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Thursday, December 11, 2008
Patch Notes: 3.0.8
Talent/Spell Changes:
Genesis: Now works with Tranquility and Hurricane. - This effectively does nothing for moonkin. This talent still sucks. If I want to buff hurricane I will pick up Gail winds.
Nature's Grace - Now also effects Revive. - A half second off my 10 second out of combat rez? Whoopie!!!!!!
Starfall - Will now be cancelled by any shapeshifting. - Is this really necessary? Is it really a bad thing that I can shift out and heal while Starfall continues to tick? I just don't see the point of this one.
Remove Curse and Abolish Poison can now be used in Moonkin form. - This is really nice. I am currently the only raiding druid in my guild. We usually have shaman to clear up the poisons, but there have been times when I've had to do it on 10-mans or heroics. It will make my life easier.
Glyph Changes:
Glyph of Focus - Increases the damage done by Starfall by 20%, but decreases its radius by 50%. - The general design idea behind glyphs has been that you gain something at a cost. In my opinion this glyph is pure win. I have actually been fairly frustraited with Starfall. It is our new "dumb" spell, because I have little control over who it targets. I can't use it much on Malygos because it will kill the sparks to early. I have the same problem on Loatheb. I can't use it on trash at all because it is likely that I would pull a pat. This glyph doesn't cure those issues but makes them easier. In reality though, none of this matters. Moonkin already have 4 very good major glyphs available to us. I don't see my self giving up the MF, SF or IS glyphs for a glyph to improve Starfall.
Glyph of Typhoon - Reduces the cost of your Typhoon spell by 8%, but it no longer knocks enemies back. - This glyph does improve Typhoon from a PvE perspective, but the spell is still pretty bad, therefore there is no real use for this glyph.
* Tapping: All player spells which cause a creature to become aggressive to you will now also immediately cause the creature to be tapped. - This is an awesome change. It won't mean much for Graylo since Moonfire is the best mob tagging spell around, but my two main alts are a shadow priest and an affliction warlock. The mad leveling rush is over, but this should make their lives easier when content is released in the future.
* The run speed in spirit form has been increased by 50%. Night Elves in Wisp form will now move at 75% speed. - WOOT!!! Faster corpse runs. The also added 60 grave yards to vanilla WoW.
* Alchemy - All flasks no longer require an alchemy lab to create. - Not a surprise, but I wish this had happened a little sooner. You don't need a lab for the new flasks already, but if you read my last post you know that I am not able to make any of the new flasks yet. So, I have opted to use the old flasks for the time being since Fel Lotus is very cheap right now and it still persists through death. It would be nice to not have to go to shattrath anymore but I am sure that I will be using the new flasks by the time this patch goes live.
Whats Not in the Patch:
In general, I'm pretty happy with how Moonkin look and with Wrath of the Lich King in general. Most of the things I would like changed aren't huge, but I have come across one issue recently that I can't for the life of me understand why it has not been fixed.
Where did all of the gem crafting patterns go? I was trying to gets someone to cut a [Purified Twilight Opal] for me and I come to find out that it is impossible. Its not that the gem isn't in the game, because it is in the game files. Its just impossible to learn. Really, how hard is it to put all of the gems in the game? I realize that the blizzard employees are busy people but this is just ridiculous.
15 comments:
- Jen said...
I'm surprised you didn't mention the nerf to the Titansteel Guardian. I don't think they've posted official numbers on it, but they are decreasing the amount of spellpower 'to bring it in line with its item level.'
Glad I'm working away on getting the Kirin'Tor weapon instead. Doubly glad I didn't make the titansteel either
- December 11, 2008 at 5:41 PM
- Shivoa said...
I think the Curse/Poison is a pingpong revert. My vague memory of the start of BC was that RC could be cast in form but AP forced caster form. I definitely remember one of the patches during BC changing it to allow AP in moonkin form. Moving to Wrath recently I was disspointed to note that AP was back to switching out to caster form so I'd say this PTR change is a fix for someone accidentally ticking the wrong box and putting the setting back to an older date.
The Starfall change doesn't seem to make much sense to me, maybe they were seeing feral jumping from caster to bear and this wasn't something they'd balanced the spell for. TBH I only currently use it in conjunction with Hurricane in a mana chewing AoE play (under Barkskin, in moonkin form) but it does seem a bit harsh to switch it off if someone was to change to caster to push healing.
- December 11, 2008 at 6:14 PM
"Starfall - Will now be cancelled by any shapeshifting. - Is this really necessary? Is it really a bad thing that I can shift out and heal while Starfall continues to tick? I just don't see the point of this one."
just in case anyones wondering this change was mostly made for the fact that in PVP Arena Boomkins would pop starfall (then possibly go in travelform) and use it as a minesweeper to bring rogues/cats out of stealth.
that aside quite a good patch
nothing very big tho, the change with Moonkins being able to cast their Cures is quite nice, i was always forgetting which one i was able to cast in moonkin :P
- December 11, 2008 at 8:10 PM
btw by possibly i mean most of the time on the starfall/travelform combo.
well it doesnt really madder anyway since theres a "glitch" that stealthed rogues/cats not to be hit by starfall, GC says this is not intended but hes thinking about leaving it in cuz of massive rogue QQ
well it seems i've just disspoved my own statement
- December 11, 2008 at 8:33 PM
Fortunitly, Ghostcrawler clarified about Starfall:
"We will let you shift from caster to Moonkin form or back without cancelling the spell.
We just didn't want players going cat or travel and racing around with Starfall hitting everything. It is an unusual spell since it requires no channeling and moves with you. We have to make it a little restrictive to solve some of these creative uses. "
- December 12, 2008 at 5:37 AM
Regarding Typhoon, I'm not sure its entirely useless. I've seen my typhoon hit multiple mobs for over 3k damage (around 3200 per mob, and I was lvl 72 at the time) so if you add the Glyph's 20% onto that, remove the knockback, and consider its not subject to interruption or pushback issues... You have a nice boost to immediate AOE damage output.
If you throw down a starfall, and hit barkskin/hurricane, you're pushing out some impressive damage. Throw in a typhoon in the middle, adjust for lvl 80 stats and gear, you just substantially upgraded your dps. At least, that's what I've found.
- December 12, 2008 at 5:53 AM
Of course it would help if I read the correct glyph.. ><
Even without the 20%, the logic still applies, it would be a Damage increase on heavy AOE situations. That said, yes, the glyph could be better. :( 8% reduced cost? Ugh..
- December 12, 2008 at 5:59 AM
I do have to say that I don't believe typhoon is useless. It has no damage cap. By damage cap i mean, it can hit three mobs for three seperate amounts of damage or it can hit 15 different mobs for 15 different amounts of damage. I can pull the entire stockades and use typhoon to damage all of them to near death with one shot. All of them.
- December 12, 2008 at 8:26 AM
- Laedora said...
Re: Remove Curse. I was doing some minor decursing in Naxx10 in Moonkin without coming out of form. This has been in place since a 2.x patch I believe. I'm with Shivoa on this one. Seems they are fixing an error in a newer build. I currently pop-out of Moonkin when cleansing poison (but not RC)
- December 12, 2008 at 8:19 PM
- Tradyk said...
I've had to shift out for AP for quite some time, well back into TBC, but could stay in for RC. I think this change is just to bring us into line with the resto druids, who for the longest time couldn't RC in tree form, but got to do so in 3.0, now we're getting to AP in chicken form, to match that. I think they're saying 'You can RC *AND* AP in Moonkin' rather than 'You can *RC* and *AP* in Moonkin.'
Also, I'm with Crimcou on the typhoon change. It's our only reliable instant cast AoE. Starfall does a lot of damage, but its just too dangerous, with too long a cooldown, to rely on.
Think of typhoon as a long range, directional arcane explosion. It's awesome for aoe'ing on the move. Takes a bit of getting used to, and experience jumpshotting as a hunter helps, but it can really speed up trash kills.
The two examples that come to mind with typhoon are Maexxna and CoT:Strath. With Maexxna, one typhoon, one arcane explosion, and one TC will kill most of the adds in 10 man instantly. Also useful for taking out the webs. Turn and fire before the web is fully formed, and it'll hit just as its targetable, before anyone with an instant cast attack can even target it.
With CoT:Strath, its basically the same thing. I can kitty form and sprint to the next pack in the first section, turn, Chicken form, and one shot all the mobs that came behind me in one attack. Speeds up the time dealing with those skeles by a lot.
My guild relies on me for the IS 3% miss debuff in raids, so while I would love the extra 30% damage on IS, it's never going to happen, and with mana being the non-issue it is once you've gotten your first few raid purplehs, I'll definitely be dropping Glyph of Innervate for the new typhoon glyph.
- December 13, 2008 at 7:51 PM
- Cdin said...
@ Jen
Yea, I missed the TitanSteel Guardian nerf. I feel a little bad for anyone that had it crafted but it is still a fairly nice mace. I didn't craft it because I didn't really see the point. In my opinion there are a lot of weapons in naxx and such that are better and I hate spending a lot of money to craft items that will be replaced.
@ Shivoa
I don't think it is a revert. Backin 2.4 (i think) they made Moonkin able to Decurse and Trees to Abolish Poison. It was rumored that Tree's could Decurse and Moonkin could Abolish Poison, but it was never seen in an actual build. I think it was just a case of people missunderstanding the change, and when you think about it it makes sense. Moonkin are kind of like mages who can Decurse also. Trees are healers, and poisons are more natural. Anyway, good change no matter what the history.
@ Manic1207 and Crimcou
Ok, the Starfall change makes a little more sense now. I am not a PvPer so I hadn't thought to use it in that way but it would be a little OP for a moonkin to pop starfall and switch to travel form to find every steathed opponent in the arena.
@At Multiple People regarding Typhoon
The only thing Typhoon has going for it is that it is an instant cast. Other then that it has serious issues in PvE.
Most of the uses that you guys have proposed are very suituational and can be filled by another spell or can more easily be taken care of by another class.
Typhoon is a mana hog that cost three times as much as Wrath but does less damage. You can use it on Maexxna if you like but your spending a ton of mana to gain a second.
Also, it is almost as dangerous as Starfall, because it travels through the target. The way my guild does trash I have to worry about hitting the next pack. I could try and reposition my self but that costs me DPS time and eliminates everything gained.
Finally, it costs a talent point that could be used else where that would provide more benifit.
Typhoon is a PvP spell, and taking the knockback away makes it useless.
- December 15, 2008 at 12:24 PM
JC patterns are a lot different now than they were in TBC. Rather than have a majority of the meta gems and other blue patterns be BoE drops, they're earned through a JC daily in Dalaran. The daily gives 1 JC token that you can spend on new patterns with the average price between 2-6 tokens.
This is good for us JCers because we can pick and choose which recipes we buy first but not so good for others. If the JCer you know is a caster, you can almost bet they aren't going to waste their tokens on agi/crit patterns.
Each heroic also drops 1 set pattern at the last boss as well. These patterns are more common among JCers on our server since most of us are still doing the dailies to buy THOSE patterns. You can run a few heroics in a few hours and come away with 4 or 5 new patterns =D.
Buy anyway, yeah, this is why a lot of JC patterns are hard to find. The expansion hasnt been out long enough for JCers to earn enough tokens and buy all of the patterns.
- December 17, 2008 at 7:39 PM
- Cdin said...
I think you are missunderstanding the issue. This isn't a case of I'm having a hard time finding someone to cut a Purified Twighlight Opal. Its that it is literally impossible to find someone to cut a pureified Twighlight opal. There is not a single player on any realm that can cut it because the pattern to learn the cut is not in game.
- December 18, 2008 at 8:25 AM
@ Graylo
Ah, gotcha. As a JCer, I get about 10-15 tells per day asking if I have certain cuts that 9 times out of 10 this is the issue (what I adressed.) I should have read more carefully and I apologize.
- December 18, 2008 at 6:56 PM
I'm going to miss popping Starfall, running around and aggroing massive amounts of creatures, then barkskinning and hurricaning them down. It made farming so much fun. Oh, well. At least I can cast abolish poison in boom form while the freakin rogues are sticking me with their nail files. It will make survival against them in pvp so much easier.
- January 20, 2009 at 3:57 PM


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A good French toast in the morning is bliss. The experience of it not only puts me in a state of cheer, but becomes a vehicle for it for the rest of the day. Last week we had a part of a Ciabatta loaf left over so I decided to take a stab at it with some French toast. It was a good decision because I will have a hard time making it now with any other kind of bread.
The Ciabatta French Toast Tricia brought us today was a subtle change from the usual Challah, sourdough or brioche, yet made a difference in the final results. Because there is so many large holes, there was lots of opportunity for the rich batter to seep into every nook and cranny. It was closer to a bread pudding than a piece of bread. It was also rustic, homey and delicious. With a few banana slices, a cup of black tea and a drizzle of honey, this French Toast is a merry way to start off a chilly Winter morning. It fueled me for a long neighborhood walk in the rain.
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According to a news release, victim businesses include RVs Northwest, 18919 E. Broadway, which was struck during the night of Sept. 29, and R&R RVs at 23203 E. Knox during the night of Sept. 28. Blue Crick RV at 13915 W. Highway 2 in Airway Heights has been hit, as well as Blue Dog RV at 4490 N. Riverbend in Post Falls, Idaho.
Blue Dog was hit twice (Sept. 29 and Oct. 1) and lost 12 flat screens in the second burglary.
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Rice cultivation in Calasparra is very old; documents from the 14th century offer testimony of the importance of the rice crops in La Vega del Segura.
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- Season: The harvesting season is dictated by the Control Board during the months of October and November. It is consumed year-round.
- Origin: The production area comprises the land located in the towns of Calasparra and Moratalla, in the province of Murcia, and Hellín in the province of Albacete. It is a mountainous and sunny regions, with cold waters and a climate that slows the ripening of the grain. It is completely confined by an irrigation network, which makes it impossible to expand the rice paddies.
- To drink with it: It is the perfect Rice for making paellas, risottos and all types of rice dishes. Its combination with wine depends on the type of ingredients that accompany it, but, generally, Rosé Wine, Sparkling Wine, and also non-crianza Red Wine are quite adequate for almost any rice dish.
- Recipes: Rice with rabbit and snails
- Varieties: The varieties protected under the Denomination of Origin, from the 'Japonica' family, are Bomba and Balilla X Solana (ecological white, semi-whole grain, whole grain).
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Plans have been unveiled to renovate the old Serpentine Parks depot and glasshouses, near Burlington Road, Buxton, and convert it into a teaching facility.
The proposal, by Transition Buxton, is to bring the facility back into community use and use it to grow food again.
During the First World War, the site was used to grow food, but has since fallen into dereliction.
The facility could soon reopen to the public for classes in horticulture and gardening skills, while any produce would be sold on to supply the University of Derby Buxton's catering school and Buxton's restaurants.
Steve Taylor, of Transition Buxton, presented the idea to the Buxton Town Team and Buxton Civic Association at a meeting in Buxton last Tuesday.
He said: "We had a really positive response from everyone with lots of ideas for co-operation, volunteering and community involvement. We're now waiting for the building survey which will help us cost and plan the project."
Town Team chairman Roddie MacLean said: "I think this is a valuable and imaginative regeneration project for Buxton and clearly an appropriate use of the site."


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Let's not jump to the gun.
You said forget it, well don't go jump to the gun, you're laugthing this time next time you might be the one
Question is, Did you jump to the gun before reading the entire statement/ question?... Answer: Not really
"I think it was a jump to the gun just to pick a woman without really knowing her thoughts and values were,"
If at first they start to squeak dont jump to the gun and seperate them the female might be scared that a new hamster is in her cage.
Well, I kind of jumped to the gun and purchased a Sultan FOSSING foam mattress according to the quick mattress guide and laying in the bed for a few minutes
You neglected to read what I wrote correctly and jumped to the gun to attack me. I never had a beef with you, you came here.
No one really jumped to the gun. to answer it but they finally did. They basically. said they are sick of it.
It appears there was a bit of jumping to the gun on both sides. After first stating that she never discusses contract negotiations,
"Jumping the gun", as I understand it, draws on imagery from sports, and the gun in question is the starting gun of a race. If you jump the gun you start out before the race begins, and either you are disqualified or everyone has to start over.
I suspect that this new phrase started off as a blend between "jump the gun" and "jump to conclusions", which means coming to a conclusion before it is warranted (with the implication that it may well never be warranted.) Many cases can still be viewed as examples of this blend: both phrases would fit the context fine.
As an eggcorn, however, the imagery of jumping to man a stationary gun works pretty well for me. (Some of the 4700 ghits are referring to precisely that kind of scene.) The gun may be used defensively (e.g. an anti-aircraft gun on a ship) or offensively. In a number of usages, including some of those listed above, the notion of being instantly or unreflectively defensive, or instantly ready to attack, seems to be foremost, while the ideas of starting before an appropriate time or of jumping to conclusions, are backgrounded at best.
I wonder also if in some cases the notion of a starter's gun may still be involved, but only as a source for metonymy: "the gun" = "the beginning". So "jumping to the gun" might be "jumping to the beginning", or "jumping to the start", "being eager to start", and so forth. That still would be an imagery shift, for me, from the strong connotation of disqualifying illegitimacy of "jumping the gun".
*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .
Those who jump the gun and those who jump to the gun seem polar opposites to me. One (the latter), is hopelessly obedient to authority and the other flaunts all authority. I suspect both terms come from a comparatively recent and yet unimaginably remote time and place. The examples you provide seem to illustrate both and/or either. I think the context may be military rather than sporting, but as ever, I'm quite happy to be wrong.
I can see what you mean, though (a) those who jump the gun in the original sense are not flouting (much less flaunting :-) ) authority, they are just too eager to get started, and (b) those who jump to the gun to shoot down an enemy are likely to be doing so less out of cow-towing to authority (or being coward into doing so) than from an instingt for self-perservation or just the killer instinged. (Stop it, David.)
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*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .
Of course I don't regret declaring a happiness to be wrong but I'm unhappy that my cheering cup (I'm merrily mulling) helped flaunt quite so publicly my my inability to distinguish flaunt from flout at such times. I'd rather be happy about something I'm happy to be happy about, but if eggcorn-hunting and wine didn't mix I'd have to give up completely, so don't be surprised at further errors…
What about understanding "jump to the gun" as jumping, i.e., having a startle reaction, when you hear the sound of a gun? It would fit most of the examples.
Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
I think the idea of "jumping to the gun" can be "moving more quickly to action [shooting at the enemy] than is warranted or authorized just yet."
Which fits quite nicely into any spot that you would use "jump the gun" (meaning "moving more quickly into the race than is authorized").
I think this is a complete and total eggcorn.
My impression of a military context may have come from the command, "Jump to it!" which blends easily with the notion of jumping the gun. There's also the outside possibility that jumping to the gun removes any of the sexual connotations that 'jump' may have somehow acquired?
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What about understanding "jump to the gun" as jumping, i.e., having a startle reaction, when you hear the sound of a gun? It would fit most of the examples.
Possible, though I think I'd expect "jump at the gun" to express that imagery.
*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .
We "march to the sound of the drum," "swing to the beat," "react to the noise." "Jump to (the sound of) the gun" doesn't seem that odd. One problem with "jump at the gun" is that the semantic hole for "jump at" is already filled. In "jump at the chance," "jump at" means to take quick advantage of.
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Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
Jump to the sound of the gun?? vs. Jump at the sound of the gun? "To" sounds like a repeated, expected, almost choreographed kind of reaction. (Except in the case of "react to" that you mentioned!) Yes, you are right that "jump at (the chance)" often means taking quick advantage. It's conundrumous. I still think I'd tend to say "jump at X" if I meant "jump (from startlement) when X occurs/does its thing." But as I said, "jump to" does seem possible to me with that sort of meaning.
As usual, you wish you could find a cooperative perp and ask him what he's thinking when he says it.
Anyhow, I would not say "she jumped to the (sound of the) explosion" but would say "she jumped at the (sound of the) explosion", not at all meaning that she was eager for it.
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we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .
DavidT's little amuse-esprit in this thread slipped by without comment. The substitution of "coward" for "cowered" is a rather good eggcorn, IMHO.
The intensity of the eggcorn is upped by the fact that "cower" and "coward" come into English via two different linguistic venues. "Coward" traces back to Latin "cauda," tail (turning tail?), "cower" comes into English on the Teutonic boat.
: "Tiffany laughed as she poured more paint on the tall girl who was coward into the corner of the science building."
: "People had coward into the temple in the hills. "
: "Rippleclash had coward into the corner, obviously afraid of Kanook."
Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
Which way does the reanalysis go in this one?
I don't think the examples you gave fit a scenario (acorn) "cower" > (eggcorn) "coward" very well. They are in contexts where you expect the past-participial -(e)d suffix, and if they said was cowarded or had cowarded it would be clearer to me. But in these examples I suspect that people are still construing the final d as being the participial suffix and not being part of the stem coward . If so this may be mostly an alternate spelling.
Instead I wonder if what happens is that people think of coward as meaning one who has been cowered, i.e. are thinking (acorn) "coward" > (eggcorn) "cower-ed" . I guess the shift then would be from "was coward" to "was a coward".
How common is a transitive cower as opposed to cow ?
*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .
If you prefer the "cowarded" version, it's out there:
: "he cowarded down in the presence of greatness"
: " he has cowarded down to king tiger like everyone else."
: " i have to admit i am one of those people who has cowarded inside in front of the airconditoner the last week or so. It has been so damn hot here"
Seems to me, though, that part of the reanalysis that leads to an eggcorn can be a reanalysis of speech parts (syntax) as well as a transformation of sound (phonetics) and meaning (semantics). When an adjective replaces a past participle, the speaker could be adding to the idiomatic arsenal of the adjective. "Girl who was coward into the corner" could be parallel to "girl who was light on her feet." "Coward" for "cowarded" seems awkward to us because we do not allow "coward" to be modified by a prepositional phrase of motion. But perhaps some people believe it can be idiomized in this way..
Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
You're right. I was too sleepy to think straight. (I'm 100% with you that reanalysis of speech parts can be part of the reanalysis that leads to an eggcorn. It is part of the reverse eggcorn I suggested.)
Does anybody get drunkard onto the floor? or sluggard into bed, or laggard to the back of the line? (Can't touch the n one …) If you get blaggard is that the same as blackmailed?
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At issue are a number of fundamental questions. One is whether animals have legal rights and deserve protection under the law. Another is whether it is appropriate, moral or ethical for humans to hold animals of higher intelligence, like dolphins and killer whales, in captivity. A third involves the ethics — and wisdom — of requiring marine mammals to perform in live shows.
It's an interesting discussion and one that should — and apparently will — be fully vetted.
The outcome seems uncertain But however things ultimately unravel, one thing seems clear: In the end, the public's perception of the relationship between humans and captive animals is likely to be forever altered.
And the debate comes at an interesting time, as SeaWorld is being saluted for rescuing distressed marine mammals, promoting their conservation, and for the theme park's economic contributions to the city over the past half-century. The City Council has declared March as "SeaWorld San Diego Month."
Sides have been chosen, lines drawn.
On the one hand are global institutions like SeaWorld, zoos, aquariums and similar institutions exhibiting animals that many people would otherwise never have the chance to see. Such mostly for-profit entities insist what they do is essential to public education. They point to their conservation and research work that contributes toward saving and preserving endangered species as justification for what they do.
On the other side are the pro-animal rights advocates who insist keeping dolphins, orcas and other higher-order animals captive is slavery, labeling institutions which do so as"abusement" parks which profit from exploiting innocent, allegedly illegally held captive animals.
There are telling points on both sides. Whether or not it's right to hold higher-order animals captive requiring them to perform in shows is justifiably a matter of public debate. At the same time, it is undeniable that the SeaWorld and San Diego Zoo and Stephen Birch Aquariums of the world are not only cornerstones of our culture, but serve a useful purpose, not only in terms of research and education for humans, but in protecting and preserving dwindling global wildlife populations continually encroached upon and threatened by expanding human habitation.
The danger here is in taking the argument too far. While "reassessing" the situation with captive animals performing for human entertainment is entirely appropriate, denying people the opportunity to see animals first-hand in marine parks, zoos, aquariums, circuses, etcetera, is not.
Horses that we've saddled and ridden and used and held captive for centuries and "gambled" on in competitive races, doesn't that constitute exploitation?
Are people who own dogs and cats "slaveholders," as some animal-rights extremists would have us believe?
Should we stop using mice in scientific research aimed at discovering cures to diseases afflicting mankind?
Let's salute SeaWorld for the fine work its done and its contributions to San Diego over the past half -entury. Let's discuss, fully vet and come to reasonable conclusions as to whether captive dolphins and orcas performing in live shows is exploitation or not. Let's come to a collective consensus on that, and then act accordingly, changing the rules if they need to be changed for the betterment of both species.
But let's not let extremists on either side of the debate dominate and control the conversation.
Human beings and animals co-exist. They always have and, hopefully, always will. Let's define that relationship and set the parameters for what is, and is not, right and just for them as they continue to share this world.
Let's question whether orca shows at SeaWorlds are entertainment or exploitation.
But let's not question SeaWorld's right to exist, or that they do — or should — have a continuing central, positive role to play in society moving forward.


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Blausen, who holds Penn State degrees in both art and science and an M.F.A. in medical illustration from Johns Hopkins University, started Blausen Medical in 1991 to meet the growing commercial and educational need for more accessible methods of illustrating and animating medical processes and functions. His goal was not only to support medical training and the integrated health care industry, but also to offer patient and consumer education. Today, Blausen Medical makes its library content available through the Blausen App Suite, which includes apps for web, smartphone and tablet platforms. The company and its products have won nearly 30 awards.
The Doctors, launched in 2008, provides the latest in health and wellness information in an entertaining, engaging and informative fashion. Hosts include E.R. physician Dr. Travis Stork, pediatrician Dr. James Sears and plastic and reconstructive surgeon Dr. Andrew Ordon, with recurring co-hosts who specialize in various areas. The show highlights medical procedures in front of the studio audience and backstage in the exam room.
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Rangers send Gaborik to Blue Jackets
Columbus, OH – Seeking to upgrade their offense for a late push for a playoff spot, the Columbus Blue Jackets acquired three-time 40-goal scorer Marian Gaborik from the New York Rangers just prior to Wednesday's trade deadline.
The Blue Jackets will send three players -- center Derick Brassard, defenseman John Moore and injured wing Derek Dorsett -- to New York in exchange for Gaborik, who ranked third in the NHL with 41 goals last season but has managed just nine in 35 games thus far this year.
Gaborik has recorded 30 or more goals in seven of his 12 NHL seasons, however, and will be joining a Columbus team that's currently just one point out of a playoff spot but ranks 28th in the league with 83 goals.
The Rangers, ironically, are last in the NHL with 79 goals, but will receive some needed salary cap flexibility with the move. Gaborik is due $7.5 million in 2013-14, the final season of a five-year, $37.5 million contract he signed with New York prior to the 2009-10 campaign.
Brassard will have a $3.2 million cap hit in 2013-14, with Dorsett to count 1.63 million over the next two years. Moore is on an entry-level contract.
While Gaborik produced a pair of outstanding seasons with the Rangers -- he netted 42 goals and a career-high 86 points during his first one with the club in 2009-10 -- the streaky veteran has scored just twice in his last 22 contests and was benched by head coach John Tortorella on several ocassions for defensive lapses. The 31-year-old agreed to waive his no-trade clause to facilitate the deal.
Gaborik figures to see top minutes on a surging Columbus squad that's gone 10-2-3 since March 3 to vault back into playoff contention.
The Blue Jackets also added forward Blake Comeau in a separate trade with Calgary, with Columbus shipping a fifth-round pick in the 2013 draft to the Flames.
Comeau, 27, had four goals and three assists along with a minus-nine rating in 33 games this season.
Brassard, the sixth overall pick in the 2006 draft, ranked third among Blue Jackets with seven goals and 18 points at the time of the trade. The 25-year- old Quebec native had compiled 58 goals and 169 points over 309 games during his six seasons in Columbus.
Moore is also a former first-round choice, taken 21st overall by the Blue Jackets in the 2009 draft. The 22-year-old tallied a pair of goals and five assists over 67 games in 2011-12, his first full season in the NHL, but has been limited to just 17 contests due to a shoulder injury this year and mustered only one assist.
Dorsett is out for the remainder of the season after fracturing his clavicle in early March. The rugged wing led the NHL with 235 penalty minutes while contributing a career-high 12 goals in 2001-12.


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As the organic and natural market continues to boom, innovative new approaches to natural colors ensure a bright and colorful future.
The burgeoning interest in all things natural also means a higher interest in natural colors. The total U.S. color market is worth about $365 million, with natural colors now accounting for $250 million of that – literally double the sales of synthetic colors, according to a 2005 report by market research firm Business Communications Co., Norwalk, Conn. The report also states that while there is relatively no growth in synthetic colors, natural colorants are estimated to grow at a rate of 2.9 percent annually through 2009.
The truth is, colors sell – especially to kids. But parents are watching labels to avoid artificial colorants.
Today's educated consumer has greater peace of mind when she sees something like "fruit and vegetable juice concentrate (for color)" on a label rather than a list that resembles the index from a chemistry text. "Consumers are reading more about synthetic chemicals in our food and the [perceived] health problems associated with them," says Ronnie Cummins, national director of the Organic Consumers Assn. (www.organicconsumers.org), Finland, Minn. "There is a developing understanding that colors that are not natural should be avoided."
To respond to this, food processors are busier than ever creating new natural products or reformulating existing products to have cleaner labels. "Before, it was just smaller companies that we sold these natural colors to, but now bigger companies such as Kraft, General Mills and Kellogg are going more natural," says Jason Armao, director of applications at Wild Flavors Inc. (www.wildflavors.com), Erlanger, Ky. "What used to be a niche is now mainstream. It's getting big and will continue to get bigger."
In most cases, there is the option of no color at all. But the truth is, colors sell – especially to kids and young adults. In response to requests from parents, Annie's Homegrown (www.annies.com), Napa, Calif., recently added the natural coloring annatto to its organic and all-natural Cheddar Mac for "kids who need to have orange cheese on their macaroni," says Aimee Sands, director of marketing. "When customers think of cheddar cheese, they think of a rich orange color. So we wanted to make sure our product was in line with their vision."
It's easy to understand why color is an important attribute for the food industry. Consumers rarely are allowed to taste food before they buy it. But they often get to see food products before purchase, and color is a key factor in their perception of a food's freshness, ripeness and other attributes of quality.
"Food processors often are limited in their ability to adjust color in the final product. Because of this, they pay strict attention to the color of ingredients and to the changes that occur during each step of production," says Hal Good, director of marketing services at HunterLab (www.hunterlab.com), Reston, Va. "Color measurement instruments are used to check ingredient color and to evaluate the efficiency of processes in obtaining or maintaining the desired product color."
Hunter makes a number of color measurement products, including spectrophotometers and colorimeters, in bench-top, online and portable systems.
Konica Minolta (www.se.konicaminolta.us) also makes colorimeters that measure and compare the color of beverages, foods and other solids and liquids for quality control and other goals.
With natural colors, you give customers something that not only looks good, but they can feel better about. "We've heard over and over in focus groups that color is the first thing people notice about our product," says Claire Bowles, assistant marketing director at Jones Soda Co. (www.jonessoda.com), Seattle. "These days, people are looking for a cleaner, more natural product. That's why we came out with our 'Naturals' line, which uses added natural colors.
The color spectrum—synthetics to naturals
Currently, the FDA has no official definition of a "natural" product. However, the Sugar Assn. petitioned the FDA "to establish specific rules and regulations governing the definition of 'natural' before a 'natural' claim can be labeled on foods and beverages regulated by the FDA." This would define natural foods as foods that do not contain anything artificial or synthetic and/or foods or food ingredients that are not more than minimally processed.
There also is no real definition of "natural" for colorants, either. Instead, FDA classifies food-color additives as either "certified" or "exempt from certification." The certified colors, or "synthetics," include FD&C (food, drug and cosmetic) colors such as Red 40, Yellow 5, Blue 1 etc., and require on-site certification for the purity of each batch to ensure safety. Commonly known as "artificial" or "synthetic" colors, they are made from compounds such as coal tar-derived aniline. FDA requires these be listed by name on the ingredients list.
Other food or botanical-derived colors undergo further processing to make them more water-soluble, fat-soluble, stable or otherwise user-friendly, which may or may not involve synthetic chemicals. There also are several lab-synthesized colors created to be "nature identical" on a molecular level. These are exempt by the FDA and include some beta-carotene and lycopene analogs. To FDA, this entire grouping of colors is considered "exempt," but in the food industry they are commonly referred to as "natural colors."
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The signs are everywhere on Wall Street. Trading floors that once buzzed with noise and energy are now as silent as cathedrals. Big firms that reaped huge profits from trading stocks, bonds, commodities and currencies are turning to staid money management to boost earnings.
What once was the main event is now just a sideshow. There are many fewer traders now, and they're making much less money. And there are going to be even fewer very, very soon.
With one big exception I'll discuss later, trading is dying.
And it's not just stock trading, where volumes are slightly more than half of what they were five years ago. Fixed income, currencies and commodities trading (FICC), Wall Street's huge profit driver of the 2000s, is in deep, deep trouble.
Bitter traders watching the gravy train leave the station blame regulators for tying Wall Street's hands or the Federal Reserve's unconventional monetary policy, which suppresses interest rate spreads and volatility that are traders' bread and butter. That's what's really behind former pit trader and CNBC commentator Rick Santelli's increasingly strident, desperate rants over the past few months.
And the so-called "debate" in the financial media about whether this decline is cyclical or permanent is completely phony. It's not coming back, guys, so maybe you should learn a useful trade like being a plumber or electrician. I'm serious.
Problem is, tighter regulation stemming from the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act, the Fed's zero interest rates and extraordinary bond-buying, and the end of a three-decade-long bull market in bonds have changed the landscape forever.
As of 2013, FICC trading on Wall Street plunged 23% from 2010, The Wall Street Journal reported. And although second-quarter trading revenues were not down as much as some firms had projected, they're still deteriorating. At Morgan Stanley MS, +0.73% which is leading the retreat from trading, FICC trading revenues have plummeted 60% from 2006, based on data in a study by Freeman Consulting.
"Essentially, the execution businesses are in deep trouble — and fixed income is in the worst shape," said Brad Hintz, veteran analyst at Sanford Bernstein & Co., who is retiring to teach at New York University's Stern School of Business.
"ROEs (return on equity) in trading … have been cut in half," Hintz told me. And the cuts Wall Street firms have made so far don't "solve the fundamental problem. The trading businesses on their own are not beating their cost of capital."
In other words, Wall Street trading desks aren't pulling their weight. That will ultimately translate into even fewer bodies on trading floors.
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Modernization: Rage And Refusal
From the desk of George Handlery on Sat, 2012-09-29 19:35
The jihad against modern society reflects the inability to participate in it.
An insight emerges during the perusal of ideas that are marked for posting. Preferred topics land on the back burner because current affairs set new priorities. Once again, "urgencies" go to the front of the queue, and an Islam-related issue gets the nod. The repeated priority given to the theme tells us something. The unscheduled discussions of "Islam and modernity" suggest that in the back of our skull, we know that, albeit reluctantly, we are at war with Islam as represented by its radicals.
Islam and Islamists have grown into dominant topics. One reason is the nuclearization of the creed. Prophets with guns are dangerous: with nukes, they are a peril. An added reason for concern is that those that control the public discourse downplay the ghoul.
The expression "modern world", Jihad's target, needs attention. Many would say "West". That would wrongly indicate that a phenomenon limited to a geographic area causes the outrage. True, the west of Europe has been the birthplace of the resented modern world. Nevertheless, the significance of that product is not limited to the place or its ways.
Indeed, the recovery of ancient knowledge lost to the European Middle Ages is, in part attributable to its transmission by savants located in Muslim ruled areas. Nevertheless, the ensuing culture that made discoveries, modern science, industry and general wealth possible comes from Europe. By utilizing the upward draft of these forces, the West - for centuries inferior to other civilizations - surpassed its contemporaries. Compared to pre-Renaissance Europe, these civilizations were stagnant, albeit on a higher level. Europe developed dynamism and growth. That expressed an ideal that pursued a better tomorrow instead of being content with a stable present and the conservation of existing achievements. In doing so, having lost its fear of change, Europe managed to widen the gap to its competitors. This process provided superior means of power that enabled it to impose its rule globally. Given the chance, other civilizations have also converted their superiority into conquest. Western expansion differs from these cases in that the projection of power became global and durable.
The West invented "progress" as an ideal and not as a feared foe as did the stagnant traditional civilizations. Thereby the west of Europe's tentacles penetrated the world. Short of Coke and computers, inadvertently history's most successful export product was created. Since it "worked", in time progress became the goal of non-western cultures –including the east of Europe. Those societies whose culture facilitated the "learning from the enemy" fared well. By emulating, they could become modern without being of the "West". The phrasing indicates that absorbing what worked for others did not result in the loss of national identities. One may add that, often, the primary motivation of imitation has not been the virtues of the social order and liberty but the military power of modern systems.
This process continues in the present. Its participants are converging causing global trends, lifestyles, businesses, products and aspirations. Even more important is that the developmental gap –the variance between the pioneers and the late starters - is narrowing. Quite naturally, the old monopoly the West is lost because some non-western nations have caught up.
The opportunity to absorb the defining elements of a successful model has not been universally exploited. In Europe, Russia proved a bad cultural learner. That shortcoming produced Lenin and Stalin. Most notably, Islam's world ailed from an inability to accept the preconditions of the access to modernization and its values.
In part, the barrier was historical. Islam defined success in power terms. The encounters with other cultures have tended to be collisions. The record regarding Europe shows a fluctuating pattern. Muslim expansion provoked the Crusades. Although they failed, they left behind a hostile rallying point for rejectionists. Overall, regardless of the now claimed victim status, armed Islam was on the offensive. To its misfortune, represented by the Turks (that are not Arabs but their conquerors), by the time southern Europe was subjugated, modernization began to strengthen the West. After the difficult subjugation of much of Hungary –then a major power in central Europe- the advance stopped before "the gates of Vienna". A century earlier, the story would have had a different ending.
From 1491, respectively from 1526-1689, the systems under the turban of the Prophet lost their original advantage. Not having adapted the technology and social order of their foes, the Sultans were losing ground. This went on until after the WW1. Then the defeat of the Ottoman Empire (along with the Hapsburgs, the Hohenzollern and the Romanovs) forced the rethinking of truncated Turkey. Through Turkey's secularization, the reform of Atatürk separated her fate from the remaining Muslim world. (The recent election of Erdogan's "moderate Islamists" could reverse this.)
Atatürk's reforms assumed that the country's weakness demands a renewal. In its way stood the Caliphate that tied the state and Islam together. The father of modern Turkey saw in Islam a value system that prevented modernization in the past and would do so in the future.
The failure of decolonized Muslim states to close the "developmental gap" regardless of their oil-wealth supports Atatürk's contention. It is also at the root of Muslim hostility toward modernity. Admittedly, a "sour grapes" frustration contributes to this rejection. Additionally, the inability to cope through participation is caused, besides the signals from Islam, by the fear of losing their soul and identity. Islamism is a radical response to a pre-programmed failure that would be impossible without it. The antidote of wanting something that is feared, misunderstood and rejected, is to articulate two pretensions.
One is that the conspiracy of the unbelievers is the cause of all perceived deficiencies. The other asserts that Islam, as a religion, a culture and a way of life is, regardless of its material backwardness, morally superior to other models. This primacy is tied to the correct application of the faith. The result leads to a fanaticism that precludes the selective adaptation of new and alien ways. Standing for God against evil (there is even a "Party of God") assures the believer of the Deity's protection so that ultimate victory is guaranteed. Whether the assertion is correct or false, it explains the inability to adjust to and to join the modern world.
Dogmatically, only the enemies of God can doubt the "final victory". It means that the modern world that has morally lost its way does not have to be, no, it may not be, encountered by sharing in it. The proper response to backwardness and collective weakness is, therefore, not development but the destruction of the satanic structure of the unbelievers. The ultimate success of destroying what cannot be participated in implies a new global order. It will, according to God's command, provide for the unity and equality of mankind.


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Hello all,
This is my first post but I have frequented the forums for some time. The project I'm working on right now has me a little stumped and am looking for some input on how to get the report started.
I have a database with a user table [id, name] and 4 tables for different types of exams the users take. Each exam table (exam1, exam2, exam3, exam4) has fields [userid, date taken, score]. The report would print the user id, name and list the exam information for that user, but I would like each page to be a different user (such as an individual user assessment report).
I would just like some ideas on how I should set up the sections and grouping to acheive this. Thanks in advance for the input!


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Just add any fun facts that you wish on this
Speaking to some American friends, they were not sure where Britain fits in the world.
I said using gdp, Britain is the 5th largest economy in the world but the entire united kingdom will fit into Wyoming..they seem confused by this but even more confused when I said Australia was the 12th biggest economy in the world but the U.S.A and Australia are almost the exact same size.
This confused them as they thought Britain was a huge place and Australia was a small place....you live and learn.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- After nearly four years in office, President Barack Obama asked America on Thursday night to give him a second term, in a speech reaching back to the touchstone of "hope and change" that propelled him to the White House in 2008, while also acknowledging the unfinished work in achieving that promise.
President Barack Obama accepts the Democratic presidential nomination and addresses the DNC, Thursday, in Charlotte, N.C.
In his formal acceptance speech, the president embraced the contrast that his party had tried to draw between himself and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney throughout this week's Democratic National Convention. Obama said the GOP only offered voters the "same prescription they've had for the last thirty years," and laid out policies that he said would move America in the direction of Obama's campaign theme: "Forward."
"I recognize that times have changed since I first spoke to this convention. The times have changed ... I'm no longer just a candidate. I'm the president," Obama told the crowd at Charlotte's Time Warner Cable Arena, where his speech was moved after weather concerns disrupted plans for an outdoor event.
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"But as I stand here tonight, I have never been more hopeful about America," the president added, in a line emblematic of his efforts to once again stir enthusiasm in his candidacy.
The speech capped a convention designed to reignite enthusiasm with Obama's winning voting coalition from 2008, including dozens of speeches paying testament to the president's character and condemning Romney in the same breath.
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President Barack Obama addresses the final session of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina September 6, 2012.
On foreign policy, for instance, Obama ridiculed Romney as inexperienced and naïve.
"After all, you don't call Russia our number one enemy – and not al Qaida – unless you're still stuck in a Cold War time warp," he said. "You might not be ready for diplomacy with Beijing if you can't visit the Olympics without insulting our closest ally."
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The Democratic convention this week was constructed in part to rebut last week's Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., during which Romney seized on disappointment in Obama after four years, and argued "the time has come to turn the page."
Convention speeches have served as major milestones for Obama in his path to the White House. His 2004 keynote speech as a Senate candidate rocketed him to national stardom, and Obama's 2008 speech as the Democratic presidential nominee helped propel him to victory.
On Thursday evening, Obama nodded toward the disillusionment of the high-soaring rhetoric of his last campaign, but said that he was still moved by the "hope" that animated his 2008 bid, and asked for more time to achieve his goals.
"You didn't elect me to tell you what you wanted to hear. You elected me to tell you the truth," he said. "And the truth is, it will take more than a few years for us to solve challenges that have built up over decades."
Republicans, including Romney, have made issue of that tarnished sense of hope. The GOP nominee, who said he didn't plan to watch Obama's speech, nonetheless expected it to dwell on "forgotten promises." Romney's campaign manager said Obama's speech had only made "the case for more of the same policies that haven't worked for the past four years."
Republican-leaning super PACs and the state of the economy are two issues causing concern for President Obama's re-election campaign as the Democratic National Convention wraps up in Charlotte, North Carolina. NBC's Kristen Welker, Chuck Todd, and Tom Brokaw report.
But tonight's acceptance speech was characteristic of a convention that devoted much of its energy to building up Obama and knocking down Romney.
Vice President Joe Biden's speech earlier in the evening was, in many ways, a warm-up act for the president, with Biden serving as the "character witness" for Obama.
The vice president hailed Obama's "gutsy" decisions, from rescuing the auto industry to ordering the mission to kill Osama bin Laden. And he made the case that the both of them had more work to do in a second term.
"We know we have more work to do. We know we're not there yet. But not a day has gone by in the last four years when I haven't been grateful that Barack Obama is our president," said Biden, "because he always has the courage to make the tough decisions."
Biden also assumed the more traditional role for a vice president by going aggressively after Romney and his ticket-mate Paul Ryan -- keeping with the constant stream of scrutiny leveled toward the Republican duo at this week's convention.
"Folks, the 'Bain Way' may bring your firm the highest profits," said Biden, referring to the private equity firm Romney had co-founded, experience from which the GOP nominee cites as a chief credential. "But it's not the way to lead our country from the highest office."
The notion of conviction was also a theme in Sen. John Kerry's foreign policy-oriented speech earlier in the evening.
The 2004 Democratic presidential nominee said Romney "hasn't learned the lessons of the past decade," referring to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan initiated by President George W. Bush. Kerry also accused Romney of reversing himself and being inconsistent in criticizing Obama's handling of Afghanistan and Libya.
"Talk about being for it before you were against it," exclaimed Kerry, riffing on the infamous line from his 2004 campaign that fueled charges that Kerry – like Romney now – was a "flip-flopper."
Obama's speech – along with Romney's last week – marked a turning point in the 2012 campaign, which now heads into its most intense leg leading up through Election Day. Convention speeches are regarded as some of the few opportunities for candidates to affect the trajectory of the race, though it will take days, if not more, to know whether the dueling powwows in Tampa and Charlotte will have moved the needle at all.
Both campaigns will hit the road on Friday to begin making their cases until a series of debates in October – the next major turning point in the campaign – one that could help determine the outcome of the election.
On Friday, Obama and Biden will campaign together in both Iowa and New Hampshire, two key swing states that their ticket won in 2008.
Romney, meanwhile, will campaign in New Hampshire while vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan campaigns in Nevada.
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Democrats gather in Charlotte, N.C., to officially nominate President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden as the party's candidates for the 2012 presidential election.


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MACON, Ga. (Nov. 18, 2013) – Not only are Meredith Hardy (Kingsport, Tenn.) and Megan Devine (Kingsport, Tenn.) a force to be reckoned with on the court, but they also go above and beyond in the classroom, as the Buccaneer duo landed spots on the Atlantic Sun All-Academic Team on Monday. Hardy was also named co-Scholar Athlete of the Year with Lipscomb's Caitlin Dotson.
This marks the second straight year both Hardy and Devine landed on the all-academic team, and the first Scholar Athlete of the Year honor for the program.
"Meredith and Megan embrace the definition of scholar-athlete, and set high standards for themselves academically and athletically," said head coach Lindsey Devine. "They take their academics very seriously and aspire to reach excellence on and off the court. They are committed to their studies, while also working hard and staying disciplined, which are traits that also carry over to the court."
Hardy, an exercise science major, has compiled a 3.879 cumulative grade point average. The all-time A-Sun leader in blocks is a four-time Dean's List member and placed on the Buccaneer 4.0 Club last spring. In addition, Hardy is also a four-time Buccaneer Honor Roll selection (3.0 GPA or higher) and has received A-Sun All-Academic honors in each of her first three seasons. Along with totaling 468 career blocks, Hardy broke the ETSU all-time block assist record in a five-set win at Lipscomb and has 398 block assists in 95 career matches. This season, Hardy led the A-Sun in blocks per set (1.53) and ranked third in attack percentage (.353), while also earning four weekly honors – three Defensive and one Player of the Week.
Meanwhile, Devine has posted a 3.664 GPA, while working towards a degree in physical education. The four-time Dean's List and two-time Buccaneer 4.0 club member holds the all-time A-Sun and ETSU kills record at 1,925, which also ranks second among active NCAA Division I players. Devine has also been on the Buccaneer Honor Roll six times and is a four-time A-Sun All-Academic performer. In addition to becoming the leader in kills, Devine tallied 21 double-doubles this season, including 12 straight to end the campaign, while also tying the A-Sun single-season record for double-doubles in conference only matches with 15. Devine, who was one of 30 candidates named to the Senior CLASS award, received three A-Sun Player of the Week honors and was named Preseason Player of the Year. The reigning A-Sun Player of the Year ranks 14th in kills (4.56) and 15th in points per set (5.04), while also setting a career-high for kills with 28 in a five-set win versus Lipscomb earlier this month.
Joining the Bucs on the all-academic list were Lipscomb's Caitlin Dotson and Lauren Ford, North Florida's Anna Budinska, Florida Gulf Coast's Gigi Meyer and Jacksonville's Sammie Strausbaugh.
The A-Sun Academic All-Conference teams recognize student-athletes who embody the conference's mission of Building Winners for Life. All the members of the team boast a 3.30 cumulative grade point average (GPA) or better and participated in at least half of their team's matches.
The Bucs now turn their attention to postseason play as ETSU begins defense of its A-Sun Championship Friday night at Kennesaw State. The Blue and Gold take on the winner of No. 3 Lipscomb/No. 6 Kennesaw State at 7:30 p.m., in the conference semifinals.
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In its annual "Best Law Firm" rankings, U.S. News recognized Wiggin and Dana's Franchise Law practice nationally and 22 additional practice areas regionally in Connecticut, Philadelphia and New York.
Wiggin and Dana is proud to announce that 42 of our attorneys have been recognized in 2018 Super Lawyers. Two of them have also been recognized on various Connecticut's Top Lawyers' Lists. Twenty-four of those attorneys were recognized in 2018 Connecticut Super Lawyers Magazine, four in the New York Metro Area Super Lawyers Magazine, and one in the Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Magazine. We also have thirteen attorneys listed as Rising Stars. The following are the recognized Wiggin and Dana lawyers and their respective practice areas:
Wiggin and Dana has secured a victory in the matter of the Estate of Evelyn Seiden, resulting in the refund of approximately half a million dollars of New York Estate taxes imposed on the QTIP trust that was established by her husband's will following his death in 2010. In a case of first impression brought before the New York Surrogate's Court, Surrogate Rita Mella ordered the refund and vacated a New York State Notice of Deficiency imposed against the estate.
Wiggin and Dana is pleased to announce that Paul Tuchmann, former Assistant United States Attorney in the Eastern District of New York, has joined the firm as a Litigation Partner in the White Collar Defense, Investigations and Corporate Compliance practice group. Mr. Tuchmann's practice will focus on representing and advising corporations, boards of directors, special committees and individuals regarding internal investigations, regulatory compliance, criminal defense, and related civil and administrative matters. Mr. Tuchmann's practice will also include complex civil litigation.
Wiggin and Dana has been ranked nationally among a select group of firms as a "BTI Mover and Shaker" in BTI's Legal Innovation and Technology Outlook 2019: Clients Rank Their Needs and Law Firm Performance. The ranking identifies Wiggin and Dana as one of the firms, "disrupting the legal industry by making strategic and tactical moves." BTI Consulting Group's new report, is the only guide to rank firms on legal innovation and technology based solely on client input.
Wiggin and Dana is proud to announce that Benchmark Litigation 2019 ranked seven Wiggin and Dana Partners "Local Litigation Stars" and five Partners as "Future Stars".


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Aaron Nurick
Professor, Management
What do you teach?
My classes include Interpersonal Relations in Management, Interpersonal Behavior in Management, and Social Psychology.
Why do you like teaching at Bentley?
After teaching at Bentley for 30 years, one of my favorite aspects of being a professor is discovering that I can have a lasting impact on students. It's wonderful to hear from students who were in my classes 20 or 25 years ago and still remember their experiences. For me, teaching is a pleasure. I look forward to the start of each new class.
What is your teaching style?
I strongly believe it is important to know your students and their concerns, passions, frustrations and ambitions. That way I can try to make the concepts and ideas they are learning relevant to their own experiences. I want to make sure that they can immediately apply what they are learning and see connections in the real world. My classes are ongoing conversations informed by the course material.
What advice would you offer a new Bentley student?
I teach about how self-concepts form, so I believe knowing your values and passions is crucial. You need to know your own strengths and how to build on them. And good relationships are key to having a successful future.


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President Bush Stops Using Email
from the thank-goodness-for-technology dept
President Bush has apparently announced to his email correspondence list that he can no longer use email. Since all of his emails as President are subject to "open record requests" anything he writes can be made public and he doesn't want to risk that because he's so "candid". It seems a bit silly that the President isn't allowed to communicate by email at all. Maybe he should get a Hotmail account like most people who don't want their private emails read at work. I think he deserves to discover the wonders of spam like the rest of us common folk.


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Im using ECL. Slime. in windows.
after evaluating this expression,
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(asdf:operate 'asdf:load-op :hunchentoot)
slime autocompletion is not working, but the above operation executes without any error.
if the enter 'asd' or any other symbol and press 'tab' to invoke auto-complete i get this error,
WITH-UNIQUE-NAMES is not of type CONS.
[Condition of type TYPE-ERROR]
0: [ABORT] Return to SLIME's top level.
1: [CLOSE-CONNECTION] Close SLIME connection
[No backtrace]
I have no clue to even debug this,
can any one help me.


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ELIZABETH, NJ (November 30, 2010) — Hayward® Pool Products is remembering longtime employee David Pruchniewski, who unexpectedly passed away on November 17th from natural causes. Pruchniewski, a highly-regarded Field Application Engineer, was 36 years old. According to Hayward Vice President, Product Management Kevin Potucek, Pruchniewski joined Goldline Controls in February 2004 as a Field Application Engineer in the company's marketing department, and quickly established himself as a leader. "Dave was integral to the original success of our Automation business and has been pivotal in the development of our new products," Potucek said. "Dave's vision is reflected in every facet of our Automation product's design."
Pruchniewski was also recognized for his outstanding performance training customers as well as Hayward's entire sales force. "In addition to being a conscientious and dedicated colleague, Dave was a warm, caring and well-liked person who will be widely missed both personally and professionally," Potucek said.
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mrchad9 wrote:butitsadryheat wrote:If that was two weeks ago, my guess is that it would be pretty much done by this weekend. It has been warm!!!. Should be for the rest of the week too. 107F today where I live.
107 isn't so hot, if it's a dry heat.
That is why I said it was warm!
(and actually, the dew points are rising, so it's been a little more humid than normal-I can't even be punny!)


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A bungled pitch by 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick resulted in a great fumble recovery by Rams cornerback Janoris Jenkins and a questionable call that Jenkins wasn't down before he rolled into the end zone for a touchdown.
The call on the field was upheld via replay review, even though it appeared that 49ers receiver Ted Ginn was doing his best Brandon Moore impression on Jenkins' facemask while Jenkins was on the ground.
The two-point conversion tied the game at 10. But the Niners are driving, with Kaepernick running 50 yards moments ago to put the Niners in position to win the game in regulation.


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Music to Your Ears
Several weeks ago, I reported in this column on the formation of another new locally-based regional label, Detach Records, and their "coming out" part at the Launchpad featuring live performances by bands on their roster. As of this week, the Detach crew have released their first official longplayer, the third record by Austin's The Onlys, titled Limbic System. Look for a review of the album in a coming issue. In the meantime, check it out for yourself at your nearest independent record store. ... As part of its "Latin Diva" concert series, the National Hispanic Cultural Center will present world beat/reggae/Latin jazz sensations Kátia Moraes & Sambaguru Friday, Feb. 4. Call 724-4771 or visit www.nhccnm.org for tickets, time and more information. ... Local band The Ground Beneath recently began working on an album, which they say should be completed over the next few months. They've also uploaded seven live MP3 tracks that can be downloaded for free at www.thegroundbeneath.com. The band also report that they've been in contact with Fred Durst's (Limp Bizkit frontman/shithead) management and that "big things" are perhaps in the works on the moving-up-the-music business-ladder department. ... If you haven't bought your copy of the brand new Shine Cherries self-titled debut, what the fuck are you waiting for?
Blue Note
Elaine Kreston & Ray Regan TranslucenT (www.elainekreston.com)
The music is gentle and meditative, with expansive soundscapes that softly explore the more reclusive aspects of human consciousness. Featuring the cello of Elaine Kreston, the disc also draws on the multi-dimensional talents of co-composer Ray Regan, whose artworks, soundworks and video bridge the natural and digital dimensions.
Music Magnified
Michael Tolcher
with Gavin DeGraw
Saturday, Feb. 8; Sunshine Theater (21 and over, 7:30 p.m.): Admittedly, I don't generally consider the Dave Matthews/John Mayer/Matchbox 20 set as my proverbial bag. But I've also got to admit that there are certain days—certain moods on certain days, actually—on which music by that particular singer-songwriter subset and the artists it encompasses seems absolutely perfect. Add to those artists Georgia-based roots rocker Michael Tolcher, whose debut, I Am (Octone) proves that the age of soaring pop melodies and rock-driven, folktastic songwriting are still alive and well both inside and outside the mainstream.
Sonic Reducer
Jean Michel Jarre Essential (Dreyfus)
At least a full decade before electronica, techno and ambient were officially declared genres, the music that defined them was lumped in the new age category and, therefore, unfortunately stigmatized as bullshit background music for tofu-eaters looking to get their yoga on. French electronicist Jean Michel Jarre's earliest and best work was among the falsely imprisoned. Fast-forward to the '90s and bands such as Stereolab, High Llamas, St. Etienne, Air and countless others. What was then considered to be the latest craze was actually a co-opting of Jarre's pioneering work in electronic music. Listen, learn—this is whence it came.


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