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Akin to my colleague and raidmate Gordrin's comprehensive post on paladin tanking, I finally decided to sit down and write this guide for the new-new feral tanking. I can say that not a whole lot has changed from my original posts on abilities and talents / glyphs during patch 401 and at level 80. However now that I've had a chance to actually tank some raids and getting a feel for how the mechanics will work, I think I'm sufficiently informed for the level 85 version. Hold on to your furry asses and click for the jump!
Druids are one of, if not THE most, versatile classes in this game. We are the only class that can fulfill all 4 roles with the correct specialization. While choosing a druid may seem like an obvious choice, with this selection comes the dreaded hybrid tax!!!! Well, sort of. The theory behind the hybrid tax is simple, because we have such powerful versatility we cannot perform certain specialized roles (ie healing, dpsing, tanking) as well as classes that are not hybrids. While this was a good theory on paper, it is hardly the modus operandi.
Druiding requires one to specialize talents, gear, glyphs, stats, and play style to one specific role - in doing so you drastically reduce your ability to perform in the other roles. For instance, a feral tank can switch to cat form and deal damage (far more than a prot warrior could) but said damage is far less than a feral cat specialized for dealing damage. A balance druid can shift out and throw "off" heals, but is far less efficient than a druid specialize into restoration.
For the intensive purposes of this post I will be focusing on the feral tanking (aka bear tanking) aspect of being a druid. My druid has been main spec tank since the day he hit the level cap, although I have played around with all the druid roles with my secondary spec from time to time.
Bear tanks are all around excellent tanks. We are notorious for our large health pools and huge armor ratings to help us mitigate incoming damage. With recent changes to talents and abilities, some of our weaknesses (no interrupt, weak against spell damage) have become a thing of the past. Bear tanking is exciting, fun, and if done with skill you can become a tremendous asset to your raid team or guild. Tanking as a whole has gone through some serious changes in Cataclysm, however in my experience I see most of the effect being felt at the 5 man level. Make no mistake, during your journey to become a raiding bear you will have to face these challenges (5 mans are what get you there) and this requires a solid commitment to either embrace the new style of tanking or finding a new role.
Patches and Updates - Patch 4.2 Compliant
Patch 4.0.6 - 02/08/2011
Patch 4.1 -Official Drop
Patch 4.1 Heroic Dungeon Drops
Patch 4.2 Feral Bear Changes - 06/27/2011
Feral tanks have a plethora of abilities at their disposal to get the job done. While being a hybrid means we have additional abilities we can use (for example if you shift into car form you can use the cat form of mangle) below are some of the more common tanking ones. I decided to break them up into three separate categories to make them easier to understand.
Threat Generation
Swipe - This is our snap aggro for multiple mobs. The damage on swipe is not enough to maintain aggro if the dps are not focusing down a target but it is sufficient to stick mobs to you and avoid a healer from pulling with healing aggro. When tanking more than 3 mobs, this should be in your rotation. Keep in mind this does have a
Maul - This is our excess rage dump. Basically this means maul should only be used in situations where you have excess rage and could not possibly use it all using conventional methods. The theorycraft suggests maul if > 50% rage. One of the mandatory glyphs allows maul to hit a secondary target for 50% damage. This is a requirement for maximum AOE effectiveness. I would also recommend using your OoC procs for maul as well, at least in the capacity of single target.With the changes to the Blizzard UI, OoC has a nice new spell graphic that announces the proc onscreen. It's never been easier to know when you have a free ability. This ability is unique in the aspect that you'll never have a hard time knowing when to maul. You either have infinite rage or not enough.
Mangle - Mangle is our bread and butter ability. By itself mangle will do a substantial amount of damage and apply a debuff which increases bleed damage from all sources by 30%. This debuff can also be applied by warriors and feral cats, however they will be thankful you are doing this for them. This will also increase the damage (and threat) produced by lacerate, another one of our abilities. Many feral tanks also talent into Infected Wounds, which can also be applied by mangle. This means that in addition to dealing lots o' damage, mangle debuffs the target to move 50% slower, attack 20% slower, and take 30% more damage from bleeds. Shake its hand or kiss its baby.
Thrash - Thrash is an AOE ability on a 6 second cooldown that causes all affected targets bleed over a short duration. So far this ability is fairly good although I'm not as excited about it now as I was at it's introduction. Since the threat buff (from 300% to 500%) this is an excellent tool for AOE tanking. Remember if you are tanking 3 or less mobs berserk + mangle may be a better choice.
Lacerate - This ability does front loaded damage and places a bleed on our target. This can be helpful by allowing some threat to continue while moving away from the boss or if the boss becomes separated from you. Lacerate deals more damage per application and will stack up to 3. This ability is also fairly inexpensive to use as well. Cataclysm has added some fun elements to lacerate, mainly with its symbiosis with berserk. When talented into berserk (which you should be), your lacerate ticks have the chance to reset the cooldown on mangle and proc a free one. If you are offtanking more than one mob you can roll a 3 stack of lacerates on each of them for some serious threat as well as an endless stream of free mangles.
Pulverize - Pulverize is a new ability that was introduced in patch 401. The basic idea is to convert lacerate stacks into a temporary crit buff for the druid. The amount of crit granted is increased by the number of lacerate stacks that are consumed. You are granted 3% crit per lacerate stack, meaning at a full stack you would get 9% crit. Overall pulverize feels unpolished, for a couple of reasons. A] It does very little damage itself. In fact one could argue it does less damage than just leaving the lacerate stack and maybe getting a free mangle. B] The 9% crit buff is not harmful but not hugely helpful. Sure we all know more crit means more savage defense, but I'm not crit starved. Maybe 15% would be worth it but 9% just seems lackluster. Regardless of this you want to make sure Pulverize is up all the time. There are several really great PowerAura codes you can get to monitor this ability.
Feral Faerie Fire - F3 is one of our few ranged abilities but also one of the staples. Many feral druids will find themselves talenting into Feral Aggression, which causes one application of F3 to apply all 3 stacks. F3 will reduce the targets armor by 4% per stack, totally 12% at a full 3 stack It cost NOTHING, is ranged, and allows you to threat more on your target - use this liberally. The only thing it doesn't do it walk your dog.
Berserk - This talent is the keystone of the feral tree for both tanks and dps. First of all, this talent allows our lacerate stacks to proc free mangles. Secondly, when activated berserk allows bears to mangle with no cooldown and to hit up to 3 targets. This creates a very large amount of threat and damage if used correctly. It also upsets the melee dps who will curse you for out damaging them. I will typically use this during a particularly tough AOE pull, so be mindful of when to use this.
Tanking General
Bear Form - This is how the magic happens. Bear form increases your stamina by 10% and your armor (from cloth and leather) by 65%. It also allows you to use those bear abilities listed above. Shifting into bear form is your first step into faceblocking. Welcome to bear-dom.
Growl - This is your single target taunt. This will match your threat output with that of the current highest threat target and keep the mob attacking you for the duration of the taunt. During this time it's important to threat hard and / or have the other players reduce threat. Use this when completing a tank swap or to taunt a mob off another player. It is worth noting this has no effect if the target is already attacking you. Keep this on cooldown for when you need it.
Challenging Roar - This is our multi-taunt. Technically this is not a true taunt, as it only focuses all mobs on you for 6 seconds. It does not raise your threat level on the targets but it does give you an opportunity to threat them up to the acceptable level before the roar wears off. I've also used this before when someone pulls a group and I'm at low rage. I'll roar and instantly get smashed in the face, thus creating rage.
Savage Defense - This is the bear form of block. Our critical attacks have a 50% chance of creating a bubble that absorbs physical damage based on our attack power. The base level of a SD bubble is 35% of your attack power. This figure is then modified by mastery, the more you have the higher percentage your bubble will be. With the introduction of Vengeance, we can absorb even more damage. This ability is very similar to the DK Blood Shield in terms of mechanics. This is also another reason why we should be maintaining the Pulverize buff.
Survival Abilities
Barkskin - This is our one minute cooldown. A good rule of thumb is this; if you are fighting something, use this ability. No, I'm serious. The other day Gordrin asked me "Hey, do you ever not use your one min cd on a trash pull?" My response was "Um, hell no." So basically barkskin will reduce incoming damage by 20% for the entire duration. One of the best things about barkskin is that you can use it while stunned or otherwise incapacitated.
Survival Instincts - This is our 50% reduction cooldown. On a 3 minute cooldown this is an ability you should save for emergency situations or (and this is more ideal) large damage boss abilities. The theory is this; the less damage you take during that time, the more mana your healer can conserve. This is helpful for healing YOU at a later time or helping the raid as a whole stay alive.
Frenzied Regeneration - Also on a 3 minute cooldown, Frenzied Regen will do a couple of life saving things. First of all, this will increase your max health by 30%. If you are below 30% health, it will raise you up that amount. After that it will heal you for 0.3% of your max health per second for 20 seconds. The heal does cost 10 rage per second so use this when you have plenty of rage for max potential. Many bears will glyph the self heal off in favor of increasing incoming healing by 30%. This is highly recommended unless you are in high mobility fight with no healer. As always you can combine FR + SI for an extremely power cooldown.
Demoralizing Roar - Demo Road is one of your more basic tanking debuffs that goes hand in hand with infected wounds. This will reduce the attack power of the effected mobs by 10%! This ability means that you are getting hit a bit softer and in the long run could mean the difference in your healers mana pool. This can also be applied by other classes however if you are tanking a boss there is no reason not to have this debuff up. It also can help grab the attention of mobs during a group pull, but is by no means a snap threat tool. (Special thanks for Morten for reminding me that demo is the bomb!)
Ah yes stats. The magic numbers that make the world (of warcraft) go around. For feral tanks the idea of stats is fairly uniform. Even before the removal of defense, us bearboys had it fairly easy. What I will do is outline current stat weighting and attempt to explain why there is some deviation from that weighting. First things first, the scale itself.
- This scale will change. Nothing is certain except death and taxes.
- Hit and Expertise are fairly low on the list, considering before they were important. The reason is simple; You have to take into account current TPS capabilities (with misses, dodges, and parries) and compare them to current threat generation levels by the DPS. Survival stats are more important than TPS stats that allow you to unnecessarily over-threat the target.
- Dodge over mastery? Yes but only slightly. With changes to Savage Defense mastery is slightly more attractive but has not hedged dodge yet.
- Stamina and agility are tied? Well yes and no. You'll never have to decided against an item that only has one over the other and they are very close in weight. Stamina beats out agility for me because of one reason: Agility increases dodge which helps against physical damage. You gain AP and crit which helps with SD procs but very minimally. Stamina is effective against ALL forms of damage. Speaking about Effective Health has become a bit taboo recently, but I think it still holds some validity.
- Why not favor dodge over agility? Agility is affected by Kings / Mark, which is very important. Agility also gives you a small amount of AP and crit, which straight up dodge does not. Considering one is a primary stat and one is a secondary stat most times you won't have to pick between the two.
- Why is haste bad? It's not bad, it's just not great.
Being that druids are very good at doing many things, the talents trees reflect that. How one chooses a spec can greatly effect the outcome. There are several choices you can make, depending on the situation. I will attempt to outline some possible options that serve many different needs.
Level 85 | Pure Raid Feral Tanking Spec
This is the spec that I use for raid tanking. Like many of my other posts (and due to Blizzard shrinking the trees) I'd like to talk about why I didn't take certain talents. First of all, I left out any cat only talents. These include predatory strikes and blood in the water. Because they do not benefit a bear in any normal application, they are gone. That said, they other omissions I made can be beneficial for bears, if only situationally. For example, king of the jungle increases damage output while enraged. I generally do not enrage during a fight (although I'm not afraid to do so) and spending the 3 points (or should I say NOT spending the 3 points) was a no brainer. Primal madness fits hand in hand with my issues with king of the jungle as well. Now, Nurturing Instinct is a bit harder to peg. It's a great supporting talent, but being able to use Tranquility is a VERY situational aspect. It's not often I'm not tanking at least SOMETHING.
Level 85 | Off Tank w/ DPS Increases
This spec is still considered a tanking spec. It does however offer an increase in DPS talents to offset the lack if survivablity talents. Use this spec if you don't spend much time tanking. For instance, if your guild is running 25 man raids, they generally need 2 tanks - for some rights 3. Use this as your tanking spec, which will allow for you to contribute to the DPS (more so than a pure tank) once your tanking duties are done. Some notable additions are king of the jungle, for better energy management. Some notable omissions are Infected Wounds (which can be applied by some other tanking classes) as well as Feral Aggression.
There has been little to no change in regards to glyphs from the level 80 version for feral tanking. Blizzard may introduce new glyphs (although I don't think there is a need) and if that occurs I will update the information provided. You can read my post on level 80 glyphs here.
- Glyph of Berserk - Berserk + Mangle is currently a staple among bear tanks and this glyph extends smashface time. It's a simple obvious choice.
- Glyph of Lacerate - Now that dots can naturally be crits (without talenting), adding more crit to our staple dot is never a bad thing.
- Glyph of Mangle - Mangle is one of our main threat tools so increasing it's damage is a no brainer.
- Prime Glyphs - This is a list of all the druid Prime Glyphs
- Glyph of Frenzied Regeneration - This removes the self heal in favor for 30% increased healing while active. Recommended.
- Glyph of Rebirth - This allows you to brez your target with 100% health. Considering in situation in which you as a tank may need to rez someone, the healers may not be able to heal them. This a great glyph choice to make. (Special thanks to Kusatteiru for pointing that out!)
- Glyph of Feral Charge - Reduces the cooldown on feral charge. I guess it's not bad.....
- Glyph of Maul - This now only hits the secondary target for 50% damage, very similar to the DK Heartstrike. Recommended.
- Major Glyphs - This is a list of all the druid Major Glyphs.
- Glyph of Challenging Roar - No change to this glyph, reduces the cooldown on our AOE taunt.
- Glyph of Dash - No change to this glyph, reduces the cooldown on Dash, helpful for kiting or getting the hell out of an area.
- Glyph of Unburdened Rebirth - I never like to carry reagents so this is my choice. If you would rather spend reagents over mana you can use Glyph of the Wild instead. It's not really a huge earth shattering deal.
- Minor Glyphs - This is a list of all the druid Minor Glyphs.
Varied Enhancements
So let's see......You have your basic abilities down. You have your stat priorities down. You have your talent tree selected. You are glyphed out the nines. So you are good to go, right? Wrong bear cub. There are a few more things you can do to hedge your odds of success, depending on how much preparation you would like to do. This section can help you win.
Some players get real crazy about gemming. I am not one of them. I like to figure out a basic pattern (based on stat weighting) and stick to it. Below I'll outline the gems I currently use and will continue to use. When it comes to set bonuses, I take an interesting approach. First of all, if I'm able to fulfill gem color requirements and meet set bonuses I will take that road. If and only if the current itemization is so broken (I'm looking at you resto shamans in wrath stacking haste EVERYWHERE) will I ignore set bonuses. I mean hell, they are bonuses.
Meta Gem - Austere Shadowspirit Diamond
Blue Gem - Solid Ocean Sapphire
Red Gem - Shifting Demonseye
Yellow Gem - Regal Dream Emerald
Prismatic Gem - Solid Ocean Sapphire
One of the best ways to spot a decent tank from a bad tank (regardless of item level) is to see if they are enchanted . There are so many scrolls on the auction house currently due to people leveling enchanting, it's almost a crime to not have at least something on your 333 and above gear. Special profession enchants aside, this is your list of good tanking enchants.
Arcanum of the Earthen Ring
Greater Inscription of Unbreakable Quartz
Major Agility
Greater Stamina
Peerless Stats
Mighty Stats
Major Stamina
Greater Mastery
Heavy Savage Armor Kit
Major Agility
Charscale Leg Armor
Twilight Leg Armor
Heavy Savage Armor Kit
Earthen Vitality
Mighty Agility
Flask of Steelskin
Flask of the Winds
Elixir of Deep Earth + Elixir of the Master (As suggested by reader Kusatteiru)
Skewered Eel
Crocolisk Au Gratin - If you need expertise
Grilled Dragon - If you need hit
Gear Lists
Now you know much of the basics of druid tanking at level 85. You have done your research and if you're still read this far down - congratulations. Not many other people probably are. To reward your patience (or skimming abilities) I'll throw down a nice pre-raid gear list for you. Follow this guide fairly well and you'll be tanking that guild raid in no time flat. The format is simple, I begin with the best gear for you according to bear stat weighting. While not always the case, this will generally be based on the gear iLvl.
Stormrider's Raiment (T11) - 2200 Justice Points
Assassin's Chestplate - Crafted BOE Leatherworking
Shadowtooth Trollskin Breastplate - Zul'Aman
Vest of Misshapen Hides - Heroic Grim Batol
Addons \ Resources
Deadly Boss Mods - This is my boss mod of choice. This tells you about certain boss abilities and when they are going to happen. This addon is one that is required for raiding in my guild. There are several alternatives, and it's a matter of flavor. I just happen to like DBM.
Bartender - This is my action bar addon. It allows me to resize and move my action bar to my liking. It is highly customizable and basically anything I can think of it will allow me to do. My bar reacts to which form I'm in (ie, displaying bear abilities while in bear form and not while in caster form) and can be made to fade out/in on mouseover.
Omen - This is a threat meter. It allows me to monitor my threat levels on current targets. There are some nice built in features to Omen now. For instance, when a mage pops mirror images (and disperses their threat) it turns the mages threat bar clear and gives you a count down. After the count is over they are back to generating regular threat so be prepared.
Recount - The main use of this addon is to test how much DPS one is doing. This use however is only one of many. I use this to gauge healing, causes of death, number of interrupts, and friendly fire. Meters are not the end all to know who is doing their job, and doing it well. The power in charts lies completely in the hands of those interpreting them.
TauntMaster - This addon is basic raid frame that allows a tank to click a raid member and taunt whatever might be attacking them. Very useful during trash pulls and while doing a tank swap.
TargetCharms - This addon allows me to quickly mark targets with raid icons and to lay down world markers. Also support for a ready checker. This addon is light weight and effective.
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Well there you have it. This is my basic guild to feral tanking at level 85. As we move deeper into the raid content of this expansion I'm sure there will be plenty to add, and I'm excited to bring that to you. If you have any questions feel free to seek me out either on the blog, via email, or in game. Good luck and have fun!


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The December 2008 issue of Budget & Tax News highlights the federal government's recent "buyouts, bailouts, loans, takeovers, and giveaways" ... and warns more intervention might be on the horizon, as budget-challenged state governments begin to demand federal rescue money as well.
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Grand strategy games is a genre that I like very much but that it is difficult to play online. Is there any site where HoI fans gather to comment and play the game?
The best way is to register on the official HoI3 forums, and browse this subforum where people announce for multiplayer games (by region, etc).
I hooked up quite a good MP game with a couple of guys in my region a while back. Playing as France, I sadly got my ass handed to me ;)


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Priti Kumar, PhD
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Departments & Organizations
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Developing siRNA and gene delivery tools for antiviral therapy is my field of expertise. While at the Harvard University, I developed novel ligand- and antibody-based targeted delivery platforms for specific gene silencing in human neuronal and T cells. I specialize in the generation of animal models for flaviviral and retroviral infections and have successfully demonstrated the feasibility of the nucleic acid carriers in animal models for flaviviral encephalitis and HIV, in three hallmark papers. These studies showed that RNAi-based technologies can indeed be used as therapeutic interventions for both acute and chronic viral infections. At Yale University, as an assistant professor, my laboratory focuses on application of such delivery systems to study the pathogenesis of viral infections in relevant animal models including multiple humanized mouse models that are infectable by HIV.
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Let $C$ be the unit square with vertices $0, 1, 1+i, i$ with the counterclockwise orientation.
a) Parameterize the contour $C$. For this, I parameterized the 4 line's which make up this unit square. With $C_1: f_1(t)=t , C_2: f_2(t)=1+it , C_3: f_3(t)=1-t+i , C_4: f_4(t)=i-it$ , where $t$ is from $[0,1]$
b) Using your parameterization of $C$, compute the value of the contour integral: (sorry not sure how to insert math type)
$\displaystyle\oint_C \bar{z} dz$, (contour integral over $C$ of $\bar{z} dz$) For this part I integrated $C_1, C_2, C_3, C_4$ separately, all going from $[0,1]$ and added them together. I got a final answer of $2i$, not sure if I made a mistake anywhere during the integration, but can anyone confirm this answer?


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Seamus Heaney, 1939-2013
Seamus Heaney, one of the greatest poets of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, has died today. He was 74.
The Guardian has some wonderful coverage--videos of Heaney reading his poetry, a slideshow of Heaney through the years, even a picture of the poet's "reading room" in his Dublin house's attic.
Here is an excerpt from "Casualty":
... that morning
I was taken in his boat,
The Screw purling, turning
Indolent fathoms white,
I tasted freedom with him.
To get out early, haul
Steadily off the bottom,
Dispraise the catch, and smile
As you find a rhythm
Working you, slow mile by mile,
Into your proper haunt
Somewhere, well out, beyond...
About the Author
Anthony Domestico is an assistant professor of literature at Purchase College, SUNY. His book on poetry and theology in the modernist period is forthcoming from Johns Hopkins University Press.
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Fishermen at Ballyshannon
Netted an infant last night
Along with the salmon.
An illegitimate spawning.
A small one thrown back
To the waters. But I'm sure
As she stood in the shallows
Ducking him tenderly
Till the frozen knobs of her wrists
Were dead as the gravel,
He was a minnow with hooks
Tearing her open.
She waded in under
The sign of her cross.
He was hauled in with the fish.
Now limbo will be
A cold glitter of souls
Through some far briny zone.
Even Christ's palms, unhealed,
Smart and cannot fish there.
--Seamus Heaney
The lines "Between my finger and my thumb/The squat pen rests; snug as a gun" were my first encounter with Heaney (probably like a lot of people) when I was assigned "Digging" from Death of a Naturalist as an undergrad. It was one of those moments when, as another instructor had said, you understand what literature is and does. What can I say - I was 19, maybe not much younger than Heaney was when he wrote it.
He was wonderful. RIP, Seamus.
His translation of Beowulf? Wonderful. Link to the bilingual edition:
I'm not a modern poetry fan, but have always admired "St. Kevin and the Blackbird"; here's Heaney reading it:
Sad -- I heard him read his Death of a Naturalist in Maynooth in 1966, met him at an IASIL conference in Kyoto in the 1990s and again at the opening of the Lafcadio Hearn library at the Irish Embassy in Tokyo -- a benign and generous presence
His commencement address at Fordham in 1982 was delivered in verse. Like every word he wrote, it's well worth your time: on Fordham's blog here. http://fordhamnotes.blogspot.com/2013/08/seamus-heaneys-verses-for-fordh...
and from his Nobel Prize Lecture, "Crediting Poetry:"
I loved Gerard Manley Hopkins for the intensity of his exclamations which were also equations for a rapture and an ache I didn't fully know I knew until I read him.
Beautiful stuff in the NYT this morning, including his picture on the front page, long obituary, article in Arts section. Etc.
From the Francis X. Clines editorial:
He exulted in his origins as a farm boy who savored the ring of the BBC weather forecast towns ("Dogger, Rockall, Malin, Shetland...") as much as the family's recitation of the Blessed Virgin's litany ("Health of the Sick, Refuge of Sinners, Comforter of the Afflicted...").
Kevin Cullen's column---filled with wondrous language, great stories and keen insight---in the Boston Globe is worth reading in its entirety. Here are some excerpts:
"I was auditing Helen Vendler's class on Heaney's poetry, and to this day I have no idea why Helen let me sit in. I was a Nieman Fellow, on a yearlong vacation at Harvard, and I think she, the greatest of critics of Heaney's work, pitied me. When Heaney walked in, he eyed me warily. He knew me, the way spies know each other, having bumped into each other at strange times in strange places they'd prefer to deny." (emphasis added)
Cullen described having a drink with Heaney at a local pub: "It was getting close to 7:30 that night in Cambridge 11 years ago. I was checking the clock. Seamus, as the Irish say, couldn't be arsed. He was due for dinner with the Adams House masters, Sean and Judy Palfrey, and I knew there would be hell to pay if I delivered him late. Sean and Judy are not just pediatricians, working with some of the most vulnerable kids in Boston, they're also my pals. I wasn't going to diss them by keeping their distinguished guest at a bar around the corner all night.
But when I told the great man from Bellaghy it was time to go, he squinted up at the clock, nodded toward Laurence Hopkins, leaned into me and said, in that delicious south Derry sotto voce, "Ach, we'll have one for the ditch, will we?"
And in conclusion: "Seamus Heaney was very much like St. Kevin in that he held out his hands until the eggs that were his verses hatched, grew wings, and flew away, all over the world. He dared to leave the bog. He made words a weapon of wonder and tolerance. He walked on air against his better judgment."
So he was 15 minutes late."
Allow me to make your day: set aside an hour and fifteen minutes to see a wonderful documentary, "Seamus Heaney: Out of the Marvellous." RTE calls it "an intimate and original look at Seamus Heaney, the man and the artist. The film explores the key personal relationship in Heaney's life, that with his wife Marie, and follows him to Harvard, New York and London, to readings, signings and public interviews." Here's the link: http://www.rte.ie/player/us/show/10194512/
The bard's last words: Noli timere.


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FRESNO, Calif. � As demand for locally grown fruits and vegetables has increased, so too has the number of urban farmers markets sprouting up across the nation.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Friday that the number of direct-sales markets has increased 9.6 percent in the past year, with California and New York leading the way.
�Farmers markets are a critical ingredient to our nation�s food system,� USDA Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan said. �These outlets provide benefits not only to the farmers looking for important income opportunities, but also to the communities looking for fresh, healthy foods.�
After 18 years of steady increases, the number of farmers markets across the country now registered with the USDA is 7,864. In 1994, there were 1,744.
Organizations such as Slow Food, founded in 1989 to counter fast-food, junk-food lifestyles, first ignited consumer demand for fresh, local produce.
�My husband and I prefer to eat locally and organically,� said Tracy Stuntz, a college instructor who shops at the Vineyard Farmer�s Market in Fresno. �You go to the grocery store and everything is the same. The farmers market has yellow zucchini and green onions that are like a foot long � produce you don�t see other places.�
Some markets are so popular that there are wait lists for farmers to sell there, including one of the largest and most diverse of all, the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market in San Francisco. Farmers from across the region travel there three days a week to sell fruits, vegetables and artisan breads and cheeses to thousands of shoppers, including top chefs from the food-centric city.
Operated by the Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture, the iconic market on the San Francisco Bay is celebrating its 20th birthday.
�When we started there were only three markets in the city, and now there are 29,� said Liz Hunt, a center spokeswoman.
Grant Brians of Heirloom Organic Gardens sells more than 200 old-fashioned varieties of vegetables, herbs and fruit grown on two farms in San Benito County, about 100 miles south of San Francisco. Others bring in stone fruits from the San Joaquin Valley, and berries from the coast.
Dave Stockdale, the center�s executive director, said farmers markets empower consumers to become active supporters of their communities.
�Every day eaters have the opportunity to vote with their forks and support small-scale farmers, investing resources in their communities, stimulating their local economies, and keeping ag land in sustainable production,� he said.
The center uses the markets to educate consumers about unique varieties of produce and how to prepare them. Stockdale said the growing interest in farmers markets has prompted others to ask the center for help creating educational programs.
San Franciscan Bryan Miller frequents the Heart of the City farmers market at the San Francisco Civic Center, a venue so popular it recently added Fridays to its normal Wednesday and Sunday operations.
�It�s fresh and cheap, to be quite honest,� Miller said. �I can go to the store on the bus and buy black, ugly, mass-market stuff, but I don�t want to do that. I would rather get local produce.�
The USDA has worked to make the markets accessible to people of all income levels by outfitting more with the ability to accept payments from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as food stamps. More than $4 million is being made available to equip markets with wireless point-of-sale equipment.
California, the country�s top agricultural producing state, has 827 markets, according to the USDA. New York has 647, more than double the next most prolific state, Massachusetts, which has 313.
The mid-Atlantic, Northeast and Southeast saw the biggest percentage growth in markets, reporting 15.8, 14.4 and 13.1 percent jumps in participation.


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5 Celebrity Wikipedia Entries They Clearly Wrote Themselves
What's great, and terrible, about Wikipedia is that anyone can edit it. Anyone--including the person the Wikipedia entry is about.
This becomes obvious when looking at the pages of certain washed-up celebrities, and the results are equal parts hilarious and sad.
#5. Corey Feldman
If you remember the 80s, you remember this guy:
He burst onto the scene as the smart-ass kid in The Goonies, and turned up in seemingly a dozen movies a year as a teenager, often alongside the less awesome Corey (Haim). Then, wouldn't you know it, one day he found himself a wee bit older and three busloads less cute.
It seemed like the glory days were over for our hero. And they most certainly were. But when perusing his Wikipedia article, we find a strangely detailed account of Corey's adventures in the last decade or so, and very little about the stuff he did as a child, when he was, you know, famous and crap.
It's almost as if the author desperately needs us to know that Feldman has indeed accomplished something with his adult life (hint: he hasn't).
Perhaps the best thing about Corey Feldman's Wikipedia article is that contained within its murky bowels is an almost supernaturally shameless plug for his latest (and most ambitious!) crappy album.
"In November of 2008 he released his most ambitious musical project to date, a new album with his band Truth Movement entitled Technology Analogy. This high concept album has been met with tremendous reviews, and features an all-star line up, including Jon Carin (Pink Floyd), Mark Karan (Rat Dog, Grateful Dead) Scotty Page (Pink Floyd), and artwork by the legendary artist Storm Thorgerson. To order his album check out his website at www.coreyfeldman.net"
You'd be stupid not to buy this album. It's had tremendous reviews.
Fast Fact!
Feldman was the voice of Donatello in the first and third Ninja Turtles movies. Why not the second movie, you ask? Well, presumably he was too busy writing rock operas on the moon, having a career and not being douchey at all.
Just then, John Lennon rose from the grave and ate their brains.
#4. Paul Stanley
When you think musician, along with adjectives such as "tasteful," "subtle" and "talented," what comes to mind? Whatever it is, picture the absolute opposite. Paul Stanley's face should emerge.
Now, just in case the makeup didn't give it away, Paul Stanley was the lead singer of Kiss. And if you thought he was just some dude in spandex with a star on his face you'd be wrong, because according to Wikipedia:
"Stanley's persona is that of a Don Juan-esque lover, combining effeminate elements with elements of extreme masculinity, rather than mere androgyny. Although Stanley's voice is generally very soft and eloquent during normal conversation, he uses a specific "stage voice" which is like a "Rock N' Roll Preacher from Queens".
So, that star is totally more than just a star, man. It's a star that represents a glorious entity that is half woman, half man and complete sexiness. The article leads us to believe that Paul Stanley, wouldn't you know it, is surprisingly introspective, omni-talented and deeper than the Mariana Trench.
You are now thinking about sex.
And then we delve just a wee bit deeper, and get to this:
"Unlike most leading rock frontmen, he gets the crowd to join the band in many of their classic hits and also tends to give a speech or "scripted" story for certain songs (e.g. having sexual encounters with nurses and other women he's met on tour and how much he supports U.S. troops overseas)."
And this:
"Paul Stanley is often credited as being the most identifiable member of Kiss by people outside the fan community."
It's hard to choose a favorite between these two nonchalant gems. On the one hand, the first quote describes to us Stanley's superiority to other frontmen, mostly because of that charming way he likes to brag about having sex with nurses (not even Mick Jagger would do that). On the other hand, the latter quote casually lets us know what we've all long suspected: Paul Stanley truly is the most identifiable member of Kiss. But that little tidbit has since been edited out (probably by Vinnie Vincent).
And could you stop watching while we shower?
Fast Fact!
Did you know that Paul Stanley is an avid painter? No? Well, he certainly is, and the result is about what you'd expect:
Happy birthday, Mom. Hope you like it.
What will it cost to hang a scorcher like this up on your bedroom wall? Well, an original piece goes for around $70,000. Now, that may sound a little pricey, but when you consider all the memories you and your painting will be having together, it's a bargain and a half. Maybe you could take it canoeing.
#3. William Shatner
A quick warning: Should you ever consider typing the words "William" and "Shatner" into Wikipedia, the resulting article is gargantuan, and you may not be able to find your way back to the surface. This man has seen it all, and done it all, so many times that he has long ago lost count.
After all, he's Captain Kirk. But that's old news. Skip down past all that geeky Star Trek stuff and sooner or later you'll be getting to the real goods:
"Shatner has been married four times: to Gloria Rand from 1956 to 1969. His second marriage--his longest marriage thus far--lasted 21 years and was to Marcy Lafferty Shatner from 1973 to 1994. The couple divorced in 1994. His third marriage was to Nerine Kidd-Shatner from 1997 to 1999. That marriage ended when his wife drowned. His current wife is Elizabeth Martin whom he married in 2001."
Note how casually the author has tucked in the fact that the second marriage was his longest "thus far," thereby giving the reader the impression that there is some sort of contest going on as to who can stay married the longest to "The Shat." Another 15 years with Elizabeth and we'll have ourselves a new record.
But it wasn't all fun and marriage contests for Bill Shatner. No, sir. After the original Star Trek series went gunnysack, he found himself wallowing in a little bit of a career debacle. Times were hard for our hero, and:
"Perhaps the nadir was his role in Big Bad Mama, prized by Shatnerites for his nude scene with Angie Dickinson."
The only thing more unsettling than the notion of William Shatner shooting a nude scene is the idea of some deranged individual actually prizing it. Also slightly disconcerting is Wikipedia's casual tossing around of words like "Shatnerites." It may well be that a narcissistic Shatner did not, in fact, write this piece, but for the sake of mankind let's hope that he did.
Fast Fact!
Shatner's article is such a swollen plethora of educational nuggets that it is actually rather difficult to choose. Here's one:
"Entrepreneur Richard Branson, head of the space tourism company Virgin Galactic, offered William Shatner a free ride into space on the inaugural space launch of the VSS Enterprise scheduled for 2008, saving Shatner $200,000; however, Shatner turned it down, and said, "I do want to go up but I need guarantees I'll definitely come back."
So, he could have gone into space, but he chose not to. Although he was more diplomatic about it, we all know the real reason.
You're trapped in a capsule with this guy.
Here's one more free Fast Fact!, for the kids:
"... in 2004, Shatner was a guest photographer for Playboy Magazine, shooting former playmate Deanna Brooks."
We're assuming Shatner was also naked at the time. Good luck getting that image out of your brain!


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This is a web application for payment processing. I've been here maintaining it for nearly two years now, so I have a good idea of the problems with the system. About a half a year after starting here I started a rewrite in php/mysql that ended up not getting used (not because of good reasons like "it hasn't been tested" or "how do we know if it will be stable?" but "php/mysql are not microsoft and are therefore bad" and "we have to buy a license for mysql / we'll have to share our source code if we use it / no shops use anything but microsoft products" - those were thoroughly entertaining conversations. This ended up being a fully functional throwaway prototype. I wasn't happy with the end result (mostly with how the HTML was coupled with code, it would have been hell for a web designer to work with), but it worked and at least I gained complete insight on the input/processing/output of the entire system.
The current system we are using works, but is fragile and difficult to add features to without breaking something else or requiring lots of manual fixes down the line. But is it bad enough to need a rewrite in order to move forward and meet the requirements and features new potential clients? I think so.
Here's a list of code smell:
- Originally designed in Visual Basic in 2003 or earlier, no major design changes since
- No classes or any kind of object-oriented design
- 3700 line Module1.vb file
- Manual deployment of executables and aspx files
- Complete mess of HTML designed in 2003, under-utilized stylesheets
- New clients were created by copying and renaming pages and functions
- Copied function names, e.g. function1, function2, function3
- Highly coupled with SQL Server
- Redundant database connection->command->reader blocks
- Highly coupled with our current payment processor
- Lots of functions with 6 parameters (many byref because there are no classes)
- No unit testing, have to debug from the start of the application to the finish every time
- No consideration for security
- Coding style is completely inconsistant, save for what VB does
- Settings (including passwords) are hardcoded in compiled files (besides those I've moved to web.config)
- Comments are either dead code (found everywhere, sometimes up to 50 lines), stating the obvious, or non-existant
- Extremely fragile - during revisions, changing code in one place affects stability elsewhere.
- I fixed a byref parameter of one function to not always be empty (so it would actually put a value into the variable it was supposed to be getting, but who could tell if it was used or not?) only to have a block of code with an obvious flaw (that had been there for over 5 years) suddenly start working.
- No test objects - all test data is retrieved from live databases or copies of live databases
- No thought to database table design - tables contain useless and redundant data.
- Code highly coupled with database tables/field names/types/procedures
- Warning 279 Maximum number of warnings has been exceeded.
- No separation of debug code and production code besides if statements (had a huge error with this at the end of 2009)
- Many, many redudant SQL queries to update rows with session data
- Javascript file is completely undocumented and has functions and have useless and redundant names (e.g. testFun, validate1, 1a, 2, 2b, 2c, and so on)
- External documentation is just an overview. I've written decent documentation since then.


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We continue our series of local political interviews, talking with Republican 20th District State Representative candidate Regina Webb, who says Kentucky needs comprehensive tax reform.
"We need to have a tax code that will be competitive to other states around us," says Webb. "And we need to create a culture that will attract businesses and industries to come here and be able to do business, so you can create a great playing field for the employees. So it's really creating a culture for growth."
Webb also says Kentucky need to get a grip on spending for education.
"I think really we don't have as big of a revenue problem," Webb says, "as it is a spending problem. I think overspending. I'm a business owner. You overspend and you have to either put a higher price on the consumer, or you have to cut back in some way. So I think that's what we have to do."
You can see my interviews with all the candidates in their entirety, by clicking on the 2012 Kentucky Elections tab on our home page.


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The AARP Smart Driver Safety Program, developed by AARP, will be offered from 12:30 to 5 p.m. at Jefferson Regional Medical Center, 1600 W. 40th Ave.
This is a new course for persons 50 and older and covers the normal changes in vision, hearing and reaction time that comes with age and provides practical techniques for dealing with these changes. A driver who completes the course will receive a certificate which by state law will enable drivers to receive a discount on their automobile insurance if they are 55 and older. This discount is good for three years under Arkansas state law.
The cost of the course is $15 for AARP members and $20 for non-members, payable to AARP at the time of the class. Participants should bring a valid driver's license and their AARP membership card if they are members. This is a four-hour multimedia course and there are no tests to pass. The class will be taught by Bob Daugherty, a licensed AARP instructor.
Interested individuals should call 870-247-4898 to pre-register. The class will be limited to 35 participants.


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US PlayStation Store Update for January 7th: Don't Starve and DmC: Devil May Cry free for Plus subscribersWritten by: / / 16 Comments
The first PlayStation Store update of 2014 isn't particularly extensive but PS Plus members are spoilt with choice thanks to survival adventure Don't Starve and Ninja Theory's series reboot DmC: Devil May Cry joining the service's Instant Game Collection.
Another highlights of this week's update is some new DLC for LittleBigPlanet 2, LBP Karting and LBP PS Vita in the form of the DC Comics Costume Pack 2. This pack introduces costumes based on Batman, Joker, Harley Quinn, Batgirl and Poison Ivy, and is naturally free to DC Comics Season Pass holders.
You can browse through all this week's new releases on the PlayStation Blog or directly on the PlayStation Web Store. Here are some highlights from this week's Update:
PlayStation Store Highlights
PlayStation Plus Instant Game Collection
• Don't Starve (PS4)
• DmC: Devil May Cry (PS3)
PS4 Games
• Don't Starve ($14.99)
PS3 Games
• Tiny Brains ($19.99, Cross-Buy)
• Twisted Lands: Shadow Town ($11.99, demo available)
PSP Games
• StreetKix: Freestyle ($11.99)
PS3 Add-ons
• Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 – Stadium Pack (Free)
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Easy to make and tastes great! I used raspberry greek yogurt instead of butter and also added cinnamon and flaxseed. I flattened them before baking and they came out amazing:)
Bev's Chocolate Chip Cookies
From EatingWell: Spring 2004, The Essential EatingWell Cookbook (2004), July/August 2012
EatingWell reader Beverley Sharpe of California contributed this recipe. She updated a favorite treat by cutting back on sugar and incorporating whole grains. To increase protein, she replaces the rolled oats with 1 cup almond meal.
179 Reviews for Bev's Chocolate Chip Cookies
These were super delicious and healthy enough that I was ok with the kids scoffing a few as well. I did make a few adjustments....
Vanilla Greek yogurt instead of butter
Coconut oil instead of canola oil
Organic raw Honey instead of granulated sugar
1/4 c of choc chips
I did not grind the oats
They were a little on the sweet side so I will probably use a little less brown sugar next time.
But overall really good and definitely will make again.
Very nice, and somewhat healthy. I've made them twice now, once with choc chips and once with sultanas, both very nice, even my toddler ate them. Will definitely become a regular in our house :)
As I didn't have brown suger I added a banana instead and it turned out to be delicious! Also a pinch of cinnamon
I love these cookies - they end up a little more muffin/cake-like the way I make them - which I prefer.
sub flax seed for the egg (1TBS ground flax soaked in 3TBS warm water)
sub coconut oil for canola oil
sub applesauce for butter
use fewer chocolate chips than called for


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2013 Wampus Cat 5K FUN RUNBringing Awareness and Prevention toTeen Dating Violence Fun Run begins at 9:00 a.m. in front of Itasca High SchoolRegistration begins at 8:30 a.m.Parking in the Itasca Football Stadium Parking LotSponsored by Itasca ISD and benefitting theJohnson County Family Crisis Center in Cleburne, TXFor details and additional information, contactItasca ISD School CounselorGrace Hennig @ email@example.com or (254) 687-2922 Ext. 116 Inclement (Bad) WeatherDate is Saturday, April 20, 2013
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Roscoe Riley Rules #5: Don't Tap-Dance on Your Teacher (Hardcover)
Roscoe Riley doesn't mean to break the rules
Don't Tap-Dance on Your Teacher
Tap shoes make the best noise ever But tap dancing? The big boys say that's just for girls. Roscoe promised to tap in the school talent show. When the teasing starts, will he keep his word?
About the Author
Katherine Applegates many books include the Roscoe Riley Rules chapter book series, the picture book The Buffalo Storm, and the award-winning novel Home of the Brave. With her husband, Michael Grant, she wrote the hugely popular series Animorphs, which has sold more than 35 million copies worldwide.
Katherine was inspired to write The One and Only Ivan after reading about the true story of a captive gorilla known as Ivan, the Shopping Mall Gorilla. The real Ivan lived alone in a tiny cage for twenty-seven years at a shopping mall before being moved to Zoo Atlanta after a public outcry. He is now a beloved celebrity at the zoo, which houses the nations largest collection of western lowland gorillas. Ivan is well known for his paintings, which he signs with a thumb-print.
Katherine lives in California with her husband and two children.


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I've read a recent Nature Methods paper by Moon T.S. et al, in which a synthetic genetic circuit consisting of layered logic gates was created. For example, the paper, a circuit is modelled in Figure 4a. How is this circuit computationally modelled? Can you refer me to any graduate level texts on the subject?
The following papers are a good starting point:
You can also have a look at Computational Methods in Systems Biology, International Conference CMSB 2007, Edinburgh, Scotland, September 20-21, 2007. Proceedings, specifically the chapter "Decision diagrams for the representation and analysis of logical models of genetic networks" by A. Naldi, D. Thieffry and C. Chaouiya,
I would also suggest Uri Alon's An Introduction to Systems Biology.
Personally, I learned using JJ Tyson's body of work and I would particullary recommend Sniffers, buzzers, toggles and blinkers: dynamics of regulatory and signaling pathways in the cell


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District Judge Randall Rehmeier handed down a 10 to 20-year prison sentence to a Palmyra man convicted of sexual assault and child enticement.
Otoe County Sheriffs' Office investigators say a nine-year-old girl was walking home from school on Aug. 20 when Kenneth Cranford, 68, asked her to help him unload boxes from his van.
Investigators say he put his hand inside of her clothing and when she attempted to get away he placed her in the cab of his van.
Special Otoe County prosecutor Julie Smith Hogancamp said when another car pulled up Cranford released the girl, gave her $1 and told her not to tell what had happened.
She said Cranford had earlier befriended the girl and her siblings, sometimes paying them pennies to pick up litter from around his residence.
Otoe County Public Defender Michael Ziskey asked for a sentence of time-served and probation.
He said Cranford is in poor health, he is blind in one eye and is hard of hearing. He compared a lengthy prison term to a life sentence.
Smith-Hogancamp described his behavior as victim "grooming" and said he is a risk to re-offend.
"He is a high risk because he has already re-offended," she said.
She noted that Cranford was convicted of a 1985 sexual assault in Hall County that began with a 10-year-old girl and ended seven years later with his arrest.
She said the offense occurred before Nebraska's sexual offender registration law, so the Palmyra family did not know about his past.
The Palmyra girl's parents were in the courtroom Monday.
"Unlike the first victim he was able to victimize for seven years, this victim did tell someone," Smith-Hogancamp said.
She said Cranford told authorities in the 1985 case, where Cranford served a three to six-year sentence, that the girl had in some way enticed him.
She said he also offers excuses in the current case.
She said Cranford said he had lost his mother at an early age, that his wife had died a few years ago and he had been drinking on Aug. 20.
Ziskey said Cranford had lived a law-abiding life for 28 years and said it is not true that he was "grooming" the child.
He called the incident a "moment of weakness" and said Cranford is sorry for what happened.
Judge Rehmeier said Cranford "does somewhat tend to minimize or justify his actions."
"It may have been a moment of weakness on his part but that does not negate the impact it has on the child," Judge Rehmeier said.
Cranford was sentenced to 5 to 5 years in prison for sexual assault of a child.
Page 2 of 2 - He was sentenced to 10 to 20 years in prison for child enticement, subsequent offense.
He will serve five years before he is eligible for parole.
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How to Deceive a Duke (Mass Market Paperbound)
When deception leads to desire . . .
When her stubborn sister runs off the night before her arranged marriage, Meg Lyntonhardly hesitates before donning the wedding veil and walking down the aisle herself. It's the only way to save her family from sure destitution. By the time her wealthy groom discovers he has married the wrong sister, it will be too late to annul their vows. And too late for Meg to escape her wifely duty to a man reputed to be a devil in battle and the bedroom . . .
A bride is the last thing Nicholas Hartley, Duke of Temberlay, wants. Then he sees Meg and realizes that his wedding night will be a great pleasure indeed. But aside from the agreeable business of begetting an heir, Temberlay will never change his wicked ways for a wedding vow--until he discovers Meg's deception, and decides to teach the scheming beauty how to be a proper duchess, kiss by devastating kiss . . .
About the Author
Lecia Cornwall lives and writes in Calgary, Canada, in the beautiful foothills of the Canadian Rockies, with five cats, two teenagers, a crazy chocolate Lab, and one very patient husband.


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More than 450 Macy's stores will feature branded Finish Line footwear departments as the department store retailer and athletic footwear chain have entered into an exclusive agreement.
The deal addresses a major merchandising deficiency for Macy's as department store retailers are not generally viewed as a destination for athletic footwear. The deal also accelerates growth for Finish Line which currently operates 638 predominantly mall-based U.S. stores compared to Macy's approximately 840 locations.
The branded Finish Line departments within Macy's stores will operate as leased departments with Finish Line recognizing sales and corresponding profits, less the licensing fee paid to Macy's. Longer term, the agreement is expected to result in additional sales to Finish Line of $250 million to $350 million annually, according to the companies.
The rollout process is expected to begin in the spring of 2013 with completion not expected until the fall of 2014. For the remaining approximately 225 Macy's stores that carry footwear, Finish Line will manage the athletic footwear assortment and inventory beginning in Spring 2013, but won't provide staffing or branding elements of the Finish Line departments in Macy's other stores. Athletic shoe assortments selected by Finish Line also will be available on macys.com beginning in spring 2013.
"We believe the enhanced footwear assortment (Finish Line) will bring to our customers at every full-line Macy's store nationwide, as well as on macys.com, complements our rapidly developing offering of activewear merchandise," said Jeff Gennette, Macy's chief merchandising officer. "With Finish Line on our team for athletic shoes, Macy's will be a comprehensive and compelling destination for footwear across all categories, from dress to casual to comfort to athletic, for men, women, and kids."
According to Finish Line chairman and CEO, Glenn Lyon, the deal further positions the company as a leading omnichannel retailer.
"Macy's large and profitable store portfolio, its customer base that is concentrated in a demographic that Finish Line has not penetrated to date, and most importantly, its customer-centric philosophy and omnichannel focus make them an ideal partner for us to broaden our reach beyond our bricks and mortar stores and our website," said Lyon. "The strength of our brand, our strong vendor relationships that allow for an extremely compelling product offering, as well as our industry-leading omnichannel capabilities created this attractive opportunity."


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25 Jan 2013 3:14 AM #1
[Sencha Cmd] Add email@example.com to Sencha Touch app template (for iPhone 5)
Ext version tested:
- Sencha Cmd v220.127.116.118
- Sencha Touch v2.1.0
- After creating a new Sencha Touch app with 'sencha generate app', folder resources/loading contains default "Sencha-style" PNG images for the startup screens of native iOS apps, both for iPhone and iPad -- it now has all the necessary versions of those except the email@example.com file required for iPhone 5-ready native iOS apps.
- Create a new Sencha Touch app with 'sencha generate app'
- Build the app with 'sencha app build native'
- Load the app on iPhone 5 and start the app
- Even with the default Sencha resources the app is able to start using the full screen resolution on iPhone 5 (i.e. 640x1136)
- The application starts fine, but in the "iPhone 4(S)"-resolution (i.e. 640x960)
- Manually create a 640x1136 PNG file, name it email@example.com and copy it to the Sencha Cmd installation (sub)folder, at the following (sub-)path: ./Cmd/184.108.40.2068/plugins/touch/current/templates/App/resources/loading
- You may use the attached PNG file for this purpose (if Sencha guys don't mind this quickly added unofficial version created from their other default PNG files)
25 Jan 2013 9:33 AM #2
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Thanks for the report! I have opened a bug in our bug tracker.
27 Jan 2013 8:06 PM #3
I was able to use your steps and get a test project to show up with full iPhone 5 resolution in the simulator, but this involved making a 'native build' as per your steps, and dragging the file into the simulator's Application folder. Is there a way to build an app withCode:
sencha package run packager.json
28 Jan 2013 1:59 AM #4
Hi Jonathan,
I should be able to get back to you request, to try myself and let you know. But there will be a delay on my side with that, I am sorry. (I am more focused on developing native iOS apps with Sencha Touch using Windows platform. I use OS X too, thus should be able to check on it as well, later.)
If the matter is really urgent to you, then I suggest you do a little bit of experimenting yourself, if you're not afraid of it. As a hint, I suggest you check my answer to huberte on a parallel thread, where I commented to him on a scenario similar to yours, though you will need to replace the step of adding iTunesArtwork with a step of adding email@example.com to the appropriate folder inside the .ipa archive (the folder where other "Default" PNG files are located). I believe it should be relatively easy to figure out...
Here is the thread I am referring to:
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Vladimir (TechMan)
11 Feb 2013 12:42 AM #5
Hi! How to fix the problem in an existing app? I try creating a file firstname.lastname@example.com into loading fonder of my project... but still render black space at the top and bottom of the screen...
thanks a lot!
15 Feb 2013 4:48 AM #6
17 Feb 2013 10:55 AM #7
Hi Stefano,
To be able to suggest you something really helpful, other people on this thread would need to know more specific details about what you're doing. Without that I can only blindly guess what is the difference between our configurations -- as the provided workaround does work well for me...
What is the exact command that you use to build the native iOS app? Also, look inside the native application package (which is just a kind of folder, indeed -- if you're on a Mac, then you can use Finder and the "Show Package Contents" option in the drop-down menu to go inside the app package): Can you see that new PNG file among the other PNG files in the main folder of the package? -- it has to be in there to let the native app start using the full resolution on iPhone 5.
Reply with those details.---
Vladimir (TechMan)
19 Feb 2013 7:46 AM #8
If I check inside the App package, I can't find the new email@example.com file (I can't see any of Default png file)
This is my app.json:
{ "name": "fh", "indexHtmlPath": "index.html", "url": null, "js": [ { "path": "touch/sencha-touch-all.js" }, { "path": "app.js", "bundle": true, "update": "full" } ], "css": [ { "path": "resources/css/app.css", "update": "full" } ], "appCache": { "cache": [], "network": [ "*" ], "fallback": [] }, "resources": [ "resources/images", "resources/icons", "resources/startup", "app/other", "data" ], "ignore": [ "\.svn$", "\archive", "\build", "\data", "\android", "ios_distribution.cer", "sencha.keystore" ], "archivePath": "archive", "buildPaths": { "testing": "build/testing", "production": "build/production", "package": "build/package", "native": "build/native" }, "buildOptions": { "product": "touch", "minVersion": 3, "debug": false, "logger": false }, "id": "8dd92c23-dac0-458d-850e-0c6a074873ca" }
16 Apr 2013 10:37 PM #9
Just confirmed this bug, and the work around on touch 2.2Sven Tore Iversen
17 Apr 2013 6:16 AM #10
still can't get this to work
OK, I've looked at some of these posts, and tried to follow them. I put a "640x1096.png" file in resources/startup. I've also put a "firstname.lastname@example.com", which is 640x1136 -- I wonder why the difference in height between the two files.
In any case, I still don't see a full-screen in the simulator. Still showing me iPhone 4 sized screens.
The frustrating thing is that the iPhone 5 has been out for about 7 months. I shouldn't have to do these kinds of things at all. It should just work. And yes, I'm running the very latest tools, Sencha Cmd v126.96.36.1998 to be exact. So, I'm really disappointed with this.
Don't get me wrong, I do like the toolset in general. There's some really good stuff here. But I need to support iPhone 5, and can't really use this product until it is properly supported, without me having to do weird stuff like this.


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How is MIDI used with a keyboard? I have a roland d-20, and I've heard that it connects with MIDI through USB. But what exactly is MIDI? How does it differ from a microphone input?
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You will need some sort of MIDI connection on your computer. I'm not sure which MIDI interfaces are available for the Mac, but For the PC most every sound card has a MIDI connection. Usually the joystick port doubles as a MIDI interface and requires an adapter cable.
You will then need to plug one MIDI cable from the MIDI Out on your keyboard to the MIDI In on your computer, and another from the MIDI In on your keyboard to the MIDI Out on your computer.
Now that your computer is hooked up to the keyboard, you need software on your computer to talk to the keyboard via MIDI. On the Mac you can use Garage Band. Reaper is an inexpensive program which works on Mac or PC.
Using the software, you will be able to record and play back music from the keyboard. The software also should allow you to send information to the keyboard including sounds and other system data (see the D-20 manual volume 2 chapter 5).
Friend of George answered perfectly, and this will probably be the most useful application of MIDI for you in the long run.
But there are many other things you can do with MIDI prior to hooking it up to a computer.
First off, let's face it, the D-20's sound engine leaves much to be desired. It's pretty bad. But the keyboard and on board controls are fine. You can find countless used sound modules at music stores and on Craigslist. If you are just starting out, look for a module that has a good complement of sounds you may enjoy and are appropriate for your style of music. Then it's just a simple matter of hooking up the MIDI out of the D20 into the MIDI in of the module. Be sure to hook up the audio outs of the module as well...MIDI doesn't transmit any audio whatsoever...think of it as the D20's keys telling the module what notes to play. If you also hook up the audio outs of the D20 into a mixer with the module, you now have a very versatile synth that has several layers utilizing several different methods of synthesis. Now the brash attack of what the D20 laughlingly calls a piano sound becomes a really evocative attack for a warm analog pad from the module. This USED to be the way things were done prior to powerful computers, and I would argue that, even with cheap synths, it creates a sound that is hard to get from any single software synth no matter how powerful.
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Hi there,
as far as Mitchel does not want to answer in Premium Forum will cross-post the issue here.
Nevertheless in some post was stated that back button on Android is still supported if use sencha's history facility, I'd argue.I have created a example's kitchensink as a separate project and put it to github. http://github.com/olegtaranenko/kitchensink
you can run this project locally (do not forget setup touch sdk properly) and call it with mobile browser. Android hardware back button does work, perfect! Honestly speaking history support is implemented not ideal (kudos to sencha guys) but at least you can view back is in charge.
Now you can do native packaging, follow with readme instructions.Back button is dead. More precise it close the app immediately.
Looks like Android WebView implementation history is not supported...
Any thoughts, sechna developers?
Cheers, Oleg
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looks like need to open the ticket...
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Check out an alternative solution here. I've tested it successfully on several different phones including Android and iOS.
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Give it a try now...sorry about that.
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This is for ordered collections e.g. java.util.List. Why did the language designers not include a last method? The only reasons I can think of are:
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This is for ordered collections e.g. java.util.List. Why did the language designers not include a last method? The only reasons I can think of are:
Any other reasons?
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Basically you either have to ask for the
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At his healthy best, Grady Sizemore could play baseball in a way that seemed effortless, almost easy.
But there's been nothing easy about the series of injuries, surgeries and rehabilitations that has caused the 31-year-old Sizemore, once one of the game's brightest stars, to miss all or part of the past five seasons, putting his baseball future in doubt.
Sizemore, a 2000 graduate of Cascade High School, is trying again this year, spending spring training with the Boston Red Sox in hopes of making the team's 25-man roster and perhaps even the opening day starting lineup.
If he pulls it off, it would be a remarkable tale of determination and perseverance for a player who has had seven surgeries since the fall of 2009 and has not played in a major league game since 2011.
"It's just frustrating dealing with injuries, missing time, and not being able to play," Sizemore said. "But you just try to focus on the positive and just get healthy and try to build off each day."
During the most discouraging times, he added, "I wanted to just get back to playing. That's all I really thought about."
To this point, Sizemore's career has been one of remarkable early successes followed by equally remarkable adversity. Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the third round of the 2000 draft, he bypassed a scholarship offer to play football and baseball at the University of Washington, and instead accepted a large bonus (reportedly $2 million) to sign with the Expos.
Sizemore was traded to the Cleveland Indians two years later and made his major league debut in 2004. He became the Indians' fulltime starter in center field the next year, and in 2006 he enjoyed the first of three consecutive All-Star seasons, including two Gold Gloves.
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More surgeries followed in 2012 (back and knee), and Sizemore ended up sitting out all of that season and last season, too, as he continued to recover and rehabilitate.
During those years of uncertainty, "I never thought about quitting," Sizemore said. "I just wasn't sure if I'd ever be able to get healthy. It just seemed no matter what I did, I kept getting injured."
Being sidelined for so long "certainly wasn't what I wanted," he said, "but obviously it was one of those situations where it really wasn't my call. It was just a matter of whether I could get healthy or not."
A free agent this season, Sizemore signed a one-year contract with Boston for a reported $750,000 with incentives that could push the total as high as $6 million. Wanting to proceed cautiously, the Red Sox have played him in roughly half of the team's exhibition games.
On Monday, Sizemore furthered his bid to be the team's starting center fielder this season when he collected three hits against St. Louis to raise his spring batting average to .381. He also made two outstanding catches — one was a diving grab in the left-center field gap and the other came an instant before Sizemore crashed into the outfield wall.
It was, Boston manager John Farrell told mlb.com, "a little bit of a flashback to how good Grady was for a number of years."
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"In terms of this season, I'm just taking it day to day. I'm trying to get as healthy as I can and get back into baseball shape. I'll let it play out, however it plays out."
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Like you said, these fragrances can't be compared since they are totally different.
If you want to make a good impression, I would go for GIT.
A*Men Pure Malt
Green Irish Tweed
Pure Malt and Green Irish Tweed.
Two completely different fragrances, but two fragrances that seem to get the most, or at least near the most praise, hype, love, ect.
So my question is:
If you were going to a special occasion where you really wanted to impress both someone of the opposite sex and everyone else around u, what would you spray on?
Like you said, these fragrances can't be compared since they are totally different.
If you want to make a good impression, I would go for GIT.
oh btw. i went with pure malt. i really really like green irish tweed, but its more of a scent that i myself enjoy because of the appreciation for the quality of the fragrance, rather then the scent.
in my opinion, Pure Malt's overall smell just blows away Green Irish Tweed, and if i were to really want to stand out, smell alluring, and really attract some positive attention, especially from women, i wouldnt even think twice about this.
IMO, nothing says (or smells) sexy than Pure Malt. Both good, GIT is a pleasant smell, you might get 'oh you smell nice!', as its rather safe, Pure Malt however, will impress, you will get 'oooh you smell good!' the boozy sweetness of Pure Malt will appeal to the opposite sex (female) a lot better than the freshness of GIT.
So this is basically a "Which one of these two frags will give me attention from women?" topic
Might as well compare a coffee table to a tangerine, as they're nothing alike.
GIT for a formal occasion.
Pure Malt for a casual occasion.
GIT will probably get a better reaction from adults.
Pure Malt will probably get a better reaction from teens, people in their 20's, etc
GIT will work well in almost any type of weather situation
Pure Malt won't work well in the summer
im not trying to compare the two fragrances. im just asking, if going to a special occasion where u simply want to get attention and impress people, would u reach for pure malt or GIT
IMO, these could both be candidates for the title of "Holy Grail." I have never smelled anything as "real" as Green Irish Tweed. And as for Pure Malt, ive never smelled anything to sexy, so alluring, so unique
Pure malt has a certain character that makes it unique in the fragrance world, and it's THeirry Mugler's #1 creation so far....
You know better than to make this thread, son.
Green Irish Tweed by Miles to the SUN, son.
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GIT will get female attention, that simple. Same with Cool Water, ADG, etc...
Pure Malt I enjoy for myself really. I think it's a little more mature/sophisticated for me and girls my age, but i still wear it for myself
it really is a win win situation
If I have to choose between the 2, I'll definitely go with Pure Malt. GIW is just too boring to mention. GIW will impress people and they'll say "oh, are you wearing Cool Water? My dad / brother / coursin / ex, etc wears it too!". LoL. A normal person won't be able to distinguish the two. However, IMO, after using Pure Malt, I think it's overated and over-hyped. Maybe because it's from Thierry Mugler. There are much better gourmands out there.
Last edited by jasonx; 22nd September 2010 at 07:52 AM.
Keep your A*Men Pure Malt and buy Cool Water, most people can't differentiate it from GIT.
Acqua di Giò is my guilty pleasure. What's yours?
I like both. And after reading carefully the topic, I choose Pure Malt.
I'd go with GIT.
I love Pure Malt. I love Pure Malt on a cool/cold evening with friends or my significant other, under a blanket or...non of your business.
I like GIT...whenever. It's more versatile...bar, club, beach? Try wearing Pure Malt to a beach. I'm pretty sure not many people have smelled either one (except for the Cool Water comparisons.) GIT is a better choice I feel. Pure Malt is far too complex for the everyday human...Thierry Mugler is not human, lol.
It's like comparing apples to cement blocks....
Two completely different scents. You might like one and not the other. I say GIT cause it's more non-offensive and not as loud.
Plus, I dont like Pure Malt.
I detest Pure Malt. I don't know why it gets so much love here... I hate it!
I do like A*Men & Pure Coffee though... but Pure Malt is just, just... not good folks, not to me at least...
out of the two - GIT hands down.