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Category Archives: The future is scary
New Associate Races!
Oh hai! The good news is that I'm still around. That is also the bad news. I just haven't had a lot to talk about since the BfA announcement – that goes a while back, I know, but there ya have it. What was that, BlizzCon?
I've started a number of posts, but ran out of gas before I got them up to our usual low standards of publishability. I haz opinions, but really haven't felt like any of them were worth your time.
I've even gotten in on the Alpha – hard to say who hasn't – though I haven't actually done anything with it. Matters of theorycrafting and so forth seem to be beyond my grasp – I've barely figured out how to properly use the Best in Bags tool at AMR. That's assuming I am, of course. AMR agrees with my own calculations enough to earn extra side-eye.
So anyway, watching all the news about BfA and our new
Associated Allied races has me wondering about future installments on this already popular feature. We all know about the Zandalari Trolls, some sort of Orcs from Outland (?), Dark Iron Dwards, and Big Chin Humans from Jaina's Home Island. What else might they be cooking up? Here are some ideas!
Leper Gnomes
I think that we've all seen this one coming from a mile away. The only thing holding them back has been the rather insensitive-to-lepers name, but now that we're in the second year of the Trump administration, sensitivity is for the birds! Bring on the possibly radioactive Gnomes!
Probably still won't end up in the next cinematic, though.
Similar to the Big Chin Humans, but these folk trace their roots back to when the Curse of Flesh was first weakening the races of Northrend. Smart folks, these relatives of the Vrykul got out of there before it got too bad, and also stayed hidden for thousands of years before revealing themselves. They're cool like that.
Racial Bonus: they use regular sized humans for shoulder gear. Cool.
Crimbo Elves
Somewhat related to the Really High Elves, these folks only appear in Winter, spending the rest of the year in communes in Northern Kalimdor.
Obviously if seasonal Associated Races don't work out, this will be the only ones we ever see.
Nasty Orcses
Nocturnal by nature, Nasty Orcses have a racial bonus when fighting stupid hobbitses. Precious.
Limited to Warriors and Paladins. Obviously.
Mostly Dead
A somewhat embarrassing chapter in The Lich King's campaign in Lorderon; these are the people who's relatives gave up on them before they were actually dead. Arthas took them into the Scourge and never heard the end of it.
Made for some awkward war councils, too.
"I remember you. You told them I was dead!"
"Didn't turn out so well, for me, either."
"If you think that makes it okay, let me tell you …"
"People, can we focus on the counterattack from Alterac?"
An offshoot of the Highmountain Tauren, these folks really rock.
Probably hinting at the eventual introduction of the Bard class. You know how Blizz is.
I'm guessing this offshoot of the Pandaran race will line up directly opposed to the Gitauren. This might even be the basis for the conflict in the expansion that introduces the Bard class. I'm calling it now – "World of Warcraft: Battle of the Bands".
There's no sound reason, lore-wise, for this to ever happen. Therefore it will happen.
You get a Furbolg, and you get a Furbolg …
The perfect cross-over from Erfworld, these highly avaricious and clever subterranean creatures will replace the mobile auction house. Their native resource, Juice, will replace Mana / Energy / Rage / etc for all supported classes.
Battle for Azeroth
(Image from the WoW Trading Card Game, whose body is buried in Hearthstone's back yard)
It's a bit more than a week since the big reveal at Blizzcon – Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth will be a thing. The theme to this expansion will be that of faction warfare between the Horde and Alliance. I, on the other hand, just call it The Jaina Expansion.
(Image from Blizzcon 2017 key art. Cosplay by Taylor Swift)
The theme of this one is that for some reason, the Horde has decided, after working with us for some time to save Azeroth from countless nasty things, that the time has come to wipe us out. Word has it that Sylvanas has a thing for Stormwind, which is why she turns around and burns down Teldrassil. You'd expect Silvermoon's finest Ranger to have better aim than that, but there ya go.
(By the way, it's been officially confirmed that Sylvanas shot first.)
As a result, the Alliance strikes back at Lorderon. I won't spoil it for you, but who won this one has also been officially confirmed.
(I'm not a member of the undead night elf fetish club, but the way, but the vice actor for Sylvanas has one of the most interesting voices in the genre. I could listen to her read the phone book.)
Aw, hell, I can't get away from giving it away a little … the upshot is that Alliance ends up with exactly one base in Kalimdor – the Exodar – and Horde with one in the Eastern Kingdoms – Silvermoon. Sorry, haters, but it's kinda fundamental to discussing what we know, ya know?
(Image from Ulduar announcement cinematic. I always liked big-nose Jaina the best.)
First things first. We don't know yet how much this affects contended areas like Gadgetstan or Booty Bay, but I seriously doubt it will affect them at all. They were contested before, they still are now. Fine. That also means that I suspect that little outposts, such as what's left of Theramore and Revantusk Village, will remain largely unchanged, though security might get beefed up. I doubt there's a good lore-related reason for this, but in terms of game mechanics, I imagine it would be a lot more work than they have time for, unless release date is sometime in 2020.
They already have enough to do. The losses of two major capital cities is going to likely re-arrange the political geography of much of the two continents.
Teldrassil's loss will likely lead to the loss of Darkshore and Ashenvale. Which is a shame since it seems that all that Horde does with woods is cut them down. Don't get me started.
Lorderon's loss will likely lead to re-integration of the two Plaguelands (already partially integrated, but maybe they'll remain contested), Hillsbrad, Alterac, Silverpine, and Tirisfal. It is also likely that Gilneas will be fully restored, and I suspect that this will become the new capital city of the Worgen and Night Elves, since the Night Elves hosted the Worgen up to now. I have no idea where the Forsaken will end up hosting, but I suspect they might be pushed into the Ghostlands (somewhat appropriate), thought that might involve Blizz having to rework a BC zone, which they seem very reluctant to do (which is probably also why the Exodar and Silvermoon are left alone in this expansion).
(Image from BfA announcement cinematic. Is it just me or has she been working out?)
As always with these expansions, there must be land to … expand into. This time around, it's Kul Tiras – Jaina's homeland – and Zandilar – home to nasty trollses. As you can imagine, the former has me more interested than the latter, but there are a few things that the announcement cinematic revealed about both.
We know a few things with regards to Kul Tiras. (1) It's Jaina's homeland. (2) It's nautical. (3) Jaina's dad is dead (Jaina sorta let that happen). (4) Jaina's mom is still alive, and they have probably had "one of those talks". ("Jaina, have we learned not to let ravening Orcs have their way with our parents now?" ":: sigh :: Yes, mother.") I really hope they don't go for the all too predictable trope of "Jaina's mom is mad with loss and will be a raid boss" or something like that.
Speaking of expanding, Stromgarde Keep is coming back, being rebuild, just in time to be repeatedly attacked by the Horde. This seems odd since I could swear we were kicking the bums outta our turf, but maybe Hillsbrad turns into a pocket of resistance or something? Hard to say, but the fact remains that without a foothold, it makes zero sense to see Horde attacking someplace that is so far within the heartland. I mean, sure, there's a pirate cove nearby (not gonna be touched, I can pretty much guarantee), so Southshore is the next closest point of entry. (I wonder if there is a corresponding Alliance stronghold in the middle of Kalimdor?)
And this brings up the main gist of this expansion – the two factions fighting. There will be a lot of focus on PvP-like activities, but there's good news for us care bears. All the PvP-like activity is against (apparently) NPCs. So they might be flying the flag of the enemy, but they're really just innocent bots that take pleasure in being slaughtered by the thousands by us god-like players.
(Image from Blizz's old fan art site, no attribution provide by them, sadly.)
And that brings me to what I don't like about all this. We've spent a couple of expansions now being told that we are the greatest thing since sliced bread by every friendly NPC that we meet. In Draenor we were elevated to military commanders, up to Admiral / General in the end. In Legion we were given command of our entire order. Set aside for the moment the massive danger there is in granting one supreme authority in both the military and religious spheres (that's as close as I can come to describe what we are to our orders). The real issue here is that we keep getting more and more preposterously powerful amongst our peers.
And now – we're foot soldiers in a number of PvP skirmishes? What a downer.
The whole theme of this thing, really, comes across as some seriously weak tea. Even the reason is weak. Why would Sylvanas suddenly want to go after Stormwind? And why would she then go after Teldrassil instead? Seems kind of random. The Alliance's motivations seem more obvious – looks like they're retaliating for this random violence on their shores. But Sylvanas has never, even once, come across as being a randomly violent entity? Did we get it wrong all along? Is Sylvanas the Dreadlord instead of Jaina?
The more I look at the set up – and I concede that "set up" may be entirely too accurate – the less engaged I feel. Many on the interwebz have called this a "filler" expansion done by "the B team", and there are times when I have no ammunition with which to refute that. This seems to be rather drab and uninspired (even the logo is washed out).
I dunno, what do you think?
(Image from naptime (sometime in 2012))
Yeah, I'll probably play, and hopefully rejoice in the restoration of our lands after all this time. On the other hand, visiting Kalimdor is likely to be heartbreaking.
Xe'ra should learn the meaning of "consent"
Why so Handsy?
You may have seen the cinematic that deals with "The Fate of Xe'ra". Here's a link if you want to watch. Note it contains spoilers for the Argus campaign, which you may wish to experience in pristine purity of the pure. In which case, close this article now and come back when you have been pristinely enlightened purely.
We'll wait until you leave …
Okay, here we go.
Six Weeks a Scribe
After six weeks, I've got a bit of a handle on Inscription as it stands. It's definitely not the old profession we used to have. But is it better, worse, or indeterminate?
In Summary
Here are the bullet points.
- Glyphs are no longer permanent. If someone wants to re-use a glyph after purging it out, they'll have to buy it again.
- Glyphs no longer provide necessary improvements to your skills or talents – all they do is change appearances. That's it. They have no real purpose, and anyone eschewing them will perform exactly the same as they would if they were fully loaded.
- Older glyphs cost all of three Roseate Pigments, the "common" pigment of Legion.
- New glyphs, or NuGlyphs as I like to call them, cost varying amount of Roseate and Sallow Pigments – Sallow being the "uncommon" pigment of Legion.
- Pigment drops vary vastly between different herbs.
- Roseate Pigment is the Palmetto Bug of Legion herbalism. You can't get rid of it, and it's everywhere.
So first I'll address the yield rate of the different herbs. Observe:
- The first thing I will point out is that Roseate and Sallow yields vary widely between different herbs, and an herb that yields a lot of Roseate may be crappy for Sallow.
- Sallow Pigment is the real limiting factor for NuGlyphs.
- Secondly, from a strictly Herbalist perspective, and with the previous in mind, Dreamleaf is the way to go for glyphing. At a .23 yield, it's a couple of hundredths ahead of even Starlight Rose.
- Roseate pigment yield isn't really much of a factor.
- Dreamleaf yield rates do not reflect the addition of Nightmare Pods. These pods can yield a lot of Sallow pigments, and are the after effects of Dreamleaf milling. So Dreamleaf may have a higher effective yield of Sallow than the chart reflects. I will be working on gathering more info on this statistic at some point, but off the cuff it seems like it's almost a 50% boost.
- I have more data on some herbs than other. Which brings me to …
- I have zero data on Felwort. Do I look like I'm gonna spend that kind of money on something so expensive to get data that nobody in their right mind would use? No matter how good the yields you get from this bonny jewel, it'll always be better to sell it on the AH. Oh, all right, some day when I'm fat and buttery I'll prolly blow a few Gs on a stack. But today is not that day.
Regardless, strictly for herbalists, Dreamleaf appears to be the clear winner.
Profession Switch
But for Scribes, maybe not.
Let's be clear: most Scribes are going to burn a lot more herbage daily than they can gather in a day. So that means they're going to have to buy herbs from someone – either the AH or private channels, it matters not at all. Coin is coin. And that takes us to the more complex level of this equation.
Here you see three data tables. On the upper right is a breakdown of the prices for all but one of the herbs. To the left of the prices is a breakdown of the general price for each pigment as based on the yield rates of each herb.
The data are clear. Regardless of their inferior yield rate, Aethril's much lower cost produces a much lower cost per pigment. Looking at the table to the left, you can see a calculation of price per glyph by class. As I said, mat requirements for each class varies. For example, Paladin and Priest only require 2 Sallow pigments, while Warlock requires 15.
The final table in this image is a little selector that changes the "Sallow" and "Roseate" values for the table on the left based on what herb you choose. Easy enough … right now, at this point in the game, on my connected realm, Aethril is the clear choice for purchasing off the AH.
Vantus Very Little
A word on Vantus Runes … I have no data. These runes require you to have defeated a boss before you can get the recipe, and I have not raided even a bit. Given that Jas is hogging all the glory, I imagine I probably never will without running LFR – which I look forward to as much as my next tax audit.
For the Profit
So, what is happening in terms of profitability? Before this expansion, Inscription was my cash cow. Slower at times than other, but still a steady source of income.
Now, it's hard to say. I've suffered a massive loss of cash getting ramped up – at least 300,000 – but the treasury is starting to grow once again. Having said that, the sell rate is starting to fall off. So I'm not sure I can draw any solid conclusions yet.
Finders Keepers
There are around 20-30 glyph techniques – recipes, basically – that are drops out there in the world, making your ability to perform somewhat random. If you get some good luck in drops, you'll be able to produce product that few others can. If you get bad luck, your stock will be limited.
Not saying we have a trend here, but from level 100 to 109, I've gotten exactly two – two – technique drops.
Side eye
Gonna throw a little shade, here. Most other professions, you have "ranks" for items that you can produce. The higher the rank, the fewer mats required to create the item. These ranks come from various sources, such as drops in the world, world quests, experience, and so forth.
Guess which profession doesn't have this mechanic?
If you guessed Inscription, you get a no-prize. Our recipes cost the same no matter what. There is no potential for improvement no matter how many of the darned things you make. I am not exactly pleased about this.
In Closing
As I watch this profession for further trends, I have to wonder where we're going with it. I see exactly zero motivation for people to buy my wares, and have to wonder which profession will be next to be hit by this sort of nerf. Enchanting? Alchemy? Hard to say.
I hope it swings the other way. That the person that thought that this was a great idea gets transferred to Diablo and never comes back. That we see a return of Inscription as a profession of great interest in the next expansion.
But I have a hard time thinking that Blizz is going to go back now that they've taken the first step on the voyage of "making professions fun again." Which seems to be a euphemism for "make stuff for yourself, but not so much any one else."
You know, "Fun."
The Invasion event is almost over, and I'm glad for it.
Not to say that it wasn't fun and productive, in a limited way, but it wasn't three weeks worth of fun and productive in a limited way.
Sure, I only have all six pieces of warforged gear on one toon, but all of my 100s have at least four. More than that is just a grind.
Invasion Gear Ain't All That
If you get all of your invasion gear up to iLevel 710, you're on par with some of the less well-developed WoD raiders, but I have to ask how long it'll be good for. Traditionally, my epics are chucked just as fast as I can find superior questing greens when the expansion starts.
Broken Isles Event was Cheap
I won't spoil the "surprise" but …
I don't mean in the form of no expenses spared. I instead mean, Blizz generated some tension between Horde and Alliance in a cheesy way. Instead of laying down a solid story that explains to you why you should be pissed (Alliance) or feeling REAL misunderstood (Horde), they chose to hide bits of the story behind the Iron Curtain, as it were. And the joke of it all is that all you have to do is go up to YouTube to see the other side of the scenario, and that tension is instantly negated. Hordesplainers be like "well actually" and this time it's actually a valid defense.
Had the story been more expertly laid out, I would have given this event full marks. Having said that, it was still pretty damned good.
Getting Tired of Jaina's Shit
In fact, the whole "Kirin Tor Takes Dalaran on a Field Trip" series of events is pretty thinly plotted, but the bitterest pill of all to swallow is how they have reduced Jaina to a whiney little jerk that spends a lot of time doing the Kylo Ren Stomp all over the place. So much so that I think most people were glad when she /ragequit the Kirin Tor – and not just on the Horde side.
Let's go for extra points and point out how sleazily that Khadgar basically manspreaded right into her old spot in the council. I gotta say, people upset that Khadgar has basically preempted Jaina's rightful place as the Mage of Mages in the past two or three expansions MIGHT be onto something. And as a guy that named his cat after her, I'd like to see better.
I hope they redeem the character with some solid storytelling in this expansion, but I'm worried we'll get the ragey version of "*sniffle* just proud of my king …" (gag). I'd love to say that I know Blizz can do better … but I can't. The major character arcs seem to be in the hands of someone that really can't tell a story that well (cough cough Metzen). They need to hand that over to Kozak.
Invasions were good for one thing, anyway
Getting out there and learning your new rotations is a good thing. For those of us not raiding, the only way to really test your mettle was against the major demons in at the Throne of Kil'jaden.
The invasions provided new and useful targets. They also taught me that melee in that sort of environment is no fun. Let's just say I'm glad for the opportunity to learn defensive cooldowns on an Unholy DK, but I would have preferred not to.
You're gonna say "But Grimm, the Invasion Event was also good for leveling toons!" Gonna say it again: I'm not getting why you'd bother playing a toon you don't want to level in the first place. Let's agree that that argument will never, ever carry water with me.
But this is from a guy that hasn't used either of his boosts yet. So whatever.
Speaking of Raiding
Our GM has been getting more active in game and has actually canvassed us to see if we'd be interested in raiding this expansion. Might have to bring Jasra for this, as we look to be replete with DPS, but that's fine, I like to be useful.
I'm also seeing some old friends I thought I'd never be playing with again, and that makes me very excite.
I don't know if we will actually get there, but I think we'll at least be able to cobble together some consistent 5-mans. Jas made an attempt at that last night and brought the house down with her screwed up keybinds. So we're working on that.
Cautiously Optimistic
At the start of WoD, everyone was like OMG Cutscenes and proclaiming the storytelling to be the star of the expansion. At the end of this content drought called 6.2, nobody's wondering where the five million people went to – the answer is: away. They got bored and let down by the rest of the expansion not living up to the start of the expansion – or its price.
So, while I am hearing good things about the expansion so far, I'm also mindful that Blizz has a lot to make up for once again. Maybe they'll deliver on the promise of a more content-ful expansion with a lot more to look forward to. You have to play to find out.
Tomorrow in the US, they roll out the demons in force. As always, I'm here first to have fun. Here's hoping the rollout goes smoothly and it lives up to the hype.
I'll see you on the Isles, fellow WoWheads.
Everything Old is New Again
Though I am loathe to link them, wowdb has a pretty decent Artifact Calculator up. This is our first glimpse at the progression of our new main weapons in Legion, as well as some spells and abilities associated with specific specs.
Without chewing too long on any particular weapon, I do notice one big thing, which is this.
Old-school WoW players that enjoyed the pre-Cata talent trees (such as, me!) will probably like the look and feel of this new feature.
To wit:
If you go over there and click around a little bit, you'll see what I mean. All
talents Artifact traits are constructed in a very familiar way: start out here, which enables you go go here or here, possibly after you select this many of this talent artifact trait. They usually (as far as I can tell) offer two specific paths to follow, so you can emphasize in what area you like, or homogenize as pleases you.
Let's look at the Frost Mage artifact, Ebonchill, as an example. You'll see that two fairly distinct paths are offered – one heavier on defensive, one heavier on offensive, with some common traits and crossover paths between them. This is a very familiar mechanism to us old-schoolers.
And I kinda like it.
Given, these are all very early beta / late alpha stuff, i.e. datamined stuff and some speculation, which the underwriters of WoWDB excel at (the speculation that is). So take with a grain of salt. But the overarching way that the Artifact traits will be implemented and/or controlled.
It implies that there are realistic choices to be made, and that those choices will be dictated by your toon's chosen lifestyle. For example, I can see a Questing toon go for the higher defensive path and later emphasizing offensive / DPS. \
I'm also assuming that there will be a respec / reset feature at some point available.
What's interesting is that we're losing a lot of "choices" in our glyphs – Major glyphs are going away, for example – while gaining many choices here. It's apparent to me that character modification is moving into an area that is more blatantly relevant to the player, without providing the endless mini-game that was the WotLK talent trees.
I personally liked that mini-game, in that it gave me a lot of flexibility. But Blizz's contention was that for most specs, there was one, and only one, true build for maximum raiding performance, so they normalized those non-choices out and left behind only "real" choices in the three-lane talent … trees we have today. Mind you, I'm not sure I agree with the terminology they use, as I continue to see cookie-cutter specs take over raiding and PvP as applies to the user, with the only real "choices" being between talents that nobody cares about anyway.
Normalizing to irrelevancy is not, IMO, a good thing, which is why I'm both excited to see the new Artifact designs, and apprehensive about the ultimate outcome.
It will be interesting to see where this is going, but for the time being it looks like it will take a predictable path, different from Vanilla in only the form which it takes. By the first week of beta, there will be just a few optimized configurations that render the maximum effect for each spec.
One last thing.
Datamining has revealed a Fishing Pole Artifact. Ain't that a hoot.
Legionary Priests
Blizzard released a preview of what Priests will look like on 2015-11-09, which you can find here.
Some Background
Jasra, my Priest, is not my main main, but has been my raiding main from time to time. Originally rolled as a Disco priest back when smiting and whacking things with a mace while keeping the shield up was the way to level. When dual spec came up, I embraced Shadow as the second spec. I've had a hard time reconciling the Disco healy spec with the Shadowy DPS spec from a bad RP point of view, but recently I've started to warm up to the concept. The Insanity aspect of Shadow merges well with the Pain-oriented motif of Discipline when I look to Morticia Addams for inspiration. It's working marvelously in my head if not elsewhere.
At any rate, my main gig with Jas has been the healy (and later healy-smitey) aspect of Disco, though I haven't healed in anger for two expansions now. Even as DPS, Jas rarely gets called into action, though she has seen a little more action in that respect than as a healer.
An Overview
So, looking at the general concepts for the three specs — and good news, everyone, there are still three specs!, we get this.
- Holy is the spec you think of when you think Healer. There is no hybridization here at all. Holy priests come to the party to heal, and you better be ready to be healed.
- Discipline – Or, Disco, as we often call it. This is another healing spec, but one that addresses the task in an odd way. For example, it has a damage component that, while you damage your enemies, also heals your friends. In addition, there are things like damage mitigation and ways to help your party endure its trials without necessarily providing succor. While the article linked above does not specifically call out Pain Suppression, it's pretty much part and parcel to the entire Disco idiom.
- Shadow – A DPS spec that has strong links to The Void and the Old Gods, balance on the knife's edge of insanity at all times, with greater insanity giving greater ability.
While the concept of "hybrid" healing is so four expansions ago, Disco kind of falls into that slot.
Disco the Hybrid
A long time ago, we had the concept of the Holy Hybrid, a kind of healing spec with damage components, as played by Holy priests. Disco priests actually didn't have a seat at that table even though today they kinda "own" the whole concept of damage-linked healing.
Which is to say, we have elements of both Holy and Shadow in our rotation now, in some cases the abilities are even named the same (looking at you, Shadow Mend).
My biggest objections at this point are twofold.
- Smite-healing never seemed to have much of a natural flow, yet this new spec refresh really seems to be revisiting the Cata mode of healing that so many of us hated. I have to say it: there are those that like to heal, and those that like to DPS, but there are few that like to do both at the same time, or do one to do the other. I won't say it isn't going to work until I see it, but it really feels like it's as charming as a road accident and twice as ugly.
- What the HELL? Why is Prayer of Mending a Holy only spell now? Is it just me, or is Disco kinda synonymous with the Healy Frisby?
Shadow the Dual Spec
We knew that the motif of Shadow was going to be insanity, which I dig. And most of the way through reading about Shadow, I was pretty happy. And then we got to this.
Reaching maximum Insanity will transform Shadowform into Voidform, giving the Shadow Priest access to stronger Void magic […]
When you reach 100 Insanity, you enter Voidform, transforming your Mind spells into Void spells, and increasing your Shadow damage by 30%.
Voidform causes your Insanity to constantly drain, faster and faster, until completely drained, and Voidform ends
Seen enough?
Looking this over, I was reminded very strongly that someone at Blizz stated that they wanted very much for Shadow to no longer appear as a poor cousin to Afflocks. And then they turned right around and turned Shadow into a poor cousin to Demonology Warlocks. I mean, the different forms is there (Voidform versus Demonform). The different abilities for each form is there (Mind Flay vs Void Flay, etc).
This, in my opinion, is not a great idea. In an era where they are trying to simplify things a bit, to reduce the button bloat, this is an extraordinarily bad idea. I mean, I've been campaigning vigorously for Demon Warlock to get rid of those alternate abilities completely, so in what universe am I going to be cool with doing the same thing to Shadow priests?
(Spoiler alert: NONE).
If asked, I would suggest that instead of adding new alternate abilities, they simply empower the base abilities during maximum insanity. And call it something other than Voidform. Call it, I dunno … "Maximum fun".
Howls of Despair
While I am 80% happy with Shadow and 60% happy with Disco, there is a huge contingent of unhappy Shadow priests out there, and that's surprising to me since until these changes were related, I didn't know there were a lot of dedicated Shadow priests out there. But they're out there, and they're pissed. I've seen two or three of them announce that they'll be using their boost to roll a fresh new Afflock and abandon their Shadow priests altogether.
A new look
The last change that surprised me wasn't mentioned in that article, but instead at the panel that discussed the Artifact weapons. Turns out, Shadow priests will no longer be using a staff. Instead, they'll be using a dagger (and offhand, presumably) as their main stat stick.
And of course, this is the weekend that Terestrian's Stranglestaff dropped for Jas in Kara, completing her Insanity/Old God themed transmog. The irony is inches thick and made of marzipan, it appears.
Welp, Gamescon is a week gone and we have the name and quite a few details about the next expansion of WoW. Missing the most vital answer, of course – when's it releasing? – but I sure didn't expect to hear that quite yet.
The Legion
A lot of people are unhappy with the subject of this expansion, and I suppose they have some cause. But from a lore perspective, the Legion IS IT. I mean, that's our Big Bad. Sargeras may be the final boss, but his army is The Burning Legion. This entire franchise has been about The Burning Legion. Even Wrath (The Lich King was a construct of The Legion). Even Cataclysm (Deathwing was created as a byproduct of the Legion's first invasion). The only part of this franchise that was not about The Legion was the parts about the Old Gods and Pandaria, and I'm not entirely sure we can't pin at least a couple of those on Demons in some way.
Point being, the Legion is a loose end that hasn't been tied off yet, and we'll need to tie it off or we'll keep coming back to it. Just like people are complaining about. Though in this case, we never finished it.
The (Iron) Horde
Part of the original storyline was how the Horde got sent our way thanks to the demonic influences of Mannaroth, who we've now seen killed three times canonically (and many more times on WoWLogs.com and their ilk). Warlords was a revisit of that, and, when it comes down to it, appeared more of a conspicuously gratuitous effort to placate the metalheads in the artists shop than a real story. It had no place in he canon, and introduced more questions than it answered. Legion, at least, connects that crazy train and the jumble of moments that pass for canon before and during Warlords. How we get to the third Legion invasion is now revealed.
Learning to Stop Worrying and Loving the Plot
(or at least put up with it, because ye cats, these guys are pretty ham-fisted and, as my company commander used to say, as obvious as a five-dollar hooker.)
Okay, so from within the framework of the appropriateness of the setting, how it connects with the past, how it connects with the present (we're told that this is 'present day' Azeroth), harmony with the lore (Pandas didn't), and so forth; I'm personally pretty good with this theme.
(By the way, I have one prediction, and it isn't about this expansion: when, inevitably, we revisit the Scourge, I suspect that those complaining about retreaded content will be extremely welcoming to the concept. See if they don't.)
Class Changes
It's obvious from early information that Blizz is looking to shake up the classes to a great extent. The most amazing news so far is the change to the Hunter class. We're headed for:
- Beast Mastery – Ranged DPS with pet (Artifact = Gun)
- Marksman – Ranged DPS without pet (Artifact = Bow)
- Survival – Melee DPS with Pet (Artifact = Spear)
Did you catch that? This is exciting! BM is basically becoming the One True Hunter Class by virtue of serving the original concept, but I have to say that Marks without a Pet is basically the fulfillment of many a Forum Poster wet dream. And the return of the Melee Hunter is unexpected. Unbelievably, I have been granted a win in the ultimate discussion of the destiny of the Hunter class, and I am for once not appalled at my victory. This is amazing!
Aside from the Demon Hunter specs (Two specs only! Wuuuuut?!), we've heard precious little about other class changes. Well, we've heard that they plan to make Warlock's Demonology spec more Demoney and less Metaphorphos-ey. If it follows the same pattern as the Hunter class, I approve. Well, actually, anything that diminishes the role of Meta is good in my book.
I'm not sure what I mean by that, but I promise to take full credit for whatever it ends up being. Unless it sucks. In which case, Ghostcrawler did it. Ooo look, is that a baby wolf!? /scurry
The other really big thing, for many, was the announcement that there will be no weapon drops in this expansion. Instead, each spec picks up a unique artifact weapon that they continuously upgrade during the expansion. For hunters it's bow for MM, Gun for BM, and Spear for SV (which was our first clue about the melee spec). I am constantly amused at my joke predictions for character weaponry in comparison. What I said in jest, is almost exactly what they're doing for real.
There are many unanswered questions about this, most pointedly, what happens when switching specs? And where do current Survival Hunters get starter weapons to bridge the gap? This is gonna make the gear grind kinda weird.
They have said diddly about professions, but we can infer a few things from peripheral facts.
First peripheral fact: well, rumor, really. Word is that the professions team has swole hugely, with one source claiming more than 2x increase in seats. This implies that there are major changes inbound, but we're not yet informed what they are.
Second peripheral fact: the Garrison concept is not coming forward with Legion. Praise Mammon for that! I cannot go into how many ways that Garrisons failed us without violating some secret blogger's creed restricting article size to one gigabyte per page, so I'll just say it's a pretty sad story and leave it at that. Most people I know will be happy to see it go.
But there's a problem with that for professions, since professions got tied to garrisons so tightly. All professions are going to have to progress without Garrisons to support them. Some, such as the lumberyard, are probably not going to make it into Legion at all. Well, at least, I hope not.
Ultimately we're either headed back to pre-Warlord crafting (hardly something we need a huge Professions team for) or something new is coming down the pike. Honestly, as far as professions go, going back to the Vanilla / BC style of crafting is just fine with me.
The only thing I will say that I like in WoD's crafting is how crafted armor / weapons fit in. You can basically meet or exceed the quality level of normal Hellfire Citadel with crafted items. This is, as far as I can remember, something we haven't seen since Vanilla, and maybe not even then. Sure, Heroic and Mythic raiders will get better stuff, and I'm extremely good with that. They've earned it. But the fact that you can make crafted gear that is actually relevant is pretty unusual, and I'm hoping we keep that in some way in Legion.
Final peripheral fact: PvP is being totally revamped, which will shake up the talent trees for everyone, and this will likely revamp the spec tiers completely, as well as glyphing. As a result, expect to see Inscription getting a lot of changes, at the very least, to support these changes.
By the way … a week after Gamescon, and glyphs are flying off the shelf. The inscription market is extremly brisk at the moment. The prices ain't tremendous, but quantity is making up for it. Illume is burning through mats like there's no tomorrow. 10,000 a day is the norm. Tell me the game is dying. Please. I need a laugh now that Jon Stewart is gone.
WoW 7 Reveal LEAKED. You won't believe what they have planned!
Our Leper Gnome spymaster at Blizzard has plumbed the depths of the Blizzard Corporate SharePoint server and mined data relevant to our interests. Now, I admit that Dave Kosak's not super-high up on the corporate ladder, but his account was easiest to breach (Really, Fargo – "flintlockeRulz0rz?" Lame password, dude, guessed it on my third try.) and was stuffed to the gills with intelligence, or what passes for intelligence in Fargo's neck of the woods.
Presented without further comment: the new expansion.
- Pretty much everyone agrees that Blackrock Depths was the most awesome dungeon EVER. We agree! Starting in this expansion, EVERY dungeon is BRD! Even the old expansions! The way it works is this: any time you enter a dungeon, you'll be ported to BRD. Cool, eh?
- Pretty much everyone agrees that Karazhan was the most awesome raid EVAR. We concur! Starting in this expansion, almost EVERY raid is Karazhan! Even the old expansions – except Draenor, in which the raids are all Karazhan with more spikes!
- New endgame raid. This raid will consist of five wings. The first four rings are Blackrock Depths. The final ring, with the new endgame boss, will be Karazhan.
- New end boss: Khadgar! Everybody agrees, Khadgar is unusually spry and has been acting very unusual for a twenty-year-old man trapped in an old man's body. Clearly, he's up to no good!
- Raid difficulties were getting out of hand, so we've simplified the whole thing. Raids are now available in two flavors: L33t (40-man, Heroic difficulty) and N00bsauce (10-man, LFR-difficulty). All Noobsauce instances will have zero boss mechanics – every fight is Patchwerk! We also put a healing dummy in each room for the healers to keep alive, so they don't feel left out.
Game Features
- Dance Studio has been implemented for battle pets.
- The game will feature a Glitch / Techo soundtrack produced by Daft Punk.
- A new continent has been discovered south of the equator. Oddly, it is the same size as all the northern continents combined. Nobody can explain why nobody noticed it before, but mist is suspected as somehow being largely responsible.
- New race: Mega Orc: Large Orcs. With Spikes REALLY large Orcs. REALLY large spikes.
- New race: Murloc! You've been secretly wanting to play these for the last 10 years. Live the dream!
- Varian Wrynn has been elected Warchief of the Horde by a huge margin.
- Anduin Wrynn has been coronated King of Stormwind and appointed head of the Alliance.
- However, he does not get leadership of the Alliance by default. Moira Thaurissan attempts a coup! When the coup fails, she falls back to Shadowforge City.
- The expansion will open with a pre-launch event as Moira attempts her coup and falls back to Shadowforge, and the players must enter Blackrock Depths to bring her to justice!
- Malfurion falls asleep. Nobody knows where. This will form the basis of a dungeon based on the Emerald Dream. The event will take place in Blackrock Depths.
- Velen isn't dead. He's just really tired after defeating the Balrog. He's hanging out at the Grim Guzzler in Shadowforge City.
- Jaina dumps Kalecgos and moves in with Yrel in a cozy apartment in Dalaran, where they open a private investigation service. It's awesome.
- Fargo Flintlocke has been elected by unanimous consent as King of Ironforge, for some reason (note: this was in the margins of the documents we found, and we're not entirely sure it's canonical.)
- Orgrimmar has been equipped with more spikes.
- The Forsaken have relocated to Northrend.
- DHETA has set up an outpost and offer a bounty for dwarf ears and beards.
- The Tauren have formed a new faction with the Worgen and Pandaren, because they can't stand any of you.
Player Classes
- New player class: Melee Hunter. Two specs – Healy and Hurty. Healy can tame exotic pets, such as Spirit Beasts.
- Level Cap has been raised to 120. Normally it would be 110, but we're going to pre-nerf the leveling experience so we don't forget to later. Therefore, we're giving you 20 levels to enjoy the leveling grind.
- The Talent "Tree" has been further simplified. We've found that three choices are too confusing to many players (not looking at you, Fire Mages. Totally not looking at you.). So we've reduced each tier down to two choices and named them more descriptively. For example, the Warrior tier 3 talent choices are now "More hurty" and "More angry".
- The exception is Druid, which has gone from four specs to five. See below.
- Weapon mechanics will be revamped and simplified. Examples: Defendo warrior carries Sword and Board. Hurty Priest carries Club. Healy Priest carries Staff. Warlock carries Staff. Hunter carries Boomstick. Monk carries Cudgel.
- New Druid form: Furby. Like owlbeast, but more fun with children.
- All crafting mats have been super-simplified. There is now only one kind of mat for each profession. For example, instead of 130 different herb types, now all herb nodes in all worlds past, present, and future, will yield one kind of thing – "Flower". Same for mining – "Metal", leatherworking – "Leather", tailoring – "Cloth", and enchanting – "Magic shit."
- Jewelcrafting has been deprecated and will be deleted in the next expansion after this.
- All crafting professions are merged into one. To make items, you have to use bits of the various kinds of items you can gather. For example, a robe might be consisted of "Flower" and "Cloth". Likewise, shoes would require "Leather" and "Metal"
- All gathering professions have collapsed into one – "Gatherer."
- Cooking has been removed. Roving taco trucks have everything you need.
- Fishing is now a gathering profession for Archaeology.
A lot has been made of the similarities between the current Alt!Draenor versus the previous Main!Draenor, i.e. that the course of events that took place in Main!Draenor is manifesting in Alt!Draenor now. The general tongue-clucking conclusion has been that "you just can't change history, even in an alternate timeline."
That is, in a word or two, total felgercarb.
Difference 1: The invasion didn't happen. You can say what you want about similarities between the two timelines in terms of the Orcs drinking the Blood of Mannoroth, but the fact remains that the invasion failed miserably.
And don't give me the weak tea reasoning of "Hey, there's still a chance they might reopen the Portal and pour through!" Two issues with that:
- There is no chance they can reopen the portal as designed since its main power source is at large and in charge and, given his general craven attributes, unlikely to lay it all out for the Team again.
- Pouring through requires something to pour. In case you missed it, we've decimated the Iron Horde. The only way that any pouring will take place will be a massive retcon of the most recent two patches' data.
Difference 2: There is no newly minted Lich King.
Now … I will grant that the ultimate disposition of [REDACTED] is up in the air after what Archimonde did to him. And I'm pretty sure that the core Metal Head Blizzard Design Bureau has a massive hard-on at the mere thought of reimplementing the Lich King. But at the current point, there is no prospect for a new Lich King on Azeroth nor is there even a likely prospect.
I will speculate, though, that the two things that give the Metal Head Wannabee Squad the most massive thrills of all are The Lich King and The Burning Legion. The plight of [REDACTED] and the questionable status of Khadgar points primarily at the latter, but I'll concede that the former is still the most likely candidate for the next expansion's theme.
A reborn, refactored Lich King getting loose on main!Azeroth would play merry hob with things, give the Blizzard Metal Fanboy Squad something to stroke off to, and revisit the one expansion that most people like the most. And it'd give them an excuse / opportunity to revamp Northrend if they felt so inclined, though I'd prefer to see at least a HINT of originality (not holding my breath).
It is important to remember, though that the Orcs were not the endpoint of the Invasion. They were merely the opening act.


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Pumpkin Cheesecake I
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- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- In a medium mixing bowl combine flour, butter or margarine, and 1 cup chopped pecans. Beat until thoroughly combined. Press mixture into a 9x13 inch baking dish.
- Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes. Set aside to cool.
- In a medium mixing bowl combine cream cheese, 2 cups of the whipped topping, confectioners' sugar, and vanilla extract. Beat until smooth. Spread evenly over cooled crust.
- In a large mixing bowl combine pudding, milk, pumpkin puree, pumpkin pie spice, and 2 more cups of whipped topping. Stir until thoroughly combined. Spoon mixture over cream cheese layer. Top with remaining 1 cup of whipped topping. Sprinkle with 1/2 cup chopped pecans if desired. Chill at least 1 hour before serving.
Nutrition Facts
Per Serving: 562 calories; 37.5 g fat; 53.6 g carbohydrates; 6.3 g protein; 66 mg cholesterol; 492 mg sodium. Full nutrition
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YOU MUST TRY THIS RECIPE!!!! Simply delicious. I halved the recipe and used a 2 quart glass baking pan. I reduced the pumpkin pie spice to 1 1/2 tsp total and didn't measure the whipped topping ...
Not bad, but I was overall a little disappointed in this. Definitely cut down a little on the pumpkin pie spice. Maybe I wanted this to come out of the pan in perfect squares, but it was reall...
YOU MUST TRY THIS RECIPE!!!! Simply delicious. I halved the recipe and used a 2 quart glass baking pan. I reduced the pumpkin pie spice to 1 1/2 tsp total and didn't measure the whipped topping ...
I made this for a Thanksgiving party and it was a really big hit! The finished product was delicious and I would recommend this to anyone who really wants to take their time cooking. This is als...
This was delicious!! I wasn't up for trying a 'real' cheesecake at the moment. Saw this one thought it sounded perfect. I used a graham cracker crust as I'm not a fan of pecans. (1/2 butter,...
I made this while testing out different recipes for Thanksgiving. This was delicious! Since I'm hypoglycemic and am watching my weight, I made this with Splenda, low-fat, sugar-free pudding mi...
This recipe is awesome! It came out perfect and the crust is to die for. I shared it with my family and some co-workers and everyone just loves it. I didnt find it to be too rich but I noticed t...
Yummy, very rich so don't need big portions, can also dot with dried cranberries on the top. And after making this about 6 times, I messed up and didn't reserve whipped topping, it all went int...
This pumkin cheesecake is really good!! I must admit,the first day my family thought the pumkin puree tasted a bit like baby food but I noticed the longer it was in the fridge the firmer it got....
This was an awesome dessert! I followed the directions, made no changes and it came out perfect. Although there was a regular pumpkin pie there also, no one touched it, and they all raved about ...
Yummy! Be sure not to cook the crust for more than 15 minutes. Thanks!

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The pathophysiology of cognitive impairment in patients with the major depressive disorder (MDD) may involve neuroinflammation mediated by cytokines.
The aim of this study was to examine the serum interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels, sustained attention, and their association in patients with MDD.
Thirty patients with MDD and 30 healthy controls were enrolled in this case-control study. Sustained attention was measured using the Rapid Visual Information Processing (RVP) task in the Cambridge Neuropsychological Tests Automated Battery. The serum IL-6 levels of all subjects were assessed by sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays.
There were significant differences in the log10RVP total hits, log10RVP total misses, and log10RVP mean latency between patients with MDD and healthy controls (F = 6.04, p = 0.017; F = 19.77, p < 0.0001; F = 14.42, p < 0.0001, respectively). The serum levels of Log10IL-6 were significantly higher in patients with MDD than in healthy controls (F = 192.27, p < 0.0001). The log10IL-6 levels were also positively correlated with the log10RVP mean latency in patients with MDD (r = 0.45, p = 0.013). A further stepwise multivariate regression analysis indicated that the log10IL-6 levels were significantly associated with the log10RVP mean latency in patients with MDD (β = 0.31, t = 2.41, p = 0.025).
Our data suggested that increased IL-6 levels were associated with the psychopathology of MDD, and that abnormal IL-6 levels were implicated in the impairment of sustained attention in patients with MDD.
To investigate the effects of depositional and post-depositional processes on chemical records in the snowpack, seven monthly snow pits were sampled at the same site on the pass of Zhadang (ZD) glacier (30˚28.079' N, 90˚39.032' E; 5800ma.s.l.), Nyainqentanglha mountain, southern Tibetan Plateau, between April and October 2006. Meteorological data from an automatic weather station at the sampling site showed that the annual mean air temperature was –5.6˚C on the pass and that monthly air temperature was above 0˚C from June to August, indicating that snowmelt could occur in this high-elevation region during the summer. An analysis of δ18O and major-ion variability in snow pits suggests that glaciochemical recordswere influenced by both meltwater percolation in mid-summer (July and August) and seasonal deposition. Less negative δ18O values and high concentrations of major ions occurred during the spring. The trends of δ18O variations in the ZD snow pits were consistent with those in precipitation sampled at the nearby Nam Co station for all months except for July and August, suggesting that climate signals are well preserved in the snow-pit δ18O records during the non-summer months. However, these climate signals were destroyed by strong percolation of meltwater during mid-summer.
The Datong pluton, the largest early Palaeozoic granitoid in the Western Kunlun Orogenic Belt (WKOB) in NW China, is a typical appinite-granite complex. It consists of diorites, quartz diorites, monzodiorites, quartz monzodiorites, monzonites, quartz monzonites, syenites, granodiorites and monzogranites. Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) zircon U–Pb dating yielded crystallization ages of 459 ± 3 Ma for the quartz monzonites and 452 ± 5 Ma for the monzogranites (Late Ordovician). The rocks possess a wide range of SiO2 (56.0–73.4 wt %), MgO (0.17–4.55 wt %) and Mg no. (25–60), with high K2O (2.83–5.29 wt %) contents, exhibiting high-K calc-alkaline to shoshonitic traits. They are characterized by enrichments in large-ion lithophile elements (LILEs) and light rare Earth elements (LREEs), as well as depletions in high-field-strength elements (HFSEs). The rocks have initial 87Sr/86Sr ratios of 0.7086–0.7185, negative εNd(t) values of –3.72 to –1.79 and εHf(t) values vary from –1.6 to +4.7. These features are modelled to show that they were most likely derived from an enriched lithospheric mantle source and that fractional crystallization with minor crustal contamination was involved in their petrogenetic process. Considering the distribution and chronology of the Palaeozoic intrusions – such as Kegang, Bulong, Qiukesu, Yierba, North Kudi, Dongbake, Buya, Ayilixi and Warengzilafu granitoid plutons with ages of c. 420–530 Ma – in conjunction with the Palaeozoic metamorphic overprinting in the WKOB, we propose a divergent double-subduction model to explain the destruction of the Proto-Tethys Ocean and suggest that the Datong pluton was likely emplaced in a post-collisional setting following the termination of subduction in response to slab break-off.
A novel scheme for power-combined frequency tripler adopting 2N diodes is proposed in this work. Even mode coupled suspended substrate stripline is used to divide and recombine the input and output power. The circuits of the tripler are printed on both sides of the substrate, with N diodes on the front side and the other N diodes on the back side. The front diodes and back diodes are in anti-parallel connection, and DC biased separately to increase the bandwidth and power capacity. Three Q-band prototypes with two, four, and six diodes are fabricated and tested. The output compression powers at output frequency of 43.5 GHz for two/four/six-diode tripler are 9.2, 11, and 12 dBm, respectively. Power capacity is improved with the proposed tripler. Optimum DC bias is also discussed in this work, and it is found that it first increases with drive power, and then drops when large drive power applied because of the increased series resistance of the diode due to high junction temperature.
To meet the dramatic growth in wireless data traffic driven by the popularity of new mobile devices and mobile applications, the fifth generation (5G) of cellular technology has recently attracted a lot of research interest from both academia and industry (see, e.g., [1]). As compared with its fourth generation (4G) counterpart, 5G is expected to achieve a roughly 1000 times data rate increase via dense base station (BS) deployments and advanced physical layer communication techniques [1]. However, the large number of BSs will lead to large energy consumption and high electricity bills for cellular operators, which amounts to a large portion of their operational expenditure. For example, China Mobile owned around 920000 BSs in 2011 and the total energy cost per year was almost 3 billion US dollars, given that the annual cost for each BS is about 3000 US dollars [2]. Therefore, in the 5G era, it is becoming necessary for these cellular operators to reduce their energy costs by employing new cost-saving solutions in the design of cellular BSs, which are our main focus in this chapter.
In general, these cost-saving solutions can be categorized into two classes, which manage the energy supply and the communication demand of cellular BSs, respectively [2–5]. On the supply side, one commonly adopted solution is to use energy harvesting devices (e.g., solar panels and wind turbines) at cellular BSs, which can harvest cheap and clean renewable energy to reduce or even substitute for the energy purchased from the grid [5]. However, since renewable energy is often randomly distributed in both time and space and cellular BSs are very energy-hungry, it is very difficult to solely use different BSs' individually harvested energy to power their operation. As a result, the power grid is still needed to provide reliable energy to BSs. Besides serving as a reliable energy supply, the power grid also provides new opportunities for saving the BSs' costs with its ongoing paradigm shift from the traditional grid to the smart grid. Unlike the traditional grid, which uses a one-way energy flow to deliver power from central generators to electricity users, the smart grid deploys smart meters at end users to enable both two-way information and two-way energy flows between the grid and the end users [6, 7].
We propose a general framework of computing interfacial structures between two modulated phases. Specifically we propose to use a computational box consisting of two half spaces, each occupied by a modulated phase with given position and orientation. The boundary conditions and basis functions are chosen to be commensurate with the bulk phases. We observe that the ordered nature of modulated structures stabilizes the interface, which enables us to obtain optimal interfacial structures by searching local minima of the free energy landscape. The framework is applied to the Landau-Brazovskii model to investigate interfaces between modulated phases with different relative positions and orientations. Several types of novel complex interfacial structures emerge from the calculations.
Continuous repetitive upsetting and extrusion (CRUE) processing was performed to investigate its effects on microstructures, mechanical properties and texture characteristics of a 2A66 Al–Li alloy. The results show that the average grain size is effectively refined from initial as-extruded ∼140 µm to ∼4 µm after 3 CRUE passes. The grain refinement is the combined effect of continuous dynamic recrystallization and discontinuous dynamic recrystallization. The texture intensity tends to be weaker and new cube texture is gradually developed with increasing CRUE passes. In addition, the fraction of high angle grain boundaries increases to 86.37% after 3 CRUE passes. Tensile test results reveal that the ductility is greatly enhanced with modest reduction in strength after CRUE processing. The variation in mechanical properties may be mainly due to the decrease of dislocation density and weakening of texture.
It has been proposed that the feeding habit of cyclopoids is different from that of calanoid copepods in that they feed mainly on microalgae during early development but become carnivorous later. However, a different view also exists, believing that microalgae are the prime food for some cyclopoid copepods. In the present study, microalgae from various taxonomic groups, including a dinoflagellate (Prorocentrum micans), three diatoms (Chaetoceros muelleri, Skeletonema costatum and Nitzschia closterium f. minutissima), and a prymnesiod (Isochrysis galbana), were offered at different concentrations to the cyclopoid copepod, Apocyclops borneoensis, with survival, development and reproduction of the copepod closely monitored. The results showed that A. borneoensis is capable of utilizing any of the microalgae species tested for development and reproduction, but significant differences in survival, development rates of both nauplii and copepodites, and fecundity were detected among species. The results also showed that within a same algal species, food concentration also significantly affected various biological parameters measured. Overall, C. muelleri and I. galbana were the better diets for A. borneoensis and their optimal food concentration ranged from 8.50 to 17.00 µg C ml−1. The optimal food concentration of P. micans was also found to be 8.50–17.00 µg C ml−1, however for the other two algae, S. costatum and N. closterium f. minutissima, it was lower at 1.70–8.50 µg C ml−1. The present study provides novel information on the feeding habit of A. borneoensis and the effects of both quality and quantity of microalgae diets on a range of biological parameters are described.
miR-124, a brain-specific microRNA, was originally considered as a key regulator in neuronal differentiation and the development of the nervous system. Here we showed that miR-124 expression was suppressed in patients with epilepsy and rats after drug induced-seizures. Intrahippocampal administration of a miR-124 duplex led to alleviated seizure severity and prolonged onset latency in two rat models (pentylenetetrazole- and pilocarpine-induced seizures), while miR-124 inhibitor led to shortened onset latency in pilocarpine-induced seizure rat models. Moreover, the result of local field potentials (LFPs) records further demonstrated miR-124 may have anti-epilepsy function. Inhibition of neuronal firing by miR-124 was associated with the suppression of mEPSC, AMPAR- and NMDAR-mediated currents, which were accompanied by decreased surface expression of NMDAR. In addition, miR-124 injection resulted in decreased activity and expression of cAMP-response element-binding protein1 (CREB1). a key regulator in epileptogenesis. A dual-luciferase reporter assay was used to confirm that miR-124 targeted directly the 3′UTR of CREB1 gene and repressed the CREB1 expression in HEK293T cells. Immunoprecipitation studies confirmed that the CREB1 antibody effectively precipitated CREB1 and NMDAR1 but not GLUR1 from rat brain hippocampus. These results revealed a previously unknown function of miR-124 in neuronal excitability and provided a new insight into molecular mechanisms underlying epilepsy.
Direct coagulation casting of alumina via controlled release of high valence counter ions using ammonium polyphosphate (APP) chelate complex as the coagulating agent was proposed. APP chelate complex suspension was prepared from APP and calcium chloride. Calcium used as high valence counter ions was chelated by APP. The average particle size of the chelate complex is 0.13 μm with a narrow particle size distribution which is close to the size of alumina particles. Glycerol diacetate was used to tailor the pH value of the suspension by hydrolysis which produces acetic acid. The lowering of the pH value helps to decompose the chelate complex, and enhance to release the calcium chelated. It is indicated that the viscosity of the suspensions with the addition of APP chelate complex suspension and glycerol diacetate increases to approximately 20 Pa s after heating at 40–70 °C for 1.5–5 h, which is high enough to coagulate the suspension. 55 vol% alumina suspension with a addition of 3 vol% APP chelate complex suspension and 5 vol% glycerol diacetate treated at 60 °C could coagulate completely within 2 h with a compressive strength of 2.1 MPa. Dense alumina with a relative density of above 97% and a flexural strength of 388 ± 23 MPa can be prepared by this method from 55 vol% alumina suspensions without a burnout process.
The influence of environmental factors on germination and emergence of aryloxyphenoxy propanoate herbicide-resistant (AR) and -susceptible (AS) Asia Minor bluegrass were studied in laboratory and greenhouse experiments. Seeds were collected from AR and AS plants cultivated in separate greenhouses under the same environmental conditions. The results revealed that optimum temperatures for the germination of AS biotype were 10 to 25 C or alternating temperature of 15/5 to 30/20 C and light was not necessary. However, maximum germination occurred at 10 C or 15/5 C, and no germination occurred above 15 C or 25/15 C for the AR biotype. The AS Asia Minor bluegrass was consistently more tolerant to environmental stress, as evidenced by their greater germination at same pH value, osmotic potential, and NaCl concentration at 15/5 C compared to the AR biotype. Higher emergence rates were obtained when seeds were sown on the surface of soil for both biotypes. Emergence percentage of the AR biotype was below 14% when buried, whereas the AS biotype had 20% emergence at 2.5 cm burial depth. It is concluded that several environmental factors affect the germination of Asia Minor bluegrass, and the AS biotype showed higher germination percentage and a wider adaptive range under same treatments compared with the AR biotype. Due to the reduced emergence at depth, deep tillage could be an effective management to reduce AR Asia Minor bluegrass infestation in the following crop.
In the abstract, these sentences (page 1, line 5) should be: 'Additionally, hepatic betaine–homocysteine methyltransferase concentration as well as its mRNA abundance and lecithin level were found increased (P<0·05) by betaine supplementation in both basal diet-fed rats and high-fat diet-fed rats. Betaine administration in high-fat diet-fed rats exhibited a higher (P<0·05) concentration of hepatic carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1 (CPT1) comparedwith high-fat diet-fed rats.'
A mathematical model to price convertible bonds involving mixed fractional Brownian motion with jumps is presented. We obtain a general pricing formula using the risk neutral pricing principle and quasi-conditional expectation. The sensitivity of the price to changing various parameters is discussed. Theoretical prices from our jump mixed fractional Brownian motion model are compared with the prices predicted by traditional models. An empirical study shows that our new model is more acceptable.
To assess the effects of betaine on hepatic lipid accumulation and investigate the underlying mechanism, thirty-two male Sprague–Dawley rats weighing 100 (sd 2·50) g were divided into four groups, and started on one of four treatments: basal diet, basal diet with betaine administration, high-fat diet and high-fat diet with betaine administration. The results showed that no significant difference of body weight was found among experimental groups. Compared with high-fat diet-fed rats, a betaine supplementation decreased (P< 0·05) hepatic TAG accumulation induced by high-fat diet, which was also supported by hepatic histology results. Additionally, hepatic betaine–homocysteine methyltransferase activity as well as its mRNA abundance and lecithin level were found increased (P< 0·05) by betaine supplementation in both basal diet-fed rats and high-fat diet-fed rats. Betaine administration in high-fat diet-fed rats exhibited a higher (P< 0·05) activity of hepatic carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1 (CPT1) compared with high-fat diet-fed rats. High-fat diet inhibited (P< 0·05) the gene expression of hepatic PPARα and CPT1. However, betaine administration in high-fat diet-fed rats elevated (P< 0·05) the gene expression of PPARα and CPT1. Moreover, concentration, gene and protein expressions of hepatic fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) were increased (P< 0·05) in response to betaine administration in high-fat diet group; meanwhile the gene expression of hepatic AMP-activated protein kinase was increased (P< 0·05) as well. The results suggest that betaine administration enhanced hepatic lipid export and fatty acid oxidation in high-fat diet-fed rats, thus effectively alleviating fat accumulation in the liver.
Hydroxytyrosol (HT) is a major polyphenolic compound found in olive oil with reported anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory activities. However, the neuroprotective effect of HT on type 2 diabetes remains unknown. In the present study, db/db mice and SH-SY-5Y neuroblastoma cells were used to evaluate the neuroprotective effects of HT. After 8 weeks of HT administration at doses of 10 and 50 mg/kg, expression levels of the mitochondrial respiratory chain complexes I/II/IV and the activity of complex I were significantly elevated in the brain of db/db mice. Likewise, targets of the antioxidative transcription factor nuclear factor erythroid 2 related factor 2 including p62 (sequestosome-1), haeme oxygenase 1 (HO-1), and superoxide dismutases 1 and 2 increased, and protein oxidation significantly decreased. HT treatment was also found to activate AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), sirtuin 1 and PPARγ coactivator-1α, which constitute an energy-sensing protein network known to regulate mitochondrial function and oxidative stress responses. Meanwhile, neuronal survival indicated by neuron marker expression levels including activity-regulated cytoskeleton-associated protein, N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor and nerve growth factor was significantly improved by HT administration. Additionally, in a high glucose-induced neuronal cell damage model, HT effectively increased mitochondrial complex IV and HO-1 expression through activating AMPK pathway, followed by the prevention of high glucose-induced production of reactive oxygen species and declines of cell viability and VO2 capacity. Our observations suggest that HT improves mitochondrial function and reduces oxidative stress potentially through activation of the AMPK pathway in the brain of db/db mice.
This study investigated whether beginning nonnative learners of Chinese can use phonological and semantic information of radicals to learn the sounds and meanings of new Chinese characters. Thirty-four seventh- and eighth-grade American adolescents, who received intensive Chinese instruction for one semester, were taught 16 compound pseudocharacters paired with novel pictures over three learning trials. After each learning trial, students were asked to produce the sounds and meanings of pseudocharacters in which semantic transparency and phonetic regularity of radicals were manipulated. Results showed a facilitation effect of transparent semantic radicals in learning character meanings in early trials. There was a trend that students learned to read regular and transparent characters better than irregular and opaque characters. The ability to learn orthography–pronunciation association uniquely predicted Chinese word reading after controlling for semantic and phonetic radical knowledge. These findings suggest a predominant use of semantic strategies and the importance of orthography to phonology mappings in learning to read Chinese for beginning nonnative learners of Chinese.
The association of 24 h urinary Na and potassium excretion with the risk of the metabolic syndrome (MetS) has not been studied in China. The aim of the present study was to examine this association by analysing the data from 1906 study participants living in north China. To this end, 24 h urine samples were collected. Of the 1906 participants, 471 (24·7 %) had the MetS. The mean urinary Na and K excretion was 228·7 and 40·8 mmol/d, respectively. After multivariate adjustment, the odds of the MetS significantly increased across the increasing tertiles of urinary Na excretion (1·00, 1·40 and 1·54, respectively). For the components of the MetS, the odds of central obesity, elevated blood pressure and elevated TAG, but not the odds of low HDL-cholesterol and elevated fasting glucose, significantly increased with the successive tertiles of urinary Na excretion. Furthermore, for every 100 mmol/d increase in urinary Na excretion, the odds of the MetS, central obesity, elevated blood pressure and elevated TAG was significantly increased by 29, 63, 22 and 21 %, respectively. However, urinary K excretion was not significantly associated with the risk of the MetS. These findings suggest that high Na intake might be an important risk factor for the MetS in Chinese adults.
The effect of tea intake on blood pressure (BP) is controversial. We performed a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials to determine the changes in systolic and diastolic BP due to the intake of black and green tea. A systematic search was conducted in MEDLINE, EMBASE and the Cochrane Controlled Trials Register up to May 2014. The weighted mean difference was calculated for net changes in systolic and diastolic BP using fixed-effects or random-effects models. Previously defined subgroup analyses were performed to explore the influence of study characteristics. A total of twenty-five eligible studies with 1476 subjects were selected. The acute intake of tea had no effects on systolic and diastolic BP. However, after long-term tea intake, the pooled mean systolic and diastolic BP were lower by − 1·8 (95 % CI − 2·4, − 1·1) and − 1·4 (95 % CI − 2·2, − 0·6) mmHg, respectively. When stratified by type of tea, green tea significantly reduced systolic BP by 2·1 (95 % CI − 2·9, − 1·2) mmHg and decreased diastolic BP by 1·7 (95 % CI − 2·9, − 0·5) mmHg, and black tea showed a reduction in systolic BP of 1·4 (95 % CI − 2·4, − 0·4) mmHg and a decrease in diastolic BP of 1·1 (95 % CI − 1·9, − 0·2) mmHg. The subgroup analyses showed that the BP-lowering effect was apparent in subjects who consumed tea more than 12 weeks (systolic BP − 2·6 (95 % CI − 3·5, − 1·7) mmHg and diastolic BP − 2·2 (95 % CI − 3·0, − 1·3) mmHg, both P< 0·001). The present findings suggest that long-term ( ≥ 12 weeks) ingestion of tea could result in a significant reduction in systolic and diastolic BP.
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I'm in the midst of Christmas rushing, but didn't want to be late (again!) with my weekly post.
This week, I'm following up on a suggestion made by my friend Christine. She's actually engaged to my cousin Cam -- does that make her my soon-to-be-cousin-in-law? -- and she volunteers on the Board of the Down Syndrome Association of Peterborough.
I admire Christine for lots of reasons. In this case, she's on this Board not because she's been directly affected by having a family member with Downs, but because she is passionate about kids and good health, and wanted to find a way to put down some roots in her new community of Peterborough. She then made an effort to find me at our large family Christmas gathering and tell me why she's so impressed with this organization. That impressed me.
I also happen to know a few people who have been directly, and/or "almost", affected by Down Syndrome recently. And I have had two lovely encounters with strangers with Downs in the past while too.
So on this second last week of the blog, I'm thrilled to support Christine and the organization she's thrown her support behind.
I rather wish this were more of a Christmas-y post. It is in its rushed-ness perhaps. (How sad!) Do know that it comes with sincere wishes for a very blessed, and restful and quieter, Christmas for each of you.
Friday, December 23, 2011
Down Syndrome - and Merry Christmas!
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Although we have not met, I am very impressed with your generousity and creativity. Your weekly donations will have given you such a sense of accomplishment and lifted the spirits of many, so inspiring.ReplyDelete
I am very proud of my daughter, Christine who has learnt at an early age that giving is so much more rewarding to all involved. CG
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text: Gujarat RS poll turns into high-stakes battle Author Bill Blare Published 08.08.2017 All the 44 Congress MLAs who were staying at Bengaluru's Eagleton Resort arrived in Neejanand Resort in Anand district of Gujarat on Monday.Of the six MLAs who resigned from the Assembly, three instantly joined the ruling BJP and one of them - Balwantsinh Rajput - became saffron party's candidate for the RS polls along with BJP president Amit Shah and Union Minister Smriti Irani.Desperate to keep its flock together, Congress moved 44 of its MLAs to yet another resort in Gujarat after they were flown back from Bengaluru where they were holed up in a resort owned by a Congress minister.The elections seem to be a prestige battle for Congress and will also decide the political future of Patel, who also serves as a political adviser to Congress president Sonia Gandhi. The BJP then sprang a surprise by fielding Rajput as its third candidate.The Rajya Sabha election in Gujarat on Tuesday, which will end the fortnight-long political drama around senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel's candidature, seems to be going down to the wire.These developments are a worry for not only the current election but the one for the state assembly to be held next year as well. There are two Chanakyas who have put in their political acumen to test. BJP Chanakya Amit Shah and Congress Chanakya Ahmed Patel have fought a crucial war for a month to decide who holds more political clout.According to Congress sources, 44 MLAs presently kept at a private resort near Anand in Gujarat will directly reach to Gandhinagar tomorrow morning.While it may be wrong to blame Patel for the induction of "outsiders" and the marginalisation of "insiders" in the Congress, since the final call was always that of Sonia Gandhi, yet in common perception he was perceived to be the most consequential figure in every action of the top leadership. Rejecting the idea of a united opposition as "a myth", he said that the Congress is a one-family party while his Bharatiya Janata Party is a cadre-based party. Six other Congress MLAs quit the assembly, bringing the Congress strength down from 57 to 51 - including Vaghela. All the MLAs are with me despite the BJP trying to break the MLAs.The BJP has fielded a relative of Mr Vaghela, Balwantsinh Rajput, as its candidate against Mr Patel, just hours after it acquired him from the Congress.Speaking to the media, senior Congress leader Ahmad Patel said that all the legislatures were together and were confident of victory in the poll. But on the voting eve, things looked iffy for a once-powerful political secretary to the party president.The officials did not raid the Gujarat MLAs but whisked away Shivakumar to his bungalow in the city for questioning him following the seizure of documents, cash, jewellery and property records made in his house. Category World Share this post: a 0 b 0 c 0 d 0 j 0


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I don't like going to the gym. Not for the usual reasons, or at any rate what I imagine the usual reasons to be. I feel better if I exercise, enjoy feeling as though I am not just observing a slow decline into senescence and eventual death. It is boring, though. I'd rather be playing. Not sports, because I don't like teams and I'm not competitive—but playing, an otter in a pool, a pig in shit, a dog chasing its own tail. I'd say "like a child" but children are exhausting. My niece is not yet two and she's up, down, thither, hither, and yon. It's as if everything is new to her (of course it is) and she can't get enough. Sleep is repugnant to her, until it absolutely can't be avoided, her eyes drooping, legs no longer working, head lolling. Of course puppies do that, too. It's adorable, until it's you chasing them around, feeling older, closer to death (blissful death), wondering how in the world anyone could have that much energy.
Maybe not everyone is like this—maybe Tom and Giselle chase their children around while maintaining their above-average looks, never getting winded, never wishing they could stop for a moment and drink their latte while sitting down. I turn pink when I exercise, down to my eyelids, as if I were going to pass out from heat stroke. I don't understand all those mirrors at the gym, as if witnessing my own hideousness should encourage me. Instead I realize, for the umpteenth time, that in spite of all the classes, the instructor's ass is a 10 and mine is—well, I won't rate it. Suffice to say I think about stringy old chickens, tough old birds, every time I catch a glimpse of my red, sweating face. Stupid gym. Stupid old age.


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February 13, 2012
Judge Kimba Wood
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New York, NY 10007
Re: U. S. v. Julian Heicklen 10 Cr. 1154
Judge Wood:
I have received your ORDER of February 2, 2012 indicating that discussion of my motions will be on February 15, 2012. Also I received a copy of the request by the U. S. Attorney of February 10, 2012 to delay the hearing until March 19 or 21, 2012. I refuse to accept the delay request from the U. S. Attorney.
She had the opportunity to respond to my Motions submitted on November 29, 2011, but chose not to do so, indicating no objections. She was prepared to discuss the motions on January 9, 2012. The hearing was rescheduled for February 15, 2012, because of my absence on January 9, 2012, since there was nothing to discuss. This gave the prosecution even more time.
Obviously the prosecution needs no further time to prepare for the hearing. The only purpose is to drag this trial on to keep Defendant under indictment. Amendment VI of the U. S. Constitution requires that: "In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial,..." The time for a speedy trial varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, but is always no more than 6 months, as far as I know. In California State courts it is 30 days.
I was indicted on November 10, 2010. It is now over 15 months since indictment, so already I have been denied my right to a speedy trial as required by Amendment VI of the U. S. Constitution. This is not a privilege, it is a right. No place in the U. S. Constitution is there a requirement that I ask for a speedy trial. I know that your understanding of the English language is defective. What that means is that you have failed in your judicial duty.
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The hearing on the motions be held prior to February 25, 2012. I expect these motions to be approved, since the prosecution has not presented any argument to the contrary.
The names and addresses of people that I intend to interview, as stated in the
that I submitted on November 29, 2011, be provided to me by March 1, 2012, so that the defense can issue subpoenas.
A list of dates in April, 2012 suitable for the interviews in the courthouse in the presence of a court reporter and a person who can and will place the interviewees under oath.
A new master jury list for preparing the jury pool be prepared by the Clerk of Court prior to March 7, 2012. The current list of registered voters is not valid for three reasons:
Voters are not representative of the all the people in the jurisdiction.
Specifically, felons are excluded from voting. This violates Statute 18 U.S.C. § 243, which requires that no person be disqualified for previous servitude.
It also violates Statute 28 U. S. C. § 1861, "... all citizens shall have the opportunity to be considered for service on grand and petit juries in the district courts of the United States,..."
The master list should contain the names and addresses of all persons 18 years or older living in New York County. Such a list can be obtained from the U. S. Postal Service.
A copy of the master jury list must be submitted to the litigants by March 15, 2012.
I will consider failure to meet any of these timelines as dismissal of the charges and closure of the case.
Yours in disgust,
Julian Heicklen
Counsel Pro Se
Defendant certifies that copies of this letter have been sent by certified U. S. mail to:
Pro Se Clerk, U. S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 500 Pearl Street, New York, New York, 10007
Assistant U. S. Attorney, Rebecca Mermelstein, S. D. N. Y., U. S. Courthouse, 300 Quarropas Street, White Plains, NY 10601
U S. Federal Public Defender Sabrina Shroff, Federal Defenders of New York, Inc., Southern District, 52 Duane Street–10th Floor, New York, NY 10007
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I was talking to my Maid/Matron of Honor last night, and said I didn't care how she had her hair done for the wedding, because I knew she wouldn't make herself look like a fool. She said "No, I'm sure you'll do that for me". I was really shocked. I asked her to repeat herself, to make sure I heard right, and she wouldn't and quickly changed the subject!
When I got off the phone, I told this to my fiance and he said "Yeah, the Groomsmen thinks I'm going to do the same.." I laughed and said "Yep, because we have nothing better to do on our wedding day then make fools of other people!". We got a good chuckle out of it all. We joked that in 25 years we'd be celebrating "Revenge Day – The day we took revenge on our best friends and made them fools" That we wouldn't be celebrating our marriage, and that we were shelling out all this money just for our own punking enjoyment! lol
But seriously, <bridezilla moment> Do they honestly think that we have nothing better to do on our wedding day than turn it around and make it all about them? </bridezilla moment>
Have you ever heard of people in the wedding party thinking this? I'm still shocked that they would say it! I mean, they picked out their own dresses & suits; they aren't required to make silly speeches; the chicken dance is banned from the reception; we paid for everything but their shoes… what more do they want out of me??


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