois' school districts."


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The CGing is pretty nice, but fix the body a bit.
Face:Make the nose smaller. It also needs to go a little more upwards. Make the chin a bit more pointy. It's too long and round and makes her look more like a guy.
Body:Left arm looks a bit longer then right arm. Try to make her breasts a bit bigger as well. Just so it's more noticable. She looks way too flat.
I'm not sure if you were trying to make her look like a guy, but her face mostly is what gives her this image. I thought she was a guy until someone pointed out otherwise.
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lol man that girl is uglyyyyyyyyyyyyy kinda makes my potrait of my girlfriend look good ahhahaha. Anyways nice job on the cg and the body isnt too bad. The face is too long and inside curvy and the eye pops out of the head on the left ewwwwww and the nose.... anyways Im shure you'll get a more femine style soon enough.
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It's unfair to judge a team based on one performance, so I expect an improvement in the next T20. That said, this was more of the same from a very different team.
I implore the new players in this Black Caps team not to buy into the culture of irresponsibility and mindless play that has led to our continued demise. I also implore the new leaders of this side not to allow it.
Cricket smarts is the missing link between the players that we often describe as having potential and their lack of realisation of that potential.
No, an amazing innings once every so often is not realising one's potential.
How smart can you be in a game of T20? Doesn't the game force your hand? You just have to go for it with the bat and dish up licorice all-sorts with the ball and hope for the best.
No, that is not the case any more because world cricket and the players have gravitated towards this hectic form of the game and by doing so have legitimised it and thus added science to its application.
Yesterday morning, our boys were once again un-smart. To be precise, they were dumb.
They were dumb in the mental skills necessary in all forms of cricket. They failed to acknowledge the conditions and play accordingly.
The pitch was tricky, it was very two-paced, with variable bounce. You can't therefore face a few balls and start hitting through the line with ease because conditions will play havoc with your timing.
In T20, you do need to take risks but they need to be calculated. Where was the realisation that 130 could be competitive out there? Where was the realisation that singles could have a higher degree of importance than usual?
To be fair to new leader Brendon McCullum, he did in his short stay look like he was aware of the requirements. It is his responsibility as the captain to make those around him aware of what is required.
I've hoped that in making McCullum captain, we will see a more responsible and consistent cricketer - and it is too early to judge that - but part of his new role is to make those under his control more responsible and consistent, too.
I'd also suggest that he may consider winning the toss and bowling first next time. How much can a pitch really slow up in 40 overs? The smart play may have been to accept the inexperience of the team, give them a run around in the field first and then chase a total.
If, with all that has happened in the past month, this is ground zero for New Zealand, then the one thing I want to see in a new era is an ability to learn from their mistakes. That is something that has been sorely missing for some time.


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What happens at the Northeast Mycological Federation Foray? "Mushrooms only," according to attendee Gary Lincoff, an instructor at the New York Botanical Garden and author of The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mushrooms. Science Friday stopped by the conference for mushroom talk, mushroom crafts, mushroom eats and a mushroom hunt.


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Direct linking to *two* 600+ MB isos on the front page of Slashdot? That's asking for disaster.
It was created for distribution of Linux isos, sue it for that.
Only SCO would sue it for that
Download the torrent [ubuntu.com]
New stuff include
Stuff people are going to bitch about
OSDir has published a lot of screenshots of Ubuntu [osdir.com].
Oh and if you are interested to know if your laptop or other piece of hardware is supported, some info can be found in the wiki on the Hardware support [ubuntulinux.org]-page
Primary mirrors
Other mirrors
Australia [planetmirror.com] Canada [usherbrooke.ca] Croatia [carnet.hr] Czech Republic [ubuntu.cz] France [ovh.net] Germany [rfc822.org] Germany [kgt.org] Ireland [heanet.ie] Italy [mirror.garr.it] Lithuania [litnet.lt] Namibia [polytechnic.edu.na] Netherlands [stuwww.uvt.nl] Norway [uninett.no] Portugal [glua.ua.pt] Portugal [fe.up.pt] South Africa [is.co.za] Spain [aditel.org] Switzerland [switch.ch] United Kingdom [ubuntu.com] United Kingdom [mirrorservice.org] United Kingdom [hands.com] United States [tds.net] United States [umn.edu] United States [opensourcemirrors.org]
And people wonder why the corporate world is leery of linux.
How is that last one pronounced?
Fun codes names are so that we don't take ourselves too seriously. Much more dangerous IMHO.
Seen the Distrowatch [distrowatch.com] ranking?
I will be doing my eveluation too, but I will go with a somewhat biased mind I have to admit. If the Kubuntu folks have not trimmed down: for KDE - sane defaults and for GNOME - making it easier to do common desktop stuff, this will be just another distro.
I wonder whether they will be considering autopackage ahref=http://www.autopackage.org/ [slashdot.org]http://www.autop
My PC was dual booting win98 2nd edition, and winxp sp2. I have two hardrives: a 30 GB with C: (fat32) and D: (fat32), and a 120 GB with G: (fat32), H: (fat32), and I: (60GB). Win98 was installed to C:, and winxp to D:, but I had xp's apps installed also to C: and I:.
I had installed xp, from within 98, and said not to upgrade, and allow me to specifiy where, so I had a boot menu saying 1) win98 or 2) winxp.
First, I went into xp control panel, admin utilities, computer stuff, hardrives and deleted the H: partition so that it became Free Space. (very important step, if you want xp to be happy, as opposed to just letting linux delete the partition)
Then I put the Ubuntu cd in, and rebooted to my bios and told it to boot from my cd drive. It did, and I went through the install routine. It saw my disks, and the free space, and I created my required linux partitions. (1GB logical swap space at end of the free space, and a primary linux ext2 filesystem with the rest of the free space). It then finished in about 15 mins and rebooted into Ubuntu.
Everything worked perfect. I was on the net, my Pentax camera icon appeared when I hot-plugged it into USB. I had a Hercules GF3 nvidia vid card, so of course it did not do 3D yet, but it was running 2D nicely. I had to run two commands and it configured itself to do 3D. I tested it with id Software's free huge game Wolfenstien Enemy Territory 2.60, and it was better than in Winxp. The frame rate seems higher, and my ping is way better. Next I tried the Gaim messenger program, that Ubuntu installed. I typed in my ICQ number and password, and *ding* there were my buddies both on and offline. Next I tried Evolution, nice but to slow to load, so: www.google.com-->"ubunto thunderbird" and then downloaded a
For me, I am done. I was lucky to be in a state where my main game was available on linux, so I went for it, and boy am I happy. Sure my 5 year old will still boot to winxp for his 50 games, and my wife for her game, but if I happen to get wine running, then that will stop.
Overall, here are my ending thoughts:
- I love it - I used Symantic Package manager to auto upgrade everything and then wolf stopped working. - I gotta learn how to back it all up so I can experiment - I'm converted. - It rox - Gnome is nice. I'll try KDE too, but I did a year ago, and not see any reason to worry, its not like the debian packages aren't smart enough to install dependant stuff if required. ie) I installed a cd burn program, and it needed KDE resourses, and they were installed automatically. - I tried debian last week, and could not get it to gui no matter what install options I picked, but am glad that forced me into Ubuntu. - Mepis and Kubuntu sound cool too... - I think people who complain about GIMP are too used to Windows. It behaves like old Unix Motif/CDE programs.
GRIN! This is so ready for the desktop. I'm doing grampa, and gushing about it to my engineering, and gaming friends and they are all like: "oh good, show me how, I can't stand trying to run pirated windows these days"
To create the best Linux brew
We must join the very top two
To prevent any illusion
Of brand name confusion
Call it MandrivaGNU/KUbuntu
There is a server installation option. It will not install any services in any default install. But then again, when I build a server, I want to start with a blank slate and install what I want anyway.
Ubuntu 5.04 now provides images for installation from DVD. The DVD install image includes all supported packages, including those Not installed by default.
Ubuntu 5.04 (Hoary Hedgehog) Install/live DVD [ubuntulinux.org]
The combined install/live DVD allows you either to install Ubuntu permanently on a computer, or (by entering 'live' at the boot prompt) to try Ubuntu without changing your computer at all. There are three images available, each for a different type of computer:
Install/live DVD for AMD64 computers (BitTorrent download) [ubuntulinux.org]
Install/live DVD for Intel x86 computers (BitTorrent download) [ubuntulinux.org]
Install/live DVD for PowerPC computers (BitTorrent download) [ubuntulinux.org]
Ubuntu, in an attempt to be totally free, can't do things like play DVDs right "out of the box," or isn't configured to list or mount Windows partitions in Gnome. Even if you are a total beginner, spending half an hour at the Unofficial Ubuntu Startup Guiide will get you up and running and totally happy with your new distro.
The Unoffical Startup Guide should be required reading for any Ubuntu user. Heck, EVERY Distro should have a site just like it -- the Linux world would be a better place for it. And no, I have nothing to do with it other than being a grateful reader...
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LIers get together in Eisenhower Park in East Meadow for the Liver Life Walk to raise awareness for liver disease.
Hundreds of people participate in the 2013 Liver Life Walk at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow. (May 4, 2013)
Miguel Romero, left, and his son, Marcelo, of Queens, participate in the 2013 Liver Life Walk, holding a sign in memory of Miguelina, Miguel's late wife and Marcelo's mother. (May 4, 2013)
The crowd cheers during the opening ceremony at the 2013 Liver Life Walk held at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow. (May 4, 2013)
Daniel Vecchione, 5, of Valley Stream, who is one year post kidney and liver transplant, smiles during the walk while getting a ride on the shoulders of his father, Daniel. (May 4, 2013)
Lauren Monsell, of Bellport, cheers during an opening ceremony while holding a photo of her husband, Doug, who lost his battle to liver disease. (May 4, 2013)


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Pete Hoekstra
Peter "Pete" Hoekstra (pronounced "HOKE-struh") is a conservative Republican congressman from Michigan who is running for Senate in 2012. He ran for governor in 2010, but lost the nomination to Rick Snyder. Born Cornelius Peter Hoekstra in the Netherlands, Hoekstra immigrated to this country with his parents when he was three. After getting an MBA from the University of Michigan Business School, he went to work for the furniture manufacturer Herman Miller, Inc.
In 1992, Hoekstra ran for Congress for Michegan's 2nd district, challenging Guy Vander Jaqt in the Republican primary. Claiming that Vander Jaqt had been in Congress for too long and was out of touch with the voters, and pointing out his involvement in the House Bank scandal, Hoekstra pledged he would serve no more than 12 years in the House. He became famous in the campaign by riding his bicycle around the district to get to know voters. Hoekstra defeated Vander Jagt in the primary, and went on to easily win the seat.
Congressman Hoekstra is a member of the House Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committee on Education and Labor. He is married and has three children.


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... Mitt Romney won the largely uncontested Nevada caucuses, giving him at least the claim of having won two contests in a row. On a more practical and potentially more meaningful level, he also captured more delegates on Saturday than Mr. McCain did.ADDED: Here's Noam Scheiber:
... [McCain's] first two victories came in New Hampshire and South Carolina, where independents, who often seem more enthusiastic about Mr. McCain than members of his party do, are permitted to vote in the primaries.
The terrain from here is markedly different, starting Jan. 29 in Florida, where the Republican primary is open only to Republicans.
"He still has significant skepticism that he has to overcome in the Republican base," said Gary L. Bauer, who sought the Republican presidential nomination in 2000 and is not endorsing anyone at this time. "The real test will be how well he can secure the Republican base as we head toward Super Tuesday." Mr. Bauer added, "On balance, in most states, to get the nomination you've got to do very well among registered Republicans, and that is going to become increasingly important as other candidates drop out of the race."
An exit poll in South Carolina offered evidence of the challenge Mr. McCain faces: 8 in 10 of the voters in the primary described themselves as Republicans, and just 3 in 10 of them voted for Mr. McCain. The finding suggests what Mr. McCain's rivals were saying Saturday night: that he might not have won without the help of voters outside his party.
With John McCain's victory tonight, we've finally achieved that belated winnowing. In one quick burst, McCain has effectively knocked Mike Huckabee, Fred Thompson, and Rudy Giuliani from the race: Huckabee because it's not clear where he wins if he can't do it in as demographically favorable a state as South Carolina. (Fifty-nine percent of voters today were evangelicals; Huckabee only won them by a 40-27 margin over McCain.) Rudy because it's hard to see why anyone would perfer him to McCain going forward; both appeal to moderate, security-minded Republicans and McCain is the only one who hasn't been a disaster of late. And Thompson's finished--as if it needed to be said--because even he'd conceded this was his last chance to reverse a debilitating six-month slide. (One interesting sidenote: Huckabee's under-performance among evangelicals probably had something to do with the 15 percent of them Thompson picked off. I have a feeling that won't be Fred's last gift to McCain in this race...)
This is clearly a McCain-Romney race going forward. Romney has the money and may still be the establishment choice over McCain, who's widely disliked in elite GOP circles. The benefit of the latter will be, among other things, to dampen the fundraising boost McCain should receive from South Carolina.


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Iv re-posted your pic next to mine, hope you dont mind.
I would like to know what you think.
Iv re-posted your pic next to mine, hope you dont mind.
I would like to know what you think.
Hey, guys!
I don't know...
My foreskin isn't cut but I think that a circumcised penis looks sexiest than uncircumcised...
Here is mine
"...Girls are for procreation, boys are for recreation..."
i love it when you see a cock with lots of foreskin pissing... and it dribbles out of the end
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I uncut and id love to find an uncut guy to be with, that way i at least know what it feels like. Also so i could play around. Cut guys are so insensitive that its no fun
thanks for sharing with us so many hot pictures
LOVE foreskin
Thanks PETE..
Somthing from me.... , tatoo isn't real..
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"...Girls are for procreation, boys are for recreation..."
Love it! And so glad I still have mines too.
Though it's rather hard to find appreciation for it around here. So many guys consider being uncut like it's alien and weird and would never want to touch it while having a worship of cut cocks.
"I am Darkness. I am Sin. The [King] of lust invited in. Reborn at last to cast my fecund shadow on this world. You shall worship me enslaved, for many lovers shall I crave, and in return I'll gladly pave your psycho path with pearls"
1000th post!
Love this thread. God I love cock.
The more foreskin the better taste, smell and look.
i love this foreskin
i love these pics just took em this morning
some more
guess which is mine
I LOVE uncut guys! All you guys with foreskin should know how lucky you are. It's a big miracle if you are American and escaped the knife!
Here's a Southern guy I photographed for Fantastic Foreskin. His name is Ethan Roberts and I'm in love!
You have beautiful foreskin!
I'd love to get my hands on it!
you can if you want to! love your website
heres a couple more
a mixture of mine and the boys
I just jacked again! everytime I visit this thread, I just can't seem to control myself! I guess I may be a little bit queer! LOL!
one of the worst tragedies in life is being forgotten by some one you can never forget!
I love foreskin. I love looking at flaccid cocks with that little collar of foreskin at the end. The shape just makes me feel so horny. I love chewing a cute guy's foreskin too.
more from me
This is a great thread, the best on the site.
All the best in 2012 for all us Jubbers
love a nice bit of foreskin :P
someone make a download link w/all pics, that would be great
here's mine.
i think cocks look sexier with foreskin personally...
another one of me.
i get to have this in me.. bare.. later
some very fine foreksins!
cant beat a nice cummy foreskin
i may get to play with this sometime soon
mmm hot shame you werent pissing there to
lots on show here
and there is more
Asking to be rolled back...
WOW - http://diaryofacocksucker.tumblr.com...-that-up-maybe
There's just something sublime about sliding a tongue inside that pocket...
You just can't beat an uncut cock.
Give yourself over to absolute pleasure and check out http://gaypornfans.blogspot.com.
love it all still
i would love to get docked
Another one of these threads? I really don't see the point about people getting so insecure about how much skin is on their cock or not.
you mean like people getting insecure about their cocksize, lack of muscles or surplus of fat, pimples, body hair or other physical features?
apart from that .. it's a picture thread.
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So, i have this 99 LGT i picked up for $400 (needs motor, i have an ej22 im putting in), of course the moonroof WAS leaking like they all do, but thats not the point here. i know how to fix that.
my question is as far as sourcing a used track. what is the interchangeability between moonroofs in the sedans and wagons of this era (96-99) are the sedan moonroofs different than the wagons?
my glass is fine, but the bracket that holds the glass up and moves if front and back is broken on one side. i just want to know if i can look for ALL moonroof'ed cars from this year span (or other years?) for the tracks etc. the glass and motor are fine.
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99 LGT Moonroof question (its not about leaking)
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Posted 30 November 2012 - 09:45 PM
Posted 30 November 2012 - 10:30 PM
looks like sedan and wagon might be different.
sedan http://opposedforces...nfo/65410AC000/
wagon http://opposedforces...nfo/65410AC100/
sedan http://opposedforces...nfo/65410AC000/
wagon http://opposedforces...nfo/65410AC100/
Posted 02 December 2012 - 08:21 AM
I've been searching the yards for one for the 98 Outback that I have and have not seen another one like it. Starting to think it's an aftermarket even though it looks stock.
UPAP and pull the complete unit.
UPAP and pull the complete unit.
Posted 02 December 2012 - 09:46 AM
the cars built in 99 calendar year, anniversary year, came with sunroofs, wagons and sedans. some of these cars were 98MY some were 99MY.
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Jakob Nielsen's update on website response time and why speed really mattersPosted: 04/07/2010 Filed under: Response Time, Website Performance | Tags: Jakob Nielsen, real user experience, website performance Leave a comment
Website Response Times
Slow page rendering today is typically caused by server delays or overly fancy page widgets, not by big images. Users still hate slow sites and don't hesitate telling us.Users really care about speed in interaction design. 13 years ago, I wrote a column called "The Need for Speed," pointing out how much users hated slow-loading Web pages. Back then, big images were the main cause of response-time delays, and our guideline recommended that you keep images small.
Today, most people have broadband, so you might think that download times are no longer a usability concern. And yes, actual image download is rarely an issue for today's wireline users (though images can still cause delays on mobile devices).
Still, response times are as relevant as ever. That's because responsiveness is a basic user interface design rule that's dictated by human needs, not by individual technologies. In a client usability study we just completed, for example, users complained that "it's being a little slow."
Speed Matters
Responsiveness matters for two reasons:
- Human limitations, especially in the areas of memory and attention (as further discussed in our seminar on The Human Mind and Usability). We simply don't perform as well if we have to wait and suffer the inevitable decay of information stored in short-term memory.
- Human aspirations. We like to feel in control of our destiny rather than subjugated to a computer's whims. Also, when companies make us wait instead of providing responsive service, they seem either arrogant or incompetent.
A snappy user experience beats a glamorous one, for the simple reason that people engage more with a site when they can move freely and focus on the content instead of on their endless wait.
In a recent study for our seminar on Brand as Experience, we asked users what they thought about various websites they had used in the past. So, their responses were based not on immediate use (as in normal usability studies), but on whatever past experiences were strong enough to form memories. Under these conditions, it was striking to hear users complain about the slowness of certain sites. Slowness (or speed) makes such an impact that it can become one of the brand values customers associate with a site. (Obviously, "sluggish" is not a brand value that any marketing VP would actively aim for, but the actual experience of using a site is more important than slogans or advertising in forming customer impressions of a brand.)
Indeed, we get findings related to website speed almost every time we run a study. When sites shave as little as 0.1 seconds off response time, the outcome is a juicy lift in conversion rates. Today or the 1990s? Same effect.
Response-Time Limits
The 3 response-time limits are the same today as when I wrote about them in 1993 (based on 40-year-old research by human factors pioneers):
- 0.1 seconds gives the feeling of instantaneous response — that is, the outcome feels like it was caused by the user, not the computer. This level of responsiveness is essential to support the feeling of direct manipulation (direct manipulation is one of the key GUI techniques to increase user engagement and control — for more about it, see our Principles of Interface Design seminar).
- 1 second keeps the user's flow of thought seamless. Users can sense a delay, and thus know the computer is generating the outcome, but they still feel in control of the overall experience and that they're moving freely rather than waiting on the computer. This degree of responsiveness is needed for good navigation.
- 10 seconds keeps the user's attention. From 1–10 seconds, users definitely feel at the mercy of the computer and wish it was faster, but they can handle it. After 10 seconds, they start thinking about other things, making it harder to get their brains back on track once the computer finally does respond.
A 10-second delay will often make users leave a site immediately. And even if they stay, it's harder for them to understand what's going on, making it less likely that they'll succeed in any difficult tasks.
Even a few seconds' delay is enough to create an unpleasant user experience. Users are no longer in control, and they're consciously annoyed by having to wait for the computer. Thus, with repeated short delays, users will give up unless they're extremely committed to completing the task. The result? You can easily lose half your sales (to those less-committed customers) simply because your site is a few seconds too slow for each page.
Fancy Widgets, Sluggish Response
Instead of big images, today's big response-time sinners are typically overly complex data processing on the server or overly fancy widgets on the page (or too many fancy widgets).
Here's an example from a recent eyetracking study we conducted to generate new material for our seminar on Fundamental Guidelines for Web Usability. The following gaze plots show two different users' behavior on the same page, which contained a slideshow widget in the top yellow box that required 8 seconds to download:
Gaze plots from two different users:
the blue dots indicate where users looked (one fixation per dot).
The test participant in the top gaze plot fixated a few times within the big empty color block before the content downloaded, then spent the remaining time looking at the rest of the page. This user never looked at the big promotional space after it had rendered.
The second user (bottom gaze plot) happened to be looking away from the screen during the 8 seconds when the promotional content downloaded. Thus, the first time he looked at the page he saw it as intended, complete with the entire promo.
The slideshow occupies 23% of the page, not counting a footer that's not shown here. The user who had to endure the download delay spent only 1% of her total viewing time within this space. In contrast, the user who in effect received instantaneous page rendering (because he didn't look until it was done), spent 20% of his viewing time within the slideshow area.
Although 8 seconds might not seem like a big delay, it's enough to kill this big promo that the company's Web team probably spent weeks designing. If they had allocated the space to something that rendered in 1 second instead of 8, they would have achieved much better results.
Different Causes, Same Effect
Response times are a matter of user experience: How much time does it take before the computer is ready to serve the user? The reasons behind delays don't matter to users. All they know is that they're getting poor service, which is annoying.
Big images in 1997. Slow servers or overly fancy widgets in 2010. Same effect. Make it snappy, and you'll have a big leg up on the competition and their slow sites.


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When a 17-year old Ricardo Quaresma burst onto the scene with Sporting Lisbon in the 2001-02 season, a lot was being said about the winger.
With some stellar showings from the still raw footballer during his first couple of seasons with the club's senior side, many hailed him as the heir to Luis Figo. The man they believed would replace the Portuguese legend in the national team.
Scoring three goals in 28 games during his first season, Ricardo Quaresma helped Sporting to a league and cup double.
Having risen through the academy, Quaresma's discovery had excited the fans of the club. He was already being touted as the next big thing in the football world by the Sporting Lisbon faithful.
A season later, after an he shone in the 2002/03 season, Barcelona came calling. The Catalan giants reportedly paid €6 million for the-then 19-year-old winger, with midfielder Fabio Rochemback heading the other way in a loan deal.
With great things expected from the young Portuguese, Quaresma became overwhelmed during his time at Barcelona. Scoring only once in 22 appearances, Ricardo Quaresma fell out with manager Frank Rijkaard at the end of the season, bringing an end to his turbulent spell in Spain.
A move back to Portugal ensued, with Porto snapping up the youngster in the summer of 2004. Quaresma started his Porto career on a bright note, scoring against Valencia in the UEFA Super Cup, as well as the winner against rivals Benfica in the Portuguese Super Cup.
As time passed, Quaresma seemed to have rediscovered himself in a Porto shirt. His incredible dribbling skills were always a problem for opposing defenders. Possessing a bagful of tricks creating panic among defenders, the trivela became his signature move, a skill that involved striking the ball with the outside of his foot.
Despite initially mixed reactions from the Porto faithful at first, Quaresma's performances for the club soon saw him become a fan favourite. It wasn't surprising then, when the big clubs came calling once again for the Portuguese international.
In the summer of 2008, Quaresma moved to Inter Milan. Would this be his last stop before on road to stardom?
With former Sporting Lisbon teammate Cristiano Ronaldo establishing himself as one of the best footballers in the planet, many had predicted Quaresma to do the same. Unfortunately for Ricardo, things didn't quite pan out in the manner hoped.
After a rather dismal start to his career in Milan, Quaresma found opportunities limited. He was often accused of overdoing his tricks, of ending bright moves with his selfishness on the ball.
Pretty soon, he found first-team appearances eluding him. A loan move to Chelsea didn't help much. Despite manager Jose Mourinho offering him a chance to redeem his career after his return from the Blues, Quaresma failed to impress his boss.
His overuse of the trivela drew criticism from many quarters, including manager Jose Mourinho. It was quite evident that the Portuguese winger no longer featured in Inter's future plans.
He was eventually shipped out to Turkish outfit Besiktas in 2010, looking to revive a career that had taken a backward spiral.
Here, the Sporting Lisbon youth product enjoyed a decent first season, scoring 11 goals in all competitions. However, in his second season with the club, Quaresma failed to make any significant contribution to the club's quest for a major title. After clashing with manager Carlos Carvalhal during the season, he reached a new low with the club.
In October last year, he was accused of urinating in the Besiktas locker room. A month later, he was arrested in Lisbon for assaulting a police officer. Besiktas finally released Quaresma from his contract in December, six months prior to its expiry, after growing frustrated with the player.
Despite speculation linking him to a return to Portugal, Quaresma signed for Dubai-based club Al Ahli last month on a free transfer in a lucrative move.
During his unveiling, Quaresma bizarrely declared he knew nothing about his new club, raising questions about the exact reasons for joining the club.
Now away from the glare of the European media, this gives him the opportunity to play under considerably less pressure; however, it is no secret that Quaresma's quest to become a footballing great one has died.
It may be a bit too early for anyone to declare Quaresma's career to be over, but what is left of it is a history of unfulfilled promises.
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Another nice one!. Thanks!
Another nice one!. Thanks!
Great trip video. Loved the stone formations and your logging abilites...Only thing missing was Timberrrrrrr!!..
If a woman doesn't find you handsome, she should at least find you handy...Red Green
We just sat down to watch the video. I had to show Hamhocker what she missed. Another good video MM
'Classic.' A book which people praise and don't read. ― Mark Twain
Who cares about showers, gourmet food, using flush toilets. Just keep on walking and being away from it all.
There are times that the only way you can do something is to do it alone.
Thanks again. Ewker, let's make sure Hamhocker can join us at Savage Gulf, HNO shouldn't be the only one in a bridge.
What A kool hike .. a gathering of Guru's I see .. some brilliant image composition in that slide show MM .. Nice Nice Nice !!
"The wise man questions others wisdom because he questions his own, the foolish man because it is different from his own." Leo Stein
Nicely done MM. Some beautiful scenery down there, and some cool gear too. Thanks for sharing.
Good luck,
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It took me awhile to find the time to watch but let me add my appreciation for the video!
And WOW! I didn't even know this place existed! Those geologic landforms are outstanding. Now I have another destination to add to my bucket list - hmmm, I-75 straight up from Florida....
Speaking of Florida, I was glad to see Emcee out & about representing us swamp hangers
"Life is a Project!"
I turned some of my pictures from the trip into a slideshow video. Unfortunately, the captions didn't transfer very well from Picasa to YouTube, but you can still see them for a brief moment. http://youtu.be/7MAZvREYFb4
What title did you use for the vid, I'm at work and will try to sneak it under the radar of the all seeing firewall.


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Reilly O'Toole in his formative years. They used to call him "Sneakers."
Reilly O'Toole in his formative years. They used to call him "Sneakers."
Do we know what the injury is? It looks like a knee ligament strain/minor ligament tear based on the brace:
IANAD, but I've seen that brace used to aid recovery from all kinds of knee injuries. If I'm right, I wouldn't call it a "precaution" so much as just efficient use of equipment. If you've got a knee brace that handles ZOMG TORN ACL TORN MCL BROKEN KNEECAP MOMMY HOLD ME injuries and still allows the knee to bend, why not just slap it on a mild strain until the tissue heals? There's a slight risk of compensation injury but I seriously doubt Hoke would abuse Kovacs' knee. We need this dude healthy for Ohio.
FWIW, I don't actually know what the problem is. I'm just sayin', don't panic.
Among other things, I'd assume that if the injury were bad, we'd have seen Marvin Robinson much earlier in the Illinois game.
I guess they don't have the "tuck" rule in college football? Nate's throwing arm has moved past his body by that point.
Serious question, actually. It's a controversial rule, but it actually makes more sense to have it in a league where instant replay isn't standard.
you can't really tell from the still image, but in a video replay you can see his arm get pushed into his helmet which forces the ball out, so I dont thing that rule would apply anyway.
I love that picture of JT Floyd. Beating cut blocks is something you see them practice in videos under Mattison, and it pays of with plays like that where the cut block is easily defeated and hardly matter. I cant remember any of that under our last DC. Not to mention every tackle was both forceful and wonderfully wrapped up. Mattison <3
Upchurch kind of sucks. Was Angela Cesere too expensive?
Who is that with "boobies!" on his wrist tape?
Ojemudia. His gloves have "53" written on them, and you can tell he has the same wristband/armband setup in other pictures. Funchess also had a "boobies!" bracelet.
I am just glad Dennis isn't wearning a Cincy jersey. That kid is going to really lift our special teams for years to come.


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EAU CLAIRE, Wis (WEAU)-- One of the simple joys in life is getting a home cooked meal. But there are a number of people who are unable to cook for themselves and rely on the kindness of others to make sure food gets on their table.
The Meals on Wheels program through Eau Claire County delivers food to hundreds of elderly and disabled people across the county.
Richard and Sarah Bauer have been delivering meals on wheels dinners for 5 years.
"They are glad to see you," said Richard Bauer.
Many of our participants don't have family in the area and are home bound and don't have the social aspect of everyday life so having the volunteers visit them, check on them and learn a little about their life is nice," said Volunteer Coordinator Kaylynn Stahlbusch.
Meals on Wheels runs 27 delivery routes a day and servers hundreds of people. Volunteer Coordinator Stahlbusch says new requests are always coming in.
"If we can, we like to have the same volunteers on the same routes," said Stahlbusch
The Bauer's say they deliver 5 or more meals twice a week for the Eau Claire county Meals on Wheels Program.
"I like having them come in and chat. It's just nice to know that I have meals coming...so I have something to eat.
Here is how you can get involved: http://www.co.eau-claire.wi.us/adrc or email firstname.lastname@example.com_claire.wi.us


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David Cutcliffe, Duke University will play in consecutive bowl games for the first time in school history by meeting Texas A&M University in the 46th annual Chick-fil-A Bowl on Tuesday, December 31 in Atlanta, Ga.DURHAM, N.C. – Led by 2013 Walter Camp Foundation National Coach of the Year
Kickoff at the Georgia Dome is set for 8 p.m., and the game will be televised nationally live on ESPN.
Gary Stokan, executive director of the Chick-fil-A Bowl, extended the invitation to the Blue Devils on Sunday. The meeting between the 22nd-ranked Blue Devils (10-3) and 20th-ranked Aggies (8-4) will mark the first on the gridiron between the two schools.
Blue Devil fans are encouraged to purchase tickets from the Duke allotment on GoDuke.com.
"We're obviously thrilled to be selected to play in the Chick-fil-A Bowl, which continues to have a great partnership with the Atlantic Coast Conference, and to have the opportunity to play against a terrific Texas A&M squad," said Cutcliffe. "The Chick-fil-A Bowl has long been considered one of the top-tier and most prestigious bowls across the college football landscape and Atlanta is without a doubt one of the college football's premier cities. I'm extremely excited for our seniors, who will finish their careers as the first group in Duke history to play in back-to-back bowl games. As I've said before, we've had the finest leadership from our players in my 33 seasons of coaching at the collegiate level. After our exam schedule this week, we look forward to getting back to the practice field in preparation for what I anticipate to be a great game on New Year's Eve in Atlanta."
Cutcliffe twice coached previously in the Chick-fil-A Bowl, then known as the Peach Bowl, as an assistant with the University of Tennessee. The Volunteers dropped a 28-22 decision to Iowa in 1982 and earned a 27-22 victory over Indiana in 1988. Cutcliffe, who is 4-2 all-time as a head coach in bowl games, will participate in the 24th bowl game of his coaching career.
Offensively, the Blue Devils are led by All-ACC wide receiver Jamison Crowder, who has already established school single-season records for pass receptions (96) and receiving yardage (1,197) while totaling 10 touchdowns. The Monroe, N.C., native leads the ACC and ranks 13th nationally in receptions per game (7.4). Overall, Duke averages 31.6 points and 408.1 yards per game and is the first squad in school history to amass 20-plus rushing touchdowns and 20-plus passing touchdowns in a season.
On defense, three first team All-ACC picks – linebacker Kelby Brown, safety Jeremy Cash and cornerback Ross Cockrell – highlight a unit that has allowed just 44 fourth-quarter points through 13 games this year. Brown has posted 106 tackles including 9.5 tackles for loss while Cash has compiled 117 tackles, 8.0 tackles for loss and four interceptions. A two-time first team all-conference selection and two-year team captain, Cockrell is the school's all-time leader in total passes defended with 53 on 12 interceptions and 41 pass breakups.
With an all-time record of 3-6, Duke will make its 10th bowl game appearance. The Blue Devils also have appeared in the Rose Bowl (1938 & 1941 seasons), Sugar Bowl (1944), Orange Bowl (1954 & 1957), Cotton Bowl (1960), All American Bowl (1989), Hall of Fame Bowl (1994) and Belk Bowl (2012).
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Outfielder Ryan Kalish burst onto the scene as the Boston Red Sox rookie of the year in 2010. The sky was the limit. J.D. Drew was just keeping the seat warm for the kid with the "Jersey Shore" swagger and the boat load of talent he was carrying around with him. In just 53 games with the Sox, Kalish hit .252 with 4 homers and 24 RBI. Kalish announced to the world that he was ready through his actions, that included acrobatic catches and dramatic home runs. Boston wanted him to play every day, so they sent him to Pawtucket to start the 2011 season. After just as handful of games, Kalish injured his shoulder making a diving catch at McCoy Stadium on April 21. It was a lost season. Ryan is on the road to recovery and is hoping for a return sometime in May or June. "It was a crazy year in 2011 and I'm hoping for a change in 2012."
At the time, no one had any idea of the severity of Kalish' injury. It was tough for the 23 year old to watch his teammates and not get to play. "Yeah, it wasn't the easiest thing in the world. It was a season of opportunities. That being said, I was happy for others who got a chance, especially Josh (Reddick). It's frustrating, but everybody goes through injuries. It's part of the game."
After surgeries to his shoulder and neck, Kalish is chomping at the bit, waiting to get back to action. "I'm hoping to get back soon, but you never know. You just keep chugging along, but you never really know." Despite being so highly bregarded, Ryan isn't taking anything for granted. He knows he'll have to earn a spot when he is healthy. "Nothing's ever guaranteed, especially in this game. It's something I just want to go out and get. You can't ever expect anything just be given to you. That's not the way you'd want it anyway."
After getting a taste of life in the Big Leagues, Kalish knows what is in store when he's ready. "It's the ultimate. Fenway Park is so fun. It's the ultimate for a player. It gives me more incentive. It's been frustrating that I haven't been able to play for so long. It's baseball. It's life. If I can get through it, I can look back on it like all the other guys who have ever been hurt, and say 'That was it? That wasn't so bad.' "
Kalish isn't the only one making adjustments under new manager, Bobby Valentine. His recent ban on alcohol in the Boston clubhouse is not big deal, according to Kalish. "It's all good. Bobby's got to take care of whatever he's got to take care of. He calls the shots and we want to play hard for him. It was a crazy end to last year and whatever he says is good."
Kalish spent ample time rehabbing at the new facility in Fort Myers this winter and was ecstatic to be joined by his friends and teammates at "Fenway South". "It got boring. I'm glad the guys are down here now and we are ready to play some baseball. The last month of last season was hard to watch. This is a championship caliber type team. Everyone is eager to get started."
That includes Ryans' best friend in baseball, Lars Anderson. The former number one prospect endured a whirlwind 2011. The first baseman was traded to Oakland for pitcher Rich Harden, only to have the deal negated when Harden failed his physical. Kalish was there for his friend and was proud of the way he reacted. "Last year was wild for "Larzy". I'll tell you what. His game is coming around. Obviously, he's behind Adrian Gonzalez and that is a tough situation, but he's just so positive. He came into camp looking the best I've ever seen him. His swing looks good. He trained hard during the offseason. He's looking really fresh. I have a good feeling about him this season. You can mark my words, right here." Kalish' prophecy came true shortly thereafter, when Anderson smacked a grand slam in Fort Myers in an exhibition game against the Twins and pitcher Jason Bulger.
If Anderson and his friend Ryan Kalish are in the middle of the PawSox lineup in 2012, it's going to be a great summer at McCoy.


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Professor Richard W. Tock, Interim Chairperson.
Professors R. Bethea, Mann, Parker, and Riggs; Associate Professor Desrosiers and Heichelheim; Assistant Professor Wiesner; Adjunct Faculty: N. Bethea; Visiting Assistant Professor Krishnan.
This department supervises the following degree programs: CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Master of Science in Chemical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy. The undergraduate degree requirements appear in the accompanying curriculum table.
Along with the degree of Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, a student may declare a minor in a field of his or her choice. Any required or elective courses in the chemical engineering curriculum may be applied toward the minor, with the approval of the minor department. While declaration of a minor is not required, it is strongly recommended. A minor in chemistry or mathematics can be earned with very few additional hours. An approved minor in Business Administration with a B.S.Ch.E. permits a student to enter the MBA program at Texas Tech with no additional leveling in B.A. or Economics courses.
An agreement has been reached between the Department of Computer Science and the Department of Chemical Engineering whereby degrees in both fields can be earned. The additional semester hours are specified as follows:
Semester hours
MATH 2360, Linear Algebra--3
EE 2372, Introduction to Computer Logic--3
CS 1462, Fundamentals of Computer Science I--4
CS 1463, Fundamentals of Computer Science II--4
CS 2350, Computer Org. and Assembly Lang. Programming--3
C S 2365, Software Engineering--3
CS 2382, Discrete Computational Structures--3
CS 2461, Concepts of Programming Languages--4
CS 3352, Introduction to Systems Programming--3
CS 3362, Advanced Digital Design--3
CS 3364, Design and Analysis of Algorithms--3
CS 3372, Advanced Digital Projects--3
CS 4311, Senior Project Design--3
CS 4312, Senior Project Implementation Laboratory--3
CS elective--3
Total additional specified hours--48
Six of these hours may be used as free electives in the B.S.Ch.E. curriculum, resulting in an additional forty-two hours for the B.S.C.S.
Several substitutions are made in the B.S.C.S. curriculum:
Semester hours
CHE 4343 for Math. Prob. & Stat. elect.--3
CHE 2343 for Computer sci. elect.--3
CHE 4353, 4153 for Computer sci. elect.--4
CHE 3306, or
PETR 3308 for ENGL 2309--3
Technical or professional development electives required for the B.S.C.S. degree may be selected from required CHE courses. Oral communication is included in CHE 3306, 4121, 4232, 4233, 4354, and 4355.
A minor in chemical engineering consists of 18 or more hours in chemical engineering courses, including CHE 1311, 2311, 3225, 3226, 3321, and 3322. Prerequisites for all of these courses will be enforced.
The profession of chemical engineering combines the principles of physical and chemical sciences with the discipline of engineering to solve modern technological problems, and be of effective service to society. The chemical engineer is largely responsible for the continual development of new processes and new products that have a direct impact on improving the quality of life and the environment. To this end, the Department of Chemical Engineering provides a broad-based program with individual, academic, and professional counseling.
The importance of professionalism in engineering cannot be overemphasized. Chemical engineering students are presented with a code of expected professional behavior and ethics at each academic level, and are required to adhere to it. Copies of these codes are available on request.
The senior-year courses, as indicated in the list of courses in chemical engineering, are taught as a year of professional practice. Professional behavior constitutes a significant portion of grade evaluation in these courses.
The chemical engineering curriculum is sufficiently general that upon completion the student is prepared for a career in any of the process industries which involve chemical transformations. Employment opportunities cover a wide spectrum which includes, among others, petroleum refining, petroleum production, plastics production, basic chemicals, petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, metal production, textiles, semiconductors, and various biomedical and biological specialties. Many chemical engineers also are directly involved in the design of systems to minimize pollution of our environment or are active with governmental regulatory agencies which set environmental standards.
Continuing advances in the practice of chemical engineering include extensive use of computer simulation and computer control of chemical processes. The Department of Chemical Engineering at Texas Tech has well-established programs in both of these areas. All chemical engineering students must have access to a personal computer running the Windows operating system, including Microsoft Word, Excel, and Mathcad software. Many on-campus classes have their own Internet sites, and some classes are available only on the Internet. For this reason, access to an Internet provider is strongly recommended.
In order to be prepared for professional training as well as to practice chemical engineering professionally, it is essential that the prospective engineer have a good background in the physical sciences, namely mathematics, physics, and chemistry, in addition to the engineering sciences which include basic civil, electrical, and chemical engineering. Summer experience in a chemical processing industry is strongly recommended as part of the preparation for professional practice. In order to illustrate the application of engineering principles, visits to processing installations may be required as part of academic course work.
In accord with the Dynamic Enrollment Management Plan of the College of Engineering, the progress of each chemical engineering student is carefully monitored to ensure that all prerequisites for upper-level courses are satisfied, and that degree requirements will be met in a timely manner. A grade of C or better is required in any course applied toward the B.S.Ch.E. degree. The department uses outcome assessment to monitor quality. Students should expect periodic assessment of technical competence.
Students earning a grade lower than a C in any course will be required to meet with their advisor before the start of the next semester. Any course or prerequisite completed with an unsatisfactory grade must be repeated. Students with unremoved unsatisfactory grades will not be permitted to register in CH E 3226, 3306, or 3322.
Students transferring into this department from other institutions or from another department at Texas Tech must have an overall grade-point average of 2.00 or better, as well as a grade-point average of 2.00 or better in all science, mathematics, and engineering courses. All grades assigned in the matriculation of these courses will be included in the computation of grade-point averages.
In addition to scholarships offered through the University Financial Aids Office and the College of Engineering, the Chemical Engineering Department also offers scholarships to qualified students. The awards are based on consistent academic performance of maintaining a GPA of 3.00 (on a 4.00 scale) or better.
Specification of prerequisites implies all prior prerequisites must have been met.
The following table gives an eight-semester sequence of required courses which must be taken in the order shown as partial requirements for the B.S.Ch.E. degree. The remaining requirements can be taken as the student's load permits, provided all prerequisites are met.
Chemical Engineering Curriculum.
|ENGL 1301, Ess. Coll. Rhetoric
|ENGL 1302, Adv. Coll. Rhetoric
|!MATH 1351, Calc. I
|MATH 1352, Calc. II
|$CHEM 1307&1107, Prin. of Chem. I
|CHEM 1308&1108, Prin. of Chem. II
|CHE 1305, Engr. Anal. & Des.
|CHE 1311, Intro. to Chem. Proc.
|CHE 1121, Freshman Seminar
|MATH 2350, Calc. III
|MATH 3350, Adv. Math. for Engr. I
|CHEM 3105 & 3305, Org. Chem. I
|PHYS 2301 & 1106, Prin. of Phys. II
|CHE 2311, Process Principles
|CHE 3225, Trans. Proc. I
|%PHYS 1308 & 1105, Prin. of Phys. I
|CHE 3321, Chem. Engr. Thermo. I
|CH E 2343, Num. Sol. Ch E Probs.
|CHE 4343, Eng. Experimentation
|CHE 3306, Expos. Tech. Info.
|CHEM 3308 & 3108, Phys. Chem. II
|CHE 3322, Chem. Engr. Thermo. II
|CHE 3441, Mass-Trans. Operations
|CHE 3330, Engr. Mat. Sci.
|CHE 4323, Chem. Reactor Engr.
|CHE 3226, Trans. Proc. II
|CHE 4232, Unit Oper. Lab. I
|CHE 4233, Unit Oper. Lab. II
|CHE 4353, Process Control
|CHE 4355, Chem. Proc. Des. & Sim.
|CHE 4354, Chem. Engr. Plant Des.
|CHE 4153, Process Control Lab.
|CHE 4121, Chem. Engr. Seminar
Critical-path hours96
Additional requirements:
American Government--6
Chemistry Electives --8
(must include two laboratory courses from
approved sophomore or higher
American History --6
*Humanities or Fine Arts--6
C E 2301, Statics -- 3
E E 2304, Elect. Cir. Anal.--3
Approved General Electives --6
Group or Individual Behavior--3
Minimum hours required for graduation137.
*These courses must satisfy the Category D: General Education Requirements and Multicultural Requirements.
!Students who are not adequately prepared for calculus must take appropriate courses (MATH 0301, 0302, 1320, 1321, 1350) before enrolling in MATH 1351.
$ Students who are not adequately prepared for chemistry must take CHEM 1301 before enrolling in CHEM 1307.
%Students who are not adequately prepared for physics must take appropriate courses (PHYS 1304, MATH 0301, 0302, 1320, 1321, 1350, 1351, 1352) before enrolling in PHYS 1308. A strong high-school physics course and a year of calculus are recommended as adequate preparation.
Courses in Chemical Engineering. (CHE)
1121. Freshman Seminar in Chemical Engineering (1:1:0). Corequisite: CH E 1305 or permission of department. Selected readings and small-group discussion of the chemical engineering profession; requirements, responsibilities, ethics, opportunities, history, personalities, types of companies.
1305. Engineering Analysis I (3:2:3). Corequisite: ENGL 1301 and MATH 1351. The profession of engineering and its relation to energy, materials, resources, computers, communication, and control. Word processing, spreadsheet and compiler programming. Synthesis and analysis of typical engineering problems.
1311. Introduction to Chemical Processing (3:3:0). Prerequisite: CHE 1305; corequisite: MATH 1352, CHEM 1308, CHE 1121, ENGL 1302. Dimensions, units and conversions, process variables, processing modules, simple material balances, flow-sheeting.
2311. Chemical Process Principles (3:3:0). Prerequisite: CHE 1311; corequisite: MATH 2350, PHYS 1308. Integrated processing modules; complex material balances; energy balances, simple equilibrium relations, elementary transient balances.
2343. Numerical Techniques for Solutions of Chemical Engineering Problems (3:3:0). Corequisite: MATH 3350. Introduction to numerical methods for integration, root finding, algebraic systems, optimization, initial- and boundary-value problems.
3225. Transport Processes I (2:2:0). Prerequisite: CHE 2311, Math 2350; Corequisite: CHE 3321, MATH 3350. Principles of momentum transport. Application to laminar and turbulent flow, metering, porous media, and settling.
3226. Transport Processes II (2:2:0). Prerequisite: CHE 3321, MATH 3350; Corequisite: CHE 3225 and 2343. Principles of energy transport. Application to heat conduction, convection, and radiation. Design and performance of heat exchangers and furnaces.
3306. Exposition of Technical Information (3:1:6). Prerequisite: ENGL 1302, junior standing. Organization and presentation of derivations, equations, experimental data, and research conclusions. Computer-aided preparation of tables, graphs, and equations.
3321. Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics I (3:3:0). Prerequisite: MATH 2350, PHYS 1308. Properties of pure substances, ideal gas behavior, first and second law analysis, and applications to energy conversion and power cycles. (Cross-listed with ME 3321.)
3322. Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics II (3:3:0). Prerequisite: CHE 3321; corequisite: MATH 3350. Solution thermodynamics, phase and chemical equilibria, analysis of processes.
3330. Engineering Materials Science (3:3:0). Prerequisite: CHEM 3305. The engineering properties of metals, ceramics, and polymers are described in terms of molecular, crystal, and microstructure configurations. This information is then used to explain the selection of various materials for particular applications.
3440. Transport Processes (4:4:2). Prerequisite: CE 2301, CHE 2311; corequisite: CHE 2343. Unified principles of energy, mass, and momentum transport. Application to heat conduction, diffusion, fluid flow, and heat exchanger design.
3441. Mass-Transfer Operations (4:3:3). Prerequisite: CHE 3322 with a grade of C or better or approval of the department. Theory and practice of mass transfer. Particular emphasis on the operations of distillation, absorption, and extraction.
4000. Special Problems in Chemical Engineering (V1-6). Prerequisite: Departmental approval. Individual studies in chemical engineering areas of special interest. May be repeated for credit.
4121. Chemical Engineering Seminar (1:1:0). Prerequisite: Advanced standing and approval of the department chairperson. Group discussion of current events, chemical engineering education, professionalism, as well as individual prepared talks. Field trips, as necessary, will be scheduled. May be repeated for credit. Professional-practice course.
4153. Process Control Laboratory (1:0:3). Prerequisite: CHE 4353. Experiments with control equipment and the minicomputer. Professional-practice course.
4232. Unit Operations Laboratory I (2:0:6). Prerequisite: CHE 3306, 3322, 3225, 3226, 4343. Laboratory experiments illustrating the basic principles of unit operations. Includes instruction on experimental methods, equipment scale up, and technical communication. Professional-practice course.
4233. Unit Operations Laboratory II (2:0:6). Prerequisite: CHE 3441, 4232. Laboratory experiments on combined unit operations. Includes instruction on design and scale up of equipment and technical communications. Professional-practice course.
4323. Chemical Reaction Engineering (3:3:0). Prerequisite: CHE 3322, 3225, 3226; Corequisite: CHEM 3108, 3308. An introduction to the kinetics of chemical conversion processes and the design of chemical reactors.
4342. Polymer Science and Technology (3:3:0). Prerequisite: CHEM 3305. Theory of macromolecular structures and the relation of properties to structure. The manufacture and application of polymeric materials.
4343. Engineering Experimentation (3:3:0). Prerequisite: Junior standing in physical science or engineering. Strategy in experimentation; planning efficient experiments; analysis of data and presentation of results.
4353. Process Control (3:3:0). Prerequisite: CHE 3441, 4323. Study of the principles of process dynamics and control and their applications to feedback control. Professional-practice course.
4354. Chemical Engineering Plant Design (3:2:3). Prerequisite: CHE 3441, 4323, or consent of instructor. Development of process and equipment designs for integral manufacturing plants. Professional-practice course.
4355. Chemical Process Design and Simulation (3:2:3).
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De-Stress Week activities, sponsored by the Student Bar Association, are as follows:
Monday, April 1. Bagels, Donuts & Coffee, 9 a.m.-11 a.m., Atrium.
Tuesday, April 2. Spirit, Meditation & Yoga Day.
- Meditation led by Bob McGrath of University Health, 12:30-1:15 p.m. Room 3260*
- Yoga, 4:30-5:30 p.m., Lubar Commons (Room 7200)*
- All day. Spirit Day. Adorn yourself with clothing from your college, favorite team, high school or some other kind of spirited garment.
Wednesday, April 3. Wisconsin Wednesday & Massages.
- Massages, noon-3 p.m., Atrium
- Root beer floats - 3-5 p.m., Atrium
- Wisconsin Wednesday. Show your Badger spirit by wearing red today.
Thursday, April 4. Dogs & Yoga Day.
- Dogs on Call, noon-1:30 p.m., outdoors (weather permitting)
- Yoga, 4:00-5:00 p.m., Lubar Commons (Room 7200)*
Friday, April 5. Massages, noon-2 p.m., Atrium.
*Email Mike Hall to register.
**Enter a drawing to win a free ten-minute massage, courtesy of the Law School. Contact Mike Hall for information.
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After years of disappointing television advertisements, in 2014 Canadians can finally argue they got a Super Bowl ad as impressive as their American neighbours, a full 60-second spot for an enormous red blimp.
In a promo debuted during Super Bowl XLVIII, Budweiser premiered their Red Zeppelin: A blimp that doubles as the world's biggest goal light. And Canada.com can now exclusively reveal that the Red Zeppelin is real and coming to a Canadian city near you.
Yes, the Red Zeppelin is coming to the land of ice and snow.
Flying up to 20-30 km/h and between 150- 400 feet high, the Red Zeppelin will fly over Canadian cities this February, lighting up with over 16,800 LED lights everytime the home hockey team scores a goal.
The 400 pound blimp is also equipped with a four speaker sound system for maximum goal alerting.
The Budweiser Red Zeppelin will appear in select Canadian cities beginning in Ottawa on Feb. 7. To find out when the Red Zeppelin will be in your neighbourhood, a full flight path will be posted the Budweiser Canada website and Facebook Page and at www.facebook.com/budweisercanada.
Have a look at the Budweiser Red Zeppelin in flight:
Of course, don't miss the disclaimer that says this has nothing to do with the IOC, the Olympics, the NHL or anything else that might infringe on someone's branding.


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The White House said Thursday that Sen. Dick Durbin's account of a Republican insult of President Barack Obama was an inaccurate "misunderstanding," and an opponent of the senator criticized him for including the "discredited claim" in a fundraising pitch.
Durbin, in a Facebook posting Sunday and in a campaign email the same day, said that during shutdown talks an unnamed House Republican leader had told the president: "I cannot even stand to look at you."
Questions about Durbin's account led Obama spokesman Jay Carney to say Wednesday that he had spoken to someone who was at the meeting and concluded that "it did not happen."
Republicans demanded a retraction and an apology from Durbin. But Illinois' senior senator, an Obama ally who is No. 2 in the Senate Democratic leadership, stood by the account Wednesday.
On Thursday, the White House explained further:
"While the quote attributed to a Republican lawmaker in the House GOP meeting with the president is not accurate, there was a miscommunication when the White House read out that meeting to Senate Democrats, and we regret the misunderstanding."
To "read out" is Washington jargon meaning to summarize. Aides to the president refused to say how the miscommunication happened or who conducted the briefing with Senate Democrats in which it occurred.
Durbin's original Facebook post remained up Thursday, and a new post was added:
"I appreciate this clarification from the White House that explains recent conflicting reports on the GOP quote. It is important now to move beyond the unfortunate events of the last few weeks and work together constructively so that we're not faced with another shutdown showdown or debt-ceiling debacle."
But a potential election opponent of Durbin does not think the matter is closed.
Republican Doug Truax, who has never held public office and is circulating petitions in a bid to challenge Durbin next year, criticized the senator for sending an emailed appeal for cash with what he called the "discredited claim," and said Durbin should return any money raised by it.
A Truax aide gave the Tribune a copy of the Durbin fundraising email, which asks recipients to send his campaign $16, "one dollar for every day of the reckless and irresponsible Republican Shutdown."
Durbin opened the email by saying: "People ask me: What was the lowest point in the Republican Shutdown?"
He cited Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, reading "Green Eggs and Ham" from the Senate floor; a woman with cancer turned away from the National Institutes of Health; and a family he described as "receiving veteran's benefits for their quadriplegic son" who would face hardship if the payments were delayed.
"There was one incident — largely unreported — that I cannot get out of my mind," he added.
Durbin then described Republicans going around a table telling the president their "complaints and demands" during a "negotiation," adding that a member of the House GOP leadership told Obama: "I am so disgusted. I cannot even stand to look at you."
Truax, Durbin's potential GOP opponent, is a Downers Grove businessman who said he supports tea party values. He told the Tribune: "I think it's embarrassing that a senator from Illinois would just take a random story and run with it without checking it out. ... I don't think my eighth-grade daughter would do that."
Truax, 43, a West Point graduate, is co-owner of the Oak Brook-based Veritas Risk Services, which helps employers control health-care costs.
In Springfield, Durbin's campaign treasurer, Douglas A. Dougherty, declined to comment Thursday on Durbin's fundraising email and the request from Truax that any money generated from it be returned.
"I don't speak for the campaign," Dougherty said.
He referred a reporter to Durbin's spokesman, Max Gleischman, who did not respond to a Tribune request for comment.
Durbin's campaign had $4.2 million on hand as of June 30, according to the Federal Election Commission.
Christi Parsons of the Tribune Washington Bureau contributed
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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
Israeli officials warned their American counterparts last week that the continued entry of illicit arms into the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip via the Egyptian Sinai could drastically reduce the chances for a positive outcome at an Israeli-Arab peace summit scheduled to take place in Annapolis, Maryland next month.
The Israelis noted that sooner or later they will be forced to launch a sweeping ground operation in Gaza to curb the growing strength of Hamas forces based there, according to Ha'aretz. If that happens in the next month, it would be detrimental to the summit, which is seen as a last ditch effort by the Bush Administration to oversee a final status peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Arabs.
Increasing the likelihood that Israeli forces will have to enter Gaza just prior to or during the summit are Hamas threats to torpedo the talks. If Hamas uses the advanced weapons that are flowing almost unchecked across the Gaza-Egypt border, Israel will have no choice but to retaliate in force.
In order to prevent such a scenario, Israel is urging the US to put pressure on Egypt to more effectively police the short border. Israeli Internal Security Minister Avi Dichter on Friday said that if it wanted, Egypt could stop the flow of arms into Gaza in a single day.
Several Israeli lawmakers have long warned that Egypt is not the friend it pretends to be when international news cameras are trained on it.
Dr. Aaron Lerner of Independent Media Review & Analysis (IMRA) suggested that Egypt and other regional powers likely want Israel to invade Gaza either before or during the upcoming summit, as such an action would give the Arabs a tremendous advantage at the negotiating table.
"Pressure on Israel would be incredible to reward the Arabs for 'generously' participating despite the [Gaza] operation," noted Lerner.
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|2009-09-23, 11:12
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|2009-09-23, 11:15
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I doubt the directors/writers were thinking too much when they went with that plan. It's really a stretch of the imagination that Lelouch miraculously planned for none of his former allies to survive somehow in that battle, including Kallen. That it somehow happened anyway, without any kind of intervention, is just bad writing.
|2009-09-23, 11:31
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|2009-09-23, 11:39
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not likely
considering that if all went according to plan, she would never have reached them (they were behind the shield)
lelouch intentionally kept them on different sides of the battlefield, and suzaku actually tries talking her out of fighting
there is nothing to suggest that lelouch planned for suzaku and kallen to fight, especially when you consider that suzaku is litteraly incapable of holding back in a fight
bad enough that lelouch ended up pitting two of the people he loves the most in a dual to the death due to his refusal to just tell kallen the truth
having him INTENTIONALLY do that is inconcivable
the plan may have called for suzaku to fake his death later on, but not in the middle of the pitch battle, and not against the only person who can actually kill him for real
|2009-09-23, 12:02
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|2009-09-24, 10:34
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Lolli for loli :D
I just hung out with him and the student council at a public pool! And Shirley was also there And then we started playing the game, "I'd Hit That". And I got an Ougi card and I was like ".....NO, I don't think so." And then.....I don't remember what happened after that....
.....okay, it's possible this may have just been a dream. But it was a really epic one.
Sorry for the spam. But it is (sadly) very very true and I thought the members here would really find it amusing.
Anyway.......new question: Do you think Lulu's popularity will last for decades like characters from anime of the nineties" (Rei Ayanami, Spike, Goku) ect?
I really hope so......because he's that amazing of a character and deserves to be remembered!!
|2009-09-26, 04:08
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Well, I sincerely doubt it. Evangelion has lasted for a while, even until now, there are movies of Evangelion rolling out into the public, and selling very well too. Goku...well Dragon Ball's popularity in the world is incredibly high, plus the fact that Dragon Ball has more episodes than the twenty sitcoms put together.
Spike Spiegel... to be fair, Cowboy Bebop was way more famous in the States than Lelouch, making him more long-lasting.
Fact is, Code Geass is a great show, but it appeals to a different source of audience than Dragon Ball, and it is not as popular in any other country like Cowboy Bebop or Evangelion.
|2009-09-27, 09:17
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Well I have seen the first season, will start second soon. But I must say that I really don't like Lelouch =/
He reminds me of Light from Death Note... he started with good intentions but in the end turned in killing machine and started to use people...
Besides what an idiot! To have such great power and go around joking "kill him, kill her, kill them all!". For geniuse as he tries to be, he really failed.
I'm not big Euphie fan but that was just horrible! And afterwards to make use of it like this? I so wish that everyone would find out the truth behind this accident!
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|2009-09-27, 10:13
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though he DID plan to make her do something that would have turned her into a monster in the public eyes when he came there
he may not have ended up killing as many people
but he planned to make her hated by the entire population of japan all the same
the fact that he changed his mind after seeing just how far she was willing to go gives him SOME points
but doesnt change the fact that he came there with that goal in mind
|2009-09-27, 10:29
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But as you said it does give some points to him since he did change his mind, but still he was too careless and in the end he did put her in bad light and made use out of it.
|2009-09-27, 10:37
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its not about being a "hero"
lelouch isnt motivated by any desire to be a hero
pretending to be a hero is a MEANS TO AN END
he wants to destroy britannia as revenge for his mothers death (the end result of destroying britannia would be a better world for nunnaly)
euphie would have taken away his army and support base, and made it impossible for him to achieve his revenge
|2009-09-27, 10:41
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But still no reason to kill an innocent person who wished him all the best even when knowing his true indentity and not betraying him until the end.
|2009-09-27, 11:00
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If we wanted to blame Lelouch for shooting people simply because they loved him, then we'd have to kick his butt in episode three already. After all, Clovis came to Area 11 for that reason alone (granted, Lelouch didn't know that, but he never stopped to think about it, either).
If we blame Lelouch for killing innocent people, on the other hand...well, Euphie certainly wasn't the first of those, either.
Of course, being ready to ruin the repuation of your sweet younger half-sister is one level higher still, but Lelouch made his intentions clear from the start. You can't expect more of him than to change his mind.
That he used her death to further his goals is the one thing I don't have any problem at all with here. Euphie is dead - the only people he hurts with what he does afterwards are those who loved her and are still alive, and since Nunally is one of those, it shows how important this is to him. Also, using people's deaths is Lelouch's way of honouring them. He "spills yet more blood so that the blood already spilled was not in vain".
You don't have to like him for it, but I don't think the incident involving Euphie showed much about him that wasn't already visible before.
|2009-09-27, 14:10
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Also, we don't know what he was going to do beyond this. If she comes out of her Geass trance and realizes she shot her beloved half-brother, then chances are she would be yelling things like "Oh, god Lelouch, Lelouch I'm sorry brother, I'm so sorry!" which would be incriminating to say the least. It is probable that he would also make her forget he was Zero, and even about him and Nunally being alive, which would lessen the impact of what she did considerably, since she would be lashing out at her brother's murderer.
Also, keep in mind that this was only in a miniscule area of Japan. The rest of the country was goin to remain the same at best, as were the other 17 Areas.
And as always, there's my concerns with the SAZ plunging the other Areas into chaos and kickstarting the Third Pacific War.
Yes, Lelouch was a prick, but he was a prick who thought about the consequences of his actions.
* Funny story: My grandmother has been watching the series with me, and after this scene she said "Well now, I don't much think I like Euphemia." and we went on to discuss the issue of her making the SAZ for personal reasons and how it was a pretty scary thing for many Britannians to see their government do. This was before I had discussed my deeper issues with the global setup with her.
|2009-09-27, 14:18
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it would destroy the SAZ, and destroy her name in the eyes of the japanese people and the world
the very people she had given up her title for, would view her as a monster
and all because lelouch has to have his revenge
he may have not ended up killing all those people, but euphie, and everything she'd ever worked and stood for, would be destroyed
the SAZ was going to be the entire area surrounding mount fuji
anyone was free to join it just by filling out paperwork
it was exactly what suzaku was talking about by change from within the system
the fact that it wouldnt be all of japan, or that it might lead to similer events in other areas, is not the point
it was the first real step in improving the lives of the numbers
it wasnt perfect, but it was a start
and lelouch NEEDED to fuck it up because if it was allowed to continue, HE would never have his revenge
because, as we all know, the entire world revolves around lelouch
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Talent specializations and abilities
In some ways, we're fortunate that Cataclysm has simplified these for us. There are fewer must-have talents; several passive talents were rolled into the talent specialization bonuses for picking a spec; and there's room for us to choose what we want and don't want. First, we'll look at each spec's talent specializations and then the talents and abilities therein. We covered mastery bonuses for all three specs in this column, so we won't discuss them again here aside from mentioning what they are.
Arms talent specializations are Mortal Strilke for the active attack and for passives, Two-Handed Weapon Specialization and Anger Management. The mastery is Strikes of Opportunity. The fury talent specializations are Bloodthirst (an active attack) and Dual Wield Specialization and Precision for passive bonuses, with Unshackled Fury as the mastery. There's no real choice involved in any of these save for the choice that you make between each tree at level 10, so simply be aware of them and their interaction with your chosen spec.
An arms warrior will be using a priority-based system based around the Mortal Strike ability, applying bleeds with Rend and the Deep Wounds talent and using Overpower and Colossus Smash as they proc. Slam and Heroic Strike are rage dumps, with Execute becoming a powerful attack when your target is below 20 percent health. We'll take a look at arms talents of consequence now.
- Tier 1 arms talents are War Academy, Field Dressing, and Blitz. Field Dressing is a talent for leveling and tanking; most arms warriors will probably use it for a while but abandon it in a pure DPS spec. It's also strong for PvP. Blitz is also a good PvP talent for an arms warrior as well as a solid tanking talent, very useful for flag defense and the like. War Academy is simply a DPS boost that all arms warriors will take.
- Tier 2 and 3 arms talents include Deep Wounds, Taste for Blood, Sweeping Strikes, and Impale. These are all straightforward DPS increases either through additional damage, allowing procs, or increasing how many targets you hit. Tactical Mastery allows for rage conservation when switching stances (useful for PvP or when trying to use abilities from Defensive or Berserker stance in general); Second Wind provides a little extra survivability when stunned; Drums of War allows you to save rage when interrupting or debuffing; and Improved Hamstring gives you a chance to immobilize someone you've snared. You don't have real CC, but you can provide excellent snaring with this talent.
- For the fourth and fifth tier of the arms tree, we have Improved Slam, Deadly Calm, Blood Frenzy, Lambs to the Slaughter, Juggernaut, and Sudden Death. Unless something changes drastically before we reach level 85, Improved Slam is probably the least desirable of these talents. Deadly Calm is an excellent cooldown for either situations where you're low on rage but need to put out damage now, or for when you reach execute territory and want to keep all of your rage for the next execute. Blood Frenzy is still a solid debuff; it helps with rage generation, which is always a plus for arms. Lambs to the Slaughter is a DPS increase for using arms' main attack; Juggernaut is just plain awesome and increases your damage after you use Charge; and Sudden Death makes Colossus Smash a viable part of your rotation, which is awesome due to Colossus Smash's ability to bypass armor.
- Finally, we have Wrecking Crew, Bladestorm, and Throwdown. Take all three. Frankly, I'm not even going to bother going over why you should; just do it. If you don't want to take these talents as a DPS warrior, you want to be fury.
- Tier 1 fury talents are Blood Craze, Battle Trance, and Cruelty. Blood Craze was heavily nerfed in recent weeks and is now a leveling curiosity at best until/unless you combine it with Field Dressing; even then, it's lackluster. The Battle Trance/Cruelty combo will get you to Tier 2 and are both excellent talents.
- Tier 2 is Executioner, Booming Voice, Rude Interruption, and Piercing Howl. These are all fairly solid talents, with Executioner being good solid DPS in that 20 percent execute phase. Booming Voice is more and better rage generation; Rude Interruption gives you a nice DPS boost for doing what you should do anyway and interrupting spell casts; and Piercing Howl is good for PvP and PvE situations. It's a fairly well-loaded tier.
- Tier 3 is Flurry, Death Wish, and Enrage. Let me just say it now: You'll max all of these. Just take them and move on.
- Tier 4 is Die by the Sword, Raging Blow, Rampage, and Heroic Fury. Die by the Sword is a nice concept but does not do enough for the points, in my opinion. I get that it is intended to save a fury warrior who steals some aggro from horrible death, but even so, I have a hard time imagining putting points there with Raging Blow, Rampage and Heroic Fury in the same level.
- Tier 5 is Furious Attacks, Meat Cleaver, and Intensify Rage. Furious Attacks is pretty useless now for PvP since it can only reduce healing by 10 percent and it can only be applied by an autoattack; it's not reliable. Meat Cleaver and Intensify Rage are excellent talents.
- Tier 6 and 7 are Bloodsurge, Skirmisher, Titan's Grip, and Single-Minded Fury. TG and SMF are what you choose if you want to dual wield two-handed or one-handed weapons, respectively. Bloodsurge will be good at 85 if Slam damage scales reasonably and not if not. Skirmisher is excellent for high-mobility fights and PvP.
Glyphs and gems
As I wrote in my patch 4.0.1 analysis for arms and fury, glyphs are not terribly complicated right now. Get MS, Overpower and either Slam or Bladestorm for arms primes, with the real flexibility coming in majors, where you can glyph Colossus Smash to also put a Sunder on a target or enhance your Charge with more range or faster cooldown. Similarly, fury warriors are going to glyph Bloodthirst, Raging Blow and Slam because there's nothing else.
Fury warriors will gem hit for their blue sockets and strength for red. Arms probably won't gem hit, possibly gemming mastery in their yellow sockets. Without the large hit cap needed, arms will always have a bit more freedom with its gemming, and it remains to be seen if gemming for more Strikes of Opportunity will be better than going with straight strength or haste. (I'd expect mastery to trump haste for arms.)
Next week, we'll talk about tanking in Cataclysm. Will off spec tanking be viable at all, or must one be protection to even run a 5-man?
Check out more strategies and tips for warriors of all specs in Matthew Rossi's weekly class column, The Care and Feeding of Warriors. Here's what's happening with warrior threat in the expansion, as we bid farewell to armor penetration and look toward new mechanics for our class.