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ylee0619 needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 86 designs submitted by 10 freelance designers.
LANDplus Design Inc. (http://www.landplusd.com)
I have been working for high-profile landscape design firms for past 8 years and now launched my own landscape design office, LANDplus Design, Inc. I believe that the design of the landscape should not be limited to the land itself - it is the complete vision of the buildings, people and the Nature. That's why I named the company as 'LAND+(plus) Design', which aims for the complete design collaboration of the landscape.
My design intent focuses on creating beautiful landscape spaces essentuating natural processes and human senses. Among many forms of the landscape spaces, a garden is the most intimate landscape space that allows the connection with human senses:
Garden as a gallery - ornamental plants and arts
Garden as a music - running fountains and wind charms
Garden as a playground - landforms and site furnishings
Garden as a fragrance - flowers and herbs
Garden as a production - edible plants and fruit trees
Garden as a temple - meditative space and sanctuary
My design ideas search for the connections - the inside and the outside, people and the nature, sun and the shade, wind and water, colors and scents - in order to create timeless memories imprinted in one's mind.
Followings are my potential clients:
Home owners - renovation & recreation
Architects/Engineers - design collaboration
Developers - marketing & design phase
Agencies - public & civic use
Institutes - master planning & campus design
Corporates - improvements & investments
As an esthetic reference, this is the website of my potential client:
And, this is the website of the similar business(or I should say 'the competitor'):
1. HOME page: Cover/Intro page with the following information:
- The name and the logo of the company
- cover image(s)
- 4 tabs: home/ team/ projects/ contact
2. TEAM page: One short paragraph introduction for each of 3 teammates
3. PROJECTS page: List of 4 project catergories with thumbnail images
4. CONTACT page: address/phone number/email/map
I would like to have the website that is visually convincing with simple and modern design. The use of the text should be minimal. I am envisioning monochromatic/neutral colors for the background and the texts while the name of the company and the images are in contrasting colors.
I had to make the company logo and b-card myself rather quickly without enough time to think about the firm identity. The current business card design consists of orange/grey/white colors and I would like to add some cooler colors such as green or blue to the color scheme for the website by using the images of greenary or graphic elements(line or bar).
Once the winning design for this contest is chosen, I would like to ask the winner to further lead the design of the firm identity. Any takers?
Thank you -


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BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (WECT) – It's a true story of grace and redemption; the happy ending to a story we first brought to you back in March of this year.
Tara Johnson was arrested and charged with one count of cruelty to animals and one count of abandonment of an animal. The Australian/Shepherd mix named Springer, was found in a wire crate, severely dehydrated and malnourished, and unable to move his back legs. The dog was taken and placed in the protective care of Lt. Tommy Tolley.
[Click here to see photos of the dog after it was found. WARNING: You may find some of the images disturbing.]
Lt. Tolley, director of the Brunswick Co. Animal Protection Services, adopted Springer nearly seven months after he was saved from terrible living conditions. Tolley had to wait this long to formally adopt the dog because it was still being held as court evidence. The dog regained its strength at the Brunswick County animal shelter during that time, and was fully rehabilitated.
As you can tell by the pictures, both Springer and Tolley are very happy together.
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Give your children comfortable and stylish bedroom interior design with some collection of modern nursery furniture ideas by Bedzine. The famous furniture manufacturer company that are provide rugs, beds, chair, bookcases, drawers, and many other for your bedroom interior furniture. In this house furniture pictures gallery below are about contemporary and funky kids bedroom furniture for your active children. You must consider that girls and boys should each have their own themes to create the room really their own. There are best ideas for small rooms, rooms which are shared and rooms that will grow with the kids for years to come. If you are want to look some innovative modern bedroom furniture design, visit the furniture company site here.
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Celebrity Guess Who? -- Black Hat Edition!
Guess who just finished filming in NYC and is walking away from a barrage of flashes and cameras to go home for the day.
To find out who the celebrity is, CLICK HERE!
Leonardo DiCaprio!! Leonardo DiCaprio!! Leonardo DiCaprio!!
DiCaprio filmed scenes for Revolutionary Road in downtown NYC with co-star Kate Winslet.
Revolutionary Road is based on the book by the same name by Richard Yates. The two stars will play a husband and wife who are struggling with domestic life as their marriage falls apart while raising two children. The release date for this film is December 19, 2008.


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Another former player placing blame, but this time it has nothing to do with Owens
This time it's former Dallas QB Quincy Carter throwing out the blame for his failed NFL career. As reported on ProFootballTalk.com in a videotaped interview on DFWReporting.com. Carter blames Jerry Jones for releasing him for a failed drug test and poor performance at the start of training camp in 2004. Calling it a "Billionaire Power Play".
"When you got a quarterback who's . . . failing drug tests, that would weigh heavy on me if I was a billionaire owner and I owned the Dallas Cowboys I would have to make some business decisions, too," Carter said. "Now how he went about it was just — that was bad. . . . You just don't do people like that and just leave them in the dust like that."
Carter also believes he would still be the starting QB for the Cowboys if he was never released…
"Tony Romo wouldn't even be playing for the Cowboys right now,"
Carter filed a grievance against the Cowboys challenging his termination, but that failed. Carter made some strong comments against owner Jerry Jones…
"The main reason I think I lost it [is] because the NFLPA weren't able to come up with the actual press conference where Jerry Jones said he is not releasing me because of my play,"
"I think honestly that he had the NFL . . . lose those tapes. That's how much power — and I know because how close I was to him and how much I got into . . . being a Dallas Cowboy, I know how much power he has within the whole NFL."
Quincy Carter was the Cowboys starting QB in 2003, which was Bill Parcells first year in Dallas. Carter and the Cowboys went 10-6 in 2003 and lost to the Panthers in the playoffs 29-10. He threw for 3,302 yards to go along with his 17 touchdown passes and 21 interceptions. In his four year NFL career which was from 2001-04 Carter had 6,337 yards passing, 32 TD's and 37 INT's. His last season which was 2004 he played for the New York Jets.
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Senior QB Dakota Tracy threw five touchdown passes and the No. 3-ranked Tommies raced to a 35-0 lead in the game's first 20:15 en route to a 63-7 victory over St. John's in MIAC football play at O'Shaughnessy Stadium in St. Paul.
UST's 29-year-old stadium attendance record was snapped. A crowd of 10,421 on a sunny October day witnessed the Tommies (5-0 overall, 3-0 MIAC) run their regular-season win streak to 19 and achieve back-to-back wins over St. John's for the first time since 1986 and 1987.
UST's 63 points tied a modern record set in 1989 against Augsburg and in 2009 against Hamline. It matches the most points in one game by a Tommie team since 1914.
St. Thomas recorded their first home-field victory over the Johnnies since 1992, ending a seven-game O'Shaughnessy losing streak in the series. It was just the third win over St. John's in the last 19 meetings. The 56-point winning margin and 63 points scored were St. Thomas bests in the 80 all-time meetings against the archrival Johnnies.
The Tommie defense had 13 tackles for loss, including seven sacks.
Prior to Saturday, senior Fritz Waldvogel had scored at least one TD against every MIAC team except St. John's. Waldvogel made up for that Saturday as he caught three touchdown passes, two on one-arm grabs, covering 31, 25 and 12 yards. He also broke the UST career all-purpose yards record with 141 yards on 10 touches. He snapped a 1988-1990 record of 6,044 all-purpose yards held by Gary Trettel.
Tracy, whose five TD passes were one off the school record, completed 12-of-15 for 192 yards with no interceptions in playing just three quarters. He guided UST to a 6-for-6 conversion rate with touchdowns in the red zone.
Colin Tobin rushed 24 times for 146 yards and two short TD runs.
The Tommies' Tony Danna had three sacks, a forced fumble, eight solos, and 4.5 tackles for loss. Willy Baregi had an interception, a forced fumble, a sack, two tackles for loss and five solos. Harry Pitera blocked a punt that led to Jack Gavin's 12-yard return for a TD. Pitera also had a fumble recovery and eight tackles.
Junior kicker Tim Albright tied a school record as he converted 9-of-9 PAT kicks and extended his streak of made PATs to 54 dating back to October 2010.
Three Johnnie QBs combined to pass for 189 yards, going 22-of-41 with two intercepted. Connor Bruns was 13-of-27 for 144 yards. Brent Graboski caught seven passes for 71 yards.
St. Thomas is tied for the MIAC lead with Augsburg at 3-0 and plays the Auggies in Minneapolis next Saturday.


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Founded nearly five centuries ago, Panama city is steeped in history, yet much of it is remarkably modern. The baroque facades of the city's old quarter appear frozen in time, while the area around Punta Paitilla (Paitilla Point) is positively vaulting into the 21st century, with gleaming skyscrapers towering over the waterfront.
Panama City is home to races, religions, and cultures from around the world. Whereas the high-rises of Punta Paitilla and the Area Bancária (banking district) create a skyline more impressive than that of Miami (really!), the brick streets and balconies of the Casco Viejo evoke the French Quarter of New Orleans. The tree-lined boulevards of Balboa are a mixture of early-20th-century American architecture and exuberant tropical vegetation. The islands reached by the nearby Calzada de Amador (Amador Causeway) are full of bars and restaurants and a marina.
The city's proximity to tropical nature is astounding, with significant patches of forest protected within city limits on Cerro Ancón (Ancón Hill) and in Parque Metropolitano, and the national parks of Camino de Cruces and Soberanía just to the northwest of town. You could spend a morning hiking through the rain forest of the Parque Metropolitano to see parrots and toucans, then watch pelicans dive into the sea while sipping a sunset drink at one of Amador Causeway's restaurants. There are plenty of spots in and around the city to view massive ships moving in and out of the Panama Canal.
An array of restaurants, an abundance of shops and handicraft markets, and a vibrant nightlife scene round out Panama City's charm. Panama City can also serve as a base for a bunch of day trips, including Panama Canal transit tours, a boat ride to Isla Taboga or Isla Contadora, a trip on the Panama Canal Railway, a day exploring the colonial fortresses, beaches, and coral reefs of Portobelo, or hikes through various rain-forest reserves.
Included in Panama City's colorful contrasts are many of the unfortunate aspects of urban life in the developing world. It has its fair share of slums, including several around must-see Casco Viejo. Traffic is often downright terrible, and the ocean along its coast is very polluted. Crime is a problem in some neighborhoods. Be careful where you walk around alone, especially at night. The city as a whole is quite safe, especially the downtown area, where you'll find bustling hotels, restaurants, and bars.


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Wednesday, December 02, 2009
OryCon31 - I've Been Spoiled for Life
The convention itself was marvelous, the organizers very friendly. I got another gift basket with more beer and chocolate and hand sanitizer... I was told it was in a new hotel for them (the Portland DoubleTree, and that this year only, they'd had to move up two weeks to the Thanksgiving Weekend in order to get into the space, so they were expecting a smaller-than-usual show and were very happy with their 750 preregistered attendees, (and I'm sure they pulled in quite a bit above that over the course of the weekend. UPDATE: Con reports attendance around 1400.)
Before it even began, on Friday morning, I used "technology" to find a Starbucks at the nearby Lloyd Center, and then, a Barnes & Noble. I couldn't resist checking our books (tons face out!), and was thrilled to see a guy pull Mark Chadbourn's The Silver Skull off the shelf, read the back cover, nod, and tuck it under his arm. I left him alone for as long as I could, but eventually had to engage him in conversation. We ended up talking about 40 minutes about all things SF&Fnal, and exchanged emails, Twitter handles, and Facebook contacts at the end. Thus empowered by technology and caffeine, I hit the con in an already wonderful mood.
An Aside: It was only on the way out of Lloyd Center, reflecting on the skating rink there and wishing my family had been able to come with me, that I found myself signing "Standard Bitter Love Song # 8" by the Mountain Goats, and realized the connection that my brain had already made. The song in question begins, "I went down to Lloyd center looking for you. / but a mouth full of anger blocked my view. / He took your hand there in the skating the rink. / God will give him blood to drink."
Lubov, and our liaisons. Then I had a fun superhero panel with Michael Ehart and Carl Cook, a good publishing panel with Doug Odell and Patricia Briggs (wonderful to meet her, wish I'd had more time to chat), and got to give David D. Levine his Endeavor Award before he shot me with a ray gun during the opening ceremonies skit, ostensibly for rejecting his manuscript. Awkward, yes, but David co-wrote the performance, so...
Then Friday night: The bar looked like a Mexican Cantina (or maybe a Hobbit Hole), and was built with its own outdoor wall facade, complete with windows, as if someone had erected on building inside another (strange but made for a great way to get away without getting away, and had all the little nooks and plenty of space a good con bar needs). I got to spend some real time with Mary Robinette Kowal (my new favorite person) and Ken Scholes (a fellow refugee from fundamentalism with whom I rapidly bonded). Then my good friend Lee Moyer (fabulous artist) came and brought me doughnuts. Greater love hath no man than this.
Aside #2: I finished my 50,000 words of NaNoWriMo Friday night around 1:20am. I'll have thoughts on that experience at a later time, but choosing to do NaNoWriMo for the first time in a month when I was a guest of two separate cons, and thus, on the road for 10 of the 30 days, is perhaps not the wisest thing I've ever done...
Saturday they worked me hard. Five panels, including their first ever kaffeeklatsch (Apparently, I introduced them to the idea), and the last four panels in a block from Noon to Four PM. DeeAnn was amazing, meeting me in the morning with a Starbucks Skinny Vanilla Latte Venti in one hand and a clipboard with my itinerary in the other. I didn't have to think about where I was supposed to be at all, just concentrate on being "on." During that four hour block, she was there to hand me power-bars, bottled water, and hand sanitizer as we raced between rooms. I felt like a combination of a celebrity rock star and Mr. Monk. I'm not kidding about that spoiled for life bit. I'm Editor Guest of Honor at MidSouthCon next March. When they email to ask me if I have any special needs, I'm pretty sure I'll say "DeeAnn."
Chuck Lukacs, who does the interiors on our two James Enge books, Blood of Ambrose and This Crooked Way. Really great guys both, as I'm sure bleeds through from this photo. And everybody exchanging contact info at the end of the evening only made me sorry I don't live in Portland. Odd coincidence of the evening: Both Mary and Garrett were reading Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond - Mary for world-building and Garrett for culinary school!
Sunday was more of the same - greeted with coffee, a marvelous kaffeeklatsch (I think those are my favorite programming items always), etc... Sadly, the brand new "behind the scenes on book covers" Powerpoint presentation I worked on all last week was poorly attended, but my three audience members were deeply appreciated. (I later found out the con had 13 items all scheduled at the same time, and the time was noon on Sunday, so I'm not taking it personally). But "Gravity Defying Bosoms" with Blake Hutchins, Deb Taber, Kristin Landon and Mary Robinette Kowal, was more fun (and more relevant) than that panel had a right to be.
I had to race out of my last panel to make the SF Authorfest III Booksigning at the Powell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing. Thanks to SF Section Head, Peter Honigstock, for a wonderful time. Kristine Kathryn Rusch sold an impressive amount of Diving into the Wreck, and I got to meet Brent Weeks and Timothy Zahn. The store was huge and very nice, and with over 20 authors there, it was quite a well-attended event. Successful too, I'm told.
Afterwards, Dean Wesley Smith and Kris Rusch took me to Hunan Restaurant, where Garrett and his girlfriend Helen joined us. Great dinner, followed by a trip to the main Powell's so I could see it in all its glorious enormity. There were an impressive number of Pyr titles there (could always be more!), and I'm glad I've seen one of the world's largest bookstores firsthand. Then home, to one final beer waiting in the refrigerator, a few final bits of chocolate, and a quiet evening before a very long day traveling back. It was hard to be away from my family on Thanksgiving weekend, very hard, but the staff, attendees, guests, and friends old and new made this a weekend I'll never forget. Meanwhile, I am still suffering DeeAnn withdrawal. Where's my latte?
12 comments:
- Mary Robinette Kowal said...
It was so good to get to spend real time with you, too. I also want to subscribe to your newsletter. And look! I have.
- 11:56 AM, December 02, 2009
- Lou Anders said...
Old line from the Simpsons. But totally indicative of my response. Wonderful and fascinating to talk with you again. Good to meet your husband as well. Hope we can all talk again soon.
- 12:00 PM, December 02, 2009
- Christian Berntsen said...
Sounds like a grand time. I'm a bit envious that you got to meet the lovely Mrs. Kowal, I am eagerly awaiting my copy of Scenting the Dark and Other Stories.
- 3:10 PM, December 02, 2009
- Debra Stansbury said...
DeeAnn is indeed a treasure! I was very lucky to have her volunteer to help out.
Thank you so much for coming to our convention! (and yes, we ended up with somewhere around 1400 including all the panelists!)
I hope you can come again sometime, and this time, bring the family!
- 4:11 PM, December 02, 2009
- Lou Anders said...
Debra, I really had a marvelous time. I do hope I can come again with the whole Anders clan. They would have had a blast too.
- 9:32 AM, December 03, 2009
- ces said...
I knew you'd love Portland! Now you know why I love it!
And the fabulous Powell's City of Books! The best place in the entire universe for science fiction books! And they carry old sf books as well as new!
So glad you had a wonderful time - if you'd had to spend Thanksgiving away from your family & had a miserable time that would have been not-so-good.
Now back to finding more wonderful books for Pyr to publish.
- 10:29 AM, December 03, 2009
- Lou Anders said...
Working on that right now!
- 10:43 AM, December 03, 2009
- Jayf said...
Sounded like a wonderful trip Lou. Portland is a wonderful place, and it's been years since I've visited and been to Powell's. This sounds like a convention to plan a mini-vacation around...
- 8:58 AM, December 04, 2009
- Lou Anders said...
I really hope I can come back one day with my family.
- 9:22 AM, December 04, 2009
- Ken Scholes said...
It was great getting some time with you, Lou! Looking forward to more remiscing about those days of yore....
- 9:48 AM, December 08, 2009
- Ken Scholes said...
Heh. Reminiscing even.
- 9:48 AM, December 08, 2009
- Lou Anders said...
Hey Ken! Really good talking with you!
- 9:54 AM, December 08, 2009


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An incredible achievement when you consider the injuries Best has battled through, the serious neck injury in 2009, a separated AC joint during the 2011 World Cup and last year's fractured forearm being the most notable.
That run of appearances stretches back to 2007 and includes five caps - four as a replacement - during the 2009 Grand Slam campaign.
Five years on, Best has made the Irish number 2 jersey his own and winning the Championship as a starter gave him a lot of personal satisfaction.
Reflecting on last Saturday's title success in Paris, he told the Irish Independent: "To finally lift a trophy having been involved in every game is very, very special. I haven't lifted many bits of silverware in my lift.
"I've lifted more in the past six or eight months, whatever it is, than in my entire career up to that point so it has been a fairly good year from that point of view."
Best was part of the extended Lions squad that won last summer's Test series against Australia - a tour he admittedly 'struggled' on - and he recovered from a fractured forearm to help Ulster see out a perfect six wins from six in the Heineken Cup pool stages.
The 31-year-old broke his arm during Ireland's November defeat to the All Blacks. With metal plates and pins required to fix the fractured radial bone, he showing impressive powers of recovery to get back playing for Ulster by January 10.
He recaptured his best form during the Six Nations, his accurate lineout throwing giving Ireland a steady supply of ball and helping Devin Toner and Peter O'Mahony to emerge as two of the tournament's leading five lineout jumpers.
Best was also prominent around the pitch, contributing regularly in open play with plenty of hard grafting at the breakdown and tenacity in the tackle.
The momentum Ireland gained from their improved scrummaging was also a crucial factor, with forwards coach John Plumtree this week singling out Best for praise.
"I was really impressed with Rory Best. He really deserves a mention for the way he drove that scrum and his physicality as well," he said.
The player himself was just pleased to see the squad's consistency being rewarded with title success - twelve months on from the disappointment of losing to Italy and finishing fifth in the table.
"Obviously there have been a few lows along the way, but it's a team sport which means that when you get a low you can spread it out amongst every one.
"But there's nothing quite like the highs when you win things and when things go your way.
"The atmosphere in that dressing room after the game on Saturday night was incredible. We'd given everything and we'd got the reward for doing that."
Best overhauled current Ulster director of rugby David Humphreys as the province's most-capped Ireland international when he lined out against England last month.
The Banbridge clubman is hoping Ulster's increased involvement with Ireland - Andrew Trimble and Chris Henry were ever-present in the team, with Iain Henderson and Paddy Jackson both used off the bench - can spur them on in their challenge for league and European honours.
"Now we've got a bit more of a taste for it (winning). The likes of Chris and Andrew know what it's like to play in five (Six Nations) games. Chris was trailed off in every game in pieces after giving everything and you can see the scars from it," said Best.
"Now we've won the Six Nations, we have a bit of a feel for what it's going to take to win the European Cup.
"That's probably going to be harder because whereas it (Six Nations) is five international games, you have to go through nine to win the European Cup.
"So, it's going to be a massive challenge and there's no point hiding away from that. It's a massive goal for us and it's a massive goal for me personally to win the European Cup before I retire."


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Perciatelli with Bacon and Peas
Everyone has their own favorite comfort foods, those meals that we consume more as spirit nurturers than nutritional supporters. Macaroni and cheese, Mom's meatloaf, and pizza with the works are often at the head of the list of favorite comfort foods. But to me, there's got to be a place at the top for Pasta Carbonara, or Perciatelli with Bacon and Peas, as it's called in my house.
While the pasta cooks, sauté the diced bacon in a large skillet over medium-high heat. When the bacon begins to turn golden-brown, turn off the heat and set the skillet aside until the pasta is done.


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Bioheart Reports Significant Improvements in Heart Failure Patients from Center of Excellence Program
Bioheart, Inc., (OTC Bulletin Board: BHRT) announces the treatment and 3 month follow up with stem cell therapy on the first two congestive heart failure patients has been performed successfully at Hospital Angeles Tijuana through its Center of Excellence, Regenerative Medicine Institute of Tijuana, Mexico.
Fort Lauderdale, FL (PRWEB) August 24, 2010
Bioheart, Inc., (OTC Bulletin Board: BHRT) announces that the treatments and 3 month follow up with stem cell therapy on the first two congestive heart failure patients has been performed successfully at Hospital Angeles Tijuana through its Center of Excellence, Regenerative Medicine Institute of Tijuana, Mexico. In March, Bioheart entered into an agreement to establish a Center of Excellence for the introduction of its therapies. Through the program with Bioheart, Regenerative Medicine Institute provides therapies for congestive heart failure (CHF) and peripheral arterial disease (PAD) patients at the Hospital Angeles Tijuana, a fully equipped state-of–the-art private specialties hospital.
The therapy involved the use of stem cells derived from the patient's own fat (adipose tissue) obtained using liposuction. Stem cells were separated from the adipose tissue utilizing the fully-automated TGI Cell Isolation System. The separation process takes about an hour. No tissue pre-processing is required with this system. The recovered stem cells were injected into the patients' hearts with Bioheart's MyoCath® needle injection catheter.
Dr. Juan J. Parcero, the treating Interventional Cardiologist and head of the cardiac program at the Hospital Angeles commented on Bioheart's program, "The ability to offer cutting edge treatments and regenerative medicine has provided new hope to these patients. We are very pleased with the positive outcomes seen in the patients treated so far." Dr. Parcero has led the efforts with this new program with expert team members Drs. Oscar Mendoza and Luis Ruvalcaba, Echo cardiologists, Dr. Silvia Gonzalez, Plastic Surgeon, Dr. Nelson Varas, Anesthesiologist Cardiologist and Dr. Jesus Perez, Hospitalist.
To date, four patients have been treated utilizing the TGI Cell Isolation System. Two of the patients have completed the 3-month follow-up testing. A significant improvement was seen in both the 6-minute walk as well as the left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). The first patient improved his walking distance from 315 to 420 meters and LVEF from 32% to 38%. The second patient improved his walking distance from 450 to 492 meters and LVEF from 40% to 55%.
Mike Tomas, Bioheart's President and Chief Executive Officer added, "We are extremely excited about the Center of Excellence established in Mexico and the preliminary results are very promising. We look forward to providing novel therapies and regenerative medicine to additional heart failure patients whose options are currently limited."
About the TGI 1200 Cell Isolation System
The CE-marked TGI 1200 Cell Isolation System is a fully automated and easy-to-use system, which processes liposuctioned fat tissue and delivers isolated regenerative cells in about an hour. The instrument allows for point-of-care recovery of an average of 30 to 40 million regenerative cells per 60cc of a patient's processed fat. These cells can then be used at the site of injury or disease.
About Bioheart, Inc
Bioheart is committed to maintaining our leading position within the cardiovascular sector of the cell technology industry delivering cell therapies, intelligent devices and biologics that help address congestive heart failure, lower limb ischemia, chronic heart ischemia, acute myocardial infarctions and other issues. We work to prevent the worsening of any condition with devices that monitor and diagnose. Our goals are to cause damaged tissue to be regenerated, if possible, and to improve a patient's quality of life and reduce health care costs and hospitalizations.
Specific to biotechnology, we are focused on the discovery, development and, subject to regulatory approval, commercialization of autologous cell therapies for the treatment of chronic and acute heart damage and peripheral vascular disease. MyoCell is a clinical muscle-derived cell therapy designed to populate regions of scar tissue within a patient's heart with new living cells for the purpose of improving cardiac function in chronic heart failure patients.
For more information on Bioheart, visit www. bioheartinc. com.
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Investors and others are cautioned that a variety of factors, including certain risks, may affect our business and cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. These risk factors include, without limitation, (i) our ability to obtain additional financing; (ii) our ability to control and reduce our expenses; (iii) our ability to establish a distribution network for and commence distribution of certain products for which we have acquired distribution rights; (iv) our ability to timely and successfully complete our clinical trials; (v) the occurrence of any unacceptable side effects during or after preclinical and clinical testing of our product candidates; (vi) the timing of and our ability to obtain and maintain regulatory approvals for our product candidates; (vii) our dependence on the success of our lead product candidate; (viii) our inability to predict the extent of our future losses or if or when we will become profitable; (ix) our ability to protect our intellectual property rights; and (x) intense competition. The Company is also subject to the risks and uncertainties described in its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the section entitled "Risk Factors" in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009, and its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2010.
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Piper Aircraft Inc. will celebrate the company's and the Piper Cub's 75th anniversary during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2012, July 23-29.
In addition to a vintage Cub, which launched the company in 1937, Piper expects to display the single-engine turboprop Meridian, pressurized single-engine Mirage and the unpressurized Matrix, which form the M-Class lineup. Piper will also have an interior mockup of the Meridian on display and another turboprop Piper Meridian at NBAA's booth (#465) at EAA. The company will show a multi-engine Piper Seneca and several Piper Seminole twin-engine trainers.
To commemorate the 75th Diamond Anniversary of the company and the plane that made it famous, Piper is celebrating its history all year long. A number of events have already occurred, and festivities are planned for the remainder of the year.
Hundreds of Piper Cubs are expected to turn the EAA AirVenture 2012 Oshkosh flightline into a "field of yellow" as aviation celebrates the iconic aircraft's 75th anniversary. Piper Cub owners will participate in the fly in and be an integral part of the celebration.
Additionally, a Piper J-3 Cub will be awarded to a lucky winner as the grand prize in the 2012 EAA "Win the Cub" Aircraft Sweepstakes. The EAA Sweepstakes, one of the longest running airplane giveaways in the world, annually supports EAA's aviation education programs. In a change from past years, EAA Sweepstakes entry forms will be available throughout EAA AirVenture 2012. All prizes will be awarded to winners in random drawings at the EAA AirVenture Museum in Oshkosh on Sept. 10, 2012.
Activities planned during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2012 include:
- Friday, July 20: Cubs 2 Osh Staging at Hartford Municipal Airport (HXF)
- Saturday, July 21: Cubs 2 Osh Staging at Hartford Municipal Airport (HXF); Dinner sponsored by Piper
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The Last Werewolf by Glen Duncan
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This book gave me many hours of pleasure.
Literary allusions abound. I especially like the opening of chapter 23. "Reader, I ate him." (Jane Eyre).
The Lolita chapter wasn't bad, either. (Chapter 38).
Talulla, light of my life, fire of my loins … Ta-loo-la: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate … Ta. Lu. La.
There are many film references too. They are explained (sort of) but we are expected to know the films so Mr. Duncan can use them as a visual shorthand. The literary allusions are more latent, like a seam of subtle humour running through the narrative.
What is not subtle is the repeated refrain, "it wasn't painless, it wasn't quick." This was overdone. The style is very self-conscious and therefore, at times, a little gauche.
Going back to the the Lolita chapter, there is no paedophilia but we get incest and bestiality instead. So that would make the genre literary paranormal horror, then. Quite acceptable on the shelves of any bookshop these days. In fact, when I bought this at Waterstones, the shopkeeper smiled sweetly and told me how much she had loved it.
There are some very descriptive, explicit sex scenes that got me more than a little excited. I'm going to steal some of his brilliant descriptions of sexual congress. No, not steal, allude. The allusions will be a subtle seam of literary humour running through my next erotica story, which will be about a teenage vampire forced to have sex with her stepdad in a nightclub called Caliban's on New Oxford Street. After which, she will be treated to a Bloody Mary and a camel. (Not the cocktail or the cigarette.)
I checked out Glen Duncan's favourite books on Goodreads and decided to try Earthly Powers on his recommendation. It's very long, so if you don't hear from me for a while, blame Glen Duncan and Anthony Burgess.
There will be more Last Werewolves coming out soon, we've been told. Er, not to give too much away… Twin Heirs of The Last Werewolf, perhaps. Just think incest, rape and literary and literal cannibalism.
I can hear you licking your lips from here.
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Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Why do I give this only three stars? It's a work of genius, right?
For my taste, Vlad is simply too vain. I don't like a man who is always congratulating himself on his technique.


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After one minute of intense 7.0 shaking, extensive damage is done. As you look around at the cracked windows, broken furniture, and utter mess, you are grateful to be alive. But now the real test begins. The power will likely be out for weeks. Water lines are compromised and you won't have water up to a month. Major shipping corridors and roads are blocked by falling overpasses. No food, no electricity, no phone service and no water. Where is your family? Do you have what you need?
If not, get prepared!
Activities for the Great Utah ShakeOut
The Great Utah ShakeOut happens exactly one week from today! Have you made any plans yet? Here are some ways that you can help your classroom, business place, or family participate:
Just Do It!
Make plans to signal an earthquake drill at 10:15 a.m on April 17.
Give Some Advanced Warning
Wouldn't it be nice if we could all have warning when a real earthquake happens! You can forewarn your colleagues and/or children about an upcoming STOP! COVER! and HOLD ON! drill or you can just create and act out a simulation. Drills like this can scare young children. So carefully assess your participants and decide if they need to know beforehand. You can download and print posters advertising the ShakeOut here: http://www.shakeout.org/utah/resources/index.html
Review Earthquake Procedures
Do a little training at home or with colleagues to educate them about STOP! COVER! and HOLD ON! Evaluate your living/work spaces and make improvements as needed. More information, including some games and quizzes, and can be found here: http://www.dropcoverholdon.org/ and here: http://www.shakeout.org/utah/.
With Children, "you can ... play the 'Earthquake Game' where when anyone says "earthquake!" everyone has to pretend an earthquake is happening and practice their response. Teach your children that they should go under a table and hold on if one is near. If they are in a room without a table, crouch against an interior wall, away from windows. Find an "earthquake-safe" location in every room of the house so they don't try to run during an earthquake. (http://www.shakeout.org/utah/faq/index.html)
Use Sound Effects
The Great Utah ShakeOut website has an audio earthquake file that you can download and use. There will also be local radios participating in the drill and playing an audio file with sound effects. You can find the audio files and participating radio stations at: http://www.shakeout.org/utah/drill/broadcast/. We did something similar for a Relief Society preparedness night several years ago. Just having the audio was powerful and frightening. Be aware that children might be especially frightened and adjust accordingly.
Don't let it be business-as-usual afterwards. The real trials of an earthquake usually come after the shaking has stopped. Discuss with your family and/or peers your current readiness and set specific goals to improve.
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The only unexpected thing that happened while the Democrats were getting down in Charlotte last week was that God, who was originally not invited to the party, was let back in, prompting an unexpected chorus of boos and protests from the delegates. The prevailing opinion is that the boos were generated by Democratic atheists, who felt disrespected.
The Democrats are the party of atheists, probably because the Republicans don't want them; every one of the GOP's leaders feel compelled to smear on a thick protective layer of conservative Christian piety before leaving the house in the morning, like swimmers gobbing on a coating of grease before attempting the English Channel. The Democrats, besides being the party of atheists, are the party of everyone else, too, from what I could tell, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, Sikhs and even Christians who do not necessarily believe that just because we are allegedly made in God's image, He must be a gun and property-owning American Christian white male who lives in a suburban or rural part of a southern or western state.
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If we can't keep God out of our party platforms, we're no better than the Taliban and all the rest of the idiots that can't seem to wrap their heads around the idea of a religiously-neutral political party or country (although we do treat our women better).
LOL!! Yep sex and swearing, I am so guilty. :) But isn't scary that the Repubs usually in invoking 'God' they themselves take on a 'holy-then-thou strut to their step like they've become immortal gods to the vast mortal world.
Dude, nobody needs references to fictional beings to express passion or anger.
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BEAUTY 101 | What is a serum?
What is a serum?
A SKINCARE serum is a thick liquid-like, (generally) oil-free product with a high concentration of active ingredients and is often moisutrizing, although is not necessarily a moisturizer. They are often used after cleansing and before applying moisturizer or night cream as a sort of supplemental product. They're commonly used in targeted skincare for anti-aging, anti-oxidation, hydration and plumping, brightening, evening skin tone and to help with acne. Some claims say that the molecules in serum are smaller than in lotion therefore they penetrate the epidermis (top layer of skin) more readily and quickly, but I haven't found scientific evidence to back-up that claim.
Generally speaking, cosmetics companies are free to use the term however they please (there's no regulation) but this is the general lay person's definition of a serum versus, say, a day cream or face balm.
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#1 Girls hit puberty earlier than ever, and doctors aren't sure why04-12-2011, 04:10 PMGirls hit puberty earlier than ever, and doctors aren't sure why
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"All of our friends told us to cherish every moment," Claudia says. "When I started planning her first birthday party, I remember crying and wondering where the time had gone."
Even so, Laila's parents never expected their baby to hit puberty at age 6.
They first noticed something different when Laila was 3, and she began to produce the sort of body odor normally associated with adults. Three years later, she grew pubic hair. By age 7, Laila was developing breasts.
Without medical treatment, doctors warned, Laila could begin menstruating by age 8 an age when many kids are still trying to master a two-wheeler. Laila's parents, from the Los Angeles area, asked USA TODAY not to publish their last name to protect their daughter's privacy.
Doctors say Laila's story is increasingly familiar at a time when girls are maturing faster than ever and, for reasons doctors don't completely understand, hitting puberty younger than any generation in history.
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About 15% of American girls now begin puberty by age 7, according to a study of 1,239 girls published last year in Pediatrics. One in 10 white girls begin developing breasts by that age twice the rate seen in a 1997 study. Among black girls, such as Laila, 23% hit puberty by age 7.
"Over the last 30 years, we've shortened the childhood of girls by about a year and a half," says Sandra Steingraber, author of a 2007 report on early puberty for the Breast Cancer Fund, an advocacy group. "That's not good."
Girls are being catapulted into adolescence long before their brains are ready for the change a phenomenon that poses serious risks to their health, says Marcia Herman-Giddens, an adjunct professor at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
"This is an issue facing the new generation," says Laila's doctor, Pisit "Duke" Pitukcheewanont, a pediatric endocrinologist at Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, who treats girls with early puberty. "Many parents don't know what is going on."
Researchers don't completely understand why the age of puberty is falling, Herman-Giddens says. Most agree that several forces are at work, from obesity to hormone-like environmental chemicals. There's no evidence that boys are maturing any earlier, says Paul Kaplowitz, author of Early Puberty in Girls.
But data clearly show that girls once matured much later, probably because poor diets and infectious diseases left them relatively thin, Steingraber says. Girls' lack of body fat may have sent a message to their bodies that they weren't yet ready to carry a pregnancy, she says.
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It's all the hormones in the meat.
I think I read somewhere once that there was a connection to girls maturing earlier in warmer climates than in colder ones. The american population has defintely trended south over the past 20-30 years. Throw in some other things, like some ethnic groups perhaps a genetic tendency to mature earlier than others, and you can have a big trend going before long.
As a children's services worker, my concern would be that stupid men will be that much more confused about who it is legal to have sex with and there will be a rise in sexual crimes involving child victims.
I also think you are right about the jail bait issue but the girls themselves will also be part of this problem. A 13 year old has few more impulse-control cards in her deck than a 10 year old does. :(
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it also doesn't help that girls 10-15 try and emulate their favorite stars who dress like little hoochies on TV
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Can You Understand How Technology Works Without Understanding Code?
from the yes-and-no dept
A noble gesture to garner the NYC tech community vote, for sure, but if the mayor of New York City actually needs to sling JavaScript code to do his job, something is deeply, horribly, terribly wrong with politics in the state of New York.He goes on to explain why he thinks this is a bad idea, even as he's a fan of programming himself. I won't go through his full list of points. You can read them on his site yourself, but it does feel like a lot of his complaint isn't so much about people learning to code, but the idea that people learning to code will mean more people coding for a living. For example, there are these two points:
- It assumes that adding naive, novice, not-even-sure-they-like-this-whole-programming-thing coders to the workforce is a net positive for the world. I guess that's true if you consider that one bad programmer can easily create two new jobs a year. And for that matter, most people who already call themselves programmers can't even code, so please pardon my skepticism of the sentiment that "everyone can learn to code".
- It implies that there's a thin, easily permeable membrane between learning to program and getting paid to program professionally. Just look at these new programmers who got offered jobs at an average salary of $79k/year after attending a mere two and a half month bootcamp! Maybe you too can teach yourself Perl in 24 hours! While I love that programming is an egalitarian field where degrees and certifications are irrelevant in the face of experience, you still gotta put in your ten thousand hours like the rest of us.
In fact, I think that Jeff recognizes this. He notes that a better focus would be:
The general populace (and its political leadership) could probably benefit most of all from a basic understanding of how computers, and the Internet, work. Being able to get around on the Internet is becoming a basic life skill, and we should be worried about fixing that first and most of all, before we start jumping all the way into code.And that's something I think everyone agrees on. It's just that some folks are suggesting that the way to better understand computers and the internet is if they have some familiarity with code. And thus, I actually think that Jeff and those arguing against him, may actually be in agreement. It's just that some people think that understanding code is a good way to understand computers and the internet.
One of the better responses to Jeff points out that learning to code is different than preparing for a job as a coder. As that post notes:
Learning to program is not the same thing as training for a programming career. Learning new skills opens up new perceptual avenues and cognitive spaces. I'm learning to sew right now, not because the world needs another tailor but because I want to be able to recognize quality in clothing and create pieces that I can't find. Novice coders feel the same way about their digital goods and should be encouraged to continue. Learn to program.Perhaps where the major difference comes in is that Jeff believes that learning to code is not a stage in understanding computers and the internet, and he compares it to plumbing:
I can also recognize plumbing problems when I see them without any particular training in the area.However, as esmoov writes in his response, Jeff may have just internalized what he has learned about plumbing:
He may not have had formal training (the professional/personal equivocation again) but he has been trained by an unruly digestive movement, a low water tank and the horrible things 18-22 year-olds do to and around toilets. My dad showed me how to fix a broken chain in the tank. Before I learned that, toilets had three states: working, clogged and broken. After learning to fix the chain, I added a new state to which my toilet-perception could resolve: loose or broken chain. Again, the ability to take in, cut up and categorize the world is a product of the things learned.Indeed. I don't think that learning the basics of programming solves all internet/technology illiteracy, but it certainly helps people to understand the lay of the land better. It's not necessary, but it can help them better understand the problems and potential solutions when they come up -- even if they don't intend on programming themselves. It can lead them to recognize, for example, how bizarre it might seem to copyright an API or patent software itself. That's a concept that's a little harder to comprehend if you don't understand programming at all. That isn't to say that understanding programming is completely necessary, but it certainly can help in getting people to a point of digital literacy.


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BISD notified of official investigation
The Beaumont Independent School District is now being forced to address an official state investigation into allegations of misdealings and mismanagement. The school district was notified by an investigator from the TEA (Texas Education Agency) on Friday, June 14, that the administration of BISD will face tough scrutiny in the coming weeks and months.
According to Emi Johnson, Director of the TEA Special Investigations Unit, "The nature and scope of this investigative audit will include, but is not limited to, a review of financial and student attendance records, a review of test administration procedures, investigation and incident reports, and interview statements."
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In sticking with my normal routine here, I'm going to break the Mage leveling down into smaller blocks rather than lumping them all together. I already have a Mage sitting at level 80 that I have not bothered to play in about eight months, and I am currently leveling another mage on my wife's Alliance server, Durotan-US.
I posted a while back about grinding rep grinding on my mage and getting Exalted with Darnassus at level 31, but I have not yet covered the process of leveling the character.
If you took the time to look at my post on Motivations Assessments then you'll see that I'm a mechanics-driven guy. I like to plan out my character before I even bother rolling him. I like to know my spec, my gear, professions, where I'm going to level, instances I want to run, recipes or mats that need to be farmed to make them better or help ease a hard task, or whatever.
Part of that whole process of planning out my characters generally involves taking a look at information on blogs and on forums. I like to get a general idea of what other people are doing in case a change that I missed or had forgotten about has changed how something works or in case I just don't know how to play the class or build to begin with. For the most part, the information I find there is useful, but there's one big exception that just really bothers me: Frost Mages.
A lot of what you see on the Frost Mage is actually useful, it just isn't as useful as it could be. Everywhere you look for information on the Frost Mage and how to level with them using AoE, you find some very key bits of information that people seem to agree with and support, and yet…they're wrong.
So not only am I going to be covering the leveling process of the mage in this series, but I am going to dispel some of the many myths concerning Frost Mage leveling like talents and rotations that people tell you to avoid which actually slows down your leveling, what spells you shouldn't use even though they all say you should, and how to realize that even though you may wear cloth armor your ice is even thicker than plate.
Choosing a Race
Mages have a pretty wide variety of races available to use. Alliance has Human, Gnome, and Draenei while Horde has Troll, Undead, and Blood Elf.
Each of the available races has is pros and cons for the class, and in the overall scheme of things you really can't go wrong with any of them since the "cons" really make very little difference at all. But, since I did just do a whole series on all of the races, I will actually take the time to point out the pros and cons of each in relation to the Mage class in particular.
Human: High starting Intellect (23) for a large mana pool. Diplomacy to help with Reputation grinding throughout the game, and Every Man For Himself to break you out of snares so you don't get stuck in melee.
Gnome: Very high starting Intellect (27) plus the Expansive Mind racial bonus gives you the largest starting mana pool in the game. As with the humans, Escape Artist allows you to break snares to prevent being stuck in melee.
Draenei: High starting Intellect (24) for a large mana pool. Gift of the Naaru provides a racial heal that you would otherwise lack, and Heroic Presence helps you hit with your spells more often.
Troll: Below-average starting Intellect (19) gives you the smallest mana pool for a mage, but Berserking gives you 10-30% faster casting time when used.
Undead: Above-average starting Intellect (21) gives you a decent starting mana pool. Cannibalize allows you to restore up to 35% of your health over 10 seconds if you have a dead humanoid body near you.
Blood Elf: Very high starting Intellect (27) gives you the second highest starting mana pool in the game. Arcane Torrent allows you to instantly restore 6% of your total mana every 2 minutes.
As the saying goes, play whatever you want to play. From a purely mechanics stand point, Humans and Gnomes are your best bet for Alliance, and Blood Elves and Undead are the top two for Horde. I personally prefer Human and Undead of all the ones listed.
Important Spells
Mages get tons of spells, and I would expect nothing less from a class of that name. Luckily, the majority of them are actually useful.
Going from Left to Right, Top to Bottom we have the following:
Levels 1-12
Fireball, Frostbolt, Fire Blast, Frost Nova, Arcane Intellect, Conjure Water, Polymorph, Arcane Missiles
Fireball is your heavy hitter early on and it's the only offensive spell you start out with. It's damage is high throughout the entire game, but it has a longer cast time than Frostbolt. It's a great spell to use for pulling mobs where its long cast time makes little difference.
Frostbolt will be your bread and butter spell during your entire career as a Frost Mage and will be the spell you cast more than any other. It doesn't hit as hard as Fireball, but it does have a faster cast speed and it slows enemies down as well.
Fire Blast is a great finishing move, your only instant cast spell with decent damage for a single target until higher levels.
Frost Nova is used to freeze the mobs within its radius in place so that they cannot move. Great for both crowd control, offensive, and defensive purposes. It is also a key part of Frost Mage AoE grinding.
Arcane Intellect is your primary buff spell that you should never be without. Trainable at level 1, and provides you with a bonus to your Intellect which means more mana and more spell crit.
Conjure Water is a big gold saver over time and is how you never have to worry about carrying enough water around with you to restore your mana. Cast it when you first log, while you're standing around chatting with friends, checking your mail, scanning the auction house, etc. Get a stack or two worth of your water and then go about your business. I never have less than a full stack of water and oftentimes have 2 full stacks though I'll end up using less than a stack during an extended play period.
Polymorph Your primary crowd control used to turn a single target into a harmless animal for 20 seconds. Use it to even the playing field with how many mobs you're facing, use it to pull, annoy players of the opposing faction, or use it to run away from combat.
Arcane Missiles A channeled spell that does great damage if you manage to get the full channel time out of it, or a huge waste of mana if you are not able to fully channel it. A potentially deadly spell when used in addition to frost spells.
Levels 12-20
Frostbolt, Fire Blast, Frost Nova, Blizzard, Frost Armor, Evocation, Arcane Explosion, Blink
Nothing new about the first few spells up there.
Blizzard you get at level 20 and it is the key to your AoE grinding. It has a high mana cost, but with its high damage and large radius the cost is well worth it when facing multiple mobs.
Frost Armor you get early on in your playing and though it's protection does help keep you alive when enemies manage to move within melee range of you, the true beauty of the spell comes when you properly spend your talent points turning it from a purely defensive spell to both offensive and defensive at the same time (more on that in Part II).
Evocation is key to reducing your downtime by allowing you to restore 60% of your total mana over a few seconds. It is a channeled spell so should only be used when you are not getting hit (unless you have no mana and need to get whatever you can). When you use the Glyph of Evocation as well you also restore 60% of your total health over the channeled time as well.
Arcane Explosion an instant cast AoE spell that's great for finishing off mobs that are low on health. The spell is very taxing on your mana and should not be used any more than you need to, but it is a very helpful spell when utilized correctly.
Blink is a ten yard teleport that can save your life, shorten your travel time, or give you an advantage in combat.
Alliance (left column): Stormwind, Iron Forge, Exodar
Horde (right column): Orgrimmar, Undercity, Silvermoon
Each of these spells is gained at level 20 for your respective faction, allowing you to teleport yourself to the respective city. At higher levels you will be able to open portals allowing your party members to travel to the chosen city as well.
Leveling 1-6: Starting Zone
Rotation Option 1: Fireball, Frostbolt, Frostbolt, Frostbolt, Frostbolt
Rotation Option 2: Fireball, Frostbolt, Fireball, Fireball, Frostbolt
Rotation Option 3: Fireball, Fireball, Fireball, Fireball, Fireball
Explanation: You start out with just Fireball and Frost Armor, with Arcane Intellect being trainable for 9 copper at level 1 as well. Initially you'll just Fireball the snot out of everything until it's dead. Fireball hits harder than Frostbolt, but it also has a higher mana cost and a longer cast time as well. I stick to Rotation 1, personally. But you don't get Frostbolt until level 4 so for the first few levels you have no option other than #3.
Frost Armor is a decent armor buff for you and it slows mobs down when they hit you. It's not really necessary to have it on at this low level because nothing has a chance of killing you anyway, but it will save your life later on so you might as well get used to having it on at all times. Arcane Intellect is trainable at level 1, so as soon as you have a few coppers in your belt pouch go grab that for +3 Int, which equates to +45 mana, which at this level is an additional 2 spells worth of mana.
If you know how to kite, then you may want to start practicing your kiting while using Frostbolt. Basically you cast the spell and wait for it to leave your hand, and the second it does so you start moving away from your target. The idea is to use the slowing effect of Frostbolt to constantly keep yourself out of your opponent's reach. If you're a kiting veteran you can pretty easily make it all the way through level 6 and out of your starting zone without ever taking a single point of damage.
Leveling 6-12: Surrounding Map
Rotation Option 1: Frostbolt, Frostbolt, Frostbolt, Fire Blast
Rotation Option 2: Fireball, Frostbolt, Frostbolt, Frostbolt
Rotation Option 3: Frostbolt, Arcane Missiles, Fireblast, Wand
Explanation: At level 6 you get Fire Blast, and at level 8 Arcane Missiles. Both of them are often considered to cost more mana than they are worth, though Arcane Missiles is more accepted now than it was in previous patches.
This is the level bracket where you find a lot of different advice on what sort of spells you should be casting. A lot of mages like to keep using Fireball as their pulling spell and then move into Frostbolts, but I personally step away from using Fireball at this level and don't bother going back unless I'm bored and just want to change things up a bit.
I use Fire Blast from level 6 all the way through level 80, it's my finishing move, it's something I use to pull when I'm AoE grinding, it's constantly on my bar bound to my 4-key and it never leaves. Some people don't like it, some think it's mana cost is too high or it's damage is too low, but regardless of what their opinion is I think it's a wonderful spell.
Rotation 3 up there is one that I never bothered with before but found to be extremely effective this time around. Arcane Missiles is a channeled spell that shoots out little purple missiles at the chosen mob. It's an expensive spell, but as long as you get to channel the whole thing then you pretty well get your money's worth. If you don't get to use the full channel time then it's a definite mana drain and not worth the cost. I found though that I was able to use Frostbolt once, follow it up immediately with Arcane Missiles, and by the time the channel was up the mob was either already dead or within a single Fire Blast or one shot from my wand away from dying.
Level 10 is where you get one of your primary spells for the rest of the game, Frost Nova. When you first get it the main benefit that you get from it is just keeping mobs from closing into melee range with you while you back away, but later on it's going to provide you with the foundation of your AoE grinding as well as significantly increasing both your chance to crit and the amount of damage that you deal when you crit due to the talent points that you invest.
I also want to point out that level 12 is when you can learn Slow Fall. This is one of the best utility spells in the game if you take the time to learn how to make use of it. I get the minor glyph for this spell at level 15 and it never gets changed. It can save your life in both PvE and PvP, it can save you time and effort when you're traveling, it can screw with other players if you feel so inclined, etc. There are a lot of uses for this spell, and regardless of it being utility rather than dps or defense, it's one of my favorite spells in the game from any class.
Leveling 12-20: Secondary Zone
Rotation Option 1: Frostbolt, Frostbolt, Frostbolt, Fire Blast
Rotation Option 2: Fireball, Frostbolt, Frostbolt, Frostbolt
Rotation Option 3: Frostbolt, Arcane Missiles, Fireblast, Wand
Explanation: Basically the same as before.
You don't see a whole lot of changes in what you do or in what spells are available during these levels, so it's pretty much more of the same thing.
At level 14 you are introduced to Arcane Explosion which is a decent AoE spell that is centered around the caster, but it is also one of the worst mana draining spells you get throughout the entire game. It does go on my primary action bar and it does stay there the entire game, but it only gets used in specific situations. The damage on it is not great, so I tend to use it either to pull multiple mobs at a time or to finish off mobs that are low on health and other spells like Fire Blast are on cooldown. After I start AoE grinding, I often use Arcane Explosion to finish off the group of mobs when their health is low enough that casting a second Blizzard is a waste.
At level 16 your Arcane Missiles reaches Rank 2 and gets a pretty significant boost in damage. I actually used Rotation 3 to kill a lot of mobs at this level just because I did not expect it to be nearly as effective as it was and I was surprised by that compared to when I leveled my previous mage. I pretty well stop using Arcane Missiles at level 20 in all things except pvp.
Find a rotation that works for you during these levels and stick to it. A big part of being a mage involves spamming the same buttons over and over until things die. Adding kiting and other forms of movement into your combat does a lot for keeping the mage an interesting class to play and helping you be ready to react to whatever situation you might find yourself in. Nothing sucks more than plinking off a single mob only to find another mob walk up and agro you from behind. Getting used to being able to move on the fly early on will end up saving your life later in the game. It helps to always be aware of your surroundings.
After you hit level 20 you finally find yourself able to AoE grind effectively and much of your world begins to change as you find out that you go from spamming a couple of keys to kill a single mob turns into casting a handful of spells to kill an entire group of them.
General Tactics
There are a lot of different tactics that you can employ as a Frost Mage. Frost Mages have more potential for crowd control than any other class. Your primary spells slow down your targets and after spending talent points even have the chance of freezing them in place all together. You have Polymorph that allows you to change a target into a harmless animal for a time, and spells such as Blink (level 20) allow you to move around the field faster than your opponents.
Kiting is a great tactic to use for any class that can actually do it, and only a Hunter has the potential to kite mobs better than a Mage. Practice kiting early on and get used to using it.
Prior to level 20 your options for taking on multiple mobs at once are fairly limited, but you do have some options. If you know that you are going to pull multiple mobs whether you want to or not, likely because the mobs are right next to each other, then the best way to take on those mobs is to cast Frostbolt on the target that you want to kill first and as soon as you start casting the spell go ahead and click on the other mob to target him as we get ready to use a crowd control spell on it.
I use the Quartz addon to tell me when I can start casting another spell but if you don't have access to an addon like that then just start spamming the button for your next cast which will be a crowd control spell. If you have Polymorph already, then that's the spell to cast on that second mob and as soon as you start casting it you need to retarget the original mob. By doing this you are going to slow down the first mob by hitting them with Frostbolt (if it misses, it misses, just go with the flow), the second mob is going to agro you as soon as your Frostbolt hits/misses that first mob and come running after you. Before he takes more than a couple of steps though he's going to get hit with your crowd control which essentially takes him out of the fight until the spell wears off which should be more than enough for you to kill the first mob.
After the crowd control hits it's time to focus fire on the first target and take them out. If you managed to start this type of battle off from a distance, which you should have unless you had no other option, then it's likely that using this method along with some amount of kiting will allow you to take out both mobs without taking any damage yourself. Another option you can consider in this type of battle is to go ahead and use Frost Nova when the first mob starts to get within range of you. You can then spend a few seconds running away from the first mob and then turning back around to Frostbolt them again before they are able to start moving.
Facing melee mobs is your specialty and where you can really show overwhelming strength because of your many slowing and freezing spells. Caster mobs are slightly harder since they are going to hit you just as much as you hit them, but that's where a couple of your other spells come into play, primarily Dampen Magic (which lowers the amount of damage you take from spells) and Counterspell (which stops a spell from being cast), though you will have to wait a few levels before these are made available to you.
Macro Suggestions
Because the mage has so many spells that he can use, and all of them have their various uses, I use a lot of macros when playing a mage. Some of them are just for saving space, some are for being able to change from one type of damage to another for when you find thing like elemental that are immune to your main damage type.
As I've mentioned in other posts before, I have a standard that I follow when setting up my action bars so that similar spells from each class can be found on the same keys. So when I'm in the habit of playing my mage and then step over to playing my paladin I don't end up casting the wrong spells just because my fingers want to react a certain way.
The first Mage Macro that I make is a simple one for Fireball:
/cast Fireball
At level 4 I add a similar macro for Frostbolt:
/cast Frostbolt
After I get more levels and decide to remove Fireball from my normal rotation I replace both of those with a single macro instead:
/cast [modifier:alt] Fireball; Frostbolt
The macro above will cast Frostbolt by default, but will change to Fireball if I hold Alt when I cast the spell.
Macros like the one above are time savers and space savers (the third option is anyway). They set your character to attack the target with your melee weapon and then start casting a spell. The benefit of that is that you will attack the mob when they get within melee range when you aren't casting a spell. It also helps you to target mobs without having to click on them or tab to start off as it will auto-target the nearest mob that is in front of you and within range if you do not already have a target selected.
Talent Points and Glyphs: Level 10-20
This is the talent build that I recommend for leveling with your Frost Mage up to level 20. As you progress higher in your levels a lot of the talents that are only getting some points right now will be capped and some talents that are being skipped now will be filled in. Frost Mages get a lot of use out of their talent tree.
3/3 Frostbite: Gives all of your Frost spells a 5/10/15% chance to freeze the target in place for 5 seconds.
2/3 Ice Flows: Reduces the cooldown of Frost Nova, Cone of Cold, Ice Block, and Icy Veins by 7/14%.
3/3 Ice Shards: Increases the critical hit damage of your Frost spells by 33/66/100%.
2/3 Precision: Reduces the mana cost and improves the hit chance of all spells by 1/2%.
1/3 Improved Blizzard: Adds a chill effect to your Blizzard spell reducing the target's speed by 25% for 1.5 seconds.
Frostbite is the most controversial of these talent points and the one that most guides tell you to avoid when trying to AoE grind with your Frost Mage. Where they feel that it can ruin their pulls, I'm here to tell you that it's going to save your life as well as help you kill faster which reduces the mana you have to spend and because of that reduce your downtime. Ice Flows reduces the cooldown of some of your most beneficial spells which also reduces your down time.
Ice Shards is going to double the amount of damage that you deal with your Frost spells when you crit. At this level that's just a nice little bonus when you manage to crit, but in a few levels you are going to greatly increase your chance to get crits with spells while your target is frozen (which is why Frostbite is especially powerful in AoE grinding). Precision gives you a better chance to hit which is always nice, but it also reduces the mana cost of all of your spells so that you can keep on grinding for longer periods of time. The 3% reduction might not be all that significant, but it's going to add up over time.
Improved Blizzard is going to add a chill effect when it hits which will make your AoE grinding that much more effect, and it will give Blizzard more chances to proc Frostbite on the target which will freeze them in place, which in turn will give Shatter (the talent that increase crit chance on frozen targets I mentioned above) a chance to proc, which then gives you the benefit of doubled crit damage from Ice Shards.
As I said before, you will be filling out these talent points as you gain more levels, so do not worry too much right now about the fact that you are leaving some of them incomplete.
Glyphs for Leveling
Mages have a decent number of glyphs to choose from, and most of them are actually pretty good. Some of them are crap, which is the case for all classes.
You get both a Major and Minor glyph slot when you hit level 15 with any character. I personally start off with the following Glyphs:
Glyph of Frost Nova [Major] Increases the amount of damage that a target can take before breaking the freeze effect of Frost Nova by 20%.
Glyph of Evocation [Major] Also grants you 60% of your total health over the channeled time of your Evocation spell.
Glyph of Slowfall [Minor] Removes the reagent requirement of the Slowfall spell.
Glyph of Frost Nova is going to help you to some extent prior to level 20. It is not a great glyph that you will use throughout your entire career, but it will help give you better control while leveling. I use this glyph when I hit 15 and I replace it with Evocation when I get to level 20. If you don't feel like wasting the glyph then you can either wait or use another one in its place, or if you'd like you can use it instead of Evocation.
Glyph of Evocation changes the spell so that you restore 60% of both your health and mana over the channel duration. Being able to restore 60% of both every 3 minutes is huge for reducing your down time and it can be used in the middle of combat just as easily as it can between pulls. You can use it after casting Frost Nova or Polymorph to allow you to regain most of your health and mana in the middle of a big fight, a bad pull, or when an unexpected enemy paths into you in the middle of a fight. I use this glyph at level 20 and keep it there until I get close to level 80.
Another option that is open to you for your Major glyph is the Glyph of Frostbolt which increases the damage of Frostbolt by 5%. The down side of the glyph is that it also removes the chill effect of Frostbolt, which is one of the primary reasons for using it in the first place. I do not suggest the glyph, but if you find that dealing more damage is more important to you than controlling your targets then it is a good replacement when fighting single mobs.
Most of the Mage's minor glyphs suck pretty bad. Some increase spell durations, some reduce mana costs, and others have no effect on the game (such as the Glyph of Penguin).
I personally pick Slowfall because I use the spell constantly. Slowfall can save you travel time, can save you from a fall that would have otherwise killed you, or it can be used to great benefit in PvP. Taking away the reagent requirement for the spell allows you to cast it whenever you want to for nothing more than its low mana cost. At this level of play I would not consider any other minor glyph to be more valuable.
Gearing Up for Spellcasting
Your primary stat is, was, and forever will be – Spell Power. It's the bread and butter of everything you do. If your damage sucks then you suck, so stack this whenever you can.
Next in line is going to be Intellect for your mana pool and spell crit. If you don't have mana then you aren't going anywhere except to the spirit healer. A tank needs plate armor (or thick fur) to survive, and you need mana. It doesn't matter how much health you have or how much damage you can deal if you don't have the mana to put any of your spells to use.
A lot of other things can help you as well, Stamina for health, Hit so that your spells actually do what they are intended to do, Crit to make those spells hit even harder, and so on. That's where you should be looking after Spell Power and Intellect are covered.
Tailoring is a great source of gear throughout the various levels, especially if you plan on solo questing and solo AoE grinding your way to the top. You can generally find better gear in instances than you can from tailoring when you are starting out, but you can certainly weave that cloth to fill in any gaps you might have.
Whether you use a staff or you go with a one handed weapon and an off hand item is mostly up to you. Use whatever will give you better stats overall and go with it. Typically the low level staffs will be better than other options, but just use whatever you have on hand that provides the most benefit.
Keep a close eye on wands that are available to you and be sure to get one as soon as possible. You can equip the lowest level wand in the game at level 5 and it's basically a free source of ranged damage. A lot of wands, starting in your teen levels also have other stats on them if you are willing to look around a bit to find them.


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MOORHEAD, Minn. (11/13/10)—Concordia finished off the 2010 season in dramatic, record breaking style as they came from behind to beat St. Olaf 24-21 in overtime on Saturday in Moorhead. The Cobbers fell behind 14-0 in the second quarter but then outscored the Oles 21-7 in the final 30:33 and used a Porfirio Diaz field goal in the first overtime to record their fifth win of the year and retain possession of the Troll Trophy.
Concordia quarterback Michael Dunham provided the record-setting aspect of the game as he threw for 253 passing yards and finished the season with a school-record total of 2,027 yards. He broke the 22-year-old record of Doug Toivanen who had 2,010 passing yards in 1988. Dunham also threw for one touchdown pass and was 29-for-43 on the day.
The win gives Concordia a .500 record for the season and helps them finish in a tie for fourth place in the final league standings. The Cobbers end 2010 with a 5-5 overall record and a 4-4 mark in the MIAC. It is the eighth time in the last nine years that Concordia has had a .500 or better record to end the season.
The other two season-high performances were turned in by CC sophomore fullback Brett Baune and junior wide receiver Bronson Shepherd. Baune carried the ball 10 times for a career-high 108 yards and Shepherd caught nine passes for a season-high 104 yards. Baune had a 60-yard touchdown run in the third quarter and Shepherd caught a 9-yard TD strike to get Concordia on the board and cut into the 14-0 lead St. Olaf started the game with.
After conceding the first two scores of the game and falling behind by 14, Shepherd brought CC to within eight at 14-6. Baune then helped tie the game with his long scoring run. The two-point conversion evened the score at 14-14 with 11:54 to play in the third quarter.
The Oles went ahead 21-14 at the start of the fourth quarter and then the Cobbers matched the final-quarter score with a Trent Johnson 9-yard run at 9:24 of the final period. Neither team was able to score in the final five possessions of the game and the contest headed into overtime.
It marked only the second time in program history that the Cobbers had played an overtime contest. Concordia had the ball first in the first extra session and converted on a 4th-and-2 from the 17-yard-line before having to settle for a 28-yard field goal from Diaz.
Concordia caught a break when the Oles took their turn on offense. A pair of plays brought the ball down to the 9-yard line and then St. Olaf running back Mac Webb rambled into the end zone on an apparent game-winning TD. Catching their first break of the season, the Cobbers avoided a season-ending loss when one of the Ole linemen was flagged for a holding call. The penalty pushed the ball back to the 19-yard line and an incomplete pass on the next play brought out the St. Olaf kicking unit for a game-tying field goal.
Concordia head coach Terry Horan called timeout to make the MIAC"s leading kicker Jason Obarski think about the situation and the tactic paid off as Obarski's 38-yard field goal sailed wide left.
The teams were very evenly matched in almost every statistical category. The Oles held a 485-420 advantage in total offensive yards. The two teams were separated by only :30 in time of possession and both squads turned the ball over once during the 60 minutes. The biggest difference of the game was in penalties and penalty yardage. Concordia had seven penalties for 71 yards while St. Olaf brought out 13 flags for 124 penalty yards including the critical holding call at the end of the first overtime.
Olaf running back Leon Clark rushed for 107 yards on 18 carries and quarterback Dan Dobson was 27-for-47 for 336 passing yards and three TD's. Antonio Jennings had eight catches for a game-high 146 yards.
Cobber senior defensive back Zach Debeltz finished off his career with a game-high 12 tackles and finished the season with a team-high 89 tackles. He also had the lone interception of the game to finish with two pick offs for the season and 10 for his career. Luke Hvidston finished with eight tackles and a game-high three pass breakups. Matt Olson and Wes Lynch led the St. Olaf defense with nine tackles each.
Cobbers Reclaim The Troll
|St. Olaf (6-4)
|Concordia-Moorhead (5-5)
MOORHEAD, Minn. (11/13/10)—Concordia finished off the 2010 season in dramatic, record breaking style as they came from behind to beat St. Olaf 24-21 in overtime on Saturday in Moorhead. The Cobbers fell behind 14-0 in the second quarter but then outscored the Oles 21-7 in the final 30:33 and used a Porfirio Diaz field goal in the first overtime to record their fifth win of the year and retain possession of the Troll Trophy.