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The eternal flame of Muslim outrage
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Every blogger worth his salt knows "Islamic Rage Boy." He represents the professional Muslim grievance-monger, always at the ready to protest whatever manufactured insult could be exploited to curse the West. Christopher Hitchens wrote on the futility of appeasing the worldwide Rage Boy mob — a theme I've struck here for years, which bears repeating as we prepare to mark the 9th anniversary of 9/11, and which I reiterate in my syndicated column today. We didn't start the fire.
The eternal flame of Muslim outrage
by Michelle Malkin
Creators Syndicate
Copyright 2010
Shhhhhhh, we're told. Don't protest the Ground Zero mosque. Don't burn a Koran. It'll imperil the troops. It'll inflame tensions. The "Muslim world" will "explode" if it does not get its way, warns sharia-peddling imam Feisal Abdul Rauf. Pardon my national security-threatening impudence, but when is the "Muslim world" not ready to "explode"?
At the risk of provoking the ever-volatile Religion of Perpetual Outrage, let us count the little-noticed and forgotten ways.
Just a few months ago in Kashmir, faithful Muslims rioted over what they thought was a mosque depicted on underwear sold by street vendors. The mob shut down businesses and clashed with police over the blasphemous skivvies. But it turned out there was no need for Allah's avengers to get their holy knickers in a bunch. The alleged mosque was actually a building resembling London's St. Paul's Cathedral. A Kashmiri law enforcement official later concluded the protests were "premeditated and organized to vitiate the atmosphere."
Indeed, art and graphics have an uncanny way of vitiating the Muslim world's atmosphere. In 1994, Muslims threatened German supermodel Claudia Schiffer with death after she wore a Karl Lagerfeld-designed dress printed with a saying from the Koran. In 1997, outraged Muslims forced Nike to recall 800,000 shoes because they claimed the company's "Air" logo looked like the Arabic script for "Allah." In 1998, another conflagration spread over Unilever's ice cream logo — which Muslims claimed looked like "Allah" if read upside-down and backward (can't recall what they said it resembled if you viewed it with 3D glasses).
Even more explosively, in 2002, an al-Qaida-linked jihadist cell plotted to blow up Bologna, Italy's Church of San Petronio because it displayed a 15th century fresco depicting Mohammed being tormented in the ninth circle of Hell. For years, Muslims had demanded that the art come down. Counterterrorism officials in Europe caught the would-be bombers on tape scouting out the church and exclaiming, "May Allah bring it all down. It will all come down."
That same year, Nigerian Muslims stabbed, bludgeoned or burned to death 200 people in protest of the Miss World beauty pageant — which they considered an affront to Allah. They shouted, "Allahu Akbar!" And "Down with beauty!" And "Miss World is sin!" Contest organizers fled out of fear of inflaming further destruction. When Nigerian journalist Isioma Daniel joked that Mohammed would have approved of the pageant and that "in all honesty, he would probably have chosen a wife from among them," her newspaper rushed to print three retractions and apologies in a row. It didn't stop Muslim vigilantes from torching the newspaper's offices. A fatwa was issued on Daniel's life by a Nigerian official in the sharia-ruled state of Zamfara, who declared that "the blood of Isioma Daniel can be shed. It is abiding on all Muslims wherever they are to consider the killing of the writer as a religious duty." Daniel fled to Norway.
In 2005, British Muslims got all hot and bothered over a Burger King ice cream cone container whose swirly-texted label resembled, you guessed it, the Arabic script for "Allah." The restaurant chain yanked the product in a panic and prostrated itself before the Muslim world. But the fast-food dessert had already become a handy radical Islamic recruiting tool. Rashad Akhtar, a young British Muslim, told Harper's Magazine how the ice cream caper had inspired him: "Even though it means nothing to some people and may mean nothing to some Muslims in this country, this is my jihad. I'm not going to rest until I find the person who is responsible. I'm going to bring this country down."
In 2007, Muslims combusted again in Sudan after an infidel elementary school teacher innocently named a classroom teddy bear "Mohammed." Protesters chanted, "Kill her, kill her by firing squad!" and "No tolerance — execution!" She was arrested, jailed and faced 40 lashes for blasphemy before being freed after eight days. Not wanting to cause further inflammation, the teacher rushed to apologize: "I have great respect for the Islamic religion and would not knowingly offend anyone, and I am sorry if I caused any distress."
And who could forget the global Danish cartoon riots of 2006 (instigated by imams who toured Egypt stoking hysteria with faked anti-Islam comic strips)? From Afghanistan to Egypt to Lebanon to Libya, Pakistan, Turkey and in between, hundreds died under the pretext of protecting Mohammed from Western slight, and brave journalists who stood up to the madness were threatened with beheading. It wasn't really about the cartoons at all, of course. Little-remembered is the fact that Muslim bullies were attempting to pressure Denmark over the International Atomic Energy Agency's decision to report Iran to the UN Security Council for continuing with its nuclear research program. The chairmanship of the council was passing to Denmark at the time. Yes, it was just another in a long line of manufactured Muslim explosions that were, to borrow a useful phrase, "premeditated and organized to vitiate the atmosphere."
When everything from sneakers to stuffed animals to comics to frescos to beauty queens to fast-food packaging to undies serves as dry tinder for Allah's avengers, it's a grand farce to feign concern about the recruitment effect of a few burnt Korans in the hands of a two-bit attention-seeker in Florida. The eternal flame of Muslim outrage was lit a long, long time ago.
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Anyone wear prescription glasses to play? I feel like some sunglasses would be great except for a clear lens. Don't know where to start. Who wears contacts? Also anyone ever get Lasik surgery? Or considered it so you don't have to wear glasses when playing tennis?
I had Lasek (marginally different than Lasik) about 6 years ago. It's not for everybody, but it is working great for me. If you are interested in any kind of laser surgery, do lots of homework on who you use. Make sure they have done thousands of procedures. Make sure that they own their own equipment, and that they do not sub-lease it out to anybody. Some offices are known to book a bunch of appts for a day/week, then only bring in the equipment for that time. Check to see if a nearby university (assuming you are close to Berkeley) has an ophthalmology dept. I was able to have the senior professor of my university do my procedure for not much more cash than a private shop. Most people would agree that eyesight is worth the investment... The only tip I would give for anyone going through with laser surgery is to follow the recovery instructions to a T. You are going to get 4-5 different types of eye drops to use for a few weeks. I thought that since I was tearing up so much naturally, I could back off on some of the lubricating drops. A visit to the ER in the middle of the night convinced me otherwise. Other than that, no issues with recovery. As far as contrasting playing tennis with glasses and without glasses... Well, it's been 6 years now, and it is hard to even remember what wearing glasses is like. For everything.
Hi jrxl-thanks for sharing your experience. Sounds like it has paid off for you. I have been thinking about this for awhile in the very back of my head while starting to look at all the options that I have. I've been wearing my glasses for most of my life and am pretty used to it. But now getting back into playing tennis and competing seriously I have thought-wow what would it be like to not have to wear these! I am curious how long the recovery is? Sounds like you have to follow directions for sure. Was there any pain? And did you have to take time off work/sports etc at all? Thanks again it's great to hear from someone who has taken this path. My period of research is definitely is starting!
Yes. Also for beach volleyball, which I think is a more demanding sport for wearing glasses vis-a-vis rapid head & body movement, need for peripheral vision, etc. Almost everyone in my town wears sunglasses when playing on the beach.
I wear glasses every day. I've thought about contacts but the idea of sticking things in my eyes just kind of creeps me out. But I was have a real problem with my glasses staying in place when I sweat. My frames are metal and somewhat heavy so they'd start to slide down my nose. To fix this, I bought a cheap pair of prescription glasses online. They're plastic frames/lenses and work great.
My kids wear prescription glasses with "Transitions" lens coating which automatically adjusts its shade to the light intensity. So in bright sunlight it is heavily tinted like sunglasses but indoors it is completely clear. They also use an elastic band which goes over the frame legs and then behind the head; holds glasses securely in place. Might try that solution before resorting to lasik.
i wear glasses, and prescription sunglasses when its sunny... the only problem i had was fogging, which was really giving me trouble for a bit there, but then i bought some anti-fog wipes. they work great. my take on glasses is that they are occasionally a pain in the ssa, but most of the time i dont even notice them.
That's interesting I had no eyedrops prescribed in my postop recovery for lasik. Actually it wasn't much of a recovery. Other than the first couple days where it was hard to drive at night, that was pretty much the only problem.
I wear contact swith no peoblem. I have a special hard lens in my right eye (cornea condition) and in my left eye a day by day lens (disposable) called True Eyes made by Acuvue. The True Eyes is great and so is my hard lens.
My recovery period was about 2 weeks long. No pain (except for the one time I didn't take my drops...) and even that wasn't too bad. More scary than anything. I got my procedure done on a Friday, and went back to work the next Thursday. Soccer was my main sport at the time, and I took a month off due to it's level of contact. Two months later I was up to 20/20.
That's a good point, recovery from lasEk is a little more involved. LasIk cuts a flap in your cornea, where LasEk scrapes the very top layer of cells off before the laser reshapes your eye. So that is probably why I had more of a recovery schedule.
My last pair of glasses had transitions lens which was pretty cool in theory I did not think they were very effective though as far how much they protected your eyes from sun. Ideally I need both clear lens and sunglasses. I have a astigmatism so I wear them all the time. I am interested in lasik-very much so. But it would be a drastic measure and a little scary to undertake.
That's awesome, I'd love to see a picture. What do you do for sunglasses then, just a tinted version?
i have oakley prescription glasses with their HD lens that I wear all day. I play tennis with it on as well. Mostly indoors. When I play outdoors, I'll use either that or switch to contacts+sunglasses. I don't think the switching affects my game because I feel the oakley lens have no distortion.
Do you buy the glasses from Oakley and give them your prescription? Or go to a eyeglass store and heave them order for you? Or maybe it is something they would carry?
I play with my prescription glasses on. The problem is sweat. The frame is to close to my eyebrows so sometimes my vision is blurred. Sport glasses are suspended, they don't have that problem. I recommend the adidas evil eye. Great sunglasses and you can get prescription glasses made. Those can be mounted inside the sunglasses:
I truly dont see how anyone can play with glasses. I tried once and was whiffing the ball on serves it was so bad. guess you get used ot it and compensate of course, I dont even like sunglasses when I play.
I use prescription racquetball glasses to play tennis. I started using them years ago and have great results using them. I hated the fact that if I used regular glasses I may either get hit in the face or get sweaty enough they slip off and break.
After seeing Tipsy wearing his oakelys a few years back I wound up contacting a local shop that deals with Oakley and bought a pair of Bottlecap glasses in prescription clear lens and another pair for sunglasses. Pricey yes but a worthy investment as I use both for all my sporting activities.
Consider the single vision polarized amber lens Oakley Flak Jacket XLJ for tennis. The polarized amber lenses (yellow/brown) increase contrast for tennis, just like hunters, anglers and drivers have used them to increase contrast. The polarized amber lenses are not too dark - you can play until pretty late in the evening with them, or on overcast days. And they are not so dark that the ball looks like a black blob the way it does with really dark sunglass lenses. The Flackjacket style wraps around your face so little light enters from the sides. Also, wraparound sunglasses with no bottom rim and relatively small nose pieces do not leave blind spots. They are a pleasure to drive with. It will be rare you will need to play with clear glasses.
I've tried the style like these, with the script lens mounted inside. First off, I looked ridiculous....like I was trying to be some kind of superhero with a mask. With the two lenses, seeing clear on the inside lens and not clear on the outside threw my timing off and drove me nuts. Esp when I was using these glasses for other sports and it was vital to see out of the corners of my eyes. With the single lens on my Oakley Bottlecaps, I can see clearly throughout. Took a little time for my eyes to get used to having a wider field of vision from my regular casual glasses, but wasn't an issue.
^^^ I actually used the above system, albeit from Bolle, for a fairly long time. It works fairly well and is a less expensive option, since if the lenses get scratched, you can just pop in replacement lenses. Went to the Oakley's as there are less "blind spots" from the nosepiece (especially hitting a 1HBH from the usual closed stance).
I use these, with my prescription in the glass, amazingly the only optics that could do it in curved glass in my country was close to where i live! I also added so they turn orange/brown when struck by UV. It's amazing, no blind spots with Rydon .
Oh yes! I also use Rudy project Rydon with my prescription in the glass. Also the glass gets very light yellow/orange with the sun. I must agree....Rydon's are amazing and worth extra money to have them with your prescription. You can also have special layer against water, sweat or fingerprints, which is also worth it. I was between Rydons's and Flack Jacket and chose these because of less blind spots.
Ditto on the sweat. For about a year I tried playing with BOLLE Parole sunglasses with a prescription insert but it was too hard to keep them clear of sweat. I do sweat a lot though. I ended up getting Acuvue Oasis contacts which are awesome.
this is similar to what i wear on the courts - regular prescription glasses. The only obstacle that arises is when I have to play in the rain...but tennis is not meant to be played in the rain so you're fine I guess.
I used to wear a set of regular glasses when playing sports. Sweated so much the screws rusted and couldn't fold 'em. I've had mine knocked off my face and would always worry about the lens popping out. Plus sometimes the frame would impede my vision if I was tracking a high ball or something. Now my Oakley Bottlecaps have a larger lens that covers a larger area; no problem with tracking. Nothing metal, so no issues with rusting, just wipe clean. Something pops out? Just pop em back in and you're good to go. Sports glasses are meant for sports and abuse; and I have abused these. Worthy investment IMO. Plus, the final accessory to my Special Forces or SWAT member Halloween costume :twisted:
I normally wear contacts when I play, but if I could get those with prescription lenses it might be worth the cost to try them out.
Just ordered Bolle Vigilante. With a set of clear lenses and a set of competivision lenses. My rx lenses snap in place behind them. I'll know and updated in 10 days.
Hey Everyone, I work for a company that specializes in prescription sports optics, so if you have any questions about frames or lenses or such, just hit me up. I think a lot of people don't really know what options are out there. No one should be using inserts, and whoever recommended the Rydon is spot on, it's a great frame. The trick is then finding prescription lenses that are as sweet as the frame.
I'm in the market for sports glasses, but haven't gotten serious about it. The company you work for, do they specialize in lenses? I agree about needing high quality lenses. Is there a type of lens I should be looking for that goes by a certain industry spec or name? Also, will need prescription sunglasses. I get nervous about spending money on the yellowish tinted lens and find out it's annoying to look through when I'm use to the standard grey tint.
I'm buying new glasses next week. Bifocals for work. Distance only with clip-on polarized lens for tennis. Same style and size for each.
CharlieFederer, how do you think the bronze compares to the Gold Iridium and Fire Iridium? I also have the brown Flackjacket XLJ with clear presecription lenses and I'm looking to get tinted lenses with venting for the summer. I don't want something that distorts the colors or makes it too dark to see the ball clearly if it suddenly becomes cloudy.
The iridium coating has a reputation for scratching easily - so I have avoided the iridium lenses. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110301184316AA8BtCg Know what? I posted I had the bronze polarized above, but your post made me go back and look at the Oakley web site, and then at my Oakley packaging that I kept. Turns out I have the Oakley polarized amber. (The polarized amber transmit 30% of light/block 70% of incoming light, while the bronze are considerably darker at only transmitting 15% of the light coming in (i.e. block 85% of the light coming in.) - http://www.oakley.com/innovation/optical-superiority/lens-tints [I've gone back and edited the original post so as not to confuse others.] The amber is dark enough to protect the eyes, provide good contrast and let me play with them on cloudy days and fairly late into the evening. Even with very dark sunglasses, you shouldn't toss the ball directly into the sun on a serve, so I think with all sunglasses you need to modify your serve type or where you stand on the baseline if you have a game where the sun would be directly in line with the tossed ball for one of your three serves (slice, flat or kick). Besides the issue of scratching iridium coated lenses, the lenses you mention are pretty dark: Gold iridium - only 12% light transmission Fire iridium - only 15% light transmission - http://www.oakley.com/innovation/optical-superiority/lens-tints
Thanks for the update The link you posted shows bronze, but doesn't show the amber. Where did you get the specks from? (pardon the pun) A salesperson at an Oakley store also told me that Iridium scratches easily, so I'll avoid it as you say. I'm not normally a big fan of polarized lenses, but I'll have to find the amber ones in an Oakley store and try them out.
What do you think about trivex lenses? I used them in my Bolle prescription inserts and also in some regular prescription glasses and they were more expensive, but I thought the optics were terrific.
I just found out the polarized amber lens has been discontinued. It seems the VR28, and G30 have similar light transmission (28% and 30%) and the bronze looks interesting, but has a lower rate of 22%. Anyone have any opinion on these lenses for tennis?
I just saw this post today, and after replying to your Oakley survey. Sorry to hear they discontinued the polarized amber, but the bronze seems to be reasonably close.
Thanks for the input, CharlieFederer. In the end I opted to go for the VR28, because they are supposed to allow you to see the ball well, aren't too dark and look good with the root beer flak Jackets. The bronze polarized was too dark for me. It's an obscene chunk of change they want for these with a prescription, so I wanted to be sure I was making a reasonably good decision. I'll post a pic and let you know how they work out once I get them in a few weeks and use them a bit.
"Exactly how obscene an amount of money were you talking about? Just… profane, or really offensive?" "Really offensive."
Yes, the Oakleys weren't cheap, but think as them as an investment. And on a per use basis. So if you paid for example $1000 but used them 2 times a year, then yes $500 a use isn't cheap. But if you used them 200 times a year, then $5 a use is a bargain.
Milkshake, we absolutely specialize in lenses. We're an independent lenscrafter that specializes in custom, handmade prescription lenses. Lens materials are a huge bag of worms, and while there are different materials, each person's eyes will react and respond differently to each. Typically, a high-index polycarbonate will be as light and thin as possible, while also being impact-resistant. I hear you on being hesitant to invest a lot of money in a new tint tone, and, if I might, I'd say yellow might not be the best tone. Check out our website, www.prescriptiontennisglasses.com, and write me with any more questions!
Get an Eye Exam with Your New Contacts I just posted this experience with the contacts that I use for tennis in another TW thread - it's important information for me Get an Eye Exam with Your New Contacts I had a bad experience recently with my contacts. 2010 - I had my eyes examined 3 years ago. The prescription was for tri-focals and contacts. There is considerable astigmatism which contacts don't correct. After I got my exam a set of contacts were ordered for me to try. They seemed OK and I expected that they would not be as good as my glasses because contacts cannot correct astigmatism. In bright sunlight they were fine, but for driving at night I avoided using them. I ordered 6 pair to be used mostly for tennis and other occasions. I was happy with the tri-focals. But I was increasingly unhappy with the contacts especially for indoor matches. 2013 - I put off getting my next eye exam until this year. When I got it there were only slight changes, +1/4 diopter changes. Again, I was given a set of contacts to try about +1/4 diopter stronger that my 2010 contacts. They were a noticeable improvement over my 2010 contacts. However, I did not feel completely satisfied, so before ordering some, I ask to stop in the optometrist's office and have my eyes checked wearing the new trial contacts. The exam showed that the new contacts were not correct and could be considerably improved by increasing the diopters (1/2 diopter more). I was told that sometimes the lenses come in out of specs which does not seem to make sense. Also another unclear possibility about the lens being on the eye or in front of the eye affecting the prescription ..?.... But since my eyes had not changed much from 2010 to 2013, how good had the 2010 contacts that I had been wearing for the last three years been! The newest contacts work much better than the 2010 contacts or the 2013 trial contacts. I don't have a clear picture of what happened - but the procedure of having the patient "try" a pair of contacts and decide on their own whether they are OK is very flawed. I am going to be very careful to have my eyes tested with my next pair of contacts and not just try some and order a quantity of them. BTW - between the age of 40 and 50 most human eyes lose the ability to accommodate (change focus by changing the shape of the eye lens - the lens stiffens). Close up focus in most affected so that reading glasses are needed. Govnor, if your "sight isn't great" and it is more than this common close up focus issue, get some contacts as they are fine for tennis. Last edited by Chas Tennis : Yesterday at 12:10 PM.
Hey BeerNutz, Price and optics aside, I don't recommend Trivex at all because it's unsafe and shatters at impact. While I don't really think a tennis ball could cause it to shatter, a racquet could. Here in our shop we do demos of what happens when you tap trivex with a hammer compared to a high-index polycarbonate, and the difference is huge. One shatters, one doesn't. If you're going to invest in sports eyewear, it should be protective.

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Is that what I think it is?ERR_TRAVEL_PASS_NOT_ALLIED = "You cannot invite players from the opposing faction.";
ERR_TRAVEL_PASS_NOT_LEADER = "You are not a group leader.";
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I sure hope not.
Is that what I think it is?ERR_TRAVEL_PASS_NOT_ALLIED = "You cannot invite players from the opposing faction.";
ERR_TRAVEL_PASS_NOT_LEADER = "You are not a group leader.";
ERR_TRAVEL_PASS_NO_INFO = "Retrieving information...";
I sure hope not.
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is it theralion model? (not the colour just model) or the one from 25m sath?
ppl forgot the 50% increase on crit... is not a real nerf... Shaman only cast it when have the Rilda Wave Buff... before the "Nerf" it crit for ~32k on PTR, normal heals are 15k-17k a 20% ~ 3k - 3.4k , so will heal for 12k-13.6k, and will crit for 24k-27.2k (all this numbers... not raid buffed so should be more) something like that... so like I said before is not a real nerf. just balacing it w/ the new Crit Bonus.
So it will heal like Regrowth, atm on PTR regrowth Crit for 24k~ (not raid buffed), and Druids w/ the right talent have a 75%+ Crit on Regrowth, and w/ Living Seed, leave a next heal on attack for 7.2k ... so maybe they will neft Regrowth Too... Regrowth = 24k Health + Hot + ~7k Healing on next Attack...
Ha they removed the nerf to Annihilation, seemed kind of dumb to nerf it though. I think the slight Howling Blast nerf is a reasonable compromise since to be honest it's so OP and is going to scale better with Mastery then Obliterate will since it's damage is also based on your weapon and overall strength, it's too good when you can unlock it at a lower level.
Well... Brew Event start on Sept 20(checking in game calendar)... I so 4.2 should release as far near that date (4months from now enough time for it)....
Nice holy paladin changes...
But how much time before we get thé nerf hammer over our head b
'cause we will "sit at 40% mana"?
By the way on my drood i have nô mana issue and i spam Wg and rejuve all the day and nothing about that?
In the other hand my fellow priest spams PoH and CoH nô matter what with no mana issues as well...Nothing here too...
But so far blizz nerfed holy paladins and shamans who are already at the bottom of healing ( about efficiency)
i dont get it...
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If they don't put procs on those HH trinkets all they will do is dummy sit for the ilvl...
During what sort of content out of interest? If I tried to revert back to the days fo rejuv blanketing from ICC in 10 and especially 25man raids I am quite certain I'd oom in the first two minutes (even more so if the encounters were on heroic mode).
My bf just made a holy pally and after he dinged 85 jumped right into heroics with absolutely no mana issues even when someone stuffs up. Though he cant stop complaining about the nerf he does admit that his mana gain is a little op atm. Though tbh I'd rather they keep their mana gain how it is! Better for the raid! XD
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Honored? I assume this will be exhalted?
1. Ferocious Bite damage has been increased by 15%. In addition, its base cost has been reduced to 25 energy and it can use up to 25 energy, for up to a 100% damage increase.
thats from the official patch notes. so it would be a max of 5%.
2. Upon mousing over Ferocious Bite, the "consumes up to an additional 25 energy to increase damage by up to 100%" is in red. if thats not a datamined error, then it will only be 2.5%.
I'm assuming its an error, and will be a 5% heal.
The nerf to Howling Blast isn't that big... it's actually VERY small. They only nerfed the base damage, didn't even touch the attack power coefficient (I.E. the number that matters the most). It's actually a flat 60~119 damage reduction, hardly noticeable and frankly still not enough to kill Shadowfrost. Though I'm guessing the datamined info is wrong and it's supposed to be 8% overall damage including the AP coefficient.
So I can stop making my spreadsheets now to work out the best gear? Damn, wasted time on that...!Holy Shield now increases the amount your shield blocks by an additional 10% instead of increasing your chance to block by 5%.
cant understand that. ridiculousHealing Surge healing has been reduced by 20%, from [ 5605 - 6404 ] to [ 4484 - 5122 ]
I would like to see more mastery on priest's set, but ok... I think I'll handle it...
And I'm little confused to brewfest and horseman's lewtz - it is practically free to obtain gear and better than BoT and BWD normal drop. It seems, that we will have another 2 raids without participants.
Who cares ... Blizzard is implementing premium services and thats simply not acceptable.
There are players of principle out there and BLizzard stepped over the line. No amount of purples will lure them back.
The holy paladin changes are damage limitation changes but once again they do not tackle the real issues the spec has. Far from it.
I will be voting with my wallet once more come patch 4.2. I bought Minecraft for last WOW sub - and Im pretty sure there are some very good games out there for 15-20$ that will give me more pleasure than WOW in its current state.
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Item - Mage T12 4P Bonus no longer affects Arcane Missiles, and no longer allows it to be casted while moving. Now changes Arcane Power to decrease the cost of spells by 10% instead of increasing their cost.
wow... Blizz realy hate you Mages ....
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Item - Mage T12 4P Bonus no longer affects Arcane Missiles, and no longer allows it to be casted while moving.
How come they revert such a game changing tier bonus? Maybe bcs they realise it rly is too game changing! So why suggest implementing it through a tier bonus at all?
I guess theres a glyph coming... and that was just a teaser for us, mages.
Its like a politic saying, lets reduce the taxes, and then says, hm lets instead build one more hospital. Makes us think theres no much thinking at all. Random is random ;/


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Jared Iacovetto knows that team penning is addictive.
That's why he is going to offer horse owners a chance to come out to Saddelback Ranch for a free taste of the sport Sunday afternoon.
The team penning clinic, which begins at 1 p.m. at the ranch, will feature a short exhibition and a chance to saddle up and get into the arena to experience the sport firsthand.
Iacovetto said the idea of the clinic is to teach the basics of team penning, meet other people in the area and spend the afternoon on the back of a horse enjoying the rich ranching heritage that surrounds the sport.
But if Iacovetto is right, and the sport truly is addictive, it also might result in more competitors at this summer's team penning events.
"Once you've tried team penning, you are hooked," Iacovetto said. "That's what happened to me."
Iacovetto started penning as a child but lost his connection with the sport as he grew older.
"I loved it when I was a kid, but I didn't seem to have the time for penning when I was older," he said. "There were too many other things going on."
But he rediscovered the sport last year when a small group of area penners moved their events to his family's Saddleback Ranch, three miles south of Milner on Routt County Road 179.
Iacovetto is hoping that this weekend's clinic will fuel the same love for the sport in a new generation of team penners and boost the attendance at this summer's team penning events.
For the past 10 years, the sport has been kept alive in Steamboat Springs by a small but dedicated group of riders. They meet at 5:30 p.m. every Thursday to practice.
Longtime penner Jack Horner said he doesn't consider the group, about 15 people, a club.
There are no officers, restrictions or annual membership dues attached to the group activities.
He said anyone who shows up with a horse Thursday evenings is welcome to join the practice.
There is a participation fee, which is used to pay for the arena and cattle. Horner said penners can pay a onetime fee of $300 ($15 per practice) to take part in the weekly events or they can elect to pay only for the sessions they attend. The group held its first practice of the year April 15 and has about 18 more sessions remaining this year.
In addition, the same group held its first jackpot team penning event April 18. Those sessions will continue every other Sunday until the end of the summer. The contestants must pay to compete in those events but have a chance to win money depending on how their team finishes.
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Federal Boundaries Commission sees strong opposition to proposed changes at forum in Castlegar
About a dozen people had the chance to talk about the proposed federal electoral map changes to three federal commissioners at a forum in Castlegar Wednesday night.
The forum took place at the Fireside Inn and was attended by around 40 area residents.
"Each province has had commissioners appointed," said Southern Interior Member of Parliament Alex Atamanenko, who spoke against the changes. "We have three here in B.C. They've outlined proposed changes to the boundaries. Now, they're taking these ideas out to get feedback. When the changes came out, people were notified. Those of us who presented, had to submit our intent by Aug. 30. Anyone can make written submissions to the commission by Oct. 18."
The proposed changes would see Princeton and Hedley join Central Okanagan-Coquihalla and Penticton join with Castlegar and Trail in the South Okanagan-West Kootenay Boundary. In addition, Nelson, Montrose, Fruitvale and Salmo would join with Cranbrook and Fernie in the Kootenay-Columbia Boundary.
"The commissioners will look over all the feedback received throughout the province regarding the revised proposal and, I think, they targeted next spring," said Atamenenko.
"At some point, this will go to parliament and they'll either approve it or make recommendations."
The new boundaries are expected to be in place before the next federal election.
The majority of speakers at the forum spoke against the proposed changes for a variety of reasons.
"An overwhelming majority of people there did not agree with the changes," said Atamenenko. "I should emphasize they're not really political reasons. It's the fact that it's ludicrous to take Nelson and separate it from Trail and Castlegar. The fact is that currently people in all those communities have reasonable access to this office (Atamanenko's office in Castlegar). Now Nelson, which is a half hour from Castlegar, if someone had a problem, and they weren't in this riding, the office would probably be in Cranbrook and they would have to go there."
In Nelson, RDCK director Andy Shadrack proposed Nakusp and some communities north of Kaslo be added to the current Southern Interior riding.
"That proposal makes sense," said Atamanenko. "The bottom line is what I've been saying is that we should keep (the boundaries) intact. If Penticton is added, that adds a whole new dimension of rural vs. urban. Because, for our purposes Penticton is an urban centre with different needs."
Atamanenko pointed out that the regional district of Okanagan-Similkameen voted against the proposal.
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Qompendium is an evolving and ever-changing platform for philosophy, art, culture and science, represented by a series of print publications: magazines, books and monographs. Furthermore, it is enriched by a gallery concept, a work shop and a fast-moving online portal.
Volume 1 Regular Edition
Qompendium Print Publication is a selective journey through the multiverse of intentional and unintentional time capsules featuring an array of exceptional pictorial essays, unabridged interviews and supplementary brand editorials.
Qompendium Print Publication Volume 1 features a number of pictorial essays bringing to light six decades of history, composed and compiled from masterpieces captured by Douglas Kirkland and Deborah Feingold. Other artists range from Lyn Balzer, Tony Perkins to Valérie Belim, Aubrey de Grey, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Todd DiCiurcio, Laurence Ellis, Emir Eralp, Clinton Friedman, Dominik Gigler, David Lees, Siems Luckwaldt, Paul Pope, Nick Sagan, Daniel Stier, Ben Watts, Martynka Wawrzyniak, Christian Weber, Doug Wilson, Per Zennström and abundant others – all work designed and placed in a strikingly unusual and unpredictable editorial design environment.
A crusader for boldness? It is a dwarf compared to some big Taschen books or some over-proportioned newspapers that brand themselves as magazines. The exact dimensions are 14,5 cm by 19 cm and 2,5 cm thick, and it weighs ca. 750 grams. This 384 pages could be classified as a cross between a magazine and a soft-bound book. And it is almost sold out.
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A crusader for boldness? It is a dwarf compared to some big Taschen books or some over-proportioned newspapers that brand themselves as magazines. The exact dimensions are 14,5 cm by 19 cm and 2,5 cm thick, and it weighs ca. 750 grams. This 384 pages could be classified as a cross between a magazine and a soft-bound book. And it is almost sold out.
Just the Two of Us is one of 21 greetings cards designed by Kimberly Lloyd for the Qompendium Stationery Set and printed on Arjowiggins Virtual Pearl.
Look inside the Stationery Set consisting of 21 great greetings cards with envelopes and a writing device for different occasions.
What is the Bel Paese you ask?
"It is a mixture, a sum of many elements: flavors, history, landscape and cultures. It's the feeling of the abundance just before the harvest. It's the contemplation and awe while walking through Pompeii or the Etruscan tombs in Cerveteri, the theatre and fantasy of Frascati gardens and the valley of the temples in Agrigento. It's the pure pleasure of drizzling olive oil on dense durum wheat bread, spotting the shepherd and his flock on the hill, candlelit dinner in a cave and driving the tractor plow with my 3 year-old son August."
Since its founding in 1989 under the tutelage of director Tonio Creanza, Messors has worked on a host of preservation projects in the Puglia region in Italy covering archeological research, restoration projects on frescoes, wood and stone statues, decorative painting, guided tours, educational field school projects and study abroad university programs.
"I do not want to preach, I really just want to share, believe it is all possibe and have fun doing it. If I could harvest, meet people and work with with them to conserve and restore, and feast with my wife, son and traveling friends every night I would."
Qompendium in talk with Tonio Creanza, click to read further
All eyes on Victorinox and Mr. Alain Hospenthal giving an insight on design repositioning, licensing deals, workforce retention and qualitative projects.
Anneloes van Gaalen's fifth book in the Ridiculous Design Rules series by BIS Publishers is about rules in typography – a special joy for graphic designers and those interested in working with copy.
MuseumNext is Europe's major conference on the future of museums. The event brings together delegates from around the world to discuss 'what's next?' across all aspects of the museum including architecture, exhibitions, technology, skills, collections, conservation, purpose and leadership. MuseumNext 2015 will take place in the Swiss city of Geneva.
"My work is non-narrative, actually; there aren't any stories there. There are a lot of symbols and a lot of images, and the images have multiple meanings." Alex Katz, 1990
The Museum Kurhaus Kleve is showcasing 40 pieces, a retrospective of Alex Katz represeting his work from the years 1957 to 2008. Exbihition ends on the 21.02.2010.
Museum Kurhaus Kleve
Tiergartenstraße 41
47533 Kleve
How might we achieve it? If happiness is good in itself, why haven't we simply evolved to be happier? A book by Daniel Nettle and one of Stefan Sagmeister's favorite books.
How might we achieve it? If happiness is good in itself, why haven't we simply evolved to be happier? A book by Daniel Nettle and one of Stefan Sagmeister's favorite books.
It was the case of too much representation, too much acting, too much posturing, too much hairspray, too much make up, too much Botox, too much bullshit and too much fraud, all caught red-faced within the sprawl of the red carpet and feeling that all once again, I walked away from what I felt like too much night.
CS Leigh and Kimberly Lloyd in a conversation about the adventures of publishing and film making.
It was the case of too much representation, too much acting, too much posturing, too much hairspray, too much make up, too much Botox, too much bullshit and too much fraud, all caught red-faced within the sprawl of the red carpet and feeling that all once again, I walked away from what I felt like too much night.
A converstation with CS Leigh with Kimberly Lloyd
Anna Wegelin is greatly inspired by Pocahontas, who was a Virginia Indian princess notable for having assisted colonial settlers at Jamestown in present-day Virginia. Her accessory line is handcrafted, reminding us of indian jewellery with a blend of contemporary swedish fashion. We met Anna Wegelin in Berlin and hopefully soon again on the catwalks of the fashion world.
A presentation at the Mudam about deconstructing and decoding Qompendium and constructing it back into a time capsule of historical and contemporary content. A pictorial review of the event on the 26th March 2010 at the Mudam, Luxembourg.
Bridget Riley is one of Britain's best-known artists. Since the mid-1960s she has been celebrated for her distinctive, optically vibrant paintings which actively engage the viewer's sensations and perceptions, producing visual experiences that are complex and challenging, subtle and arresting.
A book by Henrik Vibskov
The jack-of-all-trades, here comes Vibskov again with yet another venture into the publishing realm. Published by Jap Sam Books.
I am not sure that an image can communicate anything that a movie can't. There is a risk in making a movie or moving image, the risk of giving too much away. The same risk exists in making a photograph, but it is a lot easier to restrain. A movie doesn't have to move much; sometimes a little is enough.
Creating assured images, Weber demonstrates a raw elegance that is at once provisional and precise. His celebrated portraits, architecture, and landscapes reveal a talent equally open to the verve and beauty of contemporary life. His photographs appear regularly in such publications as Life, Details, The New York Times Magazine, and Interview.
Travelling all the way from the land down under, we bring you the ever classical knitwear label Coogi. Founded in 1969 by Jacky Teranto as Cuggi in Melbourne, Australia, it was renamed in 1987 to Coogi to give it more of an Aussie flair. Featured in a motley of tumultuous hues, the sweater enjoyed it's first flourish when it became a wardrobe regular on super dad Heathcliff Huxtable from the Bill Cosby Show.
The French photographer Jeanloup Sieff (1933–2000) began photographing in the early 1950s. In the course of his long career he engaged in reportage, landscape, fashion, commercial and portrait photography, working for magazines such as Elle, Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, Paris-Match, Esquire, Glamour and Jardin des Modes. He published several books, including J'aime la danse (1962) and Faites comme si je n'étais pas là (2000). This exhibition features a selection from Sieff's photographic oeuvre, with a special focus on his images portraying dance.
More on the exhibition here.
A Flickr set to indulge German design nostalgia. Pictures are taken from the book: René Spitz: HFG Ulm. The view behind the foreground. A political history of the Ulm School of Design (1953-1968)«. Stuttgart 2002.
A Flickr set by Rene Spitz.
Karl Nawrot and Walter Warton founded their studio Voidwreck in Amsterdam with Karl a graduate of the Werkplaats Typografie, a school considered as quite influencial in the realm of typography. Both graphic designers like to explore different mediums in order to develop shape and pattern within the borders of typography. Check out their site and make sure to reload often in order to see more.
Luxembourg's leading independent publisher Mike Koedinger on the secrets of success, his print projects and lifestyle magazines.
Since its inception Mike Koedinger's media group in 1994 has grown to become Luxembourg's leading independent publisher. In an Interview with Kimberly Lloyd, the charismatic Producer of Colophon, the international symposium on magazine culture confabulates about the vain independent magazine industry, the need for new concepts of copyright protection and about the secrets of success.
Paul Smith has designed a collection of soft furnishing fabrics with the American fabric company called Maharam.
This photo shows the Oxford Chair, designed by Arne Jacobsen.
We at Qompendium are excited to present to you, dear readership, a very special gift, a result of a collaboration with Hugo Verweij of Cleartones.
There a bazillion of ringtones out there on the market but non so delicately written, so precise, minimal and yet ear piercing as these custom ringtones. You will not miss a phone call.
As a response to the ever growing amount of polyphonic and musical ringtones, Cleartones presents a set of minimalist ringtones and notification tones optimized for the iPhone and Android devices. These simple, monophonic ringtones are designed with a sole purpose: subtle notification.
Like the shoes you wear, a ringtone is part of your outfit. It says something about you. And, like with shoes, you have a choice. You might choose one of the standard ringtones and sound like everyone else. Or choose a custom ringtone. But be aware of the omnidirectional nature of sound: when your favorite Looney Tunes character, your favorite eighties disco anthem or your two-year old kid notifies you of an incoming call, your co-workers, students, or boss will hear it as well. Ringtones should be mood-less, personal, unobtrusive yet functional.
The Qompendium x Cleartones ringtone consists of a clear sound to grab the attention combined with a hidden message - the word QOMPENDIUM in morse code, on a very low volume.
Exclusive and free download here in friendly association with Cleartones. And some very special Qompendium Wallpapers going along with it.
The primary medium of Californian artist James Turrell is light. Probably the best-known artist in his field, Turrell's entire oeuvre since the 1960s has been devoted to exploring the diverse manifestations of this immaterial medium and working towards a new, space-defining form of light art.
James Turrell. The Wolfsburg Project
24 October 2009 – 5 April 2010
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg
For Spring Summer 2010, Lee Jeans revisits the 1950s, an era which is well known for creating demin as uniform for millions of teenagers. Also those worshipping and almost broken hearted by James Dean in the movie Giant alongside Elizabeth Taylor.
Check out the new coup from the Lee Originals: The Archives.
This exhibition is the biggest retrospective mounted in Spain of the work of John Baldessari (1931), one of the most notable and influential American artists. It contains over 130 works, some of them little known, and reviews the main concerns of this legendary artist who lives and works in Santa Monica (California) and has recently been awarded a Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale (2009).
Opening: Wednesday 10 February 2010
Dates: From 11 February to 25 April 2010
Curators: Jessica Morgan, Leslie Jones and Bartomeu Marí
Exhibition organised by Tate Modern, London, in association with the Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA).
RoboThespian is a robot actor, created to intrigue, entertain and reveal. The concept was created by artist engineer Will Jackson in 2005. Meet RoboThespian at "phaeno" in Wolfsgburg, an initiative to promote popular science, innovation and design residing in probably the largest walk-through sculpture in Germany by Zaha Hadid.
A conversation with Isabelle Carron, founder and creative director of Absolution, a bespoke organic cosmetics brand produced in France – claiming to be the first unisex brand of its kind.
The exhibition "Less and More. The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams." will be running from May 22 to September 5, 2010, at the Museum of Applied Arts in Frankfurt am Main.
Mark Morrisroe was a man driven to achieve fame and recognition. Restless and demanding—of himself as well as of others—he always wanted more, and from this inner restlessness he derived enormous resources of artistic energy. Right to the very end, his life and work, down to the photograms feverishly produced in the makeshift darkroom in his hospital, which have hardly ever been publicly shown until today, attest to an unlimited and ecstatic search for a sensual, aesthetic, and always ambivalently charged pictorial world.
On Sunday, 28 November 2010, the event A Tribute to Mark Morrisroe with Jack Pierson, Elisabeth Lebovici, Stuart Comer, Gail Thacker, Frank Wagner, Ramsey McPhillips, Teresa Gruber, Beatrix Ruf and Thomas Seelig will take place.
27. November 2010 to 13. February 2011
Fotomuseum Winthertur
Lee Jelt Denim Giant rendition of denim coveralls with amusing note that they will not shrink and in fabulous form for sale. Price range US Dollar 2.000,00
Lee Jelt Denim Giant rendition of denim coveralls with amusing note that they will not shrink and in fabulous form for sale. Price range US Dollar 2.000,00
Das Magazin celebrates magazines, zines and in its core independent publishing. A project by one of our favorite clients Art Lawyer, who commissioned the Qompendium Creative Crew to develop the entire Corporate Identity and Design for this brand and gallery space.
For its inauguration on the 30th of October there will be a "Magazine Pop-Up Store" for a period of 30 days, showcasing selected magazines from all over the world and we are happy to announce that Das Magazin will be also featuring titles from Antenne Books.
Find out more about Das Magazin or become a fan on facebook.
Spanish Enric Bernat founded Chupa Chups, a lollipop company in 1958. The name comes from the Spanish verb chupar, meaning "to suck". The Chupa Chups logo was designed by Salvador Dalí and later pop star Madonna was hired as a testimonial. Today, the company is currently owned by the Dutch-Italian multinational corporation Perfetti Van Melle.
Time is Money I, an object of desire by man and woman and an absolute paradigm.
"The idea is to transform the common reading of a clock changing it to the message "Time is money"." The concept and design comes from Diego Córdova. 310mm in diameter and an edition of 100 units.
Edouard Michelin was visiting an exhibition in Lyon in 1889, when he saw a pile of tyres which looked almost lifelike. It was then when he designed O'Galop, the Michelin Man or Monsieur Bibendum, with the help of an artist. The logo has been adapted and modified over the years and is one of the oldest trademarks in history. Today, Michelin is the leading tyre manufacturer in more than 170 nations.
This fourth Qompendium Questionnaire Session is with Martin Cole and Thibaut Robin. Martin Cole reinvents stock clipart by adding malevolence, a bit of humor and his very own irony to leave behind ugly illustrations where you do squint your eyes and scroll back for a longer view. On "Qompendium's 100 Illustrators to Watch" Martin Cole would certainly belong.
Read full questionnaire here.
Together with Alain Rodiguez, French artist Raphael Garnier has founded their graphic design studio Pipi Parade, in Paris. The studio delivers both experimental solutions to solid every day visuals for clients from the world of fashion, design, music and contemporary art.
Raphael Garnier has invited Colin Henderson to be his counterpart for this fifth edition of Qompendium Questionnaire Session.


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BALTIMORE (AP) -- The vast change in the Baltimore Orioles over the past couple of years can be measured by their success against the Boston Red Sox, even when their AL East rivals send Jon Lester to the mound.
Chris Davis hit his major league-leading 23rd home run, Nick Markakis had four hits and scored three runs, and Baltimore beat Lester and the Red Sox 6-3 Sunday.
Manny Machado extended his hitting streak to a career-high 14 games and drove in a run for the Orioles, who took three of four from first-place Boston to move within 1 1/2 games of the division lead. Baltimore has won six straight series over the Red Sox, dating to last year.
Before going 13-5 against Boston in 2012, the Orioles hadn't taken a season series from the Red Sox since 2004. The metamorphosis is even more apparent when gauging their performance against Lester.
Prior to last September, when the Orioles charged into the playoffs for the first time since 1997, Baltimore was 0-14 against the Boston right-hander. They beat him on Sept. 21, and Sunday they tagged him for five runs in five innings.
"Obviously we have a different group here," said Davis, who was 0 for 14 lifetime against Lester before ripping a 3-1 pitch in the third inning for a two-run homer that put Baltimore up 3-0.
After striking out in the first inning, Davis took action.
"Went in there and looked at some video just to get an idea of what he'd been doing to me in the past," he said. "I know I hadn't had a lot of success.
It was his 100th career homer and seventh in the last 10 games against Boston. Davis also doubled in a run in the fifth against Lester, sending the Orioles on their way to their 14th win in 19 games against the Red Sox, including five of seven this season.
"They don't beat themselves," Boston manager John Farrell said. "Typically they throw strikes, they're not going to issue many walks. They play very sound defense and they have the ability to score a couple of runs on the swing of a bat."
Will Middlebrooks hit a three-run homer for the Red Sox and Jose Iglesias stretched his hitting streak to 17 games with an eighth-inning single.
Baltimore starter Miguel Gonzalez (5-2) took a two-hitter and a 5-0 lead into the seventh. He ended up allowing three runs and five hits in 6 1-3 innings to improve to 3-0 lifetime against Boston.
"It was fun to watch our hitters hit, especially against Lester," Gonzalez said. "He's been doing a great job this year and always pitched well against us."
Jim Johnson worked the ninth for his AL-leading 25th save and second in the series.
Lester (6-4) fell to 14-2 lifetime against the Orioles, 7-1 at Camden Yards. The right-hander struck out eight but yielded nine hits.
"They've always been able to swing the bats, there's no question as far as coming in here and pitching against that lineup," Lester said. "They've always been a good offensive team."
Not this good. The Orioles outscored Boston 17-12 in the series and had 14 hits, seven for extra bases, in the finale.
Baltimore took control with a three-run third. After Adam Jones doubled in a run, Davis hit a drive far over the right-field wall.
In the fifth, Markakis doubled and scored on a single by Machado before Davis hit a two-out RBI double for a 5-0 lead.
Middlebrooks made it interesting with his ninth home run, closing the gap to 5-3 in the seventh. In the bottom half, however, Markakis doubled and scored on a single by J.J. Hardy.


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Juniper Warning, NYSE Glitch Hobble Stocks
Stocks lost substantial ground Friday after a lackluster earnings forecast from Juniper Networks (JNPR ) and a technical problem at the New York Stock Exchange that delayed trading for several hours.
Many investors have begun to take the view that an economic recovery is around the corner and the stock market is transitioning from bearish to bullish. But optimism is being dampened by concerns over the current quarter's results.
"It appears that many companies are less than enthusiastic about their current quarter's earnings and near-term earnings prospects -- this also will negatively impact revenue and inventory," Alan Ackerman, chief market strategist, Fahnestock & Co. told S&P's AdvisorInsight. "Investors are very wary of profit warnings and negative surprises."
The latest negative earnings pre-announcement from networking equipment maker Juniper led technology stocks lower. The company warned that second-quarter results would not meet expectations and it would cut 8% to 9% of its staff.
Tech bellwether Intel Corp.'s (INTC ) second-quarter sales update after the market close Thursday was taken as a positive sign for the chip industry, but Juniper's bad news stole the show Friday. The Nasdaq Composite ended off 48.90 points, or 2.16%, to 2,215.10.
After the market close Thursday, the closely-watched chipmaking giant said it expects that revenue, gross margin percentage and expenses for the second quarter will be within the previous expectations, though on the low end of the previously announced ranges. Many analysts saw Intel's announcement as a sign that the worst is over for the semiconductor industry and a rebound is imminent.
Uncertainty fueled some of Friday's losses as NYSE-listed stocks were not all trading until late in the session. Technical problems caused a glitch in trading on NYSE stocks. For an hour and a half this morning, the exchange's trading was interrupted on some stocks, leading to a decision to halt all trade. The futures market was also shut down. Both the Big Board and derivatives trading resumed trading at 11:35 a.m. EDT.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished down 113.74 points, or 1.03%, to 10,977.00. The broader S&P 500 index lost 12.00 points, or 0.94%, to 1,264.96.
Among other stocks in the news Friday, conglomerate Tyco International Ltd. (TYC ) said it sold some operations of its financial services unit CIT to GE Capital in its effort to get rid of $6 billion of non-strategic assets.
Treasury Market
U.S. Treasuries finished lower in the absence of economic data. Next week traders will look to key reports on retail sales, producer price index, consumer price index and the University of Michigan's consumer sentiment for direction.
World Markets
European markets finished mixed. On the heels of U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair's landslide re-election win, London's Financial Times 100 index ended up 2.30 points, or 0.04%, to 5,950.60. In Euroland, the European Central Bank left rates unchanged as the bank remains worried about inflation. France's CAC 40 Index finished off 13.46 points, or 0.25%, to 5,439.93. In Germany, the DAX Index finished down 2.96 points, or 0.05%, to 6,187.21.
Asian markets ended higher. In Tokyo, the Nikkei closed up 152.71 points, or 1.15%, to close at 13,430.22, fueled, in part, by Intel's suggestion of stability in the chip business. In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng gained 105.46 points, or 0.77%, to close at 13,808.89.
Today's Headlines
Britain re-elected Tony Blair and his Labour Party in a second straight landslide. With 418 of the 659 constituencies reporting, Labour had won 330 seats, just enough for a majority: WSJ.
The Bush administration is considering a crash effort to put into place a rudimentary missile defense system before the end of President Bush's current term in 2004: Wash Post.
A new Energy Department forecast Thursday predicted that gasoline prices will drop nearly a dime a gallon at the pump, from the current average of $1.71 a gallon: Wash Post. Eight Japanese children were killed and nearly 20 others injured when a middle-aged man with a kitchen knife burst into their elementary school classroom and began stabbing at random: Reuters.
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Warm forming magnesium, aluminum tubes
A high-temperature process for lightweight alloys
Research shows that in forming lightweight materials such as aluminum and magnesium alloys, the formability increases as the temperature increases, especially in the range from 200 degrees C to 300 degrees C (392 degrees F to 572 degrees F).1-5 The Center for Precision Forming (CPF, formerly Engineering Research Center for Net Shape Manufacturing [ERC/NSM] at The Ohio State University), Applied Engineering Solutions, and partners Interlaken Technology Corp. and AddisonMckee Inc. have developed an innovative warm tube hydroforming (THF) system.
where PA= periphery of the rectangular cross section Pi= periphery of the tube before deformation |
The maximum amount of expansion at the rectangular cross section is approximately 80 percent.
Figure 1 The tubular part selected for this study has circular and rectangular cross sections. The dimensions are in inches—the initial tube diameter is 2 in. and the wall thickness is 0.095 in. |
Warm THF Principles
In the tool design used in this study, the lower die is submerged in a temperature-resistant fluid in a thermally insulated tank (see Figure 2). Heaters maintain the fluid at the specified forming temperature. Several heating channels and a heat transfer fluid (a silicone-based oil) keep the upper and lower dies at a uniform temperature.
As the upper die moves downward into the tank, it displaces some of the fluid, raising the fluid level. This submerges the tubular blanks and agitates the fluid. This minimizes the prefill time, a critical factor in commercial hydroforming operations.
This mode of operation demonstrates several efficiencies. It reduces the time needed to prefill the tube with fluid, uses one central fluid circulation system to heat the dies uniformly, and may provide lubrication to reduce friction during the forming process.
This system was installed in a 160-ton hydraulic press at the CPF laboratory. It has the following capabilities:
Figure 2 In addition to many of the components common to hydroforming devices, such as a load cell transducer and axial feeding cylinders, this warm-forming press includes heaters to elevate the fluid's temperature and layers of insulation to help maintain it. |
- Maximum axial feed speed: 2.0 inches per second (IPS) at 20,000 lbs. (50.8 mm per sec. at 9.0 tons)
- Maximum axial feed displacement: 4 in. (100 mm)
- Maximum internal pressure: 7,500 PSI (510 bar)
- Maximum forming temperature: 300 degrees C (572 degrees F)
Hydroforming Tests on Magnesium, Aluminum Tubes
Figure 3 Magnesium-alloy tubes burst at the seams when hydroformed at 250 degrees C (482 degrees F), at left. Axial feeding compounded the defects, resulting in wrinkles and bursting, at right. |
The materials used in this study were commercially available tubes made of magnesium alloy AZ31B (with seam) and aluminum alloy AA6061 (seamless). The objectives of the experiments were to demonstrate the effect of the tube manufacturing process and forming temperatures on the formability of tubes.
Magnesium Alloy. The magnesium alloy (AZ31B) tubes were manufactured using an extrusion process with a porthole die. In this process, the metal divides and flows around the die's supports. The metal welds together after it flows past the die; seams remain where the metal flowed around the supports. The quality of tube manufactured by this method depends on the quality of the seams, which are the weakest areas.
The tubes were hydroformed at 250 degrees C (482 degrees F). Tubes formed without axial feeding burst at the seams, which were identified visually. The next part of the experiment incorporated axial feeding to determine if this would mitigate seam bursting. Axial feeding actually made it worse, resulting in bursting with severe wrinkling (see Figure 3). In another effort to eliminate this problem, the tubes were first annealed at 300 degrees C (572 degrees in F) for four hours. Unfortunately, the bursting at the seams remained and the wrinkling worsened.
Figure 4 Seamless aluminum tubing can be formed successfully without axial feeding, if the temperature is high enough. Of the four temperatures selected, just one led to a successfully formed tube—the one formed at 250 degrees C (482 degrees F). |
Aluminum Alloy. A seamless mandrel extrusion process was used to manufacture the AA6061 tubes. Unlike the magnesium tube tested in this investigation, the aluminum tube was essentially homogenous. The main drawback of this extrusion method is the possibility of thickness variations, which are caused by the elastic deflection of the mandrel during the extrusion process.6
The AA6061 T6 (heat-treated) tubes were annealed at 400 degrees C (752 degrees F) for three hours and then cooled inside the furnace with the reducing temperature at 10 degrees C (50 degrees F) per hour until the temperature reached 120 degrees C (248 degrees F). They then were cooled outside the furnace to the O (annealed) condition.
Figure 5 The various experiments in this body of research reveal that the expansion of seamless aluminum-alloy tubing (without axial feeding) increases from approximately 10 percent to 80 percent and increases as the temperature increases. |
The experiments used several forming temperatures:
- Room temperature, or 25 degrees C (77 degrees F)
- 200 degrees C (392 degrees F)
- 230 degrees C (446 degrees F)
- 250 degrees C (482 degrees F)
Applying a constant volumetric flow rate (0.2 cubic IPS) controlled the hydroforming pressure. The tubes were formed without axial feeding to demonstrate the formability improvement at elevated temperatures.
Figure 4and Figure 5illustrate the experimental results obtained at different forming temperatures. The key conditions were 250 degrees C (482 degrees F) without axial feeding, which resulted in 80 percent expansion, the maximum amount predicted by the aforementioned formula.
Figure 6shows the loading path (axial feed versus time and internal pressure versus time) used to hydroform a tube at 230 degrees C (446 degrees F). The thickness distributions at the two cross sections, circular and rectangular, reveal that the wall thickness is uniform at the circular cross section, while it is fairly uniform at the rectangular cross section (see Figure 7). The minimum thickness, 0.062 in. (1.57 mm), is at location 12 of the rectangular cross section.
Figure 6 A subsequent experiment on seamless aluminum-alloy tube shows that the tube can be formed at a lower temperature, 230 degrees C (446 degrees F). The success of this experiment hinges on axial feeding. |
Lessons Learned
The elevated-temperature THF system developed for this project proved to be successful and practical. The system's inherent quick-filling capability makes it commercially viable. In addition, the submerged method of tube blank heating provides essentially uniform tube temperature distributions.
Aluminum 6061-O tube can be formed at 250 degrees C (482 degrees F), with the expansion approaching the theoretical limit, 80 percent. A follow-up experiment showed that axial feeding improves the forming behavior at 230 degrees C (446 degrees F).
Magnesium AZ31B tubes failed because the tubes had seams that resulted from the extrusion process with a porthole die. To eliminate this problem, it is necessary to use seamless tubing for THF of magnesium alloys.
Yingyot Aue-u-lan is a graduate research associate, Jon Ander Esnaloa is a visiting scholar, and Dr. Taylan Altan is a professor and director of CPF (formerly ERC/NSM) at The Ohio State University, 339 Baker Systems, 1971 Neil Ave, Columbus, OH 43210, 614-292-5063, firstname.lastname@example.com, www.ercnsm.org. David Guza is a director of engineering at Applied Engineering Solutions LLC, 374 Nathan Drive, Powell, OH 43065, 614-430-9808, email@example.com.
1. V. Boogaard, "Thermally Enhanced Forming of Aluminum Sheet—Modeling and Experiments," Dissertation from Universiteit Twente, ISBN 90-365-1815-6.
2. E. Doege and K. Drder, "Sheet Metal Forming of Magnesium Wrought Alloys—Formability and Process Technology," Journal of Materials Processing Technology, Vol. 115 (2001).
3. DOE Phase II Annual Report, "Elevated Temperature Tube Hydroforming of Lightweight Materials," ERC/NSM Report No. THF/ERC/NSM-05-R-52, Confidential (2005).
4. H. Friedrich and S. Schumann, "Research for a new age of magnesium in the automotive industry," Journal of Materials Processing Technology, Vol. 117 (2001), pp. 276-281.
5. H. Takuda, T. Yoshii, and N. Hatta, "Finite-Element Analysis of the Formability of a Magnesium Based Alloy AZ31-B Sheet," Journal of Materials Processing Technology, Vol. 89-90 (1999), pp. 135-140.
6. H. Singh, Fundamentals of Hydroforming, SME, 2003, pp. 117-121.
Yingyot Aue-u-lan
The Ohio State University
1971 Neil Ave.
Columbus, IN 43210
Jon Ander Esnaloa
The Ohio State University
1971 Neil Ave.
Columbus, Oh 43210
David Guza
Applied Engineering Solutions LLC
Powell, OH 43065
Taylan Altan, Ph.D.
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH 43210
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convert to hydro clutch
Yes, I searched, and of 43 posts on this none were all that particular.
I gather you can use 81-84 4 banger hydro master, slave, and line to convert a 77 CJ-5 with 401, stock T-150 bell, T-18. Does this all bolt right on? Or will I need to *gasp* fab up brackets and linkages, and even spark up the welder? I'm looking for the easiest bolt on solution to rid myself of the POS bellcrank stock clutch setup and don't want to work 4 hours to save 40 bucks. What do I need? |
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Does that year of 5 have the same pedal assy as the 7. You will need to fab a bracket(or try AA) to mount the slave. On my 7, there is a spot to mount the clutch master to the left of the master/booster.
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From what I understand, a '77 CJ-5's petal assembly is near the same as the later models.
Here's my write up for an '83 conversion ... http://www.monsterslayer.com/jeep/Hy...ydroClutch.htm Maybe that will help. On the same topic, I recent got a report that a YJ's assembly was a pretty easy swap and it included the MC bracketry. |
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