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If you live in the greater Seattle area, you may be receiving a notice from your mortgage servicer stating that they need to adjust your mortgage payment because of an "escrow shortage". We actually just received such notice from our mortgage servicer.
This is most likely do to the staggering increases many of us are seeing to real estate property taxes. Property taxes and home owners insurance are the two things that can change with your total mortgage payment. If you have an adjustable rate or interest only mortgage that is converting to principal, then your mortgage payment will change too. However, many home owners in the greater Seattle – Bellevue – Tacoma – Everett areas with fixed rate mortgages are learning that their mortgage payments are going up…and for some it's quite a bit higher.
Notices from the mortgage servicers are going out now as the first half of property taxes were paid from the escrow reserve account in late April. The larger amount due caused a shortage since the amount that is being collected in the monthly mortgage payment is not enough to cover the higher amount due. Mortgage services will give you options of how to make up the shortage, such as making a lump sum payment and/or increasing your monthly mortgage payment to make up for the taxes.
Part of the reason the taxes are so high is due to Washington State using home owners to resolve the McCleary case which funds public education. Combine this with higher assessed values and it's a whopping surprise for many home owners when they receive their property tax bill and notice of escrow shortage from the mortgage company.
Mayor Durkan is hoping to pass another huge levy, in the amount of $600 million, attached to property taxes in the Seattle area to make community college free to those students who attended Seattle public high schools. She is excluding those who attended private schools (even though their parents paid for public schools with their property taxes). I have a difficult time believing the City's math on how much this will impact the average home owner (and renter) when the numbers I'm hearing of what people are actually seeing in their tax bill and what was originally warned (17% average increase in King County) are pretty far apart. Our property taxes jumped 27.2% in one year! Some of my neighbors are seeing even higher increases. It's really concerning to me as someone who qualifies people to buy a home. Increases this significant are enough to cause some to not be able to afford their home which can be very dicey when we are living in a region that is battling having affordable housing. It also puts those who are eyeing retirement with plans of enjoying their golden years in a tricky situation (unless they qualify for a reverse mortgage to pay for their taxes). In my opinion, we desperately need to have a cap limiting how much property taxes can increase in a year.Zapatillas de running Brooks Womens de Ghost B01ERS9E7A 10 Neutral acolchadas metálico Microchip/ Blanco/ Carbón metálico 4af8b2e
By the way, this doesn't just impact home owners. If you are renting a home in the greater Seattle/King County area – don't be surprised if your rent is increased to cover this hard cost. Actually, if you're renting almost anywhere in Washington state and your landlord has been hit with a higher tax bill – you will most likely be feeling a pinch to your pocket book too. I have friends in Thurston County who tell me their property taxes shot up 47% in one year!
Are you considering buying or refinancing your home in Washington state? I'm happy to help you. Click here for a detailed rate quote or here to get prequalified for a mortgage.
Earlier this month, USDA updated the maps that determine if homes are eligible for USDA financing. USDA allows eligible home buyers to purchase a home with no down payment. In order the qualify, the borrowers must meet the income limit requirements and the property needs to be in a designated rural area.
Current eligible areas include areas like Enumclaw, Fall City and Vashon Island as well as parts of Black Diamond and parts of Duvall. The specific address really needs to be ran as homes directly across the street from each other may or may not be eligible. [Read more…]
I recently helped a couple successfully close on their new home in Seattle before having to close on their former home in Everett. By using a bridge loan to access equity on the Everett home, they were able to make a winning offer on the Seattle home without it having to be "subject to the sale" of their former home. This help to make their offer far more attractive in a very competitive real estate market. [Read more…]
Later next month, Freddie Mac will be offering a new program for first time home buyers. This mortgage program offers low down payment options without the income limit or geographic restrictions that Home Possible has.
HomeOne will be available for both purchases and rate-term refinances on single family dwellings. At least one borrower on the application must be a first time home buyer when the transaction is a purchase and home buyer education is required. [Read more…]
The Northwest Multiple Listing Service issued a press release indicating that we are finally seeing an increase in new listings being added to the market. The 14,524 new listings that came on during May, in the 23 counties that the NWMLS serves, are the most listings added in one month in 10 years. In King County, there were almost 1000 homes added to the market creating just over one month of inventory – the first time since September of last year. Here's a link to the NWMLS market snapshot for May 2018. [Read more…]
As expected, the Fed increased the Funds rate by 0.25% moments ago. The markets were anticipating this move by the Fed and, as I write this post, I'm not seeing any significant rate changes to mortgage interest rates. The rates were already "baked in the cake". Had the Fed decided to increase rates beyond 0.25% or not to take action, we would potentially be being seeing a reaction with the bond market which would be reflected in mortgage interest rates. [Read more…]
I just received a newsletter from a local real estate agent which had an article about whether buyers should opt for a conventional or FHA loan. I'm pretty certain the real estate agent didn't write the article, however the author, whoever they are, got a lot of things wrong regarding these two mortgage programs. Many of the items that were wrong are what I think are fairly common misconceptions with these two popular mortgage programs. So I thought this was a grand opportunity to write a post to correct them…I'll skip the fine hairs 😉 [Read more…]
Freddie Mac's Prime Mortgage Market Survey released today shows that mortgage rates improved based on average conforming rates last week.
Rhonda Porter is a Licensed Mortgage Originator MLO121324 living in the greater Seattle area. Rhonda began her career in 1986 in the title and escrow industry and joined Mortgage Master Service Corporation as a Loan Officer in 2000 and began blogging in 2006. Read More…
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Annabell M. Coffman, 83, Seneca, formerly of Neosho, died Nov. 18, 2012, at Seneca House, following a lengthy illness.
Annabell M. Coffman, 83, Seneca, formerly of Neosho, died Nov. 18, 2012, at Seneca House, following a lengthy illness.
Annabell was born June 5, 1929, in Stella, the daughter of William Herbert and Cora (Sappington) Kitts. She was a lifelong area resident and had worked as a floral designer for Graham's Floral; Neosho Floral and Flower Box Floral.
Annabell married Charles Coffman on Aug. 29, 1948, at Bentonville, Ark., and he preceded her in death on Nov. 21, 2010.
She is survived by two children, Don Coffman and wife, Marsha, Yates Center, Kan., Roanna Eads and husband, Chris, Neosho; a beloved niece, Sandra Winchester, Broken Arrow, Okla.; seven grandchildren, Tracy Reed, Moab, Utah, Shannon Brodie, Neosho; Chris Coffman, Kansas City, Kan., Steve Coffman, Fayetteville, Ark., Pam Winchester, of the state of Iowa, Lisa VanBrunt, Kansas City, Kan., and Carrie Evans, Broken Arrow, Okla.; 13 great grandchildren; three great- great-grandchildren and a sister, Cleo Bryan, Atlanta, Ga.
The body has been taken for cremation and a memorial service will be held at a later date. Contributions in memory of Annabell may be made to the Alzheimer's Foundation, c/o Clark Funeral Home, P.O. Box 66, Neosho, 64850.
Services under the direction of Clark Funeral Home, Neosho.
Online condolences may be posted at www.clarkfuneralhomes.com.

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EDMONTON - I like a flowerpot with a dracaena spike surrounded by bunch of red geraniums, as much as the next guy. But an entire city filled with deck after deck of this formulaic pot design would be a little excessive, even for me. Fortunately, there's never been a year quite like this one to break free from the chains of conformity. That's because there's a distinct shift to more unconventional plants this growing season. Besides being trendy, they're plain old gorgeous. Here are some of my favourites and some suggestions on how to use them.
'Stingray' Elephant's Ear
The distinctive tail protruding from the tips of the roundish leaves of this elephant's ear (Alocasia) are reminiscent of the business end of a stingray. This tropical plant will grow well in full sun to partial shade, but if you want it to have the biggest possible leaves, keep it out of the hot afternoon sun. Its foliage is rich green and complements lime-green sweet potato vine beautifully. And while Stingray's leaf tips look sharp and formidable, they're really quite soft to the touch.
'Fireworks' Pennisetum
We typically think of grasses as rather mundane plants best suited to sports fields or lawns. But some varieties completely depart from the norm, and Fireworks is just that kind of grass. Its name is very suitable because the grass blades are like blazing red fireworks shooting up from the ground. Ditch the dracaena and use one of these ornamental grasses for your container centrepiece. They also look dramatic planted in a row within a long rectangular planter. Best planted in a spot with full, blazing sunlight because the red colour intensifies when exposed to plenty of sunlight.
Dutchman's Pipe
If you're looking for a vine with distinctive flowers, it's impossible to find one with more unique flowers than those on a Dutchman's pipe. They truly look like a beautifully crafted Dutch smoking pipe. But their evolutionary design has nothing to do with smoke and everything to do with trapping insects. Fine hairs momentarily hold up insects that travel down into the throat of the flowers. In the insects' frantic attempts to escape, they become coated with pollen and, after escaping, transfer the pollen to other Dutchman's pipe flowers. The plant also has bright green, heart-shaped leaves. There's a hardy species that will overwinter in our area, but this Dutchman's pipe has much bigger flowers and is strictly for enjoyment during our summer patio season.
Under the Sea Coleus
I've already written about this new series of coleus, but it's worth mentioning again. In the bedding plant world, coleus are known for their incredible foliar colour and patterns, which the Under the Sea varieties definitely have. But what sets the eight coleus in this series apart are their wavy leaf margins, which resemble crustaceans — shrimp, lobster, crab and the like. Instead of geraniums in a barrel, grow some Under the Sea coleus in a shell-shaped container for an aquatic feel with a "splash" of colour.
'Purple Flash' Ornamental Pepper
Most peppers are grown strictly for their culinary attributes, but more recently a cadre of ornamental peppers have risen up through the ranks. They're great patio plants. One of my favourites is the Purple Flash variety. Not only do the plants have clusters of small, pointy purple fruit, but their leaves also have gorgeous purple hues and blotches. Ornamental peppers are easy to grow and are fine-looking transition plants between a taller centrepiece plant and trailing vines along the edge of a container.
'Copperhead' Acalypha
You might be more familiar with acalypha's common name, copperleaf, which aptly describes its foliage colour. The large, heart-shaped leaves and intense coppery colours of Copperhead take acalyphas to a whole new level. This newly introduced variety also produces an attractive, narrow string of red flowers. But the primary reason for buying it, or any other acalypha variety, is the striking foliage. Copperhead is a vigorous plant and would work well as a centrepiece surrounded by bronze-coloured coleus.
I know dracaena and geraniums have served everyone well, but as with fashion, the same style doesn't last forever. Releasing your inner style guru is a good thing. Trust me. Even though I gravitate to comfortable plaid shirts, I've got some bold, solid blue and purple ones that I break out on occasion. So go ahead and mix and match some of these new plants. Let 2012 be the year when you take a small step toward the wild side.
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The 3rd Annual MuSic Extravaganza will rock Aqua Sol in Bear for 12 straight hours this Saturday. The event features eight acts across two stages as well as information about Multiple Sclerosis and benefits the Delaware Chapter of the National MS Society.
In 2010, at 53 years old, Newark resident John Smith was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. He says that like a lot of other people he's spoken to with MS, his diagnosis came years after his first symptoms appeared. He went through years of misdiagnosis and doctors that were unknowingly treating his symptoms individually, rather than as the unlucky combination that occurs with MS.
As a musician, Smith was worried about how the disease, which attacks the central nervous system, might affect his playing. He fronts the cover band Acoustic Jam and the diagnosis coincided with a new regular gig schedule at Aqua Sol Restaurant in Bear. However, Smith has also spent much of his working life as an education coordinator with Christiana Care Health System and he knew he needed to get educated quickly. But, he also wanted to educate others about MS as well. So, by 2011 he had organized his first MuSic Extranvangza, a fundraiser and community awareness event that benefits the Delaware Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Nearly 600 people attended, raising $2,500. Last year, due to weather and scheduling conflicts with other events, about 400 people attended. However, the event nearly doubled its first year donations, raising close to $5,000. This year, Smith is hoping to see even more people and raise even more money on Saturday, Sept. 7 with his 3rd annual extravaganza.
"Last year, we took a beating with the weather. It was also move-in day at local colleges" Smith said. "We thought that if we moved it to early September, we wouldn't have to compete with other August festivals or end-of-summer vacations."
MS and music
The "MuSic Extravaganza" will feature eight bands across two stages. Several of the bands who performed last year, like Hot Breakfast and Katalyst, will return to support the festival this year.
But, some new acts will be there as well. And, while most of the artists performing can claim to have at least one acquaintance or family member with MS, singer/songwriter Kristie Salerno Kent, who will be flying in from Atlanta, Ga., has a personal stake in raising awareness about MS.
Diagnosed in 1999, Kent said that, for years, the disease robbed her of the things she loved: music, family planning, walks with her family, events with large crowds. But, she also admits that MS wasn't doing the dirty work alone. For the first couple of years following her diagnosis, she sunk into denial, routinely telling her doctors that she was fine. She was no longer pursuing her passion of music but was instead working in public relations, booking dates for other artists, musicians and authors.
"I loved that job and learned a great deal about the other side of the business," Kent said by phone from Atlanta. "But, I missed performing. I missed my passion."
She said that the "real, true catalyst" that snapped her out of denial came through an opportunity that job provided her, though. Kent booked a musician for a gig in Atlanta and made plans to go see it as well. That night, the singer couldn't make it so the producer asked Kent if she could come onstage and sing one of the songs, "Whatever Makes Your Soul Sing," which is also one of Kent's favorite songs. It was a tall order. Kent had not performed in public in years and the producer was also the songwriter. She pushed it all aside, though, and went for it.
"That moment, getting up there and singing that song was a defining moment for me," Kent recalled. "I wasn't going to be a victim. I was going to follow my passion."
She started writing and soon after, she quit her job to focus on writing, producing and performing her music. In the years since, she has also written a book, made a short documentary and produced an album full of music inspired by her experiences.
But, it's the opportunity to attend awareness events like the MuSic Extravaganza that she gets most excited about. She knows that she'll likely be performing for other people struggling like she did for so long with MS.
"At my first performance at an MS event, one man came up to me afterwards. He struggled so hard to get out of his wheelchair just to give me a hug," Kent said. "I'll never forget it. Moments like are why I'm so excited for festivals like the one in Delaware."
MS education
Most of the day will be dedicated to music. However, education is a big part of the event as well. To make the learning fun, though, Smith has devised a "poker run" game that will take visitors to one of five tables, each one explaining a different facet of MS education, from symptoms to treatment. Visitors who participate will also be eligible to win a "gift card tree."
Smith hopes people will participate and learn more about the disease that affects more than 1,500 people in Delaware.
"For me, the response I get afterwards is the best part," Smith said. "People tell me how what they learned enabled them to reach out to family or friends suffering. In that moment, they became someone's support. It makes all this worthwhile."


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About a week and a half ago my wife decided to finally start playing around with her Mist of Pandaria expansion, which naturally got my attention and made me want to give it a shot as well. One play session led to another, and here I am writing leveling guides again.
So hello once again, my wonderful readers. I hope you're ready for some light reading.
As always, I post guides based on the characters that I am playing at the time, so that I can give advice based on actual experience within the level ranges that I'm describing. I don't write guides for a class that I already have at max level and just assume that how it works at end game is the same early on because I know that is not always the case. So, you'll see in this first MoP leveling guide that I'm writing about Resto Druid leveling because that's what I've done with my own since level 10. I will write about the other Druid specs when and if I decide to level one.
Playing a Resto Druid
For most of the leveling experience, leveling as Resto will play very much like leveling as Balance. You won't have the same spell selection or the Eclipse mechanic, but you'll be flinging Wrath and Moonfire spells like a mad (wo)man. If you choose to level in PvP or by running dungeons, then of course you'll be spending most of your time healing people rather than casting your offensive spells, but we'll get into that aspect further on down the line.
As a Resto Druid you're going to find that you are about as close to immortal as anyone can get. You don't have the killing power that some of the other healers have because of your limited spell selection, but you do have some of the most efficient and effective heals that money can buy. Add to that increased survival from having Bear Form and increased mobility from Cat Form, Travel Form, and even Aquatic Form, and you've got one incredibly durable healer.
Important Spells & Abilities
In this section you will see a spell name which links you to Wowhead, followed by a number in parenthesis which represents the level at which you learn the spell, followed by a description of the spell's effect. Any numbers listed in those descriptions will be based on the maximum level of the guide, in this case 30, and based purely on the numbers in Wowhead's database (which are occasionally wrong).
Druids tend to have more spells than everyone else on the face of the planet, mostly thanks to their different shapeshifted forms that have their own spells associated with them. I'm going to go ahead and include those in this list mostly because they do offer some decent DPS options at the lower levels when you don't feel like spamming Wrath until your fingers go numb.
Damaging Spells
- Wrath (1): Causes 98-124 Nature damage to the target.
- Moonfire (4): Burns the enemy for 28-34 Arcane damage and then 91 additional Arcane damage over 14 seconds.
I'm going to go over damaging spells first, despite this being a healer's guide, because if you're questing solo then you need to know how to go about earning that experience and you're not going to kill things with Rejuvenation. (Un)Fortunately, it's a very short list. As far as damaging spells goes, you're going to be spamming Wrath and weaving in an occasional Moonfire when you're trying to kill things solo. Another option you have is to use your Cat or Bear forms, preferably Cat, to deal physical damage as well. You can pretty safely quest in Agility gear and still effectively heal yourself to get by in the solo questing game, but somewhere in your 30's or 40's you'll get an ability that converts your Intellect into Agility while using Cat form which will make that much more effective.
Personally, I just stick with casting my spells and using the animal forms purely for movement. I'll go over rotations in a section further down the post.
Healing Spells
- Rejuvenation (3): Heals the target instantly for 210 and every 3 seconds for 12 seconds.
- Nourish (8): Heals a friendly target for 305-353. Heals an additional 20% if you have a Rejuvenation, Regrowth, Lifebloom, or Wild Growth effect active on the target.
- Swiftmend (10): Instantly heals a friendly target that has an active Rejuvenation or Regrowth effect for 691. In addition, restores 691 health to the three most injured allies within 8 yards of the initial target every 1 second for 7 seconds.
- Revive (12): Restores a dead target to life with 35% of their maximum health and mana. Cannot be cast during combat.
- Regrowth (18): Heals a friendly target for 486-542 and another 2,361 over 6 seconds. Regrowth has a 60% increased chance for a critical effect.
- Nature's Cure (22): Removes Magic, Curse, and Poison effects from a friendly target.
- Healing Touch (26): Heals a friendly target for 914-1,078.
- Nature's Swiftness (30 Talent): When activated, your next Cyclone, Entangling Roots, Healing Touch, Hibernate, Nourish, Rebirth, or Regrowth becomes instant, free, and castable in all forms. The healing and duration of the spell is increased by 50%.
Rejuvenation is your bread and butter heal, apply liberally. Nourish is a nice filler heal that has a low mana cost. Swiftmend is a spell you only get if you pick the Restoration spec, and it's a fantastic heal. Revive is how you bring people back to life after they do something stupid. Regrowth is another great heal, this one provides both direct healing and healing over time and it also packs a very large crit chance.
Nature's Cure is your cleanse, something you certainly want to familiarize yourself with; just don't forget it has an 8 second cooldown so it shouldn't be wasted on things that aren't going to matter. Healing Touch is a very powerful heal, but it has a long cast time and a huge mana cost so you should only use it when you really need it or when you have a spell or a proc that makes it cost no mana.
Nature's Swiftness is a talent spell that you get only if you take the talent, but I wanted to include it here since it's the talent I suggest for level 30, great for making things instant, free, and more effective.
Utility Spells
- Entangling Roots (7): Roots the target in place for 30 seconds. Damage caused may interrupt the effect.
- Teleport: Moonglade (15): Teleports the caster to the Moonglade.
- Travel Form (16): Shift into travel form, increasing movement speed by 40%. Only usable outdoors.
- Aquatic Form (16): Shift into aquatic form, increasing swim speed by 50% and allowing you to breath underwater. Only usable in water.
- Faerie Fire (24): Prevents the target from stealthing or turning invisible, and causes 3 applications of Weakened Armor (-12% armor total).
Entangling Roots is a pretty important spell for you to know about if you're going to do a lot of solo play. On the one hand, you're a healer and you can probably sit through several mobs stabbing you in the face for a good long while, but since one of your two damaging spells is a damage over time spell (DoT), it helps sometimes to nuke the mob, DoT them, and then Root them in place to let your DoT deal it's damage while you either start attacking another mob or you heal yourself if you've taken a lot of damage.
Teleport: Moonglade is for class quests, herbalism training, a vendor item or two that can sell well on the AH, and easy access to the northern portion of the Kalimdor map. Travel Form and Aquatic Form are both for faster traveling from one point to another, with Travel Form typically being much more valuable than Aquatic.
Faerie Fire has little use for you in solo play, unless you're fighting mobs in your Cat/Bear forms frequently. In dungeons you should cast this on all of the bosses you come across to help your team kill them faster. In PvP this should be cast on ALL THE THINGS, especially Rogues, Druids, and Mages so that they cannot enter stealth or use Invisibility on you.
Druid Forms
- Cat Form (6): Shift into Cat Form (DPS), increasing auto-attack damage by 100% and movement speed by 25%.
- Mangle (6): Deals Physical damage to the target, generates 1 combo point.
- Ferocious Bite (8): Finishing move that causes damage per combo point and consumes up to 25 additional Energy to increase damage by up to 100%.
- Prowl (6): Enter Stealth mode, reducing movement speed by 30%.
- Rake (8): Rake the taret for Bleed damage and additional Bleed damage over 15 seconds.
- Swipe (22): Swipe nearby enemies, inflicting physical damage. Deal 20% additional damage to bleeding targets.
- Dash (26): Removes all roots and snares, increases movement speed by 70% while in Cat Form for 15 seconds.
- Bear Form (8): Shift into Bera Form (Tank), increasing armor contribution for cloth and leather by 120%, Haste and Crit from items by 50%, and Stamina by 20%.
- Growl (8): Taunts the target to attack you.
- Mangle (8): Deals Physical damage to the target, generates Rage.
- Maul (8): Maul the target for 110% weapon damage, +20% additional damage against bleeding targets.
- Swipe (22): Swipe nearby enemies, inflicting physical damage. Deal 20% additional damage to bleeding targets.
Cat Form deserves some special attention here, not because of the damage you can do in it, but because it gives a 25% speed increase while it's active. Moving around quickly means you're leveling more quickly, and you get this speed increase available to you at level 6 which is a good 9 levels faster than anyone else is able to increase their speed assuming they even get a speed increase in the first place. If you do decide to deal some damage in Cat form, I've got rotations listed in a section below for you to see how to use it.
Bear Form won't be used by you much at all. It does have better survivability, so it isn't bad, but its damage is low and it's otherwise not very thrilling for a Resto Druid. In PvP you might use Bear Form more often if you happen to be carrying a flag, but that's probably the most you'll ever use Bear form. If you have a decent amount of Haste on your gear, then you can abuse Bear form a bit by shifting into Bear, casting Nature's Swiftness (level 30 talent) and then Regrowth can give you a very powerful heal with an even more powerful HoT. When will you need that super heal? Uh, probably never while you're leveling. Doesn't hurt to be aware of it though, right?
Leveling a Resto Druid
- Questing Single Target (Caster): Wrath, Wrath, Moonfire, Wrath spam
- Questing Single Target (Cat): Wrath, Moonfire, Cat Form, Rake, Mangle, Mangle, Ferocious Bite
- Questing Multi-Target (Caster): Wrath & Moonfire the first target, Moonfire two more, Rejuvenation, Moonfire the rest, repeat
- Questing Multi-Target (Cat): Wrath first target, Moonfire everything, Rejuvenation, Cat Form, Swipe, Swipe, Swipe, repeat
Questing Single Target
When you're going after a single target, just burn them down with your spells. You might not be specced for damage, but that doesn't mean your Intellect and Spellpower can't be put to good use nuking the crap out of things. If you're far away from your target when you pull then go ahead and double-cast Wrath so that you can take advantage of the time the first spell takes to travel to the target to cast the second one. If you're already close to them though, just do one Wrath to start it off, then Moonfire, then go back to Wrath spam.
If you want to add some Cat damage to your rotation, go ahead and start with your spells anyway unless you're already within melee range. From there you want to get Rake's DoT effect active and then use Mangle for burst damage. You can use another Mangle in place of Ferocious Bite if you'd like, I just hate to see combo points go to waste so I tend to use it when I can.
Questing Multi-Target
You won't have access to an AoE spell as a Druid until you get Hurricane at level 44, so if you want to take on multiple mobs then you need to do it with your Moonfire DoT instead. Open on the first mob with Wrath for direct damage and Moonfire for DoT, Moonfire to pull a couple more mobs, Rejuvenation yourself to get some heals rolling, apply the DoT to everything else you want to pull and then start over. Now, Rejuv by itself may or may not be strong enough to keep you up during that fight, so if you need to throw some more heals on there then do so. Regrowth plus Rejuv works really well for me in most cases, but you might also need to throw Swiftmend in there for good measure (just make sure you stand inside it's area effect on the ground so you get continued healing from it as well). Use one encounter to judge how many mobs you can handle in the next. If you needed to heal a lot then don't pull as many next time, but if you didn't need much healing at all then try adding another mob or four into your next pull.
If you want to throw in some kitty power, then you're going to pretty much do the same thing as you would in caster version except that you'll switch to Cat Form for Swipe spam after you light everyone up with Moonfire. You can cast Swipe twice with a full Energy bar, and then just auto-attack for a couple of seconds until the energy builds up enough for the third Swipe. At that point, you want to go back to caster form because your Energy is going to refill too slowly to be much use where your spells will be much more helpful; and you'll likely need more healing at that point as well.
When you start fighting groups of mobs instead of singles, always start with just 2-3 and work your way up. You want to get a feel for how much damage they deal, how quickly you can kill them, and what kind of special abilities they might have that could end up killing you if you're not prepared for it. You'll find mobs all across the leveling spectrum now that have various forms of crowd control spells, and you need to be aware of which mobs can stun, knockback, or silence before you go and agro ten of them and find yourself unable to heal.
Restoration Healing
Druids are unique healers because they focus on healing over time (HoT) spells instead of direct heals. This means that Druid healers can sometimes seem more boring to play early on because a HoT will keep someone topped off for several seconds where a direct heal would simply heal for it's amount and then be done. If you're running dungeons with a well geared tank and DPS who don't make you want to slam your face through a table whilst flipping said table, then you often cast a HoT or two before the tank pulls and then cast DPS spells for the rest of the encounter and your tank will still be a full health at the end of the fight.
Healing versus Mana
For the most part, you aren't going to have to worry about mana at all while you're leveling unless you're weaving heals and damage spells constantly for a lengthy amount of time. But, if you're going to be effective at healing when you're max level, then you should still be aware of what these spells cost you in relation to how much healing you're getting out of them in return. Healing amounts listed are averaged in the case of spells which have a healing range.
|HoT HEAL
|0 sec
|0 sec
|2.5 sec
|329 (395)
|0 sec
|0 sec
|4,837 x3
|15 sec
|1.5 sec
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|Nature's Cure
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|8 sec
|Healing Touch
|2.5 sec
|0 sec
|Nature's Swiftness
|0 sec
|60 sec
I'm not going to get into hardcore math here, and I'm going to leave out all of the modifiers such as spellpower and crit chance. In fact, I'm going to skip almost all of the math here and just let you look at the table. I know not everyone is going to take the time to actually look at that table, so here's the summary for you.
If you want cheap heals, throw Rejuvenation on everyone who's taking damage. If you want a big heal, cast Swiftmend if you can, Regrowth if you need it fast, or Health Touch if you've got time to spare.
How To Heal
For solo leveling you should be able to get by just fine with little more than Rejuvenation and an occasional Swiftmend to keep you alive even in dire situations. If you need to root something in place and then move away to get out of melee range then you can heal yourself back to full with Healing Touch or Regrowth followed by a Rejuvenation.
If you're running dungeons, then again Rejuvenation is your primary healing spell that you want to cast on everyone taking damage. Swiftmend will offer nice burst healing in your tank gets in a bind or your DPS are getting hit hard. Regrowth combined with Rejuvenation will keep your tank alive and well during any moderate-to-high damage boss fights. Nourish is good if you want to provide little bursts of direct healing to keep people topped off, and it's one of the more mana efficient spells we have, just try to make sure the target has a HoT on them so you get that extra 20% healing from Nourish. Healing Touch takes the same amount of time to cast as Nourish, but it heals for about three times as much and also costs almost three times as much mana. So use Healing Touch if people are really taking some serious damage, but don't plan on spamming this sucker with that mana cost. Stick to your HoT's as much as possible and get a feel for how much damage someone can take and still survive thanks to your HoT's. If someone isn't below about 50% of their max health, then you probably don't need to bother with casting a direct heal on them, just let your HoT's do their job and refresh the HoT's as needed.
For PvP you're going to focus primarily on fast cast times. Rejuvenation is your primary heal again, and Swiftmend maintains it's priority for high healing situations. Regrowth becomes much more important because time is almost always an issue and in PvP it's better to heal someone and keep them alive than it is to worry about your mana. Healing Touch brings some powerful healing, but be careful with it's large cast time or you might find yourself mid-cast when everyone's dying around you. Nature's Cure will see much more use here than anywhere else in the leveling process, but with an 8 second cooldown make sure you're cleansing effects that matter and not something you can easily heal through or ignore.
Nature's Swiftness: This spell doesn't heal on it's own and it can be used for more than just healing, but it deserves to be mentioned here regardless. This spell makes your next spell instant, cost zero mana, and increases the healing and duration of the spell by 50%. It also allows you to cast those spells regardless of which form you happen to be in, so you can cast a heal while you're on the run in Cat/Travel/Aquatic form. If you want a massive heal, use it with Healing Touch. If you want a powerful HoT, then use it with Regrowth. I prefer to utilize Nature's Swiftness through the use of macros which I'll share with you here:
/castsequence Nature's Swiftness, Healing Touch
/castsequence Nature's Swiftness, Regrowth
You use /castsequence instead of just /cast here because there's a little glitch of sorts if you use /cast that will make you pop out of different forms when using it, and then not actually cast the spell that you want unless you activate the macro again.
Restoration Talents
- Feline Swiftness: Increases your movement speed by 15%.
- Nature's Swiftness: When activated, your next Cyclone, Entangling Roots, Healing Touch, Hibernate, Nourish, Rebirth, or Regrowth becomes instant, free, and castable in all forms. The healing and duration of the spell is increased by 50%.
For your level 15 talent, you really can't go wrong with any of the three choices. I prefer Feline Swiftness because it increases all of your movement by 15% no matter where you are or what kind of movement you're dealing with, and constantly moving faster means leveling faster. Displacer Beast is also a really great talent (especially for PvP), allowing you to teleport 20 yards forward every 30 seconds. Wild Charge offers different kinds of movement based on which form you're currently in and I don't care as much for it just because I want more control over my movement and I don't feel that all Wild Charges were created equal.
For the level 30 talent, I find Nature's Swiftness to be overall more useful during the leveling process, regardless of what type of leveling you do. Renewal is good if you're going to do more PvP or if you're pushing more challenging content since it can instantly heal you for 30%, but for typical leveling it's not necessary. Cenarion Ward is like a reactive healing bubble that kicks in after a target takes damage. With how strong HoT's are in the leveling game, I felt that this spell was incredibly unnecessary, so I haven't even bothered trying it out yet.
Major Glyphs
- Glyph of Rejuvenation: When you have Rejuvenation active on three or more targets, the cast time of your Nourish spell is reduced by 30%.
- Glyph of Healing Touch: When you cast Healing Touch, the cooldown on your Swiftmend is reduced by 1 second.
- Glyph of Regrowth: Increases the critical chance of your Regrowth by 40%, but removes the periodic component of the spell.
Most of the major glyphs really don't matter much to you while you're leveling, at least not at low levels. My preference is Rejuvenation because I like to level via dungeons and PvP so it's pretty common for me to have multiple Rejuvenations running at the same time and Nourish spam can add up pretty quick when someone is being focused. Healing Touch isn't too bad, but it should be pretty rare that you're going to need multiple big heals in a short period of time at this stage of the game. Regrowth gives you a 100% chance to crit at the expense of no longer having a HoT effect from the spell. It's fantastic for PvP, but for running dungeons and probably solo questing as well I'd rather have the HoT, personally, but it's your call.
Minor Glyphs
- Glyph of Aquatic Form: Increases your swim speed by 50% while in aquatic form.
- Glyph of the Stag: Your Travel Form can now be used as a mount by a party member.
- Glyph of the Treant: Teaches you the ability Treant Form.
None of these really matters, so just pick the one that you want. The first one I always go for is Aquatic Form, and I do so strictly because it has an actual, measurable effect in the game by allowing you to swim faster. Stag is cool if you're grouping, allowing a party member to ride you (/gasp). Treant changes your physical appearance to be the old tree that used to be associated with healing druids, but as far as I'm aware it doesn't have any impact at all on your spells like it did previously, it's purely cosmetic.
Gearing Up Your Resto Druid
Gearing up your Resto Druid in this level range is pretty simple and straight forward.
Spellpower >= Intellect > Haste > Crit > Spirit
At this early stage, you shouldn't have to worry about regen at all, so just focus on stacking Spellpower and Intellect for stronger heals, Haste to try to get more healing ticks in on your HoT's, Crit because every time a HoT ticks it can be a crit, and Spirit because regen never hurts even if it doesn't necessarily help (yet) either.
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The Compagnie Internationale de Wagon Lits, owner of the Orient Express, commissioned the building of the hotel to provide its illustrious guests with appropriately appointed lodging, sadly lacking in late 19thcentury Istanbul.
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In 1921, an Azerbaijani diplomat was assassinated as he relaxed in one of the hotel's red velvet armchairs. Tradition also puts Kim Philby, the British double agent spying for the KGB, at the hotel after the Second World War.
Agatha Christie (reputed to have written Murder on the Orient Express in Room 411) slept here, as did Ernest Hemingway, assigned to report on the Turkish Greek hostilities (and who spent most of his time in the Orient Bar).
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder of the Republic, spent time in Room 101, perhaps, as to rumour says, with Zsa Zsa Gabor.
In 2010, after a four-year period of planning, renovation and restoration, the Pera Palace emerged from hibernation as an authentic icon updated for modern sensibilities. Whereas through the decades, the ballroom, patisserie, lobby and Orient Bar had become dingy and dated (albeit nostalgic), architects and preservationists reinfused life into these gala spaces by adding period antiques, Carrara marble, stained glass and Murano chandeliers. A full-service spa with jet-stream pool brings the hotel into the 21st century as the only added feature, made possible by excavating down a floor through the cement foundation to create a basement level.
Guest room floors are made cheery with the removal of an interior wall to create a light-filled, floorto-ceiling central atrium. Signature rooms and suites are outfitted to invoke some of the hotel's more celebrated guests, with feminine pinks for Greta Garbo, sky blues to imitate the horizons that inspired Pier Loti, and a novelist's haven to bring out one's inner Agatha Christie.
The hotel's pièce de la résistance is the Kubbeli Saloon-Tea Lounge, a space bejewelled by light streaming through skylit domes newly liberated from their rooftop prison, allowing the play of colours to sparkle through oriental arched, stained glass windows.
On my tour through the hotel, the public relations representative relayed a story of how, after the reopening, a longtime regular guest was enjoying a peaceful drink in the saloon. When asked what he thought of the hotel's new look, the guest paused for a moment, then replied, "I don't like it."
When asked exactly what it was about the renovation that he found not to his liking, he was stumped.
"It was the loss of his past, and the recognition that he couldn't get that back," intuited my guide.
As in anywhere, you can't go back, but in Istanbul you can certainly visit there for a while.
Lynn Levine is the author of Frommer's Turkey and Frommer's Istanbul and currently lives in Barnstable, Massachusetts.
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- Pera Palace: Mesrutiyet Caddesi No. 52, 34430, Tepebasi, Istanbul. www.perapalace.com or 011-00-212-377-4000. Doubles from about $475. The Atatürk room is open to the public twice daily, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. and from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.


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It's been almost 12 years since Sheri Baker-Bruster was severely injured in a car accident with a drunk driver. She lost her father, Frank Baker, in that accident.
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Debbie Baker had talked with her daughter a little while earlier, and was expecting them to arrive home. When they didn't show up, and she heard there was a wreck site and recognized the car immediately.
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Frank Baker died 36 hours later. At that time it was not certain that Sheri would survive. They were holding off surgically repairing her hip until they determined her chances of survival were good.
She spent six weeks in the trauma center, and two weeks in a regular hospital floor. She had two broken wrists, her pelvis was broken in three places, she had a head injury and her left foot was severely damaged.
When she did go home, she still could not feed herself and could barely move. It was months later and she had to learn to walk all over again.
"I was like a 21-year-old baby," she said.
She worked very hard, and got married on schedule, complete with walking down the aisle in July of 2002.
Sheri and her husband, Chris Bruster, have had two children since then.
It has been a very long road to recovery for Sheri and she may never fully recover. But she wants people to think before they drive intoxicated.
She speaks about her experience at the DUI victims center in Wichita.
People convicted of DUI have to attend the meetings.
She shows a video, tells about her experience and how it is still affecting them.
"I tell them God has given you a second chance to make a better decision next time," Sheri said.
Debbie Baker said she feels the laws on the books are good enough, but she questions whether they are enforced well enough.
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What Does a Director Need Besides Talent?
Most directors of the classic cartoons started as inbetweeners, worked their way up to animators, and if they were especially talented at telling stories, became directors. This took a few years within a very sensibly built American capitalist merit based system.
My Own Way Of Gaining Varied Experience At A Bad Time In History
I at least knew how everything was being done currently - and the handicaps of the system too, and I also knew kind of how they used to do things on the cartoons I liked. I knew real well who many of the most talented artists in the business were. So I combined the realities of modern TV production with some of the sense of the old system. A director isn't just a guy with some abstract idea that he got by chance spastic molecular activity in his brain; he is someone who knows how the all the parts fit together first, then is able to build his ideas (if he has any) around practical reality. And he needs a crew of very specialized talents who work well with him.
People start out in the business today doing jobs that used to require a lot of experience.
Storyboarding - without ever having animated, assisted or done layout, writing without ever having even drawn a storyboard! Storyboards aren't even used to write stories anymore. Ridiculous.
Model sheets are made by non-animators.
Most studios don't even do layouts anymore so there is nowhere to learn that.
Directors (the top creative position) are seemingly pulled out of a hat. It's open to anyone who walks in and can barely scrawl a stick figure out but can somehow convince a non-creative manager that he's got some latest in-thing (which usually is just a watered down poorly drawn copy of something that already exists). The execs even admit it's hard to deal with these young immature folks because they don't have a realistic or experienced overview of how cartoons are made. (I have to hold their hands through the process, one exec told me) Well, "D-uh" as they say.
Animation has turned into a mystery religion.
When I was starting out, the studio system was pretty awkward and inefficient, but at least I had lots of old cartoons on TV to record and study - and there were some old timers around to ask questions about how they made their cartoons. So I pieced together a picture of how everything fit together and when I got my chance to try it out, saw what worked and what didn't, then was able to continue adapting the production system to favor creativity and artistic ambition among the cartoonists.
The old cartoons also had much higher standards than the current ones, so it encouraged some of us to aim high, regardless of the junk the studios made us pump out in the 80s.
Now sadly, there aren't many classic cartoons on TV anymore to at least inspire people to want to aim high, draw well, or let alone create lasting characters with personality. Any kid in high school can look at cartoons on TV today and say "Hell, I can do that!" And then they do. And each year cartoons become more primitive and get poorer ratings.
A sensible shorts program has to solve these problems in order to increase the chances of finding top talent and hits. Right now, the programs are all set up as crap shoots. Toss a pile of money in the air, hire 50 inexperienced kids and call them directors, then water down the actual experienced talent pool who has earned the right to maybe try directing by splitting it into 50 sub-standard units and hope one your 50 handicapped shorts somehow flukes its way into success. It's an admission by the management that they have no idea what makes something work. Extreme gambling with the companies' futures.
Let's use simple math:
50 units x say 8 people per crew = 400 artists you have to find.
OR: 50 cartoons made by 3 units of 8 = 24 artists.
Is it more likely to find 24 very talented artists than 500 for one program? Are there 500 really talented artists in the whole business? Let alone in 1 studio? There might be 24, though.
These 24 top talents each would get to make 16 or 17 shorts instead of just 1 each, and learn by experience and get better with each short.
The 50 crews each get one chance - all or nothing to get it right.
Which system sounds like it has a better chance to succeed?
So another main goal of a shorts program should be:
To Give Cartoonists Real Experience - climb the ladder, earn your way up
Give cartoonists a ladder to climb so that when they finally get a chance to direct, they at least know how things work.
to be continued...
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1 Cheers to
Lake Bloomer gardeners for preparing a Blue Star Memorial Marker for the Laurie area.
2 Cheers to
all the outstanding businesses honored in the May/June issue of Lake Lifestyles magazine.
3 Cheers to
MoDOT and the city of Osage Beach for finally — and we mean FINALLY — reaching a long overdue agreement on the troublesome Key Largo intersection with Highway 54 expressway.
1 Jeers to
people who let drugs become the center of their world. Last week, we found out the truth of an unsolved Camdenton murder: it was over drugs. No earthly object or substance is worth the price of a person's life.
2 Jeers to
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Tyler Long knows all too well the impact tobacco has on its users and the loved ones around them. Growing up, his mom smoked but his father never used tobacco.
FLETCHER – Tyler Long knows all too well the impact tobacco has on its users and the loved ones around them. Growing up, his mom smoked but his father never used tobacco.
"My dad's dad died of lung cancer from smoking months before I was born," said Long, 18, a senior at Asheville High who lives off Airport Road in Fletcher. "And my mom's father owned a tobacco farm in Kentucky. So growing up, I saw how it was benefiting one half of the family and hurting the other half."
On Thursday, Long, 18, was honored by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids as the National Youth Advocate of the Year at a gala in Washington, D.C. He accepted the award — along with a $5,000 scholarship and a $500 grant to further his work — in front of more than 400 public health, political and civic leaders at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel.
Long will use the scholarship when he attends Wofford College in Spartanburg, S.C. in the fall. Inspired by his work with legislators of both political parties on anti-tobacco efforts, he plans to major in government.
From a very young age, Long remembers hearing about his maternal grandfather's tobacco farm, including one memorable story "about him chewing Red Man and a horse got a hold of it." But he always struggled to reconcile those folksy tales, and the beauty of tobacco crops in his grandpa's fields, with the death of his paternal grandfather.
"When I was little, I made the connection that this one grandfather was producing what killed this other grandfather," Long said. "It was a scary thing and very confusing to me as a little kid."
So despite reservations that it would make his mom "feel like she let me down," Long started a Teens Against Tobacco Use club at his middle school. Today, he is president of his high school's chapter. Long also works with North Carolina's statewide tobacco prevention program, Tobacco Reality Unfiltered, which educates middle schoolers about the perils of tobacco.
Long helped lead a campaign to end a major tobacco sponsorship at Asheville's Bele Chere festival. After hearing about a Camel booth at the festival, he joined City Councilman Cecil Bothwell in urging the festival's board to end Camel's involvement in the street festival, which attracts thousands of families with young children each July.
"They were amazingly unresponsive," Long said. "The majority of them said, no, this will hurt business. So we went to the parks board, because they had the ability to prevent tobacco company sponsorships at a park. When any street is closed, it's classified as a park. And they agreed with us that it was inappropriate."
In North Carolina, 15.5 percent of high school students smoke, according to the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. Every year, 11,100 kids become daily smokers and tobacco kills 12,200 North Carolinians, the campaign says, costing residents $2.5 billion in health care bills.
But Long said groups such as CFTFK and Teens Against Tobacco Use are making a difference in a way that would have been unfathomable a few decades ago, given the state's role in growing and manufacturing tobacco products.
"Having progress in North Carolina is much greater than having progress anywhere else, except for maybe Virginia," he said.
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I created this post a while back, but I only just now got around to completing it.
The other day, I decided to photograph a series of tchotchkes that inhabit my room. I think you can tell a lot about someone from their room/house, especially by what kind of items are just sitting around collecting dust.
For those unfamiliar with the word "tchotchkes"…
According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, a "tchotchke" is a knickknack, trinket, bauble, doodad, curiosity, etc. The word is Yiddish and, according to Wikipedia, "…has long been used by Jewish-Americans and in the regional speech of New York City and elsewhere." Furthermore, according to Wikipedia, "Depending on context, the term has a connotation of worthlessness or disposability, as well as tackiness…"
I don't really consider these things "worthless" or "disposable," because each object comes with its own memory and nostalgia. But, as you may observe, these objects definitely err on the side of "tacky."
(Click on images to enlarge.)
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General Comments: Futures closed a little higher on speculative buying. Futures are still trading near the upper end of the winter trading range. Temperatures are warm in the state, and conditions are dry again, and talk about the potential for more fruit drop and poor development of the crop for next year returned. Forecasts now call for colder weather to hit the state later this week. It is possible that some areas will see freezing temperatures, and crop development is reported to be far enough along that some damage or loss is possible. Our private forecast calls for potentially freezing temperatures n many Florida growing areas early next week. Harvest in Florida of mid and early oranges is almost over, and the Valencia harvest is underway. Bloom has been reported in groves in all production areas of the state. Weather in Brazil is reported to be good. Brazil is seeing near to above normal temperatures and scattered showers. Harvest is continuing.
Overnight News: Florida weather forecasts call for mostly dry conditions. Temperatures will average below normal.
Chart Trends: Trends in FCOJ are mixed. Support is at 124.00, 122.00, and 120.00 May, with resistance at 130.50, 132.00, and 134.00 May.
General Comments: Futures were a little lower yesterday. Wire reports that Texas could plant 25% less are to Cotton was very supportive as the state produces half the US crop. Bears still point to increasing certified stocks levels for reasons to be bearish. Demand bulls noted positive economic data in general and ideas of reduced planted area in the US this season as reasons to buy. The current low new crop prices are bringing into question what farmers in Texas and the Delta and Southeast will plant this year. Some are wondering if planted area might be lower this year here in the US due to weak prices against competing crops. The area lost would go mostly to Corn and Soybeans. Texas areas should turn drier for the rest of the week after a lot of precipitation hit the growing areas over the last couple of days. Delta and Southeast areas will see some significant precipitation later in the week.
Overnight News: The Delta and Southeast will see dry conditions. Temperatures will average below normal. Texas will get dry weather. Temperatures will average below normal, but above normal on Sunday. The USDA spot price is now 75.84 ct/lb. ICE said that certified Cotton stocks are now 0.381 million bales, from 0.364 million yesterday. ICE said that 53 contracts were delivered yesterday and that total deliveries for the month are 1,309 contracts. USDA said that net Upland Cotton export sales were 152,900 bales this year and 80,800 bales next year. Net Pima sales were 24,700 bales this year and 0 bales next year.
Chart Trends: Trends in Cotton are mixed. Support is at 84.00, 83.80, and 83.40 May, with resistance of 85.25, 85.55, and 86.30 May.
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Hugh Baker served as President during most of the existence of Massachusetts State College, taking office in 1933, two years after it changed name from Massachusetts Agricultural College, and retiring in 1947, just as the college became the University of Massachusetts. A forester by training, Baker began his career as a professor, and later dean, in the College of Forestry at Syracuse University. In 1920, he left Syracuse to become Executive Secretary of the American Paper and Pulp Association, and for nearly a decade, he worked in the forestry industry. He returned to academia in 1930, when he resumed the deanship at the New York State School of Forestry. During his presidency at Massachusetts State College, Baker oversaw the construction of improved housing and classroom facilities for students, a new library, the expansion of the liberal arts curriculum, and a near doubling of student enrollment. Further, chapel services were reorganized to be voluntary, and a weekly convocation was initiated. Baker also founded popular annual conferences on recreation and country life.
The Baker Papers include correspondence with college, state, and federal officials, college suppliers, and alumni; speeches and articles; reports and other papers on topics at issue during Baker's college presidency, 1933-1947, particularly the building program. Also included are several biographical sketches and memorial tributes; clippings and other papers, relating to Baker's career as professor of forestry at several colleges, trade association executive, and college president.
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Wein to lead Newport All-Stars 1 more time
NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — Newport Jazz Festival founder George Wein doesn't know if this year will mark the end of a tradition dating back to the inaugural event 60 years ago: playing with his Newport All-Stars band.
The jazz pianist-turned-impresario is scheduled to perform Sunday with the latest edition of the All-Stars on the festival's closing day at Fort Adams Park. Its current lineup includes trumpeter Randy Brecker, Israeli clarinetist-saxophonist Anat Cohen, saxophonist Lew Tabackin, guitarist Howard Alden, bassist Jay Leonhart and drummer Clarence Penn.
"I don't know whether this will be my last appearance because I find it very difficult," said the 88-year-old Wein. "I always wondered what I'm going to do in my old age. I'm in my old age. ... Keeping up with these younger musicians who know more about music is not easy, but I've had a good run."
FILE - In this Aug. 9, 2009 file photo, Newport Jazz Festival founder George Wein speaks during the festival in Newport, R.I. Wein introduced his Newport All-Stars band at the festival in 1954, and is scheduled to perform with the latest edition of the band 60 years later on the festival's closing day Sunday, Aug. 3, 2014, at Fort Adams Park. (AP Photo/Joe Giblin, File)
Wein began his career as a jazz pianist, but after hearing Art Tatum he realized he could never match that virtuosity. Instead, he found his true calling as a producer and opened his Storyville club in Boston in 1951.
But Wein never gave up being a jazz pianist. His Storyville All-Stars morphed into the Newport All-Stars when Wein created the world's first outdoor jazz festival in the tony Rhode Island seaside resort in 1954.
The early All-Stars featured musicians comfortable with the pre-1950s swing style Wein grew up playing, including trombonist Vic Dickenson, cornetist Ruby Braff, clarinetist Pee Wee Russell and saxophonist Bud Freeman.
The All-Stars not only played the festival, they also toured the U.S., Europe and Japan and made a series of recordings from the late 1950s through the early '90s. Wein later brought in a younger generation of swing-style musicians such as tenor saxophonist Scott Hamilton, trumpeter Warren Vache, Jr. and guitarist Alden.
In recent years, the band's lineup has covered a generation gap spanning more than half a century — with up-and-coming jazz stars such as Cohen and bassist-singer Esperanza Spalding playing alongside veterans such as drummer Jimmy Cobb, the last surviving musician from Miles Davis' 1959 "Kind of Blue" album.
"I've had the best of both worlds," Wein said of his dual roles as performer and producer. "I'm a good leader and know how to present my musicians. When they're called All-Stars, I make them All-Stars."
Wein says that over the past five years he's changed his approach, even getting involved a little bit with more modern modal playing.
"We find tunes that I could stretch out on," said Wein. "And when Lew Tabackin says, 'You're playing better than you've ever played in your life,' it made me feel good."
Cohen says the All-Stars are "preserving the tradition of jazz" by playing Wein's favorite swing standards such as "Take the 'A' Train" and "Johnny Come Lately" performed by Duke Ellington's big band. But she says the pianist gives his musicians enough space "to really do their own thing" with the material.
Cohen says the All-Stars give audiences a chance to see a whole different side of Wein.
"People know George as a producer, thinker and entrepreneur," said Cohen. "And then there's the side of the little boy that plays piano. When the music feels good and he's really swinging on the piano ... there's such a look of joy on his face at the end of a solo. ... It feels good for everybody."
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FILE - In this Aug. 9, 2009 file photo, Newport Jazz Festival founder George Wein performs during a session with Christian McBride at the festival in Newport, R.I. Wein introduced his Newport All-Stars band at the festival in 1954, and is scheduled to perform with the latest edition of the band 60 years later on the festival's closing day Sunday, Aug. 3, 2014, at Fort Adams Park. (AP Photo/Joe Giblin, File)
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