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I've decided to take a little break from blogging (read more about the reasons why), but wanted to continue to provide interesting and insightful content on my blog in the meantime. I asked for help and my tribe answered my call, so for a while I will have guest posts from various bloggers interspersed with posts by me when I am moved to write. Thank you for your understanding. — Amy (CDG)
Today's guest post is from Nancy Massotto, the founder and executive director of the Holistic Moms Network.
Stress of Parenthood
You startle awake in the middle of a deep sleep. Your heart pounds. You listen closely. You hear motion, coughing, maybe a cry for help. Or nothing at all, but your body is on alert. Perhaps you listen for your teen arriving home safely. Your mind races. Anxiety attack? Insomnia? No, just another night of parenthood. Yes, parenthood. Ever notice how parenting can put your body into a state of stress or crisis? Perhaps the noise volume in your home leads to a tension headache. Sleepless nights provoke adrenal overdrive. A tantrum-prone two year old leads to seriously frayed nerves.
Being a parent is no easy job. In fact, having a baby has been ranked as high as sixth out of 102 stressful life events (Dohrenwend et al. 1978). And it can make you feel like you're in state of crisis. It can provoke a physiological stress response that throws your body out of equilibrium, physically and emotionally. Chronic parenthood stress differs from acute traumatic stress from sudden disasters, accidents, or crimes but impacts the body in powerful ways nonetheless.
As Melanie Merola O'Donnell of the National Organization for Victim Assistance explains, "Chronic stress is one that occurs over and over again – each time pushing the individual toward the edge of his or her state of equilibrium, or beyond." Scientists have long believed that when your body experiences stress, you react with a "Flight-or-Flight" response designed to mobilize your body into actions. During this time, your adrenalin pumps, your physical senses become more acute, your heart rate increases, and your breathing patterns may change. If this stress is prolonged, exhaustion and burnout are inevitable.
Interestingly, though, newer research shows that men and women tend to experience stress responses differently. The classic "Flight-or-Fight" response appears to be prevalent among men, while women react to stress with what researcher Shelly Taylor et.al. of UCLA describes as a "tend-and-befriend" response. As Taylor states, "Tending involves nurturant activities designed to protect the self and offspring that promote safety and reduce distress; befriending is the creation and maintenance of social networks that may aid in this process." As such, women gravitate towards social support, characterized by tending to young children and allying with those around them to increase their likelihood of survival and success in stressful situations.
The benefits of social support are huge, both for those experiencing acute, ongoing stress and those in traumatic crises. Having a strong social support network can help you through the difficult times, as well as strengthening your day-to-day coping mechanisms that empower you to manage routine challenges. In addition to building emotional support, love, trust, and understanding, social support groups embrace communication and create a space where people can share experiences and ideas on a personal level and can begin to integrate them. Social support networks, like the Holistic Moms Network, can offer emotional, informational, and instrumental support, and can open up an opportunity for reassurance and to make awareness raising more sustainable – ideas are reinforced and validated. Participation in social support is – in and of itself – also linked to lower rates of depression and psychological distress.
Social connection, both formally and informally, can create physiological well-being and enhance our quality of life. The more diverse one's social networks, the greater the benefits. Social support can range from an impromptu coffee break with a friend to a formal meeting of a social group or hobby club that you participate in. Connecting on many levels, with friends, co-workers, family members, and individuals who share a specific cause or passion, increases your well-being and reduces stress. Making such connections a priority will help stave off long-term chronic stress exhaustion and help you to regain your equilibrium.
Our guest post today is by Nancy Massotto, the Founder and Executive Director of the Holistic Moms Network, and mother to two boys. She holds three graduate degrees, including a Ph.D. in political science, specializing in gender studies and feminist theory. Before founding the Holistic Moms Network, Dr. Massotto spent several years working for non-profit research institutes, including the Women's Research and Education Institute (WREI) and the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), while residing in the Washington, D.C. area. She is passionate about empowering women, supporting mothers, and raising her two sons as naturally and sustainably as she can.
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On Saturday, Aug. 9, we returned home to Colorado after spending two weeks on vacation in Michigan. Most of our trip was spent in Oscoda (where my parents live), but we also spent a little time "down state" in my hometown of Clawson and the surrounding area, and Jody, the kids and I spent three days on Mackinac Island.
There was drama even before we left for our trip when I discovered (as I went with the kids to our car in Borders parking lot) one of our tires had gone nearly completely flat. This happened the day before we left. I got the tire fixed (actually, got all 4 tires replaced since we were due to do that anyway after having another flat just two weeks prior) and I was thankful that it happened and was discovered that day instead of the following morning as we scrambled to the airport to catch our flight. (Small favors and all that.)
The trip itself went quite well for the most part and what follows are some of the memorable moments – the good, the bad and the ugly (in no particular order).
The Good
* Watching the kids delight in the waves and sandy beaches of Lake Huron or discovering interesting rocks and minnows in the Au Sable River
* Eating s'mores (or, in Julian's case, plain chocolate graham crackers) at a campfire in my parents' backyard
* Going with my sister for a walk down memory lane, or more specifically the street we grew up on
* Watching the kids read books, get pulled in the wagon, and play with their grandma & grandpa
* Seeing Ava perfect her bike-riding skills
* The kids smearing sunscreen all over my back for me
* The surreal feeling of watching my kids play at two of the parks I used to play at as a child
* Communing with nature.
* And trying to catch the little frogs
* Everything about Mackinac Island – the flowers, the clean air (no cars on the island), the horses, the biking, the fudge, the history, the nature and beauty
* Watching Julian pass out kisses and the kids beg for more bites of dessert from grandma & grandpa
* Witnessing Ava drive her first boat at age 4
* Seeing Julian eat the rind off a lemon slice, twice
* Zen biking riding around Mackinac Island and discovering the perfect place to have lunch (Turtle Park) – with sandwiches made by Jody right at the picnic table – and let the kids play
* Watching Ava and my mom's excitement over the butterfly kit my mom got as the chrysalises hatched and butterflies emerged
* Seeing extended family members and watching Ava bond with her 15-year-old cousin Claire
* Getting to float on the waves of Lake Huron alone with Jody for about 30 glorious minutes
* Capturing the look on Ava's face as she saw a rainbow
* Having an opportunity to take Ava's 4 year pictures
* Spending time playing with the kids without having to worry about blog posts needing to be written, the house needing cleaning or dinner needing to be made
* Seeing the kids, especially Julian, enjoy strawberry shortcake for the first time
* Never tiring of Julian requesting "more horsey" after seeing yet another horse on Mackinac Island
* Assembling a rock family with Ava on Mackinac
* Water as far as the eye can see
* The opportunity to take lots of pictures
* Listening to the kids play grandma's piano
* Beautiful sunsets
* Watching Ava make a new friend at our resort. They went from "flying" around together, to collecting seagull feathers, to talking, hugging and kissing in the span of about 30 minutes. It's amazing how simple it can be.
* Eating ice cream, ice cream, and more ice cream.
* Watching my little beach combers
* Having my whole family together (mom, dad, me, li'l bro, li'l sis), even if it was just for one dinner
* And a new picture of me with my siblings. Not sure when the last one of the three of us together was taken.
The Bad
* Iceburg lettuce. Seriously, what is up with iceburg lettuce?! I'd forgotten that it seems to be a staple in MI and that it's nearly impossible to get a salad without it.
* Discovering we'd also left our wireless router at my parents' house. Oops!
* Wearing my new sexy sandals for 10 minutes only to have them leave my feet looking like this:
* Discovering we'd also left our Mackinac Island fudge from the Murray Hotel in my parents' fridge. D'oh!
The Good
* My mom saying she would mail the fudge to us. 🙂
And the Ugly
* Having one of our three suitcases stolen out of my sister's car.
* Finding out insurance won't cover any of it since the amount of items stolen (clothes, shoes, bike helmets) is just under the amount of our deductible
The Good
* Realizing my evil sandals were in the suitcase that was stolen.
The Bad
* Realizing my brand new tennis shoes were also in there, as well as one of Ava's favorite dresses.
And more of The Good
* Getting a family picture using a tripod and the timer
* Making wonderful memories

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Boy what a hot topic issue right now. We usually get about one or two emails asking about 'Rookie' clarification a week and lately it seems to be one or two a day. First let me say don't trust the card companies who slap the word 'ROOKIE' around or put 'RC' on cards at will. They have a very vested interest in driving people to their product and driving prices up for them. Years ago at least half of these so called rookie cards (Pacific, Ultra, Topps) actually weren't rookies at all. Now it is simply
I was asked my opinion on the Connor McDavid YG RC coming out of 2015-16 Upper Deck Series 1. First I live by my card rule that in most cases 'PATIENCE' is a virtue. There are so many of these cards available and the market will get flooded even more than it is now when retail product kicks out in a week or so. I firmly believe that $300 for this card is ridiculous and that much like Nathan MacKinnon you will see a significant price correction in a few months. So be patient and wait for the selling
Another one of those touchy subjects by a member of a forum I belong to so I thought I'd voice in on. I've mentioned it before but I'll say it again IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE OR DON'T KNOW IT'S VALUE DON'T SELL IT !
I cannot tell you the hundreds of stories I've heard and seen first hand from people losing thousands of dollars because of crooks taking their items for a fraction of their value. I've caught guys doing this and been threatened by them because I told guys not to sell their
After talking to a new client the other day and telling him our story of forty years in the hobby he asked what stands out the most about the hobby. I said without hesitation that the amount of greed and deceit in the hobby is terrible. The hobby has been infiltrated by greedy people not collectors and we have seen deceit in epidemic proportions. Now we have 'scammers lists' and 'blocked buyers' lists, heck we even started tracking people we don't want to deal with.
It was a
Here's another gem from one of our favorite pet peeves. Shipping ripoffs.
I win 5 cards from a guy's auction and he charges me $6.25 CDN for shipping. He lives in Canada just like me and he uses a $1.80 stamp and throws two cards in T/L's and the rest loose in a cut up bubble mailer. I send him a message stating that I'm not happy with the lousy shipping when he is charging so much. He isn't even smart enough to know we are in Canada (although the postage used were CDN stamps not US


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Hamilton's Coming Out Partyby Eric Russo / Boston Bruins
BostonBruins.com – Just about every day since the Bruins started training camp, Head Coach Claude Julien has been asked about young defenseman Dougie Hamilton. What has he thought of his game? Is he ready to play at the NHL level? Will he be sent back to juniors?
And every time, Julien has responded with nothing but glowing praise of the former first round pick in the 2011 NHL Draft.
After the Black & Gold's 4-3 overtime loss to the New York Rangers on Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden, the B's bench boss had his highest praise yet for the youngster.
Despite being caught slightly out of position on the Rangers' second goal, Hamilton, Julien said, was, "outstanding - not good, outstanding."
The 6-foot-5, 199-pound D-man came back from the first period misstep, showing off his silky smooth skating, stick-handling ability, and patience with the puck in the offensive end. Numerous times, instead of firing the puck into the shins of the Rangers' forwards, Hamilton held on, moved to the middle of the ice and fired off a blistering slap shot. He led the team with four shots on goal.
"Obviously, it's tough against them, they drop every time they can," said the 19-year-old of the Rangers' tremendous shot-blocking ability. "Just at the end, I was trying to get a few through and just got it in [Henrik Lundqvist's] glove a few too many times, but just trying my best to get a little bit going."
Hamilton led all B's defensemen with 4:23 of power-play time – just inching past Zdeno Chara, who registered 4:20 – and played a huge part in the Bruins' first PP goal of the year.
With Boston down 2-0, Rangers' defenseman Marc Staal took a slashing penalty just 18 seconds into the second period. Hamilton, manning the middle of the blue line, received a pass from Rich Peverley and ripped a shot on goal.
Brad Marchand was out front, screening Lundqvist and got a piece of the puck, deflecting it into the net to cut the Ranger lead to 2-1, just 1:05 into the second period.
The assist was Hamilton's first career NHL point.
Julien applauded his young defenseman's performance at both ends of the ice, pointing out Hamilton's poise and great decision making with the puck.
"Anybody who watched the game tonight had to see this guy was outstanding – not good, outstanding," said Julien. "He was so poised and confident. If anybody thinks he can't play in this league, they should just take some time to watch this game.
"I really, really liked his game and how poised, not just defensively, but offensively. He made the great play on the power play goal in the last two seconds. He's poised with the puck and just gets it out, doesn't turn it over.
"I don't know what more to say about this guy, but I think his teammates are seeing the Dougie Hamilton that everybody's projecting. Right now, we've got to keep him going with lots of confidence because that's what he's shown and it's paid off."


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Sainusa brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 189 Designs von 37 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
Looking to complete the logo for a new, upscale restaurant franchise that is based on an African theme ... but carefully adapted for the US dining market. Typeface & font have already been selected (I am, however, open to brilliant new ideas & suggestions too) but now looking to supplement the combination mark type logo with a compelling but simple & uncomplicated icon that conveys a literal or abstract representation of the concept's origin and name.
Logo will be used on everything ... signage, menus, cups, packaging and apparel (embroidery).
To see typeface & font visit http://www.shamwaris.com
These files can be accessed at:
(click on link provided above and then hit the green button on each file to begin download. Then hit the blue 'Download Now' button to complete)
Much MORE work to winning designer!
SHAMWARIS pronounced \ shum-wah-rees \
Shamwaris means "my friends" in Shona, a native language of Southern Africa.
If at all possible, I would ideally (but cleverly &subtly) like to incorporate the 'friends' element into the icon via the use ofpeople. This, however, should not detract from the fact that this is also afood concept.
Typeface font style is called 'Umkhonto Extra Wide' and is in a bright red with a slight black shadow.
Tag line is "African Inspired ... Global Taste!". Thisis written in the 'African' font style and is in black (option with and without tag lineplease).
Our all-day fast-casual style restaurant concept will appealto progressive, aspirational 18-35 year olds in larger metropolitan markets.The concept's personality is unique & sophisticated, but also laid back& fun. Decor & artwork is traditional African. The menu is simple,fresh & healthy.
The following websites give you a broad idea of some logosthat I like in context to their product/business:
- http://www.storyville.com/highband/stage.html
- http://www.wwf.org/
- http://innocentdrinks.co.uk/
- http://www.nandos.co.uk/index.cfm
- http://logofaves.com/2008/12/action-now/
- Simple & appealing
- Icon on left or above typeface, approx. same proportioningas typeface
- Please note my final Pantone color selections - Black, Red (485C), Green (356C), Yellow/Gold (124C)
- Icon must be distinct & recognizable enough to be usedin isolation of typeface
- Unless you have an inspiring idea on the typeface, prefer tokeep 'shamwaris' per my original - in bright red font with a slight blackshadow
- Vector files (.eps, .ai, .psd) with B&W option please
- NO copying any other competitions or existing logos
- NO South African flag or combination of it's colors please
- NO shapes or outlines of Africa please
Finden Sie heraus, wie ein Designwettbewerb funktioniert, oder lernen Sie mehr über unsere Logo-Design-Angebote.


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In this guide, I'll be discussing Spec, Feral DPS Priority Listings, Gear, Professions, Glyphs, Gemming, Enchants, Add-ons, I will be giving calculation numbers, and external links to other sites of information as well as crediting my sources. This will be a ton of information pulled from External links, theory crafting, and personal experience. The discussion will go as follows:
- Spec
- Feral Priority List
- Gear
- Professions/Glyphs/Enchants/Gems
- Add-ons
- Facts, Stats and Numbers
- External Links and Credits
Terminology that will be used
Agi - Agility
AP - Attack Power
ArP - Armor penetration rating
BiS - Best in Slot
CP - Combo Point
iLotP - Improved Leader of the Pack
FB - Ferocious Bite
SR - Savage Roar
Str - Strength
TF - Tiger's Fury
1. Speccing your Cat
For choosing the feral tree you get Mangle, Aggression (increases your AP by 25%), Feral Instinct (makes you harder to detect while Prowling), and your mastery (increases bleed damage by 40%, plus an additional 3.1% per point of Mastery).
http://www.wowhead.com/talent#0Zf0GfRzMbbfzMcz:fzM is probably your base spec as a cat for now, this leaves 4 points floating as "free" points. What I mean by this, is this will allow you to put points in other areas to customize your cat to a better play for yourself. Such as Picking up Survival Instincts, Picking up points in Brutal Impact for extra stuns, or picking up points in nurturing instincts to be a better hybrid class and toss heals when needed. It is really up to you at this point
2. Feral (DPS) Priority List
Luckily for us cats our Priority list has changed very little to what we have become used too in Wrath. There really is only one big change and that is Savage Roar is no longer our top priority since it only affects our white attacks and not all attacks.
- Keep up Mangle
- Keep up Rake
- When at 5 CP and Rip is not up, use Rip
- Use shred for CP regeneration (remember, that points 1 and 2 are more important)
- Keep up Savage Roar
- When below 30 Energy, use TF
- Use Clearcast Proccs for Shred
- When at 5 CP and Rip and SR are running with 8 seconds (might be longer, depending on your gear) or longer each, use FB
- When Rip and SR will drop at nearly the same time (with less than 3 seconds difference), try to recognize it early. Then use SR with a small amount of CP to desynchronize both timers.
- Use Berserk only at high energy, (but not higher than 85) not directly after TF and as often as possible. If you will be getting a damage multiplier (some boss fights do this) it is best to save Berserk for this time.
This priority list is quite hard to maintain. Cat DPS is the most complicated DPs spec in PvE WoW. Try to remember these rules:
- Mangle buffs bleeds and shred; Bleeds buff shred. That means, never shred without applying mangle and at least one bleeding.
- Use Rip and FB only with 5 CP
- It is very tricky to squeeze in FB's in your rotation. At first you should try to maximize Mangle, Rip and Rake up-time (in this order). When you get more experienced, try to FB more. You need to guess how much time is needed for building up 5 CP's - this depends on your crit chance. Usually, a FB is worth dropping Rip for 4 Ticks approx (8 seconds).
- FB is most efficient when used at 35 energy. It gets worse when you spend more, thus making it least efficient when using with 65 energy.
- A 5 CP FB is always more efficient than a shred, even when used at 65 energy.
- When using the shred glyph: When rake and rip are about to expire and you could shred to extend the rip duration for 2 more seconds at the cost of letting rake drop for 1-2 seconds - do it.
3. OMG what GEAR should I get?
Gear design has been substantially changed. In short, Armor Penetration, Defense, and Attack Power will no longer appear on gear. A new stat called Mastery is being added, which is tied into your main talent tree. All classes of gear will have 4 stats, similar to plate in today's world, and Stamina will show up in higher quantities. Combat ratings in general will be more difficult to cap, and it is possible that players will have reduces chances to hit or crit bosses in later tiers. To make up for the lack of Attack Power on gear we will now receive 2 AP per point of Agility. It is unclear if this is intended, but as of now we also receive 2 AP per point of Strength (in both forms).
One point that bears special mention is weapons. Feral weapons will no longer carry Feral Attack Power. Instead, weapon damage and speed will be translated directly to our paw damage. The exact mechanics of this are just as one would expect, but to clarify: Both the minimum and maximum damage from the weapon are divided by its attack speed. These values are multiplied by the base swing speed of the form you're in (1 for cats, 2.5 for bears), and those values are then added to your minimum and maximum damage without a weapon equipped.
I am not including any trade specific items since those would likely be better in slot (engineering helm, Alchemist trinkets, etc). Also it is not optimal to leveling crafting when our goal is 85 so I'll only concentrate on level 85 gear. Nor am I including Tier and 359 Raid gear or BoE world drops
BiS Weapons for Cats:
- Elementium Poleaxe - Blacksmithing
- Darkling Staff – Out of Heroic The Stonecore: off High Priestess Azil
- Seliza's Spear – Out of Heroic Lost City of Tolvir: off General Husam
- Spear of Trailing Shadows – Tol Barad (Revered Reputation required)
- Mask of Vines – Justice Points
- Helm of Numberless Shadows – Heroic The Stonecore: off High Priestess Azil
- Embrace of the Night – Justice Points
- Caridean Epaulettes – From Heroic Throne of the Tides: Off Commander Uthok
- Thieving Spaulders – From Heroic SFK: Off Commander Springvale
- Assassin's Chestplate – Leatherworking Crafted
- Vest of Misshapen Hides – From Heroic Grim Batol: Off Erudax
- Double Dealing Bracers – From Heroic SFK: Off Lord Walden
- Poison Fang Bracers – From Heroic Halls of Origination: Off Temple Guard Anhuur
- Stormbolt Gloves- Wildhammer Exalted
- Sticky Fingers – Justice Points
- Belt of Nefarious Whispers – Leatherworking Crafted
- Sash of Musing – Justice Points
- Quicksand Belt – Ramkahen Revered
- Leggings of the Burrowing Mole – Justice Points
- Beauty's Chew Toy – From Heroic Blackrock Caverns: Off Beauty
- Crafty's Gaiters – From Heroic Lost City of Tol'vir: Off Siamat
- Boots of the Predator – From Heroic SFK: Off Baron Ashbury
- Sandshift Relic – From Heroic Blackrock Caverns: From Ascendant Lord Obsidius
- Relic of Arathor – From Heroic SFK: From Lord Godfrey
- Silver Inlaid Leaf – Inscription Crafted
- Softwind Cape - Earthen Ring Revered
- Twitching Shadows – Heroic Blackrock Caverns: From Ascendant Lord Obsidius
- Signet of the Elder Council – Earthen Ring Exalted
- Elementium Destroyer's Ring – Jewelcrafting Crafted
- Terrath's Signet of Balance – Therazane Revered
- Skullcracker Ring – From Heroic Blackrock Caverns: From Rom'ogg Bonecrusher
- Ring of Blinding Stars – From Heroic Halls of Origination: From Isiset
- Pendant of the Lightless Grotto - From Heroic Stonecore: Off Ozruk
- Amulet of Dull Dreaming - Justice Points
- Entwined Elementium Choker – Jewelcrafting Crafted
- Acorn of the Daughter Tree - Guardians of Hyjal Revered
- Mouth of the Earth - Heroic Halls of Origination: From Earthrager Ptah
- Unsolvable Riddle - Tol Barad Exalted
- Skardyn's Grace - Heroic Grim Batol: From General Umbriss
- Tia's Grace - Heroic Lost City of the Tol'vir: From Siamat
- Grace of the Herald - Heroic Blackrock Caverns: From Corla, Herald of Twilight
- Key to the Endless Chamber - Heroic Stonecore: From Corborus
BiS lists are not perfect. There may be items, which are bigger upgrades for you than items listed in this BiS list, because the rest of your gear looks different. Also some may consider Hit/Expertise more important and will gem for them in the yellow slots.
Don't stick to this list without adjusting them for your own situation...
4. Professions/Glyphs/Enchants/Gems
Alchemy: +80 Agi through mixology, when using Flask of the Winds
Blacksmithing: 2 more sockets.
Enchanting: 2x +40 Agi ring enchant. Bonus: +80 Agility
Engineering: On use 240 Haste Rating for 12 seconds, 1 min CD. Averages out to 68 Haste Rating. Otherwise you would enchant +20 Agi. Epic Helm with customizable sockets
Inscription: +80 Agi over the Exalted Therazane enchant
Jewelcrafting: 3x +67 Agi gems instead of +45 Agi. So +81 more agility.
Leatherworking: +130 Agility Enchant over the 65 Crit Enchant
Tailoring: Swordguard Embroidery grants 1000 AP for 15 seconds, roughly once a minute.
Overall Ranking (Raiding):
- Leatherworking (+110 agi) — BiS profession for feral tanks and DPS
- Alchemy/Blacksmithing/Enchanting/Inscription/Jewelcrafting/Tailoring (+80 agi) — All pretty equal, tailoring still semi-TBD
- Engineering (TBD) — They made a new caster tinker, so I imagine they'll make a new melee tinker…pretty bad until then
- Herbalism/Skinning (~23 agi) — If you must. Skinning provides mats to power LW, and Druids are great Herbalists in flight form.
- Mining (0 agi) — great for tanks; 0 DPS value, until you survive a raid AOE with 100HP.
There are now 3 types of glyphs: Prime, Major, Minor. You can have up to 3 of each type of glyph at a time.
Prime Glyphs
The best 3 glyphs as we can tell right now are Rip, Shred, and Tiger's Fury. It is possible that with more haste Glyph of Savage Roar will be viable but not at this point in time
Major Glyphs
- Glyph of Entangling Roots
- Glyph of Faerie Fire
- Glyph of Feral Charge
- Glyph of Ferocious Bite
- Glyph of Rebirth
Minor Glyphs
- Glyph of Aquatic Form
- Glyph of Challenging Roar
- Glyph of Dash
- Glyph of Unburdened Rebirth
- Glyph of the Wild
Not much to say here, pick what you like.
Head - Arcanum of the Ramkahen
Shoulder - Swiftsteel Inscription> Greater Inscription of Shattered Crystal
Back - 22 Agility (Yes the LK Enchant is better for cats than the new 65 Crit Rating enchant)
Chest - +20 Stats
Wrist - Draconic Embossment> 65 Crit Rating
Hands - Greater Mastery
Legs – Dragonbone Leg Armor
Feet - Major Agility (35 Agi)
Finger - +40 Agi
Weapon – 130 Agility
Agility (red) > Mastery (yellow) > rest
Make sure to gem to fit the requirement of your crit mod meta.
Relentless Earthsiege Diamond (yes the level 80 one since it has AGI)
Note that Blizzard has announced they are changing the "more blue than red" requirement on the crit mod metas. However, this has not happened yet
Reforging to mastery is what most ferals will do since this makes our bleeds tick for significant damage, however if you have an item with mastery on it already you will want to reforge to crit if you are under the soft cap for crit and the item doesn't have it already.
5. Add-ons
BadKitty: http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-a.../badkitty.aspx
BadKitty is a debuff tracker for Feral Druids. Originally designed to accurately track Mangle's remaining time regardless of how many Ferals or Arms Warriors were in the raid, it has grown to track all buffs, debuffs, and cooldowns important to every cat (and bear) who cares about their damage output.
Savage Roar, Mangle (Trauma included), Faerie Fire, Rip, Rake, Tiger's Fury, Berserk, Glyph of Shred charges, Omen of Clarity, Predator's Swiftness, Demoralizing Roar (Demo Shout, CoW, Vindication included), Lacerate, Barkskin, trinkets, idols, and enchants are all tracked and take into account any overlapping debuffs that may exist in your group or raid.
In both Cat and Bear Forms, two options are available for you. A small bar frame akin to many simliar mods, and a unique 'warning' frame that displays on your screen images of any buff or debuff that will soon need your attention. These two options can be used independently or simultaneously. Color, texture, and opacity options are available for these as well.
Hear Kitty: http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-a...ear-kitty.aspx
Hear Kitty plays soothing and distinct orchestral sounds as you gain and spend your combat resources. It's like having your own theme music! Rogues and feral druids hear tones as they gain and spend combo points, enhancement shamans hear their maelstrom weapon charges, and paladins hear their holy power build up. When you hear the final note played, you'll know it's time for a finishing move, and you won't have to watch for red combo dots or buff stacks anymore. (I have not personally used this but having looked further into it I might try it)
Need To Know: http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-a...d-to-know.aspx
NeedToKnow lets you monitor specific buffs, debuffs, and totems as timer bars that always appear in a consistent place on your screen.
NeedToKnow is especially useful for monitoring frequently used short-duration buffs and debuffs. For example, a rogue could configure NeedToKnow to show timer bars for Slice and Dice, Rupture, and their own stack of Deadly Poison VII. A death knight could use it to track their own diseases on a mob.
MEW: http://elitistjerks.com/f73/t110356-...mew_simulator/
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RAWR: http://rawr.codeplex.com/
Rawr is a program for comparing and exploring gear for Bears, Cats, Moonkin, Healadins, Retadins, Mages, DPS Warriors, Protection Warriors, Trees, Hunters, Protection Paladins, Healing Priests, Shadow Priests, Enhancement Shamans, Warlocks, Rogues, Restoration Shamans, Elementals, and DPS & Tank Death Knights, in the MMORPG, World of Warcraft. Rawr has been designed from the start to be fun to use, and helpful in finding better combinations of gear, and what gear to obtain.
6. Facts, Stats and Numbers
Mangle: (Weapon Dmg) * 3.6 + 1017
Shred: (Weapon Dmg) * 3.5 + 1036
Rake Direct: 272 + 0.023 * AP
Rake DoT: Rake DoT: 555 + 0.14 * AP (Per tick)
Rip: 57 + 144 * nrCPs + AP * 0.023 * nrCPs (Per tick)
Relative Stat Values (generated by Mew, 85 values still fluid):
Lvl 85, blues
Weapon DPS - 3.91
Agility - 2.59
Strength - 2.03
Attack Power - 0.96
Mastery - 0.94
Crit - 0.76
Haste - 0.72
Hit - 0.66
Expertise - 0.66
If you don't know what this means, each "point" of Agility, or Mastery, or whatever, is worth X DPS. Due to scaling effects from gear and raid buffs, numbers get bigger, but their relative order stays the same.
7. External Links and Credits
http://fluiddruid.net The Fluid Druid, great site for tons of druid information not specifically feral
http://elitistjerks.com/f73/ Druid Forums from EJ, again fantastic site for tons of information. EJ also does a lot of number crunching and gives formulas for almost everything.
http://www.mmo-champion.com/forums/270-Druid MMO Champion's Druid Forums. Good place to search for information and possible questions asked by other druids.
A special thanks to Alaron of Fluid Druid, Carebear of EJ, Melthu of Vodka, Mihir from Cráb People, and every druid out there that has asked questions, needed answers to questions, and gave number crunchers something to do.


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Today Hines and Kym brought the Mirror Ball Trophy to Pittsburgh so the city could celebrate their Dancing With The Stars Season 12 victory. Hundreds of fans showed up outside the City-County building at Noon in Pittsburgh while Kym and Hines gave a speech and danced. They had fun with the crowd by holding dance contests and more. Details below along with a fun message from Hines. Go to WTAE to see lots of cool video coverage. Lots of fun photos of the event HERE. These two are so cute and it's good to see them together again.
Johnson danced and twirled a Terrible Towel on stage, and she helped her partner judge a quick dancing contest with three couples who had posted their own videos on YouTube earlier in the week.
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I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose. Woody Allen
I have so much to be thankful for today! I am busier than ever with music "stuff" and the band is doing really well. I am cooking dinner for the family and friends that have chosen to spend their holiday with us. So, over the next two days I will be cleaning and cooking like a mad woman. My husband is healthy and so am I, what more could you really ask for? Rosie and Mojo are doing great! They are very happy animals and have adjusted to living with each other in harmony. We have a great gig coming up this weekend and I am so thankful for Brother Bob, my friend of over 12 years, for sitting in with us, he has such a beautiful spirit. I am also thankful for Harmonica Rick Gibson for sitting in and being a part of us!
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Much like the first pilgrims, many families have seen the last two years as very harsh with job loss, lack of money for even the most simple staples as food, and many have had to go without some of the basic necessities of life. This year I think it is more important than ever that we remember those of us who have been less fortunate. Wouldn't it be a wonderful gesture this year to give back a little of the good fortune we have had to those less fortunate. We can all do this in small ways by simply donating food to a food bank, clothes to a shelter or place that donates the clothing to needy families, or even volunteering at a shelter or soup kitchen.
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I gave a talk at the Victorian Society's "Beer and Brewing Study Day" yesterday in the Art Workers' Guild building in Bloomsbury on "The Decline and Fall of Heavy Wet", "heavy wet" being a 19th century slang expression for porter. I described how in 1843 the Scottish journalist William Weir called porter "the most universally favoured liquor the world has ever known," and declared that "porter drinking needs but a beginning: wherever the habit has once been acquired, it is sure to be kept up." But even then, the dark, hoppy, bitter beer that had been a favourite of everybody from dockers to dukes for more than a hundred years was in decline, losing sales to mild ale, a sweeter pale drink. Within 40 years mild ale had completely eclipsed porter as the favourite style of most beer drinkers, and mild was to remain number one until the 1960s – when it too, was turfed off the throne. The beer that replaced it, however, bitter, had barely three decades at number one before falling to the growing popularity of lager, which became the biggest seller in the 1990s. And I finished with this question for the audience: is there any reason why Big Lager should not, one day, follow Big Porter – and Big Mild – into oblivion?
Big Porter really was big. Those who brewed it became astonishingly wealthy. Samuel Johnson was talking about the opportunities available to the purchaser of a London porter brewery when he spoke about becoming "rich beyond the dreams of avarice". Samuel Whitbread, who ran one of the capital's biggest porter breweries, in Chiswell Street, was "said to have been worth a million at least" when he died in 1796, according to the Gentleman's Magazine, a fortune equivalent to perhaps £1.5 billion today. The porter brewers' wealth brought them considerable influence: all seven of the biggest London breweries had multiple members of parliament among their partners.
In 1823, porter output in London hit 1.8 million barrels, after a continual rise that had lasted 50 years. But this was its peak: by 1830 porter production would be down 20 per cent on its 1823 level. What was replacing it was mild ale, made for quick consumption, slightly stronger than porter, pale in colour, unaged and therefore sweeter, less acid than porter. A House of Commons select committee on the sale of beer in 1833 was told that the London drinker "will have nothing but what is mild, and that has caused a considerable revolution in the trade, so much so that Barclay and Perkins, and other great houses, finding that there is a decrease in the consumption of porter, and an increase in the consumption of ale, have gone into the ale trade; nearly all the new trade is composed of mild ale."
In the early 19th century, ale brewers and beer (that is to say, porter and stout) brewers were still different concerns in London, with the ale brewers much smaller than their rivals. But as the demand for ale grew, so the ale brewers grew too, boosting companies such as Charrington in the Mile End Road and Courage at Horsleydown on the south bank of the Thames, almost opposite the Tower. Charrington's trade increased almost 2 1/2 times between 1831 and 1851, for example. In 1814 it was producing just 16,510 barrels a year, all ale, when Barclay Perkins, then London's leading brewer, was making 257,300 barrels of porter: by 1889 Charrington's output had risen to more than 500,000 barrels a year, level with Barclay Perkins.
The porter brewers responded by moving into the ale market, particularly after the Beerhouse Act of 1830 dramatically increased the number of available licensed outlets. Whitbread, then the third or fourth biggest brewer in London, whose production was entirely porter up to 1834, started brewing mild ale in 1835. Ale quickly rose from nowhere to more than 10 per cent of Whitbread's production by 1839, and more than 20 per cent by 1859, when Whitbread's porter sales had dropped by almost 30 per cent compared to 25 years earlier. At Truman's, then fighting with Barclay Perkins to be London's biggest brewer, the swing from porter was stronger still, with ale making up 30 per cent of production by 1859.
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StickPic Cell Phone Adapter
StickPic's Cell Phone Adapter/Holder addresses the reality that fewer people are carrying a standard digital camera and are instead relying on their phone's camera to capture those memorable shots. After testing this item on the slopes of Mt. Rainier, I am very pleased with this product and would recommend it to others. Disclosure: In my July review of the StickPic, I mentioned how I had not tested the cell phone adapter/holder that they sell. When Rod, the owner of Stickpic, saw my review, he insisted… Full review
The Stick Pic is a handy little gadget that turns your camera into the ultimate "selfie" device. Designed for traditional cameras, with a threaded-base for tripods, the Stick Pic is worth those 11 grams (0.4 oz). Let me start by saying I LOVE cottage industry products. I am a huge fan of the idea that a guy named Rod wanted to find a better way to take trail pics and ended up inventing the Stick Pic. Then he improved the idea by making various sizes for various poles. I love that he is still… Full review
The StickPic turns your trekking pole into the original "selfie stick." It is a little doohickey that screws onto the bottom of your camera and then slides onto the tip of your trekking pole so that you can hold your camera out away from you to put yourself in the picture. Nobody needs the StickPic, but if you like to take photos when you hike with a "real" camera (not a smartphone), and you use trekking poles already, then you WANT the StickPic. This is a review of the StickPic camera accessory. Full review
Leki Aergon Photo Adapter
Useful little gizmo for photographer/hikers that adds utility to your hiking pole. We have two sets of Leki hiking poles and I picked up one of these little photo-adapters to allow me to mount a camera to the top of one of the poles. The instructions are in pictogram form and very simple. It took about a minute to take apart the top of one of my grips and reinstall the new part that converts the pole into a camera mount, and that time included opening the packaging ;-) There are actually two parts… Full review
Black Diamond Trekking Pole Tip Protector
A product that is good to keep an extra on hand. Full review
Equinox Bockadam Hiking Pole Bag
The small size fits trekking poles 30 inches or less when collapsed. The fit is a little tight for Leki poles because of the baskets. Black Diamond baskets are smaller and not a problem. The bag is well made and great for storing and transporting your poles. Full review
Leki Aergon Photo Adapter
I had some difficulty installing the photo adapter because the tool provided is too flimsy to remove the pin that secures the top of the grip. I resorted to using a small screwdriver to push the pin out so I could replace the standard grip top with the photo adapter top. Other than that the photo adapter works as advertised, but only if you can get the pole to stand by itself. It will work in soft dirt, sand, snow and rocky places where you can wedge the pole in. It's fine for point and shoot… Full review
Tracks Rubber Foot (Flex Tip)
I bought 4 pairs of these since 1990. I believe that in 20+ years I used up no more than two pairs. They are extraordinarily sturdy. N.B. I use the poles only on asphalt and equivalent. Full review
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