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Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Pre-Kara Moonkin Gear Guide Part 1
I have also excluded all PvP gear. This is not to say that you shouldn't raid with PvP gear if you can, but it isn't ideal. PvP gear includes stats that are useless in PvE and exclude other stats that are musts when raiding. You should only use PvP gear when raiding when the PvP gear way outs levels the content you are doing. For example, using Season 3 PvP gear is probably better than most Kara and Pre-kara gear.
I have ranked a few choices and provided a leather option for those that don't want to wear cloth. So here is part 1 of my gear guide which looks at Backs, Helms, Necks, and Shoulders. I have also included a Stats overview to help explain why I make some of the choices I have made. Please feel free to ask questions or debate my choices if you disagree.
Stat Overview
Primary Stats: These are the four stats you should focus on in every piece of gear. Each of these stats play off of each other so it is hard to give values but I will provide you with what is generally accepted values of each. The basic rule of thumb is Spell Hit > Spell Damage > Spell Crit on a point for point basis. Spell Haste is a little different than the other Stats and its value varies significantly with regards to your gear level.
Spell Damage - This is your bread and butter stat. It increases the damage caused by your spells, and you can never have to much of it. It is what all other stats are compared to. A moonkin will want about 600 - 700 Spell damage before they start raiding.
Spell Hit - Unadjusted spell casters have a 17% chance to miss when targeting a raid boss. 16% of that chance to miss can be eliminated by stats and talents. The hit cap for Moonkins is 152 assuming you have two points in Balance of power. Spell hit is worth about 1.2 Spell Damage to the average raiding moonkin and can increase your DPS significantly. However, new raiders don't need to be at the cap to start raiding. Spell hit starts to get good at about 700 spell damage and it doesn't pay to hit cap until you have about 900 spell damage. So the basic lesson here is try to get hit capped but don't loose to much Spell damage doing so.
Spell Crit - This is the least valuable damage stat. For the average raiding moonkin one point of spell crit is worth about 0.70 Spell damage and gets worse the more dots you include in your rotation. It does benefit from high values of spell damage though. When you get int the 1100 SD range it starts to go above that 0.70 value.
Spell Haste - This stat is very different than the other primary damage stats. Unlike the other stats it does not increase how much damage you can do, it increases how quickly you do it. Spell haste doesn't really become valuable until you have at least 1080 Spell Damage. If you currently have mana issues while raiding you should not stack Haste at all.
Secondary Stats: These are stats that have an impact on your performance but are not key stats like the primary stats.
Stamina - Some people will disagree with me but I think this is a very important stat. Stamina helps to keep you alive and you can't DPS when you are dead. You generally won't equip for it unless you need a lot of health for a fight, and most of your gear will already have some.
Intellegence - This is the best secondary stat for moonkin because it affects almost everything. It increases your mana pool by 15 per point. It also improves your Crit rate at 80 Int equals a 1% crit chance. For moonkin, your spell damage is increased by 25% of your Int and your Mp5 is increased by 10% of your Int. It will also increase how much mana you get from Spirit after patch 2.4. While Intelligence does a lot for moonkin, it is not something you should gem or gear for specifically. You will get all of the Intelligence you need by gear for the Primary stats since virtually all caster gear has Intelligence on it.
Spirit - This stat is all about mana regen the more you have the higher your mana regen will be. This is another stat that you shouldn't really gear for. You will get plenty from Tier gear and some of the new badge rewards. However, It is a good idea to get a weapon with lot of spirit that you can equip when you innervate yourself.
Mp5 - Much like spirit this stat deals with your mana regen. It ticks while you are in combat but is unaffected by Innervate. It is a good stat but I wouldn't give up much if any Spell Damage for Mp5. You should get some naturally from Enchants and gear with out gearing for it specifically.
Useless Stats: These are stats that have little or no affect on your raid performance. You should never choose a piece of gear based on these stats.
Armor - Armor reduces the amount of physical damage a player takes. Most of the damage a caster will take in the raid is not physical and therefore unaffected by armor. If you are taking a lot of physical damage in a raid then there are other problems. This is why it doesn't matter if moonkin wear cloth or leather, you will be choosing the item based on the other stats provided.
Spell Penetration - This stat reduces partial resistances of spells. However, bosses have a base level of resistance that cannot be reduced. Thus it is useless in PvE. On top of that it has very little use in PvP since most players don't have much resistance there either.
Resilience - This stat can reduce the chance of a crushing blow but those really are not the concern of caster DPS. Therefore this stat has no value to a moonkin.
Strength - This stat does increase you Attack Power if you ever use the Melee for Mana mechanic but those should be very limited situations.
Agility - This is another stat that helps you if you Melee but you shouldn't melee for the most part.
Gear Guide Part 1.
1. [Cloak of the Betrayed] – Magister's Terrace – Priestess Delrissa – This is new to patch 2.4 and is awesome. After you socket it will have a ton of Spell Hit and Spell Damage. [The Ruby Drape of the Mysticant] is only slightly better if you put a Veiled Noble Topaz in the cloak's socket.
2. [Baba's Cloak of Arcanistry] - The Mechanar - Pathaleon the Calculator - This is a very nice cloak and would have been my first choice prior to patch 2.4.
3. [Cloak of Woven Energy] - Quest - Hitting the MotherLode - A good cloak that is very easy to get since it ins a quest reward.
1. [Spellstrike Hood] - BoE Crafted - Tailoring - This is a very expensive item but you can farm all of the mats your self as of 2.4. If you are a tailor it is even better since you can take advantage of the set bonus. It has a bunch of all the stats you need; Hit, Damage, and Crit.
2. [Magnified Moon Specs] - BoP Crafted - Engineering - I didn't list this first because it is BoP, but if you are an Engineer then this is your best option. Its to bad you can't craft the cloth version because its a little better. However, the lether version has a ton of Damage and Crit also. Plus it has some other nice side bonuses.
3. [Druidic Helmet of Second Sight] - Quest - Teron Gorefiend, I am... - I wore this helm for a very long time. It is a very nice item that is really easy to get by doing some group quests in Shadowmoon Valley.
Honorable Mentions: [Hood of Oblivion] & [Windscale Hood]
1. [Shattered Sun Pendant of Acumen] - Exalted Rep Reward - Shattered Sun Offensive - A very nice new neck available after patch 2.4. The rep grind is very easy but will take you several days to complete unless you chain run Magister's Terrace.
1. [Brooch of Heightened Potential] - Shadow Labyrinth - Blackheart the Inciter - It has all three major Spell stats and a little Int and Stam. A very nice neck until you can get an epic out of Karazhan.
2. [Warp Engineer's Prismatic Chain] - The Mechanar - Mechano-Lord Capacitus - This is a debatable choice. Some people will consider my number 3 option better. Basically I am choosing 17 stam over 5 crit. I make this choice because Stam is very important in boss fights and Crit doesn't do a lot for you in early raiding with low Spell Damage.
3. [Torc of the Sethekk Prophet] - Dungeon Quest - Brother Against Brother - This item has a little more DPS than the neck above, so it is a very good choice also. It is also fairly easy to get since you only have to kill the first boss in Sethekk Halls.
1. [Duskhallow Mantle] - Magister's Terrace – Priestess Delrissa – Another item that is new in patch 2.4. These shoulders are seriously awesome with a ton of damage and crit. These are clearly the best option available pre-Kara.
2. [Mantle of Three Terrors] - Black Morass - Chrono Lord Deja - It has a nice amount of spell damage and spell hit. It also drops off the first boss in BM so you may get a couple of chances to get it trying to finish your Kara Key.
3. [Lunar-Claw Pauldrons] - The Mechanar - Mechano-Lord Capacitus - This is the main leather option. There are other cloth shoulders that are better but not by much. There is also a green pair of leather shoulders that have better DPS below, but these shoulders have a good amount of base stats that make some of the lost damage up.
Honorable Mentions:[Elekk Hide Spaulders] & [Spaulders of Oblivion]
Guild Update:
The Week after Progression Week has gone a little slower than progression week, and that is not all that unexpected by me anyway. Our attendance hasn't been great from a healer stand point and we aren't quite as focused. We pushed it really hard last week and I think some people including myself are stepping back a little this week to spend time with family or on other commitments. It will be interesting to see if the NCAA tournament affects us at all.
Our goals for Tuesday and Wednesday was to get Hydross, Lurker, and Leo on Tuesday, then do Tidewalker on Wednesday and work on FLK some. We did get Lurker and Leo down on Tuesday, but we went a little later than normal. I actually missed the Leo downing because I wanted to spend some time with my wife after she got home from work late. Also two Warrior, Priest, Druid, gloves tokens dropped, so there is less competing for me to get them going forward. On Wednesday, I didn't raid until pretty late. When I logged on they had already downed Hydross and were working on TW short handed. So I joined the raid to help out. Apparently we had a severe lack of healers last night because we had two officers raiding on alts. We did down TW after a couple of attempts but it was a little late and not many people wanted to work on FLK.
So, our progress so far this week hasn't been to bad. We are taking a little more time than is needed but that should improve as we get more experience with the fights. We will be working on TK tonight and might do Mag.
Toon Update:
Only posted a couple of days ago so there is really nothing to say. I did do a little bit with Grayfel but he didn't ding. Graylo has just been up to his usual stuff of raiding and farming. Graypal is still sitting around.
8 comments:
- Amanna said...
Hi Gray,
Amanna here. Great writeup.
I have been thinking for a while that I should do the research and come up with Balance and Resto gear guides just like I did for Bear and Cat. They were enormously popular and obviously filled a need.
However, with your gear guide, and one I found for Balance the other day, great guides are already in existence.
I will definitely give your post a plug regardless, but I was writing to see if you would be okay with me using your content in an overall "cheat-sheet" for pre-raiding TBC gear for all Druid forms. I'd probably make it a Google doc so anyone could download and use it, and post a link to it on my site.
Let me know what you think. You have a great writeup here and I'd like to help get it out to the masses.
- March 24, 2008 at 8:07 AM
- Cdin said...
Thanks for the complements.
I have no problem with you using it. Of course I would like credit but since you are asking permission I assume that you would have done that any way.
I haven't written every stage of it yet and I may go back and tweek parts of it. I hope to have part two out today and I expect it to be about 4 parts long. Also, feel free to rearrange it since I have put very little planning into it and will probably move it around later myself.
Thanks for reading.
- March 24, 2008 at 9:05 AM
- Amanna said...
No worries - would ALWAYS give credit. I blog too and know how much work goes into these things.
I'm probably just going to create a very simple "cheat sheet" of sorts that folks can use as a guide.
I had planned on a series of three: gear w/o raiding, upgrades from heroics and kara, upgrades from BoJ and high-end raiding.
I'll get to work on it. Thanks for your permission and keep up the good work.
- March 24, 2008 at 1:22 PM
Those holo-gogs are cloth - the engi goggles are only available to learn at the highest type of armor you can wear.... So we can't learn them.
The Magnified Moon Specs are what you're looking for.
- May 2, 2008 at 1:02 PM
- Asherd said...
Hi Grey,
Great blog! I turned moonkin very recently and fell in love with it on my first spec ever (at 70).
I am trying to get the Wyrmhide battlegear set (4 pieces to get set bonus (minus head piece)). http://www.wowhead.com/?itemset=743
Do you think this set is good enough for heroics/Kara?
- May 4, 2008 at 9:05 PM
- Cdin said...
Thanks for the heads up. I have never leveled Engineering and just assumed you could make any of the patterns.
If you are going for the Wyrmhide Battlegear primarily for the set bonus then I recommend against it. Here is why. The set bonus is pretty useless in raids and long fights. If your chain casting Wrath to get it to proc then you will run out of mana. If your Casting Starfire for its high damage and mana efficency the as you should then it won't proc.
It also wastes Itemization points on stats you don't need like resiliance. Ultimately you will do better going for the more PvE oriented gear I have listed above.
As two when to go into Kara and Heroics I suggest trying to have 650 to 700 Spell Damage. Below that level you are going to have a hard time. However, I do suggest you get into kara and heroics as quick as you can, even if you are below that level. Hopefully the raid will have other members to make up for your lack of gear and can pick up the slack a little bit. People raid kara a lot more then they run instances so it will be a little easier to gear up that way if you can get away with it.
Hope this helps.
- May 9, 2008 at 3:26 PM
Nice write up!
i've made the switch from feral to resto and then to balance within a few weeks.
i've gone for full S2 PvP gear which is nice and simple honor grinding.
the big bonus is u can get quite a few sockets to put some hit gems in and the S2 staff has some hit on it, so it won't take much more to be hit capped.
a few items from kara will make that happen as there is stacks of the stuff in there!
cheers for this ^^
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Firearms - Smith Ruger :
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Those annoying sync cables?
You mean the ones that provide power to the other device?
It's now more than two years since the Wireless Gigabit Alliance (WGA) released the first full version of its 7Gb/s would-be next-gen Wi-Fi technology. There's been some activity in the intervening 26 months, including the first big multi-vendor interoperability test, but the second of these "plugfests" has only now taken place …
You mean the ones that provide power to the other device?
Or the ones that mean I have to sit cross-legged in front of my TV if I want to share my desktop from the laptop. Or make sure that I'm located near a projector in a meeting etc.
Wires are still my preferred network medium due to the relatively poor speed of wireless, but not having to worry about display cables would be a godsend.
Well, couple it with inductive charging then.
FWIW, I'm happy to charge and sync separately. This tech would allow me to sync without having to take gadget off charger in order to plug it into computer.
Roll it on, I say.
...so maybe the ideal home roaming setup will be to have a "base station" in each room where the light fitting would be in the centre of the ceiling and to network these base stations together with wired gigabit (or faster). This would allow very high speed links for devices roaming between rooms and the placement of the base station outside of the general clutter should be good for links - as in when there's no direct link because of a sack of water in the way, it can still bounce off a wall.
If you can do the Gb networking over the mains circuit to the light fittings, it sounds cheap too.
So precisely what I was thinking that you're worrying me slightly. Powerline gigabit or better linking high speed access points in each room. Here's hoping they have this sorted by the time I purchase my next home in a few years.
Why do I get the feeling the tinfoil headgear brigade are gonna have a(nother) feeding frenzy? Tumors... Mind control... Zombie apocalypse?
Personally, and you can call me old fashioned if you wish, I *like* cables, big fat masonry drills and knowing a mate with his or her laptop can just sit down, plug in and be sorted in mere seconds. Wireless certainly has its place, and WiGig will be a very handy tech to have in the networking arsenal, but I do not see it as preferable as far as my home is concerned.
/me braces for a volley of "-1 Luddite".
I felt the same up to a couple of years ago. Now though, wireless is reasonably hassle free. My home network is named reasonably sensibly and the password, whilst a bit long, is simple to communicate and type in.
That being said, all my fixed devices are cabled and I can't see that changing any time soon.
How do you pronounce it?
Why-Gig (as in giggle, not as in jiggle)
I'll be glad when WiGig comes as the name will make sense at least...The pedant in me is furious at the term "WiFi" as the "Fi" stands for nothing. WiFi is literally named that because it rhymes with HiFi :(
I thought the WiFi Alliance used to say it meant "Wireless Fidelity" - fidelity to IEEE 802.11 presumably?
Like bananananana
The security side of this is going to be ... interesting?
I thought the VERY short range, meant the hacker would nave to be in your house with you. Wall penetration is very poor too.
Dunno .. apparently, with sufficiently sensitive antennas, and enough power you can extend the range of wifi into 100s of meters, maybe even kilometers.
As long as your receiver is sensitve enough to pick up the signal from the ambient noise, and your sender is powerful enough.
it's a bit like people saying they dont need to put a password or encryption on their home wifi setup, because it has too limited a reach. It might have too limited a reach for their laptops, but a bit of custom sending and receiving gear will prove them wrong.
So all it needs is a hacker with a bit of a mcgyver skill
Let the radio slurping begin
the hardware.
And in networking terms, I'm talking latency over speed.
When ever wireless technology tries to replace a wire it will fail. If however it is there to make connecting up easier when we move about it will be successful. How many desktop machines have Wi-Fi? Not a lot, you can pay $3500 and get the number if you like from iSuppli. It has taken over 12 years for the 5GHz band to start to be used, it is called 80211a after all and now we are now discussing 802.11ad. Don't hold your breath waiting to buy a Wi-Gig dongle pair for less than $200.
hate wireless
I started out with wireless all over my home a few years ago which was great but I've slowly noticed an increase in the number of networks within range of mine and ever decreasing performance of my own. I've now wired the house instead for the bulk of devices and its pretty much only visitors that use the wireless and occasionally my kids on their net books.
On another note I think most of the sales staff that try to sell you wireless equipment should be given a slap, I recently saw a young probably commissioned based sales idiot flogging an old couple wireless N because its faster, no mention of the fact that they would still be limited by internet speed, would need wireless N adapters or compatible hardware etc etc. I'll give you a hint which shop...... Begins with a P, its got a C in it and World and they screwed that couple out of nearly £150
Once again it seems that they have completely missed the boat.
Why is nobody looking at distributed wireless networking?
Every wireless device will become a local router so if your tablet moved out of range, if would send it's packets to the TV which would forward them to the Satellite receiver which is cabled to the ISPs router.
Yes, it adds latency so not ideal for gaming but if latency matters to you then plug the games console in.
For most other net uses it would be ideal and could give decent coverage to most households.
You could even buy plug into the mains/light socket devices that would act as fixed routers.
1080p Sounds like by the time it's released, they'll be plenty of people using 4K screens.
Even 802.11n is pointless, does your client support all the features your access point claims, multiple streams?, no, very unlikely if your using a phone or tablet or any other built in wireless. Speeds of 300mb @ 2.4 and 450 @ 5ghz, lies unless your client is physically built like the access point with multiple aerials etc. Check the speed you get on your phone or tablet, 65mbps or 72mbps at best. John.w said it best, wireless is about mobility not replacing a high speed cable. Wireless is about wandering into an area, browsing email, web, semi low bandwidth youtube videos.
2.4ghz is dead, 802.11n / channel bonding is unusable with it being everywhere. Client adapters need to embrace 5ghz and multiple streams faster. 5ghz allows the channels and throughput.
Dont forget that wireless is a shared medium, its still a HUB, with each additional client the speed is cut in half again for every client.
Yeah, as long as pesky things like your hand or the device case aren't in the way.


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Explore the positive aspects of life in the big city.
This piece has two linked parts representing day and night. It opens with question and answer piano/bass, introduces a smooth saxophone, then, at dusk, it transitions to a low key sax improvisation over a rolling piano/bass/strings bed.
It would suit a city promotional advertisement or the opening titles for city set film.


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TUSCALOOSA | The Tuscaloosa County Circuit and District Court Clerk's offices will be closed to the public each Wednesday beginning today.
TUSCALOOSA | The Tuscaloosa County Circuit and District Court Clerk's offices will be closed to the public each Wednesday beginning today.
Staff members will work normal hours, but will be unavailable to the public.
Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore ordered that all circuit and district court clerk's offices close to the public on Wednesdays. The March 8 order states that the judicial system is expected to experience a $13 million shortfall for fiscal year 2013.
Attorneys handling emergency matters, such as filing petitions for restraining orders, will be able to contact judges who can arrange for the court to file the documents. Law enforcement officers who need to obtain warrants will be able to do so.
Courts will still be in session every day between Monday and Friday.
District Court Clerk Libby Hamner said that her staff of 10 full-time employees and two part-time employees are doing the work that 26 people did just a few years ago. The staff is not behind, she said, but will use the extra time on Wednesdays to complete some larger projects.
"There are a lot of projects — like scanning older cases and going through old files to see if anything has fallen through the cracks — that we haven't had the time or manpower to do," she said.
Cases, such as evictions, small claims, wage garnishments and warrants, will move more quickly through the system.
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COLUMBUS, GA (WXTX) - It seems like skyrocketing gas prices would hurt car sales, but a new report says paying nearly $4.00 at the pump has actually boosted car dealerships across the country.
Automotive News reports that 13 percent more vehicles were sold this March compared to last year with people looking for more fuel efficient models.
Brad Williams, General Sales Manager with Rivertown Ford in Columbus, says their dealership is seeing much of the same from customers.
"They're looking for vehicles that are reliable, and they are fuel efficient and something that is not going to break the bank when they go to the pump and something that [allows] you to just pass the pump. Customers are looking for that. They are very conscience about the economy. They are very conscience about their pocket book," said Williams.
Williams says they have seen an increase of business across the board this year including their F-series pickup with fuel efficiency technology allowing for more than 20 miles per gallon and their fuel friendly cars that can get up to 40 miles per gallon.
"It makes a big difference because fuel prices or buying fuel ends up being our largest purchase every month. We pay more for that commodity than we do anything else," said Larry Byrd while shopping for a new car.
"If you look at somebody trading in a vehicle that might get 20 miles per gallon and they're going to 40 miles per gallons. All of a sudden you're doubling your fuel economy and at $4 a gallon. That goes a long way for some people," said Williams.
An average person drives 15,000 miles a year. If you have a vehicle that gets 20 miles per gallon, you can be spending about $3,000 dollars at the pump with prices at nearly $4 per gallon. However, with a more fuel efficient vehicle with 40 miles per gallon, you can cut that number in half to $1,500 this year for gas.
Williams says as the prices continue to rise, you can expect vehicles to keep improving because every year companies are pushing for more efficiency.
"You're just seeing the bar raised and the bar raised as far miles per gallon and what you can get out of a tank of gas."
The most recent reports by GasBuddy.com say gas could be just under $5.00 by the summer.
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At this year's GSMA Mobile World Congress, 3 ½ hours were devoted to the topic of "Mobilizing Open Source", which was no doubt spurred in part by the increasing attention Google's open-source mobile operating system, Android, has drawn. While open-source products have, for the most part, been pushed into a corner and untouched in the enterprise due to lack of support, regular updates, and compatibility, the mobile market is a unique bird. We already have a diversity of mobile operating systems--Windows Mobile, iPhone OS, BlackBerry OS, Palm OS and upcoming webOS, and Android, to name a few--, making for more competition, more innovation, and more opportunities for something different.
"At last year's GSMWC, the question was will we or won't we move to open source. This year, it's not a question of will we, but how we should go about doing it," said David Schlesinger, director of Open Source Technologies at ACCESS, creator of the NetFront web browser used in many mobile phones as well as Amazon's Kindle and Sony's PSP.
Why open source now?
Given that open source has never garnered a whole lot of attention in the past, why should it now? Open-source based technology offers something that our present-day mobile operating systems are all struggling to do: offer hardware manufacturers consistency. Granted, Windows Mobile offers a consistent platform to develop for, along with integration and consistency with Windows, the all-but-ubiquitous platform for desktops. But, Windows Mobile has failed to attract much attention lately, which might worry some hardware manufacturers about getting too invested in the platform.
Meanwhile, open source offers an interesting opportunity: if a compelling enough operating system enters the market, a hardware manufacturer can scoop it up with much less risk. Even if a proprietary solution is spun off of the open-source program, the changes will likely be small enough that it won't create any significant hassles on the development side, helping OEMs to be more agile and less married to a given OS.
Finally, there is of course the nicety of not having to license an operating system for each new device you create. Assuming there are no compelling reasons to side with a proprietary solution, open-source technology certainly offers a cost benefit.
Is Android a star?
So, who better to champion the new wave of open-source dominion than industry-darling Google? I'll admit, I've been fairly excited about Android's release myself, and have been awaiting the upcoming group of Android devices to see what impact they make on the market.
However, after talking with Schlesinger about Android, I'm starting to reconsider championing Android just yet. According to Schlesinger, Android is--among other flaws--buggy and difficult to work with. So, maybe it hasn't reached the ease and functionality it needs to make a big splash just yet.
"If I had to choose between a fad and the start of something big, I would probably say that Android is a fad," said Schlesinger. "I do think we'll see betters mainstream OSs being built from open source though."
The future of Windows Mobile
Is the future of Windows Mobile dire? Not necessarily. While Windows Mobile has rightfully been criticized for being slow to innovate in such a fast-moving market, the OS does still hold a pretty significant share of the mobile market. And, until there is a compelling OS that is easy for hardware manufacturers to adopt, Windows Mobile will continue to win the hearts of many manufacturers. And with Windows Mobile 6.5 coming up, I'm sure they're eager to see what's new.
But make no mistake: if Windows Mobile isn't able to innovate fast enough to keep up with leaders such as Apple and RIM, somebody will step in with an easy, limber OS that OEMs can depend on. Whether or not it's Android, my guess is that that OS will be based on open source, if not a completely open-source OS.
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I'm using ScummVM on a Nokia 6120 Classic (S60). The volume level is really low, particularly when using the headset.
In a post from 2005, Anotherguest (thankyou-thankyou-thankyou, by the way) mentions that the volume level was reduced at one point to 50%. Is this still the case and is there any way I can boost the level back up again?
Thanks in advance - and as it's my first post - a big thank you to everyone involved in this project!
PS, sorry - I know there are other posts regarding volume issues, but I'm not sure whether resurrecting old threads is polite around here!
Well this is a new one. Usually S60 phones has a rather high volume, so I set it internally in the SDL code to 50%. Make sure you have all the ScummVM volume settings set to max though.
Thanks for the reply (and for the port, again). I noticed that the queries on this forum about the volume being too loud easily outnumber the "too quiet" camp. I've got the volume up as loud as it goes in all the available settings.
ScummVM plays at a volume noticeably quieter than the phone's media player application - presumably that's the 50% reduction in action. Overall, my 6120's not particularly loud on headset - loud-ish environments (transport, etc) battle with the volume level anyway.
Maybe the problem's with the actual unit I've got - I'll check it out.
Is there any way to override the reduction in the mean time?
I don't have any experience with the Nokia 6120 Classic, even if I strongly been leaning towards buying one, but I recall that when it was released last summer the only complaints people had was the low volume, both the speakers and thru headphones.
There is no current way to override this initial setting, so I have to do an implementation to handle this.
I just tested on a 6120 Classic, and I think the volume is suffcient, but not really loud. adding a way to set the volume would be nice I think (overall levels then for SDL)
Cool, great service!
The levels are fine in a quiet environment (home, for instance), but as the headset isn't shielded or noise-cancelling, using it in public - on a train for instance - means that the dialogue in ScummVM games is barely audible.
All in all, if the only complaint about the 6120 Classic is that it's a bit quiet, that's relatively good - no crashing mid-call, good battery life, Symbian, plays LucasArts games... that'll do for me...
Thanks for your speedy responses.
To reply to myself...
I managed to test the volume level on another 6120, and it's the same as my handset. So that's definitely a vote for a volume tweak, if that's not being too cheeky!
Thanks again,
I'm onto implementing a volume adjustor.. so watch out the SVN space for that support.
Great, thanks in advance!
I also have a low-volume problem.
On my Siemens SX1, the volume is too low. Especially when playing Indy Atlantis, voice-version.
All speech settings are at max, and still it's like a whisper.
Can you modify the ScummVM version for the SX1? 100% would probably be great. I can lower the volume if it would get too high.
I know its a dumb thing to ask, but have you checked the internal volume settings of the PHONE ITSELF? It'll probably be the controls for Multimedia volume, the one that gets used, f.e., when you play musick or other games on your mobile.
I have been working on a version SDL where you can adjust the internal media player volume (as its default to 50% in previous versions). So it will be louder with that. As for a s60v2/v1 version of 9.1 with a lter version of SDL ? Well thats doable I think.
Apologies for not posting sooner - I had to wait for the public transport test!
Thanks so much for building the volume control into the new SDL - now all the games are clearly audible when using the headset in noisy public environments.
The 6120 Classic headset is pretty quiet overall, (although its loudspeaker is loud enough) so now ScummVM is louder than the default media player.
Thanks again, Anotherguest - all the other changes are working for me too.
And I have enabled asm optimizations in the current setup Im working on, so even quickgames. Even though not really needed on a quick 6120.. but nice anyway.
Thanks for testing!


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In 2003, the late founder of Namdroling Monastery, His Holiness Penor Rinpoche, established Namdroling Tsepal Tobkyed Hospital to provide necessary medical care for the community of monks, nuns, and refugees, as well as for the residents of Bylakuppe and villages surounding the monastery.
Tsepal Tobkyed Hospital widely known as "TT Hospital," is the healthcare center of Namdroling Monastery established by the late His Holiness Penor Rinpoche in the year 2003. It is located across the street from Namdroling Monastery. His Holiness' hope in founding the hospital was that it might serve the health needs of the monks and nuns at Namdroling Monastery, and the people of Bylakuppe and the surrounding villages. The initial vision was that the hospital would have the potential to cater to a much bigger area, from Kushalnagar (4 km away, pop 35,000) to Periyapatna (18 km away). The total population living within a 50 km radius is about 160,000. He foresaw a large modern western hospital many facilities, which would also have a mission to cater to the poor.
With the help of sponsors, so far the monastery has been able to renovate the hospital and as a result, the hospital now looks fresh and new. In addition, the monastery has also fully computerized the consultation room, pharmacy, accounts section, main office and laboratory making it easier to work and to maintain transparency. Standard quality beds for inpatients were purchased and installation of one RO (Reverse Osmosis) Plant for dialysis unit was also done.
At the present the urgent needs are as follows:
First Stage
To fully equip the casualty/emergency department
To upgrade the clinical laboratory
To purchase a new X-ray as the old one is not operational
Second Stage
To purchase 2 dialysis machines
To set up the Operation Theatre for minor procedures
Health insurance for all the monks and nuns
Third Stage
Setting up of Labor Room
The individual and total cost of the first and second stage of development as well as the monthly operating cost of the hospital can be found in this project cost document.
Without the support of the donors, our vision will not be accomplished. Therefore, we request all the generous sponsors, who are interested to contribute the enclosed list of project either fully or partially so that we can make this dream come true.
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For those of you in the New York area, Khenchen Tsewang Gyatso Rinpoche will conduct a series of programs beginning Friday, February 11, through to Sunday, February 13. All proceeds from the program will be offered by Khenchen Tsewang Gyatso Rinpoche toward this fundraising effort.
Join Us at These Fundraising Events in New York
All offerings will be donated to Namdroling Medical Center
Manhattan Programs:
Friday, February 11, 7:00 pm
Public Talk
"A Brief Life Story of the Late HH Penor Rinpoche
With His Sacred Aspects and Qualities"
Saturday, February 12, 2:00 pm
Empowerment on Orgyen Norlha
(Guru Padmasambhava as Wealth Deity)
Manhattan Programs held at:
Palyul Nyingma Dharma Center
121 Bowery 3rd Floor, New York NY 10002
Tel: 1-212-219-9832
Free admission, suggested donation $20
Queens Programs:
Sunday, February 13, 2:00 pm
Empowerment on Orgyen Tsepamed
(Guru Rinpoche as Long-life Deity)
Free admission, suggested donation $20
Sunday, February 13, 6:30--11:00 pm
The Unity Fundraising Banquet
and Sacred Lama Dance for Namdroling Medical Center
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STOCKTON - Step one is in the books.
STOCKTON - Step one is in the books.
The No. 2 McNair girls basketball team, a Division II Sac-Joaquin Section finalist a year ago, took the first step toward a return trip to Sleep Train Arena with a 67-35 win over No. 15 Kimball on Tuesday.
McNair will host No. 7 Rocklin in the Division II quarterfinals at 7 p.m. Thursday. The Thunder beat No. 10 Del Campo 59-40.
Mandy Coleman scored 20 points, Brittany Butler had 18 and Breanna Wilson had 14 for the Eagles (25-3).
"I thought we played fairly well," McNair coach Anthony Matthews said. "Taking a week-and-a-half off really messes with your rhythm, and we looked out of rhythm today."
McNair took advantage of Kimball's youth early, opening the game on a 13-2 run. The Jaguars started four sophomores and one junior.
"They came out nervous, and their age really showed there," Kimball coach Mike Granillo said. "They learned that when you get to the playoffs, it's a lot tougher competition."
Still, Granillo saw some positives.
After falling behind 44-15 midway though the third quarter, the Jaguars (17-11) cut the deficit to 47-26 by the start of the fourth.
Noni Kuumba led Kimball with nine points and Allie Schmidt had seven.
McNair had to make some last-minute adjustments after starting guard Catherine Nguyen left the team on Tuesday for academic reasons.
"It was an interesting project," Matthews said. "The girl hasn't missed a game this year, and she's an integral part. ... It definitely hurts our depth and our outside shooting."
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OIL 4h
Crude oil is trading lower, and based on the latest decline through the $100 mark and down to $96.00, we suspect that larger picture on this market is changing. For now we will focus on the current structure, which is showing a completed wave B around $103.00 level followed by recent push lower with accelerating price action through $100 mark, which we think it was a wave (iii). Decline should then be made by five waves down. As such, we think that the bounce from the low is just another correction within a downtrend. We are talking about wave (iv) that is pointing lower for wave (v), toward the $95-$94 zone.
COPPER 4h
We do not look at copper very often, but I see a triangle on the 4h chart, maybe already finished because of recent rally back to $3.318. However, we prefer a $3.3500 breakout on a daily close basis to confirm end of a triangle and further bullish waves up to $3.450, maybe even to $3.500.
Elliott Wave Education: Triangle Pattern
A Triangle is a common 5-wave pattern labeled A-B-C-D-E that moves counter-trend and is corrective in nature. Triangles move within two channel lines drawn from waves A to C, and from waves B to D. A Triangle is either contracting or expanding depending on whether the channel lines are converging or expanding. Triangles are overlapping five wave affairs that subdivide 3-3-3-3-3.
Contracting Triangle
- Structure is 3-3-3-3-3
- Each subwave of a triangle is usually a zig-zag
- Wave E must end in the price territory of wave A
- One subwave of a triangle usually has a much more complex structure than others subwaves
- Appears in wave four in an impulse, wave B in an A-B-C, wave X or wave Y in a double threes, wave X or wave Z in a triple threes


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Right now, if you sign up to pay your sponsorship through our Automatic Payment Plan, sponsored members will plant a tree in your honor.
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Sounds of the Bay GC30CB GEOCACHE OF THE WEEK – June 11, 2012
Whoever said that good things are hard to come by, hasn't searched for the Sounds of the Bay (GC30CB) geocache on a jetty in the San Francisco Bay.
Listen closely, because this difficulty 2.5, terrain 1 traditional cache is surrounded by a wave-activated acoustic sculpture, called the Wave Organ, and it's calling out to geocachers.
The small size cache container found somewhere on the jetty was placed by Surfcal in January of 2002. Over the last ten years, more than 1950 geocachers have logged this cache and helped make it one of geocaching's most visited sites.
The jetty itself was constructed with used building materials. There are 25 organ pipes made of PVC and concrete located at various elevations within the jetty, which stretches into the water. The rise and fall of the tide creates a wave-powered symphony as water moves in and out of the pipes.
With more than 180 Favorite Points, this cache is just as easy on the eyes as it is on the ears. With views of the Golden Gate Bridge, the Exploratorium – an arts and science center, and Alcatraz – a notorious prison island, it's easy to see why geocachers are in for a treat.
As one logger put it, "Way cool! Music to my ears and then some, primitive yet spiritual in nature and soothing to the soul. Thanks for bring us here, we may never had known about it otherwise. This is what makes caching a great hobby."
Continue to explore some of the most engaging geocaches around the globe. Check out all the Geocaches of the Week on the Latitude 47 blog or view the Bookmark List on Geocaching.com.
If you'd like to nominate a Geocache of the Week, send an email with your name, comments, the name of the geocache, and the GC code to email@example.com.


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DmC: Devil May Cry getting playable Vergil DLC, watch gameplay here
DmC: Devil May Cry will give players the option of playing as Dante's brother Vergil, but he's not an unlockable, he's DLC. The 'Vergil's Downfall' expansion will disclose Vergil's backstory and put you in charge of the katana wielding resistance leader. Watch the debut gameplay footage below.
Intrepid NeoGaf member Rockman zx found the clip, and posted the following synopsis:
Experience a brand new chapter of the DmC Devil May Cry adventure with Vergil's Downfall, additional content that tells the untold story of Dante's twin brother Vergil. Downloadable* from XBLA and PSN, Vergil's Downfall contains hours of new gameplay, 4 difficulty levels and the opportunity to play as one of the most wanted Devil May Cry characters, Vergil, with an all new storyline, weapons, combos, enemies and locations.
Vergil's Downfall will be available shortly after launch for 720 MS points and €8.99 / £7.29 on PlayStation Network.
Here's some gameplay footage:
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Kari's "Orange & Teal" Room
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- Inspiration for my palette:
- The inspiration for the color scheme all came from a piece of art we purchased on Etsy... and the colors just fell in to place!
- Colors used in my room:
- We wanted to play up orange for a little girl's nursery, without being too gender neutral. My favorite part was finding a rug that pulled it all together including a dash of bubblegum pink.
- Tips for using color successfully:
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Music City evokes vivid images - a single spotlight illuminating a microphone, skyscrapers towering protectively over the Mother Church of Country Music, stately Southern mansions, a Greek temple sitting serenely on a grassy knoll. The area's many attractions paint a picture of this unique Southern city and leave an indelible impression on all who visit.
It's time to play in Music City! Check out what Nashville has to offer while listening to the perfect playlist to plan your trip.
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If Santa Claus were a martian, he'd be in for one bumpy ride.
That's the assessment of navigators and engineers controlling the
flight of NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft as it presently flies four times
daily above the north polar region of Mars.
"If he were flying above the North Pole of Mars, my advice to
Santa would be 'Hang tight onto your reins,'" said Odyssey navigator
John C. Smith. "You could be in for a rough ride."
In the midst of aerobraking
maneuvers that are lowering the
spacecraft's orbit around Mars, the Odyssey team has discovered an
unexpected and somewhat unpredictable north polar atmospheric
disturbance that is making the job a real adventure, Smith said.
Fasten Your Seatbelt
Called the "polar vortex," this cold, low density region
forms each winter in the atmosphere above the planet's latitudes
70 degrees north and higher. The region between the polar vortex and
the rest of the atmosphere is called the 'transition zone.' In this zone,
strong winds swirl around the pole and the zone itself weaves in and out
in the typical fashion of a terrestrial jet stream. It is an area where
sometimes surprising shifts in the atmospheric density can become
fasten-your-seatbelt territory for Odyssey.
"When we're in the transition zone, the atmosphere is very
unpredictable," said Smith.
Scientists and engineers have long known that Mars'
atmosphere "breathes" -- moving up and down,
growing or decreasing in density with the effects of dust storms, winds
and other influences. But scientists and navigators are just getting to
know up-close the peripatetic polar vortex and its shifty transition zone.


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From the summer 2013 issue of Redlands Magazine
Whether by walking, biking, driving or skate-boarding, the history of Redlands is all around. No matter where you are in the city, you can behold overlays of our town's past as it exists in the present.
Streets in the south part of Redlands do not run truly east or west, but rather follow a grid that had to do with the early irrigation patterns of orange groves. On the north, west and east of the city, the same pattern continues but often with a more traditional square-block layout. Palm trees, introduced by Redlands co-founder Edward Judson in the early 1880s, are ubiquitous. There are many varieties, and thousands of them line our streets, but only one is native to Southern California.
There are many stone curbs throughout the city, each featuring granite cut by masons more than 100 years ago. Look down at the sidewalk. In the older sections of town, logos stamped in the concrete reveal which construction company installed them. In downtown, especially, concrete walks are stamped with the letters "WPA" – a legacy of the Depression and New Deal in the 1930s and early '40s when the federal Works Progress Administration built buildings, sidewalks and walls around the country. The rock walls around the cemetery are by the WPA, and so is the post office at Brookside, as well as the old City Hall that now serves as the police headquarters at the corner of Vine and Cajon streets.
Along Sunset Drive, the curves are there not because Alfred Smiley and a group of distinguished businessmen lacked the technology to lay out a straight road. Rather, in 1901 and '02 they decided to create a public scenic drive – offering a different view and perspective with every turn. When you travel on Cajon Street, look straight ahead and you will see it lines up with the beginning of the Cajon Pass across the valley floor.
Church Street at Colton is where Terrace Park is located. Recently restored and replanted by volunteers, led by members of the Northside Visioning Committee, it is a testament to late 19th century philanthropy with a dash of self-interest. When it was discovered that houses could be built in front of the mansions (some of which survive to this day), the owners, wanting to preserve their views of the mountains, donated land to make a linear park and preserve the view. At the east end of the park, a plaque explains how Church Street also got its name.
Redlands also has an abundance of different types of architecture. Victorian homes line the streets in many parts of town. Some streets, including Buena Vista, feature Mission Revival homes, with an Egyptian style from the 1920s thrown in to stand apart from the rest. Some areas feature beautiful large and small Craftsman style homes. Normandie Court boasts small Norman style cottages, while hundreds of homes from the 1950s and '60s reflect a variation on the California Ranch style. The Mid-Century (20th, that is) style may be seen throughout many areas of Redlands, especially in Smiley Heights and near Redlands Country Club.
Curiosity about Redlands can lead to interesting discoveries about its past. To learn more, be sure to visit the Heritage Room at the A.K. Smiley Public Library.
It's stocked with the history of Redlands, its people and places, ready for you to discover more about where your feet took you and what you saw with your eyes.
Larry E. Burgess was director of A.K Smiley Public Library from 1986 to 2012 and is a local historian.


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Since the 16th century Catholic piety has assigned entire months to special devotions. The month of February has been primarily asociated with the Holy Family, probably due to the feast of Our Lord's presentation at the temple, celebrated on February 2. At the very outset of Christ's work on earth, God showed the world a family in which, as Pope Leo XIII teaches, "all men might behold a perfect model of domestic life, and of all virtue and holiness." The harmony, unity, and holiness which characterized this holy Family make it the model for all Christian families.
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph most kind, Bless us now and in death's agony.
Grant unto us, Lord Jesus, ever to follow the example of Thy holy Family, that in the hour of our death Thy glorious Virgin Mother together with blessed Joseph may come to meet us and we may be worthily received by Thee into everlasting dwellings: who livest and reignest world without end. Amen.
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O Jesus, our most loving Redeemer, who having come to enlighten the world with Thy teaching and example, didst will to pass the greater part of Thy life in humility and subjection to Mary and Joseph in the poor home of Nazareth, thus sanctifying the Family that was to be an example for all Christian families, graciously receive our family as it dedicates and consecrates itself to Thee this day. Do Thou defend us, guard us and establish amongst us Thy holy fear, true peace, and concord in Christian love: in order that, by conforming ourselves to the divine pattern of Thy family, we may be able, all of us without exception, to attain to eternal happiness.
Mary, dear Mother of Jesus and Mother of us, by thy kindly intercession make this our humble offering acceptable in the sight of Jesus, and obtain for us His graces and blessings.
O Saint Joseph, most holy guardian of Jesus and Mary, assist us by thy prayers in all our spiritual and temporal necessities; that so we may be enabled to praise our divine Savior Jesus, together with Mary and thee, for all eternity.
Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory be, three times.
O God, heavenly Father, it was part of Thine eternal decree that Thine only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ, the Savior of the human race, should form a holy family with Mary, His blessed mother, and His foster father, Saint Joseph. In Nazareth home life was sanctified, and a perfect example was given to every Christian family. Grant, we beseech Thee, that we may fully comprehend and faithfully imitate the virtues of the Holy Family so that we may be united with them one day in their heavenly glory. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
Prayer Source: Prayer Book, The by Reverend John P. O'Connell, M.A., S.T.D. and Jex Martin, M.A., The Catholic Press, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, 1954
Holy Family Chaplet
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, I give you my heart.
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, be with me in my last hour.
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, may I breathe forth my soul
in peace with you.
Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and true man.
Blessed be the great Mother of God, Mary most holy.
Blessed be St. Joseph, her most chaste spouse. Amen.
Say 3 Our Father's, 3 Hail Mary's, and 3 Glory be's.
GOD our Heavenly Father, You call all peoples to be united as one family in worshipping You as the one and true God. You willed that Your Son become man, giving Him a virgin mother and a foster father to form the Holy Family of Nazareth.
WE pray: may the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, image and model of every human family unit walk in the spirit of Nazareth and grow in the understanding of its particular mission in society and the Church. May our families be living cells of love, faithfulness and unity, thus reflecting God's covenant with humanity and Christ's redeeming love for His Church.
JESUS, Mary and Joseph protect our families from all evil; keep us, who are away from home, one in love with our dear ones.
Imitating the Holy Family: Four Traits that Make It Possible
[Catholic Caucus] On the Holy Family [Angelus]
Biblical Teachings on Marriage and Family. A Homily for the Feast of the Holy Family
Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph
Recovering Gods Plan for Marriage and Family: A Sermon on the Feast of the Holy Family
Why were you looking for me?" (On the Feast of The Holy Family)
U.S. Postal Service Issues Holy Family Forever Stamp
On Prayer in the Life of the Holy Family
The Holy Family - held together by Love through all their problems [Ecumenical]
Feast of the Holy Family: The Christian Family is a Domestic Church
Chesterton on "The Human Family and the Holy Family"
Joseph, Mary and Jesus: A Model Family
ADVICE TO PARENTS by Saint Alphonsus Liguori (1696-1787)
The Holy Family
St. Joseph as Head of the Holy Family (Catholic/Orthodox Caucus)
Feast of the Holy Family
Feast of the Holy Family (Dom Guéranger OSB)
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The Holy Family vs. The Holy Innocents: A Christmas season reflection [Catholic Caucus]
Vatican creche to place Holy Family in Joseph's carpentry workshop
The Redemption and Protection of the Family [Feast of the Holy Family]
Study Backs Tradition of Loreto House - Stones in Altar Match Those in Nazareth, It Says
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Sat, 23 Aug 2014 20:18:00 -0700
The Chicago Bears have released SS Adrian Wilson, DT Nate Collins and OG Dylan Gandy. The team also informed RB Michael Ford, WR Greg Herd, WR Kofi Hughes, CB Derricus Purdy and CB Peyton Thompson that they have been waived.
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|Bears | Dylan Gandy signed
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The Chicago Bears have signed free-agent C Dylan Gandy (Lions) to a one-year deal. Financial terms were not disclosed. The team also waived DE Jamil Merrell.
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Detroit Lions general manager Martin Mayhew said impeding free-agent PK David Akers, LB Rocky McIntosh, C Dylan Gandy and FS John Wendling will not be re-signed.
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|Lions | Dylan Gandy not a priority
Mon, 17 Feb 2014 12:20:21 -0800
The Detroit Lions likely do not see re-signing impending free-agent OG Dylan Gandy as a priority this offseason but could be interested in bringing him back if he is available later in the offseason. The team likely will not look to bring Gandy back if OG Leroy Harris remains with the team.
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|Lions | Week 17 Inactives
Sun, 29 Dec 2013 08:39:49 -0800
The Detroit Lions have declared WR Calvin Johnson, CB Chris Houston, CB Dwight Bentley, C Dylan Gandy, CB Jonte Green, QB Kellen Moore, OT LaAdrian Waddle inactive for Week 17.
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Fri, 27 Dec 2013 15:43:25 -0800
Detroit Lions OT LaAdrian Waddle (ankle) has been ruled out for Week 17. CBs Dwight Bentley (concussion) and Chris Houston (toe, illness) are doubtful. CB Jonte Green (shoulder) is questionable. S Louis Delmas (knee), OG Dylan Gandy (illness), LB DeAndre Levy (foot), CB Rashean Mathis (illness), CB Darius Slay (knee) and S John Wendling (ankle) are probable. Bentley, Delmas, Green, Levy and Waddle did not practice Friday, Dec. 27. Houston and Wendling were limited while the others practiced in full.
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|Lions | Thursday practice report for Week 17
Thu, 26 Dec 2013 14:49:58 -0800
Detroit Lions CB Dwight Bentley (concussion), OG Dylan Gandy (illness), CB Chris Houston (toe, illness), LB DeAndre Levy (foot), OT LaAdrian Waddle (ankle) and S John Wendling (ankle) did not practice Thursday, Dec. 26. S Louis Delmas (knee), CB Jonte Green (shoulder), DE Israel Idonije (neck) and CB Darius Slay (knee) were limited. CB Rashean Mathis (illness) practiced in full.
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|Lions | Joseph Fauria expected to start
Fri, 20 Dec 2013 13:31:03 -0800
Detroit Lions TE Joseph Fauria is expected to start in Week 16 against the New York Giants with TE Brandon Pettigrew (ankle) sitting out. TE Dorin Dickerson is likely to be used in two tight end sets, and OG Dylan Gandy could be used in blocking situations.
Fantasy Tip: Fauria should only be an option to plug and play in very deep leagues or setups that allow for two starting tight ends.
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|Lions | Dylan Gandy, Corey Hilliard could start Friday
Thu, 08 Aug 2013 11:05:17 -0700
Detroit Lions OG Dylan Gandy and OT Corey Hilliard could start in the first preseason game because they were working with the first-team offense during practice Thursday, Aug. 8. Gandy lined up at right guard while Hilliard worked at right tackle.
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|Lions | Dylan Gandy working with starters
Fri, 02 Aug 2013 14:35:19 -0700
Detroit Lions OG Dylan Gandy worked with the first-team offense at right guard Thursday, Aug. 1, and Friday, Aug. 2. He is competing with several other players for the job.
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A long-running dispute involving the mother of a Southern California man who was killed as he crossed a street and an atheist rights group appeared to head to a conclusion Thursday with the planned removal of roadside crosses she placed in his memory.The removal comes after an organization that promotes the rights of atheists and other nonreligious people called the cross on city-owned property a "serious constitutional violation" in a letter to city council of Lake Elsinore, a western Riverside County community."It's like I'm losing my son again, pretty much," said Ann Marie Devaney, through tears, as she removed two crosses. "It hurts when you lose a child."But just as she removed the crosses, a group of people put up six more."It just really got to me," Emily Johnson, . "I have kids. I just can't believe how insensitive people are."Devaney had placed the white crosses on the side of Lake Street near a freeway exit ramp after her 19-year-old son was killed in May 2012. Anthony Devaney was struck and killed by a sport utility vehicle driver as he crossed the street near the 15 Freeway.Nearly two years later, she removed the crosses after a Lake Elsinore resident and the American Humanist Association pursued the symbol's removal with the city.Ann Marie Devaney arrived at the site early Thursday to mourn her son, hours before she removed the tribute."It's so petty and sad that they have to complain over removing a cross," she said. "It's his personal preference that he was Christian. What's wrong with having a cross up?"The mother of the teen driver who struck and killed Anthony Devaney was among the cross visitors Thursday morning. She told NBC4 Southern California she opposes the cross removal."That's their memorial, that's where they go to grieve," said Laurie Howanec.The American Humanist Association also successfully fought Lake Elsinore's plan for a veterans monument that depicted a service member kneeling next to a cross at a grave site. In a February ruling, a U.S. District Court judge ruled the planned memorial -- which must be redesigned -- at a minor league baseball stadium was unconstitutional.In its letter to the City Council, the group cites complaints about Devaney's cross memorial from a Lake Elsinore resident. The city removed the cross in December 2013 after requests from the resident, but Devaney returned the cross to the property."The city's selective enforcement of its signage ordinance and its display of the Christian cross on government property violates the state and federal Constitutions, and must therefore be removed immediately," the letter states.
You don't set crosses or teddy bears etc., in hospital beds because that would be stupid,
Actually it doesn't. One could conceivably be all-powerful but not exceptionally intelligent.
I can understand wanting to commemorate the site of a death. But when that site is on public property (a road shoulder, an intersection), then the grievers should understand that no, they can't make that place theirs. Nor is invoking their religion a trump card, or shouldn't be.If you need another reminder of your beloved dead, then put it on your private property: a ten-foot cross of I-beams illuminated by spotlights in your backyard is fine (though your homeowner's association might want a word).
^^^Preventing similar deaths is a far better legacy and memorial, I agree. This woman is entitled to her grief, but not to the point of making a personal memorial on public property. As a followup, it seems some reactionaries see a tragic death as a platform for venting:http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2014/03/09/after-family-removes-roadside-cross-honoring-their-dead-son-several-nasty-replacement-crosses-take-its-place/Christians as full of privilege and ignorance as that aren't doing their religion any favors.
Imagine if we put up memorials of our loved ones who died in hospital rooms.Would that be disconcerting and distracting to other patients who now had to occupy those rooms? Would it be appropriate?It's the same with a roadside memorial. It's sad your family member is dead, but where they died is irrelevant: putting up a roadside memorial on public land is distracting to other drivers and inappropriate.
"It's like I'm losing my son again, pretty much,"
I had the unfortunate experience of having a child die, effectively in my arms, when I was first on the scene of a road accident.
I hate them. They creep me out. Not only are they visually distracting, but I have a very active imagination, and I start wondering how they died. I, too, don't think they should be allowed. Man, if someone I loved was killed, the last thing I'd want is a reminder of their violent death.
Quote from: hickdive on March 17, 2014, 04:14:51 PMI had the unfortunate experience of having a child die, effectively in my arms, when I was first on the scene of a road accident.I am very sorry that this happened to you (and the child, of course). I work as a news camera operator and have hence been present at many road accident scenes where people have died. However, I have taken every care not to film dead people (not that we would be allowed to broadcast it anyway). I cannot imagine anything worse than being present as someone dies. I hope that you are now okay and have been able to process the experience and move on.
The most upsetting thing was that because he was trapped, hanging upside down in the wreckage, I could get to him by clambering through the rear window but couldn't extricate him to apply CPR.
Quote from: hickdive on March 19, 2014, 08:10:43 AMThe most upsetting thing was that because he was trapped, hanging upside down in the wreckage, I could get to him by clambering through the rear window but couldn't extricate him to apply CPR.That...is one of the suckiest, most unpleasant things I've ever heard. You have my sincere sympathies for having experienced that.


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Frederick Grubmeyer, who eventually changed his name to Fred G. Meyer, founded the Java Coffee Company, a precursor to Fred Meyer, Inc., in 1922. The company, renamed the Mission Tea Company, prospered during its early years. As neighboring businesses failed, Fred Meyer bought their properties and soon was landlord and sometimes operator of several specialty food operations.
The center of commercial activity moved to uptown Portland, Oregon, in the early 1920s, and Meyer moved with it. In 1922 he consolidated his businesses into a single location that became the flagship store for the Fred Meyer chain. The store's departments included meat, delicatessen, coffee, lunch, homemade mayonnaise, grocery, and tobacco. The following year, Fred Meyer, Inc., was incorporated in Oregon, and a second store was opened that featured grocery and dairy products. The company continued to expand through the decade, and Meyer opened a packaged food store as well as the world's first self-service drugstore.
Fred Meyer, Inc., weathered the Depression years; in fact, it prospered. The company opened four new stores between 1929 and 1932: a toiletry store, a department store in the outlying Portland neighborhood of Hollywood, and two stores outside of Portland. Meyer soon began to realize the growing importance of cars in retailing. He found that his customers were often double-parked in front of his store and paid their tickets for them. He then opened an automobile lubrication and oil service in his Hollywood store and created an off-street parking lot.
Meyer began running aggressive promotions to showcase the company's low prices during the 1930s. He also added new products to his stores. In 1933 the stores began selling men's and women's clothing. The following years saw the advent of automotive departments, housewares, and other nonfood products. In the middle of the decade, the company opened a central bakery, a candy kitchen, an ice cream plant, and a photo-finishing plant. These facilities paved the way for house brands such as Vita Bee bread, Hocus Pocus desserts, and Fifth Avenue candies.
The stores were challenged during World War II, as employees were called to service, and while demand ran high, supplies were low. The company began to renovate and standardize its stores during the postwar years. It also added departments such as home improvement, nutrition centers, fine jewelry, and photo and audio.
Fred Meyer opened a stream of successful outlets in suburban Portland during the 1950s. In the middle of the decade, the company constructed its first modern distribution facility in Swan Island, Oregon. Also located at that location was a new dairy plant and a central kitchen for the company's in-house food operation, Eve's Buffet Restaurant. In 1959 the company made its first major acquisition, four Marketime drug stores in Seattle, Washington.
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It's not always an easy task to create movies based on a series of well-liked books, especially those that have plenty of historical context that needs to be explained. The Lord of the Rings is a famous example of a film that gets the pre-narrative information out of the way early, by explaining the history of the ring in a story at the beginning of the first franchise film and coloring in other details later. The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones doesn't get that luxury. Since the story is one of a girl named Clary learning about her past and her unique role as a member of a society of Shadowhunters, an exclusive crew who protects the world from demons, the background details need to come out throughout the film. Unfortunately, this means the movie lacks some of the subtlety of its novel counterpart.
Jessica Prostigo was responsible for the screenplay that adapted Cassandra Clare's City of Bones and director Harald Zwart brought it to the big screen. While they maintain the barebones outline of the narrative, a lot is changed from the book to the movie, including the opening scene. The earlier that details begin changing when being adapted for the big screen, the more the storyline will have to change later, and this is an issue The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones runs up against, again and again.
Following are the ten biggest changes I noticed in my screening of The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones. Feel free to remark on any changes you feel may have been more noticeable. There are many spoilers in City of Bones book to movie comparison. Do not delve in if you want the film to be a surprise.
The opening scene introduces us to Clary, Luke and Jocelyn rather than the world of demon hunting. Clary's been drawing a mysterious mark and her mother seems worried, but why she might be on edge isn't explained. While this is less exciting than the opening sequence in the book, it does give us a glimpse at the haphazard unit that is the Fray family and we do get the fun club scene later on.


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Tractor-trailer accident closes two lanes of Route 93 northboundBy ADAM SWIFT
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August 27. 2013 12:50PM
SALEM – An accident involving a tractor trailer and two other vehicles closed down two lanes of Route 93 Northbound in Salem late Tuesday morning.
The Salem Fire Department received a 911 call about the accident at 11:10 a.m., and when crews arrived at the scene between exits 1 and 2, there was heavy damage to the three vehicles involved in the accident, according to fire Captain Jonathan Brackett.
According to state police, a 2013 Freightliner tractor-trailer driven by Dale Edson, 36, of Swanzey, struck a 2000 Chrysler LHS operated by James Palleschi, 80, of Hampton. A third vehicle, driven by Janet Seidi, 49, of Wellesley, Mass. was then hit.
"Everyone was out of their vehicles on our arrival, and there was significant damage to all the vehicles," said Brackett. "We shut down two lanes with the assistance of the state police."
I-93 was reduced to one lane of traffic for about 45 minutes while police investigated. The lanes were reopened once the vehicles were towed from the scene.
The fire department transported five people to local hospitals. Brackett said none of the injuries appeared to be life threatening. The only person involved in the accident who wasn't transported was the driver of the tractor trailer.
When the fire department left the scene around 12:30 p.m., Brackett said there were still several lanes of the highway closed and there was a heavy state police presence on the scene.
Alcohol does not appear to be a contributing factor, state police said.
The investigation is continuing and any with information concerning it is asked to call state police Trooper Malachi Hicks at 672-3333.


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